Future Rock Legends - The Album Project Comment and Voting History

The Album Project Comment and Voting History

This is a history of comments from the Future Rock Legends Album Project.

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GFW-I think I'll join you on "The Idler's Wheel...". I thought that it and "Blunderbuss" were the best elecatable (non-obscure) albums of the year. In fact, that will probably be my ballot.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 01/1/2013 @ 00:37am

Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE

Although, I sincerely hope Good Kid, m.A.A.d City, The Idler Wheel... and Blunderbuss all eventually get inducted. (Maybe we should have an extra vote for 2012 eligibles this month?)

Posted by rockstar23 on Tuesday, 01/1/2013 @ 06:26am

uhhh...we are nominating albums, and you only get one nomination.

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 01/1/2013 @ 13:58pm

We're nominating one album? Alright, my nomination:

Tindersticks (1995) - Tindersticks

Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Tuesday, 01/1/2013 @ 14:40pm

seriously? that's dumb as hell.

Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 01/1/2013 @ 15:44pm

Album Nomination:

The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion (1991)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 01/1/2013 @ 16:05pm

LOL, my bad.

nomination: Kings of Leon - Only By the Night

Posted by rockstar23 on Tuesday, 01/1/2013 @ 16:33pm

Nomination:

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)

Posted by Paul K on Tuesday, 01/1/2013 @ 17:06pm

nomination:

REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity (1980)
(9 X platinum)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 01/1/2013 @ 17:33pm

seriously? that's dumb as hell.

Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 01.1.13 @ 15:44pm

Seconded. But we've always had a serious fetish for fixing what's not broken around here.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 01/1/2013 @ 18:34pm

Why?

No, really, why? how does this help the process? What was wrong with how we used to do it?

jesus christ we've done some dumb things but this takes the cake.

Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 01/1/2013 @ 18:50pm

I am of the opinion that it is not as dumb as hell. No nomination process means that after the first vote that comes through, there is then pressure on the next voter to vote for one of those albums so they don't "waste" a vote. That pressure grows more with each passing vote. It makes it a race to see who can get their vote in first as it is much more valuable. Someone may come up with a very worthy album on the 5th day of voting, but since everyone voted already, it will get no support. I have seen it happen month after month here, and I have also seen the nomination phase work perfectly for the song project.

To me, the old way was a piss-poor method of inducting anything. (That includes the granddaddy of them all, the Revisited/Projected Hall of Fame.) If it is broke, fix it.

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 01/1/2013 @ 22:08pm

So it seems that this completely unnecessary rule change is one permanently disgruntled voter trying to narrow the field because he hasn't learned how to generate support for his pet projects.

There has never been a problem with how the Album Project or Revisited/Projected has run. I really don't think it needs to change because one voter who is always going to find something to complain about anyway has a hard time getting his stuff through.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 01/1/2013 @ 22:36pm

It's also something that we began discussing early in December and no one raised any objections until now.

What's the problem, anyway? You can only vote for two albums and any 2012 albums are eligible for the first six months without needing to be nominated.

The only thing that nominations changes is that we'll have a list of albums to choose from before voting rather than having every eligible album to choose from.

The album I was going to nominate has already been nominated and I plan to use my other vote on a 2012 album, so I won't nominate anything this month.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/2/2013 @ 00:09am

Believe me, I did not make this rule on my own. I have no authority here and am not the leader of any project. I can voice my opinion as loudly as anyone else though. There were at least 4 people in favor of nominations and no official objection until now. Let's try this for a couple months and see how it works, we can always go back.

Just my own observation is that the song project method was much smoother than the album project. It just plain makes no sense to take the thousands of eligible albums and just have everyone name 2 albums to vote on.

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 01/2/2013 @ 00:53am

It just so happens that DarinRG was one person who supported the nomination idea in August:

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"Maybe we could start with say, 1 or 2 days for nominees starting in September. One voter gets one nominee each. And you can vote for two albums after all the nominees have been made.

To everybody - thoughts?"

I'd be fine with it.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 08.3.12 @ 04:53am

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 01/2/2013 @ 00:54am

As someone who has only regularly participated in The Song Project, I think the change to a nomination is a worthwhile one to try at least; it's more beneficial for the quality of the project. I see why a couple of posters are upset, but it's what actually encouraged me to vote this month as opposed to a free-for-all madness. Free-for-all wouldn't be so bad if we voted for ten albums every month, but we don't. That said, I plan on participating from now on regardless of the change sticks or not, but I support it :)

Posted by Paul K on Wednesday, 01/2/2013 @ 07:00am

I still think it's a dumb idea, but since it seems the majority have decided may as well get on with it.

my votes stay the same as before.

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 01/2/2013 @ 08:08am

My nomination:

The Inner Mounting Flame by Mahavishnu Orchestra

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 01/2/2013 @ 14:31pm

Well, I'm in a more agreeable mood today, so I'll just go along with it since it does appear that there was a discussion that I missed (I was down with the flu during that time and not really focused on what was happening here.)

I think we're really just putting training wheels on the project, but we'll give it a go. I am vehemently opposed to putting training wheels on Projected/Revisited, however. That I won't roll over on.

I'm not going to put out a nominee this round. I already see plenty to vote for.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 01/2/2013 @ 18:51pm

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 01/3/2013 @ 00:00am

My nomination for January 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Pac-Man Fever (1982) - Buckner & Garcia

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 01/3/2013 @ 00:18am

Here are the nominees for January. As always, please let me know if I missed any:

REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever
The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Tindersticks - Tindersticks
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

Also, please note that all 2012 albums are eligible this month and every month through June.

Votes should be counted for the following albums from GFW:

Kendrick Lamar - Good kid M.a.a.D City
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...

Voting will close at Midnight Central time on Tuesday, the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/3/2013 @ 01:30am

My votes for January 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Pac-Man Fever (1982) - Buckner & Garcia
Long Wave (2012) - Jeff Lynne

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 01/3/2013 @ 01:45am

The Idler Wheel (2012) - Fiona Apple
The inner Mounting Flame (1971) - Mahavishnu Orchestra

Tahvo - Tindersticks will be my next priority.

jtrichey - Not blowing off your question. I'll address it tomorrow when I have more time.

In General - This incredibly small ballot is a good illustration of why it's not necessary. Like I said, I'll go along with the experiment, but when I see obvious red flags like this I'm not going to be quiet about it. On the other hand, if I do see benefits I will acknowledge them, but that hasn't happened yet.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01/3/2013 @ 02:21am

My vote:

Kendrick Lamar - Good kid M.a.a.D City
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01/3/2013 @ 05:28am

Thanks Darin!

My vote:

Tindersticks - Tindersticks
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame

Just missed out:

Pretty much everything else nominated, seriously. Good nominations, people.

Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Thursday, 01/3/2013 @ 09:45am

Let's face it, if only 7 people are going to participate then no method is a good method. The small ballot is a function of the low participation, not the nomination phase. Darin RG and GFW did not put forth a nominee despite the small amount of nominees put forth because they said there was plenty to vote for already.

Votes:
REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
Mumford & Sons - Babel

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 01/3/2013 @ 10:42am

It appears we are now taking nominations for every month of the Album Project. I do apologize that I forgot to hand in a nomination ballot, considering I was not aware there were nominees to be considered. None the less, here is my ballot for the Album Project Class of January 2039.

John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Mumford & Sons - Babel

Honestly, these are the only two albums I think are worthy this month, on the basis of only getting two albums per ballot. I will bring forth nominations for the next month. And hopefully, these nominations will prove more substantial.

One of these nominated albums is not like the other,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Thursday, 01/3/2013 @ 14:05pm

REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 01/3/2013 @ 14:20pm

Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City

Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 01/3/2013 @ 17:33pm

Album Votes for January:

REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity (1981)
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion (1991)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Thursday, 01/3/2013 @ 19:55pm

I am in no position to make any kind of demands when it comes to the projected Hall of Fame, but out of curiosity I do wonder what the problem with a nomination phase would be. It works for the Cleveland hall, and it worked really well for our blind ballot hall that we experimented with. What's the big objection?

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 00:00am

My major objection is that no compelling reason for a change like that has presented itself. Revisited/Projected has operated the way it does for years with no major issues caused by lack of a ballot and maybe I'm a traditionalist, but I'm opposed to making changes to the rules or format unless there is a legitimate problem to address.

I have supported rule changes in the project, such as vote trade banning and no vote changes after 24 hours, which was enacted to keep people from changing votes at the last minute to block acts that they don't like (a practice that I found very childish and disrespectful of other voters), but those changes were addressing legitimate issues that were threatening the project's integrity. I don't see the lack of a ballot causing any problem that threatens the project's integrity.

I have heard rumblings that early voters having some sort of advantage is a problem. If someone thinks there is an advantage to voting early, then vote early. As a habitual early voter I also notice the advantage that late voters have in being able to shape the final class. Some have always found that to be a more advantageous position.

One thing that I have zero sympathy for is people who complain about those of us who get together to campaign, share notes and build consensus every year. If some people spent less time complaining and more time pushing their acts and co-operating with other voters to build goodwill and support those people might find the whole process a bit more fruitful.

I stick with my training wheels comment. Adding a ballot is just a perceived safety mechanism for people who don't want to put the work and diligence into the project that others do.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01/3/2013 @ 21:47pm

My votes:

The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Mumford And Sons - Babel

DarinRG - Your argument regarding the Re-visited / Projected project makes sense because there is a massive amount of advanced planning and discussion prior to the vote.

This is, in part, due to it being a once in a year project rather once a month and that's why it doesn't apply the same as this project, which has very little discussion and planning between votes. There are a lot of ideas suggested and albums thrown out, but if there aren't nominations on a ballot to choose from, how do you get voters on the same page?

There were only 7 nominations this round, but there were also three voters who decided not to nominate an album because they already knew what they were voting for and Lax who didn't realize there was a nomination process. That's 11 potential nominations, which should be enough to find 2 worthy choices for a vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/6/2013 @ 00:10am

Darren - After going through a round with the ballot and thinking about it, I still don't think that the process was watered down enough to require a ballot, however it was also not a hindrance.

I voted for one nominee (The Inner Mounting Flame) and one automatically eligible (The Idler Wheel)and could happily have voted for Tindersticks, Sweet Oblivion or Turn on the Bright Lights, and the automatically eligible Blunderbuss is high on my radar.

So, as long as the ballot doesn't get in the way of having viable choices I'll just let it go and move on. I'd rather see the discussion in the Album Project center around great albums and not bickering over procedural issues.

And, of course my steadfast opposition to a similar change in Projected remains.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/6/2013 @ 19:51pm

It would be pretty much impossible for a ballot to mean that you do not have viable choices. As long as you nominate an album, there will always be that as a choice and you can surely find one other nominated album to vote for, especially if you are adept at working with other people to induct things.

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 01/6/2013 @ 21:11pm

Yeah, that's pretty much why I'm letting it go. Realistically, I don't anticipate it being an issue. It's certainly not worth causing contention and ill-will over.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/6/2013 @ 22:17pm

Votes:
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Mumford & Sons - Babel

Posted by Paul K on Monday, 01/7/2013 @ 02:18am

"Sigor Ros" should be "Sigur RÃ³s", and the album is "ÃgÃ¦tis byrjun".

Posted by Paul K on Monday, 01/7/2013 @ 02:20am

Voting closes at midnight Central time tonight, so get any votes or vote switches in by then.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/7/2013 @ 13:22pm

Change my vote for Screaming Trees - "Sweet Oblivion" to REO Speedwagon - "Hi Infidelity".

There you go, 1980s, don't say I never got you anything. lol

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/8/2013 @ 00:48am

Voting is closed. Here is the Class Of January 2013:

Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Kendrick Lamar - Good kid M.a.a.D City
Mumford And Sons - Babel
REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/8/2013 @ 01:02am

FYI, REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity was released in November 1980, not 1981, even though it is the biggest selling album of the latter year.

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 01/8/2013 @ 09:15am

Kendrick Lamar's album is stylised as Good Kid, m.A.A.d City (the two As being capitalised).

Posted by rockstar23 on Tuesday, 01/8/2013 @ 12:06pm

What do you guys think of John Mayer and Justin Timberlake? Probably the two biggest male pop stars of the 21st century. I think Mayer's first three albums and Timberlake's two(especially Futuresex/Lovesounds) are induction worthy as are quite a few songs of their songs.

Also, there's late 90s-early 2000s R&B to consider as well. I think we probably need at least a song from Boyz II Men (End of the Road?) and some Erykah Badu (On & On for song and Baduizm for album perhaps).

Usher and Alicia Keys also both need to have more representation. Alicia only has one song inducted and Usher none at all. Alicia's first two albums are induction worthy as is Usher's Confessions. At the very least "Yeah!" should be inducted.

Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 01/9/2013 @ 04:54am

does anyone have the full album rankings? I was gonna go through them listening to stuff I haven't heard but can't find them anywhere.

Posted by GFW on Thursday, 01/10/2013 @ 13:27pm

Final Rankings are now in the first comment above.

Posted by FRL on Thursday, 01/10/2013 @ 16:17pm

Any interest?

Harry Nilsson- Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)
Donna Summer- Once Upon a Time (1977)
Poco- Pickin' Up the Pieces (1968)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1975)
John Coltrane- Blue Train (1955)
Fiona Apple- The Idler Wheel... (2012)
The Explorers Club- Grand Hotel (2012)
Lana Del Ray- Born to Die (2012)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/13/2013 @ 17:32pm

Posted by Paul K on Monday, 01/14/2013 @ 08:05am

I would consider Songs in A Minor, Diary of Alicia Keys, and Confessions.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 01/22/2013 @ 23:44pm

Along with Fiona Apple - "The Idler Wheel" and The Screaming Trees - "Sweet Oblivion", I'd also like to push for Jack White - "Blunderbuss" in the next few months. Great album, start to finish, picking up where the White Stripes left off.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/28/2013 @ 20:51pm

Darren - Blunderbuss is my next priority for 2012 albums after The Idler Wheel.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/28/2013 @ 23:16pm

DarinRG - I think you mentioned that there were some 2012 albums you thought were worthy of induction, but too obscure to get voted in. What albums were you thinking of? I'm trying to finish up my list of albums to review for my annual song rankings and I don't want to miss anything.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/29/2013 @ 21:02pm

I guess I am going to need to re-listen to "The Idler Wheel." I did get much out of it during my first listen. I would be open to supporting "Visions" by Grimes, if we are looking for an album by a woman.

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 01/29/2013 @ 21:28pm

By "obscure" I was thinking of European dark ambient albums and really niche stuff along those lines that I'm a fan of that wouldn't be applicable to the song project. Actually, I never posted a favorites of 2012 list so I'll put one together tomorrow when I have some free time.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 01/29/2013 @ 23:26pm

Alright, these are my personal faves of 2012.

Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
Band of Horses - Mirage Rock
Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Brendan Perry - Ark
Brian Eno - Lux
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
Can - Lost Tapes Box Set
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis
Dr. John - Locked Down
Erik WÃ¸llo - Airborne
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
Forrest Fang - Animism
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Gary Clarke, Jr. - Blak and Blu
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Gustaf Hildebrand - Heliopause
Harold Budd - Bandits of Stature
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth
Ladyhawke - Anxiety
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Lawless (OST)
Public Image Ltd. - This is PiL
Robert Rich - Nest
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
Shrine - Somnia
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
Steve Roach - Back to Life
Steve Roach & Dirk Serries - Low Volume Music
Steve Roach & Byron Metcalf - Tales from the Ultra Tribe
Tindersticks - The Something Rain
Treha Sektori - Endessiah
Treha Sektori - Sorieh
The xx - Coexist

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 01/30/2013 @ 00:49am

Gassman-I haven't listened to Grimes. I'll check it out.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 01/30/2013 @ 01:26am

DarinRG: Sweet, GFW got me into that album, especially the tracks Genesis and Oblivion. Are you a Gaslight Anthem fan at all? They came out with a new album last year that I've had on loop the past few weeks. Love their mix of Springsteen and Punk.

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 01/30/2013 @ 01:32am

DarinRG: Great list of albums, I'll have to check out the ones that I haven't listened to yet. Currently listening to Gary Clark Jr, how have I missed this guy? So happy he's going to take part in inducting Albert King!

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 01/30/2013 @ 01:34am

Also speaking of the blues, I've been thinking about some of the recent inductions and I've come to the conclusion that Stevie Ray Vaughan is going to get inducted soonish. Part of the reason I think you are seeing the push for the induction of older blues players, like Freddie King and Albert King, is to get the backlog inducted before they will feel comfortable inducting SRV. I'd have to imagine that his time is coming and that he'd be an automatic induction when if finally gets nominated. Anybody else get this thought?

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 01/30/2013 @ 01:46am

Good list DarinRG. I echo the love for Grimes.

Tame Impala's "Lonerism" is also a top 2012 album imo

Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 01/30/2013 @ 04:41am

Here are the 2012 albums I will most likely support:

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Lana del Rey - Born to Die
The xx- Coexist (is their self-titled debut inducted yet?)
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Tame Impala - Lonerism
The Black Keys - El Camino
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
Grimes - Visions
Grizzly Bear - Shields
Drake - Take Care

Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 01/30/2013 @ 04:46am

I think maybe next year may be the year for Stevie Ray Vaughan unless they decide to nominate Johnny Winter instead.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/30/2013 @ 06:13am

so, we making a push for Visions?

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 01/30/2013 @ 11:46am

rockstar23 - I agree on all the albums on your list.

FYI, "El Camino" and "Take Care" were released in 2011, so they're not automatically eligible and will need to be nominated.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 00:00am

Nomination:

Harry Nilsson- Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 01:30am

Nomination:

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (2011)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 02:22am

nomination:

Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die (1994)

Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 05:15am

Nomination:

The Screaming Trees - "Sweet Oblivion" (1991)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 08:38am

Nomination: The Streets - Original Pirate Material

Posted by GFW on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 11:34am

rockstar23 - I'm a little backed up on commitments at the moment (Fiona Apple, Tindersticks, Jack White), but when I clear some space I could definitely get behind either or both xx albums.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 11:36am

nominees:

Sade - Diamon Life
Garbage - Version 2.0

Posted by akeem on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 11:53am

akeem: You only get one album nomination. Let us know which one you want us to put on the list.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 14:08pm

akeem: You only get one album nomination. Let us know which one you want us to put on the list.

akeem: You only get one album nomination. Let us know which one you want us to put on the list.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 14:08pm
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Thanks Gassman,

Sade - Diamond Life

Posted by akeem on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 15:34pm

Nomination:

Tindersticks (1995) - Tindersticks

Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 17:18pm

Nomination:

Rush - Clockwork Angels

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 19:12pm

John R.C. - Just a heads up that you do not need to nominate albums from 2012 at this point. For the fist six months of the year all new albums from the year before are automatically eligible. After June though you'd have to nominate albums from 2012. So you can use your nomination on another album. :)

Also welcome to our projects!

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 19:35pm

Okay, Here is my new nomintaion:

Queen - Made in Heaven (1995)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 01/31/2013 @ 19:51pm

My vote:

Harry Nilsson- Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)
Fiona Apple- The Idler Wheel... (2012)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/1/2013 @ 06:13am

Nomination:

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom (1982)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 02/1/2013 @ 08:20am

My nomination for February 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 02/1/2013 @ 09:07am

Whenever voting starts I will likely make some changes. I'm thinking about voting for The Pointer Sisters- Neutron Dance since Rick nominated in the wrong category. I'm also questioning on rather The Pretty Things would be considered obscure or not. If I decide to withdraw that nomination I will let you guys know.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/1/2013 @ 17:32pm

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/1/2013 @ 17:33pm

By the way those post were intended for the song project page. Any way I will keep these votes the same sorry I voted too early it won't happen again.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/1/2013 @ 17:38pm

If we are still taking nominations for albums in the Album Project Class of February 2039, I have come up with an album to be nominated. Here it is for all to see.

Todd Rundgren - Initiation

For any poster that has also heard the album, let me know what you think of it. It's not Rundgren at his most poppiest. yet it is his most experimental non-band work to that point.

Hoping this was on time,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Friday, 02/1/2013 @ 20:48pm

Nominations and voting in the Album Project will be on the same schedule as the Song Project. 2 days of nominations starting on the 1st, followed by 5 days of voting, ending at 12:01 am on the 8th.

My nomination for February, 2013:

Big Boi - "Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty" - This album, along with Kanye's masterpiece "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy", were both released at almost the exact same time at the end of 2010. "Sir Lucious" wasn't as popular, but I think it ranks on the same level of excellence, if maybe a small step down, and definitely in a different sub-genre of hip hop.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/2/2013 @ 00:19am

Nomination:
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)

Posted by Paul K on Saturday, 02/2/2013 @ 00:27am

Nominee:
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 02/2/2013 @ 01:02am

After seeing all the new nominations I want to make changes to my accidental early ballot. So when voting starts I will plan on submitting a new one. I will likely do this on both projects.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/2/2013 @ 17:35pm

Nominations are now closed. Here are the nominees for February 2013:

Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Notorious B.I.G - Ready to Die
Queen - Made In Heaven
Sade - Diamond Life
The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Tindersticks - Tindersticks
Todd Rundgren - Initiation
Wishbone Ash - Argus

As always, let me know if I missed any nominations.

Anyone who is interested in doing so may cast a ballot. A ballot must have exactly 2 albums. Every voter can make one switch to their ballot if they choose to do so. Any album released in 2012 is eligible without needing to be nominated. This will be the case through June of each year.

Voting closes at 12:01 AM on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/3/2013 @ 01:15am

My votes for February 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 02/3/2013 @ 01:46am

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

Posted by Paul K on Sunday, 02/3/2013 @ 01:52am

My Ballot:

Notorious B.I.G - Ready to Die
Queen - Made in Heaven

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 02/3/2013 @ 02:46am

Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die (1994)
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (2012)

Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 02/3/2013 @ 03:38am

My vote:

Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
Tindersticks - Tindersticks

Jtrichey, Wishbone Ash's "Argus" is a great album, I'll try and get to it next round if it's nominated.

Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Sunday, 02/3/2013 @ 06:21am

Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
Grimes - Visions

Posted by GFW on Sunday, 02/3/2013 @ 08:27am

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom

Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson

Posted by Darrin A on Sunday, 02/3/2013 @ 08:56am

Tindersticks - Tindersticks
Fiona Apple- The Idler Wheel... (2012)

Tahvo - If I remember correctly your nomination is for Tindersticks (II)(1995). Is that correct? For those who don't know, their first two albums (1993 and 1995) were self-titled.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 02/3/2013 @ 10:16am

Harry Nilsson- Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)
Wishbone Ash- Argus

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/3/2013 @ 18:51pm

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
Notorious B.I.G - Ready to Die

Really wanted to vote for Foo Fighters - Wasting Light, but unfortunately we only have 2 votes.

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 02/4/2013 @ 10:59am

Sade - Diamond Life
Queen - Made In Heaven

Posted by akeem on Monday, 02/4/2013 @ 21:46pm

Update:

Harry Nilsson- Nilsson Schmilsson (3)
Notorious B.I.G.- Ready to Die (3)
Fiona Apple- The Idler Wheel... (3)
Queen- Made in Heaven (2)
Tindersticks- Tindersticks (2)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions- Imperial Bedroom (2)
Sade- Diamond Life (1)
Wishbone Ash- Argus (1)
Grimes- Visions (1)
Frank Ocean- Channel Orange (1)
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (1)
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (1)
Buckner & Garcia- Pac-Man Fever (1)
Jeff Lynne- Long Wave (1)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/4/2013 @ 23:09pm

I only count 2 votes for "The Idler Wheel" so far:

GFW
DarinRG

Otherwise, akeem's count matches mine.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/5/2013 @ 04:30am

My Votes:

Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion

Just missed the cut / possible vote switches:

Jack White - Blunderbuss
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/5/2013 @ 04:33am

Since I can only pick two albums on my ballot, here are the two chosen:

Harry Nillson - Nillson Schmillson
Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom

I would request perhaps that in future induction cycles for the Album Project; perhaps we can double the size of albums on a ballot from two to four. I do realize we may be stretching this a tad bit. Thus, before this idea takes precedent, let me know what you think of the idea.

Will do better at picking an album for nomination next month,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Tuesday, 02/5/2013 @ 12:33pm

I generally dislike changing the process too much, but I have to admit that since we've switched to nominating albums it's been difficult to chose just one album besides your own to support.

I'd be in favour of increasing the size of the ballot to 3 albums next month, but only if the amount of inductees in each class stayed the same.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 02/5/2013 @ 14:49pm

I would be in favor of increasing the number of albums per ballot to 3 or 4, so long as the number of albums inducted per month didn't also increase.

I was also thinking along similar lines for the song project. There have already been at least 2 ballots this month where people voted for 4 of their own nominees and only one song nominated by someone else. If we expanded the ballot to 7 or 10 songs while keeping the number of songs inducted each month at 5-10, the voting wouldn't be quite so Sophie's Choice-ish.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/5/2013 @ 21:54pm

Votes:
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Fiona Apple - The Idler's Wheel...

As for getting more votes, for the albums, I don't really have an opinion. For the song project, the problem is not the number of votes, but the fact that someone can currently nominate a 2012 song plus vote for their own voter's choice pick. That voter's choice thing just totally did not get used like it was intended, and people should not be allowed to vote for their own voter's choice pick.

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 02/6/2013 @ 00:26am

I thought that there was a rule about not voting for your own voter's choice pick. If there wasn't then a rule ought to be established now.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/6/2013 @ 01:03am

Albums for February:

Screaming Trees - "Sweet Oblivion"
Fiona Apple - "The Idler's Wheel..."

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 02/6/2013 @ 06:17am

FYI - Voting closes at midnight Central tonight.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/7/2013 @ 08:03am

I'm changing my vote for Fiona Apple - "The Idler Wheel" to Notorious B.I.G. - "Ready To Die".

I'm doing this because otherwise, only the top two albums would get inducted this month (2 albums per month, 5 maximum if there's a tie.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/8/2013 @ 00:56am

Voting is closed.

Here is the Class Of February 2013:

Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
Notorious B.I.G - Ready to Die

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/8/2013 @ 01:03am

Similar to the voting in the Song Project, it's been suggested that we have a poll for expanding the number of votes per ballot in the Album Project.

1. Should we expand the number of albums each voter can vote for each month (the number of monthly inductees would remain the same)?

A. Yes (specific # TBD)
B. No

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/8/2013 @ 22:22pm

I vote A. Yes.

If the voters support this poll, we'll have a follow-up poll to decide if we want 3 or 4 albums per ballot, as those are the only options mentioned to date.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/8/2013 @ 22:23pm

I vote yes.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02/8/2013 @ 22:46pm

I vote for yes too.

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 02/8/2013 @ 23:15pm

I vote yes as well.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/9/2013 @ 00:29am

Would there be any interest for this The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000) next month?

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/9/2013 @ 00:34am

Yes

Fudge I forgot to vote for the albums. Probably would have voted up Imperial Bedroom. >:(

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 02/9/2013 @ 02:29am

I vote yes as well.

Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Saturday, 02/9/2013 @ 09:48am

FRL, Here are the years for the newly inducted albums.

Harry Nilsson- Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)
The Notorious B.I.G.- Ready to Die (1994)
Fiona Apple- The Idler Wheel... (2012)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/9/2013 @ 22:43pm

I vote Yes to increase the number of votes.

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 02/11/2013 @ 09:07am

Does nobody realize that Ready to Die was already inducted? Yep, the same album was inducted twice.

Posted by Paul K on Monday, 02/11/2013 @ 13:32pm

holy shit, you're right.

looks like we'll have to redo this.

Posted by GFW on Monday, 02/11/2013 @ 13:51pm

When was it inducted?

I checked the database above as well as the artist page before nominating it and it wasn't listed. (It would have been eligible for the 2020 class and it isn't listed until it was inducted in 2038).

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 02/11/2013 @ 16:18pm

^ Ignore that. I see that it was inducted in 2022. I must have glanced over that.

When you click on that link it doesn't redirect to anywhere. So the album was only included in Biggie's page upon this second induction (thus, leading to the confusion of me not realising it was already inducted. Life After Death being the only album listed in his page till a few days ago).

Real sorry for that guys. I honestly thought it was not inducted.
Should we leave it with the two inductees, or go through another voting for the month?

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 02/11/2013 @ 16:23pm

Another voting, so votes spent on Ready To Die werne't in vain.

if we do go for another vote, then my vote remains the same.

Posted by GFW on Monday, 02/11/2013 @ 16:36pm

and rockstar23 should get a replacement nomination for his mistake. Yeah, I've learned to befriend Ctrl+F on our projects as opposed to click on the artist pages.

Posted by Paul K on Monday, 02/11/2013 @ 21:18pm

I am of the opinion that those posters that voted for The Notorious B.I.G. album Ready To Die be given a replacement vote. I, of course, would be excluded considering I did not have Ready To Die on my ballot both times. This was not a disapproval; I just had other albms in my queue to be considered for induction.

Let me know what you think,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Monday, 02/11/2013 @ 22:05pm

Here's the final vote count where we left off:

Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel... - 4
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson - 4
Notorious B.I.G - Ready to Die - 4
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom - 3
Queen - Made In Heaven - 2
Tindersticks - Tindersticks - 2
Wishbone Ash - Argus - 2
The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion - 2
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE - 1
Sade - Diamond Life - 1
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave - 1
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever - 1
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights - 1
Grimes - Visions - 1
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light - 1
Todd Rundgren - Initiation
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

The following voters voted for "Ready To Die":

Darren
BSLO
rockstar23
John R.C.

I think it would make the most sense to let those 4 voters change their votes.

I don't think it would work to let rockstar23 post a replacement nomination because then we would have to have a re-vote and there's too much of a chance that the "The Idler Wheel" and "Nilsson Schmilsson" wouldn't get voted in, especially since it's the middle of the month and there's a chance that some of the original voters wouldn't participate in a re-vote.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/12/2013 @ 07:51am

We seem to have unanimous support for expanding the number of votes per ballot for future ballots (starting in March). We've previously discussed expanding to either 3 or 4 votes.

1. How many votes per ballot should each voter get?

A. 3
B. 4

We'll leave this poll open until Thursday at 10 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/12/2013 @ 07:53am

I will give my replacement vote to Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 02/12/2013 @ 10:49am

I will replace my vote for Jeff Lynne - Long Wave

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 02/12/2013 @ 12:07pm

I'll replace my vote for Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom.

I should note that I mistakenly reported "Sweet Oblivion" with 2 votes. It only has 1 at this point.

Updated Vote Count (waiting on rockstar23's switch):

Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel... - 4
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson - 4
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom - 4

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light - 2
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave - 2
Queen - Made In Heaven - 2
Tindersticks - Tindersticks - 2
Wishbone Ash - Argus - 2
The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion - 1
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE - 1
Sade - Diamond Life - 1
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever - 1
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights - 1
Grimes - Visions - 1
Todd Rundgren - Initiation - 0
The Streets - Original Pirate Material - 0
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty - 0

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/12/2013 @ 13:16pm

I would probably vote for Sir Luscious Leftfoot but that wouldn't really make much of a difference.

So I guess...

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

Posted by rockstar23 on Tuesday, 02/12/2013 @ 14:15pm

Actually, I see now that I changed my vote for Idler Wheel to Ready To Die earlier, so Screaming Trees actually did have 2 votes. Sorry about that.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/12/2013 @ 14:34pm

"1. How many votes per ballot should each voter get?

A. 3
B. 4"

I'll say 3.

Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Tuesday, 02/12/2013 @ 15:57pm

For number of votes per ballot,I will say: B, 4.

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 02/12/2013 @ 16:03pm

I'm going to say 3 votes per ballot and no voting for your own VC.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 02/12/2013 @ 16:17pm

3 votes per ballot.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/12/2013 @ 19:31pm

The updated Class Of February 2013:

Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/12/2013 @ 23:09pm

I would say B. 4

but I have no problem switching my vote to 3 later on if no consensus is formed.

Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 02/13/2013 @ 16:58pm

1. 4

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 02/13/2013 @ 22:10pm

I say B. 4 votes

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/14/2013 @ 22:10pm

Final Poll Results:

How many votes per ballot should each voter get?

By a 4-3 vote, we have voted that each voter's monthly ballot will contain 4 votes starting next month. As always, please remember that the number of albums being inducted each month will remain at 2 with a maximum of 5.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/14/2013 @ 23:15pm

Any interest?

The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)
Donna Summer- The Wanderer (1980)
Pantera- Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Danny Brown- XXX (2011)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/25/2013 @ 04:37am

New rule changes (as determined by popular vote) effective March 2013:

1. Each ballot will have 4 votes (previously 2).

2. Due to changes in the Song Project, we'll now have 3 days of nominations, followed by 5 days of voting so that we can maintain a consistent schedule with the Song Project.

Voting will end at 12:01 AM Central on the 9th of each month.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/26/2013 @ 22:58pm

Greg F. - "Far Beyond Driven" and "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road" would eventually get my vote, if not necessarily right away.

I'd like to push for votes for Jack White - "Blunderbuss" this month. One of the best albums from 2012 and White's best in years, maybe even since "Elephant".

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/26/2013 @ 23:08pm

I'll likely throw a vote toward Blunderbuss this month. The next 2012 album I'd like to push for is The Explorers Club- Grand Hotel. It's a great throw back to 60's sunshine pop.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/27/2013 @ 00:28am

gibe support plox

The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss
Grimes - Visions
Beach House - Bloom
Elliott Smith -XO or Either/Or
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
Kasabian - Velociraptor
Nico - Chelsea Girl

Blunderbuss is in my queue.

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 02/27/2013 @ 12:14pm

A few albums I'm considering:

Whodini- Escape
Sarah McLachlan- Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Janet Jackson- All For You
Emeli Sande'- Our Version of Events

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 02/28/2013 @ 14:59pm

Nomination:

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (2011)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 03/1/2013 @ 02:56am

Nomination:

Kings of Leon - Only By The Night

Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 03/1/2013 @ 03:40am

Nomination for March:

Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion (1991)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 03/1/2013 @ 06:01am

nomination:

Wishbone Ash - Argus

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 03/1/2013 @ 09:24am

Nomination:

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 03/1/2013 @ 10:18am

Nomination:

Emile Sande'- Our Version of Events

Posted by Mike on Friday, 03/1/2013 @ 11:36am

nomination:
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)

Posted by Paul K on Friday, 03/1/2013 @ 12:05pm

Nomination:

Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 03/1/2013 @ 12:32pm

Nom:
Nico - Chelsea Girls

Posted by GFW on Friday, 03/1/2013 @ 13:20pm

Wait, we seriously haven't inducted Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, "Murder Ballads" yet? I had to double check that. I can't think of any uninducted album that pops up on more best of the 90s lists (other than Britpop and electronica, which largely didn't happen around here). This huge oversight is my nomination in perpetuity.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/1/2013 @ 15:33pm

Nomination:

The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/1/2013 @ 17:31pm

My nomination:

Rodriguez - Cold Fact

A brilliant long-forgotten folk album by the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary, "Searching For Sugar Man".

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/1/2013 @ 20:47pm

Here is my nomination for this month. I forgot this was not even considered yet.

Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight

Hoping this might get some votes,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Friday, 03/1/2013 @ 21:55pm

My nomination for March 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 03/2/2013 @ 00:18am

has voting started yet?

if so, then i'm voting

Nico - Chelsea Girl
Grimes - Visions

Posted by GFW on Sunday, 03/3/2013 @ 07:07am

If voting has indeed started, my votes are as follows:

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
Wishbone Ash - Argus

Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Sunday, 03/3/2013 @ 09:50am

Don't forget that you get 4 votes!

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 03/3/2013 @ 11:13am

For me, add:

Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss
Beach House - Bloom

Posted by GFW on Sunday, 03/3/2013 @ 11:16am

We can go with 2 days of nominations and 6 days of voting if you guys prefer.

New this month is that each ballot can have 4 votes and voting will end at 12:01 AM on the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/3/2013 @ 12:50pm

Here are the nominees for March 2013:

Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
Buckner And Garcia - Pac-Man Fever
Emile Sande' - Our Version of Events
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
Nico - Chelsea Girls
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
The Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Wishbone Ash - Argus

Voting is now open.

The ballot has been expanded, so now each voter can vote for 4 albums each month. Albums released in 2012 are automatically eligible through June.

Any votes that have already been cast will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/4/2013 @ 01:05am

Voting will end at 12:01 AM on the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/4/2013 @ 01:10am

Alice Cooper- Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)
Rodriguez- Cold Fact (1970)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Murder Ballads (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03/4/2013 @ 01:29am

1. Nico - Chelsea Girls
2. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
3. The Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
4. Jack White - Blunderbuss

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 03/4/2013 @ 01:50am

Albums for March:

Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion

Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 03/4/2013 @ 06:10am

Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
The Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 03/4/2013 @ 09:56am

My Votes:

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight
Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
The Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 03/4/2013 @ 10:07am

Don't forget that you get 4 votes!

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 03.3.13 @ 11:13am

Oh yeah, thanks for the heads up.

In that case, my vote is as follows:

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
Nico - Chelsea Girls
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Wishbone Ash - Argus

Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Monday, 03/4/2013 @ 13:12pm

My Votes:

Jack White - Blunderbuss
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/4/2013 @ 13:44pm

Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 03/4/2013 @ 14:35pm

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
Jack White - Blunderbuss
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Nico - Chelsea Girls

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 03/4/2013 @ 18:50pm

I am pleased that a fellow poster has taken the opportunity to place a vote for a album I nominated. Thankfully I am not alone in this regard. In any matter, here are my albums on my ballot for this month.

Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight
Nick Cave - Murder Ballads
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Jack White - Blunderbuss

Early for a change:),

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Monday, 03/4/2013 @ 20:43pm

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion

Posted by Paul K on Tuesday, 03/5/2013 @ 01:30am

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
Jack White - Blunderbuss

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 03/5/2013 @ 23:52pm

March ballot:

Emile Sande' - Our Version of Events
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 03/6/2013 @ 14:13pm

Votes:

Nico - Chelsea Girl
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Grimes - Visions
CRJ - Kiss

Jack White - Blunderbuss 7

The Foo Fighters - Wasting Light 6
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads 5

Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare 4
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights 4
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View 4
Nico - Chelsea Girls 4

Rodriguez - Cold Fact 3
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night 3
The Avalanches - Since I Left You 3
The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion 3
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight 3

Wishbone Ash - Argus 2

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

Buckner And Garcia - Pac-Man Fever
Emile Sande' - Our Version of Events
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
Grimes - Visions
CRJ - Kiss

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 03/6/2013 @ 16:08pm

Jack White - Blunderbuss
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Carly Rae Jepson - Kiss

Posted by Robert on Wednesday, 03/6/2013 @ 20:41pm

GFW - My count matches yours except it should be noted that "Pac-Man Fever" doesn't have any votes yet.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/7/2013 @ 00:56am

FYI - Voting closes at 12:01 AM on the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/7/2013 @ 01:16am

Carly Rae Jepson - Kiss
Posted by Robert on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 20:41pm
_________________________________________________

robert yuo are of my greatest ally

Posted by GFW on Thursday, 03/7/2013 @ 11:22am

For future reference, here's my current list of 2012 albums that I would consider voting for:

Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Theater Is Evil
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Bob Mould - Silver Age
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Wrecking Ball
Django Django - Django Django
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
Grizzly Bear - Shields
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Kanye West - Kanye West Presents Good Music Cruel Summer
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1
Nas - Life Is Good
Purity Ring - Shrines
Regina Spektor - What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
Soundgarden - King Animal
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
The Shins - Port Of Morrow
The Sword - Apocryphon

The next album I would support would probably be "Channel Orange", "Born To Die" or "Wrecking Ball".

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/8/2013 @ 04:51am

I'm with you on Frank, Lana, Purity Ring and possibly Nas.

I would probably induct Grizzly Bear's and Lupe's earlier albums before these efforts though.

Some more 2012 albums to consider:

Tame Impala - Lonerism
Grimes - Visions
Jessie Ware - Devotion
The xx - coexist

Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 03/8/2013 @ 05:15am

rockstar23 - I would induct previous albums by Grizzly Bear and Lupe Fiasco as well, in paricular 2011's Lasers and 2009's Veckatimest. These projects could definitely use more indie rock and hip hop.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/8/2013 @ 07:54am

I support Lana, Nas, Soundgarden, & Lupe.

More 2012 albums to consider:

The Explorers Club- Grand Hotel
The Men- Open Your Heart
Animal Collective- Centipede HZ
Alabama Shakes- Boys & Girls
Dirty Projectors- Swing Lo Magellan

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/8/2013 @ 15:59pm

Of the 2012 albums that I've head others express support for, I have the most enthusiasm for:

Alabama Shakes- Boys & Girls
The xx - coexist
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Bruce Springteen - Wrecking Ball

Also, Band of Horses - Mirage Rock is one that I'd eagerly support

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/8/2013 @ 18:23pm

I'm changing my vote for "Cold Fact" to Nick Cave - "Murder Ballads".

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/8/2013 @ 23:04pm

Voting is closed.

Here is the class of March 2013:

Jack White - Blunderbuss
The Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/9/2013 @ 01:02am

Years for the albums:

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads (1996)
The Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (2011)
Jack White - Blunderbuss (2012)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 03/9/2013 @ 04:32am

Posted by rockstar23 on Saturday, 03/9/2013 @ 15:50pm

Tori Amos?

Also imma be voting Crae-J for pop.

Posted by GFW on Saturday, 03/9/2013 @ 17:18pm

Looks like the common denominator here is Frank and Lana so far for 2012. They would be great inductions we already covered rock, rap and alternative so far (Jack White, Kendrick Lamar and Tori Amos respectively). Time to add the best R&B and pop albums. -rockstar23

I'd be game for either. I'm only likely to vote for one 2012 album at at time, so I'll go with the consensus on any of the albums that I've expressed support for.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03/9/2013 @ 17:52pm

LMAO, I was thinking of Fiona Apple GFW. My Bad.

Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 03/10/2013 @ 03:05am

Casually perusing the site, I just noticed that we haven't inducted a single Sinead O'Connor album. I know that we tend to be a bit girl-phobic, but "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" is a huge miss and "The Lion & the Cobra" should be there, too.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/12/2013 @ 11:07am

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/12/2013 @ 13:28pm

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/12/2013 @ 23:55pm

Also, Cheese has been working on "Sweet Oblivion" for a long time. It's been my "just missed" for quite a few rounds, but it's a great, iconic, commercially successful album by one of Seattle's finest. I'm going to go all in with Cheese on it. I love the album and respect Cheese's patience.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03.12.13 @ 13:28pm
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Sam Cooke once worked on the "chain gang"...

I'm working on the cheese gang...

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 03/13/2013 @ 11:50am

How about any of these?

The Avalanches- Since I Left You
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Lick Off My Decals, Baby
Marianne Faithful- Broken English
Donna Summer- Once a Upon a Time
Amanda Mair- Amanda Mair
Kate Bush- Never For Ever
Amy Winehouse- Frank
Ryan Adams- Gold
Iron Butterfly- Ball or Ina Godda Da Vida
Jim Croce- I Got a Name
John Coltraine- Blue Train
Eric Dolphy- Out to Lunch
Lennie Tristeno- Crosscurrents
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior
Triumvert- Spartacus
Tommy Bolin- Teaser or Private Eyes

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03.12.13 @ 23:55pm
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I'll toss in on Iron Butterfly, but not immediately. I've been working for 15 months on "Sweet Oblivion" (as well as working in Oblivion for at least twice as long), & I've finally got some coalition building going on here.

I figure I'm at least as close as Congress is to figuring out what the standard size of cow-cathcers should be, & I can't just surrender that right now! :)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 03/13/2013 @ 11:55am

In response to a coupole of things...

Sinead O'Connor - Definitely agree. "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" is honestly one of our biggest misses from the 1990's, and I'd vote for it immediately if it were nominated.

Iron Butterfly - Would definitely support Ina Godda Da Vida, though I can't guarantee it would be right away.

Sweet Oblivion - It was actually the last album I cut from my ballot last time around. Given how close it came, I'd be happy to hop on the cheesewagon and vote for it next round.

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 03/13/2013 @ 14:08pm

Here are some of my picks:

Freedom by Neil Young

An Innocent Man by Billy Joel

The Long Run by The Eagles

Daylight Again by Crosby, Stills and Nash

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

Running On Empty by Jackson Browne

Posted by Andrew on Wednesday, 03/13/2013 @ 14:18pm

A couple more pontently picks:

Iron Butterfly- Heavy
Carly Simon- No Secrets
Joan Baez- Diamonds & Rust or Gulf Winds
Kenny Loggins- Nightwatch
Melanie- Photograph
Rodriguez- Cold Fact or Coming From Reality
Donald Fagen- The Nightfly
The Monkees- Headquarters or Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones LTD

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/14/2013 @ 07:45am

I'll throw a vote towards Sweet Oblivion. Can't guarantee it though it will depend on what other albums are nominated.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/17/2013 @ 20:45pm

My Nomination:

The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 01:20am

April Nomination:

The Screaming Trees - "Sweet Oblivion"

Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 06:16am

nomination:

Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/Lovesounds

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 07:24am

Nom: The Antlers - Hospice

Posted by GFW on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 07:34am

Here is my nomination for the Album Project Class of April 2038. I have always meant to include this album on my nominations list, yet I seemed to have forgotten these past few months. Now since my memory is back to full capacity :), here it is finally nominated.

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom

The creation of Rock Bottom is quite a story in and of itself. This was Robert Wyatt's first album after he became unable to walk: his first with substantial lyrics: his first no longer being a member of any band: and his first utilising his wife, Alfreda Birge. Rock Bottom has to be heard in its entirety to fully grasp all its nuances. It is initially not an easy record at first; then again, Robert Wyatt has never been known for doing pure pop hits. Yet it is quite brilliant.

Not having ever owned a hedgehog,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 09:35am

My Nomination:

Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 09:52am

Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)

Posted by Paul K on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 12:51pm

Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 16:11pm

John Coltrane - Blue Train (1957)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 20:25pm

Sorry, I forgot to put the year on my nomination. The year on the HIStory album is 1995. Sorry for that.

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 21:50pm

My April 2013/2038 Album Project nomination...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 22:03pm

My Nomination:

Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

Sorry, I forgot to put the year on my nomination. The year on the HIStory album is 1995. Sorry for that.

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 04.1.13

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Isn't this a compilation album? I thought these are ineligible after a certain year and definitely by 1995!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 22:07pm

Isn't this a compilation album? I thought these are ineligible after a certain year and definitely by 1995!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 22:07pm
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The album was part studio album like Pink Floyd's "Ummagumma", even though the album was part live

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 22:34pm

nominatrion:

MC5 - Back in the USA (1970)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 04/1/2013 @ 23:55pm

"Isn't this a compilation album? I thought these are ineligible after a certain year and definitely by 1995!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIStory:_Past,_Present_and_Future,_Book_I

The first disc is a greatest hits compilation. The second disc is new material or material that appeared on soundtrack albums. So long as we agree that we'd be voting on the content of the second disc and disregarding the content of the first disc (which as a greatest hits album by Michael Jackson, would obviously be one of the great "albums" of all-time), it would be eligible for nomination, in my opinion.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/2/2013 @ 02:53am

Nomination:

Janet Jackson- All For You (2001)

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 04/2/2013 @ 08:23am

Nomination:

Rodriguez - Cold Fact

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/2/2013 @ 21:32pm

Regarding 2012 albums, I think that we reached something of a consensus on throwing support towards Frank Ocean and Lana Del Rey next. I might end up voting for both this month, but Frank Ocean is my higher priority.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/2/2013 @ 22:09pm

nomination:

The Cranberries - Everybody Else is Doing it, So Why Can't We?

Posted by Scot Banks on Wednesday, 04/3/2013 @ 10:48am

Here are the nominees for April 2013:

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever
Elliott Smith - Either / Or
Janet Jackson - All For You
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds
MC5 - Back In The USA
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
The Antlers - Hospice
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion

Any albums released in 2012 are eligible as well.

Each voter gets 4 votes.

Voting will close at 12:01 AM on Tuesday, April 9th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/4/2013 @ 01:20am

my votes:

The Avalanches- Since I Left You
John Coltraine- Blue Train
Lana Del Ray- Born to Die
Screaming Trees- Sweet Oblivion

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/4/2013 @ 01:30am

My vote:

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds
Rodriguez - Cold Fact

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 04/4/2013 @ 03:25am

The Antlers - Hospice
Grimes - Visions
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss

Posted by GFW on Thursday, 04/4/2013 @ 08:45am

Album votes:

Janet Jackson - All For You
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 04/4/2013 @ 08:47am

John Coltrane - Blue Train
MC5 - Back in the USA
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
The Avalanches - Since I Left You

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 04/4/2013 @ 10:35am

The Cranberries - Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Janet Jackson - All For You
Elliott Smith - Either/Or

Posted by Scott Banks on Thursday, 04/4/2013 @ 13:58pm

My vote:

Elliott Smith - Either / Or
MC5 - Back In The USA
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

Good nominations, it was difficult to narrow it down.

Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Thursday, 04/4/2013 @ 17:25pm

Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/Lovesounds
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Sinead O'Conner - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die

Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 04/4/2013 @ 18:49pm

John Coltrane - Blue Train
MC5 - Back In The USA
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Screaming Trees- Sweet Oblivion

The nominees by the Avalanches, Elliot Smith, Rodriguez and the Cranberries, as well as the Frank Ocean and Lana Del Rey albums came very close and I'll be checking their positions toward the end of the cycle.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 04/4/2013 @ 22:02pm

My Votes:

Rodriguez - Cold Fact
The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

My most likely vote swap is "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We".

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/4/2013 @ 23:16pm

Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds
MC5 - Back In The USA
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 04/5/2013 @ 00:21am

switch out Kiss for Either/Or plox

Posted by GFW on Friday, 04/5/2013 @ 04:43am

Albums for April:

John Coltrane - Blue Train
MC5 - Back In The USA
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion

Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 04/5/2013 @ 06:54am

My vote:

John Coltrane - Blue Train
MC5 - Back In The USA
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion

I will switch a vote for the Cranberries album if necessary. It definitely deserves induction, but couldn't quite make it onto my ballot.

I think this is the first time I have ever voted the exact same way as DarinRG!

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 04/5/2013 @ 07:55am

Here's my current vote count:

John Coltrane - Blue Train - 7
MC5 - Back In The USA - 6

Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - 5
The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion - 5
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? - 4
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange - 3
Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds - 3
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die - 3
The Avalanches - Since I Left You - 3
Elliott Smith - Either / Or - 3
Rodriguez - Cold Fact - 3
Janet Jackson - All For You - 2
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I - 2
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar - 1
Grimes - Visions - 1
The Antlers - Hospice - 1
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever - 0
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - 0

Voting closes at 12:01 AM on Tuesday.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/6/2013 @ 23:28pm

Here are the albums I have picked for my ballot for the Album Project class of April 2038. Obviously, these four include the album I have nominated. I was hoping more posters would be willing to throw a vote or two for this album. Perhaps they now will.

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
John Coltrane - Blue Train
MC5 - Back In The USA
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I

More posters need to vote,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Sunday, 04/7/2013 @ 13:50pm

I'll switch my vote from Rodriguez - Cold Fact to Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got. It still needs one more vote switch to get in.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/8/2013 @ 22:20pm

I switch my vote from Lana Del Ray- Born to Die to Sinead O'Connor- I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/8/2013 @ 23:02pm

Voting is now closed.

Here is the class of April 2013:

John Coltrane - Blue Train (1957)
MC5 - Back In The USA (1970)
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got (1990)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/9/2013 @ 06:03am

I have a list of potential albums I'm looking into nominating in May. Any support?

The Avalanches- Since I Left You
Kate Bush- The Kick Inside OR Never For Ever OR The Sensual World
Marianne Faithfull- Broken English
Orbital- In Sides
Donna Summer- Once a Upon a Time OR The Wanderer
Fiona Apple- When the Pawn...
Chilliwack- Wanna Be A Star
Eric Dolphy- Out to Lunch
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior
Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road OR Lucinda Williams
Triumvert- Spartacus
Yuck- Yuck
Tori Amos- Boys For Pale
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Lick Off My Decals, Baby

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 04/14/2013 @ 06:19am

I'm down for Yuck.

Posted by GFW on Sunday, 04/14/2013 @ 09:14am

Greg F - I could put Kate Bush, Orbital, Fiona Apple and Lucinda Williams high on my list.

The Avalanches, Donna Summer, Tori Amos and Captain Beefheart all fall into the category of albums that I would be happy to support, but would likely get bumped in a round with 4 other nominees that I'm passionate about.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 04/14/2013 @ 18:16pm

I'm gonna be really pushing for Visions and Joanna Newsom - Ys, anyone down for voting these?

Posted by GFW on Monday, 04/22/2013 @ 13:30pm

Hello gents. I wanted to bring something up that I thought you all might look at. Last summer, I made a concerted push to try & have some albums from the 80's & 90's added to the project. I noted that certain yrs. from the 80's & 90's were lacking in relation to others. I'm happy to say that the 80's section, & the pathetic outlay from 1990, have been rectified to a degree.

I will say that the 90's look incredibly weird right now, as a three yr. semi-valley from 91-93, is followed by a massive wall of albums in 94-95, & then back down to a downward slope in 96. While I'm actively working to rectify this (the Screaming Trees "Sweet Oblivion", anyone?), there's something else I'd like to bring up. This is the even sharper decline in albums from 1998 onward. This was partially brought up last summer, when albums from the late 90's were hashed out (Kid Rock, Pearl Jam's "Yield", etc.) but nothing was ever done.

I'd like to expand on this, especially up till the year 2005 or so. You can argue that albums in the last 5 yrs. or so may be too hard to judge, but anything from 05/06 & back has acquired a bit of distance. I cannot help but notice how much pop/R&B we've put in during the 2000's. If we are going to honor Jay-Z/BeyoncÃ©/Lady GaGa, etc., it seems rather foolish not to acknowledge some of the more commercial rock albums from groups like Audioslave, Velvet Revolver, etc., which were released in 03-06. Likewise, there's the initial albums from Kings of Leon, the Black Keys, etc., as well. If we're honoring indie, why not honor these groups, when they really were under the radar?

I'd like to put forward Kid Rock, Pearl Jam, & some of the 98/99 releases again, along w/some of what I mentioned from 2000 onward. Last time we put a master list of some sort together, we did induct (eventually) REO Speedwagon, the Black Crowes, the Fugees, & several others. Perhaps we can pump up the ranks of 98-05/06, or whatever. Anybody have any commercial rock albums they might like to acknowledge from this time?

Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 04/23/2013 @ 06:59am

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 04/23/2013 @ 14:40pm

Two other mainstream rock albums worth considering from 1999 if you can get over the negative stigma of the two artists...

Enema of the State - Blink 182
Human Clay - Creed

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 04/23/2013 @ 15:07pm

Chessecrop - Glad to see you bring this up again.

I'm going to go back to nominating Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish next round, but Devil Without a Case by Kid Rock is my next priority. For the most part, I think we've done pretty well with non-rap/R&B albums from the 90's but there's one particular album that I'm surprised hasn't received any mention yet:

Supernatural - Santana (1999) - It's a great comeback album, and it introduced an entire new generation to one of the best guitarists of the 1970's. It was successful both critically and commercially and even received some Grammy love. I think that one has to be inducted.

I'd have to do some research on the early 2000's. They were the period that I first got into music, but most of what I liked from that era when I was a teenager (post-grunge, nu-metal, rap-rock, etc.) hasn't aged well and is generally considered "trash" by most people who vote on here. With regards to Audioslave and Velvet Revolver, I loved both debut albums personally but I think both are pretty borderline. They both contain a couple of gems mixed in with some absolute filler.

That said, I'd absolutely support stuff by those bands in the song project, especially Show Me How to Live and Like a Stone by Audioslave and Slither by Velvet Revolver.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 04.23.13 @ 14:40pm
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Precisely what I'm getting at. I don't want to nominate every last album in sight, but it seems a s though we could flesh out these yrs. w/some works that haven't been noted. A few in particular:

Days of the New - Days of the New (97?) I believe
Incubus - Make Yourself (99?) I believe
Audioslave - Audioslave (02)
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (04)

Add in Creed & Blink 182, + Kid Rock, Pearl Jam, & a few others (although it's from 96, I still swear that STP's "Tiny Music" album should be represented. It's so much better than it's given credit for being). Maybe the Black Keys "Rubber Factory" from 04, & Kings of Leon's "Youth & Young Manhood' from 03, perhaps.

There's some stuff here that deserves a little notice.

Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 04/23/2013 @ 17:01pm

DarinRG:

I think I'm going to either with Since I Left You by The Avalanches or try nominating In Sides by Oribal or a Lucinda Williams album or a Kate Bush album or Fiona Apple- When the Pawn... or Tori Amos- Boys For Pele instead of Since I Left You.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/23/2013 @ 18:54pm

On second thought I will nominate either Since I Left You or In Sides. It's toss up. Let know me what you guys would support between the two. We could use more electronica albums and Since I Left You and In Sides would make great additions to the project.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/25/2013 @ 22:14pm

Greg F. - I would eventually vote for: Fiona Apple - "When The Pawn" and Lucinda Williams - "Car Wheels On The Gravel Road"

Cheesecrop - You'll always have my support for "Sweet Oblivion". "Devil Without A Cause" is the only Kid Rock album I'd ever vote for. I really wish he still made music like that instead of the mediocre crap he churns out now. As for Pearl Jam, I'd vote for "Yield", "Pearl Jam" and "Backspacer". Incubus - "Make Yourself" would eventually get my vote. "Audioslave" might as well. I'd definitely vote for "Tiny Music" and probably for "Youth and Young Manhood" (I preferred KoL's old sound to their more popular sound).

BSLO - I'd vote for "Cracked Rear View", but it's hardly a priority. I might vote for "Supernatural" eventually.

Regarding "Enema Of The State" and "Human Clay", the negative stigma is there for a reason. That's about as close as I can estimate to the collective low-water mark of punk and grunge. I wouldn't be offended if either was voted in as they're both very popular, but I don't think we've done anywhere near as thorough a job of voting in great albums from the last 20 years to circle back around for leftovers.

Seeing as how I don't think we've done very well with indie rock / indie pop / alternative rock in recent years, my next few nominees will proably be from this list:

The National - "High Violet" (which I will nominate tomorrow) / "Boxer"
At The Drive-In - "Relationship Of Command"
Bright Eyes - "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"
Death Cab For Cutie - "Plans" / "Transatlanticism"
Interpol - "Turn On The Bright Lights" / "Antics"
Muse - "Resistance"

Rilo Kiley - "More Adventurous" / "Under The Blacklight" (If Fleetwood Mac had recorded "Rumours" five years ago, I think it would have sounded like this album)

The Decemberists - "The Crane Wife" / "The Hazards Of Love" / "The King Is Dead"
The Shins - "Chutes Too Narrow" / "Wincing The Night Away" / "Port Of Morrow"
The Offspring - "Americana"
Vampire Weekend - "Contra"
Wolfmother - "New Moon"

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/30/2013 @ 22:13pm

Greg F - I could possibly see myself supporting "In Sides" by Orbital, "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" by Lucinda Williams.

Cheesecrop - Of the albums you discussed I could support "Sweet Oblivion" by Screaming Trees, Audioslave's self titled and "Devil Without a Case" by Kid Rock.

BSLO -" Supernatural" by Santana is awesome!

Darren - I would support these albums:

The National - "High Violet"
At The Drive-In - "Relationship Of Command"
Bright Eyes - "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"
Death Cab For Cutie - "Transatlanticism"
Interpol - "Turn On The Bright Lights"
The Decemberists - "The Hazards Of Love" / "The King Is Dead"

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 04/30/2013 @ 23:50pm

My nomination:

The National - "High Violet" (2010)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 01:36am

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! (1966)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 10:13am

My nomination:

Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)

Darren - I agree with pretty much everything that you said about the other albums I mentioned. In terms of straight rock albums, the only three that are high priorities for me are Cracked Rear View, Devil Without a Cause and Supernatural. I would say that those are the only three medium snubs from the decade (though there are plenty of rap/R&B albums that are missing). That's not to say I wouldn't vote for other albums from the decade, just that I wouldn't nominate any.

I don't think Enema of the State or Human Clay are big priorities, but wanted to bring them into the conversation, even they are simply "the best garbage at the dump".

In terms of albums since the turn of the century, I did some research and can definitely agree that several albums you listed are snubs. I'd be willing to set aside a vote per month to catching up on some of the alt/indie rock snubs similar to what we did awhile ago with rap/R&B albums.

I still think the biggest snub from the 21st century remains Bruce Springsteen - The Rising. I was really surprised that it never got enough support to get inducted.

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 11:03am

Nom:
Joanna Newsom - Ys

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 11:30am

I am not certain if this album was previously inducted, although I think it was not. In any matter, this album is my nomination for the Album Project Class of May 2038.

Pink Floyd - Animals

Do correct me if I am wrong,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 14:37pm

that's definitely in.

can people please make sure to check their albums are in beforehand so we don't get that whole "Ready To Die" fiasco again?

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 15:08pm

Album Nomination:

Screaming Trees - "Sweet Oblivion" (1991)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 16:03pm

Both Freak Out! and Animals have been inducted.

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 16:28pm

I'll change Freak Out! to

Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 16:51pm

nomination:

Kings of Leon - Only By the Night

Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 17:58pm

Nomination:

Oribital- In Sides (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 18:26pm

My nomination:

Interpol - "Turn On The Bright Lights"

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 20:21pm

Thank you for reminding me of my mistake. Here then is my replacement nominee for the Album Project Class of May 2038. Maybe this might make it in.

Sir Paul McCartney - Tug Of War

Do not be alarmed with the nomination,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 22:01pm

My nomination for May 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 05/1/2013 @ 22:20pm

Here's my list of the 100 greatest albums of all time:
100. Things Are Swingin' by Peggy Lee
99. Pain In My Heart by Otis Redding
98. Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
97. With A Little Help From My Firends by Joe Cocker
96. I Walk The Line by Johnny Cash
95. Welcome To My Nightmare by Alice Cooper
94. Call Me by Al Green
93. Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer
92. The Pretender by Jackson Browne
91. In The Hollies' Style by The Hollies
90. Pontiac by Lyle Lovett
89. 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul
88. Dressed To Kill by KISS
87. The Healer by Jonh Lee Hooker
86. Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin
85. Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton
84. Mr. Personality by Lloyd Price
83. Sandinista by The Clash
82. The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden
81. Baby Its You by The Shirelles
80. Pretty on the Inside by Hole
79. Electric Warrior by T. Rex
78. Forever Changes by Love
77. Strange Days by The Doors
76. Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction
75. For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
74. The Complete Recordings by Robert Johnson
72. All the News That's Fit to Sing by Phil Ochs
71. Loaded by The Velvet Underground
70. Closer To Home by Grand Funk Railroad
69. That'll Be The Day by Buddy Holly & The Crickets
68. Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart
67. Moanin' in the Moonlight by Howlin' Wolf
66. Make It Big by Wham!
65. Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
64. Ropin' The Wind by Garth Brooks
63. Wings at the Speed of Sound by Paul McCartney & Wings
62. Viva La Viva by Coldplay
61. Bark at the Moon by Ozzy Osbourne
60. Freak Out by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
59. Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
58. Heavy Nova by Robert Palmer
57. The Crossing by Big Country
56. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
55. Fly to the Rainbow by The Scorpions
54. Me Against the World by 2Pac
53. Gettin' Ready by The Temptations
52. Screaming for Vengeance by Judas Priest
51. Freedom by Neil Young
50. Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
49. Sweetheart of the Rodeo by The Byrds
48. Peace Sells but Who's Buying by Megadeth
47. Beaucoups of Blues by Ringo Starr
46. Jump Up by Elton John
45. Music From the Big Pink by The Band
44. 21 by Adele
43. Sports by Huey Lewis & The News
42. Look What The Cat Dragged In by Poison
41. The Rasie And Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders from Mars by David Bowie
40. Invisible Touch by Genesis
39. We Don't Need to Whisper by Angels & Airways
38. Stay Hungry by Twisted Sister
37. The Stranger by Billy Joel
36. Infinity by Journey
35. Blue by Joni Mitchell
34. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan
33. Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company
32. Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones
31. Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin
30. The Wall by Pink Floyd
29. Talking Book by Stevie Wonder
28. Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
27. Hysteria by Def Leppard
26. Revolver by The Beatles
25. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
24. Buffalo Springfield by Buffalo Springfield
23. The Joshua Tree by U2
22. Thriller by Michael Jackson
21. Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
20. Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
19. Van Halen by Van Halen
18. Running On Empty by Jackson Browne
17. Permanent Vacation by Aerosmith
16. Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy
15. Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
14. An Innocent Man by Billy Joel
13. The Doors by The Doors
12. High Voltage by AC/DC
11. Recovery by Eminem
10. Apptite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses
9. Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills, & Nash.
8. Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
7. Who's Next by The Who
6. Too Low For Zero by Elton John
5. 2112 by Rush
4. Disraeli Gears by Cream
3. Strom Front by Billy Joel
2. Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles

Posted by Andrew on Thursday, 05/2/2013 @ 00:11am

Nominee:

R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant (1986)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 05/2/2013 @ 01:24am

Nomination:

The Cranberries - Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 05/2/2013 @ 15:50pm

With regards to 2012 albums, I intend to vote for Lana Del Rey's "Born To Die" this month. My other 3 votes will definitely be "High Violet" and "Sweet Oblivion". I don't know what album will get my other vote, but I'm fairly certain it will be one of the nominees.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/2/2013 @ 22:34pm

Voting has not opened as of yet, but I will not be able to post the list of nominees tomorrow at midnight when nominations close.

Here are the current nominees:

Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
The Cranberries - Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
The National - High Violet (2010)
Orbital - In Sides (1996)
R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant (1986)
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (2008)
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion (1991)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)
Joanna Newsom - YS (2006)

All albums released in 2012 are eligible as well.

Let me know if I missed any nominees and add any albums nominated before midnight tomorrow.

When voting starts, everyone has 4 votes.

Voting will end at 12:01 on Thursday, May 9th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/3/2013 @ 01:20am

Joanna Newsom - Ys
Grimes - Oblivion
First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar
Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss

Posted by GFW on Friday, 05/3/2013 @ 13:11pm

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Paul McCartney - Tug of War (1982)
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky (2012)
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 05/4/2013 @ 00:07am

Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
The National - High Velvet
Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night

Just missed: Lana del Rey - Born to Die, Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

Posted by rockstar23 on Saturday, 05/4/2013 @ 06:51am

The National - High Violet (2010)
Orbital - In Sides (1996)
R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant (1986)
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion (1991)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 05/4/2013 @ 12:28pm

R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pagent
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Paul McCartney - Tug of War

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 05/4/2013 @ 14:13pm

The Cranberries - Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant (1986)
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (2008)
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 05/5/2013 @ 01:02am

My Ballot:

Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion (1991)
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)
The National - High Violet (2010))
Gary Clark Jr - Black and Blu (2012)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 05/5/2013 @ 03:22am

My ballot:

Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)
The Cranberries - Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
The National - High Violet (2010)
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion (1991)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 05/5/2013 @ 09:21am

Rick - "Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky (2012)" is a greatest hits compilation album and is not eligible for the Album Project. You have one more vote to use.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/5/2013 @ 19:41pm

Darren, you are actually incorrect in your assesement regarding Mr. Blue Sky. The ELO album is Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy redoing quite a number of Electric Light Orchestra songs; primarily with newer technology using the similar methods involved with the initial 1970s and 1980s recordings. How I see it, Mr. Blue Sky is a legitimate album to be considered for the Album Project. Now then, here are the four albums I have on my ballot for the Album Project Class of May 2038.

Sir Paul McCartney - Tug Of War
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

3 old and 1 new,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Sunday, 05/5/2013 @ 20:26pm

Album Votes for May:

R.E.M. - "Life's Rich Pageant" (1986)
Screaming Trees - "Sweet Oblivion" (1991)
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)The National - "High Violet" (2010)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 05/6/2013 @ 05:21am

The Cranberries - Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
Orbital - In Sides (1996)
R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant (1986)
Pink - The Truth About Love

Posted by Mike on Monday, 05/6/2013 @ 13:39pm

My Votes:

The National - High Violet
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Frank Ocean - channel Orange
Hootie And The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/6/2013 @ 23:21pm

Current Vote Count:

The National - High Violet (2010) - 6
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion (1991) - 6
_________________________________________

R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant (1986) - 5

Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994) - 4

Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982) - 3
The Cranberries - Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993) - 3
Frank Ocean - channel Orange (2012) - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 2
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (2008) - 2
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) - 2
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002) - 2
Orbital - In Sides (1996) - 2

Joanna Newsom - YS (2006) - 1
Grimes - Oblivion (2012) - 1
First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar (2012) - 1
Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss (2012) - 1
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012) - 1
Gary Clark Jr. - Black And Blu (2012) - 1
Pink - The Truth About Love - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/6/2013 @ 23:28pm

Would anyone be interesting in voting for Desolation Boulevard by Sweet next month?

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 05/8/2013 @ 02:10am

Would anyone be interesting in voting for Desolation Boulevard by Sweet next month?

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 05.8.13 @ 02:10am

Yeah, that's a worthy cause. I'd join you on that.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 05/8/2013 @ 11:43am

Yup, I'd vote for Desolation Boulevard

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 05/8/2013 @ 12:03pm

Switch my vote for "channel ORANGE" to "Life's Rich Pageant".

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/9/2013 @ 00:54am

yes for Desolation Boulevard

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 05/9/2013 @ 01:02am

My votes if it's not too late
The National- High Velvet
Screaming Trees- Sweet Oblivion
REM- Life's Rich Pageant
Orbital- In Sides

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/9/2013 @ 01:13am

Voting is now closed (I did add Greg's vote).

Here are the inductees for May 2012:

The National - High Violet (2010)
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion (1991)
R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant (1986)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/9/2013 @ 01:30am

Dang, The Cranberries missed out again. I'll give it one more try next month.

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 05/14/2013 @ 12:19pm

Any interest in these albums for next month

Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Fiona Apple- When the Pawn... (1998)
Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Orbital- In Sides- (1996)
The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Usher- Confessions (2004)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Lick Off My Decals Baby (1970)
Emmylou Harris- Wrecking Ball (1995)
Chris Cornell- Euphoria Morning (1998)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/16/2013 @ 20:31pm

To add to the list:

Marianne Faithfull- Broken English (1979)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1980)
Big Pun- Capital Punishment (1998)
Melanie- Photograph (1976) OR Stoneground Words (1972)
Little Feat- Dixie Chicken (1974)
Steely Dan- The Royal Scam (1976) OR Katy Lied (1975)
Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees (1976)
Harry Nilsson- Ariel Ballot (1968)
The Monkees- Headquarter (1967)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/16/2013 @ 22:18pm

By the way, are we reranking all the albums at the end of the year?

Posted by GFW on Friday, 05/17/2013 @ 17:50pm

By the way, are we reranking all the albums at the end of the year?

Posted by GFW on Friday, 05/17/2013 @ 18:08pm

"By the way, are we reranking all the albums at the end of the year?"

There aren't currently any plans for re-ranking the albums, but I don't think it would be a good idea to do any other ranking projects until the Song Ranking Project has been completed.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/31/2013 @ 20:56pm

Nomination:

The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

I figured I'd give it one last shot this month.

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 06/1/2013 @ 16:25pm

Death Cab For Cutie - "Transatlanticism"

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 06/1/2013 @ 16:54pm

The Antlers - Hospice

Posted by GFW on Saturday, 06/1/2013 @ 17:31pm

The Antlers - Hospice

Posted by GFW on Saturday, 06/1/2013 @ 17:32pm

Nomination for June:

Pearl Jam - "Yield"

in honor of my good friend astrodog :)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Saturday, 06/1/2013 @ 20:08pm

Nomination:

The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/1/2013 @ 20:26pm

My nomination for June 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 06/1/2013 @ 21:25pm

Here is my nomination. To note, it is the same album I nominated a month ago but had not received much traction from fellow posters. This is worth at least one more try.

Sir Paul McCartney - Tug Of War

I have my reasons for selecting this album. In short, Tug Of War seems like what might have occured had The Beatles stuck around and /or regrouped after 1969. Many of the songs McCartney wrote on the album contain hints and references to John Lennon and George Harrison in their works and lives. In addition, as something of an aside, I am continually impressed with the album cover, one of the last artwork Hipgnosis did before they split up. It is quite possibly Sir Paul McCartney's best album from his post Wings years.

Considering Hipgnosis for induction in the fall,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Saturday, 06/1/2013 @ 21:29pm

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 06/1/2013 @ 23:25pm

nomination:

Kings of Leon - Only By the Night

Posted by rockstar23 on Saturday, 06/1/2013 @ 23:41pm

Nom:

Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 06/2/2013 @ 00:42am

Lots of great nominees so far this month. I'm getting a definite indie / alt rock vibe overall and since that's right up my alley, I can't wait for this month's vote.

My nominee:

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising (2002)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/2/2013 @ 01:10am

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)

Posted by Paul K on Sunday, 06/2/2013 @ 02:29am

Nominee:

Pieces of a Man (1971) - Gil Scott-Heron

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 06/2/2013 @ 16:19pm

Nomination for June:

Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 06/2/2013 @ 23:52pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominees for June 2012:

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising (2002)
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man (1971)
Hootie And The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (2008)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
The Antlers - Hospice (2009)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)

Any album released in 2012 is also eligible. This will continue for the rest of the year, as there were no objections to extending 2012 eligibility in either projects when the issue was brought up previously.

Each voter gets 4 votes. The top 2 albums are inducted, with a maximum of 5 albums inducted in the event of a tie.

Voting will close at 12:01 am Central time on Sunday the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/4/2013 @ 01:02am

My votes:

Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man (1971)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 06/4/2013 @ 01:18am

Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man (1971)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)

Tough ballot this round. Another four albums are very much on my radar.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 06/4/2013 @ 02:27am

My Ballot:

1. Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising (2002)
2. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)
3. Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man (1971)
4. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 06/4/2013 @ 03:33am

1. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
2. Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
3. Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
4. Lana del Rey - Born to Die

Posted by rockstar23 on Tuesday, 06/4/2013 @ 04:03am

The Antlers - Hospice
Grimes - Visions
First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar
Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss

Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 06/4/2013 @ 07:00am

My vote:

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising (2002)
Hootie And The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 06/4/2013 @ 10:44am

Albums for June:

Hootie And The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (2008)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 06/4/2013 @ 10:45am

My votes:

Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 06/4/2013 @ 12:34pm

Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (2008)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 06/4/2013 @ 13:55pm

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising (2002)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man (1971)

Posted by Darrin A on Tuesday, 06/4/2013 @ 14:37pm

My votes for June 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 06/4/2013 @ 21:38pm

The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)
Lana Del Ray- Born to Die (2012)
Gil Scott-Heron- Pieces of a Man (1971)
Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/5/2013 @ 22:35pm

My Votes:

Pearl Jam - Yield
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Hootie And The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View

Just Missed The Cut / Top Vote-Switch Options:

Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

The Cranberries don't need my vote and The Antlers aren't close enough at this point, but I'd support the album in the future.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/6/2013 @ 01:04am

Current Vote Count:

The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993) - 6

Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man (1971) - 5
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002) - 5
__________________________________________

Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980) - 4
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising (2002) - 4
Hootie And The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994) - 4
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998) - 4

Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (2008) - 3

Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 2
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) - 2
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982) - 2
Lana del Rey - Born To Die (2012) - 2
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000) - 2

Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss (2012) - 1
First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar (2012) - 1
Grimes - Visions (2012) - 1
The Antlers - Hospice (2009) - 1
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012) - 1

Voting closes at 12:01 AM on Sunday the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/6/2013 @ 01:06am

Here is my ballot for the Album Project Class of June 2038.

Sir Paul McCartney - Tug Of War
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces Of A Man
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery
Pearl Jam - Yield

Feeling a chill in the air for a June night,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Thursday, 06/6/2013 @ 21:53pm

Current vote count:

The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993) - 6
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man (1971) - 6
________________________________

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002) - 5
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998) - 5

Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980) - 4
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising (2002) - 4
Hootie And The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994) - 4

Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (2008) - 3
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 3
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982) - 3

Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003) - 2
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) - 2
Lana del Rey - Born To Die (2012) - 2
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000) - 2

Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss (2012) - 1
First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar (2012) - 1
Grimes - Visions (2012) - 1
The Antlers - Hospice (2009) - 1
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012) - 1

Voting ends at 12:01 tonight.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/8/2013 @ 23:40pm

I'll change my Avalanches to Interpol. I've almost voted for it for three rounds in a row. That will help bulk up the class a tiny bit.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 06/9/2013 @ 00:22am

Voting is now closed.

Here is the class of June 2013:

The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man (1971)
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/9/2013 @ 01:07am

Any interest?

Carly Simon- No Secrets
The Avalanches- Since I Left You
Orital- In Sides
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele
Sleeper- The IT Girl
Fiona Apple- When the Pawn...
Lupe Fiasco- Food and Liquer

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/25/2013 @ 18:50pm

Anyone up for supporting either of these two?:

Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreaks
Pink Floyd - Saucerful Of Secrets

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 06/26/2013 @ 05:55am

Greg F:

Fiona Apple - When The Pawn
Lupe Fiasco - Food And Liquor

GFW:

Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreaks

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/26/2013 @ 08:01am

Nomination:

Janet Jackson - All For You

Posted by Mike on Monday, 07/1/2013 @ 08:55am

Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreaks

Posted by GFW on Monday, 07/1/2013 @ 12:58pm

The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 07/1/2013 @ 14:13pm

Alice Cooper - Love It To Death (1971)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 07/1/2013 @ 17:38pm

Blue Sky Mining (1990) - Midnight Oil

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 07/1/2013 @ 19:47pm

My nomination for July 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 07/1/2013 @ 20:59pm

My nomination for this month's Album Priject is as follows:

Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets

My thanks to GFW for the hat tip. I forget this great album was not yet inducted.

Hope this was on time,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Monday, 07/1/2013 @ 21:46pm

nomination:

Bjork - Vespertine

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 07/1/2013 @ 22:24pm

Gassman - FYI, 2012 albums are still automatically eligible for the rest of the 2013 voting. We expanded that along with 2012 nominations in the Song Project.

Also, I would be much more likely to vote for The Avett Brothers - "I and Love and You", which I think is a better album. Can't speak for anyone else though.

We should really organize a little and try to get a few more 2012 albums in if possible. The last few months we've had a bunch of single votes for several different albums. Would anyone be willing to vote for one of those albums that they previously didn't vote for if it meant getting it voted in? I would definitely like to make another run at "Born To Die" and maybe see if there's any interest in "Wrecking Ball".

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/1/2013 @ 23:00pm

Nomination:

Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993) - I had no idea that her breakthrough album had yet to be inducted!

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 07/1/2013 @ 23:13pm

Nomination:

Fiona Apple- When the Pawn... (1999)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/1/2013 @ 23:54pm

Desolation Boulevard - Sweet (1974)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 07/2/2013 @ 01:15am

I'd vote for "Wrecking Ball". Also I chose "The Carpenter" because I thought it would have the best chances of being voted in. My favorite Avett Brothers album is "Emotionalism."

I'll give my nomination to "Juju" by Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 07/2/2013 @ 02:25am

Nomination for July:

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause

Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 07/2/2013 @ 05:00am

My nomination:

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising

Side note, is anyone interested in voting for Purity Ring - "Shrines" (2012)? As far as I'm concerned, it's 2012's "Merriweather Post Pavilion", but I'm not sure it's known enough to contend.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/2/2013 @ 21:28pm

I'll just post my vote now, It's not gonna change.

Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreaks
Grimes - Visions
First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 07/3/2013 @ 08:59am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominees for July 2013:

Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreak (2008)
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Sweet - Desolation Boulevard (1974)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju (1981)
Alice Cooper - Love It To Death (1971)
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising (2002)
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)

All albums released in 2012 are also eligible.

Each voter can vote for 4 albums. Voting will close at 12:01 AM Central on Tuesday, July 9th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/4/2013 @ 01:08am

Bjork - Vespertine
Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
Tame Impala - Lonerism

Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 07/4/2013 @ 03:14am

Woah woah, Vespertines nominated?

Disregard my previous vote:

Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
Bjork - Vespertine
Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreaks
Grimes - Visions

Posted by GFW on Thursday, 07/4/2013 @ 06:16am

Sweet - Desolation Boulevard (1974)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising (2002)
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 07/4/2013 @ 12:40pm

Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Sweet - Desolation Boulevard (1974)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 07/4/2013 @ 14:15pm

Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreak (2008)
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising (2002)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 07/4/2013 @ 14:57pm

Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju (1981)
Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 07/4/2013 @ 15:31pm

My Ballot:

Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE (2012)
Sweet - Desolation Boulevard (1974)
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju (1981)
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising (2002)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 07/4/2013 @ 18:21pm

Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju (1981)
Sweet - Desolation Boulevard (1974)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)

There are another few nominees that I genuinely love and will be checking in on toward the end.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 07/4/2013 @ 19:03pm

Fiona Apple- When the Pawn... (1999)
Pink Floyd- A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
Lana Del Ray- Born to Die (2012)
Sweet- Desolation Boulevard (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/5/2013 @ 00:30am

Album Votes for July:

Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968)
Sweet - Desolation Boulevard (1974)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Alice Cooper - Love It To Death (1971)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 07/5/2013 @ 05:58am

Album votes:

Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
Sweet - Desolation Boulevard
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
Janet Jackson - All For You

Posted by Scott Banks on Friday, 07/5/2013 @ 09:56am

Scott Banks - "Delta Machine" was released in 2013. You have one more vote to use.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/6/2013 @ 22:57pm

My selections for the Album Project Class of July 2038 are as follows:

Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
Bjork - Vespertine
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery

Will likely consider 2012 albums fairly soon,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Sunday, 07/7/2013 @ 21:42pm

My votes:

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

I would eventually vote for:

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreak

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/8/2013 @ 01:41am

Here are the current vote standings:

Sweet - Desolation Boulevard (1974) - 7
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising (2002) - 5
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968) - 5
________________________________

Bjork - Vespertine (2001) - 4
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998) - 4
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju (1981) - 4

Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999) - 3
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001) - 3
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die - 3
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993) - 3

Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE - 2
Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreak (2008) - 2
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990) - 2

Alice Cooper - Love It To Death (1971) - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 1
Grimes - Visions - 1
Scott Banks - Replacement Vote - 1
Tame Impala - Lonerism - 1

Voting ends at 12:01 AM tomorrow.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/8/2013 @ 01:43am

I'm thinking in the future we need to have a 2013 nomination like we do on the song project side. I think people are missing new albums because they aren't on the list.

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 07/8/2013 @ 01:45am

Gassman - Do you mean everyone could nominate one album from 2012 (this year, 2013 next year) and one album from prior to 2012? Is that what you mean or something else?

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/8/2013 @ 08:03am

I'd like to change my vote for "Tuesday Night Music Club" to "Juju".

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/9/2013 @ 00:54am

Voting is now closed.

Here is the class of July 2013:

Sweet - Desolation Boulevard (1974)
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - The Rising (2002)
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968)
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju (1981)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/9/2013 @ 01:16am

Darren: Exactly, I'm just thinking that people are forgetting newer albums because they aren't on the master nomination list.

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 07/9/2013 @ 12:40pm

I think it is OK the way we do it. I think even more than individual songs, an album really needs time to soak in, and there is not much reason to induct all but the cream of the crop in their 1st year of eligibility.

I'm not necessarily opposed to nominating a 2012 album, but don't think we are missing anything by not doing it.

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 07/9/2013 @ 15:49pm

This board doesn't get a lot of traffic between monthly votes, so I think the best thing to do with this suggestion is put it to a vote as part of the August Album Project vote.

A yes / no vote on whether or not to add a "current year" nomination in place of universal "current year" eligibility should do the trick.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/11/2013 @ 08:07am

Any Interest?

The Avalanches- Since I Left You
Orbital- In Sides
Fiona Apple- When the Pawn... OR Extraorinary Machine
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele
Kate Bush- The Kick Inside OR Never For Ever
Sleeper- The It Girl
Donna Summer- Once a Upon a Time

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/18/2013 @ 13:01pm

Greg F - I'd guarantee a ballot spot to Orbital, Fiona Apple, Kate Bush or Sleeper. I'd very strongly consider Tori Amos the Avalanches. (Nothing against the Donna Summer choice, I'd just need to do some homework on it.)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 07/18/2013 @ 19:09pm

Once Upon a Time is a strong album by Donna Summer. The songs I recommend checking on that album are the electronic songs Now I Need You and Working the Midnight Shift. They have an industrial sound to them which were ahead of their time. Also what I like about the album is the fairy tale concept it has. The story is Cinderella type of thing. It is definitely worth a listen.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/19/2013 @ 12:35pm

Album Nomination for August:

Kid Rock - "Devil Without A Cause" (1998)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Thursday, 08/1/2013 @ 06:03am

Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreaks

btw, would there be any support for Joanna Newsom - Ys?

Posted by GFW on Thursday, 08/1/2013 @ 08:04am

Nomination for August:

Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 08/1/2013 @ 10:52am

Nomination:

Donna Summer- Once Upon a Time (1977)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/1/2013 @ 13:06pm

Yes - 90125 (1983)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 08/1/2013 @ 14:00pm

nomination:

Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)

Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 08/1/2013 @ 16:55pm

Nomination: Jesus Christ Superstar

I'd like to nominate the album Jesus Christ Superstar (original rock opera soundtrack of 1970 with Ian Gillan, Murray Head, Yvonne Elliman (ie NOT the movie soundtrack version)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Superstar_(album)

Posted by Darrin A on Thursday, 08/1/2013 @ 17:43pm

Tame Impala - Lonerism (2012)

Also, did we ever settle on if we would have a separate nomination for a 2012 album?

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 08/1/2013 @ 18:30pm

My nomination for August 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 08/1/2013 @ 19:33pm

My album nomination for this month is:

Kate Bush - The Kick Inside

I am also interested in doing a seperate election cycle for 2012 albums.

Hope this was on time,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Thursday, 08/1/2013 @ 22:35pm

Nominee:

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 08/1/2013 @ 23:40pm

Gassman - I think Darren mentioned that we would vote on allowing an extra 2012 album nomination as a part of this month's induction cycle.

Also, since you have been pushing Tame Impala like crazy. I'm going to give their album a listen before voting this month :)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 08/2/2013 @ 10:23am

Mule Variations (1999) - Tom Waits

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 08/2/2013 @ 18:14pm

Nomination:

SWV - It's About Time

Posted by Mike on Friday, 08/2/2013 @ 19:48pm

My Nomination:

The Offspring - Americana (1998)

As part of this month's vote, we'll be voting yes / no to determine if we want to add a second monthly nomination for the current year. This will be permanent going forward if we vote to add it.

If approved, each voter will have the choice to nominate any album from the current year (2012 at the moment) and any album released prior to the current year.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/2/2013 @ 22:56pm

Nominations don't end until midnight tomorrow, but I'll be away from my computer at that time, as I'm heading to the Twin Cities (Minneapolis / St. Paul) to see a Vampire Weekend concert and a The National concert.

Here are the current nominees:

Donna Summer - Once Upon a Time (1977)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2003)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Jesus Christ Superstar - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreaks (2008)
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (1978)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Tame Impala - Lonerism (2012)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

If there are any additional nominees, please post an updated list of nominees after midnight tomorrow night.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/3/2013 @ 01:16am

Kanye West - 808s And heartbreaks
Grimes - Oblivion
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss

Posted by GFW on Saturday, 08/3/2013 @ 02:55am

whoops, that should be Grimes - Visions

Posted by GFW on Saturday, 08/3/2013 @ 03:45am

Albums for August:

Hole - "Celebrity Skin" (1998)
Kid Rock - "Devil Without A Cause" (1998)
The Offspring - "Americana" (1998)
Tame Impala - "Lonerism" (2012)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Saturday, 08/3/2013 @ 05:52am

Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (1978)
Donna Summer - Once Upon a Time (1977)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 08/3/2013 @ 19:23pm

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (1978)
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 08/3/2013 @ 20:11pm

So far, everyone is forgetting to vote yea or nay to nominating a 2012 album.

Votes:

Eminem - The Eminem Show (2003)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Jesus Christ Superstar - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 08/3/2013 @ 22:52pm

Including myself (doh!)

2012 album nomination: nay

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 08/3/2013 @ 22:53pm

Just to clarify before I vote, are we still allowed to vote for un-nominated 2012 albums?

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 08/5/2013 @ 03:33am

rockstar23 - Yeah, I should not have nominated a 2012 album, but I really can't think of anything else right now.

Also none of the votes should have counted until about 5 hours ago. Hope no one was late in getting their nominations in.

Gary Clark Jr - Blak and Blu (2012)
Grimes - Visions (2012)
Tame Impala - Lonerism (2012)
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 08/5/2013 @ 04:58am

2012 album nomination: Yes!

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 08/5/2013 @ 05:00am

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
Tame Impala - Lonerism (2012)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)

2012 Album: Sure, why not.

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 08/5/2013 @ 09:59am

Donna Summer - Once Upon a Time (1977)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 08/5/2013 @ 14:07pm

Donna Summer- Once a Upon a Time (1977)
Kate Bush- The Kick Inside (1978)
Tom Waits- Mule Variations (1998)
Lana Del Ray- Born to Die (2012)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/5/2013 @ 14:20pm

Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Donna Summer - Once Upon A Time
Yes - 90125
Lana Del Ray - Born To Die

Not certain if I missed the cutoff date,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Monday, 08/5/2013 @ 21:50pm

Eminem - The Eminem Show
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE
Tame Impala - Lonerism

Posted by rockstar23 on Tuesday, 08/6/2013 @ 03:09am

Here's an early album updating:

Tame Impala - "Lonerism" (2012) - 4
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993) - 4
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (1978) - 4
Donna Summer - Once Upon a Time (1977) - 4

Hole - "Celebrity Skin" (1998) - 3
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999) - 3
Lana Del Ray- Born to Die (2012) - 3

Grimes - Visions - 2
Kid Rock - "Devil Without A Cause" (1998) - 2
The Offspring - "Americana" (1998) - 2
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2003) - 2
Yes - 90125 (1983) - 2

Kanye West - 808s And heartbreaks - 1
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar - 1
Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss - 1
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 1
Jesus Christ Superstar - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) - 1
Gary Clark Jr - Blak and Blu (2012) - 1
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012) - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 1
Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE - 1

Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 08/6/2013 @ 05:45am

I only want to cast one vote:

Jesus Christ Superstar - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)

Posted by Darrin A on Tuesday, 08/6/2013 @ 15:16pm

Album Updating:

Tame Impala - "Lonerism" (2012) - 4
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993) - 4
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (1978) - 4
Donna Summer - Once Upon a Time (1977) - 4

Hole - "Celebrity Skin" (1998) - 3
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999) - 3
Lana Del Ray- Born to Die (2012) - 3

Grimes - Visions - 2
Kid Rock - "Devil Without A Cause" (1998) - 2
The Offspring - "Americana" (1998) - 2
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2003) - 2
Yes - 90125 (1983) - 2
Jesus Christ Superstar - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) - 2

Kanye West - 808s And heartbreaks - 1
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar - 1
Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss - 1
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 1
Gary Clark Jr - Blak and Blu (2012) - 1
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012) - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 1
Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE - 1

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 08/7/2013 @ 06:05am

My votes:

The Offspring - Americana
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause

I vote yes on the current year nomination replacing the open eligibility.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/8/2013 @ 02:34am

I'm going to begrudgingly vote yes on current year nominations replacing open eligibility only for the sake of organizing what's in play.

That said, I guess I'm not totally sure what we're doing. Are we talking about a second election each month of year old albums? If so, what's the rush when we still have hundreds of worthy and important albums from all eras, genres and commercial/alternative/in-between approaches?

Are we saying that 2012 albums now have to be nominated as part of the Album Project? I'm cool with that. I've voted for 2012 albums, and would still vote for a few more (Hi, Lana Del Rey) if they were on the nominee list and I remembered them, I'd be more likely to vote for them. And there will be a few 2013 albums that I'm already excited about.

So, what I'm rambling about is that I'm not totally sure what I'm voting for, but I think I'm voting to eliminate open eligibility. If I find out that I'm voting yes for a separate current year vote, I'll kick myself in the balls, because that vote is totally unnecessary.

But, I'm voting yes.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 08/8/2013 @ 04:51am

DarinRG - We're voting to add a current year (at the moment 2012) nomination. Each month, voters would have the option of nominating an album from before 2012 AND one album from 2012. Only albums that were nominated from one category or another would be eligible for the monthly vote. There would only be one election per month. The only change would be that current year albums would need to be nominated to be eligible rather than automatically eligible.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/8/2013 @ 08:07am

Got it, Darren. I'll stand by my "Yes". I'd like to see everything in play nominated and listed.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 08/8/2013 @ 21:24pm

So we still only get 2 votes?

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 08/9/2013 @ 05:18am

Voting is now closed.

Here is the class of August 2013:

Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
Donna Summer - Once Upon a Time (1977)
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (1978)
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (2012)
Tame Impala - Lonerism (2012)

Also, we have voted that starting in September, each voter will be allowed to nominate one album from prior to 2012 and one album from 2012. Only nominated albums are eligible for the ballot.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/9/2013 @ 06:14am

"So we still only get 2 votes?"

No, you get 4 votes. That doesn't change. Not sure what you mean with that question.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/9/2013 @ 06:15am

Any interest in Pavement- Terror Twilight (1999)?

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/28/2013 @ 15:15pm

Out of curiosity when does the September class start?

Posted by Chris F. on Thursday, 08/29/2013 @ 07:48am

Chris F. - Nominations for this month and every month start on the first and end at 12:01 AM Central time on the 4th. Voting lasts for 5 days, ending at 12:01 AM on the 9th.

Starting this month, every voter can nominate one album from before 2012 and one album released in 2012. Prior to this month, every album from 2012 was eligible, but we voted to replace that with a 2012 nomination.

Every voter can vote for 4 nominated albums. The top 2 vote-getters are inducted, with a maximum of 5 albums in the event of a tie.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/30/2013 @ 13:24pm

Album nomination

Janet Jackson - All For You

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 09/1/2013 @ 07:03am

Nomination:

Pavement-Terror Twilight (1999)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/1/2013 @ 09:10am

Nomination:

Pavement-Terror Twilight (1999)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/1/2013 @ 09:50am

Nom: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatmans Call

Posted by GFW on Sunday, 09/1/2013 @ 10:57am

My nomination for September 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 09/1/2013 @ 12:06pm

Queen - Innuendo (1991)

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 09/1/2013 @ 12:49pm

2012

Jeff Lynne - Long Wave

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 09/1/2013 @ 13:04pm

Mule Variations - Tom Waits (1999)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 09/1/2013 @ 13:28pm

I'll switch my nomination of "Innuendo" to:

The Bee Gees - Odessa (1968)

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 09/1/2013 @ 13:51pm

My Nomination:

Santana - Supernatural (1999)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 09/1/2013 @ 14:45pm

My nominations

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown - Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown (1954)

Posted by Chris F, on Sunday, 09/1/2013 @ 15:58pm

Okay, here are my nominations:

Rush: Roll The Bones (1991)

Rush: Clockwork Angels (2012)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 09/1/2013 @ 16:16pm

My nominations for the Album Project this month are as follows:

Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball

Happy Labor Day!,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Sunday, 09/1/2013 @ 20:18pm

nomination:

Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)

Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 09/2/2013 @ 00:17am

Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE (2012)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 09/2/2013 @ 04:27am

Album Nomination for September:

Kid Rock - "Devil Without A Cause" (1998)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 09/2/2013 @ 06:42am

Nominations:

Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (2012)

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 09/2/2013 @ 09:02am

My nominations:
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Bob Dylan - Desire

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 09/2/2013 @ 11:37am

The Offspring - Americana (1998)

Purity Ring - Shrines (2012)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/2/2013 @ 23:22pm

Here's my 2012 album nomination:

fun. - Some Nights

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 09/2/2013 @ 23:36pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are your nominees:

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
Bob Dylan - Desire (2012)
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE (2012)
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage (1979)
fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (2012)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatmans Call (1997)
Pavement - Terror Twilight (1999)
Purity Ring - Shrines (2012)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
Santana - Supernatural (1999)
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown - Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown (1954)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1968)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)

Each voter can vote for 4 albums. Unlike previous months, un-nominated albums from 2012 are NOT eligible. Only nominated songs are eligible for the vote.

Voting will close at 12:01 AM on Monday, September 9th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/4/2013 @ 01:06am

Pavement- Terror Twilight (1999)
Rush- Cloackwork Angels (2012)
The Bee Gees- Odessa (1968)
Tom Waits- Mule Variations (1999)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/4/2013 @ 01:57am

Album Nominations for September:

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Santana - Supernatural (1999)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 09/4/2013 @ 06:51am

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE (2012)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1968)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 09/4/2013 @ 09:38am

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE (2012)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 09/4/2013 @ 11:58am

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Santana - Supernatural (1999)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 09/4/2013 @ 11:58am

Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatmans Call (1997)
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (2012)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 09/4/2013 @ 12:23pm

We voted in Born to Die last month.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/4/2013 @ 13:35pm

Indeed we did. Please replace my "Born to Die" vote with:

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown - Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown (1954)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 09/4/2013 @ 14:03pm

Greg F. and DarinRG are correct. Please disregard the nomination of "Born To Die", as it's already been inducted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/4/2013 @ 14:34pm

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
Bob Dylan - Desire (2012)
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage (1979)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1968)

Posted by Darrin A on Wednesday, 09/4/2013 @ 15:35pm

My votes:

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown - Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown (1954)
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)

Posted by Chris F, on Wednesday, 09/4/2013 @ 22:19pm

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Pavement - Terror Twilight (1999)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 09/5/2013 @ 00:26am

Vespertine
Channel ORANGE
The Boatman's Call
Supernatural

Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 09/5/2013 @ 07:22am

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
Bob Dylan - Desire This is 1976 not 2012
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage (1979)
Santana - Supernatural (1999)

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 09/5/2013 @ 23:42pm

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Santana - Supernatural (1999)
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage (1979)

Posted by Tom H on Friday, 09/6/2013 @ 18:06pm

Bob Dylan - Desire (2012)
Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE (2012)
Santana - Supernatural (1999)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 09/7/2013 @ 02:41am

I would like to vote for the following:

ELO- On The Third Day (1973)
Rush- Roll The Bones (1991)
Santana- supernatural (1999)
Rush- Clockwork Angels (2012)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 09/7/2013 @ 14:02pm

My votes for September 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)
Rush - Roll the Bones (1991)
Santana - Supernatural (1999)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 09/7/2013 @ 18:37pm

My ballot for the Album Project Class of September 2038 is as follows:

Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
The Bee Gees - Odessa
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication

Only 4 albums, yet so much more to choose,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Sunday, 09/8/2013 @ 13:43pm

My Votes:

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause
The Offspring - Americana
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/8/2013 @ 20:49pm

Current Standings:

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994) - 11

Santana - Supernatural (1999) - 8

Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE (2012) - 5
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage (1979) - 5
__________________________

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998) - 4
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1968) - 4
The Offspring - Americana (1998) - 4

Bjork - Vespertine (2001) - 3
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) - 3
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 3
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012) - 3

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatmans Call (1997) - 2
Pavement - Terror Twilight (1999) - 2
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991) - 2
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown - Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown (1954) - 2
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999) - 2

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012) - 1
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001) - 1
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012) - 1
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) - 1
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006) - 1

fun. - Some Nights (2012) - 0
Purity Ring - Shrines (2012) - 0
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012) - 0

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/8/2013 @ 20:53pm

Voting is now closed.

Here is the class of September 2013:

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
Santana - Supernatural (1999)
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE (2012)
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage (1979)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/9/2013 @ 01:52am

I was thinking of nominating a Belle & Sebastian album for next month since none of them are inducted. I was thinking "If Your Feeling Sinister" or "Dear Catastrophe Waitress".
Any opinions?

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 09/29/2013 @ 22:45pm

My nominations for October 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 10/1/2013 @ 00:12am

Album Project Nominee:

Kid Rock - "Devil Without A Cause" (1998)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 10/1/2013 @ 06:31am

October nominations:

Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Emeli Sande' - Our Version of Events (2012)

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 10/1/2013 @ 08:46am

Queen - A Day At the Races (1976)

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 10/1/2013 @ 09:35am

My Album nominations

Jethro Tull- Benefit (1970)
Bruce Springsteen- Wrecking Ball (2012)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/1/2013 @ 09:40am

My nominations:

Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)

If you've never listened to The Gaslight Anthem, here is a great description:

"The Gaslight Anthem are like something out of speculative fiction: this is what pop music would be if Springsteen hadn't listened to his producer, let The Ramones record Hungry Heart, and launched the C.B.G.B.'ers into megastardom"

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 10/1/2013 @ 09:55am

Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 10/1/2013 @ 11:52am

Album nom:

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 10/1/2013 @ 11:59am

Nomination:

Elton John- Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 10/1/2013 @ 12:45pm

nomination:

M.I.A. - Kala

Posted by rockstar23 on Tuesday, 10/1/2013 @ 16:36pm

My Album Project nomination iss follows:

Radiohead - Hail To The Thief

Can not think of a 2012 album at the moment,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Tuesday, 10/1/2013 @ 20:18pm

Nom:

Mule Variations (1999) - Tom Waits

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 10/1/2013 @ 21:03pm

Nomination:

Billie Holiday - Songs for DistinguÃ© Lovers (1957)

A Vocal Jazz classic that found Holiday's voice in it's decayed state. In just a few short years she would be dead. The album set the groundwork for "Lady In Satin", and for some is the quintessential studio album for Holiday

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 10/2/2013 @ 07:08am

The Offspring - Americana (1998)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/2/2013 @ 18:30pm

Talking Heads- Stop Making Sense(1984)
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros- Here (2012)

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 10/2/2013 @ 22:41pm

Album Nomination

Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run

Posted by Printthelegends on Thursday, 10/3/2013 @ 17:42pm

Here are the nominees for October 2013:

Billie Holiday - Songs for DistinguÃ© Lovers (1957)
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Here (2012)
Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (1973)
Elton John - Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Emeli Sande' - Our Version of Events (2012)
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)
Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (1973)
Queen - A Day At The Races (1976)
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (1984)
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)

All voters can vote for 4 albums from this list.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central time on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 00:59am

My votes for October 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 01:07am

Billie Holiday - Songs for DistinguÃƒÂ© Lovers (1957)
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (1973)
Queen - A Day At The Races (1976)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 01:31am

My vote:

Billie Holiday - Songs for DistinguÃ© Lovers (1957)
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)

Posted by Chris F. on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 07:15am

My votes for Albums

1. Hootie & The Blowfish- Cracked Rear View (1994)
2. Kid Rock- Devil Without A Cause (1998)
3. Offspring- Americana (1998)
4. Talking Heads- Stop Making Sense (1984)

Posted by Kyle on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 07:32am

My votes:

Emeli Sande' - Our Version of Events (2012)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)

Posted by Mike on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 08:48am

My ballot:

Elton John - Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (1973)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 10:57am

Elton John- Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Modest Mouse- We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Talking Heads- Stop Making Sense (1984)
Queen- A Day At The Races (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 12:43pm

My votes:

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (1973)
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (1984)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)

Posted by Printthelegends on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 13:19pm

My nominations:

Elton John - Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (1973)

Great calls on the Elton and McCartney albums. They are definitely two of the biggest snubs left from the early-mid 70's.

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 14:27pm

Oops that should say my votes, not my nominations

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 14:28pm

Billie Holiday - Songs for DistinguÃ© Lovers (1957)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 15:27pm

M.I.A. - Kala
Queen - A Day at the Races
Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View

Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 16:14pm

Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (1973)
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)
Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970)
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (1973)

Posted by Tom H on Friday, 10/4/2013 @ 22:18pm

Queen - A Day At The Races (1976)
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (1984)

Wait, Stop Making Sense wasn't in already?!?

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 10/5/2013 @ 00:23am

Album Votes:

Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Saturday, 10/5/2013 @ 05:34am

ballot:

Elton John - Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (1973)
Queen - A Day At The Races (1976)
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (1984)

Posted by Darrin A on Saturday, 10/5/2013 @ 09:32am

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
The Offspring - Americana
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/5/2013 @ 23:46pm

Elton John - Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (1973)
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (1984)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 10/7/2013 @ 00:19am

My ballot for the Album Project this month is quite obvious along with my nomination.

Sir Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
Queen - A Day At The Races
Sir Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief

We should have more left field nominations next month,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Monday, 10/7/2013 @ 22:08pm

Current Vote Count:

Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (1973) - 10

Elton John - Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975) - 7
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (1984) - 7
_____________________________________

Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994) - 6
Queen - A Day At The Races (1976) - 6
The Offspring - Americana (1998) - 6

Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993) - 5

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998) - 4

Billie Holiday - Songs for DistinguÃ© Lovers (1957) - 3
M.I.A. - Kala (2007) - 3
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003) - 3

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (1973) - 2
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999) - 2

Emeli Sande' - Our Version of Events (2012) - 1
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012) - 1
Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970) - 1
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007) - 1
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) - 1
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012) - 1

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Here (2012) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central tonight (Tuesday, October 8th).

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/8/2013 @ 01:21am

I'm switching my vote for "Wrecking Ball" to "Cracked Rear View".

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/9/2013 @ 00:52am

Voting is now closed.

Here is the class of October 2013:

Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (1973)
Elton John - Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (1984)
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/9/2013 @ 00:58am

The Stones so low? I just can't see it. #27 for Exile on Main Street

Posted by Patrick Culhane on Wednesday, 10/30/2013 @ 12:43pm

Nominations:

Big Star- Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 03:29am

Nominations:

Sarah was close last month, so I thought I'd give it another try.

Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)

Posted by Mike on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 08:26am

The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 09:41am

Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1972)
The Weeknd - Trilogy (2012)

Really wanted to nominate Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American, as it's a personal favorite of mine, but the absence of Funky Kingston comes as much more of a shock to me.

I realize reggae is more of a singles genre, but this is the most critically acclaimed album from one of the crucial pioneers who led the transition from ska to rocksteady to reggae. Our current coverage of these genres is limited to the Wailers and Jimmy Cliff (and the Specials, I guess), which doesn't do justice to their impact on popular music.

Posted by Idlewild on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 10:41am

Nomination:

The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)

With The Meters getting another look from the Hall, I think it's time to induct something by them into our projects!

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 11:41am

Nom: Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreaks.

Posted by GFW on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 12:58pm

Nominations:

The Offsping: Americana (1998)
Rush: Roll The Bones (1991)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 15:07pm

Nominee:

My Aim Is True(1977) - Elvis Costello

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 15:13pm

Tom H. - You can nominate one album from before 2012 and one album from 2012. The best solution would be for you to nominate Roll The Bones and then I'll nominate Americana again.

If you agree:

My Nomination:

The Offspring - Americana (1998)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 15:57pm

Darren- oops I forgot that rule. In that case I'll keep my Rush nomination and for my second I'll go with Bruce Springsteen- Wrecking Ball.

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 16:29pm

DarinRG - "My Aim Is True" has already been inducted.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 18:20pm

DarinRG - "My Aim Is True" has already been inducted.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11.1.13 @ 18:20pm

Man, for someone that only has one song, we sure have inducted quite a bit of Elvis Costello material. And we were correct to do so.

I just realized that a current Rock Hall nominee which has three induction worthy albums has not had any of them inducted yet (according to their page.):

East-West (1966) - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 19:51pm

My Album Project nomination for the Class of November 2039 nis one that I initially thought was passible at first. Over time, however, this album has grown on me and others that is an equal to this artist's more acclaimed albums.

Peter Gabriel - Us

Might consider a 2012 album in the near future,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 22:48pm

My nominations:

Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)

We need another Slayer album, so I figure this would be a good choice. Let me know if anyone else has any other suggestions.

The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)

If you've never listened to The Gaslight Anthem, here is a great description:

"The Gaslight Anthem are like something out of speculative fiction: this is what pop music would be if Springsteen hadn't listened to his producer, let The Ramones record Hungry Heart, and launched the C.B.G.B.'ers into megastardom"

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 11/1/2013 @ 23:03pm

DarinRG - "Man, for someone that only has one song, we sure have inducted quite a bit of Elvis Costello material."

??? - I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. There are 4 Elvis Costello songs in the Song Project so far (there should be more IMO) and I have a hard time thinking of an artist that has varied his sound more than Costello over the course of his career, so I'm either really misunderstanding your statement or strongly disagreeing with it. lol

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/2/2013 @ 00:13am

nom:

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)

great idea Idlewild!

2012:
Muse - The 2nd Law

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 11/2/2013 @ 00:18am

Darren - I was referencing a laughable comment that was made on the Rock Pyramid page last night.

I'm on the same page as you when it comes to Costello.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 11/2/2013 @ 00:40am

DarinRG - Ah, ok. Generally speaking, whenever someone dismisses an artist as "only having one song" it's because they haven't bothered to look into their other songs. An artist wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame if they only had one song. Other than Percy Sledge, that is. lol

I'm also nominating:

Django Django - Django Django (2012)

as my 2012 nomination. Like Purity Ring - Shrines, it's a brilliant start-to-finish album by a relatively obscure artist in a relatively obscure genre. I don't expect it to get voted in this month, but maybe it's nomination can peak some curiousity and give it a shot down the road. Oh, and "Wrecking Ball" has already been nominated. Please vote for it this month.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/2/2013 @ 00:55am

nomination:

Bjork - Vespertine

Posted by rockstar23 on Saturday, 11/2/2013 @ 05:41am

shiiiiit totally forgot the 2012 album nom:

Grimes - Visions

Posted by GFW on Saturday, 11/2/2013 @ 10:42am

Nominations:

Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)

2012 Nominee:
Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts (2012)

Posted by Chris F. on Saturday, 11/2/2013 @ 11:24am

OMG! Rejuvenation by The Meters is amazing! So Funky!

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 11/3/2013 @ 02:04am

My nominations for November 2013/2038 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

2012

Jeff Lynne - Long Wave

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 11/3/2013 @ 03:38am

Desire- Bob Dylan

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 11/3/2013 @ 10:57am

Voting is now open. Here are the nominees:

Big Star - Third / Sister Lovers (1978)
Bjork - Vespertine
Bob Dylan - Desire
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
Django Django - Django Django (2012)
Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (1973)
Grimes - Visions (2012)
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreaks
Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts (2012)
Peter Gabriel - Us
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)
The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)
The Offsping - Americana (1998)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)
The Weeknd - Trilogy (2012)
Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1972)

Each voter can vote for 4 albums. Each voter can change one of their votes after casting their ballot. Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/4/2013 @ 01:12am

Grimes - Visions (2012)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)
Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1972)

Posted by Idlewild on Monday, 11/4/2013 @ 04:23am

Album Votes for November:

Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreaks
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 11/4/2013 @ 05:39am

My ballot:

Bjork - Vespertine
Peter Gabriel - Us
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)

Posted by Mike on Monday, 11/4/2013 @ 08:35am

Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts (2012)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 11/4/2013 @ 09:46am

I realized I got 5 votes, I'll remove my vote on "Little Broken Hearts".

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 11/4/2013 @ 10:29am

Big Star- Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)
Bee Gees- Odessa (1968)
The Meters- Rejuvenation (1974)
Electric Light Orchestra- On The Third Day (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/4/2013 @ 12:10pm

My ballot:

1. Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
2. The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)
3. The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)
4. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)

Would consider switching votes for:

Big Star - Third / Sister Lovers (1978)
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
Grimes - Visions (2012)

Also Considered:

Bob Dylan - Desire
The Offsping - Americana (1998)
Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1972)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 11/4/2013 @ 13:25pm

The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)
Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1972)

The last album I cut was Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
. I would consider a vote change for it, and would definitely support it in teh future!

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 11/4/2013 @ 13:53pm

Big Star - Third / Sister Lovers (1978)
The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)
Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1972)

Another tough round. There were four or five other albums that I would've voted for right away under other circumstances. (Dylan - Desire was extremely painful to cut. Sometimes I think it's his best album. I'll be keeping an eye out for it.)

The recent addition of new voices and ideas has done wonders for all of these projects. If there are any lurkers watching the proceedings, jump on in.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 11/4/2013 @ 14:17pm

votes:

Big Star - Third / Sister Lovers (1978)
Bob Dylan - Desire
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1972)

Posted by Darrin A on Monday, 11/4/2013 @ 16:34pm

votes

Peter Gabriel - Us
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Toward Ecstasy
The Offspring - Americana
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball

Posted by Scott Banks on Monday, 11/4/2013 @ 17:34pm

Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers
Bjork - Vespertine
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West
The Meters - Rejuvenation

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 11/4/2013 @ 18:39pm

Big Star - Third / Sister Lovers (1978)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 11/5/2013 @ 13:21pm

Votesvotesvotes

Big Star - Third / Sister Lovers (1978)
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreaks
The Offsping - Americana (1998)

Posted by Printthelegends on Tuesday, 11/5/2013 @ 20:42pm

My album votes for November:

1. Rush- Roll The Bones
2. Peter Gabriel- Us
3. Jeff Lynne- The Long Wave
4. Electric Light Orchestra- On The Third Day

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 11/5/2013 @ 21:09pm

The Offsping - Americana (1998)
Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (1973)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/5/2013 @ 21:49pm

My ballot:

Bjork - Vespertine
Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
The Offsping - Americana (1998)

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 11/6/2013 @ 06:38am

My ballot for the Album Project Class of November 2039 is as follows:

Peter Gabriel - Us
Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreak
Bjork - Vespertine
The Offspring - Americana

Only four to choose, and more that is needed to be honored,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Wednesday, 11/6/2013 @ 16:58pm

Voting update:

The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)- 7

Big Star - Third / Sister Lovers (1978)- 6
The Offsping - Americana (1998)- 6

Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (1973)- 4
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)- 4
Bjork - Vespertine (2001)- 4
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)- 4

The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)- 3
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreaks- 3
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)- 3
Peter Gabriel - Us- 3
Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1972)- 3

Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)- 2

Bob Dylan - Desire- 1
Grimes - Visions (2012)- 1
Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)- 1
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)- 1
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)- 1
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/7/2013 @ 17:48pm

Bob Dylan - Desire
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
The Offsping - Americana (1998)
Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1972)

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 11/7/2013 @ 19:15pm

The Offspring - Americana
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreaks

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/8/2013 @ 00:56am

Here's my count after adding all 19(!) votes so far:

The Offspring - Americana (1998) - 9
The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974) - 8
__________________________

Big Star - Third / Sister Lovers (1978) - 6
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993) - 6

Bjork - Vespertine - 5
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966) - 5
Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1972) - 5

Peter Gabriel - Us - 4
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012) - 4
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreaks - 4

Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (1973) - 3
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969) - 3

Bob Dylan - Desire - 2
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001) - 2
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991) - 2
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) - 2

Grimes - Visions (2012) - 1
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012) - 1
Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995) - 1
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012) - 1
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 1
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012) - 1

Django Django - Django Django (2012) - 0
Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts (2012) - 0
The Weeknd - Trilogy (2012) - 0

Greg F. - There are many differences between my count and yours, so please double-check my list for errors.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/8/2013 @ 01:07am

Please switch my vote for Rush-Roll The Bones to Paul Butterfield Blues Band: East-West

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 11/8/2013 @ 18:17pm

Voting is now closed.

Here's your class of November 2013:

The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/9/2013 @ 00:59am

Yeah! Americana! 13-year-old me is VERY happy about this.

I do actually have a question, though. Has anyone here ever thought about expanding the Album/Song projects to a Video Project? I think it could be pretty cool.

Posted by Printthelegends on Sunday, 11/10/2013 @ 07:32am

If we do that and don't realize the brilliance that is Clowny Clown Clown then we have failed severely.

Posted by GFW on Sunday, 11/10/2013 @ 09:23am

We could do with some british rap.

Album suggestions:

The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
Kano - Home Sweet Home

Also, totally unrelated, but anyone who's interested in experimental/proto-psychedelic music should give a listen to I Hear A New World by Joe Meek. It's very ahead of it's time, it's quite amazing that it was made in the early 60's (even if, unfortunately, it went unreleased until 1991)

Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 11/12/2013 @ 18:02pm

GFW - Of those three albums, I think "The Streets - Original Pirate Material" has the best shot of getting my vote and of getting voted in.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/13/2013 @ 18:44pm

I'm starting to kick around some ideas for next round and was curious if there would be any support for Lou Reed's "Berlin", "Coney Island Baby" or "New York", either of The xx's albums or anything by Tom Waits (I've been surprised that "Mule Variations" keeps drawing crickets as it's generally considered a modern classic).

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/13/2013 @ 23:42pm

I would support any of the Lou Reed albums and Mule Variations.

As for me I will more in likely nominate Big Star- Third again since it came close this past round. I'm considering these too:

Fleetwood Mac- Then Play on
The The- Soul Mining OR Infected OR Mind Bomb
Marianne Faithfull- Broken English
Tori Amos- Boys for Pele
The Avalanches- Since I Left You
Orbital- In Sides
Iriah Heep- Demons and Wizards
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs and Englishman

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/14/2013 @ 20:55pm

Top 2012 album priorities:

The Explorers Club- Grand Hotel
Animal Collective- Centipede Hz
The Fixx- Beautiful Friction
Orbital- Wonkey

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/21/2013 @ 20:24pm

2013 albums I considering to vote for next year:

Daft Punk- Random Access Memories
Lana Del Ray- Paradise
Capital Cities- In a Tidal Wave of Mystery
KT Tunstall- Invisible Empire// Crescent Moon
Arcade Fire- Reflektor
Franz Ferdinand- Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Janelle Monae- The Electric Lady

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/21/2013 @ 20:38pm

My top remaining 2012 album is "Wrecking Ball" by Bruce Springsteen.

Greg F. - Lana Del Rey's - "Paradise" EP came out in November, 2012, so it can't be nominated as a 2013 album.

I would support "Reflektor" for sure and possibly "Random Access Memories" and "The Electric Lady" from your 2013 list.

Here are some albums I'm considering for 2013:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
David Bowie - The Next Day
Elton John - The Diving Board
Elvis Costello And The Roots - Wise Up Ghost
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse
Icona Pop - This Is... Icona Pop
Iggy And The Stooges - Ready To Die
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
Kanye West - Yeezus
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Los Campesinos! - No Blues
M.I.A. - Matangi
Natalia Kills - Trouble
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Phoenix - Bankrupt
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals
The Arcade Fire - Reflektor
The Arctic Monkeys - AM
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/26/2013 @ 02:20am

We really need to get a Sarah McLachlan album inducted. I'll be giving "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" one final shot next month.

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 11/28/2013 @ 12:17pm

Mike,

It will have my vote. For sure so you are already up two!

Posted by Chris F. on Thursday, 11/28/2013 @ 12:20pm

Am I the only one who'd find it HELLA COOL if we inducted Since I Left You and Endtroducing in the same class?

Posted by GFW on Thursday, 11/28/2013 @ 15:12pm

Darren,

If possible I'd like to post my December Nominations today as I have family commitments tomorrow and Monday. I did the same for the song project

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mothers Milk (1989)

2012 Nominee
Bruce Springsteen- Wrecking Ball

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 11/30/2013 @ 12:08pm

December nominations:

Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (1994)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)

Posted by Idlewild on Sunday, 12/1/2013 @ 03:06am

Sorry, I forgot that we're only allowed to nominate one pre-2012 album. Strike out Sunny Day Real Estate (though if someone else wanted to nominate it that would be great).

Posted by Idlewild on Sunday, 12/1/2013 @ 03:18am

I'm nominating Sarah McLachlan one last time. Hope she makes it this month!

Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Pink - The Truth About Love

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 12/1/2013 @ 08:19am

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

Grimes - Visions

Posted by GFW on Sunday, 12/1/2013 @ 08:40am

Operation Ivy- Energy

@GFW and Idlewild
I'm so excited you guys nominated those two albums, I was actually thinking of nominating them myself. I'm glad the both of them got nominated!

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 12/1/2013 @ 10:33am

Noms

Big Star- Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)

2012

Lana Del Ray- Paradise

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/1/2013 @ 12:54pm

My nominations for 2013/2038 induction into The Song Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

2012

Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 12/1/2013 @ 13:47pm

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 12/1/2013 @ 14:28pm

My December nomination in the all eras section of the Album Project is a renomination of an album that had received enough votes to merit a considerable chance at induction last month. Perhaps the album will go in this month.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)

My 2012 nomination is new to this queue.

Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)

More albums need to be nominated,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Sunday, 12/1/2013 @ 19:06pm

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 12/1/2013 @ 20:47pm

noms:

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)

2012:
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania

by the way Lax, I have nominated The 2nd Law several times, so it has my vote

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 12/1/2013 @ 23:06pm

So close last month!

Bjork - Vespertine

2012: Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 12/2/2013 @ 03:58am

Am I able to do one here as well?

Silver Apples - Contact

2012 Pick:

Macklemore feat. Ryan Lewis - The Heist

Posted by SotN on Monday, 12/2/2013 @ 07:46am

December nomination:

Janet Jackson - All For You

Posted by Scott Banks on Monday, 12/2/2013 @ 11:54am

December Nomination:

The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 12/2/2013 @ 13:48pm

wait, Modern Lovers ain't in?

Defs voting for that!

Posted by GFW on Monday, 12/2/2013 @ 14:35pm

My nomination:

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown - Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown (1954)

2012 pick:
Alabama Shakes- Boys & Girls (2012)

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 12/2/2013 @ 17:19pm

I don't have any new nominations this round. I see plenty albums that I'd like to vote for, but I would like to throw my support for Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012).

Bruce Springsteen is one of the most durable and most reliably great artists in rock n roll and "Wrecking Ball" is one of his best albums. I would go so far as to say that I think it's his best album since "Born In The U.S.A.", with songs varying from anthems like "We Take Care Of Our Own" and "Land Of Hope And Dreams" to ragers like "American Land" and "Death To My Hometown".

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/2/2013 @ 22:35pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominations for this month:

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)
Bjork - Vespertine
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Grimes - Visions (2012)
Janet Jackson - All For You
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)
Lana Del Ray - Paradise (2012)
Macklemore feat. Ryan Lewis - The Heist
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Operation Ivy - Energy
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mothers Milk (1989)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown - Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown (1954)
Silver Apples - Contact
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror (2012)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Voting is now open.

Each voter can vote for 4 albums. A ballot must have 4 votes in order to be counted. Each voter can switch one of their votes at any point during the voting.

Voting will close at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 01:10am

Assuming you can't vote for your own picks like with the songs, I'll go with:

Peter Gabriel - Us
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 02:55am

My December 2013/2038 Song Project ballot...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown - Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown (1954)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 03:19am

My Votes:

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown - Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown (1954)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 03:29am

"Assuming you can't vote for your own picks like with the songs, I'll go with:" - SotN

Just for clarification, you can vote for your own nominees in every category except Voter's Choice.

You're also allowed one vote switch per round if you want to switch one of your votes to your own nominee.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 04:29am

SotN - Since you misunderstood the rules, you can choose to re-cast your ballot in full if you like.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 08:09am

My Ballot

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mothers Milk (1989)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 09:31am

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 09:48am

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Grimes - Visions
Operation Ivy - Energy
The Roots - Things Fall Apart

Posted by Idlewild on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 11:21am

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Operation Ivy - Energy
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mothers Milk (1989)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 13:14pm

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)

Posted by Darrin A on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 13:15pm

Aw man, I would've nom'ed Since I Left You but I was sure someone else would!

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Bjork - Vespertine
Grimes - Visions
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 13:27pm

December votes:

Janet Jackson - All For You
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 13:40pm

The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown - Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown (1954)
Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)

Very good ballot again this month. I didn't even put up nominees this round because there were already nine or ten that I wanted to vote for.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 17:41pm

http://www.npr.org/blogs/bestmusic2013/2013/11/15/245434504/vote-for-the-best-albums-of-2013

For those interested, NPR is doing a best albums poll for 2013. You can vote for 10 from a list of around 300. Wasn't easy.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 19:45pm

DarinRG: Thanks for the link. I essentially stopped listening to new music around June and for the past month or so I've desperately been playing catch up, so this is a very helpful resource. Especially the comments from people complaining about albums they forgot to include.

Based purely on personal preference, these are the ten I voted for (Yeezus and Modern Vampires just missed the cut, not that they really need my support anyway):

Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Mikal Cronin - MCII
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
Paramore - Paramore
Phosphorescent - Muchacho
Pusha T - My Name Is My Name
Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
Superchunk - I Hate Music
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob
Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt

Posted by Idlewild on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 21:34pm

Yeah, the Nick Cave and Tegan & Sara albums made my list, too. I'll probably post a best of/favorites list here one of these days soon. I always like seeing other people's lists for recommendations and ideas, as well.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 21:47pm

If I picked 10 albums from the list I posted earlier (I have hundreds of albums left to listen to from 2013), I'd go with:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Kanye West - Yeezus
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
The Arcade Fire - Reflektor
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City

and if I could pick 11, I would include Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 23:30pm

Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 12/4/2013 @ 23:42pm

Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 12/5/2013 @ 00:34am

Big Star- Third/ Sister Lovers
Slayer- Seasons in the Abyss
Alabama Shakes- Boys & Girls
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band- East-West

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/5/2013 @ 02:28am

December voting

Bjork - Vespertine
Cake - Fashion Nugget
Janet Jackson - All For You
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Posted by Scott Banks on Thursday, 12/5/2013 @ 10:39am

Going back to our conversation about 2013 favorites, I put together a top 25 list and even that was hard this year. There are still plenty of albums by artists that I typically like or who have caught my attention whose albums I haven't heard yet and may have made the list if I had.

My 25 favorites of 2013:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away
The National – Trouble Will Find Me
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
My Bloody Valentine - m b v
Those Darlins – Blur the Line
Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks
Tegan & Sara – Heartthrob
Kacey Musgraves – Same Trailer, Different Park
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
The Black Angels – Indigo Meadow
Elvis Costello & the Roots - Wise Up Ghost
Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite - Get Up!
Billy Bragg - Tooth & Nail
Steve Earle – The Low Highway
David Bowie – The Next Day
Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld – Still Smiling
Chvrches – The Bones of What You Believe
Queens of the Stone Age -…Like Clockwork
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Dead Can Dance - In Concert (yes I know it's lame to include a live album, but I loved it)
Mulatu Astatke – Sketches of Ethiopia
Atoms for Peace – Amok
Explosions in the Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Belle and Sebastian – The Third Eye Centre

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 12/5/2013 @ 21:08pm

My ballot for the Album Project Class of December 2038 is presented below.

Peter Gabriel - Us
Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Bjork - Vespertine
Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day

Hoping for more than a mere two inductees this month,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Thursday, 12/5/2013 @ 21:50pm

My votes:

Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/6/2013 @ 00:04am

Since we're discussing increasing the number of votes per voter and the number of songs inducted per month in the Song Project, it's not surprising that the same discussions have come up for the Album Project.

So, do we want to increase the number of albums each voter can vote for each month? If so, how many albums should be on a ballot?

Do we want to increase the number of albums that are inducted each month? If so, how many albums should be inducted each month? I would start with the idea of changing the number of albums per month from 2 (maximum 4 in the event of a tie) to just 4 per month.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/6/2013 @ 00:08am

My idea is six votes each with a final class of 4 minimum and 6 maximum. We have the ballot quality and pool of worthy inductees to support that, yet it doesn't go too far to cheapen the project's quality.

That's where I lean.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 12/6/2013 @ 00:36am

Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers
Bjork - Vespertine
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West

Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 12/6/2013 @ 05:31am

Also, here are some of the albums I plan on supporting for 2013:

1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
2. Kanye West - Yeezus
3. M.I.A. - Matangi
4. Haim - Days Are Gone
5. Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
6. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
7. Lorde - Pure Heroine
8. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
9. My Bloody Valentine - mbv
10. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
11. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
12. Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals
13. Miley Cyrus - Bangerz
14. CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
15. Drake - Nothing was the Same

Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 12/6/2013 @ 05:41am

Also:

16. Arctic Monkeys - AM
17. Valerie June - Pushin' Against A Stone
18. James Blake - Overgrown

(Still need to do some more listening though. Albums from Danny Brown, Rhye and Chance the Rapper could be added to the list).

Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 12/6/2013 @ 05:45am

I hate to do this to one of my nominations but it looks dead in the water.

Please switch my vote for "Mother's Milk" to Big Star- Third/Sister Lovers

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 12/6/2013 @ 20:37pm

My vote is for 3 inductees and however many votes is fine by me.

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 12/7/2013 @ 00:03am

Current Vote Count (let me know if any of the vote counts are incorrect):

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - 7
Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978) - 7
_______________________________

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012) - 6
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - 6
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966) - 6

The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976) - 5

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 4
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 4
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999) - 4
Bjork - Vespertine - 4

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown - Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown (1954) - 3

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012) - 2
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 2
Grimes - Visions (2012) - 2
Janet Jackson - All For You - 2
Operation Ivy - Energy - 2

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mothers Milk (1989) - 1
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012) - 1
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012) - 1
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 1
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) - 1
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012) - 1

Death Grips - The Money Store (2012) - 0
Lana Del Ray - Paradise (2012) - 0
Macklemore feat. Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 0
Silver Apples - Contact - 0
Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror (2012) - 0
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/7/2013 @ 01:24am

Since Sarah Vaughn and Clifford Brown is so far behind (and I hope Chris F sticks with it and more people take a look at it), I'll switch that vote to Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Toward Ecstacy.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 12/7/2013 @ 02:40am

I would like to switch my vote for Operation Ivy - Energy with The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers.

Posted by Idlewild on Saturday, 12/7/2013 @ 03:20am

My Ballot:

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 12/8/2013 @ 00:31am

We're going to have a tiebreaker in this project this month as well, with 6 albums at 7 votes each.

The current rules are that the top 2 vote-getters in the tiebreaker will get inducted and the 4 losers will be automatically nominated in January.

There's been discussion of expanding the number of votes and nominees for next month, but there haven't been many positive or negative responses so far. Since people will be back for the tiebreaker vote, we could have an official vote then and decide when the changes go into effect (for the results this month or in January).

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/8/2013 @ 21:51pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums are involved in a tiebreaker:

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)

To vote, rank all 6 albums by order of preference. The top-ranked song will receive 6 points, the second-ranked songs 5 points and so on.

Currently, the top 2 vote-getters will be added to the Song Project.

There are a few additional issues to vote on as well.

1. Should we increase the number of albums that each voter can vote for each month from the current number of 4?

A. Yes (Please suggest the number you'd like considered as the new total.)
B. No

2. Should we increase the number of albums that are inducted each month from the current number of 2 (up to 5 in the event of a tie)?

A. Yes (Please suggest the number you'd like considered for the new total.)
B. No

3. Given the unusual circumstances of this month's results, the question has come up as to whether or not we can make the album induction total retroactive for this month's vote. It might be possible, but it might also be against the rules, but if it is possible, it would be good to have everyone's opinions on the matter.

Should the increase in the number of songs that are inducted in each month be effective for December 2013?

A. Yes, it should be effective for this month's vote.
B. No, it shouldn't be effective until next month's vote.

Tiebreaker voting and voting on all three rule change questions will end at 11:55 PM on Tuesday, the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/9/2013 @ 01:08am

1. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - 6
2. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers - 5
3. Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers - 4
4. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - 3
5. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East/West - 2
6. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball - 1

I love Bruce Springsteen, and I believe Wrecking Ball should've won Album of the Year at last year's Grammys (mostly to avenge his loss to Lionel Richie in 1985), but I'm not ready to declare it one of his "essential albums". The way I see it, all of his essential albums (with the possible exception of Tunnel of Love) are already in, whereas the albums competing with him are ones that define the careers of their artists, without which it would be impossible to understand their impact. I do support the induction of more recent albums and songs, but I see Wrecking Ball as a token 2012 nominee by an act who's earned enough goodwill over the years to convince us that every word he sings is of monumental importance.

As for the rule changes,

1. A; 8 songs
2. A; 4 songs
3. A

Posted by Idlewild on Monday, 12/9/2013 @ 05:23am

6 Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
5 The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
4 Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
3 Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
2 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)
1 Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)

1. A
2. A
3. A

Posted by Mike on Monday, 12/9/2013 @ 08:40am

Big Star: Third/ Sister Lovers (1978) - 6
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band: East-West (1966) - 5
Sarah McLachlan: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - 4
Bruce Springsteen: Wrecking Ball (2012) - 3
The Modern Lovers:The Modern Lovers (1976) - 2
Belle & Sebastian: If You're Feeling Sinister - 1

A
A
B

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 12/9/2013 @ 09:47am

The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976) - 6
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - 5
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966) - 4
Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978) - 3
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012) - 2
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - 1

A - 6 Albums
A - 5 Albums (tiebreaker if necessary)
A

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 12/9/2013 @ 12:24pm

Tiebreaker vote:

Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - 6
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966) - 5
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister -4
Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978) - 3
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976) - 2
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012) - 1

1) A - 6 votes
2) A - 5 albums
3) A

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 12/9/2013 @ 13:30pm

Big Star- Third/ Sister Lovers
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band- East- West
Sarah McLachlan- Fumbling Towards ecstasy
The Modern Lovers- The Modern Lovers
Belle and Sebastion- If Your Feeling Sinister
Bruce Springteen- Wrecking Ball

1) A (Six Votes)
2) A (Six if needed)
3) A

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/10/2013 @ 01:47am

I'll start by voting for six votes per person, six albums inducted (if needed), and to start the plan retroactively here too.

And now:

1. Sarah McLachlin - Fumblins Towards Ecstasy (6 points)
2. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (5 points)
3. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (4 points)
4. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (3 points)
5. Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers (2 points)
6. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (a point)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 12/10/2013 @ 02:32am

Questions

1. A (6 Votes)
2. A (4, 6 if tie)
3. A

Tie Breaker
1. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
2. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)
3. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
4. Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)
5. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
6. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/10/2013 @ 10:51am

1. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
2. Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)
3. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
4. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
5. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)
6. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)

6 votes
3 inductees
don't care

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 12/10/2013 @ 15:03pm

Brutal tie breaker. I'm 100% supportive and a fan of all six of these albums, so no disrespect should be read into the lower ranked choices:

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)

A (6 votes)
A (4 minimum-6 maximum)
A (This is a strong enough tie breaker to justify starting right away)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 12/10/2013 @ 18:27pm

I'd also like to float the idea of an Album Project genre vote. The idea would be to have a vote of multiple genres like the original Song Project genre vote that we would do annually.

As I've said, I think we've done a good job with the Album Project quality wise, and while I think that increasing the number of votes and inductees is a very positive step, it's no secret that there are eras and genres that tend to get overlooked regularly. Having a supplemental vote each year to focus on important albums of some of these genres would be another good step forward.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 12/10/2013 @ 18:47pm

My word; we have a tiebreaker on the Album Project for the first time in nearly a yea, I assume. I do apologize for not getting this posted earlier; I had a tad bit of a cold this past weekend. It is better now. Here then are my rankings of the 6 albums that will potentially be inducted in the Album Project this month.

Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers - 6
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball - 5
Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - 4
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ectsasy - 3
Paul Butterfield - East-West - 2
Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers - self titled 1976 album - 1

Now on to my answers for how to proceed for future elections.

1. Our ballots should have 5 albums.
2. The number of albums inducted each month should be a minimum of 6 and a maximimum of 8.
3. The two propositions should be started this month.

Thus all 6 albums need to be inducted post-haste,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Tuesday, 12/10/2013 @ 20:47pm

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball - 6
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - 5
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers - 4
Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - 3
Big Star - Third / Sister Lovers - 2
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West - 1

Increase the number of votes per user (5 votes)
Increase the number of albums inducted each month (5 votes)
Make the changes retroactive to this month? - Yes

Unless something changes dramatically, we'll have voted to increase the number of votes per month and the number of inductees per month. After the conclusion of this vote, we'll vote on the specific numbers for these increases.

We will also have voted to make these changes retroactive to this month's vote, so we'll know which albums were voted in through the tiebreaker after we determine the specifics going forward.

We will also have a vote to determine if we want to add an album genre vote for each month starting in January.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/10/2013 @ 23:36pm

My tiebreaker ballot:

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West 6
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball 5
Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers 4
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister 3
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers 2
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 1

A (5 votes)
B (I don't want an increase, but if we do I'll be cool with 3 or 4)
B (Not retroactive)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 12/11/2013 @ 00:06am

Here are the results of our tiebreaker and rule-change votes:

December 2013 Tiebreaker Results:

Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - 36
Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978) - 33
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966) - 33
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976) - 32
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012) - 28
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - 27

We have voted to increase the number of votes per month by a vote of 8-0

We have voted to increase the number of albums inducted per month by a vote of 7-1.

We have voted to make the increase in the number of inducted albums per month retroactive for this month's vote by a vote of 5-2.

We still have to determine the specifics of the changes that we've voted for.

1. How many votes should each voter get each month?

A. 5 Votes
B. 6 Votes
C. 8 Votes

2. How many albums should be inducted each month?

A. 3 Albums
B. 4 Albums
C. 5 Albums
D. 4 Albums (up to 6 in the event of a tie)
E. 6 Albums (up to 8 in the event of a tie)

3. Should we add a genre-based album vote that functions the same way as the genre-based song vote that we've added to the song project?

A. Yes
B. No

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 12th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/11/2013 @ 01:21am

My votes:

1. A (5 Votes)
2. C (5 Albums)
3. A (Yes)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/11/2013 @ 01:22am

I concur with Darren's votes

1. A (5 Votes)
2. C (5 Albums)
3. A (Yes)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/11/2013 @ 01:39am

1. B (6 Votes)
2. C (5 Votes)
3. A (Yes)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 12/11/2013 @ 09:46am

1. A (5 Votes)
2. C (5 Albums)
3. A (Yes) (I say give it a 6 month trial run then decide if it should become a permanent thing)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/11/2013 @ 10:01am

My votes:

1. B - 6 Votes

2. C - 5 Albums

3. A - Yes

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 12/11/2013 @ 10:31am

B
A
B (no offense. an occasional genre vote would be OK, but I am just not a fan of all the extra songs we are putting into the song project, and I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing starts happening here) I know I will be outvoted on this anyway

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 12/11/2013 @ 16:16pm

1. B (6 votes)
2. d (4 albums, 6 in the event of a tiebreaker)
3. B (No

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/11/2013 @ 20:57pm

My specific answers to the remaining questions for this month are:

1. Each voter should be able to choose 8 albums on their ballot.
2. We should have 6 albums inducted each month with the possibility of 8 albums should a tiebreaker be presented.
3. We should have a genre-based album vote each month immediately following our annual beginning of the month election cycle. If it is fine for the Song Project, it should be considerd fine for the Album Project.

Looking forward to the next election cycle,

Lax30

Posted by Lax30 on Thursday, 12/12/2013 @ 20:58pm

Thinking on it, I'd like to do one last minute vote change.

For question #1, I'm going to change to B) 6 votes.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 12/12/2013 @ 21:58pm

Voting is now closed.

Starting next month, each voter will vote for 6 nominated albums (6 Votes received 5 votes in the tiebreaker, 5 Votes received 2, 8 Votes received 1).

Retroactive to this month's vote, each month we will induct 5 albums. This will not be extended in the event of a tie. (5 Albums received 5 votes, there was one vote each for 3 Albums, 4-6 Albums and 6-8 Albums).

By a 6-2 vote, we have voted to add an album genre vote starting next month, which will run on the same schedule as the song genre vote. There will be 3 days of genre nominations (1st-3rd), 2 days of genre voting (4th-5th) and 3 days to refine the terms and definitions of the selected genre (6th-8th). Genre album nominations will take place for 2 days following the conclusion of the Album Project and Song Project voting (in the event of a tiebreaker or second tiebreaker), followed by 1 day designated for review and protest, followed by 5 days of voting. 5 albums will be inducted with a tiebreaker vote taking place if necessary.

As a result of our rule refinement, these albums have been voted in as the Class of December 2012:

Big Star - Third/ Sister Lovers (1978)
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister will be automatically nominated in January 2014.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/13/2013 @ 00:58am

Here's my list of albums from 2013 that I've flagged for consideration so far:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Beyonce - Beyonce
Bun B. - Trill O.G.: The Epilogue
Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
David Bowie - The Next Day
Elton John - The Diving Board
Elvis Costello And The Roots - Wise Up Ghost
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse
Haim - Days Are Gone
Icona Pop - This Is... Icona Pop
Iggy And The Stooges - Ready To Die
Jake Bugg - Shangri La
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
Kanye West - Yeezus
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Los Campesinos! - No Blues
M.I.A. - Matangi
Natalia Kills - Trouble
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Phoenix - Bankrupt
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals
Talib Kweli - Gravitas
The Arcade Fire - Reflektor
The Arctic Monkeys - AM
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/23/2013 @ 01:01am

Two days after I posted my favorite albums of 2013 list I finally got my ancient ass onto Spotify. Since then I've been pouring over every Best of 2013 list I could get my hands on and listening to everything (I'm still out of action with a broken leg and have nothing but free time).

Needless to say I have a very different vision of 2013 now which will require a new, more enlightened list than I put up before.

I'd also encourage everyone who has the slightest inclination to share their favorites of the year to do so. We spend most of our time here discussing the past and I'm always interested to see what everybody is being moved by in the present.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 12/23/2013 @ 04:58am

Don't forget to spin Beyonce 's self-titled which basically broke the industry last week (2 weeks ago?). I think it's a game changer in terms of how she released it and the music is actually VERY good. Never been much of a fan but this is one album that actually made me look at her as an artist and I think it deserves enshrinement.

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 12/23/2013 @ 15:01pm

DarinRg,

"We spend most of our time here discussing the past and I'm always interested to see what everybody is being moved by in the present."

It's always hard for me to get behind new music here. I've been around long enough now to see legacy's of albums and songs change over time, and what I considered a highlight of one year can eventually be considered run of the mill.

With that said however. I personally think music in general this year has been fantastic, just the right mix of everything. The 2010s have just been incredibly eclectic and a true gumbo of everything before it. I listen to most genres. So I am going to break it up by style, on what I loved in 2013 and what I thought was relevant. Which aren't always the same.

Rap/Hip Hop
1) "Wolf" - Tyler, The Creator
2) "Yeezus" - Kanye West
3) "Acid Rap" - Chance The Rapper
4) "Doris" - Earl Sweatshirt
5) "Old" - Danny Brown
6) "Parts Of Speech" - Dessa

Indie Rock/Alternative
1) "Reflektor" - Arcade Fire
2) "Trouble Will Find Me" - The National
3) "Night Time, My Time" - Sky Ferreira
4) "Wakin' On A Pretty Daze" - Kurt Vile
5) "Modern Vampires Of The City" - Vampire Weekend
6) "Silence Yourself" - Savages
7) "m b v" - My Bloody Valentine

Mainstream/Modern/Hard Rock
1) "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" - Alice In Chains
2) "AM" - Arctic Monkeys
3) "...Like Clockwork" - Queens Of The Stone Age
4) "Opposites" - Biffy Clyro
5) "Save Rock & Roll" - Fall Out Boy
6) "Paramore" - Paramore

Pop/Pop Adjacent
1) "Heartthrob" - Tegan & Sara
2) "Pure Heroine" - Lorde
3) "Days Are Gone" - Haim
4) "Seasons Of Your Day" - Mazzy Star
5) "The Bones Of What You Believe" - Chvrches
6) "Artpop" - Lady Gaga
7) "The 20/20 Experience" - Justin Timberlake

R&B/Soul
1) "Beyonce" - Beyonce
2) "The Electric Lady" - Janelle Monae
3) "Love In The Future" - John Legend
4) "Love & War" - Tamar Braxton
5) "Feel Good" - The Internet
6) "Pull My Hair Back" - Jessy Lanza
7) "One True Vine" - Mavis Staples

Country/Americana/Folk
1) "Same Trailer Different Park" - Kacey Musgraves
2) "American Kid" - Nancy Griffin
3) "The Lone Bellow" - The Lone Bellow
4) "The Highway" - Holly Williams
5) "Southeastern" - Jason Isabell
6) "Once I Was An Eagle" - Laura Marling
7) "The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight..." - Neko Case

Metal
1) "In Solitude" - Sister
2) "Sunbather" - Deafhaven

Jazz
1) "Prism" - Dave Holland
2) "Songs I Like a Lot" - John Hollenbeck
3) "Without A Net" - Wayne Shorter
4) "Womanchild" - Cecil McLorin Salvant

Blues
1) "Pushin' Against The Stone" - Valerie June
2) "Seesaw" - Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa
3) "Down In Louisiana" - Bobby Rush
4) "Get Up!" - Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite

Electronic/Ambient
1) "Loud City Song" - Julia Houlter
2) "Random Access Memories" - Daft Punk
3) "Settle" - Disclosure
4) "If You Wait" - London Grammar

If I had to pick my favorites of the year:
5) "Night Time, My Time" - Sky Ferreira
4) "Parts Of Speech" - Dessa
3) "Pushin' Against The Stone" - Valerie June
2) "Wolf" - Tyler The Creator
1) "Heartthrob" - Tegan & Sara

What I will vote to get in, guaranteed:

10) "Reflektor" - Arcade Fire
9) "Pure Heroine" - Lorde
8) "Sunbather" - Deafhaven
7) "Days Are Gone" - Haim
6) "Random Access Memories" - Daft Punk
5) "Settle" - Disclosure
4) "Same Trailer Different Park" - Kacey Musgraves
3) "Old" - Danny Brown
2) "Womanchild" - Cecil McLorin Salvant
1) "Beyonce" - Beyonce

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 12/23/2013 @ 15:16pm

"It's always hard for me to get behind new music here. I've been around long enough now to see legacy's of albums and songs change over time, and what I considered a highlight of one year can eventually be considered run of the mill.

With that said however. I personally think music in general this year has been fantastic, just the right mix of everything. The 2010s have just been incredibly eclectic and a true gumbo of everything before it." -Chris F.

I echo these exact sentiments.

Based on your Country/Folk/Americana list, I highly recommend Sarah Jarosz if you haven't heard her. 22-year-old Country/Folk/Bluegrass singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who displays a wisdom and talent well beyond her years.

Also, nice to see some love for Julia Holter. "Loud City Song" is in my daily rotation right now.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 12/23/2013 @ 16:11pm

DarinRG,

"I highly recommend Sarah Jarosz if you haven't heard her"

I tend to keep up with whatever Sugar Hill records puts out. I have no idea who they use to scope out their talent but every artist that records there makes fantastic albums. Even one's like Dolly Parton who have had long established careers seem to get back to just fantastic music. So Sarah has been on my radar for a while (the female artists usually are). I was pleasantly surprised to see she got two more Grammy nominations this year. The Country/Folk/Americana mix going on right now should be more popular. That whole group of albums I put are just fantastic. I cut quite a few from it.

"Julia Holter. "Loud City Song" is in my daily rotation right now."

I think Holter is a great example of why music is in good hands going forward. Technology has just allowed these fully formed artists to shine and get their art through. Because it is so easily accessible, and because music to inspire them from every generation is so acceptable. Youtube is like the biggest record store to ever exist. Holter's cover version of Hello Stranger on Loud City Song was the most inventive cover I have heard in a long time. It is almost on the level of the Barbara Lewis original. I idolize that song so I don't know if I could pay a bigger compliment to Holter.

Posted by Chris F. on Tuesday, 12/24/2013 @ 13:30pm

I will probably be nominating Pearl Jam-Lightning Bolt as my 2013 nominee. Whether it gets traction I have no idea but it was one of the only 2013 albums that I had time to listen to what with 3 kids under 5 around the house.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/24/2013 @ 16:18pm

Thought I'd put down all the albums I wanna push for, not just 2013 ones.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatmans Call
Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
Nico - Chelsea Girl
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
The Slits - Cut
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#infinity
Low - I Could Live In Hope
Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister/Tigermilk
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
John Coltrane - My Favourite Things
Kanye West - 808's And Heartbreaks/Yeezus
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Paramore - Paramore
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Torres - Torres
The National - Trouble Will Find Me/High Violet
Grimes - Visions
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
The xx - xx
Joanna Newsom - Ys/The Milk Eyed Mender

In regards to 2013, I'd also support these:

Arctic Monkeys - AM
Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
Disclosure - Settle
David Bowie - The Next Day
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer, Different Park

Posted by GFW on Thursday, 12/26/2013 @ 14:15pm

I think we need a Mary J Blige album inducted. I'm planning to nominate either "What's the 411?" or "My Life". Any support?

Posted by Mike on Friday, 12/27/2013 @ 09:15am

FRL, these albums wasn't put in the list yet.

November 2013:
The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)

December 2013:
Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers (1978)
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966)

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 12/29/2013 @ 01:27am

Happy New Year Everyone!!

Here are my nominations for this month:

Rush- Roll The Bones (1991)

2013 Nominee:
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/1/2014 @ 00:13am

Nomination

The Cars- Candy-O (1979)

2013:

Daft Punk- Random Accress Memories

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/1/2014 @ 02:33am

Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)

2013 Nominee
David Bowie - The Next Day

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 01/1/2014 @ 03:16am

Happy New Years everyone! (forgot it in my other post. Oops!)

Pre-2013 pick:
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

2013 pick:
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 01/1/2014 @ 05:11am

Pre 2013 pick: The Avalanches - Since I Left You

2013 pick: The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 01/1/2014 @ 11:43am

My nomination for January 2014/2039 induction into The Album Project!

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 01/1/2014 @ 12:27pm

My album nominations:

Reflektor (2013) - Arcade Fire
Modern Vampires Of The City (2013) - Vampire Weekend

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 01/1/2014 @ 17:46pm

Happy new year to one and everyone!

We can now add important music from last year into our eligibility considerations for the 12 months t follow. Here, then, are two albums that I hereby nominate for this month's Album Project.

Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)

A new album by a recently inducted Revisited/Projected Rock Hall Project inductee; and a rather overlooked album from a new inductee into the actual Rock Hall. I do hope these albums can be inducted post haste.

40 days till the age becomes true,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Wednesday, 01/1/2014 @ 18:54pm

This album is automatically nominated as a result of tiebreakers in December:

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/1/2014 @ 23:49pm

As a reminder, we are adding a monthly genre vote to this project starting with this month.

Here's the schedule (which started today):

There will be 3 days of genre nominations (1st-3rd), 2 days of genre voting (4th-5th) and 3 days to refine the terms and definitions of the selected genre (6th-8th).

Genre album nominations will take place for 2 days following the conclusion of the Album Project and Song Project voting (in the event of a tiebreaker or second tiebreaker), followed by 1 day designated for review and protest, followed by 5 days of voting.

5 albums will be inducted with a tiebreaker vote taking place if necessary.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/1/2014 @ 23:53pm

My album genre nomination for January:

Indie Rock / Indie Pop since 2000

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/1/2014 @ 23:54pm

My album genre nomination for January:

Art rock/progressive rock

Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 00:06am

The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle (1976)

2013:
Lorde - Pure Heroine

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 00:15am

My nominations:

The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 00:45am

Nominations for January:

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)

Arguably the best R&B album that we haven't inducted. I might even go as far as saying one of the best albums from the 70's we haven't inducted.

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)

From a personal standpoint, my favourite album of the past year. Not quite as good as Check My Brain, and maybe not quite as deserving as Jar of Flies (which hasn't been inducted yet), but since we get a 2013 nomination, this get my vote.

By the way Mike, I definitely agree with you on Mary J. Blige. She is highly deserving of getting an album inducted. I would vote for either album you suggested.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 01:48am

Genre Vote Nomination:

Metal

I don't think we have inducted a single metal album since we switched to monthly voting 2 years ago. The song project hasn't fared much better.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 01:53am

Since everybody (myself included) gets excited about newly eligibles this time of year, I'll go with:

Same Trailer Different Park (2013) - Kacey Musgraves

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 03:10am

I'll add the genre nomination Punk. I think we have a lot of key 75-84 albums missing.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 03:13am

Genre: EDM

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 14:28pm

Wow! There are already so many great choices nominated!

My Nominations:

Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)

2013:

Paul McCartney, New

When considering Genres I quickly came up with several that I am currently trying to choose from. Does anyone have any preferences from any of these Genre Ideas?

Novelty/Parody Albums
Soft Rock
80s New Wave/Pop
Modern Pop / Top 40
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums
Grammy Winners
Movie Musicals

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 14:56pm

Jennifer- Those are great choices especially the Novelty/Parody and TV and Movie Sountrack choices. There are a bunch of film I can think of whose soundtracks deserve to be recognized.

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 15:08pm

My nominations

Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)

2013 Nomination:

Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)

Genre Nomination -

Jazz

Although I am probably going to vote for Metal and Punk. Not sure yet.

Posted by Chris F. on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 15:14pm

Genre Nomination

TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Hope that helps in your decision Jennifer

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 15:28pm

My nominations:
Operation Ivy- Energy
2013:
Elvis Costello & The Roots- Wise Up Ghost

Genre Nomination:
Live Albums

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 15:32pm

I don't think that "Live Albums" or "Grammy Winners" should be considered for the monthly genre vote, as they're types of albums rather than genres of music. Either description could encompass literally any genre of music and the idea behind the genre votes are to compare similar albums to one another and determine the best.

I do think that any of Jennifer's other suggestions would work fine. Movie Musicals *generally* tend to be the same kind of music and comparing one soundtrack to another is more of an apples to apples comparison than comparing one kind of Live album to another.

What does everyone else think?

As a side note, if I've misinterpreted what is meant by "Live Albums", the only one I would support would be "Throwing Copper", which has already been inducted. lol

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 18:46pm

My nomination for which genre we should consider for next week's Album Project election cycle does come from Jennifer's list of examples. This was an idea of mine for a while now, so I think this could be appropriate.

80s New Wave/Pop

Admittedly, this is the sort of music I grew up listening and watching. Yet at the time, it was considered a unique and rather edgy subgenre of popular music. Time and age have made the 80s a decade to look back at the better portions rather than the discrepancies and cheese much of that time and all times are.

Thank you again for the suggestions,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 19:08pm

Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)

genre vote: 90s R&B

Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 19:55pm

Yeah, I can understand why there would be some disagreement with a live albums nomination, so switch my genre nom to Hip Hop/Rap

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 20:11pm

Jennifer- Those are great choices especially the Novelty/Parody and TV and Movie Sountrack choices. There are a bunch of film I can think of whose soundtracks deserve to be recognized.

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 01.2.14 @ 15:08pm

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In my album queue...

Motion Picture Soundtracks

Jaws (1975)
Star Wars (1977)
Xanadu (1980)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Back to the Future (1985)
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

Novelty/Parody

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
"Weird Al" Yankovic - In 3-D (1984)
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Running With Scissors (1999)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 20:37pm

Rick Vendl II - Are you going to nominate one of those genres, because you haven't nominated a genre yet, so you could.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/2/2014 @ 22:42pm

Album nomination:

Mary J. Blige - What's the 411?

Posted by Mike on Friday, 01/3/2014 @ 10:34am

Thank you for the input and support everyone. :)

Genre Nomination:

Novelty/Parody Albums

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 01/4/2014 @ 00:28am

Nominations are now closed. Voting is now open.

Here are the nominees:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Arcade Fire - Reflektor (2013)
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)
David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Mary J. Blige - What's The 411?
Operation Ivy - Energy
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)

There have been some changes to voting procedures since last month's vote. Each voter has 6 votes (incomplete votes are ineligible). The 5 albums that receive the most votes (after a tiebreaker if necessary) will be inducted into the Album Project.

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/4/2014 @ 00:58am

The following genres have been nominated for this month's album genre vote:

80s New Wave/Pop
Art Rock / Progressive Rock
EDM
Hip Hop/Rap
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Jazz
Metal
Novelty/Parody Albums
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

There are 10 genres. Each voter can vote for 5 genres. The genre that receives the most votes will be this month's selected genre. The losing genres will be automatically nominated in February.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 5th.

Once a genre has been selected, we'll spend the remaining time in the Album Project vote determining the specifics of the selected genre and whether or not the genre will be split along chronological lines.

After the conclusion of the Album Project vote (including any tiebreakers that might be needed), we'll have two days of nominations for the genre. If you feel that an album is nominated that doesn't belong in the genre, lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualifed from the genre vote. We'll also have one day after the conclusion of nominations for any additional protests to take place. This will be followed by 5 days of voting using the same rules as the Album Project.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/4/2014 @ 00:59am

Hey Darren, I think you missed Ryan's nomination of Live Albums and my nomination of 90s R&B

Posted by rockstar23 on Saturday, 01/4/2014 @ 01:46am

votes:

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)

genre vote:

80s New Wave/Pop
Art Rock / Progressive Rock
Novelty/Parody Albums
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Darrin A on Saturday, 01/4/2014 @ 14:08pm

In honor of a great 2013, I'm going with an all noob theme for this month and wishing I had room for a few more.

Arcade Fire - Reflektor (2013)
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013)
Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)

Punk
EDM
Jazz
Metal
Art Rock / Progressive Rock

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 01/4/2014 @ 15:12pm

Kanye West - Yeezus
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer, Different Park
David Bowie - The Next Day

Posted by GFW on Saturday, 01/4/2014 @ 15:36pm

My album choices are as follows:

Rush- Roll The Bones
Electric Light Orchestra- On The Third Day
The Cars- Candy O
Peter Gabriel- Us
Paul McCartney- New

My choices of genres are as follows:

Art rock/progressive rock
80's New Wave/Pop
Jazz
Novelty/Parody albums
Metal

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 01/4/2014 @ 16:07pm

Arcade Fire - Reflektor (2013)
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)
David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)

Genre Nomination
Art rock/Progressive Rock
80s New Wave/Pop
Punk
Novelty/Parody Albums
TV and Movie Soundtracks

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 01/4/2014 @ 18:45pm

rockstar23 - I did miss your nomination of 90's R&B. Ryan changed his nomination from Live Albums to Hip Hop / Rap.

Here's the updated list of genres. If you've already voted, you can change one of your votes to 90's R&B if you want to.

80s New Wave/Pop
90s R&B
Art Rock / Progressive Rock
EDM
Hip Hop/Rap
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Jazz
Metal
Novelty/Parody Albums
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/4/2014 @ 19:54pm

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)
Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 01/5/2014 @ 00:03am

Actually, change The Next Day to Days Are Gone, didn't notice it was nominated.

Posted by GFW on Sunday, 01/5/2014 @ 07:35am

Genre Nominations

Art Rock / Progressive Rock
Jazz
Metal
Novelty/Parody Albums
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 01/5/2014 @ 13:14pm

My ballot

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)

Who I'd vote for in the future (or change my vote to if needed):
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Arcade Fire - Reflektor (2013)
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)
David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Mary J. Blige - What's The 411?
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 01/5/2014 @ 15:26pm

The Cars- Candy-O
Daft Punk- Random Access Memories
Arcade Fire- Reflecktor
The Avalanches- Since I Left You
The Steve Miller Band- Fly Like an Eagle
Haim- Days are Gone

Genres:

EDM
Jazz
Art/progressive rock
TV and movie soundtrack
Metal

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/5/2014 @ 15:28pm

Oops.. Just realized I cast seven votes by mistake. Please remove my vote for Pink-The Truth About Love and keep the other 6.

Thanks

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 01/5/2014 @ 17:48pm

Enigmaticus - You only used 5 votes. Please add one more vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/5/2014 @ 18:22pm

Arcade Fire - Reflektor (2013)
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)

(Candy-O and Us were the two last ones, so if they got nominated again, I'd likely vote for them.)

80s New Wave/Pop
Art Rock / Progressive Rock
Metal
Novelty/Parody Albums
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 01/5/2014 @ 20:49pm

My ballot for this month's Album Project election cycle is as follows:

Sir Paul McCartney - New
Peter Gabriel - Us
Kanye West - Yeezus
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
The Cars - Candy-O
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

In addition, here are the five genres I am most interested in voting for this next week.

80s new wave/pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Novelty/Parody Albums
Jazz
Hip Hop/Rap

4 new albums and 2 older gems on my ballot,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 01/5/2014 @ 21:14pm

Going with all 2013 albums

My Ballot:

Arcade Fire - Reflektor (2013)
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)
David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 01/5/2014 @ 21:15pm

Bjork - Vespertine
Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Beyonce - Beyonce
Kanye West - Yeezus
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 01/5/2014 @ 22:30pm

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Mary J. Blige - What's The 411? (1992)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)

90s R&B
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Metal
Punk

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 01/5/2014 @ 23:48pm

My Album Ballot:

David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)

My Genre Ballot:

80s New Wave/Pop
Art Rock / Progressive Rock
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Novelty/Parody Albums
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

It was tough to choose only 5 genres and only 6 albums.

Among this Excellent List, there are many albums that I considered voting for. Some of these include:

Arcade Fire - Reflektor (2013)
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013) 
Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995) 
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) 
Mary J. Blige - What's The 411? 
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
 Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) 
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
 Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 01/6/2014 @ 00:32am

Votes:

Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)
David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
Mary J. Blige - What's The 411?
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)

Posted by Mike on Monday, 01/6/2014 @ 08:24am

Thank you for pointing that out Darren.

My remaining choice will be: Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Monday, 01/6/2014 @ 09:13am

Can someone double check to make sure all inducted albums and songs have been added for this past year (2038)?

Thanks again to all of you who participate in these projects and who continue to make FRL what it is.

Posted by FRL on Monday, 01/6/2014 @ 11:12am

I forgot the end the voting for the album genre on Sunday (I forgot to vote as well, but my vote wouldn't have changed the results).

Here are the results:

Art Rock / Progressive Rock - 9
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Novelty/Parody Albums - 7
80s New Wave/Pop - 6
Jazz - 6
Metal - 6
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums - 6
Punk - 4
EDM - 2
Hip Hop / Rap - 2
90s R&B - 1
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000 - 1

This month's album genre will be Art Rock / Progressive Rock. Enigmaticus, you're the original nominator for the genre. Could you please give a brief definition of the genre so we can sort out what should be considered for this genre and what shouldn't? Does anyone have any questions regarding this genre?

Art Rock / Progressive Rock won't be eligible as a genre for the next 6 genre votes. The other genres will be automatically nominated in February.

Should we go with 1 nomination per voter or 2 nominations per voter?

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/7/2014 @ 14:58pm

My vote:

Arcade Fire - Reflektor (2013)
Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)
Mary J. Blige - What's The 411?
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)

Posted by Chris F. on Tuesday, 01/7/2014 @ 17:18pm

2 nominations per voter

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 01/7/2014 @ 21:23pm

My votes:

Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Kanye West - Yeezus
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

I didn't plan on an all-2013 ballot, but it did work out that way.

Didn't need my vote (yet):

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like AN Eagle
Haim - Days Are Gone

Last album off my ballot:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

Would support in the future:

The Cars - Candy-O
David Bowie - The Next Day
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Mary J. Blige - What's The 411?
Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Beyonce - Beyonce
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/7/2014 @ 21:59pm

My current vote count:

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013) - 8
Arcade Fire - Reflektor (2013) - 8
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976) - 7
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013) - 7
Haim - Days Are Gone (2013) - 6
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Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981) - 5
The Cars - Candy-O (1979) - 5

David Bowie - The Next Day (2013) - 4
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013) - 4
Paul McCartney - New (2013) - 4
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 4
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 4
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013) - 4

Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013) - 3
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) - 3
Mary J. Blige - What's The 411? - 3
The Avalanches - Since I Left You - 3
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013) - 3

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - 2
Bjork - Vespertine (2001) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 2
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013) - 2
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 2
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991) - 2
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) - 2

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) - 1
Beyonce - Beyonce (2013) - 1
Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995) - 1

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013) - 0
Operation Ivy - Energy - 0
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden - 0
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Wednesday, the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/7/2014 @ 22:02pm

I think I'll also drop my Kacey Musgraves vote here and toss it to Bowie.

I think that "Same Trailer Different Park", was an important, induction worthy 2013 album, but I recognize that it was up against some monster competition this round.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 01/7/2014 @ 22:23pm

I am glad that you have asked what the definition of "art rock," or " progressive rock" is. I am going to paraphrase it, rather than adhere to the widely accepted definition. The definition has several parts:

1. Adventurous music based upon world music, or European classical motifs.
2. The incorporation of rock instrumentation, in addition to non-standard instruments, including: flutes, violins, harpsichords, cellos, mellotrons, organs, pianos, synthesizers, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, saxophones, etc. in order to create an orchestral backdrop, within often longer extended works.
3. Music that varies from the standard 4/4 time signature, that is frequently, but not always written in odd time signatures.
4. Music which employs virtuosity and daunting complexity. Often, the musicians who play this type of music are very highly regarded by their peers.
5. A tendency to unify the themes on the songs for one central purpose, i.e. a concept album.
6. Music which often employs grandiose stage shows, either elaborate lighting, or films, or drama, while members are playing.
7. Music which borrows heavily from classical (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern), or jazz, in addition to the blues and rock.
8. Lyrics which tend to borrow from established literary sources, rather than songs, written about sex, drugs and rock and roll. In fact, the stranger and more artistic the lyric, the "proggier" it may end up being.

I hope that this answers your question.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 01/7/2014 @ 23:02pm

Enigmaticus - Thanks for the definition. Examples of artists / suggested albums would be useful, as well.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/7/2014 @ 23:28pm

Thank you Darren, here is a link which you might find most useful. Progressive rock is a huge genre with many sub-categories:

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive-rock.asp#definition

As far as the artists who are considered "progressive," that tends to be quite nebulous, as well.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 01/8/2014 @ 00:23am

I liked a few of the albums listed here, so I'll give you an album vote for January:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here(2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 01/8/2014 @ 06:15am

Enigma:

I like your breakdown on prog rock. At the same time, some of the points you listed don't have much to do w/the music. You mentioned how groups use elaborate stage props and backing films. That could lead you to a lot of groups. Frisco used some of those films in the 60's, or tried to utilize extraneous elements for it's psych-trip rock. I wouldn't necessarily call it prog, in the given sense.

In addition, couldn't all that extra stuff be seen as a crutch, & not a positive? If you've a band that wants to try and draw in a greater crowd, couldn't they try to appeal to prog fans by adding in this extraneous stuff. They might hope to fool a few folks into believing they have prog "tendencies", or some such drivel, while playing fairly basic material.

I'll tell you here, I was thinking about the Soundgarden song "Outshined". At the end of the song, there's a very effective break from the 4/4 pattern. Had SG put some trippy films behind them, & played this, they might come off as "semi-prog" (if such a thing is possible). Especially if they followed it up w/"Black Hole Sun", & tried the same thing.

You know me well enough to know I'm not knocking everything you're saying. I just think there's some loose parameters there. It's still pretty cool though. :)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 01/8/2014 @ 06:29am

Enigmaticus:

Quick question on prog albums for the genre vote. Would you consider all Rush albums fair game for the vote or some more than others? I ask because I have nominated Roll the Bones a few times but as it's a little more guitar heavy then some of their earlier work.

Darren:
As far as nominations go for this genre vote I think we go with a maximum of two nominations per person. There are a bunch of albums out there to choose from that would make excellent additions to the album project

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/8/2014 @ 11:13am

Enigmaticus,

"7. Music which borrows heavily from classical (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern), or jazz, in addition to the blues and rock."

I just need a bit further clarification on this point. I think the double naming of Art Rock/Progressive might be throwing me here. You included Jazz as a music Progressive borrows from. Does that mean Jazz-Fusion albums are also included this month? I only ask because that may switch my focus a bit. Does this open the genre up to voting for albums like Jack Johnson by Miles Davis, or anything by Weather Report or Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Darren,

I would say with a genre this open 2 nominations allows for a larger group of choices. Which makes the overall inducted class a bit healthier. Had the genre been more specific I would see 1 nomination as suitable. In this case I am going to vote for 2 nominations.

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 01/8/2014 @ 12:44pm

I'll drop Vespertine for The Next Day.

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 01/8/2014 @ 13:13pm

I'd agree that with the definition for this round being so broad and vague, 2 nominees would be appropriate.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 01/8/2014 @ 16:31pm

Enigmaticus:

Quick question on prog albums for the genre vote. Would you consider all Rush albums fair game for the vote or some more than others? I ask because I have nominated Roll the Bones a few times but as it's a little more guitar heavy then some of their earlier work.

__________________________________________________

Wow not only did I seem to trail off during that thought but I think I answered my own question when checking out the link you posted last night.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/8/2014 @ 18:52pm

Tom H,

With the possible exceptions of their debut album, "Rush" and "Vapor Trails," every other Rush album is classified as "progressive rock." Rush is a major "progressive rock" band. Therefore, "Roll The Bones" is also a "progressive rock" album.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 01/8/2014 @ 18:56pm

Enigmaticus:

Thanks for the clarification. While I like Roll the Bones I've had people bash it as not sounding like "classic Rush" (I'm guessing by classic Rush means "Tom Sawyer","Limelight", etc...). This is an absurd argument that is the equivalent of someone complaining that not every Led Zeppelin song sounds like "Stairway to Heaven". However it got me second guessing nominating it enough to bring it up.

Prog Rock as a whole probably my favorite subgenre of Rock so I'm looking forward to this vote to try to fill in some gaps in the project. FYI: my favorite Prog bands are Jethro Tull, The Moody Blues, Yes, Rush and ELP/The Nice (big Keith Emerson fan).

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/8/2014 @ 19:56pm

In honor of their recent HOF induction Please switch my vote from Electric Light Orchestra- On the Third Day to Hall and Oates- Private Eyes

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/8/2014 @ 20:34pm

Tom H.,

You are very welcome. ""Roll The Bones" is one of my favorite Rush studio albums as well. The central theme of this album centers around chance and fate.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 01/8/2014 @ 22:59pm

Chris F.,

According to progarchives: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Return To Forever, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Al Dimeola, etc. are part of the Jazz rock/fusion genre of progressive rock. Here is a link:

http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=30

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 01/8/2014 @ 23:04pm

I'm changing my vote for The National - "Trouble Will Find Me" to Haim - "Days Are Gone".

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/9/2014 @ 00:40am

Voting is now closed.

The following albums received 8 votes and have been inducted as part of the class of January 2014:

Arcade Fire - Reflektor (2013)
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)

The following albums received 7 votes and will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all four albums in order of preference. The top song will receive 4 points and so on.

The top 3 vote-getters will be inducted.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/9/2014 @ 01:04am

Tiebreaker:

Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01/9/2014 @ 01:43am

The tiebreaker for me is:

Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 01/9/2014 @ 02:49am

Kanye West - Yeezus (2013) - 4
Haim - Days Are Gone (2013) - 3
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981) - 2
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 01/9/2014 @ 09:55am

Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981) 4
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976) 3
Haim - Days Are Gone (2013) 2
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 01/9/2014 @ 10:26am

Tie-breaker

(4 points) The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)
Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 01/9/2014 @ 11:23am

Tiebreaker:

Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)4
Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)3
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)2
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)1

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01/9/2014 @ 12:54pm

Haim- Days are Gone (2013)4
Steve Miller Band- Fly Like an Eagle (1976)3
Kanye West- Yezzus (2013)2
Hall and Oates- Private Eyes (1981)1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/9/2014 @ 14:32pm

1. The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)
2. Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)
3. Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
4. Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 01/9/2014 @ 22:31pm

Tie Breaker votes

The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)-4
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)-3
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)-2
Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 01/10/2014 @ 10:23am

Yeezus - 4
Days Are Gone - 3
Fly Like An Eagle - 2
Private Eyes - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/10/2014 @ 21:29pm

Kanye West - Yeezus - 4
Steve Miller - Fly Like An Eagle - 3
Daryl Hall and John Oates - Private Eyes - 2
Haim - Days Are Gone - 1

This is my tiebreaking vote,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Friday, 01/10/2014 @ 22:57pm

The tiebreaker vote is now over.

Here is the Class Of January 2014:

Arcade Fire - Reflektor (2013)
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)
Haim - Days Are Gone (2013)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)

Here are the tiebreaker results:

Haim - Days Are Gone (2013) - 31
The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976) - 30
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013) - 29
________________________________

Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981) - 20

Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981) will be automatically nominated for the Album Project vote in February.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 01:11am

Nominations are now open for the January 2014 album genre vote.

This month's genre is Art Rock / Progressive Rock (please refer to the recent discussion on this message board for more information about this genre).

Each voter can nominate two albums.

Nominations will close and voting will start at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 12th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 01:14am

My Art/Prog Rock Album Genre Nominations...

No Answer (1972) - The Electric Light Orchestra
On the Third Day (1973) - Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 01:42am

Art/Progressive Rock nomination:

The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)*
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)

*For those who don't know, the Bee Gees' hits are mostly "art rock" during the late '60s through the early '70s (which I enjoyed more than their disco part of their career). Odessa is the combination of "Prog", "Baroque" and "Orchestral", the same sound that the Moody Blues were doing.

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 01:51am

Progressive Rock/Art Rock nominees:

Here Come the Warm Jets (1974) - Brian Eno
The Madcap Laughs (1970) - Syd Barrett

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 02:12am

Progressive Rock/Art Rock nominees:

Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory - Dream Theater (1999)
De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) - The Mars Volta

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 02:32am

Before I nominate any albums, I was hoping to get some further clarification about some albums/artists not yet in the album project. I have included the artists, records, years, and a better known song or songs from each album that I am unsure about. Which of these are Art Rock/Progressive Rock musicians/albums?

Argent:
All Together Now (1972) Hold Your Head Up
In Deep (1973) God Gave Rock and Roll To You

The Alan Parsons Project:
Eye in the Sky (1982) Eye in the Sky

Asia:
-Asia (1981) Heat of the Moment, Only Time Will Tell, Sole Survivor

Any Album by Blue Man Group

Blue Oyster Cult:
-Agents of Fortune (1976) Don't Fear the Reaper
-Spectres (1977) Godzilla
-Fire of Unknown Origin (1981) Veteran of the Psychic Wars, Burnin' For You

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown/The Arthur Brown Band
-The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968) Fire

Donovan:
-Barabajagal (1969) Atlantis

Enigma:
-The Cross of Changes (1993) Return to Innocence

The Return to Innocence video included a unicorn, a Taiwanese drinking song mistaken for a Native American/Aboriginal chant, and a man aging backwards from death to birth. It reached number 1 in over 10 countries, number 2 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, and number 6 on the US Top 40 Mainstream. Here is a link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk_sAHh9s08

Enya:
-A Day Without Rain (2000) Only Time

Golden Earring:
-Moontan (1973) Radar Love
-Cut (1982) Twilight Zone

Kansas:
-Leftoverture (1976) Carry On Wayward Son
-Point of Know Return (1977) Dust in the Wind, Point of Know Return

Manfred Mann's Earth Band:
-Nightingales & Bombers (1975) Spirits in the Night
-The Roaring Silence (1976) Blinded By the Light

Shakespears Sister
-Hormonally Yours (1992) Stay
The Stay video has some science fiction elements in it as well as a classic fight between life and death for a man's soul on what appears to be the moon. It reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Here is a link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eXw47qb4U0

Also, I am surprised that so many of the Moody Blues key albums are still missing from the Album project including:

-A Question of Balance (1970) The Question
-Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971) The Story in Your Eyes
-Seventh Sojourn (1972) I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)
-Long Distance Voyager (1981) The Voice
-The Other Side Of Life (1986) Your Wildest Dreams
-Sur la Mer (1987) I Know You're Out There Somewhere

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 03:01am

The Alan Parsons Project:
Eye in the Sky (1982) Eye in the Sky

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 01.11.14 @ 03:01am

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APP's debut album Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976) its follow-up I Robot (1977) and Eve (1979) should be in before Eye in the Sky.

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 03:29am

-Long Distance Voyager (1981) The Voice

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 01.11.14 @ 03:01am

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Although I prefer The Voice, you forgot the #12 hit single "Gemini Dream".

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 03:31am

Enya:
-A Day Without Rain (2000) Only Time

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 01.11.14 @ 03:01am

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I like that album along with "Orinoco Flow" from 1988, but she is Celtic/World/New Age or Ethereal Wave, not Art/Prog rock.

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 03:37am

I'm not too sure if these count, but I'll nominate:

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car)
Yes - 90125

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 06:56am

Nominations for Prog/Art Rock:

The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
Roxy Music - Avalon (1981)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 10:58am

Nominations for Prog/Art Rock:

The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
Roxy Music - Avalon (1981)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 10:58am

Talking Heads- Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
Kate Bush- The Sensual World (1989)

Posted by Ryan on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 11:24am

Here are my nominations for art rock/progressive rock:

Echolyn- As The World (1995)
Yes- Magnification (2001)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 11:37am

Triumverat- Spartacus (1975)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 12:16pm

Triumverat- Spartacus (1975)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 12:16pm

^ Just so you know Trimvirat is spelled like this not the way spelled it above.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 13:10pm

Nominations for prog rock

Jethro Tull-Stand Up (1969)
Rush-Roll The Bones (1991)

FYI: if there's anyone else who hasn't nominated songs yet we could use some Moody Blues for this vote

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/11/2014 @ 22:09pm

Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)
Uriah Heep - Return to Fantasy (1975)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 01/12/2014 @ 00:07am

My Art Rock nominations for this special election cycle are the following.

Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Tool 10,000 Days

Hopefully these pair of albums are legit,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 01/12/2014 @ 10:02am

My Prog/Art Rock nominations are:

The Moody Blues-A Question of Balance (1970)
Blue Oyster Cult-Agents of Fortune (1976)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 01/12/2014 @ 18:33pm

My Prog/Art Rock nominations are:

The Moody Blues-A Question of Balance (1970)
Blue Oyster Cult-Agents of Fortune (1976)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 01/12/2014 @ 18:34pm

My nominations:

T.V. On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light (2011)
Pavement - Brighten The Corners (1997)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/12/2014 @ 18:53pm

Do we want to incorporate a 3-vote protest / veto system for the album genre votes, in case something gets nominated that doesn't belong? This would also include an extra day set aside for evaluation after the nominations have concluded and before voting begins.

This would be the same system as the Voter's Choice and Song Genre voting in the Song Project. I think we should definitely have it starting next month in this project, but I don't know if we need it this month. Let me know.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/12/2014 @ 18:56pm

Darren,

I would say a 3 vote veto is a good idea.

My nominations:

Renaissance -Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975)
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971)

Posted by Chris F. on Sunday, 01/12/2014 @ 21:23pm

I am of the opinion that a veto day is a good idea going forward but for this particular round I don't think it is necessary. All the albums selected seem to fall into the prog/art genre and the way Enigmaticus described it made it sound like jazz/fusion was included as well. However if I'm the lone voice in the wilderness on this I'll go with what the group wants.

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 01/12/2014 @ 23:42pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominees:

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976)
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999)
Echolyn - As The World (1995)
Electric Light Orchestra - No Answer (1972)
Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (1973)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989)
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971)
Pavement - Brighten The Corners (1997)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975)
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)
Roxy Music - Avalon (1981)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)
T.V. On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light (2011)
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)
Tool - 10,000 Days
Trimvirat - Spartacus (1975)
Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy (1975)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)
Yes - 90125
Yes - Magnification (2001)
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans

Voting will start now, though starting next month we will have 2 days of nominations followed by one day to allow for protests before voting starts.

Each voter can vote for 6 albums.

The top 5 albums (after tiebreaker if necessary) will be added to the Album Project.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/13/2014 @ 01:29am

This is by far the hardest album vote I've ever had to do. I would vote for most of these in the genre vote as well as the regular monthly vote.

At any rate here's my ballot:

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)
Yes - 90125
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans

In the future I would definitely vote for the following:

Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999)
Electric Light Orchestra - No Answer (1972)
Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (1973)
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)
Roxy Music - Avalon (1981)
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
Tool - 10,000 Days
Yes - Magnification (2001)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/13/2014 @ 07:55am

Art/Prog votes:

Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971)
Roxy Music - Avalon (1981)
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)
Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/13/2014 @ 21:10pm

Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
Roxy Music - Avalon (1981)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 01/13/2014 @ 22:04pm

Triumvirat- Spatacus (1975)
The Moody Blues- A Question of Balance (1970)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1976)
Yes- Tales From Topographic Oceans
Wishbone Ash- Argus (1973)
The Bee Gees- Odessa (1968)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/13/2014 @ 22:30pm

Really hard to vote for this

Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)
Tool - 10,000 Days

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 01/13/2014 @ 22:45pm

Hey Ryan,

You only voted for 5 so you have one more vote.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 01/13/2014 @ 22:56pm

My ballot:

Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 01/13/2014 @ 22:59pm

Missed my 6th vote, I'll go with Roxy Music - Avalon (1981) for my 6th.

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 01/13/2014 @ 23:37pm

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976)
Roxy Music - Avalon (1981)
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy (1975)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)
Yes - 90125

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 01/14/2014 @ 00:00am

Here are my selections for the Album project:

Echolyn- As The World
Roxy Music- Avalon
Rush- Roll The Bones
The Moody Blues- A Question Of Balance
Yes- Magnification
Yes- Tales From Topographic Oceans

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 01/14/2014 @ 08:07am

My ballot:

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976)
Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989)
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971)
Roxy Music - Avalon (1981)
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
Yes - 90125

Posted by Chris F. on Tuesday, 01/14/2014 @ 14:51pm

Thanks Jennifer,
Here is my 6th vote
Roxy Music- Avalon

Posted by Ryan on Tuesday, 01/14/2014 @ 17:18pm

My votes:

Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Roxy Music - Avalon (1981)
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003) - Good call Gassman, this is a great album!

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 01/14/2014 @ 23:36pm

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 01/14/2014 @ 23:58pm

Roxy Music - Avalon
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium
Tool - 10,000 Days
T.V. On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/15/2014 @ 08:06am

Current Vote Count:

Roxy Music - Avalon (1981) - 9
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Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) - 5
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974) - 5
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (1977) - 5
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003) - 5
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970) - 5
__________________________________

Yes - 90125 - 4

Tool - 10,000 Days - 3
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972) - 3
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans - 3

Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999) - 2
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 2
Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989) - 2
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) - 2
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) - 2
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991) - 2
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969) - 2
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968) - 2

Echolyn - As The World (1995) - 1
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976) - 1
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970) - 1
T.V. On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light (2011) - 1
Trimvirat - Spartacus (1975) - 1
Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy (1975) - 1
Yes - Magnification (2001) - 1

Electric Light Orchestra - No Answer (1972) - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (1973) - 0
Pavement - Brighten The Corners (1997) - 0
Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Friday.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/15/2014 @ 08:09am

I'll switch my Syd Barrett vote to Talking Heads: 77

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01/16/2014 @ 22:26pm

Any consideration for any of these albums?

The Cars- Candy-O (1979)
Triumvirat- Spartacus (1975)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1975)
Vangelis- Chariots of Fire Soundtrack (1981) OR Blade Runner Soundtrack (1982)
The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2001)
DJ Shadow- Entroducing...
Orital- In Sides (1996) OR Snivilisation (1995)
Tori Amos- Boys for Pele (1996)
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Slick Rick- The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
LL Cool J- Bigger and Deffer (1987)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Marriane Faithfull- Broken English (1979)
The Moody Blues- In Search of the Lost Chord (1968) or A Question of Balance (1970) or Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971) or To Our Children's Children's Children's Children (1969)
Procol Harum- Grand Hotel (1974)
Elton John- Tumbleweed Connection (1971)
Rush- Caress of Steel OR Hempisheres (1979) OR Permanent Waves (1980) OR Clockwork Angels (2012)
Yes- The Yes Album (1970)
Capital Cities- In a Tidal of Mystery (2013)
Janelle Monae- The Electric Lady (2013)
Hall & Oates- Abandoned Luncheonette (1974)
Feist- Let it Die (2005) Or The Reminder (2007)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)
Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)
Little Feat- Sailin' Shoes (1973) OR Dixie Chicken (1974)
Pantara- Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction (1992)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/17/2014 @ 15:21pm

I'd definitely toss a vote towards Endtroducing and Since I Left You.

Posted by GFW on Friday, 01/17/2014 @ 15:43pm

Just a reminder that this month's Prog/Art Rock genre vote ends tonight at 11:55PM

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 01/17/2014 @ 15:55pm

I'm pretty much going to draw a tiebreaker here, but here goes:

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976)
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989)
Rush - Roll the Bones (1991)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)
Yes - 90125

(I'd also throw a vote to Since I Left You.)

Also, is there any support for Upstairs at Eric's (Yazoo) or Architecture and Morality (OMD)?

Posted by SotN on Friday, 01/17/2014 @ 16:22pm

Greg F.-Out of your list of albums I would support the following:

The Cars- Candy-O (1979)
Triumvirat- Spartacus (1975)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1975)
Vangelis- Chariots of Fire Soundtrack (1981) OR Blade Runner Soundtrack (1982)
LL Cool J- Bigger and Deffer (1987)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
The Moody Blues- In Search of the Lost Chord (1968) or A Question of Balance (1970) or Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971) or To Our Children's Children's Children's Children (1969)
Procol Harum- Grand Hotel (1974)
Elton John- Tumbleweed Connection (1971)
Rush- Caress of Steel OR Hempisheres (1979) OR Permanent Waves (1980) OR Clockwork Angels (2012)
Yes- The Yes Album (1970)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)
Pantara- Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction (1992)
I’m already working on getting Rush-Roll the Bones in but if you want to nominate one of their albums you listed I’ll gladly throw my support behind it
I know that Hall and Oates will already have an album on the February Ballot (Private Eyes) because of last month’s tie breaker otherwise I’d go with Abandoned Luncheonette.
I’m hoping that Moody Blues-A Question of Balance gets in during the genre vote but if not it has my support as well as any Moody Blues albums

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 01/17/2014 @ 16:53pm

I'm 100% on board with these albums...
The Avalanches- Since I Left You
DJ Shadow- Entroducing...
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)

Posted by Ryan on Friday, 01/17/2014 @ 19:34pm

My ballot for Art Rock albums in the Special election in the Album Porject is as follows.

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car)
Tool - 10,000 Days
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Roxy Music - Avalon
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance

To Greg F and Tom H: I am rather certain this ballot I have presented will now bring A Question Of Balance an immediate entry into the Album Project. It is my hope that we will eventually have many more Moody Blues albums to be included in our album project. I am rather partial to including On The Threshold Of A Dream, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Long Distance Voyager and The Other Side Of Life as possible Album Project inductees. If there are other posters who feel similar, it would be wise to let it be known by the time of the next Album Project election cycle. I do look forward to seeing what lies ahead.

Patrick Moraz is a better keyboardist than Michael Pinder,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Friday, 01/17/2014 @ 22:02pm

I'm changing my vote for "Nine Types Of Light" to "90125".

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/17/2014 @ 22:18pm

My current vote count:

Roxy Music - Avalon (1981) - 10
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974) - 7
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Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) - 6
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (1977) - 6
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003) - 6
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970) - 6
Yes - 90125 - 6
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Tool - 10,000 Days - 4
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans - 4

Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989) - 3
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) - 3
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991) - 3
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972) - 3

Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999) - 2
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 2
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971) - 2
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) - 2
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969) - 2
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968) - 2

Echolyn - As The World (1995) - 1
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976) - 1
Trimvirat - Spartacus (1975) - 1
Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy (1975) - 1
Yes - Magnification (2001) - 1

Electric Light Orchestra - No Answer (1972) - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (1973) - 0
Pavement - Brighten The Corners (1997) - 0
Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975) - 0
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970) - 0
T.V. On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light (2011) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central tonight (Friday).

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/17/2014 @ 22:20pm

I'll take a break on my nomination of Odessa for upcoming nominations. Also, I'm switching my vote of Odessa to Talking Heads: 77

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 01/17/2014 @ 22:29pm

Well we already have On the Threshold of a Dream in already as well as Days of Future Past. So any of the rest of the first seven albums from Days of Future Past would be great additions.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/17/2014 @ 22:36pm

Voting is now closed.

Here is the genre class of January 2014:

Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
Roxy Music - Avalon (1981)
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (1977)

The following albums are involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)
Yes - 90125

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The top-ranked album will receive 4 points, the second-ranked album will receive 3 points and so on.

The two albums that finish the highest in the tiebreaker will be inducted. The other two albums will be automatically nominated for the album project vote in February.

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/18/2014 @ 01:22am

The Moody Blues- A Question of Balance-4
The Mars Volta- De-Loused in the Comatorium-3
Yes- 90125-2
Blue Oyster Cult-1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/18/2014 @ 01:44am

Tie Breaker votes:

4-The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)
3-Yes - 90125
2-Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976)
1-The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/18/2014 @ 09:37am

Yes - 90125 (1982) - 4
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970) - 3
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) - 2
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In the Comatorium (2003) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 01/18/2014 @ 14:58pm

The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003) - 4
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) - 3
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970) - 2
Yes - 90125 - 1

Really 90125? Seriously?

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 01/18/2014 @ 15:35pm

The Mars Volta - De-Loused In the Comatorium (2003) - 4
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970) - 3
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) - 2
Yes - 90125 (1982) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 01/18/2014 @ 16:01pm

The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003) - 4
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) - 3
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970) - 2
Yes - 90125 - 1

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 01/18/2014 @ 18:37pm

I had not realized we had already inducted On The Threshold Of A Dream into the Album Project. You and others are correct that the "Core 7" albums from 1967-1972 The Moody Blues released are worthy of induction. Yet, we must not forget the Patrick Moraz era of the Moodies in their rather innovative recordings. In any matter, here are the albums in this tiebreaker ranked from most to least.

Yes - 90125 - 4
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance - 3
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune - 2
The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium - 1

90125? Yes, seriously!,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Saturday, 01/18/2014 @ 22:22pm

1. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976)
2. Yes - 90125
3. The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)
4. The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 01/19/2014 @ 00:38am

For my tiebreaker:

1. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) (4 points)
2. Yes - 90125 (3 points)
3. The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003) (2 points)
4. The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970) (1 point)

I'm at least glad that the two that don't make it in get renominated next round; there's some good stuff in that list.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 01/19/2014 @ 10:21am

The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003) (4 points)
Yes - 90125 (3 points)
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) (2 points)
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970) (1 point)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/19/2014 @ 12:48pm

Since the tiebreaker ends at 11:55 PM tonight and it looks like it's going to come down to the wire, now is a good time to remind everyone that, in the event of a tie in a ranked tiebreaker, the second tiebreaker is the number of first-place votes the album received in the tiebreaker. If the two (or more) albums received the same number of first-place votes, we'll have a head-to-head vote.

Also, the rules state that voters have to participate in the initial vote in order to participate in the tiebreaker vote. All of the current tiebreaker voters have also voted in the initial vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/19/2014 @ 12:59pm

Just a reminder that the tiebreaker vote for Prog/Art Rock Albums ends at 11:55 PM tonight

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 01/19/2014 @ 17:47pm

Tiebreaker

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) - 4
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)- 3
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)- 2
Yes - 90125 - 1

Posted by Chris F. on Sunday, 01/19/2014 @ 18:14pm

The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970) 4
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) 3
Yes - 90125 (1983) 2
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 01/19/2014 @ 19:11pm

Here are my tiebreaker votes, in order:

1. Yes- 90125
2. Blue Oyster Cult- Agents Of Fortune
3. The Moody Blues- A Question Of Balance
4. The Mars Volta- Deloused in The Comatorium

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 01/19/2014 @ 23:03pm

Voting is now closed for the first tiebreaker vote:

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune (1976) won the tiebreaker and has been inducted into the Album Project with 35 points.

The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (1970) and Yes - 90125 (1983) tied for the final spot in the tiebreaker with 32 points each.

The tiebreaker in this situation is the number of first place votes. Both albums received 3 first place votes (Greg F., Tom H. and Jennifer for Moody Blues; John R.C., Lax31 and Enigmaticus for Yes).

Unless my count is inaccurate or I'm mistaken about our tiebreaker procedures, the next tiebreaker is a head-to-head vote between the two albums where each voter who has participated in either the initial vote or the tiebreaker can select one album, with the winner being inducted and the loser being nominated automatically in February.

The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003) finished in last with 31 points. It will be automatically nominated in February.

Final tie-breaker standings:

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976) - 35
_________________________________

The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970) - 32
Yes - 90125 (1983) - 32
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The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003) - 31

Tiebreaker vote:

Select one album from this list:

The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (1970)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 21st or whenever all eligible voters have voted.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/20/2014 @ 01:07am

Tiebreaker:

The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (1970)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/20/2014 @ 02:20am

Tiebreaker:

The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/20/2014 @ 06:53am

Tiebreaker:

The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)

Seriously, easy choice.

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 01/20/2014 @ 11:44am

The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)

I don't think 90125 is a bad album, but I am a little surprised it made it to the tiebreaker given the other choices available. I am a bit disappointed that a newer album didn’t get in. I would have voted for the Tool and Dream Theater albums, but there were some very significant snubs from the 60's and 70's that were nominated that I couldn't pass up.

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 01/20/2014 @ 13:39pm

The Moody Blues - A Question of Balence (1970)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 01/20/2014 @ 13:50pm

The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 01/20/2014 @ 13:51pm

Sorry about the double post, I misspelled balance in the first post. Just count my second vote, Darren.

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 01/20/2014 @ 13:54pm

The Moody Blues- A Question of Balance (1970)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/20/2014 @ 13:57pm

My tiebreaker final choice does go against the grain with what many fellow posters have already picked. It is not out of spite, but based namely on my personal preferences. I do realize however this might not win the tiebreaker. None the less, here is my ballot.

Yes - 90125

Needing to be certain that no album has a lack of a vote,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Monday, 01/20/2014 @ 19:32pm

The Moody Blues- A Question of Balance (1970)

The genre vote this month had a lot of great albums included! I would strongly consider voting for many of them in the future. Also, I am very glad that 5 get in now per vote which will help with some of the backlog of excellent snubbed albums.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 01/20/2014 @ 22:29pm

tiebreaker:

Yes

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 01/20/2014 @ 23:24pm

Yes - 90125

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/20/2014 @ 23:47pm

My pick is:

Yes - 90125 (1983)

And I have to say this has been an excellent vote. There's enough good albums here that didn't make the cut to fuel a month or two of nominations!

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 01/21/2014 @ 11:30am

I will support Yes-90125 as the tiebreaker.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 01/21/2014 @ 22:58pm

Voting is now closed.

By a 7-5 vote, The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (1970) won the tiebreaker for the final spot.

Yes - 90125 (1983) will be automatically nominated in the February album project vote, as will be The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003).

Here is your class for the February genre vote:

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976)
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)
Roxy Music - Avalon (1981)
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (1977)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/22/2014 @ 01:06am

My reason for choosing "90125" by Yes, over "A Question Of Balance" by The Moody Blues, has a great deal to do with how I had rated "A Question Of Balance."

My favorite Moody Blues albums (of the 7 core albums) in order are:

1. To Our Children's Children's Children *****
2. In Search Of The Lost Chord *****
3. Days Of Future Passed *****
4. On The Threshold Of A Dream *****
5. Seventh Sojourn ****1/2
6. A Question Of Balance ****
7. Every Good Boy Deserves Favour ***1/2

As far as the rest of the studio albums are concerned:

Long Distance Voyager *****
Strange Times *****
The Present ****
Sur La Mer ****
Octave ***1/2
The Other Side Of Life ***
Keys Of The Kingdom ***

I have not heard "December Snow," yet.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 01/22/2014 @ 07:56am

And I have to say this has been an excellent vote. There's enough good albums here that didn't make the cut to fuel a month or two of nominations!

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 01.21.14 @ 11:30am

I second that. We should definitely put this genre on our short list when it becomes eligible again (which I think would be July) There were easily another 15 albums that I could have voted for.

For the record Yes-90125 definitely has my vote in the February vote

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/22/2014 @ 11:13am

Tom H. - Actually, it won't be eligible for the genre selections until August. After a song or album genre is selected, it's out for the next 6 rounds (February, March, April, May, June, July).

I'm not sure how eager I would be to support a genre as soon as it becomes eligible for selection again. It really depends on what else is nominated. The idea behind the genre nominations is to give albums in genres outside of the mainstream a shot at gaining induction against similar competition and I think it would be counter-productive if the most popular genres got selected over and over again. But again, if it's among the best genres to choose from, I'd still support a genre that's previously been selected.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/24/2014 @ 00:26am

The next genre I'm looking into bring up next month will be either Country Rock/Alt-Country or Singer-Songwriters.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/25/2014 @ 18:07pm

What I like about the Country Rock/Alt-Country category is that it's a broken down component of a broad category. With the exception of still being supportive of an initial wide sweep of Blues and Jazz I'm going to place most of my focus on voting for narrower broken down categories like this rather than repeating overly broad ones (like another giant, all inclusive "Country" vote).

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 01/25/2014 @ 19:32pm

Hoping that the Grammy Country Album of the Year, Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park, might get some more love this round.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/27/2014 @ 03:56am

Any interest for Minnie Riperton- Perfect Angel?

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/29/2014 @ 11:05am

I second that. We should definitely put this genre on our short list when it becomes eligible again (which I think would be July) There were easily another 15 albums that I could have voted for.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01.22.14 @ 11:13am
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I'm not sure how eager I would be to support a genre as soon as it becomes eligible for selection again. It really depends on what else is nominated. The idea behind the genre nominations is to give albums in genres outside of the mainstream a shot at gaining induction against similar competition and I think it would be counter-productive if the most popular genres got selected over and over again. But again, if it's among the best genres to choose from, I'd still support a genre that's previously been selected.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01.24.14 @ 00:26am
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Okey so maybe I was still a little giddy about doing a prog vote when I said that we should do another one immediately when it becomes eligible. There are a bunch of genre votes I'd see have their turn. I guess what I meant to say is that there were plenty of albums in that vote that I would vote for again if we ever did another prog/art rock vote. I feel though that a lot of these albums would stand a good chance in a general election as well as other genre elections (ex: Tool for Metal)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 01/30/2014 @ 19:41pm

To FRL:
Please add these albums to the master list of the Album Project as they were inducted in the January genre vote:

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976)
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)
Roxy Music - Avalon (1981)
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 01/30/2014 @ 19:57pm

Nominations for next month open at midnight. Every voter can nominate one album from 2013 and one album from prior to 2013. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 3rd.

Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981) is automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in January's vote.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in January's genre vote:

Yes - 90125 (1983)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)

Each voter will be allowed to vote for 6 albums. There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the genre selection vote in January:

80s New Wave/Pop
90s R&B
EDM
Hip Hop/Rap
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Jazz
Metal
Novelty/Parody Albums
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 3rd. The specifics on the selection vote will be determined based on the number of nominees.

Art Rock / Progressive Rock is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

There will be three days of voting, ending at 11:55 on Thursday the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the February Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

It has been proposed that any album that receives less than 3 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 3 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated). If there are any objections to this policy, please speak up about them and if necessary, we'll have a vote on whether to adopt this policy starting next month.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/31/2014 @ 22:15pm

Correction / Clarification - Each voter can nominate one album from 2013 and one album from 2013 or before 2013.

In other words, if you want to nominate two albums from 2013 you can do so, but if you want to nominate two albums, one of them has to be from 2013.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/31/2014 @ 22:18pm

My Nominations:

Minnie Riperton- Perfect Angel (1974)
Janelle Monae- The Electric Lady (2013)

Genre:

Country Rock/Alt-Country

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 01:16am

Before I nominate, I'm trying to decide which of the following two I'll put up:

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (It came quite close to getting in last month, but I'm not sure if nominating it now would be good.)

OMD - Architecture and Morality (Arguably one of the best albums of the 1980s and one that's viewed as a classic after the fact.)

Any thoughts?

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 02:31am

The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 02:39am

Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me (1975)
Frank Zappa - Peaches en Regalia (1970)

Justin Timberlake (featuring Jay-Z) - Suit & Tie (2013)

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 02:45am

Bjork - Vespertine
Lorde - Pure Heroine

Posted by rockstar23 on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 05:35am

Hey FRL,

May you guys pls. correct Sinead O'Conner's inducted album from "I Do Not What What I Haven't Got" to I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got.

Thanks.

Posted by rockstar23 on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 05:39am

Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 09:27am

I really think we need an SWV album inducted. SWV exploded onto the scene with "It's About Time" and their singles topped the R&B, Pop and Dance charts. Therefore, I nominate:

SWV - It's About Time (1992)

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 09:56am

Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me (1975)
Frank Zappa - Peaches en Regalia (1970)

Justin Timberlake (featuring Jay-Z) - Suit & Tie (2013)

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 02.1.14 @ 02:45am
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John R.C.- Did you mean to post this in the song project?

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 11:43am

Album Nominations:
The Roots- Things Fall Apart
Arctic Monkeys- AM (2013)

Posted by Ryan on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 12:37pm

My nomination for 2013/2039 induction into The Song Project...

James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1982)

Io9's 100 Albums Every Science Fiction and Fantasy Fan Should Listen To

58. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan — original soundtrack by James Horner (1982)

The late 1970s and early 1980s are full of epic soundtracks, from Star Wars to Superman to Indiana Jones. But for our money, this is the most memorable and distinctive of the bunch, and the biggest pleasure to listen to on its own. Fittingly for a movie that's both about dealing with aging and mortality and kick-ass space combat, this soundtrack melds a melancholy main theme with some stirring action cues. Instant goosebumps. - CJA

http://io9.com/5906834/top-100-essential-albums-for-science-fiction-fans

8-)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 12:39pm

^ Meant for February 2014/2039.

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 12:41pm

Sorry, thanks Tom for pointing it out. I'll post my nomination on the Song Project board.

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 13:32pm

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Posted by GFW on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 16:14pm

Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007) - As close to an indie-pop "Rumours" as there's ever been.

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 17:36pm

Nominees:

Os Mutantes (1968) - Os Mutantes

Just noticed recently that the Brazilian psychedelic/tropicalia legends don't have any representation in our projects.

Same Trailer Different Park (2013) - Kacey Musgraves

2014 Grammy Country Album of the Year winner. (And well deserved.)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 17:46pm

My genre nomination is 90s British Rock/Pop in this project, as well.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 18:12pm

"Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007) - As close to an indie-pop "Rumours" as there's ever been." -Darren

I hadn't listened to this album of theirs until just now. Excellent choice.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 18:29pm

noms:

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)

2013:
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 20:07pm

My genre nomination is Gospel.

Posted by Evangelist on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 21:20pm

Dan Fogelberg- The Innocent Age (1981)

Electric Lady is the only album from 2013 I would have nominated, and Greg beat me to it.

Posted by PopeCharming on Saturday, 02/1/2014 @ 21:26pm

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 02/3/2014 @ 00:26am

Well this is shaping up to be difficult.

Nominations:

Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors (1971)

2013:
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle (2013)

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 02/3/2014 @ 00:53am

Chris F. - You can only nominate one album from 2013 (or both 2013 albums but not the Dolly Parton album).

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/3/2014 @ 00:55am

Darren,

I am making all kinds of mistakes tonight. Eliminate the Marling nomination and leave Tegan & Sara, and Dolly Parton's albums.

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 02/3/2014 @ 01:00am

My nomination (if there's still time):

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)

One of these nearly got in on the genre vote and the other is a current push.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 02/3/2014 @ 01:03am

SotN - Album nominations stay open until 11:55 PM on the 3rd every month. Song nominations close at 11:55 PM so we can have one full day for review for Voter's Choice nominees. Otherwise we stay on the same schedule for both projects.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/3/2014 @ 01:09am

My ballot for nominees for this month's Album Project has been completed. Herein listed below are my nominees. The first nominee in the all-purpose category is from a Revisited/Projected Rock Hall Project inductee; it is an album I have in my collection and is one of the better alternative albums of the era.

XTC - Skylarking

My 2013 Album pick is quite possibly a rather obvious yet needed choice.

Jay-Z - Magna Carta, Holy Grail

In addition, the genre I nominate for this month is one which I think might work, but may be a bit odd to some fellow posters. It is what I deem to call Modern Classical. That is to say, any long form of composed and transcribed music from the past 80 or so years performed by an orchestra or other format of classical performance. In addition, thee compositions are mainly performed in halls and theaters built for high quality performance without the need for on stage amplification. That is to say, the hall needs to have a fine quality acoustics system. Once again, the genre is Modern Classical. Let me know what fellow posters think of this idea.

Home today, back at the office tomorrow, but not why you think it is,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Monday, 02/3/2014 @ 10:22am

Fugazi - 13 Songs (1989)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)

Posted by Paul K on Monday, 02/3/2014 @ 12:45pm

Paul K - If you nominate 2 albums, one of them has to be from 2013.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/3/2014 @ 14:25pm

Man, can we vote for 10 albums this round, LOL. This month is going to be brutal.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 02/3/2014 @ 18:46pm

The Next Day (2013) - David Bowie
...LIke Clockwork (2013) - Queens of the Stone Age

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 02/3/2014 @ 21:52pm

My February Nominations:

Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)

An album about love for the month of love. This album has two of my favorite songs over the last couple of years which were just performed as a mashup on the Grammys. The album's hit singles include: "Try", "True Love" featuring Lily Allen, "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)", and "Just Give Me a Reason" featuring .fun's Nate Ruess.

In the latter song, I love that Pink and Nate Ruess are singing about the desire to hold on to a relationship even when it appears to be breaking down such as in the refrain "We're not broken just bent, And we can learn to love again."
This is an idea that I wish more people would take to heart and follow through on in this sad age of skyrocketing divorce rates and broken homes (and that more people would sing about).

Paul McCartney, New (2013)

I've been especially loving his two hits from his latest album: "New" and "Queenie Eye."

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 00:40am

Nominations are now closed. Voting is now open.

Here are the nominees for February:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Bjork - Vespertine
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors (1971)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Fugazi - 13 Songs (1989)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1982)
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta, Holy Grail
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel (1974)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)
XTC - Skylarking
Yes - 90125 (1983)

(Paul K, I added your first nominee, "13 Songs").

Each voter can vote for 6 albums from the list of nominees.

Voting will close at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday, the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 01:03am

Fugazi - 13 Songs (1989)
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)

There were 13 albums that I wanted to immediately vote for, so I'll be keeping an eye on quite a few more toward the end of the voting period.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 03:51am

My ballot:

Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors (1971)
Fugazi - 13 Songs (1989)
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart

This was incredibly hard, most of the albums nominated would get my support further on down the road.

Posted by Chris F. on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 04:21am

David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 09:57am

February ballot:

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Bjork - Vespertine
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 10:04am

The following genres have been nominated for the The following genres have been nominated for the song genre vote this month: genre vote this month:

80s New Wave/Pop
90s British Rock/Pop
90s R&B
Country Rock/Alt-Country
EDM
Gospel
Hip Hop/Rap
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Jazz
Metal
Modern Classical
Novelty/Parody Albums
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Since there were 14 nominees this month, each voter can vote for 8 genres. Since this was posted late (my bad), voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 11:58am

2013 was too strong for me to look anywhere else:

David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 13:18pm

80s New Wave/Pop
90s British Rock/Pop
Country Rock/Alt-Country
Hip Hop/Rap
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Jazz
Metal
Punk

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 13:19pm

8 genre choices:

80s New Wave/Pop
90s British Rock/Pop
90s R&B
Country Rock/Alt-Country
Hip Hop/Rap
Novelty/Parody Albums
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Darrin A on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 14:51pm

My votes:

Kacey Musgraves- Same Trailer, Different Park (2013)
Minnie Riperton- Perfect Angel (1974)
Hall & Oates- Private Eyes (1981)
Rush- Roll the Bones (1991)
James Horner- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan soundtrack (1982)
Janell Monae- The Electric Lady (2013)

Genre picks:

EDM (Electronic Dance Music)
Country Rock/Alt-County
Jazz
Hip-Hop/Rap
Metal
Indie Rock & Pop from the 21st Century
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums
90's British Rock/Pop

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 15:10pm

6 album votes:

David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel (1974)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Posted by Darrin A on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 15:20pm

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Bjork - Vespertine
David Bowie - The Next Day
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer, Different Park
The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 15:23pm

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 15:34pm

8 Genres:

80s New Wave/Pop
90s R&B
Country Rock/Alt-Country
Gospel
Hip Hop/Rap
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Jazz
Punk

Posted by Chris F. on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 15:39pm

Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors (1971)

Posted by PopeCharming on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 16:31pm

80s New Wave/Pop
90s R&B
EDM
Hip Hop/Rap
Metal
Novelty/Parody Albums
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 19:07pm

80s New Wave/Pop
90s British Rock/Pop
Country Rock/Alt-Country
EDM
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Jazz
Modern Classical
Punk

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 02/4/2014 @ 20:15pm

80s New Wave/Pop 
90s British Rock/Pop 
Country Rock/Alt-Country 
EDM
 Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
 Novelty/Parody Albums  
Punk
 TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 02/5/2014 @ 01:33am

Genre Votes

90s British Rock/Pop
Country Rock/Alt-Country
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Jazz
Metal
Modern Classical
Novelty/Parody Albums
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by [email protected] on Wednesday, 02/5/2014 @ 09:35am

David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1982)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Albums I would vote for in the future (just missed the cut this month):
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/5/2014 @ 10:25am

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Fugazi - 13 Songs (1989)
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 02/5/2014 @ 13:00pm

David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Just Missed:

Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)

Nominations that I would vote for in the future:

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors (1971)
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1982) Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 02/5/2014 @ 15:21pm

Arctic Monkeys - AM
Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Bjork - Vespertine
Lorde - Pure Heroine
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 02/5/2014 @ 17:00pm

80s New Wave/Pop
90s R&B
EDM
Hip Hop/Rap
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Jazz
Metal
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 02/5/2014 @ 17:04pm

Mid week update (as of rockstar23's ballot).

Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013) - 6
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981) - 6
---------------------------------------------

Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013) - 4
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013) - 4
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - 4
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) - 4
---------------------------------------------

Fugazi - 13 Songs (1989) - 3
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) - 3
Bjork - Vespertine - 3
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013) - 3
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013) - 3
Yes - 90125 (1983) - 3

Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors (1971) - 2
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) - 2
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 2
Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel (1974) - 2
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991) - 2
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1982) - 2
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013) - 2

Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968) - 1
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007) - 1
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013) - 1
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 1
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013) - 1
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 1
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 1
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 1
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977) - 1
Paul McCartney - New (2013) - 1

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02/5/2014 @ 19:12pm

DarinRG_ I think you forgot to include David Bowie: The Next Day and Lorde: Pure Heroine in your tally. I have them both at 6 votes.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/5/2014 @ 19:17pm

Indeed, Tom. It would not be a DarinRG update without a major error (both are albums that I love and support on top of it.)

Here's the real update. Thanks for the catch, Tom.

Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013) - 6
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981) - 6
David Bowie - The Next Day (2013) - 6
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)- 6
---------------------------------------------

Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013) - 4
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013) - 4
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - 4
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) - 4
---------------------------------------------

Fugazi - 13 Songs (1989) - 3
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) - 3
Bjork - Vespertine - 3
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013) - 3
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013) - 3
Yes - 90125 (1983) - 3

Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors (1971) - 2
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) - 2
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 2
Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel (1974) - 2
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991) - 2
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1982) - 2
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013) - 2

Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968) - 1
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007) - 1
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013) - 1
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 1
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013) - 1
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 1
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 1
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 1
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977) - 1
Paul McCartney - New (2013) - 1

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02/5/2014 @ 19:31pm

My ballot for this month's Album Project is as follows.

XTC - Skylarking
Jay-Z - Magna Carta, Holy Grail
Sir Paul McCartney - New
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 1 (Car)
Sir David Bowie - The Next Day
Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

And now, my ballot for what genres we should vote on for special elections are as follows.

Modern Classical
80s New Wave/Pop
Indie Rock/Indie Pop since 2000
Jazz
Hip Hop/Rap
90s British Rock/Pop
Country-Rock/Alt Country
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Hoping that no one's bubble has burst,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Wednesday, 02/5/2014 @ 22:20pm

The following are my album choices:

Rush- Roll The Bones
XTC- Skylarking
Peter Gabriel- Peter Gabriel I (Car)
Dan Fogelberg- The Innocent Age
Sir Paul McCartney- New
Pearl Jam-Lightning Bolt

My genre choices are as follows:

Modern Classical
Jazz
80's New wave/Pop
90's British Pop/Rock
TV & Movie Soundtrack Albums
Novelty/Parody Albums
Metal
Country Rock/Alt- Country

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 02/6/2014 @ 00:13am

DarinRG:

The Roots - Things Fall Apart is absent, but has 2 votes.

The following albums have 0 votes so far (as of DarinRG's last update) as well:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta, Holy Grail
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)
XTC - Skylarking

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/6/2014 @ 12:47pm

LOL. The group has my assurance that I will not post any more updates this round.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02/6/2014 @ 17:32pm

Just for the heck of it here is an update of the standings (as of 5:45PM 2/6/14)

David Bowie - The Next Day (2013) - 7
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013) - 6
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981) - 6
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)- 6
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - 5
--------------------------------------------------------------
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013) - 4
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013) - 4
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) - 4

Fugazi - 13 Songs (1989) - 3
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) - 3
Bjork - Vespertine - 3
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013) - 3
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013) - 3
Yes - 90125 (1983) - 3
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977) - 3
Paul McCartney - New (2013) – 3
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991) - 3

Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors (1971) - 2
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) - 2
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 2
Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel (1974) - 2
XTC – Skylarking -2
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1982) - 2
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013) - 2
The Roots - Things Fall Apart - 2

Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968) - 1
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007) - 1
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013) - 1
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 1
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013) - 1
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 1
Jay-Z - Magna Carta, Holy Grail -1

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) -0
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003) -0

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 02/6/2014 @ 17:50pm

80s New Wave/Pop
90s British Rock/Pop
Country Rock/Alt-Country
Hip Hop / Rap
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Metal
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Every genre that was nominated except Gospel has received 3 votes and will be automatically nominated for next month. I like the idea of letting people vote for about half of the eligible candidates each month, so maybe we should change the automatic nomination standard next month. Maybe we should require that a genre appears on at least half of the ballots cast next month?

Also, is thehub316@yahoo.com a new voter or someone who accidentally posted their email address instead of their name?

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/6/2014 @ 22:08pm

Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Fugazi - 13 Songs (1989)
Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors (1971)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/6/2014 @ 22:11pm

What do we want to do if we have a tie in the genre selection voting? Have a tiebreaker vote or do both genres?

80s New Wave/Pop and Country Rock/Alt Country are currently tied for the lead and while those two genres would probably work best as one vote per genre rather than multiple votes split chronologically, but that won't always be the case.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/6/2014 @ 22:14pm

90s British Rock/Pop
90s R&B
Country Rock/Alt-Country
EDM
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Metal
Punk

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/6/2014 @ 22:15pm

@Darren,

If there is a tie, can't we do one of them this month and one of them next month?

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 02/6/2014 @ 23:06pm

Darren- sorry the email address in question is me. I just put my email address twice by mistake

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 02/6/2014 @ 23:20pm

We've selected Country Rock/Alt-Country as our genre for this month.

Final Results:

Country Rock/Alt-Country - 11
_____________________________

80s New Wave/Pop - 10
90s British Rock/Pop - 10

Hip Hop/Rap - 9
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000 - 9
Jazz - 9
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums - 9

Metal - 8
Punk - 8

EDM - 6

90s R&B - 5
Novelty/Parody Albums - 5

Modern Classical - 4
_____________________________

Gospel - 1

All of the genres except Gospel received at least 3 votes, so they'll all be automatically nominated in March. Obviously, we'll need to find a different standard for automatic re-nomination next month.

We have until the end of voting in the album Project (including tiebreaker if necessary) to determine what types of songs / artists should be eligible for this genre (should be pretty straight-forward), whether or not we'll have an early influence vote and whether or not we'll split the genre into two groups chronlogically (and if we do, what year the genres will be split by).

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/7/2014 @ 01:36am

jtrichey - "If there is a tie, can't we do one of them this month and one of them next month?"

We could probably do that if 2 genres are tied in a monthly vote, but we'd want to have a tiebreaker if it's more than 2, just so that we don't have votes engineering 5-way ties or something. lol

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/7/2014 @ 01:39am

I think this will be a good genre. Though I hope people resist the urge to go directly to their favourite Bob Dylan, Neil Young or Eagles album that isn't inducted. I may try Anthem of the Sun again, since it probably fits better into this genre than it did progressive rock.

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 02/7/2014 @ 11:53am

Please switch my vote for
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1982)

to

Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)

As a trekkie it pains me to do that but if it reduces the potential of a tie-breaker make it so.

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/7/2014 @ 17:34pm

"I think this will be a good genre. Though I hope people resist the urge to go directly to their favourite Bob Dylan, Neil Young or Eagles album that isn't inducted." -BSLO

This.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02/7/2014 @ 17:56pm

I think we should make it a kinda unspoken rule to not go for anyone such as Dylan and Young in these genre votes, this is about promoting lesser known music not well established acts.

Posted by GFW on Friday, 02/7/2014 @ 18:35pm

That's part of what I was getting at last week as far as using the genre votes to add more depth to the projects rather than wasting the opportunity on higher profile songs, albums and artists that could do well in the more mainstream environment of the main categories.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02/7/2014 @ 18:56pm

I have some suggestions of albums for the upcoming Country Rock/Alt-Country vote.

Poco- Pickin' Up the Pieces (1968)
Poco- Poco (1969)
Gram Parsons- GP (1970)
Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac (1997)
Lucinda Williams- Lucinda Williams (1988)
Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Son Volt- Trace (1995)
Townes Van Zant- Flyin' Shoes
Townes Van Zant- Townes Van Zant
Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker (2000)
Ryan Adams- Gold (2001)
Iris Demint- Sings the Delta
Emmylou Harris- Wrecking Ball
Emmylou Harris- Luxury Liner
The Outlaws- Hurry Sundown (1977)
The Outlaws- The Outlaws (1975)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/7/2014 @ 20:25pm

There are several there that I've been considering. I'm also strongly considering Uncle Tupelo - No Depression.

I see a very difficult vote coming up.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02/7/2014 @ 21:35pm

Thanks DarinRG and GFW. I have been thinking the same thing. Not that there aren't albums by these artists that don't deserve induction (take Bob Dylan - Desire for instance), but those bands will do fine in the regular voting.

As soon as the genre won out there were two Alt-Country albums that immediately came to mind.

One was Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, which I know Greg F has nominated in the past and hasn't had much support in the regular vote, and the other was Steve Earle - Guitar Town (which I believe I have nominated at least once).

I'll probably nominate one, if not both, of those if no one else does.

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 02/7/2014 @ 22:35pm

I can tell you now that I plan on nominating Poco- Pickin' Up the Pieces and probably either a Lucinda Williams album or something Ryan Adams related either Whiskeytown or solo.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/7/2014 @ 22:43pm

For the genre vote, should we have one nomination per person or two this month?

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/7/2014 @ 22:59pm

two

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/7/2014 @ 23:08pm

My votes:

Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Fugazi - 13 Songs
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

I would vote for these albums in the future:

David Bowie - The Next Day

Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park - (top vote switch this month, if needed)

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium

Rilo Kiley - Under THe Blacklight - I plan to nominate this album again in March. Give it a listen if you get a chance. Rilo Kiley is one of the best indie pop bands of the last decade and this was their best and final album, as well as the album with the most crossover appeal.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/8/2014 @ 00:02am

My current vote count:

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - 7
David Bowie - The Next Day (2013) - 7
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981) - 7
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013) - 7
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013) - 7
_______________________________

Fugazi - 13 Songs (1989) - 5
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) - 5
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013) - 5

Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013) - 4
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013) - 4

Bjork - Vespertine - 3
Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors (1971) - 3
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013) - 3
Paul McCartney - New (2013) - 3
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977) - 3
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) - 3
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991) - 3
The Roots - Things Fall Apart - 3
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) - 3
Yes - 90125 (1983) - 3

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013) - 2
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 2
Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel (1974) - 2
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 2
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 2
XTC - Skylarking - 2

Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013) - 1
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013) - 1
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 1
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1982) - 1
Jay-Z - Magna Carta, Holy Grail - 1
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968) - 1
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007) - 1
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 1

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) - 0
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/8/2014 @ 00:05am

There are still a few mainstream, high profile albums from 2013 that I plan to support or nominate, but I wanted to throw out a few albums from last year that I thought were outstanding solely on artistic merit:

Julia Holter - Loud City Song
Daughter - If You Leave
Rhye - Woman
Zola Jesus - Versions
Sarah Jarosz - Build me Up From Bones
Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
Vieux Farka Toure - Mon Pays
Volcano Choir - Repave
Tricky - False Idols
Tim Hecker - Virgins
Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals
Those Darlins - Blur the Line
Suede - Bloodsports
Savages - Silence Yourself
Russian Circles - Memorial
Pharmakon - Abandon
Parhelion - Farthest North
Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven
Mark Kozelek - Like Rats
Anna Von Hausswolff - Ceremony
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle

I know that with one or two possible exceptions none of these will ever get support for lack of commercial push, but I thought they were all outstanding 2013 albums that made many "Best of" lists if you happened to miss them.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/8/2014 @ 00:54am

Also, Os Mutantes' debut album (which I nominated and cast the sole vote for) is generally considered to be an undisputed classic and one of Brazil's greatest exports in history.

I highly recommend checking it out if you aren't familiar, especially those of you who are into the progressive/psychedelic/art rock side of things.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/8/2014 @ 00:58am

Well I've not heard the Kozelek album you mentioned there, but i'd support Perils From The Sea.

Posted by GFW on Saturday, 02/8/2014 @ 10:38am

My votes for February 2014/2039 induction into The Album Project...

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1977)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1982)
Yes - 90125 (1983)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 02/8/2014 @ 16:09pm

GFW - Definitely. I threw that list together quickly, off the top of my head. Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle - Perils From the Sea was definitely a highlight of 2013.

I think my more immediate(realistic prospects)2013 album candidates, aside from what's already in play are:

Hesitation Marks - Nine Inch Nails
m b v - My Bloody Valentine
Push the Sky Away - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Night Time, My Time - Sky Ferreira
Wise Up Ghost - Elvis Costello & the Roots

and though they won't make it in this round, and I haven't gotten around to voting for some of them yet, I'm still supportive of:

Trouble Will Find Me - The National
Heartthrob - Tegan & Sara
The Bones of What You Believe - Chvrches
Modern Vampires of the City - Vampire Weekend

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/8/2014 @ 17:08pm

It's pretty much set in stone now, but my ballot is:

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 02/8/2014 @ 18:20pm

For the genre vote, how about one group (country rock / alt country isn't a genre that stretches back much further than the mid-70s, I don' think), no early influence vote and two nominations per voter?

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/8/2014 @ 22:52pm

Actually the first country rock/Alt-Country goes back to the late 60's. We don't need an early influence vote and I would like two nominations per voter.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/8/2014 @ 23:06pm

I agree with Greg.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/8/2014 @ 23:22pm

Greg F. / DarinRG - Do you think we should split the genre into two votes and if so, how?

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/8/2014 @ 23:28pm

I think we have enough material to choose from to fill two solid classes. I think we could have a 1979 and earlier group to honor the pioneers of the genre and a 1980-present group to honor the artists who took the pioneers' torch and ran with it.

I would support this sort of split, but this is Greg's genre, so I'll defer to whatever he wants to do.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/8/2014 @ 23:40pm

We can do that one for the early country rock albums and one for the modern alt-country albums. This is a good way to make we touch up on the pioneers. There plenty of great choices for the early and modern era of this genre to do this.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 00:39am

Let's have two nominees per voter in each election.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 00:57am

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project:

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)
David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 01:00am

Nominations are now open for the Country Rock / Alt-Country 1954-1979 genre vote.

Each voter can nominate two albums that they believe belong within this genre.

There will be two days of nominations, ending at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 10th. This will be followed by one extra day for protest and review (though protests can be entered at any time). Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting, starting at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 11th and ending at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 01:02am

Country Rock / Alt-Country 1954-1979 nominees:

Bustin' Out (1972) - Pure Prairie League
GP (1973)- Gram Parsons

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 01:06am

Country Rock/Alt-Country 1954-1979 nominees:

Poco- Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)
The Marshall Tucker Band- The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 01:18am

Nominees for Country Rock/Alt-Country:

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade (1978)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 01:42am

The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)
Elvis Costello - National Ransom (2010)

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 02:58am

John R.C.- We're doing two elections for this genre and the one we're doing first is 1979 and earlier. And Elvis Costello doesn't fit into country rock/alt-country. Please nominate something else within the timeline we're doing this week.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 03:16am

Okay, I'll switch the "Random Ransom" nomination with Ricky Nelson's Garden Party (1972)

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 03:22am

Oops, I met "National Ransom". Garden Party is still my nomination

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 04:05am

Would either Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler" (1978) or Dolly's Parton's "Jolene" (1974) be an appropriate nomination?

The latter album has one of my preferred versions of her song "I Will Always Love You." I prefer any of her versions over Whitney Houstons's version because of her heartfelt, emotional delivery. If anyone has not heard one of her versions, be sure to check it out. (I especially enjoyed when she sang it to Burt Reynolds in the movie, "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas").

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 09:16am

As before, not sure if these count and if anybody thinks these don't fit enough, just say the word please. Thanks! That being said, I'll nominate:

Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)
Glen Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix (1967)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 13:59pm

Jennifer - I can't speak for Greg F., but Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton would NOT be country-rock or alt-country in my opinion, because they are mainstream country artists and albums.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 14:13pm

On second thought, given he's pretty straight country, change my nomination of Glen Campbell for:

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Lost in the Ozone (1971)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 14:51pm

Jennifer- Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers are not country-rock or alt-country. They are straight country artists. Here are some suggested artists that would fit into the genre.

Emmylou Harris
The Outlaws
Poco
First National Band
The Marshall Tucker Band
Pure Praire Leauge
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Flying Burrito Brothers

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 17:47pm

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project:

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)
David Bowie - The Next Day (2013)
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
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Another strong Album class. A tip of the hat to you all.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 17:57pm

My nominations for the special election for Country Rock/Alt-Country albums are as follows. I do believe these two albums fit well into the criteria listed herein. However, let me know if these are ineligible.

Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
The Band - Northern Lights-Southern Cross

50 years ago today, 4 people taught many to think differently,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 21:48pm

My Nominations

The Flying Burrito Brothers- The Flying Burrito
Brothers (1971)
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band- Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 02/9/2014 @ 22:10pm

Noms:

New Riders of the Purple Sage - New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971)
Linda Ronstadt - Don't Cry Now (1973)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 02/10/2014 @ 00:12am

Nominations:

Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner (1977)
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 02/10/2014 @ 00:50am

My first nomination is an easy one:

The Outlaws: The Outlaws

However, I am unsure about the best choice for a second nomination.

Would Idlewild South (1970) by The Allman Brothers Band be a good nomination or is it too mainstream?

How about albums from Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels, John Denver, The Everly Brothers, or Roy Orbison?

Thank you all for your patience and helpfulness with this. In the past, I have always just tried to have an open mind and listen to and appreciate many different types of music and often did not think much about what specific category it was but just whether I enjoyed it and thought it was good. I only recently began to consider what music fits into specific genre labels so any and all guidance is appreciated.

Also, although I am familiar with many, many songs and albums, I am discovering a lot of great music that is new to me thanks to everyone's recommendations and nominations. Y'all are awesome! :)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 02/10/2014 @ 00:59am

Jennifer - You're doing fine and have the right attitude about it. My best advice is to support what you're passionate about, but also listen to, research and save an occasional ballot spot for people who might have different perspectives or experiences than you might have. I can't tell you how much doing that has increased my knowledge of and broadened the range of my appreciation of music.

Also, if you're passionate about something that you think is being overlooked, don't be afraid to point it out. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't

We have some voters who won't support anything that wasn't spoonfed to them by Clear Channel along with a baba and a diaper change, but there are people who will listen to and consider a good case for something that's off their radar.

Just stay passionate about what you love and stay curious about what you don't know. We all only know a tiny fraction of the great and important music that's been created and recorded in the world.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 02/10/2014 @ 05:22am

DarinRG,

Thank you for the great advice in this and the song thread. I really appreciate it.

My 2 Album Nominations:

The Outlaws: The Outlaws (1975)
The Allman Brothers Band: Idlewild South (1970)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 02/11/2014 @ 00:55am

Nominations are now closed. Voting will start at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 11th. Until then, the nominated songs will be up for review to determine if they will receive three protests and be removed from consideration.

Here are the nominees that are up for review:

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Lost in the Ozone (1971)
Gram Parsons - GP (1973)
Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade (1978)
Linda Ronstadt - Don't Cry Now (1973)
New Riders of the Purple Sage - New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)
Poco - Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)
Pure Prairie League - Bustin' Out (1972)
Ricky Nelson - Garden Party (1972)
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1970)
The Band - Northern Lights-Southern Cross
The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy (1970)
The Outlaws - The Outlaws (1975)
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/11/2014 @ 01:19am

Voting is now open. Each voter has 6 votes. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker being held if necessary.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/12/2014 @ 01:40am

Gram Parsons- GP (1973)
Poco- Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)
The Outlaws- The Outlaws (1975)
Townes Van Zandt- The Late Great Townes Van Zant
The Marshall Tucker Band- The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)
New Riders of the Purple Sage- New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/12/2014 @ 09:34am

Darren,

It seems my two nominees:

Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner (1977)
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)

Didn't make it onto the master list.

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 02/12/2014 @ 10:03am

Switch New Riders of the Purple Sage- New Riders of the Purple Sage to Emmylou Harris- Luxury Liner (1977).

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/12/2014 @ 10:05am

My vote:

Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner (1977)
Gram Parsons - GP (1973)
Poco - Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 02/12/2014 @ 11:11am

My ballot:

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Gram Parsons - GP (1973)
Pure Prairie League - Bustin' Out (1972)
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1970)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 02/12/2014 @ 14:26pm

Very strong ballot. I even had to bump one of my own nominees that I'd been excited about.

Gram Parsons - GP (1973)
Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade (1978)
Poco - Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner (1977)
The Outlaws - The Outlaws (1975)

I'd pretty much support the whole ballot being inducted eventually.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02/12/2014 @ 19:44pm

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner (1977)
Gram Parsons - GP (1973)
Ricky Nelson - Garden Party (1972)
The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 02/12/2014 @ 20:26pm

Gram Parsons - GP (1973)
Linda Ronstadt - Don't Cry Now (1973)
New Riders of the Purple Sage - New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971)
Pure Prairie League - Bustin' Out (1972)
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 02/12/2014 @ 22:50pm

Chris F. - You're correct.

Darren,

It seems my two nominees:

Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner (1977)
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)

Didn't make it onto the master list.

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 02.12.14 @ 10:03am

Anyone who wants to change one or two of their votes for Chris F.'s nominations can do so without losing their vote switch for this round.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/12/2014 @ 23:50pm

I definitely had to do my homework for this vote but here's my ballot:

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Gram Parsons - GP (1973)
The Band - Northern Lights-Southern Cross
The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 02/13/2014 @ 10:36am

My ballot for the Album Project Country Rock/Alt Country election is as follows.

Gram Parsons - GP
Gram Parsons/The Flying Burrito Brothers - Self titled 1971 album
The Band - Northern Lights-Southern Cross
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
Linda Ronstadt - Don't Cry Now
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again

It appears the ballot is legitimate,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Thursday, 02/13/2014 @ 20:25pm

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Gram Parsons - GP (1973)
Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade (1978)
Poco - Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)
The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/13/2014 @ 22:26pm

Since it is close to the half way point of this vote I thought I'd post vote totals thus far:

Gram Parsons - GP (1973)-9

Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt-8
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)-5

Poco - Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)-4
Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner (1977)-4
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The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)-3
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)-3
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)-3

Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade (1978)-2
Pure Prairie League - Bustin' Out (1972)-2
Linda Ronstadt - Don't Cry Now (1973)-2
The Band - Northern Lights-Southern Cross-2
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)-2
The Outlaws - The Outlaws (1975)-2

Ricky Nelson - Garden Party (1972)-1
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1970)-1
New Riders of the Purple Sage - New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971)-1

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy (1970)-0
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Lost in the Ozone (1971)-0
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)-0

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/14/2014 @ 11:01am

My votes:

Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
Emmylou harris - Luxury Liner
The Byrds - Ballad Of Easy Rider
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/15/2014 @ 02:38am

Just a reminder to everyone that the genre vote ends tonight at 11:55PM

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 02/16/2014 @ 12:48pm

My votes are:

Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner (1977)
Gram Parsons - GP (1973)
Poco - Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)
The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 02/16/2014 @ 19:46pm

My votes:

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade (1978)
Linda Ronstadt - Don't Cry Now (1973)
Pure Prairie League - Bustin' Out (1972)
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1970)
The Outlaws - The Outlaws (1975)

Just Missed:

Ricky Nelson - Garden Party (1972)
The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)

Gram Parsons GP and Emmylou Harris Luxury Liner are also excellent but do not need my help.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 02/17/2014 @ 00:48am

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted:

Gram Parsons - GP (1973)
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (1972)
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner (1977)

These albums will be involved in a tiebreaker:

Poco - Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)
The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)

To vote, rank all 3 albums in order of preference. The top vote-getter will be inducted.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/17/2014 @ 01:01am

Poco- Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)- 3
The Flying Burrito Brothers- The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)- 2
The Byrds- Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/17/2014 @ 01:40am

My vote:

Poco- Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)- 3
The Flying Burrito Brothers- The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)- 2
The Byrds- Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)- 1

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 02/17/2014 @ 01:44am

The Flying Burrito Brothers- The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)- 2
The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969) - 2
Poco - Pickin' Up the Pieces (1971) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 02/17/2014 @ 02:13am

I could justify putting these three albums in just about any order and we're going to end up with five great, deserving albums as our final class, but Greg F has been such a long time, vocal supporter of Poco (and turned me on to them by doing so)that I'd be really disappointed if Poco didn't get a spot in this class.

Poco- Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)- 3
The Flying Burrito Brothers- The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)- 2
The Byrds- Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)- 1

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 02/17/2014 @ 04:11am

The Flying Burrito Brothers- The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)- 3
The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969) - 2
Poco - Pickin' Up the Pieces (1971) - 1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/17/2014 @ 15:41pm

1. Poco - Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969) (3 point)
2. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971) (2 points)
3. The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969) (a point)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 02/18/2014 @ 21:26pm

The Flying Burrito Brothers- The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)- 3
The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider (1969) - 2
Poco - Pickin' Up the Pieces (1971) - 1

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 02/18/2014 @ 22:40pm

I've seen a few country rockers named. If you want to go there you must include Pure Prairie League Bustin Out, as well as their self titled debut and also Two lane Highway. All are classic. Fuller's work on the first two are as good or better than any country rock ever done.

Posted by Tony on Tuesday, 02/18/2014 @ 23:58pm

Flying Burrito Brothers - 3
Byrds - 2
Poco - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/19/2014 @ 00:31am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here is the class of Country-Rock / Alt-Country Genre 1954-1979:

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner (1977)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971)
Gram Parsons - GP (1973)
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (1972)

Here are the final tiebreaker standings:

The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers (1971) - 20
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Poco - Pickin' Up The Pieces (1969) - 16
The Byrds - Ballad Of Easy Rider (1969) - 12

Nominations are now open for Country-Rock / Alt-Country Genre 1980-2013.

Each voter can nominate two albums from this genre and time period. Please include the year the album was released in your nominations.

If you feel that a nominated album doesn't belong in this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 20th. This will be followed by one day for review and then five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/19/2014 @ 01:12am

Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You (2013)
Poco - Legacy (1989)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 02/19/2014 @ 01:25am

Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/19/2014 @ 01:38am

Nominees:

Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow (2011)

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 02/19/2014 @ 02:30am

Uncle Tupelo- No Depression (1990)
Old Crow Medicine Show-O.C.M.S (2004)

Not sure if the Old Crow falls into the category of alternative country or bluegrass but it just felt like it fit.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/19/2014 @ 15:41pm

Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse (2006)
Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation (2007)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 02/19/2014 @ 23:22pm

Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986)
Lyle Lovett - Pontiac (1987)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 00:01am

Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (2006)
The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism (2007)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 00:29am

Wilco - Blue Sky Blue (2007)
Trampled By Turtles - Palomino (2010)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 12:01pm

I'm changing my nomination of "Emotionalism" to The Avett Brothers - "I And Love And You" (2009) because I nominated the wrong AB album. lol

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 13:04pm

Florida Georgia Line - Here's to the Good Times (2012)
Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (2010)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 14:44pm

Is it okay if I only nom one album? I'm not sure if it counts but just in case it does:

First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar

Posted by GFW on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 15:58pm

Florida Georgia Line and Jason Aldean don't fit in Alt-Country or Country Rock.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 16:53pm

Sorry about that. From the information that I could find about them, I thought that was their genre. Can you recommend any websites that can explain and give some recent examples of Alt-Country/Country Rock?

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 17:55pm

What are their genres? Country? Country Pop? Sorry for all the questions. I am still somewhat new to what music best fits into which genres so any guidance is appreciated.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 17:58pm

Jennifer - Usually a genre's Wikipedia page is a great resource. It will typically give you a history of the genre as well as links to major artists of the genre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_country

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 18:04pm

Heartbreaker (2000) - Ryan Adams

I'll just do one nominee. There are already way more than six albums that I want to vote for.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 18:08pm

last.fm and all music could help too. I can list some artists that I know of that fits.

Ryan Adams
The Avett Brothers
Lucinda Williams
Great Lake Swimmers
Kasey Chambers
Son Volt
Lissie
Fleet Foxes

Just to name a few.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 18:15pm

GFW - You can only nominate one album if you prefer. I would say that First Aid Kit would fit under alt-country, as they seem to fit where the line blurs between country, folk and indie rock that constitutes most of the alt-country genre these days.

Florida Georgia Line and Jason Aldean are "straight" country and would be good fits if that were the genre, but Country Rock / Alt-Country would exclude the "pure" country artists. I would also question Lyle Lovett as a nominee, but his wikipedia page does list alt-country, so I won't protest the nomination.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 18:50pm

Fleet Foxes fit?

Nomination:
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 20:19pm

Wikipedia lists Fleet Foxes as an Alt-country artist but I'm not sure if they really do fit. I think they sound like The Beach Boys with folk influences thrown in. What do you the rest of you think do they fit or not?

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 20:26pm

My apologies about not having my tiebreaker vote be posted. I seem to have accidentally deleted the post; which means it did not go through. I do, however, have my nominees for the Album project special election regarding Alt-Country/Country Rock albums from 1980 onwards. Here they are for all to see.

Emmylou Harris - The Ballad Of Sally Rose (1985)
Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992)

Hoping these two are legitimate,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 20:57pm

Thank you everyone for the great advice! I am checking out the Alt-Country List on Wikipedia and will look up last.fm and allmusic as well. I think I got confused because Jason Aldean was on Wikipedia's list of country rock artists and country rock was also listed as the first genre for Florida Georgia Line on Wikipedia. However, I know that Wikipedia has a lot of inaccurate information so I do not fully trust everything I read there.
It seems to me that there are plenty of great albums nominated already (such as The Avett Brothers) so I will refrain from trying to nominate any others for this vote. I also look forward to becoming more familiar with the ones that are newer to me.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 21:17pm

"I would also question Lyle Lovett as a nominee, but his wikipedia page does list alt-country, so I won't protest the nomination."

I don't think there is much to question...Digital Dream Door lists him at #1 on their list of Best Alt Country Artists, and AllMusic lists him as the first artist under the genre "Alt-Country".

I can tell that there are a lot of different interpretations of the genre happening here, but it looks like most people are looking at the modern scene. This was personally not what I expected would happen, but there is nothing wrong with that as bands like Wilco, OCMS, and The Avett Brothers are good representations of the genre.

That said, with us voting on 30+ years of music, I think it makes sense to also look at the Texas Country/Americana artists like Lyle Lovett and Steve Earle, both of whom I nominated. Lovett has become much more of a straight country or even pop artist lately, but he started off as much more experimental, and like many new alt-country bands incorporated several genres into his sound.

They may lean more toward country, but I don't think it's any different than the modern artists being nominated that lean toward folk. I would consider both sides of the coin to fall somewhere on the spectrum of "country rock".

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/20/2014 @ 21:23pm

Nominations are now closed.

There will be one day of review for potential protests to be lodged. If you feel that any of the albums nominated don't belong in this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be removed from the album genre vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation (2007)
Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse (2006)
Emmylou Harris - The Ballad Of Sally Rose (1985)
First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar (2012)
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011)
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Lyle Lovett - Pontiac (1987)
Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992)
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (2006)
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You (2013)
Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S (2004)
Poco - Legacy (1989)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)
Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986)
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009)
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow (2011)
Trampled By Turtles - Palomino (2010)
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (1990)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)
Wilco - Blue Sky Blue (2007)

Review will end and voting will start at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 21st.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/21/2014 @ 01:11am

There weren't any objections, so voting is now open. The list of eligible albums is listed above. Every voter can vote for 6 albums.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Wednesday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/22/2014 @ 01:43am

My Votes

Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac (1997)
Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker (2000)
Blitzen Trapper- Wild Mountain Nation (2007)
Poco- Legacy (1989)
Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues (2011)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/22/2014 @ 02:22am

Even though Legacy is not the best pick out of the Poco's albums from 1980 to now but it will do since it has a good chance since there are some of their more known songs are on it like Call It Love. But I would have prefered Under the Gun, Blue and Gray, Ghost Town or All Fired Up.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/22/2014 @ 02:36am

Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse (2006)
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011)
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992)
Poco - Legacy (1989)
Wilco - Blue Sky Blue (2007)

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 02/22/2014 @ 02:49am

I painfully had to leave some stuff that I wanted to vote for, some great stuff here:

Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S (2004)
Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986)
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009)
Trampled By Turtles - Palomino (2010)
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (1990)
Wilco - Blue Sky Blue (2007)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 02/22/2014 @ 02:53am

Another great nominee list!

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Lyle Lovett - Pontiac (1987)
Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986)
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (1990)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)
Wilco - Blue Sky Blue (2007)

My last cut was Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000). It's my most likely vote switch.

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 02/22/2014 @ 13:11pm

Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You (2013)
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (1990)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)
Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986)

This was painful. There are another four albums that I hold is as high regard as everything I voted for and several others that would easily get my vote in a regular round. I'll keep an eye out near the end of voting. Six votes was just not enough this time.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/22/2014 @ 17:54pm

The title of the Wilco album that was nominated (and made me wish I had more space on my ballot) is reversed on all of the ballots. It should be "Sky Blue Sky" rather than "Blue Sky Blue". Just wanted to point it out since it has a strong chance of induction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Blue_Sky

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/22/2014 @ 20:17pm

Lyle Lovett - Pontiac (1987)
Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S (2004)
Poco - Legacy (1989)
Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986)
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (1990)
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (2007)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 02/23/2014 @ 22:45pm

Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation (2007)
Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse (2006)
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S (2004)
Poco - Legacy (1989)
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (1990)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 02/23/2014 @ 23:39pm

My vote:

Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Lyle Lovett - Pontiac (1987)
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You (2013)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (1990)

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 02/24/2014 @ 00:13am

The current standings that I have:

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998) 6
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (1990) 6

Poco - Legacy (1989) 4
Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986) 4
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (2007) 4
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Lyle Lovett - Pontiac (1987) 3
Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S (2004) 3
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000) 3
--------------------------------------------------Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation (2007) 2
Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse (2006) 2
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011) 2
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) 2
Whiskeytown -Strangers Almanac (1997) 2
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You (2013) 2

The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009) 1
Trampled By Turtles - Palomino (2010) 1

Emmylou Harris - The Ballad Of Sally Rose (1985) 0
First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar (2012) 0
Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992) 0
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (2006) 0
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow (2011) 0

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 02/24/2014 @ 18:12pm

DarinRG - Neil Young - "Harvest Moon" has 1 vote (John R.C.)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/25/2014 @ 02:45am

I'll go ahead and switch my Gillian Welch vote to Poco.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 02/25/2014 @ 20:53pm

I just noticed that we haven't inducted any Iggy Pop albums, so I'm thinking about nominating one next round. To me, The Idiot (1977), Lust For Life (1977)and New Values (1979)are all worthy of induction. Just curious if anybody has any strong feelings or preferences in that area.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 02/25/2014 @ 21:34pm

My Alt-Country/Country Rock special Album Project ballot is as follows.

Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992)
Emmylou Harris - The Ballad Of Sally Rose (1985)
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (1990)
Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986)
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (2007)

As you can see, this is a ballot that only had two Revisited/Projected Rock Hall Project inductees. Understandably, Alt-Country is not fully a rock and/or popular genre of music. Fortunately, the leading vote getters are among some of my more favorite Alt-Country and Country Rock albums over the past 34 years. I am a little surprised that Emmylou Harris has only gotten one vote for an album that featured the most amount of original Harris songs up to that point. In addition, it was somewhat autobiographical, basing itself on Harris' relationship with Gram Parsons. It is firmly an album that is prone to be rediscovered.

Thus ends my defense of an underrated Emmylou Harris album,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Tuesday, 02/25/2014 @ 21:36pm

I'd vote for "The Idiot", but I'd be more likely to vote for "Lust For Life".

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/25/2014 @ 23:48pm

Like Darren, I would vote for both "The Idiot" and "Lust for Life", but would probably take Lust for Life first.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 02/25/2014 @ 23:53pm

Any interest?

Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Lou Reed- Berlin OR Coney Island Baby OR The Blue Mask OR Legendary Hearts
The Cars- Candy-O (1979)
Carole King- Music OR Rhymes and Reasons OR Fantasy
Melanie- Photograph

Genres:

70's Singer-Songwriters
Symphonic & progressive metal
Psychedelic Rock

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/26/2014 @ 00:59am

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)
Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986)
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (1990)
Wilco - Blue Sky Blue (2007)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/26/2014 @ 01:07am

Any of the Lou Reed albums jump out at me, as do all three genres.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02/26/2014 @ 01:11am

The new Beck (Morning Phase) and St. Vincent (St. Vincent)albums that came out yesterday really jumped out to me as early best of 2014 candidates. Highly recommended.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02/26/2014 @ 17:50pm

So far my top 2014 albums have been Warpaint's self titled, St. Vincents self titled, Broken Bells' After The Disco and Benji by Sun Kil Moon.

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 02/26/2014 @ 18:10pm

I haven't heard the Warpaint, Broken Bells or Sun Kil Moon albums yet (no excuse for SKM, I'm usually right on top of anything that Mark Kozelek does). I'll have to fire them up on Spotify today.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02/26/2014 @ 18:16pm

GFW - Yeah, I thought the Sun Kil Moon and Warpaint albums were great. Broken Bells isn't on Spotify (at least here in the US), so I'll have to poke around for it.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02/26/2014 @ 21:02pm

My Current Vote Count:

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998) - 8
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (1990) - 8
Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986) - 6
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (2007) - 6
Poco - Legacy (1989) - 5
______________________________

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000) - 4

Lyle Lovett - Pontiac (1987) - 3
Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S (2004) - 3

Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation (2007) - 2
Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse (2006) - 2
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011) - 2
Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992) - 2
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You (2013) - 2
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009) - 2
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997) - 2

Emmylou Harris - The Ballad Of Sally Rose (1985) - 1
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) - 1
Trampled By Turtles - Palomino (2010) - 1

First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar (2012) - 0
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (2006) - 0
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow (2011) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central tonight.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/27/2014 @ 00:26am

Sorry for the late vote-My real life got a bit crazy today and I did not get home until much later than I expected.

Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation (2007) 
Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse (2006)
Emmylou Harris - The Ballad Of Sally Rose (1985)
 Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992) 
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009) 
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow (2011) 

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/27/2014 @ 01:34am

Voting is now closed.

Here is your class of Country Rock / Alt-Country 1980-2013:

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Poco - Legacy (1989)
Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986)
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (1990)
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (2007)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/27/2014 @ 01:47am

Can't complain one bit about those five albums.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02/27/2014 @ 02:36am

I have to say finally getting Car Wheels on a Gravel Road into the project made this entire Alt Country month worth it. I was really surprised to find that it wasn't already included here.

Also happy to see Poco has something in, even if it isn't their greatest album.

Posted by Chris F. on Thursday, 02/27/2014 @ 02:39am

Well we'll have another chance to get Pickin' Up the Pieces in during the regular round next week since it's automatically renominated. I'd say Pickin' Up the Pieces, Legend and possibly Crazy Eyes and Blue & Gray and Cantamos and Poco are the ones left that are worth inducting.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/27/2014 @ 03:16am

I'm happy with the albums that were indcuted, even though I do wish The Avett Brothers and/or Trampled By Turtles got inducted. If you like bluegrass at all I strongly suggest that you take a listen to Palomino (2010) by TBT. One of my favorite albums of this decade.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 02/27/2014 @ 10:06am

Greg F.-

I'd support all of those albums eveentually but I think that your Carole King and The Cars selections would be highest on my list. I also like all of your ideas for genre selections

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 02/27/2014 @ 10:19am

"I'm happy with the albums that were indcuted, even though I do wish The Avett Brothers and/or Trampled By Turtles got inducted. If you like bluegrass at all I strongly suggest that you take a listen to Palomino (2010) by TBT. One of my favorite albums of this decade." -Gassman

Yeah, I'm supportive of getting albums by both inducted. I think that in this round they were just up against a lot of long term powerhouses of the genre.

I'll probably try again with Ryan Adams sometime soon. I actually wasn't going to nominate anything in that last round because the ballot was plenty strong already, then I noticed that we haven't inducted anything from Ryan Adams in either project, which I think is a bit of an oversight.

Damn strong class that we ended up with, though.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02/27/2014 @ 17:59pm

2013 Albums for your consideration heading into the March nominations / vote (don't make me take out an ad in Variety lol):

1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City:

Pitchfork - #1 Album of 2013
Rolling Stone - #1 Album of 2013
Spin - #3 Album of 2013
Stereogum - #3 Album of 2013

19 Other Top Ten Album Of 2013 listings according to wikipedia.

2014 Grammy Award Winner - Best Alternative Music Album

Features modern rock hits "Diane Young" and "Unbelievers as well as "Step", "Hannah Hunt", "Ya Hey" which have featured prominently in many year-end best-of song lists.

2. Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

Rolling Stone - #6 Album of 2013

2014 Grammy Award Nominee - Best Rock Album - And let's be serious, if the Grammy voters didn't screw up in the 60's and 70s they wouldn't need to give Led Zeppelin awards in 2014 for live albums they recorded in 2007 with songs from 1975 and Queens would have won this one. Oh well, I guess Queens can get their Grammy for an inferior live performance album in 2040.

Features modern rock hits "My God Is The Sun" and "I Sat By The Ocean".

3. The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Rolling Stone - #6 Album of 2013

2014 Grammy Award Nominee - Best Alternative Music Album

I think our work with 2013 albums would be incomplete if we didn't get all three of those albums voted in at some point.

I would also offer these albums up as highly recommended:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Disclosure - Settle
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/28/2014 @ 01:45am

Darren - The Vampire Weekend, Queens Of The Stone Age, The National, Disclosure and Nine Inch Nails albums are all very much on my radar, as well as the 2013 albums by My Bloody Valentine, Neko Case, Nick Cave, Chvrches, Boards of Canada and Tegan & Sara. (And probably three or four more that I'm not grabbing off the top of my head right now.)

I wasn't quite as high on the AiC and Pearl Jam albums as a lot of people were, but I definitely wouldn't consider it a crime if they were inducted.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02/28/2014 @ 03:51am

DarinRG - I'm also on board for Neko Case, Chvrches and maybe Tegan And Sara and Nick Cave as well.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/28/2014 @ 10:20am

Speaking of 2013 albums, any support for Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady?

Posted by GFW on Friday, 02/28/2014 @ 12:13pm

Speaking of 2013 albums, any support for Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady?

Posted by GFW on Friday, 02.28.14 @ 12:13pm

Not a problem with me. It has my vote when the time comes; we could use more Monae in the projects. (And Q.U.E.E.N. still has my vote over on the Song Project.)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 02/28/2014 @ 13:28pm

GFW - Janelle Monae is a strong possibility for me.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02/28/2014 @ 17:20pm

As far as 2013 albums go I plan to keep nominating Pearl Jam- Sirens but I'd also be most likely to vote for Queens of the Stone Age.

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/28/2014 @ 17:31pm

I just bought Janelle Monae tickets the other night. My participation in the Album Project has been spotty, but I will definitely be there to support "The Electric Lady."

Posted by PopeCharming on Friday, 02/28/2014 @ 19:22pm

I was just messing around on Spotify and stumbled across Jamestown Revival, who I wasn't previously aware of. Highly recommended for anybody who's into the Alt Country/Americana Folk type music that we voted on this month.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02/28/2014 @ 22:41pm

Nominations for next month open at midnight. Every voter can nominate one album from 2013 and one album from 2013 or prior to 2013. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in January's Album Project Vote:

Poco - Pickin' Up The Pieces (1969)
The Byrds - Ballad Of Easy Rider (1969)

Each voter will be allowed to vote for 6 albums. There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11:55 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the genre selection vote last month:

80s New Wave/Pop
90s British Rock/Pop
90s R&B
Electronic Dance Music
Hip Hop/Rap
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Jazz
Metal
Modern Classical
Novelty/Parody Albums
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd. The specifics on the selection vote will be determined based on the number of nominees.

Art Rock / Progressive Rock is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

Country Rock / Alt-Country is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

There will be three days of voting, ending at 11:55 on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any album that receives less than 3 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 3 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated). If there are any objections to this policy, please speak up about them and if necessary, we'll have a vote on whether to adopt this policy starting next month.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/28/2014 @ 23:55pm

My Nominees:

Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)

Genre:

70's Singer-Songwriters

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/1/2014 @ 01:15am

Queen - A Day At the Races (1976)
Black Sabbath - 13 (2013)

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 03/1/2014 @ 01:42am

Nominations:

SWV - It's About Time
Robyn - Robyn

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 03/1/2014 @ 07:31am

Nominations:

Weather Report- Heavy Weather (1977)
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 03/1/2014 @ 09:23am

Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis!

Posted by GFW on Saturday, 03/1/2014 @ 14:38pm

Nominee:

Hesitation Marks (2013) - Nine Inch Nails

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03/1/2014 @ 20:02pm

Mike - You can only nominate two albums if one of them is from 2013. Please let me know which album you'd like to remove from your nominations. You can replace it with an album from 2013 if you like.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/2/2014 @ 00:02am

My Nominees:

Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/2/2014 @ 00:16am

noms:

Garden State (soundtrack) - Various artists (2004)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 03/2/2014 @ 14:15pm

My nominations:

Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 03/2/2014 @ 18:05pm

My Album Project nominations for this month are as follows.

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)

In addition, here is my genre pick for the special election for later in the month. Now, I tend to think this form of recorded music is for all intents and purposes a hybrid. It might even be considered a genre not to be thought of as a style into and of itself. None the less, this is the genre I have chosen.

Blue-eyed soul.

Perhaps this is legitimate; yet perhaps not. Yet me know if this is grounds for rejection, or if we are good to go for the voting of the special election.

Watching an award show in a time of world peril and feeling guilt about doing this,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 03/2/2014 @ 19:09pm

Bob Dylan- Desire (1976)

Drake - Nothing was the Same (2013)

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 03/2/2014 @ 19:16pm

My nomination for March 2014/2039 induction into The Album Project...

James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 03/2/2014 @ 23:28pm

Nominations:

Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975)
Valerie June - Pushin' Against The Stone (2013)

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 03/3/2014 @ 00:41am

Bjork - Vespertine
MIA - Matangi

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 03/3/2014 @ 05:04am

On second thought, please replace Matangi with Arctic Monkeys - AM

Thanks.

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 03/3/2014 @ 05:13am

Thanks, Darren. Looks like "Robyn" has already been inducted actually.

I'll just go with SWV's "It's About Time".

Posted by Mike on Monday, 03/3/2014 @ 09:04am

My pre-2013 nomination:

The The - Soul Mining (1983) (I want to get something for this band in, and this album is considered a lost masterpiece by critics.)

2013:

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (Naturally.)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 03/3/2014 @ 10:12am

My March 2014 Nominations:

Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Paul McCartney, New (2013)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 03/3/2014 @ 21:48pm

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 03/3/2014 @ 22:44pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominees:

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Bjork - Vespertine
Black Sabbath - 13 (2013)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis!
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Drake - Nothing was the Same (2013)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982)
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Queen - A Day At the Races (1976)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)
Valerie June - Pushin' Against The Stone (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)
Various Artists - Garden State (soundtrack) (2004)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

As always, please let me know ASAP if I've missed any nominated albums.

Each voter can vote for 6 albums. Incomplete ballots will not be counted. Each voter will be allowed to change one of their votes after initially casting their ballots.

The 5 albumss that receive the most votes (after tiebreaker if necessary) will be inducted into the AlbumProject.

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 8th.

The following genres have been nominated for this month's genre vote:

70's Singer-Songwriters
80s New Wave/Pop
90s British Rock/Pop
90s R&B
Blue-eyed Soul
EDM
Hip Hop/Rap
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Jazz
Metal
Modern Classical
Novelty/Parody Albums
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Each voter can vote for 5 genres. You can vote for your own genre nominations if you like. The genre that receives the most votes will be the selected genre (with a tiebreaker vote if necessary). Any genre that receives 3 or more votes will be automatically nominated in April if it isn't selected as the March genre.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 6th.

After a genre has been selected, specifications for the genre and how the voting will be broken down in the categories (as necessary) will take place. This process will end when the Album Project voting is end (including a tiebreaker if necessary), which is when nominations and voting will begin.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 01:12am

These are the most brutal (in a good way) non-genre ballots that I've seen in either project in a long time. I've got some pondering to do.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 01:34am

Darren- You forgot the tiebreaker losers from the country rock vote Poco- Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969) and The Bryds- Ballad of Easy Rider (1969).

Also, My Votes:

Poco- Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Weather Report- Heavy Weather (1977
The The- Soul Mining (1983)
Janelle Monae- The Electric Lady (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 02:59am

Poco- Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)
Janelle Monae- The Electric Lady (2013)
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Queen - A Day At the Races (1976)

My genre votes go to:

70's Singer-Songwriters
Blue-eyed Soul
Jazz
Novelty/Parody Albums
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by PopeCharming on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 03:10am

Genre Votes:

70's Singer-Songwriters
Jazz
Metal
Hip-Hop/Rap
EDM (Electronic Dance Music)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 03:18am

These two albums have also been automatically nominated as a result of losing a tiebreaker in February:

Poco - Pickin' Up The Pieces (1969)
The Byrds - Ballad Of Easy Rider (1969)

If you've already voted and you want to change one of your votes to one of these songs, it won't count against your one vote switch for the month.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 08:22am

Album votes:

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Bjork - Vespertine
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Various Artists - Garden State (soundtrack) (2004)

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 08:51am

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Poco- Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)
Queen - A Day At the Races (1976)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)

Genre Vote:
70's Singer-Songwriters
80s New Wave/Pop
Hip Hop/Rap
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Punk

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 10:10am

Arctic Monkeys - AM
Bjork - Vespertine
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis!
Disclosure - Settle
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 12:47pm

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Queen - A Day At the Races (1976)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)
Various Artists - Garden State (soundtrack) (2004)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 14:04pm

My Ballot:

Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 14:09pm

Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)

As far as 2013 albums that were nominated go, Janelle Monae, QotSA, Valerie June and Vampire Weekend will get my support as soon as possible (and a few others are good possibilities). As far as "back catalog" albums go, there are more nominated here that I'd support in the future, than wouldn't. Again, very nice ballot.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 17:14pm

My ballot:

Bjork - Vespertine
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975)
Poco - Pickin' Up The Pieces (1969)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

Is it just me or are these general ballots getting progressively harder?

Genre vote:

90s R&B
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Chris F. on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 17:20pm

Album genres:

90s British Rock/Pop
EDM
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Metal
Punk

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 17:20pm

I'm listening to Weather Report - Heavy Weather for the first time. It just moved way up my list. Hope to see it on the ballot again soon.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 19:03pm

Album Genre Vote:

80s New Wave/Pop
Blue-eyed Soul
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Novelty/Parody Albums
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 22:43pm

My March Album Ballot:

James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Queen - A Day At the Races (1976)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)

Just Missed:

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)

Some of the nominations that I would vote for in the future:

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Black Sabbath - 13 (2013)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Drake - Nothing was the Same (2013)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Poco- Pickin' Up the Pieces (1969)
Valerie June - Pushin' Against The Stone (2013)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 03/4/2014 @ 23:18pm

My genre votes:

Hip Hop / Rap
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Metal
Punk
TV And Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/5/2014 @ 08:01am

It's possible that we might have a tie in the genre voting. If that happens, how do we want to handle it?

I assume we'll want to have a tiebreaker vote using the rank by preference method (or straight-up vote if there are only two genres in the tie) that we use for almost all tiebreakers, but how do we want to handle the losers of the tiebreaker?

In the past, we've contemplated a policy where tiebreaker-losing genres are assigned automatically designated as the selected genres for future months. For example, if Punk loses a tiebreaker Metal in March, Metal is the genre for March and Punk is the genre for April. Do we want to do that in th event of a tie in the genre voting in this project and the Song Project?

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/5/2014 @ 08:10am

My Genre Votes

90s British Rock/Pop
Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000
Jazz
Metal
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/5/2014 @ 09:45am

My Ballot

Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Poco - Pickin' Up The Pieces (1969)
Queen - A Day At the Races (1976)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

These Albums Almost made the cut:

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Black Sabbath - 13 (2013)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis!
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
The Byrds - Ballad Of Easy Rider (1969)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/5/2014 @ 10:33am

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis!
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)

90s British Rock/Pop
90s R&B
Hip Hop/Rap
Metal
Punk

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 03/5/2014 @ 23:38pm

"In the past, we've contemplated a policy where tiebreaker-losing genres are assigned automatically designated as the selected genres for future months. For example, if Punk loses a tiebreaker Metal in March, Metal is the genre for March and Punk is the genre for April. Do we want to do that in th event of a tie in the genre voting in this project and the Song Project?" - Darren

No objection here. That's probably the fairest and easiest solution.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 03/6/2014 @ 00:06am

Even though it hasn't pulled much support this round, I hope to see Bob Dylan - Desire on the ballot again soon. It's one of his best, IMO. It's one that I'd get behind soon.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 03/6/2014 @ 00:13am

Arctic Monkeys - AM
Bjork - Vespertine
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Queen - A Day at the Races
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 03/6/2014 @ 00:56am

Here are my two ballots for this week. First, the five genres I support for the special election are somewhat obvious; yet I think these genres can fit well in with exploring albums from these fields.

80s New Wave/Pop
70s Singer-Songwriter
90s British Rock/Pop
Modern Classical
Indie Rock/Indie Music Since 2000

And now, onto the 6 albums I have on my ballot. One of the albums is from a band whose main singer and songwriter just won a well deserved Oscar. I do hope this starts a trend to have this band become more well known. Perhaps an eventual Revisited/Projected Rock hall project inductee by year's end at the earliest. Anyway, here are the albums for all to see.

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Sir Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Queen - A Day At The Races (1976)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975)

I do hope this was on time,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Thursday, 03/6/2014 @ 22:00pm

Here are the results of the genre vote:

Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000 - 6
_______________________________

Hip Hop / Rap - 5
Metal - 5
Punk - 5
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums - 5

70's Singer-Songwriters - 4
90s British Rock / Pop - 4
Jazz - 4

80s New Wave / Pop - 3
_______________________________

90s R&B - 2
Blue-eyed Soul - 2
EDM - 2
Novelty / Parody Albums - 2

Modern Classical - 1

"Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000" is the genre we'll be voting on in March.

Before we start with nominations, we need to decide whether we should split the genre into two chronologically-split groups or not.

Do we want to split Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000 into two votes and if so, what year would the groups be divided in?

For examples of artists within the genre of Indie Rock / Indie Pop, please refer to these wikipedia genre pages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_indie_rock_musicians

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_indie_pop_artists

If you're wondering if a particular artist or album fits within the genre, please post your question on this board in the next two days (or longer if there's a tie in the Album Projet vote) so the voters can discuss it as an option.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 03:07am

There is not a need for a split for this genre. Would any of these fit?

Animal Collective
The Avalanches
Hot Chip
Spiritualized
Foster the People
The Black Keys
Stereolab

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 03:44am

There's a lot of great material to work with in this genre, but I also don't see a place for a split. I'm in favor of two nominations per voter.

A list of some of my faves from this category that I'm contemplating (A St. Vincent album is pretty much a lock for one of the spots):

Arab Strap – The Red Thread (2001)
Bat For Lashes – Fur and Gold (2006)
Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man (2012)
Best Coast – Crazy For You (2010)
Beirut – The Flying Cub Cup (2007)
The Black Angels – Indigo Meadow (2013)
Calexico – Carried to Dust (2008)
Cults – Cults (2011)
Daughter – If You Leave (2013)
Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys! (2011)
Explosions in the Sky – The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
The Kills – Midnight Boom (2008)
Ladyhawke – Ladyhawke (2008)
Ladyhawke – Anxiety (2012)
Ladytron – Witching Hour (2005)
Low – Things We Lost in the Fire (2001)
Lykke Li – Youth Novels (2008)
Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes (2011)
Mark Kozelek – Like Rats (2013)
Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle – Perils From the Sea (2013)
My Bloody Valentine – m b v (2013)
The National – Boxer (2007)
The National – High Violet (2010)
Red House Painters – Old Ramon (2001)
Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11 (2009)
Sleater-Kinney – All Hands on the Bad One (2000)
Sleigh Bells – Treats (2010)
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)
St. Vincent – Actor (2009)
St. Vincent – Marry Me (2007)
Sun Kil Moon – April (2008)
Tegan and Sara – So Jealous (2004)
Tegan and Sara – The Con (2007)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 06:01am

Greg F. - IMO, all of those artists would qualify, though keep in mind with Spiritualized (or any other band) that only their albums from 2000 and on fit this genre.

DarinRG - We've actually voted in "High Violet" already.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 08:18am

There's no need to split this up chronologically, 13 years ain't much.

Posted by GFW on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 10:46am

I agree that one class for 2000-2013 is the best way to go.

I'm considering nominating albums by Bright Eyes and The Decemberists. Does anyone have any preferences?

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 12:47pm

Darren - IMHO, "Castaways and Cutouts" would be the best starting point for inducting Decemberists albums. "Picaresque" and "The Hazards of Love" would also be good picks.

For Bright Eyes, I like "Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground", "I'm Wide Awake It's Morning" and "Every Day and Every Night". I also really like "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn", but I know it's a bit polarizing.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 16:47pm

I will probably nominate two recent important, excellent indie albums overlooked by the Album Project: Imagine Dragon's Night Visions (2012) and fun.'s Some Nights (2012).

I also hope to see some nominated albums from Of Monsters and Men, The Avett Brothers, The Lumineers, OneRepublic, Grouplove, Cage the Elephant, Fitz and the Tantrums, The Fray, and Capital CIties. Perhaps, Tired Pony too if it fits in the genre.

None of the indie groups mentioned above have any albums in the Album Project yet and I hope that changes soon.

I would support a split of 2000-2007 and 2008-2013 if others wanted it also. I believe that there are enough overlooked indie albums to make it worth doing, especially after also seeing DarinRG's list of possibilities.

Does anyone else believe any of these are good choices too?

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 16:56pm

I'm assuming something more folksy like Fleet Foxes would fit? But I just wanted to make sure just in case majority think they don't.

Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 17:12pm

"I would support a split of 2000-2007 and 2008-2013 if others wanted it also. I believe that there are enough overlooked indie albums to make it worth doing, especially after also seeing DarinRG's list of possibilities." -Jennifer

I honestly don't have a problem either way. This isn't a genre that has a natural break point like Country, R&B, Alt Country or Punk, but there's a huge amount of important artists and albums in this area that we haven't touched yet.

I think that we have the choices available to fill two groups with a large amount of quality albums still left over, but if people feel it's too artificial to do that I understand as well.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 18:27pm

My potential picks for Indie Rock & Indie Pop since 2000.

Ash- Meltdown (2004)
Ash- Twilight of Innocence (2007)
Animal Collective- Feels (2005)
Animal Collective- Centipede HZ (2012)
Interpol- Antics (2004)
Interpol- Our Love to Admire (2007)
Foster the People- Torches (2010)
Young the Giant- Young the Giant (2010)
She Wants Revenge- She Wants Revenge (2005)
She Wants Revenge- This is Forever (2007
The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)
Feist- Let It Die (2005)
Feist- The Reminder (2007)
Spoon- Gimmie Fiction (2005)
Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2010)
Modest Mouse- We Were All Dead Even Before the Ship Sank (2007)
Franz Ferdinand- You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)
Franz Ferdinand- Tonight:Franz Ferdinand (2009)
Franz Ferdinand- Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Capital Cities- In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
The Explorers Club- Grand Hotel (2012)
Stereolab- Sound-Dust (2001)
Painted Hills- Painted Hills (2010)
The Black Keys- Chulahoma (2006)
The Black Keys- El Camino (2011)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 21:45pm

^ Also

Hot Chip- Made in the Dark (2008)
The Men- Open Your Heart (2012)
The Black Angels- Directions to See a Ghost (2008)
The Black Angels- Phosphene Dream (2010)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 22:10pm

Jennifer - I don't personally consider OneRepublic or the Fray indie rock or indie pop (I consider them pop or mainstream). What does everyone else think?

I've never heard of Tired Pony. I'll have to check them out.

"Night Visions" and "Some Nights" are both likely to get my vote.

rockstar23 - Fleet Foxes would fit, imo.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 22:29pm

Night Visions?
Some Nights?

Count me in with those two. Big time.

Also, before I forget:

Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Queen - A Day At the Races (1976)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 22:39pm

I'll probably be outnumbered, but I have to question fun being an indie act.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 22:43pm

I don't want to get too much into splitting hairs about what is and isn't Indie, but if we're going to be voting in really mainstream acts like fun or Imagine Dragons, I actually would prefer to have two categories.

I honestly mean no disrespect toward those bands or their supporters, and I wouldn't have any problem at all with either being inducted in the main Album Project, but I think that we're getting into the area of defeating the purpose of having a genre vote in this area if two or three out of six ballot spots are going to mainstream pop acts.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 22:59pm

DarinRG - I understand where you're coming from, as both Imagine Dragons and fun. have enjoyed mainstream success with their latest albums, but I think an argument could be made that they brought the mainstream to them rather than the other way around (especially with fun.)

As for splitting the genre into two votes (2000-2006 and 2007-2013), let's put it to an official vote.

How should the genre be broken down?

A. Two votes (2000-2006 and 2007-2013)
B. One vote (2000-2013)

We'll have this vote end when the album project vote ends.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 23:20pm

My votes:

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork - Side note: I'm going to see them for the first time in St. Paul in May. Last summer, I went to see Vampire Weekend and The National in St. Paul on back-to-back nights.

Top vote-switch candidates and albums I would vote for in the future:

Arctic Monkeys - AM
Disclosure - Settle
Drake - Nothing Was The Same
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Queen - A Day At The Races
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
Tegan And Sara - Heartthrob
Various Artists - Garden State Soundtrack

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 23:28pm

My current vote count:

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013) - 9

Queen - A Day At the Races (1976) - 7

Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013) - 6
_________________________

Bjork - Vespertine - 5
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) - 5
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013) - 5
Poco - Pickin' Up The Pieces (1969) (4) - 5
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013) - 5
_________________________

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013) - 4
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) - 4
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013) - 4
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) - 4

Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 3
Paul McCartney - New (2013) - 3
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 3

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013) - 2
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis! - 2
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009) - 2
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 2
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 2
The The - Soul Mining (1983) - 2
Various Artists - Garden State (soundtrack) (2004) - 2

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) - 1
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982) - 1
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975) - 1
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007) - 1

Black Sabbath - 13 (2013) - 0
Drake - Nothing was the Same (2013) - 0
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 0
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974) - 0
The Byrds - Ballad Of Easy Rider (1969) - 0
Valerie June - Pushin' Against The Stone (2013) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 23:34pm

I'll vote A. That would give us a chance to get a wider array inducted and hopefully everybody could feel that it was worthwhile.

This is an area that we've barely waded into, so there's way more than enough deserving material, and with ten spots instead of five it would alleviate the concern that I raised (for me at least).

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 23:42pm

I totally agree with Darren that "they brought the mainstream to them rather than the other way around."

In fact, I find that indie groups that get popular often get more people's attention and generate interest in checking out other lesser known indie groups which is what happened to me.

The indie groups that I choose were all among the many I recognized in the 2 wikipedia indie lists that Darren provided. I chose those groups because they seem important but are not yet represented at all in the Album project.

I can't really comment on the meaning for the genre votes since that was decided on before I got involved in FRL. But, I believe the mainstream genre acts are just as important as the more obscure groups and both should be given representation. It seems silly to me to only induct lesser known indie acts while important mainstream indie acts are still awaiting representation on the sidelines in the album project.

I totally agree that we should have two groups if it get in more of both better and lesser known groups. So, I vote "hell yeah" to Choice A. for Two Votes!

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 23:43pm

I'll vote for choice A.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/7/2014 @ 23:51pm

"I can't really comment on the meaning for the genre votes since that was decided on before I got involved in FRL. But, I believe the mainstream genre acts are just as important as the more obscure groups and both should be given representation."

Again, I didn't intend my comment to upset or single anybody out, but I know sometimes it's hard not to do that.

I agree that both mainstream and important "lower visibility" artists, songs and albums should be inducted, but I've been doing this for years watching that second group constantly being ignored and getting the shaft. The genre votes were largely intended to alleviate some of that problem, which is why I tend to be more protective of the genre spots.

I'm not trying to intentionally cause ill will or be elitist, but I know that a lot of important, deserving albums will never be given a fair shake outside of genre voting.

Hopefully that gives you a better idea of where I'm coming from. I have no doubt that I come off as an elitist asshole to some of our newer voters, but what I'm really doing is trying to make sure that the Alt/Indie/Underground/Obsure/Whatever material doesn't get left behind. Sometimes it can be a really nerve fraying undertaking.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03/8/2014 @ 00:02am

No worries, DarinRG. I totally understand where you're coming from. As a newer voter, I thought that both the Song and Album project were woefully underrepresented in both important mainstream and important "lower visibility" artists in many areas of music. But, that probably has to do with having fewer inducted at a time until only recently. In time, I believe all the recent changes in both monthly and genre voting will help fix this problem. :)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 03/8/2014 @ 00:30am

Darren,

It appears to me that your vote count might be slightly off. I am guessing that you might not have counted Lax31's ballot. It is understandable with the many posts in this thread lately so no worries.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 03/8/2014 @ 00:36am

I also have a hard time with .fun as indie. Also Franz Ferdinand.

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 03/8/2014 @ 00:41am

If it's not too late, I'd like to give my Rilo Kiley vote to Poco. Let's finally get that one in.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03/8/2014 @ 00:42am

Here are my votes

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013)
Poco - Pickin' Up The Pieces (1969)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)
Queen - A Day At the Races (1976)

Posted by Ryan on Saturday, 03/8/2014 @ 11:43am

Ryan - You only casted 5 votes. Please cast one more. The rest of your votes will still be counted, but each ballot is supposed to be for 6 albums.

Jennifer - You're correct, I missed Lax31's vote, though I counted his genre vote. Go figure.

Here's an updated vote count, after add Lax31's vote, adding Ryan's vote and DarinRG's vote switch:

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013) - 10

Queen - A Day At the Races (1976) - 9

Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013) - 7
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) - 7
Poco - Pickin' Up The Pieces (1969) (4) - 7
___________________________________________

Bjork - Vespertine - 5
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013) - 5
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013) - 5

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013) - 4
Paul McCartney - New (2013) - 4
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) - 4
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013) - 4
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) - 4

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013) - 3
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 3
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 3

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis! - 2
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009) - 2
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975) - 2
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 2
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 2
The The - Soul Mining (1983) - 2
Various Artists - Garden State (soundtrack) (2004) - 2

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) - 1
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982) - 1
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974) - 1

Black Sabbath - 13 (2013) - 0
Drake - Nothing was the Same (2013) - 0
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 0
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007) - 0
The Byrds - Ballad Of Easy Rider (1969) - 0
Valerie June - Pushin' Against The Stone (2013) - 0

DarinRG - Thanks for your continued support of "Under The Blacklight". Now that it looks like we're splitting the genre into two votes, I'll probably nominate it in the genre votes, but as there doesn't seem to be any more support, I'll probably move on to a different album in April's Album Vote.

I can totally see where you're coming from about supporting more obscure, underappreciated artists in the genre votes, though I think that's more of a reason not to vote for the more mainstream choices than not to nominate them. fun. and Imagine Dragons have enjoyed a lot of success on the pop charts, but I don't think that means that they aren't indie rock (or particularly) indie pop bands. If you listen to their style and their influences, they're not that different from the indie bands that aren't as popular. I don't particularly enjoy sharing this kind of music with the mall-music types who can flip straight from "Radioactive" to "Party In The USA" without noticing a genre switch, but saying an artist doesn't belong because they're popular with those type of casual listeners and / or have the backing of major labels and radio stations strikes me as incorrect.

Now, if you're looking for another reason not to vote for fun. or Imagine Dragons' latest albums, I would say that a good reason is because they seem more like a collection of (imo... great) singles rather than great albums.

jtrichey - I disagree on Franz Ferdinand. From the beginning, they've been knocked as Gang of Four songs that you can dance to. If they're not indie, I don't know where a band that fits that description would fit. I don't know if I'd vote for any of their albums beyond their debut (maybe their second album), and that's already been voted in.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/8/2014 @ 15:11pm

I'm still not sure what I'll nominate from my massive list yet. I do know I want to go for these albums.

Animal Collective- Centipede HZ (2012)
The Explorers Club- Grand Hotel (2012)
Spoon- Gimme Fiction (2005)
She Wants Revenge- She Wants Revenge (2005)
For Interpol I cant decide between Antics and Our Love to Admire. Any preference?
For Feist I can't decide between Let It Die and The Reminder. Any preference?

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/8/2014 @ 16:05pm

Greg F. - I would be most likely to vote for "Gimme Fiction". I would be more likely to vote for "Antics" than "Our Love To Admire".

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/8/2014 @ 17:09pm

"Thanks for your continued support of "Under The Blacklight". Now that it looks like we're splitting the genre into two votes, I'll probably nominate it in the genre votes, but as there doesn't seem to be any more support, I'll probably move on to a different album in April's Album Vote."

Darren - I understand. It will definitely get my support in the genre vote. I'd encourage anybody who hasn't listened to Under the Blacklight to check it out before we start casting genre ballots. Outstanding album.

As far as fun and Imagine Dragons, I do understand the opposing argument and, again, I'm really not trying to make a huge issue of it. Ultimately you're the "sponsor" of this genre and if you say they fit, then they fit. No further debate.

Also, in general, I've started thinking about Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle (2002), if that catches anybody's interest.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03/8/2014 @ 18:26pm

"For Feist I can't decide between Let It Die and The Reminder. Any preference?" Greg F.

That's a tough call. Both deserve to be inducted. Either one would have a very strong chance of making my ballot.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03/8/2014 @ 20:21pm

Voting is now closed.

Here is the class of March 2014:

Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady (2013)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Poco - Pickin' Up The Pieces (1969)
Queen - A Day At the Races (1976)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City (2013)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 01:18am

Our genre vote this month is Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000.

We've voted to have two votes split chronologically between 2000-2006 and 2007-2013.

Nominations are now open for the 2000-2006 vote.

Each voter can nominate 2 albums from this genre and time period.

Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 10th. There will then be one day of review, followed by five days of voting.

If an album is nominated that you think is an inappropriate fit for this genre, please file a protest. Any album that receives 3 protests by voters who have participated in one these projects before will be disqualified from this vote.

Since this vote covers a specific time period, please include the release year for the albums that you nominate.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 01:29am

Excellent class. And it took a big chunk out of my "trying to get to" list.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 01:32am

Excellent class. And it took a big chunk out of my "trying to get to" list.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 01:32am

Nominations

Spoon- Gimme Fiction (2005)
She Wants Revenge- She Wants Revenge (2006)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 01:33am

Nominees:

Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle (2002)
Neko Case - Blacklisted (2002)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 01:45am

Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 03:19am

If this is still open to one & all, I'll jump in:

Death From Above 1979 - "You're A Woman, I'm A Machine (2004)

The Soviettes - "LP III" (2005)

Don't know if I'll vote yet, but I said in the past you should all get around to this. Nice to see you have.

Posted by Cheesecrop on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 06:59am

Hey Cheesecrop,

Long time, no see.

I finally got one of our favorites I'm Alright by Kenny Loggins and also Ghostbusters inducted over at The Song Project just this month, March 2014/2039!

8-)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 07:04am

Still need a little help. Indie technically means not major label, correct? I really don't know who's indie and who isn't. It just seems like one of those labels like alternative became that is applied to everything but the most popular music.

Are these bands indie?
Dandy Warhols
Doves
Jimmy Eat World
The Bravery
Pete Yorn
Mellowdrone
Paloalto

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 13:48pm

jtrichey - I've never viewed indie a specifically not major label, it's more of the style and type of music. Major labels like making money off of people who like this kind of music and I don't think that's a problem, so long as the music is good.

I don't have any problem with any of the artists that you listed. I'd be most likely to vote for Doves or Dandy Warhols (though I've always found The Bravery under-rated, I don't think I'd vote for any of their albums) and least likely to vote for Jimmy Eat World (a band that I consider to be the mid-point of popular music with an equal number of bands better and worse than them.)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 14:39pm

jtrichey - I actually saw the Soviettes perform live on their tour for that album in 2005 in Pierre, SD (where I had just moved for my job) of all places. By far the best band that I ever saw in Pierre, although most of the bands that played at the local shows were either local bands or super-minor labels (Plan-It X Records mostly) and none of them have made it big as of yet.

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Posted by FRL on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 16:17pm

Very interesting graph. I've always said that we've really sucked at the 80s.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 17:25pm

Also, it's been brought up before that we've really neglected the music of this century, which the graph clearly supports, and I spoke up with the thought that the 00s were a pretty barren musical decade. Actually sitting down and going through options for this month's genre vote made me realize how spectacularly wrong I was about that.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 17:42pm

That is quite the graph Future Rock Legends has put up regarding which albums we have inducted according to year. Judging from this, the album as an art form peaked twice: the early 1970s and then the early to mid 1990s. If I am not mistaken, the years where there are the least amount of albums inducted by comparison have more songs inducted into the Song Project. Granted, there are certain songs that came from merely passible albums. By contrast, there are certain albums that never accumulated the big hit songs. Perhaps fellow posters might disagree with this assessment.

In any matter here are the albums in the Indie Rock/Indie Pop since 2000 category from 2000-2006 in this weeks election for the Album Project. I am rather pleased this vote will be split into two elections. Here are my initial nominations for all to see.

Blur - Think Tank (2003)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)

Hope these nominations are legitimate,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 20:57pm

I disagree with one point. Our problem with the 80s has never been a lack of great, important, groundbreaking or landmark albums to choose from. The problem has always been on our end, to put it nicely.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 21:43pm

noms:

Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 22:47pm

I need to revisit Doves - Lost Souls before we vote. I really loved that album when it came out, but it's been a while since I've listened to it. The song "The Cedar Room" was in my heavy rotation for a long time.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 23:06pm

Pretty sure these both fit the category so here goes nothin':

The Killers- Sam's Town (2006)
Franz Ferdinand- You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 23:16pm

The Shins- Oh, Inverted World
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 23:20pm

Nominees:

Cat Power - The Greatest (2006)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 03/10/2014 @ 00:48am

1. Vendl - Congrats on "I'm Alright" & "Ghostbusters" making the grade. The Gopher & Slimer will be duking it out for supremacy when I have a quiet period today. I think Slimer may have the advantage, though, since they've been running Ghostbusters something fierce on every station in existence (makes you wonder why "Caddyshack" isn't getting the love?)

2. Darren -The Soviettes - "Middle of the Night" is a gem. Pity nobody picked up on it.

3. The Chart

Since I was here for 99% of said chart, I've a theory as to why it's so lopsided.

One of the reasons I ducked out here was that I felt the collective mid-set of the group was too closely following the standard rock logic, as passed down through the magazines, TV shows, etc. That logic says punk split the deal in half. The fact is, when you look at what was voted in, starting w/the 80's, as a whole we followed the logic that non-commercial, arty stuff was the only way to go, minus the obvious cases. Everybody also ran towards pop, & ran away from rock. I discussed this a couple times w/Vendl, who brought up a slew of commercial albums that probably should've been given a looksie.

When things turned rock in the 90's, we also ran from that, till 94, when the rock-pop split became more apparent. There's just as many good albums in 91-93 as there were in 94-95. Strangely enough, everyone felt nothing regarding the full-on commerciality of the 2000's. No one seemed to mind ignoring The Bangles in the 80's, while inducting Lady Gaga in the 2000's (in my case, substitute Missing Persons for the Bangles, but you get the picture). At the same time, everyone ran from rock again as well.

In doing so, I think some of us (I know I'm part of this) turned around and started to nominate more albums from the late 60's-early 70's. I think what the graph shows is an artificially created bubble effect from this. It was easier to mine the past that work at breaking the modern impasse. I think 1970 is a great rock yr., but I'm not so sure it's the best of all-time.

I don't know what you ladies & gents are going to do about this, but I'd recommend finding yourselves.

1. Are you going to make the 80's a commercial or underground decade?

2. Are you going to get over your aversion to 90's rock & acknowledge it WAS a rock decade?

3. How are you going to draw up the 2000's? Are you going to leave it as commercial pop, or incorporate underground-esque indie, or go full-on rock (over/under being the case here as well)?

I'll certainly be interested in seeing what comes out here (I'll do my watching mostly from the sidelines, as it were).

Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 03/10/2014 @ 06:45am

Interesting questions, Cheese. My feelings on them:

1. Are you going to make the 80's a commercial or underground decade?

I think we already have a long history of treating it as a strictly commercial decade. The few Alt/Underground artists that we have payed any attention are ones that had successful commercial crossover. It's no secret that it irritates me to no end that we slobber all over acts like Nirvana, Green Day and Nine Inch Nails, (and deservedly so) but absolutely refuse to acknowledge the large bulk of groundbreaking artists and landmark albums (and even entire genres) who paved the road for them in the late 70s and throughout the 80s due to lack of commercial stamp of approval.

2. Are you going to get over your aversion to 90's rock & acknowledge it WAS a rock decade?

I think that we agree here in a sense, but probably in very different ways. To me the most interesting and colorful and compelling part of the 90s being there at the time (and I know you were, too) was British rock and watching electronica really blowing up and hitting the stride that would make it such an enormous factor in this decade.

We've done a good job hitting the British acts that had commercial success in the US, but haven't touched a majority of the acts who may have had lesser success (but, still a solid presence) in the US, but had huge success in the UK and were integral parts of what was musically special about the 90s.

As far as 90s electronica, it was like pulling teeth, but we finally got some acknowledgement of a few key albums, but there are many more that we could be looking at.

3. How are you going to draw up the 2000's? Are you going to leave it as commercial pop, or incorporate underground-esque indie, or go full-on rock (over/under being the case here as well)?

I'm interested to find out the answer to this one as well. Like I said yesterday I've been guilty of downplaying this particular decade as being an unimportant musical wasteland. I was wrong. The problem wasn't the music of the decade. The problem is that I wasn't paying attention to it. And those last two sentences bring us full circle back to the group's 80s problem.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 03/10/2014 @ 18:22pm

"In doing so, I think some of us (I know I'm part of this) turned around and started to nominate more albums from the late 60's-early 70's. I think what the graph shows is an artificially created bubble effect from this. It was easier to mine the past that work at breaking the modern impasse."

I completely agree with this. It got to the point where albums from this era seemed to be the only thing that one could have any success in nominating. It most definitely is a bubble much more than an indication that this period produced greater albums than any other.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 03/10/2014 @ 18:38pm

Cheesecrop,

I agree with some of what you say.

"One of the reasons I ducked out here was that I felt the collective mid-set of the group was too closely following the standard rock logic, as passed down through the magazines, TV shows, etc."

Of the many collaborative websites I have seen I would say that this site, while I have been present (Which only covers that 1% you haven't been), seems to not have much of a collective mindset. I don't even know if there is a true Rock logic that passes through most mainstream outlets. However I can understand where the mainstream dictates great works.

"1. Are you going to make the 80's a commercial or underground decade?"

I see no reason why it can't have shades of both. Each have their issues. Mainstream music, from the 80s specifically, must have retained some of it's luster to still be relevant. So while artists like The Bangles have memorable songs, the albums they are from aren't considered true classics (The time hasn't passed for that yet) nor are they essential buys. Underground music, or at least slightly underground (The true underground albums aren't ever considered for projects like these because not everyone has heard of some great band out of Boston in 1984 that only released albums in a small market) has to impact the mainstream either immediately or eventually. That may be through watered down reductive artists that come along, or from other notable artists pointing to them as the inspiration for their own acknowledged great works. That isn't anything new.

I think we lack severely in the 1980s (the 1990s and 1950s are worse off). The problem is both mainstream albums by artists who haven't had a lengthy career are ignored, and underground/alternative artists are passed over for the acts that still resonate in the popular culture mindset for their influence (The Pixies are remembered for that, Talk Talk as an example are not.)

"Are you going to get over your aversion to 90's rock & acknowledge it WAS a rock decade?"

I think that there is an aversion to the 90's here. Yet to call a decade defined by anything musically is dangerous ground. Especially using that always indefinable word of Rock. I look at this project as an all inclusive musical project, which surpasses those genre boundaries. The 1990s were far from ever having a juggernaut style to define them. Whole styles rose and fell. From the Dance that dominated the beginning years, to the Grunge scene, to the Alternative and Brit acts that made waves, to the Pop Divas holding court, the reemergence of Country in a pop form, and the explosion of Rap. The 1990s were a mess, and fantastic because of that. I think most posters here just don't know what to pick, I doubt there is an actual aversion to a style.

"3. How are you going to draw up the 2000's? Are you going to leave it as commercial pop, or incorporate underground-esque indie, or go full-on rock (over/under being the case here as well)?"

We have an Indie vote going on right now. Which specifically is dealing with that concept.

I personally don't feel that dealing with the last 10 years of albums is a good idea. It makes the project presumptive. If in 30 years someone was redoing this project many of the albums inducted would have no shot, or would be considered minor notes musically. We are just now really able to look at the 1990s and realize what was happening there. Still we can't bypass or marginalize the great albums that have come out in the past 14 years, so I understand why we include them.

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 03/10/2014 @ 20:11pm

My nominations:

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (2005)

For Your Consideration (2007-2013)(*** = preferred by artist, if multiple albums listed):

Beach House - Teen Dream (2010)
Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe (2013)
Cults - Cults (2011)
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs (2008)***
Death Cab For Cutie - Codes And Keys (2011)
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)***
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks (2010)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Purity Ring - Shrines (2012)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)***
Sleigh Bells - Reign Of Terror (2012)
Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals (2013)
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009)
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love (2009)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)***
The National - Boxer (2007)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)***

The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (2007)
The Shins - Port Of Morrow (2012) - No preference

TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light (2011)
Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/10/2014 @ 22:37pm

"No one seemed to mind ignoring The Bangles in the 80's, while inducting Lady Gaga in the 2000's (in my case, substitute Missing Persons for the Bangles, but you get the picture). At the same time, everyone ran from rock again as well."

This is, perhaps, because we have 30 years of perspective to know that the Bangles didn't end up meaning much of anything whereas the voters that literally went Gaga voted in the heat of the moment with only the assumption of future value. Maybe they're right, maybe they're wrong, it's impossible to say at the moment.

"1. Are you going to make the 80's a commercial or underground decade?"

I'm going to need some definitions of what you consider "commercial" and "underground". What bands / albums / songs / genres fit each description?

"2. Are you going to get over your aversion to 90's rock & acknowledge it WAS a rock decade?"

Given the large number of songs and albums inducted by 90s artist that I consider to be rock or alternative rock (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails, REM, U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc.), I honestly have no idea what you're talking about with this question. We have an aversion to 90's rock? What are we missing out on?

Proposing a problem without also proposing a solution is not all that helpful.

"3. How are you going to draw up the 2000's? Are you going to leave it as commercial pop, or incorporate underground-esque indie, or go full-on rock (over/under being the case here as well)?"

I think indie rock / pop is one of the defining sounds of the 2000's (obviously...), so I'm obviously down with a lot of those albums / songs, but the problem is obscurity. 30 years from now, when we've forgotten all but the best of the pop artists, I think this is the music that we'll pretend that we were listening to at the start of the century, just like we pretend that we listened to "Gimmie Shelter" in the late-60s instead of "Sugar, Sugar".

What is "full-on rock"? Lists, man, give me lists! lol

Also, you can't change anything if you don't participate, so please do.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/10/2014 @ 23:07pm

"For Your Consideration (2007-2013)(*** = preferred by artist, if multiple albums listed):

Cults - Cults (2011)
The National - Boxer (2007)"

I'm most likely to nominate one of these two along with a St. Vincent album. Not sure which St. Vincent yet, I think all three of her eligible albums are strong enough to merit induction. IMO she's one of the most broadly talented and interesting musicians to emerge over the past decade (as a singer/songwriter and guitarist).

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 03/10/2014 @ 23:21pm

I'll go with:

Ash - Meltdown (2004)
Stereolab - Sound-Dust (2001)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 03/10/2014 @ 23:52pm

Nominations are now closed.

The following albums have been nominated and are up for review / protest:

Ash - Meltdown (2004)
Blur - Think Tank (2003)
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People
Cat Power - The Greatest (2006)
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (2005)
Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine (2004)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)
Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle (2002)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
Neko Case - Blacklisted (2002)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)
She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge (2006)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (2005)
Stereolab - Sound-Dust (2001)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Killers - Sam's Town (2006)
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
The Soviettes - LP III (2005)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)

If you feel that any of these albums are not appropriate nominees for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

The review period will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/11/2014 @ 01:23am

Maybe not an official protest yet, but does anyone else think Radiohead doesn't fit? Maybe at the beginning of their career, but by 2003 were they really indie?

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 03/11/2014 @ 14:44pm

jtrichey - It's a tough call and I could see it going either way, but I don't know if I could call them mainstream. I probably won't veto it, but I don't know if I'll vote for it either, as I tend to favor more overlooked artists in the genre votes, as they might not have a chance in the main Album Project.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/11/2014 @ 15:44pm

There weren't any songs removed via protest.

Here are the nominees:

Ash - Meltdown (2004)
Blur - Think Tank (2003)
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People
Cat Power - The Greatest (2006)
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (2005)
Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine (2004)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)
Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle (2002)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
Neko Case - Blacklisted (2002)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)
She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge (2006)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (2005)
Stereolab - Sound-Dust (2001)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Killers - Sam's Town (2006)
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
The Soviettes - LP III (2005)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)

Each voter can vote for 6 albums. The same rules apply to this vote as to the monthly Album Project.

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/12/2014 @ 01:14am

My Votes:

Ash- Meltdown (2004)
Franz Ferdinand- You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)
She Wants Revenge- She Wants Revenge (2006)
Spoon- Gimme Fiction (2005)
Stereolab- Sound-Dust (2001)
The Killers- Sam's Town (2006)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/12/2014 @ 01:22am

Blur - Think Tank (2003)
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)
Neko Case - Blacklisted (2002)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)
The Killers - Sam's Town (2006)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 03/12/2014 @ 02:24am

For a limited genre time span, I found this actually quite difficult to narrow down. I will use a vote switch to get an album into the tiebreaker if for no other reason to give it a shot in April's general ballot.

My ballot:

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
Cat Power - The Greatest (2006)
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (2005)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 03/12/2014 @ 02:43am

2000-2006 Album Votes:

Blur - Think Tank (2003)
Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine (2004)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (2005)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Soviettes - LP III (2005)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 03/12/2014 @ 20:15pm

Spoon - Gimme Fiction (2005)
Neko Case - Blacklisted (2002)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)

Really tough. There are five or six albums that I'm keeping an eye on for a possible vote switch. There are also a few great albums here that I would easily support in the main Album Project, but they're a bit bigger than what I'm looking for in this round.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 03/12/2014 @ 21:15pm

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (2005)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
The Killers - Sam's Town (2006)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 03/12/2014 @ 22:14pm

Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (2005)
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (2005)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Killers - Sam's Town (2006)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 03/13/2014 @ 13:57pm

My Votes:

Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Cat Power - The Greatest
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
Doves - Lost Souls

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/14/2014 @ 01:11am

My ballot:

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (2005)
Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle (2002)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (2005)
The Killers - Sam's Town (2006)
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 03/14/2014 @ 10:57am

I honestly completely forgot about this vote. My ballot:

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (2005)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (2005)
The Killers - Sam's Town (2006)
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)

On a side note, I would highly support Bleed American in the regular album project or an Emo genre vote. It was one of the first CD's I bought when I was a teenager, so it holds a fair bit of significance on a personal level for me. That said, I have never thought of Jimmy Eat World as an indie rock band, so I can't support it here.

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 03/14/2014 @ 23:27pm

Voting update through BSLO's ballot

Spoon - Gimme Fiction (2005)-7
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)-6
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (2005)-6
The Killers - Sam's Town (2006)-6
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Doves - Lost Souls (2000)-4
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)-4
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Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)-3
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)-3
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)-3

Blur - Think Tank (2003)-2
Cat Power - The Greatest (2006)-2
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)-2
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World-2

Ash - Meltdown (2004)-1
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People-1
Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine (2004)-1
Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle (2002)-1
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)-1
She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge (2006)-1
Stereolab - Sound-Dust (2001)-1
The Soviettes - LP III (2005)-1

Neko Case - Blacklisted (2002)-0

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 03/15/2014 @ 11:19am

Neko Case - Blacklisted has two votes (me and John R.C.). Everything else matches up with what I have.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03/15/2014 @ 18:46pm

My count also matches Tom H.'s with Blacklisted at 2 votes, as DarinRG said.

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central tonight.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/16/2014 @ 20:04pm

My Indie Rock ballot for 2000 - 2006 albums is as follows:

PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Blur - Think Tank (2003)
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (2005)
The Killer's - Sam's Town (2006)

Hoping I have not thrown away some votes,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 03/16/2014 @ 20:36pm

I'll move my Broken Social Scene vote to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 00:40am

Ash - Meltdown (2004)
Blur - Think Tank (2003)
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
Cat Power - The Greatest (2006)
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (2005)
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 00:53am

Voting is now closed.

Here is the class of the March Indie Rock / Pop 2000-2006 Album Genre:

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (2005)
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (2005)
The Killers - Sam's Town (2006)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 01:00am

Nominations are now open for the Indie Rock / Indie Pop 2007-2013 Genre vote.

Each voter can nominate 2 albums from this genre and time period.

Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 18th. There will then be one day of review, followed by five days of voting.

If an album is nominated that you think is an inappropriate fit for this genre, please file a protest. Any album that receives 3 protests by voters who have participated in one these projects before will be disqualified from this vote.

Since this vote covers a specific time period, please include the release year for the albums that you nominate.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 01:02am

For Your Consideration (2007-2013)(*** = preferred by artist, if multiple albums listed):

Beach House - Teen Dream (2010)
Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe (2013)
Cults - Cults (2011)
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs (2008)***
Death Cab For Cutie - Codes And Keys (2011)
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)***
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks (2010)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Purity Ring - Shrines (2012)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)***
Sleigh Bells - Reign Of Terror (2012)
Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals (2013)
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009)
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love (2009)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)***
The National - Boxer (2007)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)***

The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (2007)
The Shins - Port Of Morrow (2012) - No preference

TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light (2011)
Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 01:03am

Nominees:

Feist- The Reminder (2007)
Animal Collective- Centipede HZ (2012)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 01:12am

Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 01:16am

smh

I'll go with:

The National - Boxer (2007)
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 01:32am

Ack, I was a little too late for the first vote.

Well, I'll make a couple nominations:

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Fitz and The Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 01:49am

The xx - xx
The Antlers - Hospice

Hasn't Trouble Will Find me been inducted?

Posted by GFW on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 14:13pm

GFW - "Hasn't Trouble Will Find me been inducted?"

No, it hasn't been inducted yet. It has been close the last few months, but fell a few votes short.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 16:35pm

Huh, coulda sworn it got in this month.

Swap out Hospice for TWFM then please.

Posted by GFW on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 17:49pm

My nominations for indie pop and indie rock since 2007 albums are as follows.

Belle And Sebastian - Belle And Sebastian Write About Love (2010)
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)

This was a little easier than I had imagined,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 19:28pm

"Swap out Hospice for TWFM then please."

I'm going to retract my nomination of The National - Boxer. This new trend around here of having bands compete with themselves on the ballot is ridiculous.

I'll choose a new nominee (from an act that isn't already nominated) later today.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 20:12pm

My nominations:

The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 20:40pm

Okay, I messaged GFW on FB and let him off the hook. "Trouble Will Find Me" is actually the better album than "Boxer" and will get my vote.

I had been torn between "Boxer" and one other highly acclaimed album:

Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)

So, I'll go this route and I think that the two better albums are on the ballot now (though I do love "Boxer" and will probably revisit it in the future).

From Wikipedia:

"Wounded Rhymes was lauded by music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83, based on 34 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[20] Lou Thomas of BBC Music referred to it as "another outstanding album, slightly better and definitely bigger than Youth Novels. Although there is a level of subtlety at work here far more sophisticated than most mainstream releases, the sound's sheer size is almost overwhelming."[31] Corey Beasley of PopMatters described it as "a dark record, borne of lost love and youthful frustrations, more suited in tone to the frozen lake country than the haze of sunny SoCal. It means this is a seriously heavy and seriously excellent album."[27] K. Ross Hoffman of Allmusic wrote that Li "hasn't entirely let go of her girlish sweetness, and she certainly hasn't lost her way with a melodic hook, but she's largely outgrown the more cloyingly precious, occasionally clumsy tendencies that sometimes plagued her debut, and her singing voice, while still appealingly personable and distinctive, has gotten considerably more forceful", while praising the album as "an inspired, rugged, smart, emotive, coolly modern piece of indie pop, and an improvement on Lykke Li's debut in just about every respect."[21]"

Several more paragraphs outlining the album's acclaim:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Rhymes

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 20:53pm

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 22:13pm

noms:

Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 03/17/2014 @ 23:40pm

Ryan - John R.C. has already nominated "Contra". You have one more nomination available.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 00:48am

DarinRG / GFW - While I do prefer "Trouble Will Find Me", I also think "The Boxer" is a good candidate for future votes. That being said, I'm glad that "Trouble Will Find Me" is the nominee for this vote because I think it has a better chance of being voted in.

It's come close to induction the past few months, so it has "known support", something that "The Boxer" doesn't necessarily have. It definitely has "potential support" due to both the popularity of the band and the band's reputation as album artists rather than single artists, meaning they have a much better chance of receiving recognition in this project vs. the Song Project.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 00:55am

Darren - I completely agree with you. Admittedly, it irritated me at first, but thinking on it for a few minutes made me realize that this is the best scenario. (I'll support Boxer at any point in the future.)

I've been wanting to nominate a Lykke Li album for a while anyway, so it's all good.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 01:03am

Quick question about our monthly nomination process. Is it time to drop special nomination consideration for 2013 albums and change that to 2014 albums? In my opinion, 2013 albums should now be nominated business as usual and 2014 releases should now receive special consideration.

Just a thought....

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 09:02am

We're only a third of the way into the year, I feel it's too soon to start inducting 2014 albums.

Also yeah, reason I nom'd TWFM is it's gotten pretty close already in the regular vote, so it makes sense that in a more genre specific one it'd get in.

Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 10:11am

Mike - We will have 2013-specific nominations as an option until the end of 2014. 2014-specific nominations will not be available until January 2015. This is how we'll do the nominations in future years as well unless we change the rules.

We can discuss 2014 albums now (I'm really enjoying Beck and Broken Bells, for example), but they aren't eligible for the Album or Song Projects until January 2015.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 10:29am

Of Monsters and Men- My Head Is An Animal (2011)
Bastille- Bad Blood (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 10:55am

Yeah, I really like the fact that we wait until the year after before new albums and songs are eligbile. Allows us a better change to observe what albums/songs are truely worthy.

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 11:37am

I agree with everybody on 2014, but Mike's comment brings up an interesting point. Because we are using the year as a strict cutoff, there is technically a situation where an album could come out at the end of December, and becomes eligible within a month. This is technically less time than if we were to consider a January 2014 album in the March voting.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 15:08pm

BSLO - The only way around that would be to have albums eligible exactly one year (to the month at least) after they were released.

I wouldn't be opposed to doing that (starting in 2015), but we would need some sort of compiled master list of album release dates that everyone understood and agreed upon (and songs would be even more difficult as singles are often released before the albums that they're on). With that list, we could print a "newly eligible" guide each month.

What does everyone think about this possibility and if you're for it, will you be willing to help put the list(s) together?

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 16:37pm

Also, going with that previously stated idea would be that there would also be a "last month eligible" guide for each month, listing the albums that have been "one year eligible" for 11 previous months and will no longer be "one year eligible" the next month.

I think these are good ideas, but they are also complicated and would require extra work, so take the ideas with a grain of salt as you're evaluating them. They would solve the issue of voting for albums / songs that were less than a year old, though.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 17:11pm

My nominations:

Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 17:47pm

My Nominations:

fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Imagine Dragon - Night Visions (2012)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 17:48pm

I did notice that Wikipedia breaks its "Albums of 2013" page down by month of release. Anyone know of a site that does this for singles?

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 18:50pm

Sorry about that here is my other nomination
The Knife- Silent Shout 2006

Posted by Ryan on Tuesday, 03/18/2014 @ 23:07pm

Ryan - This vote is for albums released between 2007 and 2013, so "Silent Shout" isn't qualified because it was released in 2006.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/19/2014 @ 00:21am

Nominations are now closed.

The following albums are up for review for this genre:

Animal Collective - Centipede HZ (2012)
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Belle And Sebastian - Belle And Sebastian Write About Love (2010)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Feist - The Reminder (2007)
Fitz and The Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010)
fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Imagine Dragon - Night Visions (2012)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal (2011)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
The xx - xx
Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)

If you feel that any of these albums don't belong in the Indie Rock / Indie Pop 2007-2013 genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end and voting will start at 11:55 PM Central on Wednesday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/19/2014 @ 01:03am

So, when in 2013 did we begin allowing nominations for 2013 albums? For the sake of consistency, I think we should follow the same rule in 2014 for 2014 albums. That's basically what I was getting at.

As always, I appreciate the discussion.

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 03/19/2014 @ 09:24am

We started allowing the nominations of 2013 albums on 1/1/2014. Following the same rule, nominations of 2014 albums would be accepted on 1/1/2015.

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 03/19/2014 @ 10:39am

There weren't any protests.

Voting is now open.

Here are the nominees:

Animal Collective - Centipede HZ (2012)
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Belle And Sebastian - Belle And Sebastian Write About Love (2010)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Feist - The Reminder (2007)
Fitz and The Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010)
fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Imagine Dragon - Night Visions (2012)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal (2011)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
The xx - xx
Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)

Each voter can vote for 6 nominated albums. The same rules as the monthly Album Project apply to this vote.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/20/2014 @ 02:13am

A lot of really strong albums by female or female fronted acts this round. They almost got my whole ballot. Wish I'd had room for Sleigh Bells, too.

Feist - The Reminder (2007)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 03/20/2014 @ 04:13am

Animal Collective - Centipede HZ (2012)
Belle And Sebastian - Belle And Sebastian Write About Love (2010)
Feist - The Reminder (2007)
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)
Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 03/20/2014 @ 09:55am

My ballot is:

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Fitz and The Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010)
fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 03/20/2014 @ 10:05am

My ballot:

Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
The xx - xx (2009)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 03/20/2014 @ 10:24am

Feist - The Reminder (2007)
fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
The xx - xx
Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 03/20/2014 @ 20:15pm

Animal Collective - Centipede HZ (2012)
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 03/20/2014 @ 21:14pm

Darren - Sorry, I kind of opened a can of worms then didn't come on for a couple days. I think having a whole year to make an album eligible is ideal, but I agree that it isn't very practical given the time involved to moderate.

I am fine sticking with the current system. Seems to be working fine, and since year-end lists come out around New Year's, it isn't like the significance of these late-in-the-year released songs isn't taken into account by critics.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 03/20/2014 @ 21:24pm

BSLO - No problem. You probably voted for 5 of the albums I'm going to vote for, so even if I was upset (I wasn't lol), I wouldn't be anymore. lol

If anything, I'd be more concerned with people impulse-voting for songs and albums that are popular in January, despite only being on the radio for a few months. This is fine if the song is "iconic" and it seems like the kind of song that would have been voted in eventually anyway ("Somebody That I Used To Know" springs to mind), but we've had close calls with some songs that I think we would have regretted if they had been inducted on a tidal wave of short-term popularity ("Gangam Style" and one of the songs by LMFAO spring to mind and I was concerned about "Thrift Shop", but it ended up deserving it's place imo).

I think that we have done (and will continue doing) a solid job of picking the right songs from the previous year, but we should definitely wait until the full year is complete before we start evaluating the best music from said year. We're only 10 weeks into 2014 and the music industry tends to release it's best albums in the summer and towards the end of the year, so evaluating songs and albums this early on would be premature. What sounds like the best right now might not still seem like the best when the full slate of this year's releases is available for consideration.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/20/2014 @ 23:56pm

Darren,

I totally agree with you about why we should not change when albums and songs become eligible. I believe it works well with the way it is now.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 03/21/2014 @ 00:11am

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal (2011)
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 03/21/2014 @ 00:21am

Animal Collective- Centipede Hz (2012)
Feist- The Reminder (2007)
Modest Mouse- We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007)
Capital Cities- In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Rilo Kiley- Under the Blacklight (2007)
The National- Trouble Will Find Me (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/21/2014 @ 01:40am

Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Imagine Dragon - Night Visions (2012)
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal (2011)
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/21/2014 @ 12:44pm

Voting Update:

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)-5

Feist - The Reminder (2007)-4
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)-4
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)-4
Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)-4
--------------------------------------------------
Animal Collective - Centipede HZ (2012)-3
fun. - Some Nights (2012)-3
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)-3
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)-3

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)-2
Imagine Dragon - Night Visions (2012)-2
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)-2
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal (2011)-2
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)-2
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)-2
The xx – xx-2

Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)-1
Belle And Sebastian - Belle And Sebastian Write About Love (2010)-1
Fitz and The Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010)-1
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)-1
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)-1
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)-1
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 03/22/2014 @ 19:28pm

My votes:

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Feist - The Reminder (2007)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)

I would probably eventually support all of the nominated albums. lol My top vote switches would be St. Vincent, Decemberists and Japandroids.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/22/2014 @ 21:00pm

My Indie Pop and Indie Rock from 2007-2013 ballot is as follows.

Belle And Sebastian - Belle And Sebastian Write About Love (2010)
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Feist - The Reminder (2007)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Backlight (2007)
Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)

Not entirely an easy task in choosing this ballot,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Saturday, 03/22/2014 @ 21:47pm

Voting is now closed.

Here is the inducted class for the Indie Rock / Indie Pop 2007-2013 Genre:

Feist - The Reminder (2007)
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007)
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight (2007)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/25/2014 @ 00:57am

Sorry I missed the vote. I had an unexpectedly busy day. :( My choices would have been:

Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal (2011)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 03/25/2014 @ 01:40am

Very good class in the second round. I wasn't high on the first round class, with the thought that three of the inductees got in more on name value than actually having recorded amongst the top five albums on the ballot. A rare misfire for the Album Project, but round two was a very nice rebound and true to the specified genre.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 03/26/2014 @ 08:28am

I still think SWV should have an album inducted into the project. SWV is one of the biggest R&B girl groups of all time and ruled the early 90's.
I'll nominate "It's About Time" again if there is any support.

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 03/26/2014 @ 10:01am

DarinRG - I get where you're coming from on The Killers and Franz Ferdinand, but I assume you're also saying the Death Cab For Cutie got in on reputation and if that's the case, I'd point out that they had one song and zero albums inducted into these projects before this vote. Also, I think that their style of music fits perfectly into the description of the indie pop genre.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/26/2014 @ 10:13am

Darren - You make a fair point about Death Cab. I was probably being a little harsh.

Mike - I really couldn't make a case against SWV - It's About Time. Not my cup of tea, but that shouldn't really matter. I'm not going to make any promises to anyone about my ballot this round until I see all of the nominees (I have a bad habit of making more promises than I can actually fulfill sometimes), but I'll definitely give SWV strong consideration.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/28/2014 @ 19:26pm

Ugh, I'm disappointed I missed the genre votes for this month. Just was insanely busy. I was looking forward to this one as well.

Oh well, I'm back for next month's cycle!

Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 03/28/2014 @ 19:43pm

Nominations for next month open at midnight. Every voter can nominate one album from 2013 and one album from 2013 or prior to 2013. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

Each voter will be allowed to vote for 6 albums. There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11:55 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the genre selection vote last month:

70's Singer-Songwriters
80s New Wave/Pop
90s British Rock/Pop
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Metal
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd. The specifics on the selection vote will be determined based on the number of nominees.

Art Rock / Progressive Rock is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

Country Rock / Alt-Country is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000 is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 3 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 3 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 11:55 on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 00:00am

Nominations:

Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 01:05am

Genre:

Modern Electronica (1990-2013)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 01:09am

Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 02:15am

I'm afraid this might not be accepted due this being part of the rules but here goes, my genre nomination:

Compilation albums after 1965

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 02:26am

I'll pair a couple of my genre ballot nominees off in this one:

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 02:32am

My nominations:

Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 08:47am

Nominations:

Robyn - Body Talk

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 09:49am

Nominations:

Weather Report- Heavy Weather (1977)
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 09:52am

Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis!

Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 16:34pm

Bjork - Vespertine
Arctic Monkeys - AM

Posted by rockstar23 on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 18:35pm

My Apri 2014 Album Nominations: 

Paul McCartney, New (2013) 
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 18:49pm

My April 2014 Genre Nomination:

Novelty/Parody

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 18:50pm

After the conversation about the chart showing how well or poorly certain years and decades have been represented in the Album Project, I'm going to backtrack this month to two highly acclaimed albums that are still considered landmarks of the early 80s.

Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe (1980)
Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca (1981)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 20:21pm

My two pronged nomination process for the Album Project this month is now up and ready. First, the album nominations; one from the past, and one from last year.

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)

Indeed, these two albums are the same albums I nominated last month. I may in all likelihood continue to nominate these albums until at least one of them gets inducted. They are quite good albums; perhaps the high watermarks for these artists. Now, onto the genre I have picked to be nominated for a special election.

Modern Classical

Again, this is a genre I nominated last month. I may likely continue to nominate Modern Classical until it gets considered.

Please do consider these nominations,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 21:35pm

Lax - I actually familiarized myself with Rock Bottom during the last voting period. It's very much on my radar. If I don't get to it this round (and I very well might, but like I told Mike, I can't make any promises until I see the full ballot), it will get my support soon.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 21:57pm

nom:

Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 23:30pm

DarinRG - You can only nominate two albums if one of them is from 2013. Please clarify your nominations. If I don't hear from you before the deadline, I'll count the first nominee (Swell Maps) as your nomination.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 23:47pm

Yeah, that was a major brain fart. I'll replace Cab Volt with:

Julia Holter - Loud City Song (2013)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 04/2/2014 @ 00:24am

Actually, strike that:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe (1980)

I'll go with those two and revisit the Cabaret Voltaire and Julia Holter albums at a later time.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 04/2/2014 @ 00:28am

Throwing Muses- Throwing Muses (1986)

Genre Nomination- 80's College Rock

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 04/2/2014 @ 21:36pm

The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/2/2014 @ 22:17pm

Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 04/2/2014 @ 23:27pm

Edgar Winter Group- They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Posted by PopeCharming on Wednesday, 04/2/2014 @ 23:34pm

GFW- The Electric Lady was inducted last month.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/3/2014 @ 00:36am

My nomination for April 2014/2039 induction into The Album Project...

Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 04/3/2014 @ 01:34am

Was it? Alright then, replace that with a nom for Paramore - Paramore.

Posted by GFW on Thursday, 04/3/2014 @ 13:21pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominees:

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Bjork - Vespertine
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis!
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
Robyn - Body Talk
Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe (1980)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses (1986)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985)

Each voter can vote for 6 albums. Each voter is allowed to switch one vote after their initial ballot is cast.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/4/2014 @ 08:20am

Genre nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominees:

70's Singer-Songwriters
80's College Rock
80s New Wave/Pop
90s British Rock/Pop
Compilation albums after 1965
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Metal
Modern Classical
Modern Electronica (1990-2013)
Novelty/Parody
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Each voter can vote for 5 genres.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 68th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/4/2014 @ 08:22am

Don't everyone vote at once.

Genre vote

70's Singer-Songwriters
Compilation albums after 1965
Jazz
Metal
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Album vote coming soon

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 04/4/2014 @ 12:46pm

My Ballot:

Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009)
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 04/4/2014 @ 14:12pm

Bjork - Vespertine
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

Disclosure, Curtis Mayfield, Peter Gabriel, Swell Maps, Robyn, Throwing Muses and Gorillaz were all tough omissions for me. All of them have my attention.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 04/4/2014 @ 19:03pm

80's College Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Jazz
Modern Classical
Punk

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 04/4/2014 @ 19:07pm

Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 04/4/2014 @ 22:30pm

Arctic Monkeys - AM
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Robyn - Body Talk
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 04/4/2014 @ 23:05pm

Robyn- Body Talk (2010)
Weather Report- Heavy Weather (1977)
Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Whitney Houston- Whitney Houston (1985)
Peter Gabriel- Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/5/2014 @ 00:15am

Genres:

Jazz
Modern Electronica (1990-2013)
90's British Rock/Pop
70's Singer-Songwriters
Metal

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/5/2014 @ 00:33am

Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Whitney Houston- Whitney Houston (1985)

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 04/5/2014 @ 01:34am

Genre Vote:

70's Singer-Songwriters
80s New Wave/Pop
Compilation albums after 1965
Hip Hop/Rap
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 04/5/2014 @ 01:36am

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis!
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985)

70's Singer-Songwriters
80s New Wave/Pop
Hip Hop/Rap
Metal
Punk

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 04/5/2014 @ 10:42am

My April 2014 Genre Ballot:

80s New Wave/Pop
90s British Rock/Pop
Novelty/Parody
Modern Classical
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 04/5/2014 @ 17:37pm

My April 2014 Album Ballot:

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Paul McCartney - New (2013) 
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)
 Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) 

Just Missed:

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
The Edgar Winter Group- They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985)

Some of the nominations that I would vote for in the future:

Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Paramore-Paramore (2013)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 04/5/2014 @ 18:25pm

This ballot was so hard I actually had to pass on giving Capital Cities a vote. I'd pretty much go for anything on the ballot in the future, but for now:

Bjork - Vespertine
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

80's College Rock
80s New Wave/Pop
Modern Electronica (1990-2013)
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 04/5/2014 @ 21:30pm

Here are my Album Project ballots for this month. First, here are the six albums that are on my ballot for this month. These include both of my nominated albums.

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Sir Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel I (Car) (1977)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)

Now, onto my genre nominations ballot. This includes what I had nominated.

Modern Classical
80s College Rock
80s New Wave/Pop
70s Singer-Songwriters
Compilation Albums after 1965

Pleased to see a continuing range of support,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 04/6/2014 @ 19:52pm

My genres:

70's Singer-Songwriters
80s New Wave/Pop
Hip Hop/Rap
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/7/2014 @ 01:25am

Voting for the album genre this month is now closed.

Here are the results:

70's Singer-Songwriters - 6
80s New Wave / Pop - 6
______________________________________

These genres will be automatically nominated next month:

TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums - 5

Punk - 4

80's College Rock - 3
90s British Rock / Pop - 3
Compilation albums after 1965 - 3
Hip Hop / Rap - 3
Jazz - 3
Metal - 3
Modern Classical - 3
_____________________________

Modern Electronica (1990-2013) - 2

Novelty / Parody - 1

We will have a tiebreaker vote to determine which will be the genre for April. Anyone who voted in this month's genre selection vote can vote for their choice between "70's Singer-Songwriters" and "80s New Wave/Pop". The genre that gets more votes will be selected for April. The losing genre will be selected for May.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/7/2014 @ 01:38am

I pick "70's Singer-Songwriters" as the genre for this month.

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 04/7/2014 @ 02:18am

I'll pick 70's Singer-Songwriters for this month.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/7/2014 @ 03:25am

My ballot:

Bjork - Vespertine
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Robyn - Body Talk

Posted by Mike on Monday, 04/7/2014 @ 09:10am

Arctic Monkeys-AM
Bjork-Vespertine
Robyn - Body Talk
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
Paul McCartney - New
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 04/7/2014 @ 17:46pm

My votes:

Genesis - We Can't Dance
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Queens Of The Stone Age - Like Clockwork

Would support in the future:

Arctic Monkeys - AM
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Robyn - Body Talk
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009)
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/8/2014 @ 00:51am

My current vote count (after my vote):

Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013) - 7

Paul McCartney - New (2013) - 5
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977) - 5
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985) - 5
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 5
____________________________________

Bjork - Vespertine - 4
Robyn - Body Talk - 4
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013) - 4
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) - 4
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991) - 4
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) - 4

Arctic Monkeys - AM - 3
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013) - 3
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 3
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009) - 3
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998) - 3

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013) - 2
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013) - 2
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974) - 2

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013) - 1
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis! - 1
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 1
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001) - 1
Paramore - Paramore (2013) - 1
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009) - 1

Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe (1980) - 0
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 0
Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses (1986) - 0

Voting closes at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/8/2014 @ 00:53am

My ballot for April 2014/2039 induction into The Album Project...

The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 04/8/2014 @ 01:11am

Jennifer,

Did ya ever see my email info for Facebook purposes and could you please switch out a vote for We Can't Dance by Genesis?

8-)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 04/8/2014 @ 01:35am

If allowed, please switch my vote for Pink to a vote for Robyn.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 04/8/2014 @ 06:15am

Vote Change:

Switch out: The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009)

Give a vote for: Bjork - Vespertine

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 04/8/2014 @ 10:08am

I vote for 70's Singer-Songwriters.

Whichever genre we end up picking, do we want to split the genre into two votes or stay with one vote?

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/8/2014 @ 10:22am

I vote for 70's singer songwriters

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/8/2014 @ 10:54am

I'll move my Robert Wyatt vote to Queens of the Stone Age.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 04/8/2014 @ 11:08am

I vote for 70s Singers-Songwriters as the genre to be amongst the next special elections for the Album Project. We do not seem to have enough of these sorts of albums already included.

No need to split the genre vote though,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Tuesday, 04/8/2014 @ 20:49pm

We don't need to split either of the genres as they are decade specific.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/8/2014 @ 21:34pm

It looks we're likely going to do 70's Singer-Songwriters this month. All ask is to not get heavy handed with the most obvious artists. I would like to variety. Any singer-songwriter of any genre and I think it would be best to stick to solo artists of the genre.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/8/2014 @ 21:58pm

Although I voted for 80's before, I'll switch my vote for 70's Singer-Songwriters

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 00:54am

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted:

Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bjork - Vespertine
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Robyn - Body Talk
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

Any voter that participated in this month's album project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote, rank the 7 albums in order of preference. The top-ranked album will receive 7 points, the second-ranked album will receive 6 points, etc.

The 2 highest-scoring albums will be inducted this month. The other 5 albums will be automatically nominated for next month's Song Project vote.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 10th.

We've selected 70's Singer-Songwriters as this month's genre vote. 80s New Wave/Pop will be May's genre vote. So far there hasn't been any interest in splitting either genre into two votes. We'll use the two days of the tiebreaker to suggst which artists / albums should be considered in the 70's Singer-Songwriters genre. Nominations will begin after the conclusion of the Album Project tiebreaker.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 01:06am

Weather Report- Heavy Weather- 7
Robyn- Body Talk- 6
Bjork- Vespertine- 5
Queens of the Stone Age- ...Like Clockwork- 4
Pearl Jam- Lighting Bolt- 3
Paul McCartney- New- 2
Genesis- We Can't Dance-1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 01:30am

Darren,

I believe that Paul McCartney's New was tied at 6 Votes with Peter Gabriel and Whitney Houston's albums so it should be inducted too!

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 02:03am

My April 2014/2039 tiebreaker vote for The Album Project...

1. Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991) 7 points
2. Paul McCartney - New (2013) 6 points
3. Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) 5 points
4. Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) 4 points
5. Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) 3 points
6. Robyn - Body Talk (2010) 2 points
7. Björk - Vespertine (2001) 1 point

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 02:05am

According to the final vote totals, unless something was missed:

Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013) - 7

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977) - 6
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985) - 6
Paul McCartney - New (2013) - 6
____________________________________
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 5
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) - 5
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991) - 5
Robyn - Body Talk - 5
Bjork - Vespertine - 5
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) - 5
____________________________________

Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013) - 4

Arctic Monkeys - AM - 3
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013) - 3
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 3
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009) - 3
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998) - 3

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013) - 2
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013) - 2
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974) - 2

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013) - 1
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis! - 1
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 1
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001) - 1
Paramore - Paramore (2013) - 1
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009) - 1
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 1

Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe (1980) - 0
Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses (1986) - 0

...Jennifer's right. New should have been inducted straight away. Rick Vendl II's ballot rose Peter Gabriel, Whitney Houston, and Paul McCartney to 6.

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 02:28am

Sorry, I forgot to include switched-out votes:

Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 2
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974) - 1
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You (2009) - 0

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 02:30am

Albums for this genre should all or most songs must be written or co-written by the artist. Any singer-songwriter of any genre is eligible if they meet the criteria I just mentioned.

For you consideration:

Carole King- Music (1971)
Carole King- Fantasy (1972)
Carole King- Rhymes and Reasons (1972)
Jim Croce- Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972)
Jim Croce- I Got a Name (1973)
Rickie Lee Jones- Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Melanie- Stoneground Words (1972)
Melanie- Photograph (1976)
Cat Stevens- Catch Bull at Four (1972)
Cat Stevens- Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)
Cat Stevens- Mona Bone Jakon (1970)
Joan Baez- Gulf Winds (1976)
Janis Ian- Aftertones (1975)
Janis Ian- Between the Lines (1975)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)
Carly Simon- Hotcakes (1974)
Carly Simon- Boys in the Trees (1978)
Marvin Gaye- Here, My Dear (1978)
Bill Withers- Still Bill (1972)
Graham Parker- Squeezing Out Sparks (1978)
Laura Nyro- Smile (1975)
Kate Bush- Lionheart (1979)
Tom Waits- Closing Time (1973)
Randy Newman- 12 Songs (1970)
Randy Newman- Good Old Boys (1974)
Danny Kirwan- Second Chapter (1975)
Kenny Loggins- Nightwatch (1977)
Kenny Loggins- Keep the Fire (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 02:33am

Elton John wouldn't be eligible since Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics and Elton just wrote the music for Bernie's lyrics. Not all of Joan Baez's 70's albums be eligible since a lot of songs were covers the only one of her albums that I know that were all her original songs was Gulf Winds.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 03:02am

Tie breaker (if this is what we've settled on):

Bjork - Vespertine
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Robyn - Body Talk
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 06:05am

When I updated my vote count for Rick's vote, I added two votes for Peter Gabriel's album and didn't add a point for Paul McCartney's.

Paul McCartney - New (2013) has been inducted.

Here are the albums in the tiebreaker:

Bjork - Vespertine
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Robyn - Body Talk
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

Any tiebreaker ballots that have been cast already that include "New" will be counted with "New" removed from the ballot and the rest of the ballot moved up accordingly.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 08:18am

Tie-breaker:

6 Robyn - Body Talk
5 Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork
4 Bjork - Vespertine
3 Genesis - We Can't Dance
2 Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
1 Weather Report - Heavy Weather

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 08:29am

Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)6
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)5
Bjork - Vespertine 4
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)3
Robyn - Body Talk 2
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)1

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 09:45am

Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 6
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Bjork - Vespertine
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)
Robyn - Body Talk - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 10:28am

Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)-6
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)-5
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)-4
Bjork - Vespertine-3
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)-2
Robyn - Body Talk-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 15:09pm

Bjork - Vespertine - 6 pts.
Robyn - Body Talk
Queens of the Stone Age -...Like Clockwork
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Genesis - We Can't Dance - 1 pt.

Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 19:30pm

1. Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991) (6 points)
2. Bjork - Vespertine (5 points)
3. Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) (4 points)
4. Robyn - Body Talk (3 points)
5. Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) (2 points)
6. Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) (a point)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 22:25pm

Also for your consideration under The Album Project 70's singer-songwriter genre upcoming vote...

Judy Collins - Whales & Nightingales
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
Judy Collins - Judith (1975)
Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Jimmy Buffett - Son of a Son of a Sailer (1978)
Jimmy Buffett - Volcano (1979)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 23:16pm

^That first one should be from 1970.

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 23:17pm

Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Bjork - Vespertine
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)
Robyn - Body Talk

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 23:29pm

I think 70's singer-songwriters is a great genre choice. I can already see 10 or so albums that I would want to vote for, and there are quite a few snubs that stand out among the biggest current snubs from the 70's, period.

I really think Randy Newman stands out an someone who should get an album inducted, and I would also add Jackson Browne to the mix. Running On Empty, The Pretender and For Everyman were all solid, and are worthy of consideration. Late For the Sky is generally regarded as his best album, but it shouldn't be his only entry from the 70's.

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 04/9/2014 @ 23:48pm

1. Robyn - Body Talk
2. Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
3. Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
4. Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)
5. Bjork - Vespertine
6. Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 04/10/2014 @ 00:11am

How rigid are we going with "70s" singer-songwriter? I was planning to nominate a Laura Nyro album (either Eli and the Thirteenth Confession or New York Tendaberry) but they were released in '68 and '69 respectively.

Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 04/10/2014 @ 04:08am

Not sure how much it would get, but I want to try mixing it up a bit and was wondering if anything by Loudon Wainwright III would have support.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 04/10/2014 @ 06:14am

I'm not sure what the original nominator had in mind, but I would think that since they singled out "70's Singer-Songwriters" that it should be limited to albums released in the 70's. Most singer-songwriters have long careers and it would certainly look odd if most of the albums inducted in the genre weren't from the decade specified in the genre, but it's up to the original nominator and the voters to decide the rules for the genre vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/10/2014 @ 12:12pm

I want to just focus on the 70's albums anything prior or after don't qualify. The albums must contain all or most of their own songs written by them.

Rockstar23- If you're still interested in nominating a Laura Nyro album I recommend Smile and Nested and Christmas and The Beads of Sweat.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/10/2014 @ 12:41pm

My tiebreaker rankings for this election cycle are as follows.

1. Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991) - 6
2. Bjork - Vespertine (2010) - 5
3. Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 4
4. Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) - 3
5. Robyn - Body Talk (2009) - 2
6. Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) - 1

You can now see where my personal interests lie,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Thursday, 04/10/2014 @ 18:43pm

SotN - Loudon Wainwright III would have a very strong chance of getting my vote.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 04/10/2014 @ 19:50pm

Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) 6 
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991) 5 
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) 4 
Robyn - Body Talk (2009) 3 
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) 2
Bjork - Vespertine 1

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 04/10/2014 @ 19:52pm

Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) - 6
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991) - 5
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 4
Robyn - Body Talk - 3
Bjork - Vespertine - 2
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/10/2014 @ 22:00pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here is the class of April 2014:

Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks (2013)
Paul McCartney - New (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (I) (Car) (1977)
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013)
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985)

Here are the final tiebreaker vote results:

Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (2013) - 55
___________________________________

Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 54
Bjork - Vespertine - 51
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991) - 46
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) - 45
Robyn - Body Talk - 43

The albums that lost the tiebreaker will be automatically nominated in May.

I'm unfamiliar with Weather Report - Heavy Weather, so let me know if you feel it would be appropriate for automatic nomination in this month's genre vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 01:02am

Nominations are now open for the genre vote this month.

Our album genre vote this month is 70's Singer-Songwriters. Please limit your nominations to albums released between 1970 and 1979.

Each voter can nominate two albums for this vote. Since this vote is timeframe-specific, please include the year that the album was released with your nomination.

If you see a nominated album that you feel was inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest against that song's nomination. Any album that receives three nominations will be disqualified from this vote.

Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 12th. This will be followed by one day of review and five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 01:11am

No Weather Report Heavey Weather is Jazz fusion. It does not fit with the genre at all.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 01:17am

Darren - Weather Report would be best classified as Jazz Fusion. They don't fit this month's genre.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 01:18am

Cat Stevens- Catch Bull at Four (1972)
Jim Croce- I Got A Name (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 01:24am

Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 01:29am

For 70s Singer-Songwriters, I'll go with:

Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 01:31am

Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)

It would be cool to finally get something in by one of the high profile and influential French language artists like Gainsbourg or Jacques Brel.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 01:36am

Darren - Weather Report would be best classified as Jazz Fusion. They don't fit this month's genre.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 01:44am

On second I'm going to nominate Mona Bone Jakon (1970) instead of Catch Bull at Four.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 02:00am

On second I'm going to nominate Mona Bone Jakon (1970) instead of Catch Bull at Four.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 02:02am

My updated nominees:

Cat Stevens- Mona Bone Jakon (1970)
Jim Croce- I Got A Name (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 02:24am

Carly Simon No Secrets (1972)
Dolly Parton Jolene (1974)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 08:20am

Bill Withers- Still Bill (1972)
Paul Simon- Paul Simon (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 04/11/2014 @ 22:33pm

Joan Baez- Diamonds and Rust 1975
Kris Kristofferson – Kristofferson 1970

Posted by Ryan on Saturday, 04/12/2014 @ 07:22am

Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 04/12/2014 @ 13:27pm

Joe Walsh - But Seriously, Folks... (1978)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)

Posted by joker on Saturday, 04/12/2014 @ 14:52pm

So many great albums right now, I'll pass on a nomination.

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 04/12/2014 @ 16:16pm

My 70's singer-songwriter nominations for the April 2014/2039 genre vote...

Judy Collins - Whales & Nightingales (1970)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 04/12/2014 @ 16:17pm

My nominations for 70s Singer Songwriters this month in our special election cycle comes with quite a bit of choices that I had made. Fortunately, some of the albums are now nominated by fellow posters. None the less, here are the two albums I have nominated.

Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - Catch Bull At Four (1972)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973)

One is straightfoward, the other idiosyncratic,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Saturday, 04/12/2014 @ 18:50pm

nom:

John Stewart - Bombs Away Dream Babies (1979)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 04/13/2014 @ 00:29am

Nominations are now closed.

There will be one day of review so that users can lodge protests if necessary. If you there are any albums that you feel have been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any song that receives protests will be disqualified from this vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon (1970)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
Jim Croce - I Got A Name (1973)
Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust (1975)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Joe Walsh - But Seriously, Folks... (1978)
John Stewart - Bombs Away Dream Babies (1979)
Judy Collins - Whales & Nightingales (1970)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - Catch Bull At Four (1972)

Review will end and voting will start at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 13th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/13/2014 @ 01:01am

I'm going to lodge protests against these albums.

Judy Collins- Whales & Nightingales (1970)
Joan Baez- Diamonds & Rust (1975)

My reasoning for the protest is due to the fact these albums relies more on covers than original songs written by the artist. Whales & Nightingales only has 2 original songs and that out of 14 songs. Diamonds and Rust has only 4 original songs out of 11 songs. I feel that albums have to have all or most original songs to be considered singer-songwriter albums.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 04/13/2014 @ 01:10am

That's the way Judy Collins albums were, but she is still a highly regarded singer-songwriter!

Why didn't you lodge this protest when I'd said for your consideration, so I could nominate something else?!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 04/13/2014 @ 01:29am

I really want a Judy Collins album nominated, so IF this does receive 3 protests, I'll switch it out for True Stories and Other Dreams from 1973, which does have 5/9 songs written by her!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 04/13/2014 @ 01:36am

Rick- I have stated that a singer-songwriter album must have all or most original songs on two different times before you and Ryan posted nominees. I even pointed out the Joan Baez Diamonds and Rust as an example of an album that does have some original songs but relies more on covers. But it got nominated anyway. True Stories and Other Dreams would be a better fit for my definition.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 04/13/2014 @ 11:30am

Rick Vendl II - I don't know if your album will get three protests or not, but if it does receive 3 protests, you can't nominate a replacement album.

The reason we have a review day is so that people don't nominate albums 5 minutes before the deadline so that there's no chance for them to be protested. When nominations close (after 2 days), so do replacement nominations.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/13/2014 @ 15:25pm

I have to agree you need to write some songs to be a singer/songwriter. I also protest both the Judy Collins and Joan Baez albums.

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 04/13/2014 @ 23:48pm

No albums received three protests.

Here are the nominated albums:

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon (1970)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
Jim Croce - I Got A Name (1973)
Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust (1975)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Joe Walsh - But Seriously, Folks... (1978)
John Stewart - Bombs Away Dream Babies (1979)
Judy Collins - Whales & Nightingales (1970)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - Catch Bull At Four (1972)

Each voter can vote for 6 nominated albums (only full ballots will be counted). The same rules as the monthly album project vote apply to this vote.

Voting will close at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/14/2014 @ 02:02am

Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 04/14/2014 @ 10:06am

Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)

John Stewart, Paul Simon, Jim Croce, and Cat Stevens (either one) were hard cuts and would be the most likely vote switches.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 04/14/2014 @ 22:06pm

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
Jim Croce - I Got A Name (1973)
John Stewart - Bombs Away Dream Babies (1979)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 04/14/2014 @ 23:26pm

Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Jim Croce- I Got A Name (1973)
Joe Walsh - But Seriously, Folks... (1978)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 04/15/2014 @ 01:21am

Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 04/15/2014 @ 02:46am

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
Jim Croce - I Got A Name (1973)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/15/2014 @ 09:48am

My Ballot:

Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 04/15/2014 @ 12:01pm

Jim Croce- I Got a Name (1973)
Paul Simon- Simon (1972)
Rickie Lee Jones- Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)
Cat Stevens- Mona Bone Jakon (1970)
Todd Rundgren- A Wizard, A True Star (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/15/2014 @ 12:38pm

Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 04/16/2014 @ 00:23am

Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)
Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Jim Croce - I Got A Name (1973)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/17/2014 @ 00:45am

My current vote count:

Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977) - 6
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972) - 6
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973) - 6
__________________________________

Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978) - 5
Jim Croce - I Got A Name (1973) - 5
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979) - 5
__________________________________

Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970) - 4

Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972) - 3
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977) - 3
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979) - 3
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971) - 3

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972) - 2
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974) - 2

Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon (1970) - 1
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971) - 1
Joe Walsh - But Seriously, Folks... (1978) - 1
John Stewart - Bombs Away Dream Babies (1979) - 1
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) - 1
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978) - 1
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973) - 1

Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust (1975) - 0
Judy Collins - Whales & Nightingales (1970) - 0
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - Catch Bull At Four (1972) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/17/2014 @ 00:46am

Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)
Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Jim Croce - I Got A Name (1973)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)

Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 04/17/2014 @ 01:24am

my ballot may be a bit pedestrian, yet it is still a legitimate ballot. Here then is the 70s Singer-Songwriter ballot for this month's special election in the Album Project.

Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
Paul Simon - self titled 1972 album
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)
Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - Catch Bull At Four (1972)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973)

I promise to add more genders in the next election,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Thursday, 04/17/2014 @ 22:05pm

Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
Joe Walsh - But Seriously, Folks... (1978)

Honorable Mention:

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
John Stewart - Bombs Away Dream Babies (1979)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 04/19/2014 @ 00:41am

Voting is now closed.

Here is the class of the Genre Vote for April 2014:

Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
Jim Croce - I Got A Name (1973)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/19/2014 @ 00:55am

For next month's vote I'm considering putting aside Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown since it hasn't done well since I first nominated in January. Instead I've thinking about moving on to any of these albums.

The Monkees- Headquarters (1967)
The Monkees- Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd (1967)
N.E.R.D.- In Search of... (2001)
Lupe Fiasco- Food & Liquor (2006)
Hall & Oates- Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Danny Brown- XXX (2010)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)
Orbital- In Sides (1996)
Pantera- Far Beyond Driven (1994)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/22/2014 @ 19:14pm

I plan to nominate "Body Talk" by Robyn again since it was so close last month.

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 04/26/2014 @ 08:42am

I would absolutely throw a vote to "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd." A personal favorite of mine.

I'd also like to call everyone's attention to appalling lack of the "This Is Spinal Tap" soundtrack. I plan to nominate it.

Posted by Printthelegends on Sunday, 04/27/2014 @ 14:43pm

I'm going to plan on nominating one of The Monkees albums next month for sure. Not sure which to go with right now. The Monkees albums will be my focus until both get in. Then after that I'll go with Pantera and then go back to Green Day the Pantera album gets in.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/28/2014 @ 00:28am

Since people seem to be posting their song queues, which albums would you'll support in particular?

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 04/30/2014 @ 15:45pm

For Your Consideration,

The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Orbital- In Sides (1996)
Oribital- Snivilisation (1995)
Pantera- Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
The Monkees- Headquarters (1967)
The Monkees- Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd (1967)
N.E.R.D.- In Search of... (2001)
Lupe Fiasco- Food & Liquor (2006)
Hall & Oates- Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Hall & Oates- Voices (1980)
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Chic- Risque (1979)
The Cars- Candy-O (1979)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
The The- Soul Mining (1983)
The The- Mind Bomb (1989)
Roxy Music- Stranded (1973)
Roxy Music- Siren (1975)
The Waterboys- This Is The Sea (1985)
The Explorers Club- Grand Hotel (2012)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Buddy Guy- Rhythm & Blues (2013)
Animal Collective- Centipede Hz (2012)
Capital Cities- In a Tidel Wave of Mystery (2013)
Brian Wilson- Brian Wilson (1988)
Brian Wilson- That Luck Old Sun (2008)
Liz Phair- Whip-Smart (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04/30/2014 @ 23:04pm

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/30/2014 @ 23:34pm

My Nominations:

The Monkees- Headquarters (1967)

Disclosure- Settle (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 01:06am

My nomination for May 2014/2039 induction into The Album Project...

Randy Newman - Born Again (1979)

Genre

Novelty/Parody

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 01:15am

For this month, I'll go with:

Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 02:07am

Greg F,

My 5 favorite albums from your list are:

Capital Cities- In a Tidel Wave of Mystery (2013)
Hall & Oates- Voices (1980)
The Cars- Candy-O (1979)
The Monkees- Headquarters (1967)
The Monkees- Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd (1967)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 02:49am

This month, I'll nominate:

Tom Lehrer- An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)

Posted by [email protected] on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 03:47am

2013 was such a great year for music! I am having a tough time choosing my next 2013 album. I have it narrowed down to:

Bastille - Bad Blood
or
Fitz and the Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream

Does anyone have a preference?

Some of the many other Excellent 2013 Albums not yet nominated this month that I recommend include:

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Black Sabbath - 13
Blitzen Trapper - VII
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
Edie Brickell with Steve Martin - Love Has Come for You
Elton John - The Diving Board
Elvis Costello and The Roots - Wise Up Ghost
Eric Clapton - Old Sock
Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart
Gavin DeGraw - Make a Move
Grouplove - Spreading Rumors
Icona Pop - This is..Icona Pop
John Mayer - Paradise Valley
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
Katy Perry - Prism
Matt Nathanson - Last of the Great Pretenders
OneRepublic - Native
Paramore-Paramore
Passenger - All the Little Lights
Rod Stewart - Time
Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest
The Avett Brothers - Magpie and the Dandelion
The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars
Tired Pony - The Ghost of the Mountain

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 03:55am

Nomination:

Robyn - Body Talk

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 07:23am

Mike: Body Talk is already nominated due to losing last month's tiebreaker.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 08:49am

Ah, ok. Thanks SotN. In that case, I'll nominate:

Vanessa Daou - Slow to Burn

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 09:02am

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 15:26pm

Joanna Newsom - Ys
Paramore - Paramore

Posted by GFW on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 16:32pm

DJ Shadow- Endtroducing..... (1996)
Arctic Monkeys- AM (2013)

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 17:35pm

Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket (1995)
Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (2012)
Pharrell Williams - Happy (2013)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 19:53pm

My nomination is supposed to be in the Song Project page but here are album nomination:

Rush - Hempishperes (1978)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 20:03pm

Album nominations:

Slint - Spiderland (1991)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 22:29pm

nom:

R.E.M. - Green (1988)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 05/1/2014 @ 22:35pm

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/2/2014 @ 01:42am

The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1980)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 05/2/2014 @ 04:23am

Both my nominations from last month were automatically nominated because of the tie breaker. I will however throw an extra nomination into the fray that I tried for the genre vote last month:

Bill Withers: Still Bill(1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 05/2/2014 @ 10:22am

My nominations for our all-purpose Album Project election this month are as follows.

Sir Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - Numbers (1975)

My genre nomination for later this month is:

Neo-Soul

Hope this is confirmed for nomination,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Friday, 05/2/2014 @ 13:43pm

Just a heads up that Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob has been nominated by two different voters.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 05/2/2014 @ 15:20pm

Change my "Hemispheres" nomination with:

Eurythmics - Touch (1984)

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 05/2/2014 @ 22:07pm

My May 2014 Album Nominations: 

Bastille - Bad Blood (2013) 
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 05/3/2014 @ 19:30pm

My May 2014 Album Genre Nomination:

Stage, TV, and Movie Musicals

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 05/3/2014 @ 19:40pm

Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
Arctic Monkeys - AM

Genre: Pop

Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 00:00am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the Album Project nominees:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Bill Withers - Still Bill(1972)
Bjork - Vespertine
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Paramore - Paramore
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
R.E.M. - Green (1988)
Randy Newman - Born Again (1979)
Robyn - Body Talk
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1980)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)
Vanessa Daou - Slow to Burn
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - Numbers (1975)

Each voter can vote for 6 albums from this list. Incomplete or partial ballots will not be accepted. Each voter can switch one of their votes after their original vote is cast. The usual rules regarding the Album Project apply to this vote, as always.

80s New Wave/Pop has been selected for this month's genre vote as a result of losing the tiebreaker vote last month (any genres nominated this month will carry over to next month along with the automatically re-nominated genres). Last month, we determined that this genre would not be split into two groups due to the time period-specific nature of the genre. Nominations for this genre vote will begin after the conclusion of voting in the Song Project and Album Project. In the meantime, please discuss which artists / albums belong within this genre and offer suggested albums for nomination.

Album Project voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 02:15am

Capital Cities- In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
DJ Shadow- Endtroducing... (1996)
The Monkees- Headquarters (1967)
Weather Report- Heavy Weather (1977)
Robyn- Body Talk (2010)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 02:48am

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1980)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)

Posted by PopeCharming on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 02:50am

Just came across this site yesterday and left some comments. I'm just learning the rules so I guess I missed the nomination window, but if I may join the project, here are my votes:

Bjork - Vespertine
Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
R.E.M. - Green (1988)
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1980)
Vanessa Daou - Slow to Burn

Posted by Bitchkitty on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 09:13am

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1980)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 11:45am

Bjork - Vespertine
Disclosure - Settle
Dj Shadow - Endtroducing
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Paramore - Paramore
Slint - Spiderland

Posted by GFW on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 12:47pm

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Bjork - Vespertine
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1980)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 13:23pm

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Bjork - Vespertine
Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1980)

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 14:44pm

Bjork - Vespertine
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
Weather Report- Heavy Weather (1977)

Difficult cuts with Joanna Newsom, Disclosure, Tom Lehrer, Eurythmics, R.E.M., and DJ Shadow. Keeping an eye on them.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 15:21pm

"I'm just learning the rules so I guess I missed the nomination window, but if I may join the project, here are my votes:" -Bitchkitty

Welcome aboard. After this vote we're going to have a genre specific vote, I believe this month is 80s New Wave and Pop, so you'll have a chance to float a nominee or two in that one.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 15:50pm

Also had to make some hard cuts:

Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 16:47pm

Missed a vote, I'll add:

R.E.M. - Green (1988)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 16:57pm

Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
R.E.M. - Green (1988)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

Justin Timberlake was a painful cut and would be my most likely vote switch

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 18:48pm

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Bill Withers - Still Bill(1972)
Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
R.E.M. - Green (1988)
Robyn - Body Talk
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 05/4/2014 @ 23:46pm

Ballot:

Bjork - Vespertine
Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
Paramore - Paramore
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Robyn - Body Talk
Vanessa Daou - Slow to Burn

Posted by Mike on Monday, 05/5/2014 @ 08:17am

My ballot is:

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Robyn - Body Talk
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

The final cuts (likeliest vote switches):
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
Bjork - Vespertine
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
R.E.M. - Green (1988)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)

It's looking very likely Endtroducing is getting in, and it really deserves it.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 05/5/2014 @ 23:08pm

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Bjork - Vespertine
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
Robyn - Body Talk

Posted by rockstar23 on Tuesday, 05/6/2014 @ 17:41pm

My Album Project all purpose ballot for this month is as follows.

Sir Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - Numbers (1975)
Bjork - Vespertine (2011)
Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
R.E.M. - Green (1988)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)

Surprised that some of these albums have not yet been inducted!,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Tuesday, 05/6/2014 @ 22:13pm

For Your consideration for the genre vote:

Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)
Squeeze= Argy Bargy (1980)
Crowded House- Crowded House (1986)
Crowded House- Temple of Low Men (1988)
Robert Palmer- Clues (1980)
Robert Palmer- Riptide (1986)
The Motels- All Four One (1982)
Missing Persons- Spring Session M (1982)
Missing Persons- Rhyme and Reason (1984)
The Human League- Hysteria (1984)
The Fixx- Reach the Beach (1983)
The Fixx- Phantoms (1984)
The Fixx- Calm Animals (1988)
XTC- Black Sea (1980)
XTC- English Settlement (1982)
XTC- Oranges and Lemons (1989)
Tears for Fears- The Hurting (1983)
Tears For Fears- The Seeds of Love (1989)
The The- Soul Mining (1983)
Thomas Dolby- The Golden Age of Wireless (1982)
Thomas Dolby- The Flat Earth (1984)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/7/2014 @ 15:01pm

Greg - I could definitely get behind Soul Mining this round.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 05/7/2014 @ 22:29pm

Greg F: Of your list, I can go for:

Crowded House- Crowded House (1986)
Robert Palmer- Clues (1980)
Robert Palmer- Riptide (1986)
The Motels- All Four One (1982)
The Human League- Hysteria (1984)
The Fixx- Reach the Beach (1983)
XTC- English Settlement (1982)
XTC- Oranges and Lemons (1989)
Tears for Fears- The Hurting (1983)
Tears For Fears- The Seeds of Love (1989)
The The- Soul Mining (1983)
Thomas Dolby- The Golden Age of Wireless (1982)

My shortlist for the genre had the following:

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
Dexys Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay (1982)
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
Living in a Box - Living in a Box (1987)
Madness - The Rise and Fall (1982)
OMD - Architecture and Morality (1981)
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? (1985)
Yaz(oo) - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 05/7/2014 @ 23:18pm

Oooh, Reach the Beach. Awesome!

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 05/7/2014 @ 23:23pm

"Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)"

That's a great pick, too. It was a monster album at the time.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 05/7/2014 @ 23:31pm

I also suggest for you consideration:

Devo- New Tradionalists (1982)
Erasure- The Innocents (1988)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/7/2014 @ 23:45pm

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1980)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/8/2014 @ 00:14am

My current vote count:

Bjork - Vespertine - 8
Eurythmics - Touch (1984) - 8

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996) - 6
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1980) - 6
___________________________________

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013) - 5
R.E.M. - Green (1988) - 5
Robyn - Body Talk - 5
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) - 5
___________________________________

Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013) - 4
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967) - 4

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) - 3
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991) - 3
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998) - 3
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970) - 3
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013) - 3
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 3
Slint - Spiderland (1991) - 3

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013) - 2
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 2
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013) - 2
Paramore - Paramore - 2
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959) - 2
Vanessa Daou - Slow to Burn - 2

Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)  - 1
Bill Withers - Still Bill(1972) - 1
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013) - 1
Joanna Newsom - Ys - 1
Kings of Leon - Only By the Night - 1
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 1
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - Numbers (1975) - 1

Randy Newman - Born Again (1979) - 0

Voting closes at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/8/2014 @ 00:18am

This month's genre is 80s New Wave/Pop. Nominations will begin after the conclusion of the Song Project and Album Project voting and tiebreakers for the month.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/8/2014 @ 00:22am

Here are some other New Wave albums to put into the mix:

Adam & the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1983)
Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca (1981)
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)
Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
Heaven 17 - The Luxury Gap (1983)
Japan - Tin Drum (1981)
Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap (1980)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Tinderbox (1986)
The Damned - Phantasmagoria (1985)
Wire - A Bell is a Cup...Until It Is Struck (1988)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 05/8/2014 @ 01:16am

Bill Withers - Still Bill(1972)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)
Randy Newman - Born Again (1979)
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1980)
Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 05/8/2014 @ 02:35am

My May 2014 Album Ballot:

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991) 
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)

Just Missed:

Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1980)
 Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959) 

Some of the nominations that I would vote for in the future:

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
R.E.M. - Green (1988)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013) 
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 05/9/2014 @ 00:44am

Voting is now closed.

These albums have been inducted:

Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1980)

These albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all three albums in order of preference. The top-ranked album will get 3 points. The second, 2 and the third, 1.

The two albums with the most points will be inducted. The last-place finisher will be automatically nominated in June, since none of the albums fit this month's genre.

Voting will ened at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/9/2014 @ 01:09am

My tiebreaker:

Arctic Monkeys - AM - 3
DJ Shadow - Entroducing - 2
Weather Report - Heavy Weather - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/9/2014 @ 01:10am

DJ Shadow- Entroducing- 3
Weather Report- Heavy Weather- 2
Arctic Monkeys- AM- 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 05/9/2014 @ 01:15am

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013) 3
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) 2
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996) 1

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 05/9/2014 @ 01:18am

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013) - 3
DJ Shadow - Entroducing (1996) - 2
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 05/9/2014 @ 10:07am

Gah, all three deserving. No disrespect intended.

Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)
DJ Shadow - Entroducing (1996)
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 05/9/2014 @ 11:10am

Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)-3
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)-2
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 05/9/2014 @ 12:44pm

FRL, the April Genre vote is not on the list. Here are the albums that we're picked:

Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
Jim Croce - I Got A Name (1973)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 05/9/2014 @ 20:32pm

FRL, The February Genre vote is not on the list. Here are the albums that we're picked:

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Poco - Legacy (1989)
Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986)
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (1990)
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (2007)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 05/9/2014 @ 23:19pm

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013) 3
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) 2
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 05/10/2014 @ 01:45am

DJ Shadow - Entroducing (1996)
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

Posted by Ryan on Saturday, 05/10/2014 @ 15:38pm

My tiebreaker vote is as follows.

Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) - 3
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...(1996) - 2
Artic Monkeys - AM (2013) - 1

Happy Mothers' day to all that observe,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Saturday, 05/10/2014 @ 21:05pm

1. Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
2. Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)
3. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 05/10/2014 @ 21:33pm

The tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here is the class of May 2014:

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
Eurythmics - Touch (1984)
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1981)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)

Here are the final tiebreaker results:

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013) - 22
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) - 20
_________________________________

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996) - 18

"Entroducing" will be automatically nominated for the Album Project vote in June.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/11/2014 @ 01:08am

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote. This month's genre is 80s New Wave / Pop. Each voter can nominate two albums that fit this genre. If you feel that an album that has been nominated doesn't fit into this genre, please protest the nomination. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this vote.

Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 12th. There will then be one day designated for review, which will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 13th, which is also when voting will begin.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/11/2014 @ 01:11am

My nominations:

Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)
The The- Soul Mining (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/11/2014 @ 01:18am

Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? (1985)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 05/11/2014 @ 11:47am

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1983)
Japan - Tin Drum (1981)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 05/11/2014 @ 16:39pm

Thomas Dolby- The Golden Age of Wireless (1982)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 05/11/2014 @ 22:57pm

My nominations:

Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Tinderbox (1986)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 05/11/2014 @ 22:59pm

noms:

The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 05/11/2014 @ 23:53pm

Besides several previously listed albums (such as Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)), I am also considering some of these. Are there any below that would not be considered 1980s New Wave/Pop? Like the definition of Punk, the definition of New Wave/Pop seems to vary a bit from website to website. Does anyone have any preferences for any of these?

a-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Culture Club - Colour By Numbers (1983)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983)
Mike + the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985)
Naked Eyes - Burning Bridges (1983)
Spandau Ballet - True (1983)
The Dream Academy - The Dream Academy (1985)
Thompson Twins - Into the Gap (1984)
Wham! - Make It Big (1984)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Yet again, I am surprised none of these are in yet (nor do some of these bands even have a single album in yet)!

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 05/12/2014 @ 08:14am

Also, both Tom H. and Gassman nominated the same Duran Duran album.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 05/12/2014 @ 08:16am

Thanks Jennifer!

I'll switch Duran Duran's self titled with David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983).

I love that album so much. Stevie Ray Vaughn's guitar playing is so awesome on it!

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 05/12/2014 @ 09:28am

Holy Crap!!
I didn't even think to consider Yes's foray into Synth/Prog as I call it. It counts in my book so much so that I'll change my nomination from

Thomas Dolby-The Golden Age Of Wireless

to

Yes-90125(1983)

Hopefully someone else will nominate Thomas Dolby though

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/12/2014 @ 16:08pm

My nominations for the New Wave special election this month is as follows.

Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983)

Thank you to my fellow posters for the recommendations!,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Monday, 05/12/2014 @ 18:04pm

Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 05/12/2014 @ 18:09pm

My Nominations for the 1980s New Wave/Pop Album Genre are two of my favorite 1980s albums:

a-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Mike + the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 05/13/2014 @ 00:13am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominees for the genre vote:

a-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1983)
David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983)
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
Japan - Tin Drum (1981)
Mike + the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Tinderbox (1986)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983)
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? (1985)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
Yes - 90125(1983)

The rules for this vote are the same as the Album Project.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/13/2014 @ 01:36am

I forgot about the one day review / protest period. This will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 13th. Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/13/2014 @ 03:04am

http://www.futurerocklegends.com/The_Album_Project_History.php
Older comments can be found at the above link.

Posted by FRL on Tuesday, 05/13/2014 @ 22:41pm

Voting is now open.

Here are the nominees:

a-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1983)
David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983)
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
Japan - Tin Drum (1981)
Mike + the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Tinderbox (1986)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983)
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? (1985)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
Yes - 90125(1983)

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/14/2014 @ 00:55am

1. Dark Side Of the Moon (1973) â€“ Pink Floyd
2. Pet Sounds (1966) â€“ The Beach Boys
3. The Velvet Underground And Nico (1967) â€“ The Velvet Underground
4. Nevermind (1991) â€“ Nirvana
5. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) â€“ The Beatles
6. Thriller (1982) â€“ Michael Jackson
7. Highway 61 Revisited (1965) â€“ Bob Dylan
8. Paranoid (1970) â€“ Black Sabbath
9. The Doors (1967) â€“ The Doors
10. Rubber Soul [UK] (1965) â€“ The Beatles
11. Are You Experienced [US] (1967) â€“ The Jimi Hendrix Experience
12. Untitled (Zoso/Led Zeppelin IV) (1971) â€“ Led Zeppelin
13. The Beatles (White Album) (1968) â€“ The Beatles
14. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And Spiders From Mars (1972) â€“ David Bowie
15. The Bends (1995) â€“ Radiohead
16. Forever Changes (1967) â€“ Love
17. The Joshua Tree (1987) â€“ U2
18. Revolver [UK] (1966) â€“ The Beatles
19. London Calling (1979) â€“ The Clash
20. The Clash [US] (1977) â€“ The Clash
21. Abbey Road (1969) â€“ The Beatles
22. The Wall (1979) â€“ Pink Floyd
23. Appetite For Destruction (1987) â€“ Guns Nâ€™ Roses
24. Ok Computer (1997) â€“ Radiohead
25. Whoâ€™s Next (1971) â€“ The Who
26. Born To Run (1975) â€“ Bruce Springsteen
27. Exile On Main St. (1972) â€“ The Rolling Stones
28. In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969) â€“ King Crimson
29. Rumours (1977) â€“ Fleetwood Mac
30. Raw Power (1973) â€“ The Stooges
31. Autobahn (1974) â€“ Kraftwerk
32. L.A. Woman (1971) â€“ The Doors
33. Led Zeppelin II (1969) â€“ Led Zeppelin
34. The Magical Mystery Tour [US] (1967) â€“ The Beatles
35. Beggars Banquet (1968) â€“ The Rolling Stones
36. Unknown Pleasures (1979) â€“ Joy Division
37. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998) â€“ Neutral Milk Hotel
38. Never Mind The Bullocks, Hereâ€™s The Sex Pistols (1977) â€“ Sex Pistols
39. Ten (1991) â€“ Pearl Jam
40. Thick As A Brick (1972) â€“ Jethro Tull
41. Achtung Baby (1991) â€“ U2
42. Document (1987) â€“ R.E.M.
43. Ramones (1976) â€“ Ramones
44. Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
45. Born In The U.S.A. (1984) â€“ Bruce Springsteen
46. Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (1968) â€“ The Byrds
47. Purple Rain (1984) â€“ Prince & The Revolution
48. After The Gold Rush (1970) â€“ Neil Young
49. Music From Big Pink (1968) â€“ The Band
50. A Night At The Opera (1975) â€“ Queen
51. Kid A (2000) â€“ Radiohead
52. At Folsom Prison (1968) â€“ Johnny Cash
53. Let It Bleed (1969) â€“The Rolling Stones
54. Remain In Light (1980) â€“ Talking Heads
55. A Love Supreme (1965) â€“ John Coltrane
56. Odessey And Oracle (1968) â€“ The Zombies
57. Wish You Where Here (1975) â€“ Pink Floyd
58. Full Moon Fever (1989) â€“ Tom Petty
59. Tommy (1969) â€“ The Who
60. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988) â€“ Public Enemy
61. Is This It? (2001) â€“ The Strokes
62. Exodus (1977) â€“ Bob Marley & The Wailers
63. Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd (1973) â€“ Lynyrd Skynyrd
64. Tapestry (1971) â€“ Carole King
65. Hotel California (1976) â€“ Eagles
66. Disintegration (1989) â€“ The Cure
67. Sticky Fingers (1971) â€“ The Rolling Stones
68. The Downward Spiral (1994) â€“ Nine Inch Nails
69. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) â€“ Elton John
70. Disraeli Gears (1967) â€“ Cream
71. Back In Black (1980) â€“ AC/DC
72. Whatâ€™s Going On (1971) â€“ Marvin Gaye
73. Led Zeppelin (1969) â€“ Led Zeppelin
74. Daydream Nation (1988) â€“ Sonic Youth
75. Marquee Moon (1977) â€“ Television
76. Automatic For The People (1992) â€“ R.E.M.
77. American Beauty (1970) â€“ Grateful Dead
78. In Utero (1993) â€“ Nirvana
79. Songs In The Key Of Life (1976) â€“ Stevie Wonder
80. Blonde On Blonde (1966) â€“ Bob Dylan
81. Green River (1969) â€“ Creedence Clearwater Revival
82. Toys In The Attic (1975) â€“ Aerosmith
83. A Hard Dayâ€™s Night [UK] (1964) â€“ The Beatles
84. Electric Ladyland (1968) â€“ The Jimi Hendrix Experience
85. Weezer (Blue Album) (1994) â€“ Weezer
86. Help! [UK] (1965) â€“ The Beatles
87. Strange Days (1967) â€“ The Doors
88. Innervisions (1973) â€“ Stevie Wonder
89. Funeral (2004) â€“ Arcade Fire
90. Off The Wall (1979) â€“ Michael Jackson
91. Abraxas (1970) â€“ Santana
92. Doolittle (1989) â€“ Pixies
93. Siamese Dream (1993) â€“ Smashing Pumpkins
94. The Harder They Come (1972) â€“ Jimmy Cliff & Various Artists
95. Brothers In Arms (1985) â€“ Dire Straits
96. Live At The Apollo (1963) â€“ James Brown
97. American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002) â€“ Johnny Cash
98. The Cars (1978) â€“ The Cars
99. Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) â€“ Simon & Garfunkel
100. Surrealistic Pillow (1967) - Jefferson Airplane
101. Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977) â€“ Bee Gees & Various Artists
102. The Band (1969) â€“ The Band
103. Machine Head (1972) â€“ Deep Purple
104. Hunky Dory (1971) â€“ David Bowie
105. Van Halen (1978) â€“ Van Halen
106. Electric Warrior (1971) â€“ T.Rex
107. Houses Of The Holy (1973) â€“ Led Zeppelin
108. Master of Puppets (1986) - Metallica
109. Badmotorfinger (1991) â€“ Soundgarden
110. Trans-Europe Express (1977) â€“ Kraftwerk
111. Aftermath [US] (1966) â€“ The Rolling Stones
112. Cheap Trick At Budokan (1978) â€“ Cheap Trick
113. Quadrophenia (1973) â€“ The Who
114. Days of Future Past (1967) - The Moody Blues
115. Violator (1990) â€“ Depeche Mode
116. The River (1980) â€“ Bruce Springsteen
117. Boston (1976) â€“ Boston
118. Songs From Leonard Cohen (1967) â€“ Leonard Cohen
119. Closer (1980) â€“ Joy Division
120. Arthur (Or the Decline And Fall of the British Empire) (1969) â€“ The Kinks
121. Tago Mago (1971) â€“ Can
122. White Blood Cells (2001) â€“ The White Stripes
123. Willy and The Poor Boys (1969) â€“ Creedence Clearwater Revival
124. Elvis Presley (1956) â€“ Elvis Presley
125. Bad (1987) â€“ Michael Jackson
126. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (1995) â€“ Smashing Pumpkins
127. Chuck Berry On Top (1959) â€“ Chuck Berry
128. Blizzard Of Ozz (1980) â€“ Ozzy Osbourne
129. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) â€“ Derek & The Dominos
130. Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) â€“ The Byrds
131. The Stranger (1977) â€“ Billy Joel
132. Hereâ€™s Little Richard (1957) â€“ Little Richard
133. Harvest (1972) â€“ Neil Young
134. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) â€“ Eminem
135. Jagged Little Pill (1995) â€“ Alanis Morissette
136. Pinkerton (1996) â€“ Weezer
137. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968) â€“ The Kinks
138. The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966) - The 13th Floor Elevators
139. The Queen Is Dead (1986) â€“ The Smiths
140. Dusty In Memphis (1969) â€“ Dusty Springfield
141. Synchronicity (1983) â€“ The Police
142. Metallica (Black Album) (1991) â€“ Metallica
143. Piper At The Gates of Dawn (1967) â€“ Pink Floyd
144. Dookie (1994) â€“ Green Day
145. Let It Be (1970) â€“ The Beatles
146. Blue (1971) â€“ Joni Mitchell
147. Fear Of Music (1979) â€“ Talking Heads
148. The Everly Brothers (1958) â€“ The Everly Brothers
149. Hot Fuss (2004) â€“ The Killers
150. White Light/White Heat (1968) â€“ The Velvet Underground
151. With His Hot And Blue Guitar (1957) â€“ Johnny Cash
152. Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978) â€“ Bruce Springsteen
153. Dirt (1992) â€“ Alice In Chains
154. Throwing Cooper (1994) â€“ Live
155. Kimono My House (1974) â€“ Sparks
156. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) â€“ Wilco
157. Straight Outta Compton (1988) â€“ N.W.A.
158. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) â€“ Kanye West
159. Bat Out Of Hell (1977) â€“ Meat Loaf
160. Murmur (1983) â€“ R.E.M.
161. Please Please Me (1963) â€“ The Beatles
162. The Sun Sessions (1976) â€“ Elvis Presley
163. The Stooges (1969) â€“ The Stooges
164. Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) â€“ Red Hot Chili Peppers
165. Graceland (1986) â€“ Paul Simon
166. Thereâ€™s A Riot Goinâ€™ On (1971) â€“ Sly & The Family Stone
167. The Freewheelinâ€™ Bob Dylan (1963) â€“ Bob Dylan
168. The Colour And The Shape (1997) â€“ Foo Fighters
169. With The Beatles (1963) â€“ The Beatles
170. Aqualung (1971) â€“ Jethro Tull
171. Phaedra (1974) â€“ Tangerine Dream
172. (Whatâ€™s The Story) Morning Glory? (1995) â€“ Oasis
173. Rio (1982) â€“ Duran Duran
174. All Mod Cons (1978) â€“ The Jam
175. Kind of Blue (1959) â€“ Miles Davis
176. #1 Record (1972) â€“ Big Star
177. Surfer Rosa (1988) â€“ Pixies
178. King Of The Delta Blues (1961) â€“ Robert Johnson
179. Double Fantasy (1981) â€“ John Lennon & Yoko Ono
180. Different Class (1995) â€“ Pulp
181. Odelay (1996) â€“ Beck
182. Bringing It Back Home (1965) â€“ Bob Dylan
183. Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) â€“ Otis Redding
184. Workingmanâ€™s Dead (1970) â€“ Grateful Dead
185. 21 (2011) â€“ Adele
186. Out Of Our Heads [US] (1965) â€“ The Rolling Stones
187. Slanted & Enchanted (1992) â€“ Pavement
188. Imagine (1971) â€“ John Lennon
189. Parallel Lines (1978) â€“ Blondie
190. Roxy Music (1972) â€“ Roxy Music
191. In The Wee Small Hours (1955) â€“ Frank Sinatra
192. Astral Weeks (1968) â€“ Van Morrison
193. Every Picture Tells A Story (1971) â€“ Rod Stewart
194. The Velvet Underground (1969) â€“ The Velvet Underground
195. Low (1977) â€“ David Bowie
196. Highway To Hell (1979) â€“ AC/DC
197. Breakfast In America (1977) â€“ Supertramp
198. Eliminator (1983) â€“ ZZ Top
199. The Smile Sessions (2011) â€“ The Beach Boys
200. 201. Scarecrow (1985) â€“ John Mellencamp
201. This Yearâ€™s Model (1978) â€“ Elvis Costello & The Attractions
202. Cosmoâ€™s Factory (1970) â€“ Creedence Clearwater Revival
203. Aja (1977) â€“ Steely Dan
204. Licensed To Ill (1986) â€“ Beastie Boys
205. At Fillmore East (1971) â€“ The Allman Brothers Band
206. Black Sabbath (1970) â€“ Black Sabbath
207. My Generation (1965) â€“ The Who
207. Superunknown (1994) â€“ Soundgarden
209. Elephant (2003) â€“ The White Stripes
210. All Things Must Pass (1970) â€“ George Harrison
211. 12X5 (1964) â€“ The Rolling Stones
212. Buddy Holly (1958) â€“ Buddy Holly
213. A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002) â€“ Coldplay
214. Entertainment! (1979) â€“ Gang Of Four
215. Bookends (1968) â€“ Simon & Garfunkel
216. All That You Canâ€™t Leave Behind (2000) â€“ U2
217. Bitches Brew (1970) â€“ Miles Davis
218. Out of the Blue (1977) â€“ Electric Light Orchestra
219. So (1986) â€“ Peter Gabriel
220. Blue Lines (1991) â€“ Massive Attack
221. Sly & The Family Stone - Stand!
222. Hole - Live Through This
223. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
224. MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
225. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
226. John Lennon - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
227. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
228. Ramones - Rocket To Russia
229 (tie).. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
229 (tie).. The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
231. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
232. Tom Petty - Wildflowers
233. Lou Reed - Transformer
234. Prince & the Revolution - 1999
235. Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
236. John Coltrane - Giant Steps
237. Rush - Moving Pictures
238. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
239. Muddy Waters - At Newport 1960
240. Aretha Franklin - Aretha: Lady Soul
241. Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
242. Fats Domino - This is Fats
243. Hank Williams - Hank Williams Sings
244. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
245. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
246. U2 - War
247. Dick Dale and His Del-Tones - Surfer's Choice
248. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
249. Patti Smith - Horses
250. Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
251. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
252. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
253. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
254. Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Green Onions
255. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
256. Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
257. Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
258. Can - Ege Bamyasi
259. Kraftwerk - Computer World
260. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
261. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
262. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - dÃ©jÃ vu
263. Pearl Jam - Vs.
264. The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
265. Yes - Fragile
266. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
267. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
268. The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out!
269. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
270. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
271. Green Day - American Idiot
272. Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles
273. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
274. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
275. Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
276. Nirvana - Bleach
277. Simon And Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, And Thyme
278. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
279. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
280. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
281. The B-52's - The B-52's
282. Buddy Holly - The Chirping Crickets
283. The Beach Boys - Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
284. The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
285. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
286. The Who - Live At Leeds
287. The Eagles - Eagles
288. Tool - Aenima
289. Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads
290. The Byrds - Fifth Dimension
291. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
292. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
293. Suicide - Suicide
294. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
295. Tubeway Army - Replicas
296. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
297. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
298. The Mamas And The Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears
299. Al Green - Call Me
300. Cream - Fresh Cream
301. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
302. Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
303. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Story From The Sea
304. Electric Light Orchestra - Time
305. Chuck Berry - St. Louis To Liverpool
306. The Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
307. The Who - The Who Sell Out
308. Metallica - And Justice For All
309. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
310. Beach Boys - All Summer Long
311. Outkast - Stankonia
312. Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
313. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive!
314. Yes - Close To The Edge
315. Rush - 2112
316. Peter Gabriel - Gabriel (III) (Melt)
317. Tool - Lateralus
318. X - Los Angeles
319. Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
320. BjÃ¶rk - Post
321. Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell
322. Husker Du - New Day Rising
323. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
324. Van Morrison - Moondance
325. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
326. The Replacements - Let It Be
327. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
328. Jeff Buckley - Grace
329. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
330. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
331. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
332. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
333. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
334. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
335. ed. Harry Smith - Anthology of American Folk Music
336. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
337. The Smiths - The Smiths
338 (tie). Counting Crows - August And Everything After
338 (tie). Journey - Escape
340. Beck - Sea Change
341. Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Tarkus
342. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
343. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
344. Santana - Santana
345 (tie). Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
345 (tie). The Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not
347. Cream - Wheels Of Fire
348. Madonna - Like A Virgin
349. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
350. Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
351. Dr. John - Gris-Gris
352. Janis Joplin - Pearl
353. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
354. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
355. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
356. Etta James - At Last!
357. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
358. Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman
359. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
360. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
361. The Kinks - Something Else By the Kinks
362. Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
363. R.E.M. - Out Of Time
364. Radiohead - In Rainbows
365. The Black Keys - Brothers
366. Black Flag - Damaged
367. The Carpenters - Close To You
368. Pink Floyd - Animals
369. Moby Grape - Moby Grape
370. Aerosmith - Rocks
371. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
372. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
373. Daft Punk - Discovery
374. Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
375. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
376. Garbage - Garbage
377. Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
378. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
379. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
380. Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
381. The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
382. Traffic - Mr. Fantasy
383 (tie). Procol Harum - Procol Harum
383 (tie). The Yardbirds - Roger The Engineer
385. Muse - Absolution
386 (tie). Bob Dylan - Another Side of Bob Dylan
386 (tie). Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
388. Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
389. Wire - Pink Flag
390 (tie). Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
390 (tie). Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
392. The Beach Boys - Sunflower
393 (tie). Patsy Cline - Patsy Cline
393 (tie). Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
395. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
396. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
397. Tori Amos - Under The Pink
398 (tie). Peter, Paul and Mary - Peter, Paul and Mary
398 (tie). Beach Boys - Today
400. Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
401. The Verve - Urban Hymns
402. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
403. Beck - Mellow Gold
404. Bush - Sixteen Stone
405. Moby - Play
406. Genesis - Abacab
407. Genesis - Invisible Touch
408. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights
409. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
410. INXS - Kick
411. Devo - Freedom Of Choice
412. Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
413. Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate
414. Madonna - Ray Of Light
415. The Human League - Dare
416. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
417. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
418. Eric Clapton - Slowhand
419. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
420. Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte
421. Prince - Sign O' The Times
422. Elvis Presley - Elvis
423. The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
424. Van Halen - 1984
425. The Doors - Morrison Hotel
426. Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
427. Emmylou Harris - Pieces of the Sky
428. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
429. The Band - The Last Waltz
430. The Cars - Heartbeat City
431. OutKast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below
432. Counting Crows - Recovering The Satellites
433. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
434. The Stooges - Funhouse
435 (tie). Robyn - Robyn
435 (tie). T. Rex - Slider
437. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
438. Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
439. Blur - Parklife
440. Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles
441. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
442. The Offspring - Smash
443. Judas Priest - British Steel
444. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
445. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
446. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
447. Green Day - Insomniac
448. Mumford And Sons - Sigh No More
449. Janet Jackson - Control
450. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
451. Dave Matthews Band - Under The Table And Dreaming
452. The Black Keys - Attack And Release
453. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
454. Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
455. Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash
456. Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
457. Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
458. Nas - Illmatic
459. Link Wray & The Ray Men - Link Wray & The Ray Men
460 (tie). Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
460 (tie). Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
462. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
463. John Mayall - Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton
464. Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
465. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
466. Wolfmother - Wolfmother
467. BjÃ¶rk - Homogenic
468. Scott Walker - Tilt
469. Can - Monster Movie
470. The Beach Boys - Friends
471. Kanye West - Late Registration
472. Run-D.M.C. - King Of Rock
473. Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
474. Def Leppard - Pyromania
475. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
476. Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me
477. The Kinks - Face To Face
478 (tie). Metallica - Kill 'Em All
478 (tie). Brian Wilson - SMiLE
480. Neu - Neu! 2
481. Madonna - Like A Prayer
482. David Bowie - Station To Station
483. The Wailers - Catch A Fire
484. Johnny Cash - American Recordings
485. Kanye West - The College Dropout
486. Blur - Blur
487. The Pretenders - Pretenders
488. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
489 (tie). Huey Lewis and the News - Sports
489 (tie). The Replacements - Tim
491. KISS - Alive!
492. Slayer - Reign In Blood
493. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
494. The Animals - Animalism
495. System Of A Down - Toxicity
496. Coldplay - Parachutes
497. Foreigner - 4
498. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
499. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
500. The Ventures - The Ventures
501. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 05/14/2014 @ 09:10am

I felt like that should be transferred over here.

My vote:

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1983)
David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Tinderbox (1986)
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 05/14/2014 @ 09:15am

David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)
Yes - 90125(1983)

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 05/14/2014 @ 10:59am

God, hope our next rankings are better than that sorry show...

Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 05/14/2014 @ 15:17pm

Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)
The The- Soul Mining (1983)
Thomas Dolby- The Golden Age of Wireless (1982)
The Art of Noise- Who's Afraid of The Art of Noise (1985)
The Fixx- Reach the Beach (1983)
Talking Heads- Speaking in Tongues (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/14/2014 @ 15:28pm

I am reposting this list of nominees so that potential voters don't have to scroll past Gassman's list to view it.

Here are the nominees:

  a-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
 Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1983)
 David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
 David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
 Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)
 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983)
 Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
 Japan - Tin Drum (1981)
 Mike + the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985)
 Siouxsie & the Banshees - Tinderbox (1986)
 Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
 Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983)
 The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? (1985)
 The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
 The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)
 The The - Soul Mining (1983)
 Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
 Yes - 90125(1983)

  Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 18th.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 05/14/2014 @ 21:22pm

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1983)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983)
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 05/14/2014 @ 23:28pm

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1983)
 David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
 Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)
 Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
 Japan - Tin Drum (1981)
 The The - Soul Mining (1983)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 05/15/2014 @ 13:48pm

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1983)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
Japan - Tin Drum (1981)
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 05/16/2014 @ 01:07am

Oops, can you replace my vote for The The - Soul Mining (1983) with one for The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)?

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 05/16/2014 @ 01:14am

 David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
  Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)
 Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983)
 The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)
 Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
 Yes - 90125(1983)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 05/16/2014 @ 11:15am

Sorry about the double post

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 05/16/2014 @ 11:38am

80s New Wave was easily the genre I was waiting for, and the ballot didn't let me down! Lots of good stuff! My ballot ultimately is:

Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
 The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? (1985)
 The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
 The The - Soul Mining (1983)
 Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
 Yes - 90125(1983)

I would have liked to make Speaking in Tongues unanimous, but the other six were very good albums. It was a tough cut, but I'm glad it's doing well.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 05/16/2014 @ 13:51pm

Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
David Bowie - Let's Dance
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
Yes - 90125
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/17/2014 @ 01:18am

My current vote count:

Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983) - 7

Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981) - 6

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1983) - 5
David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983) - 5
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980) - 5
______________________________

Yes - 90125 (1983) - 4

David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980) - 3
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985) - 3
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 3
The The - Soul Mining (1983) - 3
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) - 3

Japan - Tin Drum (1981) - 2
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? (1985) - 2

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983) - 1
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Tinderbox (1986) - 1
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) - 1

a-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985) - 0
Mike + the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/17/2014 @ 01:20am

Darren: I could be wrong, but I think you counted Tom H.'s double post towards Zenyatta Mondatta's vote total. The current count says 5 but from my count, the people who voted for it are:

Ryan
jtrichey
Tom H.
Darren

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 05/17/2014 @ 01:51am

Ack...sorry. I forgot about BSLO's changed vote. Never mind.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 05/17/2014 @ 01:53am

My ballot for the Album Project New Wave Special Election is as follows.

Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues (1983)
Duran Duran - self titled 1981 album
Sir David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)
Sir David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Thank you again to our fellow posters that decided to vote on this genre,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 05/18/2014 @ 20:08pm

a-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1983)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
Mike + the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985)
Yes - 90125(1983)

Just Missed:

David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983)
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)

Some others I would vote for in the future:

Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983)
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? (1985)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 05/18/2014 @ 20:32pm

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Tinderbox (1986)
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1983)
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)

Posted by prosopagnosiac on Monday, 05/19/2014 @ 00:52am

Voting is now closed.

Here's the class of new inductees:

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (1983)
David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1981)
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983)
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/19/2014 @ 00:58am

I would likely nominate any of these genres next month. Any interest?

Psychedelic/Experimental/Avant Garde
Baroque/Sunshine Pop
Progressive/Symphonic Metal
Industrial/Post Industrial
Electronic Music
Live Albums
Concept Albums
Jazz/Jazz Fusion
Blues
Funk

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/20/2014 @ 19:15pm

And these. Great lists in both projects:

Psychedelic/Experimental/Avant Garde
Baroque/Sunshine Pop
Progressive/Symphonic Metal
Industrial/Post Industrial
Electronic Music
Jazz/Jazz Fusion
Blues
Funk

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 05/20/2014 @ 19:44pm

Any interest in these for next month:

Pantera- Far Beyond Driven (1994)
The Cars- Candy-O (1979)
The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)
The Monkees- Headquarters (1967)
The Monkees- Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones LTD. (1967)
Orbital- In Sides (1996)
Orbital- Snivilisation (1995)
Deadmau3- 4X4=12 (2010)
Diana Ross- Diana (1980)
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs & Englishman (1970)
UFO- Strangers in the Night
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Chic- Risque (1979)
Blood Orange- Cupid Deluxe (2013)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Lou Reed- Berlin (1973)
Lou Reed- Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed- Street Hassle (1978)
Lou Reed- The Blue Mask (1982)
Lou Reed- Legendary Hearts (1983)
Lou Reed- New York (1989)
Faces- A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...To a Blind Horse (1971)
Badfinger- No Dice (1970)
Badfinger- Straight Up (1971)
Raspberries- Fresh (1972)
Cheap Trick- Heaven Tonight (1978)
Cheap Trick- Dream Police (1979)
Cheap Trick- In Color (1977)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Minnie Riperton- Perfect Angel (1974)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack (1975)
Flashdance Soundtrack (1983)
Fame Soundtrack (1980)
Hair Soundtrack (1969)
West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)
Footloose Soundtrack (1984)
Thank God It's Friday Soundtrack (1978)
Donna Summer- The Wanderer (1980)
Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Interpol- Antics (2005)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)
Can- Soon Over Babaluma (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/21/2014 @ 21:43pm

Greg F,

The Album Project is badly needing more of the Important Classic Movie and Original Musical Theater Soundtrack albums so those have my highest priority from your list.

My 7 Highest Priorities which are also among my favorites that Need to be in ASAP:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack (1975)-I used to be heavily involved with one of one of the Cambridge/Boston area shadow cast groups for a while so this definitely has my vote.

Footloose Soundtrack (1984) I nearly wore out my copy of this one so it also definitely has my vote.

Hair Soundtrack (1969)
West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)
The Cars- Candy-O (1979)
Flashdance Soundtrack (1983)
Fame Soundtrack (1980)

Also Important:

Cheap Trick- Heaven Tonight (1978)
Cheap Trick- Dream Police (1979)
Cheap Trick- In Color (1977)
The Monkees- Headquarters (1967)
The Monkees- Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones LTD. (1967)

Others that I would eventually vote for:

Diana Ross- Diana (1980)
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs & Englishman (1970)
UFO- Strangers in the Night
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Faces- A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...To a Blind Horse (1971)
Badfinger- Straight Up (1971)
Thank God It's Friday Soundtrack (1978)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 05/22/2014 @ 10:26am

I agree with Jennifer in that we need more soundtrack ablums in the Album Project. These albums would have my support:

Pantera- Far Beyond Driven (1994)
The Cars- Candy-O (1979)
The Monkees- Headquarters (1967)
The Monkees- Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones LTD. (1967)
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs & Englishman (1970)
UFO- Strangers in the Night
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Chic- Risque (1979)
Badfinger- No Dice (1970)
Badfinger- Straight Up (1971)
Raspberries- Fresh (1972)
Cheap Trick- Heaven Tonight (1978)
Cheap Trick- Dream Police (1979)
Cheap Trick- In Color (1977)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack (1975)
Flashdance Soundtrack (1983)
Fame Soundtrack (1980)
Hair Soundtrack (1969)
West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)
Footloose Soundtrack (1984)
Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 05/22/2014 @ 10:37am

Any support for the following albums next month?

Bill Withers- Still Bill (1972)
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
Jethro Tull- Benefit (1970)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989)
Rush- Roll The Bones (1991)
Yes- 90125 (1983)

I have others on my short list but I've nominated these albums in the past to varying degrees of support.

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 05/22/2014 @ 16:59pm

Greg F.- These are the genres from your list that would interest me if nominated

Psychedelic/Experimental/Avant Garde
Progressive/Symphonic Metal
Live Albums
Jazz/Jazz Fusion
Blues
Funk

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 05/22/2014 @ 17:09pm

Wanted to see if there'd be any support for U2-Boy.

I think that Boy is in that upper tier of great debut albums. If we could get Boy and The Unforgettable Fire in, I think we'd be pretty well set on U2.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 05/23/2014 @ 18:14pm

Nominations for next month open at midnight. Every voter can nominate one album from 2013 and one album from 2013 or prior to 2013. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote:

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)

Each voter will be allowed to vote for 6 albums. There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11:55 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

This month's genre has been selected to be 80s New Wave/Pop, as it finished in a tie in the April genre vote and lost the tiebreaker.

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote (or were nominated last month, when there wasn't a genre vote):

80's College Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Compilation albums after 1965
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Metal
Modern Classical
Neo-Soul
Pop
Punk
Stage, TV, and Movie Musicals
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

Art Rock / Progressive Rock is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

Country Rock / Alt-Country is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000 is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

70's Singer-Songwriters is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

80's New Wave / Pop is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 3 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 3 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 11:55 on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/31/2014 @ 20:37pm

Is there any support for Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked?

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 05/31/2014 @ 22:49pm

Nominations:

The Cars- Candy-O (1979)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)

Genre:

Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/1/2014 @ 01:32am

Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)

Novelty/Parody

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 06/1/2014 @ 03:03am

Nomination:

Robyn - Body Talk

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 06/1/2014 @ 07:04am

Tom Lehrer- An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)

Posted by PopeCharming on Sunday, 06/1/2014 @ 09:39am

Yes- 90125 (1983)
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 06/1/2014 @ 10:14am

Belle and Sebastian- Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 06/1/2014 @ 12:08pm

U2 - Boy (1980)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 06/1/2014 @ 14:25pm

Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time (1989)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 06/1/2014 @ 22:03pm

So why do we need genre nominations if this month's genre is already decided?

Nomination:
REM - Green (1988)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 06/1/2014 @ 23:45pm

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 06/2/2014 @ 00:39am

Modest Mouse -
The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)

Death -
Symbolic (1995)

Posted by The Aviator Dragon on Monday, 06/2/2014 @ 01:28am

The Aviator Dragon - You can only nominate two albums if one of them is from 2013. Please specify which album you'd like to nominate or we'll default to the Modest Mouse album, as it was listed first.

jtrichey - I incorrectly said in my introduction post that this month's genre was already determined. When I was updating the form text from May's information update, I missed that detail. 80's Pop / New Wave was already pre-determined to be May's genre, but we will have a vote to determine June's genre because that hasn't already been determined.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/2/2014 @ 01:52am

Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Beyonce - Beyonce

BSLO - Nick of Time has been inducted (Luck of the Draw has not, though)

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 06/2/2014 @ 07:09am

Album nominations:

Slint - Spiderland (1991)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 06/2/2014 @ 19:36pm

rockstar23 has provided us with an interesting suggestion for what could be nominated for the Album project. Thus, without further ado, here is my ballot for the all-purpose election this month, along with my pick for the next genre election to commence.

Bonnie Raitt - Luck Of The Draw (1991)
30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)

My genre nomination is:

Nu Metal

Do not mock me for this. Nu Metal is starting to become more recognized and admired for its influence on artists over the last 15 years.

Ironically giving fellow posters some thing to talk about:),

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Monday, 06/2/2014 @ 20:35pm

Thanks rockstar23. Didn't realize that Nick of Time was already in.

I will nominate another deserving mainstream album from the 1989 in its place:

Don Henley - The End of Innocence (1989)

Lax31 - I'd probably throw a vote at nu-metal. It was my gateway into music, and remained my favourite genre all through my high school years.

Not afraid to say that I occasionally throw on some Korn or Disturbed when I am feeling nostalgic, lol.

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 06/2/2014 @ 22:59pm

Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/2/2014 @ 23:44pm

Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 06/3/2014 @ 22:11pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees:

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Beyonce - Beyonce
Bonnie Raitt - Luck Of The Draw (1991)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Don Henley - The End of Innocence (1989)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
REM - Green (1988)
Robyn - Body Talk
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)
U2 - Boy (1980)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Each voter can vote for 6 albums.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/4/2014 @ 01:07am

Votes:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Bonnie Raitt - Luck Of The Draw (1991)
Don Henley - The End of Innocence (1989)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
REM - Green (1988)
Robyn - Body Talk

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 06/4/2014 @ 10:28am

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/4/2014 @ 10:52am

Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
REM - Green (1988)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
U2 - Boy (1980)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 06/4/2014 @ 14:22pm

Voting is now open for the Album Genre selection vote.

Here are the nominated genres:

80's College Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Compilation albums after 1965
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Metal
Modern Classical
Neo-Soul
Novelty/Parody
Nu Metal
Pop
Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde
Punk
Stage, TV, and Movie Musicals
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Every voter can vote for five genres from the above list.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/4/2014 @ 14:50pm

90s British Rock/Pop
Jazz
Modern Classical
Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde
Punk

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 06/4/2014 @ 15:08pm

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Robyn - Body Talk

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 06/4/2014 @ 22:40pm

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Don Henley - The End of Innocence (1989)
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
REM - Green (1988)
U2 - Boy (1980)

80's College Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Hip Hop/Rap
Metal
Punk

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 06/4/2014 @ 23:52pm

Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
REM - Green (1988)
Robyn - Body Talk
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
U2 - Boy (1980)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 06/5/2014 @ 00:06am

Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
REM - Green (1988)
U2 - Boy (1980)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

The Cars would be my most likely vote swap

Genre Vote:

Jazz
Metal
Novelty/Parody
Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/5/2014 @ 09:23am

Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
REM - Green (1988)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 06/5/2014 @ 10:41am

My Ballot:

Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
U2 - Boy (1980)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 06/5/2014 @ 12:58pm

Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
Robyn - Body Talk

Genre vote:
90s British Rock/Pop
Jazz
Novelty/Parody
Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde
Punk

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 06/5/2014 @ 14:41pm

Genre vote:

90's British Rock/Pop
Jazz
Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde
Stage, TV, and Movie Musicals
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/5/2014 @ 19:10pm

My ballot for June 2014/2039 induction into The Album Project...

Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 06/5/2014 @ 22:56pm

Genres

Novelty/Parody
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums
Stage, TV, and Movie Musicals
Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde
Compilation albums after 1965

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 06/5/2014 @ 23:08pm

Beyonce - Beyonce
Bonnie Raitt - Luck Of The Draw (1991)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Robyn - Body Talk

Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 06/6/2014 @ 02:17am

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Bonnie Raitt - Luck Of The Draw (1991)
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Posted by PopeCharming on Friday, 06/6/2014 @ 08:26am

Reminder - Voting in the genre selection vote ends at 11:55 PM Central tonight (Friday). Regular project voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 8th. I'll post a vote count update around midnight tonight.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/6/2014 @ 12:02pm

My genre ballot for a future special election in the Album Project is as follows.

Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde
Compilation albums after 1965
90's British Rock/Pop
80's College Rock
Nu Metal

My ballot for the all purpose Album Project election cycle this month are:

Bonnie Raitt - Luck Of The Draw (1991)
Yes - 90125 (1983)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Sir Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
U2 - Boy (1980)
30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)

Hopefully this is considered pleasing for most posters,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Friday, 06/6/2014 @ 21:58pm

Hip Hop/Rap
Metal
Neo-Soul
Nu Metal
Punk

Posted by SotN on Friday, 06/6/2014 @ 23:02pm

Hip Hop/Rap
Metal
Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/7/2014 @ 00:06am

Voting is now closed for this month's genre selection vote.

"Psychedelic / Experimental / Avant-Garde" is this month's selected genre.

Nominations will begin after the conclusion of the Album Project voting for this month. The next two days (four days if there's a tiebreaker needed) will be used to determine if we'll have one genre vote or two, how the genre will be split if two votes will occur and what albums / artists should be considered for this genre.

Final vote results:

Psychedelic / Experimental / Avant-Garde - 7
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90s British Rock / Pop - 5
Punk - 5

Jazz - 4
Metal - 4
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums - 4

Hip Hop / Rap - 3
Novelty / Parody - 3
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80's College Rock - 2
Compilation albums after 1965 - 2
Nu Metal - 2
Stage, TV and Movie Musicals - 2

Modern Classical - 1
Neo-Soul - 1

Pop - 0

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/7/2014 @ 01:11am

Current Vote Count:

Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991) - 6
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession - 6
REM - Green (1988) - 6
U2 - Boy (1980) - 6
______________________

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996) - 5
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013) - 5
Robyn - Body Talk - 5
Yes - 90125 (1983) - 5
______________________

Bonnie Raitt - Luck Of The Draw (1991) - 4
The Cars - Candy-O (1979) - 4

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) - 3
Don Henley - The End of Innocence (1989) - 3
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013) - 3
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013) - 3

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013) - 2
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 2
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998) - 2
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970) - 2
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977) - 2
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) - 2
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 2
Slint - Spiderland (1991) - 2

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013) - 1
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 1
Beyonce - Beyonce - 1
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959) - 1

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/7/2014 @ 01:19am

Damn! Robyn keeps getting oh-so-close month after month after month….

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 06/7/2014 @ 09:08am

Mike - It's only the current vote count, not the final results. There are still a few people (including myself) that have yet to vote.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/7/2014 @ 22:21pm

My votes:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
REM - Green (1988)
Robyn - Body Talk

Would support in the future:

U2 - Boy (1980) - Most likely vote switch

Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Beyonce - Beyonce
Bonnie Raitt - Luck Of The Draw (1991)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Don Henley - The End of Innocence (1989)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/8/2014 @ 18:14pm

Current Vote Count:

Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991) - 7
REM - Green (1988) - 7
______________________

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996) - 6
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession - 6
Robyn - Body Talk - 6
U2 - Boy (1980) - 6
______________________

Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013) - 5
Yes - 90125 (1983) - 5

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) - 4
Bonnie Raitt - Luck Of The Draw (1991) - 4
The Cars - Candy-O (1979) - 4

Don Henley - The End of Innocence (1989) - 3
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013) - 3
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998) - 3
Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob (2013) - 3

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013) - 2
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 2
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970) - 2
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977) - 2
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) - 2
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 2
Slint - Spiderland (1991) - 2

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013) - 1
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 1
Beyonce - Beyonce - 1
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959) - 1

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central tonight.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/8/2014 @ 18:19pm

Please change my vote for The Lonesome Crowded West to a vote for The 20/20 Experience

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 06/8/2014 @ 22:52pm

I'm switching my vote from "Devil Without A Cause" to "Boy".

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 00:45am

We have two more days to decide, since there will be a tie vote in the Song Project even if there isn't a tie vote in the Album Project, so are we going to split the Psychedelic / Experimental / Avant-Garde genre into two groups and if so, what year will we split the groups by?

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 00:52am

Voting is now closed.

These albums have been inducted:

Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
REM - Green (1988)
U2 - Boy (1980)

These songs will be involved in a tiebreaker:

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Robyn - Body Talk

Anyone who voted in the initial voting can participate in the tiebreaker vote. To do so, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranking album will receive 4 points, the second-highest will receive 3 and so on. The to highest-scoring albums will be inducted. The other two albums will be automatically nominated for the July Album Project, unless we decide that one of the albums belongs in this month's genre instead.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 01:08am

Yes, I think it should be split, it's an area that spans the entire timeline of the RnR era, and even earlier, and it's an area where we can do a lot of catch up work.

That said, I want to ponder on where the best break would be for a bit.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 01:13am

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)- 4
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession- 3
Robyn - Body Talk- 2
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 02:13am

Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession - 4
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Robyn - Body Talk
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 04:19am

Tie-breaker votes:

4 points Robyn - Body Talk
3 Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
2 DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
1 Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession

Posted by Mike on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 09:42am

My tiebreaker ballot:

Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013) 4
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996) 3
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession 2
Robyn - Body Talk 1

I'm thinking maybe 1970 would be a good split?

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 09:53am

1970 seems too early to me. This strikes me as a genre that got it's start in the early-to-mid 60's and anything before then would be extreme outliers. I think we need a later year for the split so we don't end up short-changing artists from the late-70s on.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 12:26pm

Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession- 4
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)- 3
Robyn - Body Talk- 2
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)- 1

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 12:36pm

How about splitting it at 1978 or 1980?

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 14:33pm

I think 1980 would strike a good balance.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 15:37pm

I think 1980 would strike a good balance.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 15:37pm

Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession- 4
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)- 3
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)- 2
Robyn - Body Talk- 1

Posted by PopeCharming on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 19:41pm

1. Robyn - Body Talk
2. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
3. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
4. Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 22:36pm

I like 1980 as the year for the split as well.

What are some suggested artists / albums for the Psychedelic / Experimental / Avant-Garde? You've got the obvious picks like Pink Floyd or Frank Zappa, but what are some other good candidates?

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 23:22pm

Can
Neu!
Captain Beefheart
Cluster
Harmonia
Faust
Popul Vol
Electric Prones
13th Floor Elevators
Bobb Trimble
Animal Collective

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/9/2014 @ 23:51pm

Terry Riley
Jah Wobble
Holger Czukay
Throbbing Gristle
Ammon Duul II
Ash Ra Tempel
The Red Krayola
Cabaret Voltaire
Einsturzende Neubauten
Harold Budd
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Explosions in the Sky
Lustmord
Wendy Carlos
Max Richter
Philip Glass
Dead Can Dance
Pere Ubu
Dirty Three
Tim Hecker
Julia Holter
Chrome
Klaus Schulze
Psychic TV
The Haxan Cloak
Tangerine Dream
Eno-Moebius-Roedelius
Silver Apples
Syd Barrett
Beirut
Hawkwind
Steve Reich

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 06/10/2014 @ 00:42am

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)4 points
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Robyn - Body Talk
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)1 point

Posted by Ryan on Tuesday, 06/10/2014 @ 05:26am

Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)-4
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession-3
Robyn - Body Talk-2
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 06/10/2014 @ 10:32am

Would King Crimson be appropriate for this month's genre?

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 06/10/2014 @ 11:48am

Wishbone Ash?

I must say this gene is not a strong suit for me.

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 06/10/2014 @ 14:08pm

King Crimson or Wishbone Ash would not fit. They are more progressive.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/10/2014 @ 20:07pm

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)- 4
Robyn - Body Talk - 3
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession - 2
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 06/10/2014 @ 20:53pm

Robyn - Body Talk - 4
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996) - 3
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013) - 2
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/11/2014 @ 00:01am

Voting is now closed.

Here is the Album Project Class Of June 2014:

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (1991)
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968)
REM - Green (1988)
U2 - Boy (1980)

The following albums lost the tiebreaker and will be automatically nominated for the next Album Project / Genre vote that they are eligible for:

Robyn - Body Talk (2010)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/11/2014 @ 01:03am

Nominations are now open for the Psychedelic / Experimental / Avant-Garde genre vote. We'll be having one vote for albums released 1954-1980 and one vote for albums released from 1981-2013.

Each voter can nominate two albums from 1954-1980 that you feel are a fit for this genre.

If an album is nominated that you feel doesn't belong in this genre, please file a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations for albums released from 1981-2013 will begin after the conclusion of the first group's vote.

Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 12th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/11/2014 @ 01:06am

Silver Apples - Contact (1969)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 06/11/2014 @ 04:39am

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band- Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)
Cluster- Cluster II (1972)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/11/2014 @ 09:08am

Four great and deserving nominees already.

I'll add:

Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 06/11/2014 @ 15:48pm

The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 06/11/2014 @ 21:36pm

I do apologize for not getting involved in the tiebreaking vote. I had completely forgotten about it, though fortunately my ballot would not have likely affected the final outcome. In any matter, here are my nominees for the Psychedelic / Experimental / Avant-Garde genre vote for 1954-1980.

Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation (1974)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973)

Hoping this is legitimate,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Wednesday, 06/11/2014 @ 21:54pm

Wanted to nominate Zappa and Captain Beefheart albums but Lax and SotN beat me to the punch so here's plan B

Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother (1970) (yes I will be that guy that nominates Pink Floyd)

Can- Soon Over Babaluma (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/12/2014 @ 12:42pm

nom:

Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 06/12/2014 @ 23:22pm

Nominations are now closed.

We will now have one day of review for nominated albums. If you feel that a nominated album shouldn't be eligible for this genre vote, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from consideration from this genre vote.

Here are the current nominees for 1954-1980:

Can - Soon Over Babaluma (1974)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)
Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)
Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation (1974)
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Silver Apples - Contact (1969)
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973)

Review will end and voting will start at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 13th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/13/2014 @ 01:06am

Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation (1974)has already been inducted. Hot Rats however has not been inducted and that seems like it would be a good Frank Zappa replacement. Just a suggestion.

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 06/13/2014 @ 10:03am

Since I am going to be on vacation for the next week starting tomorrow I would like to submit my ballot early.

Can - Soon Over Babaluma (1974)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 06/13/2014 @ 14:46pm

The review period is over and no albums were protested. The Frank Zappa album has indeed been previously inducted.

Voting is now open. Here are the nominees:

Can - Soon Over Babaluma (1974)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)
Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Silver Apples - Contact (1969)
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973)

Each voter has 6 votes and the rules of this vote are the same as the rules of the monthly Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/14/2014 @ 01:15am

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Wednesday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/14/2014 @ 01:18am

Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Hawkind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Silver Apples - Contact (1969)
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)

Awesome ballot full of overlooked gems. Wishing I had about three more spots. And much respect to those of you who made the effort even though this genre was out of your comfort zone.

Posted by Darin RG on Saturday, 06/14/2014 @ 02:49am

Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Silver Apples - Contact (1969)
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)

Can - Soon Over Babaluma was the last cut.

On top of having the same votes with Darin, I also wish I had three more votes. This was a very nice ballot.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 06/15/2014 @ 13:07pm

Can - Soon Over Babaluma (1974)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Silver Apples - Contact (1969)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 06/15/2014 @ 23:37pm

Can - Soon Over Babaluma (1974)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)
Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Silver Apples - Contact (1969)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/16/2014 @ 02:26am

My Ballot:

Can - Soon Over Babaluma (1974)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Silver Apples - Contact (1969)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 06/16/2014 @ 23:08pm

Please remove Can - Soon Over Babaluma (1974), put 7 by mistake

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 06/16/2014 @ 23:10pm

My current vote count:

Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975) - 6

Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968) - 5
Silver Apples - Contact (1969) - 5
________________________________

Can - Soon Over Babaluma (1974) - 3
Cluster - Cluster II (1972) - 3
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966) - 3
________________________________

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970) - 2
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (1970) - 2
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966) - 2
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974) - 2
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973) - 2

The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969) - 1

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Wednesday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/17/2014 @ 00:59am

Can - Soon Over Babaluma (1974)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Silver Apples - Contact (1969)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973)

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 06/17/2014 @ 01:22am

I must apologize to all fellow posters for not noticing the Frank Zappa album Over-Nite Sensation had actually been inducted. If I was able to locate this error earlier, I would have brought forth a replacement album nominee. Here, then, is my ballot for this month's Album Project special election.

Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Silver Apples - Contact (1969)
Can - Soon Over Babaluma (1974)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973)

Anticipating the next election cycle to come,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Tuesday, 06/17/2014 @ 21:34pm

My votes:

Can - Soon Over Babaluma (1974)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (1970)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/18/2014 @ 13:01pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project:

Can - Soon Over Babaluma (1974)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Silver Apples - Contact (1969)

Fun fact - "Warrior on the Edge Of Time" was a unanimous selection. Not sure if that's ever happened before.

Nominations are now open for albums released between 1981-2013 in the Psychedelic / Experimental / Avant-Garde genre. Each voter can nominate two albums that were released in that period of time and haven't been previously inducted into the Album Project.

Since there isn't a second genre vote in the Song Project, the Album Project doesn't need to wait for the tiebreakers to be resolved in order to maintain the same schedule, so there will be two days of nominations ending at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 20th, followed by one day of review before voting opens.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/19/2014 @ 01:14am

My nominations are:

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1985)

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 06/19/2014 @ 01:36am

Sorry, Art of Noise was 1984. My mistake.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 06/19/2014 @ 01:39am

Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth (2005)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 06/19/2014 @ 01:50am

Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth (2005)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 06/19/2014 @ 01:50am

Excellent group. And cheers to jtrichey for nominating the first unanimous pick that I can remember, as well. I'd support any of the uninducted albums from this round in the future.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 06/19/2014 @ 04:04am

Excellent group. And cheers to jtrichey for nominating the first unanimous pick that I can remember, as well. I'd support any of the uninducted albums from this round in the future.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 06/19/2014 @ 04:04am

Bobb Trimble- Harvest of Dreams (1982)
Animal Collective- Feels (2005)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/19/2014 @ 09:51am

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 06/19/2014 @ 19:27pm

Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999)
Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 06/20/2014 @ 09:02am

Here are my nominees for Experimental/Psychedelic/Avant-Garde albums from 1981-2013. I do hope these albums are considered to be legitimate for fellow posters.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories And Songs (1987)

Do listen to these underrated albums,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Friday, 06/20/2014 @ 22:19pm

Nominations are now closed.

The following albums are up for review:

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012)
Animal Collective - Feels (2005)
Bobb Trimble - Harvest of Dreams (1982)
Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth (2005)
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999)
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984)

If you feel that any of these nominees have been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualifed from consideration.

Review will end at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 21st, when voting will start.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/21/2014 @ 00:58am

Darren: The list of albums nominated missed Lax31's nominees (Us and Warehouse: Stories and Songs).

Also, forgot to say earlier, but congratulations to jtrichey on the Hawkwind nomination!

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 06/21/2014 @ 18:39pm

Voting is now open.

Here is the full list of nominees (including the two I missed somehow):

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012)
Animal Collective - Feels (2005)
Bobb Trimble - Harvest of Dreams (1982)
Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth (2005)
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories And Songs (1987)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun (1999)
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984)

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/22/2014 @ 00:57am

My ballot:

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012)
Animal Collective - Feels (2005)
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun (1999)
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 06/22/2014 @ 11:10am

Animal Collective - Feels (2005)
Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth (2005)
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun (1999)
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 06/22/2014 @ 17:06pm

Animal Collective - Feels (2005)
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun (1999)
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984)

The final cut was Peter Gabriel, and Us is an album I'd support anytime, but it just missed out here.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 06/22/2014 @ 22:15pm

Animal Collective - Feels (2005)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories And Songs (1987)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984)

It feels slightly weird to be congratulated for a nomination, but thanks. I have been mildy touting Hawkwind as a Rock Hall Projected member since I arrived at this site, and this is the first real indication I've gotten that they have an actual following. I'm happy for them as much as anything and will continue to beat their drum a little harder (that goes for Wishbone Ash as well who I lump together in my mind with Hawkwind even if they aren't quite the same genre).

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 06/22/2014 @ 22:52pm

that should read as "have been mildly touting Hawkwind for the Rock Hall projected Hall of Fame"

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 06/22/2014 @ 22:53pm

Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth (2005)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories And Songs (1987)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/23/2014 @ 11:45am

Animal Collective- Feels (2005)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Pink Floyd- The Division Bell (1994)
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun (1999)
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/24/2014 @ 16:30pm

My votes:

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Animal Collective - Feels (2005)
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999)
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories And Songs (1987)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)

My current vote count:

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000) - 7

Animal Collective - Feels (2005) - 6
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988) - 6

Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999) - 5

The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984) - 4
__________________________

Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003) - 3
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories And Songs (1987) - 3
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) - 3

Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth (2005) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 2

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012) - 1

Bobb Trimble - Harvest of Dreams (1982) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/25/2014 @ 10:52am

Animal Collective - Feels (2005)
Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth (2005)
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 06/25/2014 @ 15:02pm

Any interest?

Top Priorities:

The Cars- Candy-O (1979)
Sparks- Propaganda (1974)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)
Orbital- In Sides (1996)
Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Cluster- Cluster II (1973)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band- Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack

Others I'm Considering:

Devo- New Traditionalists (1982)
Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)
Animal Collective- Centipede Hz (2012)
Blood Orange- Cupid Deluxe (2013)
The Art of Noise- In Visible Silence (1986)
Sonic Youth- Dirty (1992)
The Bodyguard Soundtrack (1992)
Flashdance Soundtrack (1982)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/26/2014 @ 16:26pm

My ballot for this month's second special election cycle is as follows.

The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984)
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories And Songs (1987)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth (2005)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Animal Collective - Feels (2005)

Hoping once again this was on time and acceptable to all fellow posters,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Thursday, 06/26/2014 @ 17:58pm

Trade my Explosions in the Sky vote to a vote for Us.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 06/27/2014 @ 00:43am

Voting is now closed (sorry for the delay).

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project:

Animal Collective - Feels (2005)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999)
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984)

To participate in the tiebreaker, any voter who voted in the initial vote for this round can rank all four albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked song will receive 4 points, the second-highest 3 points and so on. The two albums that finish with the highest overall score will be inducted into the Album Project. The two albums that lose the tiebreaker will be automatically nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 8 AM Central on Sunday the 29th (later than usual due to the delay in this post).

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/27/2014 @ 08:08am

My tiebreaker ballot:

Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999) 4
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984) 3
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) 2
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) 1

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 06/27/2014 @ 09:02am

Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999) 4
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984) 3
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) 2
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/27/2014 @ 13:00pm

Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999) 4
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984) 3
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) 2
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) 1

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 06/27/2014 @ 14:32pm

Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)-4
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)-3
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984)-2
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 06/27/2014 @ 15:24pm

Greg F.-

These are the albums from your list that I would consider:

The Cars- Candy-O (1979)
Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band- Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970) (top priority, dissapointed that it didn't get inducted this month)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack
Devo- New Traditionalists (1982)
Flashdance Soundtrack (1982)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 06/27/2014 @ 16:14pm

My tiebreaker vote for this special election cycle is as follows.

Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) - 4
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 3
The Art Of Noise - Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise (1984) - 2
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999)-1

Early for a change,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Friday, 06/27/2014 @ 21:13pm

1. The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984) (4 points)
2. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999) (3 points)
3. Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) (2 points)
4. Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) (a point)

Greg F.: Honestly, I could go for everything on your list. Cluster and Captain Beefheart would have a great chance of getting my vote in a monthly ballot.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 06/28/2014 @ 00:08am

Genre ideas for next month.

Electric (techno, house, drum and bass, ambient, industrial, hi nrg, eurodance, disco, dub step etc.)
Progressive/Symphonic Metel
R&B/Soul
Jazz
Funk
Blues
Regaee

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/28/2014 @ 00:51am

Greg - I'd be happy with any of those genres. I think R&B/Soul is probably the best represented already of what you listed, but there's still plenty of room for growth there.

PopeCharming - You have my attention with Tom Lehrer. I'd still like to reserch his impact a bit, but I'm really looking for solid non-Country/Blues/Jazz influences right now.

Lax -

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 06/28/2014 @ 01:38am

Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) - 4
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise (1984)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 06/28/2014 @ 02:35am

Any interest in the following albums?

Bill Withers- Still Bill (1972)
Billy Joel- River of Dreams (1993)
Billy Joel- An Innocent Man (1983)
Billy Joel- Storm Front (1989)
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer- Trilogy (1972)
Frank Zappa- Hot Rats (1970)
.fun- Some Nights (2012)
Genesis- Nursery Cryme (1971)
Genesis- Foxtrot (1972)
Genesis- Genesis (1983)
George Harrison- Brainwashed (2002)
Jethro Tull- Benefit (1970)
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
John Williams- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope: Original Movie Soundtrack (1977)
John Williams- Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Led Zeppelin- Presence (1977)
Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door (1979)
Old Crow Medicine Show- O.C.M.S. (2004)
Paul Simon- There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
Phil Collins- Hello I Must Be Going! (1982)
Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother’s Milk (1989)
Rush- Fly By Night (1975)
Rush- A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Stevie Wonder- Hotter than July (1980)
Styx- The Grand Illusion (1977)
Styx- Pieces Of Eight (1978)
Supertramp- Even In The Quietest Moments (1977)
Supertramp- Crime of the Century (1974)
The Moody Blues- To Our Children’s Children (1969)
The Moody Blues- In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
The Moody Blues- Seventh Sojurn (1972)
The Moody Blues- Every Good Boy Deserves Favor (1971)
The Offspring- Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)
Thelonious Monk- Monk’s Dream (1962)
Weird Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1997)
Yes- The Yes Album (1970)
Yes- 90125 (1983)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 06/28/2014 @ 14:37pm

My favorite picks from your list, Tom, are:

Bill Withers- Still Bill (1972)
Billy Joel- River of Dreams (1993)
Billy Joel- An Innocent Man (1983)
Billy Joel- Storm Front (1989)
George Harrison- Brainwashed (2002)
John Williams- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope: Original Movie Soundtrack (1977)
Paul Simon- There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
The Moody Blues- In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
Weird Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1997)
Yes- 90125 (1983)

In fact, I was thinking of nominating "Brainwashed" myself, but you get dibs on it.

Posted by PopeCharming on Saturday, 06/28/2014 @ 14:53pm

Robyn's "Body Talk" has been involved with at least 3 tie-breakers. I hope it gets enough support next month to make it through.

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 06/28/2014 @ 17:16pm

Sigur Ros - 4
Pink Floyd - 3
Peter Gabriel - 2
The Art Of Noise - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/29/2014 @ 00:51am

PopeCharming- thanks for the input. I'm still trying to figure out if I want to nominate Yes again (as it has come so close three times this year) or nominate something else from my list so if you wanted to nominate "Brainwashed" it's fine by me.

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 06/29/2014 @ 10:02am

Tom H,

These albums have been in my queue, just trying to drum up support for 'em...

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983)
Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1977)
John Williams - Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 06/29/2014 @ 18:54pm

Sorry, I forgot about the deadline (I'm running player auctions in a fantasy football league and planning a 4th of July trip). I'll extend the deadline to 10 tonight (half an hour) and then post the results.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/29/2014 @ 22:31pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here is the class of new albums being inducted in this genre vote:

Animal Collective - Feels (2005)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999)
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)

The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise (1984) and Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) will be automatically nominated in the July Album Vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/29/2014 @ 23:01pm

Very nice class, last round as well.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 06/29/2014 @ 23:26pm

Sigur Rós had already been inducted in 2037 (the spelling was incorrect in the database). Do you want to Art of Noise or Peter Gabriel to take its place?

Posted by FRL on Monday, 06/30/2014 @ 08:48am

Artists with the most inducted albums:

12 The Beatles
10 Bob Dylan
9 Bruce Springsteen
9 The Rolling Stones
8 Pink Floyd
7 The Beach Boys
7 David Bowie
6 Led Zeppelin
6 Metallica
6 U2
6 The Who
6 R.E.M.
5 Miles Davis
5 The Doors
5 Johnny Cash
5 Genesis
5 Talking Heads
5 The Byrds
5 Can
5 Neil Young
5 Kanye West
5 Electric Light Orchestra
4 Queen
4 Arcade Fire
4 Aerosmith
4 Brian Eno
4 Janet Jackson
4 Soundgarden
4 Leonard Cohen
4 Coldplay
4 Roxy Music
4 Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4 Prince & the Revolution
4 Bjork
4 Stevie Wonder
4 Nine Inch Nails
4 Nirvana
4 The Kinks
4 Kraftwerk
4 Michael Jackson
4 The Police
4 Radiohead
4 The Velvet Underground
4 Black Sabbath

Posted by FRL on Monday, 06/30/2014 @ 12:23pm

FRL - Thanks. Interesting stats to see.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 06/30/2014 @ 19:04pm

FRL - Since that's the case, The Art Of Noise - Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise (1984) won the tiebreaker, so it's inducted.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 01:00am

Nominations for next month open at midnight. Every voter can nominate one album from 2013 and one album from 2013 or prior to 2013. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Peter Gabriel Us (1992)
Robyn - Body Talk

Each voter will be allowed to vote for 6 albums. There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11:55 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote (or were nominated last month, when there wasn't a genre vote), but receiving at least three nominations:

90s British Rock/Pop
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Metal
Novelty/Parody
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

Country Rock / Alt-Country is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000 is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

70's Singer-Songwriters is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

80's New Wave / Pop is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

Art Rock / Progressive Rock is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 3 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 3 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 11:55 on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 01:11am

My nominees:

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band- Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)

Genre:

Electronic

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 01:13am

Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)

Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 06:14am

George Harrison- Brainwashed (2002)

Posted by PopeCharming on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 08:38am

Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 11:04am

I thought it would be interesting to see what album we haven't inducted from Rolling Stone's top 500 list:

• 21　Chuck Berry – The Great Twenty-Eight
• 38　Muddy Waters – The Anthology: 1947-1972
• 54　Ray Charles – The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings 1952-1959
• 65　Phil Spector – Back to Mono (1958-1969)
• 92　Buddy Holly & The Crickets – 20 Golden Greats
• 94 Hank Williams – 40 Greatest Hits
• 107　Sam Cooke – Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
• 141　B.B. King – Live At The Regal
• 154　Howlin' Wolf – Moanin' in the Moonlight
• 166　Elvis Costello – Imperial Bedroom
• 174　Bob Dylan – Desire
• 180　The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones, Now!
• 181　Bob Marley & The Wailers – Natty Dread
• 186　Sly & The Family Stone – FRESH
• 189　Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
• 190　Elvis Presley – From Elvis In Memphis
• 198　Little Walter – The Best of Little Walter
• 204　Bob Dylan – Modern Times
• 216　Bo Diddley – Go Bo Diddley
• 220　The Meters – Look-Ka Py Py
• 222　Professor Longhair – New Orleans Piano
• 232　The Kinks – The Kink Kronikles
• 247　Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
• 254　Otis Redding – Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
• 260　Willie Nelson – Stardust
• 266　Blood, Sweat & Tears – Child Is Father to the Man
• 273　Smokey Robinson and The Miracles – Going to a Go-Go
• 274　Labelle – Nightbirds
• 276　Parliament – Mothership Connection
• 281　Mary J. Blige – My Life
• 283　Barry White – Can't Get Enough
• 285　Stevie Wonder – Music Of My Mind
• 286　Al Green – I'm Still in Love With You
• 288　Grateful Dead – Anthem of the Sun
• 292　Bob Dylan and The Band – The Basement Tapes
• 301　Dolly Parton – Coat Of Many Colors
• 303　Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
• 311　Various Artists – The Sun Records Collection
• 318　The O'Jays – Back Stabbers
• 320　Radiohead – Amnesiac
• 333　X – Wild Gift
• 334　Graham Parker – Squeezing Out Sparks
• 339　Tom Waits – The Heart of Saturday Night
• 344　Lou Reed – Berlin
• 355　The Yardbirds – Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds
• 356　Randy Newman – 12 Songs
• 357　The Rolling Stones – Between the Buttons
• 358　Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain
• 359　Elton John – Honky Chateau
• 370　Mott the Hoople – Mott
• 372　The Police – Reggatta De Blanc
• 373　Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers
• 374　Roxy Music – Siren
• 380　Toots and The Maytals – Funky Kingston
• 383　Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings and Food
• 384　The Who – A Quick One
• 386　Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
• 387　Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
• 388　Various Artists – The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
• 389　Don Henley – The End of the Innocence
• 391　Jackson Browne – The Pretender
• 393　M.I.A. – Kala
• 394　Randy Newman – Good Old Boys
• 404　Dr. John – Dr. John's Gumbo
• 406　PJ Harvey – Rid Of Me
• 407　The Clash – Sandinista!
• 411　Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard
• 413　Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
• 414　The Go-Go's – Beauty and the Beat
• 416　Tom Waits – Mule Variations
• 421　Various Artists – The Best of the Girl Groups
• 422　The Ronettes – Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
• 427　Peter Wolf – Sleepless
• 437　Lil' Wayne – Tha Carter III
• 443　Cheap Trick – In Color
• 444　War – The World Is A Ghetto
• 447　Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
• 450　Jackson Browne – For Everyman
• 452　John Prine – John Prine
• 453　EPMD – Strictly Business
• 454　Alice Cooper – Love It to Death
• 455　Los Lobos – How Will the Wolf Survive?
• 456　Marvin Gaye – Here, My Dear
• 457　My Morning Jacket – Z
• 458　Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection
• 459　The Drifters – The Drifters' Golden Hits
• 463　Echo & The Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here
• 465　The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
• 467　Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love
• 468　The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
• 471　Richard and Linda Thompson – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
• 474　Manu Chao – Próxima Estación: Esperanza
• 480　Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
• 481　D'Angelo – Voodoo
• 484　Mott the Hoople – All The Young Dudes
• 487　Cyndi Lauper – She's So Unusual
• 491　Albert King – Born Under A Bad Sign
• 495　Bonnie Raitt – Give It Up
• 496　Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs
• 499　B.B. King – Live In Cook County Jail

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 12:02pm

- Grateful Dead – Live/Dead (1969) (This should have been inducted years ago)

-Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)

I'll give Slint - Spiderland (1991)a month break

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 12:05pm

Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

How has this album not been inducted yet!?
I know we aren't the best with hip hop in both the song and album project, but this is a serious omission!

Posted by Ryan on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 12:15pm

Ryan: It has been, that was a mistake on my part when coming up with the list. My bad!

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 12:59pm

Woops, sorry about that.
Switch my nomination to
Beastie Boys- Check Your Head

Posted by Ryan on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 13:16pm

90's R&B is still under-represented in this project, so my nomination for this month is:

SWV - It's About Time

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 14:14pm

Gassman - Live/Dead was inducted in the 2010 class.

I have been referencing the Rolling Stone List on my end for awhile now. I know that several of those top albums aren't eligible since they are greatest hits albums.

I think by my count, there are 93 albums from the list that we haven't inducted that would be eligible, though I've probably missed a couple.

The biggest surprise for me is that there are albums from Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Elton John on the list that we haven't inducted. Those 5 bands have loads of fans in our voting body.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 14:44pm

Replace Live/Dead with Bob Dylan – Desire.

BSLO: Thanks for the heads up. The greatest hits/compilation albums that I have on that list are eligible because they were either released before/during 1965 or at least 75% of the songs on the album are from 1965 or before. Its the same reason that we have Elvis' Sun Sessions, Chuck Berry Is On Top, etc are in our project.

Also Bob Dylan to me has at least 3-4 albums that need to be inducted into our project (John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, Desire and Skyline).

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 17:08pm

How the compilation rules work with soundtracks? The way I have evaluated soundtracks eligiblity is that the soundtrack in question must have a majority of tracks that we're made for the film, TV Show, Stage Show, etc. Is that a good rule of thumb when to evaluating soundtracks?

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 17:33pm

A lot of great albums on the list that Gassman posted. I'll dip into it this round:

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 17:34pm

My ballot for nominations in the Album Project ballot this month is as follows.

Sir Elton John - Honky Chateau (1972)
30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)

The genre I nominate for our later in the month special election is:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock

I would like to tip my hypothetical hat to Gassman for bringing forth the list of remaining albums in Rolling Stone's 500 Best Albums of all time list a few years back. Indeed, some of these albums completely slipped from my inventory. This will hopefully be rectified in the near future.

One half of the year behind, the other half forward,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 21:07pm

Regular nominee:

Mott the Hoople – All The Young Dudes (1972)

2013 nominee:

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 22:31pm

Greg F: That sounds about right, it has always been a bit tricky. Technically Saturday Night Fever would not qualify under those rules, but there has to be some rule to allow for that album. Maybe like a majority of tracks that we're made for the film, TV Show, Stage Show, etc or the album has a cohesive theme. Thoughts?

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 23:01pm

nom:

Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 07/1/2014 @ 23:28pm

I'd say cohesive theme could work too. The reason Saturday Night Fever got in was the impact it made for disco and music history of the time for better or worse. The same argument could be made another disco soundtrack Thank God It's Friday. I believe if I'm not mistaken that most of the tracks were recorded for the movie but some were released a year before. However soundtracks like Flashdance and Footloose would qualify since all the songs were recorded and released for the soundtrack. And obviously soundtracks to musicals would qualify since it's original to that.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 07/2/2014 @ 00:23am

Lax31 - My instructions were incorrect. Art Rock/Progressive Rock isn't eligible for nomination as a genre until August.

My nominations:

Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/2/2014 @ 01:59am

Yes- 90125 (1983)
Bastille- Bad Blood (2013)

Since Cheesecrop nominated a Pearl Jam already I will defer to him and give Lightning Bolt a rest for this month.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/2/2014 @ 09:35am

Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Posted by Mike1 on Wednesday, 07/2/2014 @ 17:52pm

Darren, thank you for correcting that error. In this case, my replacement genre is now:

60s Garage Rock.

This genre, so to speak, is based primarily on independent, lower budget recordings of bands and/or individual artists consisting of no multi-tracking, one take at least, some homemade instruments, and the need to listen several times to decipher the lyrics. In short, recordings as if they came from a garage. Examples can be found in noted compilations and box sets including the Nuggets and Pebbles series.

Let me know what you fellow posters think,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Wednesday, 07/2/2014 @ 21:53pm

Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 07/2/2014 @ 22:26pm

Lax- Do.you feel that the Monks fall into your category? I see them falling into Garage, Proto-punk and Psychedelic. Curious about your opinion. I'd like to see them get some representation in our projects.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 07/2/2014 @ 22:34pm

My nomination for July 2014/2039 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 07/2/2014 @ 23:53pm

Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Beyonce - Beyonce

Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 07/3/2014 @ 07:00am

Greg F - The Harder They Fall is another good example of a cohesive theme.

Where I would have to put my foot down would be for a film like Pulp Fiction or Forrest Gump. While both are some of the greatest soundtracks for a film, there is really no cohesive theme, just a collection of songs that match the movie.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 07/3/2014 @ 11:24am

Thanks Gassman. I guess that I should have read those rules on compilation albums a little closer.

Appreciate you posting the list, as it's brought forth some great nominees this time around!

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 07/3/2014 @ 18:54pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominees:

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Beyonce - Beyonce
Bob Dylan - Desire
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Elton John - Honky Chateau (1972)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes (1972)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
SWV - It's About Time
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Every voter can vote for 6 albums from this list.

Voting will end on Tuesday the 8th at 11:55 PM Central.

The following genres have been nominated for this month's genre selection vote:

60s Garage Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Electronic
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Metal
Novelty/Parody
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Each voter can vote for 5 genres from this list of genres. The genre that receives the most votes will be selected for this month. If there is a tie, there will be a tiebreaker vote, the results of which will decide this month (most votes) and next month (second most votes), though any genre that finishes in 3rd or worse in a tiebreaker vote will not be assigned a month automatically.

Voting will end on Sunday the 6th at 11:55 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/4/2014 @ 02:12am

Just to clarify before I vote, was Robyn - Body Talk supposed to be auto-nominated this round? I thought it was, but don't see it listed.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 07/4/2014 @ 02:58am

Genre vote

Jazz
Metal
Novelty/Parody
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 07/4/2014 @ 05:33am

Yes, "Body Talk" by Robyn should definitely be on the list....

Posted by Mike on Friday, 07/4/2014 @ 07:56am

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Bob Dylan- Desire
Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Genre vote
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Electronic
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Punk

Posted by Ryan on Friday, 07/4/2014 @ 11:12am

Yes, the following albums are also nominated:

Robyn - Body Talk
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)

If you'd like to change your vote to one of these albums, you can do so without losing your official vote switch for the month.

Also, please vote for "Body Talk". It's an excellent album and I'm getting tired of hearing about it every month. lol

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/4/2014 @ 17:18pm

I should not have included Art Rock/Progressive Rock on the list of genres. It won't be eligible until next month.

Here's the correct list of nominees:

60s Garage Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Electronic
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Metal
Novelty/Parody
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Ryan - Please select a different genre for your fifth vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/4/2014 @ 17:22pm

My genre votes:

Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums
Metal
Hip Hop / Rap
90s British Rock / Pop

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/4/2014 @ 17:23pm

Novelty/Parody
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums
Jazz
Electronic
60s Garage Rock

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 07/4/2014 @ 17:41pm

Electronic
Metal
TV and Movie Soundtracks
Jazz
Rap/Hip-hop

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/5/2014 @ 21:18pm

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
Robyn - Body Talk (2010)

Genres:

60s Garage Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Electronic
Jazz
Punk

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 07/5/2014 @ 21:28pm

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band- Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Elton John- Honkey Chateau
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Robyn- Body Talk (2010)
Laura Nyro- New York Tendaberry

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/5/2014 @ 22:57pm

Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Robyn- Body Talk (2010)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 07/5/2014 @ 23:05pm

Sorry about that please switch my art rock vote to 90s British Rock/Pop

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 07/6/2014 @ 00:14am

My Ballot:

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Bob Dylan - Desire
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes (1972)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 07/6/2014 @ 17:21pm

Beyonce - Beyonce
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

I love Elton as much as anyone here, but I would have trouble voting for either "Honky Chateau" or "Diving Board" until the thematically consistent and hitless-but-strong-all-around "Tumbleweed Connection" gets in first.

Posted by PopeCharming on Sunday, 07/6/2014 @ 17:40pm

I'm actually going to plan on nominating Tumbleweed Connection next month. I also would like to see Blue Moves go in at some point as well.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/6/2014 @ 20:33pm

My ballot for this month's Album Project is as follows.

Sir Elton John - Honky Chateau (1972)
30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2001)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Yes - 90125 (1983)
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)

My ballot for the genres to be nominated in later months are :

60s Garage Rock
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums
90s British Rock/Pop
Electronic
Novelty/Parody

Hopefully this is suitable for all,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 07/6/2014 @ 20:42pm

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 07/7/2014 @ 00:31am

Genre Vote:

Electronic
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Novelty/Parody
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 07/7/2014 @ 00:32am

Bob Dylan - Desire
Elton John - Honky Chateau (1972)
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes (1972)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)

90s British Rock/Pop
Electronic
Hip Hop/Rap
Metal
Punk

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 07/7/2014 @ 01:01am

I'm on the road and having computer problems, so I can't close the voting for the genre selection. In response, the deadline for this vote will be at 11:55 PM Central on Monday. Sorry for the delay / confusion.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/7/2014 @ 02:51am

*Beyonce - Beyonce
*Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
*Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
*Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
*The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
*Robyn - Body Talk

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 07/7/2014 @ 03:57am

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
SWV - It's About Time
Robyn - Body Talk

Posted by Mike on Monday, 07/7/2014 @ 08:19am

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

This ballot was brutal

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/7/2014 @ 16:40pm

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Elton John - Honky Chateau (1972)
Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes (1972)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Posted by Mike1 on Monday, 07/7/2014 @ 22:21pm

My Votes:

Robyn - Body Talk
Elton John - Honky Chateau
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

Would support in the future:

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes (1972)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

Cheesecrop - I'm very much in favor of inducting more songs and albums by Pearl Jam, but No Code might be their worst album, imo.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/8/2014 @ 00:27am

My Current Vote Count:

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965) - 8

Robyn - Body Talk - 6
Yes - 90125 (1983) - 6
_______________________________________

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head - 5
Elton John - Honky Chateau (1972) - 5
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (1991) - 5
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984) - 5
_______________________________________

Bob Dylan - Desire - 4
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013) - 4
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998) - 4
Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes (1972) - 4
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 4

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970) - 3
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002) - 3
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991) - 3

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) - 2
Beyonce - Beyonce (2013) - 2
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 2
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013) - 2
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry - 2
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996) - 2

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013) - 1
SWV - It's About Time - 1
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 1

Bastille - Bad Blood (2013) - 0
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013) - 0
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996) - 0

Voting closes at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/8/2014 @ 00:29am

This month's selected genre is Electronic.

Here is the final vote count:

Electronic - 7
________________________

Jazz - 6
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums - 6

90s British Rock/Pop - 5
Hip Hop/Rap - 5
Punk - 5

Metal - 4
Novelty/Parody - 4

60s Garage Rock - 3

Do we weant to have 2 votes for this genre? What year do we want to split the votes between if we do have 2 votes? What artists / albums should be considered for this genre?

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/8/2014 @ 00:59am

At least two. This is such a neglected and influential genre that I think we could justify three. 79 and earlier, 80-95 and 95 onward. There's so much ground to cover here. (I'm not fully attached to those.dates, just a guide.)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 07/8/2014 @ 01:17am

Agreed at least 2. If 2 79 and earlier and 80-present. If 3 we can do what DarinRG just suggested. That would be a first splitting into 3.

Suggested albums:

Wendy Carlos- Switched on Bach
Cluster- 71
Cluster- II
Giorgio Morodor- From Here to Eternity
Terry Riley- A Rainbow in Curved Air
Neil Nappe- July
The Avalanches- Since I Left You
Oribital- In Sides
Orbital- Snivilization
Einzelganger- Einzelganger
Deadmau5- 4x4=12
Karlheinz Stockhausen — Mixtur
Silver Apples — Silver Apples
White Noise — An Electric Storm
Tangerine Dream — Electronic Meditation
Nik Raicevic — Head
Annette Peacock — I’m the One
The Machines — Electronic Music
Synergy — Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra
Francis Bebey — La Condition Masculine
Laurie Spiegel — The Expanding Universe
Yellow Magic Orchestra — Technodelic
Arthur Russell — World of Echo
808 State — Newbuild
Plastikman — Musik
Goldie — Timeless
Boards of Canada — Music Has the Right to Children
Gas — Königsforst
Pan Sonic — Aaltopiiri
Ricardo Villalobos — Alcachofa
Squarepusher — Ultravistor
Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto — Insen
The Knife — Silent Shout
Burial — Untrue
Portishead — Third
Kevin Drumm — Imperial Horizon
Oneohtrix Point Never — Returnal
Motion Sickness of Time Travel — Luminaries and Synastry
Holly Herndon — Movement

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/8/2014 @ 03:47am

^

Wendy Carlos- Sonic Seasonings

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/8/2014 @ 04:13am

I think we did three groups once in the Song Project for Country. It was another genre that had been overneglected for its importance enough to have the available material to justify it.

And make no mistake about it, "Electronic" is now a root genre.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 07/8/2014 @ 05:11am

I can support the three-way-split. I also agree with the 79 and earlier, 80-95, and 96-now splits.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 07/8/2014 @ 05:49am

In order to try to declutter a potential tie-breaker please switch my vote for

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick Off My Decals, Baby (1970)

to

Elton John - Honky Chateau (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/8/2014 @ 15:26pm

I'll swap my vote for Laura Nyro- New York Tendaberry to

Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/8/2014 @ 16:35pm

If we do three votes, we'd have the first round of voting include the first two votes and the second include the third vote, otherwise we'll run into August in the voting and make a big mess.

I'm fine with 1954-1979, 1980-1995 and 1996-2013 if that's what everyone decides.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/8/2014 @ 18:41pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted as the class of July 2014:

Elton John - Honky Chateau (1972)
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)
Robyn - Body Talk (2010)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
Yes - 90125 (1983)

There's a tiebreaker in the Song Project, so we'll begin nominations for the first and second parts of the Genre vote following the conclusion of the tiebreaker. In the meantime, please continue to suggest albums for the genre and let me know if any tweaks to the current plan for splitting the genre votes up.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/9/2014 @ 00:56am

Nominations are now open for the 1954-1979 Electronic Genre vote and the 1980-1995 Electronic Genre vote.

Each voter can nominate two albums from each time period that you think belong in this genre. Since this is a time-specific genre group, please be sure to include the year that the albums you're nominating was released.

There will be two days of nominations, ending at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 12th. This will be followed by a one day review period where anyone can protest any albums that they feel has been nominated inappropriately for this genre. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote. The review period will end at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 13th. We will then have 5 days of voting. After the conclusion of these group votes, we'll begin the nomination process for the 1996-2013 genre vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/11/2014 @ 01:02am

My electronic nominations

1954-1979:

Terry Riley- A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos- Switched on Bach (1968)

1980-1995:

808 State- Newbuild (1988)
The Orb- Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/11/2014 @ 01:27am

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)
Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975)

Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 07/11/2014 @ 05:49am

54-79

Kraftwerk- Radio-Activity (1975)
Cluster- Cluster II (1972)

80-95

Kraftwerk- Electric Cafe (1986)
Cluster- Curiosum (1981)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 07/11/2014 @ 16:58pm

Kid Dalton & Tom Dissevelt - The Fascinating World of Electronic Music (1959)
White Noise - An Electrical Storm (1968)

Global Communication - 76:14 (1994)
New Order - Substance (1987)

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 07/12/2014 @ 04:13am

Oops, I missed that the cutoff was 1995. Switch my Fatboy Slim album to:

The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 07/12/2014 @ 09:45am

54-79:
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970)
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell (1975)

80-95:
Electronic - Electronic (1991)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 07/12/2014 @ 18:58pm

Here is my nomination ballot for Electronic albums for the special election in the Album Project. First, here are the two albums completed from 1954-1979 that I have nominated.

Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (1970)
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Hymnem (1969)

The Stockhausen piece was and still is mainly intended as a live performance piece involving prerecorded elements. I am aware that we have likely inducted every important Kraftwerk album still recognized by Ralf Hutter. Yet, of their early material, the self titled 1970 album Kraftwerk made is one of immense importance.

Now, here are the albums nominated from 1980-1995.

Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
Sparks - Gratuitous Sax And Senseless Violins (1994)

Let me know if there any problems with these nominations,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Saturday, 07/12/2014 @ 22:05pm

Nominations are now closed. We'll have one day of review. If you see any albums that you feel were nominated inappropriately for this genre, please protest the album in question. Any albums that receive three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Here are the nominees for the 1954-1979 group:

Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975)
Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Hymnem (1969)
Kid Dalton & Tom Dissevelt - The Fascinating World of Electronic Music (1959)
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (1970)
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975)
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell (1975)
Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)
White Noise - An Electrical Storm (1968)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)

Here are the nominees for the 1980-1995 group;

808 State - Newbuild (1988)
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
Cluster - Curiosum (1981)
Electronic - Electronic (1991)
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994)
Kraftwerk - Electric Cafe (1986)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
New Order - Substance (1987)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Sparks - Gratuitous Sax And Senseless Violins (1994)
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994)

Review will end at voting will begin at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 13th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/13/2014 @ 01:25am

There weren't any protested albums. Voting is now open. Everyone can vote for 6 nominated albums in each category.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/14/2014 @ 03:00am

I guess I'll start:

1954-1979

Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975)
Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (1970)
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975)
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970)
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell (1975)

1980-1995

Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
Cluster - Curiosum (1981)
Kraftwerk - Electric Cafe (1986)
New Order - Substance (1987)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Sparks - Gratuitous Sax And Senseless Violins (1994)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/14/2014 @ 10:39am

1954-1979

Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975)
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell (1975)
Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)

1980-1995

808 State - Newbuild (1988)
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/14/2014 @ 16:10pm

My ballots:

1954-1979 group:

Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Hymnem (1969)
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975)
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970)
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell (1975)
Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)

1980-1995 group:

808 State - Newbuild (1988)
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994)

Just a head up that New Order - Substance (1987) is ineligible because its a compilation album of material released after 1965.

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 07/15/2014 @ 09:55am

Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975)
Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975)
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970)
Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)

808 State - Newbuild (1988)
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
Cluster - Curiosum (1981)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 07/15/2014 @ 17:18pm

Rough week, I missed the Noms, but you gentlemen put two great ballots together.

Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975)
Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Hymnem (1969)
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)

808 State - Newbuild (1988)
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
Cluster - Curiosum (1981)
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)

Tip of the hat to whomever put Terry Riley and Global Communication into play. Two very important albums in their own different way. That's sincere, but now lets see how long it takes another hack music writer to mock the word "important" in a write-up.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 07/15/2014 @ 18:01pm

Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975)
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell (1975)
Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)

The last cut here was Karlheinz Stockhausen.

From 1980 to 1995, it'll be:

808 State - Newbuild (1988)
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
Cluster - Curiosum (1981)
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)

Leftfield was the last cut in this ballot.

These genre ballot are getting harder and harder to have cuts in. This one (especially 1980-1995) was so hard I had to cut one of my nominees. The difficulty isn't a bad thing, though. It just shows how many great nominees there are that still deserve induction.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 07/15/2014 @ 21:11pm

Just a head up that New Order - Substance (1987) is ineligible because its a compilation album of material released after 1965.

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 07.15.14 @ 09:55am
_________________________________________________

In that case switch my vote for New Order to

Global Communication - 76:14 (1994)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/16/2014 @ 16:04pm

My current vote count:

1954-1979:

Cluster - Cluster II (1972) - 6
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975) - 6

Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970) - 5

Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968) - 5

Vangelis - Heaven and Hell (1975) - 4
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Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975) - 3
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 3

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Hymnem (1969) - 2

Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (1970) - 1
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978) - 1

Kid Dalton & Tom Dissevelt - The Fascinating World of Electronic Music (1959) - 0
White Noise - An Electrical Storm (1968) - 0

1980-1995:

Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983) - 6

808 State - Newbuild (1988) - 5
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991) - 5
_________________________________

Cluster - Curiosum (1981) - 4
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994) - 4
Leftfield - Leftism (1995) - 4
_________________________________

Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) - 3
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994) - 3

Kraftwerk - Electric Cafe (1986) - 1
Sparks - Gratuitous Sax And Senseless Violins (1994) - 1

Electronic - Electronic (1991) - 0

Voting closes at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/17/2014 @ 01:08am

1954-1979:
Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975)
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (1970)
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)
White Noise - An Electrical Storm (1968)

1980-1995:
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
Cluster - Curiosum (1981)
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 07/17/2014 @ 03:53am

I know were still in the middle of the genre vote but any interest in these for next month's regular voting cycle?

Bill Withers- Still Bill (1972)
Billy Joel- River of Dreams (1993)
Billy Joel- An Innocent Man (1983)
Billy Joel- Storm Front (1989)
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer- Trilogy (1972)
Frank Zappa- Hot Rats (1970)
.fun- Some Nights (2012)
Genesis- Nursery Cryme (1971)
Genesis- Foxtrot (1972)
Genesis- Genesis (1983)
Jethro Tull- Benefit (1970)
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
John Williams- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope: Original Movie Soundtrack (1977)
John Williams- Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Led Zeppelin- Presence (1977)
Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door (1979)
Old Crow Medicine Show- O.C.M.S. (2004)
Paul Simon- There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
Phil Collins- Hello I Must Be Going! (1982)
Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother’s Milk (1989)
Rush- Fly By Night (1975)
Rush- A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Stevie Wonder- Hotter than July (1980)
Styx- The Grand Illusion (1977)
Styx- Pieces Of Eight (1978)
Supertramp- Even In The Quietest Moments (1977)
Supertramp- Crime of the Century (1974)
The Moody Blues- To Our Children’s Children (1969)
The Moody Blues- In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
The Moody Blues- Seventh Sojurn (1972)
The Moody Blues- Every Good Boy Deserves Favor (1971)
The Offspring- Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)
Thelonious Monk- Monk’s Dream (1962)
Weird Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1997)
Yes- The Yes Album (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 07/17/2014 @ 19:47pm

1954-1979

Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975)
Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975)
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Hymnem (1969)
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (1970)
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970)
Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)

1980-1995

Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
Kraftwerk - Electric Cafe (1986)
Sparks - Gratuitous Sax And Senseless Violins (1994)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
808 State - Newbuild (1988)
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)

Happy voting!,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Friday, 07/18/2014 @ 21:46pm

My current vote count:

1954-1979:

Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968) - 7

Cluster - Cluster II (1972) - 6
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970) - 6

Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975) - 5
_________________________

Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 4
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell (1975) - 4
_________________________

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Hymnem (1969) - 3
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (1970) - 3

White Noise - An Electrical Storm (1968) - 1
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978) - 1

Kid Dalton & Tom Dissevelt - The Fascinating World of Electronic Music (1959) - 0

1980-1995:

Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983) - 8

The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991) - 7

808 State - Newbuild (1988) - 6
_________________________

Cluster - Curiosum (1981) - 5
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994) - 5
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) - 5
_________________________

Leftfield - Leftism (1995) - 4
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994) - 4

Kraftwerk - Electric Cafe (1986) - 2
Sparks - Gratuitous Sax And Senseless Violins (1994) - 2

Electronic - Electronic (1991) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central tonight.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/18/2014 @ 23:34pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been voted into the Album Project for the 1954-1979 Genre vote this month:

Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975)
Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975)
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970)
Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/19/2014 @ 01:30am

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been voted into the Album Project for the 1980-1995 Genre vote this month:

808 State Newbuild (1988)
Brian Eno Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
The Orb Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Cluster Curiosum (1981)
Global Communication 76:14 (1994)
Pet Shop Boys Please (1986)

If you voted in the 1980-1995 Album Genre vote, you can participate in the tiebreaker. To do so, rank all three albums in order of preference. The albums will be scored 3-2-1 according to your rankings. The two highest-scoring albums will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 21st. This is three days rather than the usual two because I'll be traveling this weekend and away from my computer until the 21st.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/19/2014 @ 01:36am

Nominations are now open for the Electronic Genre for 1996-2013.

Each voter can nominate as many as two albums from this time period that they feel belongs in this genre.

If an album is nominated that you feel doesn't belong in this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 21st. This is three days rather than two because I will be on the road this weekend and unable to compile the list of nominees until I get back. We'll then have one day for review, ending on Tuesday the 22nd and 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/19/2014 @ 01:37am

Re-post for typo corrections:

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been voted into the Album Project for the 1980-1995 Genre vote this month:

808 State - Newbuild (1988)
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Cluster - Curiosum (1981)
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)

If you voted in the 1980-1995 Album Genre vote, you can participate in the tiebreaker. To do so, rank all three albums in order of preference. The albums will be scored 3-2-1 according to your rankings.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 21st. This is three days rather than the usual two because I'll be traveling this weekend and away from my computer until the 21st.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/19/2014 @ 01:38am

Global Communication- 76:14 (1994) (3)
Cluster- Curiosum (1981) (2)
Pet Shop Boys- Please (1986) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/19/2014 @ 01:41am

1996-2013:

Orbital- In Sides (1996)
The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/19/2014 @ 01:43am

My nominees for 1996-2013:

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 07/19/2014 @ 11:38am

My nominees for 1996-2013:

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 07/19/2014 @ 11:38am

You know...I could have sworn I pushed "Submit Comment" once. Ah well.

1. Cluster - Curiosum (1981) (3 points)
2. Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) (2 points)
3. Global Communication - 76:14 (1994) (a point)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 07/19/2014 @ 11:41am

Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven (2013)
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (2013)

Tie-breaker votes:
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994) - 3
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) - 2
Cluster - Curiosim (1981) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 07/20/2014 @ 16:07pm

LCD Soundsystem- LCD Soundsystem (2005)
The Prodigy- The Fat of the Land (1997)

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 07/20/2014 @ 19:02pm

My nominations for Electronic album from 1996-2013 for this special election are as follows:

Sparks - Lil Beethoven (2002)
Suicide - American Supreme (2002)

I do understand there are quite a great deal of similarities between both albums, both groups, the year of completion and the critical revitalization of these acts with these albums. Rest assured these albums are also quite different in approach and mood. Now then, here is my tiebreaking ballot to determine the final results of the previous election.

Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) - 3
Cluster - Curiosim (1981) - 2
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994) - 1

Hopefully this is legitimate,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 07/20/2014 @ 20:39pm

Tie breaker:
Global Communication
Cluster
Pet Shop Boys

All three albums deserving, just personal preference and wanting to see better representation for ambient.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 07/21/2014 @ 05:21am

Cluster - Curiosum (1981)-3
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994)-2
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)-1

I don't know enough about the genre to put in nominations for the final group. Sorry guys

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/21/2014 @ 11:05am

Noms:

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco (2011)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 07/21/2014 @ 20:05pm

I guess I'll throw one nomination in after all:

Brian Eno- Another Day On Earth (2005)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/21/2014 @ 20:14pm

Nominations are now closed.

We will now have one day of review for the nominated albums. If you feel that an album has been nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Here are the nominated songs that are under review:

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)
Brian Eno - Another Day On Earth (2005)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (2013)
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco (2011)
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)
Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven (2013)
Orbital - In Sides (1996)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)
Sparks - Lil Beethoven (2002)
Suicide - American Supreme (2002)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)

Let me know if I missed any or if any are chronologically ineligible.

Review will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/22/2014 @ 01:06am

Darren- Who were the winners for the 80-95 Tie-Breaker?

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/22/2014 @ 11:10am

The tiebreaker has now ended.

Here is the final class of this genre vote:

808 State - Newbuild (1988)
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (1983)
Cluster - Curiosum (1981)
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994)
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)

Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) will be automatically nominated in the August Album Project vote.

Here were the final tiebreaker results:

Cluster - Curiosum (1981) - 13
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994) - 13
________________________________

Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) - 10

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/22/2014 @ 11:59am

That's a damn fine group of inducted albums right there.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 07/22/2014 @ 19:08pm

Review is now closed. There weren't any albums protested.

Here are the nominated albums:

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)
Brian Eno - Another Day On Earth (2005)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (2013)
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco (2011)
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)
Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven (2013)
Orbital - In Sides (1996)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)
Sparks - Lil Beethoven (2002)
Suicide - American Supreme (2002)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)

Each voter can vote for 6 albums. Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/23/2014 @ 02:41am

Any interest for next month or future elections?

Elton John- Tumbleweed Connection (1971)
Elton John- Blue Moves (1976)
Billy Joel- The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Marriane Faithful- Broken English (1979)
Rainbow- Rising (1976)
Christina Aguilera- Stripped (2002)
Christina Aguilera- Back to Basics (2006)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack (1975)
Flashdance Soundtrack (1982)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Terry Riley- A Rainbow in Curved Air (1967)
Chicago- VII (1974)
Peter Gabriel- II (Scratch) (1978)
Blood, Sweat, & Tears- Child is The Father of the Man (1967)
Wendy Carlos- Sonic Seasonings (1972)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 07/23/2014 @ 02:46am

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco (2011)
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)
Orbital - In Sides (1996)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 07/23/2014 @ 18:41pm

Justice - Audio, Video, Disco (2011)
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)
Orbital - In Sides (1996)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/24/2014 @ 00:00am

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)
Orbital - In Sides (1996)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)

The last cut was Boards of Canada.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 07/24/2014 @ 11:57am

My Ballot:

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)
Orbital - In Sides (1996)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 07/24/2014 @ 12:28pm

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco (2011)
Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven (2013)
Orbital - In Sides (1996)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)

Passion Pit and Sparks were tough cuts. I'd support both in the future.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 07/24/2014 @ 20:14pm

Darn, I missed the nomination period this time around:

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco (2011)
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)
Orbital - In Sides (1996)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 07/24/2014 @ 20:52pm

Brian Eno - Another Day On Earth (2005)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (2013)
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)
Suicide - American Supreme (2002)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 07/25/2014 @ 09:50am

Greg F.-

For future elections these would have my vote almost immediately (depending on how strong the rest of the ballot was):

Elton John- Tumbleweed Connection (1971)
Elton John- Blue Moves (1976)
Billy Joel- The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Rainbow- Rising (1976) (This isn't in yet??!!)
Christina Aguilera- Stripped (2002)
Christina Aguilera- Back to Basics (2006)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack (1975)
Chicago- VII (1974)
Peter Gabriel- II (Scratch) (1978)
Blood, Sweat, & Tears- Child is The Father of the Man (1967)

Rainbow Rising, Rocky Horror, and Child is The Father of the Man are my top priorities

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 07/25/2014 @ 10:28am

Any interest in the following albums for next round?

Bill Withers- Still Bill (1972)
Billy Joel- River of Dreams (1993)
Billy Joel- Storm Front (1989)
Frank Zappa- Hot Rats (1970)
.fun- Some Nights (2012)
Genesis- Nursery Cryme (1971)
Genesis- Foxtrot (1972)
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
John Williams- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope: Original Movie Soundtrack (1977)
John Williams- Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door (1979)
Old Crow Medicine Show- O.C.M.S. (2004)
Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Rush- Fly By Night (1975)
Rush- A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Styx- The Grand Illusion (1977)
Supertramp- Even In The Quietest Moments (1977)
Supertramp- Crime of the Century (1974)
The Moody Blues- To Our Children’s Children (1969)
The Moody Blues- In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
The Moody Blues- Seventh Sojurn (1972)
The Moody Blues- Every Good Boy Deserves Favor (1971)
Thelonious Monk- Monk’s Dream (1962)
Weird Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1997)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 07/25/2014 @ 10:33am

Tom- Of your list I would eventually vote for the following:

Genesis- Nursery Cryme (1971)
Genesis- Foxtrot (1972)
Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door (1979)
Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Rush- A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Styx- The Grand Illusion (1977)
Supertramp- Crime of the Century (1974)
The Moody Blues- To Our Children’s Children (1969)
The Moody Blues- In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
The Moody Blues- Every Good Boy Deserves Favor (1971)
Weird Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1997)

Highest priorities: Any of The Moody Blues, Crime of The Century, The Grand Illusion, & Any of the Genesis.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/25/2014 @ 14:41pm

Greg F.-What about these then?

Billy Joel- An Innocent Man (1983)
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer- Trilogy (1972)
Genesis- Genesis (1983)
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
Led Zeppelin- Presence (1977)
Paul Simon- There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
Phil Collins- Hello I Must Be Going! (1982)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother’s Milk (1989)
Stevie Wonder- Hotter than July (1980)
Styx- Pieces Of Eight (1978)
The Offspring- Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)
Yes- The Yes Album (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 07/25/2014 @ 15:42pm

Tom- I could support the following:

Emerson, Lake, & Palmer- Trilogy (1972)
Led Zeppelin- Presence (1977) (High priority)
Paul Simon- There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother’s Milk (1989)
Styx- Pieces Of Eight (1978)
Yes- The Yes Album (1970) (high priority)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/25/2014 @ 17:43pm

My current vote count:

LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005) - 6
Orbital - In Sides (1996) - 6
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000) - 6
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997) - 6
________________________________

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013) - 4
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco (2011) - 4
________________________________

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013) - 3
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012) - 3

Brian Eno - Another Day On Earth (2005) - 1
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (2013) - 1
Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven (2013) - 1
Suicide - American Supreme (2002) - 1

Sparks - Lil Beethoven (2002) - 0

Voting closes at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/26/2014 @ 01:40am

Pease switch my vote for

Suicide - American Supreme (2002)

to

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 07/27/2014 @ 13:31pm

My Votes:

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco (2011)
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/27/2014 @ 19:24pm

My current vote count:

LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005) - 7
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000) - 7
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997) - 7

Orbital - In Sides (1996) - 6
_________________________

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013) - 5
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco (2011) - 5
_________________________

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013) - 4
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012) - 4

Brian Eno - Another Day On Earth (2005) - 1
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (2013) - 1
Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven (2013) - 1

Sparks - Lil Beethoven (2002) - 0
Suicide - American Supreme (2002) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central tonight.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/27/2014 @ 19:26pm

My ballot, though late arriving, is as follows.

Brian Eno - Another Day On Earth (2005)
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (2013)
Sparks - Lil Beethoven (2002)
Suicide - American Supreme (2002)
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)

Perhaps I need to relearn the defintion of electronic,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 07/27/2014 @ 21:39pm

Lax and Tom - I will tell you both that I love the Sparks, Suicide and Eno albums that you inducted and would support them in the future. I just made the choice to go with some of the acts who hit their peak importance during the period of this vote. It was not a personal slight on either of you.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 07/27/2014 @ 22:15pm

DarrinRG-

No worries. This is so not my area of expertise so I was just grasping at straws for a nomination.

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 07/27/2014 @ 22:40pm

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)
Brian Eno - Another Day On Earth (2005)
Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven (2013)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)
Sparks - Lil Beethoven (2002)
Suicide - American Supreme (2002)

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 07/27/2014 @ 22:47pm

Tom - That's cool. I just wanted to say something because it's rare for me to pass on any of those three. I agonized over it.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 07/27/2014 @ 22:55pm

Voting is now closed (sorry for the delay).

The following albums have been inducted:

The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
Orbital - In Sides (1996)
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)

No tiebreaker is necessary.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/28/2014 @ 04:46am

Tom H,

From your list, I would choose the following recordings:

Genesis- Nursery Cryme (1971)
Genesis- Foxtrot (1972)
Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Rush- A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Styx- The Grand Illusion (1977)
Supertramp- Even In The Quietest Moments (1977)
Supertramp- Crime of the Century (1974)
The Moody Blues- To Our Children’s Children (1969)
The Moody Blues- In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
The Moody Blues- Seventh Sojurn (1972)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Monday, 07/28/2014 @ 09:00am

This month's genre did help clear up some albums on my queue. I had of my nominees from group 1, both from group and both from group 3. I'm so thrilled.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/29/2014 @ 00:19am

Greg - Completely agreed. I was thrilled with all three groups of inducted albums this month. The master ballots were all very solid, as well.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 07/29/2014 @ 02:13am

In case anyone is interested reddit made a list of the best albums of the 2000s
http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/2c4uro/this_is_what_reddit_thinks_that_are_the_best/

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 07/31/2014 @ 13:15pm

Nominations for next month open at midnight. Every voter can nominate one album from 2013 and one album from 2013 or prior to 2013. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)

Each voter will be allowed to vote for 6 albums. There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11:55 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote (or were nominated last month, when there wasn't a genre vote), but receiving at least three nominations:

60s Garage Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Metal
Novelty/Parody
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

Country Rock / Alt-Country is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000 is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

70's Singer-Songwriters is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

80's New Wave / Pop is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

Electronic is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

Art Rock / Progressive Rock is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 3 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 3 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 11:55 on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/31/2014 @ 22:38pm

My Nominees:

Elton John- Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/1/2014 @ 01:00am

Genre:

Live Albums

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/1/2014 @ 01:11am

Genre:

Live Albums

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/1/2014 @ 01:11am

My nomination for August 2014/2039 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 08/1/2014 @ 01:18am

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 08/1/2014 @ 06:03am

My pre-2013 nomination is:

Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)

And my 2013 nominee is:

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 08/1/2014 @ 06:22am

Supertramp- Crime of The Century (1974)
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 08/1/2014 @ 15:29pm

Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 08/1/2014 @ 16:37pm

George Harrison- Brainwashed (2002)

Posted by PopeCharming on Friday, 08/1/2014 @ 19:18pm

Beastie Boys- Check Your Head (1992)

Posted by Ryan on Friday, 08/1/2014 @ 20:19pm

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)

Generally considered the band's best album and an undisputed classic staple of the Post-punk era.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 08/1/2014 @ 20:38pm

Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 08/2/2014 @ 05:16am

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/2/2014 @ 23:39pm

Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
Burning Lights - Chris Tomlin (2013)

Genre: Gospel

Posted by Evangelist on Sunday, 08/3/2014 @ 00:46am

nom:

Of Monsters and Men- My Head Is An Animal (2011)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 08/3/2014 @ 00:57am

Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Beyonce - Beyonce

Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 08/3/2014 @ 03:40am

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 08/3/2014 @ 19:37pm

Nom...

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Posted by printthelegends on Sunday, 08/3/2014 @ 19:40pm

My nominations for this month's Album Project are as follows.

The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children (1969)

My thanks to Enigmaticus for this wise suggestion. The second of two albums the Moody Blues completed in 1969, To Our Children's Children was inspired by and was conceptually about space exploration. This came at a time when the human mind seemed limitless; mwell without the fear and retrograde beliefs many now have.

My 2013 album nomination is:

Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (2013)

This band still is innovative and influential as they were well over 30 years ago. Indeed, a great deal of the songs on Delta Machine I think will be on a par with late 1980s and early 1990s work.

My Genre nomination for later in the month is:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock

One of the more interesting reasons for choosing this genre of music is the relative fluidity that can be observed in deciding what can be considered art rock. The more experimental and risk taking the album is, the greater chance the album merits multiple listenings.

I never thought I lived to be an adult,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 08/3/2014 @ 20:56pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominees:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)
Beyonce - Beyonce
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Chris Tomlin - Burning Lights (2013)
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal (2011)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (1974)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children (1969)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

Each voter can vote for 6 albums from this list. If I've missed any nominees, let me know right away.

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Here are the nominees for the genre selection vote:

60s Garage Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Gospel
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Live Albums
Metal
Novelty/Parody
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Each voter can vote for 5 genres.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Wednesday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 01:16am

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

90s British Rock/Pop
Hip Hop/Rap
Live Albums
Metal
Punk

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 01:31am

Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) is also nominated as the loser of a tiebreaker in July. BSLO, if you'd like to change one of your votes to "Please", you can do so and still have one vote switch available.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 01:57am

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)
Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi (1989)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 03:26am

60s Garage Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Jazz
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 03:42am

My Ballot:

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)

Just Missed/Potential Vote Switches:

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)(I'll support older Elton to clear up room for this gem)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 09:58am

Genre Votes:

Jazz
Live Albums
Metal
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 09:59am

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children (1969)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

Hip Hop/Rap
Live Album
Novelty/Parody
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Darrin A on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 15:48pm

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Beyonce - Beyonce
Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)

Genres:

Novelty/Parody
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums
Live Album
Art/Progressive Rock
Jazz

Posted by PopeCharming on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 16:30pm

My Vote

Elton John- Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Supertramp- Crime of the Century (1974)
Moody Blues- To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)
Cheap Trick- In Color (1977)
Laura Nyro- New York Tendaberry (1969)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 18:17pm

Genres:

90s British Rock/Pop
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Metal
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 18:32pm

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
Elton John- Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

Genre Vote:
90s British Rock/Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Jazz
Live Albums
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 21:02pm

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children (1969)

Posted by printthelegends on Tuesday, 08/5/2014 @ 00:38am

Genres

Novelty/Parody
TV/Movie Soundtracks
Live Albums
Art/Progressive Rock
60s Garage Rock

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 08/5/2014 @ 00:57am

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal (2011)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 08/5/2014 @ 01:20am

Chris Tomlin - Burning Lights (2013)
Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children (1969)
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (1974)

Posted by Evangelist on Tuesday, 08/5/2014 @ 02:17am

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (2013)
Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 08/5/2014 @ 02:57am

These are the genres which I have chosen:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Jazz
Live Albums
TV/Movie Soundtracks
90's British Rock

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 08/5/2014 @ 09:35am

genre vote:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Jazz
Live Albums
Metal
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/5/2014 @ 12:38pm

My ballot for this month's Album Project is as follows.

Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (2013)
Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2001)
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children (1969)

My genre ballot for this month is:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums
Novelty/Parody
60s Garage Rock
90's British Rock

One month to go before the earliest indications of a future Rock Hall ballot:),

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Wednesday, 08/6/2014 @ 18:09pm

Hip Hop/Rap
Live Albums
Metal
Punk
TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/6/2014 @ 22:29pm

My votes:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Would support in the future:

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)
Beyonce - Beyonce
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal (2011)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (1974)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/6/2014 @ 22:34pm

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Live Albums
Metal
Punk

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 08/6/2014 @ 22:41pm

Voting is now closed for the genre selection vote.

This month's genre is TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums. From now until the end of the Album and Song Project voting, we'll determine if we want to split the genres into two votes (chronologically is how we usually split the genres up) and what albums should be considered as a part of this genre (though this should be pretty straight-forward).

Final Vote Results:

TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums - 11
___________________________________

Live Albums - 10

Jazz - 8

90s British Rock/Pop - 6
Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 6
Metal - 6
Punk - 6

Hip Hop / Rap - 5

Novelty / Parody - 4

60s Garage Rock - 3
___________________________________

Gospel - 0

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/7/2014 @ 01:14am

Current vote count:

Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970) - 8

Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975) - 6
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - 6
_____________________________

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) - 5
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013) - 5
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children (1969) - 5
_____________________________

Bauhaus - Mask (1981) - 4
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992) - 4
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977) - 4
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 4
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002) - 4
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry - 4

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998) - 3
Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi - 3
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984) - 3

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) - 2
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (2013) - 2
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 2
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (1974) - 2

Beyonce - Beyonce - 1
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 1
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013) - 1
Chris Tomlin - Burning Lights (2013) - 1
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013) - 1
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal (2011) - 1
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012) - 1
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) - 1

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/7/2014 @ 01:15am

From your list of albums, I am only able to choose the following two albums, because I am completely unfamiliar with the others:

The Moody Blues: To Our Children's Children's Children
Supertramp: Crime Of The Century

Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 08/7/2014 @ 09:53am

We don't really need to split this genre into two groups. One would work just fine.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/7/2014 @ 18:48pm

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children (1969)

Last cuts:
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 08/7/2014 @ 18:49pm

I can't remember if we count partial votes in this project or not. I know that we don't in the Song Project, but what's the official rule for this project?

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/7/2014 @ 22:56pm

No we don't count partial ballots.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/7/2014 @ 23:08pm

No partials in Song, Album or Projected. After a bitter debate we decided to allow partials in the ranking projects, but that's the only area that they're allowed.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 08/8/2014 @ 00:25am

Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Tina Turner - Private Dancer
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Beyonce - Beyonce

Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 08/8/2014 @ 06:17am

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (1974)
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children (1969)

Last Five Cut

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal (2011)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 08/8/2014 @ 11:04am

Any additional opinions on whether or not the Soundtrack genre should be split into two votes?

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/8/2014 @ 23:40pm

I can't think of an argument for more than one vote in this category, but I'm willing to entertain contrary arguments in good faith with an open mind.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 00:12am

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted:

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children (1969)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Anyone who voted in the Album Project vote this month can participate in the tiebreaker by ranking all three albums in order of preference. The top-ranked album will receive 3 points. The second-highest will receive 2 points. The lowest-ranked album will receive 1 point.

The top-scoring album will be inducted this month. The other two albums will be automatically nominated for the September Album Project vote, as none of these three albums are Soundtracks, which is this month's genre.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 01:07am

George Harrison- Brainwashed (2002)-3
The Magnetic Fields- 69 Love Songs-2
Earth, Wind and Fire- That's The Way Of The World (1975)-1

My Nominations:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Flashdance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 02:26am

Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu (1980)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 02:48am

1. George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002) (3 points)
2. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (2 points)
3. Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975) (a point)

And as for nominations...I'm probably very hopeless here, but I'll give it a whirl:

John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1977)

Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 06:01am

Nominee:

Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 06:58am

Magnetic Fields
Earth, Wind and Fire
George Harrison

Harrison is my second favorite Beatle, but his post-70s work just didn't connect with me. Certainly no harm if that album is inducted, though.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 07:05am

Tie Breaker

George Harrison- Brainwashed (2002)-3
The Magnetic Fields- 69 Love Songs -2
Earth, Wind and Fire- That's The Way Of The World (1975) -1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 11:37am

All three are worthy, and I hope all three get in, but...

George Harrison- Brainwashed (2002)- 3
Earth, Wind and Fire- That's the Way of the World (1975)- 2
The Magnetic Fields- 69 Love songs- 1

Posted by PopeCharming on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 14:01pm

My first choice (Star Wars) was already nominated and although John Williams has other legendary soundtracks I didn't want to have him compete against himself so I decided to go outside the box a bit for my nominations

Duke Ellington- Anatomy of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)

Considered a groundbreaking accomplisment for African-American composers (plus the score gives the members of his band some great solos)

Nino Rota- The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)

Everyone knows the theme but the soundtrack itself is highly underrated

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 14:49pm

Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975) - 3
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002) - 2
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - 1

Nominees:

Queen - Flash Gordon (1980)
Marvin Hamlisch & Scott Joplin - The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1973)

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 16:26pm

Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975) (3 points)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002) (2 points)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1 point)

To Darren:

That's the Way of the World by Earth, Wind and Fire was indeed a movie soundtrack to a 1975 film of the same name directed by Sig Shore, starring Harvey Keitel. The members of the group even appeared in this story of music business executives.

Posted by Evangelist on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 16:49pm

Magnetic Fields - 3pts.
Earth, Wind and Fire
George Harrison

Posted by rockstar23 on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 22:09pm

1. Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
2. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
3. George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 08/9/2014 @ 23:56pm

Tiebreaker:

Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 08/10/2014 @ 16:47pm

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World
George Harrison - Brainwashed

Posted by printthelegends on Sunday, 08/10/2014 @ 18:39pm

Evangelist - I didn't know that. It will automatically nominated for the genre vote if it doesn't get voted in.

Nominations aren't actually officially open for the genre vote yet, but all nominations will be recorded and counted. We will still have 2 days of nominations after the conclusion of the tiebreaker.

One thing that needs to be discussed regarding the Soundtracks genre vote is that some types of soundtracks aren't eligible for this vote, as they are technically compilations of previously existing material.

For example, the "Pulp Fiction" Soundtrack is brilliant, but it shouldn't be eligible, imo, for this vote because it is a compilation of songs that existed prior to the movie or it's soundtrack. The same would go for the "Forrest Gump" soundtrack or most of the soundtracks for directors like Scorcese and Tarantino who were really good at putting together soundtracks of existing music.

Obviously Original Scores are eligible for this project and the Soundtracks for musicals (provided the musicals are original music and not based on one artist's catalog of pre-existing music) are as well, but what about Soundtracks of new music that are put together specifically for a particular movie? For example, "The Crow" or "Django Unchained"? Are those albums eligible for this genre vote / this project?

FYI - I don't have any problems with the albums that have already been nominated, though "Flashdance" would definitely fit under the "Crow" / "Django" question I asked above.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/10/2014 @ 19:04pm

Flashdance is eligible because all the songs made their first appearances on that soundtrack as far I know. No previously released material= eligible

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 08/10/2014 @ 19:29pm

Here is my tiebreaker ranking for this month's album project.

George Harrison - Brainwashed (2001) - 3
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World (1975) - 2
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 1

Now, here are the albums I have nominated in our Movies and TV Soundtracks Special Election for this month. I am pretty certain these albums fit within the preferred idea of mostly original material at the time of release, and not mainly a compilation album by any other name.

Randy Newman - The Natural (1984)
Whitney Houston & Various Artists - The Bodyguard (1992)

I add these as nominees for distinct reasons. The Natural marked the second phase of Randy Newman's life and career in essentially joining the family business of film and TV composers. Newman also captured in his score a very distinctive sense of nostalgia and remembrance in a time and way of life gone by. The Bodyguard was Whitney Houston's first starring role in a movie; its soundtrack included 6 different songs from Houston ranging from definitive cover versions to exquisite original song writing that made for one of the better albums of 1992, soundtrack or no soundtrack.

Did Free Your Mind rip off Queen Of The Night?,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 08/10/2014 @ 21:11pm

My tiebreaker ballot:

Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975) 3
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs 2
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002) 1

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 08/10/2014 @ 21:14pm

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - 3
Earth, Wind And Fire - That's The Way Of The World - 2
George Harrison - Brainwashed - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/10/2014 @ 23:23pm

Thank's Darren for replying my post on the Song Project. I'll replace my whole nominations with:

The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Lurhmann's Film (2013)
Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2013)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 08/11/2014 @ 00:04am

The tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here is your class of August 2014:

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)
Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (2013)
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children (1969)

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs and George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002) will be automatically nominated for the September Album Project.

Final results:

Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975) - 30
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The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - 28

George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002) - 26

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/11/2014 @ 01:27am

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote.

There will be one vote this month for the genre TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums.

Each voter can nominate two albums that fit this genre. If you feel that an album has been nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this vote.

In addition, please be mindful of the rules of this project preventing compilation albums from being inducted. My understanding is that this disqualifies soundtrack albums primarily comprised of previously existing songs, though movie score albums and albums with songs written for or inspired by the movie in question are eligible.

Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 12th. This will be followed by one day of review and five days of voting. Any previously entered nomination will be included.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/11/2014 @ 01:31am

I would argue that if 50% or more of the album was recorded for the film it is acceptable or there is some common thread like "Saturday Night Fever" or "Harder They Come." Footloose appears that it would qualify, so would The Crow. Django Unchained appears to have too much prior recorded music.

My nominations:

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966 - Ennio Morricone
'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' (2000) - Various Artists

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 08/11/2014 @ 13:40pm

My nominations will stay the same. Just listing them again as a reminder.

Various Artists- The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Various Artists- Flashdance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/11/2014 @ 18:21pm

Sorry that I'm posting my nominations again. I'm just putting down the name of the artist.

Jay Z & Various Artists - The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Lurhmann's Film (2013)
Various Artists - Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2013)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 08/11/2014 @ 20:17pm

noms:

Singles (1992) that Seattle sound baby.
Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 08/11/2014 @ 22:25pm

Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1993) - One of my favorite things about this album is the way that popular artists (or artists that would become popular soon) oftentimes went outside of their stylistic wheelhouse and it still somehow worked. The Cure and Violent Femmes, in particular, have never been as dark as they are on this album.

Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961) - This could be easily disputed, but for my money, the best Broadway musical / movie adaptation of all-time.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/12/2014 @ 01:41am

"The Cure and Violent Femmes, in particular, have never been as dark as they are on this album."

One off soundtrack songs usually end up being B side quality, but yes, Burn, is one of the Cure's best songs, period.

Love you all. May Robin Williams finally find the happiness that he gave to all of us.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 08/12/2014 @ 02:25am

I'm really sorry that I have to change another nomination again. Switch the Great Gatsby to:

Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) (In honor of Robin Williams)

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 08/12/2014 @ 06:26am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominees that are up for review:

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu (1980)
Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Flashdance - Flashdance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983)
Frozen - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2013)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1977)
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989)
Randy Newman - The Natural (1984)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Various Artists - Singles (1992)
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1993)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)
Whitney Houston & Various Artists - The Bodyguard (1992)

If you think that one of these albums has been nominated inappropriately for this genre or for the rules of this project, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this vote.

The review period will end at 11:55 PM Central on Wednesday the 13th. This will be followed by 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/13/2014 @ 01:06am

Flashdance - Flashdance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983)
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Various Artists - Singles (1992)
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1993)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)
Whitney Houston & Various Artists - The Bodyguard (1992)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/14/2014 @ 01:23am

There weren't any albums protested, so voting is now open. Each voter can vote for 6 albums (and only exactly 6, as we don't count partial votes).

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/14/2014 @ 08:08am

My Ballot:

Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1977)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 08/14/2014 @ 08:56am

This is one of the genres that I was both looking forward to and dreading at the same time because there are so many worthy soundtracks. With that said here's my ballot:

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1977)
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

God that was brutal. For the record I can say that I would support all of these soundtracks for eventual induction.

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 08/14/2014 @ 10:54am

Frozen - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2013)
John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1977)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 08/14/2014 @ 19:17pm

Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1977)
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Posted by PopeCharming on Thursday, 08/14/2014 @ 19:33pm

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Flashdance - Flashdance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 08/14/2014 @ 21:56pm

Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Various Artists - Singles (1992)
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1993)

Feel like these should have at least a pinch of rock/pop music on them.

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 08/14/2014 @ 23:09pm

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1977)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 08/15/2014 @ 21:48pm

My ballot for the TV and Movie Soundtracks Special Election is as follows:

Randy Newman - The Natural (1984)
Whitney Houston and Various Artists - The Bodyguard (1992)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music For The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu (1980)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

The last pick was rather tough for me to choose. Indeed, nearly every one of these soundtracks deserve to be inducted into the Album Project at some point. In the end, I decided to go with including Spinal Tap. Clearly one of the best movies I have seen and a collective of artists/writers/actors that I think should legitimately be inducted into the Revisited/Projected Rock hall Project. Let me know if this seems like a good idea.

The feeling begins, yet will never subside,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 08/17/2014 @ 21:41pm

Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu (1980)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
John Williams - Star Wars (1977)
Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Various Artists - Flashdance (1983)
Nino Rota - The Godfather (1972)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 08/17/2014 @ 23:23pm

Comment from the peanut gallery: Need to evaluate Portugal. the Man's album 'Evil Friends'. At least 6 great songs on it.

Enjoy reading your album lists. Has introduced me to several great bands.

Posted by Paul in KY on Monday, 08/18/2014 @ 07:47am

My votes:

Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)
Various Artists - Singles (1992)
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1993)

Would support in the future:

Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Flashdance - Flashdance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983)
Whitney Houston & Various Artists - The Bodyguard (1992)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/18/2014 @ 11:54am

My current vote count:

Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984) - 9

Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) - 6
John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1977) - 6
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975) - 6
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Duke Ellington - Anatomy of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - 4
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989) - 4
Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - 4
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961) - 4
_____________________

Flashdance - Flashdance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983) - 3
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972) - 3
Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 3
Various Artists - Singles (1992) - 3
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1993) - 3

Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu (1980) - 2
Whitney Houston & Various Artists - The Bodyguard (1992) - 2

Frozen - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2013) - 1
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - 1
Randy Newman - The Natural (1984) - 1
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet (1996) - 1

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central tonight (Monday the 18th).

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/18/2014 @ 11:56am

Switch my vote for The Bodyguard to O Brother Where Art Thou?

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/18/2014 @ 12:53pm

Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1977)
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)

This vote pretty safely proves that we have a LOT of worthy soundtracks that need to be inducted. I'd be happy to support these nominees in the future.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 08/18/2014 @ 22:34pm

Voting is now closed.

The following songs have been inducted:

Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1977)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)

The following songs will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989)
Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Anyone who voted in the initial vote is eligible to participate by selecting one of these two albums. The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the September Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, does anyone have an objection to eliminating the last vote cast to break the tie?

Tiebreaker voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Wednesday the 20th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/19/2014 @ 01:04am

My vote:

Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/19/2014 @ 01:05am

Various Artists- O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/19/2014 @ 09:10am

Tie breaker:

Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/19/2014 @ 09:13am

For the tie-breaker:

Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Posted by PopeCharming on Tuesday, 08/19/2014 @ 13:43pm

Tie breaker:

Peter Gabriel.

No wrong choice with either.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 08/19/2014 @ 23:19pm

Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 08/19/2014 @ 23:29pm

As DarinRG said, no bad choices!

Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 08/20/2014 @ 09:00am

Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 08/20/2014 @ 15:50pm

My tiebreaker vote is for Peter Gabriel, but I'm not in the slightest bit unhappy with how things turned out (or will turn out).

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 08/20/2014 @ 17:41pm

My tiebreaker vote is as follows.

Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)

I am pleased though with the Albums now newly inducted,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Wednesday, 08/20/2014 @ 21:44pm

My final vote count is "O Brother" 7 - "Passion" 3, so here is your final class of new inductees from this genre vote:

Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1977)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/21/2014 @ 01:02am

Heading into next month's vote I've been wondering whether there is just a general bias against R&B and more mainstream acts in this project. I've been nominating Beyonce's self-titled album for a few months now and it mystifies me how it can't get past 2 votes. It's: a) hugely poular b) one of the most overwhelmingly well-reviewed albums of the year (14 on P4K's best albums of the decade list) c) kind of a landmark release in that it's sudden roll out was a game-changer in the industry and it's pretty much the poster album for modern feminism. If this was a "rock" album it would have sailed on the first few months it was eligible but it's kind of a glaring omission as time passes by.

I wasn't even a Beyonce fan before this album but the coverage her VMA performance got reminded me how her album isn't even close to being inducted, and probably won't be at all. Kind of a shame for one of the defining artists of our times.

Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 08/25/2014 @ 10:32am

Any interest?

Johnny Winter- Second Winter (1969)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
The Turtles- Battle of The Bands (1968)
The Turtles- Turtle Soup (1969)
The Beach Boys- Holland (1974)
The Beach Boys- Surf's Up (1971)
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Wilco- A Ghost Is Born (2004)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Muddy Waters- Hard Again (1977)
Muddy Waters- I'm Ready (1978)
Albert King- I'll Play The Blues For You (1972)
Yo La Tengo- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside‐Out (2000)
Interpol- Antics (2004)
Flashdance: Soundtrack (1983)
Thank God It's Friday: Soundtrack (1978)
Hair: Soundtrack (1969)
Footloose: Soundtrack (1984)
Modest Mouse- Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks (2001)
Carole King- Fantasy (1973)
Carole King- Music (1971)
Harry Nilsson- Ariel Ballet (1967)
UFO- No Heavy Petting (1976)
UFO- Strangers In The Night (1978)
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
Thin Lizzy- Live And Dangerous (1978)
Eric Dolphy- Out to Lunch (1964)
Lennie Tristano- Crosscurrents (1949)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Mayer Hawthorne- Where Does This Door Go (2013)
Animal Collective- Centipede Hz (2012)
The Explorers Club- Grand Hotel (2012)
Madonna- Erotica (1992)
Vangelis- Blade Runner (1982)
Vangelis- Chariots of Fire (1981)
Hall & Oates- Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Cat Stevens- Buddha & The Chocolate Box (1974)
Steely Dan- Pretzel Logic (1974)
Steely Dan- Katy Lied (1975)
Tears For Fears- The Hurting (1983)
Tears For Fears- The Seeds of Love (1989)
The The- Soul Mining (1983)
The The- Mind Bomb (1989)
The Monkees- Headquarters (1967)
The Monkees- Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones LTD. (1967)
Boz Scaggs- Boz Scaggs (1969)
Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees (1976)
Buckingham Nicks- Buckingham Nicks (1973)
k.d. lang- Ingénue (1992)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Tori Amos- From The choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Yes- The Yes Album (1970)
Yes- Relayer (1974)
Blood, Sweat & Tears- Child is the Father of the Man (1967)
Triumvirat- Spartacus (1975)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1976)
Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
Feist- Let It Die (2005)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/27/2014 @ 23:48pm

Greg F.-

These are the albums from your list that are in my queue (and therefore my biggest preferences):

Yes- The Yes Album (1970)
Yes- Relayer (1974)
Blood, Sweat & Tears- Child is the Father of the Man (1967)
Cat Stevens- Buddha & The Chocolate Box (1974)
Steely Dan- Pretzel Logic (1974)
Steely Dan- Katy Lied (1975)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1976)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
Modest Mouse- Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks (2001)
Carole King- Fantasy (1973)
Carole King- Music (1971)
Hair: Soundtrack (1969)
Footloose: Soundtrack (1984)
Wilco- A Ghost Is Born (2004)
Vangelis- Blade Runner (1982)
Vangelis- Chariots of Fire (1981)
Hall & Oates- Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
Thin Lizzy- Live And Dangerous (1978)

I would also consider:

Johnny Winter- Second Winter (1969)
The Turtles- Battle of The Bands (1968)
The Turtles- Turtle Soup (1969)
The Beach Boys- Holland (1974)
The Beach Boys- Surf's Up (1971)
Muddy Waters- Hard Again (1977)
Muddy Waters- I'm Ready (1978)
Albert King- I'll Play The Blues For You (1972)
Flashdance: Soundtrack (1983)
Harry Nilsson- Ariel Ballet (1967)
UFO- No Heavy Petting (1976)
UFO- Strangers In The Night (1978)
Eric Dolphy- Out to Lunch (1964)
The Monkees- Headquarters (1967)
The Monkees- Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones LTD. (1967)
Boz Scaggs- Boz Scaggs (1969)
Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees (1976)
Triumvirat- Spartacus (1975)
Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 08/28/2014 @ 10:56am

rockstar23: I have to admit I am not a Beyonce fans other than a couple songs (Crazy In Love and Halo to be specific) and I find the cult-level admiration of her to be a little annoying and a bit creepy. However, I agree with you that this album was huge and industry significant. It would get my vote if it was nominated again.

Greg F: I'd consider these albums:

Johnny Winter- Second Winter (1969)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Wilco- A Ghost Is Born (2004)
Yo La Tengo- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside‐Out (2000)
Thin Lizzy- Live And Dangerous (1978)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
The Explorers Club- Grand Hotel (2012)
Hall & Oates- Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
The Monkees- Headquarters (1967)
Boz Scaggs- Boz Scaggs (1969)
Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees (1976)
Buckingham Nicks- Buckingham Nicks (1973)
Yes- Relayer (1974)
Blood, Sweat & Tears- Child is the Father of the Man (1967)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 08/28/2014 @ 12:44pm

Any intrest in any of these albums?

Bad Company- Bad Company (1974)
Bob Dylan- John Wesley Harding (1967)
Chicago- Chicago V (1972)
David Bowie- Young Americans (1975)
Electric Light Orchestra- Discovery (1979)
Frank Zappa- Apostrophe (1974)
James Taylor- Gorilla (1975)
Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1973)
Jethro Tull- War Child (1974)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Pearl Jam- Yield (1998)
Rush- Hemispheres (1978)
Simon & Garfunkel- Sounds Of Silence (1966)
Spinal Tap- This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Blues Brothers- Briefcase Full Of Blues (1978)
The Yardbirds – Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds (1965)
U2- The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
Yes- Tales Of Topographic Oceans (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 08/28/2014 @ 14:33pm

Tom H.-

I would consider these albums:

Bad Company- Bad Company (1974)
Chicago- Chicago V (1972)
David Bowie- Young Americans (1975)
Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1973)
Rush- Hemispheres (1978)
Yes- Tales Of Topographic Oceans (1973)
The Blues Brothers- Briefcase Full Of Blues (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/28/2014 @ 23:04pm

I'm travelling over Labor Day weekend, so I'm posting this now.

Nominations for next month open at midnight. Every voter can nominate one album from 2013 and one album from 2013 or prior to 2013. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote or Genre Project Votes:

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989)

Each voter will be allowed to vote for 6 albums. There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11:55 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote (or were nominated last month, when there wasn't a genre vote), but receiving at least three nominations:

60s Garage Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Live Albums
Metal
Novelty/Parody
Punk

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

Indie Rock / Indie Pop Since 2000 is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

70's Singer-Songwriters is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

80's New Wave / Pop is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

Electronic is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

Country Rock / Alt-Country is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 3 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 3 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 11:55 on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/29/2014 @ 02:58am

Tom: I'd give strong consideration to:

Chicago- Chicago V (1972)
James Taylor- Gorilla (1975)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Spinal Tap- This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Yardbirds – Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds (1965)

My favorite, by a long shot, is Chicago V, the best single-disc album the band ever made.

Greg: I'd strongly consider:

Johnny Winter- Second Winter (1969)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
The Beach Boys- Holland (1974)
The Beach Boys- Surf's Up (1971)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Flashdance: Soundtrack (1983)
Thank God It's Friday: Soundtrack (1978)
Hair: Soundtrack (1969)
Steely Dan- Pretzel Logic (1974)
The Monkees- Headquarters (1967)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Tori Amos- From The choirgirl Hotel (1998)

I'm glad we share a common commitment to getting more female singer-songwriters onto the projects.

Rockstar: I'll give Beyonce's newest album a more serious listen; you might want to re-nominate it.

Posted by PopeCharming on Friday, 08/29/2014 @ 23:21pm

After this afternoon I may not have internet access for the next 3-5 days, so I want to add my nomination now. I'll stick with:

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 08/30/2014 @ 14:34pm

Happy Labor Day Everyone!

Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 2
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (1974) - 2

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/1/2014 @ 10:38am

Meant to take those 2's out.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/1/2014 @ 10:45am

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 09/1/2014 @ 11:08am

My nomination for September 2014/2039 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 09/1/2014 @ 14:55pm

My Nominations:

Johnny Winter- Second Winter (1969)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/1/2014 @ 19:35pm

Genre Nomination:

Blues

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/1/2014 @ 20:18pm

Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al- The Real Ambassadors (1962)

This is an album of great historical significance. It's something of a scrapbook in the form of a musical, recounting the "Jazz Ambassadors" of the 1950s and 1960s. Back in those days, while the Soviets sent their ballet abroad, we sent our best jazz musicians to Soviet bloc countries and countries trying to choose whose side to support in the Cold War. The idea was that jazz embodied the best American characteristics: individuality, improvisation, ingenuity, freedom, and black and white Americans collaborating.

But the jazz ambassadors were not just passive conduits of Americanism-- they used their position and influence to push and challenge the State Department on civil rights-- pointing out the absurdity of representing America abroad when Louis Armstrong couldn't have eaten at a Woolworths lunch counter.

This album is a wonderful, thoughtful reflection on this era and its challenges.

Posted by PopeCharming on Monday, 09/1/2014 @ 22:28pm

nom:

Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 09/1/2014 @ 22:56pm

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 09/1/2014 @ 22:57pm

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 09/2/2014 @ 00:06am

Nomination:

Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 09/2/2014 @ 08:15am

War – The World Is A Ghetto

Posted by Ryan on Tuesday, 09/2/2014 @ 12:17pm

My nominations for this month's Album Project are as follows:

Yes- Relayer (1974)
30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, faith & Dreams (2013)

My genre nomination for this month is:

Christmas/Holiday Music

Now, I do understand this being September making a special election for Christmas music might well seem premature. However, as summer turns into fall, provided it is cold; we will be hearing this more and more to get ourselves ready for the most important months of the year! Indeed, where I live in New York, virtually non stop Christmas and holiday music begins right after Election Day. Thus, for me it is never too early to select this genre of music.

Does anyone know what is sung at the end of To Be Over?,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Tuesday, 09/2/2014 @ 21:48pm

There are many famous/essential christmas songs. Are there any famous/essential Christmas albums?

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 09/2/2014 @ 23:49pm

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/3/2014 @ 00:35am

"Considering it hasn't even been out for a year it is kind of hard to call it a glaring omission, IMO.

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 09.1.14 @ 22:57pm"

I'm not sure about that. I feel like sometimes we can be a little echo-chambery. When was the last time an album by a major pop star was deemed "Game changer" by several different respected publications? How many have addressed 21st century feminism as strongly as this album did? If a rapper or a rock band or someone with more hip factor released an album as well received and as popular as this it would probably get in within a couple of cycles. I have no illusions that it will go in straight away (or at all) considering the site's demographics. But since the album is a pretty big deal, I thought it would open up a nice conversation.

On that note, my nominations for the month:

Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Beyonce - Beyonce

genre: R&B

Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 09/3/2014 @ 00:51am

There are many famous/essential christmas songs. Are there any famous/essential Christmas albums?

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 09.2.14 @ 23:49pm

I think when this project first started and I tried to be involved in some fashion, there was a push to get the Phil Spector Christmas album and the Elvis album in the '50s.

Now I love Christmas music, so I'm hugely biased, but here are some that are absolutely essential to my annual celebrations:
A Christmas Gift To You - Various Artists (Phil Spector)... I really hope I don't have to explain this one to you. It revolutionized Christmas music and really brought rock 'n' roll full head into the celebration.

Elvis' Christmas Album - Another one that I hope I don't have to explain and hope is already in. The entire ALBUM charted on the Music Vendor SINGLES chart, fercryinoutloud.

Seasons' Greetings - The Four Seasons... in addition to being a Four Seasons freak, I also love the approach that this album has. The A-Side is mostly hymns, or songs about Jesus, plus the old-tyme sounding "Carol Of The Bells", which is one of the first, and one of the comparatively few

In The Christmas Spirit - Booker T. And The MG's... seriously, give this one a listen if you haven't before. This one's essential.

The Ventures Christmas Album - The Ventures... a bit novelty in their approach, infusing licks and riffs of other rock and roll classics into well-known Christmas songs. Great fun to listen to, even the "WTF" track "Scrooge."

Joy: A Holiday Celebration - Jewel... I love this woman's voice. It's magical, it's piercing, it's even arousing at times. She has one or two albums of children's music that I've seen that I'm thinking about buying just because I love her voice so much. As for this album, beautiful interpretations of "Joy To The World", "Go Tell It On The Mountain" and others, plus a couple fun ones, like the Hawaiian infused "Winter Wonderland" and accapella "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer."

Yo Ho Ho! - Various artists... I went through a period when I listed primarily to Christian rap, which wasn't easy, because I've never found a radio station devoted to Christian rap. Anyway, I know you guys aren't big on Christian music in general, much less Christian rap, but three great songs from DC Talk, two from E.T.W., plus Stephen Wiley, D-Boy, Transformation Crusade, and even MC GeGee. I really like this one

Christmas Chants - The Benedictine Monks Of Santo Domingo De Silos... I don't expect you guys to induct this one, but if I've piqued enough curiosity to get even one of you to listen to actual monks doing authentic Gregorian chants as part of a holiday celebration even once, well, I've done my job.

Brian Wilson's Christmas album... I forget when this came out... early 2000's I think. Anyway, fun, festive, wonderful

Beach Boys... "Little Saint Nick" and "The Man With All The Toys" are staples, but mainly because other than "Santa's Beard", those are the only two you can listen to without needing anti-depressants. So, if you want to include the Beach Boys, don't go for the '60s album, go for the 31-track compilation that includes the original album, the single version of "Little Saint Nick" (because the sleigh bells make a huge difference), and interesting sides from over the years into the '70s. Far superior

The Supremes... not a huge fan, and I even hate a couple of the songs on this album, but Motown is essential, and this is probably the best known, most successful Motown Christmas album.

Perry Como... you can't represent Christmas music without this man. His version of "Jingle Bells" as far as I know, is STILL a perennial presence on the Hot Ringtones chart. Unfortunately, no one compilation really does the man justice. Still, if I have to advocate only one, it'd be the 21 track CD that has most of the biggies, including an overlooked gem "Some Children See Him", which perhaps of its slow, lethargic pace, has gone unnoticed as a quiet, rebellious, Yuletide plea against racism in our world.

Most of my other favorite Christmas albums are various artists compilations without any real aim or focus or common denominator other than being Christmas, so I'll spare you those, unless pressed. Those are some that I would push for if I got involved in the project. But alas, I'm more of anthology, songs collector, with a criminally slow Internet connection, so this is not the best outlet for me.

Posted by Philip on Wednesday, 09/3/2014 @ 13:03pm

Oops, cut my Four Seasons one short, because I got scatterbrained...

"one of the relatively few versions that includes the lyrics; and the other side contemporary, secular, fun, and original songs. Really great album. MUST. BE. INDUCTED.

Posted by Philip on Wednesday, 09/3/2014 @ 13:11pm

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013) - We have almost no black/death metal in our projects and this album has been on a ton of top 10 lists. Beautiful mix of really extreme metal and almost dream pop like shoegazing. I really enjoyed it and I really struggle to like the extreme varieties of metal.

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 09/3/2014 @ 13:52pm

First of all, nominations are NOT CLOSED yet. I'm posting this now because I'm having internet connection problems at home and I don't know if I'll have access to the net tonight when the nominations close.

Here are the current nominees for the album Project:

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989)
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (1974)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love albums
War - The World Is A Ghetto
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Please point out if I've missed any nominees. If there are any nominees added after I post this, please add those albums to the list and re-post the list at 11:55 PM Central tonight. Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 8th. Everyone can vote for exactly 10 albums. You can't vote for your own Voter's Choice nominee.
________________________________

Here's the current list of genres:

60s Garage Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Christmas/Holiday Music
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Live Albums
Metal
Novelty/Parody
Punk
R&B

Again, if I've missed any, please let me know. If any nominees are added after I post this, please add them and post an updated list at 11:55 PM Central tonight.

For the genres, voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 6th. Everyone can vote for five genres.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/3/2014 @ 18:27pm

And my nominees here:

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1989)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 09/3/2014 @ 23:54pm

There weren't any protested albums.

Here are the nominees:

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1989)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989)
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (1974)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
War - The World Is A Ghetto
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Each voter can vote for exactly 6 albums. Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/4/2014 @ 00:56am

There are many famous/essential christmas songs. Are there any famous/essential Christmas albums?

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 09.2.14 @ 23:49pm

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The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andy_Williams_Christmas_Album

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 09/4/2014 @ 03:32am

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1989)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 09/4/2014 @ 07:19am

My Ballot:

1. Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
2. Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
3. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
4. Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
5. Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969)
6. Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989)

Just missed/Potential vote switches:

Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
War - The World Is A Ghetto

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 09/4/2014 @ 09:06am

My ballot is:

Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1989)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
War - The World Is A Ghetto

Posted by PopeCharming on Thursday, 09/4/2014 @ 09:16am

Here are the nominated genres:

60s Garage Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Christmas/Holiday Music
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Live Albums
Metal
Novelty/Parody
Punk
R&B

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 6th. Everyone can vote for five genres.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/4/2014 @ 12:37pm

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989)

I've got my eye on about another six for vote changes/future votes ranging from 2013 electronic acts to Florence Welch to Power pop and Jazz legends.

Some tough cuts, but this round was mostly about staying the course on albums that I've been previously supporting. Plenty that I'm anxious to get to, though.

60s Garage Rock
90s British Rock/Pop
Blues
Jazz
Punk

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 09/4/2014 @ 14:25pm

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Posted by printthelegends on Thursday, 09/4/2014 @ 17:34pm

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 09/4/2014 @ 23:04pm

Johnny Winter- Second Winter (1969)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Steely Dan- Pretzel Logic (1974)
Supertramp- Crime of The Century (1974)
Beyonce- Beyonce (2013)
Yes- Relayer (1974)

Blues
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz
Live Albums
Metal

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 09/4/2014 @ 23:13pm

There are many famous/essential christmas songs. Are there any famous/essential Christmas albums?

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 09.2.14 @ 23:49pm

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The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of The Year (1960)
Mariah Carey- Merry Christmas (1993)
Various Artists- A Very Special Christmas (1987)
Brain Setzer Orchestra- Dig That Crazy Christmas (2004)
Bing Crosby- White Christmas (1954)
Nat King Cole- The Magic of Christmas (1960)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 09/4/2014 @ 23:48pm

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's
Yes - Relayer

Posted by Scott Banks on Friday, 09/5/2014 @ 08:50am

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Christmas/Holiday Music
Jazz
Live Albums
Metal

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 09/5/2014 @ 11:13am

printthelegends-
You have to vote for 6 albums in order for your ballot to count. You have one vote remaining.

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 09/5/2014 @ 15:46pm

My ballot

Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (1974)
War - The World Is A Ghetto
Yes - Relayer (1974)

This was tougher than I thought (it broke my heart to cut Peter Gabriel and George Harrison) but there it is. Will use a vote switch if needed.

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 09/5/2014 @ 16:18pm

Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
War - The World Is A Ghetto

90s British Rock/Pop
Hip Hop/Rap
Metal
Punk
R&B

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 09/5/2014 @ 22:46pm

For genres, I have selected:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Jazz
Live Albums
Novelty/Parody

Posted by PopeCharming on Saturday, 09/6/2014 @ 00:23am

From your list of genres, I will choose the following:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Jazz
Live Albums
90's British Rock/Pop

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 09/6/2014 @ 08:52am

My genre votes:

90s British Rock/Pop
Hip Hop/Rap
Live Albums
Metal
Punk

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/6/2014 @ 19:55pm

My ballot for this month's Album Project is as follows:

Yes - Relayer (1974)
30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, faith & Dreams (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2001)
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)

My genre ballot is the following:

Christmas/Holiday Music
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Live Albums
Novelty/Parody
60s Garage Rock

A somewhat obvious yet well deserved ballot,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Saturday, 09/6/2014 @ 20:45pm

Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Posted by rockstar23 on Saturday, 09/6/2014 @ 22:08pm

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry

Genre Votes:
Blues
Christmas/Holiday Music
Jazz
Punk
R&B

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 09/6/2014 @ 22:19pm

Voting is now closed for the genre selection vote (voting remains open for two more days for the Album Project).

There will be a two-day tiebreaker vote to determine this month's genre between the following genres:

Jazz
Live Albums

To vote, please select one of the genres. If there's a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

The winning genre will be the selected genre for September. The losing genre will be the selected genre for October.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Please discuss which albums should qualify for each genre and whether or not we'll be splitting the genre into two votes and how we'd split the genre if we did have two votes.

Here are the final results of the genre selection vote:

Jazz - 6
Live Albums - 6
__________________________________________

Blues - 5

90s British Rock/Pop - 4
Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 4
Metal - 4
Punk - 4

Christmas/Holiday Music - 3
Hip Hop/Rap - 3
__________________________________________

60s Garage Rock - 2
Novelty/Parody - 2
R&B - 2

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/7/2014 @ 01:24am

Here's my current vote count:

Beyonce - Beyonce (2013) - 7

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974) - 6

Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009) - 5
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969) - 5
Yes - Relayer (1974) - 5
____________________________________

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) - 4
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013) - 4

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977) - 3
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998) - 3
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry - 3
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962) - 3
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989) - 3
War - The World Is A Ghetto - 3

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013) - 2
Bauhaus - Mask (1981) - 2
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 2
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1989) - 2
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002) - 2
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (1974) - 2
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's - 2

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) - 1
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013) - 1
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 1
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/7/2014 @ 01:26am

Jazz!

Posted by PopeCharming on Sunday, 09/7/2014 @ 03:21am

I would also like to vote for Jazz, thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 09/7/2014 @ 05:20am

I vote for Jazz

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/7/2014 @ 10:10am

I vote for live albums.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/7/2014 @ 11:59am

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
War - The World Is A Ghetto
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 09/7/2014 @ 12:55pm

Jazz

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 09/7/2014 @ 15:01pm

Jazz

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 09/7/2014 @ 15:08pm

Whoops!

Well the, I suppose my final vote goes to:

Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry

Sorry about that!

Posted by Printthelegends on Sunday, 09/7/2014 @ 15:29pm

My votes:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Didn't need my vote / would support in the future:

Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1989)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (1974)
War - The World Is A Ghetto

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/7/2014 @ 23:50pm

Here's my current vote count:

Beyonce - Beyonce (2013) - 7
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009) - 7
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974) - 7

Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969) - 6
Yes - Relayer (1974) - 6
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Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) - 5
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013) - 5

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998) - 4
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry - 4
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962) - 4
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - 4
War - The World Is A Ghetto - 4

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977) - 3
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989) - 3
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's - 3

30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013) - 2
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) - 2
Bauhaus - Mask (1981) - 2
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 2
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1989) - 2
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002) - 2
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 2
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (1974) - 2

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 1
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013) - 1

Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/7/2014 @ 23:52pm

Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1989)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ (1989)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's

Last cut:
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Supertramp - Crime of The Century (1974)
30 Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith & Dreams (2013)
Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 09/8/2014 @ 11:53am

There is not a need to split either Jazz or live albums. Most of the important and best Jazz releases were out between 1949 and 1979. After that it is either dull smooth jazz or boring adult contemporary shlock and having a class of that would be very boring and uninteresting.

As for live albums I nominated it with the intention of one class. I can say this we are lacking here but there isn't enough worthwhile live albums to have a split vote.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/8/2014 @ 16:16pm

Jazz

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 09/8/2014 @ 16:24pm

My tiebreaker vote for which subgenre to have a special election for is:

Live Albums

In point of fact, we could indeed select live jazz albums and combine both fields. Let me know if that could be an effective compromise and/or field of interest to have for a special election.

No need to split the years for any category,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Monday, 09/8/2014 @ 18:11pm

Live Albums

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/8/2014 @ 18:19pm

I'll toss my Disclosure vote over to Chvrches.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 09/8/2014 @ 18:34pm

Please switch my vote for

Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)

To

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/8/2014 @ 21:22pm

For your consideration.

Jazz:

Eric Dolphy- Out to Lunch (1964)
Lennie Tristano- Crosscurrents (1949)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1976)
Mahavishnu Orchestra- Birds of Fire (1974)
Spyro Gyra- Carnaval (1980)
Herb Alpert- Rise (1979)
Madhouse- 8 (1987)
Madhouse- 16 (1987)
John Coltrane- Ascension (1965)

Live Albums:

Thin Lizzy- Live and Dangerous (1978)
UFO- Strangers in the Night (1978)
Donna Summer- Live And More (1978)
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
Queen- Live Killers (1979)
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band- Live Bullet
Deep Purple- Made in Japan (1972)
The Rolling Stones- Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (1969)
Elvis Presley- The Comeback Concert (1968)
Elvis Presley- Aloha From Hawaii (1973)
The Beach Boys- In Concert (1973)
The Beach Boys- Concert (1964)
Simon and Garfunkel- The Concert in Central Park (1982)
Mariah Carey- Unplugged (1992)
George Harrison- The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 09/9/2014 @ 00:33am

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted into the Song Project:

Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker:

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Any voter who voted in this month's Album Project voting can participate in the tiebreaker. To participate in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 songs in order of preference. The top song gets 3 points, the second-highest song gets 2 points and the lowest-ranked song 1 point. The highest-scoring album will be inducted. The two lowest-scoring albums will be automatically nominated for the next vote it's eligible for.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Wednesday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/9/2014 @ 01:30am

I count 6-3 in favor of Jazz winning the tiebreaker for September, so Jazz will be this month's genre and Live Albums will be the genre in October. So far it looks like we're leaning towards one genre vote.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/9/2014 @ 01:33am

That's a great list, Greg F.

But to that list of greatest live albums, I would also like to add the following:

Rush- Exit... Stage Left (1981)
Rush- Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)
Duran Duran- A Diamond In The Mind Live (2012)

To your list of jazz albums, I would like to add the following:

The Rippingtons- Kilimanjaro
Sade- Diamond Life
Sade- Promise

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 09/9/2014 @ 09:22am

Tiebreaker vote:

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) 3
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969) 2
Yes - Relayer (1974) 1

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 09/9/2014 @ 09:40am

Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969) - 3
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) - 2
Yes - Relayer (1974) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 09/9/2014 @ 10:19am

Johnny Winter- Second Winter (1969) 3
Yes- Relayer (1974) 2
Bob Dylan- Desire (1976) 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 09/9/2014 @ 11:13am

1. Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969)
2. Yes - Relayer (1974)
3. Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 09/9/2014 @ 13:29pm

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

I know that we're not exactly running short on inducted Dylan albums, but I've always thought that Desire was one of his top 5 best.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 09/9/2014 @ 16:26pm

My Album tiebreaker votes are the following:

Yes - Relayer (1974) - 3
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) - 2
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969) - 1

We just need one election for this month's Special Election cycle,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Tuesday, 09/9/2014 @ 20:29pm

Johnny Winter- Second Winter (1969) 3
Yes- Relayer (1974) 2
Bob Dylan- Desire (1976) 1

Posted by PopeCharming on Tuesday, 09/9/2014 @ 21:21pm

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 00:00am

Desire - 3pts.
Second Winter
Relayer

Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 00:28am

My Jazz genre nominations:

Lennie Tristano- Crosscurrents (1949)
Eric Dolphy- Out To Lunch (1964)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 01:52am

My Jazz genre nominations...

Chicago - Chicago V (1972)
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 01:55am

1. Yes - Relayer (1974) (3 points)
2. Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969) (2 points)
3. Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) (a point)

And my nominations are:

Charles Mingus - Mingus at the Bohemia (1955)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 04:17am

Oops, didn't see somebody had already nominated Out to Lunch, so substitute this in for me please:

John Coltrane- Ascension (1965)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 04:18am

My Tiebreaker

Yes - Relayer (1974) - 3
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) - 2
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969) - 1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 11:05am

My Nominations:

Thelonious Monk- Monk's Dream (1962)
Sonny Rollins- Saxophone Colossus (1956)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 14:06pm

Other suggestions for the genre vote:

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Child Is Father to the Man (1968)
Duke Ellington- Anatomy of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Miles Davis- Steamin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet (1961)
Miles Davis- E.S.P. (1965)
Miles Davis- Jack Johnson (1971)
Thelonious Monk- Misterioso (1957)
Thelonious Monk- Straight No Chaser (1967)
Wynton Marsalis- Marsalis Standard Time Vol. 1 (1986)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 14:11pm

The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960) - Wes Montgomery
The Bridge (1962) - Sonny Rollins

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 15:53pm

Dexter Gordon - Go! (1962)

I'll leave it at one as strong as this ballot is starting to look.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 17:05pm

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Child Is Father to the Man (1968)
Joe Pass - Virtuoso (1973)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 17:07pm

In order to not have two Sonny Rollins albums up for the vote I'll change my nomination from:

Sonny Rollins- Saxophone Colossus (1956)

to

Herbie Hancock- Empyrean Isles (1964)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 18:35pm

Bob Dylan - Desire - 3
Johnny Winter - Second Winter - 2
Yes - Relayer - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/10/2014 @ 23:54pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here is your Album Project class of September 2014:

Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (2009)
Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969)
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)

Here are the final tiebreaker results:

Johnny Winter - Second Winter (1969) - 26

________________________________

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) - 25
Yes - Relayer (1974) - 21

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) and Yes - Relayer (1974) will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote. If you think that either album should be nominated for this month's genre vote (Jazz), let us know before nominations close.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/11/2014 @ 01:10am

Nominations are now officially open (all previous nominations will be counted) for this month's genre vote. This month's genre is Jazz. We've decided to have one vote for this genre. There will be two days of nominations followed by one day for review and five days of voting.

Each voter can nominate two albums that they think belong in this genre. If you feel that a album is nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end and review will begin at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 12th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/11/2014 @ 01:11am

Sarah Vaughan- At Mister Kelly's (1957)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)

Posted by PopeCharming on Thursday, 09/11/2014 @ 07:43am

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Songs of Cole Porter (1956)
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961)

Also FRL, this albums is still not in the list yet:

Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
Jim Croce - I Got A Name (1973)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 09/11/2014 @ 21:28pm

Sorry, the Ella Fitzgerald album should be named "Ella Ftizgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook".

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 09/11/2014 @ 21:30pm

My nominations for the Jazz Special Election for the Album Project is as follows.

Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu Orchestra- Birds of Fire (1974)

One traditional and one fusion,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Friday, 09/12/2014 @ 21:10pm

Nominations are now closed.

We'll now have one day of review to make sure that there weren't any albums nominated inappropriately.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know if I've missed any):

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child Is Father to the Man (1968)
Charles Mingus - Mingus at the Bohemia (1955)
Chicago - Chicago V (1972)
Dexter Gordon - Go! (1962)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Ftizgerald Sings the Cole Porter albumbook (1956)
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch (1964)
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
Joe Pass - Virtuoso (1973)
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965)
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961)
John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1974)
Lennie Tristano - Crosscurrents (1949)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Sarah Vaughan - At Mister Kelly's (1957)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962)
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960)

If you feel that any of these albums have been nominated incorrectly, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end and voting will open at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 13th. There will then be 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/13/2014 @ 01:04am

Darren, the name of the Ella Fitzgerald album is actually called "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook".

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 09/13/2014 @ 16:59pm

The name of the Blood, Sweat & Tears album is actually called "Child is the Father of The Man".

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/13/2014 @ 19:47pm

The review period is now over. There weren't any protests. Here is the updated list of nominees:

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child is the Father of The Man
Charles Mingus - Mingus at the Bohemia (1955)
Chicago - Chicago V (1972)
Dexter Gordon - Go! (1962)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch (1964)
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
Joe Pass - Virtuoso (1973)
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965)
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961)
John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1974)
Lennie Tristano - Crosscurrents (1949)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Sarah Vaughan - At Mister Kelly's (1957)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962)
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960)

Voting is now open. Each voter must vote for 6 nominated albums for their vote to be counted.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/14/2014 @ 01:08am

My Ballot:

Dexter Gordon - Go! (1962)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962)
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 09/14/2014 @ 14:15pm

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child is the Father of The Man (1967)
Dexter Gordon - Go! (1962)
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch (1964)
Lennie Tristano - Crosscurrents (1949)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/15/2014 @ 12:28pm

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child is the Father of The Man
Dexter Gordon - Go! (1962)
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch (1964)
Joe Pass - Virtuoso (1973)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 09/15/2014 @ 22:02pm

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child is the Father of The Man
Charles Mingus - Mingus at the Bohemia (1955)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 09/16/2014 @ 08:52am

For the record I would probably support any of theae albums if they ever came up again but if I have to only choose six then here goes nothing:

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child is the Father of The Man
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962)

For the record it was brutal making the last cut (which was Sonny Rollins) so that would be my preference for a vote switch.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 09/16/2014 @ 10:58am

Looking ahead to next month. Any interest in the albums here?

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Badly Drawn Boy- Have You Fed The Fish (2002)
B-52s- Wild Planet (1980)
B-52s- Whammy! (1983)
B-52s- Bouncing Off The Satellites (1986)
B-52s- Cosmic Thing (1989)
Starz- Starz (1976)
Starz- Violation (1977)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)
Carly Simon- Hotcakes (1974)
Carly Simon- Boys In The Trees (1978)
Carole King- Fantasy (1974)
Carole King- Rhymes and Reasons (1973)
Carole King- Music (1971)
Wilco- A Ghost Is Born (2004)
Badfinger- No Dice (1970)
Badfinger- Straight Up (1972)
Thin Lizzy- Live And Dangerous (1978)
King Crimson- In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)
King Crimson- Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)
King Crimson- Discipline (1981)
Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1978)
Blue Oyster Cult- Blue Oyster Cult (1972)
Blue Oyster Cult- Fire of Unknown Origins (1981)
Shoes- Present Tense (1979)
Shoes- Tongue Twister (1981)
Shoes- Boomerang (1982)
Melanie- Photograph (1976)
Joan Baez- Diamonds In Rust (1975)
Joan Baez- Gulf Winds (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 09/16/2014 @ 17:32pm

Greg F.-
These would be the albums I'd be most likely to vote for.

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)
Carly Simon- Hotcakes (1974)
Carly Simon- Boys In The Trees (1978)
Carole King- Fantasy (1974)
Carole King- Rhymes and Reasons (1973)
Carole King- Music (1971)
Wilco- A Ghost Is Born (2004)
Badfinger- No Dice (1970)
Badfinger- Straight Up (1972)
Thin Lizzy- Live And Dangerous (1978)
King Crimson- In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)
King Crimson- Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)
King Crimson- Discipline (1981)
Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1978)
Blue Oyster Cult- Blue Oyster Cult (1972)
Blue Oyster Cult- Fire of Unknown Origins (1981)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 09/16/2014 @ 19:30pm

My current vote count:

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child is the Father of The Man - BSLO - 4
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962) - PopeCharming - 4

Dexter Gordon - Go! (1962) - DarinRG - 3
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962) - Tom H. - 3
_____________________

Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - Lax31 - 2
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch (1964) - Greg F. - 2
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961) - John R.C. - 2
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962) - Gassman - 2
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960) - Gassman - 2
_____________________

Charles Mingus - Mingus at the Bohemia (1955) - SotN - 1
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook - John R.C. - 1
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979) - Rick Vendl II - 1
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964) - Tom H. - 1
Joe Pass - Virtuoso (1973) - BSLO - 1
Lennie Tristano - Crosscurrents (1949) - Greg F. - 1

Chicago - Chicago V (1972) - Rick Vendl II - 0
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965) - SotN - 0
John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1974) - Lax31 - 0
Sarah Vaughan - At Mister Kelly's (1957) - PopeCharming - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/17/2014 @ 01:59am

Here are my votes:

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
Joe Pass - Virtuoso (1973)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Sarah Vaughan - At Mister Kelly's (1957)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962)

Let me add, though, that Chicago V is one of my thirty favorite albums- I just didn't think it was fair to vote for what is essentially a pop-rock album with jazz touches at the expense of some of the greatest jazz records ever made. If its put up during the "regular season," I would have trouble seeing a scenario where I wouldn't vote for it.

Posted by PopeCharming on Wednesday, 09/17/2014 @ 05:26am

How about?

XTC- Oranges And Lemons (1989)
Peter, Paul & Mary- Peter, Paul & Mary (1963)
Little Feat- Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Little Feat- Dixie Chicken (1973)
Little Feat- Feats Don't Fail Me Now (1974)
New Order- Republic (1990)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/17/2014 @ 14:39pm

Dexter Gordon - Go! (1962)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch (1964)
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Joe Pass - Virtuoso (1973)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 09/17/2014 @ 17:00pm

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child is the Father of The Man
Charles Mingus - Mingus at the Bohemia (1955)
Dexter Gordon - Go! (1962)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 09/17/2014 @ 18:48pm

My ballot for the Jazz Special Election for the Album Project is as follows:

Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1974)
Al Kooper/Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child is the Father of The Man (1967)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961)
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)

Making sure the nominees are not left behind,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Thursday, 09/18/2014 @ 21:36pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project:

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child is the Father of The Man
Dexter Gordon - Go! (1962)
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962)

Anyone who voted in this month's genre vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all three albums in order of preference. The album that gets the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will be automatically nominated in October.

The tiebreaker vote will end at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 20th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/19/2014 @ 01:02am

Tough choice!

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962)- 3
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)- 2
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)- 1

Posted by PopeCharming on Friday, 09/19/2014 @ 01:48am

I second PopeCharming's sentiment. Three essential albums from three titans of Jazz:

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962)- 3
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)- 2
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)- 1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 09/19/2014 @ 11:25am

Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962) 3
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962) 2
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) 1

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 09/19/2014 @ 12:35pm

My tiebreaker vote for this month's special election is as follows:

Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - 3
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962) - 2
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962) - 1

Hoping I am not last this time,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Saturday, 09/20/2014 @ 19:32pm

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962) - 3
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962) - 2
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 09/20/2014 @ 22:54pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the inductees for this month's genre vote:

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child is the Father of The Man
Dexter Gordon - Go! (1962)
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962)

Here are the results of the tiebreaker:

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (1962) - 12
_____________________________________

Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962) - 10

Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - 8

The Sonny Rollins and Duke Ellington albums will be automatically nominated for October's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/21/2014 @ 00:58am

Thelonious Monk- Monk's Dream (1962)- 3
Sonny Rollins- The Bridge (1962)- 2
Duke Ellington- Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/21/2014 @ 01:05am

Any support for these albums?

Al Green – I'm Still in Love With You (1972)
Black Sabbath- Heaven and Hell (1980)
Bob Dylan- Nashville Skyline (1969)
Chicago- Chicago III (1971)
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Bayou Country (1969)
Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
Imagine Dragons- Night Visions (2012)
James Taylor- In The Pocket (1976)
Jethro Tull- This Was (1968)
Jimmy Eat World- Bleed American (2001)
Kraftwerk- Kraftwerk (1970)
Miles Davis- Steamin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet (1961)
Mott The Hoople- All The Young Dudes (1972)
Pink Floyd- Obscured By Clouds (1972)
Queen- News Of The World (1977)
Rainbow- Rising (1976)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- By The Way (2002)
Steely Dan- Countdown To Ecstacy (1973)
The Allman Brothers Band- Idlewild South (1970)
The Black Keys- El Camino (2011)
The Kinks- Lola Versus Powerman and The Moneygoround Part One (1970)
The Rolling Stones – Between the Buttons (1967)
The Who – A Quick One (1966)
Thomas Dolby- The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
War – The World Is A Ghetto (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/21/2014 @ 15:33pm

A lot of those albums are in my queue. These have my support.

Black Sabbeth- Heaven And Hell (1980)
Chicago- Chicago III (1971)
Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
Imagine Dragons- Night Visions (2012)
Pink Floyd- Obscured By Clouds (1972)
Queen- News Of The World (1977)
Steely Dan- Countdown To Ecstacy (1973)
The Allman Brothers Band- Idlewild South (1970)
The Black Keys- El Camino (2011)
Thomas Dolby- The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
War – The World Is A Ghetto (1973)

I think Between The Buttons, Lola Versus Powerman and The Moneyoground Part One and A Quick One are in already. I could be wrong though.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/22/2014 @ 10:02am

I'm going to leave another list of albums I'd like to see in since I didn't get much feedback the first time around and I have thought of other ones I would like to add here.

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
Little Feat- Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Little Feat- Dixie Chicken (1973)
Alanis Morissette- Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Natalie Merchant- Tigerlily (1995)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Tori Amos- From The Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Tori Amos- Scarlet's Walk (2002)
Roxy Music- Siren (1975)
Roxy Music- Stranded (1973)
k.d. lang- Shadowland (1988)
k.d. lang- Ingenue (1992)
k.d. lang- Invisible Summer (2000)
Orbital- Snivilisation (1995)
Blue October- Foiled (2006)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Chicago- VII (1974)
Wilco- A Ghost Is Born (2004)
Kylie Minogue- Fever (2001)
Kylie Minogue- X (2007)
Eric Dolphy- Out To Lunch! (1964)
Lennie Tristano- Crosscurrents (1949)
Lennie Tristano- Lennie Tristano (1955)
Wanda Jackson- Wanda Jackson (1958)
Wanda Jackson- Rockin' With Wanda (1960)
Wanda Jackson- The Party Ain't Over (2011)
Wanda Jackson- Unfinished Business (2012)
Madonna- Erotica (1992)
Madonna- Confessions On A Dancefloor (2005)
Mariah Carey- Mariah Carey (1990)
Mariah Carey- Butterfly (1997)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Mariah Carey- Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (2009)
Whitney Houston & Various Artists- The Bodyguard Soundtrack (1992)
The Raspberries- Fresh (1972)
Badfinger- No Dice (1970)
Badfinger- Straight Up (1971)
The Beach Boys- Holland (1974)
The Beach Boys- Carl And The Passions- So Tough (1973)
The Beach Boys- Surf's Up (1971)
Minnie Ripperton- Perfect Angel (1974)
The Love Unlimited Orchestra- Rhapsody in White (1975)
Thomas Dolby- The Flat Earth (1984)
Steely Dan- Katy Lied (1975)
Steely Dan- The Royal Scam (1976)
Steely Dan- Gaucho (1980)
Melanie- Photograph (1976)
The Marshall Tucker Band- The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)
Shoes- Present Tense (1979)
Shoes- Tongue Twister (1981)
Shoes- Boomerang (1982)
Poco- Poco (1970)
Poco- Rose of Cimmaron (1976)
Poco- Legend (1978)
Eagles- One of These Nights (1974)
Fleetwood Mac- Then Play On (1968)
Fleetwood Mac- Future Games (1971)
Fleetwood Mac- Bare Trees (1972)
Fleetwood Mac- Mystery To Me (1973)
Cheap Trick- Dream Police (1979)
Cheap Trick- Heaven Tonight (1978)
Cheap Trick- In Color (1977)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/22/2014 @ 11:03am

The Blood, Sweat and Tears album is called Child is the Father To The Man (1968)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/28/2014 @ 01:55am

What do you folks think of a potential cult classics genre theme? This involves albums that didn't get much attention on it's first release but overtime it has grown a cult following. Inducted examples would be Big Star, Nick Drake, Scott Walker, and Dennis Wilson's solo album. Uninducted examples would be Buckingham Nicks, Louden Wainright III, Rodriguez etc. Thoughts?

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/29/2014 @ 01:28am

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/30/2014 @ 23:51pm

My nomination for October 2014/2039 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 10/1/2014 @ 00:17am

My nominations:

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)

Disclosure- Settle (2013)

Genre:

Cult Classics

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/1/2014 @ 01:02am

Genre

Novelty/Parody

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 10/1/2014 @ 01:35am

Nomination:

Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 10/1/2014 @ 09:51am

Greg, I think one of your ideas was so good, I'll use it myself, unless you object.

Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

She has five songs in the Song Project, but no albums as of yet.

Posted by Pope Charming on Wednesday, 10/1/2014 @ 09:53am

Bill Withers- Still Bill (1972)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/1/2014 @ 10:23am

This month I'll nominate:

The La's - The La's (1990)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 10/1/2014 @ 11:20am

Alice Cooper - Love It to Death (1971)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 10/1/2014 @ 23:32pm

Frank Zappa- Apostrophe (') (1974)
twenty one pilots- Vessel (2013)

If you haven't yet I would suggest checking out Vessel by twenty one pilots. They are a combination of alternative rock, experimental rock, indie pop, and alternative hip hop. I would suggest the tracks Car Radio, Holding Onto You, House of Gold, and Guns for Hands. They are a very creative and original duo, this album is definitely worth checking out.

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 10/2/2014 @ 12:32pm

My nominations:

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/2/2014 @ 15:26pm

Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)

I think one class of Live Albums would be fine. There are definitely some snubs out there, but we've inducted the vast majority of the essentials, and there is almost nothing significant left from after the 1970's that isn't in yet.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 10/2/2014 @ 18:44pm

B.B. King – Live At The Regal (1965)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 10/2/2014 @ 22:05pm

nom:

Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 10/2/2014 @ 23:34pm

nominations:

Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap

Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 10/3/2014 @ 17:25pm

My nominations for the Album Project this month are ready to be presented. First, here is my nomination for an album prior to 2013.

Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)

Here now is my 2013 album put up for nomination.

Sir Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)

And now, my genre for the special election is:

Christmas/Holiday Music

We have these three months to decide which Christmas albums are likely worthy of inclusion into the Album Project. I am rather certain many fellow posters can think up of some noteworthy albums.

Wishing we could have seen through the airwaves,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Friday, 10/3/2014 @ 20:32pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums:

Alice Cooper - Love It to Death (1971)
B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)
Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
The La's - The La's (1990)
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
twenty one pilots - Vessel (2013)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Please let me know if I missed any nominations or if any albums are nominated incorrectly.

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot counted. Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/4/2014 @ 01:30am

Live Albums is this month's genre (any new nominations have been saved for November). Nominations will open up after the conclusion of the Album Project voting this month. In the meantime, please discuss whether or not we should split this genre up into multiple votes and which albums should be eligible and which albums should be ineligible.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/4/2014 @ 01:34am

Guess I'll cast my ballot first:

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Last Cuts:

Alice Cooper - Love It to Death (1971)
B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 10/4/2014 @ 10:24am

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/4/2014 @ 21:10pm

B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)
Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 10/5/2014 @ 12:31pm

B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 10/5/2014 @ 17:44pm

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 10/5/2014 @ 17:48pm

B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)
Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Yes- Relayer (1974)

Posted by PopeCharming on Sunday, 10/5/2014 @ 21:45pm

Alice Cooper - Love It to Death (1971)
Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 10/5/2014 @ 22:21pm

My Ballot:

1. Alice Cooper - Love It to Death (1971)
2. B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)
3. Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
4. Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
5. Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
6. Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)

Just missed out / Potential vote switches:

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 10/6/2014 @ 09:00am

My ballot for this month's Album Project is as follows:

Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
Sir Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Yes - Relayer (1974)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')(1974)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)

We need more participants in this project,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Monday, 10/6/2014 @ 21:26pm

My votes:

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)

Would support in the future:

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/6/2014 @ 22:59pm

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
twenty one pilots - Vessel (2013)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 10/6/2014 @ 23:42pm

My current vote count:

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972) - 7

B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965) - 5
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974) - 5
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973) - 5
____________________________________

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) - 4
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998) - 4
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962) - 4
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) - 4
Yes - Relayer (1974) - 4
____________________________________

Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991) - 3

Alice Cooper - Love It to Death (1971) - 2
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013) - 2
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 2
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - 2
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry - 2
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 2
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 2
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's - 2

Elton John - The Diving Board (2013) - 1
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013) - 1
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013) - 1
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984) - 1
twenty one pilots - Vessel (2013) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap - 0
The La's - The La's (1990) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/7/2014 @ 01:08am

Alice Cooper - Love It to Death (1971)
Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 10/7/2014 @ 06:45am

And for albums, my votes are:

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 10/8/2014 @ 19:29pm

Please switch my vote for

Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)

To

Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/8/2014 @ 21:06pm

Bill Withers - Still Bill
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Bob Dylan - Desire
Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
The La's - The La's

Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 10/8/2014 @ 22:50pm

Alice Cooper - Love It to Death (1971)
Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 10/9/2014 @ 02:59am

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project:

Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Any voter who voted in the Album Project vote this month is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 5 points, the second-highest ranked album will receive 4 points and so on.

The two highest scoring albums will be inducted this month. The other three albums will be automatically nominated for the next album project or album project genre that they are eligible for.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/9/2014 @ 08:26am

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)-5
Yes - Relayer (1974)-4
B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)-3
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)-2
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 10/9/2014 @ 09:07am

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998) - 5
B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965) - 4
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) - 3
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974) - 2
Yes - Relayer (1974) - 1

Let me just say that I don't think Devil Without a Cause is the most deserving out of these 5 albums, but given all the 1's it's bound to get, I will try to balance things out a bit :).

Kid Rock is no critics darling, but this album is deserving and in terms of straight rock, it's one of our biggest snubs of the 90's.

Kudos to Darren for continuing to nominate the album, and to Cheesecrop and jritchey for sticking with voting for it. Never thought it would even make it to a tiebreaker!

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 10/9/2014 @ 19:43pm

What BSLO said.

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)
Yes - Relayer (1974)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)

Posted by PopeCharming on Thursday, 10/9/2014 @ 19:59pm

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)-5
Yes - Relayer (1974)-4
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)-3
B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)-2
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)-1

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 10/9/2014 @ 20:12pm

Yes- Relayer 5
Frank Zappa- Apostrophe (') 4
B.B. King- Live At The Regal 3
Kid Rock- Devil Without A Cause 2
Bob Dylan- Desire 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 10/9/2014 @ 20:23pm

Tiebreaker Ballot:

B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965) 5
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) 4
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998) 3
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974) 2
Yes - Relayer (1974) 1

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 10/9/2014 @ 20:35pm

1. Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
2. B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)
3. Yes - Relayer (1974)
4. Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
5. Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 10/10/2014 @ 00:20am

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause - 5
Bob Dylan - Desire - 4
Yes - Relayer - 3
B.B. King - Live At The Regal - 2
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/10/2014 @ 01:51am

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998) - 5
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)
Yes - Relayer (1974) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 10/10/2014 @ 10:15am

The tiebreaker voting is now closed. Here is your class of October 2014:

B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965)
Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982)

Tiebreaker Results:

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998) - 32
B.B. King - Live At The Regal (1965) - 29
_____________________________

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974) - 25
Yes - Relayer (1974) - 25
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976) - 24

The three albums that didn't get inducted this month will be automatically nominated in November, unless one of them is qualified for this month's genre vote, which is Live Albums.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/11/2014 @ 12:46pm

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, which is Live Albums.

We've decided to have one vote for this genre. Each voter can nominate two albums. If an album is nominated that you think was nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be automatically disqualified from this genre vote.

Due to the late start of this process (sorry about that), nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 13th. We'll then have one day of evaluation and protests and five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/11/2014 @ 12:49pm

Does this mean that live albums may now be nominated, Darren?

If so, then I would strongly suggest "Rush: Exit... Stage Left" and "Rush: Clockwork Angels Tour."

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 10/11/2014 @ 12:51pm

My nominations:

Thin lizzy- Live And Dangerous (1978)
UFO- Strangers In The Night (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/11/2014 @ 13:18pm

My nomination for the Live Album Project vote...

Electric Light Orchestra - The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach (1974)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 10/11/2014 @ 13:43pm

Add

^ Chicago at Carnegie Hall (1971)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 10/11/2014 @ 13:47pm

Queen - Live at Wembley '86 (1992)
Various Artists - Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More (1970)

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 10/11/2014 @ 14:54pm

Rush- Exit...Stage Left (1981)
U2- Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 10/11/2014 @ 20:41pm

George Harrison- The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)- The first modern charity rock concert, featuring two Beatles, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Badfinger, Ravi Shankar, and Billy Preston.

Tom Lehrer- An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959): a seminal live album by one of the greatest postwar satirists.

Posted by PopeCharming on Saturday, 10/11/2014 @ 21:03pm

Completely forgot to vote in the tie breaker, but it appears that my vote wouldn't have changed the final result in any significant way.

Nominee:

Bauhaus - Press Eject and Give Me the Tape (1982)

One of the upper tier and most highly regarded live albums of the Post-punk/College Rock era.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 10/11/2014 @ 21:10pm

My nominees:

Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies (1970)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live 1975–85 (1986)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 10/12/2014 @ 01:11am

I do apologize for not getting involved with the tiebreaker results of last week's Album Project election. I had completely been involved in other important matters these last couple days or so. None the less, here is my ballot for our Live Album special election.

Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994)
Pink Floyd - Pulse (1995)

Two important tours accompanied with two important documents,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 10/12/2014 @ 20:53pm

Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)
The act that defines the modern electronic music brought a true live performance rarely seen by the genre, and helped bridge the gap between rock and electronic music once more.

Nirvana - Live at Reading (2009) [recorded 1992]

Posted by Boomstick on Monday, 10/13/2014 @ 19:27pm

Boomstick - Can't believe I forgot about Alive 2007. Amazing album and so getting my vote.

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 10/13/2014 @ 19:55pm

Nominations are now closed.

The following albums have been nominated and will be up for review:

Bauhaus - Press Eject and Give Me the Tape (1982)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live 1975–85 (1986)
Chicago - Chicago at Carnegie Hall (1971)
Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)
Electric Light Orchestra - The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach (1974)
George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies (1970)
Nirvana - Live at Reading (2009)
Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994)
Pink Floyd - Pulse (1995)
Queen - Live at Wembley '86 (1992)
Rush - Exit...Stage Left (1981)
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous (1978)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)
UFO - Strangers In The Night (1979)
Various Artists - Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More (1970)

If you see any albums that you feel have been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 14th. There will then be 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/14/2014 @ 01:14am

There weren't any protests, so the list posted above is the list of nominees. Anyone who is interested in participating can vote for exactly six nominated albums.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/15/2014 @ 01:32am

Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)
Chicago - Chicago at Carnegie Hall (1971)
George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous (1978)
UFO - Strangers In The Night (1979)
Various Artists - Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More (1970)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/15/2014 @ 12:29pm

Chicago - Chicago at Carnegie Hall (1971)
George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)
Rush - Exit...Stage Left (1981)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)
Various Artists - Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/15/2014 @ 15:05pm

My ballot:

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live 1975–85 (1986)
Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)
George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies (1970)
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous (1978)
Various Artists - Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More (1970)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 10/15/2014 @ 16:35pm

Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)
George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies (1970)
Rush - Exit...Stage Left (1981)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)
Various Artists - Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More (1970)

Posted by PopeCharming on Wednesday, 10/15/2014 @ 20:52pm

This one was extremely hard. In hindsight we could've easily done two groups. Nonetheless, my picks:

Bauhaus - Press Eject and Give Me the Tape (1982)
Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)
George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)
Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994)
Rush - Exit...Stage Left (1981)
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 10/15/2014 @ 21:04pm

Chicago - Chicago at Carnegie Hall (1971)
Electric Light Orchestra - The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach (1974)
George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)
Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994)
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous (1978)
Various Artists - Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More (1970)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 10/15/2014 @ 21:59pm

Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)
George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)
Queen - Live at Wembley '86 (1992)
Rush - Exit...Stage Left (1981)
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)
Various Artists - Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More (1970)

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 10/15/2014 @ 22:30pm

Bauhaus - Press Eject and Give Me the Tape (1982)
Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)
George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)
Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994)
Rush - Exit...Stage Left (1981)
Various Artists - Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More (1970)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 10/15/2014 @ 23:39pm

These are my choices:

Peter Gabriel- Secret World Live (1994)
Pink Floyd- PULSE (1995)
Queen- Live At Wembley '86 (1992)
Rush- Exit... Stage Left (1981)
U2- Under A Blood Red Sky (1983)

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 10/16/2014 @ 06:47am

I have yet to participate in your albums, songs, etc. lists (although I was a contributor to our original Revisited project), but I thought I'd toss in a ballot for live albums. I didn't skim through to find all of your rules, but it looks to me that people are casting ballots with six choices, so...

Allman Brothers Band - 'At Fillmore East'
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - 'Live 1975/1985'
The Band (and guests) - 'The Last Waltz'
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 'Live Rust'
Dire Straits - 'Alchemy'
Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Yas Out'

Posted by Dezmond on Thursday, 10/16/2014 @ 07:24am

Enigmaticus-

You still have one vote left if you want your ballot to count.

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 10/16/2014 @ 08:27am

Tom H.,

Thank you for pointing that out. I had inadvertently left off my sixth choice. Therefore, here is my amended ballot:

Electric Light Orchestra- The Night The Light Went On In Long Beach (1974)
Peter Gabriel- Secret World Live (1994)
Pink Floyd- PULSE (1995)
Queen- Live At Wembley '86 (1992)
Rush- Exit... Stage Left (1981)
U2- Under A Blood Red Sky (1983)

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 10/16/2014 @ 08:53am

Dezmond - You're welcome (and encouraged) to participate in any of our projects. To vote in this particular album genre vote, you have to select six albums from the list of nominees that was posted on Tuesday, 10.14.14 @ 01:14am (scroll up a little bit on this page to see the list).

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/16/2014 @ 17:04pm

No thanks. Looking at that list, it pales next to my six that I came up with off the top of my head in five minutes. That list is so small and random as to make it pointless. You don't have The Allman Brothers At Fillmore East? The Who Live At Leeds? Two of the generally acknowledged greatest and most significant live records of all time? Peter Gabriel's Secret World vs. Gabriel's much more significant Plays Live? Come on guys.

Posted by dezmond on Thursday, 10/16/2014 @ 19:25pm

Dezmond, there's a huge list of already inducted albums at the top of the page. At Fillmore East, and Live At Leeds have already been inducted.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 10/16/2014 @ 19:54pm

Ah. I see that now. My fault. Sorry.

Posted by Dezmond on Thursday, 10/16/2014 @ 22:20pm

Any interest for next month:

The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of Year (1960)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Liz Phair- Whip-Smart (1996)
Blue October- Foiled (2006)
Little Feat- Dixie Chicken (1973)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Air- Moon Safari (1998)
UFO- Strangers In The Night (1979)
Simon & Garfunkel- The Concert In Central Park (1982)
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs & Englishmen (1970)
Orbital- Snivilization (1995)
Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Issac Hayes- Black Moses (1971)
Deep Purple- Made In Japan (1974)
Fiona Apple- When The Pawn... (1998)
Eric Dolphy- Out to Lunch (1964)
The Beach Boys- Holland (1974)
Foster The People- Torches (2010)
Lucinda Williams- Lucinda Williams (1988)
Deadmau5- 4x4=12 (2010)
Minnie Ripperton- Perfect Angel (1974)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)
Kylie Minogue- Fever (2001)
New Order- Republic (1990)
Mariah Carey- Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009)
Grace Jones- Nightclubbing (1980)
Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/19/2014 @ 00:17am

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live 1975–85 (1986)
Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)
George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)
Queen - Live at Wembley '86 (1992)
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)
Various Artists - Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More (1970)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/19/2014 @ 00:37am

My current vote count:

George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971) - 9

Various Artists - Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More (1970) - 8

Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007) - 7

Rush - Exit...Stage Left (1981) - 6

U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983) - 5
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Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994) - 4

Chicago - Chicago at Carnegie Hall (1971) - 3
Queen - Live at Wembley '86 (1992) - 3
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous (1978) - 3

Bauhaus - Press Eject and Give Me the Tape (1982) - 2
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live 1975–85 (1986) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach (1974) - 2
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies (1970) - 2
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959) - 2

Pink Floyd - Pulse (1995) - 1
UFO - Strangers In The Night (1979) - 1

Nirvana - Live at Reading (2009) - 0

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/19/2014 @ 00:39am

Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)
Various Artists - Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More (1970)
Nirvana - Live at Reading (2009)
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies (1970)
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)
George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)

Posted by Boomstick on Sunday, 10/19/2014 @ 01:51am

My ballot for the Live Albums special election is as follows.

George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)
Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994)
Pink Floyd - Pulse (1995)
Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)
Rush - Exit...Stage Left (1981)
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)

Thank you and please try the veal:),

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 10/19/2014 @ 21:05pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project:

Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)
George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (1971)
Rush - Exit...Stage Left (1981)
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)
Various Artists - Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More (1970)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/20/2014 @ 01:24am

Any interest for next month:

The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of Year (1960)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Liz Phair- Whip-Smart (1996)
Blue October- Foiled (2006)
Little Feat- Dixie Chicken (1973)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Air- Moon Safari (1998)
UFO- Strangers In The Night (1979)
Simon & Garfunkel- The Concert In Central Park (1982)
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs & Englishmen (1970)
Orbital- Snivilization (1995)
Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Issac Hayes- Black Moses (1971)
Deep Purple- Made In Japan (1974)
Fiona Apple- When The Pawn... (1998)
Eric Dolphy- Out to Lunch (1964)
The Beach Boys- Holland (1974)
Foster The People- Torches (2010)
Lucinda Williams- Lucinda Williams (1988)
Deadmau5- 4x4=12 (2010)
Minnie Ripperton- Perfect Angel (1974)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)
Thin Lizzy- Live And Dangerous (1978)
New Order- Republic (1990)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
The Romantics- The Romantics (1980)
Cheap Trick- Dream Police (1979)
The Raspberries- Fresh (1972)
Badfinger- No Dice (1971)
XTC- Oranges And Lemons (1989)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/22/2014 @ 00:16am

Greg F- These albums are in my queue and would most likely get my vote:

The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of Year (1960)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
Simon & Garfunkel- The Concert In Central Park (1982)
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs & Englishmen (1970)
Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Deep Purple- Made In Japan (1974)
Eric Dolphy- Out to Lunch (1964)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)

Would also consider:

UFO- Strangers In The Night (1979)
Issac Hayes- Black Moses (1971)
The Beach Boys- Holland (1974)
Foster The People- Torches (2010)
Thin Lizzy- Live And Dangerous (1978)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Cheap Trick- Dream Police (1979)
The Raspberries- Fresh (1972)
Badfinger- No Dice (1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/22/2014 @ 11:37am

Would anyone consider voting for the following albums next month?

Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
Supertramp- Crime Of The Century (1974)
Billy Joel- River Of Dreams (1993)
Wierd Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1996)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/22/2014 @ 11:40am

Tom H.

My top choices from your list are

Jethro Tull- Stand Up
Supertramp- Crime of The Century
Weird So Yankovic- Bad Hair Day

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/22/2014 @ 15:52pm

Tom H.

My top choices from your list are

Jethro Tull- Stand Up
Supertramp- Crime of The Century
Weird So Yankovic- Bad Hair Day

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/22/2014 @ 17:32pm

my top candidates for next month out of the list.

The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of the Year
Kate Bush- Never For Ever
Badfinger- No Dice
Air- Moon Safari
Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/22/2014 @ 17:42pm

This one was extremely hard. In hindsight we could've easily done two groups. Nonetheless, my picks:

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 10.15.14 @ 21:04pm
__________________________________________________

I agree completely. There were several albums that I assumed were already in (Woodstock, Concert for Bangladesh). In hindsight we might have been able to do two votes (maybe 1954-1979 and 1980-2013) but of course hindsight is 20/20.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/22/2014 @ 19:00pm

I'm not going to be able to keep track of the nominees or the voting results in November, as I'll be away from my computer from the 1st through the 12th. I'll be able to vote on my tablet, but I won't be able to track the voting results.

Here's the monthly schedule:

I'll be able to post the monthly "preview" that includes the automatically nominated songs and genres for November.

Nominations for the Album Project and the Album Genre selection vote open on the 1st.

Nominations for the Album Project and the Album Genre selection vote close at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

Album Genre selection voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 6th.

Album Project voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on the 8th.

If there's a tiebreaker required, it will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 10th.

Nominations for this month's genre vote will open after the conclusion of any tiebreaker votes in the Song Project or Album Project. There will be two days of nominations, followed by 1 day of review and protest.

There will be 5 days of genre voting after nominations conclude. I'll be back from my trip to Arizona before genre voting is over.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/22/2014 @ 23:19pm

I''ll suggest this for a genre idea. A lot of the artists we inducted into the revisited/projected project Don't have much representation in the album project. So I'm thinking that we should consider what we're doing on the song project here as well. Any thoughts? I'm thinking of doing one's with 3 or less.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 10/23/2014 @ 21:53pm

Greg F.

I'd be for that. There are plenty of artists that could benefit from that

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 10/23/2014 @ 23:03pm

I'm thinking about nominating Vince Guaraldi's "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Any interest?

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 10/25/2014 @ 12:37pm

Greg F. - Be sure to nominate that genre during the genre nomination period.

Nominations for next month open at midnight. Every voter can nominate one album from 2013 and one album from 2013 or prior to 2013. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Each voter will be allowed to vote for 6 albums. There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11:55 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

This month's album genre is Live Albums, as it lost the genre selection tiebreaker in September. Nominations will begin after the Album Project and Song Project voting has concluded. In the meantime, please discuss if the genre should be split into multiple votes (and if so, how) and which albums are eligible and which albums aren't.

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote (or were nominated last month, when there wasn't a genre vote), but receiving at least three nominations:

90s British Rock/Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Christmas/Holiday Music
Cult Classics
Hip Hop/Rap
Metal
Novelty / Parody
Punk

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

80's New Wave / Pop is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

Electronic is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

Jazz is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from September.

Live Albums is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from October.

70's Singer-Songwriters is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 3 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 3 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 11:55 on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/31/2014 @ 21:52pm

Just a reminder that I'll be on a road trip the first half of November and unable to post updates and results, so someone else will need to do that this month.

Here are my nominees:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/31/2014 @ 21:55pm

My nominees

The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of The Year (1960)

Disclosure- Settle (2013)

Genre:

Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums or Less

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 11/1/2014 @ 01:15am

The Left Banke- Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina (1967)

Posted by PopeCharming on Saturday, 11/1/2014 @ 04:16am

And my nominees here will be:

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1989)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 11/1/2014 @ 04:36am

Nomination:

Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 11/1/2014 @ 07:11am

Wierd Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1996)
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 11/1/2014 @ 11:03am

Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1971)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 11/1/2014 @ 12:15pm

My nomination for November 2014/2039 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 11/1/2014 @ 16:53pm

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989)

Posted by Ryan on Saturday, 11/1/2014 @ 17:00pm

Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 11/1/2014 @ 17:01pm

nominee:

Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)

Posted by rockstar23 on Saturday, 11/1/2014 @ 20:32pm

Heart - Little Queen (1977)

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 11/2/2014 @ 04:04am

Nom:

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 11/2/2014 @ 22:43pm

My nominations for this month's Album Project are as follows.

Fugazi - 13 Songs (1989)
Sir Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)

My genre nomination is:

70s Singer-Songwriters

Remember to vote tomorrow!,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Monday, 11/3/2014 @ 21:41pm

The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)

Also, sorry Lax31 but 13 Songs by Fugazi is ineligible because it is a complication album of singles. It's a bummer because it is a great album, but rules are rules.

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 11/3/2014 @ 23:03pm

Nominations are now closed. Voting is now open. The following albums have been nominated for this month. Each voter may vote for 6 albums (must vote for 6 for your ballot to count). Voting will end on Nov 9 at 11:55pm central.

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992)
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1989)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013)
Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt (2013)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989)
Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1971)
The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of The Year (1960)
The Left Banke- Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina (1967)
The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Wierd Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1996)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/4/2014 @ 12:38pm

These genres are eligible for selection this month.
70's Singer-Songwriters
90s British Rock/Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Christmas/Holiday Music
Cult Classics
Hip Hop/Rap
Metal
Novelty / Parody
Punk
Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums Or Less

Each voter can vote for 5 genres. The genre voting will end on Nov 7 at 11:55pm central.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/4/2014 @ 12:44pm

My vote

Disclosure- Settle (2013)
The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of The Year (1960)
Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Wierd Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1996)
The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)

Genres

Revisted/Projected Acts with 3 albums or less
Cult Classics
Blues
Metal
Christmas/Holiday Music

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/4/2014 @ 12:50pm

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992)
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989)
Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1971)
The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 11/4/2014 @ 13:22pm

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989)
Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1971)
The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

90s British Rock/Pop
Cult Classics
Hip Hop/Rap
Metal
Punk

Posted by Ryan on Tuesday, 11/4/2014 @ 14:15pm

Just a heads up that A Charlie Brown Christmas was inducted way back at the start of the project. Greg F, you have another vote.

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)
The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 11/4/2014 @ 15:53pm

Ok I'll vote for Cyndi Lauper- She's So Unusual instead.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/4/2014 @ 17:15pm

Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1989)
The Left Banke- Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina (1967)
The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Weird Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1996)

Genres:

70's Singer-Songwriters
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Christmas/Holiday Music
Novelty / Parody
Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums Or Less

Posted by PopeCharming on Tuesday, 11/4/2014 @ 17:33pm

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)

90s British Rock/Pop
Blues
Metal
Punk
Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums Or Less

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 11/4/2014 @ 18:43pm

Popecharming- Charlie Brown Christmas was already voted in. You have one more vote.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/4/2014 @ 20:11pm

In that case, I'll give my replacement vote to:

Heart - Little Queen (1977)

Posted by PopeCharming on Tuesday, 11/4/2014 @ 20:35pm

Albums:

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)
Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1971)
The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)

Genres:

90s British Rock/Pop
Hip Hop/Rap
Metal
Punk
Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums Or Less

Posted by Taylor on Tuesday, 11/4/2014 @ 23:56pm

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)
Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)
Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1971)
The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)

90s British Rock/Pop
Blues
Hip Hop/Rap
Metal
Punk

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 11/5/2014 @ 17:42pm

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992)
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)
Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989)
The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 11/5/2014 @ 18:49pm

A Charlie Brown Christmas has been already inducted. Anyone who has voted for it has another vote.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/5/2014 @ 18:52pm

90s British
Hip Hop
Metal
Punk
Revisited Projected

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/5/2014 @ 23:29pm

My votes:

Alice in Chains
Eminem
Jay-Z
Pearl Jam
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Weird Al Yankovic

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/6/2014 @ 16:21pm

Voting for the genres is now over. This months genre is metal. From now til the end of the voting do discuss what artists/albums should be considered for this genre. Also discuss wither we want to split this genre or not. Here are the results. Let me know if my count is off.

Metal-5

90s British Rock/Pop-4
Punk- 4
Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums Or Less- 4

Blues- 3
Hip-Hop/Rap- 3
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Cult Classics-2
Christmas/Holiday Music- 2

70's Singer-Songwriters- 1
Art/Progressive Rock- 1
Novelty/Parody- 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/7/2014 @ 02:06am

Voting through Darren's vote excluding Mike's do to him having a replacement vote for A Charlie Brown Christmas. If I'm off let me know.

Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)-7
The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)- 7
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)- 5
Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)- 5
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Disclosure - Settle (2013)- 4
Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1971)- 4

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother’s Milk (1989)- 3
Weird Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1996)- 3

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)- 2
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)-2
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)- 2
Yes - Relayer (1974)- 2

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992)- 1
Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)- 1
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1989)- 1
Heart- Little Queen (1977)- 1
Jay-Z- Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013)- 1
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt (2013)- 1
The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of The Year (1960)- 1
The Left Banke- Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina (1967)- 1

Voting will close on Nov 8 at 11:55 Pm central.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/7/2014 @ 02:44am

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989)
Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1971)
Wierd Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1996)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

I forgot all about the genre vote but since I was going to vote for metal it wouldn't have affected the outcome

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 11/7/2014 @ 09:35am

Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989)
The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 11/7/2014 @ 10:21am

How about we split Metal at 1968-1985 and 1986-2013?

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/7/2014 @ 18:28pm

Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1989)
Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt (2013)
Weird Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1996)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 11/8/2014 @ 09:20am

I agree with Greg F's idea on splitting the genres that way.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/8/2014 @ 10:47am

I do not know if a ballot is still taking place. If so, here is my belatedly late ballot for this month's Album Project.

Sir Elton John - The Diving board (2013)
Yes - Relayer (1974)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')(1974)
Stevie Wonder - Music Of My Mind (1971)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)

Here I should apologize for not voting for specified genres. None the less, if we are to do metal, I suggest we split the time periods for metal prior to 1986, and for Metal from 1986 onwards. Also, I must apologize for not realizing that the Fugazi album 13 Songs (1989) is indeed a compilation. I was not aware of this clarification.

I will do better next time,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 11/9/2014 @ 13:19pm

Voting is now over. I can't post the results right now since I'm at work. If someone can post the results that would be great. If the results are not up by the time I get home from work I''ll do it.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 11/9/2014 @ 14:14pm

The following have been voted in this month.

Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)
The O'Jays – Back Stabbers (1972)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)
Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 11/9/2014 @ 20:34pm

Should I open up nominations for the genre vote now or wait until the tiebreaker on the song project is done.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 11/9/2014 @ 20:59pm

Please wait to on start the genre vote until after the tiebreaker is over.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/9/2014 @ 22:09pm

The voting for the genre vote will open at 11:55 pm. This month's genre is metal and we have decided to split it. Round 1 will cover 1968-1985 and round 2 will cover 1986-2013. Each voter can nominate up to two albums and vote for six.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/11/2014 @ 21:44pm

my nominees for metal 1968-1985

Rainbow- Rising (1976)
Black Sabbath- Heaven And Hell (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/12/2014 @ 01:39am

I'm nominating:

Blue Cheer - Outsideinside (1968)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 11/12/2014 @ 01:40am

Nominations

Deep Purple- Who Do We Think We Are (1973)
Iron Maiden- Piece Of Mind (1983)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/12/2014 @ 07:29am

Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
Judas Priest - Killing Machine (1978)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 11/12/2014 @ 13:38pm

Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Venom - Black Metal (1982)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 11/12/2014 @ 19:51pm

FRL,

These were never added to The Album Project list above or their respective artist's pages back in April of this year (2014) so please do so now, thanks...

Voting is now closed.

Here is the class of the Genre Vote for April 2014:

Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977)
Jim Croce - I Got A Name (1973)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (1973)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04.19.14 @ 00:55am

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Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 11/13/2014 @ 21:35pm

To keep the Song and Album Projects synched up, nominations for this vote (part 1 of this genre) will end at 11:55 PM Central on Friday and be followed by a one day review period ending at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/13/2014 @ 22:36pm

To this point we only have 10 nominated albums for a 68-85 Metal vote with less than 24 hours to go. More nominations would be greatly appreciated.

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 11/14/2014 @ 09:53am

Metal nominations:

Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)

Posted by Taylor on Friday, 11/14/2014 @ 21:16pm

My nominations for Metal albums from 1968-1985 are as follows.

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy (1976)

Departures from an initial style, yet quite good none the less,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Friday, 11/14/2014 @ 22:56pm

Nominations are now closed. We will now have 24 hours to review and protest the nominated albums. If you feel that a nominated album doesn't belong in this genre vote, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Here are the nominees:

Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell (1980)
Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy (1976)
Blue Cheer - Outsideinside (1968)
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are (1973)
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983)
Judas Priest - Killing Machine (1978)
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)
Venom - Black Metal (1982)

Review will end and voting will start at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/15/2014 @ 01:20am

No albums were protested. Voting is now open.

Each voter can vote for exactly six nominated albums.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 20th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/16/2014 @ 01:46am

Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell (1980)
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983)
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Venom - Black Metal (1982)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 11/16/2014 @ 16:01pm

Black Sabbath- Heaven And Hell (1980)
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983)
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Venom - Black Metal (1982)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 11/16/2014 @ 21:05pm

Alice Cooper - Love It to Death (1971)
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Posted by Taylor on Sunday, 11/16/2014 @ 21:59pm

Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell (1980)
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Venom - Black Metal (1982)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 11/17/2014 @ 00:34am

Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Venom - Black Metal (1982)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 11/17/2014 @ 17:08pm

Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983)
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Venom - Black Metal (1982)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 11/17/2014 @ 23:36pm

Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983)
Venom - Black Metal (1982)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell (1980)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/19/2014 @ 00:10am

My current vote count:

Rainbow - Rising (1976) - 7

Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971) - 6
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983) - 6
Venom - Black Metal (1982) - 6
_____________________________

Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976) - 5
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984) - 5
_____________________________

Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell (1980) - 4

Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 2

Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972) - 1

Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy (1976) - 0
Blue Cheer - Outsideinside (1968) - 0
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984) - 0
Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are (1973) - 0
Judas Priest - Killing Machine (1978) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 20th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/19/2014 @ 01:25am

My ballot

Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell (1980)
Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are (1973)
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/19/2014 @ 10:07am

My ballot for this era of Metal albums is as follows:

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy (1976)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983)
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)

Not as difficult as it first seemed,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Wednesday, 11/19/2014 @ 22:01pm

Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)
Venom - Black Metal (1982)

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 11/20/2014 @ 20:22pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted:

Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Venom - Black Metal (1982)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker vote. To participate, select the album that you prefer.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted this month. The other album will be automatically nominated for the December Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/21/2014 @ 03:13am

Nominations are now open for the second genre vote this month.

The selected genre is Metal. This round is for albums released between 1986 and 2013.

Each voter can nominate two albums released between 1986 and 2013 by an eligible artist. If an album is nominated that you think has been nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 22nd. There will then be a one day period of review, followed by five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/21/2014 @ 03:35am

My tiebreaker vote is:

Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)

And my nominations are:

Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
Scorpions - Crazy World (1990)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 11/21/2014 @ 08:27am

Nominations:

Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (1992)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)

Tiebreaker vote:

Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)

Posted by Taylor on Friday, 11/21/2014 @ 09:05am

Nominations:

Queensryche- Empire (1990)
Symphony X- Paradise Lost (2007)

Tiebreaker:

Merceyful Fate- Don't Break The Oath (1984)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/21/2014 @ 09:33am

My tiebreaker:

Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath (1984)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/21/2014 @ 10:25am

Tie breaker:

Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)

I'll have nominations soon I think

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 11/21/2014 @ 12:20pm

Tiebreaker:

Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)

Nominations:

Blackwater Park (2001) - Opeth
Sunbather (2013) - Deafheaven

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 11/21/2014 @ 12:33pm

Nominations

Ozzy Osbourne- No More Tears (1991)
System of a Down- System of a Down (1998)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 11/21/2014 @ 22:36pm

Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)

Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 11/22/2014 @ 15:06pm

My tiebreaker vote is as follows.

Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)

Here now are the albums hat make up m ballot for Metal 1986-2013.

Slayer - Divine Intervention (1994)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)

Likely putting in albums loosely related to metal,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Saturday, 11/22/2014 @ 20:41pm

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)

Buckcherry - Buckcherry (1999) - They've more than earned their bad reputation ever since they released "Crazy Bitch", but their debut album (which features their two best songs "Lit Up" and "For The Movies") is solid from start to finish.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/22/2014 @ 22:12pm

I'm going to change my Buckcherry nomination to Skid Row - Skid Row (1989) because I think it's a better album and has a better chance of getting voted in.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/22/2014 @ 23:30pm

Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave (1987)
Anthrax - Persistence of Time (1990)

Posted by joker on Sunday, 11/23/2014 @ 00:44am

Nominations are now closed.

We'll have one day for review and protest and then we'll have five days of voting.

Here are the nominees that are up for review:

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
Anthrax - Persistence of Time (1990)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave (1987)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (1992)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
Queensryche - Empire (1990)
Scorpions - Crazy World (1990)
Skid Row - Skid Row (1989)
Slayer - Divine Intervention (1994)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)

Review will end and voting will start at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 23rd.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/23/2014 @ 01:09am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here's your final class of new inductees:

Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983)
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Venom - Black Metal (1982)

Here are the final tiebreaker results:

Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976) - 5
____________________________

Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984) - 3

Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath (1984) will be automatically nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/23/2014 @ 01:20am

Nominations are now open. There weren't any protests. The list of nominees is in the post above. Anyone who is interested in voting must vote for 6 albums to have their votes counted.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/24/2014 @ 01:10am

My Ballot:

Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (1992)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
Skid Row - Skid Row (1989)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 11/24/2014 @ 02:00am

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
Queensryche - Empire (1990)
Slayer - Divine Intervention (1994)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
Anthrax - Persistence of Time (1990)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/24/2014 @ 21:27pm

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 11/24/2014 @ 22:41pm

Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (1992)
Queensryche - Empire (1990)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)

Posted by Taylor on Tuesday, 11/25/2014 @ 02:01am

Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave (1987)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/25/2014 @ 11:42am

My Votes:

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
Korn - Follow The Leader
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
Skid Row - Skid Row
Tool - 10,000 Days

Potential Vote switches / Would support in the future:

Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun
Queensryche - Empire
System Of A Down - System Of A Down

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/25/2014 @ 21:43pm

Starting on Monday, December 1st, we will begin the process of re-ranking the Performers that have been inducted into the Projected / Re-Visited Project over on the Rock Rankings messageboard (http://www.futurerocklegends.com/Revisited_Projected_Rankings.php). We will be re-ranking the Performers every two years to account for the past two years inductee classes.

Anyone who is interested can participate in this process. Here's how the process will work:

Round 1 Nominations will open on December 1st (the same time as the Song Project and Album Project). Each voter can nominate 100 performers from the list of 312 performers that have been voted into the Projected / Re-Visited Project. We haven't determined if voters will be required to nominate 100 performers or if a minimum number of nominees for Round 1 will be required (in case someone tries to nominate one performer to give them a better chance of being ranked). Round 1 Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 6th.

The 20-25 performers that receive the most nominations will be involved in a two-day initial ranking vote, where voters will rank the top 15-20 eligible performers of their preference to determine the top 10 performers in the rankings. This process will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

The 10 performers (or more in the event of a tie for 10th) that finish highest in the initial rankings will advance to the final rankings. In the final rankings, voters will rank all 10 performers in their order of preference. The combined rankings will be the final rankings of the top 10 performers. If you've never participated in a ranking or induction project before, you'll need to participate in one (or attempt to participate in one) before your vote in a final ranking will be counted in any round.

In the event of a tie in the final rankings, the first tiebreaker will be the performer's score in that round's initial rankings. The second tiebreaker will be a higher ranking tiebreaker from that round's final rankings (which performer did each voter rank higher). The third tiebreaker will be a higher ranking tiebreaker from that round's initial rankings. The final tiebreaker will be the performer's rankings in the 2012-2013 Performer rankings. If two newly-added performers end up in an unbreakable tie, we'll have a straight-up tiebreaker vote to resolve the tie after the conclusion of all rounds of ranking in the project.

The final ranking vote will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 10th.

Round 2 Nominations will be from Wednesday the 10th until Saturday the 13th. Performer nominations for Performers that haven't been ranked will carry over from round to round. Each voter will only need to replace their nominees after they have been ranked. Voters can rescind one of their previous nominations in order to nominate additional performers if they like, but otherwise nominated performers will stay nominated until ranked.

When we can (Christmas will throw a wrench in the schedule), we'll stick to the Saturday, Monday, Wednesday one-week schedule for each round.

Starting in Round 2, we'll rank 15 performers (#11-#25) until we finish ranking the Top 100. Starting with #101, we'll either rank 20 or 25 performers per round until all 312 performers have been ranked.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/25/2014 @ 23:05pm

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
Anthrax - Persistence of Time (1990)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (1992)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Queensryche - Empire (1990)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/26/2014 @ 19:24pm

Any interest for December?

The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of The Year (1960)
Mariah Carey- Merry Christmas (1994)
Donald Fagen- The Nightfly (1982)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Kate Bush- The Sensual World (1989)
Orbital- Snivilization (1995)
Gerry Rafferty- City to City (1978)
Queensryche- Empire (1990)
Black Sabbath- Heaven And Hell (1980)
Black Sabbath- Vol. 4 (1972)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Tori Amos- From The Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Fiona Apple- When The Pawn... (1998)
Symphony X- Paradise Lost (2007)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Ice Cream For Crow (1982)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Doc At The Radar Station (1980)
Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Dimmu Borgir- In Sorte Diaboli (2007)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/26/2014 @ 21:30pm

Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave (1987)
Anthrax - Persistence of Time (1990)
Queensryche- Empire (1990)
Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 11/26/2014 @ 23:11pm

My ballot for this section of Metal albums is as follows:

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave (1987)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Slayer - Divine Intervention (1994)
Queensryche- Empire (1990)

This ballot was not as difficult as previous ballots. Even though for me, metal is not a genre I am most wanting to listen to. None the less, I do find these 6 albums to be of considerable merit to be inducted into the Album Project post haste.

If you need to shop tomorrow, shop online,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Thursday, 11/27/2014 @ 22:49pm

Here's my current vote count (through Lax31's vote):

Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013) - 5
Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992) - 5
Queensryche - Empire (1990) - 5
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006) - 5
____________________

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000) - 4
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991) - 4
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002) - 4
____________________

Anthrax - Persistence of Time (1990) - 3
Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave (1987) - 3
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (1992) - 3
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996) - 3

Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 2
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001) - 2
Skid Row - Skid Row (1989) - 2
Slayer - Divine Intervention (1994) - 2

Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007) - 1
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998) - 1

Scorpions - Crazy World (1990) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Friday the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/28/2014 @ 00:31am

Greg F.- From your list these would be the ones I'd most likely vote for (*for top priority)

*The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of The Year (1960)
*Mariah Carey- Merry Christmas (1994)
Gerry Rafferty- City to City (1978)
*Black Sabbath- Heaven And Hell (1980)
Black Sabbath- Vol. 4 (1972)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Ice Cream For Crow (1982)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Doc At The Radar Station (1980)
*Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction (1992)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 11/28/2014 @ 10:29am

Does anyone else have feedback on my list? I Don't know what I want to nominate next month. Completely torn between a bunch of great albums.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/28/2014 @ 12:06pm

If you see anything you wish to nominate yourself from my list feel free to nominate whatever you wish.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/28/2014 @ 13:16pm

Greg F.-
I think I'll stick with nominating Wierd Al again this coming month as it got really close last month but your song list has given me some ideas.

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 11/28/2014 @ 16:21pm

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Slayer - Divine Intervention (1994)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 11/28/2014 @ 21:31pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Queensryche - Empire (1990)

Any voter who cast a ballot in this genre vote can participate in the tiebreaker. To participate, rank all three albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive three points, the second-highest will receive two points and the lowest will receive one point.

The two albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 30th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/29/2014 @ 01:03am

1. Queensryche - Empire (1990)
2. A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
3. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)

Posted by Taylor on Saturday, 11/29/2014 @ 03:09am

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Queensryche - Empire (1990)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 11/29/2014 @ 11:47am

Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)-3
Queensryche - Empire (1990)-2
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 11/29/2014 @ 11:48am

This is a tough one, too. I support all three.

Queensryche - Empire (1990)
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 11/29/2014 @ 16:43pm

Queensryche - Empire (1990)
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)

Posted by joker on Saturday, 11/29/2014 @ 16:51pm

1. A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000) (3 points)
2. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991) (2 points)
3. Queensryche - Empire (1990) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 11/30/2014 @ 18:38pm

My tiebreaker ballot is as follows.

Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991) - 3
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000) - 2
Queensryche - Empire (1990) - 1

Not as difficult as I initially thought,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Sunday, 11/30/2014 @ 18:54pm

Queensryche- Empire (1990)- 3
A Perfect Circle- Mer de Noms (2000)- 2
Ozzy Osbourne- No More Tears (1991)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 11/30/2014 @ 20:13pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here is the class of new inductees:

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
Queensryche - Empire (1990)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)

Here are the final tiebreaker results:

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000) - 17
Queensryche - Empire (1990) - 17
______________________

Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991) - 14

Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991) will be automatically nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 01:13am

Nominations for next month open at midnight. Every voter can nominate one album from 2013 and one album from 2013 or prior to 2013. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)

Each voter will be allowed to vote for 6 albums. There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11:55 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote (or were nominated last month, when there wasn't a genre vote), but receiving at least three nominations:

90s British Rock/Pop
Blues
Hip Hop/Rap
Punk
Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums or Less

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on the 3rd.

Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

Electronic is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

Jazz is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from September.

Live Albums is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from October.

Metal is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from November.

80s New Wave/Pop is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 3 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 3 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 11:55 on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 01:39am

Edgar Winter Group- They Only Come Out At Night (1972)
Sara Bareilles- The Blessed Unrest (2013)

Posted by PopeCharming on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 01:43am

Nominations:

Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)

Posted by Taylor on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 03:30am

Nominations:

Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 08:07am

Nominations:

Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)

Posted by Mike on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 08:09am

Genre nomination:

Krautrock

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 08:25am

Nominations for Round 1 of the Performers Re-Ranking Project are now open over on the Rock Rankings board http://www.futurerocklegends.com/Revisited_Projected_Rankings.php

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 08:26am

This is the last month where a nomination slot will be reserved for albums released in 2013. Starting in January, one nomination slot will be available for albums released in 2014. 2013 albums will still be eligible, but will need to be nominated using your other nomination (which can also be used on 2014 albums).

What are some 2014 albums that you're considering nominating next month?

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 08:28am

Darren,

What about Art Rock/Progressive Rock?

:-(

Posted by Enigmticus on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 08:29am

Art Rock/Progressive Rock didn't get enough votes to be eligible for automatic re-nomination this month. It needs to nominated again.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 08:35am

Some 2014 albums I'm considering:

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness
FKA Twigs - LP1
Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Taylor Swift - 1989
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End
YG - My Krazy Life

Posted by Taylor on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 10:19am

Neneh Cherry's "Blank Project" was one of the best albums in 2014. I'll probably nominate it if I can remember to.

Posted by Scott Banks on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 10:41am

Scott: Can't believe I forgot about Blank Project; I think it's one of the most overlooked releases of the year and even I overlooked it. The sparseness of the opening track completely floored me when I first listened to it. I would certainly consider seconding that nomination.

Other 2014 albums to consider (I actually think this was a pretty good year for music):

Aphex Twin - Syro
Azealia Banks - Broke with Expensive Taste
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata
The Hotelier - Home, Like NoPlace Is There
Jack White - Lazaretto
La Roux - Trouble in Paradise
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
Ratking - So It Goes
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear
Spoon - They Want My Soul
Strand of Oaks - Heal
Tinashe - Aquarius
Tori Amos - Unrepentant Geraldines
Tune-Yards - Nikki Nack
TV on the Radio - Seeds
White Lung - Deep Fantasy

Posted by Taylor on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 11:17am

My nominations:

The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1969)
Savages - Silence Yourself (2013)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 13:12pm

For the final 2013-centric vote, I'll nominate two 2013 albums that pretty much always ended up on the outside looking in as a last chance:

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 18:16pm

Rolling Stone just released their list of the 50 Best Albums of 2014. U2 and Springsteen are the top two. I don't know why I expected anything different.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2014-20141201

(Some nice hidden gems on that list, though: check out the EMA and Hurray for the Riff Raff albums if you haven't already)

Posted by Taylor on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 18:47pm

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 18:50pm

Some 2014 albums to consider:

Beck- Morning Glory
Linkin Park- The Hunting Party
Lucinda Williams- Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
Ryan Adams- Ryan Adams
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 19:23pm

"U2 and Springsteen are the top two. I don't know why I expected anything different."

LOL. No kidding.

Some of my 2014 favorites (St. Vincent will be my top 2014 priority):

St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Swans - To Be Kind
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Scott Walker + Sunn O))) - Soused
Warpaint - Warpaint
Beck - Morning Phase
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Zola Jesus - Taiga
Liars - Mess
HTRK - Psychic 9-5 Club
Lykke Li - I Never Learn
Jack White - Lazaretto
Bob Mould - Beauty & Ruin
Hildur Gudnadottir - Saman
Pelican - Arktika
Legendary Pink Dots - 12 Steps Off the Path
Burzum - The Ways of Yore
Kronos Quartet - A Thousand Thoughts
Rodrigo y Gabriela - 9 Dead Alive
Broken Bells - After the Disco
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems
Aphex Twin - Syro
Spoon - They Want My Soul
Jenny Lewis - The Voyager
Dum Dum Girls - Too True
La Sera - Hour of the Dawn
EMA - The Future's Void
Grouper - Ruins
Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate
Desiderii Marginis - Hypnosis
Lustmord - Krakow

Pretty good year.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 19:56pm

Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
twenty one pilots - Vessel (2013)

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 23:29pm

nom:

Styx - Paradise Theatre (1980)

Styx does not have an album in the project by the way.

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 12/1/2014 @ 23:49pm

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/2/2014 @ 00:54am

My nominations for December 2014/2039 induction into The Album Project...

The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)

Genre

Novelty/Parody

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 12/2/2014 @ 01:07am

Genre Nomination:
1960's Folk/Folk Rock

Posted by Ryan on Tuesday, 12/2/2014 @ 12:33pm

My nominations for this month's Album Project is as follows.

Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
Sir Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)

And the Genre nomination this month is:

Christmas/Holiday Music

Do not be surprised,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Tuesday, 12/2/2014 @ 22:18pm

Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 12/3/2014 @ 01:26am

nomination:

Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry

Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 12/3/2014 @ 05:58am

My nominations:

Just one from me this time as SotN already nominated Pearl Jam:

Wierd Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1996)

Genre

Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/3/2014 @ 10:28am

Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)

70's R&B

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 12/3/2014 @ 18:10pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out At Night (1972)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest (2013)
Savages - Silence Yourself (2013)
Styx - Paradise Theatre (1980)
The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1969)
twenty one pilots - Vessel (2013)
Wierd Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996)

Each voter can vote for exactly 6 songs. Please make sure that you vote for exactly 6 albums. Any ballot with more than 6 albums will be disregarded (you will be notified of any ballot errors). Any ballot that appears to be accidentally cast with less than 6 votes will be counted, but please double-check to make sure that you've cast a full ballot.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/4/2014 @ 01:05am

Genre Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated genres:

1960's Folk/Folk Rock
70's R&B
90s British Rock/Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Hip Hop/Rap
Krautrock
Novelty/Parody
Punk
Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums or Less

Each voter can vote for 5 genres.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/4/2014 @ 01:06am

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
Savages - Silence Yourself (2013)

90s British Rock/Pop
Blues
Krautrock
Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums or Less

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 12/4/2014 @ 01:59am

Albums:

Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1969)

Had to double check that Screamadelica hadn't already been inducted, because that's a pretty big omission. I'm guessing not many Brits use this site, though.

Genres:

70's R&B
90s British Rock/Pop
Hip Hop/Rap
Punk
Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums or Less

Posted by Taylor on Thursday, 12/4/2014 @ 04:59am

Genre votes

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Hip Hop/Rap
Punk
Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums or Less

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/4/2014 @ 10:48am

My Ballot

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Styx - Paradise Theatre (1980)
The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1969)
Wierd Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/4/2014 @ 11:24am

My Ballot:

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Savages - Silence Yourself (2013)
The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1969)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 12/4/2014 @ 15:32pm

Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Weird Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1996)
Merceyful Fate- Don't Break The Oath (1984)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
Laura Nyro- New York Tendaberry (1969)

Possible vote switches/maybe next month:

Styx- Paradise Theatre (1981)
The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1969)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Bauhaus - Mask (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/4/2014 @ 18:14pm

Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out At Night (1972)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1969)

1960's Folk/Folk Rock
70's R&B
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Hip Hop/Rap
Punk

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 12/4/2014 @ 18:14pm

Revisted/Protected acts with 3 albums or less
Blues
Krautrock
Hip Hop/Rap
90s British Rock/Pop

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/4/2014 @ 18:17pm

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
Styx - Paradise Theatre (1980)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 12/4/2014 @ 23:07pm

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out At Night (1972)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996)

Kate Bush was the last cut/most likely vote change.

Posted by PopeCharming on Thursday, 12/4/2014 @ 23:20pm

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest (2013)

Posted by Mike on Friday, 12/5/2014 @ 08:32am

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 12/5/2014 @ 13:52pm

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1969)

70's R&B
90s British Rock/Pop
Blues
Hip Hop/Rap
Punk

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 12/5/2014 @ 17:03pm

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)

Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 12/5/2014 @ 20:06pm

This is what I currently have as the vote count. Let me know if you have something different.

Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991) 7

Bauhaus - Mask (1981) 6
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997) 6

The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1969) 5
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Disclosure - Settle (2013) 4
Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963) 4
Laura Nyro- New York Tendaberry (1969) 4
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Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991) 3
Wierd Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996) 3
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) 3
Blondie - Autoamerican (1980) 3
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013) 3
Paramore - Paramore (2013) 3

Savages - Silence Yourself (2013) 2
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995) 2
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013) 2
Styx - Paradise Theatre (1980) 2
Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out At Night (1972) 2
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) 2
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001) 2

Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
Merceyful Fate- Don't Break The Oath (1984)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest (2013)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 12/5/2014 @ 20:13pm

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out At Night (1972)
Styx - Paradise Theatre (1981) Wikipedia & AllMusic both say January, 1981, not 1980
"Wierd Al" Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 12/6/2014 @ 01:42am

Bauhaus - Mask
Kate Bush - Never For Ever
Blondie - Autoamerican
Fugazi - The Argument
Janet Jackson - All For You
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath

Posted by Scott Banks on Saturday, 12/6/2014 @ 04:28am

90s British Rock/Pop
Hip Hop / Rap
Novelty/Parody
Punk
Revisited / Projectd Acts With 3 Albums Or Less

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/6/2014 @ 22:33pm

My ballot for this month's Album Project is as follows:

Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
Sir Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1969)
Laura Nyro- New York Tendaberry (1969)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)

Here now is my ballot for which genres we should vote for in the months to come.

Revisited / Projectd Acts With 3 Albums Or Less
90s British Rock/Pop
Novelty/Parody
Krautrock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Hope this is to everyone's liking,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Saturday, 12/6/2014 @ 22:41pm

My votes:

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995)

Vote switches / would vote for in the future:

Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
Savages - Silence Yourself (2013)
Wierd Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/6/2014 @ 23:30pm

My current vote count:

Bauhaus - Mask (1981) - 7
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991) - 7

Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997) - 6
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991) - 6
The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1969) - 6
_______________________

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963) - 5
Blondie - Autoamerican (1980) - 5
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 5
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) - 5
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry - 5

Elton John - The Diving Board (2013) - 4
Wierd Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996) - 4

Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) - 3
Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out At Night (1972) - 3
Fugazi - The Argument (2001) - 3
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001) - 3
Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail (2013) - 3
Paramore - Paramore (2013) - 3
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995) - 3
Styx - Paradise Theatre (1981) - 3

Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984) - 2
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 2
Savages - Silence Yourself (2013) - 2

Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest (2013) - 1

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013) - 0
twenty one pilots - Vessel (2013) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/7/2014 @ 01:14am

Here are the final results of the Genre selection vote this month:

90s British Rock/Pop - 6
Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums Or Less - 6
____________________

Hip Hop / Rap - 5
Punk - 5
____________________

70's R&B - 3
Art Rock / Progressive Rock - 3
Blues - 3
Krautrock - 3
____________________

Novelty / Parody - 2

1960's Folk / Folk Rock - 1

We will now have a tiebreaker vote to deterimine this month's genre.

Please vote for your preferred genre:

90s British Rock/Pop
Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums Or Less

The genre with the most votes will be the genre this month. The losing genre will be the genre in January.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/7/2014 @ 01:18am

Revisited/Projected Acts 3 albums or less

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/7/2014 @ 01:34am

Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums Or Less

Posted by Taylor on Sunday, 12/7/2014 @ 03:33am

Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums Or Less

Does anyone have a list of which artists would be involved in this genre?

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/7/2014 @ 22:50pm

Darren: Here's a list of potential nominations I came up with when I was bored yesterday. It doesn't include every artist with fewer than 3 albums, as many of the artists in this category are obviously more singles-oriented.

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare to Be Stupid
2Pac - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
AC/DC - High Voltage
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
Alice in Chains - Facelift
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Beck - Mutations
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
Billy Joel - Glass Houses
Black Flag - My War
Blondie - Eat to the Beat
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Natty Dread
Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up
Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen
The Cars - Candy-O
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
The Clash - Sandinista!
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist
Deep Purple - Fireball
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
Eagles - Desperado
Earth, Wind & Fire - All 'n All
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader
The Flaming Lips - Zaireeka
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Fugazi - The Argument
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette
Heart - Little Queen
Husker Du - Flip Your Wig
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
The Isley Brothers - 3 + 3
Jackson Browne - The Pretender
The Jam - Sound Affects
John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh
Joni Mitchell - For the Roses
Kiss - Love Gun
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear
Massive Attack - Protection
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
Missy Elliott - Miss E... So Addictive
The Monkees - Picses, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
Motorhead - Overkill
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In
OutKast - ATLiens
Parliament - Mothership Connection
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Pixies - Bossanova
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
Ramones - Leave Home
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm
Sonic Youth - Sister
The Specials - More Specials
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
War - The World Is a Ghetto
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
Weezer - Weezer (The Green Album)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
X - Wild Gift
XTC - English Settlement
ZZ Top - Deguello

Posted by Taylor on Sunday, 12/7/2014 @ 23:35pm

Darren I can do a list. I'll try to get one up before the end of voting.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/7/2014 @ 23:46pm

Here is who would be eligible for Revisted/Projected with 3 albums or less.

Buddy Holly and The Crickets
Chuck Berry
Elvis Presley
James Brown and The Famous
Jerry Lee Lewis
Little Richard
Ray Charles
The Drifters
Bill Haley & His Comets
Bo Diddley
Fats Domino
Roy Orbison
Sam Cooke
The Everly Brothers
The Four Seasons
The Miracles with Smokey Robinson
The Temptations
Aretha Franklin
Dion & The Belmonts
Jackie Wilson
Marvin Gaye
The Coasters
B.B King
Carl Perkins
Otis Redding
Simon & Garfunkel
The Animals
Duane Eddy
Eddie Cochran
The Four tops
The Supremes
The Yardbirds
Wilson Pickett
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Cream
Ike and Tina Turner
Ricky Nelson
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Platters
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Sly & The Family Stone
The Islely Brothers
Van Morrison
Bobby Darin
Deep Purple
Elton John
John Lennon
Sam and Dave
T. Rex
The Band
Al Green
MC5
Janis Joplin and The Big Brother and Holding Company
The Allman Brothers Band
The Impressions
Alice Cooper
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Jefferson Airplane
Link Wray
Parliament-Funkadelic
The Grateful Dead
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Fleetwood Mac
Joni Mitchell
King Crimson
The Jackson Five
The Shirelles
The Stooges
Clyde McPhatter
Eagles
Martha and the Vandellas
Santana
The Bee Gees
Buffalo Springfield
Etta James
Rod Stewart
Donovan
Gladys Knight and The Pips
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio
Kiss
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Steely Dan
The O’Jays
AC/DC
Billy Joel
Curtis Mayfield
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Paul McCartney & Wings
Yes
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
Paul Simon
Ramones
Ruth Brown
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Dick Dale
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Isaac Hayes
The Clash
Ritchie Valens
The Cure
Van Halen
ZZ Top
Dusty Springfield
Earth, Wind and Fire
Eric Clapton
James Taylor
Rush
Traffic
Chicago
Judas Priest
Patti Smith (Group)
Peter Gabriel
The Dave Clark Five
The Mamas & The Papas
The Staple Singers
Blondie
Depeche Mode
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
New Order
The (Young) Rascals
The Monkees
Cheap Trick
Bob Segar & The Silver Bullet Band
Sonic Youth
Madonna
The Cars
The Pretenders
Jeff Beck
Jethro Tull
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Run D.M.C
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
The Smiths
Devo
Iron Maiden
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Solomon Burke
The Spinners
Abba
Def Leppard
Duran Duran
Jackson Browne
John Mellencamp
The Replacements
Dire Straits
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
George Harrison
Guns N Roses
The Zombies
Donna Summer
Hüsker Dü
Pixies
Public Enemy
The Carpenters
Thin Lizzy
Tom Waits
LaVern Baker
N.W.A.
Nirvana
The B-52s
The Righteous Brothers
The Ronettes
Cat Stevens
Connie Francis
Hall & Oates
Green Day
Steve Miller Band
Afrika Bambaataa
Alice In Chains
Blur
Jane's Addiction
Jimmy Cliff
Smashing Pumpkins
The Jam
2Pac
Heart
Love
Pearl Jam
Randy Newman
The Hollies
Beck
Del Shannon
Faith No More
Gene Pitney
LL Cool J
Rage Against The Machine
Journey
Lovin’ Spoonful
Pavement
The Dead Kennedys
Warren Zevon
Whitney Houston
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Massive Attack
Notorious B.I.G.
Oasis
Outkast
The Marvelettes
Tool
Bad Company
Brenda Lee
Eurythemics
Jay-Z
Stone Temple Pilots
Weezer
Bon Jovi
Chic
Eminem
Linda Ronstadt
Sparks
The Doobie Brothers
The Ventures
Black Flag
Bonnie Raitt
Eric B. & Rakim
Peter, Paul & Mary
Silver Apples
The Stone Roses
Mary Wells
My Bloody Valentine
Scott Walker
The Buzzcocks
The Flamingos
War
Wu- Tang Clan
Barry White
Foo Fighters
Jan & Dean
Little Anthony & The Imperials
Motley Crue
Slayer
White Stripes
INXS
Kate Bush
Megadeth
Procol Harum
X
XTC
Harry Nilsson
Lloyd Price
Missy Elliot
Steppenwolf
Television
The Flaming Lips
The Runaways
Belle & Sebastian
Jim Croce
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Pantera
The Specials
Tommy James & The Shondells
Wanda Jackson
Ozzy Osbourne
PJ Harvey
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Suicide
The Offspring
Bill Withers
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
De La Soul
Fugazi
Lou Reed
The Guess Who

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/8/2014 @ 01:50am

3 albums is already a pretty fair number, shouldn't it be 2 albums or less? Or even 1 album or less?

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 12/8/2014 @ 21:44pm

Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums Or Less

Do we want to do a vote split?

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/8/2014 @ 22:26pm

The reason I nominated as 3 albums or less because a good number of the acts that would be involved are mainly singles artists so I picked 3 to increase the field of eligibles that the category would be of service. I feel if I went with less than 3 there would be fewer acts that strong albums artists.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/8/2014 @ 22:37pm

We voted for 3 albums or less as the genre, so we have to stick to that.

The corresponding song genre vote was split into two votes, so it would make sense to split this genre into two as well. What does everyone else think? We'll probably have a tiebreaker coming up in one project or the other, so we should have a few days to sort this out.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/8/2014 @ 22:40pm

I wouldn't be opposed to do a split vote for revisited/projected with 3 albums or less.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/8/2014 @ 22:40pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted into the album Project this month:

Bauhaus - Mask (1981)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1969)

We have selected Revisited/Projected Acts with 3 Albums or Less as our genre this month. 90s British Rock/Pop will be our genre in January. We are currently discussing whether or not we will split the genre into two groups or not. The split in the comparable Song Project genre was 1954-1975 / 1976-2013. If we decide to split the genre, would that be the preferred split?

Nominations for our first (and possibly only) genre vote will begin after the tiebreaker voting ends in the Song Project at 11:55 PM Central on Wednesday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/9/2014 @ 01:13am

How many artists have more than 3 albums inducted? If you are trying to give some honor to thus far uncredited artists I just don't think inducting a 4th album for anybody will accomplish that. For songs we used less than 3, and songs are obviously more plentiful than albums. I just don't see the logic.

As usual I vote no to a split.

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 12/9/2014 @ 14:21pm

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 12/9/2014 @ 20:50pm

I don't think trying to get 3-album-artists a 4th album was the nominator's intent, as per previous comments.

On top of that, while it's true albums are significantly lower in number than songs, the problem is that the number of artists who qualify is much, MUCH higher (if you parse out the list, the number of zero-album artists is significantly up from the mere three that the Song Project had, and all three of those artists (Jeff Beck, Gene Pitney, and Captain Beefheart) are eligible here, too) and the number of possible inducted albums lower (5 vs 10 or 10 vs 20 in a split, and I'm pretty sure that more than 10 artists on that list have no inducted albums, let alone 1-2). In the face of that, the lower number of albums is counterbalanced by the sheer scale of the eligible artists and the lower induction number.

The upshot is I'm voting for the split.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 12.9.14 @ 20:50pm

I think your argument is actually in my favor. The intent may not be to get a 3 album artist a 4th album, but isn't that exactly what is going to happen? And if the number of artists with zero albums is much higher than the song project, isn't that another reason to cut out the 3 album artists and reduce the possible playing field for who gets honored? Am I missing something, or are you agreeing with me?

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 12/10/2014 @ 00:36am

I vote yes for the split.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/10/2014 @ 22:08pm

We've voted 3-1 to split the genre into two votes. The first vote will be for albums from 1954-1975. The second vote will be for albums from 1976-2013.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/11/2014 @ 01:11am

Nominations are now open for the first genre vote this month.

The genre this month is Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums Or Less. This first vote is for albums released between before 1976 by artists in the Projected / Re-Visited Hall Of Fame that have three albums or less inducted into the Album Project.

Here is the list of artists that are eligible for this vote:

“Weird Al” Yankovic
2Pac
Abba
AC/DC
Afrika Bambaataa
Al Green
Alice Cooper
Alice In Chains
Aretha Franklin
B.B King
Bad Company
Barry White
Beck
Belle & Sebastian
Bill Haley & His Comets
Bill Withers
Billy Joel
Black Flag
Blondie
Blur
Bo Diddley
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Segar & The Silver Bullet Band
Bobby Darin
Bon Jovi
Bonnie Raitt
Brenda Lee
Buddy Holly and The Crickets
Buffalo Springfield
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Carl Perkins
Cat Stevens
Cheap Trick
Chic
Chicago
Chuck Berry
Clyde McPhatter
Connie Francis
Cream
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Curtis Mayfield
De La Soul
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
Del Shannon
Depeche Mode
Devo
Dick Dale
Dion & The Belmonts
Dire Straits
Donna Summer
Donovan
Duane Eddy
Duran Duran
Dusty Springfield
Eagles
Earth, Wind and Fire
Eddie Cochran
Elton John
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Elvis Presley
Eminem
Eric B. & Rakim
Eric Clapton
Etta James
Eurythemics
Faith No More
Fats Domino
Fleetwood Mac
Foo Fighters
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Fugazi
Gene Pitney
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
George Harrison
Gladys Knight and The Pips
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Green Day
Guns N Roses
Hall & Oates
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Harry Nilsson
Heart
Hüsker Dü
Ike and Tina Turner
INXS
Iron Maiden
Isaac Hayes
Jackie Wilson
Jackson Browne
James Brown and The Famous
James Taylor
Jan & Dean
Jane's Addiction
Janis Joplin and The Big Brother and Holding Company
Jay-Z
Jeff Beck
Jefferson Airplane
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jethro Tull
Jim Croce
Jimmy Cliff
John Lennon
John Mellencamp
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio
Joni Mitchell
Journey
Judas Priest
Kate Bush
King Crimson
Kiss
LaVern Baker
Linda Ronstadt
Link Wray
Little Anthony & The Imperials
Little Richard
LL Cool J
Lloyd Price
Lou Reed
Love
Lovin’ Spoonful
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Madonna
Martha and the Vandellas
Marvin Gaye
Mary Wells
Massive Attack
MC5
Megadeth
Missy Elliot
Motley Crue
Motorhead
My Bloody Valentine
N.W.A.
Neil Diamond
New Order
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nirvana
Notorious B.I.G.
Oasis
Otis Redding
Outkast
Ozzy Osbourne
Pantera
Parliament-Funkadelic
Patti Smith (Group)
Paul McCartney & Wings
Paul Simon
Pavement
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Peter, Paul & Mary
Pixies
PJ Harvey
Procol Harum
Public Enemy
Rage Against The Machine
Ramones
Randy Newman
Ray Charles
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ricky Nelson
Ritchie Valens
Rod Stewart
Roy Orbison
Run D.M.C
Rush
Ruth Brown
Sam and Dave
Sam Cooke
Santana
Scott Walker
Silver Apples
Simon & Garfunkel
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Slayer
Sly & The Family Stone
Smashing Pumpkins
Solomon Burke
Sonic Youth
Sparks
Steely Dan
Steppenwolf
Steve Miller Band
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Stone Temple Pilots
Suicide
T. Rex
Television
The (Young) Rascals
The Allman Brothers Band
The Animals
The B-52s
The Band
The Bee Gees
The Buzzcocks
The Carpenters
The Cars
The Clash
The Coasters
The Cure
The Dave Clark Five
The Dead Kennedys
The Doobie Brothers
The Drifters
The Everly Brothers
The Flaming Lips
The Flamingos
The Four Seasons
The Four tops
The Grateful Dead
The Guess Who
The Hollies
The Impressions
The Islely Brothers
The Jackson Five
The Jam
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Mamas & The Papas
The Marvelettes
The Miracles with Smokey Robinson
The Monkees
The O’Jays
The Offspring
The Platters
The Pretenders
The Replacements
The Righteous Brothers
The Ronettes
The Runaways
The Shirelles
The Smiths
The Specials
The Spinners
The Staple Singers
The Stone Roses
The Stooges
The Supremes
The Temptations
The Ventures
The Yardbirds
The Zombies
Thin Lizzy
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tommy James & The Shondells
Tool
Traffic
Van Halen
Van Morrison
Wanda Jackson
War
Warren Zevon
Weezer
White Stripes
Whitney Houston
Wilson Pickett
Wu- Tang Clan
X
XTC
Yes
ZZ Top

If you see a nominated album that's not eligible for this genre vote, please point it out ASAP. There won't be a 24 hour review period, as albums are either eligible for this vote or not, based on the criteria.

Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 13th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/11/2014 @ 01:18am

Voters can nominate as many as two albums each for this genre vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/11/2014 @ 01:26am

My nominations for the pre-1976 period:

The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (1972)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)

Posted by Taylor on Thursday, 12/11/2014 @ 03:27am

Noms:

Otis Redding- Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966)
Hall and Oates- Abandoned Luncheonette (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/11/2014 @ 09:16am

Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
Yes- The Yes Album (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/11/2014 @ 09:40am

B.B. King - Completely Well (1969)
Van Morrison - His Band and the Street Choir (1970)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 12/11/2014 @ 18:29pm

The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Pesents the Jackson 5 (1969)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 12/11/2014 @ 20:25pm

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Bad Company - Bad Company (1974

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 12/11/2014 @ 21:06pm

I put the wrong year on Hall & Oates- Abandoned Luncheonette. It should read as 1973 instead of 1974.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/11/2014 @ 22:47pm

noms:

The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1966)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 12/11/2014 @ 23:38pm

Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You (1972)
Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 12/12/2014 @ 23:31pm

War – The World Is A Ghetto (1972)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 12/13/2014 @ 01:30am

The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 12/13/2014 @ 02:21am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees:

Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You (1972)
B.B. King - Completely Well (1969)
Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Hall and Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Otis Redding - Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966)
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1966)
Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (1972)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Pesents the Jackson 5 (1969)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
Van Morrison - His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
War - The World Is A Ghetto (1972)
Yes - The Yes Album (1970)

Each voter can vote for exactly 6 nominated albums.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/14/2014 @ 01:23am

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
War - The World Is a Ghetto (1972)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 12/14/2014 @ 03:54am

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Otis Redding - Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966)
Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (1972)
War - The World Is A Ghetto (1972)

Posted by Taylor on Sunday, 12/14/2014 @ 04:17am

Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You (1972)
Otis Redding - Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966)
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (1972)
War - The World Is A Ghetto (1972)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 12/14/2014 @ 13:32pm

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Otis Redding - Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966)
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
War - The World Is A Ghetto (1972)
Yes - The Yes Album (1970)

Last Cuts:

Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You (1972)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1966)
Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 12/14/2014 @ 20:31pm

My ballot:

Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You (1972)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (1972)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
War - The World Is A Ghetto (1972)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 12/14/2014 @ 21:35pm

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1966)
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (1972)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 12/14/2014 @ 21:50pm

Otis Redding- Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966)
Hall & Oates- Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
The Spinners- Spinners (1973)
War- The World Is A Ghetto (1972)
Yes- The Yes Album (1970)
Issac Hayes- Hot Buttered Soul (1969)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/15/2014 @ 01:16am

B.B. King - Completely Well (1969)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (1972)
The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Pesents the Jackson 5 (1969)
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
Van Morrison - His Band and the Street Choir (1970)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 12/15/2014 @ 19:46pm

My votes:

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (1972)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/17/2014 @ 00:05am

My current vote count:

The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (1972) - 6
War - The World Is A Ghetto (1972) - 6
___________________________

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969) - 4
Otis Redding - Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966) - 4
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973) - 4
The Spinners - Spinners (1973) - 4
___________________________

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974) - 3
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974) - 3
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) - 3
Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh (1973) - 3

Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You (1972) - 2
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972) - 2
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971) - 2
Yes - The Yes Album (1970) - 2

B.B. King - Completely Well (1969) - 1
Hall and Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 1
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 1
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1966) - 1
The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Pesents the Jackson 5 (1969) - 1
Van Morrison - His Band and the Street Choir (1970) - 1

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/17/2014 @ 01:24am

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
Otis Redding - Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966)
Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You (1972)

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 12/17/2014 @ 16:01pm

Ryan you voted for 5. You have one more vote.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/17/2014 @ 17:16pm

Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 12/17/2014 @ 17:50pm

I am not too sure if this will be counted. Yet, here is my ballot.

Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
Yes - The Yes Album (1970)

I must sincerely apologize for not being able to present my two nominees for this week's election cycle. Rest assured, I will plan on presenting a ballot for next weeks election cycle. Once again, I am not too certain if this ballot is considered legitimate given the neglect of a nomination on my own accord. Hopefully this will be considered in some form or other.

One week more till Decemberween:),

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Wednesday, 12/17/2014 @ 22:25pm

Otis Redding - Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
B.B. King - Completely Well (1969)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Pesents the Jackson 5 (1969)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 12/17/2014 @ 23:14pm

John R.C.-

You only cast five votes. You still have one more vote

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/17/2014 @ 23:21pm

I'll add "Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (1970)" to my nomination.

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 12/18/2014 @ 00:36am

Any interest for round 2 of the genre vote?

Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Marvin Gaye- Here, My Dear (1979)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Doc At The Radar Station (1980)
Belle & Sebastian- Fold Your Hands Child, Walk Like A Peasent (2000)
XTC- Oranges and Lemons (1989)
Wanda Jackson- Unfinished Business (2012)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
Roy Orbison- Mystery Girl (1989)
The Replacements- Please to Meet Me (1989)
The Cars- Candy- O (1979)
Steve Miller Band- Book of Dreams (1977)
Ozzy Osbourne- Bark At The Moon (1983)
Television- Adventure (1978)
King Crimson- Discipline (1981)
Devo- New Traditionalists (1982)
B-52s- Wild Planet (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/18/2014 @ 21:35pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted:

Otis Redding - Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966)
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (1972)
War - The World Is A Ghetto (1972)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote can vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select which album you prefer.

The album that finishes with the most votes will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the January Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 20th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/19/2014 @ 01:03am

Frank Zappa- Apostrophe (') (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/19/2014 @ 01:12am

Frank Zappa - '

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 12/19/2014 @ 05:31am

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)

Posted by Taylor on Friday, 12/19/2014 @ 06:30am

Bad Company

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 12/20/2014 @ 00:35am

My tiebreaking ballot, should it be considered, is for the following album:

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')(1974)

Not too certain if this will break the tie,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Saturday, 12/20/2014 @ 09:28am

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 12/20/2014 @ 09:31am

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 12/20/2014 @ 10:33am

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 12/20/2014 @ 13:15pm

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/20/2014 @ 23:52pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here is the class of new inductees:

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)
Otis Redding - Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966)
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach (1972)
War - The World Is A Ghetto (1972)

Here are the final tiebreaker results:

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974) - 5
__________________________

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974) - 4

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/21/2014 @ 01:03am

My Nominations:

Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Marvin Gaye- Here, My Dear (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/21/2014 @ 01:08am

Nominations are now open for the second genre vote this month.

The genre this month is Revisited/Projected Acts With 3 Albums Or Less. This first vote is for albums released between from 1976-2013 by artists in the Projected / Re-Visited Hall Of Fame that have three albums or less inducted into the Album Project.

Here is the list of artists that are eligible for this vote:

“Weird Al” Yankovic
2Pac
Abba
AC/DC
Afrika Bambaataa
Al Green
Alice Cooper
Alice In Chains
Aretha Franklin
B.B King
Bad Company
Barry White
Beck
Belle & Sebastian
Bill Haley & His Comets
Bill Withers
Billy Joel
Black Flag
Blondie
Blur
Bo Diddley
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Segar & The Silver Bullet Band
Bobby Darin
Bon Jovi
Bonnie Raitt
Brenda Lee
Buddy Holly and The Crickets
Buffalo Springfield
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Carl Perkins
Cat Stevens
Cheap Trick
Chic
Chicago
Chuck Berry
Clyde McPhatter
Connie Francis
Cream
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Curtis Mayfield
De La Soul
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
Del Shannon
Depeche Mode
Devo
Dick Dale
Dion & The Belmonts
Dire Straits
Donna Summer
Donovan
Duane Eddy
Duran Duran
Dusty Springfield
Eagles
Earth, Wind and Fire
Eddie Cochran
Elton John
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Elvis Presley
Eminem
Eric B. & Rakim
Eric Clapton
Etta James
Eurythemics
Faith No More
Fats Domino
Fleetwood Mac
Foo Fighters
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Fugazi
Gene Pitney
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
George Harrison
Gladys Knight and The Pips
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Green Day
Guns N Roses
Hall & Oates
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Harry Nilsson
Heart
Hüsker Dü
Ike and Tina Turner
INXS
Iron Maiden
Isaac Hayes
Jackie Wilson
Jackson Browne
James Brown and The Famous
James Taylor
Jan & Dean
Jane's Addiction
Janis Joplin and The Big Brother and Holding Company
Jay-Z
Jeff Beck
Jefferson Airplane
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jethro Tull
Jim Croce
Jimmy Cliff
John Lennon
John Mellencamp
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio
Joni Mitchell
Journey
Judas Priest
Kate Bush
King Crimson
Kiss
LaVern Baker
Linda Ronstadt
Link Wray
Little Anthony & The Imperials
Little Richard
LL Cool J
Lloyd Price
Lou Reed
Love
Lovin’ Spoonful
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Madonna
Martha and the Vandellas
Marvin Gaye
Mary Wells
Massive Attack
MC5
Megadeth
Missy Elliot
Motley Crue
Motorhead
My Bloody Valentine
N.W.A.
Neil Diamond
New Order
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nirvana
Notorious B.I.G.
Oasis
Otis Redding
Outkast
Ozzy Osbourne
Pantera
Parliament-Funkadelic
Patti Smith (Group)
Paul McCartney & Wings
Pavement
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Peter, Paul & Mary
Pixies
PJ Harvey
Procol Harum
Public Enemy
Rage Against The Machine
Ramones
Randy Newman
Ray Charles
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ricky Nelson
Ritchie Valens
Rod Stewart
Roy Orbison
Run D.M.C
Rush
Ruth Brown
Sam and Dave
Sam Cooke
Santana
Scott Walker
Silver Apples
Simon & Garfunkel
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Slayer
Sly & The Family Stone
Smashing Pumpkins
Solomon Burke
Sonic Youth
Sparks
Steely Dan
Steppenwolf
Steve Miller Band
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Stone Temple Pilots
Suicide
T. Rex
Television
The (Young) Rascals
The Allman Brothers Band
The Animals
The B-52s
The Band
The Bee Gees
The Buzzcocks
The Carpenters
The Cars
The Clash
The Coasters
The Cure
The Dave Clark Five
The Dead Kennedys
The Doobie Brothers
The Drifters
The Everly Brothers
The Flaming Lips
The Flamingos
The Four Seasons
The Four tops
The Grateful Dead
The Guess Who
The Hollies
The Impressions
The Islely Brothers
The Jackson Five
The Jam
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Mamas & The Papas
The Marvelettes
The Miracles with Smokey Robinson
The Monkees
The O’Jays
The Offspring
The Platters
The Pretenders
The Replacements
The Righteous Brothers
The Ronettes
The Runaways
The Shirelles
The Smiths
The Specials
The Spinners
The Staple Singers
The Stone Roses
The Stooges
The Supremes
The Temptations
The Ventures
The Yardbirds
The Zombies
Thin Lizzy
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tommy James & The Shondells
Tool
Traffic
Van Halen
Van Morrison
Wanda Jackson
War
Warren Zevon
Weezer
White Stripes
Whitney Houston
Wilson Pickett
Wu- Tang Clan
X
XTC
Yes
ZZ Top

If you see a nominated album that's not eligible for this genre vote, please point it out ASAP. There won't be a 24 hour review period, as albums are either eligible for this vote or not, based on the criteria.

Nominations will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 23rd.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/21/2014 @ 01:14am

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)

Posted by Taylor on Sunday, 12/21/2014 @ 01:24am

Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 12/21/2014 @ 01:46am

Ack...missed the first round. I'll at least come in this time:

Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)
XTC - Skylarking (1986)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 12/21/2014 @ 11:18am

PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
The Cure - The Head on the Door

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 12/21/2014 @ 14:57pm

Parliament - Mothership Connection (1976)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 12/21/2014 @ 15:50pm

Weird Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1996)
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 12/21/2014 @ 16:23pm

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (1987)

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 12/21/2014 @ 16:47pm

@BSLO: Mothership Connection is just barely outside the range eligible. It came out December 15, 1975 (I would have nominated it myself, but I didn't for that reason).

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 12/21/2014 @ 20:09pm

Run-D.M.C.-Run-D.M.C. (1984)
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 12/21/2014 @ 23:11pm

Ahh, thanks for the head-up SotN. Change my nomination to:

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 12/21/2014 @ 23:48pm

My nominations:

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 12/22/2014 @ 00:12am

@Ryan Run-D.M.C.-Run-D.M.C was already inducted.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/22/2014 @ 17:12pm

My nominations for this week's special election are as follows.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
XTC - Murmur (1983)

Hopefully these albums are not considered subpar,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Monday, 12/22/2014 @ 17:44pm

My nominations:

The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
Tool - Undertow (1993)

I also considered nominating:

Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990)
Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (1995)
Beck - Guero (2005)
Beck - Modern Guilt (2008)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/22/2014 @ 18:42pm

Damn, you guys have outdone yourselves on the nominees this round. I can already spot about three ballots worth that I want to vote for. I think I'll abstain from nominating this round. It's going to be hard enough as it is.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 12/22/2014 @ 18:57pm

Woops sorry about that change my nomination to:
The Clash - Combat Rock

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 12/22/2014 @ 23:49pm

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Stranger In Town (1977) (Seger does not have a single album in?)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 12/22/2014 @ 23:57pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominees:

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Stranger In Town (1977)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
The Clash - Combat Rock
The Cure - The Head on the Door
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (1987)
Tool - Undertow (1993)
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)
Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996)
XTC - Murmur (1983)
XTC - Skylarking (1986)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)

Each voter must vote for exactly six nominated albums in order to have their vote counted.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/24/2014 @ 01:02am

Darren: You forgot my nominees which were:

Chic- C'est Chic (1978
Marvin Gaye- Here, My Dear (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/24/2014 @ 01:29am

PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
The Clash - Combat Rock
The Cure - The Head on the Door
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
Tool - Undertow (1993)

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 12/24/2014 @ 08:43am

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Stranger In Town (1977)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
The Clash - Combat Rock
Tool - Undertow (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 12/24/2014 @ 10:37am

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (1995)
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me (1993)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
XTC - Skylarking (1986)

If Marvin Gaye's album is not considered eligible for this vote, then please replace it with The Clash - Combat Rock.

Posted by Taylor on Wednesday, 12/24/2014 @ 11:00am

My vote:

Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Marvin Gaye- Here, My Dear (1978)
The Replacements- Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
Bob Segar & The Silver Bullet Band- Stranger in Town (1978)
XTC- Skylarking (1986)
Weird Al Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/24/2014 @ 11:44am

My ballot:

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (1994)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
The Clash - Combat Rock
The Cure - The Head on the Door
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 12/24/2014 @ 11:56am

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
The Clash - Combat Rock
The Cure - The Head on the Door
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (1987)

Outstanding ballot. I could cast two more that I would be happy with top to bottom.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/24/2014 @ 20:26pm

Yeah, I missed Greg F's nominations, which are both eligible.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/25/2014 @ 01:29am

Any interest in these for January?

Kate Bush- Never for Ever (1980)
George Michael- Listen Without Prejudice (1990)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Air- Moon Safari (1998)
Black Sabbeth- Heaven and Hell (1980)
Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Wendy Carlos- Sonic Seasonings (1972)
Chic- Risque (1979)
Chic- C'est Chic (1978) (If it doesn't get in during the genre vote)
Marvin Gaye- Hear, My Dear (1978) (If it doesn't get in)
Hall & Oates- Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)

Lucinda Williams- Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)
Ryan Adams- Ryan Adams (2014)
Beck- Morning Phase (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)
Linkin Park- The Hunting Party (2014)
St. Vincent- St. Vincent (2014)
Toni Braxton & Babyface- Love, Marriage & Divorce (2014)
Pharrell Williams- G I R L (2014)
Deadmau5- While(1<2) (2014)
Spoon- They Want My Soul (2014)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/26/2014 @ 00:56am

^

Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/26/2014 @ 01:59am

Greg F-

These would be the albums I would be most likely to vote for (* for highest priority):

*Black Sabbeth- Heaven and Hell (1980)
Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Wendy Carlos- Sonic Seasonings (1972)
Chic- Risque (1979)
Chic- C'est Chic (1978) (If it doesn't get in during the genre vote)
*Marvin Gaye- Hear, My Dear (1978) (If it doesn't get in)
Hall & Oates- Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)

Beck- Morning Phase (2014)
*Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)
Linkin Park- The Hunting Party (2014)
Pharrell Williams- G I R L (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 12/26/2014 @ 12:28pm

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
The Clash - Combat Rock
XTC - Skylarking (1986)

Very hard ballot. Had a difficult time cutting several albums, especially these 3. Would vote for them in a different cycle in a heartbeat.

Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 12/26/2014 @ 23:08pm

My votes:

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
Tool - Undertow (1993)
Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)

Potential vote switches / would support in the future:

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Stranger In Town (1977)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
The Clash - Combat Rock
The Cure - The Head on the Door
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)
XTC - Skylarking (1986)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/27/2014 @ 02:04am

My current vote count:

The Clash - Combat Rock - 5

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters - 4
_____________________

PJ Harvey - Rid of Me - 3
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987) - 3
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire - 3
The Cure - The Head on the Door - 3
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987) - 3
Tool - Undertow (1993) - 3
XTC - Skylarking (1986) - 3
_____________________

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Stranger In Town (1977) - 2
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977) - 2
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978) - 2
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976) - 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996) - 2

Chic - C'est Chic (1978) - 1
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993) - 1
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002) - 1
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) - 1
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 1
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 1
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (1987) - 1
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976) - 1

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 0
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 0
XTC - Murmur (1983) - 0
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Sunday the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/27/2014 @ 02:07am

The XTC album is called "Mummer", "Murmer" is REM.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 12/27/2014 @ 04:59am

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996)

Posted by PopeCharming on Saturday, 12/27/2014 @ 08:26am

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Stranger In Town (1977)
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996)
The Clash - Combat Rock
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)

Marvin Gaye, Tool and Peter Gabriel were the hardest to cut.

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 12/27/2014 @ 09:43am

Here is my ballot for all to see.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
XTC - Mummer (1983)(thank you for the clarification, DarinRG)
XTC - Skylarking (1986)
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me (1995)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1982)

Now there only four albums with no votes, I am sad to say,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Saturday, 12/27/2014 @ 19:37pm

The Clash - Combat Rock
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
Tool - Undertow (1993)
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)
Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996)
XTC - Skylarking (1986)

PJ Harvey, ZZ Top, and Cheap Trick were the last cut.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 12/28/2014 @ 00:36am

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project:

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
The Clash - Combat Rock
Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996)
XTC - Skylarking (1986)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
The Cure - The Head on the Door
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
Tool - Undertow (1993)

Any voter who participated in this genre vote can participate in the tiebreaker. To participate in the tiebreaker, rank all six albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive six points, the second-highest five points and so on. The album that finishes the tiebreaker with the most points will be inducted. The other five albums will be automatically nominated for the January Album Project vote.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 30th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/29/2014 @ 01:06am

Tough tie-breaker as both of my nominations are involved:

PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
The Cure - Head on the Doot
Tool - Undertow
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me

Posted by Mike on Monday, 12/29/2014 @ 01:13am

The Replacements- Pleased to Meet Me (1987) (6)
Rage Against the Machine- Evil Empire (5)
Public Enemy- Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987) (4)
PJ Harvey- Rid of Me (3)
Tool- Undertow (2)
The Cure- Head on the door (1)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/29/2014 @ 01:37am

1. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
2. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
3. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
4. The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
5. Tool - Undertow (1993)
6. The Cure - The Head on the Door

Posted by Taylor on Monday, 12/29/2014 @ 11:32am

I'm supportive of all six albums. No disrespect intended to any of them.

PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
The Cure - The Head on the Door
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
Tool - Undertow (1993)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 12/29/2014 @ 20:10pm

Tool - Undertow (1993)-6
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)-5
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)-4
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire-3
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me-2
The Cure - The Head on the Door-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/29/2014 @ 21:35pm

1. Tool - Undertow (1993)
2. The Cure - The Head on the Door
3. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
4. The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
5. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
6. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 12/29/2014 @ 23:29pm

My tiebreaker ballot is as follows.

1. Tool - Undertow (1993) - 6
2. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987) - 5
3. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me (1995) - 4
4. Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire (1998) - 3
5. The Cure - The Head On The Door (1983) - 2
6. The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987) - 1

I will be pleased however this election turns out,

Lax31

Posted by Lax31 on Tuesday, 12/30/2014 @ 21:33pm

My tiebreaker vote...I would support all of these eventually, and will probably vote for 2 or 3 in the next election regardless of what gets nominated.

PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
The Cure - The Head on the Door
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
Tool - Undertow (1993)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 12/30/2014 @ 23:38pm

Tool - Undertow (1993) - 6
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me - 5
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire - 4
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987) - 3
The Cure - The Head on the Door - 2
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/31/2014 @ 00:41am

Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire 6
The Cure - The Head on the Door 5
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987) 4
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me 3
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987) 2
Tool - Undertow (1993) 1

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 12/31/2014 @ 01:10am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project:

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me (1995)
The Clash - Combat Rock
Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (1996)
XTC - Skylarking (1986)

Here are the final tiebreaker results:

PJ Harvey - Rid of Me - 42
_____________________________

Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987) - 36
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire - 36
Tool - Undertow (1993) - 35
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987) - 31
The Cure - The Head on the Door - 30

The five albums that lost the tiebreaker will be automatically nominated for the January Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/31/2014 @ 01:49am

Any interest in these albums for next month?

Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
Yes- The Yes Albam (1970)
Billy Joel- River Of Dreams (1993)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989)
Pearl Jam- Lightening Bolt (2013)
Bastille- Bad Blood (2013)

U2- Songs of Innocence (2014)
Wierd Al Yankovic (2014)
Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/31/2014 @ 12:49pm

Tom H. I would most likely for these out of your list.

Yes- The Yes Album (1970)
Red hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989)
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)
Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/31/2014 @ 14:51pm

Tom - Red hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk was a final cut for me last time it was nominated. It's something that I'd support. I might not jump at Sonic Highways immediately, but it's a 2014 album that I'd support sooner than later.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/31/2014 @ 18:43pm

This is the list that I'll largely be drawing my 2014 nominees from. That's not to say that I won't support other's picks that are not on this list, these are just my personal priorities:

St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Swans - To Be Kind
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Scott Walker + Sunn O))) - Soused
Warpaint - Warpaint
Beck - Morning Phase
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Lykke Li - I Never Learn
Jack White - Lazaretto
Broken Bells - After the Disco
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems
Aphex Twin - Syro
Jenny Lewis - The Voyager
Grouper - Ruins
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/31/2014 @ 18:51pm

Any interest in these 2014 albums for January and the future?

Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun
Beck- Morning Phase
Tood Terje- It's Album Time
Hurray for The Riff Raff- Small Town Heroes
Lucinda Williams- Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom
Pharrell Williams- G I R L
Deadmau5- While (1<2)
Sturgill Simpson- Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Ryan Adams- Ryan Adams
Linkin Park- The Hunting Party

I already have decided on my pre- 2014 album for January and several months after. I even have albums picked for the genre vote.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/31/2014 @ 18:54pm

Greg - I still need to check out the Lucinda Williams and Ryan Adams albums, but those two are usually can't miss for me.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/31/2014 @ 19:23pm

Greg F & DarinRG-

I'll have to look into some of the albums on both your lists but I can tell you that Beck- Morning Phase has been on my shortlist for a while now and would be high on my priorities list.

Greg F- as you know from my post Mandatory Fun is on top of my shortlist and will most likely be my nomination (though if someone else nominates it I have backups). By the way I envy you in that you have album picks for the genre vote. I'm stumped in that department. Any suggestions?

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/31/2014 @ 19:33pm

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/31/2014 @ 20:25pm

Tom- I thought about nominating Mandatory Fun myself but since you plan on nominating I probably will nominate either Lana Del Rey- Untraviolence or Todd Terje- It's Album Time or Beck- Morning Phase instead.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/31/2014 @ 20:53pm

My nominees:

Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/1/2015 @ 01:00am

My nominees are:

Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
Sturgill Simpson- Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 01/1/2015 @ 01:55am

My nomination for January 2015/2040 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 01/1/2015 @ 01:59am

My nominations:

Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)

Posted by Taylor on Thursday, 01/1/2015 @ 03:55am

The Smiths - Strangeways, Here I Come (1987)
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 01/1/2015 @ 05:16am

Nominations:

Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Nenes Cherry - Blank Project (2014)

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 01/1/2015 @ 08:30am

Nominations:

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989)
Wierd Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 01/1/2015 @ 09:41am

Nickel Creek- Nickel Creek (2000)
Ingrid Michaelson- Lights Out (2014)

Posted by PopeCharming on Thursday, 01/1/2015 @ 12:57pm

The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 01/1/2015 @ 16:58pm

Pixies - Indie Cindy (2014)
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/2/2015 @ 00:33am

Pet Shop Boys - Please (1985)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 01/2/2015 @ 00:57am

Anyone looking for nomination ideas should check out this site, which I got from one of FRL's tweets:

http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2014/

It provides summaries and links to a massive number of year-end best-of rankings for this year and other years and also essentially has the functionality of a rottentomatoes for albums.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/2/2015 @ 13:51pm

Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)

Posted by Ryan on Friday, 01/2/2015 @ 23:47pm

Hello to all! 2015 has now arrived, and to prove it the year is here. With that in mind, we are now able to accept any album that was completed in 2014 to our nominations ballots. Here, then, is my ballot for this month for all to see.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Beck - Morning Phase (2014)

Also, here is my nomination for which genre subsection of the Album Project we should next consider by next month.

Broadway/Stage Musicals

I consider this genre when knowing how writing music for the stage has considerably changed since the formation of rock and roll. Certainly, most traditional sorts of musical composition and lyric writing are still out there. Yet, in many of the newer musicals to come out, there is a rock and pop asthetic which I and others find quite interesting. In a later post, I may give some examples.

One year older though it will be official next month,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Saturday, 01/3/2015 @ 10:19am

Wild Gift (1982) - X
It's Album Time (2014) - Todd Terje

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 01/3/2015 @ 12:38pm

Genre nomination for February...

Novelty/Parody

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 01/3/2015 @ 13:37pm

This month we'll discuss any potential changes to the rules and procedures that we use in the Album Project. If we decide to have any votes, we'll vote after the conclusion of the first round of genre voting (whether or not there's more than one).

Does anyone have any ideas that they'd like to suggest?

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/3/2015 @ 21:03pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Ingrid Michaelson - Lights Out (2014)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)
Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek (2000)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1985)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Pixies - Indie Cindy (2014)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014)
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
The Cure - The Head on the Door
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here I Come (1987)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Tool - Undertow (1993)
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014)
Wierd Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
X - Wild Gift (1982)

Each voter that wants to participate must vote for exactly 6 albums for their ballot to be counted.

Voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

This month's selected genre is 90s British Rock/Pop. Nominations for this genre will being after the conclusion of the voting / tiebreakers in the Song Project and Album Project. At this time, we will determine whether or not we'll have two genre votes rather than just one (given that it's decade and genre specific, I strongly suggest that we don't split the genre, but if there's enough of a dispute, we'll schedule a vote) and which albums are qualified / recommended to participate in this genre vote.

Also, if you have any suggestions for rule changes this year, please bring them up at this time. We'll try to schedule any votes to take place during the period following the end of the first genre vote later this month.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/4/2015 @ 01:10am

Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)
Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
Todd Terje- It's Album Time (2014)
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/4/2015 @ 02:26am

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)
The Cure - The Head on the Door
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here I Come (1987)
Tool - Undertow (1993)

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 01/4/2015 @ 11:20am

Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
The Cure - The Head on the Door
X - Wild Gift (1982)

January is always tough. This was a strong ballot in terms of both new eligibles and worthy back catalog material. There's a lot here that I'll support in the future.

As far as 90s British Rock/Pop goes, when I nominated it I envisioned two classes of 1990-94 and 1995-99. We have more than enough overlooked albums in the category (and it's important to look at how the artists and albums performed in Britain more so than the US in this category), and I intentionally named it what I did, rather than "Britpop" so we could embrace a wider range of options. I'll also post a suggestion list when we get closer, and I know that other people have ideas as well.

And a reminder of what I originally pitched about the category, the intention is to honor the albums of artists from Great Britain or Ireland who had their peak relevance or debuts in the 90s, not to squeeze in more stuff from British/Irish acts who peaked in previous decades, (U2, the Cure, anything Beatles, Zeppelin or Jeff Lynne related, etc.)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/4/2015 @ 17:38pm

DarinRg:

Would a George Michael album fit in this genre. I was thinking about nominating Listen Without Prejudice which I know performed better in Britain than in the US.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/4/2015 @ 18:59pm

Greg - I could live with someone like George Michael or Sinead O'Connor or Morrissey or some of the Madchester/proto-Britpop artists whose peak relevance straddled the turn of the decade.

What I hope to accomplish is to induct 10 albums that were part of the heartbeat of British music in the 90s that have gotten overlooked in the project due to its Americentric leaning. The stipulation that I slapped on is intended to try to steer us in the direction of the Suedes or Manic Street Preachers of the world, as examples, rather than loading up on 10 albums of inferior later career material by easy, big name artists like the Cure or David Bowie, again as examples, who did their important work in previous decades and weren't defining artists of 90s British rock.

But, George Michael's peak run lasted from 1987 through the early 90s, so I wouldn't see a problem there.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/4/2015 @ 20:46pm

Ingrid Michaelson - Lights Out (2014)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek (2000)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
Wierd Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by PopeCharming on Sunday, 01/4/2015 @ 21:04pm

Other artists I have in mind and suggest for the genre.
Sleeper
Ash
James
The Verve
Jamiriqui

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/4/2015 @ 22:36pm

Absolutely on all of them, Greg. I'll post a suggestion list and some reference resources in the next couple days and I invite others who are knowledgeable in this area to do so as well.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/4/2015 @ 22:45pm

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1985)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)
Tool - Undertow (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 01/4/2015 @ 23:13pm

St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
X - Wild Gift (1982)
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)

Posted by Taylor on Sunday, 01/4/2015 @ 23:21pm

Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
Sam Smith - In the Morning Hour (2014)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here I Come (1987)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 01/5/2015 @ 00:32am

Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1985)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Last cut were:
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014)
Tool - Undertow (1993)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014) (HARD cut)

DarinRG: I don't know if it will get any traction in a genre vote when I nominate it, but are The La's considered Britpop? They predate the genre, but I've heard them called an early runner.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 01/5/2015 @ 12:32pm

SotN - No problem with the La's. They fit the genre's criteria.

I'm not going to be a nomination Nazi about this vote, I just wanted to put out some guidelines of the category's intent.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/5/2015 @ 17:46pm

DarinRG-
Thanks for clearing up what could be considered eligible for the genre vote. With my luck I would have been the one nominating something out of place but as far as the big names you listed I feel that most of them either did not put out anything worth nominating (anything Beatle related) or already had their best material from the decade inducted (U2 with Achtung Baby). I admint I did consider Bowie briefly but you're right that his best stuff came way before the 90's.

Out of curiousity would Sting, Peter Gabriel or Duran Duran be considered for this vote? I know they all had previous success but all were very much a presence on the music scene at least in the early 90's

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/5/2015 @ 18:26pm

Peter Gabriel seems iffy to me as his major relevance was in the 70s and 80s. And he only released one album in the 90s. (And a damn good one.)

Duran is an interesting case because they really had two career peaks and one of them was in the early 90s. I tend to think of them in 80s terms, but could see an argument the other way.

Even though Sting released his first two solo albums in the 80s the real meat of his career happened in the 90s.

One thing that I like to do is go to an artists discography on Wikipedia or All Music and ask myself what era this artist was truly relevant or integral to.

If you can do that and justify the artist being in this category, cool. Again, I'm not going to be a hard ass over this.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/5/2015 @ 18:46pm

Again, my philosophy for this category is to induct some of the acclaimed albums from that place and time that often get overlooked in our voting rather than loading up on big, cross era acts that tend to do well in the main votes.

This is an era of music that I was very immersed in at the time, but I also know that it's a big blind spot for some people (which is fine, I have them too.)I trust peoples judgment and don't want to overcomplicate things..

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/5/2015 @ 18:58pm

DarinRG-

Ok that makes sense. Gabriel did some great work in the 90's but you're right that his absolute best recordings happened before that.

for Sting I was thinking Ten Summoners Tails as while not being exactly high art it did mark the beginning of the second phase of his career (for better or worse).

I also think it goes without saying Phil Collins and Def Leppard are also out as while they put out some decent stuff in the decade their best albums are clearly behind them.

On a more personal note being a huge Jethro Tull fan I would hang my head in shame if anyone (including me) nominated any of their 90's albums.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/5/2015 @ 19:15pm

Here's a quick list of some uninducted albums that are relevant to this category. Not an exhausthive list, and it does lean indie/Britpop heavy, but I think it's a decent primer.

808 State - ex: el (1991)
A Guy Called Gerald - Black Secret Technology (1995)
Ash - 1977 (1996)
Ash - Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)
Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah (1995)
Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
Cast - All Change (1995)
Cast - Mother Nature Calls (1997)
Catatonia - International Velvet (1998)
Catatonia - Equally Cursed and Blessed (1999)
Echobelly - On (1995)
Ian Brown - Unfinished Monkey Business (1998)
Inspiral Carpets - Life (1990)
Inspiral Carpets - The Beast Inside (1991)
Inspiral Carpets - Devil Hopping (1994)
James - Laid (1993)
James - Seven (1992)
Lush - Spooky (1992)
Lush - Split (1994)
Lush - Lovelife (1996)
Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against the Soul (1993)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)
Massive Attack - Protection (1997)
Placebo - Placebo (1996)
Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing (1998)
Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Ride - Going Blank Again (1992)
Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms (1997)
Saint Etienne - So Tough (1993)
Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay (1994)
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996)
Slowdive - Just For a Day (1991)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Space - Spiders (1996)
Space - Tin Planet (1998)
Stereophonics -Performance and Coctails (1999)
Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
Suede - Coming Up (1996)
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
Supergrass - In It For the Money (1997)
Supergrass - Supergrass (1999)
The Bluetones - Expecting to Fly (1996)
The Charlatans - Some Friendly (1990)
The Charlatans - The Charlatans (1995)
The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories (1997)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)
The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love (1997)
The Divine Comedy - Fin de Siècle (1998)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)
Tricky - Pre-Millennium Tension (1996)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/5/2015 @ 20:47pm

I have other suggestions for the others. I already have my nominees figured out.

Jamiroquai- Emergency on Planet Earth (1993)
Jamiroquai- The Return of The Space Cowboy (1994)
Jamiroquai- Travelling Without Moving (1996)
Orbital- Orbital (1991)
Orbital- Orbital 2 (Brown Album) (1993)
Orbital- Snivillization (1994)
Orbital- The Middle of Nowhere (1999)
The Orb- U.F.Orb (1992)
The Orb- Orbus Terrarum (1995)
The Orb- Orblivian (1997)
Goldie- Timeless (1995)
Roni Size- New Forms (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/5/2015 @ 21:44pm

Greg - Solid suggestions. I knew you'd come up with some that I missed.

Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997) is another one that just popped into my head.

I haven't nailed down my nominees yet, but I think that Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours, Suede - Dog Man Star and Suede - Coming Up are our biggest Britpop snubs, so they'll factor in. I'm also really high on Cast - All Change, which was a critically successful and platinum selling album, but might be too much of a homework nominee.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/5/2015 @ 22:08pm

SotN - While I'm thinking about Cast, you mentioned the La's and Cast was formed by the La's bassist John Power. Good hybrid of power pop and the traditional Britpop sound.

Might be something you'd like if you aren't already familiar with them.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/5/2015 @ 22:46pm

I definitely going for these if there's no split.

George Michael- Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)
Sleeper- The It Girl (1996)

If a split is involved I plan on these as well.

The Verve- A Storm in Heaven (1993
Ash- 1977 (1996) or Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/5/2015 @ 22:52pm

Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)
Tool - Undertow (1993)
Wierd Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Most Likely Vote Switches/Albums I'd Support In The Future:

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 01/6/2015 @ 10:07am

Another all 2014 ballot:

Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)

Other 2014 albums I'll consider voting for in the future:

Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014)

Albums I'll vote for after I feel 2014 is well represented:

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek (2000)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
The Cure - The Head on the Door
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
Tool - Undertow (1993)
X - Wild Gift (1982)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 01/6/2015 @ 21:37pm

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
X - Wild Gift (1982)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 01/6/2015 @ 23:16pm

Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 01/7/2015 @ 00:25am

My votes:

Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
Tool - Undertow (1993)
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014)

Didn't need my vote / top vote switch options / would support in the future:

Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Pixies - Indie Cindy (2014)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
The Cure - The Head on the Door
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here I Come (1987)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/7/2015 @ 00:35am

Here's my current vote count:

St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014) - 7
Beck - Morning Phase (2014) - 7

Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975) - 6

Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) - 5
______________________

Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 4
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014) - 4
Tool - Undertow (1993) - 4
______________________

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989) - 3
X - Wild Gift (1982) - 3

Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) - 2
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1985) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 2
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987) - 2
The Cure - The Head on the Door - 2
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here I Come (1987) - 2
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014) - 2
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire - 2
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987) - 2

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 1
Ingrid Michaelson - Lights Out (2014) - 1
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001) - 1
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014) - 1
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014) - 1
Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek (2000) - 1
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014) - 1
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014) - 1
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975) - 1
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979) - 1
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014) - 1

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974) - 0
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004) - 0
Pixies - Indie Cindy (2014) - 0

Voting ends at 11:55 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/7/2015 @ 01:50am

DarinRG: Thank you for the tip! I'll think I will do a look-up on Cast and see what they're about.

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 01/7/2015 @ 05:53am

My ballot for this month's Album Project is as follows.

Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Tool - Undertow (1993)

Hopefully I will not be this late next time,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Thursday, 01/8/2015 @ 22:42pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project Class:

Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
Tool - Undertow (1993)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Any voter who participated in this month's Album Project vote can participate in this tiebreaker vote. To participate in the tiebreaker vote, rank all four albums in order of preference. The top-ranked album will receive four points, the second-highest ranked album will receive three points and so on. The two albums that receive the most points will be inducted this month. The other two albums will be automatically nominated for the February Album Project vote, as none of the albums will be eligible for this month's genre votes (barring a reversal of the American Revolution in the next 48 hours and "Undertow" losing the tiebreaker).

Tiebreaker voting will end at 11:55 PM Central on Saturday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 01:25am

Tiebreaker

Sturgill Simpson- Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)
Tool- Undertow (1993)
Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways (2014)

Noms:

George Michael- Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)
Sleeper- The It Girl (1996)

Can we start doing nominations during tiebreakers?

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 01:46am

Did I miss something? I've heard no objection to a vote split in this round. I like your picks, but are we jumping the gun?

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 02:37am

My understanding is that we would be doing two classes of 1990-94 and 1995-99, like DarinRG suggested since no one objected. I don't think I said otherwise anywhere, did I? If so, it was an accident.

We can start doing nominations for 1990-1994 now. Greg F, I can save your Sleeper - The It Girl (1996) nomination until the second genre vote if you like.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 08:27am

Ok I didn't know for sure if we were doing the split the split. Keep Sleeper- The It Girl (1996) for round 2. I'll add The Verve- A Storm in Heaven (1993) for this one.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 10:53am

Again my nominees for 1990- 1994 are:

George Michael- Listen Without Prejudice, Vol 1 (1990)
The Verve- A Storm in Heaven (1993)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 11:00am

Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) 4
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014) 3
Tool - Undertow (1993) 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) 1

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 17:09pm

Okay, cool. I figured it was a misunderstanding. Just wanted to make sure I hadn't overlooked something.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 17:10pm

Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
Tool - Undertow (1993)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

90s Brit 1990-94 noms:

Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)

Both iconic, landmark albums from A list Britpop acts who are underrepresented.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 20:23pm

Lush - Spooky (1992)
Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 21:35pm

Tool - Undertow (1993) - 4
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Songs of Country Music (2014)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 1

Nominees:

Menswear - Nuisance (1993)
The Boo Radleys - Wake Up! (1995)

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 22:19pm

Sorry, change the Boo Radleys nomination to:

Adorable - Against Perfection (1993)

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 22:25pm

Tiebreaker:

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Tool - Undertow (1993)
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Nominations:

Ride - Nowhere (1990)
The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps (1993)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 23:07pm

1. Tool - Undertow (1993)
2. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
3. Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
4. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 01/9/2015 @ 23:58pm

My Nominations:

Jamiroquai- The Return of The Space Cowboy (1994)
Sting- Ten Summoners Tails (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/10/2015 @ 10:31am

Tie Breaker:

Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)-4
Tool - Undertow (1993)-3
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)-2
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)-1

Tough Vote

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/10/2015 @ 10:35am

Tiebreaker:

1. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) (4 points)
2. Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) (3 points)
3. Tool - Undertow (1993) (2 points)
4. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014) (A point)

Nominees:

Orbital - Orbital (1991)
The La's - The La's (1990)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 01/10/2015 @ 18:43pm

My tiebreaker ballot is as follows.

Tool - Undertow (1993) - 4
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014) - 3
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 2
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) - 1

In addition, here are my nominees for 90s British Pop/Rock.

The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)
Massive Attack - Protection (1997)

Waiting for the new Tool album to come,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Saturday, 01/10/2015 @ 21:13pm

noms:

Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 01/10/2015 @ 22:01pm

Lax - Protection isn't eligible until round two. This round is 1990-94. Strong pick for next round though.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 01/10/2015 @ 22:27pm

Tool - Undertow - 4
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways - 3
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music - 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/11/2015 @ 00:13am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here is the Album Project Class of January 2014:

Beck - Morning Phase (2014)
Parliament/Funkadelic - Mothership Connection (1975)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
Tool - Undertow (1993)

Final Tiebreaker Results:

Tool - Undertow (1993) - 31
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) - 26
_________________________

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014) - 24
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 19

Foo Fighters and Weird Al Yankovic will be automatically nominated for the February Album Project Vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/11/2015 @ 01:01am

Nominations for the 90s British Rock/Pop 1990-1994 Genre vote will remain open until 11:55 PM Central on Monday the 12th. There will then be a one day period for review, protest and vetoing, ending at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 13th.

Here are the albums that have already been nominated (let me know if I missed any):

Adorable - Against Perfection (1993)
Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991)
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)
Jamiroquai - The Return of The Space Cowboy (1994)
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
Lush - Spooky (1992)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
Menswear - Nuisance (1993)
Orbital - Orbital (1991)
Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Sting - Ten Summoners Tales (1993)
Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
The Boo Radley - Giant Steps (1993)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)

In addition, these two albums have been nominated for the 1995-1999 genre vote that will take place after the conclusion of this genre vote:

Massive Attack - Protection (1997)
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/11/2015 @ 01:14am

Does anyone mind if we have genre nominations at the same time as tiebreakers in the future?

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/11/2015 @ 20:08pm

No, this was kind of nice, actually. Sped things up.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/11/2015 @ 20:14pm

If this change would made, it would start with the second genre vote this month (nominations for the current genre vote will still end on Monday night) and the process would still involve a one day review period when applicable.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/11/2015 @ 20:31pm

Radiohead- Pablo Honey (1993)
Muse- Showbiz (1999)

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 01/12/2015 @ 16:10pm

Ryan: We decided to do a genre-split from 1990-94 and 1995-99, so Muse - Showbiz is ineligible for this round of voting, if you want to nominate a replacement and nominate Muse for the second vote.

Darren: I like the idea of tiebreakers and nominations being done at the same time. One of the issues going into this was how much time was spent in genre nominations (especially split ones), and doing this would alleviate some of that.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 01/12/2015 @ 17:21pm

Also, does anyone mind if we change the voting, nominating, reviewing deadlines from 11:55 PM Central to 10 PM Central (after tonight's deadline)?

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/12/2015 @ 21:49pm

^I don't have any objections to that.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 01/13/2015 @ 00:50am

Nominations are now closed.

The following albums have been nominated and are up for review:

Adorable - Against Perfection (1993)
Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991)
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)
Jamiroquai - The Return of The Space Cowboy (1994)
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
Lush - Spooky (1992)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
Menswear - Nuisance (1993)
Orbital - Orbital (1991)
Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Sting - Ten Summoners Tales (1993)
Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
The Boo Radley - Giant Steps (1993)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)

If you feel that any of these albums have been nominated inappropriately for this genre (90s British Rock/Pop 1990-1994), please lodge a protest. Any album that gets three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end at 11:55 PM Central on Tuesday the 13th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/13/2015 @ 06:30am

There weren't any vetoed albums, so voting is now open.

Here is the list of nominated albums:

Adorable - Against Perfection (1993)
Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991)
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)
Jamiroquai - The Return of The Space Cowboy (1994)
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
Lush - Spooky (1992)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
Menswear - Nuisance (1993)
Orbital - Orbital (1991)
Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Sting - Ten Summoners Tales (1993)
Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
The Boo Radley - Giant Steps (1993)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)

Each voter that wants to participate must vote for exactly six nominated albums to have their vote counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM on Sunday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/14/2015 @ 01:13am

Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991)
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)
Jamiroquai - The Return of The Space Cowboy (1994)
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 01/14/2015 @ 09:30am

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)
Jamiroquai - The Return of The Space Cowboy (1994)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/14/2015 @ 12:51pm

Jamiroquai - The Return of The Space Cowboy (1994)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
Orbital - Orbital (1991)
Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)

Last eliminated:
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994)
Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)

No, cutting The Stone Roses was not at all fun, and I hope they don't miss the cut for it. If we still do vote switches and they're one away, I'm changing my vote in a second, especially if one of my votes isn't going anywhere.

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 01/14/2015 @ 12:53pm

Lush - Spooky (1992)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
Orbital - Orbital (1991)
Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994)
Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)

There were five albums that I was really looking for this round and they all were nominated. Figuring out the sixth spot was extremely difficult. Ride, the Stone Roses and Big Audio Dynamite were especially painful cuts. I'll keep an eye on them.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 01/14/2015 @ 16:22pm

Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991)
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
Lush - Spooky (1992)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
Orbital - Orbital (1991)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 01/14/2015 @ 22:08pm

Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991)
Jamiroquai - The Return of The Space Cowboy (1994)
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
Sting - Ten Summoners Tales (1993)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 01/15/2015 @ 11:30am

Hmm, so since my Ride album is going...uhh, Nowhere and it would take...uhh, Giant Steps for my Boo Radleys album to get inducted, I think I'm just going to skip my nominees and vote for 6 other very deserving albums.

Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991)
Lush - Spooky (1992)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994)
Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
The La's - The La's (1990)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 01/15/2015 @ 20:17pm

"Hmm, so since my Ride album is going...uhh, Nowhere"

That was truly my most difficult cut. I had even considered nominating it, myself.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01/15/2015 @ 20:39pm

My Ballot:

Lush - Spooky (1992)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01/15/2015 @ 23:11pm

My votes:

Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991)
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994)
Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)

Didn't need my vote / potential vote switches / would support in the future:

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)
Jamiroquai - The Return of The Space Cowboy (1994)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Sting - Ten Summoners Tales (1993)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/16/2015 @ 23:37pm

My current vote count:

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994) - 7
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993) - 7

Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991) - 5
Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994) - 5
Suede - Dog Man Star (1994) - 5
________________________________

Jamiroquai - The Return of The Space Cowboy (1994) - 4
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991) - 4
Lush - Spooky (1992) - 4
The La's - The La's (1990) - 4

Orbital - Orbital (1991) - 3

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990) - 2

Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993) - 1
Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 1
Sting - Ten Summoners Tales (1993) - 1
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994) - 1

Adorable - Against Perfection (1993) - 0
Menswear - Nuisance (1993) - 0
The Boo Radley - Giant Steps (1993) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/17/2015 @ 08:09am

I should apologize for forgetting the split in the 90s British Pop/Rock vote. I assumed, wrongly, there was only one ballot. Fortunately, there are two. Here then is my ballot for 1990-1994.

The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)
Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
Sting - Ten Summoners Tales (1993)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)

Interested to know what would be different if Richey Edwards still lived,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Sunday, 01/18/2015 @ 17:25pm

Voting is now closed.

The following alubms have been inducted into the Album Project:

Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991)
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994)
Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)

Here are the final voting results:

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994) - 8
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993) - 8

Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe (1991) - 6

Pulp - His 'n' Hers (1994) - 5
Suede - Dog Man Star (1994) - 5
______________________

Jamiroquai - The Return of The Space Cowboy (1994) - 4
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991) - 4
Lush - Spooky (1992) - 4
The La's - The La's (1990) - 4

Orbital - Orbital (1991) - 3

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990) - 2
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993) - 2
Sting - Ten Summoners Tales (1993) - 2
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994) - 2

Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 1

Adorable - Against Perfection (1993) - 0
Menswear - Nuisance (1993) - 0
The Boo Radley - Giant Steps (1993) - 0

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/19/2015 @ 00:06am

Nominations are now open for the second genre vote. The genre for this vote is 90s British Rock/Pop 1995-1999.

Any voter can nominate two albums that they feel belong in this genre vote.

If you feel that any nominated album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that received three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 20th. There will then be one day or review / protest and five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/19/2015 @ 00:11am

My Nominations:

Ash- 1977 (1996)
Sleeper- The It Girl (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/19/2015 @ 01:02am

Cast - All Change (1995)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 01/19/2015 @ 01:43am

Elastica - Elastica (1995)
Muse - Showbiz (1999)

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 01/19/2015 @ 10:35am

Fatboy Slim- You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Jamiroquai- Traveling Without Moving (1996)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/19/2015 @ 11:57am

Ryan,

Elastica was already inducted. You have one more nomination if you'd like to use it.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/19/2015 @ 12:19pm

noms:

Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Mansun - Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 01/19/2015 @ 23:52pm

Man, already a tough ballot.

I'll stick with my theme from last round and go with:

Suede - Coming Up (1996)

There are three Suede albums that I think are deserving of induction and this is the last one.

Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours(1998)

Often considered MSP's artistic peak it was also their commercial peak as a UK #1 Album and going 3x platinum UK.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 01/20/2015 @ 17:34pm

Nominations:

Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 01/20/2015 @ 17:47pm

My nominations for this week's election are as follows.

Massive Attack - Protection (1997)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)

One do over and one forgotten gem,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Tuesday, 01/20/2015 @ 20:00pm

Nominations are now closed and review is now open for this genre vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Ash - 1977 (1996)
Cast - All Change (1995)
Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Jamiroquai - Traveling Without Moving (1996)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Mansun - Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997)
Massive Attack - Protection (1997)
Muse - Showbiz (1999)
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996)
Suede - Coming Up (1996)
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)

If you feel that any of these albums were nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end at 10:00 PM Central on Wednesday the 21st. There will then be five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/21/2015 @ 00:06am

Looking at this I have 11 locks, 4 "would easily support" and 0 "wtf" nominees.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 01/21/2015 @ 19:29pm

Did anyone have any suggested rule changes for us to vote on in February? There are a few suggestions over in the Song Project that we're currently considering voting on next month, if you want to check them out.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/21/2015 @ 22:07pm

No albums were protested. Voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums:

Ash - 1977 (1996)
Cast - All Change (1995)
Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Jamiroquai - Traveling Without Moving (1996)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Mansun - Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997)
Massive Attack - Protection (1997)
Muse - Showbiz (1999)
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996)
Suede - Coming Up (1996)
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)

Each voter must vote for exactly six albums to have their vote counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/21/2015 @ 23:20pm

Ash- 1977 (1996)
Cast- All Change (1995)
Jamiroquai- Traveling Without Moving (1996)
Massive Attack- Protection (1997)
Sleeper- The It Girl (1996)
Suade- Coming Up (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/22/2015 @ 09:25am

Massive Attack- Protection was released in 1994 so it is not eligible for this round.

I'm going to change my vote for Protection to

Muse- Showbiz (1999)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/22/2015 @ 11:37am

Greg F is correct about Massive Attack - Protection. It was released in 1994 and isn't eligible for this vote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_%28album%29

Sorry for the confusion, but when the album was originally nominated, Lax32 listed it as a 1997 release and we incorrectly disqualified it from consideration for the first genre vote.

Here's the updated list of nominees:

Ash - 1977 (1996)
Cast - All Change (1995)
Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Jamiroquai - Traveling Without Moving (1996)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Mansun - Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997)
Muse - Showbiz (1999)
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996)
Suede - Coming Up (1996)
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/22/2015 @ 12:06pm

"Sorry for the confusion, but when the album was originally nominated, Lax32 listed it as a 1997 release and we incorrectly disqualified it from consideration for the first genre vote."

I have to take partial responsibility for that. I should've caught the error. Shame, because it's a very deserving album.

Cast - All Change (1995)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996)
Suede - Coming Up (1996)
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01/22/2015 @ 18:00pm

Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996)
Suede - Coming Up (1996)
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 01/22/2015 @ 18:29pm

Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Mansun - Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997)
Muse - Showbiz (1999)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 01/23/2015 @ 00:04am

Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Jamiroquai - Traveling Without Moving (1996)
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)
Muse - Showbiz (1999)
Suede - Coming Up (1996)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/24/2015 @ 10:41am

Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Jamiroquai - Traveling Without Moving (1996)
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)
Suede - Coming Up (1996)
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/24/2015 @ 22:58pm

My current vote count:

Suede - Coming Up (1996) - 5

Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998) - 4
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998) - 4
Travis - The Man Who (1999) - 4
__________________________

Jamiroquai - Traveling Without Moving (1996) - 3
Muse - Showbiz (1999) - 3
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996) - 3
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995) - 3
__________________________

Cast - All Change (1995) - 2
Lush - Lovelife (1995) - 2

Ash - 1977 (1996) - 1
Mansun - Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997) - 1
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995) - 1

Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Monday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/24/2015 @ 23:00pm

Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
Muse - Showbiz (1999)
Suede - Coming Up (1996)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 01/25/2015 @ 22:43pm

Here is my ballot for this week.

Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Suede - Coming Up (1996)

Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)
__________________________

Jamiroquai - Traveling Without Moving (1996)

I also wanted to let fellow posters know that I have finally taken the initiative and started a weblog. I hope to post at least one new article each day on whatever ideas and concerns pop into my mind. It is named something to say if anyone hears. You can find it at ifanyonehears.blogspot.com; hopefully this will not be considered a conflicting interest.

Please stay safe in the US Northeast,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Monday, 01/26/2015 @ 18:39pm

Cast - All Change (1995)
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)
Muse - Showbiz (1999)
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996)
Suede - Coming Up (1996)
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 01/26/2015 @ 20:01pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project:

Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)
Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Suede - Coming Up (1996)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Muse - Showbiz (1999)
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote can vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all three albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 3 points, the second-highest 2 points and the lowest 1 point. The two albums with the highest point total will be inducted. The lowest-scoring album will be automatically nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 28th.

Here are the final results of this vote:

Suede - Coming Up (1996) - 8

Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998) - 7

Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998) - 6
___________________________

Travis - The Man Who (1999) - 5
Muse - Showbiz (1999) - 5
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995) - 5
___________________________

Jamiroquai - Traveling Without Moving (1996) - 4
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996) - 4

Cast - All Change (1995) - 3

Lush - Lovelife (1995) - 2
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995) - 2

Ash - 1977 (1996) - 1
Mansun - Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997) - 1
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/26/2015 @ 23:26pm

1. Muse - Showbiz (1999)
2. Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
3. Travis - The Man Who (1999)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 01/27/2015 @ 00:07am

Just in case the way that I posted this caused some of the voters to overlook the tiebreaker this round, here's the tiebreaker criteria again:

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Muse - Showbiz (1999)
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote can vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all three albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 3 points, the second-highest 2 points and the lowest 1 point. The two albums with the highest point total will be inducted. The lowest-scoring album will be automatically nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/28/2015 @ 17:53pm

My tiebreaker vote:

Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995) - 3
Travis - The Man Who (1999) - 2
Muse - Showbiz (1999) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/28/2015 @ 17:54pm

Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)
Muse - Showbiz (1999)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 01/28/2015 @ 19:01pm

Supergrass
Travis
Muse

Outstanding round this month. So many deserving albums inducted and a hell of a lot more on the radar now. Mission success.DarinRG

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 01/28/2015 @ 20:28pm

Supergrass
Travis
Muse

Outstanding round this month. So many deserving albums inducted and a hell of a lot more on the radar now. Mission success.DarinRG

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 01/28/2015 @ 20:28pm

Muse - Showbiz (1999) 3
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995) 2
Travis - The Man Who (1999) 1

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 01/28/2015 @ 21:38pm

Muse- Showbiz (1999) 3
Supergrass- I Should Coco (1995) 2
Travis- The Man Who (1999) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/28/2015 @ 22:54pm

Voting is now closed.

Here is your new class of inductees:

Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)
Muse - Showbiz (1999)
Suede - Coming Up (1996)
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)

Here are the final results of the tiebreaker:

Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995) - 15
Muse - Showbiz (1999) - 12
_______________________________

Travis - The Man Who (1999) - 9

Travis - The Man Who (1999) will be automatically nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/28/2015 @ 23:05pm

I already know that I will stick with what I nominated this for February. But I still want to take the time to leave up some suggestions for anyone in need of some.

Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Falco- Falco 3 (1985)
George Michael- Listen Without Prejudice (1990)
Donald Fagen- The Nightfly (1982)
Black Sabbath- Heaven & Hell (1980) OR Mob Rules (1982) OR Vol. 4 (1972)
The The- Mind Bomb (1989) OR Soul Mining (1983)
Lucinda Williams- Where The Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)
Perfume Genius- Too Bright (2014)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)
Spoon- They Want My Soul (2014)
Interpol- El Pintor (2014)
Orbital- Snivilization (1994)
Stevie Nicks- Bella Donna (1981)
Thomas Dolby- The Flat Earth (1984)
Yes- The Yes Album (1970)
King Crimson- Discipline (1981)
Sleeper- The It Girl (1996)
Peter Tosh- Equal Rights (1977)
Marvin Gaye- Here, My Dear (1978)
Air- Moon Safari (1998)
The Idle Race- Birthday Party (1968)
Tomorrow- Tomorrow (1967)
July- July (1968)
The Gods- Genesis (1968)
Sheryl Crow- Sheryl Crow (1996) OR The Globe Sessions (1998)
Liz Phair- Whip-Smart (1994)
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996) OR From The Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)
Uriah Heep- Demons and Wizards (1972)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1976)
Spyra Gyra- Carnaval (1980)
Devo- New Traditionalists (1981)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
Belly- Star (1993)
Mazzy Star- So Tonight That I Might See (1993) OR Amoung My Swan (1996)
Alanis Moresette- Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/30/2015 @ 01:38am

I already know that I will stick with what I nominated this month for February. But I still want to take the time to leave up some suggestions for anyone in need of some.

Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Falco- Falco 3 (1985)
George Michael- Listen Without Prejudice (1990)
Donald Fagen- The Nightfly (1982)
Black Sabbath- Heaven & Hell (1980) OR Mob Rules (1982) OR Vol. 4 (1972)
The The- Mind Bomb (1989) OR Soul Mining (1983)
Lucinda Williams- Where The Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)
Perfume Genius- Too Bright (2014)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)
Spoon- They Want My Soul (2014)
Interpol- El Pintor (2014)
Orbital- Snivilization (1994)
Stevie Nicks- Bella Donna (1981)
Thomas Dolby- The Flat Earth (1984)
Yes- The Yes Album (1970)
King Crimson- Discipline (1981)
Sleeper- The It Girl (1996)
Peter Tosh- Equal Rights (1977)
Marvin Gaye- Here, My Dear (1978)
Air- Moon Safari (1998)
The Idle Race- Birthday Party (1968)
Tomorrow- Tomorrow (1967)
July- July (1968)
The Gods- Genesis (1968)
Sheryl Crow- Sheryl Crow (1996) OR The Globe Sessions (1998)
Liz Phair- Whip-Smart (1994)
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996) OR From The Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)
Uriah Heep- Demons and Wizards (1972)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1976)
Spyra Gyra- Carnaval (1980)
Devo- New Traditionalists (1981)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
Belly- Star (1993)
Mazzy Star- So Tonight That I Might See (1993) OR Amoung My Swan (1996)
Alanis Moresette- Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/30/2015 @ 01:41am

Of those albums, "Moon Safari" by Air is by far the one I would support the most. It's one of the most essential albums of 1990's electronic music and definitely needs to be inducted sooner or later.

Other ones I'd support in the future....

Black Sabbath- Heaven or Hell or Mob Rules
Yes- The Yes Album
Marvin Gaye- Here, My Dear
Uriah Heep- Demons and Wizards
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble- Couldn't Stand the Weather

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 01/31/2015 @ 04:01am

I'm going to continue to push for "Blank Project" by Neneh Cherry. One of my favorite albums of 2014!

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 01/31/2015 @ 05:05am

Any support for these albums...
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
OutKast - ATLiens
The Roots - Phrenology
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
Al Green – I'm Still in Love With You
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Operation Ivy - Energy
Madness - One Step Beyond...
Bob Dylan and The Band - The Basement Tapes
Madvillian - Madvilliany
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
The Clash - Sandinista!
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food

Posted by Ryan on Saturday, 01/31/2015 @ 14:39pm

Are nominations for February going to start at 10 or 12 tonight?

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/31/2015 @ 19:38pm

Greg F. - There's no reason why nominations can't start at 10 PM tonight. I don't know if I'll have the monthly "guide" posted by then (busy night), but any nominations posted before it's posted will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/31/2015 @ 20:10pm

Nominations for next month open at midnight. Every voter can nominate one album from 2014 and one album from 2014 or prior to 2014 (please note that this has changed from last month since we've rolled into a new year). Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Each voter will be allowed to vote for 6 albums. There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote (or were nominated last month, when there wasn't a genre vote), but receiving at least three nominations:

70's R&B
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Broadway/Stage Musicals
Hip Hop/Rap
Krautrock
Novelty/Parody
Punk

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

Jazz is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

Live Albums is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

Metal is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

Revisited/Projected Acts with 3 Albums or Less is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

90s British Rock/Pop is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"80s New Wave/Pop", "Psychedelic/ Experimental/ Avant-Garde" and "Electronic" are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 3 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 3 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/31/2015 @ 20:48pm

My nominations:

The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 01/31/2015 @ 20:56pm

Nominations:

Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)

Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 01/31/2015 @ 21:00pm

My nomination for February 2015/2040 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 01/31/2015 @ 21:17pm

My nominations for February

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989)

U2- Songs of Innocence (2014)

Go Patriots!!!!

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/31/2015 @ 22:00pm

My nominations for February

Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)

Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/1/2015 @ 01:11am

Genre nomination:

Progressive and Symphonic Metel

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/1/2015 @ 01:23am

My nominees will be:

Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)

I think, since Massive Attack ended up missing a shot in the genre ballot due to error, it should get a shot at this one.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 02/1/2015 @ 04:59am

My nomination...

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Genre Nomination

Electronic

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 02/1/2015 @ 05:30am

Album nominations:

SWV - It's About Time (1992)

Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014)

Posted by Scott Banks on Sunday, 02/1/2015 @ 06:59am

Mary J. Blige - My Life (1994)

Genre: Country

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 02/1/2015 @ 13:42pm

The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)

Genre Nomination:
Albums that never made the Billboard 200

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 02/1/2015 @ 14:35pm

Paul McCartney - Ram (1971)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 02/1/2015 @ 19:47pm

nom:

The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)

genre:
jam band

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 02/1/2015 @ 22:58pm

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - IMO, one of the best glam rock albums of the last 20 years.

T.V. On The Radio - Seeds (2014)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/2/2015 @ 02:00am

The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire(1981)

An overlooked Post-punk classic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayers_on_Fire

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 02/2/2015 @ 19:19pm

My nominations for this month's Album project is as follows.

Belle And Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014)

My genre nomination is:

Jazz Fusion

Another week, another snow storm,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Monday, 02/2/2015 @ 20:15pm

Did we switch to allowing 2 nominations?
If so please add...
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 02/2/2015 @ 20:24pm

If we did switch to allowing 2 prior to 2014 nominees I wish to add this.

Air- Moon Safari (1998)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/2/2015 @ 21:25pm

No, we didn't switch to allowing three nominations total. I'm not sure why some voters started nominating that way.

Each voter can nominate one album from 2014 and one album from 2014 or before.

If you've already nominated three albums or two albums from before 2014 (you can only nominate two albums if one is from 2014), please specify which album you'd like to remove from your nominees.

This applies to Gassman, Mike, Lax32 and now Ryan and Greg F. Please let us know which album you're no longer nominating by the nomination deadline for this project, tomorrow at 10 PM Central. If we don't hear from you by then, we'll go with your first two eligible nominees.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/2/2015 @ 22:23pm

Unless I hear otherwise, these would be the ineligible nominees:

Mike: Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Greg F.: Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Ryan: Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
Lax32: Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/2/2015 @ 22:28pm

Drop:

Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 02/2/2015 @ 22:33pm

Yeah, take away The Grey Album please.
I personally think if we get to nominate 2 albums for special elections, then we should be allowed to nominate 2 (not including the 2014 album).
Would any be interested in voting for the number of albums we can nominate?

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 02/2/2015 @ 23:18pm

Ok forget about the nomination for Air- Moon Safari.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/2/2015 @ 23:18pm

Ryan - We can vote on it during the Album Project vote this month. We have a number of rule-change votes in the Song Project this month, so we can have this one at the same time.

IMO, the tricky thing about this is that we only vote for 6 albums and induct 5 per month. With each voter able to nominate up to three albums, that's half of their ballot dedicated to their nominees and up to 50% more total nominees each month.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/3/2015 @ 00:02am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums for this month's Album Project vote:

Belle And Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Mary J. Blige - My Life (1994)
Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)
Paul McCartney - Ram (1971)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
T.V. On The Radio - Seeds (2014)
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981)
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Each voter must vote for exactly six albums to have their vote counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/3/2015 @ 23:07pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres for this month's genre selection vote:

70's R&B
Albums that never made the Billboard 200
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Broadway/Stage Musicals
Country
Electronic
Hip Hop/Rap
Jam Band
Jazz Fusion
Krautrock
Novelty/Parody
Progressive and Symphonic Metel
Punk

Each voter can vote for five genres.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/3/2015 @ 23:08pm

There is one rule change vote that will be conducted at this time.

1. Should we change the number of albums that each voter can nominate from one 2014 album and one 1953-2014 album to one 2014 album and two 1953-2014 albums.

A. Yes
B. No

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/3/2015 @ 23:23pm

My Ballot:

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)

Genre:

70's R&B
Blues
Country
Jam Band
Krautrock

Rule Votes:

1. A

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 02/4/2015 @ 00:06am

Belle And Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 02/4/2015 @ 00:11am

Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965)

Genres:

Albums that never made the Billboard 200
Blues
Jazz Fusion
Krautrock
Progressive and Symphonic Metal

Rule Votes:

1) B. No

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/4/2015 @ 00:51am

My Ballot

Coldplay- Ghost Stories (2014)
Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)
Mary J. Blige- My Life (1994)
Paul McCartney- Ram (1971)
Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
SWV- It's About Time (1992)

Genres

70's R&B
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Electronic
Hip-Hop/Rap
Punk

Rule Change Vote:

A. Yes

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 02/4/2015 @ 07:37am

Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Mary J. Blige - My Life (1994)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)

Rule vote:
A. yes

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 02/4/2015 @ 09:04am

Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981)
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)

1. B

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02/4/2015 @ 15:18pm

Rule change:
A. Yes

Genre
Albums that never made the Billboard 200
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Hip Hop/Rap
Jam Band
Punk

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 02/4/2015 @ 16:05pm

70's R&B
Albums that never made the Billboard 200
Electronic
Krautrock
Punk

As far as the rule change goes, I voted No because I think it's a solution in search of a problem, but it's not something that I am passionately against either. If it does pass, however, I think that we need to make other adjustments to keep from watering down the vote with a suddenly double sized ballot.

My proposals would be to increase ballots to eight votes (keeping the class at five or raising it to six) and ending the free pass for previous year albums. You'd still be able to nominate 2014 albums to your heart's content, but they'd count against your two spots. We really don't need three nominees per person or we'll end up with Song Project sized master ballots with half the available induction spots.

I just don't see the need for this rule change, but if it happens, cool. We need to adjust though so we don't end up with massive tie breakers of three vote albums.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02/4/2015 @ 17:24pm

Post 1 of 2 (Album votes)

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Last eliminated (likely vote switches):
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)
Belle And Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 02/4/2015 @ 18:10pm

Post 2 of 2 (Genre ballot and rule vote)

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Electronic
Hip Hop/Rap
Novelty/Parody
Punk

Rule vote:

No. In the event it passes, more rule changes need to be considered because bumping the number of nominees up without doing anything to the vote system is a problem waiting to happen.

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 02/4/2015 @ 18:14pm

I change my vote on the rule change to NO

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 02/4/2015 @ 18:34pm

Yeah, now that I think about it, there is a lot of problems with just increasing the nominations and not making any other changes, and thanks to everyone who help point out the problems.Please change my vote to no. Increasing the number of nominations is something I want to do, but we can't do it without making the other changes and I didn't think about this when I decided to have us vote for the rule change.

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 02/4/2015 @ 18:57pm

My nomination wasn't included: The Fixx - Reach the Beach

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
Paul McCartney - Ram (1971)
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014)

rule change - B

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 02/4/2015 @ 22:51pm

Rule Change - B. No

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/5/2015 @ 01:12am

Blues
Country
Hip Hop / Rap
Novelty/Parody
Punk

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/5/2015 @ 01:17am

Votes:

Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)

Posted by Scott Banks on Thursday, 02/5/2015 @ 08:02am

Genre Ballot:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Broadway/Stage Musicals
Jazz Fusion
Novelty/Parody
Progressive and Symphonic Metal

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 02/5/2015 @ 12:42pm

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Mary J. Blige - My Life (1994)
Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)

70's R&B
Country
Electronic
Hip Hop/Rap
Punk

1. No

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/5/2015 @ 20:39pm

Genre selection voting is now closed.

The following genres received 5 votes and will be the selected genre this month:

Punk

Please use the next two days to determine which albums are eligible for this genre and offer suggestions. We also need to determine if we'll split this genre into two votes, and if so, what year the genre will be split after.

Nominations will begin after initial voting in the Album Project has concluded at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 7th.

Here are the final results of this month's genre selection vote:

Punk - 5
___________________________________

70's R&B - 4
Electronic - 4
Hip Hop/Rap - 4

Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 3
Blues - 3
Country - 3
Krautrock - 3
Novelty/Parody - 3
___________________________________

Albums that never made the Billboard 200 - 2
Jazz Fusion - 2
Progressive and Symphonic Metal - 2

Broadway/Stage Musicals - 1
Jam Band - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 01:02am

Here is my current vote count:

Massive Attack - Protection (1994) - 6

The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965) - 5

Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014) - 4
____________________

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014) - 3
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) - 3
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014) - 3
Mary J. Blige - My Life (1994) - 3
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014) - 3
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 3
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989) - 3
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 3
____________________

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014) - 2
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 2
Paul McCartney - Ram (1971) - 2
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014) - 2
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014) - 2
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 2
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014) - 2
Travis - The Man Who (1999) - 2

Belle And Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 1
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981) - 1
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014) - 1
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014) - 1
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
T.V. On The Radio - Seeds (2014) - 0
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014) - 0

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 7th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 01:03am

How many nominations do we get in the genre vote?

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 02:11am

Every voter can nominate two albums for each genre vote. If we split the genre into two votes, you can nominate two albums in each vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 10:57am

My Ballot:

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Paul McCartney - Ram (1971)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 13:25pm

Rule change:

No

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 13:28pm

Does anyone have any suggestions for Punk albums? I'm not an expert with this genre.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 15:00pm

I went online to begin research towards making my nominations, and I'm already calling for a genre split. There's far, FAR too many worthy punk albums that are missing from our lists in too wide a range. To put it in perspective, the Damned, X-Ray Spex, Magazine, Social Distortion, Rancid, NoFX, and Bad Religion all have no albums on the list, despite all of them having recorded albums considered classics. Keep in mind these are just the bigger names with this problem.

And to put it out there, my call is to do the vote split the same year we did the one for the Song Project: 1985 and earlier, and 1986-2014.

(This is unless the genre split vote in the Song Project being voted off affects this project, too.)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 15:17pm

Potential Punk Albums:
Operation Ivy - Energy
Bad Brains - I Against I
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Went Numb
Fear - The Record
Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
Rancid - Let's Go
Misfits - Walk Among Us
Madness - One Step Beyond...
Minor Threat - Out of Step
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned
Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
The Descendants - Milo Goes to College
Social Distortion - Social Distortion
The Exploited - Punks Not Dead
Bad Religion - Against the Grain
Bad Religion - ...Suffer
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
Circle Jerks - Group Sex
The Germs - GI

I totally agree with SotN, we definitely need a vote split for this genre, I never realized how much we neglected punk until now.

Posted by Ryan on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 15:42pm

Yeah, a split is essential here. I think that the way we did it in Song was perfect, 84 and earlier and 85 onward. I'll throw together some recommendations. Ryan's list is very solid as well.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 16:56pm

A few suggestions from two of my favorite contemporary punk bands (in particular, "New Wave" and "The Body,...":

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Against Me! - White Crosses (2010)
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014)
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006)
The Thermals - Now We Can See (2009)

Do we consider Rise Against to be punk or are they too mainstream?

We definitely need to split the genre, but is 1985 late enough? I think I'd prefer 1990. Punk started around 1975, so a split in 1985 would be 10 years for group 1 and then 28 years for group 2. The other side of the argument is that the first 10 years of punk were probably pretty close in terms of quality / quantity to the last 28, so it really depends on how we want to approach the genre.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 17:55pm

"The other side of the argument is that the first 10 years of punk were probably pretty close in terms of quality / quantity to the last 28, so it really depends on how we want to approach the genre."

That's how we approached it in the Song Project and it worked out well. Most of the seminal, groundbreaking work falls before 1984. In fact my original proposal back then was 79 and earlier and 80 onward, but we compromised at a mid 80s split, which worked well.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 18:15pm

It appears that I jumped the gun in ending the genre selection voting yesterday. Voting wasn't supposed to end until 10 PM Central tonight, so any votes before 10 PM Central tonight will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 22:36pm

I think with punk music a 1984/1985 split is definitely good.

I've already got my two nominated albums for the 1975-1984 vote set, with one of them being on Ryan's list and the other one not being on there.

1985- beyond I might have to do some more research on. Leaning towards Social Distortion and something from Fugazi though.

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 22:46pm

Donnie - The split that it looks like we're going with would be before 1986 and 1986-2014 if that makes a difference in what you're planning to nominate.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 22:58pm

Ok, so now the deadline for the Album genre selection vote has passed and Punk is still our selected genre for February.

The current plan is to split the genres between songs released prior to 1986 and songs released from 1986-2014, but this hasn't been finalized yet.

Nominations will begin at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/6/2015 @ 23:04pm

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics (1965)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014)

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 02/7/2015 @ 14:50pm

I'll move my Birthday Party vote to RHCP - Mother's Milk, which was my final cut this round.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/7/2015 @ 15:11pm

My votes:

Belle And Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
T.V. On The Radio - Seeds (2014)

Would support in the future:

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014)
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981)
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/7/2015 @ 18:35pm

Here are a few suggestions. I've got a lot more, but I'm in a rush, so I'll try tonight or tomorrow.

999 - Separates (1978)
Sham 69 - Tell Us the Truth (1978)
Bad Brains - Rock For Light (1983)
Black Flag - My War (1984)
Black Flag - In My Head (1985)
Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
Buzzcocks - A Different Kind of Tension (1979)
Buzzcocks - All Set (1996)
Chelsea - Chelsea (1979)
Christian Death - Only Theatre of Pain (1981)
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
Embrace - Embrace (1987)
Minor Threat - Out of Step (1983)
Guitar Wolf - UFO Romantics (2002)
Teengenerate - Get Action! (1994)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. (1977)
Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977) (!?!)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Minutmen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches (1981)
Mission of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
Mudhoney - Mudhoney (1989)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)
Rollins Band - Weight (1994)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - The Scream (1978)
Sleater-Kinney -Dig Me Out (1997)
Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock (1999)
Sleater-Kinney-The Woods (2005)
45 Grave - Sleep in Safety (1983)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/7/2015 @ 19:04pm

Belle And Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Paul McCartney - Ram (1971)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by PopeCharming on Saturday, 02/7/2015 @ 20:01pm

Some suggestions FYC:

The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)
Bad Brains - Rock For Light (1983)
Minor Threat - Out Of Step (1983)
Black Flag - My War (1984)

Also, I'm new to this project. Do EP's count? If so, then I'd also like for you to consider:

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (1978)
The Misfits - Beware (1980)
Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981)
Billy Idol - Don't Stop (1981)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 02/7/2015 @ 20:41pm

Would also like to add:

Discharge - Why (1981)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)

Discharge is a wildly influential band in punk rock history, and I'm actually surprised that FRL doesn't have a page for them. Check them out - their influence is far reaching.

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 02/7/2015 @ 20:43pm

This might be far too late. None the less, here is what my Album Project ballot would have looked like.

Sir Paul McCartney - Ram (1971)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014)

My apologies for the tardiness and for nominating 2 non 2014 albums as opposed to one,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Sunday, 02/8/2015 @ 13:25pm

The genre nomination listing is supposed to start within the hour, and like I stated in the Song Project, I won't be able to get on the computer for another 10 hours, and I don't want someone else taking my choices.

So here are my nominations for this month's genre vote....

For Punk music....

circa 1965-1985

The Damned- Damned Damned Damned (1977)
The Cramps- Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)

1986-Present

Fugazi- The Argument (1990)
Social Distortion- Social Distortion (1990)

We get two nominations for each time period, right?

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 02/8/2015 @ 22:32pm

Donnie - Yes, two for each time period, but we're only doing the first group (through 1985) starting tonight. I'll save your nominations for the other vote as well.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/8/2015 @ 23:08pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project this month:

Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker. To vote, rank all five albums in order of preference. The highest ranked album will receive 5 points, the second-highest will receive 4 points and so on.

The three albums that finish highest in the tiebreaker will be inducted this month. The other two albums will be automatically nominated for the March Album Project vote (unless it's determined that any of the albums in question belong in the punk genre votes).

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/8/2015 @ 23:23pm

Here are the final results of this month's Album Project vote:

Massive Attack - Protection (1994) - 8

The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965) - 6
_______________________

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014) - 5
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) - 5
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989) - 5
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 5
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014) - 5
_______________________

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014) - 4
Paul McCartney - Ram (1971) - 4

Belle And Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 3
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014) - 3
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 3
Mary J. Blige - My Life (1994) - 3
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014) - 3
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 3
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014) - 3
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014) - 3
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 3

Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014) - 2
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 2
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014) - 2
Travis - The Man Who (1999) - 2

T.V. On The Radio - Seeds (2014) - 1
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981) - 0
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014) - 0

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/8/2015 @ 23:25pm

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote. This month's genre is "Punk". There will be two votes for this genre this month. The first vote will be for albums released prior to (but not including) 1986. The second vote will be for albums from 1986-2014.

Each voter can nominate two albums for this genre. There will be two days of nominations, ending at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 10th, followed by one day of review (ending on Wednesday the 11th) and five days of voting.

If an album is nominated that you don't think is an appropriate nomination for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/8/2015 @ 23:28pm

1. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
2. Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
4. Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)
5. SWV - It's About Time (1992)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 02/8/2015 @ 23:31pm

Voting is now closed for this rule change vote:

1. Should we change the number of albums that each voter can nominate from one 2014 album and one 1953-2014 album to one 2014 album and two 1953-2014 albums.

By a 9-2 vote, we have voted not to make this change.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/8/2015 @ 23:31pm

Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980) 5
Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989) 4
Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways (2014) 3
Weezer- Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014) 2
SWV- It's About Time (1992) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/8/2015 @ 23:58pm

Nominations for Punk Vote prior to 1986:

The Saints- (I'm) Stranded (1977)
Descendents- Milo Goes to College (1982)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 00:05am

In the song project vote, we voted to raise the number of genre selection votes required for automatic re-nomination from 3 votes to 4 votes. As a result, we'll have the same vote for the album project genre selection process.

1. Should we change the number of genre selection votes required for automatic re-nomination from 3 votes to for votes?

A. Yes
B. No

There will be five days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on Friday the 13th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 00:09am

Nominees:

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material(1979)

Tie breaker:

Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980) 5
Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989) 4
Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways (2014) 3
Weezer- Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014) 2
SWV- It's About Time (1992) 1

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 00:34am

My nominations:

Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
Minutmen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)

My tiebreaker ballot:

Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980) 5
Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways (2014) 4
Weezer- Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014) 3
Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989) 2
SWV- It's About Time (1992) 1

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 00:42am

1. Yes

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 00:42am

My nominees are:

Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (1978)

And my tiebreaker:
1. Weezer- Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014) (5 points)
2. Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980) (4 points)
3. SWV- It's About Time (1992) (3 points)
4. Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways (2014) (2 points)
5. Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989) (A point.)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 01:03am

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Fear - The Record (1983)

Tiebreaker:

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014) - 5
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alirght in the End (2014)
SWV- It's About Time (1992) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 01:05am

1. yes

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 01:47am

SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)

Posted by Mike on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 09:11am

1. SWV- It's About Time (1992) (5 pts)
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk (1989) (4 pts)
3. Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways (2014) (3 pts)
4. Kate Bush- Never for Ever (1980) (2 pts)
5. Weezer- Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 10:04am

Rule change:

Yes

Nominations:

New York Dolls- Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Black Flag- My War (1984)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 13:41pm

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)-5
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)-4
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)-3
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)-2
SWV - It's About Time (1992)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 13:46pm

A. Yes

This is going to be another brutal genre vote. I enthusiastically support every album nominated thus far. I need to figure out how to approach this.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 15:12pm

SWV- It's About Time (5 points)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk
Kate Bush- Never for Ever
Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways
Weezer- Everything Will Be Alright in the End

Posted by Scott Banks on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 15:34pm

Another Music in a Different Kitchen by the Buzzcocks was inducted for the 2022 class. So Gassman should get another nomination.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 17:21pm

Donnie: I thought we inducted that, but it was on someone's wish list so I assumed it was not. Should have doubled checked.

Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)

Posted by Gasman on Monday, 02/9/2015 @ 20:24pm

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)

Nominations:

The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 02/10/2015 @ 00:01am

While I was compiling the tiebreaker votes for the Album Project, I noticed that it appeared that Tom H. had voted in the tiebreaker, but not the Album Project vote. When I looked into it, I found out that I missed Tom H.'s Album Project vote this month. Counting his vote correctly nullifies the need for a tiebreaker vote.

Here are the correct results of the Album Project vote this month:

Massive Attack - Protection (1994) - 8

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014) - 6
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989) - 6
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965) - 6
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014) - 6
________________________

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014) - 5
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) - 5
Paul McCartney - Ram (1971) - 5
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 5

Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 4

Belle And Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 3
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014) - 3
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 3
Mary J. Blige - My Life (1994) - 3
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014) - 3
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 3
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014) - 3
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014) - 3

Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014) - 2
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 2
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014) - 2
Travis - The Man Who (1999) - 2

T.V. On The Radio - Seeds (2014) - 1
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981) - 0
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014) - 0

Here's the inductee class of February 2015:

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)
Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (1965)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014)

The tiebreaker is no longer necessary and the other two albums that were previously involved in the tiebreaker (Kate Bush and SWV) will need to be nominated in March to be on the ballot. Sorry for the error.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/10/2015 @ 01:14am

We really need to get SWV's "It's About Time" in next month. It was a huge album in the early 90's and R&B continues to be under represented.

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 02/10/2015 @ 10:14am

I'll look into SWV's It's About Time. While we're on subject I have a couple 80's and 90's r&b albums that should have some consideration as well.

Anita Baker- Rapture
Sade- Diamond Life
Toni Braxton- Toni Braxton
Aaliyah- One in a Million

Just to name a few.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/10/2015 @ 14:28pm

Tiebreaker vote:

A. Yes

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/10/2015 @ 16:22pm

My nominations:

Devo - New Traditionalists (1982)
Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981)

I also considered Bad Brains - Rock For Light (1982), so if Minor Threat isn't eligible as an EP, please use Bad Brains as my nominee. Otherwise, if someone else nominated it, that would be great. :-)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/10/2015 @ 16:34pm

I agree with Mike that R&B is solely underrepresented In both the Album and Song Project.

Hence why I gave the most points to SWV's "It's About Time" album in the tie-breaker vote.

"One in a Million" by Aaliyah is also another fabulous choice as that was definitely a defining album of music in the late 90's, not just R&B.

Those albums from Sade, Toni Braxton, and Anita Baker would be good choices as well.

I don't know if they're already inducted by if we haven't inducted CrazySexyCool by TLC nor II by Boyz II Men, those albums are absolutely essential for 90's R&B.

I'm sure there's plenty of groundwork to do for 70's R&B as well.

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 02/10/2015 @ 17:44pm

My nominees for this week's Album Project Punk subgenre vote is as follows.

The Ramones - Road To Ruin (1978)
Black Flag - My War (1984)

Also, here is my answer to the question brought forth :

A. Yes

Today is the day I am officially in number,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Tuesday, 02/10/2015 @ 18:03pm

Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)

Rule Change-
A. Yes

Posted by Ryan on Tuesday, 02/10/2015 @ 19:36pm

I think eps count here. We never had a discussion about them. However I don't see a problem with including them.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/10/2015 @ 20:01pm

Greg F - I hope so. It can't be nominated as the Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1984) LP because it's a compilation of the Minor Threat EP and the In My Eyes EP and it would be a shame if it wasn't eligible in either format.

The EP does have 8 tracks, but only a combined run-time of 9:20, so we probably have a dozen songs inducted in the Song Project that are longer. lol

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/10/2015 @ 22:42pm

Lax32 - Black Flag - My War has already been nominated (by Tom H.). You can nominate another album if you like.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/10/2015 @ 22:54pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums:

Black Flag - My War (1984)
Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
Descendents - Milo Goes To College (1982)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1982)
Fear - The Record (1983)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981)
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977)
The Ramones - Road To Ruin (1978)
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (1978)

There will now be one day of review for the nominated albums. If you feel that one of these albums has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

The review period will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/10/2015 @ 23:05pm

As much as I like Devo but i'll have place a protest. As their not really a punk band their categorized as new wave synth pop.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/11/2015 @ 12:21pm

Voting is now open. There weren't any successfully protested albums.

Here is the list of nominees:

Black Flag - My War (1984)
Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
Descendents - Milo Goes To College (1982)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1982)
Fear - The Record (1983)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981)
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977)
The Ramones - Road To Ruin (1978)
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (1978)

Each voter must vote for exactly six albums to have their vote counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM on Monday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/11/2015 @ 23:30pm

My ballot:

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

Unfortunately Minor Threat is a compilation album of the band's first two EP's and therefore ineligible. I apologize for just noticing this.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 00:25am

Black Flag - My War (1984)
Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977)

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 00:45am

After doing some research on the nominees, this was a very tough vote. There were 4 or 5 albums that I really struggled to cut.

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 06:03am

This was an extremely tough ballot to vote on. Ultimately, I'm going with the following 6 albums...

Madness- One Step Beyond....(1979)
Minutemen- Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
The Clash- Sandanista! (1980)
The Cramps- Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
The Damned- Damned Damned Damned (1977)
X- Wild Gift (1981)

If Minor Threat by Minor Threat is actually eligible, put that in place of "One Step Beyond" by Madness.

Otherwise, it's the six above.

Runners-Up that I would support in the future...

Dead Boys- Young, Loud, and Snotty (1977)
The Descendants- Milo Goes to College (1982)
Iggy Pop- Lust for Life (1977)
New York Dolls- Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Ramones- Road to Ruin (1978)
X-Ray Spex- Germ Free Adolescents (1978)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 07:03am

Gassman - My nomination is for Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981), which is the first EP, not Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1984), which is the compilation of the first two EPs (Minor Threat / In My Eyes), so it is eligible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Threat#Discography

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 08:32am

Darren: I did not know that and I apologize if it loses any votes because of my statement. Have we ever set a standard if EPs are eligblie for our project? I think that would be advantageous for us to make that clear.

Also I'll switch out The Clash - Sandinista! (1980) for Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981).

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 09:11am

Black Flag - My War (1984)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Minor Threat - Minor Threat EP (1981)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977)
The Ramones - Road To Ruin (1978)

If EPs count, then that opens a lot of doors for the Punk genre. If they don't count, then I'd give my vote to The Descendents - Milo Goes to College

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 10:09am

I don't think that there's a rule for or against EPs or limiting the project to LPs, so until we determine how we'll handle them, I think the option should be available.

Should we have a quick vote (if it proves controversial one way or another, we can have a formal vote after this Genre vote has concluded)?

Should EPs be allowed as nominees / inductees in the Album Project?

A. Yes
B. No

Since it's mid-vote and the outcome determines what albums we vote for, shall we say voting ends at 12 noon Central on Saturday?

I vote A. Yes (obviously lol). I think they should be allowed, but the definition of EP should be nailed down by length or number of songs to differentiate between an extended play and a single with B-Sides / re-mixes.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 12:16pm

EPs being allowed?

A. Yes

I'm thinking that we should make it a rule that EPs need to be at least 5 tracks long. EPs are typically 5 or more tracks long.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 12:26pm

The Saints- (I'm) Stranded (1977)
Decendents- Milo Goes to College (1982)
The Damned- Damned Damned Damned (1977)
Minor Threat- Minor Threat (1981)
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
Black Flag - My War (1984)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 14:19pm

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977)
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977)
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (1978)

Tough cuts. I wanted to diversify into the 80s a bit more (Descendents, Fear, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, all painful omissions), but leaned largely toward seminal albums by the earlier bands. IMO, Young, Loud and Snotty and Damned, Damned, Damned are the two most important and influential punk albums that we haven't inducted yet.

I'll whole heartedly support any album that was nominated this round in the future.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 15:50pm

Yes on EP's of five or more tracks.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 16:28pm

Now that the first Minor Threat EP is eligible, put that on my ballot and take "One Step Beyond..." by Madness out.

I support EP's being eligible. That would help out tremendously especially for punk, considering so many bands in the genre released EP's early on. Beyond punk rock, Alice In Chains also released some memorable EP's during their run in the early 90's. Jar of Flies being the big one which is totally deserving if it's not already inducted.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 16:57pm

Even though it doesn't apply to me, I'm of the opinion that anybody who was confused about Minor Threat and switched to them before this point should not have the switch counted as their one vote swap.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 17:10pm

"Even though it doesn't apply to me, I'm of the opinion that anybody who was confused about Minor Threat and switched to them before this point should not have the switch counted as their one vote swap."

I agree.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 17:15pm

Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
Descendents - Milo Goes To College (1982)
Fear - The Record (1983)
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (1978)

Extremely hard to choose, I would support any of these albums in the regular vote

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 18:06pm

Also, now that EP's are eligible, I'm gonna switch my Fugazi choice in the second round from the Argument to the self title Fugazi EP from 1988.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 02/12/2015 @ 18:45pm

Here are the results from the rule change vote.

1. Should we change the number of genre selection votes required for automatic re-nomination from 3 votes to for votes?
A. Yes
B. No

By a 7-0 vote, we have voted to require 4 votes for automatic re-nomination in the genre selection votes, starting next month.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/13/2015 @ 23:30pm

My votes:

Descendents - Milo Goes To College (1982)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1982)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981)
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)

Didn't need my vote / would support in the future:

Pretty much everything else that was nominated.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/14/2015 @ 00:07am

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Here is my ballot for this week's special election for the Album Project relative to punk prior to 1986. By the way, I am pleased that EPs with 5 songs or more will now be included. I have quite a few on my query in the months ahead. In any case, here is my ballot.

Black Flag - My War (1984)
The Ramones - Road To Ruin (1978)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1982)
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life (1977)
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)

My apologies for nominating an album already nominated,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Saturday, 02/14/2015 @ 12:31pm

We've officially voted to allow EPs of 5 tracks or more into the Album Project.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/14/2015 @ 13:48pm

We should change the number from 5 to 4. I was off about the typical number of tracks eps have. Some with original material had 4 tracks as well. Any objections to changing the minimum number of tracks to 4?

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/14/2015 @ 14:18pm

I'm fine with setting the minimum at 4 tracks.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/15/2015 @ 20:00pm

My current vote count:

The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977) - 7

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984) - 6

Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981) - 5
_____________________

Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) - 4
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979) - 4
Black Flag - My War (1984) - 4
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977) - 4
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980) - 4
_____________________

X - Wild Gift (1981) - 3
Descendents - Milo Goes To College (1982) - 3
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982) - 3

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977) - 2
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977) - 2
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (1978) - 2
The Ramones - Road To Ruin (1978) - 2
Devo - New Traditionalists (1982) - 2

Fear - The Record (1983) - 1
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974) - 1
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980) - 1

Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979) - 0
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Monday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/15/2015 @ 20:02pm

I'll swap my vote for The Saints- (I'm) Stranded with The Misfits- Walk Among Us.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/15/2015 @ 20:37pm

Black Flag - My War (1984)
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1982)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)
The Ramones - Road To Ruin (1978)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/16/2015 @ 15:11pm

Like I said, I'm supportive of all of the albums nominated this round being inducted at some point, but I have to say that having such influential and groundbreaking albums as Young, Loud and Snotty, (I'm) Stranded and Germ Free Adolescents sitting in the 1 and 2 vote range is a bit of an embarrassment.

I'll probably stick with Young, Loud and Snotty in the main votes as it, Damned, Damned, Damned and The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. are the three most important punk albums that I can think of that we haven't inducted yet. At least the Damned are looking good. Well done there.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 02/16/2015 @ 16:23pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted as the genre class of February 2015:

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
Black Flag - My War (1984)
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)

Anyone who voted in this month's genre vote can participate in the tiebreaker. To participate, rank all four albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 4 points, the second-highest 3 points and so on. The three albums that finish with the most points will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/16/2015 @ 23:19pm

Nominations are now open for the second part of this month's genre vote.

The genre vote is for Punk albums (or EPs with at least 4 tracks) released between 1986 and 2014.

Each voter can nominate two albums from that time period that they feel belong in the Punk genre. If you feel that a nominated album doesn't belong in this genre vote because it was nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 18th. There will then be one day of review and five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/16/2015 @ 23:25pm

Minor Threat- Minor Threat (1981)-5
Black Flag- My War (1984)
Misfits- Walk Amoung Us (1982)
The Clash- Sandinista! (1980)-1

Nominations

Rancid- ...And Out Come The Wolves (1995)
Refused- The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/16/2015 @ 23:27pm

NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994)
Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts (199)

Tiebreaker:

Black Flag - My War (1984) - 4
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
Minor Threat - (1981)
The Clash - Sandinista (1980) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 02/17/2015 @ 01:44am

Darn...forgot to send my vote in. Was busy for a few days.

I'll still place nominations, though:

Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
Social Distortion - Social Distortion (1990)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 02/17/2015 @ 03:07am

Well, someone took Social Distortion's self titled album, which I had stated I was gonna nominate earlier in the month, but oh well.

So I'm gonna be "that guy" and make all the punk aficionados groan, and I'm gonna pick a mainstream punk album, but it was a good one in my view at least.

My nominations...

Fugazi- Fugazi (1988) (EP)
Blink 182- Enema of the State (1999)

I'm sure everyone's groaning over Blink 182 being nominated, but other than Green Day, they were the preeminent pop-punk group of the 1990's and early 00's. They played a huge role in establishing the punk-pop sound that so many bands went down in the 2000's. And Enema of the State was their most successful and best album. I think it deserves to be nominated at least.

As for the tie breaker round...

1. The Clash- Sandanista! (1980) (4 pts)
2. Minor Threat- Minor Threat (1981) (3 pts)
3. Misfits- Walk Among Us (1982) (2 pts)
4. Black Flag- My War (1984) (1 pts)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 02/17/2015 @ 07:45am

I would argue for Rancid being more significant in pop-punk than Blink 182, but Blink 182 was certainly more popular and if anything they'd ever done belongs in one of our projects (debatable, IMO), it would be "Enema of the State".

My nominees:

Against Me! - New Wave (2007) - Spin Magazine's album of the year 2007 and their best album, imo. Against Me! takes the edge and attitude of punk bands like Anti-Flag, but also applies the the hooky melodies of Bob Mould's bands. The end result is pretty close to being anarchist pop-punk, which is as crazy as it sounds. lol

The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006) - They haven't broken through to the mainstream in a way that Rise Against has, but I think this is one of the best political agit-punk albums of the 00's.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/17/2015 @ 11:17am

Genre nominations:

The Offspring- Ignition (1992)
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)

tie breaker:

Black Flag - My War (1984)-4
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)-3
Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981)-2
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/17/2015 @ 13:57pm

Actually please change my nomination from

Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)

to

Dropkick Murphys- The Warrior's Code (2005)

Gotta go with the pride of Quincy, Massachusetts on this one.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/17/2015 @ 14:05pm

Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)

Tiebreaker. All solid picks:

Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981)
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
Black Flag - My War (1984)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 02/17/2015 @ 18:16pm

Minor Threat - Minor Threat EP (4 Points)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (3 Points)
Black Flag - My War (2 Points)
The Clash - Sandinista! (1 Point)

No moaning or crying from me, Donnie. In fact, if you hadn't, I would've nominated Enema of the State. It was a HUGELY popular album and I've read many pop punk bands of today reference Blink as an inspiration. Maybe it's because I grew up with them (although I never had a pop punk or emo phase) but I see them as playing a major role in the genre, especially for the 1990s.

Anyway, here are my nominations:

The Misfits - Static Age (technically, it was recorded in 1978, so it is classic Misfits, but it wasn't released until 1997. If it is ineligible, then I'd be more than happy to switch my vote to something else)

Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 02/17/2015 @ 18:18pm

"The Misfits - Static Age (technically, it was recorded in 1978, so it is classic Misfits, but it wasn't released until 1997. If it is ineligible, then I'd be more than happy to switch my vote to something else)"

I was considering this one, as well. I'm of the opinion that it's eligible as a 1997 release.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 02/17/2015 @ 18:42pm

I would think that the release date would be official, rather than when it was recorded, so unless there are three protests, there's no reason it can't be in this genre vote.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/18/2015 @ 01:27am

Operation Ivy - Energy
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Went Numb

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 02/18/2015 @ 11:42am

My tiebreaker ballot:

Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981) 4
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980) 3
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) 2
Black Flag - My War (1984) 1

My Nominations:

Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 02/18/2015 @ 16:32pm

The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981)
Black Flag - My War (1984)

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 02/18/2015 @ 17:15pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot for last week's election.

The Clash - Sandinista! (1980) - 4
Black Flag - My War (1984) - 3
Minor Threat - self titled 1981 album - 2
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) - 1

And now here are my nominees for this week's election.

Fugazi - The Kill (2001)
The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre (1997)

I would be pleased if both got inducted,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Wednesday, 02/18/2015 @ 20:04pm

My tiebreaker:

Minor Threat - Minor Threat - 4
Black Flag - My War - 3
The Clash - Sandinista! - 2
Misfits - Walk Among Us - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/18/2015 @ 22:30pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here is the class of inductees for this month's first genre vote:

Black Flag - My War (1984)
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980)
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977)
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981)

Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) will be automatically nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/18/2015 @ 23:14pm

Here are the final vote counts for this month's first genre vote:

The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977) - 7

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984) - 6
______________________

Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981) - 5
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) - 5
Black Flag - My War (1984) - 5
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980) - 5
______________________

Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979) - 4
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977) - 4
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982) - 4

X - Wild Gift (1981) - 3
Descendents - Milo Goes To College (1982) - 3
The Ramones - Road To Ruin (1978) - 3
Devo - New Traditionalists (1982) - 3

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977) - 2
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (1978) - 2
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974) - 2

The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977) - 1
Fear - The Record (1983) - 1
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980) - 1

Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979) - 0
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - 0

Here are the final tiebreaker results:

Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981) - 31
The Clash - Sandinista! (1980) - 26
Black Flag - My War (1984) - 23
______________________

Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) - 20

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/18/2015 @ 23:15pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums for this genre vote:

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Fugazi - Fugazi (1988)
Fugazi - The Kill (2001)
NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994)
Operation Ivy - Energy
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves (1995)
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)
Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)
Social Distortion - Social Distortion (1990)
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Went Numb
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)
The Misfits - Static Age (1997)
The Offspring - Ignition (1992)
The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre (1997)
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006)

There will now be one day of review. If you think that a nominated album was nominated inappropriately for this genre vote, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 19th. There will then be five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/19/2015 @ 00:21am

There were no protested albums.

Here is the list of nominated albums:

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Fugazi - Fugazi (1988)
Fugazi - The Kill (2001)
NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994)
Operation Ivy - Energy
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves (1995)
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)
Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)
Social Distortion - Social Distortion (1990)
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Went Numb
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)
The Misfits - Static Age (1997)
The Offspring - Ignition (1992)
The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre (1997)
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006)

Each ballot must have exactly six nominated albums in order to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/20/2015 @ 10:14am

Bikini Kill- Pussy Whipped (1993)
Blink 182- Enema of the State (1999)
Fugazi- Fugazi (1988)
Operation Ivy- Energy (1989)
Rancid- ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
Social Distortion- Social Distortion (1990)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 02/20/2015 @ 17:47pm

NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994)
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves (1995)
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
Social Distortion - Social Distortion (1990)
Fugazi - Fugazi (1988)
Against Me! - New Wave (2007)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/20/2015 @ 23:58pm

Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)
The Offspring - Ignition (1992)
The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre (1997)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 02/21/2015 @ 10:47am

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
Operation Ivy - Energy
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)
Social Distortion - Social Distortion (1990)

The biggest surprise to me in researching this round is that we have nothing from Sleater-Kinney inducted. Pretty major band of this era with a strong discography.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/21/2015 @ 14:46pm

My ballot:

Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Fugazi - Fugazi (1988)
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)
Social Distortion - Social Distortion (1990)
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 02/21/2015 @ 23:29pm

Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
The Misfits - Static Age (1997)
The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre (1997)
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves (1995)
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 02/22/2015 @ 16:21pm

Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Fugazi - Fugazi (1988)
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves (1995)
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)
Social Distortion - Social Distortion (1990)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 02/23/2015 @ 06:10am

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
Operation Ivy - Energy
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves (1995)
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)
Social Distortion - Social Distortion (1990)

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 02/23/2015 @ 14:39pm

My ballot for this week's Special Election for Punk Rock is as follows.

Fugazi - The Kill (2001)
The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre (1997)
Fugazi - self titled 1988 EP
The Offspring - Ignition (1992)
Henry Rollins/Rollins Band - The End Of Silence (1992)
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)

Good call on may of the nominees,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Monday, 02/23/2015 @ 17:52pm

My votes:

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Fugazi - Fugazi (1988)
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves (1995)
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)
Social Distortion - Social Distortion (1990)
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006)

Potential vote switches / would support in the future:

Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Fugazi - The Kill (2001)
Operation Ivy - Energy
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/24/2015 @ 08:25am

My current vote count:

Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997) - 7
Social Distortion - Social Distortion (1990) - 7

Fugazi - Fugazi (1988) - 6
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves (1995) - 6
__________________________

Against Me! - New Wave (2007) - 4
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped - 4
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999) - 4
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992) - 4
__________________________

Operation Ivy - Energy - 3
The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre (1997) - 3

Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002) - 2
The Offspring - Ignition (1992) - 2

Bad Religion - Suffer (1988) - 1
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005) - 1
Fugazi - The Kill (2001) - 1
NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994) - 1
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998) - 1
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten (2012) - 1
The Misfits - Static Age (1997) - 1
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006) - 1

Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts - 0
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Went Numb - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 24th

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/24/2015 @ 08:27am

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted:

Fugazi - Fugazi (1988)
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves (1995)
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)
Social Distortion - Social Distortion (1990)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped (1993)
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote can vote in this tiebreaker. To vote, rank all four albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 4 points, the second-highest 3 points and so on.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other three albums will be automatically nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/24/2015 @ 23:58pm

Album Tiebreaker:

Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped (1993) 4
Against Me! - New Wave (2007) 3
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992) 2
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999) 1

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 02/25/2015 @ 00:16am

Tiebreaker vote

Against Me!- New Wave (2007) 4
Bikini Kill- Pussy Whipped (1993) 3
Blink 182- Enema of the State (1999) 2
Rollins Band- The End of Silence (1992) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/25/2015 @ 01:09am

Any interest?

Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)
Toni Braxton & Babyface- Love, Marriage & Divorce (2014)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)
Spoon- They Want My Soul (2014)
Lucinda Williams- Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Kate Bush- The Sensual World (1987)
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Air- Moon Safari (1998)
Aaliyah- One in A Million (1996)
Aaliyah- Aaliyah (2001)
Anita Baker- Rapture (1986)
Robert Palmer- Clues (1980)
The Cars- Candy-O (1979)
The Cars- Panorama (1980)
LaBelle- Nightbirds (1974)
Teena Marie- It Must Be Magic (1981)
Teena Marie- Irons in The Fire (1980)
Rick James- Street Songs (1981)
King Crimson- Discipline (1981)
Roxy Music- Stranded (1973)
Roxy Music- Siren (1975)
Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees (1976)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Brandy Clark- 12 Stories (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/25/2015 @ 01:46am

Bikini Kill- Pussy Whipped (1993)
Rollins Band- The End of Silence (1992)
Against Me!- New Wave (2007)
Blink Disneyland Punk - Enema of the State (1999)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02/25/2015 @ 02:31am

Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)-4
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)-3
Against Me! - New Wave (2007)-2
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped (1993)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/25/2015 @ 14:16pm

Greg F.-

From your list I would consider the following (* means high priority):

*The Cars- Candy-O (1979)
*The Cars- Panorama (1980)
Rick James- Street Songs (1981)
*King Crimson- Discipline (1981)
*Roxy Music- Stranded (1973)
**Roxy Music- Siren (1975)
Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees (1976)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/25/2015 @ 14:22pm

Blink-182 - Enema of the State (4 Points)
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped (3 Points)
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (2 Points)
Against Me! - New Wave (1 Point)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 02/25/2015 @ 15:24pm

Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped (1993)
Against Me! - New Wave (2007)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 02/25/2015 @ 17:34pm

Any thoughts on the 2014 albums? Thinking about trying something else for 2014 release wise.

I'll stick with Never For Ever by Kate Bush since it came close last time.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/25/2015 @ 22:44pm

Against Me! - New Wave (2007) - 4
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped - 3
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992) - 2
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/26/2015 @ 21:56pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here is the class of inductees from this genre vote:

Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped (1993)
Fugazi - Fugazi (1988)
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves (1995)
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)
Social Distortion - Social Distortion (1990)

Here are the final tiebreaker results:

Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped (1993) - 20
_______________________

Against Me! - New Wave (2007) - 17
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992) - 17
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999) - 16

The tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/26/2015 @ 23:06pm

Nominations for next month open at midnight. Every voter can nominate one album from 2014 and one album from 2014 or prior to 2014. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 2nd.

NOTE: There are now only two days of nominations due to the removal of the Voter's Choice review day in the Song Project.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count. There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 7th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote (or were nominated last month, when there wasn't a genre vote), but receiving at least three nominations:

70's R&B
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Country
Electronic
Hip Hop/Rap
Krautrock
Novelty/Parody

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 2nd.

"Jazz" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"Live Albums" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"Metal" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"Revisited/Projected Acts with 3 Albums or Less" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"90s British Rock/Pop" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Punk" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"TV and Movie Soundtrack Albums" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 5th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/28/2015 @ 23:32pm

My nominations:

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
T.V. On The Radio - Seeds (2014)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/1/2015 @ 00:12am

My Nomination

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)

Genre Nomination

90's American Alternative Rock

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 03/1/2015 @ 00:18am

My Nominations:

Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Toni Braxton & Babyface- Love, Marriage & Divorce (2014)

Genre:

Female singer-songwriters of the 80's & 90's

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/1/2015 @ 00:26am

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014)

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 03/1/2015 @ 00:51am

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 03/1/2015 @ 10:10am

SWV - It's About Time (1992)

Neneh Cherry - The Blank Project (2014)

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 03/1/2015 @ 12:44pm

Nomination:

Shania Twain - Come On Over

Posted by Scott Banks on Sunday, 03/1/2015 @ 13:19pm

My nomination for March 2015/2040 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 03/1/2015 @ 14:17pm

My nominations for this month's Album Project are as follows.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)

In addition, my genre nomination is:

Singer-Songwriters from 2000 through the present

Hoping there are not any objections to these nominees,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Sunday, 03/1/2015 @ 22:07pm

nom:

The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 03/2/2015 @ 00:08am

Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 03/2/2015 @ 11:38am

Yes- The Yes Album (1971)
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/2/2015 @ 14:53pm

Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (2014)

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 03/2/2015 @ 16:14pm

For this month, I'll go with:

Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails (1969)
Aphex Twin - Syro (2014)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 03/2/2015 @ 20:14pm

Since we're adapting to new rules this month, I'll leave the nominations open until Midnight Central tonight.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/2/2015 @ 23:52pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums for this month's vote:

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Aphex Twin - Syro (2014)
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)
Buckner And Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (2014)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
Neneh Cherry - The Blank Project (2014)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969)
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014)
Shania Twain - Come On Over
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
T.V. On The Radio - Seeds (2014)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Toni Braxton And Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Yes - The Yes Album (1971)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 7th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/3/2015 @ 01:20am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres for this month's vote:

70's R&B
90's American Alternative Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Country
Electronic
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's
Hip Hop/Rap
Krautrock
Novelty/Parody
Singer-Songwriters from 2000 through the Present

Each voter can vote for 5 genres.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 5th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/3/2015 @ 01:22am

Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Toni Braxton And Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce (2014)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969)
Yes - The Yes Album (1971)

Genres:

70's R&B
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's
Hip Hop/Rap
Krautrock
Electronic

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/3/2015 @ 01:54am

Aphex Twin - Syro (2014)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Neneh Cherry - The Blank Project (2014)
Shania Twain - Come On Over
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Toni Braxton And Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce (2014)

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 03/3/2015 @ 02:44am

My ballot

Blink 182- Enema of the State (1999)
Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)
Quicksilver Messenger Service- Happy Trails (1969)
Shania Twain- Come On Over (1997)
Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Yes- The Yes Album (1971)

Genre Votes

70's R&B
90's American Alternative Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Hip Hop/Rap
Electronic

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 03/3/2015 @ 07:51am

My ballot

Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
T.V. On The Radio - Seeds (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Yes - The Yes Album (1971)

70's R&B
90's American Alternative Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Electronic
Krautrock

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 03/3/2015 @ 08:44am

My ballot:

Aphex Twin - Syro (2014)
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 03/3/2015 @ 09:37am

Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 03/3/2015 @ 13:58pm

Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)

Posted by Ryan on Tuesday, 03/3/2015 @ 15:14pm

Aphex Twin - Syro (2014)
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)

Blues
Electronic
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's
Krautrock
Singer-Songwriters from 2000 through the Present

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/3/2015 @ 16:31pm

Genre Vote

70's R&B
90's American Alternative Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Country
Novelty/Parody

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/3/2015 @ 16:52pm

Aphex Twin - Syro (2014)
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Neneh Cherry - The Blank Project (2014)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)

Last cuts:
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
Buckner And Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)

Ugggghhh...I had to make some really not fun cuts here. Weird Al, Iggy Pop, Lana del Rey, Bob Marley, and especially The Fixx would have made the ballot other times.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 03/3/2015 @ 17:52pm

Genre vote:

70's R&B
Electronic
Hip Hop/Rap
Krautrock
Novelty/Parody

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 03/3/2015 @ 17:54pm

Votes:

Aphex Twin - Syro (2014)
Neneh Cherry - The Blank Project (2014)
Shania Twain - Come On Over
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Toni Braxton And Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce (2014)
Yes - The Yes Album (1971)

Posted by Scott Banks on Wednesday, 03/4/2015 @ 19:48pm

Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

70's R&B
90's American Alternative Rock
Country
Electronic
Hip Hop/Rap

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 03/4/2015 @ 19:52pm

Aphex Twin - Syro (2014)
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014)
Yes - The Yes Album (1971)

Genre Vote:

70's R&B
90's American Alternative Rock
Blues
Country
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 03/5/2015 @ 10:14am

Here is part 1 of my ballot, regarding the genre vote.

90's American Alternative Rock
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's
Krautrock
Singer-Songwriters from 2000 through the Present
Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Part 2 will be posted shortly,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Thursday, 03/5/2015 @ 22:32pm

My genre votes:

90s American Alternative Rock
Hip Hop/Rap
Country
Blues
Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/5/2015 @ 22:59pm

Genre selection voting is now closed.

The following genres will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

70's R&B
90's American Alternative Rock

Anyone who voted in the genre selection vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select one of the two genres.

The genre that gets the most points will be selected this month. The other genre will be selected in April.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 7th. In the meantime, please discuss how each genre would be split if we decided to have more than one vote.

Here are the final genre selection results:

70's R&B - 7
90's American Alternative Rock - 7
____________________________________

Electronic - 6

Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 5
Hip Hop/Rap - 5
Krautrock - 5

Country - 4
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's -4
_________________________________

Blues - 3

Novelty/Parody - 2
Singer-Songwriters from 2000 through the Present - 2

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/5/2015 @ 23:12pm

70's R&B

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/5/2015 @ 23:18pm

Neither of these genres would need a split.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/5/2015 @ 23:19pm

My votes:

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
T.V. On The Radio - Seeds (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Would support in the future:

Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (2014)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Yes - The Yes Album (1971)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/6/2015 @ 00:02am

My current vote count:

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977) - 7

Aphex Twin - Syro (2014) - 6
________________________

Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999) - 5
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974) - 5
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969) - 5
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014) - 5
Yes - The Yes Album (1971) - 5
________________________

Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014) - 4
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 4

Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) - 3
Neneh Cherry - The Blank Project (2014) - 3
Shania Twain - Come On Over - 3
Toni Braxton And Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce (2014) - 3
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 3

Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004) - 2
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) - 2
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014) - 2
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 2
T.V. On The Radio - Seeds (2014) - 2
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014) - 2

Against Me! - New Wave (2007) - 1
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014) - 1
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 1

Buckner And Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (2014) - 0
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 7th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/6/2015 @ 00:04am

While Quicksilver Messenger Service is getting no love in the Song Project (very disappointed to see that), I'm ecstatic to see them on the cusp of winning an election in the Album Project. They're one of the unsung great rock groups of the late 1960's, and they deserve some kind of recognition in our projects. Happy Trails is a great inclusion. "Fresh Air," of course deserves it, and I'm more than likely gonna keep nominating it every month until it gets some serious traction.

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 03/6/2015 @ 08:53am

As for the genre vote.

Obviously both genres don't need a split as they're assigned to specific decades. Although if 90's American Alt-Rock wins, obviously we need to stick with American Alt-Rock acts. Meaning no Brit-pop or other European alternative rock groups. I decided to go specifically with American alt-rock groups, beings we've recently had elections geared towards 90's British Rock and Pop.

But even though I was the one that nominated 90's American Alternative Rock, I'm actually going to vote for 70's R&B and Soul as my top choice though, as I feel that's a more neglected genre. Plus, it would be really cool to see 70's R&B and Soul win both the Album Genre vote and the Song Genre vote in the same month. Has that ever happened before? Have the same genres in both the album and song categories in the same month?

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 03/6/2015 @ 08:56am

Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Yes - The Yes Album (1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/6/2015 @ 11:51am

Here at last is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Yes - The Yes Album (1971)
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life (1977)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)

Hoping this is satisfying for all,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Saturday, 03/7/2015 @ 09:22am

Also, I suggest we do for our tiebreaker ballot for the next week 70s R&B/Soul. I also suggest we split the voting into two eras. One covering 1970-1974; the second covering 1975-1979.

Let me know what you think of it,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Saturday, 03/7/2015 @ 09:47am

I vote 70's R&B and Soul

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 03/7/2015 @ 11:40am

I'm voting for 90's American Alternative Rock.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/7/2015 @ 22:47pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (if there are any inaccuracies, please let me know ASAP):

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977) - 8

Yes - The Yes Album (1971) - 7
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Aphex Twin - Syro (2014) - 6
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999) - 6
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974) - 6
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969) - 6
____________________

Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014) - 5

Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) - 4
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014) - 4
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 4
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 4

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014) - 3
Neneh Cherry - The Blank Project (2014) - 3
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 3
Shania Twain - Come On Over - 3
Toni Braxton And Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce (2014) - 3

Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004) - 2
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) - 2
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014) - 2
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 2
T.V. On The Radio - Seeds (2014) - 2
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014) - 2

Against Me! - New Wave (2007) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 1

Buckner And Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (2014) - 0
Rollins Band - The End of Silence (1992) - 0

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project:

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Yes - The Yes Album (1971)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Aphex Twin - Syro (2014)
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote can participate in the tiebreaker vote. To vote, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 4 points, the second-highest will receive 3 points and so on.

The 3 albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the April Album Project vote, unless an argument can be made that they belong in this month's genre vote, which is "70's R&B" (arguable the Bob Marley album would qualify, so please discuss if that is the case or not).

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 00:43am

Here are the final tiebreaker results for the genre selection vote:

70's R&B - 4
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90's American Alternative Rock - 1
______________________

This month's selected genre is "70's R&B". There will be one votes this month.

"90's American Alternative Rock" will be the selected genre for April and there will only be one vote for that genre.
______________________

Nominations are now open for the "70's R&B" genre. Anyone can nominate 2 albums that they feel are appropriate for this genre vote. If you feel that any album has been nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote. If you see a nominated album that has already been inducted or was released before 1970 or after 1979, please let us know and they will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 9th. There will then be a one-day review period, ending at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 10th, followed by five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 00:46am

My nominations here will be:

Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 01:05am

My nominations are:

Marvin Gaye- Here, My Dear (1978)
The O'Jays- Ship Ahoy (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 01:40am

A tough category with plenty of great albums to choose from. Ultimately, I'm going with the following albums...

My Nominations...

Curtis Mayfield- Curtis (1970)
Parliament- Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 09:04am

tie breaker vote:

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969)-4
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)-3
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)-2
Aphex Twin - Syro (2014)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 10:27am

tie-breaker:

Aphex Twin - Syro (2014) - 4 points
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969)

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 10:34am

My nominations:

Stevie Wonder- Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970)
The Spinners- Spinners (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 11:25am

Tiebreaker:

Aphex Twin - Syro (2014) - 4 points 4
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974) 3
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969) 2
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999) 1

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 13:58pm

Commodores (1977) - Commodores
Prince (1979) - Prince

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 14:04pm

Forgot about the tie-breaker vote...

1. Quicksilver Messenger Service- Happy Trails (1969) (4 points)

2. Blink 182- Enema of the State (1999) (3 points)

3. Bob Marley and the Wailers- Natty Dread (1974) (2 points)

4. Aphex Twin- Syro (2014) (1 point)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 15:33pm

Aphex Twin- Syro (2014) 4
Quicksilver Messenger Service- Happy Trails (1969) 3
Bob Marley & The Wailers- Natty Dread (1974) 2
Blink 182- Enema of the State (1999) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 15:41pm

Aphex Twin- Syro (2014) (4 pt)
Bob Marley & The Wailers- Natty Dread (1974)
Quicksilver Messenger Service- Happy Trails (1969)
Blink 182- Enema of the State (1999)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 19:16pm

1. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969)
2. Aphex Twin - Syro (2014)
3. Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
4. Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 22:00pm

noms:

James Brown - Super Bad (1970)
The Temptations - All Directions (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 22:03pm

1. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969) (4 points)
2. Aphex Twin - Syro (2014) (3 points)
3. Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999) (2 points)
4. Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 03/8/2015 @ 22:22pm

Here is the tiebreaker vote for all to see.

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974) - 4
Aphex Twin - Syro (2014) - 3
Blink 182 - Enema Of The State (1999) - 2
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969) - 1

And now, here are my nominees for 70s R&B for the special election this week.

Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am (1979)
Chic - Risqué (1979)

I do need to ask why the push to include Happy Trails in the Album project. I do not think it to be one of Quicksilver's better albums. Side one is just a series of extended jam variations on Bo Diddley's Who Do You Love which is interminable; I listen thinking when does it stop. Side 2 is a bit subpar as well. I was thinking maybe one of the Nicky Hopkins albums Quicksilver did.

No hard feelings,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Monday, 03/9/2015 @ 09:43am

Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999) - 4
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974) - 3
Aphex Twin - Syro (2014) - 2
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/9/2015 @ 22:27pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final tiebreaker results:

Aphex Twin - Syro (2014) - 29
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969) - 26
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974) - 24
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Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999) - 21

"Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)" will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the new class of Album Project inductees for March 2015:

Aphex Twin - Syro (2014)
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969)
Yes - The Yes Album (1971)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/9/2015 @ 23:24pm

Nominations are now closed for this month's genre vote. There will now be one day of review and protest for nominated albums.

Here are the nominated albums that are up for review:

Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)
Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)
James Brown - Super Bad (1970)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)
Prince - Prince (1979)
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970)
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
The Temptations - All Directions (1972)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

If you feel that any nominated album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end at 10 PM Central on the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/9/2015 @ 23:26pm

Darren: You missed Lax32's nominations.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/10/2015 @ 01:09am

Greg F. - Yes, I did. They'll be in the final list of nominees.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/10/2015 @ 22:49pm

There weren't any successful protests, so voting is now open.

Here are the nominees:

Chic - Risqué (1979)
Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)
Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am (1979)
Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)
James Brown - Super Bad (1970)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)
Prince - Prince (1979)
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970)
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
The Temptations - All Directions (1972)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Each vote must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their vote counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/10/2015 @ 23:21pm

Chic - Risqué (1979)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/10/2015 @ 23:59pm

Dear Site Administrator:

A belated thank you, for setting up a separate drop-down menu for the Voter's Choice category. I had always wanted something like that when I proposed it several yrs. ago. At the time, I believe there may have been an issue of some sort. It now resembles what I'd hoped for, back then.

I'd post this note on the Song Project page, but for some reason my computer has a problem moving on that page. Everything is ridiculously slow, and I can barely get the page to work, hence I came here.

Once again, thank you. It really looks nice.

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 03/11/2015 @ 21:36pm

My ballot...

Curtis Mayfield- Curtis (1970)
Isaac Hayes- Shaft (1971)
Marvin Gaye- Here, My Dear (1978)
Parliament- Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)
The O'Jays- Ship Ahoy (1973)
The Spinners- Spinners (1973)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 03/11/2015 @ 21:51pm

Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)
James Brown - Super Bad (1970)
Prince - Prince (1979)
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970)
The Temptations - All Directions (1972)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 03/12/2015 @ 00:20am

I've gotta say I'm disappointed at the obvious lack of enthusiasm for this month's genre vote. Voting has been open for two days now and only three people have voted so far.

I hope it's due to people just not being aware or familiar with the albums and are listening to them/researching to come up with their votes.

I really hope more people are planning to vote in th upcoming days.

I do have some thoughts about the nominees though, but I'll hold off on them until after voting is done, as I don't want to influence the voters (other than getting people to vote in the first place).

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 03/12/2015 @ 06:19am

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)
Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

The O'Jays and Marvin Gaye were the last cuts.

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 03/12/2015 @ 10:08am

Chic - Risqué (1979)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)
Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

I'm frustrated that I missed nominations. There are a few major snubs that didn't get nominated that I would have put forward. Very surprised that there were no nominations for Al Green!

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 03/12/2015 @ 19:38pm

My Ballot:

Chic - Risqué (1979)
Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Prince - Prince (1979)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 03/13/2015 @ 01:20am

My ballot is:

Chic - Risqué (1979)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)
Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

The last cuts were Marvin Gaye and the O'Jays. Just like Tom H.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 03/14/2015 @ 06:57am

My ballot for this month's special election is as follows:

Chic - Risqué (1979)
Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am (1979)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)
Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)

There were some tough cuts needed to be made. War, The O'Jays, Stevie Wonder, Prince and James Brown had albums nominated that also could have gotten an induction. None the less, these are the six on my ballot.

Happy early St. Patrick's Day!,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Saturday, 03/14/2015 @ 09:18am

My current vote count:

Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971) - 8

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970) - 6
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Chic - Risqué (1979) - 5
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978) - 5
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977) - 5
The Spinners - Spinners (1973) - 5
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975) - 5
________________________

Prince - Prince (1979) - 2
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970) - 2
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973) - 2

Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am (1979) - 1
James Brown - Super Bad (1970) - 1
The Temptations - All Directions (1972) - 1

Commodores - Commodores (1977) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/14/2015 @ 23:02pm

Voting is now closed.

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project:

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)
Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Chic - Risqué (1979)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all five albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 5 points, the second-highest 4 points and so on.

The 3 albums that score highest in the tiebreaker will be inducted into the Album Project. The other 2 albums will be automatically nominated for the April Album Project.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/15/2015 @ 23:54pm

My tiebreaker ballot:

War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975) 5
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978) 4
The Spinners - Spinners (1973) 3
Chic - Risqué (1979) 2
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977) 1

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 03/16/2015 @ 00:47am

Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Chic - Risqué (1979)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 03/16/2015 @ 01:07am

Putting this here, as it should get a wider audience:

Was reading the latest issue of Classic Rock magazine (big British publication) & they had a story titled 'The Great Rock and Roll Hall of fame swindle'. Was about Deep Purple & several other bands being snubbed.

In story they mentioned the mystery over who actually is on nominating committee, etc. Had this quote in there:

'The unofficial Hall of Fame website Future Rock Legends, though, lists a 2014 Committee of 41 names.'

Great for this website to be mentioned as a data source. Wonderful job, FRL!

Posted by Paul in KY on Monday, 03/16/2015 @ 07:24am

My tie-breaker vote, which is a tough one as all five of these albums should definitely be in our HOF....

1. Parliament- Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977) (5 points)
2. Marvin Gaye- Here, My Dear (1978) (4 points)
3. The Spinners- Spinners (1972) (3 points)
4. Chic- Risque (1979) (2 points)
5. War- Why Can't We Be Friends (1975) (1 point)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 03/16/2015 @ 08:26am

So I mentioned kind of at the beginning of the vote that I had some thoughts on how the nominations for this month went, so I'm gonna express those now.

First off I have no complaints/criticisms about the five albums in the tie-breaker, as all of these are five really strong albums that should be in Album HOF. No matter how the tie-breaker turns out, all albums will be worthy additions to the HOF. My only thought would be that the two albums that lose out, should be two albums all of us strongly consider for future elections, even though 70's R&B is out of the genre vote for awhile.

My two disappointments are the lack of nominations from Al Green and Aretha Franklin, specifically. I'm not as shocked that Aretha was snubbed, but I was stunned that no one nominated an Al Green album. "I'm Still in Love With You" is a classic 70's album, almost as good as "Call Me" and it's also on my greatest albums of all-time lists. I was gonna nominate it, but I thought it would be more likely nominated than the Curtis Mayfield album and P-Funk album I nominated, so I didn't nominate it. I also almost nominated "Young, Gifted, and Black" as that's another classic 70's R&B album, but I did feel more strongly about Curtis's debut album and "Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome.

Those are two albums that we should definitely look into in the future.

I was a little disappointed that classic albums like that were passed aside for early albums from bigger names like Stevie Wonder and Prince (my two favorite R&B artists ever btw). Not to say that the two albums nominated aren't good albums, but those are earlier albums in each artists' career that aren't quite as developed as what they would go on to be. To be blunt, nominations for those two albums screamed "voters not knowing what to nominate, so let's just nominate an album from a big artist that's not in yet."

I was also disappointed to see the lack of support for "Ship Ahoy" by the O'Jays. Now admittedly, I had never heard the album until this month's project, but I've always wanted to listen to it, but had just never gotten around to it. So I listened to it right before I made my votes, and I'm so glad I did. It's a truly outstanding album with no filler. Even as developed as albums were by the 1970's, there were still a lot of artists in the pop and R&B worlds that were still doing albums the old way. A few really killer singles with filler to round out the album. I can definitely tell you that "Ship Ahoy" is not one of those albums. It's the most underrated album of R&B music in the 1970's. It's full of great ballads with political songs with a deep message. Every bit as good, song-wise as "What's Going On," "Superfly" and other classic political R&B albums of the decade. To me it's so good, that I'm actually considering taking a break from Spirit's 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus and nominating Ship Ahoy for awhile, until it gets in.

If there's one bit of suggestion I have for all of the voters here, coming out of this month's genre vote, it would be this. If you didn't listen to "Ship Ahoy" and instead voted for other albums by artists that were bigger names than the O'Jays (Prince, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Chic (around this message board anyway) etc), please go back and listen to it on Spotify, YouTube, whichever outlet for music you use. It is one of the best albums of the entire decade of the 70's, let alone in R&B music. Definitely worthy of being in our HOF.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 03/16/2015 @ 08:40am

When I was referencing "I'm Still in Love With You" making greatest albums lists, it should've said "many greatest albums lists" rather than "my greatest albums list." Typo.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 03/16/2015 @ 08:44am

The Spinners - Spinners (1973)-5
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)-4
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)-3
Chic - Risqué (1979)-2
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/16/2015 @ 11:55am

Donnie- I'll take the hit for the Stevie Wonder nomination as it was mine. If I knew no one else was going to nominate Al Green I would have in a heartbeat instead. By the way you're right "I'm Still in Love With You" is an essential that we have definitely overlooked. The O'Jays were a very painful cut from by ballot and I would vote for them for sure if ever nominated.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/16/2015 @ 13:00pm

Marvin Gaye- Here, My Dear (1978) 5
Parliament- Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome (1977) 4
Chic- Risque (1979) 3
The Spinners- Spinners (1973) 2
War- Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975) 1

Any of these would make great additions. I also am wish Ship Ahoy would have gotten more vote here. I might nominate it next and give Kate Bush- Never For Ever a rest for a while.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03/16/2015 @ 18:10pm

This was rather difficult; yet here is my tiebreaker ballot.

Chic - Risqué (1979) - 5
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978) - 4
Parliament - Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome (1977) - 3
War - Why Can't We Be Friends (1975) - 2
The Spinners - Spinners (1973) - 1

All of these albums are deserving of induction,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Tuesday, 03/17/2015 @ 21:54pm

Given that all five of these deserve induction, this is quite a nightmare tiebreaker:

1. War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975) (5 points)
2. The Spinners - Spinners (1973) (4 points)
3. Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977) (3 points)
4. Chic - Risqué (1979) (2 points)
5. Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 03/17/2015 @ 23:08pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results of the tiebreaker vote:

Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978) - 23
Chic - Risqué (1979) - 18
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977) - 18
____________________

War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975) - 16
The Spinners - Spinners (1973) - 15

War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975) and The Spinners - Spinners (1973) will be automatically nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the class of Album Project Inductees from this month's genre vote:

Chic - Risqué (1979)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)
Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/17/2015 @ 23:12pm

Very good group of albums here for this month.

I'm obviously excited that the two albums I nominated will both be inducted.

I'm disappointed that "Ship Ahoy" didn't make the final cut, but there were a lot of great albums nominated, and the it's hard to argue against the 5 albums chosen for induction.

I will be a full fledged supporter of Ship Ahoy in the future, as well as Al Green's "I'm Still in Love With You" which wasn't nominated.

But job well done guys.

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 03/20/2015 @ 18:46pm

Any support for these albums next month?

Billy Joel- River Of Dreams (1993)
.fun- Some Nights (2012)
Imagine Dragons- Night Visions (2012)
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1970)
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt (2013)
Rush- Permanent Waves (1980)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 03/21/2015 @ 16:08pm

I'd consider the following Tom:

Imagine Dragons- Night Visions (2012
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1970)
Rush- Permanent Waves (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/21/2015 @ 17:06pm

Any interest in these albums?

The O'Jays- Ship Ahoy (1973)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Air- Moon Safari (1998)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Belly- Star (1993)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Mazzy Star- So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Toni Braxton & Babyface- Love, Marriage & Divorce (2014)
Spoon- They Want My Soul (2014)
Perfume Genius- Too Bright (2014)
Linkin Park- The Hunting Party (2014)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/21/2015 @ 17:14pm

Greg F.-

The O'Jays- Ship Ahoy (1973) is far and away the highest priority of mine from that list.

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 03/21/2015 @ 17:46pm

Thanks for the feedback Tom. I will plan on nominating The O'Jays- Ship Ahoy unless someone else does it before I do.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/21/2015 @ 18:24pm

I was planning on nominating "Ship Ahoy" as well Greg. Although I can go back nominating Spirit, like I've done the last few months, if you want to nominate the O'Jays instead.

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 03/21/2015 @ 20:05pm

Well Donnie I was the one nominate for the vote and seeing that there's enough interest for it I'll do the honors and put the Kate Bush album aside until it gets in.

Also I might be ahead here but would Belly, Tori Amos and Mazzy Star albums next month's genre. Those are my top candidates for the genre vote.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/21/2015 @ 20:34pm

Greg F:

I'd consider these two albums

Perfume Genius- Too Bright (2014)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 03/24/2015 @ 14:46pm

Donnie, Ship Ahoy is all yours. I've decided to stick with Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980) next month.

Now all I want to do is pick out a 2014 album from my priorities list.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/24/2015 @ 15:40pm

I just listened to +'Justments by Bill Withers and i have to say it was great album and recommend for the album project. I think it's so good that i'm going to put on the ballot. Those of you who haven't heard it I highly recommend it.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/26/2015 @ 20:36pm

Nominations for next month open at 10 PM Central. Every voter can nominate one album from 2014 and one album from 2014 or prior to 2014. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 2nd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 7th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

This month's genre will be "90's American Alternative Rock", which was selected as a result of losing a tiebreaker vote last month.

There will be another genre selection vote next month, so if you want to nominate a genre for consideration next month, you can nominate it until 10 PM on Thursday the 2nd.

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

There will be one genre vote this month. Please feel free to discuss potential nominees during the Album Project nomination and voting process.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/31/2015 @ 23:01pm

Bill Withers- +' Justments (1974)

Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04/1/2015 @ 00:26am

For the Album Project, I'll go with:

Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Sun Kil Moon - Benji (2014)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 04/1/2015 @ 01:21am

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 04/1/2015 @ 02:29am

Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 04/1/2015 @ 06:59am

John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 04/1/2015 @ 07:14am

Not a surprise, but my nomination is....

The O'Jays- Ship Ahoy (1973)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 04/1/2015 @ 08:42am

Imagine Dragons-Night Visions (2012)
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 04/1/2015 @ 08:44am

Nominations:

SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 04/1/2015 @ 08:50am

"Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)"
"Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973)"

I'm actually shocked that we haven't inducted these two yet. I had no idea.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 04/1/2015 @ 20:22pm

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/2/2015 @ 00:04am

D'Angelo – Voodoo (2000)
alt-J - This Is All Yours (2014)

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 04/2/2015 @ 13:10pm

Here are the nominees I have picked for this month's Album Project.

Public Image Ltd. - Album (1986)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)

Happy Easter and Passover this weekend,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Thursday, 04/2/2015 @ 20:06pm

My nominations:

Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 04/2/2015 @ 21:59pm

nom:

Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 04/2/2015 @ 23:35pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums (please let me know if I missed any):

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014)
Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
alt-J - This Is All Yours (2014)
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014)
Bill Withers - +' Justments (1974)
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)
Public Image Ltd. - Album (1986)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Sun Kil Moon - Benji (2014)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

To have your vote counted, you must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums. Ballots of less than or more than 6 votes won't be counted.

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 7th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/2/2015 @ 23:58pm

Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)
Bill Withers- +' Justments (1974)
Albert King- Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
The O'Jays- ship Ahoy (1973)
Toots & The Maystals- Funky Kingston (1973)
D'Angelo- Voodoo (2000)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/3/2015 @ 00:35am

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
alt-J - This Is All Yours (2014)
D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Posted by Ryan on Friday, 04/3/2015 @ 00:51am

Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973)
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Posted by Mike on Friday, 04/3/2015 @ 08:53am

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 04/3/2015 @ 16:40pm

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Sun Kil Moon - Benji (2014)
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 04/3/2015 @ 19:11pm

My votes...

Albert King- Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
Blink 182- Enema of the State (1999)
D'Angelo- Voodoo (2000)
Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals (1998)
The O'Jays- Ship Ahoy (1973)
Toots and the Maytals- Funky Kingston (1973)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 04/4/2015 @ 01:48am

Damn it! I missed nominations for this month.

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)

Posted by Scott Banks on Saturday, 04/4/2015 @ 07:49am

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Toadies- Rubberneck was the last cut

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 04/4/2015 @ 15:57pm

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Posted by John R.C, on Saturday, 04/4/2015 @ 19:10pm

My ballot:

alt-J - This Is All Yours (2014)
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 04/4/2015 @ 21:51pm

My ballot for April 2015/2040 induction into The Album Project...

John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Public Image Ltd. - Album (1986)
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 04/5/2015 @ 00:01am

My ballot:

Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Sun Kil Moon - Benji (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 04/5/2015 @ 23:05pm

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
Bill Withers - +' Justments (1974)
D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 04/5/2015 @ 23:47pm

My votes:

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014)
Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Didn't need my vote / Would support in the future:

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/7/2015 @ 00:32am

My current vote count (let me know if I missed any votes):

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967) - 9

War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975) - 8

D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000) - 7
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973) - 7

The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973) - 6
________________________________

Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999) - 4
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014) - 4
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 4

Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014) - 3
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973) - 3
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 3
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972) - 3
The Spinners - Spinners (1973) - 3

alt-J - This Is All Yours (2014) - 2
Bill Withers - +' Justments (1974) - 2
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012) - 2
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014) - 2
Sun Kil Moon - Benji (2014) - 2
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 2
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014) - 2
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 2

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014) - 1
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014) - 1
Public Image Ltd. - Album (1986) - 1
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014) - 1

Voting closes at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 7th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/7/2015 @ 00:34am

Starting in May, Album Project nominations will be for three days to stay in synch with the Song Project. I'll post the current nominees on the 2nd so we can make sure I don't miss any.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/7/2015 @ 00:35am

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Public Image Ltd. - Album (1986)
Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign (1967)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends (1975)
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

I am rather pleased we are in the process of inducting more r&b and soul albums this month. Our special election last month only barely scratched the surface in this important sub genre of music to be rediscovered.

Let us see if the tiebreaker has ended,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Tuesday, 04/7/2015 @ 08:43am

Any interest in these for the genre vote?

Alice in Chains- Facelift (1990)
Mad Season- Above (1995)
Temple of the Dog- Temple of the Dog (1991)
Mother Love Bone- Apple (1990)
Liz Phair- Whip-Smart (1994)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/7/2015 @ 15:54pm

Greg - MLB and Liz Phair would have very strong shots at making my ballot. Boys For Pele and Temple of the Dog would be strong considerations, too.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 04/7/2015 @ 19:31pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if you see an error):

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967) - 10

War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975) - 9

D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000) - 7
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973) - 7
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973) - 7
______________________

Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 5

Blink 182 - Enema of the State (1999) - 4
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014) - 4

Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014) - 3
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973) - 3
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 3
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972) - 3
The Spinners - Spinners (1973) - 3

alt-J - This Is All Yours (2014) - 2
Bill Withers - +' Justments (1974) - 2
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014) - 2
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012) - 2
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014) - 2
Public Image Ltd. - Album (1986) - 2
Sun Kil Moon - Benji (2014) - 2
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 2
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014) - 2
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 2

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014) - 1
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014) - 1
_________________________________

Here is your class of April 2015:

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973)
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973)
War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/7/2015 @ 23:00pm

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote.

This month's genre is "90's American Alternative Rock".

Each voter can nominate two albums that they think belongs in this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be automatically disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations, ending at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 9th. There will then be one day of review and five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/7/2015 @ 23:03pm

My Nominations:

Mother Love Bone- Apple (1990)
Liz Phair- Whip-Smart (1994)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/7/2015 @ 23:06pm

My Nominations:

Nada Surf-High/Low(1996)
The Juliana Hatfield Three-Become What You Are(1993)

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 04/7/2015 @ 23:20pm

noms:

The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 04/8/2015 @ 00:16am

The Layout for "The Artist Vote."

The Artist Vote will be an expansion of the Monthly Song and Album Projects, in which the work of one particular band/artist will be highlighted and acknowledged.

Objectives/Purposes of "The Artist Vote."

1. To allow voters to vote heavily for highly popular artists with lots of representation in the Song and Album Projets, thus allowing lesser popular artists to have a higher chance of winning votes in the other Voting Contests (General Votes, and Genre Votes) each month. Basically voters can get popular artists (ie: Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, U2, etc) "out of their systems" so to speak.

2. To allow voters to "play catch-up" for less popular artists (ie: Giorgio Moroder, Todd Rundgren, Bikini Kill, etc.) that aren't well represented in the Album and Song Projects.

The Process of "The Artist Vote."

1. After the Regular Monthly Votes and the Genre Votes for each month are complete, voters will then begin the nomination process for "The Artist Vote." Voters will be allowed to nominate one band or artist each month. Nominations will go on for two days. The Nomination Process for "The Artist Vote" can also start during tie-breaker sessions for the Genre Votes, if needed.

2. After the nomination process, Voters will then comprise a ballot of five of the nominated bands/artists. They won't need to rank their choices, unless a tie-breaker occurs. They will just simply pick five artists, just like voters vote from the nominees in the Album and Song Projects. Voting will occur for two days. The artist with the most votes will be the chosen artist for that month.

3. If a tie-breaker occurs, then voters will rank the artists/bands that are apart of the tie-breakers. For example, if Big Star, The Velvet Underground, and Rihanna all tie, then voters will need to rank Big Star, The Velvet Underground, and Rihanna. Just as tie-breakers work in the other votes for the Albums and Songs Project. A tie-breaker will last 1-2 days depending on how much time is left for the month.

4. Once an artist/band wins the nomination vote and/or tie-breaker, that artist will be the chosen artist/band for that month's "Artist Vote."

5. In the Album Project, voters will then be able to nominate ONE album from the winning artist/band. ONLY ALBUMS from this specific artist/band will be eligible. No albums from other artists, that this particular artist/band appears on or plays on. For example, most of the members of Toto played on Michael Jackson's Thriller album. "Thriller" would not count as a Toto album, and would not be eligible for nomination.

In the Song Project, voters will then be able to nominate TWO songs from the winning/artist band. ONLY SONGS that the winning artist/band is the primary artist on will be eligible. Songs in which this artist/band guests on or makes a cameo on do not count. For example, if Pharrell Williams was the winning artist for the month, "Blurred Lines" would not count as he is not the primary artist for this song, Robin Thicke is. Also, songs from Pharrell's previous group the Neptunes would also not be eligible. It would have to be solely Pharrell Williams songs that he is the primary artist on, and from his solo career.

Nominations will last for two days.

6. Once all nominations have been gathered. Voters will have two days to vote for their choices.

In the Album Project, voters will vote for THREE of the nominated albums.

In the Song Project, voters will vote for 10 of the nominated songs.

7. After the Voting Process is done, the top TWO ALBUMS in the voting, will win the Album Project portion of "The Artist Vote," and thus be inducted into the Album Project. In the case of the Song Project portion of "The Artist Vote," the top FIVE songs in the voting will win, and thus be inducted into The Song Project.

Just as with the Genre Votes, there will be two different "Artist Votes" for the Album Project, and the Song Project. Meaning in theory, for example, that Jimmy Buffett could win the "Artist Vote" in the Album Project version of the "Artist Vote," and get two of his albums inducted into the Album Project. And at the same time, Beyonce could win the "Song Project" portion of the Artist Vote, and get five of her songs nominated at the same time. Voters are also welcome to vote for the same artists in both "Artists Votes," meaning if an artist/band wins both the Song Project and Album Project portions of the "Artist Vote," that would be accepted. That would mean that if Jimmy Buffett, for example, were to win both, then he would get two albums, and five songs inducted in a one month period, which would be a huge increase to his representation in our Projects, which is precisely the whole idea of "The Artist Vote."

But, there is one rule that makes "Artist Vote" unique to the other monthly votes. Artists/Bands that win, will still be eligible for the regular voting, Genre Votes, and other "Artist Vote" portion that they don't win for future months. However, if an artist/band wins the "Artist Vote" for a particular project, then they will not be eligible to be voted in the "Artist Vote" for that particular project again for one year. For example if Led Zeppelin were to win the "Artist Vote" for the Song Project in July 2015, then voters would not be able to nominate Led Zeppelin for the Song Project portion of "The Artist Vote" again until July 2016. They would still be eligible for General Votes, the Genre Votes (if they fit), and the "Artist Vote" for the Album Project, but not the Artist Vote for the "Song Project," again for one whole year. If Led Zeppelin were to win the "Artist Vote" for both projects, then they would be ineligible for both Artist Votes for an entire year. This will ensure that we don't get monthly doses of Led Zeppelin, or other heavily popular artists. This will also ensure that ALL ARTISTS/BANDS will have a chance to get some good sized representation into the Album and Songs Projects, via "The Artist Vote."

Remember, each artist/band that wins a monthly edition of the "Artist Vote" will get TWO of their Albums, and FIVE of their SONGS inducted in one month period. This concept is meant to ensure a more balanced approach and representation for all artists through the regular votes and Genre votes.

That is the basic rundown and layout of what "The Artist Vote" would entail and consist of. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas to make this proposed project work better, please bring them forward!

Of if anyone has any questions about it, please bring those forward as well!E

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 04/8/2015 @ 09:54am

My Nominations for the Genre Vote of 90's American Alternative Rock....

Primus- Pork Soda (1993)

Rage Against the Machine- Evil Empire (1996)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 04/8/2015 @ 10:08am

Incubus- Make Yourself (1999)
The Smashing Pumpkins- Gish (1991)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 04/8/2015 @ 10:21am

Good nominations so far, and a great class in the regular vote!

My nominations:

Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (1991)
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)

I'm surprised TOTD and MLB aren't in yet. They both are quality albums, but their importance to the start of the grunge era alone should get them in. I'll be supporting both albums for sure.

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 04/8/2015 @ 23:42pm

My nominees:

Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/9/2015 @ 00:18am

Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 04/9/2015 @ 01:40am

If anybody needs ideas for this round, this is a pretty solid list of some of the universally acclaimed albums from this period.

http://www.discogs.com/lists/Alternative-Press-90-Greatest-90s-albums/119686?page=3

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 04/9/2015 @ 01:51am

My genre nominations

Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl (1998)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 04/9/2015 @ 10:57am

Modest Mouse – The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs (1998)

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 04/9/2015 @ 13:35pm

My nominations:
Bullhead (1991) - Melvins
Gentleman (1993) - The Afghan Whigs

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 04/9/2015 @ 14:35pm

Here is my ballot for this month's nominees in the special election for the Album Project.

Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker (1993)
Stone Temple Pilots - No.4 (1999)

I also support the Artist Vote as described by Donnie,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Thursday, 04/9/2015 @ 21:11pm

A reminder that this genre is "90's American Alternative Rock". I'll check current nominees for nationality (Stone Roses are definitely out), but any help would be appreciated.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/9/2015 @ 22:06pm

The only one that I found that isn't eligible is Stone Roses - Second Coming, as they're British. Steve Z, you can nominate a replacement album if you like.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/9/2015 @ 22:12pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums that are currently under review (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990)
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker (1993)
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl (1998)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Incubus - Make Yourself (1999)
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994)
Melvins - Bullhead (1991)
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)
Nada Surf - High/Low (1996)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
Stone Temple Pilots - No.4 (1999)
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (1991)
The Afghan Whigs - Gentleman (1993)
The Juliana Hatfield Three - Become What You Are (1993)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1998)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

There will be one day of review. If you think that one of the nominated albums has been nominated inappropriately for this genre (90's American Alternative Rock), please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/9/2015 @ 23:09pm

Yikes, completely overlooked that. Can my replacement nomination be:

Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground (1997)

I think that should fit the criteria.

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 04/10/2015 @ 01:29am

Steve Z - Yeah, that'll work. Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground (1997) is also nominated and under review.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/10/2015 @ 08:33am

"http://www.discogs.com/lists/Alternative-Press-90-Greatest-90s-albums/119686?page=3"

That's a strange list. Korn, Goo Goo Dolls, and Matthew Sweet are chosen over Pearl Jam and U2 (I could list many others but those stood out? Admittedly, only Achtung Baby is probably deserving from U2.) Blur, Oasis, and R.E.M. only on page 2 (and R.E.M. only barely?) Goo Goo Dolls one position over Oasis looks particularly strange. Only allowing one album per band seems wrong too.

Still, it probably does have some seriously overlooked albums, but the list itself seems bizarre.

Posted by Sean on Friday, 04/10/2015 @ 13:22pm

Alternative Press had a bit more purist definition of "Alternative", held over from the word's original meaning before it became a broader, cynical marketing term when Nirvana exploded.

Pearl Jam and post-80s U2 or R.E.M. are really pushing the definition of "alternative" in this case (and their inclusion of Korn and Soundgarden is a bit dodgy to me, too).

Overall, though, I'm looking at the list as the glass being 9/10 full. It's loaded with albums that were acclaimed, landmark Alternative albums of the era that I think deserve some attention if we're doing an Alternative category.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 04/10/2015 @ 20:26pm

The review period is now over. There weren't any protested albums.

Here are the nominated albums:

Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990)
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker (1993)
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl (1998)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Incubus - Make Yourself (1999)
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994)
Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground (1997)
Melvins - Bullhead (1991)
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)
Nada Surf - High/Low (1996)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
Stone Temple Pilots - No.4 (1999)
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (1991)
The Afghan Whigs - Gentleman (1993)
The Juliana Hatfield Three - Become What You Are (1993)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1998)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

To vote, cast a ballot of exactly 6 nominated albums. Votes that aren't exactly 6 nominated albums won't be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/10/2015 @ 23:08pm

My votes:

Mother Love Bone- Apple (1990)
Temple of the Dog- Temple of the Dog (1991)
Alice in Chains- Facelift (1990)
Liz Phair- Whip-Smart (1994)
Modest Mouse- The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
The Smashing Pumpkins- Gish (1991)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/10/2015 @ 23:54pm

My Votes..

Alice in Chains- Jar of Flies (1994)
Incubus- Make Yourself (1999)
Liz Phair- Whip-Smart (1994)
Primus- Pork Soda (1993)
Rage Against the Machine- Evil Empire (1996)
Temple of the Dog- Temple of the Dog (1991)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 04/11/2015 @ 05:49am

Voting for Donnie's proposed "Artist Vote" rule change is now open on the Song Project board (you can vote for or against it on this board if you like). Detailed discussion of "The Artist Vote" can be found on the Song Project board, starting on Wednesday, 04.8.15 @ 09:51 am.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on Wednesday the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/11/2015 @ 16:52pm

Correction. Rule change voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/11/2015 @ 16:54pm

My Ballot:

Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990)
Melvins - Bullhead (1991)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (1991)
The Afghan Whigs - Gentleman (1993)

Also I don't know if Jar of Files by Alice In Chains is eligible, as it is technically an EP. I would not be opposed to doing a once a year vote for like 5ish EPs.

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 04/11/2015 @ 19:21pm

We are allowing eps with 4 tracks or more.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/11/2015 @ 19:57pm

Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994)
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
The Afghan Whigs - Gentleman (1993)
The Juliana Hatfield Three - Become What You Are (1993)
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 04/11/2015 @ 23:06pm

Nada Surf - High/Low (1996)
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
The Afghan Whigs - Gentleman (1993)
The Juliana Hatfield Three - Become What You Are (1993)
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991)

Posted by joker on Sunday, 04/12/2015 @ 00:42am

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (1991)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1998)

Regarding Jar of Flies, I checked the history on this page before nominating it. We decided during the punk genre vote to allow EP's of 4 tracks or more.

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 04/12/2015 @ 02:12am

Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990)
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl (1998)
Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground (1997)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
Stone Temple Pilots - No.4 (1999)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 04/12/2015 @ 12:40pm

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (1991)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 04/12/2015 @ 14:07pm

"Jar Of Flies" is eligible, even though it's an EP. We've changed the rules to allow EPs with more than 4 tracks to be voted into the Album Project.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/12/2015 @ 18:02pm

My current vote count:

Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996) - 5
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (1991) - 5

Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994) - 4
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991) - 4
_____________________

Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990) - 3
Slint - Spiderland (1991) - 3
The Afghan Whigs - Gentleman (1993) - 3
_____________________

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994) - 2
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998) - 2
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990) - 2
Primus - Pork Soda (1993) - 2
The Juliana Hatfield Three - Become What You Are (1993) - 2

Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl (1998) - 1
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 1
Incubus - Make Yourself (1999) - 1
Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground (1997) - 1
Melvins - Bullhead (1991) - 1
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) - 1
Nada Surf - High/Low (1996) - 1
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998) - 1
Stone Temple Pilots - No.4 (1999) - 1
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1998) - 1
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 1

Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker (1993) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/14/2015 @ 01:51am

My Ballot:

Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990)
Incubus - Make Yourself (1999)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Albums that I would support in the future:
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker (1993)
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl (1998)
Melvins - Bullhead (1991)
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
Stone Temple Pilots - No.4 (1999)
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (1991)
The Afghan Whigs - Gentleman (1993)

Some of those cuts were really painful but I think that Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Goo Goo Dolls and Alice In Chains- Jar of Flies would do better in a monthly vote than Primus or The Toadies.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/14/2015 @ 11:11am

My votes:

Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990)
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (1991)

Would support in the future:

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Incubus - Make Yourself (1999)
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
Stone Temple Pilots - No.4 (1999)
The Afghan Whigs - Gentleman (1993)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1998)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/15/2015 @ 01:47am

Here is my ballot; late, though with time left.

Fugazi - In On The Kill Take (1993)
Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4 (1999)
Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990)
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (1991)

Lamenting a time in music that should not have gone away,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Wednesday, 04/15/2015 @ 22:24pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if I made any errors):

Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (1991) - 7

Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990) - 6
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996) - 6

The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991) - 5
________________________

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994) - 4
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994) - 4
Primus - Pork Soda (1993) - 4
________________________

Pearl Jam - Yield (1998) - 3
Slint - Spiderland (1991) - 3
The Afghan Whigs - Gentleman (1993) - 3

Incubus - Make Yourself (1999) - 2
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998) - 2
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) - 2
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990) - 2
Stone Temple Pilots - No.4 (1999) - 2
The Juliana Hatfield Three - Become What You Are (1993) - 2
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 2

Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker (1993) - 1
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl (1998) - 1
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 1
Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground (1997) - 1
Melvins - Bullhead (1991) - 1
Nada Surf - High/Low (1996) - 1
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1998) - 1

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project:

Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (1991)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)

Anyone who voted in this month's genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 3 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 3 points, the second-highest 2 points, the lowest 1 point.

The album that scores the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will be automatically nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/15/2015 @ 23:43pm

Any interest for next month's general vote?

Air- Moon Safari (1998)
Basement Jaxx- Remedy (1999)
Basement Jaxx- Rooty (2001)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
George Micheal- Listen Without Prejudice (1990)
Bill Withers- +' Justments (1974)
Roberta Flack- First Take (1969)
Beck- Midnite Vultures (1998)
Richard Ashcroft- Alone With Everybody (2000)
Tindersticks- Tindersticks (1993)
PJ Harvey- Is This Desire (1998)
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Tori Amos- From The Choir Girl Hotel (1998)
Orbital- Snivilization (1994)
Mother Love Bone- Apple (1990)
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Anita Baker- Rapture (1986)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04/15/2015 @ 23:55pm

Tie Breaker:

Liz Phair- Whip-Smart (1994) 3
Alice in Chains- Jar of Flies (1994) 2
Primus- Pork Soda (1993) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/16/2015 @ 00:01am

1. Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994)
2. Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
3. Primus - Pork Soda (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 04/16/2015 @ 00:46am

Alice in Chains- Jar of Flies (1994) 3
Primus- Pork Soda (1993) 2
Liz Phair- Whip-Smart (1994) 1

Posted by joker on Thursday, 04/16/2015 @ 01:28am

LOL. Good one, guys. So, when are we going to do the 90s Alt vote for real?

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 04/16/2015 @ 04:05am

Bummer that Slint - Spiderland and The Afghan Whigs - Gentleman missed out. Both should have been inducted years ago.

Tiebreaker vote:

Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994) 3
Primus - Pork Soda (1993) 2
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994) 1

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 04/16/2015 @ 10:56am

Tiebreaker:

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 04/16/2015 @ 23:46pm

Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies - 3
Primus - Pork Soda - 2
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/17/2015 @ 00:34am

Liz Phair - Whip-Smart 3
Primus - Pork Soda 2
Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies 1

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 04/17/2015 @ 02:00am

Primus - Pork Soda (1993)-3
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994)-2
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 04/17/2015 @ 15:10pm

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994) - 3
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994) - 2
Primus - Pork Soda (1993) - 1

That is my tiebreaker,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Friday, 04/17/2015 @ 22:12pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results of the tiebreaker vote:

Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994) - 20
__________________

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994) - 19
Primus - Pork Soda (1993) - 15

Alice in Chains and Primus will be automatically nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here is the class of the Album Project genre vote this month:

Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990)
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart (1994)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (1991)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/17/2015 @ 23:32pm

Any interest for next month's general vote?

Air- Moon Safari (1998)*
Basement Jaxx- Remedy (1999)
Basement Jaxx- Rooty (2001)*
Disclosure- Settle (2013)*
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)*
George Micheal- Listen Without Prejudice (1990)*
Bill Withers- +' Justments (1974)*
Bill Withers- Menagerie (1977)*
Roberta Flack- First Take (1969)*
Beck- Midnite Vultures (1998)*
Richard Ashcroft- Alone With Everybody (2000)
Tindersticks- Tindersticks (1993)
PJ Harvey- Is This Desire (1998)
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)*
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)*
Tori Amos- From The Choir Girl Hotel (1998)
Orbital- Snivilization (1994)*
Mother Love Bone- Apple (1990)*
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)*
Anita Baker- Rapture (1986)*
Aaliyah- One in A Million (1996)*
Aaliyah- Aaliyah (2001)*
Lucinda Williams- Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014) *
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)*
Ryan Adams- Gold (2001)
Ryan Adams- Ryan Adams (2014)
Perfume Genius- Too Bright (2014)*
Mad Season- Above (1995)
Fleetwood Mac- Then Play On (1969)*
Fleetwood Mac- Future Games (1971)*
10,000 Maniacs- In My Tribe (1987)*
Natalie Merchant- Tigerlily (1995)
Dr Hook and The Medicine Show- Sloppy Seconds (1972)
Janis Ian- Between the Lines (1975)
Joan Baez- Diamonds and Rust (1975)

*=High Priority

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/18/2015 @ 14:27pm

Greg F.-

These are the albums that I would consider voting for:

George Micheal- Listen Without Prejudice (1990)
Bill Withers- +' Justments (1974)
Bill Withers- Menagerie (1977)
Roberta Flack- First Take (1969)
Beck- Midnite Vultures (1998)
Mother Love Bone- Apple (1990)
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Fleetwood Mac- Then Play On (1969)
Fleetwood Mac- Future Games (1971)
Joan Baez- Diamonds and Rust (1975)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 04/18/2015 @ 15:53pm

Any support for these albums next month?

Billy Joel- River Of Dreams (1993)
Imagine Dragons- Night Visions (2012)
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1970)
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt (2013)
Rush- Permanent Waves (1980)
The Spinners-Spinners (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 04/18/2015 @ 16:16pm

Greg - If I'm in the neighborhood, I might vote in the Album section next month. Noticed you listed Mad Season's "Above" album. It's the album of the moment (listened to it after a long layoff, & I'm reminded how solid it was for a one-off). Will toss support that way.

Also - (perhaps) Mother Love Bone and Natalie Merchant

Posted by Cheesecrop on Saturday, 04/18/2015 @ 17:44pm

Greg - Sorry to say this, but ignore that last post. I'll be nowhere near a computer at the beginning of next month, I now realize. I had thought about voting when I saw some of what you listed, but it simply won't be possible. Sorry.

Posted by Cheesecrop on Saturday, 04/18/2015 @ 17:52pm

Greg F I would potentially support these album from what you suggested...

Air- Moon Safari (1998)*
Basement Jaxx- Rooty (2001)*
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)*
George Micheal- Listen Without Prejudice (1990)*
Bill Withers- +' Justments (1974)*
Bill Withers- Menagerie (1977)*
Beck- Midnite Vultures (1998)*
PJ Harvey- Is This Desire (1998)
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)*
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)*
Tori Amos- From The Choir Girl Hotel (1998)
Orbital- Snivilization (1994)*
Mother Love Bone- Apple (1990)*
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)*
Aaliyah- One in A Million (1996)*
Aaliyah- Aaliyah (2001)*
Lucinda Williams- Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014) *
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)*
Ryan Adams- Gold (2001)
Ryan Adams- Ryan Adams (2014)
Perfume Genius- Too Bright (2014)*
Fleetwood Mac- Then Play On (1969)*
Fleetwood Mac- Future Games (1971)*
10,000 Maniacs- In My Tribe (1987)*
Joan Baez- Diamonds and Rust (1975)

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 04/19/2015 @ 20:06pm

Any interest?

A$AP Rocky – Long. Live. A$AP.
Al Green – I'm Still in Love With You
alt-J – An Awesome Wave
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Bob Dylan and The Band - The Basement Tapes
Broken Social Scene – You Forgot it In People
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
David Bowie – Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
De La Soul – De La Soul Is Dead
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
Dr. Dre – 2001
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Frank Zappa – Apostrophe (‘)
Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
Frank Zappa – Sheik Yerbouti
M.I.A. - Kala
Madness - One Step Beyond...
Madvillian – Madvilliany
Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
Mariah Carey – The Emancipation of Mimi
Mary J Blige – What’s the 411?
Miles Davis – On the Corner
Modest Mouse – The Lonesome Crowded West
Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
Operation Ivy - Energy
OutKast - ATLiens
Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow
Public Enemy – Yo! Bum Rush the Show
Queens of the Stone Age – Rated R
Randy Newman – 12 Songs
Slade – Slayed?
Slick Rick – The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Sly & the Family Stone - FRESH
System of a Down – Hypnotize
System of a Down – Mezmerize
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
The Roots - Phrenology
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
The Roots – Game Theory
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
The Stooges – Fun House
The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satin
TLC – Fanmail
50 Cent – Get Rich of Die Tryin’

Any interest for these 2014 albums?
alt-J – This is All Yours
D’ Angelo & The Vanguard – Black Messiah
FKA Twigs – LP1
Flying Lotus – You’re Dead
Jack White – Lazaretto
Mac Demarco – Salad Days
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
Sam Smith – In the Lonley Hour
Schoolboy Q – Oxymoron
Sia – 1000 Forms of Fear
Sun Kil Moon – Benji
Swans – To Be Kind
Taylor Swift – 1989
The War of Drugs – Lost in the Dream

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 04/19/2015 @ 20:08pm

The Album Project:

Nominations for next month open at 10 PM Central. Every voter can nominate one album from 2014 and one album from 2014 or prior to 2014. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote (or were nominated last month, when there wasn't a genre vote), but receiving at least three nominations:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Country
Electronic
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's
Hip Hop/Rap
Krautrock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Metal" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"Revisited/Projected Acts with 3 Albums or Less" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"90s British Rock/Pop" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Punk" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"70's R&B" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"90's American Alternative Rock" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"Jazz" and "Live Albums" are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

The 17th through the 20th (3 days) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The 21st through the 25th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated songs. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/30/2015 @ 00:28am

My Nominations:

Air- Moon Safari (1998)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)

Genre Nomination:

Industrial

Artist Nomination:

Tori Amos

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/30/2015 @ 00:49am

Nomination:

Mary J Blige - What's the 411?

Posted by Scott Banks on Thursday, 04/30/2015 @ 08:25am

My Nominations

Giorgio Moroder- From Here to Eternity (1977)

Genre Nomination

Female Pop Stars

Artist Nomination

Aerosmith

I'd like to point out however, that the rules stated for the Artist Vote in this project apply for the Song Project. Can we have some clarification for the Albums Project version of the Artist Vote (how many albums nominated, how many will be inducted, etc)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 04/30/2015 @ 08:28am

My Nominations:

Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (2014)

Genre Nomination:

80's Pop

Artist Nomination:

Bob Dylan

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 04/30/2015 @ 09:30am

Donnie is correct. The instructions should specify that the Artist Vote will select one artist for the Song Project and one artist for the Album Project and they won't be the same artist (though it is possible). This will be updated in notifications in future months.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/30/2015 @ 11:53am

Also, the Artist Vote in the Album Project will induct 2 albums for the selected artist, not 3.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/30/2015 @ 12:04pm

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)

Artist Vote:

Pearl Jam

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/30/2015 @ 12:07pm

Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Prince - Art Official Age (2014)

Artist Nomination:

Tom Waits

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 04/30/2015 @ 12:39pm

BSLO-

Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways has already been inducted into the album project.

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 05/1/2015 @ 10:01am

Going on vacation starting Monday so I'm not sure if I'll get a chance to vote. Will put in nominations though:

The Spinners- Spinners (1973)
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 05/1/2015 @ 11:13am

nom:

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 05/1/2015 @ 23:49pm

My nominations:

Run the Jewels 2 (2014) - Run the Jewels
Lost In The Dream (2014) - The War On Drugs

Artist Nominations:

Wilco

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 05/3/2015 @ 16:06pm

Nominations:

Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014)

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 05/3/2015 @ 16:23pm

I'll go with:

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 05/3/2015 @ 16:44pm

I do apologize for not posting recently. I came down with a tad bit of a cold that is only starting to get better. In any matter, here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

David Bowie - Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps) (1980)
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots (2014)

My genre nomination for this month, if applicable, is:

1970s Teenage Idols

And my inaugural nomination for the Artist Vote is:

Sparks

I will be posting more in a later time,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Sunday, 05/3/2015 @ 17:47pm

De La Soul – De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
alt-J – This is All Yours (2014)

Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 05/3/2015 @ 18:41pm

Genre nomination

Jazz

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 05/3/2015 @ 18:44pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
alt-J - This is All Yours (2014)
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014)
Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots (2014)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps) (1980)
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Mary J Blige - What's the 411?
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Prince - Art Official Age (2014)
Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970)
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 albums.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/4/2015 @ 00:23am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

1970s Teenage Idols
80's Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Country
Electronic
Female Pop Stars
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's
Hip Hop/Rap
Industrial
Jazz
Krautrock

Voters can vote for 5 genres

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/4/2015 @ 00:24am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated Artists for the Artist Vote (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Aerosmith
Bob Dylan
Pearl Jam
Sparks
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Wilco

Voters can vote for 5 artists.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/4/2015 @ 00:25am

Correction - Album Project voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/4/2015 @ 00:25am

My ballot

Air- Moon Safari (1998)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Genres:
Female singer-songwriters of the 80's and 90's
Industrial
Hip-hop/rap
Krautrock
Female Pop Stars

Artists:
Tori Amos
Bob Dylan
Aerosmith
Tom Waits
Sparks

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 05/4/2015 @ 00:51am

My Votes

General Album Project Votes

Air- Moon Safari (1998)
Alice in Chains- Jar of Flies (1994)
Giorgio Moroder- From Here to Eternity (1977)
Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals (1998)
Primus- Pork Soda (1993)
Randy Newman- 12 Songs (1970)

Genre Vote

80's Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Electronic
Female Pop Stars
Hip Hop/Rap

Artist Vote

Aerosmith
Bob Dylan
Pearl Jam
Tori Amos
Tom Waits

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 05/4/2015 @ 00:58am

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Mary J Blige - What's the 411?
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)

Posted by Mike on Monday, 05/4/2015 @ 06:28am

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Mary J Blige - What's the 411?
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)

Artist vote:
Pearl Jam
Sparks

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 05/4/2015 @ 21:28pm

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Mary J Blige - What's the 411?
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970)

80's Pop
Country
Electronic
Female Pop Stars
Hip Hop/Rap

Aerosmith
Bob Dylan
Pearl Jam
Tom Waits
Tori Amos

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 05/5/2015 @ 07:11am

My votes

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Mary J Blige - What's the 411?
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)

Posted by Scott Banks on Tuesday, 05/5/2015 @ 11:53am

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Prince - Art Official Age (2014)
Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970)
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)

Genre Votes:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's
Hip Hop/Rap
Industrial
Jazz

Artist Votes:

Aerosmith
Pearl Jam
Sparks
Tom Waits
Wilco

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 05/5/2015 @ 13:27pm

My Ballot:

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

80's Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Electronic
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's
Krautrock

Aerosmith
Bob Dylan
Sparks
Tom Waits
Wilco

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 05/5/2015 @ 13:33pm

Album Vote:

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Mary J Blige - What's the 411?
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Genre Vote:

80's Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Female Pop Stars
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz

Artist Vote:

Aerosmith
Bob Dylan
Pearl Jam
Tom Waits
Wilco

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/5/2015 @ 22:13pm

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps) (1980)
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Mary J Blige - What's the 411?
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)

80's Pop
Electronic
Female Pop Stars
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz

Posted by Ryan on Wednesday, 05/6/2015 @ 10:28am

Here is my genre selection ballot.

80's Pop
Female Pop Stars
Hip Hop/Rap
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
1970s Teenage Idols

I will post my Album Project ballot shortly,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Wednesday, 05/6/2015 @ 22:06pm

80's Pop
Female Pop Stars
Hip Hop / Rap
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's
Jazz

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/6/2015 @ 22:36pm

Genre selection voting is now closed.

Hip Hop/Rap has been selected for this month's genre vote.

The genre itself seems pretty straight-forward, but if there are any discussions regarding which albums belong in this genre and which ones don't, please discuss that during the next two days, as nominations will start at 10 PM Central on the 8th.

We also need to determine if we'll split the genre into two votes or not.

Here are the final results of the vote:

Hip Hop/Rap - 8
___________________

80's Pop - 7
Female Pop Stars - 7

Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 5

Electronic - 4
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's - 4
Jazz - 4
___________________

Industrial - 2
Krautrock - 2

1970s Teenage Idols - 1
Country - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/6/2015 @ 23:11pm

I would support a split vote for Rap/Hip Hop albums. I would suggest the following time periods...

1979-1999

2000-Present

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 05/6/2015 @ 23:32pm

My votes:

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Mary J Blige - What's the 411?
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Potential Vote Switches / Would Support In The Future:

De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970)
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/6/2015 @ 23:44pm

My current vote count (let me know if there are any inaccuracies):

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994) - 7
Mary J Blige - What's the 411? - 7

The Spinners - Spinners (1973) - 5
___________________

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975) - 4
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991) - 4
Primus - Pork Soda (1993) - 4
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014) - 4
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 4
___________________

Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 3
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014) - 3
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972) - 3
Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970) - 3
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014) - 3

Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977) - 2
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 2
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001) - 2
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 2

Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014) - 1
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps) (1980) - 1
Prince - Art Official Age (2014) - 1
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014) - 1

alt-J - This is All Yours (2014) - 0
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots (2014) - 0
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/6/2015 @ 23:47pm

I support a split here. 1979-1999 and 2000-2014.

Some suggestions for your consideration.

The Streets- Original Pirate Material (2002)
The Streets- A Grand Don't Come Free (2004)
LL Cool J- Bigger and Deffer (1989)
De La Soul- Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
De La Soul- Stakes Is High (1996)
A Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders (1993)
A Tribe Called Quest- People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
Big Punisher- Capital Punishment (1998)
Slick Rick- The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
Danny Brown- XXX (2010)
Cypress Hill- Black Sunday (1993)
N.W.A.- Niggaz4Life (1991)
Mobb Deep- The Infamous (1995)
Lupe Fiasco- Food and Liquer (2006)
Ice Cube- Death Certificate (1991)
Ice Cube- Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)
Beastie Boys- Hello Nasty
Queen Latifah- All Hail The Queen
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
Ice T - Power
Afrika Bambaataa - Looking for the Perfect Beat
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Madvillain- Madvillainy (2004)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/7/2015 @ 01:01am

Actually how about 1979-1995 and 1996- present? I think the modern era started at around the mid 90's.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/7/2015 @ 14:08pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album project.

David Bowie - Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps) (1980)
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots (2014)
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970)
Prince - Art Official Age (2014)

A rather eclectic ballot for this month,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Thursday, 05/7/2015 @ 22:07pm

I'm good with the split I suggested or the new one by Greg.

Either works for me.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 05/7/2015 @ 22:52pm

I guess we could actually start from 1969/1970 ish, if we want to nominate albums from early rap pioneers like Gil-Scott Heron and the Last Poets. The first real official rap albums came out around 1979-1980 though with the Sugarhill Gang and Kurtis Blow. Either works for me.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 05/7/2015 @ 22:53pm

If we agree to split the genres after 1995, would it matter what year we started the first genre in so long as only legitimate hip hop / rap albums were nominated?

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/8/2015 @ 00:47am

To answer Darren's question, not really. 1970 could just be basic year to start out at. Just for the sake of having a starting year.

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 05/8/2015 @ 02:22am

My ballot:

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970)
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 05/8/2015 @ 18:35pm

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots (2014)
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)

Artist

Bob Dylan
Sparks
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Wilco

Genre:

Electronic
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's
Industrial
Jazz
Krautrock

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 05/8/2015 @ 19:09pm

Oops, missed the genre vote. Scrap that part.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 05/8/2015 @ 19:26pm

Votes:

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)

Last cuts:
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots (2014)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)

Artist votes:
Aerosmith
Sparks
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Wilco

Posted by SotN on Friday, 05/8/2015 @ 21:13pm

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots (2014)
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014)

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Sparks
Tom Waits
Tori Amos

Posted by joker on Friday, 05/8/2015 @ 22:44pm

Artist Vote Selection Voting for the Album Project is now closed.

Tom Waits has been selected as the Artist Vote Artist for the Album Project for this month.

Here are the final results:

Tom Waits - 9
_________________________

Aerosmith - 7
Sparks - 7

Bob Dylan - 6
Tori Amos - 6

Pearl Jam - 5
Wilco - 5

Nominations for the Artist Vote for the Album Project will begin on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/9/2015 @ 03:27am

Song Project Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results of the vote (let me know ASAP if the count is incorrect):

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994) - 7
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991) - 7
Mary J Blige - What's the 411? - 7

Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972) - 6
The Spinners - Spinners (1973) - 6
_______________________

Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 5
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014) - 5
Primus - Pork Soda (1993) - 5

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975) - 4
Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970) - 4
Robyn & Royksopp - Do It Again (2014) - 4
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014) - 4
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (2014) - 4
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 4

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 3
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014) - 3

Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014) - 2
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots (2014) - 2
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977) - 2
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 2
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001) - 2

David Bowie - Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps) (1980) - 1
Prince - Art Official Age (2014) - 1

alt-J - This is All Yours (2014) - 0

Here is the Album Project Class of May 2015:

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Mary J Blige - What's the 411?
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/9/2015 @ 03:29am

The selected genre this month is "Hip Hop/Rap". We've decided to split that genre into two votes, 1954-1995 and 1996-2014.

Nominations are now open for the first of two genre votes this month, which is "Hip Hop/Rap 1954-1995".

Any voter who is interested can nominate two albums that they think belong in this genre. If you think that an album is nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day designated for review.

Nominations will end at 11:59 PM Central on Sunday the 10th. Review will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/9/2015 @ 03:34am

I'll nominate:

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 05/9/2015 @ 03:53am

This is going to be really tough. Can't forget about our ladies in hip hop. MC Lyte just missed my list.......

Nominations:
Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen (1989)
Too Short - Life Is ... Too Short (1989)

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 05/9/2015 @ 08:39am

Nominations:

Slick Rick- The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
Ice Cube- Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 05/9/2015 @ 10:29am

Whodini - Escape (1984)
Neneh Cherry - Raw like Sushi (1989)

Posted by Scott Banks on Saturday, 05/9/2015 @ 10:34am

LL Cool J- Bigger and Deffer (1989)
De La Soul- Buhloone Mindstate (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 05/9/2015 @ 22:37pm

Artist Vote - Album Project Question - In instances where an Artist is selected and they have fewer than 10 albums that haven't been inducted into the Album Project yet, can we forgo nominations and just put their remaining discography on the ballot?

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/10/2015 @ 00:07am

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/10/2015 @ 00:20am

To answer Darren's question, yes I think that would be the best course of action. I was kind of worried this would happen in the Album Project, which is why I suggested for people nominate artists with lots of albums. It wouldn't make sense to nominate Nirvana when all but one of their albums is inducted.

But yeah, if we can't nominate artists with lots of albums to choose from, it would probably be best to just skip the nominating process and just put an artist's entire discography (albums that qualify for the album Project obviously) up as eligible to be voted for.

Maybe we should just do that for every artist in general. We don't need that in the Song Project obviously as there's way more songs from an artist to choose from when picking nominees, then albums.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 05/10/2015 @ 07:34am

My nominations for the Rap/Hip-Hop Genre vote..

EPMD- Strictly Business (1988)
Eric B. and Rakim- Follow the Leader (1988)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 05/10/2015 @ 07:44am

Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 05/10/2015 @ 09:29am

LL Cool J- Bigger and Deffer was released in 1987.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/10/2015 @ 14:43pm

I'm in agreement. Tom Waits has the body of work to justify this category, but not so huge as to make nominations necessary.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 05/10/2015 @ 16:43pm

Here are my nominees for the Hip/Hop Album Project special election.

Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (1992)
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock: The Album (1986)

Hopefully this is legitimate,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Sunday, 05/10/2015 @ 20:55pm

Nominations for the first genre vote are now closed.

The following albums have been nominated and are currently up for review:

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock: The Album (1986)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
EPMD - Strictly Business (1988)
Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (1992)
Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader (1988)
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987)
Neneh Cherry - Raw like Sushi (1989)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen (1989)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
Too Short - Life Is ... Too Short (1989)
Whodini - Escape (1984)

If you feel that any of these albums have been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 11th. There will then be 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/11/2015 @ 01:27am

Lots of great albums to choose from here. This only shows how much we've neglected rap music in the Album Project. I'm glad we're having this genre vote now.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 05/11/2015 @ 13:51pm

Review is now over. There weren't any protested albums. Voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums:

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock: The Album (1986)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
EPMD - Strictly Business (1988)
Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (1992)
Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader (1988)
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987)
Neneh Cherry - Raw like Sushi (1989)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen (1989)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
Too Short - Life Is ... Too Short (1989)
Whodini - Escape (1984)

Voters must vote for exactly six nominated albums for their vote to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/11/2015 @ 23:04pm

My votes...

A Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders (1993)
Boogie Down Productions- By All Means Necessary (1988)
EPMD- Strictly Business (1988)
Eric B. and Rakim- Follow the Leader (1988)
Ice Cube- Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)
Public Enemy- Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)

Last Cuts that I would Support in Future Votes

Cypress Hill- Black Sunday (1993)
Eric B. and Rakim- Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Ice Cube- The Predator (1992)
LL Cool J- Bigger and Deffer (1987)
Queen Latifah- All Hail the Queen (1989)
Slick Rick- The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 05/11/2015 @ 23:37pm

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
EPMD - Strictly Business (1988)
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995)

Excellent set of nominations. I agree with Donnie...this genre was long overdue for a vote.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 05/12/2015 @ 01:02am

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
EPMD - Strictly Business (1988)
Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader (1988)
LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987)
Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen (1989)
Whodini - Escape (1984)

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 05/12/2015 @ 12:25pm

A Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders (1993)
Boogie Down Productions- By All Means Necessary (1988)
De La Soul- Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
Ice Cube- Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)
Queen Latifah- All Hail The Queen (1989)
Slick Rick- The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/12/2015 @ 14:43pm

A Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders (1993)
Despite La Soul- Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
Ice Cube- Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)
LL Cool J- Bigger and Deffer (1987)
Queen Latifah- All Hail The Queen (1989)
Whodini- Escape (1984)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/12/2015 @ 22:11pm

My votes:

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
EPMD - Strictly Business (1988)
Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader (1988)
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)

Would support in the future:

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock: The Album (1986)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988)
Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (1992)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen (1989)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
Too Short - Life Is ... Too Short (1989)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/14/2015 @ 23:41pm

My Current Vote Count (Let me know if there are any inaccuracies):

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993) - 5
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990) - 5

EPMD - Strictly Business (1988) - 4

Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader (1988) - 3
Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen (1989) - 3
____________________

Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988) - 2
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993) - 2
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993) - 2
LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987) - 2
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987) - 2
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988) - 2
Whodini - Escape (1984) - 2

Ice Cube - The Predator (1992) - 1
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995) - 1

Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock: The Album (1986) - 0
Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (1992) - 0
Neneh Cherry - Raw like Sushi (1989) - 0
Too Short - Life Is ... Too Short (1989) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/14/2015 @ 23:42pm

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)
Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader (1988)
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock: The Album (1986)
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 05/15/2015 @ 19:40pm

Here s my ballot for the Hip-hop special election ballot for the Album Project.

Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock: The Album (1986)
Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (1992)
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)
Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader (1988)
LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)

A very interesting time period for hip-hop,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Saturday, 05/16/2015 @ 09:14am

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988)
EPMD - Strictly Business (1988)
Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader (1988)
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)
Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen (1989)

Cutting De La Soul sucked. Big time.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 05/16/2015 @ 20:24pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the results of the vote (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990) - 8

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993) - 7

Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader (1988) - 6

EPMD - Strictly Business (1988) - 5
__________________

Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987) - 4
Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen (1989) - 4
__________________

Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988) - 3
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993) - 3
LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987) - 3

Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock: The Album (1986) - 2
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993) - 2
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988) - 2
Whodini - Escape (1984) - 2

Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (1992) - 1
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992) - 1
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995) - 1

Neneh Cherry - Raw like Sushi (1989) - 0
Too Short - Life Is ... Too Short (1989) - 0

The following albums have been inducted:

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
EPMD - Strictly Business (1988)
Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader (1988)
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen (1989)

Anyone who voted in this month's genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select one album. The album that gets the most votes will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the June Album Project vote. In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/16/2015 @ 23:39pm

Nominations are now open for the second genre vote this month.

The selected genre is "Hip Hop / Rap 1996-2014".

Each voter can nominate two albums for this genre vote. If you feel that an album is nominated inappropriately for this genre vote, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 18th. There will then be one day of review, followed by 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/16/2015 @ 23:42pm

The selected Artist this month for the Artist Project Vote is Tom Waits.

There won't be nominations for this Artist because of the limited number of albums that are eligible for the vote.

This is the list of eligible albums that I found on wikipedia (I've removed any albums that have already been inducted):

Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)
Tom Waits - Small Change (1976)
Tom Waits - Foreign Affairs (1977)
Tom Waits - Blue Valentine (1978)
Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine (1980)
Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years (1987)
Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992)
Tom Waits - The Black Rider (1993)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)
Tom Waits - Blood Money (2002)
Tom Waits - Alice (2002)
Tom Waits - Real Gone (2004)
Tom Waits - Bad As Me (2011)

Tom Waits And Crystal Gayle - One From The Heart Soundtrack (1982)
Tom Waits - Night On Earth Soundtrack (1992)

Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner (Live) (1975)
Tom Waits - Big Time (Live) (1988)
Tom Waits - Glitter And Doom (Live) (2009)

Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers And Bastards (Box Set featuring rarities and new material) (2006)

Please let me know if I've missed any albums or if any listed albums are ineligible, especially the live albums, soundtracks and the box set.

Voting will start at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 19th. There will then be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/16/2015 @ 23:56pm

Hip-hop/rap:
Lupe Fiasco- Food and Liquor (2006)
Danny Brown- Old (2013)

Tiebreaker:
Queen Latifah- All Hail The Queen (1989)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/17/2015 @ 00:26am

Hip-Hop / Rap (1996-2014) nominations:

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes... (1997)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 05/17/2015 @ 01:01am

I'll throw a vote to the Queen for the tiebreaker.

Nominees:
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 05/17/2015 @ 03:33am

Genre Vote Nominations

Mobb Deep- The Infamous (1995)
Kanye West- 808's and Heartbreak (2008)

Tie-breaker

Public Enemy- Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 05/17/2015 @ 10:03am

Tie-breaker vote goes to Queen Latifah.

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 05/17/2015 @ 10:34am

Donnie we're doing 1996-2014 this round. So unfortunately Mobb Deep- The Infamous (1995) is not eligible at this time. It would have last round.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/17/2015 @ 11:16am

My nominations:

Run The Jewels - Run The Jewls 2 (2014)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/17/2015 @ 18:43pm

I vote for Queen Latifah in the tiebreaker.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/17/2015 @ 18:45pm

Nominee:

Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2001)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 05/17/2015 @ 20:57pm

Whoops. I completely forgot about that. Sorry about that Darren.

New Nominees....

Common- Be (2005)

Kanye West- 808's and Heartbreak (2008)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 05/18/2015 @ 02:53am

My tiebreaker vote is as follows:

Public Enemy - Yo Bum Rush The Show (1987)

And here are my nominees for the special election of this Album Project.

De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
Missy Elliott - The Cookbook (2005)

Hopefully this all turns out well,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Monday, 05/18/2015 @ 21:47pm

Tiebreaker:

Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)

Nominations:

The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 05/18/2015 @ 22:13pm

OutKast - ATLiens (1996)
Madvillian – Madvilliany (2004)

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 05/18/2015 @ 23:16pm

Tiebreaker

Queen Latifah- All Hail The Queen (1989)

No nominations for this round

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/18/2015 @ 23:43pm

Nominations are now closed. The following albums have been nominated and are up for review:

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes... (1997)
Common - Be (2005)
Danny Brown - Old (2013)
De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2001)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor (2006)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
Madvillian - Madvilliany (2004)
Missy Elliott - The Cookbook (2005)
OutKast - ATLiens (1996)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewls 2 (2014)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

If you feel that any album has been nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/19/2015 @ 00:17am

Tiebreaker voting is now over.

Here are the final tiebreaker vote results:

Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen (1989) - 5
___________________

Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987) - 3

Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987) will be automatically nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here is the class of inductees for this genre vote:

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
EPMD - Strictly Business (1988)
Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader (1988)
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted (1990)
Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen (1989)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/19/2015 @ 00:19am

No albums were successfully protested.

Voting is now open.

Here are the nominees:

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes... (1997)
Common - Be (2005)
Danny Brown - Old (2013)
De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2001)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor (2006)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
Madvillian - Madvilliany (2004)
Missy Elliott - The Cookbook (2005)
OutKast - ATLiens (1996)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewls 2 (2014)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/19/2015 @ 23:00pm

Voting is now open in the Artist Project Vote.

Here are the eligible albums:

Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)
Tom Waits - Small Change (1976)
Tom Waits - Foreign Affairs (1977)
Tom Waits - Blue Valentine (1978)
Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine (1980)
Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years (1987)
Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992)
Tom Waits - The Black Rider (1993)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)
Tom Waits - Blood Money (2002)
Tom Waits - Alice (2002)
Tom Waits - Real Gone (2004)
Tom Waits - Bad As Me (2011)
Tom Waits And Crystal Gayle - One From The Heart Soundtrack (1982)
Tom Waits - Night On Earth Soundtrack (1992)
Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner (Live) (1975)
Tom Waits - Big Time (Live) (1988)
Tom Waits - Glitter And Doom (Live) (2009)
Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers And Bastards (Box Set) (2006)

To vote, select exactly five albums from the list of eligible albums.

The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/19/2015 @ 23:02pm

Artist Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/19/2015 @ 23:14pm

Tom Waits - Small Change (1976)
Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 05/20/2015 @ 00:13am

Common - Be (2005)
De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2001)
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor (2006)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewls 2 (2014)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 05/20/2015 @ 00:20am

Just realized it's five votes rather than three. I'll add:

Tom Waits - Blood Money (2002)
Tom Waits - Bad As Me (2011)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 05/20/2015 @ 00:23am

Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)
Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years (1987)
Tom Waits - The Black Rider (1993)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)
Tom Waits - Bad As Me (2011)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 05/20/2015 @ 00:51am

My Votes

Genre Vote

Common- Be (2005)
Eminem- The Eminem Show (2002)
Kanye West- 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
OutKast- ATLiens (1996)
The Roots- All Things Fall Apart (1999)

Runners-Up:

Beastie Boys- Hello Nasty (1998)
Busta Rhymes- When Disaster Strikes....(1997)
Gorillaz- Gorillaz (2001)
Immortal Technique- Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2001)
Madvillain- Madvilliany (2004)
Missy Elliot- The Cookbook (2005)

Artist Vote

The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)
Frank's Wild Years (1987)
Bone Machine (1992)
Mule Variations (1999)
Bad As Me (2011)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 05/20/2015 @ 05:37am

Genre vote:
Danny Brown- Old (2013)
De La Soul- Stakes is High (1996)
Common- Be (2005)
Lupe Fiasco- Food and Liquor (2006)
Outkast- ATLiens (1996)
Run The Jewels- Run The Jewels 2 (2014)

Artist vote:
Frank's Wild Years
Bone Machine
Mule Variations
Alice
Blood Money

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/20/2015 @ 08:15am

Genre:

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes... (1997)
Danny Brown - Old (2013)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
Madvillian - Madvilliany (2004)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 05/20/2015 @ 13:26pm

I just realized that I only voted for 5 albums, when it should've been 6.

Add Gorillaz-Gorillaz (2001) to my ballot.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 05/20/2015 @ 23:16pm

De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
Madvillian - Madvilliany (2004)
OutKast - ATLiens (1996)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 05/21/2015 @ 00:02am

Any interest in the following artists for the artist vote in june?

Tori Amos (again)*
Joni Mitchell*
Laura Nyro*
Harry Nilsson*
Elton John*
Pink Floyd*
King Crimson*
Yes*
Bjork*
Kate Bush
Iron Maiden*
Warren Zevon*
Tim Buckley*
Megadeth
Can*
Beck*
Radiohead
Chicago
Weather Report*
Mahavishnu Orchestra*
Return to Forever*
Miles Davis

And for genres?

Krautrock (again)*
Industrial (again)*
Post Rock*
Post Punk/College Rock
Indie Rock/Pop*
60's Psychedelia*
80's British Metel*
Progressive/Symphonic Metal*
Obscure Albums*
Rock N Roll Famers
Concept Albums
Grammy Winning Albums
Critically Acclaimed Albums
Ambient*

*= high priority

I probably won't make a list of albums since I already know what I want to nominate in June.

Basement Jaxx- Rooty (2001)
Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/21/2015 @ 16:53pm

Greg - These would easily get my vote:

Krautrock
Industrial
Post Rock
Post Punk/College Rock
Obscure Albums
Critically Acclaimed Albums
Ambient

Industrial, Post rock and Ambient are ridiculously underacknowledged and College Rock/Post punk has some gigantic holes that could be filled,

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 05/21/2015 @ 22:10pm

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Common - Be (2005)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)
Tom Waits - Small Change (1976)
Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)
Tom Waits - Bad As Me (2011)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 05/21/2015 @ 22:29pm

Votes:

Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes... (1997)
Common - Be (2005)
De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
Missy Elliott - The Cookbook (2005)
OutKast - ATLiens (1996)

Posted by Mike on Friday, 05/22/2015 @ 13:25pm

No albums were successfully protested.

Voting is now open.

Here are the nominees:

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
OutKast - ATLiens (1996)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 05/23/2015 @ 21:57pm

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
OutKast - ATLiens (1996)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 05/23/2015 @ 21:58pm

My Votes:

Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor (2006)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
OutKast - ATLiens (1996)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/24/2015 @ 02:13am

My current vote count (please let me know of any errors ASAP):

M.I.A. - Kala (2007) - 6
OutKast - ATLiens (1996) - 6

Common - Be (2005) - 5
De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996) - 5
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999) - 5
_______________________

Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002) - 4
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008) - 4

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998) - 3
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor (2006) - 3
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014) - 3

Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes... (1997) - 2
Danny Brown - Old (2013) - 2
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001) - 2
Madvillian - Madvilliany (2004) - 2

Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2001) - 1
Missy Elliott - The Cookbook (2005) - 1

Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/24/2015 @ 02:15am

Gorillaz actually has three votes, as I listed it as my 6th album on my ballot (after I initially only voted for 5 albums as a mistake).

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 05/24/2015 @ 16:21pm

Here is my ballot for this special election.

OutKast - ATLiens (1996)
De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Missy Elliott - The Cookbook (2005)

Pleased to see one of my nominees getting the support needed,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Sunday, 05/24/2015 @ 20:54pm

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Common - Be (2005)
De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)

Missy Elliot, Run the Jewels, Madvillian, Gorillaz, Lupe Fiasco. The last two were between M.I.A. and OutKast, so I decided to take the hard option and drop OutKast. I'm glad it'll still get in with or without my vote.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 05/24/2015 @ 21:34pm

"Gorillaz actually has three votes, as I listed it as my 6th album on my ballot (after I initially only voted for 5 albums as a mistake).

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 05.24.15 @ 16:21pm"

I'm putting together the final vote counts now, but to clarify, Tom H. and Donnie's votes for Gorillaz were the two I was counting at the time I posted the current vote count. I'm not aware of a third vote posted at that time, so if that's the case, please let me know who cast that vote.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/25/2015 @ 00:30am

Album Project Genre Voting is now closed.

Here are the results (let me know if there are any errors):

De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996) - 7
M.I.A. - Kala (2007) - 7
OutKast - ATLiens (1996) - 7
_____________________

Common - Be (2005) - 6
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002) - 6
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008) - 6
_____________________

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998) - 5
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999) - 5

Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor (2006) - 3
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014) - 3

Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes... (1997) - 2
Danny Brown - Old (2013) - 2
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001) - 2
Madvillian - Madvilliany (2004) - 2
Missy Elliott - The Cookbook (2005) - 2

Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2001) - 1

Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013) - 0

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
OutKast - ATLiens (1996)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Common - Be (2005)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)

Anyone who voted in this month's second album genre vote is eligible to participate in this tiebreaker vote. To vote, rank all three albums in order of preference. The highest-ranking album will receive 3 points, 2 for the second-highest and 1 for the other album. The two albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/25/2015 @ 00:37am

Artist Vote voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999) - 5
_______________________

Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992) - 4
Tom Waits - Bad As Me (2011) - 4
_______________________

Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974) - 3
Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years (1987) - 3

Tom Waits - Small Change (1976) - 2
Tom Waits - Blood Money (2002) - 2

Tom Waits - The Black Rider (1993) - 1
Tom Waits - Alice (2002) - 1

Tom Waits - Foreign Affairs (1977) - 0
Tom Waits - Blue Valentine (1978) - 0
Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine (1980) - 0
Tom Waits - Real Gone (2004) - 0
Tom Waits And Crystal Gayle - One From The Heart Soundtrack (1982) - 0
Tom Waits - Night On Earth Soundtrack (1992) - 0
Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner (Live) (1975) - 0
Tom Waits - Big Time (Live) (1988) - 0
Tom Waits - Glitter And Doom (Live) (2009) - 0
Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers And Bastards (Box Set) (2006) - 0

The following album has been inducted into the Album Project as a result of this month's Artist Vote:

Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992)
Tom Waits - Bad As Me (2011)

Anyone who voted in this Artist Vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, select one album. The album that gets the most votes will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the June Album Project. In the event of a tie, that last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/25/2015 @ 00:44am

Genre tiebreaker:

Common- Be (2005) 3
Eminem- The Eminem Show 2
Kanye West- 808's and Heartbreak 1

Artist tiebreaker:

Tom Waits- Bone Machine (1992)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 05/25/2015 @ 01:25am

Dang, both of my nominated albums end up in the tie-breaker :(

Genre Tie-breaker Votes

1. Common- Be (2005) (3 points)
2. Kanye West- 808's and Heartbreak (2 points)
3. Eminem- The Eminem Show (2002) (1 point)

All three of these albums should be in our album HOF. I will definitely vote for the losing album in next month's vote.

Artist Vote Tie-Breaker

Bone Machine (1992)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 05/25/2015 @ 02:45am

1. Common- Be (2005) (3 points)
2. Kanye West- 808's and Heartbreak (2 points)
3. Eminem- The Eminem Show (2002) (1 point)

Bone Machine

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 05/25/2015 @ 23:54pm

Common - Be (2005) 3 points
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008) 1 point

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 05/26/2015 @ 01:23am

Common - Be (2005) (3 pts)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008) (1 pt)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 05/26/2015 @ 09:58am

Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)-3
Common - Be (2005)-2
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/26/2015 @ 14:28pm

Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)- 3
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)- 2
Common - Be (2005)- 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/26/2015 @ 17:48pm

1. Common - Be (2005) (3 points)
2. Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002) (2 points)
3. Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008) (A point)

In all likelihood, 808s and Heartbreak (since it's the likely odd-one-out of these three) will get my vote in a general election.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 05/26/2015 @ 22:44pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the results of the Artist Vote tiebreaker:

Bone Machine (1992) - 3
_______________________

Bad As Me (2011) - 0

Here are the results of the Genre Album Project tiebreaker:

Common - Be (2005) - 21
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002) - 16
____________________

Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008) - 11

Tom Waits - Bad As Me (2011) and Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008) will be automatically nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here are the albums inducted as a result of this month's Artist Vote:

Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)
Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992)

Here are the albums inducted as a result of this month's second Genre vote:

Common - Be (2005)
De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
OutKast - ATLiens (1996)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/26/2015 @ 23:30pm

My Nominations:

Basement Jaxx- Rooty (2001)
Lana Del Rey- Untraviolence (2014)

Genre:

Post-Rock

Artist:

Joni Mitchell

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/1/2015 @ 01:05am

I'll nominate:

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Tricky - Nearly God (1996)

Artist vote:
The Residents

Posted by SotN on Monday, 06/1/2015 @ 01:39am

My nominations

General Vote

The Chemical Brothers- Exit Planet Dust (1995)

Genre Vote

90's Electronica (if it's eligible to be nominated)

Artist Vote

John Mellencamp

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 06/1/2015 @ 03:51am

Nominations:

Yaz - Upstairs At Eric's
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)

Posted by Mike on Monday, 06/1/2015 @ 10:53am

Sorry, guys, I've been feeling sick lately and the start of the month snuck up on me. I'll have the introduction write-ups ready for both project soon and we'll extend the deadlines by one day this month. All previously posted nominations will be included.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/1/2015 @ 16:45pm

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate one album from 2014 and one album from 2014 or prior to 2014. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 4th.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Tom Waits - Bad As Me (2011)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 9th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote (or were nominated last month, when there wasn't a genre vote), but receiving at least three nominations:

80's Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Electronic
Female Pop Stars
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's
Jazz

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Revisited/Projected Acts with 3 Albums or Less" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"90s British Rock/Pop" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Punk" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"70's R&B" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"90's American Alternative Rock" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"Hip Hop/Rap" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"Metal" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 7th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

The Artist Vote:

The 2nd through the 4th (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The 5th through the 9th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

The 17th (approx.) through the 20th (3 days) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 album by the selected artist. If the selected artist has a small enough discography of eligible albums, nominations may be skipped with all eligible albums being eligible for the vote.

The 21st (approx.) through the 25th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/1/2015 @ 17:04pm

nom:

Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 06/1/2015 @ 23:53pm

General nomination:

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989)

Genre nomination:

Thrash Metal

Artist nomination:

ZZ Top

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 06/2/2015 @ 11:49am

Hey Everyone, I decided to contribute to the Album Project as well; always wanted to join in on the discussions but now found some more free time.

General Nomination: The Pretenders: Learning to Crawl (1984)

Genre Nomination: 1960s Blues/Blues Rock

Artist Nomination: Muddy Waters

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 06/2/2015 @ 13:11pm

Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs (1999)
Sam Smith – In the Lonley Hour (2014)

Posted by Ryan on Tuesday, 06/2/2015 @ 22:39pm

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)

Artist Nomination: Bob Dylan

Genre: 90's R&B

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 06/3/2015 @ 00:16am

Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 06/3/2015 @ 04:44am

Rush- Permanent Waves (1980)
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/3/2015 @ 10:10am

Artist Nomination:

Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention

Genre Nomination:

21st Century Indie Pop/Rock

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/3/2015 @ 17:03pm

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)

Artist Vote:

Pearl Jam

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/3/2015 @ 18:18pm

Here are my nominations for this month's Album Project.

Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1985)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)

My genre nomination for this month is:

Movie and TV Soundtracks

And lastly, my Artist Vote nominee is:

Lou Reed

Happy voting to all,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Thursday, 06/4/2015 @ 12:39pm

Lax32: You've nominated two pre-2014 albums instead of one. I like both albums, but which one do you want to put forward?

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 06/4/2015 @ 13:11pm

Lax32 - For the record, if you don't specify one album or the other, your first nomination "Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1985)" will be counted this month since it was listed first.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/4/2015 @ 22:49pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)
Basement Jaxx - Rooty (2001)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973)
Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)
Sam Smith - In the Lonley Hour (2014)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989)
Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1985)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl (1984)
Tom Waits - Bad As Me (2011)
Tricky - Nearly God (1996)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Yaz - Upstairs At Eric's

Voters must vote for exactly 6 albums.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/4/2015 @ 23:55pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

1960s Blues/Blues Rock
80's Pop
90's Electronica
90's R&B
21st Century Indie Pop/Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Electronic
Female Pop Stars
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's
Jazz
Movie and TV Soundtracks
Post-Rock
Thrash Metal

Voters can vote for 5 genres

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 7th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/4/2015 @ 23:56pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated Artists for the Artist Vote (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
John Mellencamp
Joni Mitchell
Lou Reed
Muddy Waters
Pearl Jam
The Residents
ZZ Top

Voters can vote for 5 artists.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/4/2015 @ 23:56pm

General Vote

Basement Jaxx- Rooty (2001)
Kanye West- 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)
Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals (1998)
Public Enemy- Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
The Chemical Brothers- Exit Planet Dust (1995)

Genre Vote

80's Pop
90's Electronica
90's R&B
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Female Pop Stars

Artist Vote

Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
John Mellencamp
Joni Mitchell
ZZ Top

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 06/5/2015 @ 08:22am

Basement Jaxx- Rooty (2001)
Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)
The Chemical Brothers- Exit Planet Dust (1995)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble- In Step (1989)
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)
Yaz- Upstairs at Eric's

Genres:

90's Electronica
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Female Singer-songwriters of the 80's and 90's
Post-Rock
Thrash Metal

Artists:

Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention
Joni Mitchell
Lou Reed
Pearl Jam
The Residents

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/5/2015 @ 09:22am

Albums:

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989)
Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1985)
The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl (1984)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Genres:

80's Pop
90's Electronica
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Electronic
Thrash Metal

Artists:

Bob Dylan
John Mellencamp
Joni Mitchell
Muddy Waters
ZZ Top

Posted by dmg on Friday, 06/5/2015 @ 09:59am

General Vote:
Kayne West: 808’s and Heartbreak (2008)
Ringo Starr: Ringo (1973)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Step In (1989)
Talking Heads: Little Creatures (1985)
Taylor Swift: 1989 (2014)
The Pretenders: Learning to Crawl (1984)

Genre Vote:
1960s Blues/Blues Rock
80’s Pop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80’s and 90’s
Movie and TV Soundtracks

Artist Vote:
Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa
Lou Reed
Muddy Waters
ZZ Top

Posted by Nick on Friday, 06/5/2015 @ 10:29am

I want switch Yaz- Upstairs at Eric's to
Rush- Permanent Waves (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/5/2015 @ 11:24am

Basement Jaxx - Rooty (2001)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Tricky - Nearly God (1996)
Yaz - Upstairs At Eric's

Posted by Mike on Friday, 06/5/2015 @ 12:06pm

Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)
Basement Jaxx - Rooty (2001)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1985)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl (1984)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 06/5/2015 @ 23:13pm

votes:

Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973)
Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1985)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl (1984)
Tom Waits - Bad As Me (2011)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Movie and TV Soundtracks

Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Lou Reed

Posted by Darrin A on Saturday, 06/6/2015 @ 07:19am

Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

1960s Blues/Blues Rock
80's Pop
90's Electronica
90's R&B
Electronic

Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
Joni Mitchell
Lou Reed
Muddy Waters

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 06/6/2015 @ 10:54am

Basement Jaxx - Rooty (2001)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
Yaz - Upstairs At Eric's

Posted by Ryan on Saturday, 06/6/2015 @ 16:19pm

My votes:

80's Pop
90's R&B
21st Century Indie Pop/Rock
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's
Thrash Metal

Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
Joni Mitchell
Lou Reed
Pearl Jam

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/7/2015 @ 15:56pm

My votes:

Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989)
Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1985)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl (1984)

Didn't need my vote / would support in the future:

Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)
Sam Smith - In the Lonley Hour (2014)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/7/2015 @ 16:26pm

My current vote count (let me know if there are any errors):

Basement Jaxx - Rooty (2001) - 5
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008) - 5
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987) - 5
Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1985) - 5
The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl (1984) - 5
_______________________

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989) - 4
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995) - 4
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 4

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978) - 3

Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014) - 2
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 2
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 2
Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973) - 2
Rush - Permanent Waves (1980) - 2
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014) - 2
Yaz - Upstairs At Eric's - 2

Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998) - 1
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014) - 1
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014) - 1
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014) - 1
Tom Waits - Bad As Me (2011) - 1
Tricky - Nearly God (1996) - 1

Sam Smith - In the Lonley Hour (2014) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/7/2015 @ 16:27pm

Genre Ballot

80's Pop
21st Century Indie Pop/Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Jazz
Movie and TV Soundtracks

Artist Ballot

Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
Joni Mitchell
Muddy Waters
Pearl Jam

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 06/7/2015 @ 20:39pm

Voting is now closed in the genre selection.

Here are the results (let me know if there are any errors ASAP):

80's Pop - 6
_________________________

Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 5

90's Electronica - 4
_________________________

90's R&B - 3
Female Singer-Songwriters of the 80's & 90's - 3
Movie and TV Soundtracks - 3
Thrash Metal - 3

1960s Blues/Blues Rock - 2
21st Century Indie Pop/Rock - 2
Electronic - 2

Female Pop Stars - 1
Jazz - 1
Post-Rock - 1

This month's selected genre is "80's Pop".

From now until the end of Song and Album Project voting (including tiebreaker voting if necessary), please discuss whether or not this genre should be split into two votes or not and which albums are and are not qualified for this genre.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/8/2015 @ 00:06am

Would Kate Bush and Sade count for this month's genre vote?

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/8/2015 @ 11:25am

Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)
Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1985)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/8/2015 @ 11:45am

Suggestions for the 80's pop genre vote.

Madonna- Madonna (1983)
Madonna- True Blue (1986)
Grace Jones- Nightclubbing (1981)
Flashdance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983)
Footloose: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Sade- Diamond Life (1984)
Sade- Promise (1985)
Basia- Tide and Time (1987)
Basia- London Warsaw New York (1989)
Donna Summer- The Wanderer (1980)
Kim Carnes- Mistaken Identity (1981)
Kim Carnes- Voyeur (1982)
Laura Branigan- Self Control (1984)
Laura Branigan- Branigan 2 (1983)
Laura Branigan- Branigan (1982)
Sheena Easton- Madness, Money & Music (1982)
Shenna Easton- A Private Heaven (1984)
Prince- Controversy (1981)
Falco- Falco 3 (1983)
Kenny Loggins- High Adventure (1982)
The Power Station- The Power Station (1985)
Robert Palmer- Clues (1980)
Robert Palmer- Riptide (1986)
Robert Palmer- Heavy Nova (1988)
Erasure- The Innocents (1988)
Thomas Dolby- The Flat Earth (1984)

Robert Palmer-

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/8/2015 @ 22:27pm

To answer Greg's question, I would be okay with both Kate Bush and Sade being nominated. They're not as straight up pop as someone like Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, or Madonna, but they fit the bill enough for me, to where I wouldn't "protest" them.

Especially Sade.

I had planned on nominating "Savage" by Eurythmics and "Forever Your Girl" by Paula Abdul. We really should have more Eurythmics albums inducted, and Savage, IMO, is their best album (better than "Touch" which is inducted), and is also, IMO, the most underrated album of the entire 1980's. I was actually thinking about nominating it in the General Vote one month, but with 80's Pop coming up for this month, now I've got an even better opportunity to nominate it.

As for "Forever Your Girl," obviously Paula Abdul is not remembered as being a critics darling, but when it comes to late 80's pop music, much like George Michael, Paula Abdul was an absolute superstar, and it was mostly due to "Forever Your Girl" being a monster hit of an album. Beings we're going with 80's Pop, "Forever Your Girl" is one of the defining albums of that period, so to me it should be in.

But, I didn't realize that Madonna's first album hadn't been inducted yet, so if no one else nominates that, I may have to take one of my other nominees away, which would be a shame. In shortly, I fully endorse someone else nominating Madonna's first album. When it comes to pop music for the 80's, it's probably in the top 5 most important albums for that genre and that decade. It should've been inducted a long time ago frankly.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 06/8/2015 @ 23:11pm

I'm thinking of nominating either:

Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)*
Sade- Diamond Life (1984)*
Grace Jones- Nightclubbing (1981)*
Flashdance Soundtrack (1982)
Madonna- Madonna (1982)
Footloose Soundtrack (1984)

*=most likely

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 00:20am

Some ideas for the 80s genre vote:

Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Yaz - Upstairs At Eric's

Those popped right out at me.

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 05:17am

I must sincerely apologize for not being in time to vote for the genre ballots. Had I voted, 80's Pop would have been on my ballot. Thus, I do not think my ballot would have changed the results in the slightest. Here, though, is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1985)
The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl (1984)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)

And here is my Artist Vote ballot:

Lou Reed
Frank Zappa
Joni Mitchell
Muddy Waters
Pearl Jam

Hopefully this ballot is counted,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 09:16am

There doesn't seem to be any interest in splitting this genre into two votes, so we'll go with one vote for "80's Pop" unless there are any objections.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 10:30am

Is anyone opposed to me nominating Genesis for the genre vote? I'm thinking either "Duke" or "Genesis" by which point they were veering into Pop/Rock.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 15:10pm

Basement Jaxx - Rooty (2001)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1985)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
Yaz - Upstairs At Eric's

The last cuts were D'Angelo and the Vanguard, Neneh Cherry, Lana Del Rey, and Rush. If Yaz doesn't get in, I would easily vote for it in the genre vote.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 16:54pm

I don't think 80's pop needs a split. It's already decade-specific, didn't go through any sort of drastic transformation over the 10 years that would warrant multiple votes.

There have been some great suggestions so far. I will definitely support a vote for a Madonna album. Both her self-titled and True Blue are very deserving.

I'm currently leaning toward pushing an album by a female-dominated group this time around like The Go-Go's or The Bangles.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 20:07pm

Tom H. - I'd have no problem with a Phil Collins-led Genesis album from the 80's being nominated for a pop genre vote. It's pop enough for Patrick Batemen (American Psycho), right? lol

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 21:56pm

Darren, I've been meaning to ask you. Do you like Huey Lewis and the News? (:P)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 22:52pm

I agree with everyone that a split isn't necessary for this month's genre in the Album Project.

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 22:53pm

Donnie - If you'll excuse me, I need to return some video tapes. lol

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 22:58pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the results of the vote (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1985) - 8

Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008) - 7
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987) - 7

Basement Jaxx - Rooty (2001) - 6
The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl (1984) - 6
_________________

The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995) - 5
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 5

Rush - Permanent Waves (1980) - 4
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989) - 4
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978) - 4

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014) - 3
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014) - 3
Yaz - Upstairs At Eric's - 3

Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014) - 2
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 2
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 2
Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973) - 2

Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998) - 1
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014) - 1
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014) - 1
Tom Waits - Bad As Me (2011) - 1
Tricky - Nearly God (1996) - 1

Sam Smith - In the Lonley Hour (2014) - 0
_________________

The following albums have been inducted:

Basement Jaxx - Rooty (2001)
Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak (2008)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
Talking Heads - Little Creatures (1985)
The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl (1984)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 23:35pm

Artist Vote Selection voting is now closed.

Here are the results (let me know if there are any errors ASAP):

Joni Mitchell - 8
_______________

Bob Dylan - 7
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention - 7

Lou Reed - 6

Muddy Waters - 5

Pearl Jam - 4

ZZ Top - 3

John Mellencamp - 2

The Residents - 1

This month's selected artist for the Album Project is Joni Mitchell.

The following Joni Mitchell albums have been inducted (let me know if there are any missing):

Blue (1971)
Court And Spark (1974)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Joni Mitchell's discography (obviously we can't count the compilations), since I think there are enough eligible albums to have a nomination process:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell_discography

Voters can nominate one album by Joni Mitchell that hasn't previously been inducted into the Album Project. This would also exclude any albums released in 2015, if there are any.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 12th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 23:40pm

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote.

The selected genre for this month is "80's Pop".

Each voter can nominate two albums for this genre.

If you feel that an album has been nominated that shouldn't be eligible for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified for this genre vote.

There will be 2 days of nominations this round, followed by one day of review (protests can be lodged at any time during the nomination and review process, not just on the third day) followed by 5 days of voting.

Nominations for this genre vote will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 23:45pm

Artist Vote Nomination

Joni Mitchell- Ladies Of The Canyon (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 23:48pm

Artist Vote Nomination:

Joni Mitchell- Hejira (1976)

Genre Vote Nominations:

Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Grace Jones- Nightclubbing (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 23:53pm

Genre nomination:

Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 06/9/2015 @ 23:56pm

Genre Nominations:
Billy Joel: An Innocent Man (1983)
Culture Club: Kissing to Be Clever (1982)

Artist Nomination:
Joni Mitchell: For the Roses (1972)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 06/10/2015 @ 00:01am

genre noms:

Hall & Oates - Voices (1980)
John "Cougar" Mellencamp - American Fool (1982)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 06/10/2015 @ 00:04am

Genre Vote:

Genesis- Genesis (1983)
Huey Lewis and the News- Fore! (1986)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/10/2015 @ 00:19am

Nominations:

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark - Architecture and Morality (1981)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 06/10/2015 @ 07:14am

Genre Vote

Eurythmics- Savage (1987)
Madonna- Madonna (1982)

Artist Vote

Joni Mitchell- Clouds (1969)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 06/10/2015 @ 09:10am

We don't have any Jody Watley songs or albums inducted into our projects. Jody had an impressive run of hits in the 80s & 90s - and don't forget she won that "Best New Artist" Grammy in 1988.

Nominations:

Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1988)
Herb Alpert - Keep Your Eye On Me (1987)

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 06/10/2015 @ 09:24am

The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat (1982)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)

Joni Mitchell - Mingus (1979)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 06/11/2015 @ 18:38pm

Here is my nomination ballot for the 80s Pop Album Project Special Election.

Sir Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)
XTC - Murmur (1983)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Joni Mitchell - Shine (2007)

Passages are supposed to come in threes, not fives:(,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Thursday, 06/11/2015 @ 20:50pm

Nominations are now closed for the genre project vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)
Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Hall & Oates - Voices (1980)
Herb Alpert - Keep Your Eye On Me (1987)
Huey Lewis and the News - Fore! (1986)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1988)
John "Cougar" Mellencamp - American Fool (1982)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Madonna - Madonna (1982)
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark - Architecture and Morality (1981)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat (1982)
The Goonies - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985)
XTC - Murmur (1983)

There will now be one day of review and protests. If you feel that one of the albums has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end and voting will open at 10 PM Central on Friday the 12th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/11/2015 @ 23:47pm

Here are the Joni Mitchell albums that have currently been nominated for the Album Project Artist Vote:

Clouds (1969)
For the Roses (1972)
Hejira (1976)
Ladies Of The Canyon (1970)
Mingus (1979)
Shine (2007)

Nominations will remain open until the conclusion of the Album Project genre voting, including a tiebreaker if necessary.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/11/2015 @ 23:48pm

Hate to do it, but I am going to throw a protest at XTC's Mummer.

Have a hard time with XTC as pop. Never had a US top 40 hit and this album didn't put anything on the UK top 40 either.

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 06/12/2015 @ 23:01pm

Review is now over. There weren't any successfully protested albums.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I missed any):

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)
Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Hall & Oates - Voices (1980)
Herb Alpert - Keep Your Eye On Me (1987)
Huey Lewis and the News - Fore! (1986)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1988)
John "Cougar" Mellencamp - American Fool (1982)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Madonna - Madonna (1982)
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark - Architecture and Morality (1981)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat (1982)
The Goonies - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985)
XTC - Murmur (1983)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/12/2015 @ 23:32pm

Madonna- Madonna (1982)
Grace Jones- Nightclubbing (1981)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
The Go-Go's- Beauty and The Beat (1982)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/13/2015 @ 00:40am

Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
Hall & Oates - Voices (1980)
John "Cougar" Mellencamp - American Fool (1982)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat (1982)
The Goonies - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 06/13/2015 @ 10:40am

Genre Votes

Billy Joel- An Innocent Man (1983)
Culture Club- Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Eurythmics- Savage (1987)
Madonna- Madonna (1982)
John "Cougar" Mellencamp- American Fool (1982)
The Go Go's- Beauty and the Beat (1981)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 06/13/2015 @ 11:02am

Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Hall & Oates - Voices (1980)
Huey Lewis and the News - Fore! (1986)
John "Cougar" Mellencamp - American Fool (1982)
Madonna - Madonna (1982)
The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat (1982)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 06/14/2015 @ 00:34am

Billy Joel: An Innocent Man (1983)
Culture Club: Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Genesis: Genesis (1983)
John “Cougar” Mellencamp: American Fool (1982)
Madonna: Madonna (1982)
The Go-Go’s: Beauty and the Beat (1981)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 06/14/2015 @ 01:49am

Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Herb Alpert - Keep Your Eye On Me (1987)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1988)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark - Architecture and Morality (1981)
The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat (1982)

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 06/14/2015 @ 08:16am

Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Hall & Oates - Voices (1980)
John "Cougar" Mellencamp - American Fool (1982)
Madonna - Madonna (1982)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat (1982)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 06/16/2015 @ 16:02pm

My votes:

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Huey Lewis and the News - Fore! (1986)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1988)
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark - Architecture and Morality (1981)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/17/2015 @ 00:14am

My current vote count (let me know if I made any errors):

The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat (1982) - 7

John "Cougar" Mellencamp - American Fool (1982) - 5
Madonna - Madonna (1982) - 5

Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982) - 4
____________________

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983) - 3
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981) - 3
Hall & Oates - Voices (1980) - 3
____________________

Erasure - The Innocents (1988) - 2
Eurythmics - Savage (1987) - 2
Genesis - Genesis (1983) - 2
Huey Lewis and the News - Fore! (1986) - 2
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1988) - 2
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) - 2
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark - Architecture and Morality (1981) - 2
The Bangles - Different Light (1986) - 2

Herb Alpert - Keep Your Eye On Me (1987) - 1
The Goonies - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985) - 1

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982) - 0
Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983) - 0
XTC - Murmur (1983) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/17/2015 @ 00:16am

Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Hall & Oates - Voices (1980)
John "Cougar" Mellencamp - American Fool (1982)
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark - Architecture and Morality (1981)
The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat (1982)

Eurythmics and Jody Watley were the joint last cuts.

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 06/17/2015 @ 00:52am

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Hall & Oates - Voices (1980)
Huey Lewis and the News - Fore! (1986)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat (1982)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/17/2015 @ 13:50pm

Any Interest for July?

Orbital- Snivilization (1994)*
Air- Moon Safari (1998)*
Disclosure- Settle (2013)*
Steve Winwood- Arc of a Diver (1980)*
Sheryl Crow- The Globe Sessions (1998)
Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker (2000)
Ryan Adams- Gold (2001)
Ryan Adams- Love is Hell (2004)
Elton John- Blue Moves (1976)
Lucinda Williams- Lucinda Williams (1988)
Lucinda Williams- Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)*
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)*
Grace Jones- Nightclubbing (1981)*
Sade- Diamond Life (1984)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions- Get Happy!! (1980)*
Future Islands- Singles (2014)*
Todd Terje- It's Album Time (2014)
Broken Bells- Broken Bells (2010)
Broken Bells- After The Disco (2014)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)
Gary Clark Jr.- Blak And Blu (2011)
Janelle Monae- Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Sujfan Stevens- Michigan (2003)
Buddy Guy- Sweet Tea (2001)
Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)*

*= higher priority

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/17/2015 @ 19:10pm

^ Also

Genres:

Post-Rock
80's and 90's Female Singer-Songwriters
Krautrock
Industrial
Indie Rock/Pop
Indie Dance
Dance-Pop
80's R&B
Obscure Albums
Post-Punk
60's Psychedelia
Country Rock/Southern Rock
Experimental/Avant Garde
Critically Acclaimed Albums

Artists:

Elvis Costello
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
Elton John
Ryan Adams
Tori Amos
Wilco
Yo La Tengo
King Crimson
Yes
Alan Parsons Project
Santana
Sonic Youth
Orbital
Genesis
Johnny Winter
Weather Report
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Aphex Twin
Tim Buckley
Harry Nilsson
Laura Nyro
Carly Simon
Can
Miles Davis
Herbie Hancock
Charles Mingus
Thelonious Monk
John Coltrane
Poco
Sujfan Stevens
Stereolab
Buddy Guy
Rickie Lee Jones

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/17/2015 @ 19:57pm

Here is my 80s Pop ballot before the expiration of ballot counting.

Sir Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)
XTC - Murmur (1983)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
John Mellencamp - American Fool (1982)
Madonna - Madonna (1982)
Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983)

We put a ballot for 80s Pop, yet only two years seem to matter,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Wednesday, 06/17/2015 @ 21:09pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results for this vote (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat (1982) - 9

John "Cougar" Mellencamp - American Fool (1982) - 7

Madonna - Madonna (1982) - 6

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983) - 5
Hall & Oates - Voices (1980) - 5
___________________

Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982) - 4
Genesis - Genesis (1983) - 4
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981) - 4

Erasure - The Innocents (1988) - 3
Huey Lewis and the News - Fore! (1986) - 3
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) - 3
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark - Architecture and Morality (1981) - 3

Eurythmics - Savage (1987) - 2
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1988) - 2
The Bangles - Different Light (1986) - 2

Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983) - 1
Herb Alpert - Keep Your Eye On Me (1987) - 1
The Goonies - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985) - 1
XTC - Murmur (1983) - 1

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982) - 0

The following albums have been inducted:

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983)
Hall & Oates - Voices (1980)
John "Cougar" Mellencamp - American Fool (1982)
Madonna - Madonna (1982)
The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat (1982)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/18/2015 @ 00:17am

Greg F.

These are my priorities from your lists:

Steve Winwood- Arc of a Diver (1980)
Sheryl Crow- The Globe Sessions (1998)
Elton John- Blue Moves (1976)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)*
Elvis Costello & The Attractions- Get Happy!! (1980)
Future Islands- Singles (2014)

Genres:

Krautrock
Indie Rock/Pop
60's Psychedelia
Country Rock/Southern Rock
Experimental/Avant Garde

Artists:

King Crimson**
Yes**
Genesis
Miles Davis
Herbie Hancock
Charles Mingus
Thelonious Monk
John Coltrane
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
Elton John
Weather Report
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Can

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/18/2015 @ 11:11am

Artist Vote:

Joni Mitchell- Clouds (1969)
Joni Mitchell- Ladies of The Canyon (1970)
Joni Mitchell- For The Roses (1972)
Joni Mitchell- Hejira (1976)
Joni Mitchell- Mingus (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/21/2015 @ 13:30pm

Artist Votes:
Joni Mitchell: Clouds (1969)
Joni Mitchell: Ladies of the Canyon (1970)
Joni Mitchell: For the Roses (1972)
Joni Mitchell: Hejira (1976)
Joni Mitchell: Shine (2007)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 06/21/2015 @ 18:57pm

Artist Vote:

Joni Mitchell- Clouds (1969)
Joni Mitchell- For The Roses (1972)
Joni Mitchell- Hejira (1976)
Joni Mitchell- Ladies of The Canyon (1970)
Joni Mitchell- Mingus (1979)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 06/23/2015 @ 11:16am

Clouds (1969)
For the Roses (1972)
Hejira (1976)
Ladies Of The Canyon (1970)
Shine (2007)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 06/23/2015 @ 21:00pm

It appears that I forgot to post the Artist Project nominees.

Here are the nominated albums:

Clouds (1969)
For the Roses (1972)
Hejira (1976)
Ladies Of The Canyon (1970)
Mingus (1979)
Shine (2007)

Voters can vote for 5 nominated albums.

Anyone who wants to change one of their votes can do so without losing their vote switch.

Since I forgot to post this, I'll add two days to the voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on on Saturday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/24/2015 @ 10:21am

Looks like you did post them, you just posted them in the Song Project forum. ;)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 06/24/2015 @ 10:33am

Shameless sympathy card plug, so with the untimely passing of James Horner, is there now any interest in voting come our July election for...

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982)

8-)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 06/24/2015 @ 20:44pm

dmg - Yep. lol I'll still leave the extra days on the poll, just in case someone missed it.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/24/2015 @ 21:55pm

My Artist Project Votes:

Clouds (1969)
For the Roses (1972)
Hejira (1976)
Ladies Of The Canyon (1970)
Mingus (1979)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/24/2015 @ 22:19pm

Here is my Artist Project ballot for this month.

Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969)
Joni Mitchell - For The Roses (1972)
Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1976)
Joni Mitchell - Mingus (1979)
Joni Mitchell - Shine (2007)

Pleased with the ballot that will be posted,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Thursday, 06/25/2015 @ 10:54am

Voting is now closed in the Artist Vote.

Here are the final results:

Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969) - 6
Joni Mitchell - For the Roses (1972) - 6
Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1976) - 6
________________________

Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon (1970) - 5

Joni Mitchell - Mingus (1979) - 4

Joni Mitchell - Shine (2007) - 3

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969)
Joni Mitchell - For the Roses (1972)
Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1976)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project Artist Vote can vote in this tiebreaker. To vote, rank all three albums in order of preference. The two albums that get the most points will be inducted. The album that gets the lowest number of points will be automatically nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Cenral on Monday the 29th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/27/2015 @ 23:13pm

Joni Mitchell- Hejira (1976) 3
Joni Mitchell- For The Roses (1972) 2
Joni Mitchell- Clouds (1969) 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/27/2015 @ 23:53pm

Joni Mitchell: For the Roses (1972): 3
Joni Mitchell: Hejira (1976): 2
Joni Mitchell: Clouds (1969): 1

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 06/28/2015 @ 09:47am

Joni Mitchell - For the Roses (1972)-3
Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1976)-2
Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 06/28/2015 @ 10:52am

Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1976) - 3
Joni Mitchell - For The Roses (1972) - 2
Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/29/2015 @ 15:28pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Joni Mitchell - For the Roses (1972) - 10
Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1976) - 10
____________________

Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969) - 4

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this month's Artist Vote:

Joni Mitchell - For the Roses (1972)
Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1976)

Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969) will be automatically nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/30/2015 @ 00:32am

My nomination for July 2015/2040 induction into The Album Project...

James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrsth of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 06/30/2015 @ 20:49pm

^ Wrath

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 06/30/2015 @ 20:52pm

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate one album from 2014 and one album from 2014 or prior to 2014. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations:

90's Electronica
Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"90s British Rock/Pop" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Punk" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"70's R&B" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"90's American Alternative Rock" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"Hip Hop/Rap" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"80's Pop" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Revisited/Projected Acts with 3 Albums or Less" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Joni Mitchell
Tom Waits

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

The 9th through the 20th (approx.) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 album by the selected artist. If the selected artist has a small enough discography of eligible albums, nominations may be skipped with all eligible albums being eligible for the vote.

The 21st (approx.) through the 25th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/30/2015 @ 21:41pm

My Nominations:

Elvis Costello and The Attractions- Get Happy!! (1980)

Future Islands- Singles (2014)

Genre:

Krautrock

Artist Vote:

King Crimson

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/30/2015 @ 22:04pm

Album nomination:

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989)

Genre nomination:

Metal

Artist:

INXS

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 06/30/2015 @ 22:27pm

General Vote Nomination

Eurythmics- Savage (1987)

Genre Vote

Female Pop Stars

Artist Vote

John Mellencamp

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 06/30/2015 @ 23:48pm

Nominees:
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)

Genre nomination:
Albums by one-hit wonders

Artist nomination:
Warren Zevon

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 07/1/2015 @ 04:18am

Genre

Novelty

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 07/1/2015 @ 09:33am

General Nomination: Lou Reed: Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)

Artist Nomination: The Eagles

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 07/1/2015 @ 10:03am

Rush- Permanent Waves (1980)
Weird Al Yankovic (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/1/2015 @ 11:52am

Sorry meant to say

Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)

with that last nomination

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/1/2015 @ 15:01pm

nom:

Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 07/1/2015 @ 22:45pm

Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
Genre-
Funk
Artist-
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 07/2/2015 @ 02:27am

Genre Nomination:

Jazz

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 07/2/2015 @ 14:07pm

Artist Nomination:

Rush

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 07/2/2015 @ 14:10pm

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)

Genre: Country

Artist: Bob Dylan

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 07/2/2015 @ 23:24pm

Genre Nomination: Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 07/2/2015 @ 23:52pm

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Artist Vote:

Pearl Jam

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/3/2015 @ 00:29am

While there is still time left, here are my nominations for this month's Album Project.

Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water (1975) (RIP)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)

My genre nomination is:

Original Broadway Cast Recordings

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Yes

Sailing down the calming streams,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Friday, 07/3/2015 @ 21:03pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water (1975)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!! (1980)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
Future Islands - Singles (2014)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982)
Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)
Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 albums in order to have their vote counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/4/2015 @ 00:24am

Nominations are now closed.

90's Electronica
Albums By One-Hit Wonders
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Country
Female Pop Stars
Funk
Jazz
Krautrock
Metal
Movie Soundtracks
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Recordings

Voters can vote for five genres.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/4/2015 @ 00:27am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated Artists for the Artist Vote (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Bob Dylan
Electric Light Orchestra
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
INXS
John Mellencamp
King Crimson
Pearl Jam
Rush
The Eagles
Warren Zevon
Yes

Voters can vote for five artists.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/4/2015 @ 00:27am

Elvis Costello and The Attractions- Get Happy!! (1980)
Spoon- They Want My Soul (2014)
Future Islands- Singles (2014)
Queen of The Stone Age- Rated R (2000)
Muse- The 2nd Law (2012)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble- In Step (1989)

Genres

Krautrock
Art/Progressive Rock
Female Pop Stars
90's Electronica
Jazz

Artists

King Crimson
Rush
Yes
Warren Zevon
Bob Dylan

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/4/2015 @ 00:46am

General Votes
Elvis Costello and The Attractions: Get Happy!! (1980)
Lou Reed: Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Rush: Permanent Waves (1980)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: In Step (1989)
Talking Heads: More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
Taylor Swift: 1989 (2014)

Genre Votes
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Female Pop Stars
Funk
Jazz
Movie Soundtracks

Artist Votes
Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
John Mellencamp
The Eagles
Yes

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 07/4/2015 @ 09:32am

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!! (1980)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Joni Mitchell, Weird Al Yankovic, Coldplay, Lou Reed, and Muse were the last cuts.

Genre vote:

90's Electronica
Albums By One-Hit Wonders
Country
Female Pop Stars
Krautrock

Artist vote:

INXS
John Mellencamp
Rush
The Eagles
Warren Zevon

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 07/4/2015 @ 14:39pm

My ballot for July 2015/2040 induction into The Album Project...

Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982)
Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)

Genres

Albums By One-Hit Wonders
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Female Pop Stars
Movie Soundtracks
Novelty

Artists

Electric Light Orchestra
INXS
John Mellencamp
Eagles
Warren Zevon

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 07/4/2015 @ 15:49pm

General Vote

Elvis Costello and the Attractions- Get Happy!!! (1980)
Eurythmics- Savage (1987)
Lou Reed- Rock and Roll Animal (1974)
Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals (1998)
Queens of the Stone Age- Rated R (2000)
Rush- Permanent Waves (1980)

Genre Vote

90's Electronica
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Female Pop Stars
Funk
Jazz

Artist Vote

Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
INXS
John Mellencamp
Rush
The Eagles

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 07/4/2015 @ 16:15pm

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!! (1980)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)

90's Electronica
Country
Funk
Jazz
Metal

Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
John Mellencamp
The Eagles
Warren Zevon

Posted by Ryan on Saturday, 07/4/2015 @ 20:19pm

Albums:

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Genres:

90's Electronica
Metal
Movie Soundtracks
Novelty

Artists:

Bob Dylan
INXS
John Mellencamp

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 07/4/2015 @ 21:48pm

Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 07/5/2015 @ 00:18am

Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!! (1980)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 07/5/2015 @ 15:41pm

Genre Vote:

90's Electronica
Albums By One-Hit Wonders
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Country
Female Pop Stars
Funk
Jazz
Krautrock
Metal
Movie Soundtracks
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Recordings

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/6/2015 @ 13:53pm

Crap!

Let's try that again:

Genre Vote:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Jazz
Metal
Movie Soundtracks
Novelty

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/6/2015 @ 13:55pm

Female Pop Stars
Funk
Metal
Movie Soundtracks
Novelty

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/6/2015 @ 21:30pm

Genre selection voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if I made any errors, ASAP):

Female Pop Stars - 6
_______________________

90's Electronica - 5
Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 5
Jazz - 5
Movie Soundtracks - 5

Funk - 4
Metal - 4
Novelty - 4
_______________________

Albums By One-Hit Wonders - 2
Country - 2
Krautrock - 2

Original Broadway Cast Recordings - 0

This month's selected album Project Genre is "Female Pop Stars". For the rest of the album Project vote (including tiebreakers), please discuss whether or not we'll be splitting the genre into two votes or not and which albums qualify for this genre and which albums do not.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/7/2015 @ 00:12am

I don't think a split is needed for Female Pop Stars.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 07/7/2015 @ 00:27am

We could do a split. Not sure what the intended era we are covering here. If its the modern era (80's to present) there would not be a need for it. If we're looking at including the 60's and 70's along with the 80's to present eras then we should do it.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/7/2015 @ 00:59am

What the f^ck is "Female Pop Stars"? These projects have become so dumbed down, historically illiterate and embarrassing.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 07/7/2015 @ 05:48am

So beings I was that nominated "Female Pop Stars," to give some examples of some artists I was thinking of when putting forward this category...

Madonna
Donna Summer
Whitney Houston
Janet Jackson
Barbara Streisand
Mariah Carey
Paula Abdul
Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera
Rihanna
Katy Perry, etc.

Those type of artists are what I had in mind. But beings the term "Female Pop Stars" is a dumbed down, historically illiterate and embarrassing term for that category of artists according to you, please enlighten me Darin on what the "proper" terminology for that category would be kind sir.

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 07/7/2015 @ 07:26am

Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!! (1980)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)
Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)

Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
King Crimson
The Eagles
Warren Zevon

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 07/7/2015 @ 08:53am

Artist Vote:

Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
King Crimson
Pearl Jam
Rush
Yes

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/7/2015 @ 10:43am

James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982)
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)
Rush- Permanent Waves (1980)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/7/2015 @ 11:30am

Albums I'm considering for genre vote.

Kyle Minogue- Fever (2001)*
Christina Aguilera- Back to Basics (2006)
Madonna- Erotica (1993)
Cher- Believe (1998)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Donna Summer- Four Seasons of Love (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/7/2015 @ 13:44pm

Here's my current vote count (let me know if there are any mistakes):

Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000) - 8

Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!! (1980) - 7
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978) - 7

Rush - Permanent Waves (1980) - 5
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989) - 5
___________________________

Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974) - 4
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 4
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990) - 4
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014) - 4

Eurythmics - Savage (1987) - 3
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982) - 3
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012) - 3

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014) - 2
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 2

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014) - 1
Future Islands - Singles (2014) - 1
Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969) - 1

Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water (1975) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/8/2015 @ 01:21am

My votes:

Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!! (1980)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Didn't need my vote / would support in the future:

Future Islands - Singles (2014)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)
Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/8/2015 @ 01:23am

"But beings the term "Female Pop Stars" is a dumbed down, historically illiterate and embarrassing term for that category of artists according to you, please enlighten me Darin on what the "proper" terminology for that category would be kind sir."

Seems like his point was not that he misunderstood the category or thought it was a dumb name for the category but that he thought it was a bad choice to vote for when most popular stuff of quality has been voted in while certain genres have been little-acknowledged. Not to mention that that category would be dominated by singles artists who were less likely to have consistent albums, when artists in genres less likely to be voted on had more consistent albums. While there are a few singles that would fall in this category in this category that probably still deserve induction (Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" is the first that comes to mind) there probably aren't a whole lot of albums. But after being really active here 4 or 5 years ago, this was my second post in the past couple years probably following my a couple hours late nominations for Manic Street Preachers and Everclear in the 'artists-with-nothing-inducted' song project vote... So I guess I'm full of it since I wasn't voting, but when I read that and knew that probably wasn't what Darin meant by it, I had to mention it.

Posted by Sean on Wednesday, 07/8/2015 @ 03:28am

Lets not do a split. As mentioned above there isn't much quality for this catagory. Especially in the last 5 to 10 years. It's mainly singles plus lots of filler. There's not enough high quality albums to have justify inducting 10 albums.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 07/8/2015 @ 08:51am

While there is still time left, and having forgotten to vote for the genre selections even though my nomination had no effect on the outcome of the vote in the slightest: here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water (1975)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!! (1980)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)

Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989)

And here is my ballot for the Artist Vote.

Yes
King Crimson
Frank Zappa
Rush
Warren Zevon

Hopefully this is counted,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Wednesday, 07/8/2015 @ 21:23pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!! (1980) - 9
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978) - 9

Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000) - 8

Rush - Permanent Waves (1980) - 6
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989) - 6
____________________

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 5
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014) - 5

Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974) - 4
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990) - 4

Eurythmics - Savage (1987) - 3
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982) - 3
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012) - 3
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 3
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 3

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014) - 2
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014) - 2

Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water (1975) - 1
Future Islands - Singles (2014) - 1
Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969) - 1

The following albums have been inducted:

Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!! (1980)
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)
Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step (1989)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/8/2015 @ 23:57pm

Voting is now closed for the Artist Vote selection vote.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention - 6
John Mellencamp - 6
The Eagles - 6
Warren Zevon - 6
__________________________

Bob Dylan - 5
Rush - 5

INXS - 4
King Crimson - 4
Yes - 4

Electric Light Orchestra - 1
Pearl Jam - 1

The following artists will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
John Mellencamp
The Eagles
Warren Zevon

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project Artist Vote nomination vote can participate in the tiebreaker vote. To vote, rank all 4 artists in order of preference. The highest-ranked artist will receive 4 points, the second-highest 3 points and so on. The artist that receives the most points will be selected this month. Artists that lose the tiebreaker will NOT be automatically selected for future months or automatically nominated for August.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/9/2015 @ 00:06am

I thought the whole point of the Album and Song Projects was to acknowledge either lesser known or less critically acclaimed artists/works that don't get the normal typical hype/attention from music listeners.

In the past we've had inductions for 90's nu metal, 80's hair metal, country, etc, genres that aren't typically what most of us in the music community consider to be great genres. Most work from those genres wouldn't have a chance in the regular monthly votes, so that's why the Genre Votes for each project were created, or at least that's what I was under the impression of. So Female Pop Stars would be another one to fall in that line of "less critically acclaimed" genres to take a look at.

Another purpose of the Genre Votes, I thought anyway, was the make voters either, a: do research on a genre/style they're less familiar with; and b: challenge voters to come up with material to vote on. Once again, female pop stars does that. Yes, does it have the number of acclaimed albums that progressive rock, punk rock, and psychedlic rock have? No. That's the point of why there's a genre vote in the first place.

And as shocking as it may be for many here, there are actually great albums by female musicians in the dance and pop fields, believe it or not.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 07/9/2015 @ 00:48am

The first sentence in my post should read "I thought the whole point of the GENRE VOTE....."

Instead of "I thought the whole point of the ALBUM AND SONG PROJECTS."

I wish FRL would let us go back and edit our posts. :/

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 07/9/2015 @ 00:50am

I do agree with the other voters that we don't need a split vote on the genre though. One vote will suffice.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 07/9/2015 @ 00:52am

My Artist Vote Tie-breaker Ballot

1. John Mellencamp- 4 points
2. Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention- 3 points
3. Eagles- 2 points
4. Warren Zevon- 1 point

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 07/9/2015 @ 00:53am

Artist tiebreaker:

1. John Mellencamp
2. Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
3. The Eagles
4. Warren Zevon

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 07/9/2015 @ 09:38am

Warren Zevon 4
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention 3
The Eagles 2
John Mellencamp 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/9/2015 @ 10:02am

What would you choose between Madonna- Erotica or Christina Aguilera- Back to Basics? Both are great albums I just can't decide between them. I'm already decided on Kylie Minogue- Fever for one of my nominees.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/9/2015 @ 10:06am

The Eagles (4)
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention (3)
John Mellencamp (2)
Warren Zevon (1)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 07/9/2015 @ 14:40pm

Warren Zevon
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
The Eagles
John Mellencamp

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 07/10/2015 @ 06:06am

Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention-4
Warren Zevon-3
John Mellencamp-2
The Eagles-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 07/10/2015 @ 10:59am

1. Warren Zevon (4 points)
2. John Mellencamp (3 points)
3. The Eagles (2 points)
4. Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention (A point)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 07/10/2015 @ 14:26pm

Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention-4
The Eagles-3
Warren Zevon-2
John Mellencamp -1

Posted by Ryan on Friday, 07/10/2015 @ 16:37pm

The results will be posted soon, so I will post my genre vote nominees now...

Genre Vote Nominees (Female Pop Stars)

Christina Aguilera- Stripped (2002)
Madonna- Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)

I'll post my artist vote nominee when the results are posted.

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 07/10/2015 @ 22:12pm

Frank Zappa-4
The Eagles-3
Warren Zevon-2
John Mellencamp -1

This is my tiebreaker vote,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Friday, 07/10/2015 @ 22:22pm

Genre noms

Kylie Minogue- Fever (2001)
Cher- Believe (1998)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/10/2015 @ 23:12pm

Genre vote:

The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 07/10/2015 @ 23:37pm

Genre Nominations
Madonna: True Blue (1986)
Katy Perry: Teenage Dream (2010)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 07/10/2015 @ 23:39pm

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote.

This month's selected genre is "Female Pop Stars". There will only be one genre vote this month.

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think belongs in this genre.

If you feel that a nominated album shouldn't be eligible for this genre vote, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 12th (current nominations will be counted). There will then be one day of review and 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 00:53am

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Vote.

Here are the tiebreaker results:

Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention - 28
_________________________________

Warren Zevon - 22
The Eagles - 21
John Mellencamp - 19

This month's selected Artist is Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention.

Every voter can nominate one album by this artist that was released from 1953-2014 that hasn't already been inducted.

The following albums have already been inducted:

We're Only In It For The Money (1968)
Over-Nite Sensation (1973)
Joe's Garage (1979)

Here's a link to wikipedia's discography from Frank Zappa:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa_discography

If a compilation album or other album that isn't eligible for this project, please point it out and we'll make the correction.

Nominations will end at the end of voting and tiebreaker voting in the Song Project and Album Project genre votes.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 00:54am

Darren, Mothers of Invention's Freak Out has also already been inducted in the Album Project as well.

Artist Nomination
Frank Zappa: Apostrophe (‘) (1974)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 00:58am

Artist nomination:

Frank Zappa - You Are What You Is (1981)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 00:59am

Artist nom

Frank Zappa- One Size Fits All (1975)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 01:28am

Artist Vote Nomination

Frank Zappa- Hot Rats (1969)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 02:42am

Genre nomination:

Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 07:48am

Genre Nomination:
Sia- 1,000 Forms of Fear
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi

Not sure if Mariah Carey would be pop or R&B. So if anyone thinks she doesn't belong in this category can you please tell me?

Artist Nomination:
Freak Out! (1966)

Posted by Ryan on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 11:06am

Sorry, didn't realize Freak Out! was already in.

Change my artist nomination to
Sheik Yerbouti (1979)

Posted by Ryan on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 11:07am

Ryan-

Freak Out! has already been inducted but is listed on the Mothers of Invention page.

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 11:14am

Artist Nomination:

Frank Zappa- The Grand Wazoo (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 11:16am

Genre Nominations:

Whitney Houston- Whitney (1987)
Lady Gaga- Born This Way (2011)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 11:24am

Mariah Carey definitely belongs here with other female pop stars in this genre vote. DarinRG, I hope you still contribute to the site. Always like reading your opinions here and this genre vote doesn't stop you. On a side note, the genre vote for the song project is 60s Garage Rock; that Monks song you nominated months ago would fit perfectly with that genre. Hope you still contribute to this site.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 13:17pm

Genre nomination:

Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)

Posted by joker on Saturday, 07/11/2015 @ 21:59pm

Nomination:

Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/12/2015 @ 20:50pm

Sorry joker, but I gotta protest Pat Benatar's "Crimes of Passions"; I love Bentatar but her music's not pop at all (she's more hard rock if anything). If that was the case, I would have nominated Joan Jett's "I Love Rock and Roll" album this genre then. We wouldn't call Jett a female pop star (just as we wouldn't call Benatar a female pop star).

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 07/12/2015 @ 21:07pm

Here are my nominations for Female Pop Stars albums for the special election.

Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1995)
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures (1976)

Hopeful that the nominated albums fit the definitions sought,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Sunday, 07/12/2015 @ 21:31pm

Nominations are now closed and review is now open (Artist Vote nominations remain open).

Here are the nominated albums under review (Pat Benatar already has Nick's protest):

Cher - Believe (1998)
Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1995)
Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Sia - 1,000 Forms of Fear
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987)

Review will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 13th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/12/2015 @ 23:52pm

Nick, you say Pat Benatar's music isn't pop at all? I count 15 songs by Pat Benatar that went top 40. Her 1st 6 albums were top 15, including Crimes Of Passion which hit #2. Yeah she rocks, but she obviously does it in a way that appeals to a larger audience beyond just the "rock" crowd. To say Pat Benatar isn't pop because she rocks would be like saying the Bee Gees weren't pop when they did disco.

Posted by joker on Monday, 07/13/2015 @ 04:56am

Joker, I guess you have a point, but the fact remains that very few people would call Benetar a pop star. There's something about this that doesn't sit well with me. Also, just because a singer has top 40 hits doesn't make them a pop act. Although you point to the Bee Gees as an example, I think CCR is a better example. They had various top 40 and top 10 songs yet they weren't a pop band by any means. If you think Benetar is a female pop star with the likes of Ronstadt, Summer, Madonna, and Spears (as laid out by Donnie), then I apparently don't "get" pop music. I guess this is one of those "we agree to disagree" situations.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 07/13/2015 @ 11:26am

There were no successfully protested albums.

Here are the nominated albums:

Cher - Believe (1998)
Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1995)
Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Sia - 1,000 Forms of Fear
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987)

Ballots must contain exactly 6 albums to be counted.

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/14/2015 @ 00:32am

Cher- Believe (1998)
Christina Aguilera- Stripped (2002)
Janet Jackson- All For You (2001)
Kylie Minogue- Fever (2001)
Madonna- Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/14/2015 @ 00:43am

Christina Aguilera: Stripped (2002)
Katy Perry: Teenage Dream (2010)
Madonna: Confessions on the Dance Floor (2005)
Madonna: True Blue (1986)
Mariah Carey: The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Taylor Swift: 1989 (2014)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 07/14/2015 @ 01:25am

My ballot

Christina Aguilera- Stripped (2002)
Katy Perry- Teenage Dream (2010)
Kylie Minogue- Fever (2001)
Madonna- Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Taylor Swift- 1989 (2014)

Runners-Up and would potentially support in future elections

Janet Jackson- All for You (2001)
Lady Gaga- Born This Way (2011)
Madonna- True Blue (1986)
Pat Benatar- Crimes of Passion (1980)
The Bangles- Different Light (1986)
Whitney Houston- Whitney (1987)
Whitney Houston- I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 07/14/2015 @ 06:42am

This is the first time I can remember where my entire ballot consisted of nothing but music from the 2000's and beyond. Interesting.

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 07/14/2015 @ 06:43am

Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 07/14/2015 @ 13:22pm

the fact remains that very few people would call Benetar a pop star. There's something about this that doesn't sit well with me. Also, just because a singer has top 40 hits doesn't make them a pop act. Although you point to the Bee Gees as an example, I think CCR is a better example. They had various top 40 and top 10 songs yet they weren't a pop band by any means. If you think Benetar is a female pop star with the likes of Ronstadt, Summer, Madonna, and Spears (as laid out by Donnie), then I apparently don't "get" pop music. I guess this is one of those "we agree to disagree" situations.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 07.13.15 @ 11:26am
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I'd say a little bit "yes" and a little bit "no" here. You're right about CCR, but I'd lean toward what joker was saying, though perhaps for diff. reasons. Benatar was always pop, though she leaned toward a rock basing on the early stuff like "Heartbreaker". The later stuff, all that "We Belong" type of song, was just a diff. way of engaging the pop market. I like some of her songs, but there's no denying it wasn't pop. It's still pretty good, though.

Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 07/14/2015 @ 16:48pm

Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Sia - 1,000 Forms of Fear (2014)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 07/14/2015 @ 20:52pm

Cher - Believe (1998)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1995)
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)

Posted by Scott Banks on Wednesday, 07/15/2015 @ 07:57am

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 07/15/2015 @ 22:37pm

Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 07/16/2015 @ 11:04am

Any interest for August?

Kylie Minogue- Fever (2001) OR Light Years (2000)
Madonna- Erotica (1992)
Christina Aguilera- Back to Basics (2006)
Steve Winwood- Arc of a Diver (1980)
Dan Fogelberg- The Innocent Age (1981)
George Michael- Listen Without Prejudice (1990) OR Older (1996)
The Deviants- Ptoof! (1967)
Jean Michel Jarre- Equinox (1978) OR Zoolook (1984)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972) OR Boys in the Trees (1978)
Orbital- Snivilization (1994)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980) OR The Sensual World (1989)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996) OR From The Choirgirl Hotel (1998) OR Scarlet's Walk (2002)
Bonnie Tyler- Faster Than The Speed of Night (1983)
Alanis Morrisette- Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Joe Jackson- Look Sharp! (1979) OR Night and Day (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/17/2015 @ 17:30pm

Here is my ballot for the Female Pop Artists election.

Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1995)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987)

A rather obvious ballot yet a chance to rectify some omissions,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Saturday, 07/18/2015 @ 09:19am

Votes

Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1995)
Sia - 1,000 Forms of Fear
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by Ryan on Saturday, 07/18/2015 @ 13:35pm

My votes:

Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Sia - 1,000 Forms of Fear
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987)

Would support in the future:

Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1995)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/18/2015 @ 22:04pm

My current vote count:

Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014) - 7

Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002) - 5
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001) - 5
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010) - 5
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987) - 5
____________________________

Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001) - 4
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011) - 4
Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005) - 4
Madonna - True Blue (1986) - 4
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi - 4
The Bangles - Different Light (1986) - 4

Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1995) - 3
Sia - 1,000 Forms of Fear - 3

Cher - Believe (1998) - 2
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989) - 2
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990) - 2

Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987) - 1
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981) - 1
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980) - 1

Voting closes at 10 PM Central on Saturday (tonight).

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/18/2015 @ 22:11pm

Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001)
Sia - 1,000 Forms of Fear
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)

Posted by Ryan on Saturday, 07/18/2015 @ 22:58pm

Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)
Kylie Minogue- Fever (2001)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
Sia - 1,000 Forms of Fear (2014)

DarinRG, HOLD THAT TRAIN! I'm hopping on board.

Posted by joker on Saturday, 07/18/2015 @ 22:59pm

Ryan - Did you post two ballots or are there two people voting as "Ryan"?

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/18/2015 @ 23:17pm

Voting is now closed.

I'll post the final results shortly, but I'll point out now that the results I'm posting don't count the second Ryan vote, because Ryan has already voted.

If I'm mistunderstanding the situation, please let me know and I'll re-post the updated final votes.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/18/2015 @ 23:26pm

Voting is now closed.

Here's my final vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014) - 7
______________________

Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002) - 5
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001) - 5
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010) - 5
Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001) - 5
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi - 5
The Bangles - Different Light (1986) - 5
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987) - 5
______________________

Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011) - 4
Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005) - 4
Madonna - True Blue (1986) - 4
Sia - 1,000 Forms of Fear - 4

Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1995) - 3

Cher - Believe (1998) - 2
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989) - 2
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981) - 2
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980) - 2
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990) - 2

Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987) - 1

The following albums have been inducted:

Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote can vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 7 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 7 points, second-highest 6 points and so on.

The 4 albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The 3 albums that receives the fewest points will be automatically nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Monday the 20th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/18/2015 @ 23:28pm

Katy Perry: Teenage Dream (2010) (7)
Mariah Carey: The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) (6)
Christina Aguilera: Stripped (2002) (5)
Janet Jackson: All for You (2001) (4)
Whitney Houston: Whitney (1987) (3)
Kylie Minogue: Fever (2001) (2)
The Bangles: Different Light (1986) (1)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 07/18/2015 @ 23:36pm

Tie-breaker:

Janet Jackson - All For You (7 points)
Kylie Minogue: Fever
Christina Aguilera: Stripped
Whitney Houston - Whitney
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
The Bangles: Different Light (1986)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (1 point)

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 07/19/2015 @ 00:32am

Kylie Minogue- Fever (2001) 7
Christina Aguilera- Stripped (2002) 6
Janet Jackson- All For You (2001) 5
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) 4
Whitney Houston- Whitney (1987) 3
The Bangles- Different Light (1986) 2
Katy Perry- Teenage Dream (2010) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/19/2015 @ 01:02am

My tie-breaker vote...

1. Christina Aguilera- Stripped (2002) (7 points)
2. Katy Perry- Teenage Dream (2010) (6 points)
3. Kylie Minogue- Fever (2001) (5 points)
4. Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) (4 points)
5. Whitney Houston- Whitney (1987) (3 points)
6. Janet Jackson- All for You (2001) (2 points)
7. The Bangles- A Different Light (1986) (1 point)

Crazy, that Madonna didn't get a single album voted in during this ballot. Three really strong albums too.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 07/19/2015 @ 03:38am

Tiebreaker:

1. Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987)
2. The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
3. Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
4. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
5. Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002)
6. Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001)
7. Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 07/19/2015 @ 04:07am

Any interest?

Genres:

Country Rock/Southern Rock
Alt-Country/Americana
Experimental
Post-Rock
Singer-songwriters
House/Techno
60's Psychedelic
Krautrock
Progressive Metel/Symphonic Metal
Power Metal
Blues
Reggae
Ambient/New Age
Indie Rock/Pop of the 90's & 2000's
Albums From Obscure Artists
Critically Acclaimed Albums

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/19/2015 @ 14:50pm

^

Artists:

Madonna
Tori Amos
King Crimson
Fleetwood Mac
Elton John
Dan Fogelberg
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Moody Blues
Carly Simon
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
Tim Buckley
Ice Cube
LL Cool J
John Lennon
Lou Reed
13th Floor Elevators
Sonic Youth
New Order
Can
Sparks
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
Ministry
KMFDM

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/19/2015 @ 15:02pm

Genres I’m Incline to Support:
60s Psychedelic
Blues***
Singer-Songwriters
Critically Acclaimed Albums (This would need to be better defined thou)
***=Highest Priorities

Artists I’m Incline to Support:
Madonna***
Fleetwood Mac***
John Lennon***
Lou Reed***
Elton John
Nine Inch Nails

***=Highest Priorities

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 07/19/2015 @ 15:15pm

If I were going to Critically Acclaimed Albums I would either (a) require that an album must 4 or 5 star ratings from least 3 different critics or (b) the album must be on a year end list from any year. Maybe a combination of both conditions. Finding the information on Wikipedia or metacritic and for condition b acclaimed music would fine to start with.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/19/2015 @ 15:32pm

I do feel like nominating Madonna for album and song projects. As far genres go I may be nominating either Country Rock/Southern Rock, Krautrock or 60's Psychedelic.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/19/2015 @ 15:45pm

I do feel like nominating Madonna for album and song projects. As far genres go I may be nominating either Country Rock/Southern Rock, Krautrock or 60's Psychedelic.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/19/2015 @ 15:45pm

Christina Aguilera - Stripped 7 pts
Janet Jackson - All For You
Kylie Minogue - Fever
The Bangles - Different Light
Whitney Houston - Whitney
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 1 pt

Posted by Scott Banks on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 08:45am

Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987)-7
Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002)-6
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)-5
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)-4
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)-3
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi-2
Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 10:59am

My tiebreaker vote is as follows.

Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987)-7
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)-6
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 5
Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002)-4
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)-3
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)-2
Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001)-1

We had three Madonna albums nominated and not One of them inducted?,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 16:23pm

Greg F.-

This is what I'd immediately support from your list:

Genres:

Country Rock/Southern Rock
Alt-Country/Americana (you could easily combine these two. We did that last year and called it Country Rock/Alternative Country)
Experimental**
Post-Rock
Singer-songwriters**
60's Psychedelic**
Krautrock
Progressive Metel/Symphonic Metal***
Power Metal
Indie Rock/Pop of the 90's & 2000's
Albums From Obscure Artists (how obscure are we talking?)
Critically Acclaimed Albums (I like the guidelines you came up with)

Artists:

King Crimson***
Fleetwood Mac (Especially the early stuff)
Elton John
Emerson, Lake & Palmer**
The Moody Blues***
Carly Simon
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band**

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 16:48pm

Billy Joel- River Of Dreams (1993)
Chicago- Chicago V (1972)
Duke Ellington- Anatomy of A Murder: Original Soundtrack (1959)
Frank Zappa- Apostrophe (1974) (if it doesn't get in)
.fun- Some Nights (2012)
Genesis- Nursery Cryme (1971)
Herbie Hancock- Empyrean Isles (1964)
Imagine Dragons- Night Visions (2012)
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
Led Zeppelin- In Through The Out Door (1979)
Old Crow Medicine Show- O.C.M.S (2004)
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt (2013)
Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Supertramp- Crime Of The Century (1974)
The Offspring- Ignition (1992)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 16:53pm

^

any interest in the following for next month?

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 17:58pm

Any interest?

Madonna- Erotica (1992)
Christina Aguilera- Back to Basics (2006)
Stevie Nicks- Bella Donna (1981)
Steve Winwood- Arc of a Diver (1980)
Joe Jackson- Look Sharp (1979)
Joe Jackson- Night and Day (1983)
Orbital- Snivilization (1994)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Kate Bush- The Sensual World (1989)
Lucinda Williams- Down Where the Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)
Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)
Todd Terje- It's Album Time (2014)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Tori Amos- From The Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Fleetwood Mac- Future Games (1971)
Fleetwood Mac- Bare Trees (1972)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)
Traffic- The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys (1972)
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 19:10pm

^

Jean Michel Jarre- Equonoxe (1978)
Jean Michel Jarre- Zoolook (1984)
Stereolab- Dots and Loops (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 19:29pm

Greg F,
I’d support the following:

Carly Simon: No Secrets (1972)
Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen (1970)**
Stevie Nicks: Bella Donna (1981)
Traffic: The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys (1972)*** [I was gonna nominate this album eventually but you’re more than welcome to do so]

Tom H,
I’d Support the following:
Chicago: Chicago V (1972)
Duke Ellington: Anatomy of a Murder Soundtrack (1959)
Fun: Some Nights (2012)
Imagine Dragons: Night Visions (2012)
Led Zeppelin: In Through the Out Door (1979)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 20:02pm

Greg F.-

Here is what I would support for next month:

Christina Aguilera- Back to Basics (2006)
Orbital- Snivilization (1994)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)*
Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Tori Amos- From The Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Fleetwood Mac- Future Games (1971)
Fleetwood Mac- Bare Trees (1972)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)*
Traffic- The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys (1972)**
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)**

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 20:14pm

Tom H.: Ignition is my favorite album by The Offspring, so I'd definitely support that. I even thought about nominating it myself. It takes me back to my "aggressive skating" days of yore...

I would also support (depending on other nominations, of course):

Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century (1974)
Chicago - Chicago V (1972)

Although I may consider Atom Heart Mother, I would be MORE likely to consider Obscured By Clouds for Pink Floyd.

Posted by dmg on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 20:27pm

Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001) - 7
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987) - 6
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001) - 5
The Bangles - Different Light (1986) - 4
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010) - 3
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi - 2
Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 22:48pm

The Bangles: Different Light (1986) - 7
Kylie Minogue: Fever (2001) - 6
Mariah Carey: The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 5
Janet Jackson: All for You (2001) - 4
Whitney Houston: Whitney (1987) - 3
Christina Aguilera: Stripped (2002) - 2
Katy Perry: Teenage Dream (2010) - 1

The Bangles don't deserve to lose to Katy Perry, sorry.

Posted by joker on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 23:00pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (please let me know ASAP if I've made any errors):

Janet Jackson - All For You (2001) - 47
Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002) - 46
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987) - 46
Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001) - 42
___________________________

Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi - 34
The Bangles - Different Light (1986) - 33
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010) - 32

Mariah Carey, The Bangles and Katy Perry's albums will be automatically nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's genre vote:

Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002)
Janet Jackson - All For You (2001)
Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
Whitney Houston - Whitney (1987)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 23:08pm

Artist Vote nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums for this month's selected artist, Frank Zappa/Mothers Of Invention (please let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Apostrophe (‘) (1974)
Hot Rats (1969)
One Size Fits All (1975)
Sheik Yerbouti (1979)
The Grand Wazoo (1972)
You Are What You Is (1981)
Zoot Allures (1976)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 of these albums.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 25th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/20/2015 @ 23:12pm

Artist vote ballot (Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention):

Hot Rats (1969)
Apostrophe (') (1974)
One Size Fits All (1975(
Sheik Yerbouti (1979)
You Are What You Is (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/21/2015 @ 00:41am

Artist ballot:

Apostrophe (‘) (1974)
Hot Rats (1969)
Sheik Yerbouti (1979)
The Grand Wazoo (1972)
You Are What You Is (1981)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 07/21/2015 @ 13:24pm

Apostrophe (‘) (1974)
Hot Rats (1969)
One Size Fits All (1975)
The Grand Wazoo (1972)
You Are What You Is (1981)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 07/21/2015 @ 15:52pm

My Artist Vote Ballot (Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention)

Apostrophe (') (1974)
Hot Rats (1969)
Sheik Yerbouti (1979)
You Are What You Is (1981)
Zoot Allures (1976)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 07/21/2015 @ 17:33pm

Hey guys!

In May I decided to take a couple months off from voting the various projects because it got to be a bit too much for me. I feel like enough time has passed and I have decided to jump back in with the Album/Song projects and the Revisited/Projected project once the nominees are announced in late September. Excited to be coming back!

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 07/23/2015 @ 00:04am

Welcome back Gassman! It has been a while. Here, at this time, is my Artist Vote ballot.

Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures (1976)
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')(1974)
Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti (1979)
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1972)

A wise choice for an artist vote candidate,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Friday, 07/24/2015 @ 21:34pm

Frank Zappa: Apostrophe (‘) (1974)
Frank Zappa- Hot Rats (1969)
Frank Zappa- Sheik Yerbouti (1979)
Frank Zappa- The Grand Wazoo (1972)
Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures (1976)

Tough choice because all of these deserve to be inducted eventually

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 07/25/2015 @ 09:51am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Apostrophe (‘) (1974) - 6
Hot Rats (1969) - 6
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Sheik Yerbouti (1979) - 5
The Grand Wazoo (1972) - 4
You Are What You Is (1981) - 4
Zoot Allures (1976) - 3
One Size Fits All (1975) - 2

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this Artist Vote:

Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention - Apostrophe (‘) (1974)
Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention - Hot Rats (1969)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/25/2015 @ 23:43pm

For consideration:

J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972) ***
Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)
Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds (1972)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
Billy Idol - Don't Stop (1981)
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King (2013)
The Monkees - More of the Monkees (1967)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Megadeth - Cryptic Writings (1997)
Soul Coughing - El Oso (1998)
Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X (1997)
They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18 (1992)
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995)
Blümchen - Verliebt... (1997)
Bettie Serveert - Bare Stripped Naked (2006)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 07/26/2015 @ 23:23pm

dmg-

These are the albums from your list that I would support:

J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)
Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds (1972)**
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King (2013)
The Monkees - More of the Monkees (1967)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)**** (if this is on the ballot I will make room for it no matter what else is nominated)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/29/2015 @ 19:12pm

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate one album from 2014 and one album from 2014 or prior to 2014. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations:

90's Electronica
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Funk
Jazz
Metal
Movie Soundtracks
Novelty

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Punk" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"70's R&B" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"90's American Alternative Rock" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"Hip Hop/Rap" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"80's Pop" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Female Pop Stars" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

"90s British Rock/Pop" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention
Joni Mitchell
Tom Waits

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

The 9th through the 20th (approx.) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 album by the selected artist. If the selected artist has a small enough discography of eligible albums, nominations may be skipped with all eligible albums being eligible for the vote.

The 21st (approx.) through the 25th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/31/2015 @ 16:34pm

My Nominations:

Madonna- Erotica (1992)
Lucinda Williams- Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)

Genre:

Industrial

Artist:

Madonna

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/31/2015 @ 16:41pm

My Nominations:

Madonna- Erotica (1992)
Lucinda Williams- Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)

Genre:

Industrial

Artist:

Madonna

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/31/2015 @ 16:41pm

August 2015 Nominations:

General Nomination: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band: Live Bullet (1976)

Genre Nomination: Live Albums

Artist Nomination: The Eagles

I’m kinda shocked there isn’t any Bob Seger albums in the Album Project yet. Especially since this was his breakthrough album with mainstream audiences. Classic Seger versions of “Turn the Page,” “Beautiful Loser,” and “Travelin’ Man” that still appear on classic rock stations. Live Bullet is one of the best live albums ever.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 07/31/2015 @ 17:20pm

General:

J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)

Genre:

Tribute Albums

Artist:

The Doobie Brothers

Posted by dmg on Friday, 07/31/2015 @ 17:44pm

General Nomination

Eurythmics- Savage (1987)

Genre Nomination

1960's R&B/Soul

Artist Nomination

John Mellencamp

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 07/31/2015 @ 22:51pm

Nominees:

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)

Genre vote nominee:

Post-punk

Artist vote nominee:

Warren Zevon

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 08/1/2015 @ 03:06am

nom:

Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 08/2/2015 @ 00:19am

Nomination:

The Cranberries - No Need to Argue (1994)

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 08/2/2015 @ 01:52am

My nomination for August 2015/2040 induction into The Album Project...

James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982)

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 08/2/2015 @ 02:28am

The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 07.26.15 @ 23:23pm

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Tales of Mystery and Imagination from 1976 along with 1977's I Robot belong in before that one, even though "Don't Answer Me" deserves to be inducted into The Song Project on its own!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 08/2/2015 @ 02:41am

Weird Al Yankovic-Mandatory Fun (2014)
The Black Keys-Turn Blue (2014)

Artist Nomination

Yes

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 08/2/2015 @ 08:21am

Tales of Mystery and Imagination from 1976 along with 1977's I Robot belong in before that one, even though "Don't Answer Me" deserves to be inducted into The Song Project on its own!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 08.2.15 @ 02:41am
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I will have to respectfully disagree. Ammonia Avenue is the most listenable album front to back in my opinion, with "Prime Time" and "You Don't Believe" also worthy of induction in the Song Project (I think "Prime Time" is the best song on the album.)

Don't get me wrong - I enjoy both of those albums and would consider voting for them if put forth. I just don't think they're necessarily more deserving than Ammonia Avenue.

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 08/2/2015 @ 14:27pm

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Artist Vote:

Pearl Jam

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/2/2015 @ 19:31pm

My nominations:

Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014) (This in the top-5 in almost every top album list for last year)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 08/2/2015 @ 22:09pm

Pixies - Bossanova (1990)

Bob Dylan

Country

By the way, welcome back Gassman!

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 08/3/2015 @ 10:38am

Here are my nominees for this month's Album Project.

Yes - Relayer (1974)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)

My genre nomination is:

Dream Pop

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

The Pretenders

Only one more month until RRHOF nominations!,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Monday, 08/3/2015 @ 20:47pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet (1976)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)
Madonna - Erotica (1992)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Pixies - Bossanova (1990)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014)
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue (1994)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 albums in order to have their vote counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/3/2015 @ 23:20pm

Nominations are now closed.

1960's R&B/Soul
90's Electronica
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Country
Dream Pop
Funk
Industrial
Jazz
Live Albums
Metal
Movie Soundtracks
Novelty
Post-Punk
Tribute Albums

Voters can vote for five genres.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/3/2015 @ 23:20pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated Artists for the Artist Vote (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Bob Dylan
Electric Light Orchestra
John Mellencamp
Madonna
Pearl Jam
The Doobie Brothers
The Eagles
The Pretenders
Warren Zevon
Yes

Voters can vote for five artists.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/3/2015 @ 23:21pm

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet (1976)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue (1994)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 08/3/2015 @ 23:58pm

Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)
Madonna - Erotica (1992)
Pixies - Bossanova (1990)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Genres:

90's Electronica
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Dream Pop
Industrial
Post-Punk

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/4/2015 @ 00:03am

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Artists:

Madonna
Pearl Jam
Warren Zevon
Yes

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/4/2015 @ 00:06am

General vote:

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet (1976)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Genres:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Live Albums
Metal
Novelty
Tribute Albums

Artists:

John Mellencamp
The Doobie Brothers
Yes

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 08/4/2015 @ 13:15pm

Genre Vote:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Jazz
Live Albums
Metal
Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/4/2015 @ 14:32pm

My Votes

General Vote

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band- Live Bullet (1976)
Coldplay- Ghost Stories (2014)
Eurythmics- Savage (1987)
Katy Perry- Teenage Dream (2010)
Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals (1998)
Pixies- Bossanova (1990)

Genre Vote

1960's R&B and Soul
90's Electronica
Jazz
Live Albums
Movie Soundtracks

Artist Vote

The Doobie Brothers
Bob Dylan
Eagles
John Mellencamp
Madonna

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 08/4/2015 @ 14:49pm

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets
Pixies - Bossanova (1990)
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue (1994)

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 08/4/2015 @ 16:48pm

album votes:

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet (1976)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Pixies - Bossanova (1990)
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue (1994)

1960's R&B/Soul
90's Electronica
Country
Funk
Movie Soundtracks

Artists

Bob Dylan
Madonna
Pearl Jam
The Eagles
Warren Zevon

Posted by Darrin A on Wednesday, 08/5/2015 @ 08:02am

General Vote
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band: Live Bullet (1976)
Coldplay: Ghost Stories (2014)
J.J. Cale: Naturally (1972)
Katy Perry: Teenage Dream (2010)
The Black Keys: Turn Blue (2014)
Yes: Relayer (1974)

Genre Vote
1960s R&B/Soul
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Jazz
Live Albums
Movie Soundtracks

Artist Vote
Bob Dylan
John Mellencamp
Madonna
The Eagles
The Pretenders

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 08/5/2015 @ 10:12am

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet (1976)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 08/5/2015 @ 11:48am

My genre votes:

Industrial
Live Albums
Metal
Movie Soundtracks
Post-Punk

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/5/2015 @ 23:58pm

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Pixies - Bossanova (1990)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue (1994)

1960's R&B/Soul
90's Electronica
Funk
Industrial
Metal

Bob Dylan
Madonna
Pearl Jam
The Eagles
Warren Zevon

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 08/6/2015 @ 05:54am

Genre vote:

Funk
Industrial
Metal
Movie Soundtracks
Post-Punk

90's Electronica was the last cut.

Artist vote:

John Mellencamp
The Doobie Brothers
The Eagles
The Pretenders
Warren Zevon

The last cut was Yes.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 08/6/2015 @ 19:49pm

Genre Selection voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Movie Soundtracks - 6
________________________

Live Albums - 5
Metal - 5

1960's R&B/Soul - 4
90's Electronica - 4
Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 4
Industrial - 4
________________________

Funk - 3
Jazz - 3
Post-Punk - 3

Country - 1
Dream Pop - 1
Novelty - 1
Tribute Albums - 1
________________________

This month's selected genre is "Movie Soundtracks".

Nominations will begin after the conclusion of voting and tiebreaker voting in the Song Project and Album Project.

Please use the time until nominations open to determine if there will be two votes for this genre (and if so, what year or criteria will be the dividing point for the genre votes) and what albums should be eligible / considered for this genre.

For this genre in particular, please keep in mind that compilation albums aren't eligible for the project, so be sure to pick albums that fit our requirements regarding original content vs. compilations of existing content.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/7/2015 @ 11:58am

Don't really need a split. Here's some suggestions.

Flashdance
Footloose
Fame
Ghostbusters
Chariots of Fire
Blade Runner
American Graffiti
Sound of Music
West Side Story
Magnolia
Thank God It's Friday
The Virgin Suisides
Caberat
Chicago
Star Wars
The Bodyguard
Waiting to Exhaile
Back to the Future
Xanadu
Reality Bites
Singles
Batman
This Is Spinal Tap
Men in Black The Album

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/7/2015 @ 20:27pm

If someone is able to filter these out easily, can you give us a list of the soundtracks already inducted?

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 08/7/2015 @ 23:06pm

We have these soundtracks in already.

The Harder They Come
Saturday Night Fever
O Brother Where Art Thou
The Rockey Horror Picture Show
Grease
Woodstock
This Is Spinal Tap
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/7/2015 @ 23:42pm

Some other ones to consider:

A Clockwork Orange
The Blues Brothers
Zebriskie Point
Pink Floyd- More
Pink Floyd- Obscured By Clouds (The Valley)
Little Shop of Horrors
Crazy Heart
Beauty and The Beast
Harry Nilsson- The Point

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 00:01am

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Yes - Relayer (1974)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Bob Seger - Live Bullet (1976)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
Pixies - Bosanova (1990)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

And my Artist Vote ballot consists of:

Yes
The Pretenders
Madonna
The Eagles
Bob Dylan

Sad to say, I did not get to vote for the genre ballot selection. My vote, should it have been posted, in all likelihood would not have made a difference in the eventual outcome.

I would support a splitting of the soundtrack votes,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 09:43am

My votes:

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue (1994)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Didn't need my vote / would support in the future:

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet (1976)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Pixies - Bossanova (1990)

My artist votes:

Bob Dylan
Pearl Jam
The Eagles
The Pretenders
Warren Zevon

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 12:13pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet (1976) - 7

Pixies - Bossanova (1990) - 6

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014) - 5
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue (1994) - 5
_____________________

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 4
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004) - 4
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014) - 4
_____________________

Eurythmics - Savage (1987) - 3
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972) - 3
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010) - 3
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 3
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 3
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972) - 3
Yes - Relayer (1974) - 3

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014) - 2
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014) - 2
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990) - 2
The Bangles - Different Light (1986) - 2

Madonna - Erotica (1992) - 1
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014) - 1

James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982) - 0
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 8th (tonight).

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 12:16pm

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)
Pixies - Bossanova (1990)
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue (1994)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Posted by Scott Banks on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 12:34pm

Artist Vote:

Bob Dylan
Electric Light Orchestra
John Mellencamp
Pearl Jam
Yes

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 14:22pm

August 2015 Album Ballot:

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Yes - Relayer (1974)

Last Cuts

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet (1976)
Pixies - Bossanova (1990)
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 14:33pm

More movie soundtracks for your consideration...

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Beverly Hills Cop
The Delta Force
Top Gun

I'm nominating Xanadu and Star Trek II!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 15:44pm

My ballot for 2015/2040 induction into The Album Project...

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet (1976)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 15:46pm

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 15:53pm

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100 Albums Every Science Fiction and Fantasy Fan Should Listen To

58. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan — original soundtrack by James Horner (1982)

The late 1970s and early 1980s are full of epic soundtracks, from Star Wars to Superman to Indiana Jones. But for our money, this is the most memorable and distinctive of the bunch, and the biggest pleasure to listen to on its own. Fittingly for a movie that's both about dealing with aging and mortality and kick-ass space combat, this soundtrack melds a melancholy main theme with some stirring action cues. Instant goosebumps. - CJA

http://io9.com/5905151/100-albums-every-science-fiction-and-fantasy-fan-should-listen-to-70+51?tag=top100albums

More for your consideration...

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Superman
Indiana Jones

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 16:03pm

I would also support a splitting of the Movie Soundtrack Genre Vote!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 16:07pm

I agree that we could do a split for movie soundtracks. Maybe 1985 as the cutoff:

Rick-

Great list of potential soundtracks. John Williams would make a great nominee for the artist vote in both projects

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 16:18pm

I'm planning on nominating Flashdance soundtrack. I'm torn between these ones for another choice.

Footloose
Chariots of Fire
Thank God It's Friday
A Clockwork Orange
Magnolia
The Bodyguard
The Shining

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 18:32pm

My Nominations:

Various Artists- Flashdance: Original Motion Picture soundtrack (1983)
Vangelis- Chariots of Fire (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 23:24pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the results of the vote (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet (1976) - 8

Pixies - Bossanova (1990) - 7

Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014) - 6
Eurythmics - Savage (1987) - 6
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue (1994) - 6
_________________________

Mastodon - Leviathan (2004) - 5
Yes - Relayer (1974) - 5

J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972) - 4
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 4
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (2014) - 4
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 4
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972) - 4

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014) - 3
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010) - 3
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014) - 3
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 3
The Bangles - Different Light (1986) - 3

Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990) - 2
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014) - 2

James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Soundtrack) (1982) - 1
Madonna - Erotica (1992) - 1

Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi - 0

The following albums have been inducted:

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet (1976)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (2014)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
Pixies - Bossanova (1990)
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue (1994)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/8/2015 @ 23:48pm

Artist Vote Selection voting is now closed.

Here are the results (let me know if there are any errors ASAP):

Bob Dylan - 7
The Eagles - 7
____________________

Madonna - 6

John Mellencamp - 5
Pearl Jam - 5
Warren Zevon - 5

The Pretenders -4
Yes - 4

The Doobie Brothers - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - 1

There will be a tiebreaker vote involving these two artists:

Bob Dylan
The Eagles

Anyone who voted in this month's selection vote (for the Album Project) can select one of these two artists for this month's vote. The artist that gets the most votes will be selected. The other artist will not be automatically nominated or selected in September.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 00:02am

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote.

The selected genre for this month is "Movie Soundtracks". This genre will be split into two votes, 1953-1985 and 1986-2015.

Each voter can nominate two albums for this genre that were released between 1953 and 1985.

If you feel that an album has been nominated that shouldn't be eligible for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified for this genre vote.

There will be 2 days of nominations this round, followed by one day of review (protests can be lodged at any time during the nomination and review process, not just on the third day) followed by 5 days of voting.

Nominations for this genre vote will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 00:09am

My vote is for Bob Dylan.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 00:17am

The Eagles

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 00:23am

Tiebreaker vote:

Bob Dylan

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 01:04am

Genre album nominations:

Genre album nominations:

Henry Mancini - Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture (1962)
Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds (1972)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 01:14am

Tiebreaker Vote: The Eagles

Genre Nominations:
Blade Runner Soundtrack (1982)
Mary Poppins Soundtrack (1964)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 08:34am

Howard Shore- The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
John Williams- Jurassic Park (1993)

Really hard to narrow it down to just one John Williams pick. I will not be offended at all if another one gets nominated.

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 10:26am

I'm reposting my nominations since I posted them the results were post and to ensure they don't get missed.

Various Artists- Flashdance: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture (1983)
Vangelis- Chariots of Fire (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 10:56am

Artist Tie Breaker

Bob Dylan

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 11:10am

Tom H. - We are doing 1953-1985 first (split).

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 11:49am

Howard Shore- The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
John Williams- Jurassic Park (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 08.9.15 @ 10:26am
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Tom H. - We are doing 1953-1985 first (split).

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 08.9.15 @ 11:49am
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Well that was awkward especially sice I was in favor of a vote split. Let's try this again:

Duke Ellington- Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
John Williams- E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)

Darren-

Any way that I can keep my first two nominations and use them for the second round of voting?

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 14:41pm

noms:

Footloose (1984)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 16:13pm

My nominations for the August 2015/2040 Movie Soundtrack Album Project Genre Vote are...

Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) RIAA Certified Multi-Platinum in 1984.
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 08.8.15 @ 15:53pm
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Since Rick posted early I thought I'd repost his nominations just in case.

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 08/9/2015 @ 19:54pm

Artist Vote Tie-breaker

Eagles

Genre Vote Nominees (Movie Soundtracks: 1953-1985)

Jerry Goldsmith- Runaway: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)

The Blues Brothers- The Blues Brothers: Music From the Soundtrack (1980)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 08/10/2015 @ 00:07am

Tiebreaker: Bob Dylan

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 08/10/2015 @ 00:36am

Nominations:

Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther (1963)
Nino Rota - The Godfather (1972)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 08/10/2015 @ 17:59pm

Tom H. - I'll add your nominations for the second genre vote. You can change them at any time.

For the record, in the event of a tie between Dylan and the Eagles, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/10/2015 @ 18:25pm

Artist vote tiebreaker:

Eagles

Genre Vote Nominees (Movie Soundtracks: 1953-1985):

Various Artists - The Sound of Music Soundtrack (1965)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 08/10/2015 @ 20:36pm

My Artist Vote tiebreaker decision is:

Bob Dylan

Here now are my nominees for the Album project special election for soundtracks.

John Williams - Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978)

Can you guess who I may be considering as an Influence on my ballot in the fall?,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Monday, 08/10/2015 @ 20:48pm

By a 5-3 vote, this month's Album Project Artist Vote artist is Bob Dylan.

The following albums by Dylan have been inducted already:

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
Bob Dylan (1962)
Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)
The Times They Are a-Changin' (1964)
Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Blonde On Blonde (1966)
Blood On The Tracks (1975)
Desire (1976)
Time Out Of Mind (1997)
Love And Theft (2001)

Here's Bob Dylan's discography on wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan_discography

Any voter can nominate one eligible album that hasn't already been inducted. Nominations will end after the conclusion of voting in the Song Project genre voting and the first genre vote in the Album Project.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/10/2015 @ 23:25pm

Nominations are now closed for the genre vote.

Here are the nominated songs that are up for review (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Blade Runner - Soundtrack (1982)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Soundtrack (1982)
Footloose - Soundtrack (1984)
Henry Mancini - Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture (1962)
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther (1963)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Jerry Goldsmith - Runaway: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)
John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)
John Williams - Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978)
Mary Poppins - Soundtrack (1964)
Nino Rota - The Godfather (1972)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds (1972)
The Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers: Music From the Soundtrack (1980)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Motion Picture soundtrack (1983)
Various Artists - The Sound of Music Soundtrack (1965)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

If you think that any of these albums have been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review ends and voting opens at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/10/2015 @ 23:36pm

A man with 11 albums already inducted is our "project". Kind of a joke don't you think?

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 08/10/2015 @ 23:53pm

But there are still worthy albums by Bob Dylan that we missed. Numbers shouldn't matter that much as long as there are still worthy albums worth induction.

Anyway my nomination for the artist vote.

Bob Dylan- John Wesley Harding (1967)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/11/2015 @ 00:44am

Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (1969)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 08/11/2015 @ 00:50am

jritchey I disagree. Bob Dylan has several albums still worthy of induction, while the Eagles have maybe two (One of these Nights and Desperado). I'd highly support them on the Song Project side though.

I completely agree with Greg F's argument. I have been approaching the artist projects based on remainder of worthy songs/albums rather than lack of representation. It's a preference thing, but I don't think either approach is wrong.

In Dylan's case, I think he's the Beatles of the album project. You could probably induct another dozen albums of his, and it wouldn't be a mistake.

Anyway, my nomination is:

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 08/11/2015 @ 01:30am

Artist vote nomination:

Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 08/11/2015 @ 04:15am

Bob Dylan- Planet Waves (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/11/2015 @ 08:11am

Bob Dylan: Tempest (2012)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/11/2015 @ 14:41pm

There weren't any protested albums.

Voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums:

Blade Runner - Soundtrack (1982)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Soundtrack (1982)
Footloose - Soundtrack (1984)
Henry Mancini - Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture (1962)
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther (1963)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Jerry Goldsmith - Runaway: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)
John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)
John Williams - Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978)
Mary Poppins - Soundtrack (1964)
Nino Rota - The Godfather (1972)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds (1972)
The Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers: Music From the Soundtrack (1980)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Motion Picture soundtrack (1983)
Various Artists - The Sound of Music Soundtrack (1965)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their vote counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/12/2015 @ 00:20am

Vangelis- Blade Runner Soundtrack (1984)
Vangelis- Chariots of Fire (1981)
James Horner- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra- Xanadu (1980)
Various Artists- Footloose Soundtrack (1984)
Various Artists- Flashdance: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/12/2015 @ 01:34am

My Ballot

Vangelis- Blade Runner Soundtrack (1982)
Duke Ellington- Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Jerry Goldsmith- Runaway: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Various Artists- Flashdance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983)
Various Artists- The Sound of Music Soundtrack (1965)
Various Artists- West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 08/12/2015 @ 08:50am

Henry Mancini - Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture (1962)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)
Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds (1972)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)
Various Artists - The Sound of Music Soundtrack (1965)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 08/12/2015 @ 10:22am

Duke Ellington: Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
John Williams: Jaws: Original Motional Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Vangelis: Blade Runner Soundtrack (1982)
Various Artists: Flashdance: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983)
Various Artists: Mary Poppins Original Soundtrack (1964)
Various Artists: West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 08/12/2015 @ 11:30am

Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Soundtrack (1982)
Footloose - Soundtrack (1984)
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther (1963)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)
Various Artists - The Sound of Music Soundtrack (1965)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 08/12/2015 @ 23:29pm

This vote was full of many painful cuts. In fact I would support all of these going in eventually. Here goes nothing...

My Ballot:

Duke Ellington- Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
John Williams- E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)
John Williams - Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978)
Various Artists - The Sound of Music Soundtrack (1965)

Three guesses as to who my favorite 20th century composer is.

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 08/13/2015 @ 14:35pm

My ballot:

Blade Runner - Soundtrack (1982)
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther (1963)
John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)
John Williams - Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Nino Rota - The Godfather (1972)
The Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers: Music From the Soundtrack (1980)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 08/13/2015 @ 18:04pm

My August 2015/2040 ballot for induction into The Album Project Movie Soundtrack Genre Vote...

James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
John Williams - Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
The Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers: Music From the Soundtrack (1980)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 08/13/2015 @ 23:43pm

Any support for part 2 of the genre vote?

Daft Punk- Tron Legacy (2010)
Madonna- I'm Breathless (1990)
Various Artists- Dangerous Mind Soundtrack (1995)
Various Artists- Queen of The Damned Soundtrack (2002)
Aimee Mann & Various Artists- Magnolia Soundtrack (1999)
Whitney Houston & Various Artists- The Bodyguard Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists- Sucker Punch Soundtrack (2011)
Various Artists- The Matrix Soundtrack (1998)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/14/2015 @ 17:19pm

Here is my ballot for the Special election of this Album Project.

Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds (1972)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980)
John Williams - Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978)
John Williams - E.T.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)

Are we seeing a trend?,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Saturday, 08/15/2015 @ 20:35pm

My vote:

Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Soundtrack (1982)
Footloose - Soundtrack (1984)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
The Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers: Music From the Soundtrack (1980)
Various Artists - The Sound of Music Soundtrack (1965)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/16/2015 @ 21:39pm

My current vote count (let me know if there are any errors):

James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - 5
John Williams - Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975) - 5
Various Artists - The Sound of Music Soundtrack (1965) - 5
________________________

Blade Runner - Soundtrack (1982) - 4
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - 4
John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982) - 4
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981) - 4
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961) - 4
________________________

Footloose - Soundtrack (1984) - 3
John Williams - Superman: The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978) - 3
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) - 3
The Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers: Music From the Soundtrack (1980) - 3
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Motion Picture soundtrack (1983) - 3

Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Soundtrack (1982) - 2
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther (1963) - 2
Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds (1972) - 2

Henry Mancini - Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture (1962) - 1
Jerry Goldsmith - Runaway: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984) - 1
Mary Poppins - Soundtrack (1964) - 1
Nino Rota - The Godfather (1972) - 1

Voting ends tonight (Sunday) at 10 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/16/2015 @ 21:41pm

There weren't any changes since the update I posted so unless I made an error, those are the final voting results.

The following albums have been inducted:

James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
John Williams - Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Various Artists - The Sound of Music Soundtrack (1965)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Blade Runner - Soundtrack (1982)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 5 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked song will receive 5 points, the second-highest 4 points and so on.

The 3 albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other 2 albums will be automatically nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/16/2015 @ 23:22pm

Tiebreaker:

Vangelis- Blade Runner (1982) 5
Vangelis- Chariots of Fire (1981) 4
Various Artists- West Side Story Soundtrack (1961) 3
Duke Ellington- Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 2
John Williams- E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 08/16/2015 @ 23:45pm

Tiebreaker:

John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982) (5 pts)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)
Blade Runner - Soundtrack (1982)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) (1 pt)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 08/16/2015 @ 23:50pm

My Nominations:

Aimee Mann and Various Artists- Magnolia Soundtrack (1999)
Daft Punk- Tron Legacy Soundtrack (2010)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/17/2015 @ 00:00am

Vangelis: Blade Runner Soundtrack (1982) (5)
Various Artists: West Side Story Soundtrack (1961) (4)
John Williams: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial Soundtrack (1981) (3)
Duke Ellingotn: Anatomy of a Murder Soundtrack (1959) (2)
Vangelis: Chariots of Fire Soundtrack (1981) (1)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 08/17/2015 @ 00:11am

^Ellington

Nominations:
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross: The Social Network Soundtrack (2010)
Various Artists: Once, Music form the Motion Picture (2007)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 08/17/2015 @ 00:23am

My Nominations...

Air- The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Whitney Houston and Various- The Bodyguard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 08/17/2015 @ 17:55pm

Tie-breaker

1. Duke Ellington- Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) (5 pts)
2. Vangelis- Blade Runner Soundtrack (1982) (4 pts)
3. Various- West Side Story Soundtrack (1961) (3 pts)
4. John Williams- ET: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982) (2 pts)
5. Vangelis- Chariots of Fire: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 08/17/2015 @ 17:58pm

noms:

Various artists - Singles (1992)
Various Artists - Garden State (2004)

Should I be surprised that our first round of inductions included no rock and roll and all scores? Lordy people this is a rock website. The answer to that first question is no, nothing surprises me around here anymore.

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 08/17/2015 @ 22:43pm

Nominations are now open for this month's second genre vote.

The selected genre for this month is "Movie Soundtracks" 1986-2015.

Each voter can nominate two albums for this genre that were released between 1996 and 2014. Previously posted nominations will be counted.

If you feel that an album has been nominated that shouldn't be eligible for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified for this genre vote.

There will be 2 days of nominations this round, followed by one day of review (protests can be lodged at any time during the nomination and review process, not just on the third day) followed by 5 days of voting.

Nominations for this genre vote will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 20th (extended since I forgot to open nominations on the 16th).

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/18/2015 @ 12:42pm

Good God this is a tough tie breaker. I'd have been happy with this being the 5 inducted. Here goes nothing:

John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)-5
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)-4
Vangelis- Blade Runner Soundtrack (1982)-3
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)-2
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/18/2015 @ 14:09pm

Reposting my original nomination from before I realized there was a vote split:

Howard Shore- The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
John Williams- Jurassic Park (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/18/2015 @ 14:15pm

Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961) - 5
Blade Runner - Soundtrack (1982) - 4
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981) - 3
John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982) - 2
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/18/2015 @ 17:50pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot for this week's election.

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - 5
John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982) - 4
Vangelis - Blade Runner: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982) - 3
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961) - 2
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981) - 1

And here are my nominations for this week's continuation of the special election.

James Horner - Titanic: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1997)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music from The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)

Interested to see if any of these will be inducted,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Tuesday, 08/18/2015 @ 20:31pm

My 2nd round nominations:

John Barry - Dances with Wolves (1990)
Various Artists - Hackers (1995)

Also considered:

Various Artists - Top Gun (1986)
Various Artists - Empire Records (1995)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 08/18/2015 @ 20:46pm

First off, thanks to Tom H, dmg, Darren & Greg F for helping me get 1982's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan by the late great James Horner rightfully inducted into The Album Project!

8-)

Now, my 2nd round nominations...

Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Cliff Eidelman - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 08/18/2015 @ 21:57pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final tiebreaker results (let me know if there are any errors):

Blade Runner - Soundtrack (1982) - 26
John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982) - 22 (2 2st Place Votes)
__________________________

Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961) - 22 (1 1st Place Vote)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - 20
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981) - 15

"West Side Story Soundtrack", "Chariots Of Fire" and "Anatomy Of A Murder" will be automatically nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Here is your final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Blade Runner - Soundtrack (1982)
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)
John Williams - Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Various Artists - The Sound of Music Soundtrack (1965)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/19/2015 @ 01:31am

My interest for next month?

Albums:

Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)*
Madonna- True Blue (1986)
Madonna- Erotica (1992)
Steve Winwood- Arc of a Diver (1980)*
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)*
Anita Baker- Rapture (1986)
Orbital- Snivilization (1994)*
Sade- Diamond Life (1984)
George Michael- Listen Without Prejudice (1990)

Genres:

Post-Rock*
Progressive/Power/Symphonic Metal*
EDM From The 21st Century*
Country Rock/Southern Rock/Alt-Country
80's and 90's Indie Rock/Pop
Female Singer-Songwriters

Artists:

Madonna*
Tori Amos*
King Crimson
Sonic Youth*
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

*= Will likely get nominated next month

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/19/2015 @ 01:31am

Vangelis- Blade Runner Soundtrack (1982) 5
John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982) 4
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) 3
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981) 2
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961) 1

Second Round Nominations:

Cliff Martinez & Various Artists - Drive (2011)
The Chemical Brothers - Hanna (2011)

Also sorry jtrichey but I have to protest the Garden State soundtrack as it is essentially a complication album, which is against the rules. Also I don't know if the Singles soundtrack is eligible either because there are some songs on it that appeared on prior albums. Don't know what our ruling would be here.

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 08/19/2015 @ 01:44am

I'll second Gassman's protest on Garden State Soundtrack for the same reasons.

I won't protest Singles though because there are enough songs on there that appeared for the first time on that soundtrack. As long as about 75% of the soundtrack has new songs on it then its ok.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/19/2015 @ 01:57am

Darren, Blade Runner Soundtrack should be credited as Vangelis- Blade Runner Soundtrack (1982) and not as Blade Runner- Soundtrack

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/19/2015 @ 02:05am

I think if it has as few as 3 original tracks it should be considered. I also think that every artist with an original track on an inducted soundtrack album should have the album added to their pages.

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 08/19/2015 @ 10:12am

I hope it doesn't get a third protest, but IF Garden State gets protested out then please replace with

Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 08/19/2015 @ 22:56pm

From wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_State_%28soundtrack%29):

"The music that accompanied the film was hand-picked by Zach Braff. Commenting on the selections, Braff said that "Essentially, I made a mix CD with all of the music that I felt was scoring my life at the time I was writing the screenplay."

I have to protest the nomination of Garden State (that's 3 and I'll replace your nomination with Romeo + Juliet) because, as much as I like it, it is a compilation of music that existed prior to the creation of the film. I'm not sure if any of the songs on this album were written or recorded originally for this soundtrack.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/20/2015 @ 20:49pm

Various Artists - Begin Again Soundtrack (2013)

Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1994) - This album has been nominated for aprevious genre vote and I'm pretty sure most of the songs are original recordings, but if that's not the case, no problem.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/20/2015 @ 21:03pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums, which are now up for review (let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Aimee Mann and Various Artists - Magnolia Soundtrack (1999)
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Cliff Eidelman - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Cliff Martinez & Various Artists - Drive (2011)
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy Soundtrack (2010)
Howard Shore - The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
James Horner - Titanic: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1997)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
John Barry - Dances with Wolves (1990)
John Williams - Jurassic Park (1993)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music from The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
The Chemical Brothers - Hanna (2011)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network Soundtrack (2010)
Various Artists - Begin Again Soundtrack (2013)
Various Artists - Hackers (1995)
Various Artists - Once, Music form the Motion Picture (2007)
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Various Artists - Singles (1992)
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1994)
Whitney Houston and Various - The Bodyguard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

There will be one day of review for these nominees. If you think that an album has been nominated that shouldn't be involved in this genre vote, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives 3 protests (as Garden State did) will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end and voting will open at 10 PM Central on Friday the 21st.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/20/2015 @ 23:32pm

No albums were protested. The list of nominees is in the previous post.

Each ballot needs to have exactly 6 votes to be counted towards the final results.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/21/2015 @ 23:31pm

Voting is now open for this month's Album Project Artist Vote.

This month's selected artist is Bob Dylan.

Here are the nominated albums:

John Wesley Harding (1967)
Modern Times (2006)
Nashville Skyline (1969)
Planet Waves (1974)
Tempest (2012)
The Basement Tapes (1975)

Voters can vote for 5 of these albums, though 5 votes are not required for the ballot to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/21/2015 @ 23:33pm

Genre vote:

Howard Shore - The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
John Barry - Dances with Wolves (1990)
John Williams - Jurassic Park (1993)
Various Artists - Hackers (1995)
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1994)
Whitney Houston and Various - The Bodyguard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 08/21/2015 @ 23:54pm

Aimee Mann and Various Artists - Magnolia Soundtrack (1999)
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy Soundtrack (2010)
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1994)
Whitney Houston and Various - The Bodyguard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network Soundtrack (2010)

Artist Vote:

John Wesley Harding (1967)
Modern Times (2006)
Nashville Skyline (1969)
Tempest (2012)
The Basement Tapes (1975)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 08/22/2015 @ 00:04am

John Wesley Harding (1967)
Modern Times (2006)
Nashville Skyline (1969)
Tempest (2012)
The Basement Tapes (1975)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 08/22/2015 @ 00:11am

Aimee Mann and Various Artists - Magnolia Soundtrack (1999)
Howard Shore - The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network Soundtrack (2010)
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Various Artists - Singles (1992)
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1994)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 08/22/2015 @ 00:14am

Genre Vote

Air- The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Daft Punk- Tron Legacy Soundtrack (2010)
Howard Shore- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross- The Social Network Soundtrack (2010)
Various Artists- The Crow Soundtrack (1994)
Whitney Houston and Various Artists- The Bodyguard Soundtrack (1992)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 08/22/2015 @ 02:16am

Artist Vote (Bob Dylan)

John Wesley Harding (1976)
Modern Times (2006)
Nashville Skyline (1969)
Temptest (2012)
The Basement Tapes (1975)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 08/22/2015 @ 02:18am

Genre Vote:
Aimee Mann and Various Artists: Magnolia Soundtrack (1999)
Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross: The Social Network Soundtrack (2010)
Various Artists: Once, Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
Various Artists: Singles (1992)
Whitney Houston and Various Aritsts: The Bodyguard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Artist Vote:
John Wesley Harding (1967)
Modern Times (2006)
Nashville Skyline (1969)
Tempest (2012)
The Basement Tapes (1975)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 08/22/2015 @ 10:40am

Aimee Mann and Various Artists - Magnolia Soundtrack (1999)
Howard Shore - The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network Soundtrack (2010)
Various Artists - Begin Again Soundtrack (2013)
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1994)

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 08/22/2015 @ 11:09am

Obviously John Wesley Harding should say 1967, not 1976. Typo error.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 08/23/2015 @ 07:01am

My ballot:

Cliff Martinez & Various Artists - Drive (2011)
Howard Shore - The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Chemical Brothers - Hanna (2011)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network Soundtrack (2010)
Various Artists - Singles (1992)
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1994)

Bob Dylan Albums:

John Wesley Harding (1967)
Modern Times (2006)
Nashville Skyline (1969)
Tempest (2012)
The Basement Tapes (1975)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 08/25/2015 @ 10:42am

I have a feeling we are going to have a huge tiebreaker for the Dylan albums, lol

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 08/25/2015 @ 10:47am

Here is my ballot for the Album Project special election regarding Movie and TV Soundtracks.

Cliff Martinez and Various Artists - Drive: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2011)
Whitney Houston and Various Artists - The Bodyguard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music from The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010)
James Horner - Titanic: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1997)

And here is my Artist Vote ballot.

Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (1967)
Bob Dylan - The Basement Tapes (1975)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (1969)
Bob Dylan - Tempest (2012)

Maybe the only time in voting all voters agree on a ballot,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Tuesday, 08/25/2015 @ 20:46pm

This vote is basically to qualify me for the tiebreaker vote that will actually decide the Artist vote this month. lol

John Wesley Harding (1967)
Modern Times (2006)
Nashville Skyline (1969)
Tempest (2012)
The Basement Tapes (1975)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/26/2015 @ 00:32am

My votes:

Aimee Mann and Various Artists - Magnolia Soundtrack (1999)
Various Artists - Begin Again Soundtrack (2013)
Various Artists - Once, Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
Various Artists - Singles (1992)
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1994)
Whitney Houston and Various - The Bodyguard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Didn't need my vote / would support in the future:

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Cliff Martinez & Various Artists - Drive (2011)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network Soundtrack (2010)
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/26/2015 @ 00:39am

My current vote count (let me know if there are any errors):

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network Soundtrack (2010) - 7
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1994) - 7

Howard Shore - The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - 6
Whitney Houston and Various - The Bodyguard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 6

Aimee Mann and Various Artists - Magnolia Soundtrack (1999) - 5
___________________________

Various Artists - Singles (1992) - 4

Daft Punk - Tron Legacy Soundtrack (2010) - 3

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 2
Cliff Martinez & Various Artists - Drive (2011) - 2
Various Artists - Begin Again Soundtrack (2013) - 2
Various Artists - Once, Music from the Motion Picture (2007) - 2
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet (1996) - 2

James Horner - Titanic: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1997) - 1
John Barry - Dances with Wolves (1990) - 1
John Williams - Jurassic Park (1993) - 1
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music from The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988) - 1
The Chemical Brothers - Hanna (2011) - 1
Various Artists - Hackers (1995) - 1

Cliff Eidelman - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) - 0
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/26/2015 @ 00:41am

Wow. I am the only one to vote for my nominations for both halves of this genre vote. I clearly know nothing about what people prefer regarding soundtracks - could we never pick this genre again?

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 08/26/2015 @ 12:38pm

I know everyone wanted a five-way Bob Dylan tie for the artist vote but I feel it might come down to me to break up the party (and because I didn't want to see my nomination get shutout). I do want all of these to get in eventually though.

My votes:

John Wesley Harding (1967)
Modern Times (2006)
Nashville Skyline (1969)
Planet Waves (1974)

dmg- Don't feel too bad about your nominations not getting any traction for the genre vote. My Dylan nomination went nowhere as well.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/26/2015 @ 14:15pm

Genre ballot

Daft Punk - Tron Legacy Soundtrack (2010)
Howard Shore - The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
James Horner - Titanic: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1997)
John Williams - Jurassic Park (1993)
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music from The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network Soundtrack (2010)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/26/2015 @ 14:19pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (1967) - 8
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006) - 8
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (1969) - 8
Bob Dylan - The Basement Tapes (1975) - 8
______________________

Tempest (2012) - 7

Planet Waves (1974) - 0

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (1967)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (1969)
Bob Dylan - The Basement Tapes (1975)

Anyone who voted in this Artist Vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The top-ranked album will receive 4 points, the second-highest will receive 3 points and so on.

The two albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The losing albums will be automatically nominated for the September Album Project.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/27/2015 @ 00:00am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network Soundtrack (2010) - 8

Howard Shore - The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - 7
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1994) - 7

Whitney Houston and Various - The Bodyguard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 6

Aimee Mann and Various Artists - Magnolia Soundtrack (1999) - 5
_________________________

Daft Punk - Tron Legacy Soundtrack (2010) - 4
Various Artists - Singles (1992) - 4

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 2
Cliff Martinez & Various Artists - Drive (2011) - 2
James Horner - Titanic: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1997) - 2
John Williams - Jurassic Park (1993) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Passion: Music from The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988) - 2
Various Artists - Begin Again Soundtrack (2013) - 2
Various Artists - Once, Music from the Motion Picture (2007) - 2
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet (1996) - 2

John Barry - Dances with Wolves (1990) - 1
The Chemical Brothers - Hanna (2011) - 1
Various Artists - Hackers (1995) - 1

Cliff Eidelman - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) - 0
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) - 0

The following albums have been inducted:

Aimee Mann and Various Artists - Magnolia Soundtrack (1999)
Howard Shore - The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network Soundtrack (2010)
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack (1994)
Whitney Houston and Various - The Bodyguard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/27/2015 @ 00:04am

Umm Darren...I voted for Planet Waves not The Basement Tapes

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 08/27/2015 @ 00:04am

Sorry about that. Here's the correct tiebreaker. Please note that I've extended the tiebreaker voting for an extra day.
_______________________

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (1967) - 8
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006) - 8
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (1969) - 8

______________________

The Basement Tapes (1975) - 7
Tempest (2012) - 7

Planet Waves (1974) - 0

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (1967)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (1969)

Anyone who voted in this Artist Vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 3 albums in order of preference. The top-ranked album will receive 3 points, the second-highest will receive 2 points and so on.

The two albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The losing album will be automatically nominated for the September Album Project.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 29th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/28/2015 @ 01:04am

Tie-breaker Vote

1. John Wesley Harding (1967) (3 pts)
2. Nashville Skyline (1969) (2 pts)
3. Modern Times (2006) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 08/28/2015 @ 08:52am

Tie-breaker Vote

John Wesley Harding (1967) (3 pts)
Nashville Skyline (1969) (2 pts)
Modern Times (2006) (1 pt)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 08/28/2015 @ 22:14pm

John Wesley Harding (1967) 3
Nashville Skyline (1969) 2
Modern Times (2006) 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 08/29/2015 @ 00:29am

John Wesley Harding (1967) - 3
Nashville Skyline (1969) - 2
Modern Times (2006) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/29/2015 @ 01:59am

Nashville Skyline (1969): 3
Modern Times (2006): 2
John Wesley Harding (1967): 1

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 08/29/2015 @ 02:28am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (1967) - 13
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (1969) - 11
_______________________________

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006) - 6

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006) will be automatically nominated for the September Album Project vote.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (1967)
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (1969)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/30/2015 @ 02:45am

Just a heads up for this month, but I'm going to be away from my computer from the 18th through the 27th of September (going to San Francisco for a tech conference and among other things, planning to see Best Coast at the Fillmore), so the Artist Vote will take place at the same time as the first genre vote and if we pick genres that are split into two votes, both genre votes will take place at the same time. That way, the project should be done for the month by the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/31/2015 @ 21:54pm

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate one album from 2014 and one album from 2014 or prior to 2014. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations:

1960's R&B/Soul
90's Electronica
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Industrial
Live Albums
Metal

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"70's R&B" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"90's American Alternative Rock" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"Hip Hop/Rap" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"80's Pop" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Female Pop Stars" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Movie Soundtracks" is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

"Punk" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

If there are two genre votes this month, they will take place simultaneously.

The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention
Joni Mitchell
Tom Waits

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

The 9th through the 11th (approx.) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 album by the selected artist. If the selected artist has a small enough discography of eligible albums, nominations may be skipped with all eligible albums being eligible for the vote.

The 12th (approx.) through the 16th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/31/2015 @ 22:09pm

My Nominations:

Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Lucinda Williams- Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)

Genre:

Indie Dance/Indietronica

Artist:

Tori Amos

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/31/2015 @ 22:18pm

General Vote

Eurythmics- Savage (1987)

Genre Vote

70's Hard Rock

Artist Vote

John Mellencamp

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 08/31/2015 @ 23:49pm

My nomination for September 2015/2040 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu (1980)

Genre

Novelty

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 08/31/2015 @ 23:56pm

I'm going to put a hold on Midnight Oil to re-up the album I nominated for the artist vote. I don't see much holding it back here.

Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)

Genre nomination - Post Punk/College Rock

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 09/1/2015 @ 05:39am

Oh, and:

Artist vote nominee:

Warren Zevon

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 09/1/2015 @ 05:42am

The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966)

Genre: Country

Artist: Randy Newman

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 09/1/2015 @ 09:52am

J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 09/1/2015 @ 12:15pm

nomination:

Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 09/1/2015 @ 23:50pm

Nominations:

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Artist:

Pearl Jam

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/2/2015 @ 12:14pm

General Nomination: Eric Clapton: 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)

Genre Nomination: Debut Albums

Artist Nomiantion: The Eagles

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 09/2/2015 @ 13:50pm

Paul McCartney- McCartney (1970)
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)

Genre:

Jazz

Artist:

Yes

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/2/2015 @ 17:48pm

nomination:

Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) - Broadway cast

Posted by Darrin A on Thursday, 09/3/2015 @ 06:14am

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)

Genre Nomination:
Reggae

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 09/3/2015 @ 08:42am

My nominations:

Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 09/3/2015 @ 14:12pm

Here are my nominations for this month's Album Project.

Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Coldplay - Ghosts (2014)

My genre nomination for this month is:

New Age

And my Artist Vote nomination for this month is:

XTC

Happy Labor Day weekend!,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Thursday, 09/3/2015 @ 20:46pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
Broadway cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
Coldplay - Ghosts (2014)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu (1980)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966)
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele (1996)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 albums in order to have their vote counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 01:12am

Nominations are now closed.

70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
1960's R&B/Soul
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Country
Debut Albums
Indie Dance/Indietronica
Industrial
Jazz
Live Albums
Metal
New Age
Novelty
Post Punk/College Rock
Reggae

Voters can vote for five genres.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 01:13am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated Artists for the Artist Vote (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Electric Light Orchestra
John Mellencamp
Pearl Jam
Randy Newman
The Eagles
Warren Zevon
XTC
Yes

Voters can vote for five artists.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 01:13am

Tori Amos was nominated for the album project artist vote but was on the song project.

My ballot:

Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Lucinda Williams- Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
J.J. Cale- Naturally (1972)
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)

Genres:

90's Electronica
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Debut Albums
Indie Dance/Indietronica
Industrial

Artists:

Randy Newman
Tori Amos
Warren Zevon
XTC
Yes

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 01:39am

General Vote:
Bob Dylan: Modern Times (2006)
Bob Dylan and The Band: The Basement Tapes (1975)
Coldplay: Ghosts (2014)
Eric Clapton: 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
Various Artists: West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)
Weird Al Yankovic: Mandatory Fun (2014)

Genre Vote:
70’s Hard Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Debut Albums
Jazz
Live Albums

Artist Vote:
John Mellencamp
Randy Newman
The Eagles
Yes

Posted by Nick on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 10:11am

Album Vote:

Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)

Artist Vote:

Pearl Jam
Randy Newman
The Eagles

Genre Vote:

70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
Country
Debut Albums
Post Punk/College Rock

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 12:40pm

Albums:

Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
Coldplay - Ghosts (2014)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Genres:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Debut Albums
Industrial
Live Albums
Metal

Artists:

John Mellencamp
Yes

Posted by dmg on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 13:21pm

As Greg F. pointed out on the Song Project board, Tori Amos was listed incorrectly as being nominated for the Song Project Artist Vote when she was actually nominated for the Album Project Artist Vote. Any votes cast can be replaced with a vote for Tori Amos.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 14:58pm

Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele (1996)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

Spoon was the last cut.

P.S.: What, exactly, is "Coldplay - Ghosts"? If it's a typo-ed "Ghost Stories", that's already been inducted last month.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 16:19pm

Thanks for pointing that out SotN. Now thinking, that Coldplay album was inducted last month. In that case, I will switch out that album for D'Angelo's "Black Messiah" (2014) Album.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 16:27pm

Thinking I'll jump back in. After years of doing this I needed a few months break. I'm feeling a bit refreshed and less frustrated and assholish now.

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele (1996)

90's Electronica
Indie Dance/Indietronica
Industrial
New Age
Post Punk/College Rock

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 16:35pm

I'm pointing out that Coldplay- Ghost Stories (listed as Ghosts) is already in and so is Eurythmics - Savage (1987). I've just seen them on the list of inducted albums on top of the page.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 16:38pm

First, Welcome Back DarinRG to the Album/Song Projects. Greg F, You're Correct both the Coldplay and Eurythmics Albums Are Already Inducted in the Album Project. I guess there's gonna be some voting switches as those albums have received votes from others.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 16:51pm

Thank you, Nick. I'll switch my Eurythmics vote to:

Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 17:22pm

I will switch my vote for Coldplay to:

Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 20:13pm

Broadway cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 09/4/2015 @ 22:15pm

I can't believe that I forgot that Savage got inducted last month! Sorry about that.

Can I make a new nomination then?

If so, I will nominate

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 09/5/2015 @ 03:56am

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Eurythmics - Savage (1987)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele (1996)

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 09/5/2015 @ 10:49am

Mike, as I have said before Savage is inducted already.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/5/2015 @ 11:39am

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966)

90's Electronica
Country
Debut Albums
Industrial
Post Punk/College Rock

Pearl Jam
Randy Newman
The Eagles
Warren Zevon
XTC

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 09/5/2015 @ 12:56pm

Thanks, Greg F. Sorry about that. I'll swap out my Eurythmics vote for The Who.

UPDATED vote:

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack)
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele (1996)

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 09/5/2015 @ 13:35pm

If my new nomination counts, then here is my ballot.

Bob Dylan and the Band- The Basement Tapes (1975)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard- Black Messiah (2014)
Duke Ellington- Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Eric Clapton- 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals (1998)
Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Genre Vote

70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
1960's R&B & Soul
Debut Albums
Post-Punk/College Rock

Artist Vote

John Mellencamp
Pearl Jam
Eagles
Randy Newman
Yes

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 09/5/2015 @ 14:13pm

Genre Vote:

70's Hard Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Debut Albums
Jazz
Live Albums

Artist Vote:

Electric Light Orchestra
Pearl Jam
Randy Newman
Tori Amos
Yes

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 09/5/2015 @ 21:19pm

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
Broadway cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

Posted by Darrin A on Sunday, 09/6/2015 @ 06:24am

To clarify, these are albums that have been nominated for this month's vote (with Coldplay and Eurythmics removed and Spirit added):

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
Broadway cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu (1980)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966)
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele (1996)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/6/2015 @ 14:38pm

90's Electronica
Debut Albums
Indie Dance/Indietronica
Industrial
Post Punk/College Rock

And...

John Mellencamp
Randy Newman
The Eagles
Warren Zevon
XTC

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 09/6/2015 @ 18:26pm

I must apologize for my yet again dumbfounded move in nominating an already inducted album. For whatever reason, I had forgotten that the Coldplay album Ghost Stories had gone in last month. Here in no uncertain terms is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Sir Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Bob Dylan and The Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)

My genre selection ballot at long last consists of:

New Age
Post Punk/College Rock
1960s R&B & Soul
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Live Albums

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

XTC
The Eagles
Electric Light Orchestra
Yes
Randy Newman

At long last, A full ballot!,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Sunday, 09/6/2015 @ 20:13pm

Genres:

Debut Albums
Post Punk / College Rock
Indie Dance / Indietronica
Live Albums
Metal

Artists:

Randy Newman
The Eagles
Warren Zevon
Pearl Jam
Tori Amos

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/6/2015 @ 21:11pm

My votes:

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Didn't need my vote / would vote for in the future:

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele (1996)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/6/2015 @ 21:15pm

My current vote count (let me know if there are any errors):

Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975) - 7
__________________________

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014) - 5
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974) - 5
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 5
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966) - 5
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 5
__________________________

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006) - 4
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014) - 4

Candlebox - Candlebox (1993) - 3
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - 3
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 3
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele (1996) - 3
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961) - 3

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 2
Broadway cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) - 2
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972) - 2
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014) - 2
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004) - 2
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014) - 2
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981) - 2

Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983) - 1
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1

Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu (1980) - 0

Voting closes at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/6/2015 @ 21:16pm

Genre selection voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Debut Albums - 9
______________________

Post Punk/College Rock - 7

90's Electronica - 6

Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 5
Industrial - 5
Live Albums - 5

70's Hard Rock - 4
Indie Dance/Indietronica - 4
______________________

1960's R&B/Soul - 2
Country - 2
Jazz - 2
Metal - 2
New Age - 2

Novelty - 0
Reggae - 0

This month's selected genre is "Debut Albums".

Nominations will open at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Until then, please determine whether or not we need more than one vote for this genre. If we have more than one vote for this genre, both votes will take place at the same time this month. Since this genre is very specific, it will obviously be limited to the debut album for each artist. If an artist's debut album has already been inducted, that artist isn't eligible for this vote.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/7/2015 @ 00:00am

I honestly think that for this genre, we don't need a split vote.

The thing is that most of the all-time great artists already have their debut albums inducted. This genre vote is actually somewhat limiting in a way. It'll work of course, but I think having two votes might make this really difficult. I could be wrong though.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 09/7/2015 @ 00:30am

As the person who nominated "Debut Albums" that will serve as our genre vote for September, I don't think a split vote is necessary here either. I think Donnie makes a good point in that most of the "all-time great debut albums" (e.g., Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Ramones, R.E.M., The Band) have been inducted long ago. A really helpful link for those who need help nominating this genre vote could be Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Debut Albums List (Although I have my reservations on their choices and logic, it's still a decent list). I'm really curious what's nominated in this genre vote because it will cross different genres (and maybe time periods, if there's no split).

Posted by Nick on Monday, 09/7/2015 @ 11:37am

I should clarify that if there is support for a split vote for "Debut Albums," I'd support that as well.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 09/7/2015 @ 11:41am

I'd actually support a split on debut albums. There are a lot that have been overlooked that aren't part of the Classic Rock Radio/Rolling Stone version of history.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 09/7/2015 @ 17:29pm

I do want to do a split here. There are plenty of debut albums we haven't got around to yet.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/7/2015 @ 18:11pm

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele (1996)
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)

Posted by Ryan on Monday, 09/7/2015 @ 18:14pm

If we do a split in this vote, what year would the split take place in? After 1984 or some other arrangement?

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/7/2015 @ 22:20pm

Darren, I think this genre split should be as follows: 1954-1984 and 1985-2014. I agree with DarinRG and Greg F that a split is probably a good idea.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 09/7/2015 @ 22:22pm

Some suggestions for the upcoming genre vote.

Roberta Flack- First Take (1969)
Sade- Diamond Life (1984)
The Raspberries- Raspberries (1972)
The Romantics- Romantics (1980)
Frou Frou- Details (2002)
FKA Twigs- LP 1 (2014)
Basement Jaxx- Remedy (1999)
Orbital- Orbital (1) (1991)
Todd Terje- It's Album Time (2014)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 09/8/2015 @ 01:37am

My Ballot

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Eric Clapton: 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Paul McCartney- McCartney (1970)
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014)

Last Cuts:
Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
Broadway cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 09/8/2015 @ 17:36pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975) - 7
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014) - 7
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974) - 7
__________________________

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 6
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966) - 6
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 6
__________________________

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014) - 5

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006) - 4
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - 4
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele (1996) - 4

Candlebox - Candlebox (1993) - 3
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004) - 3
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 3
Various Artists - West Side Story Soundtrack (1961) - 3

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 2
Broadway cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) - 2
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972) - 2
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014) - 2
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 2
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014) - 2
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981) - 2

Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1

Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu (1980) - 0
__________________________

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)

The following albums will be involved in a tie-breaker vote:

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker vote. To vote, rank all 3 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 3 points, the second-highest 2 points and so on.

The 2 albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the October Album Project vote, since none of them are eligible for this month's genre vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/8/2015 @ 23:33pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results of the Artist Vote selection vote (let me know if there are any errors):

Randy Newman - 9
__________________

The Eagles - 6
Yes - 6

Pearl Jam - 5

John Mellencamp - 4
Warren Zevon - 4
XTC - 4

Tori Amos - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - 2

This month's selected artist is Randy Newman.

Nominations are now open for the Artist Vote. Anyone who wants to do so can nominate one album by Randy Newman that was released between 1954 and 2014 that hasn't been previously inducted into the Album Project.

The following Randy Newman albums have previously been inducted:

Sail Away (1972)
I Love L.A. (1983)

Here is his wikipedia discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Newman_discography

Please keep in mind that compilations are not eligible for this project.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 11th (to synch up with the Genre Project votes, which have two days of nominations and one day of review).

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/8/2015 @ 23:38pm

Nominations are now open for this month's Album Project Genre Votes.

This month's selected genre is "Debut Albums".

The genre will be split into two votes, which will both take place at the same time.

The two votes for this genre are "1954-1984" and "1985-2014".

Any interested voter can nominate two eligible albums for each of these genre votes.

If you see an album that's nominated that shouldn't be eligible (because it has been previously inducted or because the album in question isn't an artist's debut album), please point it out and we will review the album's eligibility on a case-by-case basis.

There will be two days designated for nominations and one day designated for reviewing nominated albums. Please try to have your nominations in during the first two days, though we'll still allow eligible albums that are nominated on the third day. If one of your albums is disqualified, you can replace it with an eligible album.

Initial nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 10th with a final deadline of Friday the 11th, when voting will begin.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/8/2015 @ 23:41pm

Genre Vote 1954-1984 Nominations:

Jethro Tull- This Was (1968)
Paul McCartney- McCartney (1970)

Genre Vote 1985-2014 Nominations:

Imagine Dragons- Night Visions (2012)
Barenaked Ladies- Gordon (1992)

Artist Nomination:

Randy Newman- Toy Story Soundtrack (1995)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 09/8/2015 @ 23:58pm

Genre Nominations:
1954-1984:
Culture Club: Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Eric Clapton: Eric Clapton (1970)

1985-2014:
Adele: 19 (2008)
Justin Timberlake: Justified (2002)

Artist Nomination:
Randy Newman: 12 Songs (1970)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 00:01am

Artist Vote:

Randy Newman- Good Old Boys (1974)

Part 1:

Roberta Flack- First Take (1969)
Sade- Diamond Life (1984)

Part 2:

Frou Frou- Details (2002)
Basement Jaxx- Remedy (1999)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 00:15am

1. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) (3 points)
2. Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) (2 points)
3. The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966) (A point)

Genre vote nominations:

1954-1984:
ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978)

1985-2014:
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)*
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)

*If this isn't eligible (I'm not sure if it being MBV's first full length album counts as "debut"), my replacement is:

The La's - The La's (1990)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 00:45am

Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)

The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)
Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (1967)

Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)

If anyone is struggling with the 1984-2014 section of the genre vote, there are a lot of good 90's rap/R&B debut albums that we haven't inducted yet (Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, Arrested Development, Toni Braxton, Cypress Hill, D'Angelo among others)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 00:52am

The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 01:00am

Darren,

"I Love L.A."'s a song, however the 1983 album it comes from Trouble in Pardise is!

Now for my...

Genre Vote 1954-1984 Nominations:

The Electric Light Orchestra - No Answer (1972)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Artist Nomination:

Randy Newman - Born Again (1979)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 01:20am

General Vote Tie-breaker

1. Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals (1998) (3 pts)
2. The Who- A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966) (2 pts)
3. "Weird Al" Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014) (1 pt)

Genre Vote 1 (1954-1984)

KISS- KISS (1974)
Quicksilver Messenger Service- Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)

Genre Vote 2 (1985-2014)

Aaliyah- Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994)
Moby- Moby (1992) (very underrated electronic album)

All of the worthwhile Randy Newman albums have been nominated, so I'll pass on this round.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 07:24am

Tiebreaker:

The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966) (3 pts)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) (2 pts)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) (1 pt)

Category 1:

The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe - (1976)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)

I'll have to think about the second category later. It's taking too long, and my shift is starting.

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 09:39am

Category 2:

Tool - Opiate (EP) (1992)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)

Let me know if EPs are not acceptable and I will try to think of something else.

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 13:36pm

I hate constantly second guessing myself, but this is the only time now. Replace my nomination of ABC with:

The Resident - Meet the Residents (1974)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 14:59pm

Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)-3
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)-2
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 17:26pm

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 17:38pm

54-84:

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)

Our most glaring Punk omission.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)

A universally acclaimed piece of the Post-punk/College Rock cannon.

85-14:

St. Vincent - Marry Me (2007)

Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (1992)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 17:55pm

Tiebreaker:

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) 3
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966) 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) 1

54-84:

Bluejean Bop (1956) – Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps
Foreigner (1977) - Foreigner

85-14:

Mariah Carey (1990) – Mariah Carey
3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992) – Arrested Development

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 09/9/2015 @ 20:17pm

Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals (1998) 3
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014) 2
The Who- A Quick One (1966) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 09/10/2015 @ 01:42am

I am going to replace:

3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992) – Arrested Development

with

It's Album Time (2014) - Todd Terje

It was my favorite album from 2014 and on many end of the year best lists.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 09/10/2015 @ 10:15am

Tiebreaker:

Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals (1998) 3 points
The Who- A Quick One (1966) 2 points
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014) 1 point

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 09/10/2015 @ 13:51pm

Here is my tiebreaker vote.

The Who- A Quick One (1966) - 3
Weird Al Yankovic- Mandatory Fun (2014) - 2
Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals (1998) - 1

Here also are my nominees for the Album Project special election on Debut Albums.

1954-1984
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
Def Leppard - High And Dry (1981)

1985-2014
Alice In Chains - Facelift (1990)
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (1995)

And here is my Artist Vote nomination.

Randy Newman - Randy Newman's Faust (1995)

Much more difficult these nominees were than I had anticipated,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Thursday, 09/10/2015 @ 20:38pm

Alice In Chains - Facelift has already been inducted.

I had a heck of a time with the 1985-2014 group.

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 09/10/2015 @ 20:41pm

Please replace my nomination of

Barenaked Ladies- Gordon (1992)

With

Arrested Development- 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/10/2015 @ 20:53pm

Lax32-

Hate to dump on another of your nominations but Foo Fighters- Foo Fighters is also already inducted

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/10/2015 @ 21:32pm

Weird Al Yankovic: Mandatory Fun (2014) (3)
The Who: A Quick One (1966) (2)
Marilyn Manson: Mechanical Animals (1998) (1)

I will say I'm very impressed with the album selections for this genre. I will definitely agree that the 1985-2014 nominations were very difficult to narrow down. Everyone did a fantastic job for the genre selection.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 09/10/2015 @ 22:03pm

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 3
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 2
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/10/2015 @ 22:20pm

My nominations:

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/10/2015 @ 22:36pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998) - 28
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966) - 23
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Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 21

Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) will be automatically nominated for the October Album Project vote.

Here are the inductees for the September Album Project vote:

Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (1966)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/10/2015 @ 23:23pm

Here are the current nominated albums (let me know if I missed any):

Vote 1:

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Def Leppard - High And Dry (1981)
Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (1970)
Foreigner - Foreigner (1977)
Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop (1956)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
KISS - KISS (1974)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe - (1976)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Electric Light Orchestra - No Answer (1972)
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)
Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (1967)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Vote 2:

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994)
Adele - 19 (2008)
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992)
Basement Jaxx - Remedy (1999)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Justin Timberlake - Justified (2002)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (1992)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
Moby - Moby (1992)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
St. Vincent - Marry Me (2007)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Tool - Opiate (EP) (1992)

If any of these albums shouldn't be eligible for this vote, please point it out ASAP. Nominations are still open until 10 PM Central on Friday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/10/2015 @ 23:28pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums:

1954-1984:

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Def Leppard - High And Dry (1981)
Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (1970)
Foreigner - Foreigner (1977)
Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop (1956)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
KISS - KISS (1974)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe - (1976)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Electric Light Orchestra - No Answer (1972)
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)
Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (1967)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

1985-2014:

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994)
Adele - 19 (2008)
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992)
Basement Jaxx - Remedy (1999)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Justin Timberlake - Justified (2002)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (1992)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
Moby - Moby (1992)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
St. Vincent - Marry Me (2007)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Tool - Opiate (EP) (1992)

Voters can vote in both of the groups or in one or the other if they choose to do so.

Voters must vote for exactly 6 albums per ballot to have their vote counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/11/2015 @ 23:43pm

Vote 1 (1954-1984)

Culture Club- Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Eric Clapton- Eric Clapton (1970)
KISS- KISS (1974)
Paul McCartney- McCartney (1970)
Quicksilver Messenger Service- Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
The Rascals- The Young Rascals (1966)

Vote 2 (1985-2014)

Aaliyah- Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994)
Basement Jaxx- Remedy (1999)
Justin Timberlake- Justified (2002)
M.I.A.- Arular (2005)
Moby- Moby (1992)
The Chemical Brothers- Exit Planet Dust (1995)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 09/12/2015 @ 01:19am

Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Foreigner - Foreigner (1977)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)

Adele - 19 (2008)
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992)
Basement Jaxx - Remedy (1999)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 09/12/2015 @ 11:09am

Vote One

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe - (1976)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Vote Two

Basement Jaxx - Remedy (1999)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
St. Vincent - Marry Me (2007)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/12/2015 @ 13:20pm

1954-1984:
Culture Club: Kissing To Be Clever (1982)
Eric Clapton: Eric Clapton (1970)
Joe Jackson: Look Sharp! (1979)
Kiss: Kiss (1974)
The Rascals: The Young Rascals (1966)
Vanilla Fudge: Vanilla Fudge (1967)

1985-2014:
Aaliyah: Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number (1994)
Adele: 19 (2008)
Arrested Development: 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days (1992)
Imagine Dragons: Night Visions (2012)
Justin Timberlake: Justified (2002)
Missy Elliott: Supa Dupa Fly (1997)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 09/12/2015 @ 14:04pm

1954-1984:
Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop (1956)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)

1985-2014:
Basement Jaxx - Remedy (1999)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (1992)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
St. Vincent - Marry Me (2007)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 09/12/2015 @ 16:28pm

1954-1984:

Def Leppard - High And Dry (1981)
Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (1970)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe - (1976)

1985-2014:

Basement Jaxx - Remedy (1999)
Justin Timberlake - Justified (2002)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Moby - Moby (1992)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
Tool - Opiate (EP) (1992)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 09/12/2015 @ 17:54pm

I forgot to start voting on the Artist Vote projects. Nominations will remain open until 10 PM Central tonight and then 5 days of voting will begin.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/12/2015 @ 19:18pm

Artist Vote nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated Randy Newman albums:

12 Songs (1970)
Born Again (1979)
Good Old Boys (1974)
Little Criminals (1977)
Randy Newman's Faust (1995)
Toy Story Soundtrack (1995)

Each voter can vote for up to 5 nominated albums.

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/12/2015 @ 23:10pm

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (1970)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Adele - 19 (2008)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Justin Timberlake - Justified (2002)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)

Posted by Ry Guy on Sunday, 09/13/2015 @ 11:28am

1954-1984:

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Last cut: Vanilla Fudge

1985-2014:

Basement Jaxx - Remedy (1999)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (1992)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 09/13/2015 @ 18:12pm

Genre vote:

1954-1984:

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Def Leppard - High And Dry (1981)
Foreigner - Foreigner (1977)
Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop (1956)
KISS - KISS (1974)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)

1985-2014:

Adele - 19 (2008)
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992)
Justin Timberlake - Justified (2002)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 09/13/2015 @ 19:28pm

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Foreigner - Foreigner (1977)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)
Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (1967)

Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992)
Basement Jaxx - Remedy (1999)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)

12 Songs (1970)
Good Old Boys (1974)
Little Criminals (1977)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 09/14/2015 @ 00:07am

Artist Vote:

Randy Newman- 12 Songs (1970)
Randy Newman- Good Old Boys (1974)
Randy Newman- Little Criminals (1977)
Randy Newman- Born Again (1979)
Randy Newman- Randy Newman's Faust (1995)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/14/2015 @ 00:18am

Artist Vote

Randy Newman- 12 Songs (1970)
Randy Newman- Good Old Boys (1974)
Randy Newman- Little Criminals (1977)
Randy Newman- Toy Story Soundtrack (1995)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 09/14/2015 @ 00:44am

Any interest for October's general vote?

Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Harry Nilsson- Aerial Ballet (1968)
Frou Frou- Details (2002)
Imogen Heap- Speak For Yourself (2005)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Feist- Let It Die (2004)
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/14/2015 @ 13:56pm

My votes:

Barbra Streisand - Don't Rain on My Parade (1964)
Canned Heat - On The Road Again (1968)
Dion & The Belmonts - I Wonder Why (1958)
Dobie Gray - The 'In' Crowd (1964)
Foghat - Fool for the City (1975)
Gene Kelly - I Got Rhythm (1951)
Harry Chapin - Taxi (1972)
Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful (1960)
James Gang - Funk #49 (1970)
Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way (1975)
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1969)
The Association - Windy (1967)

Counting Crows - A Long December (1996)
Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill a Man (1991)
J.J. Cale - Cocaine (1976)
Kacey Musgraves - Follow Your Arrow (2012)
Metric - Youth Without Youth (2012)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat (1988)
Public Image Ltd. - Rise (1986)
Rob Zombie - Living Dead Girl (1998)
Seal - Crazy (1991)
The Black Crowes - Remedy (1992)
The Specials - A Message to You Rudy (1979)
Vampire Weekend - Unbelievers (2013)

19th Nervous Breakdown (1966)
Monkey Man (1969)
Mother's Little Helper (1966)
Shattered (1978)
She’s a Rainbow (1967)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/16/2015 @ 12:32pm

My votes:

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (1970)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
St. Vincent - Marry Me (2007)
The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/16/2015 @ 12:33pm

My current vote counts (let me know if there are any errors):

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979) - 8

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977) - 6

Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (1970) - 5
____________________________________________

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968) - 4
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966) - 4
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982) - 4
____________________________________________

Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982) - 3
Foreigner - Foreigner (1977) - 3
KISS - KISS (1974) - 3
Sade - Diamond Life (1984) - 3
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979) - 3

Def Leppard - High And Dry (1981) - 2
Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop (1956) - 2
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972) - 2
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984) - 2
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 2
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978) - 2
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe - (1976) - 2
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974) - 2
Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (1967) - 2

Jethro Tull - This Was (1968) - 1
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
The Electric Light Orchestra - No Answer (1972) - 0
____________________________________________

The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995) - 9

Basement Jaxx - Remedy (1999) - 7

Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992) - 5
Justin Timberlake - Justified (2002) - 5
M.I.A. - Arular (2005) - 5
____________________________________________

Adele - 19 (2008) - 4
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997) - 4

Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990) - 3
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) - 3
St. Vincent - Marry Me (2007) - 3
The Postal Service - Give Up (2003) - 3

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994) - 2
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997) - 2
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (1992) - 2
Moby - Moby (1992) - 2
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988) - 2
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014) - 2

Frou Frou - Details (2002) - 1
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012) - 1
Tool - Opiate (EP) (1992) - 1

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 16th (tonight).

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/16/2015 @ 12:44pm

Artist vote:

12 Songs (1970)
Born Again (1979)
Good Old Boys (1974)
Little Criminals (1977)
Toy Story Soundtrack (1995)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 09/16/2015 @ 16:08pm

Genre Vote Part 1:

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (1970)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe - (1976)

Last Cuts:

Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop (1956)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Electric Light Orchestra - No Answer (1972)
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)
Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/16/2015 @ 18:11pm

Genre Vote Part 2:

Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Justin Timberlake - Justified (2002)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
St. Vincent - Marry Me (2007)
Tool - Opiate (EP) (1992)

Last Cuts:

Adele - 19 (2008)
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (1992)
Moby - Moby (1992)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/16/2015 @ 18:18pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Special Elections regarding the Album Project.

Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (1970)
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)
Foreigner - Foreigner (1977)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)

Def Leppard - High And Dry (1981)

And now for the ballot from 1985 onward.

Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
Tool - Opiate (EP) (1992)
Justin Timberlake - Justified (2002)
Adele - 19 (2008)

Finally here is my Artist vote ballot for this month.

Randy Newman - Randy Newman's Faust (1995)
Randy Newman - Toy Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1995)
Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970)
Randy Newman - Good Old Boys (1974)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)

Anticipating the announcement of the NomCom's nominees,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Wednesday, 09/16/2015 @ 20:46pm

12 Songs (1970)
Born Again (1979)
Good Old Boys (1974)
Little Criminals (1977)
Toy Story Soundtrack (1995)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/16/2015 @ 23:01pm

12 Songs (1970)
Born Again (1979)
Good Old Boys (1974)
Little Criminals (1977)
Toy Story Soundtrack (1995)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 09/16/2015 @ 23:04pm

Artist Vote

Randy Newman- 12 Songs (1970)
Randy Newman- Good Old Boys (1974)
Randy Newman- Little Criminals (1977)
Randy Newman- Toy Story Soundtrack (1995)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/16/2015 @ 23:15pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Vote 1:

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979) - 8

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977) - 7
Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (1970) - 7
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Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968) - 5
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966) - 5
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982) - 5
__________________________

Foreigner - Foreigner (1977) - 4
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979) - 4

Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982) - 3
Def Leppard - High And Dry (1981) - 3
KISS - KISS (1974) - 3
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 3
Sade - Diamond Life (1984) - 3
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe - (1976) - 3

Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop (1956) - 2
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972) - 2
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968) - 2
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984) - 2
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978) - 2
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974) - 2
Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (1967) - 2

Roberta Flack - First Take (1969) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
The Electric Light Orchestra - No Answer (1972) - 0

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (1970)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 3 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranking album will receive 3 points, the second-highest 2 points and the lowest 1 point. The 2 albums that get the most pointss will be inducted, the other album will be automatically nominated for the October Album Project vote.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 18th.

__________________________________________

Vote 2:

The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995) - 9

Basement Jaxx - Remedy (1999) - 7
Justin Timberlake - Justified (2002) - 7

Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992) - 6
__________________________________________

Adele - 19 (2008) - 5
M.I.A. - Arular (2005) - 5
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) - 5
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997) - 5
__________________________________________

St. Vincent - Marry Me (2007) - 4

Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990) - 3
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988) - 3
The Postal Service - Give Up (2003) - 3
Tool - Opiate (EP) (1992) - 3

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994) - 2
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997) - 2
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012) - 2
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (1992) - 2
Moby - Moby (1992) - 2
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014) - 2

Frou Frou - Details (2002) - 1

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
Basement Jaxx - Remedy (1999)
Justin Timberlake - Justified (2002)
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Adele - 19 (2008)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 4 points, the second-highest 3 points and so on. The album that gets the most points will be inducted, the other 3 albums will be automatically nominated for the October Album Project vote.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/16/2015 @ 23:33pm

Genre Tie Breaker:

Part 1:

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)-3
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)-2
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)-1

Part 2:

Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)-4
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)-3
Adele - 19 (2008)-2
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/17/2015 @ 00:33am

Tiebreaker Votes

Part 1:
The Rascals: The Young Rascals (1966): 3
Quicksilver Messenger Service: Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968): 2
Yaz: Upstairs at Eric’s (1982): 1

Part 2:
Adele: 19 (2008): 4
Missy Elliott: Supa Dupa Fly (1997): 3
M.I.A.: Arular (2005): 2
Megdeth: Killing is My Business…And Business Is Good! (1985): 1

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 09/17/2015 @ 00:41am

Tiebreaker Vote 1

Yaz, Upstairs at Eric's (1982) 3
Quicksilver Messenger Service- Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968) 2
The Rascals- The Young Rascals (1966) 1

Vote 2

Megadeth- Killing is My Business... And Business is Good! (1985) 4
Missy Elliott- Supa Dupa Fly (1997) 3
Adele- 19 (2008) 2
M.I.A.- Arular (2005) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 09/17/2015 @ 01:06am

Tiebreaker 1:

Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982) - 3 pts
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968) - 2 pts
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966) - 1 pt

Tiebreaker 2:

Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) - 4 pts
Adele - 19 (2008) - 3 pts
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997) - 2 pts
M.I.A. - Arular (2005) - 1 pt

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 09/17/2015 @ 14:25pm

1. The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966) - 3 pt
2. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
3. Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Tiebreaker 2:

1. Adele - 19 (2008) - 5 pts
2. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
3. M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
4. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 09/17/2015 @ 22:54pm

Part 1:

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)-3
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)-2
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)-1

Part 2:

Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)-4
Adele - 19 (2008)-3
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)-2
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)-1

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 09/18/2015 @ 11:41am

Tie-Breaker Votes

Vote 1

1. Quicksilver Messenger Service- Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968) (3 pts)
2. The Rascals- The Young Rascals (1966) (2 pts)
3. Yaz- Upstairs at Eric's (1982) (1 point)

Vote 2

M.I.A.- Arular (2005) (4 pts)
Missy Elliott- Supa Dupa Fly (1997) (3 pts)
Adele- 19 (2008)- 2 pts)
Megadeth- Killing is My Business...and Business is Good! (1985) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 09/18/2015 @ 19:21pm

Part 1:

1. Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982) (3 points)
2. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968) (2 points)
3. The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966) (A point)

Part 2:

1. M.I.A. - Arular (2005) (4 points)
2. Adele - 19 (2008) (3 points)
3. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997) (2 points)
4. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 09/18/2015 @ 21:39pm

Voting is now closed in the Artist Vote (sorry for the delay, I forgot last night's deadline).

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

12 Songs (1970) - 8
Good Old Boys (1974) - 8
Little Criminals (1977) - 8
_________________________________

Toy Story Soundtrack (1995) - 6

Born Again (1979) - 4

Randy Newman's Faust (1995) - 2

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

12 Songs (1970)
Good Old Boys (1974)
Little Criminals (1977)

Anyone who voted in this artist vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all three albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked will receive 3 points, the second-highest 2 points and the lowest 1 point.

The two albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the October Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 20th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/19/2015 @ 02:00am

My tiebreaker votes:

Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982) - 3
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966) - 2
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968) - 1

M.I.A.- Arular (2005) - 4
Megadeth- Killing is My Business...and Business is Good! (1985) - 3
Missy Elliott- Supa Dupa Fly (1997) - 2
Adele- 19 (2008) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/19/2015 @ 02:05am

Artist tiebreaker:

Good Old Boys (1974) 3
12 Songs (1970) 2
Little Criminals (1977) 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/19/2015 @ 12:46pm

Artist Vote tie-breaker:

1. 12 Songs (1970) (3 pts)
2. Good Old Boys (1974) (2 pts)
3. Little Criminals (1977) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 09/19/2015 @ 20:31pm

Good Old Boys (1974)-3
12 Songs (1970)-2
Little Criminals (1977)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 09/19/2015 @ 21:02pm

The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Adele - 19 (2008)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)

12 Songs (1970)
Good Old Boys (1974)
Little Criminals (1977)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 09/19/2015 @ 21:04pm

12 Songs (1970) (3)
Good Old Boys (1974) (2)
Little Criminals (1977) (1)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 09/19/2015 @ 22:52pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (please let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968) - 22
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966) - 20
_____________________________

Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982) - 18

Vote 2:

Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997) - 27
_____________________________

Adele - 19 (2008) - 26
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) - 26
M.I.A. - Arular (2005) - 21

The following albums will be automatically nominated for the October Song Project vote:

M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
St. Vincent - Marry Me (2007)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Here are the final genre classes of inductees this month:

Vote 1:

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (1970)
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! (1979)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)

Vote 2:

Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992)
Basement Jaxx - Remedy (1999)
Justin Timberlake - Justified (2002)
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/20/2015 @ 01:43am

Any interest for October general vote?

Imogen Heap- Speak For Yourself (2005)
Frou Frou- Details (2002)
Feist- Let It Die (2004)
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Gary Clark Jr.- Blak and Blu (2012)
Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues (2011)
Yo La Tengo- And Then Nothing Itself Inside-Out (2000)
Belle and Sebastian- Fold Your Arms Child You Walk Like a Peasent (2000)
The Explorers Club- Grand Hotel (2012)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Todd Terje- It's Album Time (2014)
FKA Twigs- LP 1 (2014)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)
Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/20/2015 @ 12:09pm

^

That should have read: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/20/2015 @ 12:43pm

Greg, any of these five wold likely be locks for my ballot:

Belle and Sebastian- Fold Your Arms Child You Walk Like a Peasent (2000)
Feist- Let It Die (2004)
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Gary Clark Jr.- Blak and Blu (2012)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)

Most of the others would be in the hunt to one degree or another.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 09/20/2015 @ 14:24pm

Any interest in these genres and artists?

2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Concept Albums
Psychedelic Rock/Pop
Progressive/Power/Symphonic Metal

Harry Nilsson
Tori Amos
Depeche Mode
Iron Maiden
King Crimson
Sade
Carly Simon
Ministry
Elton John
George Harrison
Bjork
Kate Bush
PJ Harvey
Tim Buckley
Scott Walker
Sparks
Wilco
Yo La Tengo
David Bowie

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/20/2015 @ 20:17pm

The 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees would be a great genre for both projects. But, we can't do that genre until we know who the nominees are obviously.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 09/20/2015 @ 20:29pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final tiebreaker results (let me know if there are any errors):

Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970) - 13
Randy Newman - Good Old Boys (1974) - 12
_____________________________

Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977) - 5

Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977) will be automatically nominated for the October Album Project Vote.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this artist vote:

Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970)
Randy Newman - Good Old Boys (1974)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/20/2015 @ 23:41pm

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate one album from 2014 and one album from 2014 or prior to 2014. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Adele - 19 (2008)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations:

70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Indie Dance/Indietronica
Industrial
Live Albums
Post Punk/College Rock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"90's American Alternative Rock" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"Hip Hop/Rap" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"80's Pop" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Female Pop Stars" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Movie Soundtracks" is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

"Debut Albums" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"70's R&B" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention
Joni Mitchell
Randy Newman
Tom Waits

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

The 9th through the 20th (approx.) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 album by the selected artist. If the selected artist has a small enough discography of eligible albums, nominations may be skipped with all eligible albums being eligible for the vote.

The 21st (approx.) through the 25th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/30/2015 @ 19:38pm

My Nominations:

PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Lucinda Williams- Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)

Genre:

2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Artist:

Tori Amos

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/30/2015 @ 19:46pm

Nom:

J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)

Genre:

Metal

Artist:

They Might Be Giants

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 09/30/2015 @ 20:02pm

My nominations for October 2015/2040 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Genre

Novelty

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 09/30/2015 @ 21:16pm

Nominations:

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
The Black Keys- Turn Blue (2014)

Artist Nomination:

Yes

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/30/2015 @ 22:58pm

General Nomination:
Lou Reed: Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)

Artist Nomination:
The Eagles

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 09/30/2015 @ 23:01pm

General Nomination

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Genre Nomination

60's R&B/Soul

Artist Nomination

John Mellencamp

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 10/1/2015 @ 10:22am

General Nomination

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Genre Nomination

60's R&B/Soul

Artist Nomination

John Mellencamp

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 10/1/2015 @ 10:22am

General Nominations:
KRS-One - Criminal Minded (1987)
Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love (2014)

Genre Nomination:
Country and Western

Artist Nomination:
George Strait

Posted by Billy R on Thursday, 10/1/2015 @ 14:22pm

Deftones- White Pony (2000)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Artist:
Jay Z
Genre:
Funk

Posted by Ry Guy on Thursday, 10/1/2015 @ 17:24pm

Just wondering, is the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees genre technically eligible since the nominations list will be released on the 6th, after voting has begun for the Song and Album Projects?

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 10/1/2015 @ 19:32pm

When I nominated that genre I figured it would be ok since we'll know the list on tuesday. If that genre were selected before the nominee list is announced by the end of the voting we could put it off until November.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 10/1/2015 @ 21:24pm

If Darren has a problem with that genre. I'll put up a different genre and nominate next month.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 10/1/2015 @ 21:35pm

nom:

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 10/1/2015 @ 22:05pm

Billy R - Criminal Minded has already been inducted.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 10/1/2015 @ 23:38pm

My nominations:

Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 10/1/2015 @ 23:39pm

The Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (1992)

Artist: Bruce Springsteen

Genre: 90's R&B

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 10/2/2015 @ 06:24am

Crap, I didn't see it at all. Thanks Gassman. I appreciate the heads up. I'll nominate something else in the next couple hours. Should be free to do some thinking about it soon.

Posted by Billy R on Friday, 10/2/2015 @ 13:18pm

Since KRS-One's Criminal Minded was chosen for induction already and I'd like to nominate two albums, I'll go ahead and re-post my new nominations.

General Nominations:
Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie (1973)
Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love (2014)

Genre Nomination:
Country and Western

Artist Nomination:
George Strait

Hopefully Shotgun Willie is still available, I saw that Red Headed Stranger was inducted but not S.W.

Posted by Billy R on Friday, 10/2/2015 @ 15:24pm

Nominees:

Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)

Artist vote:

Warren Zevon

Posted by SotN on Friday, 10/2/2015 @ 16:40pm

I'll nominate a 2014 album for this month's general votes: U2: Songs of Innocence (2014).

Posted by Nick on Friday, 10/2/2015 @ 16:59pm

This year's RNR HOF Nominees are perfectly fine as a genre option this month. In general, we have an idea of what kind of artists we'll be choosing from, so we should have a good idea of what kind of albums would be up for consideration if we choose that genre. Since the nominations are due to be released before we have to nominate genre songs and albums, there shouldn't be any problems.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/3/2015 @ 13:59pm

Nominations:

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Artist:

Pearl Jam

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/3/2015 @ 14:02pm

Here are my nominees for this month's Album Project.

Yes - Going For The One (1977)
Prince - Art Official Age (2014)

My genre nomination for this month is:

Original Cast Recordings of Musicals

And my Artist Vote nomination for this month is:

Rush

There are a heck of a great deal of Rush songs that could be inducted yet have not. We should rectify the problem.

Hard though to choose which Prince album in 2014 to nominate,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Saturday, 10/3/2015 @ 21:13pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Adele - 19 (2008)
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014)
Deftones - White Pony (2000)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love (2014)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
Prince - Art Official Age (2014)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
The Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (1992)
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014)
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie (1973)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums to have their vote counted.

Voting will close at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/4/2015 @ 00:16am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres:

60's R&B/Soul
70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
90's R&B
2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Country and Western
Funk
Indie Dance/Indietronica
Industrial
Live Albums
Metal
Novelty
Original Cast Recordings of Musicals
Post Punk/College Rock

Each voter can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/4/2015 @ 00:17am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists:

Bruce Springsteen
The Eagles
Electric Light Orchestra
George Strait
Jay Z
John Mellencamp
Pearl Jam
Rush
They Might Be Giants
Tori Amos
Warren Zevon
Yes

Each voter can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/4/2015 @ 00:24am

General Ballot

Deftones- White Pony (2000)
Duke Ellington- Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Lou Reed- Rock and Roll Animal (1974)
M.I.A.- Arular (2005)
Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Rascals- The Young Rascals (1966)

Genre Ballot

60's R&B/Soul
70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
90's R&B
2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Artist Ballot

Bruce Springsteen
Eagles
Jay-Z
John Mellencamp
Rush

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 10/4/2015 @ 01:25am

Lucinda Williams- Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Genres:

90's Electronica
2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Indie Dance/Indietronica
Industrial

Artists:

Pearl Jam
Rush
Tori Amos
Warren Zevon
Yes

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/4/2015 @ 01:53am

General vote:

Adele - 19 (2008)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Genre vote:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Live Albums
Metal
Novelty

Artist vote:

John Mellencamp
They Might Be Giants

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 10/4/2015 @ 13:47pm

Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)

90's Electronica
Industrial
Indie Dance/Indietronica
Post Punk/College Rock

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 10/4/2015 @ 17:14pm

Adele: 19 (2008)
Leonard Cohen: Popular Problems (2014)
Lou Reed: Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal (1974)
The Black Keys: Turn Blue (2014)
The Rascals: The Young Rascals (1966)
U2: Songs of Innocence (2014)

60’s R&B/Soul
70’s Hard Rock
2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Live Albums

Bruce Springsteen
Jay-Z
John Mellencamp
Rush
The Eagles

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 10/4/2015 @ 18:01pm

Adele - 19 (2008)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love (2014)
The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966)
Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie (1973)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 10/4/2015 @ 23:55pm

My genre votes:

70's Hard Rock
90's R&B
2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Indie Dance/Indietronica
Post Punk/College Rock

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/6/2015 @ 00:20am

Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
The Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (1992)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

90's Electronica
90's R&B
Country and Western
Funk
Post Punk/College Rock

Bruce Springsteen
Jay Z
Pearl Jam
Tori Amos
Warren Zevon

I think The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966) was inducted last round. It was one of the tiebreaker winners.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 10/6/2015 @ 07:44am

BSLO-

You're right about the Young Rascals. It was inducted via tiebreaker last month.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/6/2015 @ 09:52am

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie (1973)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Artist vote:

George Strait
Jay Z
They Might Be Giants
Tori Amos

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 10/6/2015 @ 16:05pm

If The Rascals' album was already inducted, I'll substitute that album for Weird Al Yankovic's Mandatory Fun (2014) in this month's general vote.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 10/6/2015 @ 18:23pm

Adele - 19 (2008)
Deftones - White Pony (2000)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Posted by Ry Guy on Tuesday, 10/6/2015 @ 18:58pm

Genre:
90's R&B
Funk
Metal
Original Cast Recordings of Musicals
Post Punk/College Rock

Artist:
The Eagles
Jay Z
Pearl Jam
Tori Amos

Posted by Ry Guy on Tuesday, 10/6/2015 @ 19:03pm

Genre Votes:

70's Hard Rock
2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Metal
Post Punk/College Rock

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/6/2015 @ 20:36pm

Genre selection voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees - 5
Post Punk/College Rock - 5
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70's Hard Rock - 4
90's Electronica - 4
90's R&B - 4
Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 4
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Indie Dance/Indietronica - 3
Metal - 3

60's R&B/Soul - 2
Funk - 2
Industrial - 2
Live Albums - 2

Country and Western - 1
Novelty - 1
Original Cast Recordings of Musicals - 1

There will be a tiebreaker vote to determine this month's genre. The loser of the tiebreaker will be selected for the November Genre Vote.

Anyone who voted in this month's genre selection vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, select one of these two genres:

2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Post Punk/College Rock

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

During tiebreaker voting, please discuss the specifics of which albums will be eligible for each genre and whether or not the genre should be split into two votes.

Nominations will open after the conclusion of Song Project and Album Project voting this month.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/6/2015 @ 23:42pm

BSLO is correct, The Rascals - The Young Rascals (1966) was inducted as a result of a genre vote tiebreaker vote last month. I incorrectly listed it as a nominee this month.

I updated Nick's vote with his switch. Two others have voted for The Rascals album and can switch their votes to a different album if they like.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/6/2015 @ 23:46pm

Regarding "Post-Punk/College Rock," is that just regulated for 1980s Alternative Rock Music from the likes of R.E.M., The Replacements, The Cure, The Smiths, and Sonic Youth? If not, what else would count? I actually think that's an excellent genre selection for the Album Project but I just wanna make sure I understand the genre. Personally, I'm kind of glad we have the next 2 genres determined because it will give us more time to find some great worthy albums.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 10/7/2015 @ 00:10am

My Ballot:

Deftones - White Pony (2000)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 10/7/2015 @ 00:18am

I'll change my vote from the Rascals to...

Hole- Celebrity Skin (1998)

Tie-Breaker

2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 10/7/2015 @ 06:43am

Nick - When we did Post-punk/College Rock in the Song Project quite a while ago we did approach it as broadly 80s Alt. We had a lot of nominees from the obvious big names, but also veered into Post-punk subgenres like Goth and Industrial. My assumption is that we'd take the same approach.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 10/7/2015 @ 17:29pm

My Votes:

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
The Black Keys- Turn Blue (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)

Yes, Spoon, and ELO were all very painful cuts

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/7/2015 @ 20:55pm

Genre tiebreaker:
2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/7/2015 @ 21:11pm

Artist Vote:

Electric Light Orchestra
Jay Z
Pearl Jam
Rush
Yes

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/7/2015 @ 21:12pm

Genre tiebreaker:

2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/7/2015 @ 21:15pm

Thanks for the clarification DarinRG; Post-Punk/College Rock will be a great genre vote.

Genre Tiebreaker: 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 10/7/2015 @ 23:03pm

My Votes:

Deftones - White Pony (2000)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Would Support In The Future:

Adele - 19 (2008)
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Prince - Art Official Age (2014)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014)
Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie (1973)
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Tiebreaker:

2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
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Artists:

Bruce Springsteen
The Eagles
Jay Z
Pearl Jam
Tori Amos

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/8/2015 @ 01:22am

My current vote count (let me know if there are any errors):

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014) - 6

Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014) - 5
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982) - 5
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Adele - 19 (2008) - 4
Deftones - White Pony (2000) - 4
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 4
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974) - 4
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) - 4
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Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - 3
M.I.A. - Arular (2005) - 3
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004) - 3
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990) - 3
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011) - 3
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 3

Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014) - 2
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014) - 2
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014) - 2
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014) - 2
Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie (1973) - 2

J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972) - 1
Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love (2014) - 1
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1
The Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (1992) - 1
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014) - 1
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 1

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014) - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 0
Prince - Art Official Age (2014) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/8/2015 @ 01:24am

There weren't any more votes, so the results in the post above are the final results.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Adele - 19 (2008)
Deftones - White Pony (2000)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker vote. To vote, rank all 5 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 5 points, the second-highest will receive 4 points and so on.

The two albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other three albums will be automatically nominated for the November Album Project vote (none of the albums are eligible for this month's genre vote).

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/8/2015 @ 23:41pm

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote.

This month's genre vote (selected by a 5-0 tiebreaker vote) is "2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees".

No one suggested that we should split the genre into two votes, so there will be one vote this month.

These are the nominated performers that are eligible for this vote:

Chaka Khan
Cheap Trick
Chic
Chicago
Deep Purple
Janet Jackson
Los Lobos
N.W.A.
Nine Inch Nails
Steve Miller (we'll include the Band even if the Hall didn't)
The Cars
The J.B.'s
The Smiths
The Spinners
Yes

Anyone can nominate two eligible albums from this list of artists.

Please be sure that the album that you nominate isn't from 2015 (and ineligible) and hasn't been inducted already.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/8/2015 @ 23:43pm

Voting is now closed for the Artist Vote Selection Vote.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Jay Z - 7
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Pearl Jam - 5
Tori Amos - 5

Bruce Springsteen - 4
The Eagles - 4
Rush - 4

John Mellencamp - 3

They Might Be Giants - 2
Warren Zevon - 2
Yes - 2

Electric Light Orchestra - 1
George Strait - 1

This month's Album Project Artist Vote artist is Jay-Z.

Nominations are now open. Anyone can nominate one eligible album by Jay-Z that hasn't already been inducted.

The following Jay-Z albums have already been inducted:

Reasonable Doubt (1996)
The Blueprint (2001)
The Black Album (2003)
Watch The Throne (2011) (with Kanye West)

Here's a link to wikipedia's Jay-Z discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Z_discography

When nominating, please remember that certain types of albums (compilations, for example) are not eligible for this project.

Nominations will end at the conclusion of the genre vote in both projects this month (tiebreakers included if necessary).

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/8/2015 @ 23:53pm

Noms:

Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (2008)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 10/8/2015 @ 23:58pm

1. Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
2. Adele - 19 (2008)
3. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
4. Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
5. Deftones - White Pony (2000)

genre noms:

The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
The Spinners - Pick of the Litter (1975)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 10/9/2015 @ 00:18am

General Voting Tiebreaker:
Lou Reed: Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal (1974) (5)
Adele: 19 (2008) (4)
Hole: Celebrity Skin (1998) (3)
Deftones: White Pony (2000) (2)
Megadeth: Killing Is My Business...And Business is Good! (1985) (1)

Genre Nominations:
Chic: C’est Chic (1978)
Steve Miller Band: Book of Dreams (1977)

Artist Nomination:
Jay-Z: Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 10/9/2015 @ 00:24am

My genre nominations:
Deep Purple- Fireball (1971)
Cheap Trick- Dream Police (1979)

Artist vote nominations:
Jay-Z- In My Life, Vol. 1 (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 10/9/2015 @ 00:42am

Tiebreaker:
Megadeth- Killing is My Business...And Business is Good! (1985) 5
Lou Reed- Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974) 4
Deftones- White Pony (2000) 3
Adele- 19 (2008) 2
Hole- Celebrity Skin (1998) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 10/9/2015 @ 01:27am

That was Jay-Z- In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 10/9/2015 @ 01:34am

Genre Nomination:
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
N.W.A.- Niggaz4Life

I was worried about this being a genre, because depending on who was nominated I worried we would have a weak list of albums to nominate. So far all of the nominations have been strong (and there are still a lot of strong ones left), so I'm really happy with that.

Artist Nomination:
Jay Z - The Blueprint 3

I was also wondering if Collision Course (with Linkin Park) would be allowed for nomination.

Posted by Ry Guy on Friday, 10/9/2015 @ 02:49am

Nominees:

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 10/9/2015 @ 03:19am

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)

Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Adele - 19 (2008)
Deftones - White Pony (2000)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 10/9/2015 @ 05:56am

My Votes

Genre Vote (2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees)

Deep Purple- Made in Japan (1973)
Los Lobos- How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)

Artist Vote

Jay-Z- Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)

Tie-Breaker

1. Deftones- White Pony (2000) (5 pts)
2. Lou Reed- Rock and Roll Animal (1974) (4 pts)
3. Hole- Celebrity Skin (1998) (3 pts)
4. Adele- 19 (2008) (2 pts)
5. Megadeth- Killing is My Business...and Business is Good! (1985) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 10/9/2015 @ 08:04am

Tiebreaker:

1. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) (5 pts)
2. Adele - 19 (2008)
3. Deftones - White Pony (2000)
4. Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
5. Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) (1 pt)

Genre noms:

The J.B.'s - Food For Thought (1972)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 10/9/2015 @ 13:48pm

1.Deftones - White Pony (2000)
2.Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
3.Adele - 19 (2008)
4.Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
5.Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)

Posted by Ry Guy on Friday, 10/9/2015 @ 14:32pm

Deftones - White Pony (2000) - 5
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) - 4
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 3
Adele - 19 (2008) - 2
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/10/2015 @ 17:45pm

FYI, since this genre doesn't need a day for review, nominations will be open until 10 PM Central on Sunday the 11th, after which voting will begin.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/10/2015 @ 22:56pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) - 27
Deftones - White Pony (2000) - 25
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Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974) - 24
Adele - 19 (2008) - 23
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 21

Adele - 19 (2008), Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) and Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974) will be automatically nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of October 2015:

Deftones - White Pony (2000)
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (2014)
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's (1982)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/10/2015 @ 23:32pm

Yes- Going For The One (1977)
The Smiths- Stangeways, Here We Come (1987)

Artist vote

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 10/11/2015 @ 18:23pm

Please replace my smiths nomination with

Steve Miller Band- The Joker (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 10/11/2015 @ 22:01pm

My nominees for this week's Special Election are quite important, in that these artists have been nominated for potential induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2016. Here are my nominees.

Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)
Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (1997)

And my Artist Vote nomination this week is:

Jay-Z - Magna Carta, Holy Grail (2013)

Hopefully this will be counted,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Sunday, 10/11/2015 @ 22:03pm

Artist vote

Jay-Z- The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 10/11/2015 @ 22:06pm

Janet Jackson "The Velvet Rope" has already been inducted.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/11/2015 @ 22:23pm

Hate to harp on your picks LAX,

but I had already nominated Magna Carta, Holy Grail by Jay-Z

And the Velvet Rope, by Janet Jackson has already been inducted.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 10/11/2015 @ 22:24pm

"Strangeways" has already been nominated, so has "Magna Carta, Holy Grail".

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/11/2015 @ 22:25pm

Darren-

Yeah I saw that Strangeways was nominated after I submitted my nominations. That's way I switched it out for The Joker

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 10/11/2015 @ 22:34pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums:

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Chicago - C’est Chic (1978)
Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1973)
Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
N.W.A. - Niggaz4Life
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (2008)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981)
The J.B.'s - Food For Thought (1972)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
The Spinners - Pick of the Litter (1975)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)

Each ballot cast must have exactly 6 nominated albums to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/12/2015 @ 00:31am

Darren,
It should be "Chic - C’est Chic (1978)" and not "Chicago - C’est Chic (1978)" for the Genre Vote.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 10/12/2015 @ 00:40am

Cheap Trick- Dream Police (1979)
Chic- C'est Chic (1978)
Chicago- Chicago (v) (1972)
Deep Purple- Fireball (1971)
N.W.A- Niggaz4life
The Cars- Candy-O (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 10/12/2015 @ 00:58am

My Votes

Cheap Trick- In Color (1977)
Deep Purple- Fireball (1971)
Deep Purple- Made in Japan (1973)
Los Lobos- How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
N.W.A.- Niggaz4life (1991)
Steve Miller Band- Book of Dreams (1977)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 10/12/2015 @ 06:50am

Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (2008)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
The J.B.'s - Food For Thought (1972)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
The Spinners - Pick of the Litter (1975)

Posted by Mike on Monday, 10/12/2015 @ 14:30pm

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
N.W.A. - Niggaz4Life
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (2008)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 10/12/2015 @ 18:05pm

Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981)
The J.B.'s - Food For Thought (1972)
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 10/12/2015 @ 19:44pm

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Chic - C’est Chic (1978)
Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
N.W.A. - Niggaz4Life
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
The J.B.'s - Food For Thought (1972)

Posted by Ry Guy on Monday, 10/12/2015 @ 20:11pm

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
The J.B.'s - Food For Thought (1972)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

Note 1: N.W.A was the last cut.
Note 2: For years, all I knew Los Lobos for was for being "the band that covered La Bamba", and thus was the gateway for me to watch the movie and find out about Richie Valens. I had no clue about the richness of their back catalog prior to their nomination.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 10/12/2015 @ 21:01pm

Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
N.W.A. - Niggaz4Life
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981)
The Spinners - Pick of the Litter (1975)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 10/12/2015 @ 23:23pm

My Ballot:

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Chic - C’est Chic (1978)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1973)
Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (2008)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 10/13/2015 @ 00:12am

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Chic - C’est Chic (1978)
Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 10/13/2015 @ 05:59am

Cheap Trick: Dream Police (1979)
Chic: C’est Chic (1978)
Los Lobos: How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth (2005)
Steve Miller Band: Book of Dreams (1977)
The Cars: Shake It Up (1981)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 10/13/2015 @ 18:20pm

My Ballot:

Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)

Last Cut: Deep Purple- Fireball (1971)

Just like the song project this ballot was tough as I once again had to leave off one of my nominations. I'd vote for almost this list in a heartbeat.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/14/2015 @ 19:17pm

My votes:

Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
N.W.A. - Niggaz4Life
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)

Didn't need my vote / would support in the future:

Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1973)
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (2008)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/15/2015 @ 15:52pm

My current vote count (let me know if there are any errors):

Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984) - 8

N.W.A. - Niggaz4Life - 6
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) - 6

Chic - C’est Chic (1978) - 5
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977) - 5
________________________

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977) - 4
Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973) - 4
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992) - 4
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981) - 4
The Cars - Candy-O (1979) - 4
The J.B.'s - Food For Thought (1972) - 4

Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979) - 3
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971) - 3
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (2008) - 3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth - 3
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973) - 3
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973) - 3

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984) - 2
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1973) - 2
The Spinners - Pick of the Litter (1975) - 2

Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Friday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/15/2015 @ 15:55pm

Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)
N.W.A. - Niggaz4Life (1991)
Chic - C’est Chic (1978)
Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)

This is my ballot: sorry for the tiebreakers,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Friday, 10/16/2015 @ 21:22pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984) - 8

N.W.A. - Niggaz4Life - 7

Chic - C’est Chic (1978) - 6
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) - 6

Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973) - 5
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977) - 5
The Cars - Candy-O (1979) - 5

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977) - 4
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992) - 4
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981) - 4
The J.B.'s - Food For Thought (1972) - 4
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973) - 4

Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979) - 3
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971) - 3
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (2008) - 3
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth - 3
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973) - 3

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984) - 2
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1973) - 2
The Spinners - Pick of the Litter (1975) - 2

Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 1

The following albums have been inducted:

Chic - C’est Chic (1978)
Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
N.W.A. - Niggaz4Life
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all three albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will get 3 points, the second-highest 2 and the lowest 1 point.

The album that gets the most points will be inducted. The other two will be automatically nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/17/2015 @ 00:12am

The Cars- Candy-O (1979) 3
Chicago- Chicago (V) (1973) 2
Steve Miller Band- Book of Dreams (1977) 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/17/2015 @ 01:53am

All 3 Worthy Albums IMO.

Steve Miller Band: Book of Dreams (1977): 3
The Cars: Candy-O (1979): 2
Chicago: Chicago V (1973): 1

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 10/17/2015 @ 15:56pm

Tie Breaker:

Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)-3
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)-2
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 10/17/2015 @ 16:52pm

1. The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
2. Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
3. Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 10/17/2015 @ 23:29pm

My tiebreaker ballot:

1. Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
2. Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
3. The Cars - Candy-O (1979)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 10/17/2015 @ 23:33pm

Tiebreaker:

The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 10/17/2015 @ 23:39pm

The Cars - Candy-O - 3
Steve Miller Band - Book Of Dreams - 2
Chicago - Chicago V - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/18/2015 @ 18:07pm

My tiebreaker ballot was a bit difficult, yet here is whom I decided to place.

The Cars- Candy-O (1979) 3
Chicago- Chicago (V) (1973) 2
Steve Miller Band- Book of Dreams (1977) 1

All of these albums are deserving of eventual induction,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Sunday, 10/18/2015 @ 21:47pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final tiebreaker results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Cars - Candy-O (1979) - 20
________________________

Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973) - 14
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977) - 14

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's genre vote:

Chic - C’est Chic (1978)
Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
N.W.A. - Niggaz4Life
The Cars - Candy-O (1979)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/18/2015 @ 23:43pm

Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973) and Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977) will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/18/2015 @ 23:44pm

Voting is now open for this month's Artist Vote Project.

This month's Album Artist Vote Artist is Jay-Z.

Here are the nominated albums:

American Gangster (2007)
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
Roc La Familia (2000)
The Blueprint 3
Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998)

Each voter can vote for as many as five albums, though they aren't required to vote for 5.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 23rd.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/18/2015 @ 23:46pm

Jay-Z- American Gangster (2007)
Jay-Z- In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
Jay-Z- Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
Jay-Z- Vol.2... Hard Knock Life (1998)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 10/19/2015 @ 01:26am

Jay-Z- American Gangster (2007)
Jay-Z- In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
Jay-Z- Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
Jay-Z- Vol.2... Hard Knock Life (1998)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 10/19/2015 @ 09:58am

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
The Blueprint 3
Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 10/20/2015 @ 15:20pm

American Gangster (2007)
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
Roc La Familia (2000)
Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/21/2015 @ 19:18pm

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
Roc La Familia (2000)
Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998)
Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
The Blueprint 3

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/22/2015 @ 23:26pm

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
Roc La Familia (2000)
The Blueprint 3
Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 10/23/2015 @ 00:16am

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
The Blueprint 3
Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998)

Posted by Ry Guy on Friday, 10/23/2015 @ 01:08am

Before time runs out, here is my Artist Vote ballot for this month.

Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
Jay-Z - Vol.2...Hard Knock Life (1998)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
Jay-Z - Magna Carta, Holy Grail (2013)

A pretty obvious class of inductees,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Friday, 10/23/2015 @ 20:53pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997) - 8
Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013) - 8
Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998) - 8
___________________________

The Blueprint 3 - 5

American Gangster (2007) - 4

Roc La Familia (2000) - 3

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker vote. To vote, rank all 3 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranking album will receive 3 points, the second-highest 2 points and the lowest will receive 1 point.

The two albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The lowest-scoring album will be automatically nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 25th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/24/2015 @ 01:27am

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (3)
Magna Carta Holy Grail (2)
Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (1)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/24/2015 @ 02:03am

Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998) (3)
Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013) (2)
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997) (1)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 10/24/2015 @ 10:20am

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (3)
Magna Carta Holy Grail (2)
Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (1)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 10/24/2015 @ 22:49pm

Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013) - 3
Jay-Z - Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998) - 2
Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/25/2015 @ 22:54pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results of the tiebreaker vote (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013) - 9

Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997) - 8
_________________

Jay-Z - Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998) - 7

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

Jay-Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)

Jay-Z - Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998) will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/25/2015 @ 23:04pm

Here's my proposal for the Album Ranking Project.

First of all, this will be a completely fresh start for the Album Ranking Project. The previous Album Ranking Project was based on deeply flawed methodology and usually only had 4 or 5 participants, so those rankings will be disregarded going forward.

Similar to the Song Ranking Project, I think the best way of tackling this is to divide the qualified (inducted into the Album Project) albums into 5 groups chronlogically, qualify 125 albums from each group for the Overall Top 100 Albums and the Top 100 Albums from each group.

Here's the count of inducted albums (listed on the Album Project site, so if there are any missing there, they'll be missing on my lists as well) for each decade grouping:

Pre-1960 - 35
1960s - 163
1970s - 289
1980s - 200
1990s - 205
2000s - 105
2010-2015 - 53

I propose that these be merged into these 5 groups:

Pre-1970 - 198 Albums
1970s - 289 Albums
1980s - 200 Albums
1990s - 205 Albums
2000-2015 - 158 Albums

After each month's inductions in the Album Project, newly inducted albums will be eligible for the ranking project, assuming that qualifications for their group haven't been previously completed.

Starting with the 35 Albums released before 1960 and the 163 albums released from 1960-1969, each voter will be able to nominate as many as 100 qualified albums (minimum 50).

The 25 albums that receive the most nominations (with up to 30 possible in the event of a tie at the bottom edge of the qualification standings) in Round 1 will be qualified for the Overall Top 100 and the Pre-1970 Top 100. If a tiebreaker vote is necessary, it will be conducted with all involved albums.

After each Round (there will be 5 Rounds total), I will post a list of how many replacement nominations (each nominated album will remain nominated unless the nomination is rescinded) each voter has for the next Round. If you nominated 20 albums that were qualified in Round 1, you'd have 20 replacement nominations in Round 2. In Round 5, all remaining albums will be eligible for a tiebreaker vote to determine the final approx. 25 qualified albums. All total, 125 albums will be qualified from each group.

This process will be repeated for the other 4 groups in essentially the exact same way. The exception is that for the 1970s, nominations will start with 150 albums rather than 100, due to the larger size of the group.

After all 5 groups have completed the qualification process, we will have a Top 100 qualification process for the approx. 625 albums that were qualified.

Round 1 will feature 200 nominations per voter and qualify 25 eligible albums for the Top 100 vote. Replacement nominations will follow each round until Round 5 when an open tiebreaker will determine the last 25 qualified albums.

Once 125 albums are eligible for the Top 100 rankings, we'll begin the ranking process. Each voter will be allowed to select 30 eligible albums and rank them in order of preference. This will be the Initial Ranking process.

In Round 1, the 10 albums that receive the most points will in the Initial Rankings will move on to the Final Rankings.

In the Final Rankings, voters will rank the 10 eligible albums. The standings in the Final Rankings of each round will be the official ranking for the project. In the event of a tie in the Final Rankings, the tiebreaker is points received in the Initial Rankings. If that doesn't resolve the tie, we'll have a tiebreaker vote at the end of the Top 100 Rankings.

We'll repeat the ranking process until we get to #100, except starting in Round 2, we'll be ranking 15 albums per round rather than 10.

When an album is ranked in the Overall Rankings, they'll also be ranked accordingly in their individual group rankings. If AC/DC - Back In Black is voted the #1 overall album, they'll also be #1 in the 1980s group, for example.

After the conclusion of the Top 100 Rankings, we'll go through the groups in chronological order and complete the top 100 rankings for each group using the same methodology of the Top 100 Rankings.

Specifics are still up in the air and we'll adjust as necessary to make the process work the best way possible.

Are there any questions? I'd like to start this process on Monday, November 2nd if possible.

This will take place on the Rock Rankings board at http://www.futurerocklegends.com/Revisited_Projected_Rankings.php

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/28/2015 @ 00:51am

Sounds excellent Darren. I didn't participate in the previous album ranking project nor the song one, so I definitely want to take part this time around.

I'm glad we're doing something else other than ranking our artists list for the 10th time lol.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 10/28/2015 @ 02:20am

Sounds good, Darren. Looking forward to taking part in this ranking.

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Wednesday, 10/28/2015 @ 05:06am

Any interest in these albums?

PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Wilco- A Ghost Is Born (2004)
Bright Eyes- Lifted Or The Story is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear to The Ground (2002)
Yo La Tengo- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
Belle & Sebastian- Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasent (2000)
Christina Agulera- Back to Basics (2006)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 10/30/2015 @ 21:07pm

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/31/2015 @ 22:22pm

In addition, this month we'll be having a vote to determine whether or not Artists that lose the Artist Vote Selection tiebreakers should be automatically nominated for the next month's Artist Vote.

This would not be effective retroactively. If we voted to change the rules, it would begin with this month's results.

In the event of a tie involving more than 2 artists, only the second-place finisher in the tiebreaker will be selected for the next month.

This vote will take place on the Song Project board, but the results will effect the rules for the Artist Vote in the Song Project and Album Project.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/31/2015 @ 22:23pm

My Nominations:

Wilco- A Ghost is Born (2004)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)

Artist Nominee:

Sonic Youth

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/31/2015 @ 22:59pm

Nominees:

Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)

Artist vote:

Warren Zevon

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 10/31/2015 @ 23:16pm

General Nomination:
Traffic: The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971)

Artist Nomination:
The Eagles

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 10/31/2015 @ 23:23pm

My nominations for November 2015/2040 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 11/1/2015 @ 00:51am

I'm sticking with my theme from the Song Project and going with the Sisters of Mercy, a significant 80s band that had a strong influence on a diverse range of Metal, Dance and Alt/Indie bands that came afterward. One of those rare bands that were generally accepted by both Alt/College Rock fans and those with more Classic Rock tastes. I chose this particular album because it was both their commercial breakthrough and generally their most critically successful album and also contains "This Corrosion" and "Lucretia, My Reflection", generally their two most popular songs.

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)

I was going to nominate a 2014 album, but this ballot is already looking tough based on just the first few nominations.

Artist: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 11/1/2015 @ 01:17am

I wonder if I could have squeezed the word "generally" into that post a few more times.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 11/1/2015 @ 01:20am

General Vote

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Artist Vote

John Mellencamp

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 11/1/2015 @ 01:38am

Album:

J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)

Artist:

They Might Be Giants

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 11/1/2015 @ 21:50pm

Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969)

Bruce Springsteen

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 11/2/2015 @ 06:01am

The Album Ranking Project has now started on the Rock Rankings page. Anyone who is interested is welcome to participate at http://www.futurerocklegends.com/Revisited_Projected_Rankings.php.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/2/2015 @ 15:29pm

Here are my nominees for this month's Album Project.

Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)
Tweedy - Sukierae (2014)

And my Artist Vote nomination this month is:

Yes

Make sure to go vote tomorrow!,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Monday, 11/2/2015 @ 20:24pm

Nominations:

Buckcherry - Buckcherry (1999) - A great album from a generally lousy band. They suffer from the same condition as the Offspring: their most popular songs are mostly their worst (starts with "Crazy..." and is not on this album).

Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Artist:

Pearl Jam

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/2/2015 @ 22:31pm

nom:

The Killers - Day & Age (2008)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 11/2/2015 @ 23:00pm

My nominations:

Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 11/2/2015 @ 23:29pm

The Stooges – Fun House (1970)
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hill Drive (2014)

Artist Vote:
Belle & Sebastian

Posted by Ry Guy on Tuesday, 11/3/2015 @ 10:09am

Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
Smashing Pumpkins- Monuments to an Elegy (2014)

Artist:

Rush

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/3/2015 @ 17:03pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Adele - 19 (2008)
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014)
Buckcherry - Buckcherry (1999)
Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hill Drive (2014)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Jay-Z - Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998)
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments to an Elegy (2014)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
The Killers - Day & Age (2008)
The Stooges - Fun House (1970)
The War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971)
Tweedy - Sukierae (2014)
Wilco - A Ghost is Born (2004)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums to have their ballot counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/3/2015 @ 23:13pm

This month's selected genre is "Post Punk/College Rock". Nominations will open up on Sunday night, but before that, we need to determine if this genre will be split into two votes or not and which albums / artists are eligible.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/3/2015 @ 23:17pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Belle & Sebastian
Bruce Springsteen
Electric Light Orchestra
John Mellencamp
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Rush
Sonic Youth
The Eagles
They Might Be Giants
Warren Zevon
Yes

Voters can vote for up to 5 nominated artists.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/3/2015 @ 23:18pm

Album nom

SWV - It's About Time (1992h
This album was wildly successful and helped shape and usher in the 'new Jill swing' movement.

Grammy nominations, Soil Train Award nominations, American Music Award nominations.

Artistically, I actually preferred their sophomore album. Maybe next month.

Artist vote:
Janet Jackson

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 11/3/2015 @ 23:18pm

My Ballot:

Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments to an Elegy (2014)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)

Wilco and Traffic were extremely painful cuts and most likely vote switches.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 00:01am

Artist Vote:

Bruce Springsteen
Electric Light Orchestra
Pearl Jam
Rush
Sonic Youth
Yes

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 00:03am

Wilco- A Ghost is Born (2004)
Traffic- The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971)
Spoon- They Want My Soul (2014)
Sisters of Mercy- Floodland (1987)
Chicago- Chicago (v) (1973)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)

Artists

Belle and Sebastian
Bruce Springsteen
Rush
Sonic Youth
Warren Zevon

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 01:06am

Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
The Stooges - Fun House (1970)
Wilco - A Ghost is Born (2004)

Artists:

Belle & Sebastian
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Rush
Sonic Youth

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 01:36am

"Funhouse" by the Stooges was already inducted back in the 2024 class. I thought surely it had been inducted as that would've been a huge miss on our part if it hadn't, but yeah, it's already been inducted.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 01:43am

Not sure if it it'll get any traction but ny nomination for SWV's "It's About Time" released in 1002 qualifies.

Also, I voted Janet Jackson as the artist vote.

My votes:

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
SWV - It's About Time (1992)
The War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
Wilco - A Ghost is Born (2004)

Artist:
Janet Jackson

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 01:52am

Donnie - That did seem like a spectacularly glaring oversight.

I'll replace it with

SWV - It's About Time (1992)

Not exactly in my wheelhouse, but Mike's pitch is completely accurate.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 02:06am

Just realized that I voted for 6 artists instead of 5. Please remove Electric Light Orchestra from my ballot.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 07:21am

Darren-

Rick's nomination of Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) was missed from the original nominee list.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 07:25am

Adele - 19 (2008)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Jay-Z - Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998)
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
The Stooges - Fun House (1970)

Artist:
Belle & Sebastian
John Mellencamp
Pearl Jam
The Eagles

Posted by Ry Guy on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 09:12am

General Vote

Jefferson Airplane- Volunteers (1969)
Lou Reed- Rock N' Roll Animal (1974)
Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Steve Miller Band- Book of Dreams (1977)
SWV- It's About Time (1992)
Traffic- The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971) (can't believe that album hasn't been inducted yet)

Artist Vote

Bruce Springsteen
John Mellencamp
Rush
Sonic Youth
They Might Be Giants

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 09:22am

General:

Adele - 19 (2008)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
The Killers - Day & Age (2008)
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971)

Artists:

John Mellencamp
They Might Be Giants

Genre split:

No

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 13:18pm

I guess I'll kickstart the conversation about the genre vote. When we did this category in the Song Project I think we used 1978-1991 as a loose chronological guide. The last couple years of the 70's is where we start seeing a bulk of landmark Post-punk albums, Industrial is surfacing to a broader audience with some of the genre's most definitive and foundational work, we're starting to hear from the major 2 Tone and seminal Goth bands and the pioneering Synthpop bands are doing a lot their more adventurous work. '91 is where Nirvana blows up and the labels and media rebrand the phrase "Alternative" into something more vague and commercially mainstream.

"Post-punk/College Rock" is such a broad category that encompasses a lot of subgenres (which we also learned in the Song Project) that could easily stand on their own in a genre vote, that I'm in favor of a split. There's just such a large and diverse amount of material to work with that five albums falls way too short.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 18:21pm

My split proposal is 78-84 where you're hitting the groundbreaking work in most of the Post-punk/College Rock subgenres and 85-91 where we're hitting more of the commercial breakthroughs and polished work.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 18:31pm

Yes to a split.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 19:22pm

Question would bands like Squeeze and XTC count as post-punk or college rock?

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 19:27pm

Yeah, most definitely.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 19:58pm

I'm guessing Husker Du would also count?

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 20:05pm

Yeah, Husker Du fits.

Here's a good resource for ideas. The top 100 has a lot of really obvious stuff that we've hit, but also has some glaring omissions. The year by year tabs give a broader look at the volume and diversity of albums and artists that fit this area.

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2014/01/06/top-100-albums-of-the-80s/

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 20:22pm

There's stuff on those lists that don't fit this genre (GN'R, Prince, Beastie Boys), but it should give a good idea overall.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 20:28pm

Yes to a vote split.

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 11/4/2015 @ 21:38pm

Adele - 19 (2008)
Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
The Killers - Day & Age (2008)
Wilco - A Ghost is Born (2004)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 11/5/2015 @ 00:06am

Adele - 19 (2008)
Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Wilco - A Ghost is Born (2004)

The last cuts were Tom Lehrer, The War on Drugs, The Killers, Spoon, and, very painfully, Traffic.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 11/5/2015 @ 01:49am

Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
The War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)

Bruce Springsteen
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Rush
Sonic Youth

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 11/5/2015 @ 13:50pm

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments to an Elegy (2014)
SWV - It's About Time
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971)

Posted by Scott Banks on Thursday, 11/5/2015 @ 15:59pm

Jay-Z - Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998)
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
The War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)

Bruce Springsteen
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Sonic Youth
Warren Zevon

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 11/5/2015 @ 17:46pm

I'm trying to phase out of the Song and Album projects, but with a Chicago and a Tom Lehrer album up for a vote, somebody has to stand up for what's right.

Adele - 19 (2008)
Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
Jay-Z - Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
The Killers - Day & Age (2008)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Thursday, 11/5/2015 @ 21:16pm

Adele: 19 (2008)
Chicago: Chicago (V) (1973)
Jay-Z: Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life (1998)
Lou Reed: Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Steve Miller Band: Book of Dreams (1977)
Traffic: The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971)

Besides voting for the Chicago Album (and nominating the Traffic album), it’s kinda ironic that all the other albums were nominated by me were leftovers from the tiebreakers in the last month.

Bruce Springsteen
John Mellencamp
Rush
The Eagles
Yes

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 11/5/2015 @ 22:07pm

SWV - It's About Time (1992) and Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) were also nominated for the Album vote and Janet Jackson was also nominated for the Artist Vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/6/2015 @ 17:08pm

Same thing here as in the Song Project:

If there is no split:

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978)

If there is a vote split and DarinRG's cutoff is approved:

Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1985)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 11/7/2015 @ 05:30am

My votes:

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
The War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971)
Wilco - A Ghost is Born (2004)

Didn't need my vote / will support in the future:

Adele - 19 (2008)
Buckcherry - Buckcherry (1999)
Jay-Z - Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998)
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969)
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Tweedy - Sukierae (2014)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/8/2015 @ 00:19am

My current vote count:

Adele - 19 (2008) - 6
Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973) - 6
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969) - 6
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971) - 6
Wilco - A Ghost is Born (2004) - 6
___________________________

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 5
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004) - 5
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990) - 5
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987) - 5
The War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014) - 5

Jay-Z - Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998) - 4
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974) - 4
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977) - 4
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 4

Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 3
The Killers - Day & Age (2008) - 3
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959) - 3

Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014) - 2
Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments to an Elegy (2014) - 2
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 2

Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014) - 1
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1

Buckcherry - Buckcherry (1999) - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (1973) - 0
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hill Drive (2014) - 0
Tweedy - Sukierae (2014) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/8/2015 @ 00:21am

Ry Guy - You can replace your vote for "Fun House" if you like, as that album was nominated incorrectly, having previously been inducted.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/8/2015 @ 00:23am

Belle And Sebastian
Bruce Springsteen
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Sonic Youth

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/8/2015 @ 00:28am

Before time expires, here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)
Tweedy - Sukierae (2014)
Wilco - A Ghost is Born (2004)
Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969)
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971)

And my Artist Vote nomination ballot is:

Rush
Yes
Electric Light Orchestra
Belle And Sebastian
Sonic Youth

Hopefully this is counted,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Sunday, 11/8/2015 @ 19:51pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973) - 7
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969) - 7
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971) - 7
Wilco - A Ghost is Born (2004) - 7

Adele - 19 (2008) - 6
_____________________

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 5
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004) - 5
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990) - 5
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987) - 5
The War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014) - 5

Jay-Z - Vol.2…Hard Knock Life (1998) - 4
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974) - 4
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977) - 4
SWV - It's About Time (1992) - 4
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959) - 4

Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 3
The Killers - Day & Age (2008) - 3

Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014) - 2
Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments to an Elegy (2014) - 2
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 2

Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014) - 1
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1
Tweedy - Sukierae (2014) - 1

Buckcherry - Buckcherry (1999) - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day (1973) - 0
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hill Drive (2014) - 0

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Adele - 19 (2008)
Chicago - Chicago (V) (1973)
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969)
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971)
Wilco - A Ghost is Born (2004)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 00:42am

This month's genre is "Post Punk/College Rock". We'll be splitting this genre into two votes, 1978-1984 and 1985-1991.

Nominations are now open for the first genre vote, "Post Punk / College Rock 1978-1984".

Each voter can nominate two songs that belong to this genre and time period. If a song is nominated that you feel is inappropriate for this genre vote, please lodge a protest. Any song that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the the 10th. There will then be a one day period for review and protest, followed by 5 days of voting.

The following songs have already been nominated:

Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978) - Eligible for Group 1
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - Eligible for Group 1

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988) - Eligible for Group 2
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1985) - Eligible for Group 2

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 00:46am

Voting is now closed in the Artist Vote Artist Selection Vote.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if I've made any errors):

Sonic Youth - 8
__________________

Rush - 7

Belle & Sebastian - 6
Bruce Springsteen - 6
Pearl Jam - 6

John Mellencamp - 5
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 5

Yes - 3

The Eagles - 2
They Might Be Giants - 2
Warren Zevon - 2

Electric Light Orchestra - 1
Janet Jackson - 1

This month's selected Artist is Sonic Youth.

Any voter can nominate one eligible album (released between 1954 and 2014) by Sonic Youth that hasn't already been inducted into the Album Project.

Here are the Sonic Youth albums that have already been inducted into the Album Project:

Daydream Nation (1988)
Goo (1990)

Here is a link to Sonic Youth's discography on wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Youth_discography

Nominations will end with the conclusion of the first genre vote in the song and album project (including tiebreakers). There will then be 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 00:51am

I nominate:

Sonic Youth - The Eternal (2009)

for the Artist Vote.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 00:53am

My Nominations:

The Human League- Reproduction (1979)
Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 00:53am

Artist Vote nomination:

Sonic Youth- Evol (1986)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 01:03am

The Replacements- Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out the Trash (1981)
Oingo Boingo- Only A Lad (1981)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 07:31am

Genre Nominations:
R.E.M.: Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
The Replacements: Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

Artist Nomination:
Sonic Youth: Sister (1987)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 14:08pm

Artist Vote

Sonic Youth- Dirty (1992)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 14:42pm

Round 1:
X - Wild Gift (1981)
Mission of Burma - Vs. (1982)

Round 2:
Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991)
R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant (1986)

Posted by Ry Guy on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 17:19pm

A couple of Post-punk genre defining albums that we've overlooked:

The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981)
The Slits - Cut (1979)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 17:29pm

Nick, your nominees quilify for round 2. Round 1 is 1978-1984.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 18:16pm

Nominations:

Wild Planet (1980) - The B-52's
Seventeen Seconds (1980) - The Cure

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 19:48pm

A couple of people have asked me elsewhere for some ideas for this category. Some of the post-punk foundation and/or landmark albums from this era that are still out there that I can think of are:

Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (1978)
Swell Maps - A Trip to Marineville (1979)
Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe (1980)
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials (1979)
The Fall - Hex Enducation Hour (1982)
The Durutti Column - The Return of the Durutti Column (1980)
The Pop Group - Y (1979)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream (1978)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyaena (1984)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Magazine - Secondhand Daylight (1979)
Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap (1980)
This Heat - This Heat (1979)
This Heat - Deceit (1981)
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977)
Throbbing Gristle - D. o. A.: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle (1976)
Chris & Cosey - Heartbeat (1981)
Chris & Cosey - Trance (1982)
Swans - Filth (1983)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (19800
Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca (1981)
SPK - Machine Age Voodoo (1984)
Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984)
Clock DVA - Thirst (1981)
Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
Bauhaus - Burning From the Inside (1983)
Tones on Tail - Pop (1984)
Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (1977)
Chrome - Half Machine Lips Move (1979)
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)
The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus (1977)
The Stranglers - No More Heroes (1977)
Cocteu Twins - Head Over Heels (1983)
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears (1984)
Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance (1984)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1980)
The Cure - Faith (1981)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 19:52pm

Didn't realize there was a split for this genre vote. Here's my nominations for Part I:

Cocteu Twins: Treasure (1984)
U2: October (1981)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 22:21pm

Didn't realize there was a split for this genre vote. Here's my nominations for Part I:

Cocteau Twins: Treasure (1984)
U2: October (1981)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 11/9/2015 @ 22:28pm

The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
This Heat - Deceit (1981)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 11/10/2015 @ 07:06am

Here is my ballot for the Post-Rock/College Rock Special Election.

1978-1984

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)

1985-1991

XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006)

Happy Veterans' Day!,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Tuesday, 11/10/2015 @ 22:02pm

My nominations (only the first group needs to be nominated by 10 PM tonight):

Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (1978)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/10/2015 @ 22:49pm

noms:

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyaena (1984)
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 11/10/2015 @ 23:13pm

Nominations are now closed for the first genre vote.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
Cocteu Twins - Treasure (1984)
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)
Mission of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad (1981)
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (1978)
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyaena (1984)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The B-52's - Wild Planet (1980)
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981)
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1980)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Human League - Reproduction (1979)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out the Trash (1981)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
This Heat - Deceit (1981)
U2 - October (1981)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

There will now be 1 day of review and protest. If you think that a nominated album shouldn't be eligible for this vote, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this vote.

Voting will open at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 11th, followed by 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/10/2015 @ 23:22pm

Cocteu Twins - Treasure (1984)
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The Human League - Reproduction (1979)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/11/2015 @ 00:37am

No protests here. Every album fits the genre and is worthy of a vote.

Both the Album and Song ballots are going to take some time to ponder this round.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/11/2015 @ 00:55am

Here are my top 5 albums being considered for December.

Gary Clark Jr.- Blak and Blu (2012)
The Strokes- Room on Fire (2003)
Bright Eyes- Lifted or The Story is the Soil, Keep Your Ears to The Ground (2002)
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Yo La Tengo- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/11/2015 @ 17:40pm

Greg - "Let England Shake" is high priority for me. It's a decade top 10 album, IMO. "Black and Blue" is up there, too. I'd probably get to it pretty quickly. "Lifted or The Story is the Soil, Keep Your Ears to The Ground" and "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out" are both solid picks, but might take me a little longer to get to.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/11/2015 @ 19:20pm

I'm not sure what of you those to pick yet. I'll likely focus on Let England Shake and Blak and Blu and Room on Fire before I get to the Bright Eyes and Yo La Tengo albums I will not move on from nominating 2000's until all are in.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/11/2015 @ 20:25pm

Voting is now open. There weren't any protested albums.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
Cocteu Twins - Treasure (1984)
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)
Mission of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad (1981)
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (1978)
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyaena (1984)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The B-52's - Wild Planet (1980)
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981)
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1980)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Human League - Reproduction (1979)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out the Trash (1981)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
This Heat - Deceit (1981)
U2 - October (1981)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 albums for their vote to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/11/2015 @ 23:20pm

Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)
The B-52's - Wild Planet (1980)
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981)
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1980)
U2 - October (1981)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

Last Cuts:

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
Cocteu Twins - Treasure (1984)
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 11/11/2015 @ 23:52pm

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyaena (1984)
The B-52's - Wild Planet (1980)
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1980)
The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 11/12/2015 @ 00:51am

This was really tough. I ended up bumping one of my own nominees. I genuinely support every album on this ballot.

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (1978)
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981)
This Heat - Deceit (1981)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 11/12/2015 @ 01:14am

You can ignore the ballot I submitted before voting started.

Cocteu Twins - Treasure (1984)
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)
Public Image Ltd- Public Image:First Issue (1978)
Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)
The Human League- Reproduction (1979)
The Raincoats- The Raincoats (1979)
The Slits- Cut (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/12/2015 @ 17:25pm

Listening to all of the albums that we nominated for the Album Rankings and I realized we didn't differentiate what version of Procol Harum's eponymous debut album that we inducted. There is a UK version and US version. Personally I feel like we should differentiate it as the US album, as this version kicks off the legendary "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and the UK version (like all British records at the time) does not include the single. Would folks like a vote on this or should we just assume that we meant the US version?

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 11/13/2015 @ 16:47pm

Greg F - You voted for 7 albums. Which album would you like removed from your ballot?

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/13/2015 @ 18:18pm

I'll drop The Slits- Cut

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/13/2015 @ 18:20pm

Bauhaus: The Sky’s Gone Out (1982)
Cocteau Twins: Treasure (1984)
The B-52’s: Wild Planet (1980)
The Cure: Seventeen Seconds (1980)
The Replacements: Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash (1981)
U2: October (1981)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 11/14/2015 @ 01:14am

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
Cocteu Twins - Treasure (1984)
Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad (1981)
The B-52's - Wild Planet (1980)
The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out the Trash (1981)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 11/15/2015 @ 06:47am

My votes:

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (1978)
The B-52's - Wild Planet (1980)
The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out the Trash (1981)

Would Support In The Future:

Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyaena (1984)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1980)
U2 - October (1981)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/16/2015 @ 16:22pm

My current vote count:

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (1982) - 5
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980) - 5
The B-52's - Wild Planet (1980) - 5

The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out the Trash (1981) - 4
___________________

Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984) - 3
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1980) - 3
___________________

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984) - 2
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (1978) - 2
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981) - 2
U2 - October (1981) - 2

Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad (1981) - 1
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978) - 1
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyaena (1984) - 1
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) - 1
The Human League - Reproduction (1979) - 1
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) - 1
This Heat - Deceit (1981) - 1
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - 1
X - Wild Gift (1981) - 1

Mission of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 0
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979) - 0
The Slits - Cut (1979) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Monday the 16th (tonight).

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/16/2015 @ 16:24pm

Here is my ballot for the College Rock 1978-1984 special election.

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The B-52's - Wild Planet (1980)
The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out the Trash (1981)
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1980)
U2 - October (1981)

A rather interesting class,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Monday, 11/16/2015 @ 16:52pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (1982) - 6
The B-52's - Wild Planet (1980) - 6

Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980) - 5
The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out the Trash (1981) - 5

The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1980) - 4
________________________

Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984) - 3
U2 - October (1981) - 3

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984) - 2
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (1978) - 2
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981) - 2

Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad (1981) - 1
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue (1978) - 1
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyaena (1984) - 1
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) - 1
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979) - 1
The Human League - Reproduction (1979) - 1
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) - 1
This Heat - Deceit (1981) - 1
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - 1
X - Wild Gift (1981) - 1

Mission of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 0
The Slits - Cut (1979) - 0

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)
The B-52's - Wild Planet (1980)
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1980)
The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out the Trash (1981)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/17/2015 @ 00:21am

Nominations are now open for the second genre vote this month. This genre vote will cover "Post Punk / College Rock 1985-1991".

Each voter can nominate two albums that belong to this genre and time period. If a song is nominated that you feel is inappropriate for this genre vote, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 18th. There will then be a one day period for review and protest, followed by 5 days of voting.

The following albums have already been nominated:

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991)
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant (1986)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1985)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/17/2015 @ 00:23am

Life's Rich Pageant is already in.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/17/2015 @ 00:41am

My nominations:

Ministry- Twitch (1986)
The Jesus and Mary Chain- Darklands (1987)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/17/2015 @ 00:46am

My Nominees

The B-52's- Cosmic Thing (1989)
My Bloody Valentine- Isn't Anything (1988)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 11/17/2015 @ 06:00am

I can't complain about that class. The Sky's Gone Out, Killing Joke and Seventeen Seconds were all in my top 20 to-get-tos.

Round 2:

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 11/17/2015 @ 19:27pm

Nominations:
Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 11/17/2015 @ 19:34pm

Husker Du- Flip Your Wig (1985)
Oingo Boingo- Dead Man's Party (1985)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/17/2015 @ 20:14pm

Nominations are now closed.

The following albums have been nominated (let me know if I missed any) and are up for review for one day:

Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Husker Du - Flip Your Wig (1985)
Ministry - Twitch (1986)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991)
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (1989)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1985)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end and voting will open at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/19/2015 @ 00:26am

Voting is now open. There weren't any successfully protested albums.

Here's the list of nominated albums:

Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Husker Du - Flip Your Wig (1985)
Ministry - Twitch (1986)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991)
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (1989)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1985)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums to have their ballot counted.

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Tueday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/19/2015 @ 23:56pm

Ministry - Twitch (1986)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 11/20/2015 @ 04:02am

Ministry - Twitch (1986)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/20/2015 @ 05:00am

My Ballot:

Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (1989)
Ministry - Twitch (1986)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 11/22/2015 @ 01:36am

Darren-

When are we going to start the artist vote for Sonic Youth?

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 11/22/2015 @ 07:08am

Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)
Ministry - Twitch (1986)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991)
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (1989)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1985)

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 11/22/2015 @ 09:01am

Husker Du: Flip Your Wig (1985)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Tender Prey (1988)
Plies: Trompe is Monde (1991)
R.E.M.: Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
The B-52’s: Cosmic Thing (1989)
The Replacements: Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 11/22/2015 @ 10:52am

^Pixies; wow I really needed that morning cup of coffee before posting my votes more than I thought.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 11/22/2015 @ 12:04pm

My Votes

Echo and the Bunnymen- Echo and the Bunnymen (1987)
Fine Young Cannibals- The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
The Pixies- Trompe le Monde (1991)
Slint- Spiderland (1991)
The B-52's- Cosmis Thing (1989)
The Replacements- Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 11/22/2015 @ 12:36pm

Voting is now open for the Artist Vote (should have been opened sooner, sorry).

This month's selected Artist is Sonic Youth.

Here's the list of nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Dirty (1992)
Evol (1986)
Rather Ripped (2006)
Sister (1987)
The Eternal (2009)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. The two that receive the most votes will be inducted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/23/2015 @ 07:54am

Nick - What makes it even funnier is that there is a rapper named Plies. According to wikipedia, he was nominated for "Ringtone of the Year" at the 2008 BET Hip-Hop awards. lol

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/23/2015 @ 08:00am

Artist Vote

Evol
Sister
Dirty
Rather Ripped
The Eternal

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/23/2015 @ 14:36pm

My votes:

Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)
Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (1989)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

Dirty (1992)
Rather Ripped (2006)
Sister (1987)
The Eternal (2009)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/24/2015 @ 01:13am

My current vote count:

Slint - Spiderland (1991) - 5
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (1989) - 5
__________________

Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987) - 4
Ministry - Twitch (1986) - 4
Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991) - 4
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987) - 4
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987) - 4
__________________

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987) - 3

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988) - 2

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988) - 1
Husker Du - Flip Your Wig (1985) - 1
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988) - 1
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989) - 1
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (1985) - 1
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1985) - 1
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989) - 1

Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 25th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/24/2015 @ 01:15am

Dirty (1992)
Evol (1986)
Rather Ripped (2006)
Sister (1987)
The Eternal (2009)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 11/24/2015 @ 01:49am

Husker Du - Flip Your Wig (1985)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1985)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/24/2015 @ 17:16pm

Here is my ballot for Post=Punk/College Rock albums 1985-1991.

XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (1989)
Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)

Seems to be a fine class overall,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Tuesday, 11/24/2015 @ 17:47pm

Since Peter Murphy - Deep looks like a lost cause, I'll move that vote to Echo & the Bunnymen.

Lax- Deep was a great nomination. It was one of the defining Alternative albums of 1989. Hopefully we can revisit it again soon. Very deserving.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 11/24/2015 @ 22:28pm

I too will use my vote switch as one of my nominations looks like a lost cause. Please switch my vote for

Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)

to

Slint - Spiderland (1991)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/24/2015 @ 22:36pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991) - 6
Slint - Spiderland (1991) - 6
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (1989) - 6
___________________

Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987) - 5
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987) - 5
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987) - 5
___________________

Ministry - Twitch (1986) - 4

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988) - 3
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987) - 3
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989) - 3

Husker Du - Flip Your Wig (1985) - 2
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1985) - 2

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988) - 1
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988) - 1
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989) - 1
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (1985) - 1

Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985) - 0

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (1989)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

Anyone who participated in this genre vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker vote. To vote, rank all 3 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranking song gets 3 points, 2 for the next and 1 for the last.

The two albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The album that gets the lowest number of points will automatically be nominated for the December Album project vote. The first tiebreaker is the highest number of top-ranking votes. The second tiebreaker is the elimination of the last vote cast.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 27th (3 days to account for Thanksgiving).

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/24/2015 @ 23:33pm

The Replacements: Pleased to Meet Me (1987) (3)
Echo & the Bunnymen: Echo & the Bunnymen (1987) (2)
The Jesus and Mary Chain: Darklands (1987) (1)

Glad to see "Piles" (aka Pixies) got inducted in the genre.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 11/25/2015 @ 00:35am

Darklands - 3
Pleased To Meet Me - 2
Echo and the Bunnymen - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/25/2015 @ 00:48am

The Jesus and Mary Chain- Darklands (1987) (3)
Echo and The Bunnymen- Echo and The Bunnymen (1987) (2)
The Replacements- Pleased to Meet Me (1987) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/25/2015 @ 00:53am

Any support for these albums next month?

Black Sabbath- Vol. 4 (1972)
Jethro Tull- Benefit (1970)
Jethro Tull- War Child (1974)
Led Zeppelin- In Through The Out Door (1979)
Paul McCartney- McCartney (1970)
Roxy Music- Siren (1975)
Rush- A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Rush- Hemispheres (1978)
Supertramp- Crime Of The Century (1974)
Yes- Tales Of Topographic Oceans (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/25/2015 @ 06:42am

Tom H - those are all great selections.

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 11/25/2015 @ 13:55pm

Any interest?

Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Pj Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Yo La Tengo- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
Bright Eyes- Lifted or The Music is in the Soil, Keep Your Ears to The Ground (2002)
The Strokes- Room On Fire (2003)
Belle and Sebastian- Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)
Gary Clark Jr.- Blak and Blu (2012)
Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence (2014)
Todd Terje- It's Album Time (2014)
Perfume Genius- Too Bright (2014)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/25/2015 @ 14:23pm

Tie Breaker

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987)-3
Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)-2
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/25/2015 @ 17:43pm

The Jesus and Mary Chain- Darklands (1987) 3
Echo and The Bunnymen- Echo and The Bunnymen (1987) 2
The Replacements- Pleased to Meet Me (1987) 1

I was genuinely surprised to discover that all three of these were still out there and hadn't been inducted. Tough to rank them, they're all such major landmarks of that era.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/25/2015 @ 17:45pm

Artist Vote:

Dirty (1992)
Evol (1986)
Rather Ripped (2006)
Sister (1987)

A nice ending to this month's voting to go along with the Post Punk/College Rock votes.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/25/2015 @ 20:13pm

Echo and The Bunnymen- Echo and The Bunnymen (1987) 3
The Jesus and Mary Chain- Darklands (1987) 2
The Replacements- Pleased to Meet Me (1987) 1

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 11/27/2015 @ 13:58pm

Sonic Youth Vote:
Dirty (1992)
Evol (1986)
Rather Ripped (2006)
Sister (1987)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 11/27/2015 @ 16:27pm

Here is my tiebreaker vote.

The Replacements: Pleased to Meet Me (1987) (3)
Echo & the Bunnymen: Echo & the Bunnymen (1987) (2)
The Jesus and Mary Chain: Darklands (1987) (1)

And here is my Artist Vote ballot:

Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992)
Sonic Youth - Evol (1986)
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006)
Sonic Youth - Sister (1987)
Sonic Youth - The Eternal (2009)

Hope this ballot does not muck up any tiebreaker,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Friday, 11/27/2015 @ 18:36pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987) - 16
Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987) - 14
__________________________

The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987) - 12

Pleased to Meet Me (1987) will be automatically nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Here is your final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)
Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991)
Slint - Spiderland (1991)
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (1989)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands (1987)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/28/2015 @ 01:19am

Artist Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Dirty (1992) - 6
Rather Ripped (2006) - 6
Sister (1987) - 6
_____________________

Evol (1986) - 5

The Eternal (2009) - 4

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992)
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006)
Sonic Youth - Sister (1987)

Anyone who voted in this Artist Vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all three albums in order of preference. The 2 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 30th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/28/2015 @ 23:09pm

My tiebreaker vote:

Dirty - 3
Rather Ripped - 2
Sister - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/28/2015 @ 23:10pm

Sister (1987): 3
Dirty (1992): 2
Rather Ripped (2006): 1

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 11/29/2015 @ 00:48am

Sister (1987) (3)
Dirty (1992) (2)
Rather Ripped (2006) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 11/29/2015 @ 01:02am

Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992)-3
Sonic Youth - Sister (1987)-2
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 11/29/2015 @ 06:50am

Tom H.,

Your list for next month, posted 11/25/ 2015 @ 6:42 a.m. Is really quite extraordinary. Thank you for suggesting thos recordings.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 11/29/2015 @ 19:39pm

I'm gonna post my nominations now since I'm going to be busy the next day or so.

General Nomination:
The Eagles: The Long Run (1979)

Artist Nomination:
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Nick on Monday, 11/30/2015 @ 18:31pm

My Nominations

PJ Harvey- Let England Shake (2011)
Tori Amos- Unrepentant Geraldines (2014)

Genre:

Ambient

Artist:

Tori Amos

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/1/2015 @ 06:55am

Sorry for the delay.

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate one album from 2014 and one album from 2014 or prior to 2014. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations:

70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
90's R&B
Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"80's Pop" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Female Pop Stars" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Movie Soundtracks" is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

"Debut Albums" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"Post Punk/College Rock" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"90's American Alternative Rock" and "Hip Hop/Rap" are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
Randy Newman
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

The 9th through the 20th (approx.) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 album by the selected artist. If the selected artist has a small enough discography of eligible albums, nominations may be skipped with all eligible albums being eligible for the vote.

The 21st (approx.) through the 25th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/1/2015 @ 10:06am

My Nominations

General

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Genre

1960's R&B/Soul

Artist

Van Morrison

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 12/1/2015 @ 16:19pm

Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)

Artist vote:
Warren Zevon

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 12/1/2015 @ 21:55pm

Nominee:

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)

Artist:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 12/1/2015 @ 23:40pm

Roxy Music - Siren (1975)

Country

Bruce Springsteen

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 12/2/2015 @ 00:28am

Please note that this is the last month where there will be a nomination available specifically for albums released in 2014.

Due to a rule change that we voted in on Friday, 02.13.15, albums from 2015 will not be eligible for nomination until April.

During January, February and March, voters can nominate any eligible album from 2014 or sooner.

Starting in April, voters can nominate any eligible album from 2015 or sooner and one album released in 2015. This will continue through March 2017. In April 2017, 2016 albums will become eligible for nomination.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/2/2015 @ 00:37am

My nominations:

Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 12/2/2015 @ 13:03pm

Rush- A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments to an Elegy (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/2/2015 @ 18:27pm

Artist Nomination:

Rush

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/2/2015 @ 18:45pm

Genre Nomination:

Metal

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/2/2015 @ 19:33pm

General:

The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)

Genre:

Jazz Fusion

Artist:

Ravi Shankar

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 12/2/2015 @ 21:59pm

Genre Nomination: Blues

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 12/2/2015 @ 22:22pm

December 2015 Album Nomination:

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre: 90s Alternative Rock

Artist: Train

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 12/2/2015 @ 23:57pm

My December 2015/2040 nominations for induction into The Album Project...

The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)

Genre

Novelty

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 12/3/2015 @ 00:02am

nom:

Duran Duran - Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 12/3/2015 @ 00:23am

Nominations:

Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Artist:

Pearl Jam

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/3/2015 @ 11:02am

Warren Zevon- Excitable Boy (1978)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Thursday, 12/3/2015 @ 19:07pm

Here are my nominations for this month's Album Project.

Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
Sir Elton John - The Diving Board (2014)

My genre nomination for this month is:

Christmas/Holiday

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Yes

Offering your thoughts and prayers are meaningless when it will not bring people back,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Thursday, 12/3/2015 @ 20:58pm

Elton John: The Diving Board is a 2013 release.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/3/2015 @ 21:15pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993)
Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
Roxy Music - Siren (1975)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments to an Elegy (2014)
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
Tori Amos - Unrepentant Geraldines (2014)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (1978)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums to have their ballot counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/3/2015 @ 23:45pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if I missed any):

1960's R&B/Soul
70's Hard Rock
90s Alternative Rock
90's Electronica
90's R&B
Ambient
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Christmas/Holiday
Jazz Fusion
Metal
Novelty

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/3/2015 @ 23:45pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Bruce Springsteen
Electric Light Orchestra
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Ravi Shankar
Rush
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tori Amos
Train
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/3/2015 @ 23:46pm

System of a Down - Mezmerize (2005)

Posted by Ry Guy on Thursday, 12/3/2015 @ 23:47pm

Duran Duran - Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
Roxy Music - Siren (1975)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (1978)

Genres:

90's Electronica
Ambient
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Jazz Fusion

Artists:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rush
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/4/2015 @ 01:40am

I forgot to post the results of the tiebreaker vote in the Artist Vote.

Here are the final results:

Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992) - 10
Sonic Youth - Sister (1987) - 9
_______________________

Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006) - 5

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992)
Sonic Youth - Sister (1987)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/4/2015 @ 02:06am

Correction - The Artist Vote Selection Vote will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/4/2015 @ 10:21am

General:

Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (1978)

Genres:

Ambient
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Jazz Fusion
Metal

Artists:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Ravi Shankar
Tori Amos
Train
Warren Zevon

Posted by dmg on Friday, 12/4/2015 @ 11:22am

General Vote

Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door (1979)
Roxy Music- Siren (1975)
Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Eagles- The Long Run (1979)
The Replacements- Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
Train- Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre Vote

1960's R&B/Soul
1970's Hard Rock
1990's Electronica
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Metal

Artist Vote

Bruce Springsteen
Pearl Jam
Rush
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Van Morrison

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 12/4/2015 @ 17:03pm

Album Genre Vote:

70's Hard Rock
90s Alternative Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Christmas/Holiday
Novelty

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 12/4/2015 @ 20:24pm

General
Duran Duran: Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993)
Led Zeppelin: In Through The Out Door (1979)
The Eagles: The Long Run (1979)
The Replacements: Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
Train: Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Warren Zevon: Excitable Boy (1978)

Artist
Bruce Springsteen
Rush
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Van Morrison
Yes

Genre
1960s R&B/Soul
1970s Hard Rock
1990s R&B
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues

Posted by Nick on Friday, 12/4/2015 @ 21:53pm

Duran Duran - Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993)
Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
Roxy Music - Siren (1975)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

it kind of feels like a genre vote up in here :)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 12/4/2015 @ 23:11pm

My votes go to:

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen (1987)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (1978)

Album vote:

Ambient
Christmas/Holiday
Novelty

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Friday, 12/4/2015 @ 23:17pm

Can we get a clarification on Echo & the Bunnymen? It's listed as having been inducted in the genre vote, but shows up on the ballot for this round.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 12/4/2015 @ 23:18pm

Echo and the Bunnymen should have been inducted as a result of the last tiebreaker, so it shouldn't have been included in this month's list of nominees. Anyone who voted for it already can replace their vote and still have a vote replacement available for later.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/5/2015 @ 01:44am

Since Echo and the Bunnymen weren't supposed to be on the list, I'll go for the PJ Harvey album instead.

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Saturday, 12/5/2015 @ 07:26am

Album Artist Vote:

Bruce Springsteen
Rush
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Train
Van Morrison

Last cuts were Warren Zevon and Yes. However, all of these nominated artists are excellent choices and I would probably vote for all of them in the future.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 12/5/2015 @ 13:15pm

My Ballot:

Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)

Genere:

1960's R&B/Soul
90s Alternative Rock
Ambient
Blues
Metal

Artist:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Ravi Shankar
Tori Amos
Warren Zevon

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 12/5/2015 @ 13:31pm

December 2015 General Album Vote:

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (1978)

Last cuts were Duran Duran, The Alan Parsons Project, and especially painful was Elton John. We definitely need more Elton John in the album project. There were also several other albums nominated that I would strongly consider voting for in the future.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 12/5/2015 @ 14:11pm

I propose an increase to 6 inducted albums per month and have voters choose 8 per ballot.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 12/5/2015 @ 14:26pm

Genre Vote

90s Alternative Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Christmas/Holiday
Jazz Fusion
Metal

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 12/5/2015 @ 20:38pm

Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Roxy Music - Siren (1975)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)

1960's R&B/Soul
70's Hard Rock
90's Alternative Rock
90's Electronica
90's R&B

Bruce Springsteen
Pearl Jam
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 12/6/2015 @ 02:25am

My genre votes:

70's Hard Rock
90's Alternative Rock
90's Electronica
90's R&B
Metal

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/6/2015 @ 18:32pm

My artist votes:

Bruce Springsteen
Pearl Jam
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tori Amos
Warren Zevon

Question - If we select Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, can we make it "Tom Petty / Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers"? His solo albums usually feature several members of the Heartbreakers, so I think allowing his solo albums to be eligible would make sense.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/6/2015 @ 18:51pm

jtrichey - You have one more vote because I incorrectly listed Echo And The Bunnymen on the nominees list and it was inducted as a result of last month's genre tiebreaker vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/6/2015 @ 19:11pm

My votes:

Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (1978)

Would support in the future:

Duran Duran - Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993)
Elton John - The Diving Board (2013)
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
Roxy Music - Siren (1975)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/6/2015 @ 19:15pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
Sir Elton John- The Diving Board (2013)
Roxy Music - Siren (1975)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)

My genre vote ballot is also presented herein.

Christmas/Holiday
90s Alternative Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
1960's R&B/Soul
Ambient

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Yes
Rush
Warren Zevon
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Bruce Springsteen

Finally able to present a full ballot this time,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Sunday, 12/6/2015 @ 20:17pm

90s Alternative Rock
Ambient
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Metal
Novelty

The last cut was Jazz Fusion.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Ravi Shankar
Tori Amos
Train
Warren Zevon

The last cut was Van Morrison.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 12/6/2015 @ 20:53pm

Darren:
I'd be okay with Tom Petty's solo work included in an Artist Project Vote alongside The Heartbreakers. I figured thou that The Heartbreakers only have 1 album inducted so the priority would be on them. It's true that most of his solo work involves at least one of the Heartbreakers.

On a side note, Tom Petty has a new 24-hour station on SiriusXM: Tom Petty Radio. I listened a few times over the last couple of weeks and it's great. I like the Buried Treasure show he hosts. Anyone who likes Petty should check it out.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 12/6/2015 @ 22:19pm

make my replacement vote:

The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 12/6/2015 @ 22:52pm

Tough ballot. For me it was on par with the first round of instrumentals in the Song Project. I ended up just going with stuff that I've been supporting or have recently been vocal in support of. Popular Problems and A Farewell to Kings fall into that category, too, it's just a mater of space right now.

Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
Roxy Music - Siren (1975)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Ravi Shankar
Rush
Tori Amos
Van Morrison

I'm sympathetic to the Warren Zevon cause. Again, just a ballot real estate issue this round

90's Electronica
Ambient
Blues
Jazz Fusion
Metal

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 12/6/2015 @ 23:42pm

Voting is now closed for the Genre selection vote.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 8
_________________________

90s Alternative Rock - 7

Ambient - 6
Metal - 6

1960's R&B/Soul - 5
70's Hard Rock - 5
_________________________

90's Electronica - 4
Blues - 4
Christmas/Holiday - 4

90's R&B - 3
Jazz Fusion - 3
Novelty - 3

This month's selected genre is "Art Rock/Progressive Rock".

From now until 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th, we need to determine if we will split the genre into two votes and what years the genres will be split into if we do. Starting on the 8th, there will be two days of nominations and one day designated for review and protest (though protests can be lodged at any point during the nomination process, not just on the last day).

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/6/2015 @ 23:44pm

Voting is now closed for the Genre selection vote.

Here are the final results (updated for DarinRG's ballot and to correct that 4 votes meets the bar for automatic re-nomination; 1let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 8
_________________________

90s Alternative Rock - 7
Ambient - 7
Metal - 7

1960's R&B/Soul - 5
70's Hard Rock - 5
90's Electronica - 5
Blues - 5

Christmas/Holiday - 4
Jazz Fusion - 4
_________________________

90's R&B - 3
Novelty - 3

This month's selected genre is "Art Rock/Progressive Rock".

From now until 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th, we need to determine if we will split the genre into two votes and what years the genres will be split into if we do. Starting on the 8th, there will be two days of nominations and one day designated for review and protest (though protests can be lodged at any point during the nomination process, not just on the last day).

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/6/2015 @ 23:50pm

We should do a split.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/7/2015 @ 00:07am

I agree with a split. When we've done this genre in the past we've found that it covers a pretty broad, diverse territory.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 12/7/2015 @ 00:50am

A split works for me.

Maybe the years 1965-1984 and 1985-2014

Thoughts?

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 12/7/2015 @ 01:36am

I don't know if I support a split. How many times have we done this genre in the past?

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/7/2015 @ 12:50pm

Personally I don't think a split is needed here either because this genre vote has been a couple of times in the past. Plus I think we tend to induct a lot of progressive/art rock albums even in the general vote (I'm guilty of doing this because the last couple of nominations that's what I've nominated).

Posted by Nick on Monday, 12/7/2015 @ 13:13pm

I'm fine with not doing a split. However if we don't modern era art and prog rock will likely be overlooked in favor of older ones. That's what happened last time we did this genre.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/7/2015 @ 14:46pm

How about instead of a split we just do it from 1985-Present?

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 12/7/2015 @ 15:52pm

How about instead of a split we just do it from 1985-Present?

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 12/7/2015 @ 15:52pm

I'm still in favor of a split. That cover hopefully allow some artists from both eras that don't stand a chance in the general like Procol Harum, King Crimson, Triumverat, Porcupine Tree, The Mar Volta and many other great artists that would otherwise get overlooked. If this vote were used to try to do just that it make it the most worthwhile. I would not like to see a lot of the most obvious artists get all of the attention. If you do your research you'll find that there is more to this genre than Pink Floyd, Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Rush just to name a few that would likely be nominated heavily.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/7/2015 @ 16:33pm

I agree with a split. How about 1960-1979, 1980-2014? I do not agree with just making it 1985-Present. There's too much prog prior to then that needs recognition.

Posted by dmg on Monday, 12/7/2015 @ 16:34pm

I already have some in mind:

Procol Harum- Grand Hotel (1973)
Procol Harum- Shine on Brightly (1968)
King Crimson- Discipline (1981)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Opeth- Dammnation
Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996) (if this counts)
Triumerat- Spartacus (1975)
Muse- The Resistance (2009)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1976)
Styx- The Grand Illusion (1977)
Kansas- Point of Know Return (1978)
Jean Michel-Jarre- Equioxe (1978) (if this counts)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/7/2015 @ 16:51pm

no split

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 12/7/2015 @ 22:27pm

I support a split and agree with the one dmg proposed.

Also, that's a great list Greg F. I think I would nominate Styx and Kansas. I am surprised that neither have an album inducted yet. Those are two of the best albums of the 1970s of any genre!

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 12/8/2015 @ 01:19am

Frustratingly, I must have just missed the voting cut off. :(

Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments to an Elegy (2014)
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006)
Tori Amos - Unrepentant Geraldines (2014)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

90s R&B

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 12/8/2015 @ 01:41am

Also, groups like Supertramp, The Moody Blues, Blue Oyster Cult, and others could use a bit more representation in the album project.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 12/8/2015 @ 02:05am

Album Vote:

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
Roxy Music - Siren (1975)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)

Sisters of Mercy and Smashing Pumpkins and Spoon were last cuts

Artist Vote:

Bruce Springsteen
Pearl Jam
Rush
Van Morrison
Yes

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/8/2015 @ 18:59pm

I guess this would be the best place to put this. NPR's annual Top 50 Albums list. There's some really good stuff here, among my favorites of the year (Africa Express Presents, Alabama Shakes, Courtney Barnett, Kamasi Washington, Torres, Vijay Iyer Trio) and a lot that I haven't heard that looks promising. The NPR list is a goldmine every year for discovering strong, eclectic, below the radar albums that I end up loving.

http://www.npr.org/2015/12/07/458447213/npr-musics-50-favorite-albums-of-2015

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 12/8/2015 @ 19:54pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Roxy Music - Siren (1975) - 7

Mastodon - Leviathan (2004) - 6
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011) - 6
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014) - 6
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (1978) - 6
_______________________

Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979 - 5
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989) - 5
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987) - 5

Duran Duran - Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993) - 4
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977) - 4
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987) - 4
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963) - 3
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990) - 3
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 3

Elton John - The Diving Board (2013) - 2
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006) - 2
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) - 2

Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments to an Elegy (2014) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1
Tori Amos - Unrepentant Geraldines (2014) - 1

Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014) - 0

The following songs have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
Roxy Music - Siren (1975)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (1978)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/8/2015 @ 23:44pm

Here is the list of voters whose votes were included in my vote count. Please let me know if I missed any:

Greg F.
dmg
Donnie
Nick
jtrichey
Alex Voltaire
Gassman
Jennifer
BSLO
Darren
Lax32
DarinRG
Mike
Tom H.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/8/2015 @ 23:45pm

This month's selected genre is "Art Rock/Progressive Rock".

There was a consensus to have a vote split. There wasn't a consensus for when the split would take place, but there seems to be more support for Donnie's suggestion of 1965-1984 and 1985-2014, so we'll go with that.

Nominations are now open for the first genre vote of the month, "Art Rock/Progressive Rock 1965-1984".

Each voter can nominate 2 albums that they think belong in this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations, followed by 1 day of review and protests (though you can protest at any time during nominations). If you feel that an album has been nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 10th. Review will end and voting will open at 10 PM Central on Friday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/8/2015 @ 23:56pm

Voting is now closed for the Artist Project Artist Selection Vote.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bruce Springsteen - 7
Rush - 7
Tori Amos - 7
Van Morrison - 7
Warren Zevon - 7
_______________________

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 6

Pearl Jam - 5

Ravi Shankar - 4
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 4

Train - 3
Yes - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - 0

There will be a tiebreaker vote to determine which artist will be selected this month between:

Bruce Springsteen
Rush
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon

Anyone who voted in this selection vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 5 artists in order of preference. The highest-ranked artist will receive 5 points, the second-highest will receive 4 points and so on.

In the event of a tie, the first tie-breaker is the artist that receives more first-place (5 point) votes. If that doesn't resolve the tie, we will have another tiebreaker vote featuring those artists.

The winner will be the selected Artist in December. As a result of a recent change to our Artist Project rules, the second-place finisher in the tiebreaker vote will be automatically selected to be the selected Artist in January. The other artists will not be automatically selected.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 11th (to synch up with other projects).

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 00:04am

Tiebreaker:

Tori Amos (5)
Van Morrison (4)
Warren Zevon (3)
Rush (2)
Bruce Springsteen (1)

Nominations:

Procol Harum- Grand Hotel (1973)
Triumvirat- Spartacus (1975)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 00:40am

My Art-Progressive Rock genre nomination for 2015/2040 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 01:11am

Nominees:

Aphrodite's Child - 666 (1972)
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 01:20am

^ Add

The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 02:18am

I'll make a guest appearance on the album project and nominate:

The Nice - Five Bridges (1970)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire (1973)

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 03:28am

If you do not mind, I am going to weigh in on this months genre, since I happen to know something about it:

Therefore, I nominate "Free Hand" by Gentle Giant Giant and "Discipline" by King Crimson.

My artist tiebreaker would go to Rush.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 08:31am

If you don't mind, I am going to participate in this month's genre, since I actually know something about it:

Therefore, my nominations are:

01. "Free Hand" by Gentle Giant

02. "Discipline" by King Crimson

Of course, my artist tiebreaker vote would have to go to Rush.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 08:37am

Genre Nominations:
Lou Reed: Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)

Artist Tiebreaker:
Van Morrison: 5
Bruce Springsteen: 4
Rush: 3
Tori Amos: 2
Warren Zevon: 1

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 10:43am

Tiebreaker:

1. Bruce Springsteen (5)
2. Rush (4)
3. Tori Amos (3)
4. Van Morrison (2)
5. Warren Zevon (1)

Nominations:

Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night - Caravan (1973)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 11:08am

Artist Tiebreaker:

Tori Amos (5 pts)
Warren Zevon
Rush
Van Morrison
Bruce Springsteen (1 pt)

Genre Nominations, Part 1:

Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 12:18pm

Genre Nominations Part 1:

Jethro Tull: Stand Up (1969)
Rush- A Farewell To Kings (1977)

Artist Tie Breaker:

Warren Zevon- 5
Tori Amos- 4
Van Morrison- 3
Rush- 2
Bruce Springsteen- 1

In all honesty I would not mind if these were the subjects of the next 5 artist votes.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 16:39pm

Genre Vote Nominations

The Alan Parsons Project- I Robot (1977)
Styx- Paradise Theater (1980)

Artist Vote Tie-breaker

1. Van Morrison (5 pts)
2. Bruce Springsteen (4 pts)
3. Tori Amos (3 pts)
4. Warren Zevon (2 pts)
5. Rush (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 17:34pm

Nominees:

Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Cluster & Brian Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 18:45pm

My Nominations:

Styx- The Grand Illusion (1977)
Kansas- Point of Know Return (1978)

I still can't believe we have no Styx or Kansas albums yet in the Album project.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 21:57pm

Other Potential Nominations for consideration:

Blue Oyster Cult- Spectres (1977) or
Blue Oyster Cult- Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)

Supertramp-Crime of the Century (1974) or
Supertramp-Even in the Quietest Moments (1977)

The Moody Blues-Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971) or
The Moody Blues-Seventh Sojourn (1972) or
The Moody Blues-Long Distance Voyager (1981)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 21:59pm

I had needed to amend my earlier comment.

If you don't mind, I am going to participate in this month's genre, since I actually know something about it:

Therefore, my nominations are:

01. Free Hand (1975) by Gentle Giant.

02. Discipline (1981) by King Crimson.

Of course, my artist tiebreaker vote would have to go to Rush.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 23:26pm

Van Morrison
Bruce Springsteen
Tori Amos
Warren Zevon
Rush

Dixie Dregs - What If (1978)
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 12/10/2015 @ 06:10am

Jennifer - there's a bit of animosity on this page toward Styx and Kansas. I personally enjoy both of those bands, but their mere mention can cause some individuals to lose their minds for some reason.

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 12/10/2015 @ 10:00am

Nominations are now closed for the genre vote and review is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Aphrodite's Child - 666 (1972)
Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973)
Cluster & Brian Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Dixie Dregs - What If (1978)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Kansas - Point of Know Return (1978)
King Crimson - Discipline (1981)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire (1973)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973)
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Styx - Paradise Theater (1980)
Styx - The Grand Illusion (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)
The Nice - Five Bridges (1970)
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)
Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975)
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)

If you feel that one of these albums has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that gets 3 protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end and voting will start at 10 PM Central on Friday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/11/2015 @ 00:09am

Tori Amos - 5
Bruce Springsteen - 4
Van Morrison - 3
Warren Zevon - 2
Rush - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/11/2015 @ 00:34am

Hey Darren, I think that you forgot dmg's nominations of Syd Barrett and Yes.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 12/11/2015 @ 03:58am

Artist Tiebreaker:

Bruce Springsteen 5
Rush 4
Van Morrison 3
Warren Zevon 2
Tori Amos 1

I agree completely with Tom that all 5 of these artists would all make excellent choices as the subjects for the next 5 artist votes.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 12/11/2015 @ 04:12am

Thanks for the catch, Jennifer! :)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 12/11/2015 @ 09:52am

Jennifer - Thanks for the heads up. I missed his nominations and his tiebreaker vote.

We still haven't received tiebreaker votes from DarinRG, Lax32 or SotN, among the eligible voters.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/11/2015 @ 15:46pm

No need to wait on my end:

1. Warren Zevon (5 points)
2. Tori Amos (4 points)
3. Van Morrison (3 points)
4. Rush (2 points)
5. Bruce Springsteen (A point)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 12/11/2015 @ 18:08pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open for the first genre vote.

Here are the list of nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Aphrodite's Child - 666 (1972)
Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973)
Cluster & Brian Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Dixie Dregs - What If (1978)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Kansas - Point of Know Return (1978)
King Crimson - Discipline (1981)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire (1973)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973)
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Styx - Paradise Theater (1980)
Styx - The Grand Illusion (1977)
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)
The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)
The Nice - Five Bridges (1970)
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)
Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975)
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)

Ballots must contain exactly 6 votes to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/12/2015 @ 00:05am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Van Morrison - 35
Tori Amos - 35
________________________

Bruce Springsteen - 30
Warren Zevon - 27
Rush - 23

Van Morrison and Tori Amos each got 3 first place votes, negating the first tiebreaker.

The second tiebreaker is a head to head vote.

Anyone who voted in the Artist Album Project Selection Vote this month is eligible to vote. To vote, select either Van Morrison or Tori Amos. The winner will be selected for the Artist Vote this month. The loser will be selected for the Artist Vote in January. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 13th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/12/2015 @ 00:16am

I vote for Tori Amos.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/12/2015 @ 00:17am

I vote for Tori Amos.

Kansas - Point of Know Return (1978)
King Crimson - Discipline (1981)
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973)
Styx - The Grand Illusion (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)
Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 12/12/2015 @ 00:27am

My December 2015/2040 Art-Progressive Rock genre ballot for The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Kansas - Point of Know Return (1978)
Styx - Paradise Theater (1980)
Styx - The Grand Illusion (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 12/12/2015 @ 01:14am

Kansas - Point of Know Return (1978)
Lou Reed: Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Rush: A Farewell to Kings (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project: I Robot (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project: Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)
Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)

Artist Tiebreaker: Van Morrison

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 12/12/2015 @ 11:37am

I will also vote for Tori Amos:

As far as my album selection is concerned, that is somewhat difficult. You have provided me with a lot of great choices, however if I have to choose only 6, I will choose the following:

1. Genesis- Foxtrot (1972)
2. Gentle Giant- Free Hand (1975)
3. King Crimson- Discipline (1981)
4. Styx- The Grand Illusion (1977)
5. Traffic- John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)
6. Yes- Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)

Thank you for providing a great selection, the choices were actually quite difficult.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 12/12/2015 @ 14:09pm

Genre Vote 1:

Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Kansas - Point of Know Return (1978)
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)
The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)

Last cuts: Too many to list.

Artist tiebreaker:

Tori Amos

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 12/12/2015 @ 16:47pm

Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973)
Cluster & Brian Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 12/12/2015 @ 18:07pm

Artist Tie Breaker

Tori Amos

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 12/13/2015 @ 06:54am

Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Kansas - Point of Know Return (1978)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Styx - The Grand Illusion (1977)
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)

Tiebreaker is for Van Morrison.

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 12/13/2015 @ 23:43pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

By a 4-2 vote, this month's selected Artist for the Artist Vote Album Project is Tori Amos. Van Morrison will be the selected artist in January.

Any voter can nominate one Tori Amos album that was released prior to 2015 and hasn't already been inducted.

Here are the Tori Amos albums that have already been inducted:

Little Earthquakes (1992)
Under The Pink (1994)

Here's the link to wikipedia's entry for Tori Amos' discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Amos_discography

Nominations will end and voting will open when the first genre vote ends (including tiebreakers) in the Song and Album Project.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/14/2015 @ 01:16am

I nominate:

Strange Little Girls (2001)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/14/2015 @ 01:18am

I nominate:

Boys For Pele (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/14/2015 @ 01:57am

Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)

Great artist pick. I layed out on the tiebreaker because I thought all 5 were strong, deserving picks and didn't have a big preference on where to start.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 12/14/2015 @ 02:38am

Genre Vote

Genesis- Foxtrot (1972)
King Crimson- Discipline (1981)
Rush- A Farewell to Kings (1977)
Styx- Paradise Theater (1980)
The Alan Parsons Project- I Robot (1977)
Traffic- John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)

Artist Vote Nomination (Tori Amos)

Tori Amos- To Venus and Back (1999)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 12/14/2015 @ 05:38am

Artist Nomination

Tori Amos- Scarlet's Walk (2012)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/14/2015 @ 08:21am

Oops I meant

Tori Amos- Scarlet's Walk (2002)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/14/2015 @ 08:24am

I don't hate Styx and Kansas, but I don't really think they have any albums I would consider voting for.

My ballot:

Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973)
Cluster & Brian Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
King Crimson - Discipline (1981)
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 12/14/2015 @ 08:52am

My votes:

Kansas - Point of Know Return (1978)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Styx - Paradise Theater (1980)
Styx - The Grand Illusion (1977)
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)

Would support in the future:

King Crimson - Discipline (1981)
The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/14/2015 @ 22:57pm

Here's the list of votes that I've counted so far (let me know if I've missed any):

Greg F.
Rick Vendl II
Nick
Enigmaticus
dmg
DarinRG
Donnie
Gassman
Darren

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/14/2015 @ 22:59pm

I think you missed my ballot, but I will post it again:

Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Kansas - Point of Know Return (1978)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Styx - The Grand Illusion (1977)
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)

Tiebreaker is for Van Morrison.

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 12.13.15 @ 23:43pm

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 12/15/2015 @ 05:33am

Genre Vote 1:

Kansas - Point of Know Return (1978)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire (1973)
Rush- A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Styx- Paradise Theater (1980)
Styx - The Grand Illusion (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project- I Robot (1977)

It was incredibly hard to choose among so many great albums! Among my many, many painful last cuts were: Dixie Dregs, ELO, Genesis, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Lou Reed, Popol Vuh, Procol Harem, Syd Barrett, Alan Parson's Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Triumvirat, Van der Graaf Generator, and Yes.

However, I think there was at least some music on every album nominated that I liked, much to my pleasant surprise. Great Job with the Nominations everyone! :)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 12/15/2015 @ 07:55am

Absolutely loved this ballot but at the same time it was excruciating to eliminate anything.

Cluster & Brian Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
King Crimson - Discipline (1981)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)

Would vote for any of these in the future but Van der Graaf Generator, Caravan and Yes were especially painful.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/15/2015 @ 20:28pm

Cluster & Brian Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Kansas - Point of Know Return (1978)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (1977)
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)

The whole ballot was excellent, but for the record, the last cuts were Gentle Giant, ELO, and Styx (particularly Paradise Theater).

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 12/15/2015 @ 20:34pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Kansas - Point of Know Return (1978) - 8
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977) - 8

Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (1970) - 7

Styx - The Grand Illusion (1977) - 6
The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (1977) - 6
_________________________________

King Crimson - Discipline (1981) - 5

Cluster & Brian Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977) - 4
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972) - 4
Styx - Paradise Theater (1980) - 4
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976) - 4

Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973) - 3
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 3
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974) - 3
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970) - 3
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973) - 3

Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975) - 2

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 1
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire (1973) - 1
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972) - 1
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973) - 1
Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975) - 1

Aphrodite's Child - 666 (1972) - 0
Dixie Dregs - What If (1978) - 0
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) - 0
The Nice - Five Bridges (1970) - 0
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971) - 0

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Kansas - Point of Know Return (1978)
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)
Styx - The Grand Illusion (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (1977)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/16/2015 @ 23:56pm

Here is the list of votes included in my vote count:

Greg F.
Rick Vendl II
Nick
Enigmaticus
dmg
DarinRG
BSLO
Donnie
Gassman
Darren
Jennifer
Tom H.
SotN

Please let me know ASAP if I've missed any votes.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/16/2015 @ 23:57pm

Nominations are now open for the first genre vote of the month, "Art Rock/Progressive Rock 1985-2014".

Each voter can nominate 2 albums that they think belong in this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations, followed by 1 day of review and protests (though you can protest at any time during nominations). If you feel that an album has been nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 18th. Review will end and voting will open at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/16/2015 @ 23:59pm

Round 2 nominations:

Muse- The Resistance (2009)
Opeth- Heritage (2011)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/17/2015 @ 00:02am

Round 2 nominations:

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
Echolyn - Suffocating The Bloom (1992)

Posted by joker on Thursday, 12/17/2015 @ 00:29am

My two choices for Round 2 are:

Rush- Roll The Bones (1991)
Yes- Magnification (2001)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 12/17/2015 @ 00:43am

I'll nominate:

Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) (2013)

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 12/17/2015 @ 01:22am

Not a bad first class. Here are my nominations for round two:

Mastodon- Blood Mountain (2006)
Porcupine Tree- Up The Downstair (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/17/2015 @ 06:20am

De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) - The Mars Volta
Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - Coheed & Cambria

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 12/17/2015 @ 13:12pm

Justice - Audio, Video, Disco. (2011)

The best Old School Prog for the 21st Century album that I've heard.

Russian Circles - Memorial (2013)

If you're into Prog, Metal or Post-rock and haven't heard this, please do yourself the solid.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 12/17/2015 @ 20:16pm

alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)

Posted by Ry Guy on Thursday, 12/17/2015 @ 21:36pm

Round 2 Nominations:

The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986)

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)

When Meat Loaf teamed back up with Jim Steinman and Todd Rundgren, they created one of the best albums of the 1990s and one of my all-time favorites. The singles I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That), Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are, and Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through are prog rock at its best.

I am very surprised that there is not more Meat Loaf music in the album or song projects yet.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 12/17/2015 @ 23:32pm

Does “Art Punk” count in this genre vote? If so I think Patti Smith fits that category. If anyone doesn’t agree with my choice, let me know and I’ll nominate another album in its place.

Genre Nominations:
Patti Smith: Dream of Life (1988)
Peter Gabriel: Us (1992)

Artist Nomination:
Tori Amos: Night of Hunters (2011)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 12/17/2015 @ 23:50pm

Any interest for January General vote?

Albums:

Wendy Carlos- Sonic Seasonings (1972)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band- Night Moves (1976) OR Stranger in Town (1978)
Anita Baker- Rapture (1986)
Steve Miller Band- Sailor (1968)
Esquivel & His Orchestra- Strings Aflame (1959) OR Other Worlds, Other Sounds (1958)

Genres:

Exotica/Space Age Pop
Post Rock
Industrial
Krautrock
60's Psychedelic
Indie Dance & Indietronica From The 21st Century

Martin Denny- Primitiva (1958) OR Exotica (1957)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/18/2015 @ 03:38am

My apologies for not getting in time for the first section of the Art Rock genre vote. Here then are my nominees for the 1985-2014 phase.

Kraftwerk - Techno Pop (1986)
Pink Floyd -The Division Bell (1994)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Tori Amos - The Beekeeper (2005)

I am certain these are eligible,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Friday, 12/18/2015 @ 17:25pm

Hi Lax32 - The Division Bell has already been inducted in the album project.

Posted by dmg on Friday, 12/18/2015 @ 17:34pm

Greg F,

-I would definitely support either Bob Seger album-Both are very deserving.
-Wendy Carlos-I just looked her up and she seems like a very cool and interesting choice.
-Anita Baker is also a very good choice.
-I would also probably support the early Steve Miller choice as well.
-I had never heard of Esquivel or Exotica/Space Pop before you mentioned it. It sounds interesting.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 12/18/2015 @ 19:28pm

Greg- Wendy Carlos would be a lock for me. Esquivel and Martin Denny would be strong considerations.

Post rock, Industrial and Krautrock, are high priority and Exotica/Space Age Pop, 60's Psychedelic and Indie Dance & Indietronica From The 21st Century would most likely get my vote.

I have no enthusiasm for repeating any more genres until we hit some new ones that are poorly represented, Admittedly we haven't ignored Krautrock, but it's one of those many areas where we suffer from "these two or three bands only" syndrome. There's a lot more than Can, Kraftwerk and a rare, occasional bone to Neu! and Cluster that should be acknowledged. All six of those are good areas to look at.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 12/18/2015 @ 20:00pm

My nominations:

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/18/2015 @ 22:23pm

Ah, good call on Trail of Dead. They slipped my mind. Great live band, too. 10 or so years ago they and the Dresden Dolls were both touring and hit Phoenix on the same night. There was really only one logical venue for bands of that size at the time, so they just booked them both as a double bill. Great show.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 12/18/2015 @ 23:29pm

Nominations are now closed.

The following albums have been nominated and are under review:

alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012)
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
Coheed & Cambria - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Echolyn - Suffocating The Bloom (1992)
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco. (2011)
Kraftwerk - Techno Pop (1986)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Muse - The Resistance (2009)
Opeth - Heritage (2011)
Patti Smith - Dream of Life (1988)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair (1993)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
Russian Circles - Memorial (2013)
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) (2013)
The Mars Volta - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986)
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)
Yes - Magnification (2001)

If you feel that an album has been nominated for this genre inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review and protest will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 19th. There will then be 8 days of voting (3 extra days to account for Christmas).

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/18/2015 @ 23:41pm

DarinRG - Trail of Dead's always been a favorite of mine. They played a show at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, SD, but I didn't hear about it until the day of the show, so I didn't have a chance to plan a trip to see them. They were the opening act for Dethklok (from the Adult Swim series Metalocalypse), but there was almost no publicity for the show as far as I know.

I hope that they're well-known enough to have a shot in this vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/18/2015 @ 23:50pm

Review is now over. No albums were protested.

Here are the nominated albums:

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012)
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
Coheed & Cambria - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Echolyn - Suffocating The Bloom (1992)
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco. (2011)
Kraftwerk - Techno Pop (1986)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Muse - The Resistance (2009)
Opeth - Heritage (2011)
Patti Smith - Dream of Life (1988)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair (1993)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
Russian Circles - Memorial (2013)
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) (2013)
The Mars Volta - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986)
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)
Yes - Magnification (2001)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their vote to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/19/2015 @ 23:27pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open in the Artist Vote.

This month's Artist is Tori Amos.

Here are the nominated albums (please let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Boys For Pele (1996)
From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Night of Hunters (2011)
Scarlet's Walk (2002)
Strange Little Girls (2001)
The Beekeeper (2005)
To Venus and Back (1999)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/19/2015 @ 23:28pm

Artist Vote:

Boys For Pele
From The Choirgirl Hotel
Scarlet's Walk
Strange Little Girls
To Venus and Back

Genre Vote:

Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Coheed and Cambria- Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
The Mars Volta- De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco. (2011)
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair (1993)
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/20/2015 @ 02:13am

First of all, here are my six choices for the genre vote:

01. Rush- Roll The Bones (1991)
02. Yes- Magnification (2001)
03. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe- Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
04. Opeth- Heritage (2013)
05. Steven Wilson- The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories)(2013)
06. Echolyn- Suffocating The Bloom (1992)

I will have to get back to you on the artist vote.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 12/20/2015 @ 10:49am

Genre Vote:

Coheed & Cambria - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
Russian Circles - Memorial (2013)
The Mars Volta - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)

Tori Amos Vote:

Boys For Pele (1996)
From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Scarlet's Walk (2002)
Strange Little Girls (2001)
To Venus and Back (1999)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 12/20/2015 @ 12:11pm

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Coheed & Cambria - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Muse - The Resistance (2009)
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair (1993)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 12/20/2015 @ 12:56pm

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Coheed & Cambria - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco. (2011)
Opeth - Heritage (2011)
Russian Circles - Memorial (2013)

I need to catch up on some of Tori Amos' later work before I vote on that.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 12/20/2015 @ 18:14pm

Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
Muse - The Resistance (2009)
Opeth - Heritage (2011)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986)

Can't believe I missed the nomination round for this. So pissed at myself. At least the Moody Blues album that I planned on nominating was nominated.

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 12/20/2015 @ 22:23pm

The names of the Mars Volta and Coheed and Cambria albums got flip flopped from each other.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/21/2015 @ 00:05am

The names of the Mars Volta and Coheed and Cambria albums got flip flopped from each other.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/21/2015 @ 00:05am

Oh, wow. You're right. I suppose that now I have to decide which one I was actually voting for...

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 12/21/2015 @ 00:16am

The correct album titles are:

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)

Sorry about that.

jtrichey and DarinRG, please clarify which album you wanted to vote for. Greg F. and Gassman voted for both albums.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/21/2015 @ 00:44am

My intention was the album title:

The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)

Fortunately it appears they were both nominated by the same person, so I don't feel like such an a-hole about it.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 12/21/2015 @ 01:20am

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
Echolyn - Suffocating The Bloom (1992)
Rush- Roll The Bones (1991)
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) (2013)
The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986)
Mastodon- Blood Mountain (2006)

Posted by joker on Monday, 12/21/2015 @ 02:34am

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair (1993)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)

Absolutely phenomenal nominations from all with some heartbreaking cuts, particularly having to leave Peter Gabriel, TV On The Radio, The Mars Volta and Kraftwerk off my ballot

Artist Vote

Boys For Pele (1996)
From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Night of Hunters (2011)
Scarlet's Walk (2002)
Strange Little Girls (2001)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/22/2015 @ 18:14pm

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
Russian Circles - Memorial (2013)
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) (2013)

The last two (painful) cuts were Mars Volta and Justice. I'd vote for most of the albums on this ballot any other time; it was a good list!

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 12/22/2015 @ 20:56pm

Tori Amos - Boys For Pele (1996)
Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)
Tori Amos - To Venus and Back (1999)
Tori Amos - Strange Little Girls (2001)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/23/2015 @ 21:40pm

Regarding the artist vote, here are my choices:

01. Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
02. Tori Amos- From The Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
03. Tori Amos- Scarlet's Walk (2002)
04. Tori Amos- To Venus and Back (1999)
05. Tori Amos- Night Of The Hunters (2011)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Friday, 12/25/2015 @ 11:41am

I am terribly sorry, I had meant to write:

05. Tori Amos- Night Of Hunters (2011)

instead.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Friday, 12/25/2015 @ 11:51am

My artist votes:

Boys From Pele
From The Choirgirl Hotel
Scarlet's Walk
Strange Little Girls
To Venus And Back

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/26/2015 @ 16:53pm

My votes:

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
Muse - The Resistance (2009)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)

Would support in the future:

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/26/2015 @ 16:56pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) - 6

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002) - 5
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006) - 5
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991) - 5
_____________________________

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - 4
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) (2013) - 4
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) - 4
_____________________________

Muse - The Resistance (2009) - 3
Opeth - Heritage (2011) - 3
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair (1993) - 3
Russian Circles - Memorial (2013) - 3
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006) - 3

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989) - 2
Echolyn - Suffocating The Bloom (1992) - 2
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco. (2011) - 2
The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986) - 2

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 1
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003) - 1
Yes - Magnification (2001) - 1

alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012) - 0
Kraftwerk - Techno Pop (1986) - 0
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 0
Patti Smith - Dream of Life (1988) - 0

jtrichey also cast a vote for "Coheed & Cambria - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)" that needs to be clarified so that we can count that vote correctly.

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/26/2015 @ 16:59pm

Here is my ballot for this section of the Album Project.

Kraftwerk - Techno Pop (1986)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)

I had forgotten that we inducted The Division Bell a while back. That was clearly an error on my end.

File ABWH under Yes,

Lax32

Posted by Lax32 on Sunday, 12/27/2015 @ 17:10pm

Progressive/Art Rock
Mastodon: Blood Mountain (2006)
Muse: The Resistance (2009)
Patti Smith: Dream of Life (1988)
Peter Gabriel: Us (1992)
Rush: Roll The Bones (1991)
The Moody Blues: The Other Side of Life (1986)

Tori Amos
Boys For Pele (1996)
From The Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Night of Hunters (2011)
The Beekeeper (2005)
To Venus and Back (1999)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 12/27/2015 @ 18:27pm

The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Muse - The Resistance (2009)
Opeth - Heritage (2011)
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)

Posted by Ry Guy on Sunday, 12/27/2015 @ 23:30pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Rush - Roll The Bones (1991) - 7

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002) - 6
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) - 6
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006) - 6
______________________________

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - 5
Muse - The Resistance (2009) - 5
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) - 5
______________________________

Opeth - Heritage (2011) - 4
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) (2013) - 4
The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986) - 4
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006) - 4

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989) - 3
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 3
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair (1993) - 3
Russian Circles - Memorial (2013) - 3

Echolyn - Suffocating The Bloom (1992) - 2
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco. (2011) - 2
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003) - 2

Kraftwerk - Techno Pop (1986) - 1
Patti Smith - Dream of Life (1988) - 1
Yes - Magnification (2001) - 1

alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012) - 0
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 0

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Muse - The Resistance (2009)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all three albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will get 3 points, the second-highest will get 2 points, the lowest will get 1 point.

The album that gets the most points will be inducted this month. The other 2 will be automatically nominated for the January Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 29th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/28/2015 @ 00:48am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results of the Artist Vote (please let me know if there are any errors):

Boys For Pele (1996) - 7
From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998) - 7
________________________

Scarlet's Walk (2002) - 6
To Venus and Back (1999) - 6

Strange Little Girls (2001) - 5

Night of Hunters (2011) - 3

The Beekeeper (2005) - 1

Here is the class of inductees as a result of this artist vote:

Tori Amos - Boys For Pele (1996)
Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Hotel (1998)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/28/2015 @ 00:51am

My tiebreaker vote:

The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) - 3
Muse - The Resistance (2009) - 2
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/28/2015 @ 00:51am

Muse- The Resistance (2009) (3)
The Mars Volta- De-Loused in comatorium (2003) (2)
Coheed & Cambria- Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/28/2015 @ 01:06am

Muse - The Resistance (2009): 3
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in comatorium (2003): 2
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005): 1

Posted by Nick on Monday, 12/28/2015 @ 01:20am

Here are my tiebreaker votes in order from most favorite to least favorite:

Muse- The Resistance (2009) : 3
Coheed & Cambria- Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness (2005): 2
The Mars Volta- De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003): 3

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 12/29/2015 @ 16:52pm

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)-3
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)-2
Muse - The Resistance (2009)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/29/2015 @ 18:01pm

The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) 3
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) 2
Muse - The Resistance (2009) 1

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 12/29/2015 @ 18:13pm

Muse - The Resistance (2009) (3 pts)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) (1 pt)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 12/29/2015 @ 20:55pm

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
Muse - The Resistance (2009)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/29/2015 @ 23:16pm

Posted that incorrectly.

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Muse - The Resistance (2009) - 16
______________________

The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) - 15
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - 11

The Mars Volta and Coheed And Cambria albums will be automatically nominated for the January Album Project vote.

Here is your class of inductees from this genre vote:

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
Muse - The Resistance (2009)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/29/2015 @ 23:17pm

Not a bad batch of albums there.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 12/29/2015 @ 23:49pm

"Due to a rule change that we voted in on Friday, 02.13.15, albums from 2015 will not be eligible for nomination until April."

This rule change is stupid. There is absolutely no reason to wait until April. I propose that we get rid of it, effective immediately.

I can't even find the change proposal or vote on this page.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 04:50am

Found the rule change on the Song Project page, still stupid and unnecessary. There is no reason that new music should be punished with a 3 month delay. We already have a bias against music from this decade, this will only make it worse. We should get rid of it now so we can nominate 2015 albums starting on 1/1/16.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 04:57am

I'm in agreement with Gassman. I always thought it was a bogus rule, too. i vote to ditch it.

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 09:57am

The vote was 8-5 to change that rule. Why vote on the rules if we're going to toss the rule changes out before they're implemented?

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 10:10am

Rule Changes In 2016:

Starting in 2016, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2014.

Starting in 2016, albums released in 2015 will not be eligible for nomination until April. There will be a designated 2015 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination switches over to 2016. For January, February and March 2016, there will only be one nomination available for albums released from 1900-2014.

Starting in 2016, elective (not mandatory as a result of an error in a cast ballot or necessary as a result of a missing song from the final list of nominated songs) vote switches are banned from all Album Project, Genre votes and Artist Project votes (including selection votes).

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote (there won't be one in January as a result of a tiebreaker in December), the selected artist will be banned from being nominated for any Album Project or Album Project Genre Project vote for the next 6 months (not counting the current month). To clarify, this begins next month, as the selection of Van Morrison took place prior to the new rule being applied.

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote, artists that receive 4 votes will automatically be nominated for the next Artist Project Artist Selection Vote. To clarify, this begins next month, as the December vote took place prior to the new rule being applied and there won't be a January vote as a result of the tiebreaker in the December vote.
__________________________________________

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate one album from 2014 or prior to 2014 (2015 albums will not be eligible until April). Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
__________________________________________

The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations:

1960's R&B/Soul
70's Hard Rock
90s Alternative Rock
90's Electronica
Ambient
Blues
Christmas/Holiday
Jazz Fusion
Metal

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Female Pop Stars" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Movie Soundtracks" is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

"Debut Albums" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"Post Punk/College Rock" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"Art Rock/Progressive Rock" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"80's Pop" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
__________________________________________

The Artist Vote:

As a result of losing the tiebreaker vote in last month's selection vote, Van Morrison is selected for this month's Artist Project. If you like, you can begin nominating eligible songs by the Doors now. Voting will begin after the conclusion of the first genre vote in the Song and Album Project (or the conclusion of nominations in the second genre vote in both projects).

The 9th through the 20th (approx.) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The 21st (approx.) through the 25th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated songs. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 10:14am

Although I agree with Gassman that the rule is absurd, I also agree with Darren that we should honor the vote. If we want to change it, we should vote for the change to take place in 2017; however, if we do that, we should also continue to vote for 2015 songs and albums through March 2017 as a result of this year's change.

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 10:42am

My nomination:

Wendy Carlos- Sonic Seasonings (1972)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 13:45pm

Genre & Artist Nominations:

Post-Rock

Yo La Tengo

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 13:54pm

Van Morrison is this month's Artist selection because of the tiebreaker from last month. I guess there's no need for Artist nominations until February.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 14:23pm

If artists are nominated this month, they'll be nominated for the February vote. If you do nominate an artist this month, please don't nominate a different artist in Feb.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 14:35pm

My artist Vote Nomination

Van Morrison- Tupelo Honey (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 14:39pm

General Nomination:
Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999)

This was recorded in 1983 but wasn't released until 1999. It is an excellent album from 2 great modern bluesmen.

Genre Nomination:
Live Albums

Artist Nomination:
Van Morrison - Sanit Dominic’s Preview (1972)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 14:59pm

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 15:00pm

This is where I would nominate To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) - Kendrick Lamar, but I guess I can't do that until April 1st for whatever reason. Very frustrating and annoying.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 15:43pm

Gassman,
I totally agree holding off on 2015 songs/albums is absolutely ridiculous. Another album I will nominate is Courtney Barnett's "Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit," IMO the best debut album of 2015. I will definitely also nominate "Pedestrian at Best" (2015), one of the best songs of 2015.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 16:11pm

I completely agree that 2015 songs/albums being delayed is stupid. Anyway some albums from 2015 that are on my radar for nominations when the time comes:

Janet Jackson- Unbreakable
Ghost- Meliora
Madonna- Rebel Heart
Bjork- Vulnicura
Blur- The Magic Whip
FFS- FFS
Kasey Musgraves- Pageant Material

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 16:36pm

I'm briefly dropping Midnight Oil to bring back one older nominee of mine:

The La's - The La's (1990)

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 17:01pm

My Nominations

General Vote

Billy Joel- Piano Man (1973)

Genre Vote

2000's R&B and Soul

Artist Vote

Van Morrison- Blowin' Your Mind (1967)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 17:05pm

I don't agree with the 2015 delay either, and I wasn't a part of the vote back then anyway, but either way I think we should honor the vote until the next voting cycle begins.

That being said, I wouldn't get too bent out of shape if I were you, Gassman, as To Pimp a Butterfly is one of those albums you know will get in pretty much as soon as possible. Its the lesser known albums that are affected by the delay, such as John Carpenter's (yes that John Carpenter) Lost Themes, Tupper Ware Remix Party's 2Nite and to a lesser extent Kurt Vile's B'lieve I'm Goin Down... and Tame Impala's Currents.

I usually just stick to the song project, but I may stick my head into the Album project for the upcoming year.

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 17:08pm

General:
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)

Genre:
Industrial

Artist:
Van Morrison - His band and the Street Choir (1970)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 17:15pm

Nominations:

Aphex Twin - SYRO
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 17:21pm

SYRO is already in.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 17:28pm

If we won't be able to change the rule to allow for 2015 albums to nominated, we should at least use the next 3 months to discuss 2015 albums we support and give people time to go out and give them a listen. I'll try to come up with a list here soon of albums that I will support for induction.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 17:53pm

Thanks, Greg F. My bad.

I'll nominate J Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Dr.

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 18:30pm

Can I nominate Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe on April 1st, IF there's any interest, it wouldn't be inducted under Electric Light Orchestra, but as a solo effort!

Also, over at The Song Project, "When I Was a Boy" from said album, it's already on this list...

25. ELO, "When I Was a Boy"
Out of the blue, indeed. Comeback king Jeff Lynne was writing "hello from the other side" phone songs before Adele's mama was born, and this ballad summons all his strange magic. Even if he wants to start calling himself "Jeff Lynne's ELO," he'll always be the Electric Light Orchestra who soundtracks our bluest days and blackest nights. Let it ring forever more.

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My January 2016/2041 nomination for induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 19:58pm

General:
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)

This was recorded in 1973, but finally released in 2000.

Genre:
Avant-Garde

Artist Album:
Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece (1974)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 21:15pm

The Smashing Pumpkins- Adore (1998)

Artist Nomination:

Van Morrison- Born to Sing: No Plan B (2012)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/31/2015 @ 22:31pm

Steve Z - 2015 albums will still have 12 months, the last 9 months of 2016 and the first 3 months of 2017, even if we vote to make 2016 albums eligible in January of 2017 in December, when we consider rule changes again.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/1/2016 @ 01:00am

General:
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)

Genere:
2010's

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 01/1/2016 @ 13:49pm

Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)

Posted by Ry Guy on Friday, 01/1/2016 @ 20:33pm

nomination (general:

Eve 6 - Eve 6 (1998)

as for the delay in voting for 2015 songs and albums, we certainly did vote on it, but it wouldn't be the first time that we put a rule up for a new vote that we already voted on recently. I don't see a 3 month delay as any kind of big deal. And despite the objections, I do not think we need to worry about a lack of songs/albums from the present day. We are talking about history, and it took some albums/songs decades to get in the project. What, a 2015 song/album can't wait 3 months? joker initially put up the idea of a 2 year wait which I do think has some merit. 3 months is nothing.

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 01/1/2016 @ 21:55pm

Mike - You've nominated two albums:

J Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Dr.
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project

You can only nominate one album from 1900-2014 this month. Please let me know which one you'd like to nominate or we'll go with the first album you nominated (Neneh Cherry).

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/1/2016 @ 22:40pm

My nomination:

Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/1/2016 @ 22:43pm

My nomination:

Duran Duran- Duran Duran (1993)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 01/2/2016 @ 12:14pm

I'll nominate ska here too:

Genre nomination:
Ska

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 01/2/2016 @ 23:16pm

Two more of my nominations for January-February 2016/2041 induction into The Album Project...

Genre

Novelty

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 01/3/2016 @ 15:15pm

This month's album project is going to be so difficult. There are about five albums that should definitely be inducted, and there's another album that hasn't been nominated yet that should be in too.

This is one of the examples where I wish we could've gotten enough votes to increase the amount of albums inducted by an artist during the Artist Project (from 2 to 3 or so). I think Van Morrison is gonna be our best use of the Artist Vote in the Album Project, yet.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 01/3/2016 @ 17:19pm

I was referring to the Artist Vote portion of this month's Album Project btw. Forgot to include that.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 01/3/2016 @ 17:20pm

January 2016 Album Nomination:

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

January Album Genre Nomination:

Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 01/3/2016 @ 17:53pm

Here are my nominees for this month's rather abbreviated Album Project.

The Moody Blues - On The Threshold Of A Dream (1969)

My Genre Vote nomination is:

Big Band

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Sir Van Morrison - Avalon Sunset (1989)

Happy New Year to all,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Sunday, 01/3/2016 @ 20:26pm

LAX33,

On The Threshold of a Dream is all in.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/3/2016 @ 21:52pm

On the Threshold of a Dream is already in.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/3/2016 @ 21:57pm

Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

Country

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 00:05am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if any are missing; Mike's J. Cole nomination has been removed as it was the second album he nominated this month chronologically and each voter can only nominate one album):

Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999)
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993)
Eve 6 - Eve 6 (1998)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 01:17am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open for the Genre Selection Vote.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

1960's R&B/Soul
70's Hard Rock
90s Alternative Rock
90's Electronica
2000's R&B and Soul
2010's
Ambient
Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Avant-Garde
Big Band
Blues
Christmas/Holiday
Country
Industrial
Jazz Fusion
Live Albums
Metal
Novelty
Post-Rock
Ska

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres (minimum of 3) to have their ballot counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 01:18am

My Ballot:

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Genre Vote:

2010's
Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Country
Industrial
Post-Rock

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 08:58am

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Mike on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 09:12am

I only selected 5. Angel Olsen will be my sixth choice.

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Mike on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 09:14am

January Album Genre Votes:

70's Hard Rock
Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Blues
Country
Novelty

Last Cuts: 2010s, Big Bands, Live Albums

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 11:57am

Wendy Carlos- Sonic Seasonings (1972)
Duran Duran- Duran Duran (1993)
Coheed and Cambria- Good Morning Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume 1: From Fear Through the Eyes Of Madness (2005)
The Mars Volta- De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Sublime- 40oz. To Freedom (1992)
Sisters of Mercy- Floodland (1987)

Genres:

Post-Rock
Ambient
Industrial
90's Electronica
Blues

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 13:06pm

General:

Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999)
Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre:

Avant-Garde
Industrial
Jazz Fusion
Live Albums
Metal

Posted by dmg on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 14:00pm

My Votes

General Vote

Billy Joel- Piano Man (1973)
Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door (1979)
Sublime- 40oz to Freedom (1992)
The Smashing Pumpkins- Adore (1998)
Tina Turner- Private Dancer (1984) (can't believe we haven't already inducted this)
Train- Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre Vote

1960's R&B/Soul
70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
2000's R&B/Soul
Artists with 0 Albums in the Album Project

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 14:42pm

Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999)
Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

1960s R&B/Soul
2010s
Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Blues
Live Albums

Posted by Nick on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 14:58pm

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 18:00pm

Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Posted by Ry Guy on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 18:08pm

Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999)
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (2014)
The La's - The La's (1990)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)

Genre:

Ambient
Avant-Garde
Industrial
Post-Rock
Ska

Big Band, 2010s, Artists with 0, Jazz Fusion and 90s Electronica really jumped out at me, too. Looks like we'll be in a really good place on genres over the next year.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 18:26pm

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993)
Eve 6 - Eve 6 (1998)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 01/4/2016 @ 23:39pm

Billy Joel- Piano Man (1973)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Duran Duran- Duran Duran (1993)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Many difficult Last Cuts including Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Angel Olsen, Eve 6, Neneh Cherry, Paul Pena, Sisters of Mercy, Sublime, and The Smashing Pumpkins.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 01/5/2016 @ 09:28am

Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

70's Hard Rock
90s Alternative Rock
90's Electronica
Country
Industrial

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 01/5/2016 @ 23:17pm

90's Alternative Rock
2010's
Artists With 0 Albums Inducted In The Album Project
Metal
Post-Rock

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/6/2016 @ 00:47am

January, 2016 album genre vote:

70's hard rock
Ambient
Artists with 0 albums inducted in the album Project
Jazz fusion
Live albums

The following are my album choices:

Coheed & Cambria- Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness (2005)
Duran Duran- Duran Duran (1993)
Led Zeppelin- In Through The Out Door (1979)
The Mars Volta- De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)
Tina Turner- Private Dancer (1984)

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 01/6/2016 @ 02:54am

Here is my last album choice:

Billy Joel- Piano Man (1973)

I am terribly sorry for the oversight.

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 01/6/2016 @ 03:06am

Genre Votes

2010's
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Industrial
Jazz Fusion

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/6/2016 @ 18:50pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Billy Joel- Piano Man (1973)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
Duran Duran - The Wedding Album e.g., Duran Duran (1993)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)
Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1990)

And my ballot for the Genre Vote is:

Big Band
Avant-Garde
Post-Rock
Jazz Fusion
Ambient

I do apologize again for my short sightedness in my initial nomination,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Wednesday, 01/6/2016 @ 22:09pm

90s Alternative Rock
90's Electronica
2010's
Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Industrial
Ska

Post-rock was the last cut.

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 01/6/2016 @ 22:48pm

Genre selection voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project - 7
Industrial - 7
________________________

2010's - 5
Ambient - 5
Post-Rock - 5

70's Hard Rock - 4
90's Electronica - 4
Avant-Garde - 4
Jazz Fusion - 4
________________________

90s Alternative Rock - 3
Blues - 3
Country - 3
Live Albums - 3

Metal - 2
1960's R&B/Soul - 2
Ska - 2

2000's R&B and Soul - 1
Big Band - 1
Novelty - 1

Christmas/Holiday - 0

There will be a tiebreaker vote to select this month's Album Project Genre between these genres:

Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Industrial

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project Genre Selection Vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select 1 genre or the other. The genre that gets the most votes will be selected in January. The genre that gets the fewest vots will be selected in February. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/6/2016 @ 23:51pm

I vote for Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/6/2016 @ 23:52pm

My tiebreaker goes to Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 01/6/2016 @ 23:54pm

My tiebreaker vote is for Industrial.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/7/2016 @ 00:23am

Tie Breaker

0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 01/7/2016 @ 06:28am

My Votes:

Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Last cut was The La's

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 01/7/2016 @ 06:59am

My tie-breaker goes to Artists With 0 Albums in the Album Project

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 01/7/2016 @ 08:50am

Industrial

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01/7/2016 @ 10:53am

My votes:

Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999)
Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Would support in the future:

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
The La's - The La's (1990)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/7/2016 @ 18:38pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors or missing votes):

Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973) - 9
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979) - 9
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) - 9
______________________

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - 8
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993) - 8
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998) - 8
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984) - 8
______________________

Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992) - 7

Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999) - 6

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987) - 5
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 5

The La's - The La's (1990) - 4

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014) - 3

Neneh Cherry - Blank Project - 2
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972) - 2

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 1
Eve 6 - Eve 6 (1998) - 1
Paul Pena - New Train (2000) - 1

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

This vote count includes the following votes:

Gassman
Mike
Greg F
dmg
Donnie
Nick
SotN
Ry Guy
DarinRG
jtrichey
Jennifer
BSLO
Enigmaticus
Lax33
Tom H.
Darren

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/7/2016 @ 18:52pm

Industrial

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01/7/2016 @ 19:06pm

Tiebreaker:

Industrial

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 01/7/2016 @ 20:48pm

We could do a split for either.

Artists With 0 Albums: how about at around 1980 or 1985

Industrial: 1977-1989, 1900-2014

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/7/2016 @ 23:19pm

^You probably know what I meant but to reiterate 1977-1989, 1990-2014

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/7/2016 @ 23:38pm

"Industrial: 1977-1989, 1900-2014"

I've been mulling over two ideas for a split. This ('77-'89) is the first I was pondering, essentially breaking the genre into pre- and post-Pretty Hate Machine, but I'm starting to see that as a split based more on commerce than the genre's stylistic development and am leaning now toward an earlier cutoff. The one I'm thinking at this point, since the timelines for Punk and Industrial are very similar, would move the split up to 1984, which, if I recall, is how we do Punk splits, and is based on the same idea. What I mean is that in both genres the important innovators are in the late 70s through very early 80s, in the mid-80s we're starting to see both genres settling into a core formula, but it's early enough that we still see some unique and influential voices. By the very late 80s and onward most of what we're seeing in both punk and industrial is heavily formulaic or tangential, but not lacking in some great albums (after all NIN and Green Day took paint by numbers post-Industrial and punk respectively, excelled well beyond that and created some damn impressive bodies of work).

So, as with punk, I think the appeal of 1977-84 is that it's weighted toward acknowledging the groundbreakers/innovators of Industrial proper and the earlier, influential post-Industrial pioneers (and this genre is pointless to do if those acts/albums aren't a priority). My big concern with putting the cutoff all the way at 1989 is that the genre pioneers are competing with acts three or four generations removed, who have a totally different feel and style (akin to a punk ballot where artists like Television, Patti Smith and the Jam are competing against Operation Ivy, Fugazi and the Offspring). Most of the acts/albums in the '85-'89 range that would likely draw support are stylistically more part of the chain that NIN pops up on and that carries into the 90s and fractures and scatters early on in the decade. Another issue that I see with an '89 cutoff is that I don't know that there's enough of importance in the 90s that we haven't inducted already to make for a strong master ballot. There's some acclaimed work from Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Front 242, KMFDM and Revolting Cocks, but beyond that we're mostly getting into our mediocre NIN leftovers (With Teeth, Year Zero, The Slip), solid, but "for genre fans only" type acts (Sister Machine Gun, Spahn Ranch, X Marks the Pedwalk, Razed in Black, Læther Strip)and questionable tangents (Marilyn Manson, Rammstein, Orgy, Rob Zombie, Gravity Kills).

Anyway that's my two cents. I think that splitting at 84/85 will give us stronger and more historically essential options in both rounds, especially the second and ballots that are more stylistically cohesive.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 01/8/2016 @ 21:27pm

Industrial for me. I have nominees for both, but I'll stick to this one.

In the event Industrial wins and there's a split, I'm thinking of nominating Gary Numan's Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind). For Numan's influence and innovation we already inducted Replicas and his solo Pleasure Principle, but I kind of want to nominate something from the industrial stage of his career, even if he's a relatively "safe" artist by comparison (meaning he's already got inducted albums).

Posted by SotN on Friday, 01/8/2016 @ 21:55pm

January 2016 Album Genre Tiebreaker:

Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 01/8/2016 @ 22:05pm

I hadn't thought about Gary Numan, but I think his work from the late 90s onward fits and comes at a point on the timeline that there's not much of relevance that pertains to industrial. That phase of his career is really underrated. Exile(1997) is one that I really like, too.

Different genre, but along the same lines, Echo & the Bunnymen did some of their best work on Evergreen(1997)and What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?(1999), but not a lot of people are even aware that they were still recording in the late 90s.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 01/8/2016 @ 22:37pm

"1977-84" this would work too. 1977-1984, 1985-2014

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/8/2016 @ 23:14pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973) - 9
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979) - 9
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) - 9
______________________________________

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - 8
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993) - 8
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998) - 8
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984) - 8
______________________________________

Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992) - 7
Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999) - 6
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987) - 5
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 5
The La's - The La's (1990) - 4
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014) - 3
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project - 2
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972) - 2
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 1
Eve 6 - Eve 6 (1998) - 1
Paul Pena - New Train (2000) - 1

This vote count included the following votes:

Gassman
Mike
Greg F
dmg
Donnie
Nick
SotN
Ry Guy
DarinRG
jtrichey
Jennifer
BSLO
Enigmaticus
Lax33
Tom H.
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker.

To vote, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. 4 points for the highest-ranked, 3 points for the second-highest and so on.

The two albums that receive the most point will be inducted. The other two albums will be automatically nominated for the February Album Project vote, unless we want to consider the Coheed and Cambria or Smashing Pumpkins albums for the Industrial genre, which is currently winning the genre selection tiebreaker vote (results subject to change).

In the event of a tie in the results, the first tiebreaker is the higher number of highest-rankings on an individual vote basis. If that doesn't resolve the tie, all remaining albums will be involved in a second tiebreaker vote.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/8/2016 @ 23:36pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

By an 5-5 vote (the tie was broken by eliminating the last vote cast, Jennifer's vote for "Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project"), this month's genre will be "Industrial" ("Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project" will be the genre in February).

There will be a vote split for this month's genre, split between 1977-1984 and 1985-2014.

Nominations are now open for this month's first genre vote. This month's selected genre is "Industrial 1977-1984".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they feel is appropriate for this genre. If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations, ending at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 10th, followed by one day of review and protest (though protests can be lodged at any time, not just on the 3rd day), ending at 10 PM Central on Monday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/8/2016 @ 23:40pm

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) 4
Smashing Pumpkins- Adore (1998) 3
Duran Duran- Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) (1993) 2
Tina Turner- Private Dancer (1984) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/8/2016 @ 23:41pm

Throbbing Gristle- The Second Annual Report (1977)
Chrome- Half Machine Lip Moves (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/8/2016 @ 23:54pm

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)

Clock DVA - Thirst (1981)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 01/9/2016 @ 00:14am

I know that this may be a pretty foreign genre to some of our voters, but these links give a pretty solid overview of the timeline, who was important/influential/popular and what a few of the subgenres under the Industrial umbrella are.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-industrial_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Records

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 01/9/2016 @ 00:17am

A couple at a time because of the spam filter:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_body_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_industrial

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 01/9/2016 @ 00:20am

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ambient

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro-industrial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neofolk

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 01/9/2016 @ 00:21am

Some 1977-84 reccomendations across the Industruial spectrum that I could think of:

Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca (1981)
Cabaret Voltaire - Micro-Phonies (1984)
Chris & Cosey - Heartbeat (1981)
Chris & Cosey - Trance (1982)
Chris Carter - The Space Between (1980)
Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (1978)
Chrome - Read Only Memory (1979)
Chrome - 3rd From the Sun (1982)
Clock DVA - White Souls in Black Suits (1980)
Clock DVA - Advantage (1983)
Controlled Bleeding - Wall of China Love Letters (1981)
Current 93 - Dogs Blood Rising (1984)
D.A.F.- Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1979)
D.A.F. - Die Kleinen und die Bösen (1980)
D.A.F. - Alles Ist Gut (1981)
Death in June - The Guilty Have No Pride (1983)
Death in June - Burial (1984)
Die Krupps - Volle Kraft Voraus! (1982)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Fad Gadget - Fireside Favourites (1980)
Fad Gadget - Under the Flag (1982)
Fad Gadget - Gag (1984)
Foetus - Deaf (1981)
Foetus - Ache (1982)
Foetus - Hole (1984)
Front 242 - Geography (1982)
Front 242 - No Comment (1984)
Nurse with Wound - Chance Meeting (1979)
Nurse with Wound - Merzbild Schwet (1980)
Psychic TV - Force the Hand of Chance (1982)
Psychic TV - Themes (1982)
Psychic TV - Dreams Less Sweet (1983)
Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984)
SPK - Information Overload Unit (1981)
SPK - Leichenschrei (1982)
SPK - Machine Age Voodoo (1984)
Swans - Filth (1983)
Swans - Cop (1984)
Test Dept. - Ecstacy Under Duress (1982)
Test Dept. - Beating the Retreat (1984)
Throbbing Gristle - D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle (1978)
Whitehouse - Erector (1981)
Z'EV - Elemental Music (1982)

Could make a believable case for being in this genre:

The Human League - Reproduction (1979)
The Human League - Travelogue (1980)

The Human League essentially came from the same Sheffield scene as Cabaret Voltaire and Clock DVA and their first two albums pretty strongly reflect that. Anything by the Human League after those two albums ("Dare" and onward) most definitely does not fit this genre, though.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 01/9/2016 @ 02:20am

Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984)

(P.S.: For years, I had no idea exactly what to call Akira Yamaoka's work on Silent Hill. Looks like now I have an answer for that.)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 01/9/2016 @ 02:23am

Here are my tiebreaker votes:

Duran Duran- Duran Duran (1993) 4
Coheed & Cambria- Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume I: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) 3
Tina Turner- Private Dancer (1984) 2
Smashing Pumpkins- Adore (1998) 1

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 01/9/2016 @ 11:38am

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) 4
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984) 3
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993) 2
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998) 1

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 01/9/2016 @ 16:44pm

My nominations:

Controlled Bleeding - Wall of China Love Letters (1981)
D.A.F.- Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1979)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/9/2016 @ 18:45pm

The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)-4
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)-3
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993)-2
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)-1

No wrong choices here: all four are worthy of induction.

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/9/2016 @ 18:49pm

1. Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993)
2. The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)
3. Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
4. Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 00:49am

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 01:33am

Tina Turner - Private Dancer (4 points)
Smashing Pumpkims - Adore
Cohen & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1)

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 09:13am

Tiebreaker:

Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993)

Noms:

Current 93 - Nature Unveiled (1984)
Front 242 - Geography (1982)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 10:55am

Duran Duran- Duran Duran (1993) 4
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984) 3
The Smashing Pumpkins- Adore (1998) 2
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 17:49pm

Tie-Breaker

1. Tina Turner- Private Dancer (1984) 4 pts
2. The Smashing Pumpkins- Adore (1998) 3 pts
3. Duran Duran- Duran Duran (1993) 2 pts
4. Coheed & Cambria- Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) 1 pt

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 19:42pm

Tiebreaker:

Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993) (4 points)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 20:06pm

1. Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) (4 points)
2. Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984) (3 points)
3. Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993) (2 points)
4. The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 20:29pm

Nocturnal Emissions - Tissue of Lies (1980)
Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (1977)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 21:31pm

Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984): 4
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993): 3
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998): 2
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005): 1

This is my tiebreaking vote. I must say I am quite a bit of a novice when it comes to industrial, so hopefully this special election will be a window to what is among the better industrial albums out there.

A rather cheap explanation for a lack of a nominating ballot,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 22:11pm

I enjoy Swans, but I'm not an expert on their early albums. DarinRG suggested these two for this genre vote, so I'll nominate both:

Swans - Filth (1983)
Swans - Cop (1984)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 22:13pm

The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998) - 4
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984) - 3
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993) - 2
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 22:16pm

Chrome - 3rd From the Sun (1982)
Psychic TV - Force the Hand of Chance (1982)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 22:17pm

Is anyone else having problems with the website "shifting" (text, buttons or fields moving) when you're typing or highlighting text to be copied? It's been doing this for several months. Is there a browser or technique I can use to prevent this from happening?

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 22:19pm

A big shout out goes to DarinRG for providing that helpful list of potential nominees for this genre vote. I'll admit that I know every little about Industrial music expect Nine Inch Nails and maybe some other 90s artists, but this could be a good introduction to an often-neglected genre. Like Lax33, I almost didn't put out nominations myself because of my lack of knowledge on industrial music. I went with two albums (couldn't listen to all the ones you posted DarinRG) after listening to them that I think would be good choices for this vote.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 22:23pm

I have no problems when using my computer (I use Google Chrome for the most part, maybe Safari sometimes) and never have any issues. I do have trouble writing texts via my Ipad which takes seemingly forever to write out lists for nominations/ballots for the various projects. That's why I only use my computer for voting and writing comments on FRL site. I think something that might help this problem would be if FRL could maybe archive a lot of these posts, some dating back to 2+ years ago. Maybe that has something to do with it, but I don't know.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 22:29pm

"This is my tiebreaking vote. I must say I am quite a bit of a novice when it comes to industrial, so hopefully this special election will be a window to what is among the better industrial albums out there." -Lax

This first round is admittedly a bit on the academic side. Definitely not an area where sales charts or Rolling Stone lists or anything like that can be used as reference points, which I think is fun to occasionally do in genre votes(and the nominees are all very solid so far). "Avant Garde" is one that I look forward to that could be similar.

I'll post a suggestion/reference list heading into round two, which covers a much broader range of subgenres and acts that range from Rock Hall nominees to niche genre fan favorites.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 22:43pm

"A big shout out goes to DarinRG for providing that helpful list of potential nominees for this genre vote. I'll admit that I know every little about Industrial music expect Nine Inch Nails and maybe some other 90s artists, but this could be a good introduction to an often-neglected genre." -Nick

Thank you. I appreciate that there are folks who may not be too familiar with this area, but are taking the time to check out some of the suggestions and submit nominees.

Aside from getting some of the albums that are important to Industrial inducted, my other hope was that a few people, whether they enjoy these artists or not, at least might get a better understanding of what Industrial is, where some of the bigger name acts fit into the timeline, and what exactly I'm referencing when I bring it up.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 22:57pm

Suicide - 23 Minutes Over Brussels (Live EP) (1978)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 23:10pm

Grateful Dead - Dark Star (1968)
The Supremes - Love Child (1968)

Seriously how have you not yet inducted Dark Star yet? Arguably the Dead's most important song. Go find the live version from Live/Dead and you'll know why it should be in.

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 23:17pm

Nominations are now closed and review is now open.

Here is the list of albums that have been nominated and are currently under review (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (1977)
Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves (1979)
Clock DVA - Thirst (1981)
Controlled Bleeding - Wall of China Love Letters (1981)
Current 93 - Nature Unveiled (1984)
D.A.F. - Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1979)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Front 242 - Geography (1982)
Nocturnal Emissions - Tissue of Lies (1980)
Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984)
Suicide - 23 Minutes Over Brussels (Live EP) (1978)
Swans - Cop (1984)
Swans - Filth (1983)
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977)

If you feel that an album has been nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end and voting will open at 10 PM Central on Monday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 23:18pm

Gassman - You nominated 4 albums (3 since Kollaps was already nominated), which 2 did you intend to nominate?

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 23:19pm

I'll just go with, Suicide - 23 Minutes Over Brussels (Live EP) (1978), the other two were meant for the Song Project. Posted it here by mistake.

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 23:22pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors; I didn't see ballots from eligible voters DarinRG or Ry Guy):

Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984) - 40
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993) - 36
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Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - 32
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998) - 32

Coheed and Cambria and The Smashing Pumpkins albums will be automatically nominated for the February Album Project, though they may be eligible for the second Industrial genre vote, depending on the opinions of voters.

I personally think that "Adore" is bordering on being eligible for the genre, but I'd like to hear from others as well. I wouldn't object to the C and C Music Factory (kidding, of course) album being eligible either, if that's what we decide.

Here is the class of inductees from the February Album Project:

Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 23:36pm

Nick - So far, so good using Chrome instead of Firefox. It's possible that one of my ad-block or flash-block add-ons was causing the problem.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 23:38pm

Shouldn't we label the Duran Duran album "Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)" to prevent confusion with their 1981 debut album? That tends to be the norm.

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 23:42pm

I agree with Gassman, call it "Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)" to avoid confusion with the other album. Also, I'd support Smashing Pumpkins' "Adore" being eligible in the 2nd genre round if others agree.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/10/2016 @ 23:57pm

I'm planning to not be the vocal genre snob that I've been known to be when we hit round 2. For me to say that a dark ambient composer like Lustmord or neofolk band like Death in June count, but have a fit if somebody nominates Marilyn Manson or Rammstein would be just that, snobbery. But you can at least trace a direct line to Manson or Rammstein on the family tree Smashing Pumpkins is pushing that way too far.

Next round we see the bulk of the discographies of some major industrial acts like Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Test Dept. and KMFDM, acts who are the core of the genre from the mid-80s onward, each of whom have multiple critically acclaimed albums that are some of the genre's most historically important. I think it defeats the purpose of a genre vote to start shoehorning in artists who might show a mild influence, but are not in any way important to or part of the genre's lineage.

We'll have five spots available and just the six acts I mentioned have probably 20 albums between them that are deserving of one of those five spots. I don't see a justification for essentially handing one of them to Smashing Pumpkins, who would probably make the top 5 just for their name recognition, but weren't at all associated with the genre.

That's may opinion, anyway.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/11/2016 @ 01:39am

Since we have a review day and things will be slow for a few hours, this would be a good time to start an "official" discussion on 2015 songs and albums that we would like considered once they're eligible in April.

I'll start with a couple picks:

Kendrick Lamar - "To Pimp A Butterfly"
Adele - "25"
Courtney Barnett - "Sometimes I Sit and Think,
and Sometimes I Just Sit"

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/11/2016 @ 11:47am

DarinRG - The major decider for me would be whether or not you thought that "Adore" in particular (as opposed to the rest of their discography, as something like "Mellon Collie" or "Siamese Dream" clearly aren't industrial) is qualified as an Industrial album? This is your area of expertise, so I'll defer to your opinion if there isn't overwhelming support in favor of it's inclusion.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/11/2016 @ 11:53am

A few:

Wilco - Star Wars
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down...

Posted by dmg on Monday, 01/11/2016 @ 13:43pm

Janet Jackson- Unbreakable
FFS- FFS
Madonna- Rebel Heart
Blur- The Magic Whip
Ghost- Meliora
Baroness- Purple
Kasey Musgraves- Pageant Material
Bjork- Vulnicura
Mark Ronson- Uptown Special

Just few a 2015 I suggest for your consideration.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/11/2016 @ 14:19pm

Darren - I'll tell you what, I haven't listened to Adore in a couple years, so I'll revisit it this evening. It's an album that I liked and thought was some of Billy Corgan's better post-Mellon Collie work, but when I'm in a Smashing Pumpkins mood I usually default to listening to Gish, which is my favorite SP album and first exposure to them, so I don't recall a lot of detail of some of the later albums. I do remember noting a pretty significant goth influence, but don't remember thinking industrial at all. I'll listen to it with a deeper attention to influences and see what comes up.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/11/2016 @ 18:10pm

I think that in the production some of the drum sounds are reminiscent of what you might hear from some late 80s-early 90s industrial bands, but rhythmically there's not much of a connection there.

The guitars and keyboards are actually a very good nod to 80s goth without ever sounding overly nostalgic or preciously derivative. I can hear a lot of specific influence from the Cure, Killing Joke, Clan of Xymox, Sisters of Mercy, the Mission/Mission UK and the Danse Society, but I don't get an industrial connection at all.

The good news is that revisiting Adore just moved it way up my priority list. It's a really damn good album.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/11/2016 @ 19:36pm

As the one who nominated Adore I think I should chime in on whether it is right for the Industrial vote. I agree with Darin that it has goth influences as it is a much darker album than their previous efforts. However in doing my homework for this genre I gotta say that I would not consider this an Industrial album.

DarinRG- Glad to see that you liked the album. This was the album that really got me into The Smashing Pumpkins. I was 4 when this album came out so I missed the boat on them before that but this album led to discovering their earlier albums and now I consider them one of my favorite bands of the decade

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/11/2016 @ 20:31pm

Yeah I so meant to say I was 14 when Adore was released but apparently my ipad did not acknowledge the 1. Gahhh...

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/11/2016 @ 22:05pm

Ok, we can hold Adore until the February Album Project vote. For the record, "Mellon Collie" is my favorite Pumpkins album.

For 2015 albums, let's not forget Sleater-Kinney - "No Cities To Love". Definitely one of my favorites.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/11/2016 @ 23:06pm

Review is now over. There weren't any protested albums.

Voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (including Gassman's nominees):

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (1977)
Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves (1979)
Clock DVA - Thirst (1981)
Controlled Bleeding - Wall of China Love Letters (1981)
Current 93 - Nature Unveiled (1984)
D.A.F. - Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1979)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Front 242 - Geography (1982)
Nocturnal Emissions - Tissue of Lies (1980)
Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984)
Suicide - 23 Minutes Over Brussels (Live EP) (1978)
Swans - Cop (1984)
Swans - Filth (1983)
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977

Voters must vote for exactly 6 albums for their ballot to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/11/2016 @ 23:34pm

"For 2015 albums, let's not forget Sleater-Kinney - "No Cities To Love". Definitely one of my favorites."

A lot of my 2015 favorites aren't going to be Album Project contenders, but that's one that I'd probably get behind fairly quickly.

Tom - Thanks for weighing in. I try not to keep track of who nominated what, but I was going to go back and look this one up just to get an opinion. I listened to Adore quite a bit the first couple months it was out, then kinda forgot about it, so it was cool rediscovering it.

If you're interested in ever looking into some of the albums that struck me as being possible influences on Adore's retro-Goth sound, here are a few of them (some of these are inducted in the Album Project, so you may have heard those already):

The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1980)
The Cure - Faith (1981)
The Cure - Pornography (1982)
Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always (1985)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sisters of Mercy - Vision Thing (1990)
Sisters of Mercy - Some Girls Wander By Mistake (1992) (collection of their early singles)
Clan of Xymox - Clan of Xymox (1985)
Clan of Xymox - Medusa (1986)
Fields of the Nephilim - Dawnrazor (1987)
Fields of the Nephilim - The Nephilim (1988)
The Danse Society - Seduction (1982)
The Danse Society - Heaven is Waiting (1983)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - The Singles 1982 – 87 (1994)
The Mission - God's Own Medicine (1986)
The Mission - Carved in Sand (1990)
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985)
Virgin Prunes - ...If I Die, I Die (1982)
Sex Gang Children - Fall: The Complete Singles (2003)
The Church - Starfish (1988)
Peter Murphy - Should the World Fail to Fall Apart (1986)
Peter Murphy - Love Hysteria (1988)
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
Peter Murphy - Holy Smoke (1992)

I have no doubt that Billy Corgan is well versed in all of them.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 01/12/2016 @ 00:24am

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves (1979)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Swans - Filth (1983)
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977
Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 01/12/2016 @ 01:08am

Some 2015 albums for consideration/

Bjork - Vulnicura
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable
Miguel - Wildheart
The Internet - Ego Death
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
Lana Del Ray - Honeymoon
Blur - The Magic Whip

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 01/12/2016 @ 04:01am

My Ballot:

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
Clock DVA - Thirst (1981)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984)
Suicide - 23 Minutes Over Brussels (Live EP) (1978)
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 01/12/2016 @ 13:00pm

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (1977)
D.A.F.- Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1979)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Swans - Filth (1983)
Throbbing Gristle- The Second Annual Report (1977)

I appreciate everybody who took the time to look into this era and submit nominees. There wasn't a weak or even marginal choice on the ballot.

Bumping Skinny Puppy and Front 242 was really difficult, but they're going to be two of the more important acts next round where the bulk of their work pops up.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 01/12/2016 @ 19:26pm

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (1977)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Nocturnal Emissions - Tissue of Lies (1980)
Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984)
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 01/12/2016 @ 19:57pm

I was just going back in this thread to look something up from a few days ago and noticed that Nick's nominees got overlooked on the final ballot.

Chrome - 3rd From the Sun (1982)
Psychic TV - Force the Hand of Chance (1982)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 01/12/2016 @ 22:10pm

My Ballot:

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
Clock DVA - Thirst (1981)
Controlled Bleeding - Wall of China Love Letters (1981)
D.A.F. - Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1979)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977)

Gotta say it was fun getting into some of this stuff.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/13/2016 @ 18:04pm

Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves (1979)
Current 93 - Nature Unveiled (1984)
D.A.F. - Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1979)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Front 242 - Geography (1982)
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 01/13/2016 @ 22:46pm

Yeah, Nick's nominees got lost in the shuffle. If you want to vote for either of these albums, you can switch out your previous votes:

Chrome - 3rd From the Sun (1982)
Psychic TV - Force the Hand of Chance (1982)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/14/2016 @ 23:37pm

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (1977)
Crome - 3rd From the Sun (1982)
Psychic TV - Force the Hand of Chance (1982)
Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984)
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 01/14/2016 @ 23:51pm

My votes:

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984)
Suicide - 23 Minutes Over Brussels (Live EP) (1978)
Swans - Cop (1984)
Swans - Filth (1983)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/15/2016 @ 00:24am

My current vote count:

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980) - 7
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981) - 7
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977) - 7

Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984) - 5
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Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (1977) - 3
D.A.F. - Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1979) - 3
Swans - Filth (1983) - 3
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Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves (1979) - 2
Clock DVA - Thirst (1981) - 2
Suicide - 23 Minutes Over Brussels (Live EP) (1978) - 2

Chrome - 3rd From the Sun (1982) - 1
Controlled Bleeding - Wall of China Love Letters (1981) - 1
Current 93 - Nature Unveiled (1984) - 1
Front 242 - Geography (1982) - 1
Nocturnal Emissions - Tissue of Lies (1980) - 1
Psychic TV - Force the Hand of Chance (1982) - 1
Swans - Cop (1984) - 1

This count included the following votes:

Greg F
Gassman
DarinRG
dmg
Tom H.
BSLO
Nick
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/15/2016 @ 00:26am

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
Clock DVA - Thirst (1981)
D.A.F. - Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1979)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984)
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977)

Front 242 (Geography) was the last cut.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 01/16/2016 @ 19:16pm

Here are some round 2 suggestions/ideas. I tried to hit a good cross section of subgenres an have a nagging feeling that I'm leaving out one or two really obvious acts:

Cabaret Voltaire - Code (1987)
Clock DVA - Sign (1993)
Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
Coil - Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders (1987)
Coil - Love's Secret Domain (1991)
Controlled Bleeding - Hog Floor (1991)
Current 93 - Thunder Perfect Mind (1992)
Current 93 - Lucifer Over London (1994)
Current 93 - All The Pretty Little Horses (1996)
Current 93 - Soft Black Stars (1998)
Death in June - Nada! (1985)
Death in June - The World That Summer (1986)
Death in June - But, What Ends When the Symbols Shatter? (1992)
Death in June - Rose Clouds of Holocaust (1995)
Download -The Eyes of Stanley Pain (1996)
Download - III (1997)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mebsch (1985)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Fünf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala (1987)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Haus der Lüge (1989)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Silence is Sexy (2000)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Perpetuum Mobile (2004)
Front 242 - Official version (1987)
Front 242 - Front by Front (1988)
Front 242 - Tyranny (For You) (1991)
Front 242 - 06:21:03:11 Up Evil (1993)
Front 242 - 05:22:09:12 Off (1993)
Front Line Assembly - Gashed Senses & Crossfire (1989)
Front Line Assembly - Caustic Grip (1990)
Front Line Assembly - Tactical Neural Implant (1992)
Front Line Assembly - Hard Wired (1995)
KMFDM - What Do You Know, Deutschland? (1986)
KMFDM - Naive (1990)
KMFDM - Angst (1993)
KMFDM - Nihil (1996)
Laibach - Laibach (1985)
Laibach - Opus Dei (1987)
Laibach - Let It Be (1988)
Laibach - Spectre (2014)
Lustmord - Heresy (1990)
Lustmord - The Place Where the Black Stars Hang (1994)
Lustmord - Metavoid (2001)
Lustmord - Zoetrope (2002)
Meat Beat Manifesto - Storm the Studio (1989)
Meat Beat Manifesto - Satyricon (1992)
Meat Beat Manifesto - Subliminal Sandwich (1996)
Ministry - Twitch (1996)
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
Nitzer Ebb - That Total Age (1987)
Nitzer Ebb - Showtime (1990)
Of the Wand and the Moon - Nighttime Nightrhymes (1999)
Pop Will Eat Itself - This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This! (1989)
Pop Will Eat Itself - Cure For Sanity (1991)
Revolting Cocks - Beers, Steers, and Queers (1990)
Revolting Cocks - Linger Ficken' Good (1993)
Severed Heads - City Slab Horror (1985)
Skinny Puppy - Bites (1985)
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)
Skinny Puppy - Rabies (1989)
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park (1990)
Sol Invictus - Lex Taionis (1989)
Sol Invictus - Sol Veritas Lux (1990)
Sol Invictus - The Hill of Crosses (2000)
SPK - Zamia Lehmanni: Songs of Byzantine Flowers (1986)
Test Dept. - The Unacceptable Face Of Freedom (1986)
Test Dept. - A Good Night Out (1987)
Test Dept. - Materia Prima (1990)
Test Dept. - Pax Brittanica (1991)
Zoviet France - Shadow, Theif of the Sun (1991)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 01/16/2016 @ 21:33pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980) - 8
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981) - 8
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977) - 8

Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984) - 6

D.A.F. - Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1979) - 4
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Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (1977) - 3
Clock DVA - Thirst (1981) - 3
Swans - Filth (1983) - 3

Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves (1979) - 2
Suicide - 23 Minutes Over Brussels (Live EP) (1978) - 2

Chrome - 3rd From the Sun (1982) - 1
Controlled Bleeding - Wall of China Love Letters (1981) - 1
Current 93 - Nature Unveiled (1984) - 1
Front 242 - Geography (1982) - 1
Nocturnal Emissions - Tissue of Lies (1980) - 1
Psychic TV - Force the Hand of Chance (1982) - 1
Swans - Cop (1984) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Gassman
DarinRG
dmg
Tom H.
BSLO
Nick
Darren
SotN

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
D.A.F. - Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1979)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977)
Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/17/2016 @ 00:02am

Nominations are now open for this month's first genre vote. This month's selected genre is "Industrial 1985-2014".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they feel is appropriate for this genre. If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations, ending at 10 PM Central on Monday the 18th, followed by one day of review and protest (though protests can be lodged at any time, not just on the 3rd day), ending at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/17/2016 @ 00:03am

Nominations

Ministry- The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
KMDFM- Nihil (1995)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/17/2016 @ 00:17am

Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/17/2016 @ 00:39am

Nominees:

Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)

http://www.allmusic.com/album/vivisectvi-mw0000202094

Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985)

http://www.allmusic.com/album/halber-mensch-mw0000189775

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/17/2016 @ 00:57am

Very good first round, by the way. Those five would be on any credible list of essential Industrial albums.

The Voice of America, Kollaps and Remission are also some very good steps toward filling some of our gaps in the 80s.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/17/2016 @ 01:14am

Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
Gary Numan - Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind) (2013)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 01/17/2016 @ 16:41pm

Random piece of trivia about a couple artists eligible in this genre vote: I know that there are other people here who are into film composers/scores and the Trent Reznor tie in is obvious, but a couple other prominent film composers also come from Industrial acts. Clint Mansell was the singer for Pop Will Eat Itself and Graeme Revell was a founding member of SPK, one of Industrial's major pioneering acts.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/17/2016 @ 18:19pm

Cabaret Voltaire- Code (1987)
Sol Invictus- The Hill Of Crosses (2000)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 01/17/2016 @ 18:21pm

Okay, here goes nothing.

Rammstein - Sehnsucht (1997)
Various Artists - Lost Highway Soundtrack (1997)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 01/17/2016 @ 21:30pm

Nominations are now closed and review has now started for this genre vote.

Here is the list of albums that have been nominated and are currently under review:

Cabaret Voltaire - Code (1987)
Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985)
Gary Numan - Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind) (2013)
KMDFM - Nihil (1995)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)
Rammstein - Sehnsucht (1997)
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)
Sol Invictus - The Hill Of Crosses (2000)
Various Artists - Lost Highway Soundtrack (1997)

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre vote, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end and voting will start at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/18/2016 @ 23:27pm

This is also the final day of nominations for this month's Artist Vote. Our selected artist is Van Morrision.

The following albums have already been nominated (let me know if I've missed any):

Avalon Sunset (1989)
Blowin' Your Mind (1967)
Born to Sing: No Plan B (2012)
His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
Sanit Dominic’s Preview (1972)
Tupelo Honey (1971)
Veedon Fleece (1974)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/18/2016 @ 23:29pm

^A misspell on Saint Dominic's Preview (1972).

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 01/19/2016 @ 22:06pm

Review is now over. There were no protested albums.

Here is the list of albums that have been nominated:

Cabaret Voltaire - Code (1987)
Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985)
Gary Numan - Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind) (2013)
KMDFM - Nihil (1995)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)
Rammstein - Sehnsucht (1997)
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)
Sol Invictus - The Hill Of Crosses (2000)
Various Artists - Lost Highway Soundtrack (1997)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums to have their ballot counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/19/2016 @ 23:30pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open for this month's Artist Vote. This month's selected artist is Van Morrison.

Here are the nominated albums:

Avalon Sunset (1989)
Blowin' Your Mind (1967)
Born to Sing: No Plan B (2012)
His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
Saint Dominic’s Preview (1972)
Tupelo Honey (1971)
Veedon Fleece (1974)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums (a minimum of 2 albums is required for your ballot to be valid).

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/19/2016 @ 23:34pm

Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985)
KMDFM - Nihil (1995)
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)
Sol Invictus - The Hill Of Crosses (2000)

Van Morrison - Avalon Sunset (1989)
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind (1967)
Van Morrison - His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
Van Morrison - Saint Dominic’s Preview (1972)
Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey (1971)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 01/20/2016 @ 03:26am

Cabaret Voltaire - Code (1987)
Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985)
KMDFM - Nihil (1995)
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)

Van Morrison - His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
Van Morrison - Saint Dominic’s Preview (1972)
Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey (1971)
Van Morrison - Avalon Sunset (1989)
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind (1967)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/20/2016 @ 14:00pm

Is anyone else going to vote here? Only two people have voted so far and voting ends tomorrow.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/23/2016 @ 17:19pm

Sorry for the delay. I'll post mine:

Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985)
KMFDM - Nihil (1995)
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)
Sol Invictus - The Hill Of Crosses (2000)

Avalon Sunset (1989)
Blowin' Your Mind (1967)
His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
Saint Dominic’s Preview (1972)
Tupelo Honey (1971)

The last cuts were Gary Numan on the genre vote and Born to Sing on the artist vote.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 01/23/2016 @ 17:39pm

Gary Numan - Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind) (2013)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)
Rammstein - Sehnsucht (1997)
Various Artists - Lost Highway Soundtrack (1997)

Blowin' Your Mind (1967)
Born to Sing: No Plan B (2012)
His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
Saint Dominic’s Preview (1972)
Tupelo Honey (1971)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 01/23/2016 @ 18:03pm

Greg - There has been blizzards and terrible weather conditions in NY and other east coast states the last several days. Many thousands of people, including my own family members, are without power and those states are states in emergencies. It's a pretty scary situation for many people who are experiencing this. That could be the reason why there's only 4 votes in this genre.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 01/23/2016 @ 18:14pm

That could be the case. I just put up a reminder just in case some of you forgot about this round. I would have hated for this round to be decided based on two votes.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/23/2016 @ 18:37pm

Genre:

Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
Rammstein - Sehnsucht (1997)
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)
Various Artists - Lost Highway Soundtrack (1997)

Artist:

Blowin' Your Mind (1967)
His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
Tupelo Honey (1971)
Veedon Fleece (1974)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 01/23/2016 @ 18:45pm

Genre Votes

Cabaret Voltaire - Code (1987)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985)
KMDFM - Nihil (1995)
Rammstein - Sehnsucht (1997)
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)
Sol Invictus - The Hill Of Crosses (2000)

Last cut was Ministry

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/23/2016 @ 20:44pm

Artist Vote

Avalon Sunset (1989)
Born to Sing: No Plan B (2012)
His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
Saint Dominic’s Preview (1972)
Tupelo Honey (1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/23/2016 @ 20:47pm

My votes:

Gary Numan - Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind) (2013)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)
Various Artists - Lost Highway Soundtrack (1997)

Avalon Sunset (1989)
Blowin' Your Mind (1967)
His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
Saint Dominic’s Preview (1972)
Tupelo Honey (1971)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/23/2016 @ 21:06pm

Here's my current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988) - 6

Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988) - 5

Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985) - 4
______________________

Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986) - 3
KMDFM - Nihil (1995) - 3
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996) - 3
Various Artists - Lost Highway Soundtrack (1997) - 3
______________________

Gary Numan - Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind) (2013) - 2
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005) - 2
Rammstein - Sehnsucht (1997) - 2
Sol Invictus - The Hill Of Crosses (2000) - 2

Cabaret Voltaire - Code (1987) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

DarinRG
Greg F.
SotN
Nick
dmg
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 24th.

On that note, should I extend voting for a day or two? We have enough time that it won't make a difference to our schedule.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/23/2016 @ 21:09pm

Darren-

Don't forget my votes when tallying up the final totals.

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/23/2016 @ 21:18pm

My Ballot:

Industrial:

Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985)
KMDFM - Nihil (1995)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)

Van Morrison:

Avalon Sunset (1989)
Blowin' Your Mind (1967)
His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
Sanit Dominic’s Preview (1972)
Tupelo Honey (1971)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 01/23/2016 @ 22:18pm

For the record, since posting the current vote count, I have added Tom H.'s votes for the final vote total, though they aren't included in the current total I posted.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/23/2016 @ 22:20pm

"There has been blizzards and terrible weather conditions in NY and other east coast states the last several days. Many thousands of people, including my own family members, are without power and those states are states in emergencies."

Hoping that everybody is staying safe and doing well.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/24/2016 @ 00:22am

My parents and other family members/friends just got power back in their home earlier this afternoon. This is good news, especially since I live out-of-state. The roads, thou, are still pretty bad and I don't know how anyone is gonna travel safely in the NY area. I guess it's a wait-and-see approach tomorrow morning. Thanks for the kind words DarinRG.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/24/2016 @ 18:51pm

Avalon Sunset (1989)
Tupelo Honey (1971)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 01/24/2016 @ 20:29pm

Voting is now closed in the Artist Vote.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Tupelo Honey (1971) - 9

His Band and the Street Choir (1970) - 8
_____________________________

Avalon Sunset (1989) - 7
Blowin' Your Mind (1967) - 7
Saint Dominic’s Preview (1972) - 7

Born to Sing: No Plan B (2012) - 2

Veedon Fleece (1974) - 1

This vote count included the following votes:

DarinRG
Greg F.
SotN
Nick
dmg
Darren
Tom H.
Gassman
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a results of this vote:

Van Morrison - His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey (1971)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/24/2016 @ 23:14pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results of the second Genre vote (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988) - 7
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988) - 7

Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985) - 6

KMDFM - Nihil (1995) - 5
_____________________

Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986) - 4
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996) - 4
_____________________

Rammstein - Sehnsucht (1997) - 3
Sol Invictus - The Hill Of Crosses (2000) - 3
Various Artists - Lost Highway Soundtrack (1997) - 3

Cabaret Voltaire - Code (1987) - 2
Gary Numan - Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind) (2013) - 2
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

DarinRG
Greg F.
SotN
Nick
dmg
Tom H.
Darren
Gassman

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985)
KMDFM - Nihil (1995)
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker vote. To vote, select one of the two albums. The album that gets the most votes will be inducted. The album that gets the fewest votes will be automatically nominated for the February Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/24/2016 @ 23:21pm

My vote:

Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/24/2016 @ 23:21pm

Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/24/2016 @ 23:29pm

Coil- Horse Rotorvator (1986)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/25/2016 @ 00:40am

Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 01/25/2016 @ 20:02pm

My vote:

Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 01/25/2016 @ 20:11pm

I'm sticking with Horse Rotorvator.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 01/25/2016 @ 20:32pm

My vote:

Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 01/26/2016 @ 16:15pm

Coil- Horse Rotorvator (1986)

Not a bad choice here. Some people might be surprised how close I came to voting for Antichrist Superstar on my main ballot.

Ultimately I think that Coil and Horse Rotorvator are more important to industrial as a genre, which is what I try to weight toward in a genre vote, while Marilyn Manson and Antichrist Superstar were more tangential to the genre (but still closely related enough to be a perfectly fine nominee here), but more important to their overall era, which would carry more weight with me in a main open vote. I'll say the same about Rammstein - Sehnsucht, an album that I'm actually a big fan of and would pretty quickly support in a main round.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 01/26/2016 @ 17:47pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

The final results are as follows:

Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996) - 5
__________________________

Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986) - 3

Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986) will be automatically nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985)
KMDFM - Nihil (1995)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/27/2016 @ 00:35am

Another very good batch of albums that did the genre justice. I really don't think there was a facepalm or anything even borderline questionable inducted in either round.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 01/27/2016 @ 04:33am

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central. Every voter can nominate one album from 2014 or prior to 2014 (2015 albums will not be eligible until April). Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
__________________________________________

The Genre Vote:

This month's selected genre is "Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project". This genre was selected as a result of losing the genre selection tiebreaker last month.

There will be a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which songs qualify for the genre, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Song Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated song, but only if they feel that the song is being nominated inappropriately. Any song that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Song Project vote.
__________________________________________

The Artist Vote:

A few rule changes of note for this vote, starting this month:

The selected artist in the Artist Vote will be banned from being nominated for any Album Project or Album Project Genre Project vote for the next 6 months (not counting the current month). To clarify, this does not include Van Morrison, as the selection of Van Morrison took place prior to the new rule being applied.

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote, artists that receive 4 votes will automatically be nominated for the next Artist Project Artist Selection Vote. To clarify, this begins with this month's vote, as the December vote took place prior to the new rule being applied.

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

Electric Light Orchestra and Yo La Tengo are already nominated, as they were nominated in January.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Beyonce
Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Presley
The Beatles
The Doors
The Kinks
The Rolling Stones
The Who
Van Morrison

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

The 9th through the 20th (approx.) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The 21st (approx.) through the 25th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated songs. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/31/2016 @ 21:41pm

My nomination

J. Dilla- Donuts (2006)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/31/2016 @ 21:44pm

Nominee:

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)

Artist vote:

Warren Zevon

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 01/31/2016 @ 23:53pm

General Nomination
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)

Artist Nomination
Buddy Guy

Posted by Nick on Monday, 02/1/2016 @ 00:00am

Album nomination:

Mary J Blige - My Life

Posted by Mike on Monday, 02/1/2016 @ 00:08am

Album nomination:

Death Cab for Cutie- Trasatlanticism (2003)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Monday, 02/1/2016 @ 00:42am

Nominees:

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 02/1/2016 @ 20:01pm

Motörhead - Bastards (1993)

Artist:
Judas Priest

Posted by dmg on Monday, 02/1/2016 @ 20:06pm

Here are my nominations for this month's Album Project. I am anticipating two months from now when 2015 albums are eligible. None the less, I think this month's nominees are quite timely, and a bit wistful.

Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship - Blows Against The Empire (1970)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

David Bowie

It just seems appropriate to remember some important greats,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Monday, 02/1/2016 @ 21:23pm

I love Cheap Trick (and nominate it in the future) but I gotta pay tribute to one of my all-time favorite groups The Eagles and the late great Glenn Frey. Swap Cheap Trick for The Eagles.

The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 02/1/2016 @ 21:26pm

My nomination for February 2016/2041 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Genre

Novelty

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 02/1/2016 @ 21:41pm

nom:

David Bowie - Heathen (2002)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 02/2/2016 @ 00:35am

"And my Artist Vote nomination is:

David Bowie" -Lax

This prompted me to see what of Bowie's we have and haven't inducted, which I'd never checked up on and there are some pretty big omissions as well as a few that might not be considered essentials, but are still plenty worthy of consideration:

Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold the World, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, "Heroes", Lodger, Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), Outside, Earthling, Heathen.

Good call, Lax.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 02/2/2016 @ 00:43am

General Nomination

Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)

Artist Vote

Madonna

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 02/2/2016 @ 02:21am

I want to swap out my nomination for J Dilla- Donuts for

Britney Spears- Circus (2008)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/2/2016 @ 03:49am

My nomination:

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 02/2/2016 @ 13:30pm

My nominations:

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006) - I've always been a sucker for a good concept album and "The Black Parade" is an excellent one if you can get past the less-than-stellar genre from which it originates.

Artist:

Pearl Jam

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/2/2016 @ 15:59pm

Nomination:

Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)

Artist Vote

Yes

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/2/2016 @ 17:28pm

Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)

Artist Vote:
Belle & Sebastian

Posted by Ry Guy on Tuesday, 02/2/2016 @ 21:56pm

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 02/2/2016 @ 23:03pm

My album nomination is:

Echolyn- As The World (1995)

Artist nomination:

Rush

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 02/3/2016 @ 08:48am

Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)

Train

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 02/3/2016 @ 22:30pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
David Bowie - Heathen (2002)
Death Cab for Cutie - Trasatlanticism (2003)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Echolyn - As The World (1995)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Mary J Blige - My Life
Motörhead - Bastards (1993)
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006)
Paul Kantner And Jefferson Starship - Blows Against The Empire (1970)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums to have their ballot counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/4/2016 @ 00:32am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the artists nominated for this month's artist vote (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Belle And Sebastian
Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Electric Light Orchestra
Judas Priest
Madonna
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Rush
Train
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists, but must vote for at least 3 artists for their ballot to be counted.

This month is the first month where the new rules will be applied. The artist selected this month and in all future months will be disqualified from the Album Project and Album Genre Project votes for the next 6 months.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/4/2016 @ 00:33am

This month's selected genre, as a result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's selection vote is "Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project".

Nominations will open on the 8th. Please use the time before then to determine if we'll be splitting the genre into two votes and what year the groups will be split after if we decide to have two votes.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/4/2016 @ 00:34am

My ballot:

Britney Spears- Circus (2008)
Death Cab for Cutie - Trasatlanticism (2003)
Mary J Blige - My Life
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)

Artists:

Belle And Sebastian
Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Madonna
Yo La Tengo

How about splitting the genre at 1980?

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/4/2016 @ 00:57am

From the list of artists, I will choose the following:

01. Rush
02. Yes
03. Electric Light Orchestra
04. David Bowie
05. Madonna

Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 02/4/2016 @ 08:41am

Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Motörhead - Bastards (1993)
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)

Artist:

Buddy Guy
Judas Priest
Train
Warren Zevon
Yes

Split:
Yes. 1980 is a good point.

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 02/4/2016 @ 14:32pm

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
David Bowie - Heathen (2002)
Death Cab for Cutie - Trasatlanticism (2003)
Mary J Blige - My Life
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Artist vote:
Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Judas Priest
Pearl Jam
Warren Zevon

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 02/4/2016 @ 16:35pm

Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
David Bowie - Heathen (2002)
Mary J. Blige - My Life (1994)
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)

Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Madonna
Neil Young
Yes

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 02/4/2016 @ 17:27pm

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
David Bowie - Heathen (2002)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Belle And Sebastian
Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Warren Zevon

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02/4/2016 @ 18:02pm

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
David Bowie - Heathen (2002)
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 02/5/2016 @ 17:53pm

My Votes

General

David Bowie- Heathen (2002)
Mary J. Blige- My Life (1994)
My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade (2006)
Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
The Eagles- The Long Run (1979)
The Smashing Pumpkins- Adore (1998)

Artist Vote

David Bowie
Madonna
Neil Young
Rush
Train

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 02/5/2016 @ 23:38pm

Death Cab for Cutie - Trasatlanticism (2003)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

artist vote
Belle And Sebastian
David Bowie
Madonna
Warren Zevon

Posted by Ry Guy on Friday, 02/5/2016 @ 23:43pm

My album project vote:

Death Cab for Cutie - Trasatlanticism (2003)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Echolyn - As The World (1995)
Mary J Blige - My Life
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Saturday, 02/6/2016 @ 01:43am

Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
David Bowie - Heathen (2002)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Mary J. Blige- My Life (1994)
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)

The last two cuts were Adore and Transatlanticism. Good ballot this go around!

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 02/6/2016 @ 02:33am

Artist Vote

David Bowie
Electric Light Orchestra
Pearl Jam
Rush
Yes

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 02/6/2016 @ 20:00pm

Album Vote

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
Mary J Blige - My Life (1994)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 02/6/2016 @ 20:40pm

My votes:

David Bowie - Heathen (2002)
Death Cab for Cutie - Trasatlanticism (2003)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Didn't need my vote / would support in the future:

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Mary J Blige - My Life
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/6/2016 @ 21:17pm

Belle And Sebastian
David Bowie
Pearl Jam
Rush
Warren Zevon

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/6/2016 @ 21:41pm

My current vote count:

David Bowie - Heathen (2002) - 7
Mary J Blige - My Life - 7
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006) - 7
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979) - 7
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998) - 7
____________________

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987) - 6

Death Cab for Cutie - Trasatlanticism (2003) - 5

Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986) - 4
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 4
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992) - 4

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987) - 3

Britney Spears - Circus (2008) - 2
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - 2
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 2

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014) - 1
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987) - 1
Echolyn - As The World (1995) - 1
Motörhead - Bastards (1993) - 1
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Paul Kantner And Jefferson Starship - Blows Against The Empire (1970) - 0

This vote count included the following votes:

Greg F.
dmg
Mike
Nick
DarinRG
jtrichey
Donnie
Ry Guy
AlexVoltaire
SotN
Tom H.
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/6/2016 @ 21:50pm

My ballot:

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Death Cab for Cutie - Trasatlanticism (2003)
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)

Artist Vote:

David Bowie
Judas Priest
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Rush

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 02/6/2016 @ 22:28pm

Mary J Blige - My Life (1994)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Death Cab for Cutie - Trasatlanticism (2003)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)

David Bowie
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Warren Zevon

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 02/8/2016 @ 07:18am

Here, though late, is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Paul Kantner And Jefferson Starship - Blows Against The Empire (1970)
David Bowie - Heathen (2002)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Motörhead - Bastards (1993)

And my Artist Vote ballot consists of:

David Bowie
Neil Young
Rush
Belle And Sebastian
Yes

Hopefully this is acceptable,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Monday, 02/8/2016 @ 16:57pm

My ballot:

1. Echolyn- As The World (1995)
2. Eagles- The Long Run (1979)
3. Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
4. Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship-Blows Against The Empire (1970)
5. Coheed & Cambria- Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume I: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness (2005)
6. David Bowie- Heathen (2002)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Monday, 02/8/2016 @ 21:35pm

My February 2016 Album Project Ballot:

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Many difficult Last Cuts including David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Buckner & Garcia, Coheed & Cambria, Mary J Blige, Paul Kantner And Jefferson Starship, Rihanna, and Sublime.

Artist Ballot:

David Bowie
Electric Light Orchestra
Train
Warren Zevon
Yes

Genre Split-1990

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 02/8/2016 @ 22:58pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

David Bowie - Heathen (2002) - 10
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979) - 10

The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998) - 9

Mary J Blige - My Life - 8
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006) - 8
______________________

Death Cab for Cutie - Trasatlanticism (2003) - 7
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987) - 7

Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 6
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987) - 6

Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 5

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - 4
Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986) - 4
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992) - 4

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014) - 3

Britney Spears - Circus (2008) - 2
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987) - 2
Echolyn - As The World (1995) - 2
Paul Kantner And Jefferson Starship - Blows Against The Empire (1970) - 2
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 2

Motörhead - Bastards (1993) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0

This vote count included the following votes:

Greg F.
dmg
Mike
Nick
DarinRG
jtrichey
Donnie
Ry Guy
AlexVoltaire
SotN
Tom H.
Darren
Gassman
BSLO
Lax33
Enigmaticus
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

David Bowie - Heathen (2002)
Mary J Blige - My Life (1994)
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 00:40am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the results of the Album Project Artist Project Artist Selection vote:

David Bowie - 13
______________________

Warren Zevon - 7

Rush - 6
Yes - 6

Belle And Sebastian - 5
Buddy Guy - 5
Madonna - 5
Neil Young - 5
Pearl Jam - 5
______________________

Electric Light Orchestra - 3
Judas Priest - 3
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 3
Train - 3

Yo La Tengo - 1

Artists that received more than 4 votes will automatically be nominated for the March Song Project Artist Project Selection vote.

This month's selected artist is David Bowie. After this vote, David Bowie will be disqualified from Album Project and Genre Project votes for the next 6 months.

Nominations are now open. Each voter can nominate one album by David Bowie (I would assume that would include songs from his band Tin Machine, but if that's a problem, we can discuss it) that hasn't already been inducted and was released between 1900 and 2014.

Here is the list of David Bowie albums that have already been inducted:

Aladdin Sane (1973)
Heathen (2002)
Hunky Dory (1971)
Let's Dance (1983)
Low (1977)
Station To Station (1976)
The Next Day (2013)
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)

Here's a link to wikipedia's David Bowie discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie_discography

Nominations will close when nominations for the second genre votes in the Song Project and Album Project are both closed.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 00:46am

Artist Nomination:
David Bowie- "Hereos" (1977)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 00:50am

Nominations are now open for the first of this month's genre project votes.

This month's selected genre is Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project. We'll split the genre into two votes, 1900-1980 and 1981-2014 (I only saw suggestions for 1980 and 1990 and an 80-34 split made more sense to me. If we want to change this we still can.)

Nominations are now open for the first genre vote this month "Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project 1900-1980".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think belong in this genre. There won't be any protests for either genre vote this month, as the artist nominated is either eligible or they aren't. If you notice an ineligible nominee, please point it out ASAP.

There will be three days of nominations (ending at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 11th) and five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 00:54am

Genre part 1 nominations:

Rickie Lee Jones- Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Graham Parker & The Rumour- Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 00:58am

Nominees:

Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)

Artist vote:

David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 01:37am

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1967)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 02:13am

Artist Vote:

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1973)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 11:47am

Artist Vote:

Lodger (1979) - David Bowie

Genre Vote:

Joan Baez (1960) - Joan Baez
Black Monk Time (1966) - The Monks

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 13:42pm

Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)

Artist Nomination:
David Bowie - Young Americans (1975)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 14:27pm

Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975)
The Nice - Five Bridges (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 17:43pm

Artist Vote:

David Bowie- Earthling (1997)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 19:50pm

Genre Pt 1:

J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)
Sun Ra - Space is the Place (1972)

Artist:

David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World (1970)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 20:53pm

Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977)

Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1967)

--------------------------

David Bowie - Space Oddity (1969)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 21:07pm

Please switch my nomination of

The Nice- Five Bridges (1970)

to

Sonny Rollins- Saxophone Colossus (1956)

Considered by many to be his best album that also made the song "St. Thomas" a Jazz standard and features some great rhythms from Max Roach on drums.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 21:23pm

Just so I don't forget or miss it, might be away from my laptop when busy doing something else, so here is my...

Artists with 0 albums genre nominations for February 2016/2041 induction into The Album Project, part 2...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 21:45pm

Wow, I had no idea that Saxophone Colossus was still out there. That's a pretty significant album.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 22:56pm

noms:

The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 02/9/2016 @ 22:59pm

Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 02/10/2016 @ 06:37am

Genre Vote Nominations..

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Wes Montgomery- The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)

Artist Vote Nomination

David Bowie- Black Tie White Noise (1993)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 02/10/2016 @ 07:12am

Here are my nominees for this month's special election.

Connie Francis - The Exciting Connie Francis (1959)
Mahavishnu Orchesra - Birds Of Fire (1973)

And my Artist vote nomination is:

David Bowie - Reality (2003)

Pretty certain all checks out,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Wednesday, 02/10/2016 @ 21:49pm

Lax-

Mahavishnu Orchestra already has Inner Mounting Flame (1971) inducted. You'll have to pick something else

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/10/2016 @ 21:57pm

Air Supply Lost in Love 1980

Give me a sec and i'll post a second

sorry i thought it did not end til thurs

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/11/2016 @ 00:04am

Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits(1965)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/11/2016 @ 00:11am

I just noticed that the first album genre nominations don't end until Thursday night. I guess I got confused because for some reason the first song genre nominations ended tonight. Sorry about that. Here is a neater post of my nominations and honorable mentions/nomination suggestions:

Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project 1900-1980:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965)

Honorable Mentions:
Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) and/or Crimes of Passion (1980)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/11/2016 @ 01:20am

Doh! Sorry, let's try those Honorable Mentions/Nominations Suggestions for 1900-1980 again:

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) and/or Crimes of Passion (1980)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/11/2016 @ 01:27am

Jennifer - This month's song project genre was subject to a day of review and protest. This month's album project genre is still open because protests in this genre are pass / fail. Either an artist has an album inducted or they don't, so protests aren't needed.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/11/2016 @ 18:11pm

Darren, Thank you so much clarifying that. Now, I understand. I am sorry about my confusion. :)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/11/2016 @ 20:49pm

Since there is only 1 1980s albums represented so far in the nominations, I nominate:

David Bowie - Labyrinth (1986)

Honorable Mention/Nomination Suggestions:

David Bowie - Tonight (1984)
David Bowie - Never Let Me Down (1987)
David Bowie - Outside (1995)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/11/2016 @ 21:31pm

I'll nominate two of Jennifer's Honorable Mentions:

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/11/2016 @ 23:58pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated album (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Connie Francis - The Exciting Connie Francis (1959)
Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975)
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1967)
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Sun Ra - Space is the Place (1972)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1967)
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums to have their vote counted.

Voting will close at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/12/2016 @ 00:00am

Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956)
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/12/2016 @ 01:22am

Hoping to see a lot of what doesn't make it this round resurface. There's a lot here that I'd support in the future.

John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956)
Sun Ra - Space is the Place (1972)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1967)
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02/12/2016 @ 20:31pm

My Votes

Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 02/12/2016 @ 22:09pm

Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)

So many painful cuts and most of these albums I’d support in the future. It's shocking some of these albums aren't inducted yet (no Professor Longhair, really??)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 02/12/2016 @ 22:37pm

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956)
Sun Ra - Space is the Place (1972)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1967)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 02/12/2016 @ 22:50pm

My Ballot:

Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960)
Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956)
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 02/12/2016 @ 23:57pm

My votes:

Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Connie Francis - The Exciting Connie Francis (1959)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Saturday, 02/13/2016 @ 01:06am

My choices are:

Gentle Giant- Free Hand (1975)
Pat Benatar- Crimes Of Passion (1980)
Rickie Lee Jones- Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Air Supply- Lost In Love (1980)
Wishbone Ash- Argus (1972)
Joan Baez- Joan Baez (1960)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 02/13/2016 @ 11:04am

Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 02/13/2016 @ 11:39am

Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 02/13/2016 @ 22:27pm

Darren,

FYI

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

Should both be in part 2 as I'd said that when I originally posted these two nominaeions of mine on Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 at 21:45 PM.

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 02/14/2016 @ 02:12am

^ nominations

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 02/14/2016 @ 02:17am

Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

The last cuts were Glen Campbell and Spirit.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 02/14/2016 @ 12:53pm

My votes:

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/15/2016 @ 23:02pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if I've made any errors):

Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977) - 7
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956) - 7

Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960) - 5
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980) - 5
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972) - 5
___________________________

Labelle - Nightbirds (1974) - 4
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979) - 4
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965) - 4

Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972) - 3
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979) - 3
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971) - 3
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979) - 3

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980) - 2
Sun Ra - Space is the Place (1972) - 2
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1967) - 2
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966) - 2
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960) - 2

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 1
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974) - 1
Connie Francis - The Exciting Connie Francis (1959) - 1
Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975) - 1
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965) - 1
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971) - 1
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974) - 1

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1967) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
DarinRG
Donnie
Nick
dmg
Gassman
AlexVoltaire
Enigmaticus
jtrichey
BSLO
SotN
Darren

Voting closes at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/15/2016 @ 23:05pm

For your consideration for part 2

Aaliyah- One in a Million (1996)
Aaliyah- Aaliyah (2001)
Alicia Keys- Songs in A Minor (2001)
Britney Spears- In The Zone (2003)
Britney Spears- Blackout (2007)
Britney Spears- Circus (2008)
Audioslave- Audioslave (2003)
Audioslave- Revolations (2006)
The The- Soul Mining (1983)
The The- Mind Bomb (1989)
Dan Fogelberg- The Innocent Age (1981)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)
Yo La Tengo- And Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
Anita Baker- Rapture (1986)
Sade- Diamond Life (1984)
Sade- Love Deluxe (1992)
J Dilla- Donuts (2006)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)
Todd Terje- It's Album Time (2014)
Grace Jones- Nightclubbing (1984)
Air- Talkie Walkie (2004)
Air- Moon Safari (1998)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/16/2016 @ 02:33am

Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1967)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965)

What was I thinking, nominating that bum Glen Campbell. Should have gone with Andrea True Connection instead......

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 02/16/2016 @ 03:23am

"What was I thinking, nominating that bum Glen Campbell. Should have gone with Andrea True Connection instead......"

I was just excited about your John Cale pick. He's got four albums that pretty much fall into the no brainer category. As far along as we are, it's a bit strange that he'd still be eligible for this category.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 02/16/2016 @ 18:46pm

Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956)
Sun Ra - Space is the Place (1972)

Lots here that I would support in the future. Good job everyone.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/16/2016 @ 19:28pm

Here is my ballot for Part 1 wile there is still time left.

Connie Francis - The Exciting Connie Francis (1959)
Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)

How can I take the Grammy Awards seriously when the Recording Academy has never honored Pink Floyd?,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Tuesday, 02/16/2016 @ 20:38pm

"I was just excited about your John Cale pick. He's got four albums that pretty much fall into the no brainer category. As far along as we are, it's a bit strange that he'd still be eligible for this category."

I'll make a deal with you. I'll keep nominating John Cale - Paris 1919 if you keep voting for it and help sell it a little bit. Some of our fellow voters might need a little convincing, but you're way more credible in that department than a guy named "joker."

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 02/16/2016 @ 21:03pm

Any of John Cale's albums would probably get my vote in the future. I will admit this 1st genre vote was brutal, in terms of the great nominations from everyone. It just came down to priority for me as a voter. It's hard to believe that Cale's name wasn't nominated when we did the Art/Progressive Rock genre months ago. He would've been an excellent choice since his post-Velvet Underground work is quite underrated and brilliant.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 02/16/2016 @ 21:15pm

Nick, way cool. It's crazy how stuff works out around here. Remember when you protested Crimes of Passion by Pat Benatar because you didn't think it was pop enough? Now here we are a few months later, and it looks like it will be inducted under a completely different genre!

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 02/16/2016 @ 21:53pm

Joker, you can say Pat Benatar finally "belongs" in the Album Project lol. She was always one of my favorites and actually went to one of the high schools near my house on Long Island.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 02/16/2016 @ 21:58pm

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)

Last Cuts: Glen Campbell and Joan Baez. Lots of great nominations! I would probably eventually vote for all of these.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 02/16/2016 @ 22:46pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980) - 8
Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977) - 8
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956) - 8

Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960) - 7
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965) - 7
__________________________________

Labelle - Nightbirds (1974) - 5
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979) - 5
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972) - 5

Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972) - 4

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980) - 3
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979) - 3
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965) - 3
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971) - 3
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979) - 3
Sun Ra - Space is the Place (1972) - 3
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1967) - 3

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 2
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974) - 2
Connie Francis - The Exciting Connie Francis (1959) - 2
Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975) - 2
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973) - 2
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966) - 2
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960) - 2

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1967) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971) - 1
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974) - 1

This vote total included the following votes:

Greg F
DarinRG
Donnie
Nick
dmg
Gassman
AlexVoltaire
Enigmaticus
jtrichey
BSLO
SotN
Darren
joker
Tom H.
Lax33
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/16/2016 @ 23:54pm

Nominations are now open for the second genre vote this month "Artists with 0 Albums Inducted in the Album Project 1981-2014".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think belong in this genre. There won't be any protests for either genre vote this month, as the artist nominated is either eligible or they aren't. If you notice an ineligible nominee, please point it out ASAP.

There will be three days of nominations (ending at 10 PM Central on Friday the 19th) and five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/16/2016 @ 23:58pm

Part 2 nominations

Aaliyah- Aaliyah (2001)
Dan Fogelberg- The Innocent Age (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/17/2016 @ 00:01am

Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I’ve Got The Blues (1991)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 02/17/2016 @ 00:14am

My second genre nominees here will be:

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (I) (Rollercoaster) (1993)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 02/17/2016 @ 02:13am

My Nominees

Alicia Keys- Songs in A Minor (2001)
Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 02/17/2016 @ 04:43am

Old Crow Medicine Show- O.C.M.S. (2004)
Porcupine Tree- Up The Downstair (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/17/2016 @ 17:06pm

Nice little class there in round one. My comment yesterday about John Cale really applies to almost everything that was on that ballot.

Nominees for round 2:

Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)

http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-blue-notebooks-mw0000808503

Swans - The Seer (2012)

http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-seer-mw0002401716

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02/17/2016 @ 19:05pm

noms:

The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 02/17/2016 @ 23:22pm

Good choices so far, but I'm going to add:

Annie Lennox- Diva (1992)
Brandi Carlile- Bear Creek (2012)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 01:42am

Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)

Posted by joker on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 02:58am

Norah Jones - Don't Know Why (2002)
Madvillian - Madvillaint (2004)

Posted by Ry Guy on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 08:02am

There are lots of great nomination so far! Mine are coming soon.

Nick,

Katy Perry is a great pick! I would like to respectfully suggest amending the Katy Perry nomination to be the 2012 reissue Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection which also includes two additional excellent songs "Wide Awake" and "Part of Me" as well as all the excellent songs of the original. For me, these two later songs are what first got me into her music. After the songs and their videos wowed me, I started checking out the rest of her music. "Wide Awake" is still my favorite of her songs. It surprises me that she is not already in the album project and only has one song in the song project.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 10:09am

Also, I just noticed that one of Ry Guy nominations is misspelled. I think he meant:

Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)

Sorry about being such a stickler about spelling. I can't help it because I was a spelling bee champ in grade school a long time ago (LOL) and just tend to notice these things.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 10:21am

My nominations come straight out of my regular set:

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 12:03pm

The Norah Jones album with Don't Know Why is called Come Away With Me.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 12:03pm

Paul Pena - New Train (2000)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Train
http://www.allmusic.com/album/new-train-mw0000098865

Bettie Serveert - Bare Stripped Naked (2006)

http://www.allmusic.com/album/bare-stripped-naked-mw0000444305

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 13:28pm

Artists with no Albums in the Album Project Nominations Part 2 (1981-2014):

fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Honorable Mentions/Nomination Suggestions (before 2000):

Enigma - The Cross of Changes (1993)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Shakespears Sister - Hormonally Yours (1992)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)

Honorable Mentions/Nomination Suggestions (after 2000):

Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008) or Melophobia (2013)
Colbie Caillat - All of You (2011)
Ed Sheeran - + (2011) or x (2014)
Fitz and the Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream (2013)
Gavin DeGraw - Sweeter (2011)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)

In my opinion, these albums, including Train and fun. and several others already nominated as well, are some of the best albums of the past 5-15 years that are not yet in the album project. They all helped me to get excited about modern day popular rock music (since most of my favorite music is from the 60s, 70s, and 80s).

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 13:44pm

Thank you Jennifer for supporting my nomination of Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream.' This album should be a no-brainer, since the album features many hit singles and is one of the decade's most popular albums. I definitely support more Perry in the Song Project. She would be an ideal candidate for the Artist Vote, especially like many pop stars, she's essentially a singles artist.

It's somewhat strange that Part of Me and Wide Aware, both great songs IMO, appeared on a later reissue of that album. It seems a little weird that this happened but it's not exactly surprising. There are many greatest hits albums, for example, that feature a new song or two for promotional reasons yet we can't induct those greatest hits complications. One that immediately comes to mind is Mariah Carey's "#1's" album featuring the then-new songs "I Still Believe"and "When You Believe." It's about marketing and the record companies making even more money.

I'm totally open to the 2012 version of the album being nominated; however, I would like to hear what others think of this. I'm fine either with 2010 or 2012 versions of the album on this ballot. If no one objects, then I'll stick with the 2010 version.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 14:10pm

My Nominations:

The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
Against Me! - New Wave (2007)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 16:54pm

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 21:30pm

Here are my nominations for this week's Special Election.

Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicon (1990)
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007)

I am hoping there are no problems with these nominations,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 21:40pm

Darren, if you don't mind, I think I'll save Brandi Carlile's album for another time, and go with the long-overdue

Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)E

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Friday, 02/19/2016 @ 21:25pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here is the list of nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001)
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)
Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Bettie Serveert - Bare Stripped Naked (2006)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I’ve Got The Blues (1991)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicon (1990)
fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Madvillian - Madvillainy (2004)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)
Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S. (2004)
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair (1993)
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (I) (Rollercoaster) (1993)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums to have their ballot counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/20/2016 @ 00:56am

Aaliyah- Aaliyah (2001)
Alicia Keys- Songs in A Minor (2001)
Anita Baker- Rapture (1986)
Dan Fogelberg- The Innocent Age (1981)
Madvillian- Madvillainy (2004)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/20/2016 @ 01:40am

My Votes

Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001)
Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Madvillian - Madvillainy (2004)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 02/20/2016 @ 01:43am

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)
Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S. (2004)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 02/20/2016 @ 11:35am

Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001)
fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Madvillian - Madvillainy (2004)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)

Posted by Ry Guy on Saturday, 02/20/2016 @ 11:35am

Bettie Serveert - Bare Stripped Naked (2006)
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I’ve Got The Blues (1991)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicon (1990)
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 02/20/2016 @ 14:37pm

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)
Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 02/20/2016 @ 15:49pm

Voting is now open for the Artist Vote (sorry I forgot to post this last night).

This month's selected artist is David Bowie.

Here are the nominated albums for this vote (please let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Black Tie White Noise (1993)
Diamond Dogs (1973)
Earthling (1997)
Heroes (1977)
Labyrinth (1986)
Lodger (1979)
Reality (2003)
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
Space Oddity (1969)
The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Young Americans (1975)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. For your ballot to be counted, you have to vote for at least 3 nominated albums.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

When voting, please keep in mind that David Bowie albums will not be eligible for the next 6 months (starting in March), due to new rule changes this year.

Since voting started a day late, it will end a day late as well. Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 25th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/20/2016 @ 18:49pm

Artist:

Heroes (1977)
Labyrinth (1986)
Space Oddity (1969)
The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Young Americans (1975)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 02/20/2016 @ 19:07pm

"Heroes" (1977)
Diamond Dogs (1973)
Lodger (1979)
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)
Space Oddity (1969)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/20/2016 @ 19:26pm

Diamond Dogs (1973)
Heroes (1977)
Space Oddity (1969)
The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Young Americans (1975)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 02/20/2016 @ 23:22pm

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001)
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I’ve Got The Blues (1991)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002)

Another very tough ballot to narrow down. Excellent choices from everybody and I’d support most of it in the future.

Diamond Dogs (1973)
Heroes (1977)
Labyrinth (1986)
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
Young Americans (1975)

On a side note, Diamond Dogs was released in 1974, and not 1973. It's shocking some of these albums aren't already inducted.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 02/21/2016 @ 00:08am

^ Diamond Dogs (1974)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 02/21/2016 @ 00:10am

My votes for this month's genre selection:

Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001)
Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Sunday, 02/21/2016 @ 03:33am

Artist Vote (David Bowie)

The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Diamond Dogs (1974)
Young Americans (1975)
Heroes (1977)
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 02/21/2016 @ 04:57am

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (I) (Rollercoaster) (1993)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)

Diamond Dogs (1973)
"Heroes" (1977)
Lodger (1979)
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
Space Oddity (1969)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 02/21/2016 @ 18:28pm

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)

Diamond Dogs (1974)
Heroes (1977)
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Young Americans (1975)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/23/2016 @ 12:19pm

Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)
Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S. (2004)
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair (1993)

Several Painful cuts

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/23/2016 @ 12:58pm

Any interest for March?

Mott the Hoople- Mott (1973)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd- Jazz Samba (1962)
Britney Spears- Blackout (2007)
Madonna- Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)
Sufjan Stevens- Michigan (2003)
Esquevel- Latin-esque (1962)
Dan Fogelberg- The Innocent Age (1981)
Aaliyah- Aaliyah (2001)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)
Graham Parker & The Rumour- Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/23/2016 @ 15:39pm

My ballots:

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Madvillian - Madvillainy (2004)
Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S. (2004)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)

Diamond Dogs (1973)
Heroes (1977)
Lodger (1979)
Space Oddity (1969)
Young Americans (1975)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 02/23/2016 @ 16:28pm

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (I) (Rollercoaster) (1993)
Swans - The Seer (2012)

The last cuts were The Fixx, Coheed and Cambria, Madvillain, and Mariah Carey.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 02/23/2016 @ 19:27pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001) - 8

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002) - 6
_______________________

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001) - 4
Madvillian - Madvillainy (2004) - 4
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 4
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011) - 4
_______________________

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992) - 3
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987) - 3
fun. - Some Nights (2012) - 3
Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S. (2004) - 3
Swans - The Seer (2012) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014) - 2
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986) - 2
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I’ve Got The Blues (1991) - 2
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - 2
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993) - 2
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 2
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990) - 2
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010) - 2
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011) - 2
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (I) (Rollercoaster) (1993) - 2
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 2

Against Me! - New Wave (2007) - 1
Bettie Serveert - Bare Stripped Naked (2006) - 1
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicon (1990) - 1
Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (1994) - 1
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004) - 1
Paul Pena - New Train (2000) - 1
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair (1993) - 1
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) - 0
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
jtrichey
Ry Guy
dmg
Mike
Nick
Alex Voltaire
DarinRG
Darren
Tom H.
Gassman
SotN

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/23/2016 @ 23:27pm

The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)

I never thought we would get to a point in this project where Alicia Keys and Norah Jones were running away with a vote, lol.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 02/23/2016 @ 23:38pm

Heroes (1977)
Lodger (1979)
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
The Man Who Sold the World (1970)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 02/23/2016 @ 23:47pm

David Bowie vote

Heroes (1977)
Labyrinth (1986)
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Young Americans (1975)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/24/2016 @ 19:56pm

While there is still time left, here is my ballot for this week's Special Election.

Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicon (1990)
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I’ve Got The Blues (1991)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

David Bowie - Heroes (1977)
David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)(1980)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1973)
David Bowie - Reality (2003)

Filling up the last tow albums in the Berlin trilogy,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Wednesday, 02/24/2016 @ 21:15pm

Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 02/24/2016 @ 21:36pm

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)
fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

There are also several others that I would vote for in the future.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 02/24/2016 @ 22:58pm

Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I’ve Got The Blues (1991)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicon (1990)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)

Posted by Gary on Wednesday, 02/24/2016 @ 22:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001) - 8

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002) - 6
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Anita Baker - Rapture (1986) - 5
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 5
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011) - 5
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011) - 5
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Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001) - 4
Annie Lennox - Diva (1992) - 4
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I’ve Got The Blues (1991) - 4
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993) - 4
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 4
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987) - 4
fun. - Some Nights (2012) - 4
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990) - 4
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010) - 4
Madvillian - Madvillainy (2004) - 4
Swans - The Seer (2012) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014) - 3
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicon (1990) - 3
Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S. (2004) - 3
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 3

Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - 2
Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (1994) - 2
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004) - 2
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (I) (Rollercoaster) (1993) - 2

Against Me! - New Wave (2007) - 1
Bettie Serveert - Bare Stripped Naked (2006) - 1
Paul Pena - New Train (2000) - 1
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair (1993) - 1
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 1
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
jtrichey
Ry Guy
dmg
Mike
Nick
Alex Voltaire
DarinRG
Darren
Tom H.
Gassman
SotN
BSLO
Lax33
joker
Jennifer
Gary

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all four albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 4 points, the second-highest 3 points and so on.

The 3 albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The album that receives the fewest points will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/24/2016 @ 23:47pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the results of the Artist Vote:

Heroes (1977) - 11
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Diamond Dogs (1974) - 8
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980) - 8
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Young Americans (1975) - 7

The Man Who Sold the World (1970) - 6

Lodger (1979) - 5
Space Oddity (1969) - 5

Labyrinth (1986) - 3

Reality (2003) - 1

Black Tie White Noise (1993) - 0
Earthling (1997) - 0

The following album has been inducted as a result of this vote:

David Bowie - Heroes (1977)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)

Anyone who voted in this Artist Vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, select one of the two albums. The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the March Album Project. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will eliminated to break the tie.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/24/2016 @ 23:52pm

My tiebreaker votes:

Diamond Dogs (1974)

The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011) - 4
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011) - 3
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 2
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/24/2016 @ 23:54pm

Genre II Tiebreaker:
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005): 4
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986): 3
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011): 2
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011): 1

Artist Tiebreaker:
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 02/24/2016 @ 23:54pm

Anita Baker- Rapture (1986) 4
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) 3
The Decemberists- The King is Dead (2011) 2
Of Monsters and Men- My Head is an Animal (2011) 1

David Bowie- Diamond Dogs (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/25/2016 @ 00:22am

Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011) - 4
The Decemberists - The King is Dead (2011) - 3
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 2
Anita Baker- Rapture (1986) - 1

Posted by joker on Thursday, 02/25/2016 @ 01:08am

1. Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)
2. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
3. Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)
4. Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Diamond Dogs

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 02/25/2016 @ 01:30am

Anita Baker - Rapture (1986) - 4 points
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 1 point

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 02/25/2016 @ 06:14am

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 02/25/2016 @ 09:01am

Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011) - 4
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 1

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 02/25/2016 @ 09:52am

Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)- 4
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)- 3
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)- 2
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)- 1

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Thursday, 02/25/2016 @ 17:44pm

Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)

I'll freely admit that I haven't listened to the entire Diamond Dogs album, but wasn't it mostly critically panned when it was released? Obviously opinions can change with albums over time, but I'm surprised it's gotten so much support.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/25/2016 @ 19:06pm

The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02/25/2016 @ 19:36pm

SotN is right about the artist vote that was supposed to end tonight and NOT last night. For anyone who cares, I would have voted for:

Earthling (1997)
Labyrinth (1986)
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
Space Oddity (1969)
Young Americans (1975)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/25/2016 @ 19:48pm

Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011) 4
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986) 3
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) 2
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/25/2016 @ 20:04pm

Sorry about the mistake, but SotN is correct and the Artist Vote wasn't supposed to end until tonight.

Since Jennifer's vote came in before 10 PM Central tonight, it will be counted.

Jennifer's vote breaks the previously existing tie, so the tiebreaker is no longer necessary.

Here are the inductees from this month's Artist Vote:

David Bowie - Heroes (1977)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/25/2016 @ 23:54pm

Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011) - 4
The Decemberists - The King is Dead (2011) - 3
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 2
Anita Baker- Rapture (1986) - 1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/26/2016 @ 21:09pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (please let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011) - 38
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011) - 37
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986) - 29
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Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 26

"The Emancipation of Mimi" will be automatically nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of new inductees as a result of this genre vote:

Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001)
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/26/2016 @ 23:16pm

FRL,
Here's a list of the albums from January and February this year that need to be added to the artists' pages:

Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001)
Anita Baker - Rapture (1986)
Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America (1980)
D.A.F. - Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1979)
David Bowie - Heathen (2002)
David Bowie - Heroes (1977)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (1985)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960)
KMDFM - Nihil (1995)
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (1979)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Mary J. Blige - My Life (1994)
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002)
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal (2011)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Professor Longhair - Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977)
Skinny Puppy - Remission (1984)
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (1988)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
The Eagles - The Long Run (1979)
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)
Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984)
Van Morrison - His Band and the Street Choir (1970) 
Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey (1971)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 02/26/2016 @ 23:47pm

Rule Changes In 2016:

Starting in 2016, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2014.

Starting in 2016, albums released in 2015 will not be eligible for nomination until April. There will be a designated 2015 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination switches over to 2016. For January, February and March 2016, there will only be one nomination available for albums released from 1900-2014.

Starting in 2016, elective (not mandatory as a result of an error in a cast ballot or necessary as a result of a missing song from the final list of nominated songs) vote switches are banned from all Album Project, Genre votes and Artist Project votes (including selection votes).

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote (there won't be one in January as a result of a tiebreaker in December), the selected artist will be banned from being nominated for any Album Project or Album Project Genre Project vote for the next 6 months (not counting the current month). To clarify, this begins next month, as the selection of Van Morrison took place prior to the new rule being applied.

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote, artists that receive 4 votes will automatically be nominated for the next Artist Project Artist Selection Vote. To clarify, this begins next month, as the December vote took place prior to the new rule being applied and there won't be a January vote as a result of the tiebreaker in the December vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

David Bowie (eligible again in September 2016)
__________________________________________

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate one album from 2014 or prior to 2014 (2015 albums will not be eligible until April). Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
__________________________________________

The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

2010's
70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Jazz Fusion
Novelty
Post-Rock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Debut Albums" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"Post Punk/College Rock" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"Art Rock/Progressive Rock" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"Industrial" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Artists With 0 Albums Inducted In The Album Project" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"Female Pop Stars" and "Movie Soundtracks are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inapproriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote:

Belle And Sebastian
Buddy Guy
Madonna
Neil Young
Pearl Jam
Rush
Warren Zevon
Yes

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Bob Dylan
David Bowie
Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
Randy Newman
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

The 9th through the 20th (approx.) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 album by the selected artist. If the selected artist has a small enough discography of eligible albums, nominations may be skipped with all eligible albums being eligible for the vote.

The 21st (approx.) through the 25th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/29/2016 @ 21:40pm

My Nominations

Britney Spears- Blackout (2007)

Genre

Exotica/Space Age Pop

Artist

Dan Fogelberg

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/29/2016 @ 23:02pm

Nominees:

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)

Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/1/2016 @ 00:55am

Nomination:

John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 03/1/2016 @ 01:34am

Nomination:

Paul McCartney- Flaming Pie (1997)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Tuesday, 03/1/2016 @ 03:54am

Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 03/1/2016 @ 20:18pm

My nomination for March 2016/2041 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Genre

Novelty

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 03/1/2016 @ 21:09pm

General
ZZ Top- Degüello (1979)

Genre
Blues/Blues Rock

Artist
Prince

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 03/1/2016 @ 21:31pm

The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)

Elvis Presley

Country

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 03/1/2016 @ 22:54pm

General Nomination

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Genre Nomination

1960's R&B/Soul

Artist Nomination

John Mellencamp

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 03/2/2016 @ 02:10am

Nomination

Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/2/2016 @ 08:45am

Slint-Spiderland (1993)

Post-Rock

Swans

Posted by whuntva on Wednesday, 03/2/2016 @ 11:20am

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)

Genre nomination:
Movie Soundtracks

Artist nomination:
Pet Shop Boys

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 03/2/2016 @ 13:21pm

whuntva - Slint - Spiderland (1993) has already been inducted. You can nominate another album if you like.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/2/2016 @ 15:48pm

Genre Nomination

Jazz

Artist Nomination

Grateful Dead

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/2/2016 @ 16:25pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album project. Once yet again, this ballot is in light of some recent passages that have occurred this year.

Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces (1980)

My genre vote nomination for this month is:

Original Broadway Cast Albums

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

The Carpenters

Do not laugh at these nominations; each one is legitimate,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Wednesday, 03/2/2016 @ 16:54pm

Note to Darren: Dr. W and whuntva are one and the same. I momentarily mixed up my AcclaimedMusic handle with the one I use here. So even though that post read whuntva, Dr. W wrote it. So count this as the same vote.

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Oh. I didn't realize. It was pretty recent, because I remember it not being inducted and it being a very glaring oversight IMO.

But in keeping with post-rock, I nominate...

Swans-Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)

I can think of at least four Swans albums that are worthy, but this is probably their most "important" album, and the one I want to take priority.

I hope I made myself clear in this confusion. Thank you.

Posted by Dr. W on Wednesday, 03/2/2016 @ 17:32pm

Dr. W - No problem. We caught the error before nominations were final.

My nomination:

Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/2/2016 @ 22:22pm

nom:

Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 03/3/2016 @ 00:02am

Disclosure - Settle (2013)

Genre:
Electronic

Posted by Ry Guy on Thursday, 03/3/2016 @ 18:10pm

My March 2016 Album Nomination:
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Honorable Mentions:
fun. - Some Nights (2012)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)

Artist Nomination:
Train

Both the song and album projects already have lots of great genre nominations so I won't nominate any additional ones this month.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 03/3/2016 @ 22:12pm

mind boggling to have to think about that stupid Pac Man Fever song every time I visit this website

Posted by jester on Thursday, 03/3/2016 @ 22:28pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums (please let me know ASAP if there are any albums missing or nominated, but already inducted):

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces (1980)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (1997)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/4/2016 @ 00:01am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

1960's R&B/Soul
2010's
70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Blues/Blues Rock
Country
Electronic
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Movie Soundtracks
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Post-Rock
Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres. A minimum of 3 genres are required for your ballot to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/4/2016 @ 00:01am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists:

Belle And Sebastian
Buddy Guy
Dan Fogelberg
Electric Light Orchestra
Elvis Presley
Grateful Dead
John Mellencamp
Madonna
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Pet Shop Boys
Prince
Rush
Swans
The Carpenters
Train
Warren Zevon
Yes

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. A minimum of 3 artists are required for your ballot to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/4/2016 @ 00:02am

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

90's Electronica
Ambient
Blues/Blues Rock
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Post-Rock

Belle And Sebastian
Dan Fogelberg
Madonna
Prince
Warren Zevon

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/4/2016 @ 00:16am

Well poop, I could have swore we had more than 3 days for nominations. Not like my nominations go anywhere anyway.

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)

2010's
Country
Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub

Grateful Dead
Neil Young
Swans

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 03/4/2016 @ 00:34am

Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces (1980)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Buddy Guy
Grateful Dead
Neil Young
Prince
Yes

2010's
1960's R&B/Soul
70's Hard Rock
Blues/Blues Rock
Jazz Fusion

Posted by Nick on Friday, 03/4/2016 @ 00:41am

Dinosaur Jr.-You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Dire Straits-Dire Straits (1978)
Jethro Tull-Stand Up (1969)
Snow Patrol-Eyes Open (2006)
Swans-Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
Train-Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Rush
Swans
Yes

Ambient
Post-Rock
Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub

Posted by Dr. W on Friday, 03/4/2016 @ 00:47am

Albums:

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genres:

Ambient
Avant-Garde
Electronic
Jazz Fusion
Novelty

Artists:

John Mellencamp
Train
Warren Zevon
Buddy Guy

Posted by dmg on Friday, 03/4/2016 @ 10:57am

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces (1980)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Artist:
Belle And Sebastian
Grateful Dead
Madonna
Neil Young

Posted by Ry Guy on Friday, 03/4/2016 @ 14:25pm

1960's R&B/Soul
2010's
Electronic
Jazz
Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub

Posted by Ry Guy on Friday, 03/4/2016 @ 14:32pm

General Vote

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre Vote

1960's R&B/Soul
70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
Blues/Blues Rock
Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub

Artist Vote

Elvis Presley
Grateful Dead
John Mellencamp
Madonna
Prince

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 03/4/2016 @ 19:02pm

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)

Buddy Guy
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Pet Shop Boys
Swans

Ambient
Avant-Garde
Blues/Blues Rock
Post-Rock
Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/4/2016 @ 19:35pm

Avant-Garde
Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 03/5/2016 @ 21:10pm

Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
ZZ Top- Degüello (1979)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by joker on Saturday, 03/5/2016 @ 22:04pm

Artist:

Dan Fogelberg
The Carpenters
Grateful Dead

Genre:

Jazz
Country
Movie Soundtracks

Posted by joker on Saturday, 03/5/2016 @ 22:42pm

Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces (1980)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 03/5/2016 @ 23:48pm

2010's
70's Hard Rock
Movie Soundtracks
Original Broadway Cast Albums

Belle And Sebastian
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Prince
Warren Zevon

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/6/2016 @ 02:53am

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)

1960's R&B/Soul
70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
Country
Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub

Elvis Presley
Madonna
Neil Young
Pet Shop Boys
Warren Zevon

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 03/6/2016 @ 09:09am

Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces (1980)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

2010's
Electronic
Novelty

Buddy Guy
Grateful Dead
Neil Young
Pearl Jam
Warren Zevon

Posted by Max on Sunday, 03/6/2016 @ 15:11pm

My votes:

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/6/2016 @ 17:39pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978) - 11

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987) - 7
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973) - 7
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987) - 7

Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 6
_____________________________

Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005) - 5
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) - 5
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 5

Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces (1980) - 4
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 4
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 4
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006) - 4

ZZ Top - Degüello (1979) - 3

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007) - 2
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 2
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996) - 2

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (1997) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Gassman
Nick
Dr. W
dmg
Ry Guy
Donnie
DarinRG
joker
jtrichey
BSLO
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/6/2016 @ 17:40pm

Here is my vote for this month's Album Project.

Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces (1980)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

My genre vote selection consists of:

Original Broadway Cast Albums
Avant-Garde
Electronic
Ambient
Movie Soundtracks

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

The Carpenters
Neil Young
Madonna
Prince
Belle And Sebastian

Made this in time before the expiration,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Sunday, 03/6/2016 @ 21:16pm

70's Hard Rock
Country
Movie Soundtracks
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums

Last Cuts: 2010's and Exotica/Space Age Pop

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 03/6/2016 @ 23:02pm

Voting is now closed in the genre selection vote.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub - 6
________________________

2010's - 5
70's Hard Rock - 5
Ambient - 5
Avant-Garde - 5
Novelty - 5
Original Broadway Cast Albums - 5

1960's R&B/Soul - 4
Blues/Blues Rock - 4
Country - 4
Electronic - 4
Jazz - 4
Jazz Fusion - 4
Movie Soundtracks - 4

90's Electronica - 3
Post-Rock - 3

Exotica/Space Age Pop - 1

This month's selected genre is "Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub". Nominations will begin after voting closes in the project vote. In the next two days, please discuss whether or not this genre will be split into two votes, what year the split will take place in if there is one and what is and isn't qualified for this genre.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/6/2016 @ 23:47pm

In addition, these genres will automatically be nominated for next month's genre vote, having received more than 4 votes:

1960's R&B/Soul
2010's
70's Hard Rock
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Blues/Blues Rock
Country
Electronic
Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Movie Soundtracks
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/7/2016 @ 00:00am

I'm working on a suggestion list, but probably won't finish tonight. My inclination right now is to approach this as a single thread of music and draw a split at 1970. We really haven't even touched 60s Jamaican music, which more than merits it's own category.

This is an area that I know my way around fairly well, but I'm not as immersed or cartoonishly opinionated abut it as I was with Post-punk and Industrial, so I'm plenty open to other opinions. One area that I have mixed feelings about is late 70s and 80s ska revival. My inclination is that if we're talking about acts who were primarily ska bands (the Specials and Madness as two well known examples), they should be fine. One thing I'm adamant about though, is not opening the vote to later acts who had a heavy ska or reggae influence, but primarily fall under other genres (the Clash, the Slits, Operation Ivy, Rancid Sublime, No Doubt, etc). There's way more than enough worthy and important material to work with here that we don't need to veer into watered down tangentials.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 03/7/2016 @ 03:20am

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (1997)
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Monday, 03/7/2016 @ 06:33am

March 2016 Artist Album Ballot:

Electric Light Orchestra
Prince
The Carpenters
Train
Yes

Last Cuts include: Belle And Sebastian, Rush, and Warren Zevon

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 03/7/2016 @ 10:13am

Some ideas for this genre vote:

60s

Alton Ellis - Sings Rock and Soul (1967)
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - Come Fly With Lee (1962)
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - Carribean Joy Ride (1964)
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - People Get Ready This is Rock Steady (1967)
Delroy Wilson - Good All Over (1969)
Derrick Morgan - Forward March (1963)
Derrick Morgan - Seven Letters (1969)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
Desmond Dekker - This is Desmond Dekker (1969)
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969) (AKA Wonderful World, Beautiful People)
Laurel Aitken - Ska With Laurel (1965)
laurel Aitken - Fire (1969)
Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop (1964)
Prince Buster - I Feel the Spirit (1963)
Prince Buster - Fly Flying Ska (1964)
Prince Buster - Ten Commandments (1967)
Prince Buster - Judge dread Rocksteady (1967)
The Heptones - The Heptones (1967)
The Heptones - On Top (1968)
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965)
The Paragons - On the Beach (1967)
The Skatalites - Ska Authentic (1964)
The Skatalites - Ska Boo-Da-Ba (1966)
The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969)
The Upsetters - Return of Django (1969)
The Upsetters - The Upsetter (1969)
The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965)
Tommy McCook - Top Secret (1969)

70s & 80s

Alton Ellis - Mr. Soul of jamaica (1974)
Alton Ellis - Sunday Coming (1970)
Augustus Pablo - Ital Dub (1974)
Augustus Pablo -King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
Augustus Pablo - Rockers Meets King Tubbys In a Firehouse (1980)
Black Uhuru - Showcase (1979)
Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla (1980)
Black Uhuru - Red (1981)
Black Uhuru - Chill Out (1982)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Rastaman Vibration (1976)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Kaya (1978)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Survival (1979)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (1980)
Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man (1976)
Bunny Wailer - Struggle (1980)
Bunny Wailer - Rock 'n' Groove (1981)
Burning Spear - Studio One Presents Burning Spear (1973)
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975)
Burning Spear - Man in the Hills (1976)
Burning Spear - Social Living (1978)
Count Ossie - Groundation (1973)
Count Ossie - Tales of Mozambique (1975)
Delroy Wilson - Better Must Come (1971)
Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop (1970)
Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1970)
Jimmy Cliff - Struggling Man (1973)
King Tubby & The Aggrovators - Shalom Dub (1975)
King Tubby Meets the Upsetter - King Tubby Meets the Upsetter at the Grass Roots of Dub (1975)
Laurel Aitken - High Priest of Reggae (1970)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Africa's Blood (1972)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Lee "Scratch" Perry & the Upsetters - Revolution Dub (1975)
Madness - One Step beyond (1979)
Madness - Absolutely (1980)
Madness - 7 (1981)
Madness - Madness Presents the Rise and Fall (1982)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)
Peter Tosh - Mystic man (1979)
Phyllis Dillon - One Life to Live (1972)
Prince Far I - Psalms For I (1976)
Prince Far I - Under Heavy Manners (1976)
Prince Far I - Long Life (1978)
Prince far I - Free From sin (1979)
Prince Far I - Jamaican Heroes (1980)
Prince Far I & the Arabs - Cry Tuff Dub Encounter, Chapter 1 (1978)
Prince Far I & the Arabs - Message From the King (1978)
Scientist - Introducing Scientist: The Best Dub Album in the World (1980)
Scientist - Scientist Meets the Space Invaders (1981)
Scientist - Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (1981)
Sly & Robbie - Rhythm Killers (1987)
Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - King Tubby Meets The Aggrovators At Dub Station (1975)
The Beat (English Beat) - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
The Beat (English Beat) - Wha'ppen (1981)
The Beat (English Beat) - Special Beat Service (1982)
The Gladiators - Trench Town Mix Up (1978)
The Heptones - Black is Black (1970)
The Heptones - Freedom Line (1971)
The Heptones - The Heptones & Their Friends: Meet the Now Generation! (1972)
The Maytals - From the Roots (1970)
The Selecter - Too Much Pressure (1980)
The Selecter - Celebrate the Bullet (1981)
The Specials - More Specials (1980)
The Upsetters - The Good, The Bad and the Upsetters (1970)
The Upsetters - Dub Blackboard Jungle (1973)
The Upsetters - Super Ape (1976)
The Wailers - Soul Rebels (1970)
The Wailers - Soul Revolution (1971)
Tommy McCook & The Aggravators - Brass Rockers (1975)
Toots & the Maytals - In the Dark (1976)
Toots & the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul (1976)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 03/7/2016 @ 20:46pm

Thanks DarinRG; this will be helpful at least for me since I know some of these artists but not all of them. This should be an interesting genre vote since relatively few albums of these genres are inducted in the Album Project.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 03/7/2016 @ 21:47pm

Thanks, Nick. One day a few weeks ago I was on a Desmond Dekker/Laurel Aitken/Prince Far I/Toots and the Maytals kick and I started thinking about how much significant ska and reggae music there is and how little we've touched it. Off the top of my head, I can only think of a few Marley/Wailers albums and one each from Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytals and the Specials that we've inducted. Those albums are all very deserving and a more than respectable start and hopefully this can be another good depth creator of a genre vote. Somewhere up the road I think it would be nice to add a bit more by hitting both ska and reggae as standalone genres, but essentially combining 60s and 70s Jamaican music (my original idea for a genre title, but I thought it would leave out important non-Jamaican artists, of which there are a few)into one broader genre should be a good framing for where we're at right now.

I'm really looking forward to both the Song and Album genre votes this month. 70s Light Rock isn't something that I'd sit around and listen to for the most part (though I have been known to listen to Gordon Lightfoot of my own free will on occasion), but I agree that it's a neglected genre that merits attention and like I said last night it holds some childhood nostalgia value for me.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/8/2016 @ 03:11am

DarinRG, would hope you would check out some stuff by Steel Pulse. Best 'old school' reggae I've found.

Also, check out Barrington Levy, Jackie Mittoo, The Itals, Black Uhuru, Third World, Burning Spear, Queen Ifrica, The Ethiopians, Zion, Bunny Ruggs, & UB40, among others.

Posted by Paul in KY on Tuesday, 03/8/2016 @ 07:16am

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Artist Vote

Grateful Dead
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Rush
Yes

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/8/2016 @ 17:23pm

My March 2016 Album Project Ballot:

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (1997)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts include Buckner & Garcia, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jethro Tull, and Mariah Carey.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 03/8/2016 @ 20:48pm

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces (1980)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)

Last cuts were Dire Straits, Mariah Carey, and Snow Patrol.

Belle And Sebastian
Pet Shop Boys
Swans
The Carpenters
Warren Zevon

The last cut was the Grateful Dead.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 03/8/2016 @ 20:54pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978) - 14

John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973) - 12

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987) - 11

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987) - 10
____________________

Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 7
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005) - 7
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) - 7
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 7
____________________

Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces (1980) - 6
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 6
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 6

Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006) - 4

ZZ Top - Degüello (1979) - 3

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007) - 2
Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (1997) - 2
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 2
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996) - 2

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0

This vote count included the following votes:

Greg F.
Gassman
Nick
Dr. W
dmg
Ry Guy
Donnie
DarinRG
joker
jtrichey
BSLO
Darren
Lax33
AlexVoltaire
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker:

Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker. To participate, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 4 points, the second-highest 3 points and so on.

The 1 album that receives the most points will be inducted. In the event of a tie, the tie will be won by the album that receives the most first-place overall votes. If that doesn't resolve the tie, there will be another tiebreaker vote, involving the albums involved in the second tiebreaker.

The 3 albums that aren't inducted will be automatically nominated for the next vote that they're qualified to be included in. I don't think that any of the albums would qualify for this month's genre votes (Ska / Rocksteady / Reggae / Dub), though feel free to correct me if you think I'm wrong, so that would be the April Album Project.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 00:22am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results of the Artist Selection Vote:

Grateful Dead - 7
Prince - 7
________________________

Neil Young - 6
Warren Zevon - 6

Belle And Sebastian - 5
Madonna - 5
The Carpenters - 5
Yes - 5

Buddy Guy - 4
Pearl Jam - 4
Swans - 4
________________________

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 3
Pet Shop Boys - 3
Train - 3

Dan Fogelberg - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - 2
Elvis Presley - 2
John Mellencamp - 2
Rush - 2

There will be a tiebreaker between Grateful Dead and Prince to determine which artist will be selected this month.

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, select either Grateful Dead or Prince. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

The tiebreaker winner will be selected for this month's Artist vote. The loser will be selected for the April Artist vote.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 00:42am

This month's genre is "Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub". I'm not sure what years this genre is supposed to be limited to, but the suggestion was the the genres be broken up after 1970, so until we get more input, we'll go with "1900-1970" and "1971-2014" and adjust as necessary. Please read the posts from the past few days to understand the definition of the genre.

Nominations are now open for the first of this month's two genre votes "Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub 1900-1970".

Voters can nominate two albums that they feel belong in this genre vote. If you feel that an album is nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations (nominations can be protested during nomination) and one day designated for review and protests.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 10th. Review will end and voting will open at 10 PM Central on Friday the 11th. There will then be five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 00:50am

Disclosure - Settle (2013) (4 Points)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) (3 Points)
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005) (2 Points)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) (1 Point)

Artist Vote

Prince

Genre Vote

The Skatalites - Ska Authentic (1964)
Laurel Aitken - Ska With Laurel (1965)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 01:24am

Nominees:

Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
The Upsetters - Return of Django (1969)

Artist Tiebreaker:

The Grateful Dead

Album Tiebreaker:

1. Disclosure - Settle (2013) (4 points)
2. Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005) (3 points)
3. The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) (2 points)
4. Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 01:49am

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - People Get Ready This is Rock Steady (1967)
Prince Buster - Judge dread Rocksteady (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 12:38pm

Album Tiebreaker:

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) (4 pts)
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Disclosure - Settle (2013) (1 pt)

Artist Tiebreaker:

Prince

Genre Nominations (1900-1970):

Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 13:25pm

General Tie-breaker

1. Train- Drops of Jupiter (2001) (4 pts)
2. Grateful Dead- Anthem of the Sun (1968) (3 pts)
3. Sleater-Kinney- The Wood (2005) (2 pts)
4. Disclosure- Settle (2013) (1 pt)

Artist Tie-Breaker

Prince

Genre Nominations

Alton Ellis- Sings Rock and Soul (1967)
The Paragons- On the Beach (1967)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 15:11pm

Disclosure - Settle (2013)-4
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)-3
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)-2
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)-1

Artist Tie Breaker

Prince

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 16:06pm

"DarinRG, would hope you would check out some stuff by Steel Pulse. Best 'old school' reggae I've found.

Also, check out Barrington Levy, Jackie Mittoo, The Itals, Black Uhuru, Third World, Burning Spear, Queen Ifrica, The Ethiopians, Zion, Bunny Ruggs, & UB40, among others."

Thanks for the suggestions Paul. I enjoy Burning Spear, Black Uhuru and the Ethiopians quite a bit and I've listed to Steel Pulse and Third World a few times and like them just fine. Barrington Levy, Jackie Mittoo, The Itals, Queen Ifrica, Zion and Bunny Ruggs are all some new ideas for me to check out. As far as UB40 goes, growing up in the 80s they were pretty ubiquitous and I could handle never hearing Red, Red Wine ever again, but as you know, they had some great stuff if you dig a little deeper.

Why don't you join us this month. You could make a good contribution.

"I'm not sure what years this genre is supposed to be limited to, but the suggestion was the the genres be broken up after 1970, so until we get more input, we'll go with "1900-1970" and "1971-2014" and adjust as necessary."

Sorry, I wasn't able to be around yesterday, but this is fine. I know that there's some pioneering work from the 50s that fits the genre. Previous to that it gets a little fuzzy for me aside from understanding the foundation that American R&B and Soul provided for the Jamaicans.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 17:56pm

I'll just submit one nominee because I already want to vote for 10 of the 10 albums already nominated.

Derrick Morgan - Seven Letters (1969)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 18:07pm

This vote count included the following votes:

Greg F.
Gassman
Nick
Dr. W
dmg
Ry Guy
Donnie
DarinRG
joker
jtrichey
BSLO
Darren
Lax33
AlexVoltaire
Tom H.
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03.9.16 @ 00:22am

What about my vote?

Posted by Max on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 18:20pm

The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005) - 2
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 1

Artist Tiebreaker - Prince

Both Grateful Dead and Prince are two great choices for the artist selection here in the Album Project.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 19:53pm

Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005) - 4
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) -3
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 2
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 20:51pm

Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 21:48pm

Genre Nominations:
Desmond Dekker - This is Desmond Dekker (1969)
The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 03/9/2016 @ 22:54pm

tiebreaker:

1. Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)
2. Disclosure - Settle (2013)
3. The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
4. Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 00:33am

Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005) 4
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) 3
Disclosure - Settle (2013) 2
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) 1

Grateful Dead

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 00:50am

Max - I included 18 ballots, but only listed 15 voters in my total. Yours was one of the ballots that I included in the total, but was left off the list. Jennifer and SotN are the other two left off the list, though their votes were counted.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 01:46am

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) 4
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) 3
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005) 2
Disclosure - Settle (2013) 1

Artist Tie-Breaker: Prince

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 15:53pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot for this week.

The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) - 4
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 2
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 1

My artist Vote tiebreaker for this month is:

Prince

And my Genre vote nominations this week are:

Bob Marley and The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965)
Rico Rodriguez - Rico In Reggaeland (1969)

It was a bit of a find for the Genre ballot,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 20:58pm

Prince

Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005) - 4
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 3
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) - 2
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 20:58pm

Prince

The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 21:28pm

Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) - 2
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 1

Posted by joker on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 22:39pm

The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005) - 2
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 1

Grateful Dead

I don't think I'm gonna nominate anything for this part of the genre ballot, since there's already plenty that I'd vote for, but I got dibs on Mystic Man and Another Cycle when the post-1970 part happens.

Posted by Max on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 22:49pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

By a 9-3 vote, Prince has been selected for this month's Artist Vote. Grateful Dead lost the tiebreaker and has been selected for the April Artist Vote.

Albums by Prince will not be eligible for the the next 6 months, not including votes the remainder of this month.

Albums by Grateful Dead WILL be eligible for all votes in April, but will not be eligible for votes for the next 6 months, starting in May.

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Vote.

This month's selected artist is Prince.

Voters can nominate one album by Prince (including any of his solo albums or albums recorded with his bands) that hasn't already been inducted and was released from 1900-2014 (2015 albums are not eligible until April).

Here are the albums by Prince that have already been inducted:

1999 (1982)
Dirty Mind (1990)
Purple Rain (1984)
Sign O' The Time (1987)

Here is a link to wikipedia's entry for Prince's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_discography

Nominations will remain open until after the conclusion of the first Song Project and Album Project Genre votes (including tiebreakers, if necessary).

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 23:26pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005) - 47
_________________________

The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) - 46
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 35
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 32

The Grateful Dead, Disclosure and Train will automatically be nominated for the Album Project in April.

Here is the class of inductees for this month's Album Project:

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 23:28pm

Nominations are now closed and review is now open for the first genre vote this month.

Here are the nominated albums (please let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Alton Ellis - Sings Rock and Soul (1967)
Bob Marley and The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965)
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - People Get Ready This is Rock Steady (1967)
Derrick Morgan - Seven Letters (1969)
Desmond Dekker - This is Desmond Dekker (1969)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)
Laurel Aitken - Ska With Laurel (1965)
Prince Buster - Judge dread Rocksteady (1967)
Rico Rodriguez - Rico In Reggaeland (1969)
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965)
The Paragons - On the Beach (1967)
The Skatalites - Ska Authentic (1964)
The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969)
The Upsetters - Return of Django (1969)

If you feel that any of these albums have been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 11th after which there will be 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 23:30pm

I'll place my artist vote nomination early:

Prince and the Revolution - Parade (1986)

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 23:34pm

Artist vote nomination:

Prince- Controversy (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 23:38pm

Artist Nomination
Prince - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 03/10/2016 @ 23:38pm

Just a technical note in case it's inducted, The Wailing Wailers would be credited as "The Wailers" rather than "Bob Marley & the Wailers". Natty Dread (1975)was the first non-compilation credited as the latter.

Also, very strong ballot. Well done.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/11/2016 @ 02:01am

I just want to thank everyone who helped induct Paris 1919. This is the 1st album I've EVER nominated that was voted in!!

I promise not to do anything silly that would undermine the integrity of The Album Project going forward. It is clearly the crown jewel of all the projects currently operating here. If I do return, any nomination would be totally on the up and up.

Posted by joker on Friday, 03/11/2016 @ 02:36am

Artist Nomination

Prince- Art Official Age (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/11/2016 @ 08:33am

FRL,

The name of the Sleater-Kinney album being inducted this month should be: Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005), not Sleater-Kinney - The Wood (2005). Sorry for the delayed post about it. I noticed it yesterday but forgot to mention it when I voted.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 03/11/2016 @ 16:54pm

March 2016 Artist Album Nomination:

Prince - Batman (1989)

Does the ban for 6 months after this vote on Prince include only the albums or both the songs and albums?

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 03/11/2016 @ 17:23pm

Artist Vote Nomination

Prince- Around the World in a Day (1985)

To answer Jennifer's question, the ban is just for albums. If (and when, I'm sure it'll happen at some point) Prince is the selected artist for the Artist Vote in the Song Project, then his songs would be banned from being nominated for 6 months.

Each ban is for the respective project (Album Project or Song Project).

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 03/11/2016 @ 17:54pm

Artist nomination:

Prince - Gold Experience (1995)

FRL - Prince's Dirty Mind was released in 1980, not 1990.

Posted by dmg on Friday, 03/11/2016 @ 20:08pm

Apologies for not posting this last night.

Review is now over. There weren't any protested albums removed.

Here are the nominated albums:

Alton Ellis - Sings Rock and Soul (1967)
Bob Marley and The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965)
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - People Get Ready This is Rock Steady (1967)
Derrick Morgan - Seven Letters (1969)
Desmond Dekker - This is Desmond Dekker (1969)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)
Laurel Aitken - Ska With Laurel (1965)
Prince Buster - Judge dread Rocksteady (1967)
Rico Rodriguez - Rico In Reggaeland (1969)
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965)
The Paragons - On the Beach (1967)
The Skatalites - Ska Authentic (1964)
The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969)
The Upsetters - Return of Django (1969)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums to have their vote counted.

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/12/2016 @ 15:04pm

Jennifer - Donnie is correct. Prince will only be banned from Album Projects for the next 6 months (starting in April). His songs are still eligible in the Song Project and he's still eligible to be selected for the Artist Vote in the Song Project.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/12/2016 @ 15:05pm

The Wailers- The Wailing Wailers (1965)
Desmond Dekker & The Aces- Action!(1968)
Jimmy Cliff- Jimmy Cliff (1969)
Laural Aitken- Ska With Laural (1965)
The Maystals- The Sensational Maystals (1965)
The Skatalites- Ska Authentic (1964)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/12/2016 @ 17:25pm

Bob Marley and The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965)
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - People Get Ready This is Rock Steady (1967)
Desmond Dekker - This is Desmond Dekker (1969)
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965)
The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969)

Posted by Max on Saturday, 03/12/2016 @ 23:18pm

My ballot

Alton Ellis - Sings Rock and Soul (1967)
Bob Marley and The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965)
The Paragons - On the Beach (1967)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 03/13/2016 @ 20:54pm

Derrick Morgan - Seven Letters (1969)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
Laurel Aitken - Ska With Laurel (1965)
Prince Buster - Judge Dread Rocksteady (1967)
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965)
The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 03/14/2016 @ 16:45pm

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - People Get Ready This is Rock Steady (1967)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
Laurel Aitken - Ska With Laurel (1965)
Prince Buster - Judge dread Rocksteady (1967)
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965)
The Upsetters - Return of Django (1969)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 03/14/2016 @ 21:30pm

My current vote count:

The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965) - 5

Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968) - 4

Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969) - 3
Laurel Aitken - Ska With Laurel (1965) - 3
The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965) - 3
______________________________

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - People Get Ready This is Rock Steady (1967) - 2
Prince Buster - Judge dread Rocksteady (1967) - 2
The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969) - 2

Alton Ellis - Sings Rock and Soul (1967) - 1
Derrick Morgan - Seven Letters (1969) - 1
Desmond Dekker - This is Desmond Dekker (1969) - 1
The Paragons - On the Beach (1967) - 1
The Skatalites - Ska Authentic (1964) - 1
The Upsetters - Return of Django (1969) - 1

Rico Rodriguez - Rico In Reggaeland (1969) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Max
Donnie
DarinRG
BSLO

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/15/2016 @ 01:29am

Alton Ellis - Sings Rock and Soul (1967)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965)
The Paragons - On the Beach (1967)
The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Tuesday, 03/15/2016 @ 03:17am

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - People Get Ready This is Rock Steady (1967)
Derrick Morgan - Seven Letters (1969)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965)
The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 03/15/2016 @ 08:54am

Alton Ellis - Sings Rock and Soul (1967)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)
Prince Buster - Judge Dread Rocksteady (1967)
The Upsetters - Return of Django (1969)
The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965)

Last cuts: Laurel Aitken, The Skatalites (Ska Authentic), and the Maytals (because they didn't need my help at this point).

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 03/15/2016 @ 19:29pm

Here is my ballot for this week's Special Election for Reggae and Ska.

Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)
The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965)
Rico Rodriguez - Rico In Reggaeland (1969)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965)
Laurel Aitken - Ska With Laurel (1965)

In addition, here is my Artist Vote nomination for this month.

Prince - Emancipation (1996)

Thanks to our fellow posters for an interesting genre consideration,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Tuesday, 03/15/2016 @ 20:44pm

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - People Get Ready This is Rock Steady (1967)
Desmond Dekker - This is Desmond Dekker (1969) 
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)
The Paragons - On the Beach (1967)
The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969)
The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 03/16/2016 @ 00:30am

DARREN:

Yeah, I know, I'm not on the Revisited page. Once again, I am magically denied access (who knows?).

I read that anyone can vote in the tie-breaker here? I have 15 albums ranked. Mind if I jump in?

Nirvana - Nevermind (1991) - 15
The Doors - The Doors (1967) - 14
The Beatles - Rubber Soul [UK] (1965) - 13
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1969) - 12
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987) - 11

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1967) - 10
The Beatles - Revolver [UK] (1966) - 9
Led Zeppelin - Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV/ZOSO) (1971) - 8
Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982) - 7
The Who - Who's Next (1971) - 6
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (1973) - 5
U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987) - 4
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966) - 3
Radiohead - OK Computer (1997) - 2
Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain (1984) - 1

Thanks. :)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 03/16/2016 @ 06:02am

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - People Get Ready This is Rock Steady (1967)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)
Prince Buster - Judge dread Rocksteady (1967)
The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969)
The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/16/2016 @ 09:06am

My nominations

Burning Spear- Jah Kingdom (1991)
The Specials- More Specials (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/16/2016 @ 23:19pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968) - 9
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969) - 9

The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965) - 8

The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965) - 7

The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969) - 6
____________________

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - People Get Ready This is Rock Steady (1967) - 5

Laurel Aitken - Ska With Laurel (1965) - 4
Prince Buster - Judge dread Rocksteady (1967) - 4

Alton Ellis - Sings Rock and Soul (1967) - 3
The Paragons - On the Beach (1967) - 3

Derrick Morgan - Seven Letters (1969) - 2
Desmond Dekker - This is Desmond Dekker (1969) - 2
The Upsetters - Return of Django (1969) - 2

Rico Rodriguez - Rico In Reggaeland (1969) - 1
The Skatalites - Ska Authentic (1964) - 1

This vote count included the following votes:

Greg F
Max
Donnie
DarinRG
BSLO
AlexVoltaire
Gassman
SotN
Lax33
Nick
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965)
The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969)
The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/16/2016 @ 23:32pm

Nominations are now open for this month's second genre vote, "1971-2014".

The following albums have already been nominated (let me know if I've missed any):

Burning Spear - Jah Kingdom (1991)
The Specials - More Specials (1980)

Voters can nominate two albums that they feel belong in this genre vote. If you feel that an album is nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations (nominations can be protested during nomination) and one day designated for review and protests.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 18th. Review will end and voting will open at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 19th. There will then be five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/16/2016 @ 23:35pm

I normally am not a fan of co-nominations for one act, but...

Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 03/17/2016 @ 00:02am

Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer (1976)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 03/17/2016 @ 02:48am

Can't complain about that class. That was a completely failproof ballot to work from, though. Not a single bad choice on it.

For round 2:

Black Uhuru - Red (1981)

Prince Far I - Under Heavy Manners (1976)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 03/17/2016 @ 03:29am

The Congos- Heart of the Congos (1977)
Peter Tosh- Equal Rights (1977)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Thursday, 03/17/2016 @ 06:22am

Jimmy Cliff - Another Cycle (1971)
Peter Tosh - Mystic Man (1979)

Posted by Max on Thursday, 03/17/2016 @ 22:57pm

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (1980)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 03/17/2016 @ 23:06pm

Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1970)
Toots & the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul (1976)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/18/2016 @ 14:25pm

Since Prince is our selected choice for the Artist vote this month, I wanted to let everyone know that Prince announced today that he is writing an autobiography (he says it's "unconventional memoir").. This is major news and something I'll definitely have to read when it's released in Fall 2017. It's on Rolling Stone's website for more details.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 03/18/2016 @ 22:47pm

My nominations:

I'll admit that this genre isn't my area of expertise, but these albums show up at the top of a lot of the "Best Ska Albums" lists that I found online:

Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb (2003)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/18/2016 @ 22:57pm

Nominations are now closed and review is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
Black Uhuru - Red (1981)
Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer (1976)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (1980)
Burning Spear - Jah Kingdom (1991)
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975)
Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1970)
Jimmy Cliff - Another Cycle (1971)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)
Peter Tosh - Mystic Man (1979)
Prince Far I - Under Heavy Manners (1976)
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb (2003)
The Congos - Heart of the Congos (1977)
The Specials - More Specials (1980)
Toots & the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul (1976)

If you feel that an album has been nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote. If your song is protested and you'd like it nominated for the April Album Project, let me know.

Review will end and voting will open at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/18/2016 @ 23:12pm

"I'll admit that this genre isn't my area of expertise, but these albums show up at the top of a lot of the "Best Ska Albums" lists that I found online:"

Op Ivy - Energy is in bounds enough. It's also a very good album from a plenty respectable band. I'm not familiar with the Streetlight Manifesto album yet, but I'll give it a spin before I vote.

I think this ballot rounded out pretty well. It's heavy on important core genre artists and albums with a few more than credible revivalists and a couple good ouliers that still fit.

I'm just glad that nobody went for Reel Big Fish or No Doubt. I'd have been merciless about that. :)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03/19/2016 @ 01:08am

Review is now over and voting is now open.

There weren't any successfully protested albums.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
Black Uhuru - Red (1981)
Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer (1976)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (1980)
Burning Spear - Jah Kingdom (1991)
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975)
Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1970)
Jimmy Cliff - Another Cycle (1971)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)
Peter Tosh - Mystic Man (1979)
Prince Far I - Under Heavy Manners (1976)
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb (2003)
The Congos - Heart of the Congos (1977)
The Specials - More Specials (1980)
Toots & the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul (1976)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballots to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/19/2016 @ 23:15pm

Voting is now open for this month's Artist Project Vote.

This month's selected artist is Prince.

Here are the albums that have been nominated for this vote (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Around the World in a Day (1985)
Art Official Age (2014)
Batman (1989)
Controversy (1981)
Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Emancipation (1996)
Gold Experience (1995)
Parade (1986)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums (a minimum of 3 is required for a valid ballot).

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/19/2016 @ 23:24pm

Both ballots for this genre were so strong that I had to bump one of my own nominees both times.

Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
Black Uhuru - Red (1981)
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)
Toots & the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul (1976)

Prince - Controversy (1981)
Prince & the Revolution - Parade (1986)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 03/20/2016 @ 01:21am

Burning Spear- Marcus Garvey (1975)
Peter Tosh- Equal Rights (1977)
The Specials- More Specials (1980)
Madness- One Step Beyond... (1979)
Bob Marley & The Wailers- Uprising (1980)
Toots & The Maystals- Reggae Got Soul (1976)

Controversy
Parade
Around the World in a Day
Art Offical Age
Diamonds and Pearls

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/20/2016 @ 15:12pm

DARREN -

I'm over here again. You wanted 10 albums ranked? Here you go:

Nirvana - Nevermind (1991) - 10
The Doors - The Doors (1967) - 9
Led Zeppelin - Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV/ZOSO) (1971) - 8
The Beatles - Rubber Soul [UK] (1965) - 7
The Beatles - Revolver [UK] (1966) - 6
Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982) - 5
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966) - 4
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (1973) - 3
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) - 2
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965) - 1

I'll try & temporarily set up camp on the Album Project page, as long as I can. If I get evicted, keep a light burning in the window, so I may find my way home... :)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Sunday, 03/20/2016 @ 15:55pm

Black Uhuru - Red (1981)
Burning Spear - Jah Kingdom (1991)
Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1970)
Jimmy Cliff - Another Cycle (1971)
Peter Tosh - Mystic Man (1979)
Toots & the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul (1976)

Around the World in a Day (1985)
Art Official Age (2014)
Batman (1989)
Parade (1986)

Posted by Max on Sunday, 03/20/2016 @ 17:59pm

My Reggae Ballot:

Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer (1976)
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975)
Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1970)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)

My Prince Ballot:

Around the World in a Day (1985)
Art Official Age (2014)
Batman (1989)
Controversy (1981)
Parade (1986)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 03/21/2016 @ 02:55am

My ballot:

Black Uhuru - Red (1981)
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)
The Congos - Heart of the Congos (1977)
The Specials - More Specials (1980)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Monday, 03/21/2016 @ 03:20am

My Genre Vote Ballot

Black Uhuru - Red (1981)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (1980)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)
The Congos - Heart of the Congos (1977)

My Artist Vote Ballot (Prince)

Around the World in a Day (1985)
Batman (1989)
Controversy (1981)
Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Parade (1986)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 03/21/2016 @ 06:23am

Any interest or support for April's General Vote?
*=highest priority

Alanis Morisette- Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)*
Joe Jackson- Night and Day (1983)
Bonnie Tyler- Faster Than The Speed of Night (1983)*
Madonna- Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)*
Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)*
Britney Spears- Blackout (2007)*
Bob Weir- Ace (1972)
Wendy Carlos- Sonic Seasonings (1972)*
Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd- Jazz Samba (1962)*
Esquivel- Latin-Esque (1961)*
Les Baxter- Ritual of the Savage (1951)*
Martin Denny- Exotica (1957)
Buckingham Nicks- Buckingham Nicks (1972)
Chris Stapleton- Traveler (2015)*
Ashley Monroe- The Blade (2015)*
Bjork- Vulnicura (2015)*
Jamie Xx- In Colour (2015)
Neon Indian- Vega Intl Night School (2015)*
Blur- The Magic Whip (2015)
Janet Jackson- Unbreakable (2015)
FFS- FFS (2015)*
Baroness- Purple (2015)
Ghost- Meliora (2015)*

Genres:

Afrobeat*
Lounge/Exotica/Space Age Pop*
Progressive Metal/Symphonic Metal*
Power Pop*
Indie Rock/Pop*
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century*
Techno*
House/Trance*
Soft Rock/Singer-Songwriters
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers
Lesser Known Artists*
Motown
Psychedelic Era 1965-1975*

Arists:

Captain Beefheart*
John Lennon*
George Harrison*
Paul McCartney/Wings
Depeche Mode*
King Crimson*
Laura Nyro
Harry Nilsson*
Lucinda Williams*
Ryan Adams*
New Order*
Deadmau5*
Elton John*
Carly Simon
Carole King
Tim Buckley
Poco

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/22/2016 @ 02:19am

Greg - As usual it's tough to make a firm commitment without seeing the whole ballot, but Wendy Carlos would likely be a shoe in for me. I've been wanting to put some focus on some seminal electronic and experimental acts outside of Krautrock and Wendy Carlos and that particular album are at the top of that list. I've also been thinking a lot about the Terry Riley albums In C and A Rainbow in Curved Air, which are both considered among the most important in that area, but I'll probably wait a couple months on that with most enthusiasm likely being focused on newly eligibles for the next few rounds.

Pretty much any of the Jazz and Exotica stuff on your list really grabs my attention and if I didn't get to it right away, I would soon.

The Magic Whip is one of my bigger 2015 priorities among the more high profile choices that will get the early focus. Most of my 2015 favorites that have a realistic shot are going to be later in the year type candidates.

Joe Jackson is someone that I usually get behind pretty quickly and there are quite a few on your list that I'll look into further.

I could see myself getting behind pretty much any of the genres that you listed at some point, but Afrobeat, Lounge/Exotica/Space Age Pop and Lesser Known Artists grab me the most and I'll usually make room on my ballot for an electronic genre.

I'd be perfectly fine with any of the artist vote candidates that you listed, but Captain Beefheart, Depeche Mode, King Crimson, Lucinda Williams, Ryan Adams and Tim Buckley enthuse me the most. Elton John, John Lennon and Paul McCartney would probably be lowest priority for me in this area, but I wouldn't complain about any of them either.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/22/2016 @ 03:14am

Bob Weir- Ace (1972)
Chris Stapleton- Traveler (2015)*
Ashley Monroe- The Blade (2015)*
Jamie XX- In Colour (2015)

Love these albums.

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 03/22/2016 @ 03:14am

Being the deadhead that I am, there's no way I can't go for Ace. It's got some of my favorite tunes on it, but I think some other Dead albums like Europe 72, In The Dark or even JGB's Cats Down Under The Stars should be higher priorities. Would also go for Jamie xx and Chris Stapleton for sure, and for 2015 albums I would also throw Wilco - Star Wars and Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell in the ring for people to consider.

Posted by Max on Tuesday, 03/22/2016 @ 21:57pm

Greg from your genres/artists list, I’d support the following (no guarantees of course, but I’d be inclined to support):

Alanis Morisette- Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Madonna- Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)*
Bob Weir- Ace (1972)

I would have to listen to more of those 2015 albums you mentioned before I could support them.

Power Pop**
Indie Rock/Pop**
Soft Rock**
Motown**
Psychedelic Era, 1965-1975**

George Harrison*
Paul McCartney*
Depeche Mode
Laura Nyro*
Lucinda Williams
Carole King*

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 03/22/2016 @ 22:41pm

Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb (2003)
The Congos - Heart of the Congos (1977)

Around the World in a Day (1985)
Controversy (1981)
Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Gold Experience (1995)
Parade (1986)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 03/22/2016 @ 23:38pm

Genre Vote:

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (1980)
Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1970)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)
Toots & the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul (1976)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/23/2016 @ 09:43am

Artist Vote:

Art Official Age (2014)
Controversy (1981)
Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Gold Experience (1995)
Parade (1986)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/23/2016 @ 16:41pm

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (1980)
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975)
Jimmy Cliff - Another Cycle (1971)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)
The Specials - More Specials (1980)

Art Official Age (2014)
Controversy (1981)
Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Gold Experience (1995)
Parade (1986)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 03/23/2016 @ 17:00pm

Yes! We are only about a week away from being able to vote and nominate 2015 albums (Finally! Still need to kill that rule). Here are my top-50 albums from last year, I'd be willing to vote for almost all of these and I'll be nominating many from the top half for probably the rest of the year.

1. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly (4.5)
2. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell (4.5)
3. Kamasi Washington – The Epic (4.5)
4. The Decemberists – What A terrible World, What A Beautiful World (4.0)
5. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear (4.0)
6. Tame Impala – Currents (4.0)
7. Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color (4.0)
8. Florence + The Machine – How Big, How Beautiful, How Blue (4.0)
9. Chris Stapleton – Traveller (4.0)
10. Courtney Barnett – sometimes I sit and think, and sometimes I just sit (4.0)
11. Deafheaven – New Bermuda (4.0)
12. Titus Andronicus – The Most Lamentable Tragedy (4.0)
13. Kacey Muscgraves – Pageant Material (4.0)
14. Jason Isabel – Something More Than Free (4.0)
15. The Staves – It Was (4.0)
16. Jamie XX – In Colour (4.0)
17. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – Surf (4.0)
18. Ashley Monroe – The Blade (4.0)
19. Viet Cong – Viet Cong (4.0)
20. Ivy Tripp – Waxahatchee (4.0)
21. Girlpool – Before The World Was Big (4.0)
22. Pound – Man, It Feels Like Space Again (4.0)
23. Wilco – Star Wars (4.0)
24. Grimes – Art Angels (4.0)
25. Muse – Drones (4.0)
26. Brandi Carlile – The Firewatchers Daughter (4.0)
27. QUARTERBACKS – Quarterbacks (4.0)
28. Africa Express – Africa Express Presents… Terry Riley’s In C Mail (4.0)
29. The Mountain Goats – Beat The Champ (4.0)
30. The Chemical Brothers – Born In The Echo (4.0)
31. Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love (4.0)
32. Car Seat Headrest – Teens Of Style (4.0)
33. DIÄT – Positive Energy (4.0)
34. Watkins Family Hour – Watkins Family Hour (4.0)
35. Lord Huron – Strange Trails (4.0)
36. Blanck Mass – Dumb Flesh (4.0)
37. Punch Brothers – The Phosphorescent Blues (4.0)
38. Vince Staples – Summertime ’06 (4.0)
39. The Sword – High Country (4.0)
40. Rose Mountain – Screaming Females (4.0)
41. Kauan – Sorni Nai (4.0)
42. The Dear Hunter – Act IV: Rebirth And Reprise (4.0)
43. Neon Indian – VEGA Intl. Night School (4.0)
44. Eric Church – Mr. Misunderstood (4.0)
45. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Harmlessness (4.0)
46. Joanna Newsom – Divers (4.0)
47. Eskimeaux – O.K. (4.0)
48. Laura Marling – Short Movie (4.0)
49. Torres – Sprinter (4.0)
50. Hop Along – Painted Shut (4.0)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 03/23/2016 @ 17:23pm

Gassman- From that list, high priorities for me would be:

Kamasi Washington – The Epic
Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear
Courtney Barnett – sometimes I sit and think, and sometimes I just sit
The Mountain Goats – Beat The Champ
Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love
Lord Huron - Strange Trails
Torres – Sprinter
Africa Express – Africa Express Presents… Terry Riley’s In C Mali
Watkins Family Hour – Watkins Family Hour
Punch Brothers – The Phosphorescent Blues

I could also see myself getting behind:

Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
The Decemberists – What A terrible World, What A Beautiful World
Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
Kacey Musgraves – Pageant Material
Viet Cong – Viet Cong
Wilco – Star Wars
Grimes – Art Angels
The Chemical Brothers – Born In The Echo
Joanna Newsom – Divers
Laura Marling – Short Movie

Both of those lists are still growing and there's quite a bit on your list and lists that others have posted that I haven't checked out yet. A few others that range somewhere between "High Priority" and "Would Support" for me:

Linnea Olsson - Breaking and Shaking (Highly recommended listen for Kate Bush fans)

Leon Bridges - Coming Home (great old school R&B revival)

JD McPherson - Let the Good Times Roll (both of his albums are good 50s style RnR/R&B, without ever drowning in preciousness or cheap nostalgia)

Anna Von Hausswolff - The Miraculous(one of the most flat out unique and engaging artists from the Scandinavian singer-songwriter/neoclassical scene that's been so fertile this decade)

Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
William Elliott Whitmore - Radium Death
Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
Blur - The Magic Whip
Foals - What Went Down
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp
Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free
Beach House - Depression Cherry
High on Fire - Luminiferous
Richard Thompson - Still
Sunn O))) - Kannon
Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss
Calexico - Edge of the Sun
Gary Clark Jr. - The Story of Sonny Boy Slim
EL VY - Return to the Moon
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - The Traveling Kind
Kronos Quartet - Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector: Music of Terry Riley

Also, I know that there are other ambient fans around here. A few of my favorite Ambient albums of 2015:

Northaunt - Istid I-IV
Atrium Carceri - The Old City: Leviathan - OST
Max Richter - From Sleep
Klaus Schulze - La Vie Electronique 16
Kammarheit - The Nest
Steve Roach - Skeleton Keys

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 03/23/2016 @ 19:54pm

Here is my ballot for the Artist Vote for this month.

Prince - Emancipation (1996)
Prince - Controversy (1981)
Prince - Around The World In A Day (1985)
Prince - Art Official Age (2014)
Prince - Diamonds And Pearls (1991)

Regarding the second special election for Reggae and Ska; I did not post a nomination ballot, since I completely forgot to make a nomination list. With that in mind, I am not too certain that my ballot will be counted. If however it is counted, my ballot is:

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (1980)
Jimmy Cliff - Another Cycle (1971)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)
The Specials - More Specials (1980)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)

Thanks to fellow posters for some good suggestions for next month,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Wednesday, 03/23/2016 @ 21:01pm

I'm sure your vote will be counted, but you may need to fix it first- you've voted for "Equal Rights" twice. Since I'm the guy who nominated it, I'm flattered, but you'll need to select a sixth choice.

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Wednesday, 03/23/2016 @ 21:08pm

The rest of his ballot will be counted, even if Lax33 doesn't correct his mis-vote.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/23/2016 @ 22:20pm

The 2015 albums mentioned so far that I’d vote for at some point:
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
Kamasi Washington – The Epic
Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear
Tame Impala – Currents
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
Florence + The Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Chris Stapleton – Traveller
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free
Jamie xx – In Colour
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – Surf
Wilco – Star Wars
Punch Brothers – The Phosphorescent Blues
Vince Staples – Summertime ’06
Leon Bridges - Coming Home
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - The Traveling Kind
Gary Clark Jr. - The Story of Sonny Boy Slim

I’d also like to add the following albums to the discussion:
Natalie Prass - Natalie Prass
Future - 56 Nights
Clarence Clarity - No Now
The Weeknd - The Beauty Behind The Madness
Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth

Posted by Max on Wednesday, 03/23/2016 @ 23:31pm

Forgot to mention My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall. My highest priorities would be Currents, In Colour, ILYHB, The Epic, and TPAB.

Also, The Phosphorescent Blues needs some serious attention, too because there is next to no bluegrass representation in this project. The only album I can think of is the O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's it. Would you guys support Bluegrass in the next genre vote?

P.S. sorry for two post in a row.

Posted by Max on Wednesday, 03/23/2016 @ 23:59pm

My votes:

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (1980)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb (2003)
The Specials - More Specials (1980)

Art Official Age (2014)
Batman (1989)
Controversy (1981)
Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Parade (1986)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/24/2016 @ 00:39am

My current vote counts (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Genre Vote:

Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977) - 9

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (1980) - 6
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975) - 6
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979) - 6

The Specials - More Specials (1980) - 5
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Black Uhuru - Red (1981) - 4
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978) - 4
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989) - 4
Toots & the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul (1976) - 4

Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976) - 3
Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1970) - 3
Jimmy Cliff - Another Cycle (1971) - 3
The Congos - Heart of the Congos (1977) - 3

Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb (2003) - 2

Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer (1976) - 1
Burning Spear - Jah Kingdom (1991) - 1
Peter Tosh - Mystic Man (1979) - 1

Prince Far I - Under Heavy Manners (1976) - 0

Artist Vote:

Controversy (1981) - 9
Parade (1986) - 9
_________________________________

Diamonds and Pearls (1991) - 8

Art Official Age (2014) - 7

Around the World in a Day (1985) - 6

Batman (1989) - 4

Gold Experience (1995) - 3

Emancipation (1996) - 1

Voting in both projects ends at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 24th. I'll be unable to post the final results, so Gassman will be posting the final results and setting up any tiebreakers that are required.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/24/2016 @ 00:41am

Max- I'd enthusiastically support Bluegrass as a genre nominee. I remember having seen bluegrass albums and songs when we've done Country, but I don't recall ever having done a Bluegrass vote. I also think it's a genre that could merit a three round split, which we've done on rare occasions with genres that have a long chronology with multiple periods of relevance.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 03/24/2016 @ 02:33am

Black Uhuru - Red (1981)
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)
The Specials - More Specials (1980)

Last cuts: Streetlight Manifesto, Toots & the Maytals, and Desmond Dekker.

Around the World in a Day (1985)
Art Official Age (2014)
Controversy (1981)
Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Parade (1986)

The last cut was Gold Experience.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 03/24/2016 @ 17:22pm

Batman (1989)
Controversy (1981)
Parade (1986)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 03/24/2016 @ 22:53pm

DARREN -

I'm over here in the Album Project again. Here are my 15 albums. If this is too much trouble, I'll cut out after this vote. As I said before, I have no clue why the Revisited page won't work for me, but something's up w/it.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1967) - 15
Pearl Jam - Ten (1991) - 14
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1969) - 13
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970) - 12
AC/DC - Back In Black (1980) - 11

Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987) - 10
The Beatles - The Beatles (1968) - 9
The Who - Who's Next (1971) - 8
David Bowie - The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars (1972) - 7
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969) - 6
Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain (1984) - 5
U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987) - 4
Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979) - 3
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976) - 2
The Clash - London Calling (1979) - 1

Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 03/25/2016 @ 05:44am

Sorry guys for the delay!

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Genre Vote:

Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977) - 10

Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975) - 7
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979) - 7

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (1980) - 6
The Specials - More Specials (1980) - 6
_________________________________

Black Uhuru - Red (1981) - 5
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989) - 5

Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978) - 4
Toots & the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul (1976) - 4

Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976) - 3
Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1970) - 3
Jimmy Cliff - Another Cycle (1971) - 3
The Congos - Heart of the Congos (1977) - 3

Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb (2003) - 2

Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer (1976) - 1
Burning Spear - Jah Kingdom (1991) - 1
Peter Tosh - Mystic Man (1979) - 1

Prince Far I - Under Heavy Manners (1976) - 0

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (1980)
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)
The Specials - More Specials (1980)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 03/25/2016 @ 09:37am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Artist Vote:

Controversy (1981) - 10
Parade (1986) - 10
_________________________________

Diamonds and Pearls (1991) - 8

Art Official Age (2014) - 7

Around the World in a Day (1985) - 6

Batman (1989) - 5

Gold Experience (1995) - 3

Emancipation (1996) - 1

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Controversy (1981) - Prince
Parade (1986) - Prince & The Revolution

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 03/25/2016 @ 09:40am

DARREN -

In the immortal words of the Shermer High School theme song of 1985...

"Don't you forget about me..."

Rankings:

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1967) - 15
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987) - 14
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970) - 13
The Who - Who's Next (1971) - 12
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969) - 11

David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972) - 10
Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979) - 9
U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987) - 8
The Clash - London Calling (1979) - 7
Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain (1984)- 6
Radiohead - OK Computer (1997) - 5
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977) - 4
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (1967)- 3
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971) - 2
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988) - 1

Gracious thanks to Jennifer and Gassman, both of whom were kind enough to send up flares, lay bread crumbs, shoot off fireworks, re-position GPS, target me via satellite, and call in the Marines.

Actually, they just re-posted my lists.

It was fun to try & jump in again, but I don't wish to bother anyone any more w/re-postings. I just have some bizarre technical issues w/that one page. I'll drop out of this, till I can figure out what's up w/all this.

I'll let Golden Earring provide my fade-out music:

"Oh, I'm slippin' into the Twilight Zone...

Posted by Cheesecrop on Sunday, 03/27/2016 @ 11:39am

Nick wrote:

Darren, This is Cheesecrop's post on the album project. I'll be the third one to help him out and post on this forum. Cheesecrop, let us know and one of us will help you out so your vote gets counted.
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Nick - While it's very nice that you wish to do this, it isn't necessary. It's not right to have someone keep an eye out for my posts, in order to re-post them. I'll cut out here, & watch from the sidelines. I was able to participate in six or seven rounds, on and off, & that's fine. :)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 03/28/2016 @ 15:57pm

Cheesecrop,
It's not a big deal on my part. For an important vote as the one we're doing right now, the more the merrier. Keep posting your votes and I will definitely help you out.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 03/28/2016 @ 21:09pm

Cheesecrop,

It's not a big deal on my part. For an important vote as the one we're doing right now, the more the merrier. Keep posting your votes and I will definitely help you out.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 03.28.16 @ 21:09pm
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If you wish to, I will continue. If at any time you feel you want to stop, let me know. I'll stay on the Album page for my vote. Thanks! :)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 03/29/2016 @ 15:43pm

Rule Changes In 2016:

Starting in 2016, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2015.

Starting in 2016, albums released in 2015 will not be eligible for nomination until April. There will be a designated 2015 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination switches over to 2016.

Starting in 2016, elective (not mandatory as a result of an error in a cast ballot or necessary as a result of a missing song from the final list of nominated songs) vote switches are banned from all Album Project, Genre votes and Artist Project votes (including selection votes).

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote (there won't be one in January as a result of a tiebreaker in December), the selected artist will be banned from being nominated for any Album Project or Album Project Genre Project vote for the next 6 months (not counting the current month). To clarify, this begins next month, as the selection of Van Morrison took place prior to the new rule being applied.

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote, artists that receive 4 votes will automatically be nominated for the next Artist Project Artist Selection Vote. To clarify, this begins next month, as the December vote took place prior to the new rule being applied and there won't be a January vote as a result of the tiebreaker in the December vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

David Bowie (eligible again in September 2016)
Prince (eligible again in October 2016)
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate one album from 2015 and one album from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Disclosure - Settle (2013)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

2010's
70's Hard Rock
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
1960's R&B/Soul
Blues/Blues Rock
Country
Electronic
Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Movie Soundtracks

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"Post Punk/College Rock" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"Art Rock/Progressive Rock" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"Industrial" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Artists With 0 Albums Inducted In The Album Project" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"Debut Albums" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

As a result of losing a tiebreaker last month, Grateful Dead has been selected for this month's Artist Vote.

Nominations are now open. Voters can nominate one Grateful Dead song from 1900-2015 that hasn't already been inducted into the Album Project.

The following Grateful Dead albums have been previously inducted:

American Beauty (1970)
Live/Dead (1969)
Workingman's Dead (1970)

Here is a link to Wikipedia's Grateful Dead discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead_discography

The 1st through the 20th (approx.) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 album by the selected artist. If the selected artist has a small enough discography of eligible albums, nominations may be skipped with all eligible albums being eligible for the vote.

The 21st (approx.) through the 25th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/31/2016 @ 18:32pm

Nominations -
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 03/31/2016 @ 19:59pm

Albums:

Deodato - Deodato 2 (1973)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 03/31/2016 @ 20:41pm

Bjork - Vulnicura (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 03/31/2016 @ 20:48pm

My Nominations

Madonna- Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)
Chris Stapleton- Traveler (2015)

Genre

House/Techno/Trance

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/31/2016 @ 21:13pm

Nominations

Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
Janet Jaclson - Unbreakable (2015)

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 03/31/2016 @ 21:21pm

Kendrick Lamar-To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)--Someone had to do it.

Super Furry Animals-Rings Around the World (2001)

Post-Rock

Super Furry Animals

Posted by Dr. W on Thursday, 03/31/2016 @ 21:38pm

Albums
Phish - A Live One (1995)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)

Genre - Bluegrass

Artist
Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (1977)

Posted by Max on Thursday, 03/31/2016 @ 21:45pm

Album:

Kamasi Washington – The Epic (2015)

We could use a lot more jazz and this is one of the consistently best rated/reviewed albums of 2015, so it seems like a good twofer nominee.

Artist:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

I nominated two of the last three genres, so I'll skip that this month.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 04/1/2016 @ 00:01am

My nominations for April 2016/2041 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)

Genre

Novelty

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 04/1/2016 @ 00:09am

Artist

Grateful Dead- Blues for Allah (1975)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/1/2016 @ 03:27am

Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
Wilco- Star Wars (2015)

Artist

Grateful Dead- Europe '72 (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 04/1/2016 @ 08:14am

Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)

Hip Hop/Rap

The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) (in the event that it doesn't get inducted in the regular vote)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 04/1/2016 @ 11:53am

My nominations:

Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)
Brandi Carlile- The Firewatcher's Daughter (2015)

Genre nomination: Religious & Spiritual

Artist nomination: Paul McCartney and/or Wings

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Friday, 04/1/2016 @ 21:38pm

Looks like I didn't read the directions carefully enough. Cancel the artist nomination on my part.

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Friday, 04/1/2016 @ 21:43pm

Noms:

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 04/1/2016 @ 23:27pm

General Nomination

AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)

Genre Nomination

90's Electronica

Artist Vote Nomination (Grateful Dead)

The Grateful Dead- Aoxomoxoa (1969)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 04/2/2016 @ 02:06am

April 2016 Album Nomination:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 04/2/2016 @ 07:54am

If, and this is a big IF, Alone in the Universe by Jeff Lynne's ELO somehow gets inducted, it would belong on an FRL Jeff Lynne solo page!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 04/2/2016 @ 14:19pm

Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color (2015)
Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell (2015)

Genre: 2010's

Artist: Blues for Allah (1975)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 04/2/2016 @ 18:16pm

"Looks like I didn't read the directions carefully enough. Cancel the artist nomination on my part."

i did the same thing.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 04/2/2016 @ 18:48pm

first time voting in this project - let's see how this goes.

John Carpenter - Lost Themes (2015)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 04/2/2016 @ 19:34pm

Gassman- I already nominated Blues for Allah. You can nominate another Grateful Dead album if you'd like.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/2/2016 @ 19:39pm

Artist Nomination -
The Grateful Dead - In the Dark (1987)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/2/2016 @ 19:52pm

For the Grateful Dead artist vote there are still plenty of great albums that haven't been nominated yet. If somebody nominated them, I'd vote for Terrapin, EU72, Skull & Roses, and Shakedown Street, but only two of those have been nominated so far.

Posted by Max on Saturday, 04/2/2016 @ 22:17pm

Album Project

Adele - 25 (2015)

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015) - Maybe my favorite non-Kendrick album of 2015.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/3/2016 @ 01:06am

Thanks Greg F!

I'll replace it with Shakedown Street (1978)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 04/3/2016 @ 03:01am

Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 04/3/2016 @ 04:20am

Here are my nominees for this month's Album Project. Albeit, my ballot once again involves a recently departed artist.

Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime (2015)

My Artist Vote nomination for the month regarding The Grateful Dead is:

The Grateful Dead - From The Mars Hotel (1974)

My Genre Vote nomination is:

New Age

And my Artist to nominate next month is:

Harry Nillson

Do not be surprised at my selections,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Sunday, 04/3/2016 @ 20:54pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing or already inducted):

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Adele - 25 (2015)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
Bjork - Vulnicura (2015)
Brandi Carlile - The Firewatcher's Daughter (2015)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Chris Stapleton - Traveler (2015)
Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime (2015)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)
Deodato - Deodato 2 (1973)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
John Carpenter - Lost Themes (2015)
Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Phish - A Live One (1995)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknely sie oczy ziemi (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World (2001)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 00:14am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's R&B/Soul
2010's
70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Bluegrass
Blues/Blues Rock
Country
Electronic
Hip Hop/Rap
House/Techno/Trance
Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Movie Soundtracks
New Age
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Post-Rock
Religious & Spiritual

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres (a minimum of three is required for a valid ballot).

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 00:14am

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)

Last cuts (in no order) were Stapleton, Wilco, Adele, Florence, Sufjan, and Phish. Like I said in the song project, really tough ballot. So tough, that I had to cut one of my own nominations. I almost cut Kendrick and Courtney because they probably wouldn’t need any help, but since I’m the first voter so far, I decided not to chance it.

Bluegrass
Country
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz

Posted by Max on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 03:27am

I'll do my genre vote first:

2010's
Avant-Garde
Country
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Religious & Spiritual

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 04:03am

I figured everyone would nominate all the major 2015 albums, so I didn't nominate any, but now I wish I had nominated Beauty Behind the Madness, by the Weeknd. I figured someone would've. Oh well, I call dibs on that as my 2015 nominee next month, lol. On to the ballots...

General Ballot

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Adele - 25 (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Went ahead and cut Anthem of the Sun, because it if it loses it'll be in the Artist Vote round, which works for me.

Genre Ballot

1960's R&B/Soul
70's Hard Rock
90's Electronica
Blues/Blues Rock
Jazz

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 08:28am

Albums:

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Deodato - Deodato 2 (1973)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknely sie oczy ziemi (2015)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)

Genres:

Ambient
Avant-Garde
Jazz Fusion
New Age
Novelty

Posted by dmg on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 13:16pm

So many great 2015 albums, so little time.

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Chris Stapleton - Traveler (2015)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)

Last cuts, will get votes from me in the near future:

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 15:46pm

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)

Ambient
Avant-Garde
Bluegrass
House/Techno/Trance
Post-Rock

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 17:48pm

"Stara Rzeka - Zamknely sie oczy ziemi (2015)" -dmg

Wow, this was great. Thanks for pointing toward it.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 21:01pm

Bjork-Vulnicura (2015)
Kendrick Lamar-To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Super Furry Animals-Rings Around the World (2001)
Kendrick Lamar-To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)

Ambient
Avant-Garde
Post-Rock
Jazz
Electronic

Posted by Dr. W on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 21:07pm

Dr. W,
You will need to vote for another album (for a total of 6 albums) for your general ballot to count.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 21:27pm

Dr. W,
You will need to vote for another album (for a total of 6 albums) for your general ballot to count.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 21:27pm

@Nick

Thanks. I wasn't sure if it was 5 or 6.

Kamasi Washington-The Epic (2015) is my sixth choice for the ballot.

Thank you for your patience.

Posted by Dr. W on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 21:38pm

Dr. W, I think you're going to have to vote for another one, because it appears as though you voted for TPAB twice. Otherwise I need to get my eyes checked.

Posted by Max on Monday, 04/4/2016 @ 23:21pm

Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Madonna- Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)

Ambient
Blues/Blues Rock
House/Techno/Trance
Jazz
New Age

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/5/2016 @ 00:05am

Adele - 25 (2015)
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes i Just Sit (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)

70’s Hard Rock
2010’s
Blues/Blues Rock
Jazz
Original Broadway Cast Albums

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 04/5/2016 @ 00:36am

Adele - 25 (2015)
Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Brandi Carlile - The Firewatcher's Daughter (2015)
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)

Florence + the Machine was the last cut...

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Tuesday, 04/5/2016 @ 00:57am

Adele - 25 (2015)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 04/5/2016 @ 13:46pm

Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
John Carpenter - Lost Themes (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 04/5/2016 @ 21:17pm

Dr. W - Max is correct, you need to add another album to get to a full ballot because you voted for Kendrick twice.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/5/2016 @ 22:54pm

@Darren and Max

Florence + The Machine-How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) is my replacement pick.

Where was my mind yesterday?

Posted by Dr. W on Tuesday, 04/5/2016 @ 23:21pm

2010's
70's Hard Rock
Hip Hop/Rap
Movie Soundtracks
Post-Rock

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/5/2016 @ 23:54pm

Adele - 25 (2015)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)

Would support in the future:

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Chris Stapleton - Traveler (2015)
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/5/2016 @ 23:58pm

2010's
Avant-Garde
Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Original Broadway Cast Albums

Novelty was the last cut

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 04/6/2016 @ 10:47am

Adele - 25 (2015)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)

DarinRG- Thanks for nominating The Epic. I hadn't heard it before this past week but it is fast becoming one of my favorite jazz albums

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 04/6/2016 @ 19:19pm

Glad you enjoyed it, Tom. as much as I love Jazz, i rarely find contemporary Jazz albums that really grab me. I went into "The Epic" the first time skeptically just because of the level of hype surrounding it, but it more than lived up to it.

The Epic and the classic R&B of Leon Bridges-Coming Home were a couple refreshing throwbacks that hit a bullseye in 2015.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 04/6/2016 @ 21:08pm

Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
Bjork - Vulnicura (2015)
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 04/6/2016 @ 21:30pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime (2015)
Bjork - Vulnicura (2015)
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)
Madonna- Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)

And my Genre Vote ballot is:

Original Broadway Cast Albums
New Age
Hip Hop/Rap
Ambient
Electronic

A rarity of four new-ish albums on one ballot,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Wednesday, 04/6/2016 @ 22:26pm

April 2016 Album Genre Votes:

70's Hard Rock
2010's
Movie Soundtracks
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums

Last Cuts are Country and New Age.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 04/6/2016 @ 22:46pm

Bjork - Vulnicara (2015)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1995)
Death Cab For Cutie - Translanticism (2003)
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon (2009)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)

Posted by Scott Banks on Wednesday, 04/6/2016 @ 22:50pm

Genre selection voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Jazz - 6
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2010's - 5
Ambient - 5
Avant-Garde - 5
Original Broadway Cast Albums - 5

70's Hard Rock - 4
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Blues/Blues Rock - 3
Hip Hop/Rap - 3
New Age - 3
Post-Rock - 3

Bluegrass - 2
Country - 2
Electronic - 2
House/Techno/Trance - 2
Jazz Fusion - 2
Movie Soundtracks - 2
Novelty - 2

1960's R&B/Soul - 1
90's Electronica - 1
Religious & Spiritual - 1

This month's selected genre is "Jazz".

Nominations will begin at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th. Please use the time before then to determine if we will split the genre into two votes and, if so, when that split would take place.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/7/2016 @ 01:54am

I'm not really sure if we should split on jazz or not. There really wasn't much albums in existence before 1950, so most of the great jazz artists from the 20's, 30's, and 40's mostly had songs and not albums as much. The few that were around, we've already inducted most likely. Obviously the heyday of full-length jazz albums was in the 50's and 60's. After the 70's, jazz kind of died out (with the exception of jazz fusion). So I almost think we don't really need to split the genre.

If we do though, I'd say let's split it between 1900-1960, and 1961-2015.

Thoughts?

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 04/7/2016 @ 04:54am

I also have a massive list of notable jazz artists that I could post, if anyone would like me to, as a point of reference.

I'm actually pretty excited about jazz being the selected genre this month. We've got some pretty notable snubs of the genre that we need to fill with this vote, I feel.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 04/7/2016 @ 04:57am

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) - 11

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015) - 8

Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015) - 7

Adele - 25 (2015) - 6
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Bjork - Vulnicura (2015) - 4
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 4
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 4
Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005) - 4
Wilco - Star Wars (2015) - 4
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Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015) - 3
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979) - 3
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) - 3
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015) - 3
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3

Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003) - 2
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Trilogy (1972) - 2
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015) - 2
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977) - 2
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 2
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015) - 2
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015) - 2
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) - 2

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 1
Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement (2008) - 1
Brandi Carlile - The Firewatcher's Daughter (2015) - 1
Chris Stapleton - Traveler (2015) - 1
Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime (2015) - 1
Deodato - Deodato 2 (1973) - 1
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 1
John Carpenter - Lost Themes (2015) - 1
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015) - 1
Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World (2001) - 1

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 0
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015) - 0
Phish - A Live One (1995) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/7/2016 @ 12:22pm

I agree that there isn't a real need to split for the same reasons mentioned previously.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/7/2016 @ 13:25pm

Vote

Adele - 25 (2015)
Bjork - Vulnicara (2015)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)

Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 04/7/2016 @ 17:12pm

Adele - 25 (2015)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
John Carpenter - Lost Themes (2015)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 04/8/2016 @ 12:38pm

Adele - 25 (2015)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement(2008)
Coldplay - Adventure of a Lifetime (2015)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015)

Posted by Chuck on Friday, 04/8/2016 @ 14:24pm

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015)
Adele - 25 (2015)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 04/8/2016 @ 19:25pm

Going for a majority 2015 ballot here.

Bjork - Vulnicura (2015)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)

Last cuts: Janet Jackson, John Carpenter, Chris Stapleton, and Adele.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 04/8/2016 @ 21:07pm

Slight question before the genre vote comes up:

I want to up Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here (1968), but it's a compilation. According to the top of the page, the album would be eligible because, despite release in 1968, the entire album consists of recordings from 1933 and 1949, both prior to the 65 cut-off rule.

Is that rule still in effect, or has it been cut out?

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 04/9/2016 @ 00:21am

It's been so long that I really don't remember the rule of thumb here either, but I've actually been wanting to revisit the subject of compilations and get a refresher on the current rules and also see if anybody had any strong feelings either way about amending them.

I'm definitely opposed to Greatest Hits collections being inducted (and I could be wrong, but I don't think the Art Tatum album would be considered a greatest hits collection, and I had some similar thoughts about a Laurel Aitken singles collection in the last genre vote), but I'm a little warmer to the idea of B-Side collections (Oasis-The Masterplan, Suede - Sci Fi Lullabies and Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot, are a few off the top of my head that are stronger than a lot of those bands' regular albums) or outtakes collections (Tom Waits - Orphans as an example). If not regularly, perhaps as an occasional genre vote.

I expect the idea to be about as popular as a fart in church, and it's not something that I feel militant about, but it's an idea that I like enough to float it out there.

(And I want to see if I can just add one more parenthetical to this post.)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 04/9/2016 @ 01:05am

SotN - I don't think that there's a problem with compilation albums from prior to a certain point, but you'll have to check to see if anyone has a problem with the nomination.

As for the 1965 cut-off rule, that is no longer in effect. The range of years is now 1900-2015.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/9/2016 @ 01:41am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) - 13

Adele - 25 (2015) - 10

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015) - 9
Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015) - 9

Bjork - Vulnicura (2015) - 6
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Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 5
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015) - 5
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 5

Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979) - 4
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 4
Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005) - 4
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4
Wilco - Star Wars (2015) - 4

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015) - 3
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 3
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) - 3
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977) - 3
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015) - 3
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) - 3

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 2
Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement (2008) - 2
Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime (2015) - 2
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003) - 2
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Trilogy (1972) - 2
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015) - 2
John Carpenter - Lost Themes (2015) - 2
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015) - 2

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 1
Brandi Carlile - The Firewatcher's Daughter (2015) - 1
Chris Stapleton - Traveler (2015) - 1
Deodato - Deodato 2 (1973) - 1
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015) - 1
Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World (2001) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015) - 0
Phish - A Live One (1995) - 0

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Adele - 25 (2015)
Bjork - Vulnicura (2015)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/9/2016 @ 01:48am

Nominations are now open for the genre vote for this month (there will only be one genre vote this month).

The selected genre this month is "Jazz".

Each voter can nominate two 1900-2015 albums that they think is eligible for this genre vote.

If you feel that an album is nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote and be eligible for automatic nomination for the May Album Project.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 10th. There will then be one day of protest and review, ending at 10 PM Central on Monday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/9/2016 @ 01:53am

Nominees for the genre vote will be:

Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here (1968)
Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century (1960)

If people have issues with the nature of Piano Starts Here, please let me know ahead of time so I can nominate a good replacement. It would be much appreciated!

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 04/9/2016 @ 02:01am

My nominations:

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990)
Duke Ellington- The Far East Suite (1967)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Saturday, 04/9/2016 @ 02:03am

My nominations

Eric Dolphy- Out to Lunch! (1964)
Stan Getz and Charlie Bryd- Jazz Samba (1962)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/9/2016 @ 02:25am

Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu of Ethiopia (1972)

Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969)

There are a lot of discrepancies on the release year of Nubians of Plutonia. I'm going by what Discogs had listed, which is what I usually do in these cases.

Also, I don't realistically expect Mulatu Astatke to pull many votes, but I'm throwing him out there as more of a "hey check this guy out" type nominee. Highly recommended if you aren't familiar with him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulatu_Astatke

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 04/9/2016 @ 03:01am

Genre Vote Nominees

Cannonball Adderley- Somethin' Else (1958)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1976)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 04/9/2016 @ 09:11am

Alex, I think I love you. First with your Phish and Indigo Girls noms in the Song Project, now with Bela Fleck.

My nominations:
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit (1975)
The John Scofield Band - Überjam (2002)

Posted by Max on Saturday, 04/9/2016 @ 16:56pm

Nominations:

Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Deodato - Deodato 2 (1973)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 04/9/2016 @ 17:58pm

Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Thelonious Monk- Straight No Chaser (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 04/10/2016 @ 02:39am

Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Thelonious Monk- Straight No Chaser (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 04/10/2016 @ 02:40am

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters (2007)

I remember Tom H nominating the Ellington album many months ago and I loved it (the film is also really great and has one of the best cover arts ever, thanks Saul Bass). Always kept on my shortlist and now this is the perfect time to nominate it again. Tom H, is that the correct album title for the Ellington album? I checked online and it seemed everyone had a different variation of the album's title. If it's wrong, let me know.

The Hancock album is quite great as well. It won the Album of the Year Grammy back in 2008 and it’s a tribute album to Joni Mitchell. A great modern jazz classic.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 04/10/2016 @ 11:14am

Also, Darren and Gassman must be so thrilled that all the general voting inductees this month were from 2015. It was a strong group of inductees and it's a nice change of things. And there's still a slew of very worthy 2015 albums on the outside looking in, hopefully for not too long.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 04/10/2016 @ 14:11pm

Nick - It was a very strong group of 2015 albums and a nice change of pace. I do agree that there is still between 10-15 more worth albums from 2015 that could/should be inducted.

Jazz nominees:

Wes Montgomery- The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)
Bird at Birdland (1995) - Charlie Parker

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 04/10/2016 @ 14:46pm

Here is my ballot for this month's special election concerning Jazz.

Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (1969)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)

Hopefully these albums will be legitimate,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Sunday, 04/10/2016 @ 21:17pm

Agreed with you both Nick and Gassman, this was a really strong class. Knocked a couple off my 2015 to-get-to list as well, which is always a bonus.

This month's Song Project class is very good, too.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 04/10/2016 @ 22:26pm

Nominations are now closed and review is now open.

Here are the nominated albums:

Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here (1968)
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990)
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958)
Charlie Parker - Bird at Birdland (1995)
Deodato - Deodato 2 (1973)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit (1975)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters (2007)
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (1969)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu of Ethiopia (1972)
Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century (1960)
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)
Stan Getz and Charlie Bryd - Jazz Samba (1962)
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969)
The John Scofield Band - Überjam (2002)
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1967)
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)

If you feel that any of these albums have been nominated for this genre inappopriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 11th. There will then be five days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/10/2016 @ 23:18pm

Yeah, I was very happy with this year's album class. Kendrick was a no-brainer and Adele was inducted ASAP as I predicted in the Album Ranking Project as well. Kamasi and Courtney are two entirely different shades of awesome as choices for this project and I'm sure that the Bjork album is excellent as well.

My top 2015 priorities for next month will be Sleater-Kinney, Wilco and Alabama Shakes. I'm also curious if there's any interest in the latest from Death Cab For Cutie, The Decemberists, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket and Kacey Musgraves.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/10/2016 @ 23:23pm

Darren:

My take on your suggestions:

Sleater-Kinney: This will probably be on my ballot next month. This album has grown on me with each listen.

Wilco: This will probably have to wait until June due to space. Nice comeback for Wilco after a couple of less than stellar albums.

Alabama Shakes: Hopefully we can get this in for May, to me this album felt like a major step forward for the band in maturing their sound.

Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism needs to get in before considering this album.

The Decembrists: One of my favorite albums from last year, but I didn't know if it would get much support this year. Would definitely be towards the top of my list if nominated.

Modest Mouse: Personally I didn't think this was a very strong album. Personally I would be in favor of going back and trying to get "The Lonesome Crowded West" inducted as many consider this to be their breakout album.

My Morning Jacket: "The Waterfall" is a great album, but I think it would be premature to induct it as the first My Morning Jacket album. Both "Z" and "Evil Urges" should go first.

Kacey Musgraves: I loved this album, but Traveller by Chris Stapleton needs to be the first country album voted in this year. Then we can move on to the excellent "Pageant Material."

Albums you mentioned on your ballot:

Florence + The Machine: At first I thought it was a disappointment compared to "Ceremonials," but the more I listened to it the more I grew to enjoy it. Hopefully I have room on my ballot next month.

Sufjan Stevens: This this my second favorite album of the year and it To Pimp a Butterfly off of the top spot on my list. Brilliantly simple compared to The Age of Adz and even Illinois. Yet it so emotionally powerful as comes to terms with his relationship to his mother who abandoned him as child and had recently passed away. I will nominate this album every month and it will always be on my ballot until it is inducted.

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 04/10/2016 @ 23:51pm

I have to protest "In a Silent Way" by Miles Davis. Why? Well, because it's already been inducted, in our 1995 year.

Other than that, we've got a really good group of nominees here. Some major jazz albums that should've been in a long time ago, and this class will go a good way of filling in some of the holes for jazz music that we have.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 04/11/2016 @ 00:10am

Come on, Donnie. That's such a petty reason for a protest. ;)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 04/11/2016 @ 01:01am

Sleater-Kinney - I’m not a big fan of theirs, so I won’t vote for this soon, but I will eventually.

Wilco - I hope we can get it in asap, but like Gassman said, it’ll probably have to wait. It’s my 7th favorite 2015 album that hasn't been inducted yet, so unless the other six all get nominated, it’s got my vote. The top 6/my ballot in a perfect world (unless any Dead gets to a tiebreaker from the artist vote, then I’ll just use a die to figure out which ones I’m taking off) are:
Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
Jamie xx - In Colour
Punch Brothers - The Phosphorescent Blues
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
Tame Impala - Currents

Alabama Shakes - One of my favorite albums of the year. I’m surprised it didn’t get in this month.

Death Cab For Cutie - Same as what I said about Sleater-Kinney.

The Decemberists - I really liked it. It could be on my ballot, but I do have higher priorities, so maybe not, if they all get nominated

Modest Mouse - I haven’t listened to it yet. I like the band so maybe.

My Morning Jacket - Same as what I said about Decemberists. Loved it and I put it on the list of 2015 albums I would vote for that I made at the end of March. But I agree with Gassman that there are better MMJ albums that should be inducted first.

Kacey Musgraves - I’ve only heard a couple songs from it and I liked them, so maybe but like what Gassman said, Traveller needs to get in first.

The other two that Gassman brought up:
Florence + The Machine - Same as what I said about Decemberists.

Sufjan Stevens - Loved it. Definitely has my vote, unless the dice say otherwise.

Any support for Jamie xx, Punch Brothers, Father John Misty, or Tame Impala next month?

And, while I’m posting, thanks for the warm welcome in the Rankings, guys. I’ve got some music nerd friends who I might recommend the site to, since this is such a great community.

Posted by Max on Monday, 04/11/2016 @ 01:14am

Miles Davis- In A Silent Way is in.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/11/2016 @ 01:23am

As far as 2015 albums go i'm thinking any of these to nominate next month.

Chris Stapleton- Traveler
Ashley Monroe- The Blade
Melanie Martinez- Cry Baby
Ghost- Meliora
Jamie xx- In Colour
Neon Indian- Vega Intl. Night School
Baroness- Purple
FFS- FFS
Rickie Lee Jones- The Other Side of Drsire

Most likely out of those

Ashley Monroe- The Blade
Chris Stapleton- Traveler
Melanie Martinez- Cry Baby

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/11/2016 @ 02:08am

Review is now over. I've removed "In A Silent Way", as it's already been inducted.

Here is the list of nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here (1968)
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990)
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958)
Charlie Parker - Bird at Birdland (1995)
Deodato - Deodato 2 (1973)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit (1975)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters (2007)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu of Ethiopia (1972)
Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century (1960)
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)
Stan Getz and Charlie Bryd - Jazz Samba (1962)
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969)
The John Scofield Band - Überjam (2002)
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1967)
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/12/2016 @ 00:05am

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)
Stan Getz and Charlie Bryd - Jazz Samba (1962)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/12/2016 @ 00:17am

My Votes

Cannonball Adderley- Somethin' Else (1958)
Duke Ellington- Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Eric Dolphy- Out to Lunch! (1964)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1976)
Wes Montgomery- The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 04/12/2016 @ 00:57am

Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here (1968)
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990)
Deodato - Deodato 2 (1973)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969)
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1967)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 04/12/2016 @ 13:30pm

DARREN -

Nick/Jennifer/Gassman/anybody...

I've been away a bit. Some personal things I'm working out. Glad to see your project is coming along well. I know I didn't vote, but does anyone mind if I rank here:

The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed (1969) - 15
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (1995) - 14
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971) - 13
The Eagles - Hotel California (1976) - 12
U2 - Achtung Baby (1991) - 11

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959) - 10
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus (1977) - 9
John Lennon - Imagine (1971) - 8
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (1972) - 7
Van Morrison - Moondance (1970) - 6
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (1994) - 5
Talking Heads - Remain In Light (1980) - 4
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) - 3
Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971) - 2
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) - 1

Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 04/12/2016 @ 16:24pm

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990)
Deodato - Deodato 2 (1973)
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit (1975)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters (2007)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)

Posted by Max on Tuesday, 04/12/2016 @ 17:44pm

Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here (1968)
Duke Ellington- The Far East Suite (1967)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969)
Thelonious Monk- Straight No Chaser (1967)
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 04/12/2016 @ 21:06pm

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990)
Charlie Parker - Bird at Birdland (1995)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969)
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 04/13/2016 @ 01:05am

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969)
The John Scofield Band - Überjam (2002)
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1967)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Wednesday, 04/13/2016 @ 08:43am

Cannonball Adderley- Somethin' Else (1958)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters (2007)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969)
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1967)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 04/14/2016 @ 21:58pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965) - 6

Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969) - 5

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990) - 4
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959) - 4
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1967) - 4
________________________

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958) - 3
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958) - 3
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960) - 3

Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here (1968) - 2
Deodato - Deodato 2 (1973) - 2
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967) - 2
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964) - 2
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters (2007) - 2
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976) - 2

Charlie Parker - Bird at Birdland (1995) - 1
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit (1975) - 1
Stan Getz and Charlie Bryd - Jazz Samba (1962) - 1
The John Scofield Band - Überjam (2002) - 1

Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983) - 0
Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu of Ethiopia (1972) - 0
Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century (1960) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
dmg
Max
DarinRG
Gassman
AlexVoltaire
Nick

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/15/2016 @ 11:54am

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 04/15/2016 @ 15:54pm

BSLO - looks like you're missing an album from your ballot. You have 5, not 6...

Posted by dmg on Friday, 04/15/2016 @ 17:25pm

While there is time left, here is my ballot for this month's Special Election regarding Jazz. I must apologize for the oversight in thinking In A Silent Way was not inducted already. I do hope I am allowed this ballot .

Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters (2007)

Well at least one out of three Herbie Hancock albums will be going in,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Friday, 04/15/2016 @ 21:22pm

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century (1960)
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969)
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1967)

Kudos to all on this nominations list. I'd vote for almost all of these right off the bat.

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 04/16/2016 @ 14:18pm

Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here (1968)
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990)
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969)
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1967)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 04/16/2016 @ 20:27pm

Votes tgat were supposed to end last night will end tonight at 10 PM Central. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/17/2016 @ 16:57pm

Voting is now closed.

I couldn't count BSLO's ballot, because it only had 5 albums on it.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959) - 7
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965) - 7
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969) - 7

Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1967) - 6
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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990) - 5
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958) - 5
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Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958) - 4

Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here (1968) - 3
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967) - 3
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters (2007) - 3
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976) - 3
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960) - 3

Deodato - Deodato 2 (1973) - 2
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964) - 2

Charlie Parker - Bird at Birdland (1995) - 1
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit (1975) - 1
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983) - 1
Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century (1960) - 1
Stan Getz and Charlie Bryd - Jazz Samba (1962) - 1
The John Scofield Band - Überjam (2002) - 1

Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu of Ethiopia (1972) - 0

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969)
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1967)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, select one of the two albums. The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/18/2016 @ 01:38am

I like Miles, but he's already well represented on this project. I'm going with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Monday, 04/18/2016 @ 01:47am

I agree with Alex on this one; as much as I like Miles Davis, my tiebreaker vote goes to Bela Fleck and the Flecktones too for the same reason.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 04/18/2016 @ 01:51am

I'll go with Milestones by Miles Davis for my tie-breaker choice.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 04/18/2016 @ 03:18am

I'll go with Bela Fleck and The Flecktones for my choice.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/18/2016 @ 04:49am

This is nothing against Miles Davis, but I'm voting Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Davis already has good representation here.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 04/18/2016 @ 06:02am

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

Posted by dmg on Monday, 04/18/2016 @ 12:46pm

I gotta go with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.

Posted by Max on Monday, 04/18/2016 @ 17:37pm

I vote Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/19/2016 @ 18:35pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here's the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990) - 6
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Miles Davis - Milestones (1958) - 2

Miles Davis - Milestones (1958) will automatically be nominated for the Song Project vote in May.

Here is the class of inductees as a result of this genre vote:

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969)
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1967)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/19/2016 @ 23:16pm

Voting is now open for the Artist Project. This month's selected artist is Grateful Dead.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Aoxomoxoa (1969)
Blues for Allah (1975)
Europe '72 (1972)
From The Mars Hotel (1974)
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)
In the Dark (1987)
Shakedown Street (1978)
Terrapin Station (1977)

Voters can vote for a maximum of 5 nominated albums (a minimum of 2 is required for a ballot to be valid).

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 25th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/21/2016 @ 11:02am

Blues for Allah (1975)
Europe '72 (1972)
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)
Shakedown Street (1978)
Terrapin Station (1977)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/21/2016 @ 19:16pm

Aoxomoxoa (1969)
Europe '72 (1972)
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)
Shakedown Street (1978)
Terrapin Station (1977)

Posted by Max on Thursday, 04/21/2016 @ 20:14pm

Any interest for May

Madonna- Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)
Les Baxter- Ritual of the Savage (1951)
Martin Denny- Exotica (1957)
Esquivel- Latin-esque (1962) or Other Worlds Other Sounds (1959)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/22/2016 @ 00:51am

Since i can't nominate Prince albums at this time due to the ban i'm thinking about nominating one of his side projects Madhouse which was a jazz project he did with Eric Leeds. Would there be any interest in either of those two albums?
8 (1987)
16 (1987)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/23/2016 @ 16:35pm

Artist Project:

Blues for Allah (1975)
Europe '72 (1972)
In the Dark (1987)
Shakedown Street (1978)
Terrapin Station (1977)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/23/2016 @ 21:18pm

Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Blues for Allah (1975)
Europe '72 (1972)
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)
In the Dark (1987)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 04/24/2016 @ 08:59am

Aoxomoxoa (1969)
Blues for Allah (1975)
Europe '72 (1972)
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)
Shakedown Street (1978)
Terrapin Station (1977)

Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 04/24/2016 @ 18:57pm

Here is my Artist Vote ballot for albums by The Grateful Dead this month.

Blues for Allah (1975)
In The Dark (1987)
Shakedown Street (1978)
Aoxomoxoa (1969)
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)

May it be possible to overturn the Prince ban?,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Sunday, 04/24/2016 @ 21:29pm

Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Aoxomoxoa (1969)
In the Dark (1987)
Shakedown Street (1978)
Terrapin Station (1977)

I still can't believe Prince recently passed away and the sheer fact that I nominated him last month for the Artist Vote and he was chosen and now he's banned for the time being. It's sad, terrible and bittersweet, but his death was so unexpected/untimely. He was a giant among the giants and IMO music in general died a little in the wake of Prince's departure.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 04/25/2016 @ 00:52am

Since Prince albums are banned at this time. I plan on nominating something from one of his side projects Madhouse which was a jazz project he did with Eric Leeds. These albums are worth looking into if you're not familiar with them. I will likely pick 8 since it's my favorite out of two.
8 (1987)
https://musicmp3.ru/artist_madhouse__album_8.html#.Vx3UzEefvIU

16 (1987)
https://musicmp3.ru/artist_madhouse__album_16.html#.Vx3U90efvIU

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/25/2016 @ 04:29am

Artist Vote

Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Aoxomoxoa (1969)
Blues for Allah (1975)
Europe '72 (1972)
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 04/25/2016 @ 10:58am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the results of this month's Artist Project vote:

Blues for Allah (1975) - 5
Europe '72 (1972) - 5
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971) - 5
Shakedown Street (1978) - 5
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Aoxomoxoa (1969) - 4
In the Dark (1987) - 4
Terrapin Station (1977) - 4

Anthem of the Sun (1968) - 3

From The Mars Hotel (1974) - 0

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Blues for Allah (1975)
Europe '72 (1972)
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)
Shakedown Street (1978)

Anyone who voted in this Artist Vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. Gassman can also vote, though his ballot couldn't have been counted in the initial vote, as he voted for 6 albums.

To vote, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 4 points, the second-highest 3 points and so on.

The two albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote. In the event of the tie, the first tiebreaker is the number of highest-rankings overall. If that doesn't resolve the tie, there will be a follow-up tiebreaker vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/26/2016 @ 00:21am

Europe '72 (1972) - 4
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971) - 3
Shakedown Street (1978) - 2
Blues for Allah (1975) - 1

Posted by Max on Tuesday, 04/26/2016 @ 00:39am

Blues for Allah 4
Europe '72 3
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) 2
Shakedown Street 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/26/2016 @ 00:55am

Europe '72 (1972)-4
Blues for Allah (1975)-3
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)-2
Shakedown Street (1978)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/26/2016 @ 17:15pm

I wanted to nominate Janet's "Unbreakable" last month but somebody beat me to it. It came close but didn't make the cut. It's Janet's best album since the 90's and definitely needs to be in. Logging a #1 album after 35 years in music is pretty impressive.

I'm also considering "Wildheart" by Miguel. Great album and well regarded.

Any support for Wildheart or Unbreakable?

Posted by Scott Banks on Wednesday, 04/27/2016 @ 09:16am

Shakedown Street (1978) - 4
Europe ’72 (1972) - 3
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971) - 2
Blues for Allah (1975) - 1

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 04/27/2016 @ 21:24pm

Shakedown Street (1978) - 4
Blues for Allah (1975) - 3
Europe '72 (1972) - 2
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/27/2016 @ 22:49pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Grateful Dead - Europe '72 (1972) - 16

The Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah (1975) - 12 (2 Highest Rankings)
_______________________

The Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street (1978) - 12 (1 Highest Ranking)

The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971) - 10

Shakedown Street (1978) and Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971) will automatically be nominated for the May Album project vote.

Here is the class of inductees for this artist vote:

The Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah (1975)
The Grateful Dead - Europe '72 (1972)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/28/2016 @ 00:15am

@Scott Banks-

Yes to Unbreakable and a maybe for Miguel. Depends on how much room I have on my ballot.

I'm leaning toward nominating Substance by New Order. I'm surprised it's not already in.

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I wanted to nominate Janet's "Unbreakable" last month but somebody beat me to it. It came close but didn't make the cut. It's Janet's best album since the 90's and definitely needs to be in. Logging a #1 album after 35 years in music is pretty impressive.

I'm also considering "Wildheart" by Miguel. Great album and well regarded.

Any support for Wildheart or Unbreakable?

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 04/28/2016 @ 11:27am

Substance would not be eligible. It's a compilation of 12 inch singles and b sides. There's a rule that greatest hits or singles compilations of material released after 1965.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/28/2016 @ 14:42pm

🔼 Are not eligible.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/28/2016 @ 14:46pm

Thanks, Greg F. I guess I knew that, but forgot...

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 04/28/2016 @ 17:46pm

Rule Changes In 2016:

Starting in 2016, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2015.

Starting in 2016, albums released in 2015 will not be eligible for nomination until April. There will be a designated 2015 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination switches over to 2016.

Starting in 2016, elective (not mandatory as a result of an error in a cast ballot or necessary as a result of a missing song from the final list of nominated songs) vote switches are banned from all Album Project, Genre votes and Artist Project votes (including selection votes).

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote (there won't be one in January as a result of a tiebreaker in December), the selected artist will be banned from being nominated for any Album Project or Album Project Genre Project vote for the next 6 months (not counting the current month). To clarify, this begins next month, as the selection of Van Morrison took place prior to the new rule being applied.

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote, artists that receive 4 votes will automatically be nominated for the next Artist Project Artist Selection Vote. To clarify, this begins next month, as the December vote took place prior to the new rule being applied and there won't be a January vote as a result of the tiebreaker in the December vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

David Bowie (eligible again in September 2016)
Prince (eligible again in October 2016)
Grateful Dead (eligible again in November 2016)
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate one album from 2015 and one album from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
The Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah (1975)
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
__________________________________________

The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

70's Hard Rock
2010's
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Original Broadway Cast Albums

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Post Punk/College Rock" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"Art Rock/Progressive Rock" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"Industrial" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Artists With 0 Albums Inducted In The Album Project" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"Jazz" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote:

Belle And Sebastian
Buddy Guy
Madonna
Neil Young
Pearl Jam
Swans
The Carpenters
Warren Zevon
Yes

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Bob Dylan
David Bowie
Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention
Grateful Dead
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
Prince
Randy Newman
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

The 9th through the 20th (approx.) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 album by the selected artist. If the selected artist has a small enough discography of eligible albums, nominations may be skipped with all eligible albums being eligible for the vote.

The 21st (approx.) through the 25th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/30/2016 @ 23:14pm

Nominations

Madhouse- 8 (1987)
Chris Stapleton- Traveller (2015)

Genre

Exotica/Space Age Pop

Artist

Depeche Mode

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/30/2016 @ 23:24pm

Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)

Artist - Little Feat

I'll post my genre nomination sometime later, I'm still not sure what to nominate.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/30/2016 @ 23:44pm

Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)

Genre - Bluegrass

Artist - Dr. John

Posted by Max on Saturday, 04/30/2016 @ 23:52pm

Carly Rae Jepsen-E*MO*TION (2015)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno-Cowboy Bebop (1998)

Post-Rock

Swans

Posted by Dr. W on Sunday, 05/1/2016 @ 00:21am

Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015)
Jlin - Dark Energy (2015)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 05/1/2016 @ 01:06am

FFS - FFS (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)

Genre vote:
EPs

Artist vote:
Loudon Wainwright III

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 05/1/2016 @ 01:46am

Nicki Manaj- Pinkprint (2014)
Original Broadway Cast- Hamilton (2015)

I'm a little surprised nobody nominated Hamilton last month. A Broadway album going to the top of the rap charts? The best chart performance for a musical since the 1960s? Arguably the most impactful musical since RENT?

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Sunday, 05/1/2016 @ 04:03am

Artist vote:

Paul McCartney/Wings

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Sunday, 05/1/2016 @ 04:04am

Artist vote:

Kevin Ayers

Posted by joker on Sunday, 05/1/2016 @ 04:14am

Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
Wilco- Star Wars (2015)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 05/1/2016 @ 04:51am

General Vote Nominees

AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)
The Weeknd- Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)

Genre Vote Nominee

1990's Electronica

Artist Vote Nominee

John Mellencamp

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 05/1/2016 @ 07:59am

Nominations:

Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015)

Artist vote:
Janet Jackson

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 05/1/2016 @ 12:44pm

My nominations for May 2016/2041 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

2015

Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe

Genre

Novelty

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 05/1/2016 @ 18:50pm

noms:

Poe - Haunted (2000)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 05/1/2016 @ 23:46pm

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)

Artist - Pearl Jam

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/2/2016 @ 01:39am

Here, while there is still time left, are my nominees for this month's Album Project.

John McLaughlin and The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse (1974)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)

My Genre Vote nominee for this month is:

The Great American Songbook

And my Artist Vote nomination for this month is:

Robert Wyatt

Consider without prejudice,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Monday, 05/2/2016 @ 21:31pm

Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
The Decemberists – What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

Genre: 2010's

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 05/2/2016 @ 21:48pm

My May 2016 Album Nomination:

Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (1981)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 05/2/2016 @ 22:04pm

Genre Nomination - Power Pop

Posted by Nick on Monday, 05/2/2016 @ 23:55pm

Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) - Often cited as one of the first concept albums recorded.

Al Green

Country

On a side note, I have to say that I'm really disappointed in the lack of support for Anthem of the Sun last round. It's one of the best psychedelic albums that we haven't inducted, and in my opinion the most historically important Grateful Dead album that hasn't been inducted.

I am kind of dumbfounded that it only finished 8th in the artist album vote when it's probably one of our biggest snubs regardless of genre from the late 60's. And this was after it just barely missed getting inducted in the regular album project. Now it can't be nominated for 6 months...very frustrating.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 05/3/2016 @ 21:26pm

Artist Vote:

The Kinks

Genre Vote:

Country Rock/Alternative Country

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/3/2016 @ 22:08pm

BSLO - I completely spaced on the artist votes this month, but if you nominate Anthem of the Sun again in the future remind us about what you just said. The Grateful Dead have never been one of my stronger areas, but I like looking into albums that other voters feel strongly about as snubs. I've even become a fan of quite a few of them.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 05/3/2016 @ 23:39pm

To be honest, I thought 'Anthem of the Sun' was a shoe-in for induction for the artist vote, especially since it was involved in a general vote tiebreaker. I'm floored too that it received the second least amount of votes in the Artist Vote. I guess stranger things have happened in these projects before, but this ranks high up there. I'd support 'Anthem of the Sun' if nominated again, once it's eligible again, in a heartbeat.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 00:00am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the list of nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Carly Rae Jepsen - E*MO*TION (2015)
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
FFS - FFS (2015)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Jlin - Dark Energy (2015)
John McLaughlin and The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse (1974)
Madhouse - 8 (1987)
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
Nicki Manaj - Pinkprint (2014)
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Poe - Haunted (2000)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (1981)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
The Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah (1975)
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballots to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 01:17am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open for the Genre Selection vote.

Here are the nominated genres:

1990's Electronica
2010's
2010's
70's Hard Rock
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Bluegrass
Country
Country Rock/Alternative Country
EPs
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Post-Rock
Power Pop
The Great American Songbook

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres (a minimum of 3 genres is required for a valid vote).

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 01:17am

Nominations is now closed and voting is now open for the Artist Selection vote.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Al Green
Belle And Sebastian
Buddy Guy
Depeche Mode
Dr. John
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Harry Nillson
Janet Jackson
John Mellencamp
Kevin Ayers
Little Feat
Loudon Wainwright III
Madonna
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Paul McCartney / Wings
Paul McCartney/Wings
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
Robert Wyatt
Super Furry Animals
Swans
Swans
The Carpenters
The Kinks
Warren Zevon
Yes

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists (a minimum of 3 artists is required for a valid ballot).

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 01:18am

General Vote Ballot

AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)
Janet Jackson- Unbreakable (2015)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Poe- Haunted (2000)
The Pretty Things- S.F. Sorrow (1968)
The Weeknd- Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)

Genre Vote Ballot

1990's Electronica
1970's Hard Rock
Ambient
Country
Novelty

Artist Vote Ballot

Depeche Mode
John Mellencamp
Madonna
Paul McCartney/Wings
The Kinks

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 03:25am

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno-Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Carly Rae Jepsen-E*MO*TION (2015)
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)

2010s
70s Hard Rock
Post-Rock

Swans
Super Furry Animals
Robert Wyatt

Posted by Dr. W on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 08:43am

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015)
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (1981)
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)

2010's
70's Hard Rock
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Power Pop

Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Little Feat
Paul McCartney / Wings
Yes

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 09:52am

Janet Jackson- Unbreakable (2015)
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
John McLaughlin and The Mahavishnu Orchestra- Apocalypse (1974)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Original Broadway Cast- Hamilton (2015)
Wilco- Star Wars (2015)

Genre Vote

2010's
70's Hard Rock
Avant-Garde
Country Rock/Alternative Country
Original Broadway Cast Albums

Artist Vote

Neil Young
Paul McCartney/Wings
Pearl Jam
The Kinks
Yes

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 11:47am

Albums:

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Jlin - Dark Energy (2015)
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)

Last cut:

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)

Genres:

1990's Electronica
Ambient
Avant-Garde
EPs
Novelty

Artists:

Depeche Mode
Harry Nillson
John Mellencamp
Warren Zevon
Yes

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 13:08pm

Chris Stapleton- Traveller (2015)
Madhouse- 8 (1987)
Janet Jackson- Unbreakable (2015)
Stevie Nicks- Bella Donna (1981)
Pretty Things- S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Wilco- Star Wars (2015)

Ambient
Avant Garde
90's Electronica
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Post Rock

Depeche Mode
Harry Nilsson
Warren Zevon
Little Feat
Pearl Jam

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 14:16pm

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse (1974)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Wilco- Star Wars (2015)

Genre:

Ambient
Avant-Garde
Bluegrass
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Post-Rock

Artist:

Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Kevin Ayers
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Swans

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 18:01pm

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
The Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah (1975)
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)

2010's
Ambient
Bluegrass
Country
Novelty

Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Little Feat
Neil Young
Pearl Jam

Posted by Max on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 20:58pm

Just Realized that The Grateful Dead- Blues for Allah (1975) was inducted last month. The Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street (1978) should be automatically nominated for losing the tie breaker.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 23:14pm

Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Poe - Haunted (2000)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (1981)
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 05/4/2016 @ 23:22pm

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)

Some ridiculous cuts I had to make:

Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)

The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (Yes I nominated it, but there are too many other great 2015 albums that have been nominated)

Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

Wilco - Star Wars (2015)

2010's
Country
Post-Rock

Al Green
Depeche Mode
Neil Young

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 05/5/2016 @ 02:24am

Artist vote:

Harry Nilsson
Kevin Ayers
Little Feat
Robert Wyatt

Posted by joker on Friday, 05/6/2016 @ 02:36am

Album vote:

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015)
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (1981)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

Genre vote:

2010's
Avant-Garde
Country Rock/Alternative Country
Original Broadway Cast Albums

Artist vote:

Belle And Sebastian
Harry Nillson
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Paul McCartney/Wings
Warren Zevon

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Friday, 05/6/2016 @ 09:25am

Here is my ballot for this month's Album project.

John McLaughlin and The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse (1974)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (1981)

My Genre Vote ballot consists of:

The Great American Songbook
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Avant-Garde
Post-Rock
Ambient

And my Artist Vote Ballot for this month is:

Robert Wyatt
Sir Paul McCartney
Harry Nillson
Belle And Sebastian
Yes

An interesting ballot for an interesting project,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Friday, 05/6/2016 @ 15:07pm

I wrote-up the results of the Artist Project Tiebreaker incorrectly last month, flipping the albums in the final tiebreaker around.

Here's the corrected Artist Project results:

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Grateful Dead - Europe '72 (1972) - 16

The Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street (1978) - 12 (2 Highest Rankings)
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The Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah (1975) - 12 (1 Highest Ranking)

The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971) - 10

Blues for Allah (1975)) and Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971) will automatically be nominated for the May Album project vote.

Here is the class of inductees for this artist vote:

The Grateful Dead - Europe '72 (1972)
The Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street (1978)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/6/2016 @ 15:39pm

Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
The Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah (1975)
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)

1990's Electronica
2010's
70's Hard Rock
Country
Power Pop

Al Green
Madonna
Neil Young
Pearl Jam
Warren Zevon

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 05/6/2016 @ 19:02pm

Just realized I had an extra genre vote, in that case I'll also include Novelty as my 5th and final genre choice this month.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 05/6/2016 @ 21:28pm

Alabama Shakes Sound & Color (2015)
Chris Stapleton Traveller (2015)
Sleater-Kinney No Cities To Love (2015)
The Decemberists What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)
Wilco Star Wars (2015)

Would support in the future:

AC/DC Let There Be Rock (1977)
Florence + The Machine How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Janet Jackson Unbreakable (2015)
Marilyn Manson The Pale Emperor (2015)
Original Broadway Cast Hamilton (2015)
Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Tame Impala Currents (2015)

2010's
70's Hard Rock
Country Rock/Alternative Country
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Post-Rock

Madonna
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
The Kinks
Warren Zevon

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/6/2016 @ 21:42pm

My current vote count (please let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Wilco - Star Wars (2015) - 6

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015) - 5
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (2015) - 5
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Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979) - 4
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015) - 4
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958) - 4
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) - 4
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015) - 4
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (1981) - 4
_____________________________

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 3
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015) - 3
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015) - 3
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015) - 3
Tame Impala - Currents (2015) - 3

Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 2
John McLaughlin and The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse (1974) - 2
Poe - Haunted (2000) - 2
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015) - 2
The Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah (1975) - 2
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971) - 2

Carly Rae Jepsen - E*MO*TION (2015) - 1
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 1
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977) - 1
Jlin - Dark Energy (2015) - 1
Madhouse - 8 (1987) - 1
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015) - 1
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 1
The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015) - 0
FFS - FFS (2015) - 0
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe - 0
Nicki Manaj - Pinkprint (2014) - 0
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Dr. W
Nick
Tom H.
dmg
Greg F
DarinRG
Max
jtrichey
Gassman
AlexVoltaire
BSLO
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/6/2016 @ 21:50pm

Darren,
You're missing Lax33's ballot on the vote count.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 05/6/2016 @ 22:09pm

May 2016 Album Genre Vote

2010's
70's Hard Rock
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Power Pop

Last Cuts include Country and Exotica/Space Age Pop.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 05/6/2016 @ 22:58pm

Genre Selection Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

2010's - 9
_____________________

70's Hard Rock - 7

Ambient - 6
Avant-Garde - 6
Original Broadway Cast Albums - 6
Post-Rock - 6

Novelty - 5

1990's Electronica - 4
Country - 4
_____________________

Country Rock/Alternative Country - 3
Power Pop - 3

Bluegrass - 2
Exotica/Space Age Pop - 2

EPs - 1
The Great American Songbook - 1

This month's selected genre is "2010's". Nominations will open at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th. Until then, please discuss which albums should be considered for this genre and whether or not the genre should be split into 2 votes (and if so, what year will be used to divide the votes) or not.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/6/2016 @ 23:12pm

No split is needed.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 05/6/2016 @ 23:26pm

May 2016 Vote:
Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (1981)

Last cuts include Buckner and Garcia and Coldplay. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

May 2016 Artist Vote:
Electric Light Orchestra
The Carpenters
The Kinks
Warren Zevon
Yes

Last Cuts include Belle And Sebastian, Madonna, and Paul McCartney with Wings.

I support a split from 2010-2012 and 2013-2015 since there are still many great recent albums not in yet.

Also, what is the opinion of the nominator?

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 05/8/2016 @ 21:42pm

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Madhouse - 8 (1987)
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015

Posted by Scott Banks on Sunday, 05/8/2016 @ 21:42pm

No split needed here since it's only 6 years worth of material to consider for this genre. i believe Gassman was the originator of the '2010's' genre.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 05/8/2016 @ 21:46pm

I wanted to throw a few votes for the Album Project this month and I will try to start contributing here too.

Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams (2015)
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015)
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (1981)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pearl Jam
Yes

Posted by Derek on Sunday, 05/8/2016 @ 22:01pm

Welcome, Derek. Always good to get a new voice on this side.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 05/8/2016 @ 22:17pm

I'm not used to typing this, but... no split. This is a tough one. There are enough worthy albums in this area that 5 is really way too light, but I don't see where a split would really fit. If anybody else does, I'm all ears.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 05/8/2016 @ 22:28pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results of the Album Project vote (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Wilco - Star Wars (2015) - 8

Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (1981) - 7

Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979) - 6
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015) - 6
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (2015) - 6
__________________________

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015) - 5
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 5

Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) - 4
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015) - 4
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) - 4
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015) - 4
Tame Impala - Currents (2015) - 4

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 3
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015) - 3
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015) - 3
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015) - 3
John McLaughlin and The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse (1974) - 3
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015) - 3

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 2
Madhouse - 8 (1987) - 2
Poe - Haunted (2000) - 2
The Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah (1975) - 2
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971) - 2

Carly Rae Jepsen - E*MO*TION (2015) - 1
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977) - 1
Jlin - Dark Energy (2015) - 1
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015) - 1
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 1
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 1
The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
FFS - FFS (2015) - 0
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe - 0
Nicki Manaj - Pinkprint (2014) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Dr. W
Nick
Tom H.
dmg
Greg F
DarinRG
Max
jtrichey
Gassman
AlexVoltaire
BSLO
Darren
Lax33
Jennifer
Scott Banks
Derek

The following albums have been inducted as a result of the Song Project vote:

Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015)
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (1981)
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 00:30am

Nominations are now open for the genre vote.

This month's selected genre is "2010s".

There will be one vote for this genre. Eligible albums will be from 2010-2015.

Each voter can nominate two albums from 2010-2015, provided that they haven't already been inducted into the Album Project and the artist in question isn't currently "banned" from the Album Project as a result of winning the Artist Project vote in the last 6 months.

There won't be any protests for this genre. If you see an album that isn't eligible for this genre, please point it out and it will be removed.

There will be three days of nominations, ending at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 00:34am

Voting is now closed for the Artist Project Selection Voting.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Warren Zevon - 6
___________________

Harry Nillson - 5
Paul McCartney / Wings - 5
Pearl Jam - 5
Yes - 5

Depeche Mode - 4
Little Feat - 4
Neil Young - 4
The Kinks - 4
___________________

Buddy Guy - 3
Dr. John - 3
Madonna - 3
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 3
Robert Wyatt - 3

Al Green - 2
Belle And Sebastian - 2
John Mellencamp - 2
Kevin Ayers - 2
Swans - 2

Electric Light Orchestra - 1
Super Furry Animals - 1
The Carpenters - 1

Janet Jackson - 0
Loudon Wainwright III - 0

This month's selected artist is Warren Zevon.

Any voter can nominate one Warren Zevon album that hasn't already been inducted into the song project and was released prior to 2016.

The following Warren Zevon albums have previously been inducted:

Excitable Boy (1978)

Here's a link to wikipedia's Warren Zevon discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Zevon_discography

Nominations will end after the conclusion of nominations for the second genre project votes in the Song Project.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 00:39am

Nominations

Caribou- Our Love (2014)
The Men- Open Your Heart (2012)

Warren Zevon- Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 00:59am

I'm generally not a list maker/keeper, but I do have one for my 2010's album priorities. This omits favorites that are legitimately obscure (I don't consider our lack of representation for "Scandinavian Dark Ambient Composers of the 21st Century" or anything like that to be all that much of an issue. I also omitted a few guilty pleasure types that really don't belong near this discussion (except for Lulu, the critics can suck it on that one, but Metal Machine Music is my favorite Lou Reed solo album, so take that as you will).

Agnes Obel - Aventine (2013)
Anna Von Hausswolff - Singing From the Grave (2010)
Anna Von Hausswolff - Ceremony (2013)
Aoife O'Donovan - Fossils (2013)
Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man (2012)
Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding (2011)
Beady Eye - BE (2013)
Beach House - Teen Dream (2010)
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn - Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn (2014)
Best Coast - crazy For You (2010)
Best Coast - California Nights (2015)
Billie Joe & Norah - Foreverly (2013)
Blur - The Magic Whip (2015)
Bob Mould - Silver Age (2012)
Bob Mould - Beauty & Ruin (2014)
Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea (2010)
Brian Eno - Drums Between the Bells (2011)
Broken Bells - Broken Bells (2010)
Broken Bells - After the Disco (2014)
Bryan Ferry Orchestra - The Jazz Age (2012)
Buddy Guy - Rhythm & Blues (2013)
Calexico - Algiers (2012)
Calexico - Edge of the Sun (2015)
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM (2010)
Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty (2013)
Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss (2015)
Clint Mansell - Black Swan [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (2010)
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (II) (2010)
Cults - Cults (2011)
Cults - Static (2013)
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Ghost (2014)
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis (2012)
DIIV - Oshin (2012)
Dr. John - Locked Down (2012)
Earls of Leicester - The Earls of Leicester (2014)
Elvis Costello & the Roots - Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs (2013)
EMA - The Future's Void (2014)
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Old Yellow Moon (2013)
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - The Traveling Kind (2015)
Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Foals - Holy Fire (2013)
Gary Clark, Jr - The Story of Sonny Boy Slim (2015)
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & the Harvest (2011)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend Ascend (2012)
Grinderman - Grinderman 2 (2010)
Hans Zimmer - Inception (soundtrack) (2010)
Iron and Wine - Ghost on Ghost (2013)
Jenny Lewis - The Voyager (2014)
Johnny Marr - The Messanger (2013)
Julia Holter - Loud City Song (2013)
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (2012)
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas (2012)
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
Linnea Olsson - Breaking and Shaking (2015)
Lord Huron - Strange Trails (2015)
Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu (2011) (yes, really)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
Lykke Li - I Never Learn (2014)
My Bloody Valentine - m b v (2013)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill (2012)
Neil Young - Le Noise (2010)
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (2013)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (2015)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - That's It! (2013)
Public Image Ltd. - This is PIL (2012)
Punch Brothers - Phosphorescent Blues (2015)
Rhye - Woman (2013)
Richard Thompson - Electric (2013)
Russian Circles - Memorial (2013)
Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams (2014)
Sarah Jarosz - Build Me Up From Bones (2013)
Scott Walker + Sun O))) - Soused (2014)
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp (2012)
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (2014)
Sky Ferriera - Night Time, My Time (2013)
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
Swans - To Be Kind (2014)
The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards (2010)
The Dead Weather - Dodge and Burn (2015)
The xx - Coexist (2012)
Tindersticks - The Something Rain (2012)
Tindersticks - Ypres (2014)
Tom Waits - Bad as Me (2011)
Tricky - False Idols (2013)
Tricky - Adrian Thaws (2014)
Warpaint - Warpaint (2014)
Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt (2013)
Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp (2015)
William Elliott Whitmore - Field Songs (2011)
William Elliott Whitmore - Radium Death (2015)
Zola Jesus - Conatus (2011)
Zola Jesus - Taiga (2014)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 01:00am

Darren,
I think there's supposed to a tiebreaker for the May 2016 Artist Vote. I counted and there is a 3-way tie between Pearl Jam, Warren Zevon and Yes. All 3 artists received 6 votes each. Here's the breakdown below:

Pearl Jam - Tom H, Greg F, Max, BSLO, Darren, Derek

Yes - Nick, Tom H, dmg, Lax33, Jennifer, Derek

Warren Zevon - dmg, Greg F, AlexVoltaire, BSLO, Darren, Jennifer

Posted by Nick on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 01:11am

Genre Nominations -
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dreams (2010)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 01:14am

I think someone's ballot was missing from the Artist Vote; here's my count:

Pearl Jam - 6
Warren Zevon - 6
Yes - 6

Harry Nillson - 5
Paul McCartney/Wings - 5 

Buddy Guy - 4 
Depeche Mode - 4
Dr. John - 4
Little Feat - 4
Neil Young - 4
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 4
The Kinks - 4

Madonna - 3 
Robert Wyatt - 3

Al Green - 2
Belle And Sebastian - 2
John Mellencamp - 2 
Kevin Ayers - 2
Swans - 2

Electric Light Orchestra - 1
Super Furry Animals - 1
The Carpenters - 1

Janet Jackson - 0
Loudon Wainwright III - 0

Posted by Nick on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 01:20am

In that case

Warren Zevon 3
Yes 2
Pearl Jam 1

If the artist is Warren Zevon then my choice will still be Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (1980).

If it is Yes then I would nominate Relayer (1974).

If it is Pearl Jam then I would nominate Pearl Jam (2006).

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 01:33am

"I don't consider our lack of representation for "Scandinavian Dark Ambient Composers of the 21st Century" or anything like that to be all that much of an issue."

So I take it you won't be voting for Brighter Death Now - Where Dreams Come True (2009)

But for realzies:
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

Will have a list of more great ones tomorrow with my artist tiebreaker. Right now I'm going to bed.

Posted by Max on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 02:09am

My nominations

Beach House- Teen Dream (2010)
J. Cole- Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 06:18am

Nominees:

Fitz and the Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 06:41am

Warren Zevon- 3
Yes- 2
Pearl Jam- 1

Brandi Carlile- Bear Creek (2012)
Carolina Chocolate Drops- Genuine Negro Jig (2010)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 06:52am

Swans-The Seer (2012)

Nine Inch Nails-Hesitation Marks (2013)

Posted by Dr. W on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 11:24am

Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)

Dr. W: Hesitation Marks has already been voted in.

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 11:40am

Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea (2010)
.fun-Some Nights (2012)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 12:19pm

Pearl Jam - 3
Yes - 2
Warren Zevon - 1

Other great 2010's albums for your consideration:
A whole bunch of 2015 ones
A lot of the stuff DarinRG listed
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (2010)
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010)
Bon Iver- Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011)
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011)
Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, ULTRA (2011)
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - We're New Here (2011)
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs (2011)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Father John Misty - Fear Fun (2012)
Pearl Jam - Lighting Bolt (2013)
alt-J - This Is All Yours (2014)

Posted by Max on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 19:23pm

""I don't consider our lack of representation for "Scandinavian Dark Ambient Composers of the 21st Century" or anything like that to be all that much of an issue."

So I take it you won't be voting for Brighter Death Now - Where Dreams Come True (2009)"

Ha. I'm not saying I wouldn't vote for it if it were there...

I did vote for a Sol Invictus album in the round 2 Industrial genre vote, because when is that chance ever going to come around again. (credit to Tom H on that nominee IIRC.)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 19:59pm

Artist Tiebreaker:

Warren Zevon (3 pts)
Yes
Pearl Jam

Genre:

Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King (2013)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 20:02pm

I'll go with a couple 2013 highlights:

Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (2013)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 20:16pm

It appears Hesitation Marks is already inducted.

Fortunately, I know the perfect album to replace it.

Anais Mitchell-Hadestown (2010)

Listen to this album NOW! It was the highest rated on AnyDecentMusic? before Channel Orange came out, and with good reason!

Posted by Dr. W on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 21:52pm

I did miss Derek's vote in the Artist Project vote (but not his vote for the Album Project).

Here are the corrected results:

Warren Zevon - 6
Pearl Jam - 6
Yes - 6
_____________________

Harry Nillson - 5
Paul McCartney / Wings - 5

Depeche Mode - 4
Little Feat - 4
Neil Young - 4
The Kinks - 4
Buddy Guy - 4
Dr. John - 4
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 4
_____________________

Madonna - 3
Robert Wyatt - 3

Al Green - 2
Belle And Sebastian - 2
John Mellencamp - 2
Kevin Ayers - 2
Swans - 2

Electric Light Orchestra - 1
Super Furry Animals - 1
The Carpenters - 1

Janet Jackson - 0
Loudon Wainwright III - 0

There will be a tiebreaker vote to determine which artist will be selected for this month, as well as next month involving the following artists:

Pearl Jam
Warren Zevon
Yes

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Vote will be eligible to participate in the tiebreaker vote.

To vote, rank all three artists in order of preference, with 3 points going to the highest-ranked artist, 2 to the second-highest and 1 to the lowest ranked. Previously cast ballots will be included.

The artist that gets the most points will be selected this month (if that's Warren Zevon, previous nominations will be included). The artist with the second-most points will be selected for June. The artist that receives the fewest points will automatically be nominated for the next Artist Project vote in July (along with the other artists that received more than 4 votes this month).

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 22:15pm

2010s noms:

Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History (2010)
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 05/9/2016 @ 23:24pm

Sleater-Kinney No Cities To Love (2015)
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)

Pearl Jam - 3
Warren Zevon - 2
Yes - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/10/2016 @ 01:41am

Here is my ballot for this week's Special Election regarding albums in the 2010's.

Radiohead - The King Of Limbs (2011)
Lou Reed and Metallica - Lulu (2011): I am taking up DarinRG's suggestion. A pretty darn misunderstood gem.

Here now is my tiebreaker vote for the Artist Vote nominations.

Yes - 3
Pearl Jam - 2
Warren Zevon - 1

Please do not get upset with these nominations,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Tuesday, 05/10/2016 @ 09:41am

Tiebreaker -
Yes - 3
Pearl Jam - 2
Warren Zevon - 1

All 3 are very worthy for the Artist Vote.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 05/10/2016 @ 15:21pm

Yes-3
Pearl Jam-2
Warren Zevon-1

I second Nick...all three are worthy for the artist vote.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/10/2016 @ 16:41pm

Pearl Jam
Warren Zevon
Yes

I know that Darren has been trying for quite awhile with Pearl Jam. I originally scoffed at the idea of them needing an artist vote, but a few months ago I visited their page and saw just how much we really are missing there. Same with Warren Zevon for the most part. I'm not a fan of Yes, but I do like to occasionally revisit and reevaluate artists that I'm not fond of (sometimes my opinion really does change, sometimes it doesn't), so if they get the nod that'll be a good opportunity to do that.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 05/10/2016 @ 16:47pm

Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Train - California 37 (2012)

Honorable Mentions:

Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
Colbie Caillat - All of You (2011)
Ed Sheeran - + (2011)
Ed Sheeran - x (2014)
Fitz and the Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream (2013)
Gavin DeGraw - Sweeter (2011)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 05/11/2016 @ 22:55pm

Genre nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Anais Mitchell - Hadestown (2010)
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King (2013)
Beach House - Teen Dream (2010)
Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek (2012)
Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea (2010)
Caribou - Our Love (2014)
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig (2010)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Fitz and the Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010)
fun - Some Nights (2012)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dreams (2010)
Lou Reed and Metallica - Lulu (2011)
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (2013)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs (2011)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The Men - Open Your Heart (2012)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History (2010)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Monday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/11/2016 @ 23:18pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Yes - 19
_____________

Pearl Jam - 18
_____________

Warren Zevon - 17

This month's selected artist is Yes (Pearl Jam will be automatically selected in June, Warren Zevon will be automatically nominated for the July Artist Selection vote).

Voters can nominate one album by Yes released prior to 2016 that hasn't previously been inducted.

Here's the list of albums that have previously been inducted:

90125 (1983)
Close To The Edge (1972)
Fragile (1971)
The Yes Album (1971)

Here's a link to wikipedia's Yes Discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_discography

Nominations will open until nominations conclude for the second genre vote in the Song Project.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/11/2016 @ 23:26pm

Artist Nomination
Yes - Big Generator (1987)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 05/11/2016 @ 23:29pm

Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea (2010)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs (2011)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Last cuts were Pink and Metallica

Artist nomination:
Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
Because really, what good is a song under 20 minutes?

Posted by Max on Wednesday, 05/11/2016 @ 23:51pm

Artist Nomination:

Yes- Relayer (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/12/2016 @ 00:17am

Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King (2013)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History (2010)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 05/12/2016 @ 00:25am

Beach House - Teen Dream (2010)
Caribou - Our Love (2014)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
The Men - Open Your Heart (2012)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/12/2016 @ 00:56am

Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (2013)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Tame Impala - Currents (2015) was my last cut

Passing on a Yes album nomination.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 05/12/2016 @ 02:44am

Yes nomination

Yes- Going For the One (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 05/12/2016 @ 08:24am

fun - Some Nights (2012)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dreams (2010)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs (2011)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 05/12/2016 @ 09:03am

Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King (2013)
Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek (2012)
Caribou - Our Love (2014)
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig (2010)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Thursday, 05/12/2016 @ 13:57pm

My god, you guys put together one tough ass ballot this month. Great representation of what's been an exceptionally strong decade so far music-wise. I've got it narrowed down to 11 high priority/personal no brainers and another 10 that I'd vote for easily in just about any other circumstance...

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 05/12/2016 @ 20:57pm

Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King (2013)
Fitz and the Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010)
fun - Some Nights (2012)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dreams (2010)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 05/12/2016 @ 21:20pm

Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown (2010)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
Radiohead - The King of Limbs (2011)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)

Posted by Dr. W on Thursday, 05/12/2016 @ 21:48pm

Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea (2010)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (2013)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

So much great stuff bumped. Swans, Lou Reed & Metallica, Sleigh Bells, Stara Rzeka, Caribou, Beach House and Chance the Rapper were especially sad.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 05/13/2016 @ 02:26am

Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek (2012)
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs (2011)
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Posted by Mike on Friday, 05/13/2016 @ 07:49am

Fitz and the Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010)
.fun-Some Nights (2012)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dreams (2010)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Train - California 37 (2012)

As always, there are several others that I would also vote for in the future.

I really wish we would have split this category between 2010-2014 for the first vote and then 2015 for the second vote so that we could both catch up with some recent years and also get through some of the endless sea of 2015 albums too. I also wish that I thought of this idea sooner. We missed a great opportunity here. :(

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 05/13/2016 @ 10:24am

"I really wish we would have split this category between 2010-2014 for the first vote and then 2015 for the second vote so that we could both catch up with some recent years and also get through some of the endless sea of 2015 albums too. I also wish that I thought of this idea sooner. We missed a great opportunity here. :("

Solid idea. I'd have supported that. It would've helped take some newly eligible pressure off the next several general rounds, too.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 05/13/2016 @ 19:23pm

Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King (2013)
Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea (2010)
fun - Some Nights (2012)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (2013)

No offense to any of the 2015 albums nominated but they'll get their moments to shine in the general vote.

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 05/14/2016 @ 11:50am

Oops only voted for 5. My last vote will be for

Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 05/14/2016 @ 11:52am

So far we only have 4 albums nominated for the Yes Artist Vote later this month. Any other nominees?

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 05/14/2016 @ 17:12pm

Artist:

Yes - Keys to Ascension (1996)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 05/14/2016 @ 21:21pm

Artist vote:

Yes- Magnification (2001)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 05/14/2016 @ 21:26pm

Genre Vote Ballot (2010's)

Beach House - Teen Dream (2010)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
fun - Some Nights (2012)
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 05/15/2016 @ 02:18am

Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
fun - Some Nights (2012)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dreams (2010)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

Yes - Yes (1969)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 05/15/2016 @ 09:08am

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
fun - Some Nights (2012)
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (2013)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010)
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/15/2016 @ 19:34pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

fun - Some Nights (2012) - 7

Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013) - 6
___________________________

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010) - 5
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015) - 5
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015) - 5
Tame Impala - Currents (2015) - 5
___________________________

Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King (2013) - 4
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013) - 4
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015) - 4
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012) - 4
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (2013) - 4
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs (2011) - 4

Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea (2010) - 3
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013) - 3
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 3
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010) - 3
Swans - The Seer (2012) - 3

Beach House - Teen Dream (2010) - 2
Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek (2012) - 2
Caribou - Our Love (2014) - 2
Fitz and the Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010) - 2
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011) - 2
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015) - 2
Train - California 37 (2012) - 2

Anais Mitchell - Hadestown (2010) - 1
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig (2010) - 1
The Men - Open Your Heart (2012) - 1
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History (2010) - 1

Lou Reed and Metallica - Lulu (2011) - 0
Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012) - 0

This count includes the following votes:

Max
jtrichey
Greg F.
Gassman
Nick
AlexVoltaire
dmg
Dr. W
DarinRG
Mike
Jennifer
Tom H.
Donnie
BSLO
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Monday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/15/2016 @ 19:41pm

Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Swans - The Seer (2012)

Posted by Derek on Monday, 05/16/2016 @ 17:45pm

Here is my ballot, before time runs out, for the Special Election for Albums in the 2010's.

Lou Reed and Metallica - Lulu (2011)
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs (2011)
Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea (2010)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
fun - Some Nights (2012)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)

And here is my Artist Vote nomination for this month.

Yes - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
I would file this album under Yes, however opinions may vary.

Guess the album that I have come to like as the years go by,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Monday, 05/16/2016 @ 21:11pm

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Fitz and the Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010)
fun - Some Nights (2012)
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (2013)
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

The last (painful) cuts were Sleater-Kinney and Imagine Dragons. Even at the top of the vote list, I am still voting for Some Nights.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 05/16/2016 @ 23:22pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

fun - Some Nights (2012) - 9

Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013) - 7

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010) - 6
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015) - 6
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015) - 6
_____________________________

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013) - 5
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015) - 5
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012) - 5
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (2013) - 5
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013) - 5
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs (2011) - 5
Tame Impala - Currents (2015) - 5

Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King (2013) - 4
Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea (2010) - 4
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 4
Swans - The Seer (2012) - 4

Fitz and the Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010) - 3
Sleigh Bells - Treats (2010) - 3

Beach House - Teen Dream (2010) - 2
Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek (2012) - 2
Caribou - Our Love (2014) - 2
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011) - 2
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015) - 2
Train - California 37 (2012) - 2

Anais Mitchell - Hadestown (2010) - 1
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig (2010) - 1
Lou Reed and Metallica - Lulu (2011) - 1
The Men - Open Your Heart (2012) - 1
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History (2010) - 1

Passion Pit - Gossamer (2012) - 0

This vote count included the following votes:

Max
jtrichey
Greg F.
Gassman
Nick
AlexVoltaire
dmg
Dr. W
DarinRG
Mike
Jennifer
Tom H.
Donnie
BSLO
Darren
Derek
Lax33
SotN

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

fun - Some Nights (2012)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/16/2016 @ 23:38pm

So I noticed that the Allman Brothers Band's self-titled debut album is not presently inducted. To me that's a major oversight, as it's one of the best debut albums ever in my book.

If I nominate that next month (Let There Be Rock doesn't seem to be gaining much momentum), would anyone else support it?

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 05/17/2016 @ 14:04pm

Donnie-

I could get behind supporting the Allman Bros debut album and it most likely would have my vote. Having no albums carrying over via tie breakers plus a few more 2015 albums getting inducted definitely helps make that more likely as well. As for me I'll keep truckin' with my Jethro Tull nomination.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/17/2016 @ 14:46pm

Donnie,
There’s no guarantees at this point, but I’d definitely support The Allman Brothers Band’s debut album. It is a big oversight IMO from one the great American bands of that era. On a side note, for the June Genre vote, I was gonna nominate “Southern Rock” which I think is a pretty underrepresented area in the Album Project. Would there be any support for that genre next month? An album that I was gonna nominate that, IMO, is a major oversight is Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Second Helping (1974). Is there any support for that? If not, I was gonna nominate Steve Miller Band’s Book of Dreams (1977).

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 05/17/2016 @ 15:22pm

Any interest in any of these two?

Marianne Faithfull- Broken English (1979)
Joe Jackson- Night and Day (1982)
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band- Stranger in Town (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/17/2016 @ 17:03pm

Donnie and Greg - The Allman Brothers and Joe Jackson albums would definitely be on my shortlist.

Nick - Southern Rock is a genre that I could support. Without seeing what else will be nominated I can't say for sure whether I'd be able to vote for it right away or not, but if not I'd probably get to it pretty quickly.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 05/17/2016 @ 18:34pm

Voting is now open for this month's Artist Project vote.

This month's selected artist is Yes.

Here are the nominated albums:

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
Big Generator (1987)
Going For the One (1977)
Keys to Ascension (1996)
Magnification (2001)
Relayer (1974)
Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
Yes (1969)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums (a minimum of 2 albums is required for a valid ballot).

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/19/2016 @ 23:06pm

Artist Vote (Yes)

Going for the One (1977)
Magnification (2001)
Relayer (1974)
Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 05/20/2016 @ 00:49am

Artist Vote:

Relayer (1974)
Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 05/20/2016 @ 01:30am

Artist:

Keys to Ascension (1996)
Relayer (1974)
Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
Yes (1969)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 05/20/2016 @ 13:50pm

Artist:
Relayer (1974)
Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
Yes (1969)

I could totally go for a southern rock genre vote. there's great albums from the Allman Brothers, Drive-By Truckers, WSMFP, Little Feat, the Black Crowes, and a few others not in that really deserve it.

Posted by Max on Friday, 05/20/2016 @ 18:35pm

Badfinger's "Straight Up" from 1971-72, produced by George Harrison & Todd Rundgren, is a notable absence from the list. Another great album from that era is "About Us" by Stories. Both featured top 5 hits. Other 70's albums I'm surprised were excluded were "The Game" by Queen and "Pieces of Eight" by Styx.

From the 80's, XTC's "Oranges and Lemons" and "the Hurting" from Tears for Fears both deserve consideration for their originality.

Posted by Paul on Saturday, 05/21/2016 @ 21:05pm

Yes Vote:
Big Generator (1987)
Going For the One (1977)
Relayer (1974)
Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
Yes (1969)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 05/21/2016 @ 22:54pm

Keys to Ascension (1996)
Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
Yes (1969)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 05/23/2016 @ 15:17pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Artist Vote election cycle.

Yes - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)
Yes - Keys To Ascension (1996)
Yes - Relayer (1974)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

A really difficult ballot wherein it would have been best if all got inducted,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Monday, 05/23/2016 @ 16:51pm

Here are my selections for he artist' vote:

1. Yes- Keys To Ascension (1996)
2. Yes- Magnification (2001)
3. Yes- Tales From Topographic Ocans (1973)

4. Going For The One (1977)
5. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1988)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 05/24/2016 @ 02:29am

5. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe- Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 05/24/2016 @ 02:48am

I would have also voted for "Keys To Ascension 2," had it been chosen.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 05/24/2016 @ 10:35am

Yes Vote

Big Generator (1987)
Going For the One (1977)
Relayer (1974)
Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
Yes (1969)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/24/2016 @ 16:54pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results of the Artist Vote:

Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973) - 9

Relayer (1974) - 7
_________________

Going For the One (1977) - 5
Yes (1969) - 5

Keys to Ascension (1996) - 4

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989) - 2
Big Generator (1987) - 2
Magnification (2001) - 2

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Yes - Relayer (1974)
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/25/2016 @ 00:07am

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 05/25/2016 @ 01:53am

I'm curious how the Yes fans in the group feel about the results. I gave them another shot and they're just still not clicking with me, so I decided to stay out of the way and let their fans among us make the call. Is everybody content with the albums that were chosen?

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 05.25.16 @ 01:53am
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DarinRG-

I appreciate that you tried to give Yes another shot and I'll admit that as much as I love Yes they can be very polarizing. Tales From Topographic Oceans for instance is either their masterpiece or one of the most pretentious albums of all time depending on who you ask. As one of the big Yes fans here I was pleased with both the nomination list and the outcome. I will admit that this was one of the first album votes where I was not sure what was going to get inducted since their four most well known albums are already in the project. I happen to like Tales of Topographic Oceans (though it is not one of my favorites) and Relayer is a very underrated album.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/25/2016 @ 07:33am

Rule Changes In 2016:

Starting in 2016, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2015.

Starting in 2016, albums released in 2015 will not be eligible for nomination until April. There will be a designated 2015 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination switches over to 2016.

Starting in 2016, elective (not mandatory as a result of an error in a cast ballot or necessary as a result of a missing song from the final list of nominated songs) vote switches are banned from all Album Project, Genre votes and Artist Project votes (including selection votes).

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote (there won't be one in January as a result of a tiebreaker in December), the selected artist will be banned from being nominated for any Album Project or Album Project Genre Project vote for the next 6 months (not counting the current month). To clarify, this begins next month, as the selection of Van Morrison took place prior to the new rule being applied.

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote, artists that receive 4 votes will automatically be nominated for the next Artist Project Artist Selection Vote. To clarify, this begins next month, as the December vote took place prior to the new rule being applied and there won't be a January vote as a result of the tiebreaker in the December vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

David Bowie (eligible again in September 2016)
Prince (eligible again in October 2016)
Grateful Dead (eligible again in November 2016)
Yes (eligible again in December 2016)
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate one album from 2015 and one album from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

None This Month

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1990's Electronica
70's Hard Rock
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Country
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Post-Rock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Art Rock/Progressive Rock" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"Industrial" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Artists With 0 Albums Inducted In The Album Project" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"Jazz" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"2010's" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"Post Punk/College Rock" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

As a result of finishing in second place in a tiebreaker vote last month, Pearl Jam has been selected as this month's Artist Vote Artist.

The 1st through the 20th (approx.) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 album by the selected artist. If the selected artist has a small enough discography of eligible albums, nominations may be skipped with all eligible albums being eligible for the vote.

The 21st (approx.) through the 25th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/31/2016 @ 11:21am

General Nominations

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)

Genre Nomination - Southern Rock

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 05/31/2016 @ 11:25am

Nominations

Joe Jackson- Night and Day (1982)
Chris Stapleton- Traveller (2015)

Genre: 21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/31/2016 @ 12:20pm

The following album consists of piano rolls originally recorded from 1916-1933, then recorded off of a player piano in the 1990's and onto standard audio media. I would not consider this to be a compilation album since it was "performed" for the 1993 recording (they were able to play it with pedal presses, etc. for live effects). Please provide any objections ASAP and give your thoughts:

George Gershwin - Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls (1993)

This album is my favorite album from 2015. I actually went and purchased a copy from Poland, and I do not regret it. I do not expect it to get picked - I'm just nominating it so more people can give it a listen:

Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76zOryTNxx8

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 05/31/2016 @ 13:20pm

I'm gonna try to participate in the general vote, but like I said in the Rankings, I don't think I'll be able to be here very much as summer really gets rolling. At very least you have my nominations.

Nujabes - Metaphorical Music (2003)
Jamie xx - In Colour (2015)

Artist
No Code (1996)

Posted by Max on Tuesday, 05/31/2016 @ 19:21pm

Artist nomination

Pearl Jam- Pearl Jam (2006)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/31/2016 @ 19:45pm

Dire Straits- Making Movies (1980)
Original Broadway Cast- Hamilton (2015)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Tuesday, 05/31/2016 @ 20:21pm

My Nominations

General Vote

The Allman Brothers Band- The Allman Brothers Band (1969)

Genre Vote

Psychobilly

Artist Vote

AC/DC

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 05/31/2016 @ 20:26pm

Nominations:

Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)

Genre Nomination

Bluegrass/Folk

Artist Nomination

Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/31/2016 @ 21:10pm

Deafheaven – New Bermuda (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 05/31/2016 @ 22:28pm

When I was doing research for the round 1 British Invasion Song Project vote I noticed this one missing. I rarely nominate rock albums or songs from this era, so I thought it would be a nice change.

Them - The Angry Young Them (1965)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 06/1/2016 @ 02:20am

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno-Cowboy Bebop (1998)

Mbongwana Star-From Kinshasa (2015)

Artist:

Swans

Posted by Dr, W on Wednesday, 06/1/2016 @ 14:37pm

Whoops! Misread artist vote. Scratch that and give it to Binaural

Posted by Dr. W on Wednesday, 06/1/2016 @ 14:38pm

My nominations for June 2016/2041 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)

Genre

Novelty

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 06/1/2016 @ 21:49pm

noms:

MC5 - High Time (1971)
Florence & The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)

Pearl Jam:
Yield (1998)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 06/1/2016 @ 23:32pm

Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (1991)
Grimes – Art Angels (2015)

70's R&B

Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 06/2/2016 @ 07:03am

June 2016 Album Nomination:

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Honorable Mention:

Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 06/2/2016 @ 22:55pm

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/3/2016 @ 11:52am

Artist - Riot Act (Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this means that all of the eligible albums have been nominated)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/3/2016 @ 12:09pm

Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
The Decemberists – What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

Genre: 21st Century Hip-Hop

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 06/3/2016 @ 16:47pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (1991)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Deafheaven - New Bermuda (2015)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Florence & The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
George Gershwin - Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls (1993)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Jamie xx - In Colour (2015)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa (2015)
MC5 - High Time (1971)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Nujabes - Metaphorical Music (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
Them - The Angry Young Them (1965)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/4/2016 @ 00:25am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

1990's Electronica
21st Century Hip-Hop
21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica
70's Hard Rock
70's R&B
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Bluegrass/Folk
Country
Novelty
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Post-Rock
Psychobilly
Southern Rock

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres (a minimum of 3 is required for a valid ballot).

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/4/2016 @ 00:26am

Nominations are now closed (all eligible albums have been nominated) and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated Pearl Jam (this month's selected artist) albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Backspacer (2009)
Binaural
Lightning Bolt (2013)
No Code (1996)
Pearl Jam (2006)
Riot Act
Yield (1998)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums (a minimum of 2 albums are required for a valid ballot).

Voting will end at the same time as the FIRST genre vote in the Song Project and Album Project (not including tiebreakers). Please note that this is different than the usual schedule, due to the artist being selected prior to voting open and all eligible albums already being nominated.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/4/2016 @ 00:28am

Broadway is a considerable weak area for our project. I hope we can get it across the finish line this month.

Bluegrass/Folk
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Saturday, 06/4/2016 @ 00:49am

Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Jamie xx - In Colour (2015)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Bluegrass/Folk
1990's Electronica
21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica
Ambient
Avant-Garde

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/4/2016 @ 02:01am

Albums:

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
George Gershwin - Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls (1993)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015)
The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genres:

Ambient
Avant-Garde
1990's Electronica
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 06/5/2016 @ 13:30pm

FRL - here are all of the albums voted in since March and have not yet been added.

March General Vote:

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)
John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)
Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005)

March Genre Vote #1:

Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Action! (1968)
Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff (1969)
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (1965)
The Skatalites - The Skatalite (1969)
The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers (1965)

March Genre Vote #2:

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising (1980)
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975)
Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979)
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (1977)
The Specials - More Specials (1980)

March Artist Vote:

Prince - Controversy (1981)
Prince & The Revolution - Parade (1986)

April General Vote:

Adele - 25 (2015)
Bjork - Vulnicura (2015)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Kamasi Washington - The Epic (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)

April Genre Vote:

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (1990)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1969)
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1967)

April Artist Vote:

The Grateful Dead - Europe '72 (1972)
The Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street (1978)

May General Vote:

Cheap Trick - Dream Police (1979)
Janet Jackson - Unbreakable (2015)
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (1981)
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)
Wilco - Star Wars (2015)

May Genre Vote:

fun - Some Nights (2012)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

May Artist Vote:

Yes - Relayer (1974)
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 06/5/2016 @ 20:53pm

Pearl Jam Albums:

No Code (1996)
Yield (1998)
Binaural (2000)
Riot Act (2002)
Backspacer (2009)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Sunday, 06/5/2016 @ 21:45pm

General Vote

Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
Them - The Angry Young Them (1965)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre Vote

1990's Electronica
21st Century Hip-Hop
70's Hard Rock
Psychobilly
Southern Rock

Artist Vote

Backspacer (2009)
Lightning Bolt (2013)
No Code (1996)
Pearl Jam (2006)
Yield (1998)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 06/5/2016 @ 21:54pm

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (1991)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969)

1990's Electronica
70's Hard Rock
70's R&B
Country
Southern Rock

Backspacer (2009)
Lightning Bolt (2013)
No Code (1996)
Pearl Jam (2006)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 06/6/2016 @ 06:30am

My album votes:

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Florence & The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Monday, 06/6/2016 @ 09:24am

Genre Vote

Avant-Garde
Bluegrass/Folk
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Southern Rock

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/6/2016 @ 12:22pm

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
The Allman Brothers Band- The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
Them - The Angry Young Them (1965)

The Joe Jackson and MC5 albums are two that I'm very enthused to vote for. Just numbers victims this round. Hope to get another shot a both of them soon. (There's a lot more on this ballot that I'd support, but those were my final cuts.)

Ambient
Avant-Garde
Bluegrass/Folk
Country
Post-Rock

Southern Rock and Psychobilly are newer additions that I'll support as soon as I can. I'm pretty much gridlocked out of supporting anything new right now with the exception of Country, which I made a spot for because it's a primary genre that could use a lot of work in the pre-70s area. I think that doing both Bluegrass and Country some time within the next 6-12 months would significantly address a lot of that. Also, I think AlexVoltaire pointing out a lack of Broadway albums is legit. Also on my waiting list.

Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 06/6/2016 @ 17:40pm

Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Them - The Angry Young Them (1965)

The last cut of many painful ones was Stara Rzeka.

Genre vote:

21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica
Avant-Garde
Bluegrass/Folk
Post-Rock
Psychobilly

The last cut was Novelty.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 06/6/2016 @ 19:27pm

June 2016 Album Genre Vote:

70's Hard Rock
Country
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Southern Rock

Last Cut was Bluegrass/Folk.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 06/6/2016 @ 21:27pm

Genre Ballot

70’s Hard Rock
Country
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Southern Rock

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/6/2016 @ 22:10pm

I apologize for not getting involved with nominating albums this week. I had forgotten to present a nominating ballot when the time was allotted. Other important life matters needed to be attended to. Rest assured, I will be presenting a nominating ballot for the next election cycle.

Hope that clarifies,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Monday, 06/6/2016 @ 22:22pm

Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color (2015)
Jethro Tull – Stand Up (1969)
Mumford & Sons – Wilder Mind (2015)
Original Broadway Cast – Hamilton (2015)
Steve Miller Band – Book of Dreams (1977)
The Allman Brothers Band – The Allman Brother Band (1969)

70’s Hard Rock
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Post-Rock
Southern Rock

Binural
Lightning Bolt
Pearl Jam
Riot Act
Yield

Posted by Derek on Monday, 06/6/2016 @ 22:25pm

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Florence & The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
MC5 - High Time (1971)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
Them - The Angry Young Them (1965)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 06/6/2016 @ 23:53pm

Pearl Jam vote:

Backspacer (2009)
Lightning Bolt (2013)
Pearl Jam (2006)
Riot Act
Yield (1998)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 06/6/2016 @ 23:54pm

Genre Selection Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Novelty - 6
Original Broadway Cast Albums - 6
Southern Rock - 6
___________

70's Hard Rock - 5
Avant-Garde - 5
Bluegrass/Folk - 5

1990's Electronica - 4
Country - 4
___________

Ambient - 3
Post-Rock - 3

21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica - 2
Psychobilly - 2

21st Century Hip-Hop - 1
70's R&B - 1

There will be a tiebreaker vote to determine this month's and next month's selected genres involving the following genres:

Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Southern Rock

Anyone who voted in this genre selection vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all three genres in order of preference, with 3 points going to the highest-ranked genre, 2 to the second-highest and 1 to the lowest.

The genre that receives the most points will be selected this month. The genre that receives the second most points will be selected for next month. The genre that receives the fewest points will automatically be nominated for the August genre selection vote.

Tiebreaker voting ends at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th. That is also when nominations will open up for the first genre vote, so please decide whether or not each genre should be split and when that split should take place.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 01:06am

Southern Rock (3)
Original Broadway Cast Albums (2)
Novelty (3)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 01:16am

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Florence & The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
Them - The Angry Young Them (1965)

Honorable Mentions:

Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (1991)
Deafheaven - New Bermuda (2015)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Jamie xx - In Colour (2015)
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969)

Artist Vote:

Backspacer (2009)
Lightning Bolt (2013)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 01:27am

Genre Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Southern Rock (3 pts)
2. Novelty (2 pts)
3. Original Broadway Cast Albums (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 01:58am

Original Broadway Cast Albums- 3 points
Novelty- 2 points
Southern Rock- 1 point

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 08:36am

Southern Rock - 3
Original Broadway Cast Albums - 2
Novelty - 1

i wish these were the next three genre selections for the Album Project. Any of them would have my support in a heartbeat.

Something I think we should vote on at the end of the year on the following action: if more than 2 genres or artists are tied and a tiebreaker is needed in either the song or album projects, then those genres/artists in question would be the chosen genres/artists in the proceeding months. For example, if Southern Rock gets the most votes, followed by Novelty and lastly Original Broadway Cast Albums; then Southern Rock would be June, Novelty would be July and Broadway in August. It doesn't really make a lot of sense for a genre/artist to receive enough votes only for us to discard it and say "let's try again in a couple of months." If it gets enough votes, then it should chosen at a later date (depending on the tiebreaker results). The same thing happened last month when we had the artist vote tiebreaker and left Warren Zevon out in the cold despite getting just as many votes in the original vote as Yes and Pearl Jam. How does everyone feel about this proclamation?

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 11:26am

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Mbongwana Star-From Kinshasa (2015)
Deafheaven - New Bermuda (2015)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Posted by Dr. W on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 12:46pm

Dr. W,
You need to vote for one more album so your ballot counts.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 12:51pm

Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015) is my final album. Please add it to my ballot.

Posted by Dr. W on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 16:32pm

Something I think we should vote on at the end of the year on the following action: if more than 2 genres or artists are tied and a tiebreaker is needed in either the song or album projects, then those genres/artists in question would be the chosen genres/artists in the proceeding months. For example, if Southern Rock gets the most votes, followed by Novelty and lastly Original Broadway Cast Albums; then Southern Rock would be June, Novelty would be July and Broadway in August. It doesn't really make a lot of sense for a genre/artist to receive enough votes only for us to discard it and say "let's try again in a couple of months." If it gets enough votes, then it should chosen at a later date (depending on the tiebreaker results). The same thing happened last month when we had the artist vote tiebreaker and left Warren Zevon out in the cold despite getting just as many votes in the original vote as Yes and Pearl Jam. How does everyone feel about this proclamation?

Posted by Nick

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I am completely against this idea. I don't even like that we have two months worth of chosen artists/albums/songs for a tie-breaker, let alone three or however many we have in a tie-breaker round.

You have a valid point, that if it gets enough votes to make it to a tie-breaker it should automatically be chosen for a later month, I just disagree with it. I like to start completely fresh each month with something new. I don't want 3-6 months (or even more) worth of Artist and/or Genre Votes for both projects to be automatically decided in advance. That basically eliminates the nomination process for those rounds, which makes the projects way boring. And it's unfair to the rest of the artists, albums, or songs out there that could get a nomination from some one.

We already do a "loser of a tie-breaker automatically gets nominated the following month" rule, which I don't like at all. Extending that rule to however many entries are in the tie-breaker (3-6, maybe more) would be overkill and for me would kill interest in the projects. Let's say we have 5 artists in a tie-breaker for the Artist Vote of the Album Project. That means, beings those 5 artists made it to a tie-breaker, we should make those 5 artists be the Artist Vote winners for the next 5 months. Which means no one can nominate any artists for the Artist Vote for the next 5 months? I'm sorry, but that'd make the project very boring.

If this comes up as a vote at the end of the year, I will be in the "strongly against this rule" column.

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 17:36pm

Original Broadway Cast Albums-3
Novelty-2
Southern Rock-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 17:47pm

These are all great genres! :)

June 2016 Genre Tiebreaker:

Original Broadway Cast Albums 3
Novelty 2
Southern Rock 1

For all 3 genres, I suggest a split of Before 1985 and After 1985. What do the original nominators of the 3 genres think?

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 18:07pm

Deafheaven - New Bermuda (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Them - The Angry Young Them (1965)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 18:54pm

Tiebreaker:

Novelty (3 pts)
Original Broadway Cast Albums (2 pts)
Southern Rock (1 pt)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 06/7/2016 @ 20:02pm

I pretty much have the same thoughts as Donnie on the tiebreakers. I'm already not fond of the tiebreaker loser automatically getting the next month's spot, but it's never been a big enough deal to make a fuss over. But, I do think that plotting out a quarter of the year's votes off of one month's ballot is a step too far.

Anyway, two good genre choices this month:

Southern Rock 3
Broadway 2
Novelty 1

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 01:51am

My June 2016/2041 Genre Tiebreaker Vote...

1-Novelty (3 points)
2-Southern Rock (2 points)
3-Original Broadway Cast Albums (1 point)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 02:14am

Broadway - 3
Novelty - 2
Southern Rock - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 02:27am

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 02:29am

My current vote count:

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015) - 8

Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015) - 7

Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015) - 6
Them - The Angry Young Them (1965) - 6

The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969) - 5
_________________________

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015) - 4
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 4
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977) - 4
_________________________

Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980) - 3
Florence & The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) - 3
Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 3
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 3
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 3
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 3

Deafheaven - New Bermuda (2015) - 2
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977) - 2
The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World - 2
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 2

Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (1991) - 1
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 1
George Gershwin - Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls (1993) - 1
Jamie xx - In Colour (2015) - 1
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982) - 1
Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa (2015) - 1
MC5 - High Time (1971) - 1
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015) - 0
Nujabes - Metaphorical Music (2003) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
dmg
Donnie
BSLO
AlexVoltaire
DarinRG
SotN
Derek
jtrichey
Gassman
Dr. W
Tom H.
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 02:31am

"Anyone who voted in this genre selection vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker."

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 02:37am

Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (1991)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969)

The last cuts were ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Sound & Color,” but both of them had an ample number of votes each that I wanted to give other albums a shot this round. Like DarinRG said earlier, I’d also support MC5’s ‘High Time’ in the future, it was just the numbers game at this point.

Also, no hard feelings for those who didn't like my proposal for the tiebreaker situation for the genre/artist votes in the album/song projects. I think it should, however, be voted upon at the end of the year for the other voters to decide if that’s something they all want. I can go either way on this issue, but I felt it was something worth bringing up.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 09:20am

DarinRG - That's right. I'll remove my votes from the total.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 17:54pm

June 2016 Album Votes:

Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (1991)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Dire Straits- Making Movies (1980)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Honorable Mentions/Don't Need My Help include Alabama Shakes, Buckner and Garcia, Chris Stapleton, Hamilton, Joe Jackson, Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno, Steve Miller Band, The Allman Brothers Band, and Them. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for. It was such a Great Ballot that it was really hard to narrow it down! :D

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 18:59pm

Darren- I hadn't caught that. i was referring to someone else who stands out a little more when they do this sort of thing.

Posted by Darin RG on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 19:02pm

Just wondering, Who exactly were you referring to then DarinRG?

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 19:20pm

Just wondering, Who exactly were you referring to then DarinRG?

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 19:20pm

Them - The Angry Young Them (1965)
The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 20:17pm

DarinRG - That's right. I'll remove my votes from the total.

Wednesday, 06.8.16 @ 17:54pm

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Sorry, but it was me who made a very human mistake thinking that I had already voted, so to one person along with all the other ones who like to stalk, make innuendoes and keep track of everything I've ever done around here, even my vote history, they have an obsession, Ricky doesn't play these kiddie games, do not have time for that crap.

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 21:47pm

Rick,
If that's true about DarinRG referring to you (I don't know if that was his intention or not), then I apologize. I was just curious when I saw his post because, at least on my part, it wasn't obvious. I would never, ever purposely offend anyone on this site including you Rick. We all make mistakes, I just did this morning on one of the other projects, so that's completely understandable. I too dislike when other voters put others down too. Definitely no hard feelings on my end.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 22:03pm

Hey Nick,

While I'm here, I wanted you to know that when I used the term "wacky" yesterday I wasn't referring directly to you or your ideas. It was the isolated concept of designating Jefferson Airplane as a "female artist" that started me thinking about potential ramifications such as if I nominated a song sung and written by Marty Balin and it actually was inducted under the genre "female artists." I know there's a lot of gender ambiguity theses days, but ........

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 22:21pm

It's all good Joker and definitely no hard feelings from me. In hindsight, Jefferson Airplane was probably the worst example of the others listed when I posted on the Song Project yesterday. Lumping a group like JA as a 'female artists' band/group would be a mistake for sure. Like Steve Z and others said, there are already plenty of options so it's definitely not at all a big deal letting some of those aforementioned acts on the chopping block in the upcoming genre vote.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 22:31pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Chantels - Maybe (1957) - 10
The Rascals - A Beautiful Morning (1968) - 10

AC/DC - Hells Bells (1980) - 9
Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) (1992) - 9
The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988) - 9

Katy Perry - Firework (2010) - 8
The Kinks - Destroyer (1981) - 8
The Shirelles - Mama Said (1961) - 8
________________________

Art of Noise - Close (To the Edit) (1984) - 7
Better Than Ezra - Good (1995) - 7
Dusty Springfield - The Look of Love (1967) - 7
Neon Indian - Polish Girl (2011) - 7
Weather Report - Birdland (1977) - 7
________________________

Albert King - Blues Power (1968) - 6
Ozzy Osbourne - Mama, I'm Coming Home (1991) - 6
System of a Down - B.Y.O.B. (2005) - 6
The Maytals - Do the Reggay (1968) - 6
The Ramones - Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) - 6

Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole (1992) - 5
Cage The Elephant - Ain't No Rest For The Wicked (2008) - 5
Kacey Musgraves - Biscuits (2015) - 5
Ritchie Valens - Come On, Let's Go (1958) - 5
Steve Winwood - Valerie (1982) - 5
The Rolling Stones - She's So Cold (1980) - 5
Toad The Wet Sprocket - Walk On The Ocean (1992) - 5

Herman's Hermits - I'm Henry VIII, I Am (1965) - 4
Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (1977) - 4
Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin' (2015) - 4
Mastodon - Blood and Thunder (2004) - 4
Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993) - 4
Mickey & Silvia - Love is Strange (1956) - 4
Talk Talk - Talk Talk (1982) - 4
The Chemical Brothers feat. Q-Tip - Go (2015) - 4
Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders - The Game of Love (1965) - 4

Alexander Courage - Star Trek (1966) - 3
Calvin Harris and Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing (2012) - 3
Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage (2003) - 3
Florence & The Machine - Queen of Peace (2015) - 3
Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town) (1957) - 3
Miguel - Coffee (2015) - 3
Mumford & Sons - Believe (2015) - 3
Sam Roberts - Brother Down (2002) - 3
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Tank! (1998) - 3
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (1983) - 3
Tame Impala - Let It Happen (2015) - 3

Adele - When We Were Young (2015) - 2
Drake and Future - Jumpman (2015) - 2
Halsey - New Americana (2015) - 2
Janet Jackson featuring J. Cole - No Sleeep (2015) - 2
Kendrick Lamar - u (2015) - 2
Major Lazer feat. DJ Snake and MO - Lean On (2015) - 2
Robyn featuring Royksopp - Do It Again (2014) - 2
The Jeff Beck Group - I Ain't Superstitious (1968) - 2
U2 - All I Want is You (1988) - 2

Donovan - Atlantis (1969) - 1
Herman's Hermits - Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1965) - 1
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Main Title) (1979) - 1
Kacey Musgraves & Willie Nelson - Are You Sure (2015) - 1
Ratatat - Cream on Chrome (2015) - 1
The Weeknd - The Hills (2015) - 1

Jeff Lynne's ELO - When I Was a Boy (2015) - 0
Mike + the Mechanics - Silent Running (on Dangerous Ground) (1985) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Steve Z.
Mike
Billy R
dmg
Dave
Donnie
Vegas24
BSLO
Scott Banks
DarinRG
Michael Himself
SotN
AlexVoltaire
Derek
jtrichey
Gassman
Nick
Dr. W
Tom H.
Darren
joker

The following songs have been inducted as a result of this vote:

AC/DC - Hells Bells (1980)
Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) (1992)
Katy Perry - Firework (2010)
The Chantels - Maybe (1957)
The Kinks - Destroyer (1981)
The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988)
The Rascals - A Beautiful Morning (1968)
The Shirelles - Mama Said (1961)

The following songs will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Art of Noise - Close (To the Edit) (1984)
Better Than Ezra - Good (1995)
Dusty Springfield - The Look of Love (1967)
Neon Indian - Polish Girl (2011)
Weather Report - Birdland (1977)

Anyone who voted in this month's Song Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 songs in order of preference. The highest-ranked song will receive 5 points, the second-highest 4 points and so on.

The two songs that receive the most points will be inducted. The other three songs will automatically be nominated for the next vote that they're eligible for. Dusty Springfield is eligible for the genre vote this month. Please let me know if any of the other 4 songs are as well.

In the event of a tie, the song that receives the most first place overall rankings will win the first tiebreaker. If a second tiebreaker is required, it will be a re-vote involving only the songs that are still tied.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 23:01pm

Ignore that post. It is on the wrong board and doesn't include a few last second votes.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 23:06pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015) - 8

Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015) - 7
The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969) - 7
Them - The Angry Young Them (1965) - 7
______________________

Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980) - 6
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 6
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015) - 6
______________________

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 5
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977) - 5

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015) - 4
Florence & The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4

Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (1991) - 3
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 3
Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 3
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 3
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 3

Deafheaven - New Bermuda (2015) - 2
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977) - 2
The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World - 2

George Gershwin - Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls (1993) - 1
Jamie xx - In Colour (2015) - 1
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982) - 1
Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa (2015) - 1
MC5 - High Time (1971) - 1
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015) - 0
Nujabes - Metaphorical Music (2003) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
dmg
Donnie
BSLO
AlexVoltaire
DarinRG
SotN
Derek
jtrichey
Gassman
Dr. W
Tom H.
Darren
Nick
Jennifer
joker

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
Them - The Angry Young Them (1965)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all three albums in order of preference. The highest-ranking album receives 3 points, the second-highest 2 points and the lowest 1 point.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will be nominated for the July Album Project vote, though "Hamilton" is eligible for this month's genre vote.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 23:30pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Original Broadway Cast Albums - 18
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Southern Rock - 16
______________

Novelty - 14

"Original Broadway Cast Albums" is this month's genre. "Southern Rock" is July's genre. "Novelty" is automatically nominated for the August genre vote.
____________________________________

This month's selected genre is "Original Broadway Cast Albums". The genre is being split into two genre votes, "1900-1985" and "1986-2015" (Jennifer's suggestion was the only split / no-split suggestion given).

Nominations are now open for the first genre vote this month. This vote is for "Original Broadway Cast Albums 1900-1985".

Each voter can nominate up to two albums that they feel belong in this genre. If you see an album that is nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 10th. There will then be a 24 hour review period, followed by 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/8/2016 @ 23:39pm

My Nominations

Original Broadway Cast- Hair (1968)
Original Broadway Cast- Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)

Honorable mentions/for you consideration

Cats (1982)
Annie (1977)
West Side Story (1957)
Camalot (1960)
Godspell (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/9/2016 @ 00:44am

tiebreaker

Dire Straits- Making Movies (1980) 3
Original Broadway Cast- Hamilton (2015) 2
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/9/2016 @ 01:16am

Spare me the martyr complex, Rick. I didn't name names or blow up on anybody. The only way I could've been more vague is to not say anything, which wasn't going to happen.

"I too dislike when other voters put others down too." -Nick

There's a long history behind Rick and I occasionally popping off on each other. It's not as bad as it may seem without knowing the whole story. Think of Matthau and Lemmon in Grumpy Old Men and you'll get a more accurate picture of Rick and me. We actually like each other at the core of it all.

"I would never, ever purposely offend anyone on this site..." -Nick

This is not in any way a criticism of you, but you've been apologetic all day about expressing a few opinions and ideas yesterday. My criticism is about the current atmosphere around here where you felt the need to. This site has turned into a minefield of fragile eggshell butthurt where if anyone expresses an opinion or idea in anything but the most apologetic of tones it seems that at least three people who would probably have been left in tears on a daily basis in the Rock Hall Revisited era will need a diaper change over it.

I apologized for the incident a couple months ago because I deliberately went out of my way to be condescending and belittling to the rest of the group as a whole, which is not acceptable behavior, but people shouldn't have to be apologizing for a simple expressing of an opinion or idea. Occasionally frustration might put a bit of a sharp edge on it. So what? That's normal. We should be able to handle that without this, "I won't vote for your nominees because you offended me" childishness. (Spoiler alert: they wouldn't have voted for those songs or albums anyway.)

I see nothing in any of the discussions yesterday that you need to apologize for. Again, this is in no way a criticism of you, it's a criticism of the current culture of this site.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 06/9/2016 @ 01:21am

Tiebreaker

Original Broadway Cast- Hamilton (2015) 3
Dire Straits- Making Movies (1980) 2
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969) 1

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 06/9/2016 @ 03:23am

My Nominations

Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 06/9/2016 @ 04:36am

We're doing two votes and this round covers 1900-1985.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/9/2016 @ 07:55am

Great to see two albums I nominated make it to the tiebreaker.

Original Broadway Cast- Hamilton (2015) 3
Dire Straits- Making Movies (1980) 2
Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969) 1

My nominations:

Original Broadway Cast- Rent (1996)
Original Broadway Cast- Les Miserables (1987)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Thursday, 06/9/2016 @ 08:07am

Whoops- didn't see the 1900-1975 proviso. I guess I'll re-nominate "Les Mis" and "RENT" for Part II. My era-appropriate nominations are:

Oklahoma! (1943)
Fiddler on the Roof (1964)

Oklahoma, especially, is too important not to include. The first Original Broadway cast album, and the first Rodgers-Hammerstein collaboration.

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Thursday, 06/9/2016 @ 08:20am

Tie-breaker....

1. Original Broadway Cast- Hamilton (2015) (3 pts)
2. Dire Straits- Making Movies (1980) (2 pts)
3. Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969) (1 pts)

Genre Vote

Not a Broadway music type of guy at all, so I'm planning on sitting this one out.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 06/9/2016 @ 08:28am

My nominations

Original Broadway Cast- My Fair Lady (1956)
Original Broadway Cast- Sweeney Todd (1979)

Round Two

Original Broadway Cast- The Producers (2001)
Original Broadway Cast- Miss Saigon (1991)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/9/2016 @ 08:29am

Genre Round 1:

Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (1957)
Original Broadway Cast - Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville (1975)

Tiebreaker:

Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980) (3 pts)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015) (1 pt)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 06/9/2016 @ 21:54pm

I assume that we are leaving out Original London Cast Albums (sadly for me) since the genre is Original Broadway Cast Albums.

But, I wanted to ask if we are considering Off-Broadway Cast Albums? These are often very important in the development of great shows which later go on to Broadway and/or to become films. The Original Off-Broadway Cast album of Little Shop of Horrors (1982) is a great example.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 06/9/2016 @ 23:34pm

I'll put in one Broadway nomination pre-1985

Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 02:14am

I'll up the only two Broadway plays I know nearly enough about to make an educated guess about. It's not out of being a jerk, but more to be a good sport, since Broadway plays are about my worst area.

Genre vote 2:

Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - The Lion King (1997)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 05:08am

My criticism is about the current atmosphere around here where you felt the need to. This site has turned into a minefield of fragile eggshell butthurt where if anyone expresses an opinion or idea in anything but the most apologetic of tones it seems that at least three people who would probably have been left in tears on a daily basis in the Rock Hall Revisited era will need a diaper change over it.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 06.9.16 @ 01:21am----------------------------------------------------
Oh Yeah! Well, I've just got one thing to say to this!!!!!

Uh...
Umm...
Well..., you know...
I...uhh...
I, ummm....
I, ummm...
I...

I've, uhhh... I've always tried to be nice...

You know...

I put my left shoe on my left foot, and uhhh...
My right shoe on my right foot...

You know... and ,uh...

I've tried to... you know...

starch my collar and stiffen my butt...

and... uh....
well..., you know...
I threw out my books on being a wuss years ago...
but, you know... you know... I,uhh...

...

Waaaaahhhhhh!!!!!

:)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 06:41am

Genre vote 2. I'm going to put one down for now.

Original Broadway Cast- Spring Awakening (2006)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 08:06am

Tiebreaker
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015) - 3
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980) - 2
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 1

1900-1985
Original Broadway Cast - Dreamgirls (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - On the Town (1944)

1986-2015
Original Broadway Cast - Beauty and the Beast (1994)
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1998)

I can’t remember who nominated this genre, but are ‘Off-Broadway’ albums eligible in this month’s vote? I think it should be, but I will defer to the opinion of whomever originally nominated ‘Broadway Cast Albums.’ If the 1998 album is deemed ineligible, I’ll nominated the 2014 Original Broadway Cast recording with Neil Patrick Harris, although I’d much rather prefer the 1998 Off-Broadway album version.

A really helpful website for ‘Broadway Cast Albums’ that I found online is castalbums.org. Go to Databases and you can search for virtually any Broadway cast recording of thousands upon thousands of shows. It was a great find, especially when double-checking the correct years for the Original Cast Recordings and figured I’d pass it along to the other voters as a valuable resource.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 10:13am

Tie breaker

Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)-3
Original Broadway Cast- Hamilton (2015)-2
Dire Straits- Making Movies (1980)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 12:17pm

"Oh Yeah! Well, I've just got one thing to say to this!!!!!, etc..." -Cheesecrop

Well said. I think. :)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 20:27pm

Round 1:

Original 1951 Cast - The King and I (1951)

Round 2:

Original Cast Recording - Chess (1984)

Everything nominated so far merits a vote, so I'll leave it at one per round.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 20:52pm

Here are my nominees for the two distinctive election cycles regarding Original Broadway Cast Recordings. The first two are from the period 1900-1985, and I think many of you will be pleased with these choices.

Company (1970) Original Broadway Cast Recording
Pippin (1972) Original Broadway Cast Recording

And now here are the nominees from the period 1986-2015.

The Color Purple (2005) Original Broadway Cast Recording
Kinky Boots (2013) Original Broadway Cast Recording

Hope these selections gain some votes,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 21:32pm

Round 2 Nominations:

Original Broadway Cast - The Book Of Mormon (2011)
Various Artists - Sondheim: Into The Woods (Original Cast Recording) (1988)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 21:58pm

Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980) 3
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) 2
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 22:39pm

Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015) - 3
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 2
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 22:53pm

As a reminder, this month's Artist Vote for Pearl Jam will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 16th (the same day as the genre vote ends).

My ballot:

Backspacer
Lightning Bolt
No Code
Pearl Jam
Yield

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 22:55pm

I think that The King and I Original Broadway Cast recording was in 1952 and not in 1951. Was there also a 1951 cast recording?

June 2016 Album Genre Part 1 Nominations:

Original Broadway Cast - Camelot (1960)
Original Broadway Cast - Godspell (1976)

Honorable Mentions:

Original Broadway Cast - A Chorus Line (1976)
Original Broadway Cast - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1963)
Original Broadway Cast - Annie (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Cabaret (1967)
Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1980)
Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly! (1964)
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982) This went on to be adapted into the fun 1986 film which retained the excellent Ellen Greene as Audrey.
Original Broadway Cast - Man of La Mancha (1966)
Original Broadway Cast - Oliver! (1963)
Original Broadway Cast - Peter Pan (1954)
Original Broadway Cast - The Music Man (1958)
Original Broadway Cast - The Wiz (1975)
Original Broadway Cast - Wonderful Town (1953)

I am happy to see lots of my favorite musicals are already nominated and I greatly look forward to both rounds!

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 23:00pm

Jennifer- I'm going off references on both Allmusic and Wikipedia, though I have found both sites to be inaccurate or conflicting with release dates somewhat frequently. In those cases I defer to Discogs, which also has a 1951 release date listed.

It's entirely possible that we're thinking of two different versions, though. This isn't a neighborhood that I'm super familiar with, so if anybody thinks I'm not nominating the best or most appropriate version, I'm open to input.

The sources that I used to select the version and release year that I went with:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-king-and-i-original-1951-cast-mw0000690357

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_and_I#Recordings

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 23:27pm

I'll nominate two from Jennifer's list:

Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - The Wiz (1975)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 23:30pm

Nominations are now closed and review is now open for the first genre vote.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Original 1951 Cast - The King and I (1951)
Original Broadway Cast - Camelot (1960)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville (1975)
Original Broadway Cast - Dreamgirls (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Godspell (1976)
Original Broadway Cast - Hair (1968)
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady (1956)
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943)
Original Broadway Cast - On the Town (1944)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Wiz (1975)
Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (1957)
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Company (1970)
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Pippin (1972)
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982)

If you feel that an album has been nominated inappropriately, please point out why the album shouldn't be eligible (there won't be protests this round, as eligibility is pass/fail, according to the genre's rules).

Review will end and voting will open at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 11th.

I will be on the road and I probably won't be able to re-post the list of nominees, so if I don't post at 10 PM, feel free to start voting (5 days of voting, exactly 6 nominated albums per ballot for a valid vote).

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 23:32pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015) - 21
____________________

Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980) - 19
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 14

Dire Straits and Jethro Tull will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees this month:

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton (2015)
The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
Them - The Angry Young Them (1965)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/10/2016 @ 23:35pm

One more for round two.

Original Broadway Cast- Newsies (2012)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/11/2016 @ 00:32am

Actually I want to nominate Original Broadway Cast- Monty Phython's Spamalot (2005) instead of Newsies (2012).

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/11/2016 @ 00:57am

Voting is now open for the first genre vote.

Here are the nominated albums (there weren't any protests):

Original 1951 Cast - The King and I (1951)
Original Broadway Cast - Camelot (1960)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville (1975)
Original Broadway Cast - Dreamgirls (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Godspell (1976)
Original Broadway Cast - Hair (1968)
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady (1956)
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943)
Original Broadway Cast - On the Town (1944)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Wiz (1975)
Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (1957)
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Company (1970)
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Pippin (1972)
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums to have their vote counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/12/2016 @ 16:52pm

Original Broadway Cast – Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville (1975)
Original Broadway Cast – Dreamgirls (1982)
Original Broadway Cast – Fiddler On The Roof (1964)
Original Broadway Cast – Hair (1968)
Original Broadway Cast – West Side Story (1957)
Original Off-Broadway Cast – Little Shop Of Horrors (1982)

Posted by Derek on Sunday, 06/12/2016 @ 23:19pm

Original Broadway Cast- Hair (1968)
Original Broadway Cast- Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
Original Broadway Cast- Cats (1982)
Original Off Broadway Cast- Little Shop of Horrors (1982)
Original Broadway Cast- The Wiz (1975)
Original Broadway Cast- West Side Story (1957)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/12/2016 @ 23:58pm

This is actually a pretty strong ballot, so I'll change my mind and throw in a ballot....

Original Broadway Cast - Dreamgirls (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Hair (1968)
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943)
Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (1957)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 06/13/2016 @ 04:07am

Original Broadway Cast - Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville (1975)
Original Broadway Cast - Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Hair (1968)
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady (1956)
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Monday, 06/13/2016 @ 07:51am

Original Broadway Cast - Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville (1975)
Original Broadway Cast - Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Godspell (1976)
Original Broadway Cast - Hair (1968)
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943)
Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (1957)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 06/13/2016 @ 10:32am

Original Broadway Cast - Dreamgirls (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - On the Town (1944)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (1957)
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 06/14/2016 @ 12:33pm

Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville (1975)
Original Broadway Cast - Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Hair (1968)
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943)
Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (1957)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 06/14/2016 @ 16:40pm

Any interest for July?
Joe Jackson- Night and Day (1983)
The Dillards- Wheatstraw Suite (1968)
The Dillards- Copperfields (1970)
The Dillards- Roots and Branches (1972)
Danielson- Ships (2006)
Silver Sunshine- Silver Sunshine (2004)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/15/2016 @ 14:12pm

Original Broadway Cast - Dreamgirls (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Hair (1968)
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - The Wiz (1975)
Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (1957)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/16/2016 @ 00:26am

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Original Broadway Cast - Fiddler on the Roof (1964) - 7
Original Broadway Cast - Hair (1968) - 7
Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (1957) - 7
____________________________

Original Broadway Cast - Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville (1975) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - Dreamgirls (1982) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943) - 4
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982) - 4
____________________________

Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) - 3

Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982) - 2
Original Broadway Cast - The Wiz (1975) - 2

Original Broadway Cast - Godspell (1976) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady (1956) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - On the Town (1944) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd (1979) - 1

Original 1951 Cast - The King and I (1951) - 0
Original Broadway Cast - Camelot (1960) - 0
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Company (1970) - 0
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Pippin (1972) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Derek
Greg F
Donnie
AlexVoltaire
dmg
Nick
Gassman
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/16/2016 @ 00:29am

Genre Vote:

Original Broadway Cast- Cats (1982)
Original Broadway Cast- Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Original Broadway Cast- Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
Original Broadway Cast- My Fair Lady (1956)
Original Broadway Cast- Oklahoma! (1943)
Original Broadway Cast- Sweeney Todd (1979)

Great list of nominees

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/16/2016 @ 10:08am

Artist Vote

Binaural (2000)
Lightning Bolt (2013)
Pearl Jam (2006)
Riot Act (2002)
Yield (1998)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/16/2016 @ 10:13am

Artist Vote

Pearl Jam (2006)
Yield (1998)
Riot Act (2002)
Backspacer (2009)
Lightning Bolt (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/16/2016 @ 10:32am

June 2016 Album Genre Vote #1:
Original Broadway Cast - Camelot (1960)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Godspell (1976)
Original Broadway Cast- Sweeney Todd (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Wiz (1975)
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982)

Didn't need my help: Fiddler and 2 of my all time favorites: West Side Story (which I finally got to see performed live on stage this past year! :D )and Hair. Other Last Cuts include: Chicago, Jesus Christ Superstar, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, and The King and I. This was a great ballot overall and I would eventually vote for all of these.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 06/16/2016 @ 21:09pm

Original Broadway Cast Recording - Company (1970)
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Pippin (1972)
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (1957)
Original Broadway Cast - Hair (1968)

And for my Artist Vote:

Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Pearl Jam - Riot Act (2002)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)

This is my ballot for the week,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Thursday, 06/16/2016 @ 21:15pm

I LOVE that we did this genre vote during the month of the Tony Awards! :D

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 06/16/2016 @ 22:05pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Original Broadway Cast - Fiddler on the Roof (1964) - 8
Original Broadway Cast - Hair (1968) - 8
Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (1957) - 8
__________________________

Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982) - 5
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) - 5
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943) - 5
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982) - 5
__________________________

Original Broadway Cast - Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville (1975) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - Dreamgirls (1982) - 4

Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd (1979) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - The Wiz (1975) - 3

Original Broadway Cast - Godspell (1976) - 2
Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady (1956) - 2

Original Broadway Cast - Camelot (1960) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - On the Town (1944) - 1
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Company (1970) - 1
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Pippin (1972) - 1

Original 1951 Cast - The King and I (1951) - 0

This vote count included the following votes:

Derek
Greg F
Donnie
AlexVoltaire
dmg
Nick
Gassman
Darren
Tom H.
Jennifer
Lax33

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Original Broadway Cast - Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Hair (1968)
Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (1957)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943)
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker vote. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked song will receive 4 points, the second-highest will receive 3 points and so on.

The two albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the first tiebreaker is most highest rankings. The second tiebreaker is a re-vote.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/17/2016 @ 00:04am

Nominations are now open for the second genre vote this month. This vote is for "Original Broadway Cast Albums 1986-2015". Eligible albums will need to be either performed by female solo acts, all female group acts, or at least 50% female group acts.

Each voter can nominate up to two albums that they feel belong in this genre. If you see a album that is nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest (or point out why it breaks the genre's rules). Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 18th. There will then be a 24 hour review period, followed by 5 days of voting.

Any previously nominated albums will be included on the ballot.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/17/2016 @ 00:06am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results of the Artist Vote (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Lightning Bolt (2013) - 10
__________________

Backspacer (2009) - 9
Yield (1998) - 9
__________________

Pearl Jam (2006) - 8

Riot Act - 6

No Code (1996) - 5

Binaural - 3

As a result of this vote, "Lightning Bolt (2013)" has been inducted.

There will be a tiebreaker vote between the following albums:

Backspacer (2009)
Yield (1998)

Anyone who voted in this Artist Vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select one of the two albums. The album that receives the most votes will be inducted, the other album will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/17/2016 @ 00:11am

I vote for Yield (1998).

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/17/2016 @ 00:11am

Backspacer (2009) is my vote.

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 06/17/2016 @ 00:18am

Wait a second, I could be missing something here but why is the voting for the Pearl Jam Artist Vote already closed? We haven't even began voting in the 2nd genre vote yet. The Artist Vote hasn't begun yet in the Song Project (nominations are still happening for Merle Haggard), so why are things different here at the Album Project then? I'm confused beyond belief. I was still re-listening to the nominated Pearl Jam's albums and thought I had more time.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 06/17/2016 @ 00:23am

Tiebreaker
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982) - 2
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) - 1

Posted by Nick on Friday, 06/17/2016 @ 00:38am

Going back to the Pearl Jam Vote for a second, here's the original post written at the beginning of June:

__________________________________________

The Artist Vote:

As a result of finishing in second place in a tiebreaker vote last month, Pearl Jam has been selected as this month's Artist Vote Artist.

The 1st through the 20th (approx.) - Nominations for the selected artist will take place. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 album by the selected artist. If the selected artist has a small enough discography of eligible albums, nominations may be skipped with all eligible albums being eligible for the vote.

The 21st (approx.) through the 25th (5 days) - Voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05.31.16 @ 11:21am

Posted by Nick on Friday, 06/17/2016 @ 00:51am

My Nominations

Original Broadway Cast- Spring Awakening (2006)
Original Broadway Cast- Spamalot (2005)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/17/2016 @ 00:56am

If tiebreaker applies now I vote:

Yield

If it does not, then I wasted 4 seconds of my life :)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 06/17/2016 @ 22:31pm

Maybe I'll give Unbreakable by Janet another nomination for July. Although I could've sworn it was inducted?

I'll scroll back through the past 2 months or so.

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 00:52am

Mike,
Unbreakable was inducted in last month's general vote. FRL hasn't updated any inducted songs/albums in the projects since March.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 01:06am

Jesus Crhrist Superstar (1971) 4
Little Shop of Horrors (1982) 3
Cats (1982)
Oklahoma! (1943)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 01:21am

For July i plan on nominating Ashley Monroe- The Blade for my 2015 nominee. As for earlier than 2015 i'm still deciding between the following.

Joe Jackson- Night and Day (1983)
The Dillards- Wheatstraw Suite (1968)
The Dillards- Roots and Branches (1972)
Danielson- Ships (2006)
Silver Sunshine- Silver Sunshine (2004)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 01:34am

Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982) 4
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943) 3
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) 2
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982) 1

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 01:35am

Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943)-4
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)-3
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)-2
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 07:24am

Tie Breaker

Yield (1998)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 07:29am

Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943)-4
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)-3
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982)-2
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)-1

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 07:32am

Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943) (4 pts)
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) (1 pt)

All 4 deserve to be inducted.

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 12:47pm

Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982) 4
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982) 3
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) 2
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 13:32pm

Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Xanadu (2008)

Honorable Mention:

Original Broadway Cast - Jekyll and Hyde (1997)
Off-Broadway Cast - Return to the Forbidden Planet (1991)

As far as I can tell, Starlight Express' Broadway Cast sadly never did an album (only a 1987 US Concept Album: Music and Songs From Starlight Express). But, I highly recommend checking out the Original London Cast Recording (1984). It has Great music and is an Amazing show I got to see while living in London with its awesome original Apollo Victoria Theatre sets where the action happened all around the audience and most of its original songs as well.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 13:34pm

Round 2:

Original Broadway Cast - Hairspray (2002)
Original Broadway Cast - Crazy for You (1992)

Wow. Y'all were pretty thorough in your nominations for this round. It was a challenge finding quality leftovers. This is going to be a tough ballot.

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 18:40pm

Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) - 2
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 22:56pm

Since there is some confusion regarding the end time of the Artist Project vote that began on the 4th when all eligible albums were nominated, voting for the Artist Project will be re-opened until the 24th, which is when the Artist Project in the Song Project will conclude.

In the future, I will not include dates or scheduling information in the "announcement" posts for each month. These are meant to be informative and are not written-in-stone guidelines for when votes will take place.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/18/2016 @ 23:19pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943) - 23
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982) - 21
___________________________

Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982) - 19
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) - 17

Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

Original Broadway Cast - Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Hair (1968)
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma! (1943)
Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story (1957)
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors (1982)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/19/2016 @ 00:16am

Nominations are now closed and review is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know if I've missed any):

Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Beauty and the Beast (1994)
Original Broadway Cast - Crazy for You (1992)
Original Broadway Cast - Hairspray (2002)
Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Les Miserables (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991)
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Phython's Spamalot (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Rent (1996)
Original Broadway Cast - Spring Awakening (2006)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book Of Mormon (2011)
Original Broadway Cast - The Lion King (1997)
Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - The Producers (2001)
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Xanadu (2008)
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Kinky Boots (2013)
Original Broadway Cast Recording - The Color Purple (2005)
Original Cast Recording - Chess (1984)
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1998)
Various Artists - Sondheim: Into The Woods (Original Cast Recording) (1988)

If one of these albums has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please point out which album and why so that it's eligibility can be reviewed.

Review will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 19th. There will then be 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/19/2016 @ 00:22am

Second Genre Vote Ballot

Original Broadway Cast - Beauty and the Beast (1994)
Original Broadway Cast - Hairspray (2002)
Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Les Miserables (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - Rent (1996)
Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 06/20/2016 @ 00:54am

Voting is now open. There weren't any protested albums. The list of nominated albums is a few posts above this post. Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/20/2016 @ 10:44am

Voting is still open for the Artist Project vote. All previously cast votes will be counted, including any previously cast tiebreaker votes, if the voting results in the same tiebreaker.

This month's selected artist is Pearl Jam.

Here are the nominated albums:

Backspacer (2009)
Binaural
Lightning Bolt (2013)
No Code (1996)
Pearl Jam (2006)
Riot Act
Yield (1998)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. A minimum of 2 albums are required for a valid ballot.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/20/2016 @ 10:49am

Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Spring Awakening (2006)
Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - The Producers (2001)
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Phython's Spamalot (2005)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/21/2016 @ 01:55am

Original Broadway Cast - Hairspray (2002)
Original Broadway Cast - Les Miserables (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991)
Original Broadway Cast - Rent (1996)
Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987)
Various Artists - Sondheim: Into The Woods (Original Cast Recording) (1988)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 06/21/2016 @ 21:05pm

Original Broadway Cast - Les Miserables (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book Of Mormon (2011)
Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - The Producers (2001)
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 06/21/2016 @ 21:48pm

2nd Genre Vote:
Original Broadway Cast - Beauty and the Beast (1994)
Original Broadway Cast - Rent (1996)
Original Broadway Cast - The Lion King (1997)
Original Broadway Cast - The Producers (2001)
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1998)
Various Artists - Sondheim: Into The Woods (Original Cast Recording) (1988)

Pearl Jam Vote:
Binaural (2000)
No Code (1996)
Pearl Jam (2006)
Riot Act (2002)
Yield (1998)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 06/21/2016 @ 23:46pm

Pearl Jam vote:

Yield (1998)
No Code (1996)
Binaural (2000)
Riot Act (2002)
Pearl Jam (2006)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 06/22/2016 @ 05:57am

Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Les Miserables (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - Rent (1996)
Original Broadway Cast - The Lion King (1997)
Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987)
Original Broadway Cast Recording - The Color Purple (2005)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Wednesday, 06/22/2016 @ 11:30am

Here is my ballot for this week's Special Election regarding Broadway Cast Recordings.

Original Broadway Cast Recording - The Color Purple (2005)
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Kinky Boots (2013)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Rent (1996)
Original Broadway Cast - The Producers (2001)
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Phython's Spamalot (2005)

And here is my Artist Vote ballot.

Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
Pear Jam - Riot Act (2002)
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)
Pearl Jam - Binaural (2000)

A bit earlier than anticipated,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Wednesday, 06/22/2016 @ 21:59pm

Original Broadway Cast- Miss Saigon (1991)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - The Lion King (1997)
Original Cast Recording - Chess (1984)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book Of Mormon (2011)
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Pippin (1972)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 06/23/2016 @ 03:18am

You voted for two off of the first ballot.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/23/2016 @ 14:49pm

DarinRG:

Cats, Chess and Pippin are not eligible this round. You have three more votes.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/23/2016 @ 15:29pm

Thanks for the heads up, Greg.

I'll replace my botched votes with:

Hairspray
Les Miserables
Phantom of the Opera

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 06/23/2016 @ 19:04pm

Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Les Miserables (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - Rent (1996)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book Of Mormon (2011)
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003)
Various Artists - Sondheim: Into The Woods (Original Cast Recording) (1988)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/24/2016 @ 01:39am

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Original Broadway Cast - Les Miserables (1987) - 6
Original Broadway Cast - Rent (1996) - 6
Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987) - 6

Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - The Producers (2001) - 4
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Original Broadway Cast - Hairspray (2002) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - The Book Of Mormon (2011) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - The Lion King (1997) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003) - 3
Various Artists - Sondheim: Into The Woods (Original Cast Recording) (1988) - 3

Original Broadway Cast - Beauty and the Beast (1994) - 2
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Phython's Spamalot (2005) - 2
Original Broadway Cast Recording - The Color Purple (2005) - 2

Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (2005) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Spring Awakening (2006) - 1
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Kinky Boots (2013) - 1
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1998) - 1

Original Broadway Cast - Crazy for You (1992) - 0
Original Broadway Cast - Xanadu (2008) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Greg F.
dmg
Gassman
Nick
AlexVoltaire
Lax33
DarinRG
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Friday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/24/2016 @ 01:41am

Quick Spelling Correction-Spamalot should be listed as:
Original Broadway Cast- Monty Python's Spamalot (2005)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 06/24/2016 @ 06:19am

Genre Vote:

Original Broadway Cast - Les Miserables (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991)
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Phython's Spamalot (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Rent (1996)
Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - The Producers (2001)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 06/24/2016 @ 11:11am

June Album Genre Vote #2:

Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (2005)
Original Broadway Cast- Les Miserables (1987)
Original Broadway Cast- Monty Python's Spamalot (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Xanadu (2008)

Last Cuts include: Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Into The Woods. This was another great ballot overall and I would eventually vote for most of these.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 06/24/2016 @ 16:29pm

Pearl Jam Artist Vote Inductees:

Lightning Bolt
Yield

Genre Vote Inductees So Far:

Les Miserables
Rent
The Phantom Of The Opera
The Producers

Albums In A Tiebreaker:

Avenue Q
Miss Saigon
Monty Python's Spamalot
Wicked

Tiebreaker ends on Sunday.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/24/2016 @ 23:20pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Original Broadway Cast - Les Miserables (1987) - 8
Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987) - 8

Original Broadway Cast - Rent (1996) - 7

Original Broadway Cast - The Producers (2001) - 5
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Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003) - 4
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Original Broadway Cast - Hairspray (2002) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - The Book Of Mormon (2011) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - The Lion King (1997) - 3
Various Artists - Sondheim: Into The Woods (Original Cast Recording) (1988) - 3

Original Broadway Cast - Beauty and the Beast (1994) - 2
Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (2005) - 2
Original Broadway Cast Recording - The Color Purple (2005) - 2

Original Broadway Cast - Spring Awakening (2006) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Xanadu (2008) - 1
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Kinky Boots (2013) - 1
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1998) - 1

Original Broadway Cast - Crazy for You (1992) - 0

This vote count included the following votes:

Donnie
Greg F.
dmg
Gassman
Nick
AlexVoltaire
Lax33
DarinRG
Darren
Tom H.
Jennifer

The following songs have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Original Broadway Cast - Les Miserables (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - Rent (1996)
Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - The Producers (2001)

The following songs will be involved in a tiebreaker:

Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991)
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 4 points, the second-highest 3 points and so on.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other three albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project.

In the event of a tie, the first tiebreaker is the album that receives the most highest rankings. If that doesn't resolve the tie, a second tiebreaker vote will be held.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/24/2016 @ 23:51pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there were any errors and keep in mind that some of the ballots were amended due to the confusion on the board, though I think the end results are exactly the same no matter what):

Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013) - 10
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998) - 10
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Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006) - 9
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009) - 7
Pearl Jam - Riot Act - 7
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996) - 7
Pearl Jam - Binaural - 5

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (2013)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/24/2016 @ 23:52pm

Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003) 4
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005) 3
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003) 2
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991) 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/25/2016 @ 02:34am

Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)- 4
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003)- 3
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991)- 2
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005)- 1

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Saturday, 06/25/2016 @ 08:32am

Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991) (4 pts)
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003) (1 pt)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 06/25/2016 @ 13:16pm

Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991)-4
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003)-3
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005)-2
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 06/25/2016 @ 14:15pm

Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003) - 3 
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005) - 3 
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991) - 1

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 06/25/2016 @ 22:04pm

Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 06/26/2016 @ 12:44pm

Wicked - 4
Spamalot - 3
Avenue Q - 2
Miss Saigon - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/26/2016 @ 17:57pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003) - 22
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Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005) - 17
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003) - 16
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991) - 15

Monty Python's Spamalot, Avenue Q and Miss Saigon will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here are the final inductees from this genre vote:

Original Broadway Cast - Les Miserables (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - Rent (1996)
Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987)
Original Broadway Cast - The Producers (2001)
Original Broadway Cast - Wicked (2003)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/27/2016 @ 00:58am

Rule Changes In 2016:

Starting in 2016, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2015.

Starting in 2016, albums released in 2015 will not be eligible for nomination until April. There will be a designated 2015 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination switches over to 2016.

Starting in 2016, elective (not mandatory as a result of an error in a cast ballot or necessary as a result of a missing song from the final list of nominated songs) vote switches are banned from all Album Project, Genre votes and Artist Project votes (including selection votes).

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote (there won't be one in January as a result of a tiebreaker in December), the selected artist will be banned from being nominated for any Album Project or Album Project Genre Project vote for the next 6 months (not counting the current month). To clarify, this begins next month, as the selection of Van Morrison took place prior to the new rule being applied.

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote, artists that receive 4 votes will automatically be nominated for the next Artist Project Artist Selection Vote. To clarify, this begins next month, as the December vote took place prior to the new rule being applied and there won't be a January vote as a result of the tiebreaker in the December vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

David Bowie (eligible again in September 2016)
Prince (eligible again in October 2016)
Grateful Dead (eligible again in November 2016)
Yes (eligible again in December 2016)
Pearl Jam (eligible again in January 2017)
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate one album from 2015 and one album from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991)
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

As a result of a tiebreaker in last month's genre selection vote, this month's selected genre is "Southern Rock". Nominations will begin at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Until then, please use this time to discuss whether or not the genre should be split into two votes and, if so, when that split should take place.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote:

Buddy Guy
Depeche Mode
Dr. John
Harry Nillson
Little Feat
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Paul McCartney / Wings
The Kinks
Warren Zevon

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Bob Dylan
David Bowie
Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention
Grateful Dead
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
Pearl Jam
Prince
Randy Newman
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/30/2016 @ 00:01am

Nominations:

Ashley Monroe- The Blade (2015)
The Dillards- Wheatstraw Suite (1968)

Artist: Bob Seger

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/30/2016 @ 01:53am

How about splitting the Southern Rock genre at 1985? That would be 1900-1985 & 1985-2015.

Thoughts?

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/30/2016 @ 02:33am

Nino Rota- The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)
Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)

Artist Vote

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/30/2016 @ 07:22am

Cowboy Bebop came SO CLOSE last time!

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno-Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Carly Rae Jepsen-E*MO*TION (2015)

Posted by Dr. W on Thursday, 06/30/2016 @ 15:11pm

Nominations

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Artist Vote

AC/DC

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 06/30/2016 @ 16:55pm

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015)

Artist:
The Doobie Brothers

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 06/30/2016 @ 20:55pm

General -
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)

Artist Nomination -
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

(I remember nominating them a while ago and Darren suggested that we also include Petty's solo work since most of the Heartbreakers collaborate on those albums. I'm totally fine with that).

Greg F, I support the proposed split of 1900-1985 and 1985-2015.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 07/1/2016 @ 09:52am

I vote no split on Southern Rock.

Posted by dmg on Friday, 07/1/2016 @ 10:28am

Nominations:

The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Robyn feat. Royskopp - Do It Again (2014)

Posted by Mike on Friday, 07/1/2016 @ 10:32am

My nominations for July 2016/2041 induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 07/1/2016 @ 22:30pm

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)

Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)

We're well covered on solid artist nominees.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 07/2/2016 @ 07:04am

Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)

Al Green

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 07/2/2016 @ 09:38am

Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
The Decemberists – What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

Genre: 21st Century Hip-Hop

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 07/2/2016 @ 13:54pm

noms:

Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 07/3/2016 @ 00:21am

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 07/3/2016 @ 15:26pm

Deafheaven – New Bermuda (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)

Artist vote:
The Residents

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 07/3/2016 @ 18:59pm

Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)

Artist - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/3/2016 @ 21:11pm

Here are my nominees for this month while there is still time left.

Sir Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)

I suggest we split the Southern Rock genre vote with the first vote cutoff being 1985 and the second vote starting from 1986. And here is my Artist Vote nomination.

Bonnie Raitt

We seem to have overlooked a good deal of Bonnie Raitt on both the Album and the Song Project, even though she was inducted into the Revisited/Projected Rock Hall project when we started that. Perhaps this can now be rectified.

Happy 4th!,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Sunday, 07/3/2016 @ 21:14pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing albums):

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Carly Rae Jepsen - E*MO*TION (2015)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Deafheaven - New Bermuda (2015)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015)
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991)
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
Robyn feat. Royskopp - Do It Again (2014)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983)
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
The Dillards - Wheatstraw Suite (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their votes to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/3/2016 @ 23:03pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing artists):

AC/DC
Al Green
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Depeche Mode
Dr. John
Electric Light Orchestra
Harry Nillson
Little Feat
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Paul McCartney / Wings
The Doobie Brothers
The Kinks
The Residents
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio
Warren Zevon

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists (at least 3 artists are required for a vote to be counted).

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/3/2016 @ 23:04pm

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983)
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 07/4/2016 @ 00:24am

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
The Dillards - Wheatstraw Suite (1968)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Depeche Mode
Harry Nillson
Little Feat

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/4/2016 @ 00:50am

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)

Al Green
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Miles Davis
Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 07/4/2016 @ 07:04am

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

AC/DC
Depeche Mode
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 07/4/2016 @ 12:57pm

Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015))
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)

Dr. John
Bonnie Raitt
Paul McCartney/Wings

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Monday, 07/4/2016 @ 13:26pm

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Artist:

Buddy Guy
Depeche Mode
Dr. John
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The Residents

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 07/4/2016 @ 16:59pm

General:

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015)
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Artists:

Depeche Mode
The Doobie Brothers
The Kinks
Warren Zevon

Posted by dmg on Monday, 07/4/2016 @ 21:46pm

General Vote

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Artist Vote

AC/DC
Al Green
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Depeche Mode

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 07/5/2016 @ 02:01am

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Robyn feat. Royskopp - Do It Again (2014)
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Bonnie Raitt
Depeche Mode
Miles Davis
The Doobie Brothers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 07/5/2016 @ 15:14pm

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)

The last cuts were the Dillards, Carly Rae Jepsen, Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno, and Robyn feat. Royksopp.

Dr. John
Harry Nillson
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The Residents
Warren Zevon

The last cuts were Depeche Mode and TV On the Radio.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 07/5/2016 @ 16:18pm

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The Kinks
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio
Warren Zevon

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/6/2016 @ 22:12pm

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/6/2016 @ 22:15pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) - 7

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998) - 6
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015) - 6

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013) - 5
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Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980) - 4
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977) - 4
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993) - 4
___________________________________

Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 3
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015) - 2
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 2
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977) - 2
The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World - 2

Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 1
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015) - 1
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982) - 1
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991) - 1
Robyn feat. Royskopp - Do It Again (2014) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983) - 1
The Dillards - Wheatstraw Suite (1968) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Carly Rae Jepsen - E*MO*TION (2015) - 0
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015) - 0
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 0
Deafheaven - New Bermuda (2015) - 0
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015) - 0
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015) - 0
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982) - 0
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005) - 0
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982) - 0
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
Greg F
BSLO
Gassman
AlexVoltaire
DarinRG
dmg
Donnie
Mike
SotN
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/6/2016 @ 22:23pm

We're still debating whether or not to split the Southern Rock genre into two votes or not.

One suggestion is to split between "1900-1985" and "1986-2015".

The other is to only have one vote.

Please weigh in if you like one of these ideas or the other or if you have an alternative split idea.

Nominations for the first group will begin on Friday at 10 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/6/2016 @ 23:29pm

I vote to split Southern Rock into 2 genre splits as indicted in Darren's previous post and from Greg/Jennifer's suggestion in the past few weeks. I think we can do a lot of catching up on some important southern rock acts here in the Album Project. Since I was the one who nominated the genre, I envisioned focusing on 60's and '70s Southern Rock mainly in the 1st genre vote and then more contemporary acts (late 80's onward) in the 2nd vote.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 07/6/2016 @ 23:51pm

I don't think we should split every vote that comes up- it started out as a way to cover major "primary color" genres like country, and it got out of hand. I'm for one vote.

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Thursday, 07/7/2016 @ 07:13am

Depeche Mode
Miles Davis
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Paul McCartney / Wings
The Kinks

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 07/7/2016 @ 08:42am

I vote no split and agree with Alex. Southern Rock isn't big enough of a genre to warrant one. Most of the key albums in this category occurred in the '70s, which would make any split extremely lopsided.

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 07/7/2016 @ 09:31am

Deafheaven - New Bermuda (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 07/7/2016 @ 11:16am

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project election.

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)

And my Artist Vote Ballot for this month is:

Bonnie Raitt
Depeche Mode
Miles Davis
Paul McCartney
Harry Nillson

Adding a small dose of variety to a rather predictable election,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Thursday, 07/7/2016 @ 21:10pm

Was it Gregg Allman that said you might as well call southern rock "rock rock" because all rock springs from the south?

No split

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 07/8/2016 @ 00:56am

I think a split vote for "Southern Rock" would be a huge stretch and completely unnecessary. Most of the great "Southern Rock" came out of the 70's. Sure there's some modern artists that are holding the mantle of "Southern Rock," but again, I think they would fit in just fine with 70's heavyweights like the Allman Brothers, ZZ Top, Little Feat, Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc.

One vote would suffice for "Southern Rock."

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 07/8/2016 @ 02:19am

I guess Southern Rock will have just 1 vote this month which is fine with me. Personally I don't think it would be unnecessary or our of the question for a split; some are just stuck in the mindset that only significant works from southern rock came from one era and that's it (cough, the 70's). While it may be true that many famous works from that era, there are many forms of southern rock that I was considering like Tex-Mex among others that are largely ignored or completely forgotten in our project. I totally disagree with that notion (one era essentially defines this regional music) because I was thinking we were missing a lot of modem contemporary bands from the south, especially in the last 30 years. That's essentially why I proposed a split in the first place. But hey, this is the album project side of the board so I guess we have to be more cautious with genre splits if it's determined necessary by the voters.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 07/8/2016 @ 06:31am

I support a split for the Southern Rock genre as Greg F originally suggested. Also, I would like to see some album suggestions as well.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 07/8/2016 @ 20:26pm

Molly Hatchet

Posted by joker on Friday, 07/8/2016 @ 20:43pm

"Personally I don't think it would be unnecessary or our of the question for a split; some are just stuck in the mindset that only significant works from southern rock came from one era and that's it (cough, the 70's)." -Nick

I wholeheartedly agree. It seems to happen pretty regularly that people act like a genre only existed when the major labels were milking it. A bulk of the best and most important work in the majority of genres that I can think of falls outside of the genre's commercial push.

I'm all for a split in both Album and Song this round. Shocking, I know.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 07/8/2016 @ 21:04pm

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)

I'm really shocked that there wasn't more support for the Gaye album. If I remember it correctly, it was his big comeback album and featured the smash hit 'Sexual Healing' right before his tragic death. Plus while Gaye had a ton of great singles/hits, the deep cuts on his albums were terrific.

Artist Vote -
Bob Seger
Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Little Feat
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

The last cuts were Bonnie Raitt and Warren Zevon. So sad I had to cut them but I will say there were an excellent list of artist nominees this month. I'd be totally fine if these were the selected artists for the next year or so.

Special thanks goes to DarinRG, Greg F and Jennifer for their support and kind words regarding the Southern Rock genre talks :)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 07/8/2016 @ 21:17pm

July 2016 Album Votes:

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Dire Straits- Making Movies (1980)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Honorable Mentions/Don't Need My Help include Ashley Monroe, Buckner and Garcia, Coldplay, Florence + The Machine, Jesus Christ Superstar, Paul McCartney, Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno, Steve Miller Band, and Styx. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 07/8/2016 @ 22:32pm

Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983)

Buddy Guy
Little Feat
Miles Davis
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Warren Zevon

I also support a split for the upcoming Southern Rock vote.

Posted by Derek on Friday, 07/8/2016 @ 22:39pm

July 2016 Artist Vote:

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Electric Light Orchestra
The Doobie Brothers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Last Cuts include The Kinks, Warren Zevon, and Paul McCartney with Wings.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 07/8/2016 @ 22:43pm

Voting is now closed. Write-ups are in progress.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 01:31am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if ther are any errors):

Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980) - 8
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013) - 8

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998) - 7
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) - 7

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015) - 6
_________________________

Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977) - 5
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972) - 5
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993) - 5

Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003) - 4
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4

Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 3

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015) - 2
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 2
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982) - 2
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 2
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 2
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983) - 2
The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World - 2

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015) - 1
Deafheaven - New Bermuda (2015) - 1
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1982) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1991) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Monty Python's Spamalot (2005) - 1
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982) - 1
Robyn feat. Royskopp - Do It Again (2014) - 1
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1
The Dillards - Wheatstraw Suite (1968) - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0
Carly Rae Jepsen - E*MO*TION (2015) - 0
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015) - 0
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
Greg F
BSLO
Gassman
AlexVoltaire
DarinRG
dmg
Donnie
Mike
SotN
Darren
Tom H.
Lax33
Nick
Jennifer
Derek

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 01:37am

There will be two genre votes this month. The most popular split idea for this genre seems to be 1900-1985 and 1986-2015, so that's what we'll go with.

Nominations are now open for the first genre vote. This genre is "Southern Rock 1900-1985".

Each voter can nominate two albums that the believe belong in this genre vote.

If you feel that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day designated for review and 5 days of voting.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 01:41am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results of the artist vote selection vote (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Depeche Mode - 8
____________________

Bonnie Raitt - 7

Bob Seger - 5
Miles Davis - 5
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 5
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 5

Dr. John - 4
Warren Zevon - 4
____________________

Buddy Guy - 3
Harry Nillson - 3
Little Feat - 3
Paul McCartney / Wings - 3
The Doobie Brothers - 3
The Kinks - 3

AC/DC - 2
Al Green - 2
The Residents - 2

Electric Light Orchestra - 1
Neil Young - 1
TV On The Radio - 1

Nominations are now open for this month's artist vote. This month's selected artist is Depeche Mode. Every voter can nominate one Depeche Mode that hasn't been inducted into the Album Project yet.

The following Depeche Mode albums have already been inducted:

Music For The Masses (1987)
Violator (1990)

Here's a link to wikipedia's Depeche Mode discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depeche_Mode_discography

Nominations will end at the same time that nominations for the second genre vote in the Song and Album Project end.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 01:46am

My nominations for 1900-1985

The Marshall Tucker Band- The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)
Blackfoot- Marauder (1981)

For you consideration:

Lynyrd Skynyrd- Second Helping (1974)
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Skynyrd's First... and Last (1978)
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Nothin' Fancy
Little Feat- Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Little Feat- Dixie Chicken (1973)
Outlaws- Outlaws (1975)
Outlaws- Hurry Sundown (1978)
ZZ Top- ZZ Top's First Album (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 01:53am

Artist nomination:

Depeche Mode- Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 02:02am

Hmm...let's mix it up for the genre vote:

Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)
Wet Willie - Keep On Smilin' (1974)

Artist vote:

Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward (1984)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 03:30am

Genre Vote Nominations (Southern Rock) (Round 1) (1900-1985)

Lynyrd Skynyrd- Second Helping (1974)
ZZ Top- Deguello (1979)

Genre Vote Nominations (Southern Rock) (Round 2)

The Black Crowes- The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
Gov't Mule- Gov't Mule (1995)

Artist Vote Nomination (Depeche Mode)

Depeche Mode- Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 09:44am

The Allman Brothers Band- Idlewild South (1971)
Little Feat- Dixie Chicken (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 11:19am

Genre 1 Nominations:

The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road (1976)

Artist Nomination:

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 12:48pm

I'll swap my artist vote nomination: Depeche Mode- Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993) to Depeche Mode- Ultra (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 13:40pm

Southern Rock Round 1:

Outlaws- Outlaws (1975)
LeRoux - Louisiana's LeRoux (1977)

Southern Rock Round 2:

Widespread Panic - Space Wrangler (1988)
Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)

Depche Mode:

Some Great Reward (1984)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 16:40pm

Artist Vote

Depeche Mode- Delta Machine (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 22:17pm

July 2015 Southern Rock Genre Part 1 1900-1985 Nominations:

Alabama - Feels So Right (1981)
The Highwaymen - The Highwayman (1984)

Honorable Mentions/Nomination Suggestions:

The Charlie Daniels Band - Million Mile Reflections (1979)
The Doobie Brothers - Stampede (1975)
The Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (1974)

I am very surprised that none of these bands has any representation in the Album Project at all! I am also very surprised that no one has nominated anything yet from Gram Parsons, Poco, or The Flying Burrito Brothers.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 07/10/2016 @ 19:26pm

Genre I Nominations -
Black Oak Arkansas - High on the Hog (1973)
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin’ with Disaster (1979)

Artist Nomination -
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 07/10/2016 @ 20:28pm

Here is my ballot for this month's first election of the Southern Rock genre ballot for 1900-1985.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's First...And Last (1977)
The Doobie Brothers - Stampede (1975)

And my Artist Vote nomination for the month is:

Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame (1982)

A rather predictable ballot, yet a much needed ballot,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Sunday, 07/10/2016 @ 21:10pm

38 Special - Wild-Eyed Southern Boys (1980)
Canned Heat - Boogie with Canned Heat (1968)

Posted by Derek on Sunday, 07/10/2016 @ 21:22pm

Nominations are now closed and review is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

.38 Special - Wild-Eyed Southern Boys (1980)
Alabama - Feels So Right (1981)
Black Oak Arkansas - High on the Hog (1973)
Blackfoot - Marauder (1981)
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
LeRoux - Louisiana's LeRoux (1977)
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road (1976)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's First… And Last (1977)
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin’ with Disaster (1979)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971)
The Doobie Brothers - Stampede (1975)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
The Highwaymen - The Highwayman (1984)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)
Wet Willie - Keep On Smilin' (1974)
ZZ Top - Deguello (1979)

There will now be one day of review. If you see an album that you think was nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end at voting will open at 10 PM Central on Monday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/10/2016 @ 23:33pm

Hey Greg F, I'm sorry that I missed your post where you nominated "Songs of Faith and Devotion." I was actually planning on either nominating that one or Ultra, but I didn't see your post, so I went with "Songs of Faith and Devotion." At least both albums got nominated.

But again, I apologize.

Also, Gassman still has another nomination as he nominated "Some Great Reward" which SoTN had already nominated.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 07/11/2016 @ 02:19am

There weren't any protested albums.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

.38 Special - Wild-Eyed Southern Boys (1980)
Alabama - Feels So Right (1981)
Black Oak Arkansas - High on the Hog (1973)
Blackfoot - Marauder (1981)
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
LeRoux - Louisiana's LeRoux (1977)
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road (1976)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's First… And Last (1977)
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin’ with Disaster (1979)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971)
The Doobie Brothers - Stampede (1975)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
The Highwaymen - The Highwayman (1984)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)
Wet Willie - Keep On Smilin' (1974)
ZZ Top - Deguello (1979)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/12/2016 @ 00:44am

Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)
Blackfoot - Marauder (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/12/2016 @ 01:13am

My ballot

Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)
ZZ Top - Deguello (1979)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 07/12/2016 @ 03:50am

Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road (1976)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin’ with Disaster (1979)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 07/12/2016 @ 11:54am

Canned Heat - Boogie with Canned Heat (1968)
Black Oak Arkansas - High on the Hog (1973)
The Highwaymen - The Highwayman (1984)
LeRoux - Louisiana's LeRoux (1977)
The Allman Brothers Band- Idlewild South (1971)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 07/12/2016 @ 20:28pm

Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/13/2016 @ 19:26pm

I'll pass on a Depeche Mode nomination.

Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
LeRoux - Louisiana's LeRoux (1977)
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 07/14/2016 @ 16:17pm

Blackfoot - Marauder (1981)
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)
Wet Willie - Keep On Smilin' (1974)

The last cut was LeRoux.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 07/14/2016 @ 18:34pm

Genre 2 nominations:

Blackberry Smoke- The Whippoorwill (2012)
Whiskey Myers- Firewater (2011)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/14/2016 @ 23:18pm

Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster (1979)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/15/2016 @ 22:24pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973) - 6
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973) - 6

Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) - 5
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975) - 5
_________________________

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) - 4
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971) - 4
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972) - 4
_________________________

Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974) - 3

Blackfoot - Marauder (1981) - 2
LeRoux - Louisiana's LeRoux (1977) - 2
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin’ with Disaster (1979) - 2

Black Oak Arkansas - High on the Hog (1973) - 1
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road (1976) - 1
The Highwaymen - The Highwayman (1984) - 1
Wet Willie - Keep On Smilin' (1974) - 1
ZZ Top - Deguello (1979) - 1

.38 Special - Wild-Eyed Southern Boys (1980) - 0
Alabama - Feels So Right (1981) - 0
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's First… And Last (1977) - 0
The Doobie Brothers - Stampede (1975) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
dmg
DarinRG
Tom H.
Gassman
SotN
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/15/2016 @ 22:39pm

.38 Special - Wild-Eyed Southern Boys (1980)
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin’ with Disaster (1979)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)

The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation (2008)

Posted by Derek on Saturday, 07/16/2016 @ 08:35am

Black Oak Arkansas - High on the Hog (1973)
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin’ with Disaster (1979)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)
ZZ Top - Deguello (1979)

Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (2008)
Little Feat - Let It Roll (1988) [A really great post-Lowell George Little Feat album]

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 07/16/2016 @ 13:07pm

Alabama - Feels So Right (1981)
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Second Helping (1974)
Outlaws- Outlaws (1975)
The Allman Brothers Band- Idlewild South (1971)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
The Highwaymen - The Highwayman (1984)

Last Cuts/Didn't Need my help include .38 Special, The Doobie Brothers - Stampede, and The Marshall Tucker Band.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 07/16/2016 @ 22:05pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973) - 7
_________________________

Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) - 6
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) - 6
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975) - 6
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971) - 6
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972) - 6
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973) - 6
_________________________

Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974) - 5

Molly Hatchet - Flirtin’ with Disaster (1979) - 4

Black Oak Arkansas - High on the Hog (1973) - 2
Blackfoot - Marauder (1981) - 2
LeRoux - Louisiana's LeRoux (1977) - 2
The Highwaymen - The Highwayman (1984) - 2
ZZ Top - Deguello (1979) - 2

.38 Special - Wild-Eyed Southern Boys (1980) - 1
Alabama - Feels So Right (1981) - 1
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road (1976) - 1
Wet Willie - Keep On Smilin' (1974) - 1

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's First… And Last (1977) - 0
The Doobie Brothers - Stampede (1975) - 0

This vote count included the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
dmg
DarinRG
Tom H.
Gassman
SotN
Darren
Derek
Nick
Jennifer

The following album has been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

Little Feat - Dixie Chicken

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all six albums in order of preference (6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1).

The four albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/17/2016 @ 00:35am

Nominations are now open for the first genre vote. This genre is "Southern Rock 1986-2015".

Each voter can nominate two albums that the believe belong in this genre vote.

If you feel that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day designated for review and 5 days of voting.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/17/2016 @ 00:37am

Nominations REMAIN open for this month's Artist Vote.

This month's selected artist is Depeche Mode.

The following albums have already been nominated:

A Broken Frame (1982)
Black Celebration (1986)
Delta Machine (2013)
Some Great Reward (1984)
Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
Speak & Spell (1981)
Ultra (1997)

Nominations close at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/17/2016 @ 00:40am

The Marshall Tucker Band- The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)-6
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Second Helping (1974)-5
Outlaws- Outlaws (1975)-4
The Allman Brothers Band- Idlewild South (1971)-3
The Doobie Brothers- Toulouse Street (1972)-2
Canned Heat- Boogie with Canned Heat (1968)-1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/17/2016 @ 01:49am

For Depeche Mode, I'll nominate 'Playing The Angel' from 2012.

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 07/17/2016 @ 10:06am

The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972) (6 pts)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) (1 pt)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 07/17/2016 @ 10:26am

Small correction: Playing the Angel is from 2005.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/17/2016 @ 13:28pm

Tie-Breaker

1. Lynyrd Skynyrd- Second Helping (1974) (6 pts)
2. The Marshall Tucker Band- The Marshall Tucker Band (1973) (5 pts)
3. The Doobie Brothers- Toulouse Street (1972) (4 pts)
4. Outlaws- Outlaws (1975) (3 pts)
5. The Allman Brothers Band- Idlewild South (1971) (2 pts)
6. Canned Heat- Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 07/17/2016 @ 22:35pm

Genre:

Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues (2000)

Artist:

Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again (1983)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 07/17/2016 @ 22:51pm

Tiebreaker -
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) - 6
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972) - 5
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973) - 4
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975) - 3
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971) - 2
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) - 1

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 07/17/2016 @ 23:12pm

The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971) 6
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975) 5
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972) 4
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) 3
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973) 2
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 07/18/2016 @ 01:30am

Southern Rock, Part 2-1986-2015

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (1994)

Honorable Mentions/Backup Nominees/Suggestions:

Greg Allman Band - I'm No Angel (1987)
Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Last of a Dyin' Breed (2012)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)

If anyone has any protests, please be polite and post them ASAP so I can replace the nominee if needed.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 07/18/2016 @ 02:28am

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) 5
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975) 4
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) 3
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972) 2
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973) 1

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 07/18/2016 @ 11:52am

The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971)-6
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)-5
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)-4
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)-3
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)-2
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/18/2016 @ 13:24pm

Album Nominations

Alabama- Southern Star (1989)
Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986)

Taking one from Jennifer's honorable mentions list.

I know some people think that Alabama is more country than rock so I'm not sure if it quite fits so it won't hurt my feelings if it gets protested.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/18/2016 @ 13:36pm

1. Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) (6 points)
2. Outlaws - Outlaws (1975) (5 points)
3. The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973) (4 points)
4. The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972) (3 points)
5. The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971) (2 points)
6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 07/18/2016 @ 20:19pm

Gregg Allman - I'm No Angel (1987)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)

These are my nominations,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Monday, 07/18/2016 @ 21:54pm

The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973) - 6
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) - 5
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971) - 4
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) - 3
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972) - 2
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/18/2016 @ 22:56pm

Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) - 6
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971) - 5
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972) - 4
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975) - 3
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) - 2
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973) - 1

Posted by Derek on Monday, 07/18/2016 @ 23:00pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) - 40
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971) - 38
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972) - 36
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973) - 36
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Outlaws - Outlaws (1975) - 32
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) - 28

Outlaws And Canned Heat will be automatically nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South (1971)
The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street (1972)
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/18/2016 @ 23:27pm

Nominations are now closed and review is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Alabama - Southern Star (1989)
Blackberry Smoke - The Whippoorwill (2012)
Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)
Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986)
Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule (1995)
Gregg Allman - I'm No Angel (1987)
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (2008)
Little Feat - Let It Roll (1988)
Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues (2000)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (1994)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Whiskey Myers - Firewater (2011)
Widespread Panic - Space Wrangler (1988)
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation (2008)

If you think that any albums have been nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be one day of review.

Review will end and voting will open at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/18/2016 @ 23:32pm

There were no protested albums.

Voting is now open.

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for a valid ballot.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/19/2016 @ 23:04pm

My Ballot

Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)
Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule (1995)
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (2008)
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation (2008)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 07/20/2016 @ 08:17am

Blackberry Smoke- The Whippoorwill (2012)
Drive By Truckers- Southern Rock Opera (2001)
Gov't Mule- Gov't Mule (1995)
The Avett Brothers- The Carprnter (2012)
Whiskey Myers- Firewater (2011)
Widespread Panic- Space Wrangler (1988)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 07/20/2016 @ 13:53pm

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (2008)
Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues (2000)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation (2008)

Posted by Derek on Wednesday, 07/20/2016 @ 16:37pm

Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)
Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986)
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (2008)
Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues (2000)
The Black Crowes- The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation (2008)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 07/20/2016 @ 20:00pm

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)
Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986)
Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule (1995)
Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues (2000)
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation (2008)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Wednesday, 07/20/2016 @ 21:47pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open for the Artist Vote.

This month's selected artist is Depeche Mode.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

A Broken Frame (1982)
Black Celebration (1986)
Construction Time Again (1983)
Delta Machine (2013)
Playing The Angel (2005)
Some Great Reward (1984)
Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
Speak & Spell (1981)
Ultra (1997)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated songs (a minimum of 3 albums is required for a valid ballot).

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 25th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/21/2016 @ 01:52am

Depeche Mode vote:

Black Celebration (1986)
Playing The Angel (2005)
Some Great Award (1984)
Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
Ultra (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/21/2016 @ 02:13am

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)
Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again (1983)
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward (1984)
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion(1993)
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 07/21/2016 @ 19:26pm

Genre:

Alabama - Southern Star (1989)
Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986)
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
Widespread Panic - Space Wrangler (1988)
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation (2008)

Artist:

A Broken Frame (1982)
Black Celebration (1986)
Some Great Reward (1984)
Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
Speak & Spell (1981)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 07/21/2016 @ 20:38pm

dmg,
You need to vote for one more album for your ballot to count. Also, great work when noting the Rock Hall's many, many errors with their website re-launch/re-design. The most glaring error, IMO, is Ronnie Van Zandt's absence on the Lynyrd Skynyrd page.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 07/21/2016 @ 22:21pm

Artist Vote Ballot

Black Celebration (1986)
Some Great Reward (1984)
Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
Speak & Spell (1981)
Ultra (1997)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 07/22/2016 @ 08:47am

Artist vote

Black Celebration (1986)
Delta Machine (2013)
Playing The Angel (2005)
Some Great Reward (1984)
Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)

Posted by Mike on Friday, 07/22/2016 @ 15:21pm

Any interest for next month's general vote?

Tears for Fears- The Hurting (1983)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980) Sensual World (1989)
The Dillards- Wheatstraw Suite (1968) OR Copperfields (1970)
Yo La Tengo- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside- Out (2000)

Genres

Exotica/Space Age Pop
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century
Ambient
Chill/Chillwave
21st Century Electronica
Independent Artists
Concept Albums
Trash Metal
Progressive And Symphonic Metal
Singer-Songwriters from the 80's and 90's
Dream Pop
Power Pop
Lesser Known Artists

Artists

Beck
New Order
Rickie Lee Jones
Lucinda Williams
KMFDM
King Crimson
Deep Purple
Poco
Wilco
Kate Bush
Yo La Tengo
Bright Eyes
Ryan Adams
Fairport Convention
Renaissance
Aerosmith
Black Sabbath

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/23/2016 @ 19:51pm

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)
Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986)
Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule (1995)
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (2008)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)

Tougher than I thought

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 07/23/2016 @ 20:32pm

Black Celebration (1986)
Delta Machine (2013)
Some Great Reward (1984)
Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
Speak & Spell (1981)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 07/23/2016 @ 21:03pm

Greg F,

Power Pop and Aerosmith would be my top 2 choices that I would happily support from your lists.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 07/24/2016 @ 04:16am

Southern Rock, Part 2-1986-2015 Album Ballot:

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986)
Greg Allman Band - I'm No Angel (1987)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)
The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (1994)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)

My Last Cut is Alabama.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 07/24/2016 @ 06:40am

Genre Vote
Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986)
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (2008)
Little Feat - Let It Roll (1988)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation (2008)

Artist Vote
Black Celebration (1986)
Construction Time Again (1983)
Some Great Reward (1984)
Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
Speak & Spell (1981)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 07/24/2016 @ 20:59pm

Greg F,
Although no guarantees, I’d be inclined to support the following -

Concept Albums
Power Pop
Singer-Songwriters of 80s and 90s

Kate Bush
Lucinda Willams
Aerosmith

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 07/24/2016 @ 21:01pm

Genere Vote:

Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (2008)
Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues (2000)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)
Widespread Panic - Space Wrangler (1988)
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation (2008)

Artist Vote:

Some Great Reward (1984)
Black Celebration (1986)
Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)

Posted by Gass3268 on Sunday, 07/24/2016 @ 21:37pm

My votes:

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (2008)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/24/2016 @ 23:41pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001) - 7
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (2008) - 7
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012) - 7

Zac Brown Band - The Foundation (2008) - 6
__________________________

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008) - 5
Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986) - 5
__________________________

Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule (1995) - 4
Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues (2000) - 4
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992) - 4
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991) - 4

Widespread Panic - Space Wrangler (1988) - 2

Blackberry Smoke - The Whippoorwill (2012) - 1
Gregg Allman - I'm No Angel (1987) - 1
Little Feat - Let It Roll (1988) - 1
The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (1994) - 1
Whiskey Myers - Firewater (2011) - 1

Alabama - Southern Star (1989) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Greg F
Derek
DarinRG
AlexVoltaire
Tom H.
Jennifer
Nick
Gassman
Darren

(dmg's vote couldn't be counted as it only included 5 albums)

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (2008)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation (2008)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote can vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select one of the two nominated albums. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

The album that gets the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/24/2016 @ 23:50pm

My vote is for Cage The Elephant.

For the record, dmg will be allowed to vote in the tiebreaker vote, as he did attempt to cast a vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/24/2016 @ 23:51pm

My vote is for Georgia Satellites.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/25/2016 @ 04:24am

My vote is for Cage The Elephant.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 07/25/2016 @ 08:53am

I'll go with Georgia Satellites.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 07/25/2016 @ 13:14pm

Whoops... I got confused with the artist vote rules. :(

Tiebreaker: Georgia Satellites

Posted by dmg on Monday, 07/25/2016 @ 13:54pm

Tiebreaker: Cage the Elephant

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Monday, 07/25/2016 @ 15:55pm

Delta Machine
Playing The Angel
Some Great Reward
Songs Of Faith And Devotion
Speak & Spell

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/25/2016 @ 22:04pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Some Great Reward (1984) - 9
Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993) - 9
_________________________

Black Celebration (1986) - 8

Speak & Spell (1981) - 6

Delta Machine (2013) - 3
Playing The Angel (2005) - 3

Construction Time Again (1983) - 2
Ultra (1997) - 2

A Broken Frame (1982) - 1

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this Artist vote:

Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward (1984)
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/25/2016 @ 23:20pm

Tiebreaker vote - Georgia Satellites

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 07/26/2016 @ 10:45am

Tiebreaker

Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/26/2016 @ 20:06pm

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)

Posted by Derek on Tuesday, 07/26/2016 @ 22:38pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986) - 5
_____________________________

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008) - 4

Cage the Elephant will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)
Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites (1986)
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (2008)
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (2012)
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation (2008)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/26/2016 @ 23:15pm

Darren-

I am posting my August nominations now since I will be on vacation for the next week

Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 07/29/2016 @ 22:41pm

Hi fellow posters. I understand I was off the website for a considerable time these last couple weeks or so. Sadly, I lost both an Uncle and an Aunt within a week of each other's passing. Granted, both were in declining health; yet I was very close to them. I hope you all are able to understand.

Here though are my nominees for this month's Album Project, taken a bit earlier than usual.

Kate Bush - This Sensual World (1989)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)

My Genre Vote nomination this month is one I hope is reasonable.

Dream Pop

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

King Crimson

Once again, I hope you all can understand my absence these last two weeks. I should be up to speed this coming month.

My thanks to Greg F for the suggestions,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Sunday, 07/31/2016 @ 21:33pm

Please accept my condolences, Lax. Take care of yourself, and give yourself time to grieve.

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Sunday, 07/31/2016 @ 21:45pm

Rule Changes In 2016:

Starting in 2016, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2015.

Starting in 2016, albums released in 2015 will not be eligible for nomination until April. There will be a designated 2015 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination switches over to 2016.

Starting in 2016, elective (not mandatory as a result of an error in a cast ballot or necessary as a result of a missing song from the final list of nominated songs) vote switches are banned from all Album Project, Genre votes and Artist Project votes (including selection votes).

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote (there won't be one in January as a result of a tiebreaker in December), the selected artist will be banned from being nominated for any Album Project or Album Project Genre Project vote for the next 6 months (not counting the current month). To clarify, this begins next month, as the selection of Van Morrison took place prior to the new rule being applied.

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote, artists that receive 4 votes will automatically be nominated for the next Artist Project Artist Selection Vote. To clarify, this begins next month, as the December vote took place prior to the new rule being applied and there won't be a January vote as a result of the tiebreaker in the December vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

David Bowie (eligible again in September 2016)
Prince (eligible again in October 2016)
Grateful Dead (eligible again in November 2016)
Yes (eligible again in December 2016)
Pearl Jam (eligible again in January 2017)
Depeche Mode (eligible again in February 2017)
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate one album from 2015 and one album from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Artie Shaw - Begin the Beguine (1938)
Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1990's Electronica
21st Century Hip-Hop
70's Hard Rock
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Country
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Post-Rock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Artists With 0 Albums Inducted In The Album Project" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"Jazz" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"2010's" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"Original Broadway Cast Albums" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Southern Rock" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Industrial" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote:

Bonnie Raitt
Bob Seger
Dr. John
Miles Davis
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Warren Zevon

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Bob Dylan
David Bowie
Depeche Mode
Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention
Grateful Dead
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
Pearl Jam
Prince
Randy Newman
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/31/2016 @ 23:10pm

Tears For Fears- The Hurting (1983)
Blur- The Magic Whip (2015)

Genre

Exotica/Space Age Pop

Artist

Lucinda Williams

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/31/2016 @ 23:12pm

General Nomination

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus

Artist Vote Nomination

AC/DC

Genre Vote Nomination

1960's R&B/Soul

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 07/31/2016 @ 23:46pm

General Nominations -
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)

Artist -
Buddy Guy

Genre -
Live Albums

Very sorry to read about your loss Lax33. Sending my thoughts and prayers your direction.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 08/1/2016 @ 00:33am

Jody Watley had huge success with her debut album. She even won the Best New Artist Grammy.

My nomination:
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)

The album produced five multi- format hits. Nominated for your consideration this month.

Posted by Mike on Monday, 08/1/2016 @ 00:45am

Darren,

Novelty is the selected genre for The Album Project in August as it lost a June tiebreaker vote to these two...

"Original Broadway Cast Albums" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Southern Rock" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 08/1/2016 @ 01:09am

My August 2016/2041 nominees for induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 08/1/2016 @ 01:12am

^

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 08/1/2016 @ 01:22am

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid_Avenue

And I'm plenty happy with the artist and genre nominees that we have already.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 08/1/2016 @ 03:01am

Rick,

If more than two genres are involved in a tiebreaker only the top two vote getters are selected.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/1/2016 @ 04:34am

Greg F wrote:

Rick,

If more than two genres are involved in a tiebreaker only the top two vote getters are selected.
Monday, 08.1.16 @ 04:34am

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Well, it definitely was not explained that way back then as Darren wrote, June-July-August, then people were saying how the rules should change for 2017!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 08/1/2016 @ 09:22am

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)

Artist: Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 08/1/2016 @ 11:57am

nomination:

Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 08/2/2016 @ 00:03am

Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)

Artist - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/2/2016 @ 00:14am

Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
New Order - Music Complete (2015)

Artist vote:
Pet Shop Boys

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 08/2/2016 @ 18:06pm

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno-Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Tame Impala-Currents (2015)

Swans

Posted by Dr. W on Tuesday, 08/2/2016 @ 20:37pm

Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995)
Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho (2015)

Posted by Derek on Wednesday, 08/3/2016 @ 09:00am

Albums:

The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)
Hippo Campus - South (2015)

Artist:

Grand Funk Railroad

Genre:

Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 08/3/2016 @ 13:08pm

August 2016 Nomination:

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

August 2016 Artist Nomination:

Train

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 08/3/2016 @ 20:40pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Artie Shaw - Begin the Beguine (1938)
Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Blur - The Magic Whip (2015)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho (2015)
Hippo Campus - South (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Kate Bush - This Sensual World (1989)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
New Order - Music Complete (2015)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983)
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/3/2016 @ 23:34pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's Electronica
21st Century Hip-Hop
70's Hard Rock
Ambient
Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums
Avant-Garde
Country
Dream Pop
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Live Albums
Novelty
Original Broadway Cast Albums
Post-Rock

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres (3 votes are required for a valid ballot).

There will be 3 days of voting, which will end on Saturday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/3/2016 @ 23:34pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Bonnie Raitt
AC/DC
Bob Seger
Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Electric Light Orchestra
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio
Warren Zevon
Pet Shop Boys
Swans
Grand Funk Railroad
Train

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists (a minimum of 3 will be required for a valid ballot).

There will be 5 days of voting, which will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/3/2016 @ 23:35pm

Here's the list of nominees in alphabetical order.

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

AC/DC
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Electric Light Orchestra
Grand Funk Railroad
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Pet Shop Boys
Swans
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Train
TV On The Radio
Warren Zevon

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists (a minimum of 3 will be required for a valid ballot).

There will be 5 days of voting, which will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/3/2016 @ 23:36pm

missed my general election nomination:

Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 08/4/2016 @ 01:10am

Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
Kate Bush - This Sensual World (1989)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 08/4/2016 @ 01:13am

Beck- Midnite Vultures (1998)
Blur- The Magic Whip (2015)
Kate Bush- The Sensual World (1989)
Spoon- They Want My Soul (2014)
Kacey Musgraves- Pagaent Material (2015)
Tears for Fears- The Hurting (1983)

Genres

90's Electronica
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Dream Pop

Artists

Bob Seger
Lucinda Williams
King Crimson
Warren Zevon
Swans

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/4/2016 @ 03:12am

Artie Shaw - Begin the Beguine (1938)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983)

Last cuts: Spirit, Darlene Love, Canned Heat, and New Order.

1990's Electronica
Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums
Avant-Garde
Dream Pop
Novelty

Last cut was Post-Rock.

Also, isn't Original Broadway Cast Albums ineligible? How did it get back in?

Dr. John
Lucinda Williams
Pet Shop Boys
Swans
Warren Zevon

The last cut was Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 08/4/2016 @ 05:25am

Darren,

Original Broadway Cast Albums was June's genre so it isn't immediately eligible again yet. However, Bluegrass/Folk should be eligible since it had 5 votes the last time we voted on genres in June.

Also, I think that Artie Shaw - Begin the Beguine (1938) was a carry over for the song vote and not the album vote.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 08/4/2016 @ 08:05am

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995)

Posted by Dr. W on Thursday, 08/4/2016 @ 10:04am

Artist Vote

Swans
Lucinda Williams
TV on the Radio

Posted by Dr. W on Thursday, 08/4/2016 @ 10:11am

Ballot:
Blur - The Magic Whip (2015)
Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Kate Bush - This Sensual World (1989)
New Order - Music Complete (2015)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Artist vote:
Bonnie Raitt

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 08/4/2016 @ 11:06am

Small correction everyone it's The Sensual World not This Sensual World.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/4/2016 @ 17:28pm

Mike,

You need to vote for at least 3 artists for your vote to count.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 08/4/2016 @ 20:11pm

General Vote

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre Vote

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's Electronica
21st Century Hip-Hop
70's Hard Rock
Novelty

Artist Vote

AC/DC
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Grand Funk Railroad
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 08/4/2016 @ 22:41pm

Canned Heat - Boogie with Canned Heat (1968)
Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995)
Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho (2015)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Miles Davis
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Warren Zevon

21st Century Hip-Hop
70's Hard Rock
Live Albums
Novelty
Post-Rock

Posted by Derek on Thursday, 08/4/2016 @ 23:45pm

Thanks, Jennifer. Sorry about that....

Artist vote:

Bonnie Raitt
Pet Shop Boys
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Mike on Friday, 08/5/2016 @ 03:28am

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Lucinda Williams
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Swans

Ambient
Avant-Garde
Country
Dream Pop
Post-Rock

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 08/5/2016 @ 04:02am

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983)

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's Electronica
21st Century Hip-Hop
70's Hard Rock
Country

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Lucinda Williams
Miles Davis
Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 08/5/2016 @ 09:27am

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Blur - The Magic Whip (2015)
Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho (2015)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)

Posted by Scott Banks on Friday, 08/5/2016 @ 14:45pm

21st Century Hip-Hop
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Novelty
Post-Rock

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 08/5/2016 @ 21:13pm

21st Century Hip-Hop
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Novelty
Post-Rock

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 08/5/2016 @ 21:13pm

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

21st Century Hip-Hop
Country
Post-Rock

King Crimson
Neil Young
TV On The Radio

Posted by Gass3268 on Saturday, 08/6/2016 @ 11:37am

August 2016 Album Genre Ballot:

70's Hard Rock
Country
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Live Albums
Novelty

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 08/6/2016 @ 19:59pm

Making certain not to miss any ballots this month, here is my Album Project ballot for the month of August.

Kate Bush - This Sensual World (1989)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Steve Miller - Book Of Dreams (1977)
Blur - The Magic Whip (2015)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)

At long last, here is my Genre Vote ballot.

Dream Pop
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Novelty
Post-Rock
Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums

And my Artist Vote ballot for this month is:

King Crimson
Neil Young
Bonnie Raitt
Miles Davis
Electric Light Orchestra

The first time there are new albums on a ballot I have made,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Saturday, 08/6/2016 @ 20:45pm

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Kate Bush - This Sensual World (1989)
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)

70's Hard Rock
Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums
Live Albums
Novelty
Post Rock

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 08/6/2016 @ 21:56pm

21st Century Hip-Hop
70's Hard Rock
Dream Pop
Novelty
Post-Rock

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/6/2016 @ 22:48pm

August 2016/2041 genre ballot for The Album Project...

Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums
Novelty
Live Albums

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 08/6/2016 @ 22:58pm

I'LL post the full results later, but Novelty is this month's selected genre. Please have the usual discussion on whether there will be one vote or two.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/6/2016 @ 23:18pm

There's not a real need for a split. There's not enough material to justify one.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 08/7/2016 @ 00:16am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the results of the genre selection vote (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Novelty - 9
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Post-Rock - 7

21st Century Hip-Hop - 6
70's Hard Rock - 6

Dream Pop - 5

1990's Electronica - 4
Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums - 4
Avant-Garde - 4
Country - 4
Live Albums - 4
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Ambient - 3
Exotica/Space Age Pop - 3

1960's R&B/Soul - 2

Bluegrass/Folk - 0

This month's selected genre is "Novelty".

Nominations will begin at 10 PM Central on Monday the 8th. Please use the time between now and then to discuss whether or not this genre should be split into two votes and what year should be used for that split if we decide to have one.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/7/2016 @ 10:13am

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

Lucinda Williams
Neil Young
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio
Warren Zevon

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/7/2016 @ 10:14am

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995)
Hippo Campus - South (2015)
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Grand Funk Railroad
King Crimson
Miles Davis
Pet Shop Boys
Warren Zevon

Totally missed the genre vote cutoff. I would've voted for Novelty, though.

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 08/7/2016 @ 12:25pm

Re-posting the corrected ballot:

Lucinda Williams
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio
Warren Zevon

Also, I just remembered that Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995) was the first CD I ever bought. I had purchased a lot of cassettes before then, but I got two free CDs with the purchase of my first CD player (a boombox with CD, AM/FM radio and dual cassette tapes) and this was my first choice.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/7/2016 @ 18:12pm

My current vote count:

Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977) - 7

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999) - 6
Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008) - 6
Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995) - 6
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 6
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Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989) - 5
Tame Impala - Currents (2015) - 5
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Blur - The Magic Whip (2015) - 4
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987) - 4

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998) - 3
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) - 3
Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho (2015) - 3
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977) - 3
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 3
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 3
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 2
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 2
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 2
Outlaws - Outlaws (1975) - 2
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) - 2

Artie Shaw - Begin the Beguine (1938) - 1
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015) - 1
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002) - 1
Hippo Campus - South (2015) - 1
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015) - 1
New Order - Music Complete (2015) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
Greg F.
SotN
Dr. W
Mike
Donnie
Derek
DarinRG
BSLO
Scott Banks
Gassman
Lax33
Nick
Darren
dmg

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/7/2016 @ 21:28pm

There's not a real need for a split. There's not enough material to justify one.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 08.7.16 @ 00:16am

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This in a nutshell. If we end up doing a split for Novelty, that will be the most ridiculous split vote in the history of this project. Some people here complain about us doing splits. Here would be a perfect example and case in arguments for those people.

That said, I do have my two choices in mind to nominate.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 08/8/2016 @ 01:59am

My vote is for no split. Just don't see the point this time around.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 08/8/2016 @ 02:12am

Blur - The Magic Whip (2015)
Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Kate Bush - This Sensual World (1989)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)

Electric Light Orchestra
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Miles Davis
Warren Zevon

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 08/8/2016 @ 13:41pm

August 2016 Album Ballot:

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts include Buckner and Garcia, Coldplay, Fall Out Boy, Jody Watley, Outlaws, Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno, and Tears For Fears.

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Train
Warren Zevon

Last Cuts include Electric Light Orchestra and Grand Funk Railroad.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 08/8/2016 @ 22:14pm

Genre nominations

Allan Sherman- My Son, The Nut (1963)
Weird Al Yankovic- Dare to be Stupid (1985)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 00:28am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008) - 8
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977) - 8

Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995) - 7
Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989) - 7
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Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999) - 6
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) - 6
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Blur - The Magic Whip (2015) - 5
Tame Impala - Currents (2015) - 5

Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 4
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998) - 3
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) - 3
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 3
Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho (2015) - 3
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977) - 3
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 3
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 3
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 3
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983) - 3

Outlaws - Outlaws (1975) - 2
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) - 2

Artie Shaw - Begin the Beguine (1938) - 1
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015) - 1
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002) - 1
Hippo Campus - South (2015) - 1
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015) - 1
New Order - Music Complete (2015) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus - 1

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
Greg F
SotN
Dr. W
Mike
Donnie
Derek
DarinRG
BSLO
Steve Z
Dave
Gassman
Lax33
Nick
Billy R
Darren
Scott Banks
dmg
Vegas24
AlexVoltaire
Michael Himself
Tom H.
Jennifer
joker

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant (2008)
Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995)
Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989)
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams (1977)

The following albums will be in a tiebreaker vote as a result of this vote:

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, select one of the two albums.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will be automatically nominated for the September Album Project (neither is a Novelty album). In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be 2 days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 00:36am

This month's selected genre is Novelty.

There will be one vote for this genre.

Nominations are now open for the first genre vote: "Novelty".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think belong in this genre vote. If you see an album that you think was nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations, ending at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 10th and one day of review and protest (though protests can take place at any time during nominations), ending at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 00:37am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Lucinda Williams - 7
Warren Zevon - 7
__________________

Bonnie Raitt - 6
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 6

Bob Seger - 5
King Crimson - 5
Miles Davis - 5

Dr. John - 4
Swans - 4
__________________

Buddy Guy - 3
Neil Young - 3
Pet Shop Boys - 3
TV On The Radio - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - 2
Grand Funk Railroad - 2
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 2

AC/DC - 1
Train - 1

The following artists will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Lucinda Williams
Warren Zevon

Anyone who voted in this month's Song Project Artist Selection vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker. To vote, select one of the two artists.

The artist that gets the most points will be selected this month.

The artist that gets the second-most points will be selected in September.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will disqualified to break the tie.

There will be 3 days of tiebreaker voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 00:37am

My lone August 2016/2041 novelty genre nominee for induction into The Album Project...

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 00:38am

Artist vote tiebreaker:

Warren Zevon

Genre vote nominees:
The Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba (1988)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Flaunt It (1986)

Both bands and albums fall under Allmusic's Novelty tag, so that's why I'm nominating these.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 01:10am

Forgot to include this:

As for the tiebreaker in the main vote, I'm going with They Want My Soul.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 01:11am

Tiebreaker

Spoon- They Want My Soul (2014)

Lucinda Williams

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 01:35am

Nominee:

Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind (1992)

Artist

Lucinda Williams

Glad to see both nominees make the cut.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 01:36am

Novelty Nominations -
The Simpsons - The Simpsons Sing the Blues (1990)
“Weird Al” Yankovic - “Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D (1984)

Tie-Breakers -

General -Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Artist - Lucinda Williams (Glad to see both Williams and Zevon as the chosen artists for this and next month and would be happy either way this tiebreaker turned out)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 08:47am

Tom Lehrer- An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)
Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band- Hulk Rules (1995)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 09:56am

Weird Al Yankovic in 3d is already in.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 12:50pm

Greg, I checked before posting and the only two Weird Al albums inducted into the album project are 'Bad Hair Day' ('96) and 'Mandatory Fun' ('14). So I believe the '3-D' album is eligible for this upcoming genre vote.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 12:56pm

It is I was wrong about that.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 13:01pm

No problem Greg; I was kinda confused which Weird Al were already inducted too and resorted to looking at his FRL page. It's kinda baffling (no pun intended) that none of Weird Al's albums from the 80's aren't already inducted. Both of our nominated albums from Weird Al are glaring oversights.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 13:07pm

Leonard Nimoy- Two Sides Of Leonard Nimoy (1968)
William Shatner- The Transformed Man (1968)

Live Long And Prosper

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 18:26pm

Tie breaker:

Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

I voted for both choices in the main round and will be plenty happy with either of them.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 20:04pm

tiebreak:

Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 23:00pm

They Want My Soul

Warren Zevon

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/9/2016 @ 23:06pm

General Vote Tie-Breaker

Beck- Midnight Vultures (1999)

Genre Vote Nominations

The Robert Cobert Orchestra- The Original Music From ABC TV's Dark Shadows (1969)

The Immortals- Mortal Kombat: The Album (1994)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 08/10/2016 @ 00:21am

August 2016 Album Genre Nominations

Dr. Demento - Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (1991) Definitely one of his best collections of novelty songs from the 1950s to the 1980s that includes 36 classics on 2 discs.

Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972) First Grammy winning album from comedy icon and super sweet lady Lily Tomlin.

(My family and I had the great pleasure to work with Lily (and Don Johnson) on Season 3 of HBO TV show Eastbound and Down. Be sure to check it out if you enjoy great comedy. Don Johnson of Miami Vice hilariously plays her ex-husband trying to win her back! LOL! That's a pairing that I would never have dreamed possible on TV or in the movies until I saw it for myself. They play the parents of the lead character, Kenny Powers.)

Others albums/artists I considered nominating were The Chipmunks Christmas Album (1961), Spinal Tap's This is Spinal Tap (1984) as well as several recordings by Ray Stevens, Emo Phillips, and Monty Python.

There are already so many great nominations! I am especially happy to see 2 of Weird Al's classic 1980s albums nominated as well as one by the great Tom Lehrer.

Also, I am trying to decide if I should to go see Weird Al when he tours in my area in September. Has anyone seen his live shows in recent history? I've heard that his older live shows were often not very good.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 08/10/2016 @ 06:15am

Album Tie Breaker

Spoon- They Want My Soul (2014)

Artist Tie Breaker

Lucinda Williams

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/10/2016 @ 14:27pm

Napoleon XIV - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (1966)

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 08/10/2016 @ 19:50pm

Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - The Original Monster Mash (1962)

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 08/10/2016 @ 20:12pm

Ray Stevens - Boogity Boogity (1974)
Various Artists - Chef Aid: The South Park Album (1998)

Artist Tiebreaker:

Warren Zevon

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 08/10/2016 @ 20:52pm

nom:

Adam Sandler - They're All Gonna Laugh At You! (1993)
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain (2011)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 08/10/2016 @ 23:07pm

Nominations are now closed and review has begun for this genre vote.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - The Original Monster Mash (1962)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Dr. Demento - Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (1991)
Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band - Hulk Rules (1995)
Leonard Nimoy - Two Sides Of Leonard Nimoy (1968)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
Napoleon XIV - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (1966)
Ray Stevens - Boogity Boogity (1974)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Flaunt It (1986)
Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind (1992)
The Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba (1988)
The Immortals - Mortal Kombat: The Album (1994)
The Robert Cobert Orchestra - The Original Music From ABC TV's Dark Shadows (1969)
The Simpsons - The Simpsons Sing the Blues (1990)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)
Various Artists - Chef Aid: The South Park Album (1998)
“Weird Al” Yankovic - “Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
William Shatner - The Transformed Man (1968)

If you feel that any of these albums have been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end and voting will start at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/10/2016 @ 23:09pm

jtrichey's nominations are also eligible for review and this genre vote:

Adam Sandler - They're All Gonna Laugh At You! (1993)
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain (2011)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/10/2016 @ 23:25pm

Darren you missed mine.

Allan Sherman- My Son, The Nut (1963)
"Weird Al" Yankovic- Dare to be Stupid (1985)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/11/2016 @ 00:06am

Review is now over and voting is now open.

There weren't any protested albums.

Here is the list of nominees (with the 4 missing nominations):

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare To Be Stupid (1985)
“Weird Al” Yankovic - “Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
Adam Sandler - They're All Gonna Laugh At You! (1993)
Allan Sherman - My Son, The Nut (1963)
Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - The Original Monster Mash (1962)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Dr. Demento - Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (1991)
Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band - Hulk Rules (1995)
Leonard Nimoy - Two Sides Of Leonard Nimoy (1968)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
Napoleon XIV - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (1966)
Ray Stevens - Boogity Boogity (1974)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Flaunt It (1986)
Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind (1992)
The Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba (1988)
The Immortals - Mortal Kombat: The Album (1994)
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain (2011)
The Robert Cobert Orchestra - The Original Music From ABC TV's Dark Shadows (1969)
The Simpsons - The Simpsons Sing the Blues (1990)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)
Various Artists - Chef Aid: The South Park Album (1998)
William Shatner - The Transformed Man (1968)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/12/2016 @ 00:00am

Wondering why the "Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection" nominee is even eligible as it's a compilation album and would not be for any general monthly vote?!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Demento_20th_Anniversary_Collection

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 08/12/2016 @ 01:45am

Allan Sherman - My Son, The Nut (1963)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)
Various Artists - Chef Aid: The South Park Album (1998)
William Shatner - The Transformed Man (1968)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Friday, 08/12/2016 @ 08:19am

Adam Sandler - They're All Gonna Laugh At You! (1993)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
The Immortals - Mortal Kombat: The Album (1994)
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain (2011)
The Robert Cobert Orchestra - The Original Music From ABC TV's Dark Shadows (1969)
Various Artists - Chef Aid: The South Park Album (1998)

That was actually a little tougher than I thought it would be. I ultimately decided not to have any "Weird Al" albums on my ballot, because I figure "Weird Al" will have a better shot of getting albums inducted in the future in regular votes. I think it's safe to say just about anything else nominated this round will never have another shot of getting inducted in the Album Project.

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 08/12/2016 @ 10:09am

Allan Sherman- My Son, The Nut (1963)
Weird Al Yankovic- Dare to be Stupid (1985)
Buckner and Garcia- Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Tom Lehar- An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehar (1959)
The Robert Cobert Orchestra- The Original Music From ABC's Dark Shadows (1969)
Lily Tomlin- This is a Recording (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/12/2016 @ 10:56am

Jennifer,
I saw Weird Al perform at a concert 3 years ago and I thought he did a fantastic job. I'll admit, I was skeptical about seeing him too based on others' mixed reactions. He performed all of his major hits from Like a Surgeon to Amish Paradise to Smells like Nirvana to Eat It to White and Nerdy. It was about 2.5 hours long but one of the concerts I've attended in recent years. Something that Weird Al did that was kinda cool was play videos between songs that discussed his career and music (along with celebrity mocks interviews among others). If you like Weird Al's music, you'll definitely wanna attend the concert.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 08/12/2016 @ 19:55pm

Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - The Original Monster Mash (1962)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Leonard Nimoy - Two Sides Of Leonard Nimoy (1968)
Napoleon XIV - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (1966)
Ray Stevens - Boogity Boogity (1974)
Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind (1992)

Posted by joker on Friday, 08/12/2016 @ 20:44pm

You know, this was the least enthused I've ever been about a genre selection, by quite a large margin, but I decided to keep an open mind and see what the ballot ended up looking like. This actually turned out pretty good. There were probably another five that I'd have been willing to vote for. Some good stuff here. And I'd feel like a giant a-hole if I didn't finally throw Pac Man Fever a bone on this one. It was actually pretty culturally pervasive at the time.

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind (1992)
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain (2011)
Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - The Original Monster Mash (1962)
Tom Lehrer- An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)
William Shatner - The Transformed Man (1968)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 08/12/2016 @ 23:23pm

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare To Be Stupid (1985)
“Weird Al” Yankovic - “Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
Adam Sandler - They're All Gonna Laugh At You! (1993)
Allan Sherman - My Son, The Nut (1963)
Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind (1992)
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain (2011)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 08/13/2016 @ 11:54am

Adam Sandler - They're All Gonna Laugh At You! (1993)
Dr. Demento - Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (1991)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
The Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba (1988)
Various Artists - Chef Aid: The South Park Album (1998)
William Shatner - The Transformed Man (1968)

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 08/13/2016 @ 14:11pm

Allan Sherman - My Son, The Nut (1963)
Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - The Original Monster Mash (1962)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind (1992)
The Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba (1988)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)

Sigue Sigue Sputnik and The Lonely Island were the last two cuts.

Small notes: They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! would have my vote in a Song Project ballot, as would Keep on Dancing by the Gentrys (of which Hulk Hogan's manager Jimmy Hart was a member).

As previously mentioned, I don't think Weird Al needs help in this vote, so I'm just not voting for him.

Also, for as long as it spent without getting more than just one or two votes in Album Project ballots, I'm really hoping Buckner and Garcia -finally- get in here.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 08/13/2016 @ 14:36pm

I thought I posted this earlier, but I guess I didn't.

Tiebreaker voting is now over.

By a 4-3 vote, the selected artist for this month's Album Project Artist vote is Warren Zevon. Lucinda Williams will be the selected artist in September.

Any voter can nominate one album by Warren Zevon that hasn't already been inducted into the Album Project.

The following albums have already been inducted:

Excitable Boy (1978)

Here's a link to Wikipedia's page for Warren Zevon's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Zevon_discography

Nominations will end and voting will begin when nominations and review end for the second Song Project genre vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/14/2016 @ 01:57am

Warren Zevon nomination

Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 08/14/2016 @ 02:29am

Artist vote nominee:

Warren Zevon - The Wind (2003)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 08/14/2016 @ 04:49am

I have to say that I don't understand all the Weird Al avoidance on this vote. He only has 2 albums currently in, and this category is kinda his thing. I would understand if he had 5 albums in or something, but this seems like a dumb mistake.

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 08/14/2016 @ 22:54pm

What Donnie already wrote answers you better than anything I could come up with:

"I ultimately decided not to have any "Weird Al" albums on my ballot, because I figure "Weird Al" will have a better shot of getting albums inducted in the future in regular votes. I think it's safe to say just about anything else nominated this round will never have another shot of getting inducted in the Album Project."

Posted by joker on Sunday, 08/14/2016 @ 23:30pm

I actually went and checked votes for Buckner and Garcia (which was nominated several times before, but failed to be inducted) vs Weird Al.

At current total, Pac-Man Fever has 6 votes (Rick Vendl II, who nominated it, didn't vote yet). To put how much this genre helped it into perspective, here were the last six votes the album got (not in any one vote, but all votes the album was nominated for):

Jennifer - January 2016 general
Mike - January 2015 general
Cheesecrop - October 2014 general
printthelegends - September 2014 general
printthelegends - August 2014 general
Rick Vendl II - February 2013 (before genre votes)
(The next would be Rick Vendl II's vote for it in January 2013)

When an album, under a genre vote, gets exactly as many votes (with more time for more) as it got in three -years-, I'd say the genre vote helped it.

By comparison, the last time a Weird Al album was up for a vote, and didn't get inducted (Mandatory Fun in the September 2015 general), it got six votes. It lost a tiebreaker to Mechanical Animals and A Quick One (Happy Jack) (it was automatically nominated the month after, when it was inducted). Weird Al has never had fewer than 2 votes at the end of any one ballot during the same timeframe as Buckner and Garcia above.

I guess my point here is that I stand by what Donnie said: Weird Al can get albums inducted in general ballots. Buckner and Garcia needed a genre vote to even break 1 vote (and thus match Weird Al's worst performance).

Posted by SotN on Monday, 08/15/2016 @ 17:26pm

My August 2016/2041 novelty genre ballot for induction into The Album Project... 8-)

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
William Shatner Captain Kirk of Star Trek - The Transformed Man (1968)
Leonard Nimoy - Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy (1968)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
Ray Stevens - Boogity Boogity (1974)
Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - The Original Monster Mash (1962)

The Shat's album cover nicknamed him what I wrote to boost sales and appeal to fans of the show!
[url]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/WilliamShatner-TheTransformedMan.jpg[/url]

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 08/15/2016 @ 20:59pm

Of course, Weird Al's albums are about 745 times better than the Buckner and Garcia album, so there is that.

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 08/15/2016 @ 22:17pm

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/15/2016 @ 23:02pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 7

Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind (1992) - 5
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Allan Sherman - My Son, The Nut (1963) - 4
Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - The Original Monster Mash (1962) - 4
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972) - 4
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain (2011) - 4
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959) - 4
Various Artists - Chef Aid: The South Park Album (1998) - 4
William Shatner - The Transformed Man (1968) - 4
__________________________

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare To Be Stupid (1985) - 3
Adam Sandler - They're All Gonna Laugh At You! (1993) - 3

“Weird Al” Yankovic - “Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D (1984) - 2
Leonard Nimoy - Two Sides Of Leonard Nimoy (1968) - 2
Ray Stevens - Boogity Boogity (1974) - 2
The Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba (1988) - 2
The Robert Cobert Orchestra - The Original Music From ABC TV's Dark Shadows (1969) - 2

Dr. Demento - Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (1991) - 1
Napoleon XIV - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (1966) - 1
The Immortals - Mortal Kombat: The Album (1994) - 1
The Simpsons - The Simpsons Sing the Blues (1990) - 1

Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band - Hulk Rules (1995) - 0
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Flaunt It (1986) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/15/2016 @ 23:02pm

jtrichey wrote:

Of course, Weird Al's albums are about 745 times better than the Buckner and Garcia album, so there is that.

Monday, 08.15.16 @ 22:17pm

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While I like "Weird Al" Yankovic albums, especially, Running With Scissors along with In 3-D, your statement here is an opinion, not a fact, so there.

Look, at least The Album Rankings are full of your favorites and just include two for me that have yet to receive enough nominations.

Please let someone else also bask in his own glory right now at this project since it's been since 2010, it only took over 5 years.

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 08/15/2016 @ 23:13pm

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare To Be Stupid (1985)
“Weird Al” Yankovic - “Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind (1992)
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain (2011)
The Simpsons - The Simpsons Sing the Blues (1990)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)

Jtrichey, you’re wrong. “Weird Al” is 10,000 times better than that ‘Pac-Man Fever’ album and that’s a fact lol. I’ve been silent on the “Weird Al” discussion, mainly because I’ve been busy as of late. Like Jtrichey, I don’t get this whole “Weird Al” backlash thing although I somewhat understand and sympathize with those who feel the genre vote helped ‘Pac-Man Fever’ get inducted. I can’t speak for Greg F, but I nominated a “Weird Al” album because it fit the genre and didn’t care really if he had 2 albums or 10 albums already inducted to our project. It never crossed my mind for a second and thought our albums were worthy of consideration. In essence, this genre gave ‘Pac-Man Fever’ the extra push it needed to jump the hurdle for induction.

Sorry Rick and the voters who supported it, but that album, and it’s title song, is one of the most irritating musical compositions ever. I will give Rick credit thou, he has consistently nominated that album in the general vote and received minimal support from others. I agree with SotN that the genre selection in fact helped ‘Pac-Man Fever’ receive more voters than usual and will probably result in the album’s induction to the Album Project.

Now thinking about it, ‘Weird Al’ would be an ideal choice for an upcoming artist vote in the album (or even the song) project. He’s quite prolific and someone who’s popular enough to earn votes for the Artist Choice in an upcoming month.

Posted by NIck on Tuesday, 08/16/2016 @ 15:41pm

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare To Be Stupid (1985)
Adam Sandler - They're All Gonna Laugh At You! (1993)
Napoleon XIV - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (1966)
Ray Stevens - Boogity Boogity (1974)
The Simpsons - The Simpsons Sing the Blues (1990)
Various Artists - Chef Aid: The South Park Album (1998)

Artist Nomination:

Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 08/16/2016 @ 16:58pm

HA.

So ironic that people in the past that have lectured from above about bashing others and their opinions/choices are now doing the bashing.

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 08/16/2016 @ 17:52pm

Artist Nomination

Warren Zevon- My Ride's Here (2002)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/16/2016 @ 18:42pm

Joker,
I was only joking when I said that opening statement after I posted my ballot; I used the "lol"at the end to emphasize that. your name is Joker for crying out loud, so of all people I thought you would understand. Also, why not just call me out by name. I dislike when voters use passive aggressive statements to call out others and not mention their names explicitly.

Also, I didn't "bash" Rick directly, if anything i was very complimentary to him and others who supported the album. I said that I understand their perspective and gave about as much of a diplomatic response as I possibly could. Rick has actively nominated 'Pac-Man Fever' for quite some time and it will finally get inducted. I just don't like the album so what's really wrong with what I said? I didn't "bash" Rick or the others directly, if anything that's the opposite. I don't have to 'like' anything and everything that we do in the song/album projects, nor should I. Sometimes I feel that I can't express my opinion on this forum. Yet others constantly express their opinions and they get a pass because they do it all the time? That's hypocrisy and I don't think that's fair.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/16/2016 @ 19:09pm

Artist Nomination -
Warren Zevon - The Envoy (1982)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/16/2016 @ 19:11pm

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare To Be Stupid (1985)
Allan Sherman - My Son, The Nut (1963)
Leonard Nimoy - Two Sides Of Leonard Nimoy (1968)
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain (2011)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)
William Shatner - The Transformed Man (1968)

Interesting that at the moment Kirk has more votes than Spock

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/16/2016 @ 19:54pm

Nick, what I said before wasn't really a serious statement. I thought the "HA" at the beginning conveyed that fact, lol.

But just because you apologize before saying an album is "one of the most irritating musical compositions ever" doesn't change the fact that you insulted it. Personally I don't care. The more discussion whether positive or negative, the better as far as I'm concerned. You or anybody else is free to bash anything I nominate any old time!

What I really want to do is congratulate Rick for his victory tonight after 5 years of struggling as well as some of the voters who Rick has not always been on the best of terms with (DarinRG, SotN) who could have easily used the justification that other earlier albums deserved their vote more than Pac-Man Fever but who voted for it anyway and took the time to acknowledge Rick as they did. That's the embodiment of class and sportsmanship!

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 08/16/2016 @ 20:21pm

Joker it's all good and no hurt feelings on my end; I think the caps made me misunderstand that was in good fun and I'll admit that. I am happy for Rick and have said so a few times today.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/16/2016 @ 20:31pm

Nick,

Thanks for the great review and advice about seeing Weird Al live in recent years. I will now definitely strongly consider buying tickets with much less worry. :)

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Dr. Demento - Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (1991)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
Tom Lehrer- An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)
Weird Al Yankovic- Dare To Be Stupid (1985)
“Weird Al” Yankovic - “Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D (1984)

Last Cuts include Allan Sherman, Bobby (Boris) Pickett, Leonard Nimoy, Napoleon XIV, Ray Stevens, music from Dark Shadows, and William Shatner. I really wish I could have voted for more of these albums. There are so many great nominations that I would probably eventually vote for most of them.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 08/16/2016 @ 21:47pm

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind (1992)
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain (2011)
The Simpsons - The Simpsons Sing the Blues (1990
)Various Artists - Chef Aid: The South Park Album (1998)

Posted by Gass3268 on Tuesday, 08/16/2016 @ 22:54pm

The big meanie DarinRG is allowed to be nice once a year. Rick drew the straw for 2016.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 08/16/2016 @ 23:36pm

DarinRG, Gassman, Donnie, joker, SotN, Greg F., AlexVoltaire AKA Pope Charming & Jennifer, you all have my thanks!

8-)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 08/16/2016 @ 23:47pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982) - 9

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare To Be Stupid (1985) - 7
Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind (1992) - 7
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain (2011) - 7
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959) - 7
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Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972) - 6
Various Artists - Chef Aid: The South Park Album (1998) - 6

Allan Sherman - My Son, The Nut (1963) - 5
William Shatner - The Transformed Man (1968) - 5

“Weird Al” Yankovic - “Weird Al” Yankovic in 3-D (1984) - 4
Adam Sandler - They're All Gonna Laugh At You! (1993) - 4
Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - The Original Monster Mash (1962) - 4
The Simpsons - The Simpsons Sing the Blues (1990) - 4

Leonard Nimoy - Two Sides Of Leonard Nimoy (1968) - 3
Ray Stevens - Boogity Boogity (1974) - 3

Dr. Demento - Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (1991) - 2
Napoleon XIV - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (1966) - 2
The Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba (1988) - 2
The Robert Cobert Orchestra - The Original Music From ABC TV's Dark Shadows (1969) - 2

The Immortals - Mortal Kombat: The Album (1994) - 1

Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band - Hulk Rules (1995) - 0
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Flaunt It (1986) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

AlexVoltaire
Donnie
Greg F
joker
DarinRG
jtrichey
Mike
SotN
Rick Vendl II
Darren
Nick
dmg
Tom H.
Jennifer
Gassman

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Dare To Be Stupid (1985)
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1982)
Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind (1992)
The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain (2011)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/17/2016 @ 00:18am

My only question for Rick is, what is he gonna do now that Pac-Man Fever is inducted?

And congrats.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 08/17/2016 @ 02:39am

"My only question for Rick is, what is he gonna do now that Pac-Man Fever is inducted?" -Donnie

This is truly a strange new world that we've entered...

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 08/17/2016 @ 08:08am

Congratulations, Rick! Your perseverance paid off!

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Wednesday, 08/17/2016 @ 08:31am

Never thought I'd see the day...

Great work, Rick!!!

Now let's get ELO into the real Hall!

Posted by Paul in KY on Wednesday, 08/17/2016 @ 09:35am

Hey Rick,

I don't know if you're following this, but over in the Song Project the genre vote is for "Blues/Blues Rock 1960-2015." I nominated Brontosaurus by The Move, elements of which went on to become Electric Light Orchestra! Now one of these elements which I know you consider to be worth at least several thousand times his weight in gold happened to join The Move prior to this recording.

Since you're ability to induct ELO in these projects is nothing short of legendary, I was wondering if some of that magic could be applied toward inducting this song by The Move who have only 1 song so far in the Song Project.

Thanks, and once again congrats!!

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 08/17/2016 @ 20:57pm

Congratulations, Rick! It's been literal years, and now Pac-Man Fever has been inducted! I'm glad for you, and you're welcome for the support!

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 08/17/2016 @ 22:43pm

The Warren Zevon Artist Vote is coming up very soon but there are only five albums nominated so far. Anyone else have a nomination to throw in?

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 08/18/2016 @ 21:50pm

I'll add a nomination for "Life'll Kill Ya (2000)". IIRC, this album was recorded shortly after he was diagnosed with cancer and in that context, there are some really heartbreaking gut punch songs on this album, in particular his cover of Winwood's "Back In The High Life Again" and a few other death-themed songs.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/20/2016 @ 02:40am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open for the Artist Project vote.

This month's selected artist is Warren Zevon.

Here are the nominated albums:

Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (1980)
Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
My Ride's Here (2002)
The Envoy (1982)
The Wind (2003)
Warren Zevon (1976)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. A minimum of 2 (due to the low number of nominees) is required for a valid ballot.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/20/2016 @ 02:41am

Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (1980)
Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
The Envoy (1982)
The Wind (2003)
Warren Zevon (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 08/20/2016 @ 14:28pm

Warren Zevon (1976)
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (1980)
The Envoy (1982)
Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 08/20/2016 @ 16:04pm

Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (1980)
Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
The Envoy (1982)
The Wind (2003)
Warren Zevon (1976)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 08/23/2016 @ 07:43am

Any interest?

of Montreal- Coqueicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Van Dyke Parks- Song Cycle (1968)
The Idle Race- The Birthday Party (1968)
Tears for Fears- The Hurting (1983)
Les Baxter- Ritual of the Savage (1951)
Wendy Carlos- Sonic Seasonings (1972)
Imogen Heap- Speak For Yourself (2005)
Tori Amos- Scarlet's Walk (2002)

Genres

Power Metal
Exotica
Ambient
Lesser known artists
Concept albums

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/23/2016 @ 22:08pm

My votes:

Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
The Wind (2003)
Warren Zevon (1976)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/23/2016 @ 22:43pm

Warren Zevon Ballot -
The Envoy (1982)
The Wind (2003)
Warren Zevon (1976)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/23/2016 @ 22:45pm

Artist Ballot

Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
My Ride's Here (2002)
The Wind (2003)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/24/2016 @ 12:38pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Life'll Kill Ya (2000) - 5
The Wind (2003) - 5
Warren Zevon (1976) - 5
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The Envoy (1982) - 4

Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (1980) - 3

My Ride's Here (2002) - 1

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
Warren Zevon - The Wind (2003)
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)

Anyone who voted in this artist vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference (3, 2, 1). The two albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/25/2016 @ 02:00am

Warren Zevon - The Wind (2003)-3
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)-2
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 08/25/2016 @ 07:31am

Tiebreaker

Warren Zevon (1976) - 3
The Wind (2003) - 2
Life’ll Kill Ya (2000) - 1

Posted by Nick on Friday, 08/26/2016 @ 00:29am

Warren Zevon 3
The Wind 2
Life'll Kill Ya 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/26/2016 @ 01:19am

1. Warren Zevon - The Wind (2003) (3 points)
2. Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976) (2 points)
3. Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 08/26/2016 @ 01:27am

Life'll Kill Ya - 3
Warren Zevon - 2
The Wind - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/26/2016 @ 22:05pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Wind (2003) - 11
Warren Zevon (1976) - 11
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Life'll Kill Ya (2000) - 8

Life'll Kill Ya (2000) will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

Warren Zevon - The Wind (2003)
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/27/2016 @ 02:18am

Rule Changes In 2016:

Starting in 2016, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2015.

Starting in 2016, albums released in 2015 will not be eligible for nomination until April. There will be a designated 2015 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination switches over to 2016.

Starting in 2016, elective (not mandatory as a result of an error in a cast ballot or necessary as a result of a missing song from the final list of nominated songs) vote switches are banned from all Album Project, Genre votes and Artist Project votes (including selection votes).

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote (there won't be one in January as a result of a tiebreaker in December), the selected artist will be banned from being nominated for any Album Project or Album Project Genre Project vote for the next 6 months (not counting the current month). To clarify, this begins next month, as the selection of Van Morrison took place prior to the new rule being applied.

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote, artists that receive 4 votes will automatically be nominated for the next Artist Project Artist Selection Vote. To clarify, this begins next month, as the December vote took place prior to the new rule being applied and there won't be a January vote as a result of the tiebreaker in the December vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Prince (eligible again in October 2016)
Grateful Dead (eligible again in November 2016)
Yes (eligible again in December 2016)
Pearl Jam (eligible again in January 2017)
Depeche Mode (eligible again in February 2017)
Warren Zevon (eligible again in March 2017)

David Bowie is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015 and one album from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
__________________________________________

The Genre Vote:

As a result of a tiebreaker in last month's genre selection vote, this month's selected genre is "Southern Rock". Nominations will begin at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Until then, please use this time to discuss whether or not the genre should be split into two votes and, if so, when that split should take place.

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1990's Electronica
21st Century Hip-Hop
70's Hard Rock
Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums
Avant-Garde
Country
Dream Pop
Live Albums
Post-Rock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"Jazz" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"2010's" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"Original Broadway Cast Albums" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Southern Rock" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Novelty" is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

"Artists With 0 Albums Inducted In The Album Project" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

As a result of losing the Artist Selection Vote in August, this month's selected artist is Lucinda Williams.

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate one Lucinda Williams album from 1900-2015 that hasn't already been inducted into the Album Project.

Here is the list of albums that have already been inducted:

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (2008)

Here's a link to wikipedia's page for Lucinda Williams' discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucinda_Williams#Discography

Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end.

5 days of voting will then take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/29/2016 @ 22:54pm

My Nominations:

of Montreal- Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Blur- The Magic Whip (2015)

Power Metal

Lucinda Williams- Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/30/2016 @ 01:07am

September 2016 Album Nomination:

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

September 2016 Album Genre Nomination:

Film and TV Soundtracks

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 08/30/2016 @ 15:46pm

General Nominations -
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)

Genre Nomination -
Blues

Artist Nomination -
Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World (1992)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/30/2016 @ 17:41pm

Nominee:

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid_Avenue

Genre:

Ambient

I hadn't nominated this one before, but I'm happy to take on the cause. There are a lot of landmark albums in this area that have really never gotten a serious look.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 08/30/2016 @ 18:58pm

General Nomination

AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)

Genre Nomination

1960's R&B/Soul

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 08/30/2016 @ 23:36pm

Deafheaven – New Bermuda (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)

I'll pass on a genre nomination.

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 08/31/2016 @ 03:40am

Albums:

Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015)

Genre:

Non-British European Artists

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 08/31/2016 @ 13:27pm

Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)

Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)

Punk Rock

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 08/31/2016 @ 23:34pm

My September 2016/2041 nominees for induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)

Genre

Symphonic/Progressive

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 09/1/2016 @ 02:51am

Hello to all. I must once again apologize for not being involved as much last month. I did have a rather busy schedule. Hopefully for September it will not be as problematic to get on to the message boards and take part in the voting. With that in mind, I congratulate Rick Vendl II for finally getting the Buckner and Garcia album Pac-Man Fever inducted into the Album Project. I do know the feeling of perseverance finally paying off. Now, here are my nominations for this month.

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
The Chemical Brothers - Born In The Echoes (2015)

My genre vote nomination for the month is:

One Album Wonders

And here is my nomination for the Artist Vote this month.

Lucinda Williams - Little Honey (2008)

Happy Labor Day Weekend!,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Thursday, 09/1/2016 @ 21:35pm

nom:

Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 09/1/2016 @ 23:12pm

Album Project

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)

Artist - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/3/2016 @ 00:24am

Jethro Tull- Stand Up (1969)
Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)

Genre Vote

Art\Progressive Rock

Artist Nomination

Lucinda Williams- Blessed (2011)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 09/3/2016 @ 11:19am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Blur - The Magic Whip (2015)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Deafheaven - New Bermuda (2015)
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Marilyn Manson - Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
The Chemical Brothers - Born In The Echoes (2015)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/4/2016 @ 00:21am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

1990's Electronica
1960's R&B/Soul
21st Century Hip-Hop
70's Hard Rock
Ambient
Art\Progressive Rock
Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums
Avant-Garde
Blues
Country
Dream Pop
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums
Non-British European Artists
One Album Wonders
Post-Rock
Power Metal
Punk Rock
Symphonic/Progressive

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be counted.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/4/2016 @ 00:23am

My Vote

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Blur- The Magic Whip (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)

Genres

1990's Electronica
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Post-Rock
Power Metal

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/4/2016 @ 03:24am

Also my thanks extend to Lax and Nick for your most kind congratulatory comments about Buckner & Garcia's Pac-Man Fever album from 1982 finally getting inducted into The Album Project!

8-)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 09/4/2016 @ 12:01pm

My Ballot

General Vote

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre Vote

1990's Electronica
1960's R&B/Soul
21st Century Hip-Hop
70's Hard Rock
Film and TV Soundtracks

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 09/4/2016 @ 17:23pm

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

The last cut was Blur.

1990's Electronica
Ambient
Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums
Avant-Garde
Dream Pop

The last cut was Punk Rock. I would still vote for it, but the others just had my vote more.

Artist vote nomination:
Lucinda Williams - Blessed (2011)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 09/4/2016 @ 19:19pm

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 09/5/2016 @ 00:16am

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)
Marilyn Manson - Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

1990's Electronica
Ambient
Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums
Avant-Garde
Film and TV Soundtracks

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 09/6/2016 @ 13:30pm

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)

Ambient
Avant-Garde
Country
Dream Pop
Post-Rock

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 09/6/2016 @ 14:13pm

Genre Vote

Art\Progressive Rock
Avant-Garde
Post-Rock
Punk Rock
Symphonic/Progressive

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 09/6/2016 @ 14:55pm

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Ambient
Country
Dream Pop
Live Albums
Post-Rock

Posted by Max on Tuesday, 09/6/2016 @ 18:11pm

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

1960s R&B/Soul
'70s Hard Rock
Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums
Blues
Live Albums

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 09/6/2016 @ 19:10pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album project election.

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
The Chemical Brothers - Born In The Echoes (2015)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)

And here is my ballot for the Genre Vote Election.

One Album Wonders
Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums
Dream Pop
Art\Progressive Rock
Symphonic/Progressive

Hope I have not duplicated anything on the ballot,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Tuesday, 09/6/2016 @ 20:13pm

AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)
Electric Light Orchestra- On the Third Day (1973)
Jeff Lynne’s ELO- Alone in the Universe (2015)
Justin Timberlake- FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)
Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)
The Chemical Brothers- Born in the Echoes (2015)

21st Century Hip-Hop
’70s Hard Rock
Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums
Live Albums
Post-Rock

Posted by Derek on Tuesday, 09/6/2016 @ 21:34pm

21st Century Hip-Hop
70's Hard Rock
Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums
Post-Rock
Punk Rock

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/6/2016 @ 22:07pm

September 2016 Album Genre Ballot:

70's Hard Rock
Art\Progressive Rock
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums
Symphonic/Progressive

Last Cut was Country.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 09/6/2016 @ 22:50pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums - 6
Post-Rock - 6
______________________

70's Hard Rock - 5
Ambient - 5
Avant-Garde - 5

1990's Electronica - 4
Dream Pop - 4
Live Albums - 4
______________________

21st Century Hip-Hop - 3
Art\Progressive Rock - 3
Film and TV Soundtracks - 3
Symphonic/Progressive - 3

1960's R&B/Soul - 2
Country - 2
Punk Rock - 2

Blues - 1
One Album Wonders - 1
Power Metal - 1

Non-British European Artists - 0

The following genres will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums
Post-Rock

Anyone who voted in this genre selection vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker.

To vote, select one genre. The genre that gets the most votes will be selected this month. The genre that loses the tiebreaker will be the selected genre in October. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

Since nominations for the selected genre will begin on the 8th, please use the next two days to discuss if either of the genres should be split into two votes and what year or criteria should be used to split the genre votes.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/6/2016 @ 23:38pm

Hopefully, my vote doesn't get reported as spam this time:

Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/6/2016 @ 23:43pm

I vote for post-rock.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 09/6/2016 @ 23:46pm

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/7/2016 @ 01:18am

Of all the good genres we had nominated this month, we ended up with Artists with 2 or Fewer Albums (how many worthy candidates of that category do we even have left to induct?) and Post-Rock? Ughhhhhhh.

I guess my tie-breaker vote will go to Artists with 2 or Fewer Albums, not that it really makes any difference as we're stuck with these two genres for the next two months.

I'm sure plenty of other people are thrilled with these genres. I'm not one of them. Oh well.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 09/7/2016 @ 01:45am

My vote will be for Artists with 2 or Fewer Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/7/2016 @ 15:00pm

I'll vote for two album or less artists.

Pretty much have my picks in either case.

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 09/7/2016 @ 15:25pm

Tiebreaker:

Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 09/7/2016 @ 16:10pm

I'll vote for Post-rock, but I'm looking forward to both.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 09/7/2016 @ 19:37pm

I say post-rock, but they'll both be good ones, I think.

Posted by Max on Wednesday, 09/7/2016 @ 20:51pm

I am late to the party, someone is going to have to explain to me what post-rock is.

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 09/8/2016 @ 01:02am

My current vote count (please let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999) - 6

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 5
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006) - 5
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Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977) - 4
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015) - 4
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 4
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000) - 4
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Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013) - 3
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 3
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 3
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996) - 3
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 3
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998) - 2
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002) - 2
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 2
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015) - 2
The Chemical Brothers - Born In The Echoes (2015) - 2

Blur - The Magic Whip (2015) - 1
Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015) - 1
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974) - 1

Deafheaven - New Bermuda (2015) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
SotN
jtrichey
dmg
DarinRG
Max
Nick
Lax33
Derek
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/8/2016 @ 02:41am

Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)

Ian Dury was the last cut

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/8/2016 @ 07:00am

September 2016 Album Ballot:

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts include Justin Timberlake, Kacey Musgraves, Mumford & Sons, and Warren Zevon.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 09/8/2016 @ 18:04pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot for the genre vote.

Artists Who Released Two Or Fewer Albums.

Is not fewer than two albums just one album?,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Thursday, 09/8/2016 @ 20:53pm

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 09/8/2016 @ 22:32pm

My September 2016/2041 ballot for induction into The Album Project...

Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)
Blur - The Magic Whip (2015)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 09/8/2016 @ 22:33pm

Artists Who Released Two Or Fewer Albums

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 09/8/2016 @ 23:40pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999) - 8

Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006) - 7

Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977) - 6
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015) - 6
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 6
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AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 5
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 5
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996) - 5
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000) - 5

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 4
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 4
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 4
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013) - 3
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002) - 3

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998) - 2
Blur - The Magic Whip (2015) - 2
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015) - 2
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974) - 2
The Chemical Brothers - Born In The Echoes (2015) - 2

Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015) - 1

Deafheaven - New Bermuda (2015) - 0

This vote count included the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
SotN
jtrichey
dmg
DarinRG
Max
Nick
Lax33
Derek
Darren
Tom H.
Jennifer
BSLO
Rick Vendl II

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! (1977)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe (2015)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/9/2016 @ 00:14am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums - 7
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Post-Rock - 3

This month's selected genre is "Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums" ("Post-Rock" will be selected as the genre in October).

There weren't any suggestions for splitting the genre into two votes, so there will only be one vote for this genre this month.

Nominations are now open for the first and only genre vote: "Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums 1900-2015".

Any voter can nominate two albums that are eligible for this genre vote (artists that only released one or two albums).

Since eligibility for this genre is pass/fail, there will be three days of nominations, followed by 5 days of voting. There will not be protests or vetoes for this genre vote, though if an album is nominated and you feel it's eligibility is up for discussion, please point it out and we will decide as a group whether or not it's eligible.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/9/2016 @ 00:21am

Yay! Ian Dury finally got inducted!

And as for the genre vote, I'll just pull two of my older nominees:

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
The La's - The La's (1990)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 09/9/2016 @ 00:26am

Genre nominees

Duffy- Rockferry (2008)
Disclosure- Settle (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 09/9/2016 @ 08:20am

I'll go with a landmark Ambient album and one of the best Rock albums to come out of Britain this decade:

Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 09/9/2016 @ 18:02pm

Genre nominations:
American Football - American Football (1999)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)

honorable mention Bon Iver s/t

Posted by Max on Friday, 09/9/2016 @ 21:53pm

Bastille- Bad Blood (2013)
fun.- Aim and Ignite (2009)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 09/9/2016 @ 22:44pm

What about current artists that almost certainly will be releasing a 3rd album? Seems like a sidestep of the intention here.

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 09/9/2016 @ 23:07pm

Does this genre only refers to Full Albums and not to Extended Plays (EPs)?

Some groups I like have several EPs but only 2 or less full albums.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 09/10/2016 @ 13:45pm

Also, Congrats to SotN on getting Ian Dury in and my belated congrats to Rick for finally getting Buckner and Garcia in. Also, I was happy I could help with both. :)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 09/10/2016 @ 14:11pm

Artists still producing albums should count if they haven't released more than two albums yet.

I consider EPs to count as albums. So 2 or fewer EPs/LPs. I would not count compilations.

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 09/10/2016 @ 21:12pm

I'm going to have to switch out Disclosure- Settle because they more than two albums counting their 6 eps.

My replacement nomination will...
The Power Station- The Power Station (1985)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/10/2016 @ 22:37pm

Same with Duffy- Rockferry.

My replacement will be...
Mother Love Bone- Apple (1990)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/10/2016 @ 22:46pm

How many albums does ELO have?

Posted by jester on Saturday, 09/10/2016 @ 23:10pm

Genre Nominations -
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
The Germs - (GI) (1979)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 09/10/2016 @ 23:58pm

dmg,

Thank you for the clarifications. It was a big help to me in narrowing down what was eligible to nominate as well as what to have as Honorable Mentions. Sadly, for me, it also made Imagine Dragons and Ed Sheeran ineligible because even though they each only have 2 albums, they both have several EPs. So, here are my top picks from what is eligible:

Jim Steinman - Bad for Good (1981)
The Honeydrippers - The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984)

Honorable Mentions/Nomination Suggestions:

4 Non Blondes - Bigger, Better, Faster, More! (1992)
Hollywood Vampires - Hollywood Vampires (2015)
The Firm -The Firm (1985)
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 09/11/2016 @ 09:40am

Sadly I had to change both of my original nominees since they have two albums and several eps. Oh well.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/11/2016 @ 11:05am

My intention was basically that if it is allowed to be nominated for the album project, it should count. (EPs, LPs, live albums count; compilations, singles, bootlegs don't count)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 09/11/2016 @ 11:14am

Just for my own preference, I will not be voting for any artist that is likely to be putting out further music.

My nominations:
Poe - Haunted (2000)
School of Fish - School of Fish (1991)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 09/11/2016 @ 11:42am

They still don't quilify though. I'll nominate them during the general vote another genre vote that's more fitting for them.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/11/2016 @ 11:52am

Gah...

Counting EP's means that both of my nominations are out too.

In which case I'll go with two from Jennifer's honorable mentions list because I'm all out of ideas.

The Firm- The Firm (1985)
The Lumineers- The Lumineers (2012)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/11/2016 @ 16:40pm

My nominations:

Hippo Campus - South [EP] (2015)
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 09/11/2016 @ 17:30pm

A nomination:

The Asylum Choir - Look Inside The Asylum Choir (1968)

Leon Russell doesn't have a single album he was a part of inducted in this project yet???????? Talk about a a bad joke. Now's the time to fix that!

Posted by joker on Sunday, 09/11/2016 @ 22:11pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated songs (let me know ASAP if I've missed):

American Football - American Football (1999)
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Hippo Campus - South [EP] (2015)
Jim Steinman - Bad for Good (1981)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011)
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)
Poe - Haunted (2000)
School of Fish - School of Fish (1991)
The Asylum Choir - Look Inside The Asylum Choir (1968)
The Firm - The Firm (1985)
The Germs - (GI) (1979)
The Honeydrippers - The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012)
The Power Station - The Power Station (1985)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/12/2016 @ 00:43am

Darren -

I came back to check on FRL's nominees, and I saw you're setting up the 90's album votes. You're in my happy zone. Do you mind if I toss in 50 choices of my own here? Once again, I'm stuck out on the perimeter here, so forgive the dislocation of this list.

Alice In Chains - Dirt (1992)
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies (1994)
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992)
Blur - Blur (1997)
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993)
Blur - Parklife (1994)
Bush - Sixteen Stone (1994)
Counting Crows - August & Everything After (1993)
Dave Matthews Band - Crash (1996)
Dave Matthews Band - Under The Table And Dreaming (1994)

Elastica - Elastica (1995)
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (1995)
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape (1997)
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience (1992)
Green Day - Insomniac (1995)
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I (1991)
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II (1991)
Hole - Live Through This (1994)
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (1994)
Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual (1990)

Live - Throwing Copper (1994)
Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville (1993)
Moby - Play (1999)
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York (1994)
Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994)
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (1994)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
R.E.M. - Out Of Time (1991)

Radiohead - The Bends (1995)
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (1992)
Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles (1999)
Sonic Youth - Goo (1990)
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (1991)
Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994)
Stone Temple Pilots - Core (1992)
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple (1994)
The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker (1990)

The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole (1997)
The Verve - Urban Hymns (1997)
TLC - CrazySexyCool (1994)
Tom Petty - Wildflowers (1994)
Tool - Aenima (1996)
Tool - Undertow (1993)
Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album) (1994)
Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994)
Beck - Mellow Gold (1994)
Johnny Cash - American Recordings (1994)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 09/12/2016 @ 07:26am

The La's- The La's (1989)
Mother Love Bone- Apple (1990)
Madvillain- Madvillainy (2004)
The Power Station- The Power Station (1985)
The Asylum Choir- Look Inside the Asylum Choir (1968)
Jim Steinman- Bad For Good (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/12/2016 @ 16:06pm

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Hippo Campus - South [EP] (2015)
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)
Poe - Haunted (2000)
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 09/12/2016 @ 17:47pm

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011)
The Germs - (GI) (1979)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Power Station - The Power Station (1985)

The last cuts were Asylum Choir, American Football, Jim Steinman, and the Lumineers.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 09/12/2016 @ 21:34pm

Mother Love Bone- Apple (1990)
Jim Steinman - Bad for Good (1981)
The Asylum Choir - Look Inside The Asylum Choir (1968)
The Germs - (GI) (1979)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
School of Fish - School of Fish (1991)

Posted by joker on Monday, 09/12/2016 @ 21:45pm

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)
The Germs - (GI) (1979)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Power Station - The Power Station (1985)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 09/12/2016 @ 23:46pm

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)
Poe - Haunted (2000)
School of Fish - School of Fish (1991)
The Power Station - The Power Station (1985)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 09/13/2016 @ 00:21am

Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011)
The Asylum Choir - Look Inside The Asylum Choir (1968)
The Germs - (GI) (1979)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Lumineers- The Lumineers (2012)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 09/13/2016 @ 02:07am

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)
The Germs - (GI) (1979)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Power Station - The Power Station (1985)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 09/13/2016 @ 05:18am

Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
The Firm - The Firm (1985)
The Germs - (GI) (1979)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 09/13/2016 @ 12:34pm

American Football - American Football (1999)
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)
The La's - The La's (1990)

Posted by Max on Wednesday, 09/14/2016 @ 17:25pm

September 2016 Album Genre Ballot:

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Jim Steinman - Bad for Good (1981)
The Honeydrippers - The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984)
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012)
The Power Station - The Power Station (1985)

Last Cuts include The La's and The Firm. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 09/15/2016 @ 22:56pm

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011)
The Germs - (GI) (1979)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/16/2016 @ 01:17am

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The La's - The La's (1990) - 8

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988) - 7
The Germs - (GI) (1979) - 7
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Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) - 6
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990) - 6
The Power Station - The Power Station (1985) - 6
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Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) - 5
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012) - 5

Jim Steinman - Bad for Good (1981) - 3
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004) - 3
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011) - 3
The Asylum Choir - Look Inside The Asylum Choir (1968) - 3

Paul Pena - New Train (2000) - 2
Poe - Haunted (2000) - 2
School of Fish - School of Fish (1991) - 2

American Football - American Football (1999) - 1
Hippo Campus - South [EP] (2015) - 1
The Firm - The Firm (1985) - 1
The Honeydrippers - The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984) - 1

This vote count included the following votes:

Greg F
dmg
SotN
joker
Nick
jtrichey
DarinRG
BSLO
Tom H.
Max
Jennifer
Darren

Voting end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/16/2016 @ 01:21am

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011)
The Firm - The Firm (1985)
The Honeydrippers - The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984)
The Power Station - The Power Station (1985)

Posted by Derek on Friday, 09/16/2016 @ 13:58pm

I did not get to give nominations for the Special election, as it was a bit difficult to think of artists with only one or two albums. Luckily our fellow posters knew a number, so if it is possible, here is my ballot.

The La's - The La's (1990)
The Germs - (GI) (1979)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)
The Power Station - The Power Station (1985)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)

Thank you for the interesting suggestions,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Friday, 09/16/2016 @ 20:27pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The La's - The La's (1990) - 9

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988) - 8
The Germs - (GI) (1979) - 8
The Power Station - The Power Station (1985) - 8
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Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) - 7
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) - 7
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990) - 7
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The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012) - 5

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011) - 4

Jim Steinman - Bad for Good (1981) - 3
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004) - 3
The Asylum Choir - Look Inside The Asylum Choir (1968) - 3

Paul Pena - New Train (2000) - 2
Poe - Haunted (2000) - 2
School of Fish - School of Fish (1991) - 2
The Firm - The Firm (1985) - 2
The Honeydrippers - The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984) - 2

American Football - American Football (1999) - 1
Hippo Campus - South [EP] (2015) - 1

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

The La's - The La's (1990)
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
The Germs - (GI) (1979)
The Power Station - The Power Station (1985)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)

Anyone who voted in this genre is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker vote. To vote, rank all 3 albums in order of preference (3, 2, 1).

The album that gets the most votes wil be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/17/2016 @ 00:38am

Nominations remain open for this month's artist vote. This month's selected artist is Lucinda Williams.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/17/2016 @ 00:39am

tiebreaker

Mother Love Bone- Apple (1990) (3)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) (2)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/17/2016 @ 00:44am

Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) - 3 points
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990) - 2
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) - 1

all 3 deserve to be in

Artist nomination
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)

Posted by Max on Saturday, 09/17/2016 @ 00:45am

Lucinda Williams self titled had been nominated by someone else.

As a reminder the following Lucinda Williams albums had been nominated are.

Blessed (2011)
Down Where The Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)
Lucinda Williams (1988)
Little Honey (2008)
Same Old World (1992)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/17/2016 @ 01:17am

Oh thanks Greg F, I'll nominate World Without Tears instead

Posted by Max on Saturday, 09/17/2016 @ 17:19pm

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) - 3
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) - 2
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990) - 1

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 09/17/2016 @ 23:02pm

tiebreak:

1. Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990) 3 pts
2. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
3. Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 09/18/2016 @ 01:09am

Nice class and none of these would be a bad addition at all. Apple was my final cut, so it's nice to get another crack at it.

Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)3
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)2
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)1

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 09/18/2016 @ 16:27pm

Tiebreaker:

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) (3 pts)
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) (1 pt)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 09/18/2016 @ 17:06pm

Mother Love Bone - Apple - 3
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) - 2
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/18/2016 @ 18:03pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot, provided it is added among the other ballots.

Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990) - 3
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror (1980) - 2
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) - 1

All three are deserving of induction,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Sunday, 09/18/2016 @ 19:33pm

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) 3
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990) 2
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 09/18/2016 @ 19:36pm

1. Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) (3 points)
2. Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990) (2 points)
3. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 09/18/2016 @ 20:04pm

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) - 3
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) - 2
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990) - 1

Posted by Derek on Sunday, 09/18/2016 @ 20:48pm

Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)3
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)2
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/18/2016 @ 20:56pm

Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990) - 3
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) - 2
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 09/18/2016 @ 22:56pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990) - 29
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Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) - 25
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) - 24

The Harold Budd/Brian Eno and Frankie Lymon albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked (1988)
Mother Love Bone - Apple (1990)
The Germs - (GI) (1979)
The La's - The La's (1990)
The Power Station - The Power Station (1985)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/19/2016 @ 00:32am

Glad to see Apple inducted. I remember it being attempted a couple times. Very good album that would've been completely forgotten if Pearl Jam had never happened.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 09/19/2016 @ 02:37am

Nominations for the Artist Vote are now closed.

This month's selected artist is Lucinda Williams.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Blessed (2011)
Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)
Little Honey (2008)
Lucinda Williams (1988)
Sweet Old World (1992)
World Without Tears

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/20/2016 @ 00:50am

Blessed (2011)
Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)
Lucinda Williams (1988)
Sweet Old World (1992)
World Without Tears (2003)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 09/20/2016 @ 01:51am

Blessed (2011)
Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)
Lucinda Williams (1988)
Sweet Old World (1992)
World Without Tears (2003)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 09/20/2016 @ 06:38am

Blessed (2011)
Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)
Little Honey (2008)
World Without Tears (2003)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/21/2016 @ 15:56pm

Blessed (2011)
Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)
Lucinda Williams (1988)
World Without Tears

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/23/2016 @ 01:58am

Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)
Little Honey (2008)
Lucinda Williams (1988)
Sweet Old World (1992)
World Without Tears (2003)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 09/23/2016 @ 23:06pm

Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)
Little Honey (2008)
Lucinda Williams (1988)
Sweet Old World (1992)
World Without Tears (2003)

Posted by Max on Saturday, 09/24/2016 @ 00:25am

Here is my Artist Vote ballot for this month.

Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)
Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World (1992)
Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears (2003)
Lucinda Williams - Blessed (2011)
Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)

Wondering which album or albums will come out on top,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Saturday, 09/24/2016 @ 08:47am

Blessed (2011)
Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)
Little Honey (2008)
Lucinda Williams (1988)
World Without Tears (2003)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 09/24/2016 @ 22:18pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014) - 8
World Without Tears (2003) - 8
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Lucinda Williams (1988) - 7

Blessed (2011) - 6

Sweet Old World (1992) - 5

Little Honey (2008) - 4

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Lucinda Williams - Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)
Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears (2003)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/25/2016 @ 00:51am

Any interest?

Albums:

Of Montreal- Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
David Ackles- American Gothic (1972)
Van Dyke Parks- Song Cycle (1968)
Tim Buckley- Starsailor (1970) OR Greetings from L.A. (1972)
New Radicals- Maybe You've Been Brainwashed too (1998)
Kate Bush- Never for Ever (1980)

Artists:

of Montreal
Tim Buckley
Modest Mouse
Anthrax
Iron Maiden
Spoon
Queens of the Stone Age
Stereolab

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/25/2016 @ 01:31am

Strange...I came here to post a list of possible albums I was testing, and I recall there were maybe two or three posts after Greg F's post here (including a post of mine). Did something happen?

To reiterate/iterate, Tim Buckley, New Radicals, Kate Bush, and of Montreal would interest me (and of Montreal had my vote before).

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 09/29/2016 @ 12:13pm

Rule Changes In 2016:

Starting in 2016, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2015.

Starting in 2016, albums released in 2015 will not be eligible for nomination until April. There will be a designated 2015 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination switches over to 2016.

Starting in 2016, elective (not mandatory as a result of an error in a cast ballot or necessary as a result of a missing song from the final list of nominated songs) vote switches are banned from all Album Project, Genre votes and Artist Project votes (including selection votes).

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote (there won't be one in January as a result of a tiebreaker in December), the selected artist will be banned from being nominated for any Album Project or Album Project Genre Project vote for the next 6 months (not counting the current month). To clarify, this begins next month, as the selection of Van Morrison took place prior to the new rule being applied.

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote, artists that receive 4 votes will automatically be nominated for the next Artist Project Artist Selection Vote. To clarify, this begins next month, as the December vote took place prior to the new rule being applied and there won't be a January vote as a result of the tiebreaker in the December vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Grateful Dead (eligible again in November 2016)
Yes (eligible again in December 2016)
Pearl Jam (eligible again in January 2017)
Depeche Mode (eligible again in February 2017)
Warren Zevon (eligible again in March 2017)
Lucinda Williams (eligible again in April 2017)

Prince is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015 and one album from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

This month's selected genre is "Post-Rock", which was automatically selected as a result of losing a tiebreaker vote last month.

Nominations will open after the conclusion of initial voting for the Album Project this month (on the 8th). Please use the time between then and now to determine if this genre will be split into two votes and if so, what year or criteria will be used to determine the split.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote:

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Dr. John
King Crimson
Miles Davis
Swans
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Bob Dylan
David Bowie
Depeche Mode
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
Lucinda Williams
Pearl Jam
Prince
Randy Newman
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/30/2016 @ 17:03pm

My nominations:

Albums

Ghost- Meliora (2015)
of Montreal- Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)

Artist

of Montreal

For the post-rock vote how about a split of 1986-1999 and 2000-2015?

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 09/30/2016 @ 17:09pm

Greg F.: I don't mind 1986-1999 and 2000-2015 myself.

As for nominees, I'll just go for one nominee until 2015's albums come eligible:

Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 09/30/2016 @ 17:39pm

"For the post-rock vote how about a split of 1986-1999 and 2000-2015?"

That makes the most sense to me, too.

Atist:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

I'll skip an album nomination since my nominee from the genre vote is auto nominated.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 09/30/2016 @ 18:10pm

General Nomination

M.I.A.- Arular (2005)

Artist Vote Nomination

The Chemical Brothers

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 09/30/2016 @ 21:30pm

Someone point me to something that tells me what "post-rock" is please.

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 09/30/2016 @ 23:01pm

My 2016/2041 nominees for induction into The Album Project...

On the Third Day (1973)

Genre

Symphonic/Progressive Rock

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 09/30/2016 @ 23:46pm

Lou Reed - New York (1989)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 10/1/2016 @ 07:33am

Albums
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
Punch Brothers - The Phosphorescent Blues (2015)

Artist
Hüsker Dü

Posted by Max on Saturday, 10/1/2016 @ 18:02pm

Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015)
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 10/2/2016 @ 16:53pm

October 2016 Album Nomination:

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

October 2016 Artist Nomination:

Train

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 10/2/2016 @ 18:21pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)

And my Artist Vote nomination for this month is:

Todd Rundgren

The fourth time i have nominated the same album,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Sunday, 10/2/2016 @ 20:47pm

nom:

The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 10/2/2016 @ 22:40pm

General Nominations -
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)

Artist Nomination -
Buddy Guy

Reposting from my Song Project posting from earlier tonight but I wanted to locate it here too.

Like DarinRG wrote so well about Leonard Cohen last month, I’ll make a case for why Buddy Guy should receive some major consideration for the Artist Vote (in either the Song/Album Projects) based alone on some of the awards and achievements he has received over the years:

-1985 Blues Hall of Fame Inductee
-1993 Billboard Magazine Century Award honoree and named Guy the Greatest Living Electric Blues Guitarist
-2003 National Medal of Arts Honoree
-2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee (inducted by B.B. King and Eric Clapton no less)
-2012 Kennedy Center Honors Honoree
-2015 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
-Won 7 Grammy Awards, most recently in 2016 for Best Blues Album
-Ranked 30th in Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists and his song “Stone Crazy” is ranked 78th on the magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs

Buddy Guy has only one Song inducted in the Song Project (‘Damn Right I’ve Got the Blues’ (1991) which was recently inducted a few months ago). He has a grand total of zero albums inducted into the Album Project. He has won some of the most prestigious awards in American society and has been revered as one of the most influential musicians of the last half-century. Seems like an ideal candidate for the Artist Vote based on these qualifications alone.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 10/2/2016 @ 22:46pm

Wait, I forgot BSLO nominated a Lou Reed album already. No big deal, I'll hold off on 'Rock 'n' Roll Animal' for the near future and instead nominate the following -

The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 10/2/2016 @ 22:53pm

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)

Artist - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/3/2016 @ 01:45am

Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)
Sigur Ros- Takk (2005)

Artist Nomination

John Williams

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/3/2016 @ 08:44am

Someone point me to something that tells me what "post-rock" is please.

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 09.30.16 @ 23:01pm

------------------------------------------------

Here you go

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-rock

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 10/3/2016 @ 14:08pm

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno-Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Mbongwana Star-From Kinshasa (2015)

Yes, to Split Post-rock by year. This is perhaps the best chance Swans have of getting representation in the Album project!

Posted by Dr. W on Monday, 10/3/2016 @ 21:22pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Ghost - Meliora (2015)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa (2015)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Punch Brothers - The Phosphorescent Blues (2015)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015)
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/4/2016 @ 02:20am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated artists:

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Electric Light Orchestra
Hüsker Dü
John Williams
King Crimson
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Swans
T.V. On The Radio
The Chemical Brothers
Todd Rundgren
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Train

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists, but must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their vote to be counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/4/2016 @ 02:21am

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Neil Young
Todd Rundgren

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 10/4/2016 @ 06:31am

General Vote

Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Artist Vote

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
The Chemical Brothers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 10/4/2016 @ 12:37pm

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 10/4/2016 @ 12:38pm

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Mbongwana Star-From Kinshasa (2015)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)

Swans
Bob Seger
Chemical Brothers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Neil Young

Posted by [email protected] on Tuesday, 10/4/2016 @ 15:41pm

Electric Light Orchestra- On The Third Day (1973)
Ghost- Meliora (2015)
of Montreal- Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Aphex Twin- Richard D. James Album (1996)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno- Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno- Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)

Bob Segar
Buddy Guy
of Montreal
Todd Rundgren
King Crimson

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 10/4/2016 @ 19:13pm

Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)

Last cuts were Stara Rzeka, Darlene Love, Chance the Rapper, and Ghost.

Artist vote:
Bonnie Raitt
Dr. John
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Swans

The last cuts were the Chemical Brothers and T.V. on the Radio.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 10/4/2016 @ 22:37pm

Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 10/4/2016 @ 22:43pm

Albums
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
Punch Brothers - The Phosphorescent Blues (2015)

Such a great ballot, last cuts were Breeders, ELO, Moody Blues, Sigur Ros, Lou Reed, Stara Rzeka, Cowboy Bebop, and the especially painful of Montreal.

Artist
Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Hüsker Dü
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Last cuts were Swans and of Montreal

Posted by Max on Tuesday, 10/4/2016 @ 23:08pm

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015)
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 10/5/2016 @ 11:46am

Artist Vote

John Williams
King Crimson
Miles Davis
of Montreal
Swans

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/5/2016 @ 14:34pm

Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/5/2016 @ 14:37pm

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)

Posted by Derek on Thursday, 10/6/2016 @ 22:11pm

My votes:

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)

Would support in the future:

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Punch Brothers - The Phosphorescent Blues (2015)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/7/2016 @ 01:03am

Hüsker Dü
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
T.V. On The Radio
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/7/2016 @ 01:05am

Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996)
Ghost- Meliora (2015)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005)

Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Swans
The Chemical Brothers

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 10/7/2016 @ 03:22am

Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Mike on Friday, 10/7/2016 @ 05:25am

October 2016 Album Ballot:

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts include Kacey Musgraves, Mumford & Sons, and The Moody Blues.

October 2016 Artist Ballot:

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Electric Light Orchestra
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Train

Last Cuts include Buddy Guy, John Williams, and King Crimson.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 10/7/2016 @ 06:58am

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)

Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Dr. John
Neil Young
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Posted by Nick on Friday, 10/7/2016 @ 22:10pm

The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)

Peter Gabriel
Electric Light Orchestra
Neil young
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy

This is my ballot,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Saturday, 10/8/2016 @ 15:07pm

My October 2016/2041 ballot for induction into The Album Project...

General

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)

Artists

Electric Light Orchestra
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
John Williams
Peter Gabriel
Bob Seger

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 10/8/2016 @ 19:08pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977) - 9

Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996) - 8
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956) - 8

Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) - 7
M.I.A. - Arular (2005) - 7
__________________________

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 6
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972) - 6

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015) - 5
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 5
Lou Reed - New York (1989) - 5
The Breeders - Last Splash (1993) - 5
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 5

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 4
Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 4

of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001) - 3

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013) - 2
Ghost - Meliora (2015) - 2
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 2
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005) - 2
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973) - 2

Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 1
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015) - 1
Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa (2015) - 1
Punch Brothers - The Phosphorescent Blues (2015) - 1
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (2015) - 1

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
M.I.A. - Arular (2005)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/9/2016 @ 01:39am

This month's selected genre is "Post-Rock". We'll go with Greg F's suggestion and split the genres into "1986-1999" and "2000-2015".

Nominations are now open for the first genre vote. This genre is "Post-Rock 1986-1999".

Voters can nominate up to two albums that they feel are eligible for this genre vote.

If you think that aan album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre vote, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations, followed by one day of review and five days of voting.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 10th. Review will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/9/2016 @ 01:44am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Buddy Guy - 7
_________________________

Bob Seger - 6
Bonnie Raitt - 6
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 6

Neil Young - 5

Dr. John - 4
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 4
of Montreal - 4
Swans - 4
_________________________

Electric Light Orchestra - 3
The Chemical Brothers - 3

Hüsker Dü - 2
John Williams - 2
King Crimson - 2
Todd Rundgren - 2

Miles Davis - 1
T.V. On The Radio - 1
Train - 1

This month's selected artist is Buddy Guy.

Any voter can nominate one album by Buddy Guy released between 1900 and 2015 that hasn't already been inducted into this project.

Buddy Guy doesn't currently have any albums inducted into this project.

Here's a link to the wikipedia page for Buddy Guy's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy#Discography

Nominations will remain open until the conclusion of nominations in the second genre votes in the Song and Album Projects.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/9/2016 @ 01:53am

Genre 1

Bark Pyschosis- Hex (1994)
Talk Talk- Laughing Stock (1991)

Genre 2

Mogwai- The Hawk is Howling (2008)
Explosions in the Sky- Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/9/2016 @ 01:53am

Artist Vote:

Buddy Guy- Sweet Tea (2001)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/9/2016 @ 01:55am

Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)
Rodan - Rusty (1994)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 10/9/2016 @ 10:15am

Buddy Guy - Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 10/9/2016 @ 10:16am

One of my favorite genres.

These two are no-brainers. They practically invented post-rock.

Swans-Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
A Minor Forest-Inindependence (1998)

Posted by Dr. W on Sunday, 10/9/2016 @ 12:35pm

Genre 1
Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# ∞ (1997)

Genre 2
Swans - To Be Kind (2014)
Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (2002)

Posted by Max on Sunday, 10/9/2016 @ 16:00pm

Round One Nominations

Sigur Ros- Von (1997)
Do Make Say Think- Do Make Say Think (1998)

Round Two Nominations

Sigur Ros- Takk (2005)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor- 'Allelujah! Don'T Bend! Ascend! (2012)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 10/9/2016 @ 17:14pm

Good ballot already. I'll just add:

Round 1:

Dirty Three - Horse Stories (1996)

http://www.allmusic.com/album/horse-stories-mw0000080539

Round 2:

Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001)

http://www.allmusic.com/album/tired-sounds-of-stars-of-the-lid-mw0000015454

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 10/9/2016 @ 23:19pm

A big, big shout out goes to everyone who supported and voted for Buddy Guy in the Artist Vote this month. Means the world to me and I cannot express my joyfulness enough.

Here's my Artist Nomination for Buddy Guy -
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991)

On a side note, I'm gonna pass on nominations for the post-rock genre, at least just the first genre vote. I'm kinda busy with family functions today and some part of this week, but also because I don't really have enough time to research a genre and its artists that I'm not really familiar with. I know it sounds lazy on my part but we have other voters who are more knowledgeable about this than me. The nominations put forth already look great and look forward to listening to them in the upcoming days.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 10/10/2016 @ 10:45am

Artist nomination:

Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 10/10/2016 @ 10:58am

Most of the stuff I'd have nominated was put up already, but I'll still give it a game try. One each:

Genre vote 1:
Labradford - Mi media naranja (1997)

Genre vote 2:
A Silver Mt. Zion - He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corners of Our Rooms... (2000)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 10/10/2016 @ 19:05pm

Sorry, but I wish to replace my 2000 nominee with:

The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (2001)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 10/10/2016 @ 19:08pm

Here is my nomination for the Post Rock genre special election for 1986-1999.

Public Image Ltd. - Album (1986)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar (2015)

Sorry there is only one for each,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Monday, 10/10/2016 @ 21:39pm

I'm gonna protest Public Image Ltd.- Album (1986) because it's not post-rock at all.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 10/11/2016 @ 00:02am

I hate doing this and try not to do it often, but I have to second the PiL protest. Post-punk and Post Rock have quite a few influences in common, but are still very different genres. "Album" is a good nominee in a more appropriate genre or general vote, though.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 10/11/2016 @ 01:25am

I will third the protest of Public Image Ltd. - Album (1986). It doesn't fit the genre.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 10/11/2016 @ 01:46am

And I'm going to make it three. While I've seen two links (Wikipedia and a blog) which both note that NME called them "arguably the first post-rock band", my issue is that the NME link is the only thing saying they're post-rock, and the Wikipedia link used as a reference doesn't even say it (largely because the link, for me, directs to a whole different band). It's a hunch, but I feel that they wanted to say "arguably the first post-punk band" (a more reasonable claim, regardless of truth), but confused the genres.

If I'm wrong, I'll take the protest back, but so far, those are my thoughts. Public Image Ltd., being one of my favorite bands, would easily get votes from me whenever, but here they don't belong.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 10/11/2016 @ 01:55am

...ignore what I said. I didn't notice that BSLO posted before me. My apologies, BSLO.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 10/11/2016 @ 01:55am

I'll also protest the nomination of PIL - Album, as it doesn't belong in this genre.

There are now three protests, so Public Image Ltd. - Album is disqualified.

Lax33, if you like, you can nominate a replacement album, so long as you nominate it with a reasonable amount of time for review today.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/11/2016 @ 02:41am

Nominations are now closed and review is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any that I've missed):

A Minor Forest - Inindependence (1998)
Bark Pyschosis - Hex (1994)
Dirty Three - Horse Stories (1996)
Do Make Say Think - Do Make Say Think (1998)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# ∞ (1997)
Labradford - Mi media naranja (1997)
Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999)
Rodan - Rusty (1994)
Sigur Ros - Von (1997)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)

If you feel that one of these albums has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests (as Public Image Ltd. - Album already has) will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 11th. There will then be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/11/2016 @ 02:43am

Artist Nomination

Buddy Guy- Living Proof (2010)

Even with a few nominations in it was hard to pick just one.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/11/2016 @ 11:22am

Review is now over and voting is now open.

There weren't any more protested albums.

Here are the nominated albums:

A Minor Forest - Inindependence (1998)
Bark Pyschosis - Hex (1994)
Dirty Three - Horse Stories (1996)
Do Make Say Think - Do Make Say Think (1998)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# ∞ (1997)
Labradford - Mi media naranja (1997)
Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999)
Rodan - Rusty (1994)
Sigur Ros - Von (1997)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/12/2016 @ 00:47am

A Minor Forest - Inindependence (1998)
Bark Pyschosis - Hex (1994)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)
Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/12/2016 @ 03:07am

Bark Pyschosis - Hex (1994)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
A Minor Forest - Inindependence (1998)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)
Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999)
Sigur Ros - Von (1997)

Posted by Dr. W on Wednesday, 10/12/2016 @ 11:37am

Bark Pyschosis - Hex (1994)
Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999)
Rodan - Rusty (1994)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 10/12/2016 @ 16:55pm

Dirty Three - Horse Stories (1996)
Do Make Say Think - Do Make Say Think (1998)
Labradford - Mi media naranja (1997)
Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 10/15/2016 @ 18:02pm

Here is my ballot for this week's Post-Rock Special Election. Hopefully this might be counted, even though my nomination was rejected. I do apologize for that.

Sigur Ros - Von (1997)
Swans - Soundtracks For The Blind (1996)
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)

An interesting selection,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Saturday, 10/15/2016 @ 19:35pm

LAX33

You voted for Swans twice. You have one more vote.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/15/2016 @ 20:02pm

A Minor Forest - Inindependence (1998)
Bark Pyschosis - Hex (1994)
Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)

My last cut was Labradford. Tough cut, but needed.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 10/15/2016 @ 20:45pm

My current vote count:

Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999) - 6
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996) - 6
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) - 6

Bark Pyschosis - Hex (1994) - 4
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991) - 4
________________________________________

A Minor Forest - Inindependence (1998) - 3

Sigur Ros - Von (1997) - 2

Dirty Three - Horse Stories (1996) - 1
Do Make Say Think - Do Make Say Think (1998) - 1
Labradford - Mi media naranja (1997) - 1
Rodan - Rusty (1994) - 1

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# ∞ (1997) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Dr. W
BSLO
DarinRG
SotN
Lax33 (1 vote remaining)

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/16/2016 @ 01:12am

Bark Pyschosis - Hex (1994)
Do Make Say Think - Do Make Say Think (1998)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# ∞ (1997)
Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999)
Sigur Ros - Von (1997)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 10/16/2016 @ 08:39am

I'm so glad that we are likely to FINALLY get a Swans album in. After all these years, they finally deserve it. I am so glad that so late into their career, they have finally gotten the recognition they deserve.

On a related note, we should update the main list soon. We are several months behind.

Posted by Dr. W on Sunday, 10/16/2016 @ 17:06pm

A Minor Forest - Inindependence (1998)
Do Make Say Think - Do Make Say Think (1998)
Sigur Ros - Von (1997)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 10/16/2016 @ 20:48pm

Do Make Say Think - Do Make Say Think (1998)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# ∞ (1997)
Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999)
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)

Posted by Max on Sunday, 10/16/2016 @ 22:25pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996) - 9

Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999) - 8
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) - 8

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991) - 6

Bark Pyschosis - Hex (1994) - 5
________________________

A Minor Forest - Inindependence (1998) - 4
Do Make Say Think - Do Make Say Think (1998) - 4
Sigur Ros - Von (1997) - 4

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# ∞ (1997) - 2

Dirty Three - Horse Stories (1996) - 1
Labradford - Mi media naranja (1997) - 1
Rodan - Rusty (1994) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Dr. W
BSLO
DarinRG
SotN
Lax33
Tom H.
Nick
Max

As a result of this vote, the following albums have been inducted:

Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
Mogwai - Come On Die Young (1999)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
Bark Pyschosis - Hex (1994)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/17/2016 @ 00:16am

Nominations are now open for the first genre vote. This genre is "Post-Rock 2000-2015".

Voters can nominate up to two albums that they feel are eligible for this genre vote. Previously nominated songs are eligible for this vote (I have nominations from Greg F, Max, Tom H., DarinRG and SotN so far).

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre vote, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations, followed by one day of review and five days of voting.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 18th. Review will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/17/2016 @ 00:18am

Hood - Cold House (2001)
These New Puritans - Field of Reeds (2013)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 10/18/2016 @ 22:34pm

Nominations are now closed and review is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don'T Bend! Ascend! (2012)
Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (2002)
Hood - Cold House (2001)
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008)
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005)
Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001)
Swans - To Be Kind (2014)
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (2001)
These New Puritans - Field of Reeds (2013)

There will be one day of review, followed by 5 days of voting. If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that gets three protests will be disqualifed from this genre vote.

Review will end and voting will open at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/19/2016 @ 00:59am

Review is now over and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums:

Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don'T Bend! Ascend! (2012)
Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (2002)
Hood - Cold House (2001)
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008)
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005)
Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001)
Swans - To Be Kind (2014)
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (2001)
These New Puritans - Field of Reeds (2013)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/20/2016 @ 00:37am

Voting is now open for the Artist Vote.

This month's selected artist is Buddy Guy.

Here are the nominated albums:

Born To Play Guitar (2015)
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991)
Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)
Living Proof (2010)
Sweet Tea (2001)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/20/2016 @ 00:42am

Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don'T Bend! Ascend! (2012)
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008)
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005)
Swans - To Be Kind (2014)
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (2001)

Living Proof (2010)
Sweet Tea (2001)
Born To Play Guitar (2015)
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991)
I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 10/20/2016 @ 01:38am

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (2012)
Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (2002)
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005)
Swans - To Be Kind (2014)
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (2001)

Posted by Dr. W on Thursday, 10/20/2016 @ 22:47pm

I myself would have nominated The Seer but feared vote splitting from Swans fans. That will have to wait another day.

Posted by Dr. W on Thursday, 10/20/2016 @ 22:48pm

Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don'T Bend! Ascend! (2012)
Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (2002)
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005)
Swans - To Be Kind (2014)
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (2001)

Dr. W, it looks like you only voted for five, so you might want to fix that. and I would hate for a ballot that voted for both of my nominations to not be counted.

Posted by Max on Thursday, 10/20/2016 @ 23:08pm

Any interest for next month?

Ashley Monroe- The Blade (2015)
Ghost- Meliora (2015)
Neon Indian- Vega Intl. Night School (2015)
Jamie Xx- In Colour (2015)
Blackberry Smoke- Holding All the Roses (2015)
Baroness- Purple (2015)

Genres

Artists on the previously considered list
2017 Rock Hall Nominees
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Concept Albums
Singer-songwriters
Country Rock/Alt-Country
Indietronica
Thrash Metal
Blues
Folk/folk rock
Modern Electronica
Bluegrass
Progressive Metal

Artists

Modest Mouse
Queens of the Stone Age
Rickie Lee Jones
Tim Buckley
Harry Nilsson
Laura Nyro
Janis Ian
Curtis Mayfield
LL Cool J
Carole King
Carly Simon
Orbital
Yo La Tengo
Bright Eyes
New Order
The J. Geils Band
Dan Fogelberg
De La Soul

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 10/21/2016 @ 02:54am

Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don'T Bend! Ascend! (2012)
Hood - Cold House (2001)
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005)
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (2001)
These New Puritans - Field of Reeds (2013)

Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991)
Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)
Sweet Tea (2001)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 10/21/2016 @ 06:49am

my sixth vote is...

Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008)

Posted by Dr. W on Friday, 10/21/2016 @ 19:21pm

Artist Vote -

Born To Play Guitar (2015)
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991)
Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
Living Proof (2010)
Sweet Tea (2001)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 10/23/2016 @ 22:17pm

Buddy Guy Ballot

Born To Play Guitar (2015)
Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)
Living Proof (2010)
Sweet Tea (2001)

Posted by [email protected] on Monday, 10/24/2016 @ 14:02pm

Sorry that last Buddy Guy ballot was mine

Now onto the genre ballot

Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don'T Bend! Ascend! (2012)
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008)
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005)
Swans - To Be Kind (2014)
These New Puritans - Field of Reeds (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/24/2016 @ 14:09pm

Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don'T Bend! Ascend! (2012)
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008)
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005)
Swans - To Be Kind (2014)
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (2001)

Born To Play Guitar (2015)
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991)
I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)
Living Proof (2010)
Sweet Tea (2001)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 10/24/2016 @ 17:00pm

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/24/2016 @ 17:26pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don'T Bend! Ascend! (2012) - 7
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005) - 7

Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011) - 6
Swans - To Be Kind (2014) - 6
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (2001) - 6
___________________________________

Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008) - 5

Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (2002) - 2
These New Puritans - Field of Reeds (2013) - 2

Hood - Cold House (2001) - 1

Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001) - 0

This count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Dr. W
Max
BSLO
Tom H.
SotN
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Monday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/24/2016 @ 17:28pm

Here is my ballot, should it be considered in the final vote tally.

Sigur Ros - Takk (2005)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don'T Bend! Ascend! (2012)
Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)
Swans - To Be Kind (2014)
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (2001)
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008)

Pardon my unfamiliarity with post rock,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Monday, 10/24/2016 @ 20:58pm

Oh yes, here is my Artist Vote ballot.

Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar (2015)
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991)
Buddy Guy - Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)
Buddy Guy - Sweet Tea (2001)

Sorry for there being two posts,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Monday, 10/24/2016 @ 21:01pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don'T Bend! Ascend! (2012) - 8
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005) - 8

Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011) - 7
Swans - To Be Kind (2014) - 7
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (2001) - 7
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Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008) - 6

Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (2002) - 2
These New Puritans - Field of Reeds (2013) - 2

Hood - Cold House (2001) - 1

Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Dr. W
Max
BSLO
Tom H.
SotN
Darren
Lax33

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (2012)
Sigur Ros - Takk (2005)
Swans - To Be Kind (2014)
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (2001)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/25/2016 @ 00:14am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Sweet Tea (2001) - 6
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Born To Play Guitar (2015) - 5
Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991) - 5
I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) - 5
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Hoodoo Man Blues (1965) - 4
Living Proof (2010) - 4

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Buddy Guy - Sweet Tea (2001)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar (2015)
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991)
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 3 albums in order of preference (3, 2, 1).

The album with the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project.

There will be 2 days of tiebreaker voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/25/2016 @ 00:17am

Buddy Guy Tie Breaker

Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)-3
Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar (2015)-2
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/25/2016 @ 15:51pm

Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991) - 3
Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar (2015) - 2
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) - 1 

Excellent albums for the Buddy Guy vote; really glad ‘Sweet Tea’ made it in, it’s one of Guy’s greatest albums and I’d be happy with any of these three albums inducted in the tiebreaker vote.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 10/25/2016 @ 23:55pm

Damm Right, I Got the Blues (1991) 3
Born to Play Guitar (2015) 2
I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/26/2016 @ 02:59am

Artist Tiebreaker:

Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) (3 points)
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991)
Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar (2015) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 10/26/2016 @ 11:44am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors) - FYI, dmg's vote couldn't be counted because he didn't vote in the original Artist Project vote this month, so he's not eligible to vote in the tiebreaker:

Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991) - 7
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Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar (2015) - 6
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) - 5

Born To Play Guitar and I Left My Blues In San Francisco will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project.

Here is the final class from this Artist vote:

Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991) - 7
Buddy Guy - Sweet Tea (2001)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/27/2016 @ 00:09am

I'm going post another one of these now. I posted one about a week ago but I have more ideas to share for next month's vote.

of Montreal- Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)*
Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees (1976)*
Van Dyke Parks- Song Cycle (1968)*
The Idle Race- The Birthday Party (1968)
Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac (1997)*
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals- Cold Roses (2005)
Les Baxter- Ritual of the Savage (1951)*
Ashley Monroe- The Blade (2015)*
Neon Indian- Vega Intl. Night School (2015)*
Ghost- Meliora (2015)
Blur- The Magic Whip (2015)
Blackberry Smoke- Holding All the Roses (2015)
Jamie Xx- In Colour (2015)
Baroness- Purple (2015)

Genres

Concept Albums*
Extotica/Space Age Pop*
Singer-Songwriters*
Thrash Metal
Psychedelic Rock/Pop
Indietronica*

Artists

Harry Nilsson
Todd Rundgren*
Laura Nyro*
Tim Buckley*
Yo La Tengo
Modest Mouse
De La Soul*
Rickie Lee Jones
Queens of the Stone Age*
Anthrax
Carole King
Aphex Twin
Sade
Rufus & Chaka Khan

*= higher priority most likely will be nominated

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 10/27/2016 @ 03:48am

What? Dammit.

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 10/27/2016 @ 08:57am

My nominations

Les Baxter and His Orchestra- Ritual of the Savage (1951)
Neon Indian- Vega Intl. Night School (2015)

Genre: Exotica/Space Age Pop

Artist: Les Baxter

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/1/2016 @ 01:07am

Rule Changes In 2016:

Starting in 2016, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2015.

Starting in 2016, albums released in 2015 will not be eligible for nomination until April. There will be a designated 2015 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination switches over to 2016.

Starting in 2016, elective (not mandatory as a result of an error in a cast ballot or necessary as a result of a missing song from the final list of nominated songs) vote switches are banned from all Album Project, Genre votes and Artist Project votes (including selection votes).

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote (there won't be one in January as a result of a tiebreaker in December), the selected artist will be banned from being nominated for any Album Project or Album Project Genre Project vote for the next 6 months (not counting the current month). To clarify, this begins next month, as the selection of Van Morrison took place prior to the new rule being applied.

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote, artists that receive 4 votes will automatically be nominated for the next Artist Project Artist Selection Vote. To clarify, this begins next month, as the December vote took place prior to the new rule being applied and there won't be a January vote as a result of the tiebreaker in the December vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Yes (eligible again in December 2016)
Pearl Jam (eligible again in January 2017)
Depeche Mode (eligible again in February 2017)
Warren Zevon (eligible again in March 2017)
Lucinda Williams (eligible again in April 2017)
Buddy Guy (eligible again in May 2017)

Grateful Dead is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015 and one album from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar (2015)
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

70's Hard Rock
Ambient
Avant-Garde
1990's Electronica
Dream Pop
Live Albums
Symphonic/Progressive Rock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"2010's" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"Original Broadway Cast Albums" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Southern Rock" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Novelty" is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

"Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"Post-Rock" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Dub" and "Jazz" are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote:

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Dr. John
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Swans
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Bob Dylan
Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Depeche Mode
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
Lucinda Williams
Pearl Jam
Prince
Randy Newman
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/1/2016 @ 03:08am

My nominee for this month will be:

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 11/1/2016 @ 05:01am

General Nomination

Billy Joel- Glass Houses (1980)

Artist Vote Nomination

AC/DC

Genre Vote Nomination

2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 11/1/2016 @ 09:24am

General Nominations -
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)

Artist Nomination -
Santana

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 11/1/2016 @ 09:55am

Nomination:

Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 11/1/2016 @ 10:14am

Artist Nomination:

Miles Davis

Genre Nomination

Singer/Songwriter

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/1/2016 @ 10:29am

I meant 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees for my genre vote.

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 11/1/2016 @ 10:59am

Albums
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Death Grips - The Powers That B (Niggas On The Moon/Jenny Death) (2015)

Genre
Artists from Minnesota

No artist this month for me - I’m gonna push for Dr. John

Posted by Max on Tuesday, 11/1/2016 @ 18:35pm

"Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)" -Max

Just when I tried to quietly slip out of the projects, you drag me back in.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 11/1/2016 @ 18:45pm

My November 2016/2041 nominees for induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Genre

Art/Progressive Rock

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 11/1/2016 @ 22:14pm

Alright, I've been threatening to do this for a while now...

Nominee:

Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rainbow_in_Curved_Air

http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-rainbow-in-curved-air-mw0000161608

And plenty of strong artist and genre choices already, so I'll skip that.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 11/1/2016 @ 22:20pm

nom:

INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 11/1/2016 @ 23:18pm

Darren in case you missed my nomination here they are again.

Les Baxter and His Orchestra- Ritual of the Savage (1951)
Neon Indian- Vega Intl. Night School (2015)

Genre: Exotica/Space Age Pop

Artist: Les Baxter

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/2/2016 @ 04:10am

The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)

Country

Lou Reed

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 11/2/2016 @ 06:46am

Nominations

Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/2/2016 @ 09:38am

My choices:

Genre nomination:

Art rock/progressive rock

Artist:

King Crimson

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 11/2/2016 @ 10:25am

November 2016 Album Nomination:
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

November 2016 Album Genre Nomination:
Film and TV Soundtracks

November 2016 Artist Nomination:
Train

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 11/2/2016 @ 19:58pm

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)

Artist - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/3/2016 @ 21:22pm

Here are my nominees for this month's Album Project.

Electric Light Orchestra - Balance Of Power (1986)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)

My Genre vote nomination is:

Ska

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Joan Baez

At least one more time for a long standing nomination,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Thursday, 11/3/2016 @ 21:33pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Billy Joel- Glass Houses (1980)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar (2015)
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues In San Francisco (1967)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Death Grips - The Powers That B (Niggas On The Moon/Jenny Death) (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - Balance Of Power (1986)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Les Baxter and His Orchestra- Ritual of the Savage (1951)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)
Neon Indian- Vega Intl. Night School (2015)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 albums in order to have their vote counted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 00:56am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

1990's Electronica
2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
70's Hard Rock
Ambient
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Art/Progressive Rock
Artists from Minnesota
Avant-Garde
Country
Dream Pop
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums
Singer/Songwriter
Ska
Symphonic/Progressive Rock

Voters can vote for five genres. A minimum of three genres is required for a valid ballot.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 00:58am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated Artists for the Artist Vote (please let me know ASAP if I missed any):

AC/DC
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Dr. John
Electric Light Orchestra
Joan Baez
King Crimson
Les Baxter
Lou Reed
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Santana
Swans
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Train
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for five artists. A minimum of three votes is required for a valid ballot.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 00:59am

Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Les Baxter and His Orchestra- Ritual of the Savage (1951)
Neon Indian- Vega Intl. Night School (2015)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Genres:

1990's Electronica
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Country

Artists:

King Crimson
Les Baxter
Lou Reed
of Montreal
Santana

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 01:25am

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Buddy Guy - Born to Play Guitar (2015)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)

2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
70’s Hard Rock
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums
Singer-Songwriters

Bob Seger
Dr. John
Lou Reed
Santana
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Nick on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 02:02am

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

The last cuts were Kacey Musgraves, INXS, Buddy Guy (I Left My Blues In San Francisco), and Steppenwolf.

1990's Electronica
2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Avant-Garde
Dream Pop
Ska

The last cut was Exotica/Space Age Pop.

Dr. John
Joan Baez
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
TV On The Radio

The last cut was Bonnie Raitt.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 02:29am

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Les Baxter and His Orchestra- Ritual of the Savage (1951)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

Dr. John
Lou Reed
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Swans

Ambient
Avant-Garde
Country
Dream Pop
Exotica/Space Age Pop

"Art Rock/Progressive Rock" and "Art/Progressive Rock"? Really?

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 04:44am

DarinRG: This seemed to be a mistake. When Rick Vendl II nominated Art/Progressive Rock this month, it was after he nominated Symphonic/Progressive Rock the month before. However, the latter genre got fewer than the cut-off, but Darren forgot to remove it from the list, which explains those two being on the list.

As for the second "Art Rock/Progressive Rock" nomination, I looked and found that this was nominated by Enigmaticus, and considering he rarely participates in these votes, it's possible he mistook the Rick Vendl II nomination and his "nomination" was actually a vote.

Two possible ways out of this: either we fold Enigmaticus's and Rick Vendl II's nominations together for one (to avoid a vote split that can easily occur), or see if Enigmaticus will submit two more genres in case that was his intent, that way it counts as a ballot.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 05:44am

Ack...forgot to mention it's also possible that Enigmaticus just didn't see Rick Vendl II's nomination, nominated it himself, and nobody caught it before the nominations closed. Happens a lot. Same solutions offered apply, though.

No offense meant to Darren, Rick Vendl II, or Enigmaticus. Just wish to straighten out this knotted ball of yarn before too much voting occurs and causes a situation.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 05:48am

Sorry for the mistake. I had not realized that "prog" had been represented twice. I had also forgotten to nominate two albums.

Duran Duran: All You Need Is Now (2010)

Rush: Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)

Genre:

Progressive Pop

Artist:

King Crimson

Does that work, instead?

Posted by Enigmaticus on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 08:51am

Enigmaticus - For future reference, you can only nominate two albums if one of them is from the most recent year of eligibility (in this case, 2015). I'll add all of your nominations to the list and re-post them, but nominations end on the 3rd, when voting starts.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 16:03pm

Here are the updated nominees for this month's votes:

Album Project:

Billy Joel- Glass Houses (1980)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar (2015)
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues In San Francisco (1967)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Death Grips - The Powers That B (Niggas On The Moon/Jenny Death) (2015)
Duran Duran - All You Need Is Now (2010)
Electric Light Orchestra - Balance Of Power (1986)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Les Baxter and His Orchestra- Ritual of the Savage (1951)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)
Neon Indian- Vega Intl. Night School (2015)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre Selection:

1990's Electronica
2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
70's Hard Rock
Ambient
Art/Progressive Rock
Artists from Minnesota
Avant-Garde
Country
Dream Pop
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums
Progressive Pop
Singer/Songwriter
Ska

Artist Selection:

AC/DC
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Dr. John
Electric Light Orchestra
Joan Baez
King Crimson
Les Baxter
Lou Reed
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Santana
Swans
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Train
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 16:12pm

General Vote:

Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues In San Francisco (1967)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genres:

2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums

Artists:

AC/DC
Miles Davis
Santana
Train

Posted by dmg on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 16:32pm

Billy Joel- Glass Houses (1980)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 11/4/2016 @ 22:21pm

Yeah, I caught what happened. Just thought it funny. It's a running gag with a few of us how often it seems that we do that genre, so I just got a chuckle at seeing it nominated twice on the same ballot.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 11/5/2016 @ 02:06am

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues In San Francisco (1967)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)

1990's Electronica
2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
70's Hard Rock
Country
Singer/Songwriter

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Lou Reed
Miles Davis
Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 11/5/2016 @ 07:46am

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 11/5/2016 @ 09:30am

Darren,

Okay, sorry for the confusion. In that case, I would not want to break any of the rules, please replace Duran Duran: "All You Need Is Now,"(2010) with Duran Duran: "Paper Gods," (2015) instead. Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 11/5/2016 @ 11:05am

Here are my votes, at this time:

Album:

Brian Eno & David Byrne- My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (1981)
Duran Duran- All You Need Is Now (2010)
Electric Light Orchestra- On The Third Day (1973)
INXS- Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Rush- Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)
Steppenwolf- Steppenwolf (1968)

Genres:

2017 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees
Art/Progressive Rock
Live Albums
Progressive Pop
Singer/Songwriter

Artists:

Electric Light Orchestra
Joan Baez
King Crimson
Santana

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 11/6/2016 @ 10:10am

General Vote

Billy Joel- Glass Houses (1980)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre Vote

1990's Electronica
2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
70's Hard Rock
Film and TV Soundtracks
Singer/Songwriter

Artist Vote

AC/DC
Bob Seger
Lou Reed
Santana
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 11/6/2016 @ 16:46pm

1990's Electronica
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Film and TV Soundtracks
Singer/Songwriter

Last cut was 2017 R&R HOF nominees. I almost voted for it but realized that Yes Pearl Jam and Depeche Mode would be ineligible due to the artist vote ban. Would not be mad if it was chosen though.

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 11/6/2016 @ 20:03pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - Balance Of Power (1986)
Electric Light Orchestra- On The Third Day (1973)
Brian Eno & David Byrne- My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (1981)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues In San Francisco (1967)

My Genre Vote ballot is:

Ska
Avant-Garde
Film and TV Soundtracks
Singer/Songwriter
Progressive Pop

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Joan Baez
King Crimson
Bonnie Raitt
Lou Reed
Neil Young

Good choices all of them are,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Sunday, 11/6/2016 @ 21:26pm

November 2016 Album Genre Ballot:

2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
70's Hard Rock
Country
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums

Last Cuts include Art\Progressive Rock, Exotica/Space Age Pop, and Singer/Songwriter.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 11/6/2016 @ 22:03pm

2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
70's Hard Rock
Country
Dream Pop
Singer/Songwriter

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/6/2016 @ 22:20pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees - 8
_______________________________

Singer/Songwriter - 7

Avant-Garde - 6
Film and TV Soundtracks - 6

1990's Electronica - 5
70's Hard Rock - 5
Country - 5

Ambient - 4
Live Albums - 4
_______________________________

Dream Pop - 3

Exotica/Space Age Pop - 2
Progressive Pop - 2
Ska - 2

Art/Progressive Rock - 1

Artists from Minnesota - 0

This month's selected genre is "2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees". Nominations will begin at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th. Please use the time before then to determine if we'll split the genre into two votes, adn if so, what year or criteria will be used to split the genre.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/7/2016 @ 00:12am

No split

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/7/2016 @ 00:18am

Suggestions for the genre vote.

2pac: 2pacalypse Now (1991)
Janet Jackson: Dammita Jo (2004)
Kraftwerk: Electric Cafe (1986), Tour De France (2003)
ELO: No Answer (1972), ELO 2 (1973), on the Third Day (1973), Discovery (1979)
Joe Tex: Soul Country (1968)
Joan Baez: Vol. 2 (1960), Farewell Angelina (1964), Blessed Are (1971), Diamonds and Rust (1975), Golf Winds (1976)
The Cars: Panarama, Shake It Up (1984)
Bad Brains: I Against I (1986)
Jane's Addiction- Kettle Whistle (1997), The Great Escape Artist (2011)
J. Geils Band: Full House (1973)
The Zombies- Begin Here (1965)
Steppenwolf- The Second (1968), Monster (1969)
Chaka Khan: Chaka (1978), I Feel for You (1984)
Chic: Chic (1977), Real People (1980)
MC5: High Time (1971)
Journey: Journey (1975), Look into the Future (1976), Next (1977), Infinity (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/7/2016 @ 16:37pm

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues In San Francisco (1967)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)

Last cuts were Steppenwolf, Death Grips, Miles, INXS

Dr. John
Lou Reed
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Santana

Painful last cuts were Swans and of Montreal

I say no to a split

Posted by Max on Tuesday, 11/8/2016 @ 00:01am

November 2016 Album Ballot:

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts include Coldplay, Kacey Musgraves, Mumford & Sons, and Steppenwolf.

November 2016 Artist Ballot:

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Santana
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Train

Last Cuts include Electric Light Orchestra, Joan Baez, and King Crimson.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 11/8/2016 @ 04:44am

I must respectfully disagree with most people who have posted thus far because I believe that we Should have a genre split.

I just checked how well this year's 16 eligible nominees' major albums are represented in the album project. Of the 16 artists eligible for this vote, 12 have under 3 albums inducted so far. Splitting this vote would give us a chance to catch up a bit on all of these artists. With 2 votes of 5 albums each inducted, severely underrepresented artists might be able to get a bit more representation with a bit less competition from the clear favorites. Here is the Breakdown by Artist of how many albums each has inducted:

0=4=Chaka Khan, J. Geils Band, Joe Tex, Steppenwolf
1=3=Bad Brains, Joan Baez, The Zombies
2=5=Chic, Jane's Addiction, Journey, MC5, Tupac Shakur
3=The Cars
4=Kraftwork
5=Electric Light Orchestra
6=Janet Jackson

Chaka Khan herself has none of her 12 major albums inducted (nor are any of Rufus' 11 albums inducted which is where she was the lead singer and got her start.) Steppenwolf has none inducted yet but Might finally get 1 In during this month's album vote.

I estimated that there are still over 140 eligible albums that can be nominated for these 16 artists. There are about 32 albums just in Greg F's suggestions alone. I suggest a split of 1900-1979 and 1980-2015 with each group having at least 70 eligible albums.

By splitting by dates, Joe Tex and MC5 do not have to compete with Tupac Shakur, Bad Brains, The Cars, and Jane's Addiction. Plus, underrepresented artists like Chaka Khan, Chic, J. Geils Band, Joan Baez, Journey, Steppenwolf, and The Zombies each have a chance of having nominations in both votes. Here is the approximate breakdown of eligible albums by years:

1960s=24
1970s=46
1980s=33
1990s=14
2000-2015=26

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 11/8/2016 @ 04:48am

Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues In San Francisco (1967)
Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams (2015)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Bonnie Raitt
Dr. John
Miles Davis
Sanatana
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Derek on Tuesday, 11/8/2016 @ 11:11am

My vote:

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)

Artist Vote:

Lou Reed
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/8/2016 @ 11:28am

My other vote:

Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/8/2016 @ 11:29am

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981) - 8

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013) - 7
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958) - 7
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968) - 7

INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985) - 6
__________________________________

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 5
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) - 5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) - 5
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 5
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 5

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 4
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987) - 4
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) - 4

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015) - 3
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 3
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 3

Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 2
Les Baxter and His Orchestra - Ritual of the Savage (1951) - 2

Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar (2015) - 1
Duran Duran - All You Need Is Now (2010) - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Balance Of Power (1986) - 1
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015) - 1
Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour (2013) - 1

Death Grips - The Powers That B (Niggas On The Moon/Jenny Death) (2015) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nick
SotN
DarinRG
dmg
jtrichey
BSLO
Mike
Enigmaticus
Donnie
Lax33
Max
Jennifer
Derek
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Tuesday.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/8/2016 @ 11:33am

Artist Vote

Joan Baez
King Crimson
Miles Davis
of Montreal
Santana

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/8/2016 @ 14:37pm

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues In San Francisco (1967)
Miles Davis- Milestones (1958)
Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

The Grateful Dead and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds were the last painful cuts

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/8/2016 @ 15:02pm

no split

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 11/8/2016 @ 23:12pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981) - 9

Miles Davis - Milestones (1958) - 8

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013) - 7
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968) - 7
__________________________

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 6
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) - 6
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985) - 6
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 6
__________________________

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) - 5
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 5

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 4
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987) - 4
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 4
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968) - 4

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (2015) - 3
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 3

Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 2
Les Baxter and His Orchestra - Ritual of the Savage (1951) - 2

Buddy Guy - Born To Play Guitar (2015) - 1
Duran Duran - All You Need Is Now (2010) - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Balance Of Power (1986) - 1
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015) - 1
Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour (2013) - 1

Death Grips - The Powers That B (Niggas On The Moon/Jenny Death) (2015) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nick
SotN
DarinRG
dmg
jtrichey
BSLO
Mike
Enigmaticus
Donnie
Lax33
Max
Jennifer
Derek
Darren
Tom H

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

Anyone who voted in this Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all four albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will receive 4 points, the second-highest 3 points and so on.

The album that receive the most points will be inducted. In the event of a tie for the last available spot, the first tie-breaker is the album that receives the most first-place rankings in the tiebreaker. The second tie-breaker is a second tiebreaker vote. The other three albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 00:26am

Nominations are now open for the genre vote for this month.

The selected genre this month is "2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees". This genre will not be split into two votes.

Each voter can nominate two 1900-2015 albums from the following list of artists, so long as the album hasn't already been inducted and the artist in question isn't currently banned from the Album Project:

Bad Brains
The Cars
Chaka Khan
Chic
Depeche Mode
Electric Light Orchestra
Jane's Addiction
Janet Jackson
J. Geils Band
Joan Baez
Joe Tex
Journey
Kraftwerk
MC5
Pearl Jam
Steppenwolf
The Zombies
Tupac Shakur
Yes

There won't be a protest procedure for this genre, as everything is either eligible or not eligible. If you see something nominated even though it isn't eligible, please point out and explain the problem so it can be dealt with.

There will be 3 days of nominations. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 00:30am

Genre Nominations:
Joe Tex- Soul Country (1968)
The J. Geils Band- Full House "Live" (1972)

Tiebreakers:
Terry Riley- A Rainbow in Curved Air (1968) 4
Buddy Guy- I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) 3
Billy Joel- Glass Houses (1980) 2
INXS- Listen Like Thieves (1985) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 00:44am

Voting is now closed for the artist selection vote.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Santana - 9
_________________________________

Lou Reed - 8

Dr. John - 5
of Montreal - 5
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 5

Bob Seger - 4
Bonnie Raitt - 4
Joan Baez - 4
King Crimson - 4
Miles Davis - 4
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 4
_________________________________

Neil Young - 3

AC/DC - 2
Train - 2
TV On The Radio - 2

Electric Light Orchestra - 1
Les Baxter - 1
Swans - 1

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Vote.

This month's selected artist is Santana. Starting in December, Rihanna will be banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes for 6 months (though their music will be eligible for the remaining votes this month).

Voters can nominate one album by Santana from 1900-2015 that hasn't already been inducted.

Here's the list of Santana albums that have already been inducted:

Abraxas (1970)
Santana (1969)
Supernatural (1999)

Here's the link to wikipedia's Santana discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santana_discography

Nominations will end when the genre votes in the Song and Album Project are completed, including tiebreakers.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 00:46am

Artist Vote Nominee:
Santana- Santana III (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 00:55am

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Billy Joel- Glass Houses (1980) (4 pts)
2. Buddy Guy- I Left My Blues in San Francisco (3 pts)
3. INXS- Listen Like Thieves (1985) (2 pts)
4. Terry Riley- A Rainbow in Curved Air (1968) (1 pt)

Genre Vote Nominations

Journey- Infinity (1978)
Kraftwerk- Radio-Activity (1975)

Artist Vote

Santana- Zebop! (1981)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 01:44am

My November 2016/2041 genre nomination for induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 02:14am

Terry Riley- A Rainbow in Curved Air (1968)
Buddy Guy- I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)
INXS- Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Billy Joel- Glass Houses (1980)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 05:31am

Just noticed that DM's second best album isn't in. Nominee:

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 05:49am

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)

Santana - Caravanserai (1972)

Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 06:55am

DarinRG

Depeche Mode is ineligible because they're still banned.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 13:08pm

Ah, that's right. I'll change to:

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 16:02pm

Genre
Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction (1987)
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975)

Artist
Santana - Moonflower (1977)

Tiebreaker
Terry Riley- A Rainbow in Curved Air (1968) - 4
Buddy Guy- I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) - 3
INXS- Listen Like Thieves (1985) - 2
Billy Joel- Glass Houses (1980) - 1

Posted by Max on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 17:41pm

1. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) (4 points)
2. Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) (3 points)
3. INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985) (2 points)
4. Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) (A point)

Nominees for the genre vote:

The Cars - Shake It Up (1984)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 19:39pm

Kraftwerk- Kraftwerk (1970)
MC5- High Time (1971)

Donnie- Kraftwerk- Radio-Activity (1975) was inducted 2 years ago in an electronic/experimental genre vote. I remember because I nominated it way back when.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 20:40pm

Artist Vote

Santana- Welcome (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 21:45pm

Nominations -
Chaka Khan - Chaka (1978)
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981)

Artist Nomination -
Santana - Amigos (1976)

Tiebreaker -
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) - 4
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 3
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985) - 2
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 1

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 23:26pm

tiebreak:

1. INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985) 4 pts
2.Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
3. Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)
4. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

genre nom:
Chic - Chic (1977)
The Zombies - The Zombies (US)/Begin Here (UK) (1965)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 11/9/2016 @ 23:45pm

Tom H.,

Kraftwerk- Radio-Activity (1975) does not appear in the inducted album list at the top of the page.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 11/10/2016 @ 00:50am

Jennifer: He's not wrong, actually. None of the albums inducted during the first Electronic genre vote back in July of 2014 got added to the above list:

Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975)
Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975)
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970)
Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)

I remember this because I had to post during the Album Rankings that the 60s list was missing the Wendy Carlos album.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 11/10/2016 @ 01:53am

Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Jane’s Addiction - Strays (2003)

Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues In San Francisco (1967) - 4
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 3
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985) - 2
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 1

Posted by Derek on Thursday, 11/10/2016 @ 13:28pm

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 4
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985) - 3
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) - 2
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/10/2016 @ 18:31pm

Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) (4 pts)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) (1 pt)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 11/10/2016 @ 20:15pm

Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Journey- Evolution (1979)

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 4
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985) - 3
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) - 2
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 1

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 11/10/2016 @ 20:33pm

Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)-4
Billy Joel- Glass Houses (1980)-3
Buddy Guy- I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)-2
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 11/10/2016 @ 21:41pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot.

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 4
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues In San Francisco (1967) - 3
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985) - 2
Terry Riley - A Rainbow In Curved Air (1969) - 1

Here now is my ballot for the special election nominations.

Yes - Going For The One (1977)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)

And my Artist vote nomination for this month is:

Santana - Shango (1982)

A more pleasing election than earlier in the week,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Thursday, 11/10/2016 @ 21:58pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) - 42
____________________________

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 35
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 33
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985) - 30

Billy Joel, Terry Riley and INXS will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of Album Project inductees for this month:

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/10/2016 @ 23:25pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominations (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Chaka Khan - Chaka (1978)
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Chic - Chic (1977)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Jane’s Addiction - Strays (2003)
Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction (1987)
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975)
Joe Tex - Soul Country (1968)
Journey - Evolution (1979)
Journey - Infinity (1978)
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (1970)
MC5 - High Time (1971)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1984)
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981)
The J. Geils Band - Full House "Live" (1972)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)
The Zombies - The Zombies (US)/Begin Here (UK) (1965)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/11/2016 @ 23:24pm

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Chic - Chic (1977)
MC5 - High Time (1971)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1984)
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 11/12/2016 @ 01:06am

Bad Brains- I Against I (1986)
Chic- Chic (1977)
Joe Tex- Soul Country (1968)
Joan Baez- Diamonds and Diamonds (1975)
J. Geils Band- Full House "Live" (1972)
Journey- Evolution (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 11/12/2016 @ 01:42am

^I meant Diamonds and Rust (1975)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 11/12/2016 @ 03:10am

Here are my album choices:

Electric Light Orchestra- On The Third Day (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Journey- Infinity (1978)
The J. Geil's Band- Freeze Frame (1981)
The Cars- Shake It Up (1984)
Yes- Going For The One (1977)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 11/12/2016 @ 11:57am

FRL,

Please add "Roll The Bones" to the list of essential Rush albums. Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 11/12/2016 @ 12:50pm

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Jane’s Addiction - Strays (2003)
MC5 - High Time (1971)
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981)

Posted by Derek on Saturday, 11/12/2016 @ 19:12pm

FRL,

Please add these to these two respective artist's pages & above on this page as they were inducted into The Album Project in 2016...

Buckner & Garcia

Pac-Man Fever (1982)

Electric Light Orchestra

With its tag Jeff Lynne's ELO for Alone in the Universe (2015)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 11/12/2016 @ 20:21pm

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1984)
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 11/13/2016 @ 01:32am

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975)
Journey - Infinity (1978)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 11/13/2016 @ 09:52am

I think that the 2 Zombie album nominations by SotN and jtrichey are actually for the same 1965 album which just had different names in the UK and the US.

SotN,

I did not mean to imply that Tom H. was wrong about the Kraftwerk album being inducted, I was just mentioning that it had not yet been added to the list above.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 11/13/2016 @ 21:15pm

Jennifer: Ah, I'm sorry if I came off as accusational. I wanted to post the list of missing albums, but I went about it the wrong way.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 11/13/2016 @ 23:35pm

November 2016 Genre Album Ballot:

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975)
Journey- Evolution (1979)
Journey- Infinity (1978)

Last Cuts include Steppenwolf, The Cars, and The Zombies.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 11/14/2016 @ 18:36pm

All,

I just noticed that a Yes album was listed even though Yes (along with Pearl Jam and Depeche Mode) is still temporarily banned for 6 months as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote in May.
Yes becomes eligible again in December 2016.
Pearl Jam becomes eligible again in January 2017.
Depeche Mode becomes eligible again in February 2017.

Enigmaticus,

Since Yes in not currently eligible in this vote, you have 1 vote still available if you wish to use it.

SotN,

No Worries. We were both just trying to be helpful. :)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 11/14/2016 @ 18:38pm

Okay, I will make the necessary correction. Thank you.

Here are my revised album choices:

Electric Light Orchestra- On The Third Day (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Joan Baez- Diamonds & Rust (1975)
Journey- Infinity (1978)
The J. Geil's Band- Freeze Frame (1981)
The Cars- Shake It Up (1984)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 11/15/2016 @ 00:40am

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Chic - Chic (1977)
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981)
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975)
MC5 - High Time (1971)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 11/15/2016 @ 16:26pm

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (1970)
MC5 - High Time (1971)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1984)
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/15/2016 @ 21:36pm

My current vote count:

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986) - 7
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981) - 7

Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975) - 6
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Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984) - 4
MC5 - High Time (1971) - 4
The Cars - Shake It Up (1984) - 4
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Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983) - 3
Chic - Chic (1977) - 3
Journey - Infinity (1978) - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) - 2
Journey - Evolution (1979) - 2
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968) - 2

Jane’s Addiction - Strays (2003) - 1
Joe Tex - Soul Country (1968) - 1
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (1970) - 1
The J. Geils Band - Full House "Live" (1972) - 1
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965) - 1

Chaka Khan - Chaka (1978) - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983) - 0
Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction (1987) - 0
The Zombies - The Zombies (US)/Begin Here (UK) (1965) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
Greg F
Enigmaticus
Derek
BSLO
Donnie
Jennifer
DarinRG
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/15/2016 @ 21:48pm

Here is my ballot for the special election this month.

Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975)
MC5 - High Time (1971)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1984)
Chic - Chic (1977)

My apologies about the Yes confusion,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Tuesday, 11/15/2016 @ 22:12pm

Chaka Khan - Chaka (1978)
Chaka Khan- I Feel For You (1984)
Chic - Chic (1977)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)
The J. Geils Band- “Live” Full House (1973)
The J. Geils Band- Freeze Frame (1981)

On a side note, The Cars’ “Shake It Up” was released in 1981 and not 1984.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 11/16/2016 @ 13:51pm

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975)
Joe Tex - Soul Country (1968)
MC5 - High Time (1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/16/2016 @ 15:59pm

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Chic - Chic (1977)
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975)
Joe Tex - Soul Country (1968)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1984)
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981)
The Zombies - The Zombies (US)/Begin Here (UK) (1965) (count my vote here with the total given for "Begin Here", please)

The last cut was Chaka Khan (I Feel for You).

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 11/16/2016 @ 20:11pm

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975)
Joe Tex - Soul Country (1968)
MC5 - High Time (1971)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)

Posted by Max on Wednesday, 11/16/2016 @ 22:25pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986) - 10

Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975) - 9

The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981) - 8

MC5 - High Time (1971) - 7

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984) - 6
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Chic - Chic (1977) - 5
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981) - 5

Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983) - 4
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968) - 4

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 3
Joe Tex - Soul Country (1968) - 3
Journey - Infinity (1978) - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) - 2
Journey - Evolution (1979) - 2
The J. Geils Band - Full House "Live" (1972) - 2

Chaka Khan - Chaka (1978) - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983) - 1
Jane’s Addiction - Strays (2003) - 1
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (1970) - 1
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965) - 1

Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction (1987) - 0
The Zombies - The Zombies (US)/Begin Here (UK) (1965) - 0

This vote count included the following votes:

jtrichey
Greg F
Enigmaticus
Derek
BSLO
Donnie
Jennifer
DarinRG
Darren
Lax33
Nick
Tom H.
Max

SotN - Your ballot had 7 albums, so it couldn't be included. It wouldn't have changed the inductees, as you voted for "I Feel For You".

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975)
MC5 - High Time (1971)
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/17/2016 @ 00:24am

Nominations for the Artist Project remain open. Santana is the selected artist this month.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 10 PM Central on Friday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/17/2016 @ 00:26am

Darren: I hate being a pain (and, if people complain, I'll happily accept the results), but when I made the post, I forgot to make the last cut in the ballot from 7 to 6, and as I said in the sentence after the ballot, the final intended cut was Chaka Khan. I made the same mistake before (during the Song Project's Duets vote, where I left "My Boo" on the list despite saying it was the last cut), and it was accepted during that round. If my ballot is taken onto the total here, there should be a three-way tiebreaker between Chaka Khan, the Cars, and Chic.

As I said before, though: if this move would upset anyone, I'd be happy to leave well enough alone. I'll just have to learn to double check my stuff.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 11/17/2016 @ 01:10am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986) - 10
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975) - 10

The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981) - 9

MC5 - High Time (1971) - 7
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Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984) - 6
Chic - Chic (1977) - 6
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981) - 6
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Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983) - 4
Joe Tex - Soul Country (1968) - 4
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968) - 4

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 3
Journey - Infinity (1978) - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) - 2
Journey - Evolution (1979) - 2
The J. Geils Band - Full House "Live" (1972) - 2
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965) - 2

Chaka Khan - Chaka (1978) - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983) - 1
Jane’s Addiction - Strays (2003) - 1
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (1970) - 1

Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction (1987) - 0
The Zombies - The Zombies (US)/Begin Here (UK) (1965) - 0

This vote count included the following votes:

jtrichey
Greg F
Enigmaticus
Derek
BSLO
Donnie
Jennifer
DarinRG
Darren
Lax33
Nick
Tom H.
Max
SotN

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975)
MC5 - High Time (1971)
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Chic - Chic (1977)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote, rank all three albums in order of preference (3 points, 2, 1). The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/18/2016 @ 00:27am

1. The Cars - Shake It Up (1981) (3 points)
2. Chic - Chic (1977) (2 points)
3. Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984) (A point)

Thanks for the update inclusion!

Posted by SotN on Friday, 11/18/2016 @ 09:46am

Chic-Chic (1977) 3
The Cars- Shake It Up (1981) 2
Chaka Khan- I Feel for You (1984) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/18/2016 @ 15:10pm

The Cars - Shake It Up (1981) - 3
Chic - Chic (1977) - 2
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984) - 1

Posted by Max on Friday, 11/18/2016 @ 23:45pm

1. The Cars - Shake It Up (1981) 3 pts
2. Chic - Chic (1977)
3. Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 11/19/2016 @ 00:32am

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984) 3
Chic - Chic (1977) 2
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981) 1

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 11/19/2016 @ 14:05pm

Chic - Chic (1977) 3
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984) 2
The Cars - Shake it Up (1981) 1

Posted by Nicky Joe on Saturday, 11/19/2016 @ 15:28pm

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984) -3
Chic - Chic (1977) - 2
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981) - 1

For the record, I love all 3 of these albums and it was tough narrow it down. They all deserve to be inducted.

Nicky Joe,
I don't think you voted in the initial vote for this month's genre so I don't think your vote would count here (since the tiebreaker votes are only counted from the voters who participated during the initial voting cycle).

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 11/19/2016 @ 17:31pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Cars - Shake It Up (1981) - 13 (3 highest rankings)
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Chic - Chic (1977) - 13 (1 highest ranking)

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984) - 10

Nicky Joe, your tiebreaker vote wasn't counted because you didn't vote in this genre vote.

The Chic and Chaka Khan albums will automatically be nominated for the December genre vote.

Here is the class of inductees for this genre vote:

Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975)
MC5 - High Time (1971)
The Cars - Shake It Up (1981)
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (1981)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/19/2016 @ 23:22pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

This month's selected artist is Santana.

Here are the nominated albums:

Amigos (1976)
Caravanserai (1972)
Moonflower (1977)
Santana III (1971)
Shango (1982)
Welcome (1973)
Zebop! (1981)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Votes must be for at least 2 nominated albums to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/19/2016 @ 23:25pm

Amigos (1976)
Caravanserai (1972)
Santana III (1971)
Moonflower (1977)
Welcome (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 11/20/2016 @ 14:04pm

Caravanserai (1972)
Santana III (1971)
Welcome (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/22/2016 @ 17:32pm

Amigos (1976)
Caravanserai (1972)
Moonflower (1977)
Santana III (1971)
Welcome (1973)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 11/23/2016 @ 04:23am

Amigos (1976)
Caravanserai (1972)
Moonflower (1977)
Santana III (1971)
Shango (1982)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 11/24/2016 @ 10:55am

Caravanserai (1972)
Moonflower (1977)
Santana III (1971)
Welcome (1973)
Zebop! (1981)

Posted by Max on Thursday, 11/24/2016 @ 21:30pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Caravanserai (1972) - 5
Santana III (1971) - 5
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Moonflower (1977) - 4
Welcome (1973) - 4

Amigos (1976) - 3

Shango (1982) - 1
Zebop! (1981) - 1

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Santana - Caravanserai (1972)
Santana - Santana III (1971)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/25/2016 @ 02:34am

Any support for any of these albums, genres and artists?

Elvis Presley- Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Mariah Carey- Merry Christmas (1994)
The Beach Boys- The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
A Very Special Christmas (1986)
Brian Setzer Orchestra- Rockin' Rudolph (2015)
Brian Setzer Orchestra- Dig That Crazy Christmas (2005)

Genre
Christmas albums
Concept albums
Exotica
Indie Dance
Indie Rock/Pop from between 2000-2015
Power Pop

Artists
Tim Buckley
Sparks
Animal Collective
Bright Eyes
Modest Mouse
Peter Tosh

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/25/2016 @ 20:33pm

Any interest for December 2016/2041?

The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 11/25/2016 @ 22:16pm

I might likely vote for The Andy Williams Christmas Album Rick. I'm in the mood to nominate and vote for Christmas next month. Same for Christmas songs on the song project.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 11/26/2016 @ 00:22am

Let me try this again. I might likely vote for The Andy Williams Christmas Album Rick. I'm in the mood to nominate and vote for Christmas albums next month. Same goes for Christmas songs on the song project.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 11/26/2016 @ 00:37am

Nominees:

Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches (1981)

Genre vote:
Krautrock

Artist vote:
Harry Nilsson

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 12/1/2016 @ 04:20am

Assuming that nominations are officially open here are mine for the merry month of December

Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind
Trans Siberian Orchestra- Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/1/2016 @ 07:49am

Forgot to put the date for Mumford & Sons

Mumford & Sons-Wilder Mind (2015)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/1/2016 @ 07:52am

Because Yes is once again eligible, would like to nominate the following recordings for the Album Project:

Yes- Going For The One (1977)
Duran Duran- Paper Gods (2015)

Genre: Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 12/1/2016 @ 09:06am

Because Yes is once again eligible, I would like to nominate the following recordings for the Album Project:

Yes- Going For The One (1977)
Duran Duran- Paper Gods (2015)

Genre: Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Thank you. Have a nice day.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 12/1/2016 @ 09:12am

Previously posted nominations will be included.

Rule Changes In 2016:

Starting in 2016, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2015.

Starting in 2016, albums released in 2015 will not be eligible for nomination until April. There will be a designated 2015 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination switches over to 2016.

Starting in 2016, elective (not mandatory as a result of an error in a cast ballot or necessary as a result of a missing song from the final list of nominated songs) vote switches are banned from all Album Project, Genre votes and Artist Project votes (including selection votes).

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote (there won't be one in January as a result of a tiebreaker in December), the selected artist will be banned from being nominated for any Album Project or Album Project Genre Project vote for the next 6 months (not counting the current month). To clarify, this begins next month, as the selection of Van Morrison took place prior to the new rule being applied.

Starting with the February Artist Project Artist Selection Vote, artists that receive 4 votes will automatically be nominated for the next Artist Project Artist Selection Vote. To clarify, this begins next month, as the December vote took place prior to the new rule being applied and there won't be a January vote as a result of the tiebreaker in the December vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Pearl Jam (eligible again in January 2017)
Depeche Mode (eligible again in February 2017)
Warren Zevon (eligible again in March 2017)
Lucinda Williams (eligible again in April 2017)
Buddy Guy (eligible again in May 2017)
Santana (eligible again in June 2017)

Yes is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015 and one album from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Chic - Chic (1977)
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

Each voter must vote for exactly 6 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1990's Electronica
70's Hard Rock
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Country
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums
Singer/Songwriter

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Original Broadway Cast Albums" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Southern Rock" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Novelty" is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

"Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"Post-Rock" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"2010's" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Dr. John
Joan Baez
King Crimson
Lou Reed
Miles Davis
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Bob Dylan
Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Depeche Mode
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
Lucinda Williams
Pearl Jam
Prince
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/1/2016 @ 10:31am

In addition to the usual voting this month, we'll be discussing and proposing rule changes during the Song and Album Project voting this month.

If you have any suggestions for possible rule changes that you'd like the group to vote on, please bring them up now. If the rule changes are determined to be feasible, we'll vote on them during the first genre votes.

We will be voting to keep or remove the 3 month waiting period for new songs each year. Last year, 2015 albums weren't eligible until April 2016. This vote will either keep 2016 albums ineligible until April 2017 or make them eligible in January 2017. Regardless of the results of this rule change vote (which doesn't start until the genre voting starts), there will be a reserved nomination for 2015 albums in January, February and March of 2017, so that 2015 albums get a full year of reserved nomination status.

I've also suggested that we automatically select the "Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees" as the selected genre for the first month after the nominations come out. There was opposition to this, so I'll withdraw the suggestion unless we decide that we want to vote on it after all.

Are there any other rule change suggestions to discuss for 2017?

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/1/2016 @ 10:40am

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno-Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Tame Impala-Currents (2015)

Posted by Dr. W on Thursday, 12/1/2016 @ 10:42am

Nomination:

Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)

Best New Artist - Grammy winner
Jody should have at least 1 album and at least 1 track inducted into our projects....

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 12/1/2016 @ 10:55am

Nominations:
Elvis Presley- Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Brian Setzer Orchestra- Rockin' Rudolph (2015)

Genre: Christmas albums

Artist: Tim Buckley

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/1/2016 @ 12:54pm

My December 2016/2041 nominee for induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Genre

Progressive/Art Rock

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 12/1/2016 @ 21:30pm

Art/Progressive rock has been nominated this month by Enigmaticus. So there was no need to nominate it Rick. You can still nominate a different genre if you'd like.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/1/2016 @ 23:22pm

nom:

Lush - Lovelife (1995)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 12/2/2016 @ 00:15am

The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)

This album is one of the best and most important psychedelic albums of all-time. I would go as far as saying that this is one of our biggest omissions in the Album Project, period.

Grimes - Art Angels (2015)

One of the best albums from 2015 that we haven't inducted thus far.

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 12/2/2016 @ 01:11am

Genre: 1990's R&B

Artist: Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 12/2/2016 @ 01:12am

I am sorry, I had forgotten the artist vote. I have chosen Duran Duran for my artist.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Friday, 12/2/2016 @ 02:15am

General Nomination

AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)

Genre Nomination

1960's R&B/Soul

Artist Nomination

KISS

Proposed Rule Change

Voters can nominate two albums from years other than the most recent year (in this case 2015, 2016 for next year) instead of one album like currently. I don't think it's fair that a person can essentially nominate two albums from the most recent year (the designated 2015 nominee, and then a nominee of a year of your choosing which could be 2015) and not any other year. To me that makes for the potential for the Album Project to be biased towards current music rather than past music. Obviously not everyone takes advantage of that, so I'm not saying the project is clearly biased towards current music, but the potential is there. I think voters should be allowed to nominate albums from whatever time period they want.

As a compromise, I'm ok with just simply increasing the amount of nominations to two albums of any year of your choosing plus one designated current year album (if you want to use it), for a potential total of three nominations. I just don't like only getting to nominate one pre-2015 (or pre-2016 for next year) album.

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 12/2/2016 @ 09:03am

December nomination The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)

Posted by Carol Sue on Saturday, 12/3/2016 @ 01:19am

Here are my nominees for this month's Album Project.

A Very Special Christmas (1987): numerous artists were involved including the Eurythmics, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, The E Street band, the Pretenders, John Mellencamp, Sting, Run-D.M.C., U2, Madonna, Bob Seger, Bon Jovi and Stevie Nicks.
David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock (2015)

My Genre Vote nomination for the month is:

Dream Pop

And my Artist Vote nominee for the month, rather appropriately, is:

Leon Russell

Happy Decemberween!,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Saturday, 12/3/2016 @ 09:39am

Donnie - We can vote on both options if you want, but I think it would work better if we changed it to two album nominations after 1900 and one album nomination from the most recent eligible year rather than dropping the most recent eligible year option. We've always given each new year special consideration and I think we should continue doing so. In my opinion, allowing a reserved nomination for the most recent year hasn't led to any albums getting inducted that wouldn't have otherwise.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/3/2016 @ 19:52pm

My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)

Artist - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/3/2016 @ 20:09pm

General Nominations -
Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)

Genre Nomination -
Blues

Artist Nomination -
B.B. King

On a side note, the ‘Live at the Regal’ album was inducted in 2039 and needs to be added to B.B. King’s artist page on FRL.

BSLO, I cannot agree with you more about ‘Anthem of the Sun.’ It’s one of the Dead’s best albums and a glaring oversight. I’ll vote for it every time until it’s inducted.

Lax33, ‘A Very Special Christmas’ was probably the most played music CD at my house when i was growing up. It’s probably my favorite Christmas CD. Great choice and I’ll definitely vote for it.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 12/3/2016 @ 21:16pm

December 2016 Album Nomination:

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

December 2016 Artist Nomination:

Train

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 12/3/2016 @ 22:41pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Brian Setzer Orchestra - Rockin' Rudolph (2015)
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Chic - Chic (1977)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock (2015)
Duran Duran - Paper Gods (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches (1981)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Trans Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas (1987)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their vote to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/3/2016 @ 23:34pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's Electronica
1990's R&B
70's Hard Rock
Ambient
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Avant-Garde
Blues
Christmas albums
Country
Dream Pop
Film and TV Soundtracks
Krautrock
Live Albums
Singer/Songwriter

Voters may vote for as many as 5 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/3/2016 @ 23:36pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

B.B. King
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Dr. John
Duran Duran
Electric Light Orchestra
Harry Nilsson
Joan Baez
King Crimson
KISS
Leon Russell
Lou Reed
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Tim Buckley
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Train
TV On The Radio

Voters may vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/3/2016 @ 23:40pm

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Brian Setzer Orchestra - Rockin' Rudolph (2015)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Trans Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas (1987)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

1990's Electronica
Ambient
Avant-Garde
Christmas albums
Singer/Songwriter

Harry Nilsson
Leon Russell
Lou Reed
of Montreal
Tim Buckley

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/4/2016 @ 01:21am

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches (1981)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas (1987)

The last cuts were Andy Williams, Darlene Love, the Grateful Dead, the Trans Siberian Orchestra,
Jody Watley, and Chic. Small note: Chaka Khan is listed in the inducted albums, probably because it was done before the vote issue was corrected. I might as well vote for it officially here.

1990's Electronica
Avant-Garde
Christmas albums
Dream Pop
Krautrock

The last cut was Ambient.

B.B. King
Harry Nilsson
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Tim Buckley

The last cut was Dr. John.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 12/4/2016 @ 04:23am

The following recordings are my album choices:

David Gilmour- Rattle That Lock (2015)
Duran Duran- Paper Gods (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra- On The Third Day (1973)
Tame Impala- Currents (2015)
The Grateful Dead- Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
Yes- Going For The One (1977)

These are my genre choices:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums
Singer/Songwriter
'70s Hard Rock

Here are my artist choices:

Duran Duran
Electric Light Orchestra
Harry Nilsson
Joan Baez
King Crimson

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 12/4/2016 @ 11:05am

Albums:

David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock (2015)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Trans Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Chic - Chic (1977)

Genres:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Avant-Garde
Blues
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums

Artists:

Duran Duran
Harry Nilsson
King Crimson
Leon Russell
Train

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 12/4/2016 @ 19:15pm

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Chic - Chic (1977)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 12/4/2016 @ 23:19pm

My Ballot

General Vote

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre Vote

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's Electronica
1990's R&B
70's Hard Rock
Film and TV Soundtracks

Artist Vote

B.B. King
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
KISS
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Last Cuts: Joan Baez, Lou Reed, Miles Davis

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 12/5/2016 @ 04:31am

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
Chic - Chic (1977)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)

1990's Electronica
1990's R&B
70's Hard Rock
Country
Singer/Songwriter

B.B. King
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Lou Reed
Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 12/5/2016 @ 06:31am

Brian Setzer Orchestra - Rockin' Rudolph (2015)
Chic - Chic (1977)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genres:

1990s Electronica
1990s R&B
Christmas Albums

Artist:

B.B. King
Bonnie Raitt
Miles Davis
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Train

Posted by Mike on Monday, 12/5/2016 @ 06:40am

General -
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas (1987)

Chic - Chic (1977) was the final and extremely painful cut.

Genre -
1990’s R&B
70’s Hard Rock
Blues
Christmas Albums
Live Albums

1960’s R&B/Soul was the final and very painful cut.

Artist -
B.B. King
Bob Seger
Dr. John
Lou Reed
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Miles Davis was the last cut.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 12/6/2016 @ 13:01pm

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Brian Setzer Orchestra - Rockin' Rudolph (2015)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Trans Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas (1987)

70's Hard Rock
Christmas albums
Film and TV Soundtracks
Krautrock
Singer/Songwriter

Electric Light Orchestra
King Crimson
Lou Reed
Miles Davis
Neil Young

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/6/2016 @ 16:57pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album project. A fair of these albums on the ballot are Christmas albums, just so you know.

Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas (1987)
David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock (2015)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Yes- Going For The One (1977)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Chic - Chic (1977)

My genre vote ballot has been finalized, and consists of:

Dream Pop
Christmas albums
Krautrock
Singer/Songwriter
Art Rock/Progressive Rock

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Leon Russell
King Crimson
Bonnie Raitt
Electric Light Orchestra
Joan Baez

Hoping that 2 of the Artist Vote nominees get inducted this year,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Tuesday, 12/6/2016 @ 17:27pm

70's Hard Rock
Blues
Dream Pop
Film and TV Soundtracks
Singer/Songwriter

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/6/2016 @ 18:14pm

Genre selection voting is now over.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

70's Hard Rock - 6
Christmas Albums - 6
Singer/Songwriter - 6
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1990's Electronica - 5
Film and TV Soundtracks - 5

1990's R&B - 4

________________________________

Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 3
Avant-Garde - 3
Blues - 3
Dream Pop - 3
Krautrock - 3
Live Albums - 3

1960's R&B/Soul - 1
Ambient - 1
Country - 1

There will be a tiebreaker vote to determine this month's selected genre, involving the following genres:

70's Hard Rock
Christmas Albums
Singer/Songwriter

Anyone who voted in this month's genre selection vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker. To vote, rank all three genres in order of preference, 3 points, 2 points and 1 point.

The genre that receives the most points will be selected for this month's genre vote. The genre that gets the second most points will be selected for the January genre vote. The genre that gets the fewest points will be automatically nominated for the February genre vote.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end and nominations for the first genre vote will begin at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 8th. Please use the next two days to determine whether these genres should be broken into two votes or not and what albums would be eligible for each genre.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/6/2016 @ 23:51pm

My tiebreaker vote:

70's Hard Rock - 3
Singer/Songwriter - 2
Christmas Albums - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/6/2016 @ 23:53pm

Christmas Albums 3
Singer-Songwriter 2
70's Hard Rock 1

Christmas albums split at 1980. 1900-1979, 1980-2015
Singer-Songwriter split at 1980. 1900-1979, 1980-2015
70's Hard Rock no split needed.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/7/2016 @ 01:13am

Christmas Albums - 1
Singer/Songwriter - 2
70's Hard Rock - 1

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 12/7/2016 @ 05:46am

70's Hard Rock - 3
Singer/Songwriter - 2
Christmas Albums - -100000

I like Christmas as much as anyone, but after spending several years of my late teens/early 20's working retail and hearing the same 50-100 songs over and over again for 2 straight months, I can honestly say that I hate Christmas music with a passion, lol.

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 12/7/2016 @ 06:58am

Genre Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Christmas Albums- 3pts
2. 70's Hard Rock- 2pts
3. Singer-Songwriters- 1 pt

I honestly have no desire to do Christmas Albums and I doubt I'll participate, but beings these three genres will be our automatic genre votes for the next three months (what a crappy rule), it would be dumb to do Christmas Albums in January or February rather than December considering that is the month of, you know, Christmas and all.

With this situation I now propose another rule for the Album (and Song Project) for next year. When a tie-breaker occurs, no more than one losing album or song can be an "automatic chosen genre or Artist" in a following month.

What does that mean exactly? I'll give this current situation as an example. Because we have a three-way tie-breaker, now this month and the following two months have their genres decided and thus there will be no Genre Vote nomination for three months. That is absolutely ridiculous and kills the fun factor of this project. All of the other genres that could be considered and came close will now have to wait for 3 more months to even have a chance of winning.

I am absolutely against the idea of setting out multiple months in advance of what our subject for a genre or artist vote will be. I'm actually against even one loser of a tie-breaker being automatically chosen the following month, but I can live with that. I get that there should be some kind of award for getting to a tie-breaker, so I can settle on second place being automatically chosen. Any other choices beyond that need to go back to the drawing board.

For example if 70's Hard Rock gets 1st place, Singer-Songwriters gets 2nd place, and Christmas Albums gets third place, with my proposed rule, we do 70's Hard Rock this month, and Singer-Songwriters next month, and Christmas Albums goes back to the drawing board with the rest of the losing genres and we start out fresh in February.

When a tie-breaker occurs we should never set subjects for more than two months in a Genre or Artist Vote in either project.

So yeah, add that to my list of proposed rule changes for next year.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 12/7/2016 @ 10:35am

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas (1987)

Lou Reed
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Of Montreal
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/7/2016 @ 10:49am

Donnie - That's already how the rule works. Please re-read my explanation of this tiebreaker:

"The genre that receives the most points will be selected for this month's genre vote. The genre that gets the second most points will be selected for the January genre vote. The genre that gets the fewest points will be automatically nominated for the February genre vote."

Automatically nominated, not selected. Only the second place genre / artist is automatically selected.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/7/2016 @ 10:55am

Chic - Chic (1977)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches (1981)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

B.B. King
Dr. John
King Crimson
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Tim Buckley

Missed the genre vote. My ballot would've bumped a few genres to 4, but wouldn't have effected the top end at all.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/7/2016 @ 13:45pm

Christmas Albums - 3
70’s Hard Rock - 2
Singer-Songwriters - 1

If chosen, no split for Christmas Albums or 70’s Hard Rock should be needed. I think there could be an argument for a split for the singer-songwriter genre, but I’ll elaborate more if it’s chosen.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 12/8/2016 @ 00:36am

I don't know if I'm eligible to vote but

70's Hard Rock - 3
Singer-Songwriters - 2
Christmas - 1

Posted by Nicky Joe on Thursday, 12/8/2016 @ 05:32am

Nicky Joe: Unfortunately, your tiebreaker is invalid. To vote in a tiebreaker, you need to have made a complete ballot for the entry the tiebreaker is for (an Album Project tiebreaker of Artist vote nominees requires you having voted for the Artist vote nominees, for example). I encourage you to vote in these projects, as we could use more perspectives in these projects, plus if you vote, your tiebreaker ballots will be included in the final total.

While I'm at it, I'll post my tiebreaker:

1. Christmas Albums (3 points)
2. Singer/Songwriter (2 points)
3. 70's Hard Rock (A point)

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 12/8/2016 @ 06:28am

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 12/8/2016 @ 08:29am

December 2016 Album Ballot:

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts include all 5 of the Christmas albums, Chaka Khan, Kacey Musgraves, Mumford & Sons, and Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno.

December 2016 Artist Ballot:

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
KISS
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Train

Last Cuts include Electric Light Orchestra, Joan Baez, and King Crimson.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 12/8/2016 @ 12:25pm

Proposed Album Project Rule Changes:

Since the Album Project has been growing with more voters and more nominations than ever before, I suggest that we

1.) Change the number of monthly/genre inductees from 5 to 6, 7, or 8

2.) Change the number of monthly/genre votes per ballot from 6 to 8

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 12/8/2016 @ 12:27pm

Jennifer - I've long been a big proponent of 6 inductees per class, considering the staggering amount of worthy candidates still out there. Glad to see you propose it.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 12/8/2016 @ 13:03pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985) - 8

Chic - Chic (1977) - 6
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas (1987) - 6
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Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 5
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 5
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968) - 5
________________________

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984) - 4
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4

Brian Setzer Orchestra - Rockin' Rudolph (2015) - 3
David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock (2015) - 3
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957) - 3
Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 3
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 3
Trans Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996) - 3

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 2
Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 2
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987) - 2
Lush - Lovelife (1995) - 2
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches (1981) - 2
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 2

Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972) - 1
Duran Duran - Paper Gods (2015) - 1
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 1
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 1
Tame Impala - Currents (2015) - 1

Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
SotN
Enigmaticus
dmg
jtrichey
Donnie
BSLO
Mike
Nick
Tom H.
Lax33
Darren
DarinRG
Jennifer

As a result of this vote, the following songs have been inducted:

Chic - Chic (1977)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas (1987)

The following songs will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote can vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote (none are qualified for this month's genre vote, which is Christmas Albums).

There will be 2 days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 01:27am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Christmas Albums - 17
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70's Hard Rock - 13
Singer/Songwriter - 12

"70's Hard Rock" will be the selected genre in January. "Singer/Songwriter" will automatically be nominated for the genre selection vote in February.

Nominations are now open for the first genre vote this month.

The selected genre is "Christmas Albums 1900-1979". Each voter can nominate two albums for this genre vote.

Because the nature of this genre is pass/fail (something either is a Christmas album or it is not), there will not be any protests this month. If you see an album that is not eligible for this genre, please point it out and explain why and we'll review on a case by case basis.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 10th. There will then be one day of review, followed by 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 01:35am

Artist Selection Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

B.B. King - 6
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Bonnie Raitt - 5
King Crimson - 5
Lou Reed - 5
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 5

Bob Seger - 4
Harry Nilsson - 4
_____________________________

Electric Light Orchestra - 3
Leon Russell - 3
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 3
of Montreal - 3
Tim Buckley - 3
Train - 3

Dr. John - 2
Duran Duran - 2
Joan Baez - 2
KISS - 2
Miles Davis - 2
Neil Young - 2

TV On The Radio - 1
_____________________________

Nominations are now open for the Artist Project Vote.

The selected Artist this month is "B.B. King". Voters can nominate 1 album by B.B. King that hasn't already been inducted into the project.

The following albums have already been inducted:

Live At The Regal (1965)

Here's a link to wikipedia's B.B. King discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.B._King_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 19th. There will then be 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 01:42am

Christmas albums part 1:
Elvis Presley- Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of the Year (1960)

Artist Vote Nomination:
B.B. King- Blues on Top of Blues (1968)

Tiebreaker:
Terry Riley- A Rainbow in Curved Air (1968)-3
The Grateful Dead- Anthem in the Sun (1968)-2
Billy Joel- Glass Houses (1980)-1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 03:00am

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Grateful Dead- Anthem of the Sun (1968) (3 pts)
2. Billy Joel- Glass Houses (1980) (2 pts)
3. Terry Riley- A Rainbow in Curved Air (1968) (1 pt)

Artist Vote Nomination

B.B. King- Singing' the Blues (1956) (B.B.'s debut album which features a number of his early 50's singles put together on an album)

Genre Vote Nomination

Mariah Carey- Merry Christmas (1994)
Bing Crosby- Merry Christmas (1955)

Had to do research on that one, but those are two of the most famous and successful Christmas albums of all-time, so if we're doing a Christmas vote, these are as two of good of a candidates as you can get.

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 09:02am

Tiebreaker -
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968) - 3
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 2
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 1

Genre I Nominations -
The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (1975)
Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973)

I might be in the minority here but i’m looking forward to the Christmas genre this month. So many great
I have worked retail for years so I definitely understand those who detest this genre. Stores and radio stations really do play the same 50 or so songs over and over and over again. But there are so many great Christmas albums that I grew up listening to and remembering.

Also thanks again for everyone choosing B.B. King as the selected Artist this month. it’s hard to believe we only have 1 album inducted by one of the most influential blues artists of the last century. I’m holding off a nomination until I revisit his discography in the next couple of days.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 10:39am

Let's try that again; I hit sent before I was done.

Tiebreaker -
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968) - 3
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 2
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 1

Genre I Nominations -
The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (1975)
Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973)

I might be in the minority here but i’m looking forward to the Christmas genre this month. So many great albums from understated/under-appreciated artists. I have worked retail for years so I definitely understand those who detest this genre. Stores and radio stations really do play the same 50 or so songs over and over and over again. But there are so many great Christmas albums that I grew up listening to and remembering.

Also thanks again for everyone choosing B.B. King as the selected Artist this month. it’s hard to believe we only have 1 album inducted by one of the most influential blues artists of the last century. I’m holding off a nomination until I revisit his discography in the next couple of days.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 10:42am

Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)-3
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)-2
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 11:40am

We will begin voting on rule changes at 10 PM Central on the 11th. If you have any rule change ideas that you'd like considered for 2017, please propose them before then. I'll put together the current list of initial rule change votes (with follow-up polls depending on the voting results) later today or tomorrow.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 11:49am

I for one am glad that Christmas Albums got picked and the nominations so far look great so I'll throw a couple more into the mix

Frank Sinatra- A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)

His first Christmas Album for Capitol Records featuring many of his best Christmas recordings

Stevie Wonder- Someday at Christmas(1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 11:52am

Tiebreaker:

Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) 3
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968) 2
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) 1

Posted by dmg on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 12:19pm

1. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) (3 points)
2. The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968) (2 points)
3. Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 12:24pm

Artist Nomination

B.B King & Eric Clapton- Riding with the King (2000)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 14:02pm

1. Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) 3 pts
2. The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
3. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 12/9/2016 @ 22:37pm

Here are the current rule changes that we're considering for the album Project. Please let me know if you'd like to make any changes to these votes or if you'd like to add any rule change votes to the ballot.

Please note that voting has NOT started yet and the ballots are not final. Voting will start at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 11th, after we've finalized the votes on the ballot.

Album Project

1. Each year's new albums currently aren't eligible for album Project votes until April of the next year. What month should these albums be eligible in?

A. January of the next year (2016 albums would be eligible in January 2017)
B. April of the next year (2016 albums would be eligible in April 2017)

2. We currently induct 5 albums for each album Project and album Genre Project vote. How many albums should we induct each month for the album and album Genre Project?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8

3. Each ballot in the album Project and album Genre Project has exactly 6 votes. How many albums should a ballot in the album and album Genre Project vote contain?

A. 6
B. 8

4. We currently have one nomination for each voter that can be used for albums from 1900 through the most recent eligible year (currently 2015) and one album from the most recent eligible year (currently 2015). Which of these nomination options should we use starting in 2017?

A. One nomination from 1900 through the most recent eligible year, one nomination from the most recent eligible year (this is the current rule)

B. Two nominations from 1900 through the most recent eligible year, one nomination from the most recent eligible year

C. Two nominations from 1900 through the most recent eligible year (voters can nominate two albums, but one of them doesn't need to be from the most recent eligible year)

If we decide to add a "Selected Year" vote in the Song Project, we'll have a vote on whether or not to add a corresponding project in the Album Project.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/10/2016 @ 03:24am

The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)- 3
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)- 2
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)- 1

B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1971)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 12/10/2016 @ 09:56am

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) 3
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968) 2
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) 1

Christmas Albums Part 1 Nomination (1900-1979):

Christmas with The Chipmunks (1961)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 12/10/2016 @ 20:41pm

Doh! Let me try this nomination again.

Christmas Albums Part 1 Nomination (1900-1979):

The Chipmunks - Christmas with The Chipmunks (1961)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 12/10/2016 @ 20:43pm

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 3
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968) - 2
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/10/2016 @ 21:10pm

Christmas Albums Part 1 Nomination (1900-1979)

The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 12/10/2016 @ 21:14pm

Before time expires, here is my tiebreaker ballot.

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 3
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968) - 2
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 1

And now, here are my nominees for the Special election for Christmas albums 1900-1979. A wise and timely decision to have Christmas albums be once again considered.

Nat King Cole - The Magic Of Christmas (1960)
The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

B.B. King - Completely Well (1969)

Good suggestions all around,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Saturday, 12/10/2016 @ 21:33pm

Correction - Nominations for this month's genre vote will close at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 11th. This genre doesn't require a day of review.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/10/2016 @ 21:41pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968) - 25
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) - 21
_______________________

Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 20

Terry Riley will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's Album Project:

Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Chic - Chic (1977)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas (1987)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/10/2016 @ 23:23pm

Just a comment about rule changes.

We voted just one short year ago to move the most recent year to April eligibility. It was up for a vote, and was done in a democratic fashion. Why should we have to vote on it again because a vocal minority didn't like the result?

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 12/11/2016 @ 01:02am

Since there are a couple of Motown albums nominated already I'll change my Stevie Wonder nomination for another classic 50's album that produced several of today Christmas radio staples

Please switch my nomination of

Stevie Wonder- Someday at Christmas (1967)

To

Ray Coniff- Christmas With Coniff (1959)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 12/11/2016 @ 22:09pm

Review is now over and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated songs:

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Bing Crosby - Merry Christmas (1955)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)
Nat King Cole - The Magic Of Christmas (1960)
Ray Coniff - Christmas With Coniff (1959)
The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (1975)
The Chipmunks - Christmas with The Chipmunks (1961)
The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)
Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will close at 10 PM Central on Friday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/12/2016 @ 01:13am

Voting is now open for the 2017 Rule Change votes for the Album Project.

Here are the polls:

1. Each year's new albums currently aren't eligible for album Project votes until April of the next year. What month should these albums be eligible in?

A. January of the next year (2016 albums would be eligible in January 2017)
B. April of the next year (2016 albums would be eligible in April 2017)

2. We currently induct 5 albums for each album Project and album Genre Project vote. How many albums should we induct each month for the album and album Genre Project?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8

3. Each ballot in the album Project and album Genre Project has exactly 6 votes. How many albums should a ballot in the album and album Genre Project vote contain?

A. 6
B. 8

4. We currently have one nomination for each voter that can be used for albums from 1900 through the most recent eligible year (currently 2015) and one album from the most recent eligible year (currently 2015). Which of these nomination options should we use starting in 2017?

A. One nomination from 1900 through the most recent eligible year, one nomination from the most recent eligible year (this is the current rule)

B. Two nominations from 1900 through the most recent eligible year, one nomination from the most recent eligible year

C. Two nominations from 1900 through the most recent eligible year (voters can nominate two albums, but one of them doesn't need to be from the most recent eligible year)

If we decide to add a "Selected Year" vote in the Song Project, we'll have a vote on whether or not to add a corresponding project in the Album Project.

Any voter is eligible to vote in this rule change vote. You can choose to vote in all of the polls or only in some of them, depending on your preference. Voters can change their votes at any time. In the event of a tie vote between more than two answers, a tiebreaker vote will be held between the two highest vote-getters. In the event of a tie vote in polls with only two answers, the tie will be broken by discarding the last vote cast.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/12/2016 @ 01:21am

Rule changes:
1.A
2.C
3.B
4.B

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/12/2016 @ 11:28am

1. A
2. D
3. A
4. B

Posted by dmg on Monday, 12/12/2016 @ 13:48pm

My vote
Andy Williams- The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Bing Crosby- Merry Christmas (1955)
Elvis Presley- Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Nat King Cole- The Magic of Christmas (1960)
The Carpenters- Christmas Portrait (1975)
The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of the Year (1960)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/12/2016 @ 14:52pm

1. Each year's new albums currently aren't eligible for album Project votes until April of the next year. What month should these albums be eligible in?

B. April of the next year (2016 albums would be eligible in April 2017)

2. We currently induct 5 albums for each album Project and album Genre Project vote. How many albums should we induct each month for the album and album Genre Project?

B. 6

3. Each ballot in the album Project and album Genre Project has exactly 6 votes. How many albums should a ballot in the album and album Genre Project vote contain?

B. 8

4. We currently have one nomination for each voter that can be used for albums from 1900 through the most recent eligible year (currently 2015) and one album from the most recent eligible year (currently 2015). Which of these nomination options should we use starting in 2017?

A. One nomination from 1900 through the most recent eligible year, one nomination from the most recent eligible year (this is the current rule)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 12/12/2016 @ 23:28pm

Genre 2 nominations:
The Brian Setzer Orchestra- Rockin' Rudolph (2015)
Tori Amos- Midwinter Graces (2009)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/13/2016 @ 02:22am

I put my nominations for round 2 up early since my mind has been made up already.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/13/2016 @ 02:35am

Rule Votes

1. B.
2. B.
3. A.
4. C.

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 12/13/2016 @ 06:35am

Rule Changes

1. B
2. B
3. B
4. B

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 12/13/2016 @ 10:51am

1 A
1 B
3 B
4 A

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 12/13/2016 @ 13:49pm

1. B
2. B
3. A
4. C

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 12/13/2016 @ 18:31pm

Rule Changes

1.B
2.A
3.A
4.A

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/14/2016 @ 12:52pm

Only one other ballot submitted before me? I was gonna wait for a few more to come in before making up my mind but time to be proactive I guess.

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Bing Crosby - Merry Christmas (1955)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)
Nat King Cole - The Magic Of Christmas (1960)
Ray Coniff - Christmas With Coniff (1959)

-"Is your house on fire Clark?"

"No Aunt Bethany that's just the lights."

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/14/2016 @ 16:09pm

Here is my ballot for this month's first special election for the Christmas Albums voting cycles.

Nat King Cole - The Magic Of Christmas (1960)
The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970)
Bing Crosby - Merry Christmas (1955)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)
The Carpenters- Christmas Portrait (1975)

And now here are my answers for how we may proceed for the coming year.

1. A: Any 2016 albums should be eligible starting in January
2. B: 6 Albums per election seems reasonable.
3. B: We should increase the number of inducted albums per election to 8.
4. B: 2 all purpose nominees and a 2016 nominee is feasible and adds for more choices.

"Pinetree. Coming into Pinetree.",

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Wednesday, 12/14/2016 @ 21:45pm

Genre vote:

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Bing Crosby - Merry Christmas (1955)
The Chipmunks - Christmas with The Chipmunks (1961)
The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)
Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973)

The last cuts were Nat King Cole, Ray Conniff, and Elvis Presley.

Rule changes:

1. Each year's new albums currently aren't eligible for album Project votes until April of the next year. What month should these albums be eligible in?

A. January of the next year (2016 albums would be eligible in January 2017)

2. We currently induct 5 albums for each album Project and album Genre Project vote. How many albums should we induct each month for the album and album Genre Project?

C. 7

3. Each ballot in the album Project and album Genre Project has exactly 6 votes. How many albums should a ballot in the album and album Genre Project vote contain?

B. 8

4. We currently have one nomination for each voter that can be used for albums from 1900 through the most recent eligible year (currently 2015) and one album from the most recent eligible year (currently 2015). Which of these nomination options should we use starting in 2017?

B. Two nominations from 1900 through the most recent eligible year, one nomination from the most recent eligible year

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 12/15/2016 @ 17:55pm

1. A
2. B
3. B
4. B

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/16/2016 @ 03:04am

1. A
2. A
3. B
4. A

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 12/16/2016 @ 09:15am

Bing Crosby - Merry Christmas (1955)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Nat King Cole - The Magic Of Christmas (1960)
The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (1975)
The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970)
Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 12/16/2016 @ 12:12pm

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Bing Crosby- Merry Christmas (1955)
Elvis Presley- Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Frank Sinatra- A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)
The Chipmunks - Christmas with The Chipmunks (1961)
Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973)

1. B.
2. D.
3. B
4. C

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 12/16/2016 @ 14:09pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bing Crosby - Merry Christmas (1955) - 6
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957) - 5
Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963) - 4
Nat King Cole - The Magic Of Christmas (1960) - 4
__________________________

Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957) - 3
The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (1975) - 3
The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970) - 3
Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973) - 3
__________________________

The Chipmunks - Christmas with The Chipmunks (1961) - 2
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960) - 2
Ray Coniff - Christmas With Coniff (1959) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Tom H
Lax33
SotN
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Bing Crosby - Merry Christmas (1955)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Nat King Cole - The Magic Of Christmas (1960)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)
The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (1975)
The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970)
Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker vote. To vote, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The highest ranked album will get 4 points, the second-highest will get 3 points and so on.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

There will be 2 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/17/2016 @ 01:51am

Nominations are now open for the second genre vote this month.

Because the nature of this genre is pass/fail (something either is a Christmas album or it is not), there will not be any protests this month. If you see an album that is not eligible for this genre, please point it out and explain why and we'll review on a case by case basis.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 19th. There will then be 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/17/2016 @ 01:55am

Nominations remain open for the Artist Vote. The selected artist this month is B.B. King. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/17/2016 @ 01:56am

Voting is now closed for the 2016-2017 Rule Change Votes.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

1. By a 7-6 vote, albums from the previous year will now be eligible in January of the next year. For example, 2016 albums will now be eligible for nomination in January 2017.

2. By a 7-2-2-2 vote (5 albums, 7 albums and 8 albums each received 2 votes), we will now induct 6 albums in each Album Project and Album Genre Project vote. This will be effective starting in January, not this month.

3. By a 9-4 vote, ballots will now require 8 nominated albums to be counted in all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes unless a low number of nominated albums necessitates a smaller ballot, which will be discussed on a case by case basis.

4. By a 6-4-3 vote (the current system received 4 votes, selecting a random year for a third nomination received 3 votes), starting in January, voters will be able to nominate two albums from 1900 through the most recent eligible year (which will be 2017) and one album that must be from the most recent eligible year (2017).

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/17/2016 @ 02:13am

Frank Sinatra- A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957) 4
The Carpenters- Christmas Portrait (1978) 3
Various Artists- A Motown Christmas (1972) 2
The Jackson 5- The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970) 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 12/17/2016 @ 14:13pm

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 12/18/2016 @ 17:10pm

Trans-Siberian Orchestra- Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)

Pentatonix- That's Christmas To Me (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 12/18/2016 @ 17:18pm

Tiebreaker -
The Carpenters- Christmas Portrait (1978) - 4 
Various Artists- A Motown Christmas (1972) - 3
The Jackson 5- The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970) -
2
Frank Sinatra- A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957) - 1 

Genre 2 Nominations -
Michael Buble - Christmas (2011)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 2 (1991)

Artist Nomination -
B.B. King - Live & Well (1969)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 12/18/2016 @ 19:10pm

1. Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973) (4 points)
2. The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970) (3 points)
3. The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (1975) (2 points)
4. Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 12/18/2016 @ 20:03pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (1975) - 12
____________________________________

Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973) - 11
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957) - 10
The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970) - 7

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Bing Crosby - Merry Christmas (1955)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Nat King Cole - The Magic Of Christmas (1960)
The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (1975)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/19/2016 @ 00:22am

Not too many nominees for the second ballot of Christmas albums. Well, for what it may be worth, here are my nominees for this second Christmas albums election cycle.

Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (1994)
Neil Diamond - The Christmas Album (1992)

Hoping there will be more nominees,

Lax33

Posted by Lax33 on Monday, 12/19/2016 @ 21:11pm

Despite voting for it, I'm pretty clueless when it comes to Christmas albums, so I went searching and culled two nominees just to give it a game effort:

Boyz II Men - Christmas Interpretations (1993)
She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas (2011)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 12/19/2016 @ 23:10pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated album (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Boyz II Men - Christmas Interpretations (1993)
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (1994)
Michael Buble - Christmas (2011)
Neil Diamond - The Christmas Album (1992)
Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me (2014)
She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas (2011)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Rockin' Rudolph (2015)
Tori Amos - Midwinter Graces (2009)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 2 (1991)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 24th (I'll post the results when I have a chance).

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/20/2016 @ 00:18am

Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (1994)
She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas (2011)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Rockin' Rudolph (2015)
Tori Amos - Midwinter Graces (2009)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 2 (1991)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/20/2016 @ 03:12am

Boyz II Men - Christmas Interpretations (1993)
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (1994)
She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas (2011)
Tori Amos - Midwinter Graces (2009)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 2 (1991)

The last cuts were Pentatonix and the Brian Setzer Orchestra.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 12/20/2016 @ 16:03pm

Voting is now open for this month's Artist Vote (sorry for the delay).

This month's selected artist is B.B. King.

Here are the nominated albums:

Blues on Top of Blues (1968)
Completely Well (1969)
Live & Well (1969)
Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
Riding with the King (2000) (B.B. King And Eric Clapton)
Singing the Blues (1956)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/22/2016 @ 23:33pm

Blues on Top of Blues (1968)
Completely Well (1969)
Live & Well (1969)
Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
Riding with the King (2000) (B.B. King And Eric Clapton)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/23/2016 @ 00:10am

Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (1994)
Michael Buble - Christmas (2011)
Neil Diamond - The Christmas Album (1992)
Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me (2014)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 2 (1991)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 12/23/2016 @ 19:55pm

Happy Holidays to my fellow commenters!

Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (1994)
Michael Buble - Christmas (2011)
Neil Diamond - The Christmas Album (1992)
She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas (2011)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 2 (1991)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 12/24/2016 @ 09:56am

Michael Buble - Christmas (2011)
Neil Diamond - The Christmas Album (1992)
She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas (2011)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra- Rockin' Rudolph (2015)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra- Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 2 (1991)

The rest of the albums are all last cuts for me since I would eventually vote for all of the nominated albums

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 12/24/2016 @ 17:35pm

Boyz II Men - Christmas Interpretations (1993)
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (1994)
Michael Buble - Christmas (2011)
Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me (2014)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra- Rockin' Rudolph (2015)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 2 (1991)

Blues on Top of Blues (1968)
Completely Well (1969)
Live & Well (1969)
Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
Singing the Blues (1956)

Posted by Derek on Saturday, 12/24/2016 @ 22:54pm

Artist Vote (B.B. King)

Blues on Top of Blues (1968)
Completely Well (1969)
Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
Riding with the King (2000) (B.B. King And Eric Clapton)
Singing the Blues (1956)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 12/25/2016 @ 00:21am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 2 (1991) - 6
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (1994) - 5
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996) - 5
Michael Buble - Christmas (2011) - 4
She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas (2011) - 4
_________________________________

Neil Diamond - The Christmas Album (1992) - 3
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Rockin' Rudolph (2015) - 3
Boyz II Men - Christmas Interpretations (1993) - 2
Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me (2014) - 2
Tori Amos - Midwinter Graces (2009) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
SotN
Tom H.
Nick
Jennifer
Derek

The following songs have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (1994)
Michael Buble - Christmas (2011)
She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas (2011)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 2 (1991)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/25/2016 @ 01:08am

Blues on Top of Blues (1968)
Completely Well (1969)
Riding with the King (2000) (B.B. King And Eric Clapton)
Singing the Blues (1956)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/27/2016 @ 13:40pm

Completely Well (1969)
Live & Well (1969)
Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
Riding with the King (2000)
Singing the Blues (1956)

Outstanding album selections from B.B. King, someone who released dozens upon dozens of albums in his career. Hopefully this artist vote fills some gaps.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 12/27/2016 @ 18:33pm

Blues on Top of Blues (1968)
Completely Well (1969)
Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
Riding with the King (2000) (B.B. King And Eric Clapton)
Singing the Blues (1956)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 12/27/2016 @ 19:08pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final Artist Vote results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Completely Well (1969) - 6
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Blues on Top of Blues (1968) - 5
Live in Cook County Jail (1971) - 5
Riding with the King (2000) (B.B. King And Eric Clapton) - 5
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Singing the Blues (1956) - 4
Live & Well (1969) - 3

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

B.B. King - Completely Well (1969)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

B.B. King - Blues on Top of Blues (1968)
B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)

Anyone who voted in this Artist Vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all three albums in order of preference. The highest ranked album will receive 3 points, the second highest 2 points and the lowest 1 point.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project. In the event of a tie, the first tiebreaker is the highest number of top ranking votes.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 29th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/28/2016 @ 00:28am

B.B. King- Blues on Top of Blues (1968)- 3
B.B. King & Eric Clapton- Riding With the King (2000)- 2
B.B. King- Live in Cook County Jail (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/28/2016 @ 02:24am

FRL,

Please explain the process of how an album inducted into the Album Project, becomes an essential recording for a particular artist. Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 12/28/2016 @ 14:51pm

Enigmaticus: I can't speak for FRL totally, but considering the process, it's appropriate to say that the act of induction itself is what defines an album or a song as an essential recording for that artist. The album being added to the inducted list will show up at the same time on that artist's page as an essential album/song (unless the link to the artist page wasn't completed or missing certain aspects).

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 12/28/2016 @ 15:33pm

SotN,

Thank you SotN,

If that is the case, then please tell me why hasn't "Roll The Bones," which was inducted into the Album Project one year ago, not been added to the list of Rush's essential albums?

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 12/28/2016 @ 23:47pm

SotN,

Thank you.

I am really just trying to understand how an album becomes an essential album for a particular artist. In the case of "Roll The Bones" which was inducted into the Album Project one year ago, I have not yet seen it added to the list of essential Rush albums and I find this to be very perplexing, to say the least.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 12/29/2016 @ 00:13am

Enigmaticus: I checked, and found out that none of the albums inducted during the second Genre Vote of December 2015 were added to the above list:

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
Muse - The Resistance (2009)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)

The albums weren't added to the above list (I thought that July, 2014's first Electronic genre vote was the only ones), but were included during the Album Rankings being conducted. This isn't anything to do with their lack of worthiness - it just comes down to human error. If they're added (as should be), they'll appear on those pages.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 12/29/2016 @ 01:58am

B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)-3
B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1971)-2
B.B. King - Blues on Top of Blues (1968)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/29/2016 @ 07:12am

B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1971) - 3
B.B. King - Blues on Top of Blues (1968) - 2
B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000) - 1

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 12/29/2016 @ 20:23pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed (sort of...).

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

B.B. King - Blues on Top of Blues (1968) - 6
B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1971) - 6
B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000) - 6

All three albums received 1 first place vote, 1 second place vote and 1 third place vote. There's no way to break this tie...

So, here's what we're going to do:

There were 6 people who voted in the Artist Vote this month. Three of them have already voted in the tiebreaker (Greg F, Nick, Tom H.). That leaves Derek, Donnie and SotN who are still eligible to vote.

I'll extend the tiebreaker for another day. If the score is still tied at the end of the day, I'll extend it for another day until the results are no longer tied.

Tiebreaker voting will now end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 30th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/30/2016 @ 00:02am

SotN,

Thank you. I had suspected as much. It appears that there is au unfortunate bias against various progressive rock artists. It's bad enough elsewhere, but this is completely incomprehensible and extremely disappointing. :-P

Posted by Enigmaticus on Friday, 12/30/2016 @ 00:41am

1. B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1971) (3 points)
2. B.B. King - Blues on Top of Blues (1968) (2 points)
3. B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 12/30/2016 @ 04:54am

1. B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1971) (3 points)
2. B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000) (2 points)
3. B.B. King - Blues on Top of Blues (1968) (1 point)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 12/30/2016 @ 08:09am

Tiebreaker voting is now over.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1971) - 12
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B.B. King - Blues on Top of Blues (1968) - 9
B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000) - 9

Blues On Top Of Blues and Riding With The King will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project.

Here is your final class of inductees from this Artist Vote:

B.B. King - Completely Well (1969)
B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1971)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/30/2016 @ 23:08pm

Rule Changes In 2016:

Starting in 2017, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2016.

Starting in 2017, albums released in 2016 will be eligible for nomination in January. There will be a designated 2016 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination for 2015 will end.

Starting in January, ballots must contain exactly 8 nominated albums to be valid.

Starting in January, 6 albums will be inducted in every Album Project and Genre Project vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Depeche Mode (eligible again in February 2017)
Warren Zevon (eligible again in March 2017)
Lucinda Williams (eligible again in April 2017)
Buddy Guy (eligible again in May 2017)
Santana (eligible again in June 2017)
B.B. King (eligible again in July 2017)

Pearl Jam is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015, one album from 2016 and two albums from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

B.B. King - Blues on Top of Blues (1968)
B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970)
Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

This month's selected genre is 70's Hard Rock, which finished second in a tiebreaker vote for the genre selection in December.

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Harry Nilsson
King Crimson
Lou Reed
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Depeche Mode
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
Lucinda Williams
Pearl Jam
Prince
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/31/2016 @ 00:40am

My nominations:

George Michael- Older (1996)
of Montreal- Coquielicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Radiohead- A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)

Artist: of Montreal

No split needed for the genre.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 12/31/2016 @ 00:54am

I'm outright refraining from nominating any pre-2016 albums here. Too much good this year (and I'm ready and willing to toss a vote to Skeleton Tree, should it be nominated).

Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)

No genre split needed.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 12/31/2016 @ 01:43am

3 of the best albums of 2016 right here:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)

Posted by Max on Saturday, 12/31/2016 @ 02:22am

Correction on spelling error it should be of Montreal- Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001). I added an extra i by mistake.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 12/31/2016 @ 02:54am

FRL,

I have been informed that the following albums had been added to the Album Project. Please add them to their respective artists pages as essential albums. Thank you.

About The Album Project, SotN wrote:
Enigmaticus: I checked, and found out that none of the albums inducted during the second Genre Vote of December 2015 were added to the above list:

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
Muse - The Resistance (2009)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)

The albums weren't added to the above list (I thought that July, 2014's first Electronic genre vote was the only ones), but were included during the Album Rankings being conducted. This isn't anything to do with their lack of worthiness - it just comes down to human error. If they're added (as should be), they'll appear on those pages.
Thursday, 12.29.16 @ 01:58am

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 12/31/2016 @ 16:20pm

General Vote

Kanye West- The Life of Pablo (2016)
Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)

Genre Vote Nominations (70's Hard Rock)

Foghat- Energized (1974)
Grand Funk Railroad- We're an An American Band (1973)

Artist Vote Nomination

KISS

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 12/31/2016 @ 18:22pm

My Genre vote nominations:
Montrose- Montrose (1973)
Tommy Bolin- Teaser (1975)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 12/31/2016 @ 18:49pm

I'll go with my standard Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds artist nomination. Beyond that, the genre vote just isn't my thing and the main album ballot is already really stacked.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 12/31/2016 @ 19:34pm

General Vote:

Blackstar (2016) - David Bowie
Teens of Denial (2016) - Car Seat Headrest
Weezer (White Album) (2016) - Weezer

Genre Vote Nominations (70's Hard Rock)

Blue Öyster Cult (1972) - Blue Öyster Cult
Presence (1976) - Led Zeppelin

Artist Vote Nomination:

Elvis Presley

Posted by Gass3268 on Sunday, 01/1/2017 @ 14:24pm

Trying to do some catch up on 2015 albums as well as diving into 2016

Modest Mouse- Strangers to Ourselves (2015)
Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 01/1/2017 @ 14:50pm

Genre Vote Nominations

Jethro Tull- War Child (1974)
Rush-Fly By Night (1975)

Artist Nomination

John Williams

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 01/1/2017 @ 15:01pm

Genre nomination
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979)

Posted by Max on Sunday, 01/1/2017 @ 18:32pm

My January 2017/2042 nominee for induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 01/1/2017 @ 21:56pm

noms:

Smashing Pumpkins - MACHINA/The Machines of God (2000)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 01/1/2017 @ 23:29pm

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)

Artist Nomination - Rod Stewart

No Split needed for 70s Hard Rock Genre; here’s my nominations -

Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 01/2/2017 @ 09:56am

Happy new year to all. I apologize for not getting involved much during December, as I had a number of Christmas related events and festivities that marked a rather important month for me. Here are my nominees for this month's Album Project.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
XTC - Nonsuch (1992)
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)

Here are my Genre Vote nominations:

Todd Rundgren/Utopia - Ra (1977)
Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy (1976)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

A new year and a new ending number,

Lax34

Posted by Lax33 on Monday, 01/2/2017 @ 22:12pm

My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)

Artist - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/2/2017 @ 22:26pm

I've got a challenge for all of my fellow FRL regulars here. There's this website called www.listchallenges.com where you check off items on a list to try to get the most. The site mostly focuses on movies, books, tv shows, food, travel, etc. but there are some music lists on there, and I did one of the 2016 version of the list 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

I did that list and I'm gonna post it here as a challenge to everyone here to do it as well. You basically check off every album on the list you've heard/listened to entirely. Let's see who's listened to the most albums on the list! Below is the link.

http://www.listchallenges.com/1001-albums-you-must-hear-before-you-die-2016

Rules

1. Check off any album that you've listened to all the way through at least one time. If it's an album where you've heard most of the songs, but not the entire album, do not check it off.

2. Once you finish the list, post your results on here

This will be a bit of fun, friendly competition!

My results, I got 399/1,001 (40%)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 01/3/2017 @ 06:39am

Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1967)
Wham! - Make It Big (1984)

Artist: Neil Young

Genre Vote:

Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile (1974)

I was going to nominate In Color by Cheap Trick but didn't want to double up on the same artist. I'll save that album for a future month.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 01/3/2017 @ 07:36am

Donnie's album challenge:

533 of 1001 albums (53%)
Rank: #19 of 971 users (top 2%)

Posted by Gass3268 on Tuesday, 01/3/2017 @ 20:09pm

Albums General:

Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It (1988)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)

Posted by Daniel M Graham on Tuesday, 01/3/2017 @ 21:11pm

Donnie's album challenge

294 of 1001 items (29%)
#136 of 974 users (top 14%)

Realized that there are many great albums that I have not heard straight through. Time to tack on a late addition to my New Years resolutions

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 01/3/2017 @ 21:16pm

1970s Hard Rock Genre Nominations:

Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Journey - Infinity (1978)

Honorable Mentions:

AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
AC/DC - High Voltage (1976)
AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)
Alice Cooper - School's Pit (1972)
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Argent - All Together Now (1972)
Argent - In Deep (1973)
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (1972)
Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
Boston - Straight Shooter (1975)
Boston - Desolation Angels (1979)
Foreigner - Foreigner (1977)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Foreigner - Head Games (1979)
Free - Fire and Water (1970)
Heart - Dog and Butterfly (1978)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Journey - Evolution (1979)
KISS - KISS (1974)
KISS - Hotter than Hell (1974)
KISS - Dressed to Kill (1975)
KISS - Rock and Roll Over (1976)
KISS - Love Gun (1977)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
Queen - News of the World (1977)
Queen - Queen (1973)
Rainbow - Down to Earth (1979)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
REO Speedwagon - You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tuna Fish (1978)
Styx - Styx II (1973)
Styx - Equinox (1975)
Styx - Crystal Ball (1976)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)
The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974)
The Who -Who Are You (1978)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

I am really surprised that we do not have many more 1970s classic hard rock albums in the album project than we do so I support a split at 1970-1974 and 1975-1979. Sorry I did not have the time to post this list sooner.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 01/3/2017 @ 21:21pm

January 2017 Album Nominations:

Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

January 2017 Artist Nomination:

Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 01/3/2017 @ 21:53pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
B.B. King - Blues on Top of Blues (1968)
B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979)
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It (1988)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)
George Michael - Older (1996)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves (2015)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1967)
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)
Smashing Pumpkins - MACHINA/The Machines of God (2000)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973)
Weezer - Weezer (White Album) (2016)
Wham! - Make It Big (1984)
XTC - Nonsuch (1992)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

The 6 albums that receive the most votes (with tiebreakers applied as needed) will be inducted.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/4/2017 @ 00:08am

Nominations remain open for this month's genre vote, which is "70's Hard Rock". There will only be one genre vote this month. Nominations will remain open until 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 10th. There will then be 1 day of review and 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/4/2017 @ 00:12am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Elvis Presley
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Harry Nilsson
John Williams
King Crimson
KISS
Lou Reed
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballots to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/4/2017 @ 00:15am

Donnie's album challenge:

307 of 1001 albums (53%)
Rank: #117 of 980 users (top 13%)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/4/2017 @ 01:27am

General Vote

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Wham! - Make It Big (1984)

Artist Vote

Elvis Presley
KISS
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 01/4/2017 @ 04:52am

My votes
George Michael- Older (1996)
of Montreal- Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety in Whimsical Verse (2001)
Radiohead- A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
David Bowie- Blackstar (2016)
Leonard Cohan- You Want It Darker (2016)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Skeleton Tree (2016)
Wham!- Make It Big (1984)
Kacey Musgraves- Pageant Material (2015)

Artists:
Bob Seger
King Crimson
of Montreal
Harry Nilsson
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/4/2017 @ 12:26pm

Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
Smashing Pumpkins - MACHINA/The Machines of God (2000)
XTC - Nonsuch (1992)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 01/4/2017 @ 23:49pm

genre nom:

Wishbone Ash - Argus

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 01/4/2017 @ 23:51pm

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It (1988)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
George Michael - Older (1996)
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)
Smashing Pumpkins - MACHINA/The Machines of God (2000)
Wham! - Make It Big (1984)

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 01/5/2017 @ 05:18am

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)
Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
Weezer - Weezer (White Album) (2016)
Wham! - Make It Big (1984)

Elvis Presley
King Crimson
Neil Young

Posted by Gass3268 on Thursday, 01/5/2017 @ 21:00pm

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Harry Nilsson
King Crimson
Lou Reed
of Montreal

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 01/6/2017 @ 14:06pm

Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1967)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wham! - Make It Big (1984)

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
King Crimson
Lou Reed
Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 01/6/2017 @ 15:39pm

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)

Last cuts (in no order) were Terry Riley, Wham!, Car Seat Headrest, Chance The Rapper, of Montreal, PJ Harvey, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, My Morning Jacket

sorry, I meant the Black Flag nomination for the genre vote

Posted by Max on Friday, 01/6/2017 @ 19:18pm

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)
Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)

The last of many painful cuts were PJ Harvey, Chance the Rapper, Kanye West, and Terry Riley. Nothing against any of the older albums, but I'm going for a majority 2016 ballot here.

Bonnie Raitt
Harry Nilsson
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
TV On The Radio

The last cut was John Williams.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 01/6/2017 @ 21:48pm

My votes:

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)
Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)

Would support in the future:

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
Smashing Pumpkins - MACHINA/The Machines of God (2000)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
Weezer - Weezer (White Album) (2016)

King Crimson
Lou Reed
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/7/2017 @ 02:17am

My current vote count:

David Bowie - Blackstar (2016) - 9

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016) - 6
Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016) - 6

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016) - 5
Wham! - Make It Big (1984) - 5
___________________________

Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016) - 4
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016) - 4
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016) - 4
___________________________

Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) - 3
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) - 3

George Michael - Older (1996) - 2
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 2
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974) - 2
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 2
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016) - 2
Smashing Pumpkins - MACHINA/The Machines of God (2000) - 2
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 2
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 2

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 1
B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000) - 1
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979) - 1
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016) - 1
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016) - 1
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016) - 1
Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It (1988) - 1
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 1
Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves (2015) - 1
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001) - 1
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 1
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1967) - 1
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1
Weezer - Weezer (White Album) (2016) - 1
XTC - Nonsuch (1992) - 1

B.B. King - Blues on Top of Blues (1968) - 0
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 0
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957) - 0
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 0
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983) - 0
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) - 0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 0
Sepultura - Arise (1991) - 0
The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970) - 0
Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Greg F
jtrichey
Mike
Gassman
DarinRG
BSLO
Max
SotN
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/7/2017 @ 02:24am

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here…Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)
B.B. King and Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Beyonce - Lemonade (2016)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Kayne West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Lou Reed
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

David Bowie definitely didn’t need my support so I gave it to another album (although I do think it was the best album released last year).

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 01/7/2017 @ 16:45pm

January 2017 Album Ballot:

David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)
Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Wham! - Make It Big (1984)

Last Cuts include Frank Sinatra, Gotye, and A Motown Christmas. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

January 2017 Artist Ballot:

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
KISS
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Last Cuts include John Williams, King Crimson, and Rod Stewart. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 01/7/2017 @ 19:32pm

John Williams
King Crimson
Neil Young
of Montreal
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)

Nick Cave was the last cut

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/7/2017 @ 22:03pm

B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Smashing Pumpkins - MACHINA/The Machines of God (2000)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)

Bob Seger
Harry Nilsson
Lou Reed
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)

Posted by Derek on Sunday, 01/8/2017 @ 09:26am

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
XTC - Nonsuch (1992)
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)
Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Paul McCartney
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
King Crimson
Lou Reed
Neil Young

Here is to hoping for a better year,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Sunday, 01/8/2017 @ 16:26pm

B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Smashing Pumpkins - MACHINA/The Machines of God (2000)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

So many others that I just did not have room for

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 01/8/2017 @ 20:32pm

B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It (1988)
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
XTC - Nonsuch (1992)

Artists:

Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Harry Nilsson
John Williams

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 01/8/2017 @ 21:35pm

Artists:

Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Harry Nilsson
King Crimson

Posted by joker on Monday, 01/9/2017 @ 00:15am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

David Bowie - Blackstar (2016) - 12

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016) - 8
Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016) - 8

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016) - 7

Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016) - 6
Wham! - Make It Big (1984) - 6
_________________________

B.B. King And Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000) - 5
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016) - 5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016) - 5

Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974) - 4
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 4
Smashing Pumpkins - MACHINA/The Machines of God (2000) - 4
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) - 4
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 4

Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) - 3
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 3
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 3
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3
XTC - Nonsuch (1992) - 3

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 2
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 2
Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It (1988) - 2
George Michael - Older (1996) - 2
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 2
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 2
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 2

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979) - 1
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016) - 1
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016) - 1
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016) - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 1
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957) - 1
Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves (2015) - 1
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001) - 1
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983) - 1
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) - 1
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1967) - 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1
Sepultura - Arise (1991) - 1
Weezer - Weezer (White Album) (2016) - 1

B.B. King - Blues on Top of Blues (1968) - 0
The Jackson 5 - The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970) - 0
Various Artists - A Motown Christmas (1973) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Greg F
jtrichey
Mike
Gassman
DarinRG
BSLO
Max
SotN
Darren
Nick
Jennifer
Derek
Lax34
Tom H.
dmg

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)
Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
Wham! - Make It Big (1984)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/9/2017 @ 01:55am

This month's selected genre is "70's Hard Rock". There will be one genre vote this month.

Nominations are now open for the first of this month's genre votes, "70's Hard Rock".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they feel fit this genre. All previously nominated albums will be included in this vote.

If you feel that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be 2 days of nominations, followed by one day of review and 5 days of voting.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/9/2017 @ 01:57am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

King Crimson - 8
_____________________

Harry Nilsson - 6
Lou Reed - 6

Bob Seger - 5
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 5

Bonnie Raitt - 4
Neil Young - 4
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 4
of Montreal - 4
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings) - 4
_____________________

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 3
Rod Stewart - 3

Elvis Presley - 2
John Williams - 2
KISS - 2
TV On The Radio - 2

This month's selected artist is King Crimson.

Anyone can nominate one album by King Crimson released between 1900 and 2016 that hasn't already been inducted into the Album Project.

Here are the albums that have been inducted into the Album Project already:

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)

Here's the link to wikipedia's King Crimson discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Crimson_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/9/2017 @ 02:01am

Artist Vote Nomination

King Crimson- Red (1974)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 01/9/2017 @ 02:39am

My artist vote nomination:
King Crimson- Discipline (1981)

Also Red is in already.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/9/2017 @ 03:35am

King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 01/9/2017 @ 07:12am

King Crimson - Beat (1982)

On a side note for all us King Crimson fans, the band announced a few days ago they will embark on a U.S. tour later this year. It should be some interesting shows.

Here's a link -http://ultimateclassicrock.com/king-crimson-us-2017-tour/

Posted by Nick on Monday, 01/9/2017 @ 10:05am

My fault on the "Red" nomination. It wasn't listed as being inducted by Darren, so I assumed it hadn't been inducted yet.

Instead I'll nominate...

King Crimson- Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 01/9/2017 @ 12:05pm

Super excited that King Crimson won this month

King Crimson- Starless and Bible Black (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/9/2017 @ 14:06pm

Yeah, I missed "Red" when I was doing the write-up. It is listed on this page.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/9/2017 @ 14:28pm

Small correction on the ATCQ album title. We left out the word "from". Should be "We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service".

Nice class. A lot of good stuff bubbling under for the next couple months, too.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/9/2017 @ 14:44pm

Regarding King Crimson.

Here is my recording nomination:

"Three Of A Perfect Pair"

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 01/10/2017 @ 09:22am

Nominations are now closed and review is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile (1974)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979)
Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy (1976)
Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Foghat - Energized (1974)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Journey - Infinity (1978)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Todd Rundgren/Utopia - Ra (1977)
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)
Wishbone Ash - Argus

If you feel that any of these albums have been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be one day of review.

Review will end and voting will start at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/10/2017 @ 23:51pm

Review is now over. There weren't any protested albums.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile (1974)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979)
Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy (1976)
Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Foghat - Energized (1974)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Journey - Infinity (1978)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Todd Rundgren/Utopia - Ra (1977)
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)
Wishbone Ash - Argus

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their vote to be valid.

The 6 albums that receive the most votes (including tiebreakers if necessary) will be inducted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/12/2017 @ 00:41am

Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)
Wishbone Ash - Argus

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/12/2017 @ 02:58am

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979)
Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
Todd Rundgren/Utopia - Ra (1977)
Wishbone Ash - Argus

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 01/12/2017 @ 23:44pm

Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Foghat - Energized (1974)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Journey - Infinity (1978)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)

Last cuts were the Edgar Winter Group, Tommy Bolin, and Mott the Hoople

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 01/13/2017 @ 01:53am

Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 01/13/2017 @ 13:29pm

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile (1974)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 01/14/2017 @ 09:01am

Any interest for February vote:
Pre-2016 albums
George Michael- Listen Without Prejudice (1990) or Order (1996)
Leon Russell- Carney (1972)
Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac (1998)
Boris Blenn- Berlin Future Lounge (2010)
Danielson- Ships (2006)
Air- Moon Safari (1998)

2016 albums
Animal Collective- Painting With
Gwen Stafani- This is What the Truth Feels Like
Norah Jones- Day Breaks
Esperonza Spalding- Emily's D+Evolution
Lambchop- Flotus
Man and The Echo- Man and The Echo
Animals as Leaders- The Madness of Many

Genres
Concept albums
Underground Hip-Hop/Rap
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st century
Indie Rock/Pop (80's to present)
Alt-Country

Artists
Ryan Adams
Iron Maiden
De La Soul
Rufus
Animal Collective

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/14/2017 @ 22:16pm

Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile (1974)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Journey - Infinity (1978)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 01/14/2017 @ 23:11pm

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979)
Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

@Greg F - I’d be interested on these, but depending on the rest of the ballots, maybe not
George Michael- Listen Without Prejudice (1990)
Leon Russell- Carney (1972)
Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac (1998)
Air- Moon Safari (1998)
Underground Hip-Hop/Rap
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st century
Indie Rock/Pop (80's to present)
Alt-Country
Ryan Adams
De La Soul
Animal Collective

And smh on inducting Lemonade over better 2016 albums, especially Blonde

Posted by Max on Sunday, 01/15/2017 @ 15:03pm

Another case of a genre that I wasn't excited about, but ended up having to make some cut decisions on. A credit to you all. I'd laugh my ass off for weeks at picking this as a Song Project genre vote, but think it's actually pretty reasonable and warranted in the Album Project.

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979)
Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Foghat - Energized (1974)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Todd Rundgren/Utopia - Ra (1977)
Wishbone Ash - Argus

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/15/2017 @ 15:42pm

Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Todd Rundgren/Utopia - Ra (1977)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 01/15/2017 @ 19:53pm

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979)
Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Foghat - Energized (1974)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Wishbone Ash - Argus

The last cuts were Journey, BTO, and Todd Rundgren/Utopia.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 01/15/2017 @ 23:58pm

Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979)
Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Wishbone Ash - Argus

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/16/2017 @ 01:14am

My current vote count:

Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972) - 8
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975) - 8
Wishbone Ash - Argus - 8

Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973) - 7
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973) - 7

Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 6
_____________________________

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979) - 5
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978) - 5
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 5

Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973) - 4
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) - 4
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 4

Foghat - Energized (1974) - 3
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974) - 3
Todd Rundgren/Utopia - Ra (1977) - 3

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile (1974) - 2
Journey - Infinity (1978) - 2
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976) - 2
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 2

Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy (1976) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
jtrichey
Donnie
dmg
BSLO
Nick
Max
DarinRG
Tom H.
SotN
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Monday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/16/2017 @ 01:16am

Although I don't participate much on the Album Project, this is one of my favorite genres and figured I'd cast a vote here.

Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Foghat - Energized (1974)
Foreigner- Double Vision (1978)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Rush - Fly by Night (1975)
The Edgar Winter Group- They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Posted by Dave on Monday, 01/16/2017 @ 08:49am

Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Posted by Derek on Monday, 01/16/2017 @ 13:04pm

Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979)
Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Wishbone Ash - Argus

Posted by Gass3268 on Monday, 01/16/2017 @ 13:15pm

Here is my ballot for this special election before time runs out.

Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy (1976)
Todd Rundgren/Utopia - Ra (1977)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)

Just what is special about the black object,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Monday, 01/16/2017 @ 20:42pm

Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile (1974)
Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Grand Funk Railroad- We're an An American Band (1973)
Journey - Infinity (1978)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Last Cuts include Montrose, Nazareth, and Rush. I would eventually vote for all of the nominated albums as well as the other albums that I previously listed.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 01/16/2017 @ 23:08pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972) - 11

Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978) - 10

Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973) - 9
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975) - 9
Wishbone Ash - Argus - 9
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Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) - 8
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973) - 8
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973) - 8
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 8
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Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (EP)(1979) - 7
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 7

Jethro Tull - War Child (1974) - 6
Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 6

Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976) - 5

Foghat - Energized (1974) - 4
Todd Rundgren/Utopia - Ra (1977) - 4

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile (1974) - 3
Journey - Infinity (1978) - 3

Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 2

Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy (1976) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
jtrichey
Donnie
dmg
BSLO
Nick
Max
DarinRG
Tom H.
SotN
Darren
Dave
Derek
Gassman
Lax34
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
Wishbone Ash - Argus

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The highest ranked album will receive 4 points, the second-highest 3 points and so on.

The album that receive the most points will be inducted. The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

There will be 2 days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/17/2017 @ 00:47am

Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 01/17/2017 @ 05:20am

1. Grand Funk Railroad- We're an American Band (1973) (4 pts)
2. Rush- Fly by Night (1975) (3 pts)
3. Mott the Hoople- Mott (1973) (2 pts)
4. Foreigner- Double Vision (1978) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 01/17/2017 @ 05:42am

Mott the Hoople- Mott (1973) 4
Grand Funk Railroad- We're an American Band (1973) 3
Foreigner- Double Vision (1978) 2
Rush- Fly by Night (1975) 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 01/17/2017 @ 14:17pm

Grand Funk Railroad - We're an American Band (1973) (4 pts)
Rush - Fly by Night (1975)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973) (1 pt)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 01/17/2017 @ 15:31pm

Mott the Hoople- Mott (1973) 4
Foreigner- Double Vision (1978) 3
Rush- Fly by Night (1975) 2
Grand Funk Railroad- We're an American Band (1973) 1

Not a Grand Funk Railroad fan

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 01/17/2017 @ 16:08pm

Rush - Fly By Night (1975)-4
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)-3
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)-2
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 01/17/2017 @ 16:44pm

1. Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) 4 pts
2. Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
3. Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
4. Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 01/17/2017 @ 22:38pm

Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) - 4
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973) - 3
Rush - Fly by Night (1975) - 2
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973) - 1

They all deserve induction at some point.

GFR, aka Homer Simpson’s favorite band. Lol. Now I wanna watch that ‘Homerpalooza’ episode from Season 7.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 01/17/2017 @ 22:46pm

Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 4
Mott The Hoople - Mott (1973) - 3
Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band (1973) - 2
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) - 1

"Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins." "Homer Simpson, smiling politely."

"Remember kids, don't trust anyone over 30! And now, Peter Frampton!"

"Why do you need new bands? Everyone knows rock attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact."

"I used to be with it, but then they changed what *it* was. Now what I'm with isn't *it*, and what's *it* seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you..."

"And to think, Smithers: you laughed when I bought TicketMaster. Nobody's going to pay a 100% service charge." ---"Well, it's a policy that ensures a healthy mix of the rich and the ignorant, sir."

One of the best episodes. lol

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/18/2017 @ 01:18am

There's still time left for King Crimson album nominations if anyone else has one

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/18/2017 @ 11:53am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973) - 24 (3 Highest Rankings)
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Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973) - 24 (2 Highest Rankings)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 22
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) - 20

The Grand Funk Railroad, Rush and Foreigner albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album project.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/19/2017 @ 00:48am

Nominations are now closed for this month's Artist vote.

This month's selected artist is King Crimson.

Here are the nominated albums:

Beat (1982)
Discipline (1981)
In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)
Starless and Bible Black (1974)
Three Of A Perfect Pair

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/20/2017 @ 01:46am

King Crimson vote:
Discipline (1981)
Beat (1982)
In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)
Starless and Bible Black (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/20/2017 @ 19:54pm

Here are my King Crimson album choices:

Discipline (1981)
Beat (1982)
Three Of A Perfect Pair (1984)
In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)
Lark's Tongues In Aspic (1973)

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 01/21/2017 @ 10:46am

Here is my ballot for the Artist Vote elections.

King Crimson - Discipline (1981)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues In Aspic (1973)
King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)
King Crimson - Three Of A Perfect Pair (1984)

Hoping all can be included,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Monday, 01/23/2017 @ 20:51pm

Discipline (1981)
In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)
Starless and Bible Black (1974)
Three Of A Perfect Pair (1984)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 01/24/2017 @ 15:02pm

Discipline (1981)
In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 01/24/2017 @ 20:36pm

King Crimson Vote -

Beat (1982)
Discipline (1981)
In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)
Starless and Bible Black (1974)
Three Of A Perfect Pair (1984)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 01/24/2017 @ 22:53pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Discipline (1981) - 6
In the Wake of Poseidon (1970) - 6
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Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973) - 5

Beat (1982) - 4
Three Of A Perfect Pair - 4

Starless and Bible Black (1974) - 3

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

King Crimson - Discipline (1981)
King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/24/2017 @ 23:31pm

Rule Changes In 2017:

Starting in 2017, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2016.

Starting in 2017, albums released in 2016 will be eligible for nomination in January. There will be a designated 2016 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination for 2015 will end.

Starting in January, ballots must contain exactly 8 nominated albums to be valid.

Starting in January, 6 albums will be inducted in every Album Project and Genre Project vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Warren Zevon (eligible again in March 2017)
Lucinda Williams (eligible again in April 2017)
Buddy Guy (eligible again in May 2017)
Santana (eligible again in June 2017)
B.B. King (eligible again in July 2017)
King Crimson (eligible again in August 2017)

Depeche Mode is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015, one album from 2016 and two albums from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1990's Electronica
1990's R&B
Film and TV Soundtracks
Singer/Songwriter

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Novelty" is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

"Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"Post-Rock" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"Christmas Albums" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"70's Hard Rock" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Original Broadway Cast Albums" and "Southern Rock" are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Harry Nilsson
Lou Reed
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Depeche Mode
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Pearl Jam
Prince
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/31/2017 @ 15:48pm

The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It (2016)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)

Genre vote:

Krautrock

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 01/31/2017 @ 16:07pm

My nominations:
Air- Moon Safari (1998)
Animal Collective- Painting With (2016)
Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac (1997)

Genre: Alt-Country

Artist: Ryan Adams (solo career)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 01/31/2017 @ 16:22pm

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Giorgio Moroder- From Here to Eternity (1977)
Kanye West- The Life of Pablo (2016)

Genre Vote

1980's R&B/Soul

Artist Vote

Queen

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 01/31/2017 @ 18:29pm

My February 2017/2042 nominee for induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Genre

Art/Progressive Rock

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 02/1/2017 @ 03:16am

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)

R.E.M.

Country

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 02/1/2017 @ 07:13am

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno-Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Anais Mitchell-Hadestown (2010)
King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard-Nonagon Infinity (2016)

Posted by Dr. W on Wednesday, 02/1/2017 @ 13:11pm

Yes- Going For The One (1977)
Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/1/2017 @ 13:48pm

Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)

Ambient

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02/1/2017 @ 16:02pm

Paul Pena - New Train (2000)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Eliot Sumner - Information (2016)

Genre:

Tulsa Sound

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 02/1/2017 @ 20:05pm

noms:

Madonna - Music (2000)
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 02/1/2017 @ 22:47pm

Here are my nominees for this month's Album Project. Some of these are in response to recent events.

Asia - Asia (1982)
Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce (2008)
Sting - 57th And 9th (2016)

My Genre vote nomination for the month is:

Swing

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Can

Happy Groundhog Day!,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Wednesday, 02/1/2017 @ 22:55pm

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 02/2/2017 @ 08:41am

Genre Nomination

Hip-Hop/Rap

Been a while since we tackled this in a genre vote

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/3/2017 @ 10:16am

Nominations:

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)

Artist - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/3/2017 @ 10:43am

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 02/3/2017 @ 11:50am

Genre - Live Albums

Artist - Rod Stewart

Posted by Nick on Friday, 02/3/2017 @ 18:52pm

Febuary 2017 Album Nominations:

Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 02/3/2017 @ 23:05pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (please let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown (2010)
Animal Collective - Painting With (2016)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Asia - Asia (1982)
Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce (2008)
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Eliot Sumner - Information (2016)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Madonna - Music (2000)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Sting - 57th And 9th (2016)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It (2016)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

The 6 albums that get the most votes (including tiebreaker votes if necessary) will be inducted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/4/2017 @ 02:24am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980's R&B/Soul
1990's Electronica
1990's R&B
Alt-Country
Ambient
Art/Progressive Rock
Country
Film and TV Soundtracks
Hip-Hop/Rap
Krautrock
Live Albums
Singer/Songwriter
Swing
Tulsa Sound

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 6th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/4/2017 @ 02:31am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Can
Electric Light Orchestra
Harry Nilsson
Lou Reed
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
R.E.M.
Rod Stewart
Ryan Adams (solo career)
T.V. On The Radio
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Voters may vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/4/2017 @ 02:37am

Eliot Sumner - Information (2016)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Ambient
Film and TV Soundtracks
Krautrock
Live Albums
Tulsa Sound

Can
Electric Light Orchestra
Harry Nilsson
Miles Davis

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 02/4/2017 @ 14:15pm

General Vote

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Asia - Asia (1982)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Madonna - Music (2000)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre Vote

1980's R&B/Soul
1990's Electronica
1990's R&B
Film and TV Soundtracks
Singer/Songwriter

Artist Vote

Bob Seger
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 02/4/2017 @ 14:42pm

I'm jumping in this round

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Genre Vote:

1990's Electronica
Hip-Hop/Rap
Krautrock
Live Albums
Singer/Songwriter

Artist Vote:

Bob Seger
Harry Nilsson
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
T.V. On The Radio
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 02/4/2017 @ 15:23pm

Air- Moon Safari (1998)
Animal Collective- Painting With (2016)
Anthrax- Among the Living (1987)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
Madonna- Music (2000)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Tery Riley- A Rainbow in Curved Air (1968)
Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac (1997)

90's Electronica
Alt-Country
Ambient
Krautrock
Singer/Songwriter

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Harry Nilsson
of Montreal
Ryan Adams

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/4/2017 @ 15:50pm

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac (1997)

1990's Electronica
Alt-Country
Ambient
Country
Krautrock

Can
Miles Davis
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Ryan Adams (solo career)
T.V. On The Radio

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/4/2017 @ 16:39pm

Artists

Electric Light Orchestra
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 02/4/2017 @ 22:21pm

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Asia - Asia (1982)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno-Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac (1997)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)

Posted by joker on Saturday, 02/4/2017 @ 22:30pm

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Mike on Sunday, 02/5/2017 @ 15:47pm

Asia - Asia (1982)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Madonna - Music (2000)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 02/5/2017 @ 23:55pm

1990's Electronica
Alt-Country
Film and TV Soundtracks
Hip-Hop/Rap
Singer/Songwriter

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/6/2017 @ 14:57pm

Art/Progressive Rock
Film and TV Soundtracks
Hip-Hop/Rap
Krautrock
Singer/Songwriter

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/6/2017 @ 15:17pm

Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce (2008)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

1980’s R&B/Soul
1990’s R&B
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums
Singer/Songwriter

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Lou Reed
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Nick on Monday, 02/6/2017 @ 17:51pm

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

The last cuts were Iggy Pop, the 1975 (has had no traction at all), Kanye West, My Morning Jacket, and Fitz and the Tantrums.

1990's Electronica
Ambient
Country
Hip-Hop/Rap
Krautrock

Last cuts were Tulsa Sound and Singer/Songwriter.

Bonnie Raitt
Harry Nilsson
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
T.V. On The Radio

Last cuts were Lou Reed and Miles Davis.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 02/6/2017 @ 19:30pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce (2008)
Asia - Asia (1982)
Sting - 57th And 9th (2016)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)

My Genre Vote nominations are probably different than most. Here they are.

Swing
Krautrock
Singer/Songwriter
Art/Progressive Rock
Ambient

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Can
Harry Nilsson
Lou Reed
Paul McCartney
Bonnie Raitt

Some of the albums on the ballot could use more support,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Monday, 02/6/2017 @ 21:33pm

My votes:

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)

Would support in the future:

Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce (2008)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
Madonna - Music (2000)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/6/2017 @ 22:08pm

Bob Seger
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
T.V. On The Radio
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/6/2017 @ 22:12pm

Febuary 2017 Album Genre Ballot:

Art\Progressive Rock
Country
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums
Singer/Songwriter

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 02/6/2017 @ 22:19pm

My current vote count (please let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977) - 7

R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) - 5
_______________________

Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 4
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) - 4
Asia - Asia (1982) - 4
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) - 4
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 4
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) - 4
_______________________

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016) - 3
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973) - 3
Heart - Little Queen (1977) - 3
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 3
Madonna - Music (2000) - 3
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 3
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016) - 3
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 3
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 3
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997) - 3

Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce (2008) - 2
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 2
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016) - 2
Madonna - True Blue (1986) - 2
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 2
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 2
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016) - 2
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 2

Animal Collective - Painting With (2016) - 1
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977) - 1
Eliot Sumner - Information (2016) - 1
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016) - 1
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 1
Paul Pena - New Train (2000) - 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1
Sting - 57th And 9th (2016) - 1

Anais Mitchell - Hadestown (2010) - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 0
King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) - 0
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983) - 0
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It (2016) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

dmg
Donnie
Steve Z
Greg F
DarinRG
joker
Mike
jtrichey
Nick
SotN
Lax34
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/6/2017 @ 23:11pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Singer/Songwriter - 8
____________________

Krautrock - 7

1990's Electronica - 6
Film and TV Soundtracks - 6

Ambient - 5

Hip-Hop/Rap - 4
Live Albums - 4
____________________

Alt-Country - 3
Art/Progressive Rock - 3
Country - 3

1980's R&B/Soul - 2
1990's R&B - 2

Swing - 1
Tulsa Sound - 1

This month's selected genre is "Singer/Songwriter". Nominations begin at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th. Please use the time before then to determine if this genre should be split into two votes or not and what albums are eligible for this genre.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/6/2017 @ 23:41pm

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 02/6/2017 @ 23:59pm

Yes split 1985
1900-1985, 1986-2016

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/7/2017 @ 02:50am

R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
Madonna - Music (2000)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)

Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Neil Young
Queen
R.E.M.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 02/7/2017 @ 20:08pm

Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Kacey Musgraves - Pageant Material (2015)
Kayne West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

Miles Davis
Neil Young
Paul McCartney
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Derek on Tuesday, 02/7/2017 @ 21:10pm

I honestly don't think a split is necessary here.

It seems like every Genre Vote these days turns into a split. Even Christmas Albums and Novelty (two of our worst categories) turned into Genre splits.

I think this is a pretty concrete genre that can make some headway with just one class. Especially now that our class is bigger.

I oppose a split and vote no.

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 02/7/2017 @ 22:39pm

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/8/2017 @ 18:18pm

February 2017 Album Ballot:

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts include Asia, Cheap Trick, Electric Light Orchestra, Fitz & The Tantrums, Grand Funk Railroad, Mumford & Sons, Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno, Sting, The Monkees, and Yes. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

February 2017 Artist Ballot:

Bob Seger
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Last Cuts include Bonnie Raitt, Electric Light Orchestra and R.E.M.. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 02/8/2017 @ 22:26pm

Artist Vote:

Bob Seger
Can
Lou Reed
Miles Davis
Paul McCartney (both solo and with Wings)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/8/2017 @ 22:51pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977) - 7
____________________________

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016) - 6
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) - 6
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 6
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016) - 6
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) - 6
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 6
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) - 6
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 6
____________________________

Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 5
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) - 5
Heart - Little Queen (1977) - 5

Asia - Asia (1982) - 4
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016) - 4
Madonna - Music (2000) - 4
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 4
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 4
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 4
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 4
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 3
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an An American Band (1973) - 3
Madonna - True Blue (1986) - 3
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997) - 3
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 3

Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce (2008) - 2
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977) - 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 2
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 2

Animal Collective - Painting With (2016) - 1
Eliot Sumner - Information (2016) - 1
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016) - 1
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 1
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983) - 1
Paul Pena - New Train (2000) - 1
Sting - 57th And 9th (2016) - 1

Anais Mitchell - Hadestown (2010) - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 0
King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) - 0
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It (2016) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

dmg
Donnie
Steve Z
Greg F
DarinRG
joker
Mike
jtrichey
Nick
SotN
Lax34
Darren
Gassman
BSLO
Derek
Tom H.
Jennifer

The following album has been inducted as a result of this vote:

Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Anyone who voted in this Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 8 albums in order of preference. The highest ranked album gets 8 points, the second highest 7 points and so on.

The 5 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The album that gets the fewest points will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project or the tiebreaker if it's eligible.

There will be two days of voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/9/2017 @ 01:41am

This month's selected genre is "Singer/Songwriter". The genre has been split into two votes (one voter wanted a split, another didn't, so tie went to the vote split), 1900-1985 and 1985-2016.

Nominations are now open for this month's first genre vote, "Singer/Songwriter 1900-1985".

Voters can nominate two albums that the think are eligible for this genre vote.

If you feel that a nominated album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre vote, please lodge a protest and explain your reasons. Any album that receives three protests will automatically be disqualified for this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations, followed by one day of review (nominations will still be allowed on the third day, but please be sure that they definitely belong in this genre).

Nominations will end and review will begin at 10 PM Central on Friday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/9/2017 @ 01:44am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bob Seger - 7
__________________________________

Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings) - 6
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 6

Bonnie Raitt - 5
Harry Nilsson - 5

Can - 4
Miles Davis - 4
Rod Stewart - 4
__________________________________

Lou Reed - 3
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 3
Queen - 3
T.V. On The Radio - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - 2
Neil Young - 2
of Montreal - 2
Ryan Adams (solo career) - 2

R.E.M. - 1

This month's selected artist is Bob Seger.

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. Any voter can nominate one Bob Seger album from 1900-2016 that hasn't already been inducted into the project.

Here are the Bob Seger albums that have already been inducted:

Live Bullet (1976)

Here's a link to wikipedia's Bob Seger discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Seger_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/9/2017 @ 01:58am

Genre 1 nominations:
Carly Simon- No Secrets (1972)
Dan Fogelberg- The Innocent Age (1981)

Genre 2 nominations:
Aimee Mann- Whatever (1993)
Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker (2000)

Tiebreaker:
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) (8)
Kacey Musgraves- Pageant Material (2015) (7)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Skeleton Tree (2016) (6)
Chance the Rapper- Coloring Book (2016) (5)
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) (4)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) (3)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) (2)
Foreigner- Double Vision (1978) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/9/2017 @ 02:22am

Artist Vote:
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band- Stranger in Town (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/9/2017 @ 02:26am

One Seger album in? That seems hard to believe, but the evidence is there.

Anyway:

Tiebreaker:

1. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) (8 points)
2. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016) (7 points)
3. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016) (6 points)
4. Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) (5 points)
5. The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) (4 points)
6. Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) (3 points)
7. Rush - Fly By Night (1975) (2 points)
8. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) (A point.)

Genre nominations (Round 1):
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)

Genre nominations (Round 2):
Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now (2013)

Artist vote:
Bob Seger - Night Moves (1976)

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 02/9/2017 @ 03:12am

Slight correction to typo: Older Than My Old Man Now was 2012, not 2013.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 02/9/2017 @ 03:14am

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band- Against The Wind (1980)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 02/9/2017 @ 06:39am

Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) 8
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016) 7
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) 6
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016) 5
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) 4
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) 3
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) 2
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) 1

Posted by Gass3268 on Thursday, 02/9/2017 @ 08:10am

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Rush- Fly by Night (1975) (8 pts)
2. Chance the Rapper- Coloring Book (2016) (7 pts)
3. R.E.M.- New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) (6 pts)
4. Foreigner- Double Vision (1978) (5 pts)
5. The Edgar Winter Group- They Only Come Out at Night (1972) (4 pts)
6. Kacey Musgraves- Pagaent Material (2015) (3 pts)
7. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds- Skeleton Tree (2016) (2 pts)
8. Sturgill Simpson- A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) (1 pt)

Genre Vote 1

Emitt Rhodes- Emitt Rhodes (1970)
Jackson Browne- The Pretender (1976)

Genre Vote 2

Matthew Sweet- Girlfriend (1991)
Terence Trent D'Arby- Introducing the Hardline According to Tarence Trent D'Arby (1987)

Artist Vote

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band- Nine Tonight (1981) (even with the top 3 albums already taken, it was still hard to pick just one)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 02/9/2017 @ 15:55pm

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016) 8
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) 7
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) 6
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) 5
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) 4
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016) 3
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) 2
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) 1

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02/9/2017 @ 16:18pm

Tiebreaker:

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)

Genre:

John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)

Artist:

Bob Seger - Beautiful Loser (1975)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/9/2017 @ 22:44pm

1. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) 8 pts
2. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
3. Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
4. Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
5. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
6. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
7. The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
8. Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 02/9/2017 @ 23:17pm

Round 1

Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)

Round 2

Billy Bragg - Talking With the Taxman About Poetry (1986)
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (2014)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02/10/2017 @ 04:48am

Round One

James Taylor- Mud Slide Slim amd the Blue Horizon (1971)
Cat Stevens- Buddha and the Chocolate Box

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/10/2017 @ 10:18am

Tiebreaker:

The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) [8 Points]
R.E.M.- New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) [7 Points]
Foreigner- Double Vision (1978) [6 Points]
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds- Skeleton Tree (2016) [5 Points]
Sturgill Simpson- A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) [4 Points]
Rush- Fly by Night (1975) [3 Points]
Kacey Musgraves- Pagaent Material (2015) [2 Points]
Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book (2016) [1 Point]

Genre Nominations Part 1:
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)

Genre Nominations Part 2:
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (2006)

Artist Nomination:
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Like a Rock (1986)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 02/10/2017 @ 10:40am

Tiebreaker -
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 8
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) - 7
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) - 6
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 5
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016) - 4
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) - 3
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 2
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016) - 1

Genre 1 -
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)

Both nominations inspired by recent Song Project nominations earlier this month.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 02/10/2017 @ 11:39am

Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 8
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016) - 7
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016) - 6
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) - 5
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 4
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) - 3
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) - 2
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/10/2017 @ 12:06pm

Rush - Fly By Night (1975) (8 pts)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) (1 pt)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 02/10/2017 @ 12:41pm

Rush - Fly By Night (1975)-8
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)-7
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)-6
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)-5
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)-4
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)-3
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)-2
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/10/2017 @ 12:56pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016) - 71
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016) - 63
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016) - 53
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996) - 53
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015) - 51
_____________________________

Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 49
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 49
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) - 43

Rush, The Edgar Winter Group and Foreigner will be automatically nominated for the March Album Project. If you think that one of them should be included in the Singer/Songwriter genre votes, let us know and the group will consider them.

Here's the final class of inductees for the February Album Project:

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/11/2017 @ 00:13am

Nominations are now closed (you can still nominate albums if you like, but please be sure that they're definitely eligible for this genre vote) and review is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes (1970)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim amd the Blue Horizon (1971)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

If you think that any of these albums have been nominated inappropriately for this genre vote, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Review will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 11th. There will then be 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/11/2017 @ 00:37am

There weren't any protested albums.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes (1970)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim amd the Blue Horizon (1971)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

Voters must vote for exactly 6 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/11/2017 @ 23:05pm

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Emitt Rhodes- Emitt Rhodes (1970)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)
Scott Walker- Scott 4 (1969)

Last cuts were Nick Lowe, Loudon Wainweight III, & Tom Waits.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/12/2017 @ 00:48am

Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim amd the Blue Horizon (1971)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 02/12/2017 @ 18:00pm

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim amd the Blue Horizon (1971)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 02/13/2017 @ 02:03am

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes (1970)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

Last Cuts were John Prine and James Taylor

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 02/13/2017 @ 22:01pm

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 02/13/2017 @ 22:14pm

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim amd the Blue Horizon (1971)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/14/2017 @ 17:33pm

Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes (1970)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)

The last cuts were John Prine and Boz Scaggs.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 02/14/2017 @ 18:35pm

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 02/14/2017 @ 19:36pm

Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970)
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 02/14/2017 @ 23:03pm

Artist Nomination -
The Bob Seger System - Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1969)

I don't know if this fits under the 'Bob Seger' umbrella, so if there's any objections I'll nominate something else. On a related note, it's hard to believe Seger only has 1 album inducted into the Album Project. I remember nominating 'Live Bullet' a while back and shocked that wasn't inducted yet and then it went in immediately. This is gonna be a tough Artist vote for sure.

Joker,
As per the new Album Project rules from a few months ago, a ballot needs 8 albums in order for it to be counted. You still have 2 albums left for your ballot.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 02/15/2017 @ 11:28am

Yep Bob Seger System albums fit too. When I nominated Bob Seger I meant for a vote to cover his whole career.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/15/2017 @ 12:20pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972) - 8

Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971) - 7

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976) - 6
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969) - 6

Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969) - 5
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974) - 5
_________________________________________

Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 4
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976) - 4
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim amd the Blue Horizon (1971) - 4
John Prine - John Prine (1971) - 4
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970) - 4

Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 3
Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes (1970) - 3
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) - 3

Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box - 2
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
DarinRG
Steve Z
Donnie
Nick
Tom H.
SotN
BSLO
joker (2 votes remaining)

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/16/2017 @ 02:00am

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 02/16/2017 @ 21:02pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972) - 9

Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971) - 8

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976) - 7

Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969) - 6
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974) - 6
__________________________________

Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976) - 5
John Prine - John Prine (1971) - 5
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969) - 5
__________________________________

Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 4
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim amd the Blue Horizon (1971) - 4
Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Wainwright III (Album I) (1970) - 4

Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 3
Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes (1970) - 3
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) - 3

Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box - 2
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
DarinRG
Steve Z
Donnie
Nick
Tom H.
SotN
BSLO
joker
Gassman

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference. The highest ranked song will get 3 points, second highest 2 points and the lowest will get 1 point.

The album that get the most points will be inducted. The other 2 albums will be automatically nominated for the March Song Project vote.

There will be 2 days of voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/16/2017 @ 23:52pm

Nominations are now open for this month's first genre vote, "Singer/Songwriter 1986-2016".

Voters can nominate two albums that the think are eligible for this genre vote.

If you feel that a nominated album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre vote, please lodge a protest and explain your reasons. Any album that receives three protests will automatically be disqualified for this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations, followed by one day of review (nominations will still be allowed on the third day, but please be sure that they definitely belong in this genre).

Nominations will end and review will begin at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/16/2017 @ 23:55pm

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project vote.

This month's selected artist is Bob Seger. Voters can nominate one album by Bob Seger (I think we're allowing albums from any of Seger's bands) that hasn't already been inducted into the Album Project.

Nominations will end and voting will begin at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/16/2017 @ 23:58pm

Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969) - 3
John Prine - John Prine (1971) - 2
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976) - 1

Posted by joker on Friday, 02/17/2017 @ 00:28am

Round 2 Nominations

Billy Joel- Storm Front (1989)
Norah Jones- Feels Like Home (2004)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/17/2017 @ 10:54am

John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)

Posted by Derek on Friday, 02/17/2017 @ 12:08pm

Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969) - 3
John Prine - John Prine (1971) - 2
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976) - 1

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02/17/2017 @ 16:55pm

John Prine - John Prine (1971) - 3
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976) - 2
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 02/17/2017 @ 19:07pm

Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969) - 3
John Prine - John Prine (1971) - 2
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976) - 1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/17/2017 @ 21:19pm

Scott Walker- Scott 4 (1969) 3
John Prine- John Prine (1971) 2
Jackson Browne- The Pretender (1976) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/17/2017 @ 22:01pm

Tiebreaker -
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976) - 3
John Prine- John Prine (1971) - 2
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969) - 1

Nominations -
Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room (2001)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 02/18/2017 @ 17:42pm

1. Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969) (3 points)
2. John Prine - John Prine (1971) (2 points)
3. Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 02/18/2017 @ 23:25pm

Tiebreaker -
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976) - 3
John Prine- John Prine (1971) - 2
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969) - 1

Nominations:

22, A Million (2016) - Bon Iver
Once I Was an Eagle (2013) - Laura Marling

Posted by Gass3268 on Sunday, 02/19/2017 @ 02:29am

1. Jackson Browne- The Pretender (1976) (3 pts)
2. Scott Walker- Scott 4 (1969) (2 pts)
3. John Prine- John Prine (1971) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 02/19/2017 @ 10:23am

Tiebreaker voting is now over.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969) - 20
_____________________________

John Prine - John Prine (1971) - 18
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976) - 16

John Prine and Jackson Browne will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees for this genre class:

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/19/2017 @ 18:00pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993)
Billy Bragg - Talking With the Taxman About Poetry (1986)
Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016)
Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle (2013)
Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now (2012)
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room (2001)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (2006)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (2014)
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Tarence Trent D'Arby (1987)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballots to be valid. If a voter accidentally votes for fewer than 8 nominated albums, their votes will still be counted and they'll have the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots for more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/20/2017 @ 02:06am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open for this month's Artist Project vote.

This month's selected artist is Bob Seger.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Against The Wind (1980)
Beautiful Loser (1975)
Like a Rock (1986)
Night Moves (1976)
Nine Tonight (1981)
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1969)
Stranger in Town (1978)

Voters can voter for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/20/2017 @ 02:07am

Genre Vote 2

Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (2006)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Tarence Trent D'Arby (1987)

Last Cuts: Billy Joel, Norah Jones, and Michelle Branch

Artist Vote

Against The Wind (1980)
Beautiful Loser (1975)
Night Moves (1976)
Nine Tonight (1981)
Stranger in Town (1978)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 02/20/2017 @ 08:49am

Aimee Mann- Whatever (1992)
Bon Ivor- 22 A Million (2016)
Elliot Smith- Figure 8 (2000)
PJ Harvey- Dry (1992)
Regina Spektor- Begin to Hope (2006)
Gillion Welch- Time (The Revelator) (2001)
Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker (2000)
Terrance Trent D'Arby- Introducding the Hardline According to Terrance Trent D'Arby (1987)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/20/2017 @ 14:05pm

Bob Seger vote

Against the Wind (1980)
Beautiful Loser (1975)
Night Moves (1976)
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1968)
Stranger in Town (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/20/2017 @ 14:10pm

Bob Seger vote

Against the Wind (1980)
Beautiful Loser (1975)
Night Moves (1976)
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1968)
Stranger in Town (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/20/2017 @ 14:10pm

Billy Bragg - Talking With the Taxman About Poetry (1986)
Elliot Smith- Figure 8 (2000)
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle (2013)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (2014)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 02/20/2017 @ 15:17pm

Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993)
Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016)
Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (2006)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)

The last cuts were Loudon Wainwright III, PJ Harvey, Billy Bragg, Paula Cole, and Norah Jones.

Against The Wind (1980)
Beautiful Loser (1975)
Like a Rock (1986)
Night Moves (1976)
Stranger in Town (1978)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 02/22/2017 @ 11:11am

Bob Seger Ballot

Against The Wind (1980)
Like A Rock (1986)
Night Moves (1976)
Nine Tonight (1981)
Stranger In Town (1978)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/22/2017 @ 12:30pm

Round 2 Genre Ballot

Billy Joel- Storm Front (1989)
Bon Iver- 22, A Million (2016)
John Mayer- Room for Squares (2001)
Norah Jones- Feels Like Home (2004)
Paula Cole- This Fire (1996)
PJ Harvey- Dry (1992)
Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker (2000)
Taylor Swift- Fearless (2008)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/22/2017 @ 13:19pm

Billy Bragg - Talking With the Taxman About Poetry (1986)
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (2014)
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now (2013)
Aimee Mann- Whatever (1993)
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle (2013)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 02/22/2017 @ 23:26pm

Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016)
Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle (2013)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (2014)

Have never listened to a Bob Seger album, so I'm going to pass.

Posted by Gass3268 on Wednesday, 02/22/2017 @ 23:58pm

Billy Bragg - Talking With the Taxman About Poetry (1986)
Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016)
Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (2006)
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)

Artist Vote:
Against The Wind (1980)
Beautiful Loser (1975)
Like a Rock (1986)
Night Moves (1976)
Stranger in Town (1978)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 02/23/2017 @ 02:04am

Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (2006)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Tarence Trent D'Arby (1987)

Against The Wind (1980)
Beautiful Loser (1975)
Night Moves (1976)
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1969)
Stranger in Town (1978)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/23/2017 @ 19:02pm

Singer-Songwriter 2 -
Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016)
John Mayer - Room For Squares (2001)
Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room (2001)
Loundon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now (2012)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Regina Specktor - Begin to Hope (2006)
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)

Bob Seger -
Like a Rock (1980)
Night Moves (1976)
Nine Tonight (1981)
Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (1969)
Stranger in Town (1978)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 02/24/2017 @ 13:08pm

My votes:

Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993)
Billy Bragg - Talking With the Taxman About Poetry (1986)
Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room (2001)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (2006)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)

Against The Wind (1980)
Beautiful Loser (1975)
Night Moves (1976)
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1969)
Stranger in Town (1978)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/24/2017 @ 16:49pm

My current vote count:

Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000) - 8
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992) - 8
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000) - 8

Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (2006) - 7
_______________________________

Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016) - 6
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) - 6
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 6
_______________________________

Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004) - 5

Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993) - 4
Billy Bragg - Talking With the Taxman About Poetry (1986) - 4
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Tarence Trent D'Arby (1987) - 4

John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001) - 3
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle (2013) - 3
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991) - 3
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (2014) - 3

Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989) - 2
Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now (2012) - 2
Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room (2001) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Greg F
DarinRG
SotN
Tom H.
joker
Gassman
Steve Z
BSLO
Nick
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Friday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/24/2017 @ 16:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if I missed any):

Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000) - 8
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992) - 8
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000) - 8

Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (2006) - 7
_______________________________

Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016) - 6
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) - 6
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 6
_______________________________

Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004) - 5

Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993) - 4
Billy Bragg - Talking With the Taxman About Poetry (1986) - 4
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Tarence Trent D'Arby (1987) - 4

John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001) - 3
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle (2013) - 3
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991) - 3
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (2014) - 3

Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989) - 2
Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now (2012) - 2
Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room (2001) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Greg F
DarinRG
SotN
Tom H.
joker
Gassman
Steve Z
BSLO
Nick
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (2006)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016)
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)

Anyone who voted in this month's genre vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker. To vote in this tiebreaker, rank all three songs in order of preference.

The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 28th (to account for the delay in results being posted).

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/25/2017 @ 16:31pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Night Moves (1976) 8
Stranger in Town (1978) 8
________________________

Against The Wind (1980) 7
Beautiful Loser (1975) 6
Like a Rock (1986) 4
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1969) 4
Nine Tonight (1981) 3

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves (1976)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Stranger In Town (1978)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/25/2017 @ 16:32pm

Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) - 3
Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016) - 2
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/25/2017 @ 16:34pm

Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) - 2
Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016) - 3
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 1

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 02/25/2017 @ 17:10pm

Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016) - 3
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) - 2
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 1

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 02/25/2017 @ 17:11pm

Gillian Welch- Time (The Revelator) (2001) 3
Bon Iver- 22 A Million (2016) 2
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/25/2017 @ 19:23pm

Tiebreaker -
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 3
Bon Iver - 22 A Million (2016) - 2
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) - 1

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 02/26/2017 @ 00:15am

1. Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016) (3 points)
2. Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) (2 points)
3. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 02/26/2017 @ 21:29pm

Tiebreaker:

Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016) [3 Points]
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) [2 Points]
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 02/27/2017 @ 16:11pm

Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) - 3
Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016) - 2
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 02/28/2017 @ 05:43am

Tie Breaker

Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 3
Bon Iver - 22 A Million (2016) - 2
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) - 1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/28/2017 @ 09:04am

Rule Changes In 2017:

Starting in 2017, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2016.

Starting in 2017, albums released in 2016 will be eligible for nomination in January. There will be a designated 2016 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination for 2015 will end.

Starting in January, ballots must contain exactly 8 nominated albums to be valid.

Starting in January, 6 albums will be inducted in every Album Project and Genre Project vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Lucinda Williams (eligible again in April 2017)
Buddy Guy (eligible again in May 2017)
Santana (eligible again in June 2017)
B.B. King (eligible again in July 2017)
King Crimson (eligible again in August 2017)
Bob Seger (eligible again in September 2017)

Warren Zevon is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015, one album from 2016 and two albums from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

***Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
***Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
***Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

***Pending tiebreaker result

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1990's Electronica
Ambient
Film and TV Soundtracks
Hip-Hop/Rap
Krautrock
Live Albums

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"Post-Rock" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"Christmas Albums" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"70's Hard Rock" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Singer/Songwriter" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"Novelty" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Bonnie Raitt
Can
Harry Nilsson
Miles Davis
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Depeche Mode
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Pearl Jam
Prince
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/28/2017 @ 23:18pm

March nominations:

Air- Moon Safari (1998)
De La Soul- And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac (1997)

Genre: Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century

Artist: Sparks

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/28/2017 @ 23:29pm

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
Weezer - Weezer (White Album) (2016)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 02/28/2017 @ 23:51pm

General Vote Nominations

AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)
Kanye West- The Life of Pablo (2016)
Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Genre Vote Nomination

1980's R&B/Soul

Artist Vote Nomination

Queen

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 03/1/2017 @ 00:09am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016) - 19
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) - 16
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Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 13

Norah Jones will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016)
Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (2006)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/1/2017 @ 00:29am

My March 2017/2042 nominees for induction into The Song Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Genre

Art/Progressive Rock

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 03/1/2017 @ 01:47am

La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016)
Metallica- Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)

Genre Nomination

Jazz

Artist Nomination

John Williams

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/1/2017 @ 06:59am

Joseph - I'm Alone, No You're Not (2016)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake (2016)

Genre:

Thrash Metal

Artist:

Ravi Shankar

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 03/1/2017 @ 13:23pm

King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard-Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno-Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Swans-The Seer (2012) (Didn't nominate for post-rock because I feared vote splitting with To be Kind)

Posted by Dr. W on Wednesday, 03/1/2017 @ 20:27pm

I am sorry to have been tardy in my absence much of last month. There were a lot of birthdays and special occasions to attend to. None the less, here is my nomination ballot for this month's Album Project.

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Roger Waters - Amused To Death (1992)
Neil Young - Peace Trail (2016)

My Genre Vote nomination, similar to past ones, is:

Songs from the Grand Theft Auto series

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Sparks

Hopefully will be more active this month,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Wednesday, 03/1/2017 @ 22:15pm

noms:

The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 03/1/2017 @ 22:36pm

LAX34,

I already nominated Sparks. You can nominate someone else if you'd like.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/2/2017 @ 00:43am

I had messed up on my Genre Vote nomination, mistaking my Song Project nomination as my Album Project nomination. To correct this, I would like for my Genre Vote nomination this month be Video Game Soundtracks.

Sorry for the confusion,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Thursday, 03/2/2017 @ 08:54am

John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)

Artist - Neil Diamond

Posted by Derek on Friday, 03/3/2017 @ 00:25am

R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)

Neil Young

Country

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 03/3/2017 @ 05:31am

General -
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

Artist -
Elvis Costello

Genre -
Female Artists

Posted by Nick on Friday, 03/3/2017 @ 10:44am

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)
Blink-182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 03/3/2017 @ 15:26pm

Nominations:

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)

Artist - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/3/2017 @ 16:19pm

My nominees will be:

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
The Avalanches - Wildflower (2016)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 03/3/2017 @ 19:09pm

March 2017 Album Nominations:

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - California 37 (2012)

March 2017 Album Genre Nominations:

Soft Rock

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 03/3/2017 @ 21:39pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)
Blink-182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Joseph - I'm Alone, No You're Not (2016)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
La La Land - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Neil Young - Peace Trail (2016)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Roger Waters - Amused To Death (1992)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake (2016)
The Avalanches - Wildflower (2016)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Weezer - Weezer (White Album) (2016)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/4/2017 @ 02:57am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980's R&B/Soul
1990's Electronica
Ambient
Art/Progressive Rock
Country
Female Artists
Film and TV Soundtracks
Hip-Hop/Rap
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century
Jazz
Krautrock
Live Albums
Soft Rock
Thrash Metal
Video Game Soundtracks

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Monday the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/4/2017 @ 02:57am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Bonnie Raitt
Can
Electric Light Orchestra
Elvis Costello
Harry Nilsson
John Williams
Miles Davis
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
Ravi Shankar
Rod Stewart
Sparks
T.V. On The Radio
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/4/2017 @ 02:58am

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)
Whiskeytown- Strangers Almanac (1997)

1990's Electronica
Ambient
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century
Jazz
Thrash Metal

Bonnie Raitt
Can
Harry Nilsson
Sparks
T.V. on the Radio

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/4/2017 @ 03:45am

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)

1990's Electronica
Ambient
Country
Jazz
Krautrock

Can
Elvis Costello
Miles Davis
Ravi Shankar
Sparks

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03/4/2017 @ 13:51pm

Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 03/4/2017 @ 23:21pm

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Joseph - I'm Alone, No You're Not (2016)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake (2016)

Genres:

Ambient
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums
Thrash Metal
Video Game Soundtracks

Artists:

John Williams
Miles Davis
Queen
Ravi Shankar

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 03/5/2017 @ 13:37pm

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)
Blink-182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Ambient
Hip-Hop/Rap
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century
Krautrock
Thrash Metal

Can
Harry Nilsson
Rod Stewart
T.V. On The Radio
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 03/5/2017 @ 15:07pm

General Vote

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)
Blink-182 - Enema of the State (1999) (thought this had already been inducted, but it's not listed)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990) (The White Room is more deserving IMO, but no one has ever nominated the KLF, a vastly underrated group, so I've gotta throw my support to them. I might nominate The White Room next month, it'd also be a good candidate if 90's Electronica wins the Genre Vote)

Last Cuts: The Monkees, Rush, RHCP, Metallica, Lou Reed, John Mayer, ELO, Anthrax

Lots of good stuff to vote for this time around.

Genre Vote

1980's R&B/Soul
1990's Electronica
Female Artists
Film and TV Soundtracks
Soft Rock

Last Cuts: Thrash Metal, Hip-Hop, Ambient

Artist Vote

Elvis Costello
Harry Nilsson
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
Rod Stewart

Last Cuts: Bonnie Raitt, Neil Diamond, Miles Davis, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 03/5/2017 @ 18:49pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Roger Waters - Amused To Death (1992)
Neil Young - Peace Trail (2016)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

My Genre Vote ballot includes my corrected nomination.

Video Game Soundtracks
Female Artists
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century
Krautrock
Ambient

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Sparks
Sir Paul McCartney
Queen
Can
Bonnie Raitt

Earlier this time than before,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Sunday, 03/5/2017 @ 19:51pm

Ambient
Art/Progressive Rock
Film and TV Soundtracks
Jazz
Krautrock

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/6/2017 @ 10:34am

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990) (Thanks Donnie for your support, even if it wasn't the best choice for them!)

Last cuts were John Prine, My Morning Jacket, Maroon 5, Air, and Fitz and the Tantrums.

1990's Electronica
Hip-Hop/Rap
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century
Krautrock
Video Game Soundtracks

The last cuts were Female Artists, Ambient, and Thrash Metal.

Bonnie Raitt
Harry Nilsson
Ravi Shankar
Sparks
T.V. On The Radio

Last cuts were John Williams and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 03/6/2017 @ 19:10pm

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Blink-182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984)

1990's Electronica
Country
Hip-Hop/Rap
Jazz
Soft Rock

Bonnie Raitt
Harry Nilsson
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Queen

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 03/6/2017 @ 19:30pm

Genre -
1980’S R&B/Soul
Country
Female Artists
Hip-Hop/Rap
Live Albums

Artist -
Bonnie Raitt
Elvis Costello
John Williams
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

I’ll vote for the general nominees later this week.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 03/6/2017 @ 22:12pm

March 2017 Album Genre Ballot:

Country
Female Artists
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums
Soft Rock

My Last Cut was Art\Progressive Rock.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 03/6/2017 @ 22:29pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Ambient - 6
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1990's Electronica - 5
Krautrock - 5

Country - 4
Female Artists - 4
Film and TV Soundtracks - 4
Hip-Hop/Rap - 4
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century - 4
Jazz - 4
_________________________________

Live Albums - 3
Soft Rock - 3
Thrash Metal - 3
Video Game Soundtracks - 3

1980's R&B/Soul - 2

Art/Progressive Rock - 1

This month's selected genre is "Ambient".

Nominations will begin at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th. Please use the time before then to discuss which albums are eligible for this genre and whether or not we should split the genre into two votes.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/7/2017 @ 00:38am

Considering that aside from Eno and some random albums here and there we've barely scratched this genre, I think a split is a no-brainer.

As I'm looking over the candidates 1900-1984 and 1985-2016 looks like the sweet spot. That's the point where we see the essential works of most of the pioneer acts drying up (with a few exceptions) and the modern wave beginning to emerge.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/7/2017 @ 15:18pm

A couple references for Ambient:

http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9948-the-50-best-ambient-albums-of-all-time/?page=3

http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/09/28/24584587/we-give-pitchforks-50-best-ambient-albums-list-a-67-here-are-some-glaring-omissions

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/7/2017 @ 19:53pm

Another pretty solid list:

https://www.discogs.com/lists/Essential-Ambient/120454?page=2

A few suggestions that I came up with. I know that there are a few others in our group who could significantly add to this:

Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Tangerine Dream - Zeit (1972)
Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear (1978)
Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht (1972)
Klaus Schulze - Cyborg (1973)
Klaus Schulze - Timewind (1975)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Popol Vuh - Einsjäger & Siebenjäger (1974)
Terry Riley - Shri Camel (1978)
Terry Riley - Persian Surgery Dervishes (1972)
Ashra - New Age of Earth (1976)
Brian Eno -Discreet Music (1975)
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star (1975)
Cluster - Cluster '71 (1971)
Cluster - Sowiesoso (1976)
Eno Moebius Roedelius - After the Heat (1978)

Harold Budd/Brian Eno - The Pearl (1984)
Harold Budd - Lovely Thunder (1986)
Steve Roach - Structures From Silence (1984)
Steve Roach - Quiet Music (1988)
Steve Roach - Dreamtime Return (1988)
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980)
R. Carlos Nakai - Earth Spirit (1987)
R. Carlos Nakai - Canyon Trilogy (1989)
David Parsons - Himalaya (1989)
Pauline Oliveros - The Roots of the Moment (1988)
Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis - Deep Listening (1989)

Stars of the Lid - Avec Laudenum (1999)
Lustmord - The Place Where the Black Stars Hang (1994)
Robert Rich & B. Lustmord - Stalker (1995)
Robert Rich - Strata (1990)
Robert Rich & Steve Roach -SoMa (1992)
Biosphere - Microgravity (1992)
David Parsons - Yatra (1990)
David Parsons - Dorje Ling (1992)
Global Communication - 76:14 (1994)
Loren Nerell - Lilin Dewa (1986)
Oöphoi - Night Currents (1998)
Jonn Serrie - Planetary Chronicles, Vol. 1 (1992)
Vidna Obmana - The Trilogy (1996)
Vidna Obmana - Crossing the Trail (1998)
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works, Vol 2 (1994)
Polygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves (1992)
Autechre - Incunabula (1993)
Autechre - Tri Repetae (1995)
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
The Future Sound of London - Lifeforms (1994)
The Future Sound of London - Dead Cities (1996)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)
The KLF - Space (1990)
The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1991)
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)

Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (2002)
Harold Budd - The Room (2000)
Loscil - Submers (2002)
Steve Roach & Byron Metcalf - The Serpent's Lair (2000)
Steve Roach - Midnight Moon (2000)
Steve Roach - Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces (2003)
Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001)
Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline (2007)
Robert Rich - Calling Down the Sky (2004)
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops (2002)
William Basinski - Melancholia (2003)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Max Richter - Songs From Before (2006)
Max Richter - 24 Postcards in Full Color (2008)
Biosphere - Cirque (2000)
Chris Watson - Weather Report (2003)
Marconi Union - Distance (2005)
Jonn Serrie - The Stargazer's Journey (2003)
Oöphoi - Athlit (2002)
Oöphoi - Hymns to a Silent Sky (2005)
Thom Brennan - Mist (2000)
Thom Brennan - Stories from the Forest (2008)
Chihei Hatakeyama - Minima Moralia (2006)
Kammarheit - The Starwheel (2005)
Northaunt - Horizons (2006)
Svartsinn - Devouring Conciousness (2000)
Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet (2006)

Harold Budd - Jane 1-11 (2013)
Kiasmos - Kiasmos (2014)
Robert Rich - Nest (2012)
Max Richter - Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (2012)
Max Richter - Sleep (2015)
Chihei Hatakeyama - Moon Light Reflecting Over Mountains (2015)
Max Corbacho - The Ocean Inside (2012)
Chris Watson - El Tren Fantasma (2011)
Jah Wobble + Marconi Union - Anomic (2013)
Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place (2011)
Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe (2013)
Rafael Anton Irisarri - A Fragile Geography(2015)
Rafael Anton Irisarri - The Unintentional Sea (2013)
Kammarheit - The Nest (2015)
Tim Hecker - Virgins (2013)
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972 (2011)
Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin - Instrumental Tourist (2012)
The Haxan Cloak - Excavation (2013)
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)
Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven (2013)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica (2011)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/7/2017 @ 20:07pm

Thanks DarinRG for providing web links and potential albums for Ambient. To be honest, besides maybe Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream, I would have had no idea where to begin searching for potential album nominees. This helped tremendously since I know all too little about Ambient Music.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 03/7/2017 @ 22:41pm

My votes:

Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)

Would support in the future:

La La Land - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Weezer - Weezer (White Album) (2016)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)

Elvis Costello
Neil Young
Queen
T.V. On The Radio
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/8/2017 @ 01:02am

My current vote count:

Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976) - 5
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016) - 5

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) - 4
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980) - 4
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) - 4
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 4
________________________________________

Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 3
Blink-182 - Enema of the State (1999) - 3
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) - 3
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) - 3
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997) - 3

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 2
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 2
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
John Prine - John Prine (1971) - 2
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 2
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 2
The KLF - Chill Out (1990) - 2

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016) - 1
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 1
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016) - 1
Joseph - I'm Alone, No You're Not (2016) - 1
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974) - 1
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002) - 1
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016) - 1
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016) - 1
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 1
Neil Young - Peace Trail (2016) - 1
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1
Roger Waters - Amused To Death (1992) - 1
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 1
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1
Swans - The Seer (2012) - 1
Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake (2016) - 1
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 1
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016) - 1
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004) - 1

John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001) - 0
King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) - 0
La La Land - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016) - 0
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 0
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 0
The Avalanches - Wildflower (2016) - 0
Train - California 37 (2012) - 0
Weezer - Weezer (White Album) (2016) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
DarinRG
jtrichey
dmg
Steve Z.
Donnie
Lax34
SotN
BSLO
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th. Votes will be counted until 11 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/8/2017 @ 01:04am

March 2017 Album Ballot:

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Train - California 37 (2012)

Last Cuts include both Electric Light Orchestra albums, Fitz & The Tantrums, John Mayer, Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno, and The Monkees. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

March 2017 Artist Ballot:

Bonnie Raitt
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Last Cuts include Electric Light Orchestra, John Williams, and Neil Diamond. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 03/8/2017 @ 09:26am

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)
Blink-182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)

Had to cut a few albums that I had nominated due to the stacked ballot.

I'll come back later with an artist ballot

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/8/2017 @ 10:14am

Artist Ballot

Bonnie Raitt
Can
John Williams
Miles Davis
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)

Sparks was the final cut

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/8/2017 @ 10:41am

General Vote -
Blink-182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Lou Reed - Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out At Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 03/8/2017 @ 11:16am

"Thanks DarinRG for providing web links and potential albums for Ambient."

No problem, Nick. It's actually a pretty broad, diverse genre that has remained relatively innovative over the decades. Hopefully you'll stumble over something new that grabs your interest.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 03/8/2017 @ 13:59pm

Nice list, Darin. I even see the Jonn Serrie album that I was going to nominate. :)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 03/8/2017 @ 18:02pm

"Nice list, Darin. I even see the Jonn Serrie album that I was going to nominate. :)"

Thanks. I remember you mentioning that Serrie was your gateway into Ambient.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 03/8/2017 @ 18:45pm

Blink-182- Enema of the State (1999)
Darlene Love- Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
De La Soul- And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Electric Light Orchesta- Discovery (1979)
John Mayer- Room for Squares (2001)
Maroon 5- Songs About Jane (2002)
Paula Cole- This Fire (1996)
The Edgar Winter Group- They Only Come Out At Night (1972)

Elvis Costello
Miles Davis
Neil Diamond
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Derek on Wednesday, 03/8/2017 @ 21:32pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Blink-182 - Enema of the State (1999) - 6
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978) - 6
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976) - 6

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980) - 5
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016) - 5
_______________________________

Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 4
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) - 4
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 4
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) - 4
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 4
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) - 4
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002) - 4
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 4
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 4
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 4
_______________________________

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 3
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997) - 3

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 2
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 2
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
John Prine - John Prine (1971) - 2
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974) - 2
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016) - 2
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 2
The KLF - Chill Out (1990) - 2
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016) - 2

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016) - 1
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016) - 1
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001) - 1
Joseph - I'm Alone, No You're Not (2016) - 1
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016) - 1
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 1
Neil Young - Peace Trail (2016) - 1
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 1
Roger Waters - Amused To Death (1992) - 1
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 1
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012) - 1
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1
Swans - The Seer (2012) - 1
Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake (2016) - 1
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004) - 1
Train - California 37 (2012) - 1

King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) - 0
La La Land - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016) - 0
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 0
The Avalanches - Wildflower (2016) - 0
Weezer - Weezer (White Album) (2016) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
DarinRG
jtrichey
dmg
Steve Z.
Donnie
Lax34
SotN
BSLO
Darren
Jennifer
Tom H.
Nick
Derek

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)
Blink-182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Anyone who voted in this Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 10 albums in order of preference. The highest ranked album will receive 10 points, the second-highest 9 points and so on.

The albums that receives the most points will be inducted. The other 9 albums will be automatically nominated for the April album Project vote. If you feel that any of the albums in this tiebreaker should be included in this month's genre vote (Air?), which is "Ambient", please point it out and we'll discuss adding it to the genre vote if it loses.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 02:12am

This month's genre vote will be split into two votes, 1900-1984 and 1985-2016.

Nominations are now open for this month's first genre vote "Ambient 1900-1984".

Voters can nominate two albums for this genre. If you feel that an album has been nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations (though nominations will be accepted on the third day, provided that they're "non-controversial" picks for the genre) and one day of review.

Nominations will end and review will begin at 10 PM Central on Friday the 10th. Nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central on Saturday the 11th, when voting will begin.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 02:16am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bonnie Raitt - 7
______________________________

Queen - 6

Can - 5
Elvis Costello - 5
Harry Nilsson - 5
Miles Davis - 5
Rod Stewart - 5
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 5

Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings) - 4
Sparks - 4
T.V. On The Radio - 4
______________________________

John Williams - 3
Ravi Shankar - 3

Neil Young - 2

Neil Diamond - 1

Electric Light Orchestra - 0

This month's selected artist is Bonnie Raitt.

Any voter can nominate one album by Bonnie Raitt released between 1900-2016 that hasn't already been inducted into the Album Project.

The following albums have been inducted into the Album Project already:

Nick Of Time (1989)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry for Bonnie Raitt's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 19th. Nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central on Sunday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 02:22am

March genre nominations

Wendy Carlos- Sonic Seasonings (1972)
Steve Roach- Structures from Silence (1984)

The Orb- Orbus Terrarum (1995)
Erik Wøllo- Blue Radience (2015)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 02:25am

Tie Breaker:

Air- Moon Safari (1998) 10
De La Soul- And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) 9
Anthrax- Among the Living (1987) 8
Frank Ocean- Blonde (2016) 7
Maroon 5- Songs About Jane (2002) 6
Darlene Love- Introducing Darlene Love (2015) 5
Pet Shop Boys- Behavior (1990) 4
Rush- Fly by Night (1975) 3
The Edger Winter Group- They Only Come Out at Night (1972) 2
Electric Light Orchestra- Discovery (1979) 1

Artist Vote Nominee:
Bonnie Raitt- Give It Up (1972)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 03:41am

Round One Nominations

Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

Round Two Nominations

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)

Artist Vote

Bonnie Raitt- Luck of the Draw (1991)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 07:49am

Oops forgot the spacing for the Round Two Nominations. It should read:

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 07:52am

I'm gonna throw a protest at Orbital 2 (The Brown Album). I would not qualify it as an ambient album. Ambient is a more relaxing, mellow style of electronic music, and I think that album has way too much upbeat music on it to qualify. It would fit in the 90's Electronica category and is a very deserving album (possibly Orbital's best album along with In Sides), but I just don't view it as an ambient album.

DarinRG, what do you think on this?

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 08:19am

Greg - Glad to see you nominated Blue Radience, Greg. After I posted my list it jumped out to me that I forgot to list anything by Erik Wøllo or Alpha Wave Movement, two personal favorites.

Donnie - I put some thought into whether or not to include Orbital 2 on the list that I posted a few days ago. While it's a bit more rhythmically heavy than what we typically think of as Ambient, I decided that I felt that it has enough other ambient qualities to be considered. I do understand your questioning of it and think it's a completely valid question, but to me it fits, albeit on the extreme end.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 14:39pm

Round 1:

Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star (1975)

Round 2:

Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 14:50pm

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 16:59pm

General Tiebreaker -
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 10
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 9
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002) - 8
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) - 7
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 6
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) - 5
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 4
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 3
Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 2
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) - 1

So many albums and yet there could only be one!

Artist Nomination -
Bonnie Raitt - Silver Lining (2002)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 17:09pm

Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)

Bonnie Raitt - Longing in Their Hearts (1994)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 19:19pm

Robert Ashley - Automatic Writing (1979)
Iasos - Inter-Dimensional Music (1975)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 19:42pm

Here is my tiebreaker vote for the Album Project election.

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 10
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 9
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 8
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) - 7
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) - 6
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 5
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002) - 4
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) - 3
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 2
Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 1

Now then, here are my nominees for both special elections to take place.

Ambient 1900-1984

Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979)
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (1983)

Ambient 1985-2016

Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989)
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995)

And here is my Artist Vote nomination.

Bonnie Raitt - Dig In Deep (2016)

Hopefully the nominations are legitimate,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 21:23pm

tiebreak:

1. Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) 10 pts
2. Air - Moon Safari (1998)
3. Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
4. Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
5. Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
6. Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
7. The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
8. Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
9. De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
10. Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 22:50pm

Tiebreaker:

The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) [10 Points]
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) [9 Points]
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) [8 Points]
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) [7 Points]
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) [6 Points]
Air - Moon Safari (1998) [5 Points]
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) [4 Points]
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) [3 Points]
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) [2 Points]
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002) [1 Point]

Quick question for DarinRG - would you consider Philip Glass ambient? Specifically something like Einstein on the Beach or Koyaanisqatsi? I see him listed on Ambient Music Guide, but on wikipedia he's listed as minimalist.

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 03/9/2017 @ 23:04pm

I think Air- Moon Safari would be eligible for the ambient vote if it would lose the tiebreaker. Thoughts DarinRG?

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 03:50am

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Air- Moon Safari (1998) (10 pts)
2. Electric Light Orchestra- Discovery (1979) (9 pts)
3. Rush- Fly by Night (1975) (8 pts)
4. Anthrax- Among the Living (1987) (7 pts)
5. De La Soul- And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) (6 pts)
6. Darlene Love- Introducing Darlene Love (2015) (5 pts)
7. Frank Ocean- Blonde (2016) (4 pts)
8. Maroon 5- Songs About Jane (2002) (3 pts)
9. Pet Shop Boys- Behaviour (1990) (2 pts)
10. The Edgar Winter Group- They Only Come Out at Night (1972) (1 pt)

Genre Vote Nominations

Round 1 (1900-1984)

Jean-Michel Jarre- Equinoxe (1978)
Wendy Carlos- Sonic Seasonings (1972)

Round 2 (1985-2016)

The KLF- Chill Out (1990) (beings it didn't win the General Vote)
Boards of Canada- Music Has the Right to Children (1998)

Artist Vote Nomination

Bonnie Raitt- Bonnie Raitt (1971)

Also to Tom H., "Tomorrow's Harvest" by Boards of Canada has already been inducted. So you have another nomination for the second round.

A couple of the more notable albums from Darin's list have already been inducted including...

Global Communication- 76:14 (1994) (which was gonna be one of my main nominees until I saw it was already inducted)
The Orb- Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1991)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 10:15am

Oops! In that case I'll nominate

Max Richter - Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (2012)

For round two

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 11:39am

Wow I'm really on the ball as far as round two nominations go since I just realized that DarinRG already nominated a Max Richter album. Just to keep some variety involved replace my nomination of

Max Richter - Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (2012)

With

Harold Budd - Jane 1-11 (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 12:23pm

Rush - Fly By Night (1975)-10
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)-9
Air - Moon Safari (1998)-8
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)-7
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)-6
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)-5
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)-4
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)-3
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)-2
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 12:32pm

Greg - Yeah, Moon Safari should be eligible.

Steve - When I was putting my suggestion list together I actually spent a bit of time considering Glass, Cage and Stockhausen and whether they could fit into this genre. As far as Philip Glass, I think his album Solo Piano would fit. Einstein on the Beach and Koyaanisqatsi would really be pushing it for Ambient, but both would be high on my list if we ever do Avant Garde.

Donnie - Thanks for the heads up on the already inducted albums. Also, Greg already nominated Sonic Seasonings.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 12:52pm

Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 10
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) - 9
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 8
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002) - 7
Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 6
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 5
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) - 4
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 3
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) - 2
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 15:20pm

DarinRG - Yeah, I agree - the more I looked into it the less I felt that he'd be a good fit. I was actually planning on nominated an album by Popol Vuh, but you beat me to the punch! And I never like nominating an album or song by an artist thats already gotten a nomination by someone else that round.

I'll keep digging!

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 15:32pm

Ok, got my Ambient nominations:
Round 1:
Klaus Schulze - Timewind (1975)
Cluster - Cluster II (1972)

Round 2:
Bonobo - The North Borders (2013)
Woob - Woob 1194 (1994)

Artist Nomination:
Bonnie Raitt - Sweet Forgiveness (1977)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 16:41pm

Lax - Brian Eno - Apollo has already been inducted if you want to replace it. (And good call on Eno/Wobble - Spinner.)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 17:34pm

Rush - Fly By Night (1975) 10
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) 9
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002) 8
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) 7
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) 6
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) 5
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) 4
De La Soul- And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) 3
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) 2
Air - Moon Safari (1998) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 19:56pm

Steve Z-

Cluster- Cluster II (1972) has been inducted already. You still have one nomination left.

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 20:26pm

Tiebreaker -
Maroon 5- Songs About Jane (2002) - 10
The Edgar Winter Group- They Only Come Out At Night (1972) - 9
Darlene Love- Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 8
Electric Light Orchesta- Discovery (1979) - 7
De La Soul- And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) - 6
Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 5
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 4
Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 3
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) - 2
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) - 1

Nominations -
Ashra - New Age of Earth (1976)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)

Posted by Derek on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 22:51pm

Ambient I Nominations
Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Klaus Schulze - Cyborg (1973)

I’ll listen to some of DarinRG’s suggested albums next week for the second round.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 03/10/2017 @ 22:58pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Rush - Fly By Night (1975) - 76
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Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 74
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 71
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 68
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) - 65
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) - 65
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002) - 64
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 63
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) - 57
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 57

Air - Moon Safari (1998) will automatically be nominated for the second genre vote this month. The other 8 losing albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project as none of them are eligible for this month's genre vote.

Here's the final class of inductees for the March 2017 Album Project:

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)
Blink-182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/11/2017 @ 01:24am

The following albums have been nominated for this month's genre vote so far (let me know if I've missed any):

Ashra - New Age of Earth (1976)
Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star (1975)
Iasos - Inter-Dimensional Music (1975)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Klause Schulze - Cyborg (1973)
Klause Schulze - Timewind (1975)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
Robert Ashley - Automatic Writing (1979)
Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979)
Steve Roach - Structures from Silence (1984)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)

If you feel that an album has been nominated for this genre inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations are still allowed until 10 PM Central on Saturday the 11th (and will still be included until 11 PM Central on the 11th), when voting will begin.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/11/2017 @ 01:28am

Thought I had more time on the tiebreaker. Ah well, I guess I need to get used to the new scheduling.

Nominees will be:
Eno Moebius Roedelius - After the Heat (1978)
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 03/11/2017 @ 20:47pm

Genre Round 1:

Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox (1977)
David Behrman - On the Outer Ocean (1977)

Genre Round 2:

Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Jonn Serrie - The Stargazer's Journey (2003)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 03/11/2017 @ 21:24pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any errors or missing albums):

Ashra - New Age of Earth (1976)
Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
David Behrman - On the Outer Ocean (1977)
Eno Moebius Roedelius - After the Heat (1978)
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star (1975)
Iasos - Inter-Dimensional Music (1975)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox (1977)
Klause Schulze - Cyborg (1973)
Klause Schulze - Timewind (1975)
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
Robert Ashley - Automatic Writing (1979)
Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979)
Steve Roach - Structures from Silence (1984)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be counted. Ballots that accidentally have less than 8 votes will be counted and the voters will be allowed to complete their ballot if possible. Ballots that accidentally have more than 8 votes can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 16th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Thursday the 16th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/12/2017 @ 00:19am

Steve Roach - Structures from Silence (1984)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/12/2017 @ 03:59am

Once Discovery get inducted into The Album Project next month for Electric Light Orchestra's 6th album overall, should I even bother nominating On the Third Day anymore?!

>:-(

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 03/12/2017 @ 19:29pm

^ gets

I'm tired of wasting my time with it, it's been years now and only one tiebreaker!

Also, what about any other ELO albums?

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 03/12/2017 @ 19:33pm

Rick- It's up to you on what you want to do. What other albums do you have mind?

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/12/2017 @ 21:43pm

I meant in mind. For the record I would continue to vote for On the Third Day if you continue to nominate it.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/12/2017 @ 22:10pm

Well, here is what's left, what would you and other participants vote for over On the Third Day if any or no more at all after Discovery...

No Answer (1972)
Electric Light Orchestra II (1973)
Xanadu (1980)
Secret Messages (1983)
Balance of Power (1986)
Zoom (2001)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 03/12/2017 @ 23:00pm

^ Also

The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach (live)(1974)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 03/12/2017 @ 23:02pm

Probably either

No Answer
ELO 2
On the Third Day
Xanadu

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/12/2017 @ 23:51pm

What else would you consider besides ELO?

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03/13/2017 @ 00:11am

Maybe something else from Buckner & Garcia?

Posted by joker on Monday, 03/13/2017 @ 00:56am

Hoo-eee, that's funny

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 03/13/2017 @ 22:56pm

For the record, you obviously should do what you want.

I will almost 100% likely never vote for another ELO album, and probably not another song either, again.

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 03/13/2017 @ 22:57pm

Is there another act outside of the Beatles/Stones/Zeppelin that has had a higher percentage of their albums inducted than ELO? That's actually one of the reasons I quit these projects. Too few voters with limited interests = fanboys run smock and silly results.

Give it a rest, Rick.

Posted by DC on Tuesday, 03/14/2017 @ 03:25am

Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
David Behrman - On the Outer Ocean (1977)
Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox (1977)
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 03/14/2017 @ 13:43pm

Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Eno Moebius Roedelius - After the Heat (1978)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 03/14/2017 @ 19:35pm

Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/14/2017 @ 21:16pm

Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Klause Schulze - Timewind (1975)
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
Steve Roach - Structures from Silence (1984)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 03/15/2017 @ 01:45am

Steve Roach- Structures from Silence (1984)
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980)
Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Ashra - New Age of Earth (1976)
Klaus Schulze - Timewind (1975)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 03/15/2017 @ 20:21pm

Here is my ballot for the first section of the Special Election ballot. I must apologize for my oversight on the Brian Eno album I had nominated actually having been inducted into our Album Project fairly recently.

Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979)
Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Eno Moebius Roedelius - After the Heat (1978)
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)

Please do not mind me putting three Brian Eno albums on one ballot,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Wednesday, 03/15/2017 @ 21:17pm

Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star (1975)
Ashra - New Age of Earth (1976)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Klaus Schulze - Timewind (1975)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 03/15/2017 @ 22:43pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977) - 8
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 8

Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975) - 6
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972) - 6
_______________________________

Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 5
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980) - 5
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972) - 5
_______________________________

Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971) - 4

Klause Schulze - Timewind (1975) - 3
Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979) - 3
Steve Roach - Structures from Silence (1984) - 3

Ashra - New Age of Earth (1976) - 2
Eno Moebius Roedelius - After the Heat (1978) - 2
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star (1975) - 2

David Behrman - On the Outer Ocean (1977) - 1
Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox (1977) - 1

Iasos - Inter-Dimensional Music (1975) - 0
Klause Schulze - Cyborg (1973) - 0
Robert Ashley - Automatic Writing (1979) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
dmg
SotN
Tom H.
Steve Z
DarinRG
Lax34
joker

Voting closes at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 16th. Votes will be counted until 11 PM Central on Thursday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/16/2017 @ 03:26am

Ashra - New Age of Earth (1976)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979)
Steve Roach - Structures from Silence (1984)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)

Posted by Derek on Thursday, 03/16/2017 @ 22:54pm

Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star (1975)
Klaus Schulze - Cyborg (1973)
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 03/16/2017 @ 22:58pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977) - 9
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) - 9

Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975) - 8

Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980) - 7
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972) - 7
_____________________________

Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 6
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972) - 6
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971) - 6
_____________________________

Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979) - 4
Steve Roach - Structures from Silence (1984) - 4

Ashra - New Age of Earth (1976) - 3
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star (1975) - 3
Klause Schulze - Timewind (1975) - 3

Eno Moebius Roedelius - After the Heat (1978) - 2

David Behrman - On the Outer Ocean (1977) - 1
Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox (1977) - 1
Klause Schulze - Cyborg (1973) - 1

Iasos - Inter-Dimensional Music (1975) - 0
Robert Ashley - Automatic Writing (1979) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
dmg
SotN
Tom H.
Steve Z
DarinRG
Lax34
joker
Derek
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all three albums in order of preference. The highest ranked song will receive 3 points, the second-highest 2 points and the lowest 1 point.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for next month's Album Project vote.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 18th, with votes accepted until 11 PM Central on Saturday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/17/2017 @ 00:58am

Nominations are now open for this month's first genre vote "Ambient 1985-2016".

Voters can nominate two albums for this genre. If you feel that an album has been nominated inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations (though nominations will be accepted on the third day, provided that they're "non-controversial" picks for the genre) and one day of review.

Nominations will end and review will begin at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 18th. Nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central on Sunday the 19th, when voting will begin.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/17/2017 @ 00:59am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist project vote. This month's selected artist is Bonnie Raitt.

Nominations will close at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 19th, with nominations accepted until 11 PM Central on Sunday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/17/2017 @ 01:00am

Any potential support for next month or in the future?

Lucinda Williams- The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Gwen Stefani- This is What the Truth Feels Like (2016)
Lambchop- FLOTUS (2016)
STRFKR- Being No One, Going Nowhere (2016)
Norah Jones- Day Breaks (2016)
Esperanza Spalding- Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Wilco- Schmilco (2016)
Paper Doll Scissor Fight- Paper Doll Scissor Fight (2016)
George Harrison- Living in the Material World (1973)
Raspberries- Fresh (1972)
of Montreal- Coquielicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Whiskeytown- Stranger Almanac (1997)
Leon Russell- Carney (1972)
Leon Russell- Will O' The Whisp (1975)
Jean Michel Jarre- Zoolook (1981)
Vangelis- Chariots of Fire (1981)
Nas- It Was Written (1996)
Big Pun- Capital Punishment (1998)
Lupe Fiasco- Food and Liquor (2006)
Danny Brown- XXX (2010)
Ashley Monroe- The Blade (2015)
Tycho- Dive (2012)
Sade- Diamond Life (1984)
Sade- Love Deluxe (1992)
Michael Cooper- Just What I Like (1989)
Smokey Robinson- A Quiet Storm (1975)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Evelyn King- Get Loose (1982)
Chilliwack- Wanna Be a Star (1981)
Imogen Heap- Speak for Yourself (2005)
Feist- Let It Die (2005)

Genres:
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Bossa Nova
Trip-Hop
Power Pop
Progressive/Symphonic Metal
Bluegrass
Alt-Country
Concept Albums
Albums from 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Book

Artists:
Dan Fogelberg
of Montreal
Vangelis
Ryan Adams
Animal Collective
Stereolab
Tangerine Dream
UFO
Tim Buckley
Rickie Lee Jones
Yo La Tengo
Elton John
The Isley Brothers
Parliament-Funkadelic
XTC
Poco
Carly Simon
Laura Nyro
Carole King
Iron Maiden
Melanie
The Weather Report
Mahavishnu Orchestra

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/17/2017 @ 02:01am

Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) 3
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971) 2
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/17/2017 @ 02:07am

Tiebreaker:

Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972) [3 Points]
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971) [2 Points]
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 03/17/2017 @ 22:03pm

Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972) 3
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971) 2
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) 1

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03/18/2017 @ 14:26pm

Here is my tiebreaker vote for this month.

Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 3
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972) - 2
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971) - 1

Glad to see some important ambient artists get recognized,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Saturday, 03/18/2017 @ 20:26pm

Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972) 3
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971) 2
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) 1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 03/18/2017 @ 20:36pm

1. Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971) (3 points)
2. Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) (2 points)
3. Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 03/19/2017 @ 13:44pm

Jah Wobble + Marconi Union - Anomic (2013)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)

(Originally was going to nominate Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II, but I doubt that album would have issues in a general ballot.)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 03/19/2017 @ 13:52pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

It should be noted that SotN's vote was posted after the deadline extension and couldn't be counted. The inductees would have been the same had his tiebreaker been included.

Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972) - 12
_______________________________

Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 9
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971) - 9

The Jean-Michel Jarre and Popol Vuh albums will be automatically nominated for the April Album project vote.

Here is the class of inductees from this genre vote:

Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/19/2017 @ 15:12pm

Here are the albums that have currently been nominated for this month's second album genre project:

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Bohren & der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Bonobo - The North Borders (2013)
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995)
Erik Wøllo - Blue Radience (2015)
Harold Budd - Jane 1-11 (2013)
Jah Wobble + Marconi Union - Anomic (2013)
Jonn Serrie - The Stargazer's Journey (2003)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989)
Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)
Woob - Woob 1194 (1994)

If you feel that any of these nominated albums is inappropriate for this genre vote, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will remain open until 10 PM Central on Sunday the 19th and nominations cast prior to 11 PM Central on Sunday the 19th will be included in this genre vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/19/2017 @ 15:14pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open in this month's artist project. This month's selected artist is Bonnie Raitt.

Here are the nominated albums:

Bonnie Raitt (1971)
Dig In Deep (2016)
Give It Up (1972)
Longing in Their Hearts (1994)
Luck of the Draw (1991)
Silver Lining (2002)
Sweet Forgiveness (1977)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/20/2017 @ 01:09am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Bohren & der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Bonobo - The North Borders (2013)
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995)
Erik Wøllo - Blue Radience (2015)
Harold Budd - Jane 1-11 (2013)
Jah Wobble + Marconi Union - Anomic (2013)
Jonn Serrie - The Stargazer's Journey (2003)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989)
Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)
Woob - Woob 1194 (1994)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid. Ballots posted with fewer than 8 votes will be counted and the voter will have the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots posted with more than 8 votes can not be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 24th. Votes will be counted until 11 PM Central on Friday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/20/2017 @ 01:12am

Erik Wøllo - Blue Radience (2015)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Bohren & der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Jonn Serrie - The Stargazer's Journey (2003)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)

Bonnie Raitt- Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt- Give It Up
Bonnie Raitt- Luck of the Draw
Bonnie Raitt- Silver Lining
Bonnie Raitt- Dig in Deep

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03/20/2017 @ 02:39am

Genre Vote:

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Bonobo - The North Borders (2013)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)
Woob - Woob 1194 (1994)

Bonnie Raitt Artist Vote:

Give It Up (1972)
Longing in Their Hearts (1994)
Luck of the Draw (1991)
Silver Lining (2002)
Sweet Forgiveness (1977)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 03/20/2017 @ 21:03pm

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Bohren & der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Erik Wøllo - Blue Radience (2015)
Jonn Serrie - The Stargazer's Journey (2003)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 03/20/2017 @ 23:41pm

Artist:

Bonnie Raitt (1971)
Luck of the Draw (1991)
Silver Lining (2002)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 03/21/2017 @ 13:34pm

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995)
Erik Wøllo - Blue Radience (2015)
Harold Budd - Jane 1-11 (2013)
Jah Wobble + Marconi Union - Anomic (2013)
Jonn Serrie - The Stargazer's Journey (2003)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001)

Woob 1194 was the one this round that I hadn't heard before and ended up really liking. It almost made my ballot if not for space problems, but thanks to Steve Z for turning me on to it. Same for both of BSLO's nominees in round 1.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/21/2017 @ 21:26pm

Give It Up (1972)
Longing in Their Hearts (1994)
Luck of the Draw (1991)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 03/21/2017 @ 22:51pm

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)
Woob - Woob 1194 (1994)

Wasn't Moon Safari by Air supposed to be in this round beings it lost the tie-breaker in the General Vote? I remember Darren initially listing it in the list of nominations for this Genre Vote. Or was it decided that it didn't fit in the genre? I kind of don't think it should honestly (similar to my feelings on Orbital), but I was gonna vote for it regardless. But if it's not part of this Genre Vote, let's make sure not to forget then that it should automatically be nominated for next month's regular vote.

Artist Vote

Bonnie Raitt (1971)
Give It Up (1972)
Longing in Their Hearts (1994)
Luck of the Draw (1991)
Sweet Forgiveness (1977)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 03/22/2017 @ 01:53am

Air - Moon Safari (1998) is also eligible for this genre vote. If you want to change one of your votes to add Moon Safari (1998), feel free to do so.

Since I missed this on my list for this genre, I can include it in the April Album Project vote as well.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/22/2017 @ 13:03pm

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995)
Harold Budd - Jane 1-11 (2013)
Jonn Serrie - The Stargazer's Journey (2003)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)

Bonnie Raitt (1971)
Dig In Deep (2016)
Give It Up (1972)
Luck of the Draw (1991)
Silver Lining (2002)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/22/2017 @ 16:48pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998) - 6

Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004) - 5
The KLF - Chill Out (1990) - 5
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Jonn Serrie - The Stargazer's Journey (2003) - 4
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993) - 4
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) - 4
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995) - 4
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Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995) - 3
Erik Wøllo - Blue Radience (2015) - 3

Bohren & der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002) - 2
Harold Budd - Jane 1-11 (2013) - 2
Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001) - 2
Woob - Woob 1194 (1994) - 2

Bonobo - The North Borders (2013) - 1
Jah Wobble + Marconi Union - Anomic (2013) - 1

Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 0
Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Friday the 24th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Friday the 24th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/24/2017 @ 02:11am

Here is my ballot for this week's Special Election on Ambient Albums.

Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989)
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995)
Jah Wobble + Marconi Union - Anomic (2013)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Harold Budd - Jane 1-11 (2013)
Bonobo - The North Borders (2013)
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Raitt (1971)
Bonnie Raitt - Dig In Deep (2016)
Bonnie Raitt - Sweet Forgiveness (1977)
Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (1991)
Bonnie Raitt - Longing in Their Hearts (1994)

Suspect and freshly minted,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Friday, 03/24/2017 @ 18:02pm

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995)
Harold Budd - Jane 1-11 (2013)
Jah Wobble + Marconi Union - Anomic (2013)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)

The last cuts were Woob and John Serrie.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 03/24/2017 @ 19:34pm

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Jah Wobble + Marconi Union - Anomic (2013)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)

Dig In Deep (2016)
Give It Up (1972)
Longing in Their Hearts (1994)
Luck of the Draw (1991)
Silver Lining (2002)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 03/24/2017 @ 20:35pm

Darren I forgot for a second that a album project ballot must have 8 albums. In that case, please add the following albums to my ballot -

Bohren & der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 03/24/2017 @ 20:37pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Luck of the Draw (1991) - 8
Give It Up (1972) - 6
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Bonnie Raitt (1971) - 5
Longing in Their Hearts (1994) - 5
Silver Lining (2002) - 5
Dig In Deep (2016) - 4
Sweet Forgiveness (1977) - 3
____________________________

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this artist vote:

Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (1991)
Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up (1972)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/25/2017 @ 01:50am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998) - 8
The KLF - Chill Out (1990) - 8

Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004) - 7

Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995) - 6
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993) - 6
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Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) - 5
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995) - 5
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Harold Budd - Jane 1-11 (2013) - 4
Jah Wobble + Marconi Union - Anomic (2013) - 4
Jonn Serrie - The Stargazer's Journey (2003) - 4

Bohren & der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002) - 3
Erik Wøllo - Blue Radience (2015) - 3
Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001) - 3

Bonobo - The North Borders (2013) - 2
Woob - Woob 1194 (1994) - 2

Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 1
Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989) - 1

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this genre vote:

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote, select your preferred album. The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The losing album will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the final vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be 2 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Sunday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/25/2017 @ 02:46am

I'll get the jump in now.

My vote's for Snivilisation.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 03/25/2017 @ 03:43am

My vote is for Orbus Terrarum

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/25/2017 @ 11:13am

Orbus Terrarum for the sake of variety. Plus, it would be kind of sad to see the Orb miss out in an Ambient genre vote. Both solid picks, though.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03/25/2017 @ 14:30pm

I'll vote for The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 03/25/2017 @ 17:35pm

I'll vote for The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 03/25/2017 @ 17:35pm

My tiebreaker will be for The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995).

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 03/26/2017 @ 10:50am

Tie Breaker

The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 03/26/2017 @ 20:41pm

Tiebreaker voting is now over.

Here are the final results:

The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995) - 5
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Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) - 1

Snivilisation will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project.

Here's the final class of inductees for this genre class:

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/27/2017 @ 00:59am

Very happy with this genre vote. I was hoping to see Steve Roach - Structures From Silence inducted, as it's such an influential and foundational album to the past 30 years of ambient music (credit to Greg for nominating it), but beyond that one disappointment I'm thrilled with the 12 albums that we inducted.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/28/2017 @ 14:51pm

Rule Changes In 2017:

Starting in 2017, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2016.

Starting in 2017, albums released in 2016 will be eligible for nomination in January. There will be a designated 2016 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination for 2015 will end.

Starting in January, ballots must contain exactly 8 nominated albums to be valid.

Starting in January, 6 albums will be inducted in every Album Project and Genre Project vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Buddy Guy (eligible again in May 2017)
Santana (eligible again in June 2017)
B.B. King (eligible again in July 2017)
King Crimson (eligible again in August 2017)
Bob Seger (eligible again in September 2017)
Bonnie Raitt (eligible again in May 2017)

Lucinda Williams is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015, one album from 2016 and two albums from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Air - Moon Safari (1998) (Included because it was accidentally left off of the initial ballot for the second genre vote)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1990's Electronica
Country
Female Artists
Film and TV Soundtracks
Hip-Hop/Rap
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century
Jazz
Krautrock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Post-Rock" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"Christmas Albums" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"70's Hard Rock" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Singer/Songwriter" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"Ambient" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"Artists Who Released 2 or Fewer Albums" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Can
Elvis Costello
Harry Nilsson
Miles Davis
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
Rod Stewart
Sparks
T.V. On The Radio
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Depeche Mode
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Pearl Jam
Prince
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/1/2017 @ 01:28am

My nominee for 2017/2041 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 04/1/2017 @ 01:44am

^ April 2017/2042

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 04/1/2017 @ 01:47am

April Nominations:
George Harrison- Living in the Material World (1973)
Lucinda Williams- The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Stereolab- Dots and Loops (1997)

Genre: Exotica/Space Age Pop

Artist: Stereolab

Posted by Greg F. on Saturday, 04/1/2017 @ 02:35am

I'll nominate:

Harmonia - Deluxe (1975)
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995)

Donnie: If you still wish to pursue The White Room, it has my vote.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 04/1/2017 @ 03:38am

Yes- Going For The One (1977)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers- The Getaway (2016)
Wilco- Schmilco (2016

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 04/1/2017 @ 21:25pm

Artist Vote

John Williams

Genre Vote

Metal

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 04/1/2017 @ 21:41pm

General -
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)

Genre - Live Albums

Artist - Heart

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/1/2017 @ 21:58pm

General Vote

AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)
The KLF- The White Room (1991)
Rihanna- Anti (2016)

Artist Vote

Queen

Genre Vote

1960's R&B/Soul

I wanted to discuss a bit about 90's Electronica. I really hope that with Ambient winning last month that people don't make the mistake of now dismissing 90's Electronica because a "similar" genre won out and thus 90's Electronica is "no longer necessary." That would be highly false. Ambient is merely one sub-genre of electronica music as a whole, not to mention the time frame for the Ambient Genre vote went for the entire history of the genre. My proposed Genre of 90's Electronica is specific to one decade for all styles of a major genre. Just as an example, here's a number of iconic acts from that decade that didn't really fit in Ambient or were passed over but would be able to get some recognition for a 90's Electronica vote...

Daft Punk
The Chemical Brothers
Moby
The Prodigy
Bjork
Air
Leftfield
Underworld
Orbital (shouldn't have been included in Ambient in my view, but yeah)
The Crystal Method
The KLF (yes they won, but there's their White Room album which isn't ambient and is still a seminal album worthy of induction)
Massive Attack
Portishead
Paul Oakenfold
William Orbit
Groove Armada
Autechre
BT
DJ Shadow
Jamiroquai
Madonna (some of her work particularly the Ray of Light era was electronic)
Technotronic
Snap!

And that's just the tip of the iceberg. 90's Electronica is still a genre ripe full of great candidates for classic albums not yet inducted in the Album Project and should not be dismissed yet.

When everyone votes this month, please don't make the mistake of thinking that Ambient and 90's Electronica are "basically the same thing" and thus 90's Electronica isn't necessary now. There so many great artists and albums that didn't fit in the Ambient category that deserve a look.

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 04/1/2017 @ 22:23pm

Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Breeders - Last Splash (1993)

1960's R&B

Stevie Wonder

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 04/1/2017 @ 23:24pm

noms:

Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
10,000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)

2 bands with no albums in the project BTW

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 04/2/2017 @ 00:51am

BSLO-

I had already nominated 1960's Soul/R&B. You have another nomination for the Genre Vote.

Or if that's the genre you really want, I can switch mine as I had a number of other ideas. Your call.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 04/2/2017 @ 00:57am

Whoops. Sorry Donnie.

Switch my genre nominee to British Invasion.

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 04/2/2017 @ 01:24am

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno-Cowboy Bebop (1998)
King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard-Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Deerhunter-Microcastle (2008)

Posted by Dr. W on Sunday, 04/2/2017 @ 16:25pm

Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
Motörhead - Bastards (1993)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)

Genre:

Thrash Metal

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 04/2/2017 @ 19:06pm

Here are my nominations for this month's Album Project.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
Bob Weir - Blue Mountain (2016)

My Genre Vote nomination for the month is:

Post-Bop

And my Artist Vote nominee is:

Eurythmics

One more week until the Rock Hall 2017 ceremony,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Sunday, 04/2/2017 @ 21:04pm

Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
New Order - Low-Life (1985)
Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950)

The Goodman album would be a real treat, I think. Not only is it a recording of jazz's official coming out party as a respectable art form, but this album was also the very first double album and one of the first LPs to sell over a million copies.

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 04/2/2017 @ 21:43pm

My nominations:

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/3/2017 @ 22:06pm

April 2017 Album Nominations:

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - California 37 (2012)

April 2017 Album Genre Nominations:

Soft Rock

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 04/3/2017 @ 22:59pm

Air- Moon Safari (1998)
De La Soul- And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Orbital- Snivilisation (1994)
George Harrison- Living in the Material World (1973)
Lucinda Williams- The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Stereolab- Dots and Loops (1997)
Electric Light Orchestra- On the Third Day (1973)
The KLF- The White Room (1991)

Genres:
Exotica/Space Age Pop
90s Electronica
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st century
Country
Hip-Hop/Rap

Artists:
Sparks
Stereolab
Queen
Can
Harry Nilsson

Posted by Greg F. on Tuesday, 04/4/2017 @ 02:37am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950)
Bob Weir - Blue Mountain (2016)
Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Deerhunter - Microcastle (2008)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973)
Harmonia - Deluxe (1975)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Motörhead - Bastards (1993)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
New Order - Low-Life (1985)
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Rihanna - Anti (2016)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The KLF - The White Room (1991)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/4/2017 @ 02:40am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's Electronica
British Invasion
Country
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Female Artists
Film and TV Soundtracks
Hip-Hop/Rap
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century
Jazz
Krautrock
Live Albums
Metal
Post-Bop
Soft Rock
Thrash Metal

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Monday the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/4/2017 @ 02:41am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Can
Elvis Costello
Eurythmics
Harry Nilsson
Heart
John Williams
Miles Davis
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
Queen
Rod Stewart
Sparks
Stereolab
Stevie Wonder
T.V. On The Radio
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/4/2017 @ 02:42am

April 2017 Album Ballot:
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Train - California 37 (2012)

Last Cuts include Electric Light Orchestra's Discovery album, George Harrison, and Linda Ronstadt. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

April 2017 Album Genre Ballot:

Country
Female Artists
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums
Soft Rock

Last Cuts include The British Invasion and Exotica/Space Age Pop.

April 2017 Artist Ballot:

John Williams
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Last Cuts include Heart and Elvis Costello.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 04/4/2017 @ 14:24pm

1990's Electronica
Film and TV Soundtracks
Jazz
Krautrock
Metal

Soft Rock was the last cut

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/4/2017 @ 14:57pm

Artist Ballot

Can
John Williams
Miles Davis
Paul McCartney (both solo and with Wings)
Sparks

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/4/2017 @ 15:04pm

Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950)
Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Harmonia - Deluxe (1975)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Deerhunter - Microcastle (2008)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
The KLF - The White Room (1991)

1990's Electronica
Country
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Krautrock
Metal

Can
Elvis Costello
Miles Davis
Sparks
Stereolab

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 04/4/2017 @ 15:47pm

General:

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950)
Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
Motörhead - Bastards (1993)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)

Genres:

Female Artists
Film and TV Soundtracks
Live Albums
Metal
Thrash Metal

Artists:

Harry Nilsson
Heart
John Williams
Miles Davis

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 04/4/2017 @ 20:10pm

General Vote

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950)
Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
New Order - Low-Life (1985)
Rihanna - Anti (2016)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
The KLF - The White Room (1991)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 04/4/2017 @ 21:59pm

Genre Vote

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's Electronica
British Invasion
Female Artists
Film and TV Soundtracks

Artist Vote

Eurythmics
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 04/4/2017 @ 22:03pm

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Harmonia - Deluxe (1975)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
The KLF - The White Room (1991)

This was a very hard ballot. Among the last cuts were Air, ELO (On the Third Day), Maroon 5, Iggy Pop, Jean-Michel Jarre, Darlene Love, Fitz and the Tantrums, Childish Gambino, Solange, My Morning Jacket, Benny Goodman, Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. I hope more of these show up after this month.

1990's Electronica
Hip-Hop/Rap
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century
Krautrock
Thrash Metal

Last cuts were Female Artists, Country, and Exotica/Space Age Pop.

Harry Nilsson
John Williams
Sparks
Stereolab
T.V. On The Radio

The last cuts were Elvis Costello and Eurythmics.

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 04/5/2017 @ 12:53pm

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
New Order - Low-Life (1985)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

1990's Electronica
Jazz
Krautrock
Metal
Soft Rock

Can
Harry Nilsson
Rod Stewart
T.V. On The Radio
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 04/5/2017 @ 17:24pm

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Many painful cuts but George Harrison and Jean-Michel Jarre were the last cut

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 04/5/2017 @ 21:50pm

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
The KLF - The White Room (1991)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 04/6/2017 @ 00:36am

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
New Order - Low-Life (1985)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's Electronica
British Invasion
Country
Hip-Hop/Rap

Elvis Costello
Harry Nilsson
Miles Davis
Queen
Stevie Wonder

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 04/6/2017 @ 19:09pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album project.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
Bob Weir - Blue Mountain (2016)
New Order - Low-Life (1985)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)

My Genre Vote ballot consists of:

Post-Bop
British Invasion
Jazz
Krautrock
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Eurythmics
Elvis Costello
Harry Nilsson
Stevie Wonder
Sparks

Getting this in on the last minute,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Thursday, 04/6/2017 @ 22:41pm

Genre -
1960's R&B/Soul
British Invasion
Country
Female Artists
Live Albums

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 04/6/2017 @ 22:44pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

1990's Electronica - 6
________________________________

Krautrock - 5

British Invasion - 4
Country - 4
Female Artists - 4
Film and TV Soundtracks - 4
Metal - 4
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1960's R&B/Soul - 3
Jazz - 3
Live Albums - 3

Hip-Hop/Rap - 2
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century - 2
Soft Rock - 2
Thrash Metal - 2

Exotica/Space Age Pop - 1
Post-Bop - 1

This month's selected genre is "1990's Electronica". Nominations open up at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 8th. Please use the time until then to discuss whether or not this genre should be split into two votes or not and what year should be used for the split if we have one.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/7/2017 @ 00:36am

I missed Greg F's vote. Here's the updated final results:

1990's Electronica - 7
____________________________

Country - 5
Krautrock - 5

British Invasion - 4
Female Artists - 4
Film and TV Soundtracks - 4
Metal - 4
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1960's R&B/Soul - 3
Hip-Hop/Rap - 3
Indie Dance/Indietronica from the 21st Century - 3
Jazz - 3
Live Albums - 3

Exotica/Space Age Pop - 2
Soft Rock - 2
Thrash Metal - 2

Post-Bop - 1

This month's selected genre is "1990's Electronica". Nominations open up at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 8th. Please use the time until then to discuss whether or not this genre should be split into two votes or not and what year should be used for the split if we have one.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/7/2017 @ 00:40am

No split needed.

I Also have some of my suggestions for you guys.

808 State- EX:CL (1991)
808 State- Don Solaris (1996)
Air- Moon Safari (1998)
The Orb- U.F.Orb (1992)
The Orb- Orblivion (1997)
The Prodigy- Songs for the Jilted Generation (1995)
Robert Miles- Dreamland (1995)
Jamiroquei- Traveling Without Moving (1996)
Jamiroquei- Synkronized (1999)
Madonna- Erotica (1992)
Orbital- Orbital (Green Album) (1991)
Orbital- Snivilision (1994)
New Order- Republic (1993)
Fatboy Slim- Better Living Through Chemistry (1996)
Aphex Twin- Selected Ambient Works Volume 2 (1994)
Aphex Twin- ... I Care Because I Do (1995)
Dee-Lite- World Clique (1990)
Aqua- Aquarium (1997)
Electronic- Electronic (1991)
The Chemical Brothers- Surrender (1999)
The Crystal Method- Vegas (1997)

Posted by Greg F. on Friday, 04/7/2017 @ 01:59am

Artist vote:

Harry Nilsson
Can
Sparks

Posted by joker on Friday, 04/7/2017 @ 21:51pm

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Rihanna - Anti (2016)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Posted by Gass3268 on Friday, 04/7/2017 @ 23:24pm

My votes:

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Would support in the future:

Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love! (2016)
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
Rihanna - Anti (2016)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)

Artist Votes:

Elvis Costello
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Stevie Wonder
T.V. On The Radio
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/8/2017 @ 00:51am

My current vote count:

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) - 6
Breeders - Last Splash (1993) - 6

Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950) - 5
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) - 5
The KLF - The White Room (1991) - 5
______________________________

Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) - 4
New Order - Low-Life (1985) - 4
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) - 4
Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 4
______________________________

Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 3
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 3
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 3
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 3
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 3

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992) - 2
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 2
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016) - 2
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973) - 2
Harmonia - Deluxe (1975) - 2
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990) - 2
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002) - 2
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 2
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 2
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971) - 2
Rihanna - Anti (2016) - 2
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 2

Bob Weir - Blue Mountain (2016) - 1
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 1
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 1
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) - 1
Deerhunter - Microcastle (2008) - 1
Elton John - Elton John (1970) - 1
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 1
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974) - 1
Motörhead - Bastards (1993) - 1
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995) - 1
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 1
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985) - 1
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016) - 1
Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997) - 1
Train - California 37 (2012) - 1

Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 0
King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) - 0
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Jennifer
DarinRG
dmg
Donnie
SotN
Steve Z
Tom H.
jtrichey
BSLO
Lax34
Gassman
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted through 11 PM Central) on Saturday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/8/2017 @ 02:28am

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Elvis Costello
Heart
Miles Davis
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/8/2017 @ 17:00pm

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) - 6
Breeders - Last Splash (1993) - 6
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) - 6

Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950) - 5
The KLF - The White Room (1991) - 5
________________________________

Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) - 4
New Order - Low-Life (1985) - 4
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) - 4
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 4
Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 4
________________________________

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992) - 3
Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 3
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 3
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016) - 3
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002) - 3
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 3
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 3

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 2
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 2
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973) - 2
Harmonia - Deluxe (1975) - 2
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990) - 2
Lou Reed - Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974) - 2
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 2
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 2
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971) - 2
Rihanna - Anti (2016) - 2
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 2

Bob Weir - Blue Mountain (2016) - 1
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 1
De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) - 1
Deerhunter - Microcastle (2008) - 1
Elton John - Elton John (1970) - 1
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 1
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 1
Motörhead - Bastards (1993) - 1
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995) - 1
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 1
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985) - 1
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016) - 1
Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997) - 1
Train - California 37 (2012) - 1

Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 0
King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Jennifer
DarinRG
dmg
Donnie
SotN
Steve Z
Tom H.
jtrichey
BSLO
Lax34
Gassman
Darren
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950)
Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
The KLF - The White Room (1991)

The following songs will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
New Order - Low-Life (1985)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will get 5 points, the second-highest will get 4 points and so on.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other 4 albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote (none of the albums in the tiebreaker are eligible for this month's genre vote).

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaking voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/9/2017 @ 00:41am

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote. This month's selected genre is "1990's Electronica". There will only be one genre vote this month.

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/9/2017 @ 00:55am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Harry Nilsson - 7
___________________________

Sparks - 6

Can - 5
Elvis Costello - 5
Miles Davis - 5
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 5

John Williams - 4
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings) - 4
Queen - 4
Rod Stewart - 4
___________________________

Stereolab - 3
Stevie Wonder - 3
T.V. On The Radio - 3

Eurythmics - 2
Heart - 2

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Harry Nilsson.

Any voter can nominate one album by Harry Nilsson released from 1900-2016 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here are the Harry Nilsson albums that have already been inducted:

Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)

Here is a link to wikipedia's entry for Harry Nilsson's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Wednesday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/9/2017 @ 00:56am

Genre Nominations

Air- Moon Safari (1998)
The Prodigy- Songs for the Jilted Generation (1994)

Artist
Harry Nilsson- Aerial Ballet (1968)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 04/9/2017 @ 01:01am

tiebreak:

1. Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) 5 pts
2. New Order - Low-Life (1985)
3. Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
4. The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
5. Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 04/9/2017 @ 01:03am

Tiebreaker:

New Order - Low-Life (1985) [5 Points]
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) [4 Points]
Wilco - Schmilco (2016) [3 Points]
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) [2 Points]
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 04/9/2017 @ 01:52am

Lucinda Williams- The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) 5
New Order- Low-Life (1985) 4
Wilco- Schmilco (2016) 3
Siouxie and the Banshees- A Kiss in the Dream house (1982) 2
Edger Winter Group- They Only Come Out at Night (1972) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 04/9/2017 @ 02:30am

Genre Nominations

Fatboy Slim- Better Living Through Chemistry (1996)
The Orb- Orblivion (1997)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 04/9/2017 @ 10:06am

Artist Album Nomination

Harry Nilsson- Son Of Schmilsson (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 04/9/2017 @ 10:09am

Tiebreaker -
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 5
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) - 4
New Order - Low-Life (1985) - 3
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) - 2
Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 1

Artist Nomination -
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Sings Newman (1970)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 04/9/2017 @ 10:49am

1. Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) (5 points)
2. Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) (4 points)
3. New Order - Low-Life (1985) (3 points)
4. Wilco - Schmilco (2016) (2 points)
5. The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) (A point)

Genre vote:
Electronic - Electronic (1991)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)

Artist vote:
Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 04/9/2017 @ 16:59pm

I'll do the rest of the stuff later, but right now I wanted to get my nominations for 90's Electronica in before someone else takes them.

First off, thank you to everyone that voted for it. I've been pushing for this for over a year, so I'm glad to see it finally pay off!

Anyways, my nominations are as follows...

Autechre- Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Leftfield- Leftism (1995)

Glad to see the Prodigy and Air already nominated. It would not hurt my feelings any if anyone wanted to throw a nomination to the Crystal Method or Moby's first self-titled album. Just saying ;)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 04/9/2017 @ 18:51pm

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. New Order- Low Life (1985) (5 pts)
2. Edgar Winter Group- They Only Come Out at Night (1972) (4 pts)
3. Siouxsie and the Banshees- A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982) (3 pts)
4. Lucinda Williams- The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) (2 pts)
5. Wilco- Schmilco (2016) (1 pt)

Artist Vote Nomination

Harry Nilsson- Pussy Cats (1974)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 04/9/2017 @ 19:50pm

Wilco - Schmilco (2016)-5
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)-4
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)-3
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)-2
New Order - Low-Life (1985)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 04/10/2017 @ 09:04am

Tiebreaker:

Wilco - Schmilco (2016) (5 points)
New Order - Low-Life (1985)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) (1 point)

Genre Nomination:

Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 04/10/2017 @ 13:46pm

Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
New Order - Low-Life (1985)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 04/10/2017 @ 15:01pm

The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) 1
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) 2
Wilco - Schmilco (2016) 3
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) 4
New Order - Low-Life (1985) 5

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 04/10/2017 @ 16:29pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot for this week's election.

Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) - 5
New Order - Low-Life (1985) - 4
Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 3
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) - 2
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 1

Here is my nominee for this month's Genre vote regarding 90's Electronica.

The Chemical Brothers- Surrender (1999)
New Order- Republic (1993)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)

A very decent standards album to be considered,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Monday, 04/10/2017 @ 17:13pm

Genre Vote Nominees:

Moby - Moby (1992)
Robert Miles - Dreamland (1996)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 04/10/2017 @ 17:50pm

Tiebreaker:

New Order - Low-Life (1985)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Genre:

808 State - EX:EL (1991)
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 04/10/2017 @ 19:26pm

Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 5
New Order - Low-Life (1985) - 4
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) - 3
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 2
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/10/2017 @ 23:25pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

New Order - Low-Life (1985) - 47
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Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) - 43
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) - 36
Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 35
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 34

The four albums that lost the tiebreaker will be automatically nominated for the May Album project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this month's album vote:

Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950)
Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
New Order - Low-Life (1985)
The KLF - The White Room (1991)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/11/2017 @ 00:09am

Nominations remain open until 10 PM Central (hard deadline at 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 11th.

Here are the albums that have been nominated so far:

808 State - EX:EL (1991)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)
Electronic - Electronic (1991)
Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry (1996)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Moby - Moby (1992)
New Order - Republic (1993)
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)
Robert Miles - Dreamland (1996)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)
The Orb - Orblivion (1997)
The Prodigy - Songs for the Jilted Generation (1994)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/11/2017 @ 00:35am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

808 State - EX:EL (1991)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)
Electronic - Electronic (1991)
Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry (1996)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Moby - Moby (1992)
New Order - Republic (1993)
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)
Robert Miles - Dreamland (1996)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)
The Orb - Orblivion (1997)
The Prodigy - Songs for the Jilted Generation (1994)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Sunday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/12/2017 @ 00:51am

808 State - EX:EL (1991)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)
The Orb - Orblivion (1997)
The Prodigy - Songs for the Jilted Generation (1994)

It was really tough to choose just 8 albums. Every one of the nominated albums is deserving.

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 04/12/2017 @ 05:59am

808 State - EX:EL (1991)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)
Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry (1996)
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)
The Orb - Orblivion (1997)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 04/12/2017 @ 10:12am

Air- Moon Safari (1998)
The Prodigy- Songs for the Jilted Generation (1994)
Robert Miles- Dreamland (1996)
808 State- EX:EL (1991)
Leftfield- Leftism (1995)
The Orb- Orblivion (1997)
Moby- Moby (1992)
Autechre- Tri Repeatae++ (1995)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04/12/2017 @ 16:28pm

My Votes

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)
Electronic - Electronic (1991)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Moby - Moby (1992)
The Prodigy - Songs for the Jilted Generation (1994)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 04/12/2017 @ 17:00pm

Agreed with BSLO. Not a questionable choice on the ballot.

808 State - EX:EL (1991)
Air- Moon Safari (1998)
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)
Moby - Moby (1992)
New Order- Republic (1993)
The Orb - Orblivion (1997)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 04/12/2017 @ 21:20pm

Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)
Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry (1996)
Moby - Moby (1992)
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)
Robert Miles - Dreamland (1996)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)
The Prodigy - Songs for the Jilted Generation (1994)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 04/13/2017 @ 16:20pm

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry (1996)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Moby - Moby (1992)
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)
The Prodigy - Songs for the Jilted Generation (1994)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)

Great ballot! While all of these albums deserve to be inducted, my last two cuts were Electronic and Crystal Method.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 04/14/2017 @ 17:53pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 6

Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995) - 5
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997) - 5
Moby - Moby (1992) - 5
The Prodigy - Songs for the Jilted Generation (1994) - 5
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994) - 5
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808 State - EX:EL (1991) - 4
Leftfield - Leftism (1995) - 4
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993) - 4
The Orb - Orblivion (1997) - 4

Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry (1996) - 3

Robert Miles - Dreamland (1996) - 2
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999) - 2

Electronic - Electronic (1991) - 1
New Order - Republic (1993) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

BSLO
Tom H.
Greg F.
Donnie
DarinRG
Steve Z
SotN

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 17th (votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central).

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/16/2017 @ 01:17am

808 State - EX:EL (1991)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)
Moby - Moby (1992)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)
The Prodigy - Songs for the Jilted Generation (1994)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)

Posted by Gass3268 on Sunday, 04/16/2017 @ 09:14am

Slight correction it's The Prodigy- Music for the Jilted Generation (1994).

Posted by Greg F. on Sunday, 04/16/2017 @ 14:28pm

Another correction. The Can song is Father Cannot Yell.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 04/16/2017 @ 16:23pm

^ For the Song Project...

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 04/16/2017 @ 16:24pm

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry (1996) Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Moby - Moby (1992)
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)
The Orb - Orblivion (1997)
The Prodigy - Songs for the Jilted Generation (1994)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 04/16/2017 @ 21:05pm

New Order - Republic (1993)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)
Electronic - Electronic (1991)
Moby - Moby (1992)
The Prodigy - Songs for the Jilted Generation (1994)
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)
Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry (1996)
Robert Miles - Dreamland (1996)

This is my ballot,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Sunday, 04/16/2017 @ 22:06pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Air - Moon Safari (1998) - 8
Moby - Moby (1992) - 8
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994) - 8
____________________________

Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995) - 6
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997) - 6
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993) - 6
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994) - 6
____________________________

808 State - EX:EL (1991) - 5
Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry (1996) - 5
Leftfield - Leftism (1995) - 5
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999) - 5
The Orb - Orblivion (1997) - 5

Robert Miles - Dreamland (1996) - 3

Electronic - Electronic (1991) - 2
New Order - Republic (1993) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

BSLO
Tom H.
Greg F.
Donnie
DarinRG
Steve Z
SotN
Gassman
Nick
Lax34

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Moby - Moby (1992)
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will get 4 points, the second-highest will get 3 points and so on.

The 3 albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaking voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/17/2017 @ 02:52am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Vote.

This month's selected artist is Harry Nilsson.

Nominations remain open until 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 19th. Nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/17/2017 @ 02:55am

Tie-Breaker

1. Underworld- dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994) (4 pts)
2. Autechre- Tri Repetae ++ (1995) (3 pts)
3. The Crystal Method- Vegas (1997) (2 pts)
4. The Pet Shop Boys- Very (1993) (1 pt)

One of the few times I can remember voting for someone else's nomination over one of mine. That's how great dubnobasswithmyheadman is. Probably the best electronica album of the 1990's from any artist that's not Daft Punk or the Chemical Brothers.

This will have turned out to be a great ballot and group of inductees regardless of how the tie-breaker turns out. With this group of inductees plus some of the ambient inductees from the second round of last month's Genre Vote, and the White Room by the KLF getting inducted in the General Vote this month, we've really closed some gaps on 90's electronica in the Album Project recently. Great job everyone!

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 04/17/2017 @ 05:05am

Tiebreaker:

Crystal Method - Vegas (1997) [4 Points]
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994) [3 Points]
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993) [2 Points]
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 04/17/2017 @ 11:19am

Underworld- dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994) 4
Autechre- Tri Repetae++ (1995) 3
The Crystal Method- Vegas (1997) 2
Pet Shop Boys- Very (1993) 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/17/2017 @ 16:41pm

1. Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994) (4 points)
2. Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995) (3 points)
3. Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993) (2 points)
4. Crystal Method - Vegas (1997) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 04/18/2017 @ 09:25am

Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)-4
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)-3
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)-2
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/18/2017 @ 09:33am

Any interest for May general vote

Esperanza Spalding- Emily's D+Evolution (2016)*
of Montreal- Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)*
George Harrison- Living in the Material World (1973)
Fishbone- Truth and Soul (1988)
Tindersticks- Tindersticks (1993)
Yo LA Tengo- Fakebook (1990)
Social Distortion- Prison Bound (1988)
Ariel Pink- Pom Pom (2014)

*= what I plan on nominating

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/18/2017 @ 16:20pm

Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993) - 4
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994) - 3
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995) - 2
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 04/18/2017 @ 19:18pm

Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993) - 4
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994) - 3
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995) - 2
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997) - 1

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 04/18/2017 @ 22:41pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994) - 24
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993) - 16
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Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995) - 15
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997) - 15

Autechre and Crystal Method will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Moby - Moby (1992)
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/19/2017 @ 00:53am

Darren: If I'm remembering the actual rule correctly, Autechre's Tri Repetae++ should also be inducted. You only announced five inducted albums, and Autechre, while tying Crystal Method in accumulative points, had more higher tiebreaker placements: 4 (Greg F., me, BSLO, and Nick) vs 2 (Steve Z and Tom H.).

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 04/19/2017 @ 05:46am

I don't quite remember the exact tie-breaker rules when there's another tie (SotN's explanation sounds good to me), but there's 6 inductees in an album class now, so either Autechre or Crystal Method has to be inducted as well.

Also SoTN, I voted for Autechre over Crystal Method as well, (I was the first person to vote in the tie-breaker), so that would be 5 higher placement votes for Autechre over the Crystal Method.

So yeah, it appears Autechre should be the 6th inductee. With the Crystal Method being automatically nominated next month (which I will of course vote for).

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 04/19/2017 @ 09:17am

Donnie: Ah, I apologize! I forgot you posted a tiebreaker yourself (I must have mixed it up with the Artist Vote reminder post). No offense meant!

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 04/19/2017 @ 12:48pm

The rule is that the second tiebreaker is most highest-overall rankings in the tiebreaker. Crystal Method had 2, Autechre didn't have any, so Crystal Method is the final inductee.

Here's the re-write:

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994) - 24
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993) - 16
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997) - 15 (2 Highest Overall Rankings)
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Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995) - 15 (0 Highest Overall Rankings)

Autechre will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)
Moby - Moby (1992)
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/19/2017 @ 23:57pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated Harry Nilsson albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Aerial Ballet (1968)
Nilsson Sings Newman (1970)
Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967)
Pussy Cats (1974)
Son Of Schmilsson (1972)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.
There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/20/2017 @ 00:23am

A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Aerial Ballet (1968)
Nilsson Sings Newman (1970)
Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967)
Son Of Schmilsson (1972)

Posted by Greg F. on Thursday, 04/20/2017 @ 00:59am

A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Aerial Ballet (1968)
Nilsson Sings Newman (1970)
Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967)
Son Of Schmilsson (1972)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 04/20/2017 @ 05:05am

Artist Vote

A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Aerial Ballet (1968)
Pussy Cats (1974)
Son Of Schmilsson (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 04/24/2017 @ 06:25am

Aerial Ballet (1968)
Nilsson Sings Newman (1970)
Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967)
Pussy Cats (1974)
Son Of Schmilsson (1972)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 04/24/2017 @ 11:30am

A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Nilsson Sings Newman (1970)
Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967)
Pussy Cats (1974)
Son Of Schmilsson (1972)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 04/24/2017 @ 18:36pm

Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Harry Nilsson - Son Of Schmilsson (1972)
Harry Nilsson - Pussy Cats (1974)
Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet (1968)
Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (1968)

This is my Artist Vote ballot,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Monday, 04/24/2017 @ 21:57pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Harry Nilsson - Son Of Schmilsson (1972) - 6
_______________________________

Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) - 5
Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet (1968) - 5
Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967) - 5
_______________________________

Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Sings Newman (1970) - 4
Harry Nilsson - Pussy Cats (1974) - 4

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Harry Nilsson - Son Of Schmilsson (1972)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet (1968)
Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Wednesday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/25/2017 @ 01:12am

Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet (1968)
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 04/25/2017 @ 06:48am

Aerial Ballet 3
Pandemonium Shadow Show 2
A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/25/2017 @ 12:40pm

Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)-3
Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet (1968)-2
Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/25/2017 @ 15:46pm

1. Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967) (3 points)
2. Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet (1968) (2 points)
3. Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 04/26/2017 @ 10:12am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet (1968) - 10
_______________________________________________

Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) - 7
Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967) - 7

The two losing albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

The following albums have been inducted in this Artist vote class:

Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet (1968)
Harry Nilsson - Son Of Schmilsson (1972)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/27/2017 @ 01:41am

Rule Changes In 2017:

Starting in 2017, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2016.

Starting in 2017, albums released in 2016 will be eligible for nomination in January. There will be a designated 2016 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination for 2015 will end.

Starting in January, ballots must contain exactly 8 nominated albums to be valid.

Starting in January, 6 albums will be inducted in every Album Project and Genre Project vote.
__________________________________________

"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Santana (eligible again in June 2017)
B.B. King (eligible again in July 2017)
King Crimson (eligible again in August 2017)
Bob Seger (eligible again in September 2017)
Bonnie Raitt (eligible again in October 2017)
Harry Nilsson (eligible again in November 2017)

Buddy Guy is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
__________________________________________

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015, one album from 2016 and two albums from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
__________________________________________

The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

British Invasion
Country
Female Artists
Film and TV Soundtracks
Krautrock
Metal

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"Christmas Albums" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"70's Hard Rock" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Singer/Songwriter" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"Ambient" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"1990's Electronica" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"Post-Rock" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Can
Elvis Costello
John Williams
Miles Davis
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
Rod Stewart
Sparks
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Depeche Mode
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Pearl Jam
Prince
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/30/2017 @ 20:51pm

My Nominations:

Dan Fogelberg- The Innocent Age (1981)
Esperonza Spalding- Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
of Montreal- Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)

Genre: 21st century Indie Dance/Indietronica

Artist: of Montreal

Posted by Greg F. on Sunday, 04/30/2017 @ 21:08pm

My May 2017/2042 nominee for induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 04/30/2017 @ 21:19pm

Slight correction it's Esperanza Spalding not Esperonza Spalding.

Posted by Greg F. on Sunday, 04/30/2017 @ 21:50pm

General Vote Nominations

AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)
Solange- A Seat at the Table (2016)
Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Genre Vote Nomination

1960's R&B/Soul

Artist Vote Nomination

KISS

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 05/1/2017 @ 00:01am

Green Day- Revolution Radio (2016)
Metallica- Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/1/2017 @ 09:19am

For this month, I'll go with:

Michael Hoenig - Departure from the Northern Wasteland (1978)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)

Artist vote:
The Residents

Posted by SotN on Monday, 05/1/2017 @ 15:18pm

Genre Nomination

Jazz

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/2/2017 @ 14:36pm

Genre

Art/Progressive Rock

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 05/2/2017 @ 21:46pm

Here are my nominees for this month's Album Project.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)

My Genre vote nomination for the month is probably way out of left field, yet I think it is an untapped section of recorded and popular music somewhat known to us but not by much.

Australians

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Sparks

Good day mates :),

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Tuesday, 05/2/2017 @ 22:33pm

noms:

Styx - Paradise Theatre (1980)
Keane - Perfect Symmetry (2008)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 05/2/2017 @ 23:34pm

Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
Aerosmith - Pump (1989)

Artist: Mariah Carey

1990's Rap/Hip Hop

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 05/3/2017 @ 06:08am

My nominations:

My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)

Artists - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/3/2017 @ 10:47am

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
Lori McKenna - The Bird & The Rifle (2016)
Angel Olsen - My Woman (2016)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 05/3/2017 @ 10:56am

Nominations -
Cheap Trick - Bang, Zoom, Crazy…Hello (2016)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

Live Albums

Fleetwood Mac (It seems strange that they only have 2 albums inducted into the album project given their popularity and longevity. Plus it would be cool to explore their pre-Rumours albums in the late 60s and early 70s).

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 05/3/2017 @ 11:22am

Artist Nomination

Jethro Tull

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/3/2017 @ 11:39am

May 2017 Album Nominations:

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

May 2017 Album Genre Nominations:

Soft Rock

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 05/3/2017 @ 22:11pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Aerosmith - Pump (1989)
Angel Olsen - My Woman (2016)
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
Cheap Trick - Bang, Zoom, Crazy…Hello (2016)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Keane - Perfect Symmetry (2008)
Lori McKenna - The Bird & The Rifle (2016)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016)
Michael Hoenig - Departure from the Northern Wasteland (1978)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Styx - Paradise Theatre (1980)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/4/2017 @ 00:38am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's Rap/Hip Hop
21st century Indie Dance/Indietronica
Art/Progressive Rock
Australians
British Invasion
Country
Female Artists
Film and TV Soundtracks
Jazz
Krautrock
Live Albums
Metal
Soft Rock

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Saturday the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/4/2017 @ 00:39am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Can
Electric Light Orchestra
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Jethro Tull
John Williams
KISS
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
of Montreal
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
Rod Stewart
Sparks
Sparks
The Residents
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Monday the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/4/2017 @ 00:40am

Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)

1990's Rap/Hip Hop
21st century Indie Dance/Indietronica
Jazz
Krautrock
Country

Miles Davis
of Montreal
Fleetwood Mac
Sparks
The Residents

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/4/2017 @ 02:26am

Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Michael Hoenig - Departure from the Northern Wasteland (1978)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)

The last cuts this round were Solange, Paula Cole, Darlene Love, My Morning Jacket, PJ Harvey, of Montreal, and Harry Nilsson (Pandemonium Shadow Show).

1990's Rap/Hip Hop
21st century Indie Dance/Indietronica
Australians
Country
Krautrock

The last cuts were the British Invasion, Metal, and Female Artists.

Elvis Costello
John Williams
Mariah Carey
of Montreal
The Residents

Last cuts were Rod Stewart, Sparks, and TV on the Radio.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 05/4/2017 @ 16:06pm

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Aerosmith - Pump (1989)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Keane - Perfect Symmetry (2008)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
Styx - Paradise Theatre (1980)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 05/5/2017 @ 00:07am

Aerosmith - Pump (1989)
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's Rap/Hip Hop
British Invasion
Country
Metal

Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Queen

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 05/5/2017 @ 05:30am

Cheap Trick - Bang, Zoom, Crazy…Hello (2016)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's Rap/Hip Hop
British Invasion
Female Artists
Live Albums

Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Mariah Carey
Rod Stewart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Nick on Friday, 05/5/2017 @ 11:18am

Art/Progressive Rock
Film and TV Soundtracks
Jazz
Krautrock
Metal

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 05/5/2017 @ 12:31pm

1990's Rap/Hip Hop
21st century Indie Dance/Indietronica
British Invasion
Female Artists
Metal

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/6/2017 @ 18:33pm

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Australians
British Invasion
Female Artists
Art/Progressive Rock
1960's R&B/Soul

Sparks
Mariah Carey
Elvis Costello
Paul McCartney
Queen

This is my ballot,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Saturday, 05/6/2017 @ 22:28pm

May 2017 Album Genre Ballot:

Art/Progressive Rock
Australians
Female Artists
Film and TV Soundtracks
Soft Rock

Last Cuts include Country, Live Albums, and The British Invasion.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 05/6/2017 @ 23:08pm

Elvis Costello
Jethro Tull
The Residents
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

My Votes:

Aerosmith - Pump (1989)
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Would support in the future:

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Angel Olsen - My Woman (2016)
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
Styx - Paradise Theatre (1980)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/6/2017 @ 23:42pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

1990's Rap/Hip Hop - 5
_________________________

British Invasion - 4
Female Artists - 4
_________________________

1960's R&B/Soul - 3
21st century Indie Dance/Indietronica - 3
Art/Progressive Rock - 3
Australians - 3
Country - 3
Krautrock - 3
Metal - 3

Film and TV Soundtracks - 2
Jazz - 2

Live Albums - 1
Soft Rock - 1

This month's selected genre is "1990's Rap/Hip Hop".

Nominations begin on Monday the 8th at 10 PM Central. Before then, we need to decide if this genre will be divided into two votes or not and what criteria would be used to split the votes if we have a split.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/7/2017 @ 00:31am

Crap, I missed out on the Genre votes. Oh well, here are my general and Artist Vote ballots.

General Vote

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Aerosmith - Pump (1989)
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995)
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Styx - Paradise Theatre (1980)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Artist Vote

Fleetwood Mac
KISS
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
Rod Stewart

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 05/7/2017 @ 08:09am

Angel Olsen - My Woman (2016)
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
Lori McKenna - The Bird & The Rifle (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

Posted by Gass3268 on Sunday, 05/7/2017 @ 20:15pm

Artist Vote:

Can
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Miles Davis
Sparks

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/8/2017 @ 07:49am

General Vote

Aerosmith- Pump (1989)
Green Day- Revolution Radio (2016)
Metallica- Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Peter Gabriel- Us (1992)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)
Siouxsie and The Banshees- A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
Wilco- Schmilco (2016)
XTC- Oranges And Lemons (1989)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/8/2017 @ 09:03am

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) - 6

Aerosmith - Pump (1989) - 5
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999) - 5
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Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016) - 4
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) - 4
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016) - 4
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989) - 4
_________________________________

Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995) - 3
Metallica - Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016) - 3
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 3
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 3
Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 3

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 2
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 2
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016) - 2
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016) - 2
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) - 2
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 2
Styx - Paradise Theatre (1980) - 2
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 2
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016) - 2

Angel Olsen - My Woman (2016) - 1
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016) - 1
Cheap Trick - Bang, Zoom, Crazy…Hello (2016) - 1
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 1
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 1
Keane - Perfect Symmetry (2008) - 1
Lori McKenna - The Bird & The Rifle (2016) - 1
Michael Hoenig - Departure from the Northern Wasteland (1978) - 1
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 1
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001) - 1
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016) - 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993) - 1
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1

Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967) - 0
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11) on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/8/2017 @ 18:09pm

May 2017 Album Ballot:

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Styx - Paradise Theatre (1980)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

May 2017 Artist Ballot:

Fleetwood Mac
KISS
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings)
Queen
Rod Stewart

Last Cuts include Electric Light Orchestra, Elvis Costello, John Williams, Mariah Carey, and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 05/8/2017 @ 22:27pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982) - 6

Aerosmith - Pump (1989) - 5
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999) - 5
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016) - 5
________________________________

Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) - 4
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016) - 4
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989) - 4
________________________________

Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (1995) - 3
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 3
Metallica - Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016) - 3
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 3
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 3
Styx - Paradise Theatre (1980) - 3
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 3
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016) - 3
Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 3

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 2
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016) - 2
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016) - 2
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) - 2
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 2
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 2

Angel Olsen - My Woman (2016) - 1
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016) - 1
Cheap Trick - Bang, Zoom, Crazy…Hello (2016) - 1
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 1
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 1
Keane - Perfect Symmetry (2008) - 1
Lori McKenna - The Bird & The Rifle (2016) - 1
Michael Hoenig - Departure from the Northern Wasteland (1978) - 1
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 1
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016) - 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993) - 1

Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
SotN
jtrichey
BSLO
Nick
Lax34
Darren
Donnie
Gassman
Tom H.
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Aerosmith - Pump (1989)
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will get 3 points, the second-highest will get 2 points and so on.

The 2 albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote (none of the albums in the tiebreaker are eligible for this month's genre vote).

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaking voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/9/2017 @ 00:26am

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote. This month's selected genre is "1990's Rap/Hip Hop". There will only be one genre vote this month.

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/9/2017 @ 00:28am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Elvis Costello - 5
Fleetwood Mac - 5
___________________________

Mariah Carey - 4
Queen - 4
___________________________

Miles Davis - 3
Paul McCartney (Both Solo and with Wings) - 3
Rod Stewart - 3
Sparks - 3
The Residents - 3

Jethro Tull - 2
John Williams - 2
KISS - 2
of Montreal - 2
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 2

Can - 1
TV On The Radio - 1

Electric Light Orchestra - 0

The following artists will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project Artist Selection Vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, select one of the two artists.

The artist will the most votes will be the selected artist this month. The artist that loses the tiebreaker will be automatically selected as the artist for June.

In the event of a tie, the final vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting. Voting will end at 10 PM (votes will be allowed until 11 PM) Central on Wednesday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/9/2017 @ 00:33am

I vote for Elvis Costello.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/9/2017 @ 00:34am

Artist Vote tiebreaker: Fleetwood Mac

Genre Vote Nominations:

Big Pun- Capital Punishment (1998)
Nas- It Was Written (1996)

General Vote tiebreaker:

XTC- Oranges and Lemons (1989) (3)
Solange- A Seat at the Table (2016) (2)
Harry Nilsson- A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night (1973) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/9/2017 @ 00:47am

Tiebreaker:

Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)

Genre:

Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Elvis Costello

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 05/9/2017 @ 05:44am

May 2017 Artist Vote tiebreaker:

Fleetwood Mac

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 05/9/2017 @ 05:56am

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Solange- A Seat at the Table (2016) (3 pts)
2. Harry Nilsson- A Little Touch of Schmilsson In the Night (1973) (2 pts)
3. XTC- Oranges and Lemons (1989) (1 pt)

Artist Vote Tie-Breaker

Fleetwood Mac

Genre Vote Nominations

Eric B. and Rakim- Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Ice-T- OG: Original Gangster (1991)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 05/9/2017 @ 06:28am

Genre nomination

DMX- And Then There Was X (1999)

Will post a second nomination soon

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/9/2017 @ 08:48am

Second Genre Nomination

Jay Z- Vol.2...Hard Knock Life (1998)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/9/2017 @ 08:56am

Here are my nominations and ballots for this section of the Album Project. First, here is my tiebreaker ballot.

XTC- Oranges and Lemons (1989) - 3
Harry Nilsson- A Little Touch of Schmilsson In the Night (1973) - 2
Solange- A Seat at the Table (2016) - 1

Here are my Genre Vote nominations for the month.

De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
LL Cool J - Mr Smith (1995)

And my Artist Vote tiebreaker decision is:

Fleetwood Mac

A bit earlier in posting this time,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Tuesday, 05/9/2017 @ 09:17am

XTC- Oranges and Lemons (1989) - 3
Harry Nilsson- A Little Touch of Schmilsson In the Night (1973) - 2
Solange- A Seat at the Table (2016) - 1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/9/2017 @ 09:45am

Artist tiebreaker

Elvis Costello

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/9/2017 @ 10:01am

Tiebreaker vote (general ballot)

1. XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989) (3 points)
2. Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016) (2 points)
3. Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) (A point)

Tiebreaker vote (Artist Vote):

Elvis Costello

Nominees for genre vote:

Gang Starr - Step in the Arena (1990)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 05/10/2017 @ 06:37am

Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016) 3
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) 2
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989) 1

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 05/10/2017 @ 10:17am

Artist Tiebreaker -
Fleetwood Mac

Both Fleetwood Mac and Elvis Costello were artists that I had previously nominated in recent months. I did a coin toss to choose the tiebreaker because I couldn't decide which one should go first. Glad both got enough votes and were chosen.

General Tiebreaker -
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016) - 3
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) - 2
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989) - 1

Genre Nominations -
2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest -People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 05/10/2017 @ 13:35pm

Genre Vote:

Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 05/10/2017 @ 16:54pm

XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989) - 3
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016) - 2
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/10/2017 @ 18:33pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016) - 19
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989) - 19
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Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) - 16

Harry Nilsson will be automatically nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here is your final class of inductees for this month's Album Project vote:

Aerosmith - Pump (1989)
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/11/2017 @ 08:41am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

By a 5-4 vote, Fleetwood Mac is the selected Artist for the Album Project in May.

Elvis Costello will be the selected Artist for the Album Project in June.

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project. The selected artist this month is Fleetwood Mac.

Any voter can nominate one album by Fleetwood Mac that hasn't already been inducted into the Album Project.

The following albums have previously been inducted:

Fleetwood Mac (1975)
Rumours (1977)

Here is a link to wikipedia's entry for Fleetwood Mac's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac_discography

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/11/2017 @ 08:46am

Nominations remain open for the genre vote.

Here are the albums that have been nominated SO FAR:

2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
DMX - And Then There Was X (1999)
Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Gang Starr - Step in the Arena (1990)
Ice-T - OG: Original Gangster (1991)
Jay Z - Vol.2...Hard Knock Life (1998)
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995)
Nas - It Was Written (1996)
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

If you feel that an album has been nominated for this genre inappropriately, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualifed from this genre vote.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 11th. Voting will begin at 11 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/11/2017 @ 10:26am

Artist Vote nominee:
Fleetwood Mac- Then Play On (1969)

Suggestions:

Future Games (1971)
Bare Trees (1972)
Mystery to Me (1973)
Tusk (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/11/2017 @ 13:41pm

Artist Vote Nomination

Fleetwood Mac- Future Games(1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 05/11/2017 @ 13:57pm

Artist nom:

Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 05/11/2017 @ 15:08pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
DMX - And Then There Was X (1999)
Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Gang Starr - Step in the Arena (1990)
Ice-T - OG: Original Gangster (1991)
Jay Z - Vol.2...Hard Knock Life (1998)
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995)
Nas - It Was Written (1996)
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/12/2017 @ 01:58am

Big Pun- Capital Punishment (1998)
Nas- It Was Written (1996)
De La Soul- Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
Ice-T- OG: Original Ganster (1991)
Gang Starr - Step in the Arena (1990)
2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 05/12/2017 @ 03:30am

Artist Vote Nomination

Fleetwood Mac- Mirage (1982)

Will post my ballot for the Genre Vote later on sometime.

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 05/12/2017 @ 07:45am

Artist Vote Nomination:

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 05/12/2017 @ 09:10am

Genre Ballot -
2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
DMX - And Then There Was X (1999)
Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Jay Z - Vol.2...Hard Knock Life (1998)
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995)
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)

Artist Nomination -
Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac (1968)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 05/12/2017 @ 10:57am

Genre Vote:

2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991)
Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Ice-T - OG: Original Gangster (1991)
Nas - It Was Written (1996)
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 05/12/2017 @ 16:11pm

2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
DMX - And Then There Was X (1999)
Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Nas - It Was Written (1996)
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/14/2017 @ 22:06pm

2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Ice-T - OG: Original Gangster (1991)
Jay Z - Vol.2...Hard Knock Life (1998)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Fleetwood Mac - English Rose (1969)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 05/15/2017 @ 04:55am

A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
DMX - And Then There Was X (1999)
Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Gang Starr - Step in the Arena (1990)
Ice-T - OG: Original Gangster (1991)
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by Donnie Durham on Monday, 05/15/2017 @ 09:45am

I am "Donnie Durham" by the way in case there's any confusions, accidentally put my last name on there.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 05/15/2017 @ 09:46am

A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
DMX - And Then There Was X (1999)
Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Jay Z - Vol.2...Hard Knock Life (1998)
Nas - It Was Written (1996)
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/16/2017 @ 09:36am

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992) - 6
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995) - 6

2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991) - 5
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990) - 5
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991) - 5
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DMX - And Then There Was X (1999) - 4
Ice-T - OG: Original Gangster (1991) - 4
Nas - It Was Written (1996) - 4
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Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991) - 3
Jay Z - Vol.2...Hard Knock Life (1998) - 3
Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999) - 3

Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998) - 2
Gang Starr - Step in the Arena (1990) - 2
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993) - 2

De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993) - 1
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nick
Steve Z
Darren
BSLO
Donnie
Tom H.

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/16/2017 @ 10:49am

2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
DMX - And Then There Was X (1999)
Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Jay Z - Vol.2...Hard Knock Life (1998)
Nas - It Was Written (1996)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 05/16/2017 @ 15:35pm

Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
DMX - And Then There Was X (1999)
Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Ice-T - OG: Original Gangster (1991)
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995)
Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Last cuts were A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr, and Nas.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 05/16/2017 @ 19:36pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992) - 8
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995) - 8

2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991) - 6
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990) - 6
DMX - And Then There Was X (1999) - 6
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991) - 6
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Ice-T - OG: Original Gangster (1991) - 5
Nas - It Was Written (1996) - 5

Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991) - 4
Jay Z - Vol.2...Hard Knock Life (1998) - 4
Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999) - 4

Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998) - 3

De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993) - 2
Gang Starr - Step in the Arena (1990) - 2
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993) - 2

LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nick
Steve Z
Darren
BSLO
Donnie
Tom H.
Gassman
SotN

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
DMX - And Then There Was X (1999)
Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/17/2017 @ 00:10am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project vote.

This month's selected artist is Fleetwood Mac.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM) on Friday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/17/2017 @ 00:11am

Fleetwood Mac -Tango in the Night (1987)

Sorry for lateness-had problems posting

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 05/20/2017 @ 00:03am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated Fleetwood Mac albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Fleetwood Mac - English Rose (1969)
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games(1971)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973)
Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac (1968)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Wednesday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/20/2017 @ 00:54am

Fleetwood Mac- Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (1968)
Fleetwood Mac- Then Play On (1969)
Fleetwood Mac- Future Games (1971)
Fleetwood Mac- Mystery to Me (1973)
Fleetwood Mac- Tusk (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 05/20/2017 @ 02:45am

Fleetwood Mac - English Rose (1969)
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games(1971)
Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973)
Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac (1968)
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/22/2017 @ 07:58am

My Ballot

Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973)
Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac (1968)
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 05/22/2017 @ 08:46am

Fleetwood Mac - Future Games(1971)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973)
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 05/22/2017 @ 09:20am

Fleetwood Mac - English Rose (1969)
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games(1971)
Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac (1968)
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 05/23/2017 @ 14:48pm

Fleetwood Mac Artist Vote -
English Rose (1969)
Mystery to Me (1973)
Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac (1968)
Then Play On (1969)
Tusk (1979)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 05/24/2017 @ 20:53pm

May 2017 Fleetwood Mac Album Artist Ballot:

Fleetwood Mac - Future Games (1971)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 05/24/2017 @ 23:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973) - 6
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969) - 6
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979) - 6
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Fleetwood Mac - Future Games(1971) - 5
Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac (1968) - 5
Fleetwood Mac - English Rose (1969) - 3
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 3
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987) - 1

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973)
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/25/2017 @ 00:48am

Then Play On (1969) (3)
Mystery to Me (1973) (2)
Tusk (1979) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/25/2017 @ 10:22am

Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973)-3
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969)-2
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 05/25/2017 @ 13:09pm

1. Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969) (3 points)
2. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979) (2 points)
3. Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 05/26/2017 @ 15:55pm

Then Play On (1969) - 3
Mystery to Me (1973) - 2
Tusk (1979) - 1

Posted by Nick on Friday, 05/26/2017 @ 23:02pm

Sorry-I almost forgot about this vote.

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979) 3
Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973) 2
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 05/27/2017 @ 00:07am

Tiebreaker:

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979) [3 Points]
Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973) [2 Points]
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969) [1 Point]

All great albums that I'd like to see inducted. I hope they all can make it in eventually.

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 05/27/2017 @ 01:34am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969) - 13
Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973) - 12
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Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979) - 11

Note: Jennifer and Steve Z's votes came in after the deadline, but they're included in the total as their votes didn't change the final results.

Tusk will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here is the final inductees from this artist vote:

Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973)
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/27/2017 @ 11:41am

I for one am happy two early Fleetwood Mac albums got inducted in the Artist Vote. Tusk is a great album and it will probably get enough votes for induction in the General Month. The other ones, probably, less likely which to me makes this a very successful Artist Vote.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 05/28/2017 @ 13:29pm

FRL-

The following albums have been inducted over the last 6 months but have not been added to the list at the top of the Album Project page:

2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016)
Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)
Aerosmith - Pump (1989)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)
Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
B.B. King - Completely Well (1969)
B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950)
Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)
Bing Crosby - Merry Christmas (1955)
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)
Blink-182 - Enema of the State (1999)
Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves (1976)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Stranger In Town (1978)
Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016)
Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up (1972)
Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (1991)
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (1976)
Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995)
Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book (2016)
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978)
Chic - Chic (1977)
Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (1977)
Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)
DMX - And Then There Was X (1999)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums (2016)
Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me (1973)
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969)
Foreigner - Double Vision (1978)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet (1968)
Harry Nilsson - Son Of Schmilsson (1972)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
Kacey Musgraves - Pagaent Material (2015)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (2016)
King Crimson - Discipline (1981)
King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (1994)
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Michael Buble - Christmas (2011)
Moby - Moby (1992)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Nat King Cole - The Magic Of Christmas (1960)
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)
New Order - Low-Life (1985)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree (2016)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1993)
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
Pet Shop Boys - Very (1993)
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (2006)
Rush - Fly By Night (1975)
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)
Santana - Caravanserai (1972)
Santana - Santana III (1971)
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas (2011)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (1975)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)
The KLF - The White Room (1991)
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas (1987)
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 2 (1991)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)
Wham! - Make It Big (1984)
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)
XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/30/2017 @ 14:00pm

Thank you, Tom! Those albums are now posted. Let me know if there are others or if there are any mistakes.

Posted by FRL on Tuesday, 05/30/2017 @ 15:46pm

Rule Changes In 2017:

Starting in 2017, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2016.

Starting in 2017, albums released in 2016 will be eligible for nomination in January. There will be a designated 2016 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination for 2015 will end.

Starting in January, ballots must contain exactly 8 nominated albums to be valid.

Starting in January, 6 albums will be inducted in every Album Project and Genre Project vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

B.B. King (eligible again in July 2017)
King Crimson (eligible again in August 2017)
Bob Seger (eligible again in September 2017)
Bonnie Raitt (eligible again in October 2017)
Harry Nilsson (eligible again in November 2017)
Fleetwood Mac (eligible again in December 2017)

Santana is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015, one album from 2016 and two albums from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

British Invasion
Female Artists

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Christmas Albums" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"70's Hard Rock" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Singer/Songwriter" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"Ambient" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"1990's Electronica" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"1990's Rap/Hip Hop" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

Elvis Costello has been selected for this month's Artist Vote as a result of finishing second in a tiebreaker in May.

Nominations for the selected artist are now open. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated songs. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/31/2017 @ 23:09pm

Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 05/31/2017 @ 23:15pm

My Nominations:

STRFKR- Being No One, Going Nowhere (2016)
Beach House- Depression Cherry (2015)
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)

For your consideration:
Donna Summer- The Wanderer (1980)
Lambchop- FLOTUS (2016)
Fishbone- Truth and Soul (1988)
George Harrison- Living in the Material World (1973)
George Michael- Listen Without Prejudice (1990)
Wild Nothing- Nocturne (2012)
Tears for Fears- The Hurting (1983)

Genre: Concept Albums

Artist:
Elvis Costello & The Attractions- Imperial Bedroom (1982)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/31/2017 @ 23:42pm

Nominations -
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

Genre Nomination -
Live Albums

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 06/1/2017 @ 00:51am

Audioslave- Audioslave (2002)
Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)

Genre Nomination

Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Artist

Elvis Costello- My Aim Is True (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/1/2017 @ 07:02am

General Vote Nominations

AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)
Queen- A Kind of Magic (1986)

Genre Nomination

1960's Soul/R&B

Artist Vote Nomination

Elvis Costello and the Attractions- Trust (1981)

Also, to Tom H. "My Aim is True" has already been inducted. You have another nomination for the Artist Vote.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 06/1/2017 @ 07:34am

Oops. In that case I'll nominate

Elvis Costello & The Roots- Wise Up Ghost (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/1/2017 @ 07:49am

Artist Nomination -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blood & Chocolate (1986)

'My Aim is True' needs to be added to Costello's FRL page, it was inducted back in 2006. I thought it wasn't inducted at first either and thought it must be nominated because that's probably his best album. With that one out of the way, we can focus on other worthy Costello albums.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 06/1/2017 @ 09:28am

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007)
Hanoi Rocks - Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks (1981)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 06/1/2017 @ 15:16pm

noms:

Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Moth - Provisions, Fiction and Gear (2002)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 06/1/2017 @ 23:31pm

Imperial Bedroom was inducted in February 2013, so Greg F can change his nomination. I was certain it was already in so I went back and checked the history - it got inducted after a re-vote resulting from us accidentally inducting an album for a second time. It is however currently missing from the inducted list.

My nominations for this month:

Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)

Elvis Costello - King of America (1986)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 06/1/2017 @ 23:42pm

Alright then, I'll nominate

Elvis Costello- National Ransom (2010)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/2/2017 @ 00:33am

Tom H.,

Although I happen to appreciate your list of recent non-inducted albums, I would be remiss if I did not mention that "Roll The Bones" has still not been added to the Rush page. What is the reason for this egregious omission? It had been inducted into the Album Project in December, 2015? Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Friday, 06/2/2017 @ 08:12am

Enig-

I assumed that had been added already as I only looked at the last 6 months of the project.

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 06/2/2017 @ 11:25am

Tom H.: Also, from July of 2014's first genre vote:

Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975)
Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975)
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970)
Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 06/2/2017 @ 17:43pm

I have compiled my nominations list for this month's Album project. After having slacked off a bit the last couple weeks for other important matters, here are the nominees for all to see.

George Harrison - Living In The Material World (1973)
Asia - Asia (1982)
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016)

My Genre Vote nomination for the month is:

Summer Albums

And my Artist Vote nomination this month is:

Elvis Costello - Spike (1989)

Let me know what you may think of the Genre nomination,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Friday, 06/2/2017 @ 21:25pm

Does summer albums mean albums released in the summer or summer themed albums?

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/3/2017 @ 13:21pm

Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)

Genre:

Thrash Metal

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 06/3/2017 @ 20:37pm

My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/3/2017 @ 22:42pm

Train Fun Fact: Lead Singer Pat Monahan got his start in music by fronting Led Zeppelin cover band Rogues Gallery from 1988-1990 in his hometown of Erie, PA. :)

June 2017 Album Nominations:

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Train - Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016)

All proceeds from the album go to San Francisco-based charity Family House. According to their website, "Family House serves as a home away from home for families of children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses by providing physical comfort and emotional support, free from financial concerns."

June 2017 Album Genre Nomination:

Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 06/3/2017 @ 23:34pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007)
Asia - Asia (1982)
Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
George Harrison - Living In The Material World (1973)
Hanoi Rocks - Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks (1981)
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Moth - Provisions, Fiction and Gear (2002)
Mumford And Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988)
Strfkr - Being No One, Going Nowhere (2016)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Train - Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/4/2017 @ 00:11am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's Soul/R&B
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Concept Albums
Female Artists
Live Albums
Summer Albums
Thrash Metal

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Tuesday the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/4/2017 @ 00:13am

Nominations remain open for this month's selected artist, Elvis Costello.

Here are the albums that we've already inducted:

Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (1977)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Year's Model (1978)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces (1979)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Get Happy!! (1980)

Here are the albums that have already been nominated for this month's vote:

Elvis Costello and the Attractions- Trust (1981)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blood & Chocolate (1986)
Elvis Costello - King of America (1986)
Elvis Costello - Spike (1989)
Elvis Costello- National Ransom (2010)
Elvis Costello & The Roots- Wise Up Ghost (2013)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry for Elvis Costello:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Costello_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (accepted through 11 PM Central) on Monday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/4/2017 @ 00:17am

My nomination:

Elvis Costello and The Imposters - The Delivery Man (2004)

If you're looking for an album to nominate, my top remaining recommendation is Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel (2002).

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/4/2017 @ 00:23am

Darren: Imperial Bedroom is also already inducted too but it was not listed at the top.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/4/2017 @ 01:20am

Beach House- Depression Cherry (2015)
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
STRFKR- Being No One, Going Nowhere (2016)
Donna Summer- The Wanderer (1980)
George Harrison- Living in the Material World (1973)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Audioslave- Audioslave (2002)
The Monkees- Good Times! (2016)

Concept Albums
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Thrash Metal
1960's Soul/R&B
Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/4/2017 @ 01:43am

Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)

1960's Soul/R&B
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Female Artists
Thrash Metal

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 06/4/2017 @ 10:33am

Genre Vote

1960's Soul/R&B
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Female Artists
Live Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 06/4/2017 @ 22:26pm

Asia - Asia (1982)
Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
Hanoi Rocks - Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks (1981)
Moth - Provisions, Fiction and Gear (2002)
Mumford And Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 06/4/2017 @ 23:12pm

June 2017 Album Genre Ballot:

Art/Progressive Rock
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Female Artists
Live Albums

I would also eventually vote for 1960's Soul/R&B, Concept Albums, and Thrash Metal.

I would eventually consider voting for the Summer album genre if Lax34 answers Greg F's question and also provides a few examples of albums that have not yet been inducted that fit this genre.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 06/5/2017 @ 11:44am

General Vote Ballot

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre Vote Ballot

1960's Soul/R&B
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Female Artists
Thrash Metal

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 06/5/2017 @ 18:18pm

Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)

Last cuts were Fleetwood Mac, Paul Simon, Asia, the Monkees, Train (Drops of Jupiter), Harry Nilsson, My Morning Jacket, and Aesop Rock.

Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Concept Albums
Female Artists
Live Albums
Thrash Metal

The last cuts were Summer Albums and the British Invasion.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 06/5/2017 @ 19:55pm

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
Hanoi Rocks - Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks (1981)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)

Last cuts were Beach House, Allman Brothers, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Heart, and the RHCP.

Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Female Artists
Live Albums
Thrash Metal

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 06/5/2017 @ 22:40pm

Female Artists
Thrash Metal
British Invasion
Live Albums
Concept Albums

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/6/2017 @ 02:30am

Albums:

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

Genres:

Concept Albums
Female Artists
Live Albums
Thrash Metal

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 06/6/2017 @ 20:29pm

Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 06/6/2017 @ 21:14pm

Genre Ballot -
1960’s R&B/Soul
British Invasion
Concept Albums
Female Artists
Live Albums

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 06/6/2017 @ 21:14pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Asia - Asia (1982)
George Harrison- Living in the Material World (1973)
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016)
Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973)

Here are my genre vote picks on my ballot.

Summer Albums
British Invasion
Concept Albums
Female Artists
Art/Progressive Rock

Some very timely albums being considered this month,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Tuesday, 06/6/2017 @ 21:26pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Female Artists - 10
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Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project - 7
British Invasion - 7
Live Albums - 7
Thrash Metal - 7

Concept Albums - 6

1960's Soul/R&B - 5

Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 4
_________________________

Summer Albums - 1

This month's selected genre is "Female Artists".

Nominations begin on Thursday the 8th at 10 PM Central. Before then, we need to decide if this genre will be divided into two votes or not and what criteria would be used to split the votes if we have a split.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/7/2017 @ 02:19am

Yes to a split. How about 1900-1980, 1981-2016?

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/7/2017 @ 04:27am

My votes:

Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Mumford And Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016)

Would support in the future:

Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love! (2016)
George Harrison - Living In The Material World (1973)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/7/2017 @ 08:35am

Asia - Asia (1982)
Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
George Harrison - Living In The Material World (1973)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Mumford And Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/7/2017 @ 14:23pm

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007)
Beach House- Depression Cherry (2015)
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)
Hanoi Rocks - Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks (1981)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)

Support but bumped Audioslave and Allmans because they look pretty safe at this point.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 06/7/2017 @ 15:22pm

My current vote count:

Audioslave - Audioslave (2002) - 10

The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973) - 8

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979) - 5

Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) - 4
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016) - 4
__________________________

Asia - Asia (1982) - 3
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 3
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980) - 3
George Harrison - Living In The Material World (1973) - 3
Hanoi Rocks - Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks (1981) - 3
Heart - Little Queen (1977) - 3
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 3
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 3
Mumford And Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 3
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 3
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) - 3
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) - 3
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 3
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 3
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967) - 3
__________________________

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 2
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007) - 2
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015) - 2
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) - 2
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974) - 2
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016) - 2
Testament - The Gathering (1999) - 2

Moth - Provisions, Fiction and Gear (2002) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988) - 1
Strfkr - Being No One, Going Nowhere (2016) - 1
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1

Train - Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
BSLO
jtrichey
Donnie
SotN
Steve Z
dmg
Gassman
Lax34
Darren
Tom H.
DarinRG

Voting closes at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted through 11) on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/8/2017 @ 02:39am

Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
Childish Gambino - “Awaken, My Love” (2016)
Donna Summer - The Wonderer (1980)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 06/8/2017 @ 20:23pm

As the person who nominated this month's genre, I agree that sure be a split for 'Female Artists.' One of the speculations would be that at least 50% of the nominated bands/artists must be female. Akin to what we did last year in the Song Project with this genre, I think that's the best way to approach this genre. Bands like The Pretenders, Blondie, Heart and No Doubt would not be eligible. If anyone has thoughts on the genre, please post and I'm open to ideas.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 06/8/2017 @ 20:44pm

I favor a split of the Female Artist genre using Greg F's suggestion of 1900-1980 and 1981-2016.

June 2017 Album Ballot:

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Train - Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016)

Last Cuts and/or Do Not Need My Help include AC/DC, Asia, George Harrison, Mumford & Sons, Paul Simon, Robert Plant, The Allman Brothers Band, and The Rolling Stones. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for. Wow! This was a extremely competitive group of great nominees this month that caused a lot of painful cuts.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 06/8/2017 @ 23:01pm

Asia - Asia (1982)
Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

Posted by Derek on Thursday, 06/8/2017 @ 23:02pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Audioslave - Audioslave (2002) - 12

The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973) - 10

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979) - 6
Heart - Little Queen (1977) - 6
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972) - 6
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016) - 6
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Asia - Asia (1982) - 4
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 4
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980) - 4
George Harrison - Living In The Material World (1973) - 4
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 4
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) - 4
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) - 4
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 4

Hanoi Rocks - Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks (1981) - 3
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 3
Mumford And Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 3
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 3
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) - 3
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 3
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967) - 3

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 2
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007) - 2
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015) - 2
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night (1973) - 2
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It'll Shine When It Shines (1974) - 2
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016) - 2
Testament - The Gathering (1999) - 2
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 2

Moth - Provisions, Fiction and Gear (2002) - 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988) - 1
Strfkr - Being No One, Going Nowhere (2016) - 1
Train - Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
BSLO
jtrichey
Donnie
SotN
Steve Z
dmg
Gassman
Lax34
Darren
Tom H.
DarinRG
Nick
Jennifer
Derek

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/9/2017 @ 00:45am

Nominations are now open for this month's first genre vote, "Female Artists 1900-1980". This month's selected genre is "Female Artists". There will be two genre votes this month, split between "1900-1980" and "1981-2016"

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Sunday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/9/2017 @ 00:49am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Elvis Costello.

Nominations will remain open until 10 / 11 PM Central on Monday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/9/2017 @ 00:51am

Nominations:

Joan Armatrading- Joan Armatrading (1976)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)

Esperanza Spalding- Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Imogen Heap- Speak For Yourself (2005)

For your consideration:

Alanis Morrisette- Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Sheryl Crow- Sheryl Crow (1996)
Sheryl Crow- The Globe Sessions (1998)
Tori Amos- Scarlet's Walk (2002)
Fiona Apple- When the Pawn... (1998)
Fiona Apple- Extraordinary Machine (2005)
Pistol Annies- Annie Up (2012)
Loretta Lynn- Van Leer Rose (2004)
Frou Frou- Details (2002)
Janis Ian- Between the Lines (1975)
Janis Ian- Aftertones (1976)
Kylie Minogue- Light Years (2000)
Neko Case- Blacklisted (2002)
Lucinda Williams- The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Lucinda Williams- Lucinda Williams (1988)
Grace Jones- Nightclubbing (1981)
Kim Carnes- Mistaken Identity (1981)
Kim Carnes- Voyeur (1982)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)
Rickie Lee Jones- Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Carole King- Music (1971)
Carole King- Fantasy (1972)
Madonna- Erotica (1992)
Madonna- Confessions on a Dance floor (2005)
Feist- Let It Die (2005)
Bonnie Tyler- Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983)
Joni Mitchell- Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Melanie- Photograph (1976)
Melanie- Gather Me (1971)
Melanie Martinez- Cry Baby (2015)
Britney Spears- Blackout (2007)
Britney Spears- Circus (2008)
Christina Aguilera- Back to Basics (2006)
Melissa Manchester- Melissa (1975)
Melissa Manchester- Don't Cry Out Loud (1978)
Natalie Merchant- Tigerlily (1995)
Natalie Merchant- Ophelia (1998)
Natalie Cole- Natalie (1976)
Julianna Hatfield- Hey Babe (1991)
Mariah Carey- Mariah Carey (1990)
Mariah Carey- Butterfly (1997)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Carly Simon- Another Passenger (1976)
Carly Simon- Hotcakes (1974)
Carly Simon- Boys in the Trees (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/9/2017 @ 01:00am

Genre vote 1:
Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! (1964)
The Toys - The Toys Sing "A Lover's Concerto" and "Attack!" (1966)

Genre vote 2:
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
Rosanne Cash - King's Record Shop (1987)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 06/9/2017 @ 01:22am

Carole King- Fantasy (1972)
Joni Mitchell- Ladies Of The Canyon (1970)

Still deciding what to nominate for round 2

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 06/9/2017 @ 09:00am

Round 2 Nominations

Norah Jones- Feels Like Home (2004)
Sheryl Crow- Sheryl Crow (1996)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 06/9/2017 @ 11:06am

Round 1 -
Diana Ross - Diana (1980)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)

Round 2 -
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)

I forgot to write this yesterday - Thanks Greg F for the year split and forgot to mention that I thought that was a good choice (in terms of years for the genre split).

Posted by Nick on Friday, 06/9/2017 @ 15:20pm

nom:

Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1975)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 06/9/2017 @ 23:59pm

Round One:

Lavern Baker - Lavern Baker (1957)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Imagination (1973)

Round Two:

Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter (2016)
Mitski - Puberty 2 (2016)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 06/10/2017 @ 01:00am

The Supremes - Love Child (1968)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)

The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 06/10/2017 @ 11:18am

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968)
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)

Posted by Derek on Saturday, 06/10/2017 @ 12:58pm

Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall (Live) (1963)
Melanie - Gather Me (1971)

Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life (1984)
Joseph - I'm Alone, No You're Not (2016)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 06/10/2017 @ 21:51pm

Here are my nominees for both sections of the special election.

1900-1980

Joni Mitchell- Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Carole King - Music (1971)

1981-2016

Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Kate Bush - Aerial (2005)

Pleased to see a greater number of female artists getting albums nominated,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Sunday, 06/11/2017 @ 19:21pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if any are missing or incorrect):

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! (1964)
Carole King - Fantasy (1972)
Carole King - Music (1971)
Diana Ross - Diana (1980)
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Imagination (1973)
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976)
Joni Mitchell - Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon (1970)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Lavern Baker - Lavern Baker (1957)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
Melanie - Gather Me (1971)
Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall (Live) (1963)
Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1975)
The Supremes - Love Child (1968)
The Toys - The Toys Sing "A Lover's Concerto" and "Attack!" (1966)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots will less than 8 albums will be included and the voter will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots over 8 votes cannot be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/12/2017 @ 00:58am

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968)
Diana Ross - Diana (1980)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Imagination (1973)
Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon (1970)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
The Supremes - Love Child (1968)

Last Cut: Lavern Baker

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 06/12/2017 @ 07:03am

Joan Armatrading- Joan Armatrading (1976)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Joni Mitchell- Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Diana Ross- Diana (1980)
Melanie- Gather Me (1971)
LaBelle- Nightbirds (1974)
Donna Summer- The Wanderer (1980)
Carole King- Music (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/12/2017 @ 11:41am

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968)
Diana Ross - Diana (1980)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Imagination (1973)
Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon (1970)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Lavern Baker - Lavern Baker (1957)
Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall (Live) (1963)
The Supremes - Love Child (1968)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 06/12/2017 @ 20:35pm

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968)
Carole King - Fantasy (1972)
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1975)
The Supremes - Love Child (1968)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 06/12/2017 @ 22:59pm

Carole King - Fantasy (1972)
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Imagination (1973)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
Melanie - Gather Me (1971)
Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall (Live) (1963)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 06/12/2017 @ 23:22pm

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968)
Carole King - Music (1971)
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Imagination (1973)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Lavern Baker - Lavern Baker (1957)
Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall (Live) (1963)
The Supremes - Love Child (1968)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 06/13/2017 @ 05:32am

Carole King - Fantasy (1972)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Imagination (1973)
Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon (1970)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Lavern Baker - Lavern Baker (1957)
Melanie - Gather Me (1971)
Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall (Live) (1963)
The Supremes - Love Child (1968)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/14/2017 @ 15:30pm

BSLO - You voted for 9 albums. Please eliminated one of your votes or your ballot can't be counted.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/15/2017 @ 01:14am

Whoops. You can remove my vote for Carole King - Music (1971)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 06/15/2017 @ 05:00am

My current vote count:

Labelle - Nightbirds (1974) - 6

Gladys Knight & the Pips - Imagination (1973) - 5
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) - 5
The Supremes - Love Child (1968) - 5
___________________________________________

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968) - 4
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980) - 4
Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall (Live) (1963) - 4
___________________________________________

Carole King - Fantasy (1972) - 3
Diana Ross - Diana (1980) - 3
Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon (1970) - 3
Lavern Baker - Lavern Baker (1957) - 3
Linda Rondstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 3
Melanie - Gather Me (1971) - 3

Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976) - 2

Carole King - Music (1971) - 1
Joni Mitchell - Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) - 1
Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) - 1

Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! (1964) - 0
The Toys - The Toys Sing "A Lover's Concerto" and "Attack!" (1966) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Greg F
Gassman
jtrichey
dmg
Tom H.
BSLO

Voting ends at 10 PM (open until 11 PM) Central on Friday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/15/2017 @ 11:09am

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! (1964)
Carole King - Fantasy (1972)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall (Live) (1963)
The Supremes - Love Child (1968)
The Toys - The Toys Sing "A Lover's Concerto" and "Attack!" (1966)

The last cuts were Lavern Baker, Donna Summer, Diana Ross, and Joni Mitchell (Hissing of Summer Lawns).

Posted by SotN on Friday, 06/16/2017 @ 08:58am

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968)
Diana Ross - Diana (1980)
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Imagination (1973)
LaVern Baker - LaVern Baker (1957)
Linda Rondstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall (Live) (1963)
The Supremes - Love Child (1968)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 06/16/2017 @ 22:13pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Labelle - Nightbirds (1974) - 7
The Supremes - Love Child (1968) - 7

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968) - 6
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Imagination (1973) - 6
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) - 6
Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall (Live) (1963) - 6
____________________________

Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980) - 5

Carole King - Fantasy (1972) - 4
Diana Ross - Diana (1980) - 4
Lavern Baker - Lavern Baker (1957) - 4
Linda Rondstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 4

Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon (1970) - 3
Melanie - Gather Me (1971) - 3

Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976) - 2

Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! (1964) - 1
Carole King - Music (1971) - 1
Joni Mitchell - Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) - 1
Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) - 1
The Toys - The Toys Sing "A Lover's Concerto" and "Attack!" (1966) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Greg F
Gassman
jtrichey
dmg
Tom H.
BSLO
SotN
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Imagination (1973)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall (Live) (1963)
The Supremes - Love Child (1968)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/17/2017 @ 00:30am

Nominations are now open for this month's second genre vote, "Female Artists 1981-2016". This month's selected genre is "Female Artists".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/17/2017 @ 00:32am

noms:

Hole counts right?

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)

Other ideas:
KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic (2007)
Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Luscious Jackson - Fever In Fever Out (1996)
Poe - Haunted (2000)
Vanessa Carlton - Harmonium (2004)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 06/18/2017 @ 23:32pm

Nominations remain open until 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 19th.

Here are the nominated albums so far (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself (2005)
Joseph - I'm Alone, No You're Not (2016)
Kate Bush - Aerial (2005)
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter (2016)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Mitski - Puberty 2 (2016)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Rosanne Cash - King's Record Shop (1987)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life (1984)
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/19/2017 @ 01:55am

Genre Vote Nominations Round 2

Christina Aguilera- Back to Basics (2006)

Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) (thought this had already been inducted, but I don't see it on the listings)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 06/19/2017 @ 09:57am

Voting is now open (sorry for the delay).

Here are the nominated albums:

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself (2005)
Joseph - I'm Alone, No You're Not (2016)
Kate Bush - Aerial (2005)
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter (2016)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Mitski - Puberty 2 (2016)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Rosanne Cash - King's Record Shop (1987)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life (1984)
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 votes will be counted and the voter will have the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 votes cannot be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will close at 10 PM (ballots accepted until 11 PM) Central on Sunday the 25th (one day later than usual, due to the late start.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/20/2017 @ 15:39pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open for this month's Artist Project vote.

This month's selected artist is Elvis Costello.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blood & Chocolate (1986)
Elvis Costello - King of America (1986)
Elvis Costello - National Ransom (2010)
Elvis Costello - Spike (1989)
Elvis Costello and The Imposters - The Delivery Man (2004)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981)
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM) Central on Sunday the 25th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/20/2017 @ 15:44pm

Christina Aguilera- Back to Basics (2006)
Esperanza Spalding- Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Frou Frou- Details (2002)
Imogen Heap- Speak for Yourself (2005)
Lucinda Williams- Lucinda Williams (1988)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Shania Twain- Come on Over (1997)
Sheryl Crow- Sheryl Crow (1996)

Elvis Costello vote

Blood and Chocolate (1986)
Trust (1981)
National Ransom (2010)
King of America (1986)
Wise Up Ghost (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/20/2017 @ 16:39pm

Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself (2005)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)

Elvis Costello - King of America (1986)
Elvis Costello - Spike (1989)
Elvis Costello and The Imposters - The Delivery Man (2004)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981)
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 06/20/2017 @ 17:12pm

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life (1984)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)

Not gonna participate on the Artist Vote.

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 06/20/2017 @ 22:24pm

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Kate Bush - Aerial (2005)
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 06/20/2017 @ 23:36pm

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter (2016)
Mitski - Puberty 2 (2016)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)

Elvis Costello - King of America (1986)
Elvis Costello - Spike (1989)
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 06/21/2017 @ 12:47pm

Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Kate Bush - Aerial (2005)
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter (2016)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Rosanne Cash - King's Record Shop (1987)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 06/21/2017 @ 17:28pm

Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984) is already inducted.

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blood & Chocolate (1986)
Elvis Costello - King of America (1986)
Elvis Costello - National Ransom (2010)
Elvis Costello and The Imposters - The Delivery Man (2004)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 06/22/2017 @ 05:09am

The Chaka Khan album isn't inducted in the Album Project and is eligible for this genre vote. What happened was when we had the '2017 Rock Hall Nominees' genre in November, that album was originally inducted but someone's ballot was forgotten in the tally and there was a tiebreaker between Khan, Chic and The Cars. The latter two albums won the tiebreaker and Khan's album was automatically nominated for the December general election and lost. It was probably a mistake but it should be taken off her page as already inducted.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 06/22/2017 @ 11:22am

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Joseph - I'm Alone, No You're Not (2016)
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life (1984)
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 06/22/2017 @ 20:21pm

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Rosanne Cash - King's Record Shop (1987)
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 06/24/2017 @ 11:54am

Elvis Costello Vote -
Blood & Chocolate (1986)
King of America (1986)
The Delivery Man (2004)
Trust (1981)
Wise Up Ghost (2013)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 06/24/2017 @ 11:59am

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996)

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blood & Chocolate (1986)
Elvis Costello - Spike (1989)
Elvis Costello - King of America (1986)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981)
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013)

Posted by Derek on Sunday, 06/25/2017 @ 11:31am

Elvis Costello - King of America (1986)
Elvis Costello - National Ransom (2010)
Elvis Costello and The Imposters - The Delivery Man (2004)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981)
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/25/2017 @ 15:04pm

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)
Mitski - Puberty 2 (2016)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/25/2017 @ 15:21pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Elvis Costello - King of America (1986) 7
_______________________________

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981) 6
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013) 6
_______________________________

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blood & Chocolate (1986) 4
Elvis Costello and The Imposters - The Delivery Man (2004) 4

Elvis Costello - National Ransom (2010) 3
Elvis Costello - Spike (1989) 3

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Elvis Costello - King of America (1986)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981)
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select one of the two songs in the tiebreaker.

The song that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other song will automatically be nominated for the July Song Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/26/2017 @ 01:17am

I vote for Trust (1981)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/26/2017 @ 01:20am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984) - 7
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015) - 7
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988) - 7
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996) - 7
The Bangles - Different Light (1986) - 7
____________________________

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 6
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007) - 6
____________________________

Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006) - 5
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 5
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 5

Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 4
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 4

Esperanze Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016) - 3

Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself (2005) - 2
Kate Bush - Aerial (2005) - 2
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter (2016) - 2
Mitski - Puberty 2 (2016) - 2
Rosanne Cash - King's Record Shop (1987) - 2
Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life (1984) - 2

Cher - Heart of Stone (1989) - 1
Frou Frou - Details (2002) - 1
Joseph - I'm Alone, No You're Not (2016) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Tom H.
Donnie
jtrichey
Gassman
DarinRG
BSLO
dmg
Nick
Derek
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select one of the two albums in the tiebreaker.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/26/2017 @ 01:27am

I vote for Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998).

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/26/2017 @ 01:28am

I pick the following.

Trust (1981)

The Con (2007)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/26/2017 @ 04:27am

Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 06/26/2017 @ 10:40am

Artist Tie-Breaker:

Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013)

Genre Tie-Breaker:

Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/26/2017 @ 10:44am

Genre Tiebreaker - Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)

Artist Tiebreaker - Wise Up Ghost (2013)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/26/2017 @ 22:06pm

Ack, those are both of my nominations!

I guess I pick:

Hole

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 06/26/2017 @ 23:39pm

Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)

Could've gone either way here.

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 06/27/2017 @ 15:08pm

Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013)

&

Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 06/27/2017 @ 19:10pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007) - 5
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Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 3

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here are the final inductees from this Genre Vote:

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/28/2017 @ 00:25am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013) - 3
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Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981) - 2

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981) will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here are the final inductees from this Genre Vote:

Elvis Costello - King of America (1986)
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/28/2017 @ 00:27am

Rule Changes In 2017:

Starting in 2017, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2016.

Starting in 2017, albums released in 2016 will be eligible for nomination in January. There will be a designated 2016 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination for 2015 will end.

Starting in January, ballots must contain exactly 8 nominated albums to be valid.

Starting in January, 6 albums will be inducted in every Album Project and Genre Project vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

B.B. King (eligible again in July 2017)
King Crimson (eligible again in August 2017)
Bob Seger (eligible again in September 2017)
Bonnie Raitt (eligible again in October 2017)
Harry Nilsson (eligible again in November 2017)
Fleetwood Mac (eligible again in December 2017)
Elvis Costello (eligible again in January 2018)

Santana is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015, one album from 2016 and two albums from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1960's Soul/R&B
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Concept Albums
Live Albums
Thrash Metal

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"70's Hard Rock" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Singer/Songwriter" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"Ambient" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"1990's Electronica" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"1990's Rap/Hip Hop" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.]

"Female Artists" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Christmas Albums" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Mariah Carey
Queen

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Pearl Jam
Prince
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/1/2017 @ 00:08am

July Nominations:

Esperanza Spalding- Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
OK Go- Oh No (2005)

Honorable Mentions:

Buckingham Nicks- Buckingham Nicks (1973)
Fishbone- Truth and Soul (1988)
Lucinda Williams- The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
De La Soul- And The Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Norah Jones- Day Breaks (2016)
Mono- Formica Blues (1997)
Beach House- Depression Cherry (2015)
Neon Indian- VEGA Intl. Night School (2015)
Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues (2011)
10,000 Maniacs- In My Tribe (1987)
George Micheal- Listen Without Prejudice (1990)

Genre: 21st Century Indie Dance

Artist: of Montreal

Posted by Greg F. on Saturday, 07/1/2017 @ 00:21am

My nominees will be:

Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence (1976)

Artist vote:
Deep Purple

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 07/1/2017 @ 02:16am

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Mobb Deep- The Infamous (1995)

Genre Vote

Movie Soundtracks

Artist Vote

AC/DC

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 07/1/2017 @ 06:10am

Elvis Presley - From Elvis To Memphis (1969)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)

Neil Young

Country

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 07/1/2017 @ 07:58am

General -
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016)
The Young Rascals - Groovin’ (1967)

Genre -
Stand-Up Comedy

Artist -
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 07/1/2017 @ 22:39pm

noms:

The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 07/2/2017 @ 00:43am

Here are my choices:

Genre: Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Artist: Gentle Giant

Albums:

Sade- Diamond Life (1984)
Duran Duran- Paper Gods (2015)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 07/2/2017 @ 15:26pm

Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999)
Soul Coughing - El Oso (1998)
Eliot Sumner - Information (2016)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 07/2/2017 @ 22:23pm

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/3/2017 @ 02:47am

Artist Nomination:

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/3/2017 @ 08:52am

Genre Nomination

Jazz

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/3/2017 @ 08:54am

Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)
Norah Jones- Feels Like Home (2004)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/3/2017 @ 13:29pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
Beyonce - 4 (2011)
De La Soul- And The Anonymous Nobody (2016)

My Genre Vote nomination for this month is:

Concept Albums

And my Artist Vote nominee this month is:

Peter Gabriel

Happy 4th to those who celebrate,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Monday, 07/3/2017 @ 17:32pm

Lax34

Concept albums is renominated this month. You can nominate another genre if you'd like.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/3/2017 @ 18:35pm

I'm not going to be able to put together the lists of nominees until later tonight, so let's extend nominations until the 4th at 10 PM (11 PM hard deadline) Central and push the schedule back a day for this month. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/4/2017 @ 12:31pm

In that case, my Genre Vote nomination for this month is:

British Invasion

Thank you for the clarification,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Tuesday, 07/4/2017 @ 21:49pm

Lax34

British Invasion has been renominated too. You can nominate a different genre if you'd like.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/4/2017 @ 22:48pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999)
Beyonce - 4 (2011)
De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Duran Duran - Paper Gods (2015)
Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)
Eliot Sumner - Information (2016)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981)
Elvis Presley - From Elvis To Memphis (1969)
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence (1976)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
Shania Twin - Come On Over (1997)
Soul Coughing - El Oso (1998)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016)
The Young Rascals - Groovin’ (1967)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 9th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on Sunday the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/5/2017 @ 00:24am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's Soul/R&B
21st Century Indie Dance
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Concept Albums
Country
Jazz
Live Albums
Movie Soundtracks
Stand-Up Comedy
Thrash Metal

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 7th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Friday the 7th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/5/2017 @ 00:26am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

AC/DC
Deep Purple
Gentle Giant
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Neil Young
of Montreal
Peter Gabriel
Queen
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 9th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Sunday the 9th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/5/2017 @ 00:27am

My vote

Esperanza Spalding- Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destoryer? (2007)
OK Go- Oh No (2005)
De La Soul- And the Anonoymous Nobody (2016)
Sade- Diamond Life (1984)
Shania Twain- Come on Over (1997)
Elvis Presley- From Elvis to Memphis (1969)
Modest Mouse- Strangers to Ourselves (2015)

Genres:

21st Century Indie Dance
Concept Albums
Jazz
Country
Thrash Metal

Artists:

of Montreal
Queen
Gentle Giant
Deep Purple
Peter Gabriel

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 07/5/2017 @ 02:57am

Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981)
Elvis Presley - From Elvis To Memphis (1969)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016)
The Young Rascals - Groovin’ (1967)

1960's Soul/R&B
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Country
Thrash Metal

Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Peter Gabriel
Queen

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 07/5/2017 @ 05:45am

July 2017 Album Genre Ballot:

Art/Progressive Rock
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Country
Movie Soundtracks

Last Cuts include 1960's Soul/R&B, Concept Albums, Live Albums, Stand-Up Comedy, and Thrash Metal. I would also eventually vote for all of those nominated.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 07/5/2017 @ 12:59pm

Beyonce - 4 (2011)
Elvis Presley - From Elvis To Memphis (1969)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
The Young Rascals - Groovin’ (1967)

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Jazz
Live Albums
Movie Soundtracks
Stand-Up Comedy

Deep Purple
Gentle Giant
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Queen

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/5/2017 @ 21:55pm

Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
Soul Coughing - El Oso (1998)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 07/6/2017 @ 00:19am

POST 1/2:

Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
Soul Coughing - El Oso (1998)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)

Last cuts were Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughn, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Mobb Deep, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the Young Rascals, De La Soul, Spirit, and OK Go.

On the subject of Soul Coughing's El Oso, I don't know if I ever brought it up before, but one of the songs from that album - Circles - was a favorite from my childhood when it was used by Cartoon Network as part of a music video. If Circles came up in a Song Project vote, that video alone would justify my vote for it (and Rolling for similar reasons, although not as much a guarantee).

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 07/6/2017 @ 03:11am

POST 2/2:

21st Century Indie Dance
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Stand-Up Comedy
Thrash Metal

The last cuts were Concept Albums, Live Albums, and Movie Soundtracks.

Deep Purple
Gentle Giant
Mariah Carey
of Montreal
TV On The Radio

The last cuts were Queen, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Miles Davis, and Peter Gabriel.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 07/6/2017 @ 03:18am

slight correction on the Elvis album. It's From Elvis in Memphis (1969).

Posted by Greg F. on Thursday, 07/6/2017 @ 20:27pm

21st Century Indie Dance
Concept Albums
Movie Soundtracks
Stand-Up Comedy
Thrash Metal

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/7/2017 @ 01:44am

Genre -
1960’s Soul/R&B
British Invasion
Country
Live Albums
Stand-Up Comedy

Artist -
AC/DC
Deep Purple
Mariah Carey
Peter Gabriel
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Nick on Friday, 07/7/2017 @ 13:38pm

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
Norah Jones- Feels Like Home (2004)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)

21st Century Indie Dance
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Country
Jazz
Thrash Metal

Miles Davis
of Montreal
Peter Gabriel
TV On The Radio

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 07/7/2017 @ 15:43pm

De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)
Elvis Presley - From Elvis To Memphis (1969)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - The Roaring Silence (1976)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
The Young Rascals - Groovin’ (1967)

21st Century Indie Dance
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Live Albums
Movie Soundtracks
Stand-Up Comedy

AC/DC
Deep Purple
Queen
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 07/7/2017 @ 16:01pm

Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999)
Eliot Sumner - Information (2016)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
Soul Coughing - El Oso (1998)

Genre:
Concept Albums
Jazz
Live Albums
Movie Soundtracks
Thrash Metal

Artist:
AC/DC
Deep Purple
Miles Davis

Posted by dmg on Friday, 07/7/2017 @ 17:15pm

Beyonce - 4 (2011)
Elvis Presley - From Elvis To Memphis (1969)
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
The Young Rascals - Groovin’ (1967)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 07/7/2017 @ 19:25pm

Concept Albums
Movie Soundtracks
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Stand-Up Comedy
British Invasion

Will have the rest by tomorrow,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Friday, 07/7/2017 @ 22:54pm

My choice of genres:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Concept Albums
Jazz
Live Albums
Country

Posted by Enigmaticus on Friday, 07/7/2017 @ 22:55pm

General Vote

Beyonce - 4 (2011)
Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis (1969)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
Shania Twin - Come On Over (1997)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016)

Last Cuts: De La Soul, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Hole, My Morning Jacket, Norah Jones, Young Rascals

Genre Vote

1960's Soul/R&B
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Movie Soundtracks
Stand-Up Comedy

Last Cuts: Jazz and Thrash Metal

Artist Vote

AC/DC
Deep Purple
Gentle Giant
Peter Gabriel
Queen

Last Cuts: Miles Davis and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 07/8/2017 @ 07:17am

Here is the remaining sections of my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Beyonce - 4 (2011)
De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody (2016)
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis (1969)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Peter Gabriel
Queen
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Neil Young

Sorry for posting the ballot in two different posts in two different nights,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Saturday, 07/8/2017 @ 18:52pm

Voting is now closed.

Donnie's vote would have changed the final results. Since it was cast after the end of the final deadline, it won't be included in the final vote count. He will be eligible to vote in the tiebreaker, however.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project - 6
Country - 6
Movie Soundtracks - 6
Stand-Up Comedy - 6
Thrash Metal - 6
_________________________

21st Century Indie Dance - 5
British Invasion - 5
Concept Albums - 5
Jazz - 5
Live Albums - 5
_________________________

Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 3

1960's Soul/R&B - 2

The following genres will be subject to a tiebreaker vote:

Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Country
Movie Soundtracks
Stand-Up Comedy
Thrash Metal

Anyone who voted in this month's genre selection vote (plus Donnie) is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote, rank all 5 genres in order of preference. The genre that gets the most points will be selected for July. The genre that gets the second most points will be selected for August. The other 3 genres will automatically be nominated for the September Genre selection vote.

There will be 2 days of voting (technically it's more like a day and a half). Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Sunday the 9th.

Please discuss if and how the genres will be split if selected during the tiebreaker so that nominations can start on the evening of the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/8/2017 @ 19:16pm

Tiebreaker:

Thrash Metal (5 points)
Movie Soundtracks
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Stand-Up Comedy
Country (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 07/8/2017 @ 22:09pm

Country 5
Thrash Metal 4
Artists with One Album or Less 3
Movie Soundtracks 2
Stand-Up Comedy 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/8/2017 @ 23:34pm

Stand-Up Comedy - 5
Thrash Metal - 4
Movie Soundtracks - 3
Country - 2
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/9/2017 @ 02:30am

My votes:

Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)

Would support in the future:

Beyonce - 4 (2011)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
The Young Rascals - Groovin’ (1967)

AC/DC
Neil Young
of Montreal
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/9/2017 @ 03:04am

Stand-Up Comedy - 5
Country - 4
Movie Soundtracks - 3
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project - 2
Thrash Metal - 1

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 07/9/2017 @ 11:10am

Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Beyonce - 4 (2011)
Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Trust (1981)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016)
The Young Rascals - Groovin’ (1967)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 07/9/2017 @ 11:32am

Country - 5
Thrash Metal - 4
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project - 3
Movie Soundtracks - 2
Stand-Up Comedy - 1

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 07/9/2017 @ 17:23pm

My tiebreaker vote for the Genre Vote this month is:

Stand-Up Comedy - 5
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project - 4
Movie Soundtracks - 3
Thrash Metal - 2
Country - 1

Some interesting genres to consider,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Sunday, 07/9/2017 @ 19:01pm

Better get my votes in now before I miss the deadline again. Geez.

Movie Soundtracks- 5
Stand Up Comedy- 4
Artists With 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project- 3
Thrash Metal- 2
Country- 1

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 07/9/2017 @ 19:27pm

Here are my artist choices:

Deep Purple
Gentle Giant
Peter Gabriel
Queen
Mariah Carey

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 07/9/2017 @ 20:54pm

1. Thrash Metal (5 points)
2. Stand-Up Comedy (4 points)
3. Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project (3 points)
4. Movie Soundtracks (2 points)
5. Country (A point)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 07/9/2017 @ 21:43pm

Here are my album choices:

1. Duran Duran -Paper Gods (2015)
2. Sade- Diamond Life (1984)
3. Gorillaz- Gorillaz (2001)
4. Manfred Mann's Earth Band- The Roaring Silence (1976)
5. Shania Twain- Come Over (1997)
6. The Fixx- Reach The Beach (1983)
7. Robert Wyatt- Rock Bottom .(1974)
8. Ok Go- Oh No (2005)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 07/9/2017 @ 22:52pm

Here is my list of chosen genres from top to bottom:

1. Artists with one or less albums in the album project
(5 points)
2. Movie Soundtracks (4 points)
3. Country (3 points)
4. Stand-Up Comedy (2 points)
5. Thrash Metal (1 point)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 07/9/2017 @ 23:01pm

Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Young Rascals - Groovin’ (1967)

Deep Purple
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Peter Gabriel
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Derek on Sunday, 07/9/2017 @ 23:45pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001) - 10

Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis (1969) - 7
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998) - 7

Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984) - 6
Sade - Diamond Life (1984) - 6
The Young Rascals - Groovin’ (1967) - 6
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Beyonce - 4 (2011) - 5
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust (1981) - 5
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 5
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 5
OK Go - Oh No (2005) - 5
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 5
Shania Twin - Come On Over (1997) - 5

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 4
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) - 4

Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999) - 3
De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody (2016) - 3
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016) - 3
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 3
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974) - 3
Soul Coughing - El Oso (1998) - 3
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 3
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016) - 3

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence (1976) - 2
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995) - 2
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 2
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 2

Duran Duran - Paper Gods (2015) - 1
Eliot Sumner - Information (2016) - 1
Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
BSLO
Tom H.
jtrichey
SotN
DarinRG
Steve Z
dmg
Gassman
Donnie
Lax34
Darren
Nick
Enigmaticus
Derek

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)
Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis (1969)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
The Young Rascals - Groovin’ (1967)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/10/2017 @ 01:19am

Tiebreaker voting is now over.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Stand-Up Comedy - 29
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Thrash Metal - 28 (2 Highest Overall Rankings)
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Movie Soundtracks - 28 (1 Highest Overall Ranking)
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project - 27
Country - 23

"Stand-Up Comedy" has been selected as this month's genre vote. As a result of the second tiebreaker (most top overall rankings), "Thrash Metal" has been selected as the genre vote for August. The other three genres will automatically be nominated for the September Genre Selection vote.

Nominations are now open for this month's first genre vote, "Stand-Up Comedy 1900-1980". This month's selected genre is "Stand-Up Comedy". There will be two genre votes this month, split between "1900-1980" and "1981-2016".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Wednesday the 12th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/10/2017 @ 01:25am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Deep Purple - 9
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Peter Gabriel - 8

Queen - 7

Miles Davis - 6

AC/DC - 5
Gentle Giant - 5
Mariah Carey - 5
Neil Young - 5

of Montreal - 4
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 4
TV On The Radio - 4
___________________________

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Deep Purple.

Any voter can nominate one song by The Beach Boys released from 1900-2016 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

In Rock (1970)
Machine Head (1972)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Deep Purple's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Purple_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 20th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/10/2017 @ 01:30am

I am very pleased and surprised Stand-Up Comedy received enough votes and was chosen as this month's selected genre. I am in favor of a split because there are so many stand-up comedy albums that we haven't inducted yet. Let's take advantage while we have the chance do so.

In terms of the years for the genre, I'd say let's do 1900-1984 and 1985-2016. That way we get some classic stand-up material from the 50's through the early 80's and then there's a wealth of albums to choose from after 1985. If anyone has suggestions, please post your suggestions for the years split.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 07/10/2017 @ 01:34am

Artist Nomination - Made in Japan (1972)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 07/10/2017 @ 01:37am

Genre 1
Bill Cosby- Revenge (1969)
Robin Williams- Reality... What a Concept (1979)

Genre 2
Billy Crystal- Mahvelous! (1985)
Denis Leary- No Cure for Cancer (1991)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/10/2017 @ 01:46am

Artist Vote

Deep Purple- Fireball (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/10/2017 @ 01:50am

Correction No Cure for Cancer was released in 1993.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/10/2017 @ 01:54am

Genre I
Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961)
George Carlin - Class Clown (1972)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 07/10/2017 @ 01:56am

Artist Nomination:
Deep Purple - Burn (1974)

Genre Nomination Part 1:
Steve Martin - A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks - 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1961)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 07/10/2017 @ 09:42am

Artist Vote Nomination

Deep Purple- Stormbringer (1974)

As for the Genre Vote, I need to do some research before coming up with nominees.

Very good genre though! Something we've never done to my knowledge.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 07/10/2017 @ 10:13am

Perfect Strangers (1984) - Deep Purple

The Carnegie Hall Concert (1961) - Lenny Bruce
Uncensored (1980) - Redd Foxx

Comedian (1983) - Eddie Murphy
Live on the Sunset Strip (1982) - Richard Pryor

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 07/10/2017 @ 19:26pm

Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple (1968)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 07/10/2017 @ 22:03pm

Here is my choice for the genre vote:

Deep Purple- Deep Purple (1969)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 07/11/2017 @ 03:17am

I am terribly sorry, I had meant for that most recent posting for the artist vote, not the genre vote.

Deep Purple - Deep Purple (1969)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 07/11/2017 @ 03:22am

Genre nominations round 1

Richard Pryor- Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1971)

Round 2

Robin Williams- A Night at the Met (1986)
Chris Rock- Roll With The New (1998)

Artist Nomination

Deep Purple- Who Do We Think We Are (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/11/2017 @ 13:36pm

This is quite the genre vote. I don't have any nominees for the first round, but for the second, I'll put up:

Genre vote 2:
Bill Hicks - Relentless (1992) (I don't think Rant in E-Minor would be allowed.)
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops (2007)

Artist vote:

Deep Purple - Now What?! (2013)

(Thanks to all who voted for Deep Purple for the Artist Vote!)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 07/11/2017 @ 14:50pm

Jonathan Winters - The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1960)
Nichols and May - An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1960)

Jim Gaffigan - Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe (2012)
Louis C.K. - Hilarious (2010)

Posted by Derek on Tuesday, 07/11/2017 @ 17:46pm

There's a lot of options especially for the first genre vote. If anyone needs help with nominations here's a list of stand-up comedians for the first vote -

Lenny Bruce (by far the biggest omission so far in the first genre nominations)
Bill Crosby
Richard Pryor
Redd Foxx
Lily Tomlin
Tom Lehrer
Woody Allen
Don Rickles
George Carlin
Albert Brooks
Steve Martin
Bob Newhart
Jonathan Winters
Gilda Radner
Eddie Murphy
Joan Rivers
Rodney Dangerfield
Dick Gregory
Robert Klein
George Burns
Phyllis Diller
Flip Wilson
Shelley Berman

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 07/11/2017 @ 18:11pm

^ Bill Cosby (sorry for the mispell, it's been a long day).

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 07/11/2017 @ 21:48pm

I am terribly sorry, I had meant for my most recent posting to be intended for the artist vote, instead of the genre vote.
So, why am I endorsing this particular recording?

Deep Purple - Deep Purple (1969)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 07/11/2017 @ 23:47pm

Small correction Bill Cosby- Revenge was released in 1967.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/11/2017 @ 23:59pm

Nick: I had a hard time finding the right nomination, but I'll take you up on your point. I'll nominate for the first genre vote:

Lenny Bruce - Interviews of Our Times (1958)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 07/12/2017 @ 00:44am

Nominations remain open until 10 PM Central (hard deadline at 11 PM Central) tonight, but these are the albums that have been nominated so far (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Bill Cosby - Revenge (1967)
Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961)
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks - 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1961)
George Carlin - Class Clown (1972)
Jonathan Winters - The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1960)
Lenny Bruce - Interviews of Our Times (1958)
Lenny Bruce - The Carnegie Hall Concert (1961)
Nichols and May - An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1960)
Redd Foxx - Uncensored (1980)
Richard Pryor - Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1971)
Robin Williams - Reality... What a Concept (1979)
Steve Martin - A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/12/2017 @ 18:19pm

gotta give props to easily one of my favorite of the famous people I've personally had the pleasure to work with and who is considered by many to one of the nicest people in show biz.
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
According to Wikipedia: as of 2011, the highest-charting album ever by a solo comedienne which also earned a Grammy award that year for Best Comedy Recording.

Tom Lehrer - More of Tom Lehrer (1959)
With classic comedy songs like Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, The Elements, The Masochism Tango, as well as We Will All Go Together When We Go, this is easily one of his best albums.

Sorry I haven't had more time to participate but I have been busy with work and a crazy busy life lately.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 07/12/2017 @ 23:58pm

Sorry, that should read:

I gotta give props to easily one of my favorite of the famous people I've personally had the pleasure to work with and who is considered by many to one of the nicest people in show biz.

Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
According to Wikipedia: as of 2011, the highest-charting album ever by a solo comedienne which also earned a Grammy award that year for Best Comedy Recording.

Tom Lehrer - More of Tom Lehrer (1959)
With classic comedy songs like Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, The Elements, The Masochism Tango, as well as We Will All Go Together When We Go, this is easily one of his best albums.

Sorry I haven't had more time to participate but I have been busy with work and an overall crazy busy life lately. Also, for those curious what I have been working on lately: Season 2 of TNT's Good Behavior.

Shamelss plug: Catch up with the 1st season online or On Demand now.

:)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 07/13/2017 @ 00:04am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Bill Cosby Revenge (1967)
Bob Newhart The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961)
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1961)
George Carlin Class Clown (1972)
Jonathan Winters The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1960)
Lenny Bruce Interviews of Our Times (1958)
Lenny Bruce The Carnegie Hall Concert (1961)
Lily Tomlin This is a Recording (1972)
Nichols and May An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1960)
Redd Foxx Uncensored (1980)
Richard Pryor Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1971)
Robin Williams Reality... What a Concept (1979)
Steve Martin A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)
Tom Lehrer More of Tom Lehrer (1959)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be counted, but voters will be asked to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums cannot be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will close at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/13/2017 @ 00:19am

Bill Cosby- Revenge (1967)
Bob Newhart- The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961)
George Carlin- Class Clown (1972)
Robin Williams- Reality... What a Concept (1979)
Steve Martin- A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)
Lenny Bruce- Interviews of Our Times (1958)
Redd Foxx- Uncensored (1980)
Lily Tomlin- This is a Recording (1972)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/13/2017 @ 02:14am

Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961)
George Carlin - Class Clown (1972)
Lenny Bruce - Interviews of Our Times (1958)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
Redd Foxx - Uncensored (1980)
Richard Pryor - Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1971)
Robin Williams - Reality... What a Concept (1979)
Steve Martin - A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)

The last cuts were Tom Lehrer and Bill Cosby.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 07/14/2017 @ 11:23am

Thanks SotN; it's much appreciated and I'm glad to help.

Also it's good to hear everything's going well Jennifer and glad you're back on these forums. I will try to watch that show when I have a chance.

Great nominations everyone and I'm looking forward to hearing them in the next few days.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 07/14/2017 @ 11:45am

Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961)
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks - 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1961)
George Carlin - Class Clown (1972)
Jonathan Winters - The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1960)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
Nichols and May - An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1960)
Robin Williams - Reality... What a Concept (1979)
Steve Martin - A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 07/14/2017 @ 17:10pm

Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961)
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks - 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1961)
George Carlin - Class Clown (1972)
Jonathan Winters - The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1960)
Lenny Bruce - Interviews of Our Times (1958)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
Robin Williams - Reality... What a Concept (1979)
Steve Martin - A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/17/2017 @ 02:57am

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961) - 4
George Carlin - Class Clown (1972) - 4
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972) - 4
Robin Williams - Reality... What a Concept (1979) - 4
Steve Martin - A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978) - 4

Lenny Bruce - Interviews of Our Times (1958) - 3
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Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks - 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1961) - 2
Jonathan Winters - The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1960) - 2
Redd Foxx - Uncensored (1980) - 2

Bill Cosby - Revenge (1967) - 1
Nichols and May - An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1960) - 1
Richard Pryor - Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1971) - 1

Lenny Bruce - The Carnegie Hall Concert (1961) - 0
Tom Lehrer - More of Tom Lehrer (1959) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Monday the 17th (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central).

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/17/2017 @ 03:05am

Bill Cosby- Revenge (1967)
Bob Newhart- The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961)
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks- 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1961)
George Carlin- Class Clown (1972)
Lenny Bruce- Interviews of Our Times (1958)
Richard Pryor- Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1971)
Robin Williams- Reality... What a Concept (1979)
Steve Martin- A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/17/2017 @ 11:09am

Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks - 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1961)
George Carlin - Class Clown (1972)
Jonathan Winters - The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1960)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
Nichols and May - An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1960)
Robin Williams - Reality... What a Concept (1979)
Steve Martin - A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)
Tom Lehrer - More of Tom Lehrer (1959)

My last cuts were Bob Newhart, Lenny Bruce, and Richard Pryor. I would probably eventually vote for all of the nominations.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 07/17/2017 @ 15:29pm

Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1960)
George Carlin - Class Clown (1972)
Jonathan Winters - The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1960)
Lenny Bruce - Interviews of Our Times (1958)
Nichols and May - An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1960)
Richard Pryor - Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1971)
Robin Williams - Reality... What a Concept (1979)
Steve Martin - A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)

A slight correction on my part - The Bob Newhart album was released in 1960.

It’s kinda strange to think Newhart won Grammys for Best New Artist and Album of the Year for ‘The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart.’

Posted by Nick on Monday, 07/17/2017 @ 22:25pm

Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961)
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks - 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1961)
George Carlin - Class Clown (1972)
Jonathan Winters - The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1960)
Nichols and May - An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1960)
Lenny Bruce - Interviews of Our Times (1958)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
Tom Lehrer - More of Tom Lehrer (1959)

Artist - Deep Purple - The House of Blue Light (1987)

Posted by Derek on Monday, 07/17/2017 @ 23:54pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

George Carlin - Class Clown (1972) - 8

Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1960) - 7
Robin Williams - Reality... What a Concept (1979) - 7
Steve Martin - A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978) - 7

Lenny Bruce - Interviews of Our Times (1958) - 6
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972) - 6
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Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks - 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1961) - 5
Jonathan Winters - The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1960) - 5

Nichols and May - An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1960) - 4

Richard Pryor - Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1971) - 3

Bill Cosby - Revenge (1967) - 2
Redd Foxx - Uncensored (1980) - 2
Tom Lehrer - More of Tom Lehrer (1959) - 2

Lenny Bruce - The Carnegie Hall Concert (1961) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
SotN
Steve Z
Darren
Tom H.
Jennifer
Nick
Derek

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1960)
George Carlin - Class Clown (1972)
Lenny Bruce - Interviews of Our Times (1958)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
Robin Williams - Reality... What a Concept (1979)
Steve Martin - A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/18/2017 @ 08:32am

Nominations are now open for this month's second genre vote, "Stand-Up Comedy 1981-2016".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 20th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/18/2017 @ 08:34am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Vote. The selected artist this month is Deep Purple. Nominations will remain open until 10 PM Central on Thursday the 20th, when voting will begin (nominations will be accepted until 11).

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/18/2017 @ 08:35am

Genre Nominations Part 2:

Brian Regan - Brian Regan Live (1997)
Mitch Hedberg - Strategic Grill Locations (1999)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 07/18/2017 @ 15:32pm

Great inductees for the first round!

Since we inducted George Carlin's best album from the first half of his career I might as well nominate my favorite album from the second half of his career.

Please switch my nomination of

Chris Rock- Roll With the New (1998)

to

George Carlin- You Are All Diseased (1999)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/18/2017 @ 17:03pm

Tom H - Agreed. The first genre round selections were fantastic and makes me look forward to the second round. On a side note, I think George Carlin would be a fantastic choice for the Album Project's Artist Vote.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 07/18/2017 @ 22:12pm

I think Bill Cosby would be a great choice as well.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/18/2017 @ 22:46pm

While I agree Cosby would be a great choice as well, I don't know if he would receive enough votes, especially considering the controversy he's generated from the legal trails of the last few years. It would be a damn shame, considering he is one of the best and most influential comedians of the last half-century.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 07/18/2017 @ 23:12pm

You may be right but you'll never know. He just might get enough vote desite the controversy surrounding him.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/18/2017 @ 23:50pm

I nominate:

Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker (1999)
Sam Kinison - Louder Than Hell (1986)

I highly recommend to anyone who needs nominees:

David Cross - Shut Up, You F***ing Baby (2002)
Eddie Izzard - Dressed To Kill (1998)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/19/2017 @ 13:38pm

Nominations remain open for the genre project.

Here are the nominated albums so far:

Bill Hicks - Relentless (1992)
Billy Crystal - Mahvelous! (1985)
Brian Regan - Brian Regan Live (1997)
Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker (1999)
Denis Leary - No Cure for Cancer (1993)
Eddie Murphy - Comedian (1983)
George Carlin - You Are All Diseased (1999)
Jim Gaffigan - Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe (2012)
Louis C.K. - Hilarious (2010)
Mitch Hedberg - Strategic Grill Locations (1999)
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops (2007)
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Robin Williams - A Night at the Met (1986)
Sam Kinison - Louder Than Hell (1986)

Nominations will remain open until 10 PM Central (nominations will be valid through 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 20th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/20/2017 @ 00:25am

Dennis Miller - The Off-White Album (1988)
Lewis Black - The Carnegie Hall Performance (2006)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 07/20/2017 @ 18:43pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Bill Hicks - Relentless (1992)
Billy Crystal - Mahvelous! (1985)
Brian Regan - Brian Regan Live (1997)
Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker (1999)
Denis Leary - No Cure for Cancer (1993)
Dennis Miller - The Off-White Album (1988)
Eddie Murphy - Comedian (1983)
George Carlin - You Are All Diseased (1999)
Jim Gaffigan - Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe (2012)
Lewis Black - The Carnegie Hall Performance (2006)
Louis C.K. - Hilarious (2010)
Mitch Hedberg - Strategic Grill Locations (1999)
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops (2007)
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Robin Williams - A Night at the Met (1986)
Sam Kinison - Louder Than Hell (1986)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 25th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/21/2017 @ 01:37am

Voting is now open for this month's Artist vote. This month's selected artist is Deep Purple.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Deep Purple - Burn (1974)
Deep Purple - Deep Purple (1969)
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972)
Deep Purple - Now What?! (2013)
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple (1968)
Deep Purple - Stormbringer (1974)
Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are (1973)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. A minimum of three albums is required for a valid ballot. Ballots with less than 3 albums or more than 5 albums cannot be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 25th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/21/2017 @ 01:38am

Bill Hicks- Relentless (1992)
Chris Rock- Bigger and Blacker (1999)
Robin Williams- A Night at the Met (1986)
Richard Pryor- Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Denis Leary- No Cure for Cancer (1993)
Louis Black- The Carnegie Hall Performance (2006)
Eddie Murphy- Comedian (1983)
George Carlin- You are All Diseased
(1999)

Burn (1974)
Fireball (1971)
Perfect Strangers (1984)
Made in Japan (1973)
Stormbringer (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/21/2017 @ 02:21am

Genre Vote Ballot

Bill Hicks - Relentless (1992)
Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker (1999)
Denis Leary - No Cure for Cancer (1993)
Eddie Murphy - Comedian (1983)
George Carlin - You Are All Diseased (1999)
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Robin Williams - A Night at the Met (1986)
Sam Kinison - Louder Than Hell (1986)

Last Cuts: Lewis Black, Louis C.K., Billy Crystal

Artist Vote Ballot

Deep Purple - Burn (1974)
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972)
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Deep Purple - Stormbringer (1974)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 07/21/2017 @ 12:52pm

Bill Hicks - Relentless (1992)
Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker (1999)
Eddie Murphy - Comedian (1983)
Louis C.K. - Hilarious (2010)
Mitch Hedberg - Strategic Grill Locations (1999)
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops (2007)
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Robin Williams - A Night at the Met (1986)

Deep Purple - Burn (1974)
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972)
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple (1968)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 07/22/2017 @ 11:02am

My choices for this month's artist vote are:

Deep Purple- Deep Purple (1969)
Deep Purple- Made In Japan (1972)
Deep Purple- Burn (1974)
Deep Purple- Perfect Strangers (1984)
Deep Purple- Now What (2013)

Unfortunately, I am not familiar enough with this month's chosen genre- Stand Up Comedy (1981- 2016), to render a vote on this particular subject.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 07/23/2017 @ 04:32am

Artist Vote:

Deep Purple - Burn (1974)
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972)
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple (1968)

Genre Vote:

Bill Hicks - Relentless (1992)
Billy Crystal - Mahvelous! (1985)
Brian Regan - Brian Regan Live (1997)
Dennis Miller - The Off-White Album (1988)
Eddie Murphy - Comedian (1983)
Mitch Hedberg - Strategic Grill Locations (1999)
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Sam Kinison - Louder Than Hell (1986)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 07/23/2017 @ 13:59pm

Bill Hicks - Relentless (1992)
Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker (1999)
George Carlin - You Are All Diseased (1999)
Louis C.K. - Hilarious (2010)
Mitch Hedberg - Strategic Grill Locations (1999)
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops (2007)
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Robin Williams - A Night at the Met (1986)

The last cuts were Dennis Miller, Dennis Leary, Billy Crystal, and Sam Kinison.

Deep Purple - Burn (1974)
Deep Purple - Deep Purple (1969)
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972)
Deep Purple - Now What?! (2013)

The last cut was Who Do We Think We Are.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 07/23/2017 @ 19:11pm

Deep Purple - Burn (1974)
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971)
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple (1968)
Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/25/2017 @ 09:50am

Bill Hicks - Relentless (1992)
Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker (1999)
Denis Leary - No Cure for Cancer (1993)
Eddie Murphy - Comedian (1983)
George Carlin - You Are All Diseased (1999)
Mitch Hedberg - Strategic Grill Locations (1999)
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops (2007)
Sam Kinison - Louder Than Hell (1986)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/25/2017 @ 10:49am

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bill Hicks - Relentless (1992) - 6

Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker (1999) - 5
Eddie Murphy - Comedian (1983) - 5
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip (1982) - 5
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George Carlin - You Are All Diseased (1999) - 4
Mitch Hedberg - Strategic Grill Locations (1999) - 4
Robin Williams - A Night at the Met (1986) - 4
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Denis Leary - No Cure for Cancer (1993) - 3
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops (2007) - 3
Sam Kinison - Louder Than Hell (1986) - 3

Louis C.K. - Hilarious (2010) - 2

Billy Crystal - Mahvelous! (1985) - 1
Brian Regan - Brian Regan Live (1997) - 1
Dennis Miller - The Off-White Album (1988) - 1
Lewis Black - The Carnegie Hall Performance (2006) - 1

Jim Gaffigan - Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe (2012) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
Gassman
Steve Z
SotN
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 25th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Tuesday will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/25/2017 @ 10:51am

Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker (1999)
Dennis Miller - The Off-White Album (1988)
Eddie Murphy - Comedian (1983)
George Carlin - You Are All Diseased (1999)
Lewis Black - The Carnegie Hall Performance (2006)
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Robin Williams - A Night at the Met (1986)
Sam Kinison - Louder Than Hell (1986)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/25/2017 @ 13:25pm

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/25/2017 @ 13:26pm

Billy Crystal - Mahvelous! (1985)
Denis Leary - No Cure for Cancer (1993)
George Carlin - You Are All Diseased (1999)
Lewis Black - The Carnegie Hall Performance (2006)
Louis C.K. - Hilarious (2010)
Mitch Hedberg - Strategic Grill Locations (1999)
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Robin Williams - A Night at the Met (1986)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 07/25/2017 @ 14:14pm

Stand-Up Comedy II Vote -
Chris Rock - Bigger and Blacker (1999)
Dennis Miller - The Off-White Album (1988)
Eddie Murphy - Comedian (1983)
George Carlin - You Are All Diseased (1999)
Lewis Black - The Carnegie Hall Performance (2007)
Louis C.K. - Hilarious (2010)
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Robin Williams - A Night at the Met (1986)

Deep Purple Vote -
Burn (1974)
Fireball (1971)
Made in Japan (1972)
Perfect Strangers (1984)
Shades of Deep Purple (1968)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 07/25/2017 @ 22:05pm

Denis Leary - No Cure for Cancer (1993)
Dennis Miller - The Off-White Album (1988)
George Carlin - You Are All Diseased (1999)
Jim Gaffigan - Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe (2012)
Lewis Black - The Carnegie Hall Performance (2007)
Louis C.K. - Hilarious (2010)
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops (2007)
Sam Kinison - Louder Than Hell (1986)

Burn (1974)
Made in Japan (1972)
Perfect Strangers (1984)
The House of Blue Light (1987) [It Looks Like Darren Forgot my Nomination]
Who Do We Think We Are (1973)

Posted by Derek on Tuesday, 07/25/2017 @ 23:59pm

Voting is now over.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

George Carlin - You Are All Diseased (1999) - 8
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip (1982) - 8

Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker (1999) - 7
Eddie Murphy - Comedian (1983) - 7
Robin Williams - A Night at the Met (1986) - 7

Bill Hicks - Relentless (1992) - 6
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Denis Leary - No Cure for Cancer (1993) - 5
Lewis Black - The Carnegie Hall Performance (2006) - 5
Louis C.K. - Hilarious (2010) - 5
Mitch Hedberg - Strategic Grill Locations (1999) - 5
Sam Kinison - Louder Than Hell (1986) - 5

Dennis Miller - The Off-White Album (1988) - 4
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops (2007) - 4

Billy Crystal - Mahvelous! (1985) - 2

Brian Regan - Brian Regan Live (1997) - 1
Jim Gaffigan - Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe (2012) - 1

This vote count includes the following vote:

Greg F
Donnie
Gassman
Steve Z
SotN
Darren
Tom H.
dmg
Nick
Derek

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bill Hicks - Relentless (1992)
Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker (1999)
Eddie Murphy - Comedian (1983)
George Carlin - You Are All Diseased (1999)
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Robin Williams - A Night at the Met (1986)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/26/2017 @ 08:29am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Note: jtrichey's vote was cast after the voting deadline, so it couldn't be included.

Deep Purple - Burn (1974) - 9
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Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972) - 8
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984) - 8
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Deep Purple - Fireball (1971) - 7

Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple (1968) - 4

Deep Purple - Deep Purple (1969) - 2
Deep Purple - Now What?! (2013) - 2
Deep Purple - Stormbringer (1974) - 2
Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are (1973) - 2

Deep Purple - The House Of Blue Light (1987) - 1

As a result of this vote, the following songs have been inducted:

Deep Purple - Burn (1974)

The following songs will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972)
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)

Anyone who voted in this Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote, select one of the two albums.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be 2 days of voting.

Tiebreaker voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/26/2017 @ 08:31am

my vote

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/26/2017 @ 13:09pm

Deep Purple- Perfect Strangers (1984)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 07/26/2017 @ 18:57pm

Yikes, this is a tough tiebreaker.

Do I go with what's considered to be one of the greatest live albums of all time or the reunion album of the band's classic lineup, featuring one of my favorite DP tracks, "Knocking at Your Back Door"?

I'll go with:
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972)
Just because I have sentimental memories of listening to it from my mom's collection when I was younger. I hope both albums make it in eventually.

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 07/27/2017 @ 00:55am

Tiebreaker - Made in Japan (1972)

Steve Z, you're 100% correct - Made in Japan is one of the greatest live albums ever. It's a huge snub in the Album Project and deserves induction (so does Perfect Strangers too). Albums like Made in Japan make the case of why I have been pushing 'Live Albums' in the genre category for the Album Project. There are a lot of worthy live albums we haven't considered yet. I hope there's continued support for live albums in the near future.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 07/27/2017 @ 01:05am

If I'm in before the deadline, Made in Japan.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 07/27/2017 @ 22:01pm

Made in Japan

Posted by Derek on Thursday, 07/27/2017 @ 23:40pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972) - 4
_____________________________________________

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984) - 2

Perfect Strangers will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this Artist Vote:

Deep Purple - Burn (1974)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/28/2017 @ 00:11am

Nominating now for the same reason as my Song Project nominees:

Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1971)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 07/31/2017 @ 04:42am

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/31/2017 @ 23:02pm

Nominations

Esperanza Spalding- Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
OK Go- Oh No (2005)

Artist: Sparks

For the genre vote I support a split. How about 1980-1995, 1996-2016?

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/31/2017 @ 23:06pm

I agree with Greg F's split (and was what I was going to suggest).

1980-1995 and 1996-2016

Some artists off of the top of my head:

Anthrax
Anvil
Artillery
Death Angel
Destruction
Exodus
Kreator
M.O.D.
Megadeth
Metallica
Municipal Waste
Nuclear Assault
Onslaught
Overkill
Sepultura
Slayer
Sodom
Suicidal Tendencies
Testament

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 08/1/2017 @ 13:55pm

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Mobb Deep- The Infamous (1995)

Artist Vote Nomination

KISS

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 08/1/2017 @ 14:37pm

Linkin Park- Meteora (2003)
Norah Jones- Feels Like Home (2004)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)

Artist Vote

Jethro Tull

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/1/2017 @ 16:58pm

General -
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986) [My favorite DM album]
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016)

Artist -
Rod Stewart

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/1/2017 @ 17:22pm

Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (1968)
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)

Bruce Springsteen

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 08/2/2017 @ 05:41am

I'm gonna switch my Artist Nomination from Rod Stewart to Sting.

Although I will continue pushing for Stewart as a selected Artist for the Artist Vote, I’m gonna postpone it and go with someone else this month. Say what you will about Sting's post-Police career, but he did release some great work over the years. He has 1 solo project inducted into the Album Project and I think he would be a fantastic choice for the Artist Vote.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 08/2/2017 @ 10:49am

noms:

Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)

genre:
no split

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 08/2/2017 @ 23:17pm

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/2/2017 @ 23:48pm

LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1996)
Beyonce - 4 (2011)
Sting - 57th And 9th (2016)

My Artist Vote nomination:

Chicago

And I am okay with the idea of splitting the thrash metal Genre vote.

Congratulations on LL Cool J being named a Kennedy Center Honoree!,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Thursday, 08/3/2017 @ 22:09pm

Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)

Posted by Derek on Thursday, 08/3/2017 @ 23:55pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
Beyonce - 4 (2011)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986) [My favorite DM album]
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1971)
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1996)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (1968)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Sting - 57th And 9th (2016)
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/4/2017 @ 00:35am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

AC/DC
Bruce Springsteen
Chicago
Gentle Giant
Jethro Tull
Kiss
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Neil Young
of Montreal
Peter Gabriel
Queen
Sparks
Sting
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Tuesday the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/4/2017 @ 00:37am

General vote

Esperanza Spalding- Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
OK Go- Oh No (2005)
Linkin Park- Meteora (2003)
Deep Purple- Perfect Strangers (1984)
Little Feat- Sailin' Shoes (1971)
Franz Ferdinand- Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2012)
Mobb Deep- The Infamous (1995)

Artist vote

of Montreal
Sparks
Gentle Giant
Jethro Tull
Chicago

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/4/2017 @ 01:10am

Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)
Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 08/5/2017 @ 00:36am

Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1971)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (1968)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016)

Bruce Springsteen
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Queen

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 08/5/2017 @ 01:02am

Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (1968)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)

AC/DC
Chicago
Queen
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 08/5/2017 @ 09:27am

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1971)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (1968)

The last cuts were Modest Mouse, Audioslave, Deep Purple, Mobb Deep, OK Go, Spirit, Beyonce, and My Morning Jacket. That was a rather hard ballot.

Gentle Giant
Mariah Carey
of Montreal
Peter Gabriel
TV On The Radio

The last cuts were Miles Davis, Jethro Tull, and Sparks.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 08/5/2017 @ 21:43pm

General Vote Ballot

Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003) (a severely underrated album)
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (1968)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Last Cuts: Beyonce, John Mayer, Bryan Adams, The Rolling Stones

Artist Vote Ballot

AC/DC
Kiss
Peter Gabriel
Queen
Sting

Last Cuts: Chicago, Jethro Tull, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Gentle Giant

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 08/6/2017 @ 07:49am

General Ballot -

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Little Feat - Sailin’ Shoes (1972)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay (1968)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016)

Last cuts were Beyoncé, Bryan Adams, Sting, Blink-182 and LL Cool J. This was a very tough ballot, to say the least.

The Little Feat album was released in 1972.

Artist Ballot -

Chicago
Mariah Carey
Peter Gabriel
Sting
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Nick on Monday, 08/7/2017 @ 23:27pm

My votes:

Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)

AC/DC
Bruce Springsteen
of Montreal
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/8/2017 @ 01:05am

My current vote count:

Linkin Park - Meteora (2003) - 5
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995) - 5
Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (1968) - 5
_____________________________________

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984) - 4
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986) - 4
Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000) - 4
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) - 4
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1971) - 4
_____________________________________

Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 3
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) - 3
OK Go - Oh No (2005) - 3

Audioslave - Revelations (2006) - 2
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003) - 2
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016) - 2
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001) - 2
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 2
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 2
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 2
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016) - 2

Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984) - 1
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 1
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1

Beyonce - 4 (2011) - 0
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016) - 0
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1996) - 0
Sting - 57th And 9th (2016) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
jtrichey
BSLO
Steve Z
SotN
Donnie
Nick
Darren

Voting closes at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/8/2017 @ 01:10am

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Beyonce - 4 (2011)
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1996)
Sting - 57th And 9th (2016)
Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (1967)
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)
Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016)

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Chicago
Peter Gabriel
Queen
Mariah Carey
Sparks

Will be pleased with the results nonetheless,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Tuesday, 08/8/2017 @ 08:42am

Beyonce - 4 (2011)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)

Gentle Giant
Jethro Tull
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Queen

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/8/2017 @ 11:21am

AC/DC
Miles Davis
Peter Gabriel
Sting
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)
Green Day - Revolution Rock (2016)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)

Posted by Derek on Tuesday, 08/8/2017 @ 20:18pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Linkin Park - Meteora (2003) - 7

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986) - 6
Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (1968) - 6

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984) - 5
Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000) - 5
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995) - 5
________________________________

Audioslave - Revelations (2006) - 4
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003) - 4
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) - 4
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1971) - 4
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 4
OK Go - Oh No (2005) - 4

John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001) - 3
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) - 3
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 3
The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (2016) - 3

Beyonce - 4 (2011) - 2
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984) - 2
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016) - 2
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 2
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 2
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 2
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 2

Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016) - 1
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 1
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1996) - 1
Sting - 57th And 9th (2016) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
jtrichey
BSLO
Steve Z
SotN
Donnie
Nick
Darren
Lax34
Tom H.
Derek

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)
Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (1968)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/9/2017 @ 02:15am

"Thrash Metal" has been selected as this month's genre vote. This genre will be split into two votes, "1980-1995" and "1996-2016".

Nominations are now open for this month's first genre vote, "Thrash Metal 1980-1995".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/9/2017 @ 02:22am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Mariah Carey - 5
Peter Gabriel - 5
Queen - 5
___________________________

AC/DC - 4
Chicago - 4
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 4
___________________________

Gentle Giant - 3
Miles Davis - 3
of Montreal - 3
Sting - 3
TV On The Radio - 3

Bruce Springsteen - 2
Jethro Tull - 2
Sparks - 2

Kiss - 1
Neil Young - 1

The following artists will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Mariah Carey
Peter Gabriel
Queen

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Selection vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all three artists in order of preference.

The artist that gets the most points will be selected for the August Artist Project vote. The artists that gets the second most points will be selected for the September Artist Project vote. The other artist will automatically be nominated for the October Song Project vote. In the event of a tie, the tiebreaker is most first-place votes.

There will be 2 days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/9/2017 @ 02:27am

Thrash metal vote nominations

Anthrax- Spreading the Disease (1985)
Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction (1992)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/9/2017 @ 02:29am

Round One Nominations

Exodus- Fabulous Disaster (1989)
Slayer-South Of Heaven (1988)

Round Two Nominations

Megadeth- Dystopia (2016)
Metalica-Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/9/2017 @ 09:15am

First Round:
Artillery - By Inheritance (1990)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)

Second Round:
Overkill - The Killing Kind (1996)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 08/9/2017 @ 11:37am

Artist Tie Breaker

Queen-3
Mariah Carey-2
Peter Gabriel-1

no wrong choices here

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/9/2017 @ 12:51pm

1. Peter Gabriel (3 points)
2. Mariah Carey (2 points)
3. Queen (A point)

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 08/9/2017 @ 16:14pm

Queen-3
Mariah Carey-2
Peter Gabriel-1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/9/2017 @ 16:15pm

Artist Tiebreaker -
Mariah Carey - 3
Peter Gabriel - 2
Queen - 1

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 08/9/2017 @ 20:07pm

Genre I Nominations -
Anthrax - State of Euphoria (1988)
Death Angel - Frolic Through the Park (1988)

I will have to do more research for the second round.

Is there really only 8 nominations (including mine) for the 1st genre vote of Thrash Metal so far? I hope I'm wrong here and there are more nominations coming relatively soon.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 08/10/2017 @ 21:07pm

Here is my Artist Vote tiebreaker ballot.

Peter Gabriel - 3
Queen - 2
Mariah Carey - 1

In addition, though I am not much of a thrash metal fan, here are my nominees for the category in this Special Election cycle. The first pair covers 1980-1995.

Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver (1986)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)

And these pair of nominees cover the years 1996-2016.

Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Damageplan - New Found Power (2004)

A decent pair of pairs,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Thursday, 08/10/2017 @ 21:15pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Peter Gabriel - 10 (2 highest rankings)
Queen - 10 (2 highest rankings)
____________________________________________

Mariah Carey - 10 (1 highest ranking)

Mariah Carey will automatically be nominated for the October Artist Project selection vote.

The following artists will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Peter Gabriel
Queen

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project selection vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker. To vote, select one of the two artists. In the event of a tie, the final vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

The winning artist will be selected for August, the losing artist will be selected for September.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Saturday the 12th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/11/2017 @ 02:22am

I vote for Peter Gabriel.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/11/2017 @ 02:23am

I vote for Queen

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/11/2017 @ 02:52am

I vote for Queen.

I'll pass on nominees for the Genre Vote, but will probably vote in the actual vote part.

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 08/11/2017 @ 06:13am

Seasons in the Abyss (1990) - Slayer
Body Count (1992) - Body Count

St. Anger (2003) - Metallica :p
Ashes of the Wake (2004) - Lamb of God

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 08/11/2017 @ 12:26pm

I vote for Queen

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 08/11/2017 @ 16:46pm

My vote will go to Peter Gabriel.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 08/11/2017 @ 17:52pm

Genre 2 nominations:

Deceased- Fearless Undead Machines (1997)
Death- The Sound of Perseverance (1998)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/11/2017 @ 19:01pm

Tiebreaker goes to Peter Gabriel

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 08/12/2017 @ 08:56am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Queen - 3
_______________________________________________

Peter Gabriel - 2 (Nick's vote was the last one cast and was disqualified to break the 3-3 tie)

Peter Gabriel will be selected as the Artist Vote in September.

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Vote. The selected artist is Queen.

Any voter can nominate one album by Queen from 1900-2016 that hasn't been inducted previously.

Here is the list of albums that have already been inducted (according to FRL):

A Day at the Races (1976)
A Night At The Opera (1975)
Queen II (1974)
Sheer Heart Attack (1974)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry for Queen's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_discography

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/13/2017 @ 00:16am

I got my dates mixed up. Voting should have started in the first genre vote last night.

Any nominations cast entered prior to Saturday the 12th at 11 PM Central will be included. There will still be 5 days of voting.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985)
Anthrax - State of Euphoria (1988)
Artillery - By Inheritance (1990)
Body Count - Body Count (1992)
Death Angel - Frolic Through the Park (1988)
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (1989)
Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver (1986)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots with less than 8 votes will be counted and voters will have the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 votes can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/13/2017 @ 00:33am

Artist Vote Nomination

Queen- A Kind of Magic (1986)

I'll vote on the Genre Vote later on. Want to do a bit of research on this first, before casting a vote.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 08/13/2017 @ 05:18am

Artist vote nomination

Queen- Innuendo (1991)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 08/13/2017 @ 08:50am

Album nomination

Queen- Jazz (1978)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 08/13/2017 @ 09:24am

Artist Nomination -
Queen - The Game (1980)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 08/13/2017 @ 11:30am

Artist Nomination:

Queen - News of the World (1977)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 08/13/2017 @ 14:33pm

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985)
Artillery - By Inheritance (1990)
Death Angel - Frolic Through the Park (1988)
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (1989)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)
Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 08/14/2017 @ 20:41pm

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985)
Artillery - By Inheritance (1990)
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (1989)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988)

Queen - Queen (1973)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 08/15/2017 @ 00:25am

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985)
Artillery - By Inheritance (1990)
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (1989)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Slayer- South of Heaven (1988)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/15/2017 @ 03:02am

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985)
Artillery - By Inheritance (1990)
Death Angel - Frolic Through the Park (1988)
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (1989)
Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver (1986)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/15/2017 @ 13:52pm

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985)
Body Count - Body Count (1992)
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (1989)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 08/16/2017 @ 20:40pm

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985)
Anthrax - State of Euphoria (1988)
Body Count - Body Count (1992)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/17/2017 @ 10:49am

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985) - 6
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992) - 6
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994) - 6
Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988) - 6

Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (1989) - 5
Sepultura - Arise (1991) - 5
_________________________________________

Artillery - By Inheritance (1990) - 4
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) - 4

Body Count - Body Count (1992) - 2
Death Angel - Frolic Through the Park (1988) - 2

Anthrax - State of Euphoria (1988) - 1
Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver (1986) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

dmg
BSLO
Greg F.
Tom H.
Gassman
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/17/2017 @ 10:52am

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985)
Anthrax - State of Euphoria (1988)
Body Count - Body Count (1992)
Death Angel - Frolic Through the Park (1988)
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (1989)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 08/17/2017 @ 14:27pm

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 08/17/2017 @ 15:59pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Special Election Regarding Thrash Metal.

Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver (1986)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985)
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (1989)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)

And my Artist Vote nomination for the month is:

Queen - The Works (1984)

Looks to be a good class of inductees,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Thursday, 08/17/2017 @ 20:46pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985) - 9
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992) - 9
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994) - 9

Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (1989) - 8
Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988) - 8
____________________________

Sepultura - Arise (1991) - 7
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) - 7
____________________________

Artillery - By Inheritance (1990) - 5

Body Count - Body Count (1992) - 3
Death Angel - Frolic Through the Park (1988) - 3

Anthrax - State of Euphoria (1988) - 2
Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver (1986) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

dmg
BSLO
Greg F.
Tom H.
Gassman
Darren
Nick
SotN
Lax34

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985)
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (1989)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Sepultura - Arise (1991)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select one of the two albums in the tiebreaker.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Saturday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/18/2017 @ 01:30am

I vote for Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990).

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/18/2017 @ 01:30am

Nominations are now open for the first genre vote, "Thrash Metal 1996-2016".

Each voter can nominate two albums that they feel belong in this genre vote.

If you feel that a album has been nominated for this genre inappropriately, please lodge a protest and explain why the album isn't eligible. Any album that receives three protests will be diqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review (albums can still be nominated on the third day, but please be sure that the album you nominate is unquestionably eligible for this genre).

Nominations / review will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 20th. Nominations will still be accepted until 11 PM Central on Sunday the 20th, when voting begins.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/18/2017 @ 01:33am

Nominations remain open for this month's selected Artist Project artist, Queen.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/18/2017 @ 01:34am

Sepultura - Arise (1991)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 08/18/2017 @ 09:15am

Sepultura - Arise (1991)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/18/2017 @ 17:09pm

I'll vote for Sepultura.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 08/19/2017 @ 17:27pm

I'll go with Slayer

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 08/19/2017 @ 18:57pm

Sepultura - Arise (1991)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 08/19/2017 @ 22:02pm

Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired... to Self-Destruct

Posted by Rick on Saturday, 08/19/2017 @ 23:02pm

Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016)

Posted by Rick on Saturday, 08/19/2017 @ 23:14pm

Queen - The Miracle (1989)

Posted by Derek on Sunday, 08/20/2017 @ 00:02am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Sepultura - Arise (1991) - 4
__________________________________________

Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) - 2

Slayer will automatically be nominated for the Album Project vote in September.

Here's the final class for this genre vote:

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985)
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (1989)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)
Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/20/2017 @ 02:24am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated songs (let me know ASAP if I've missed any or made any errors):

Damageplan - New Found Power (2004)
Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines (1997)
Lamb Of God - Ashes of the Wake (2004)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Metallica - St. Anger (2003)
Overkill - The Killing Kind (1996)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated songs for their ballot to be valid. Ballots of less than 8 will be included (ballots of more than 8 can't be included), with the opportunity to complete the ballot being given ot the voter.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes counted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 25th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/21/2017 @ 02:13am

Nominations are now closed.

Voting is now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Queen.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
Queen - News of the World (1977)
Queen - Queen (1973)
Queen - The Game (1980)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)
Queen - The Works (1984)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated songs. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated songs for their vote to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes counted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 25th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/21/2017 @ 02:17am

Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines (1997)
Lamb Of God - Ashes of the Wake (2004)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Overkill - The Killing Kind (1996)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)

Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
Queen - News of the World (1977)
Queen - Queen (1973)
Queen - The Game (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/21/2017 @ 02:53am

Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines (1997)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Metallica - St. Anger (2003)
Overkill - The Killing Kind (1996)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 08/21/2017 @ 21:03pm

Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Lamb Of God - Ashes of the Wake (2004)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Metallica - St. Anger (2003)
Overkill - The Killing Kind (1996)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)

Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
Queen - News of the World (1977)
Queen - The Game (1980)
Queen - The Works (1984)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 08/23/2017 @ 13:34pm

Queen - Jazz (1978)
Queen - News of the World (1977)
Queen - The Game (1980)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)
Queen - The Works (1984)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 08/23/2017 @ 15:17pm

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/23/2017 @ 15:27pm

Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
Queen - News of the World (1977)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/23/2017 @ 15:29pm

Any interest for next months general vote for any of these albums that I'm torn on choosing between?

Chris Cornell- Euphoria Mourning (1999)
Link Wray- Link Wray (1971)
Linkin Park- The Hunting Party (2014)
Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/23/2017 @ 16:40pm

Damageplan - New Found Power (2004)
Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines (1997)
Lamb Of God - Ashes of the Wake (2004)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)

Queen - Jazz (1978)
Queen - News of the World (1977)
Queen - Queen (1973)
Queen - The Game (1980)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)

The last cut was Innuendo.

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 08/23/2017 @ 22:54pm

Thrash Metal II Ballot -
Damageplan - New Found Power (2004)
Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines (1997)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Metallica - St. Anger (2003)
Overkill - The Killing Kind (1996)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)

Queen Ballot -
Innuendo (1991)
Jazz (1978)
News of the World (1977)
The Game (1980)
The Works (1984)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 08/24/2017 @ 01:14am

Here is my ballot for the second Thrash Metal Special Election.

Damageplan - New Found Power (2004)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Metallica - St. Anger (2003)
Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Lamb Of God - Ashes of the Wake (2004)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)

And here is my Artist Vote ballot.

Queen - The Works (1984)
Queen - News of the World (1977)
Queen - The Game (1980)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)

Looking forward to the ballots to come,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Thursday, 08/24/2017 @ 21:56pm

Damageplan - New Found Power (2004)
Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines (1997)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Overkill - The Killing Kind (1996)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)

Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
Queen - News of the World (1977)
Queen - Queen (1973)
Queen - The Game (1980)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 08/24/2017 @ 22:47pm

Gonna pass on the genre vote.

Artist Vote (Queen)

Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Queen - News of the World (1977)
Queen - Queen (1973)
Queen - The Game (1980)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 08/25/2017 @ 09:08am

Lamb Of God - Ashes of the Wake (2004)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Metallica - St. Anger (2003)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)

Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Queen - News of the World (1977)
Queen - Queen (1973)
Queen - The Game (1980)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/25/2017 @ 23:28pm

I also vote for:

Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines (1997)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/25/2017 @ 23:30pm

Ashley Monroe and Blake Shelton - You Ain’t Dolly (And You Ain’t Porter) (2012)
Chris Stapleton - Parachute (2015)
Eric Church - Springsteen (2011)
Florida Georgia Line - Cruise (2012)
Garth Brooks - The Red Strokes (1993)
Lucinda Williams - Can’t Let Go (1998)
Neal McCoy - Billy’s Got His Beer Googles On (2005)
Sturgill Simpson - Call to Arms (2016)
Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All the Way Down (2014)
Taylor Swift - Love Story (2008)
The Band Perry - If I Die Young (2010)
The Dixie Chicks - Travelin’ Soldier (2002)
The Oak Ridge Boys - American Made (1983)
Tim McGraw - Indian Outlaw (1994)
Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried (2008)

Otis Redding - Mr. Pitiful (1965)
Otis Redding - Shake (1965)
Otis Redding - She Put the Hurt on Me (1966)
Otis Redding - These Arms of Mine (1962)
Otis Redding and Carla Thomas - Tramp (1967)

Posted by Derek on Friday, 08/25/2017 @ 23:48pm

Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines (1997)
Lamb Of God - Ashes of the Wake (2004)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Metallica - St. Anger (2003)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)

Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queen - Innuendo (1991) 
Queen - Queen (1973) 
Queen - The Game (1980)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)

Posted by Derek on Saturday, 08/26/2017 @ 00:02am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998) - 9
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016) - 9
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016) - 9
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009) - 9

Testament - The Gathering (1999) - 8

Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines (1997) - 7
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Lamb Of God - Ashes of the Wake (2004) - 6
Overkill - The Killing Kind (1996) - 6

Metallica - St. Anger (2003) - 5

Damageplan - New Found Power (2004) - 4

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
dmg
Gassman
Tom H.
SotN
Nick
Lax34
BSLO
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines (1997)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/26/2017 @ 00:21am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Queen - News of the World (1977) - 10

Queen - The Game (1980) - 9
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Queen - Innuendo (1991) - 8

Queen - Jazz (1978) - 7

Queen - Queen (1973) - 5

Queen - The Miracle (1989) - 4
Queen - The Works (1984) - 4

Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 3

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Queen - News of the World (1977)
Queen - The Game (1980)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/26/2017 @ 00:23am

FRL - here are the albums I count since June that have not been added yet:

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985)
Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968)
Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)
Bill Hicks - Relentless (1992)
Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1960)
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker (1999)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines (1997)
Deep Purple - Burn (1974)
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (1972)
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (1984)
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1986)
Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)
Eddie Murphy - Comedian (1983)
Elvis Costello - King of America (1986)
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (2013)
Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis (1969)
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (1989)
Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
George Carlin - Class Clown (1972)
George Carlin - You Are All Diseased (1999)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Imagination (1973)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Heart - Little Queen (1977)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Lenny Bruce - Interviews of Our Times (1958)
Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1972)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Megadeth - Dystopia (2016)
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall (Live) (1963)
Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (1968)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (1994)
Queen - News of the World (1977)
Queen - The Game (1980)
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Robin Williams - A Night at the Met (1986)
Robin Williams - Reality... What a Concept (1979)
Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996)
Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Steve Martin - A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007)
Testament - The Gathering (1999)
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)
The Bangles - Different Light (1986)
The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
The Monkees - Good Times! (2016)
The Supremes - Love Child (1968)
The Young Rascals - Groovin' (1967)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 08/30/2017 @ 20:54pm

Thanks, dmg!

Posted by FRL on Thursday, 08/31/2017 @ 09:17am

FRL,

I noticed that The Cars - Shake It Up (1981) was inducted in November 2016 but was not included on the list above nor on the Car's individual page.

Einsturzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981) does not link with their artist's page because the artist is accidentally listed as Einst.

Thank you!

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 08/31/2017 @ 20:51pm

FRL: Figured I'd chime in here, but the following (from July 2014) are still not added:

Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975)
Cluster - Cluster II (1972)
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975)
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (1970)
Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)

Steve Z: Shake It Up won a tiebreaker after a mistake on mine and Darren's parts. Originally, Chaka Khan's I Feel For You was "voted in" during that vote, but on recount it was put in a tiebreaker with Chic and the Cars, and the latter won. That's why the Cars aren't listed and I Feel For You is listed twice.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 08/31/2017 @ 21:53pm

Rule Changes In 2017:

Starting in 2017, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2016.

Starting in 2017, albums released in 2016 will be eligible for nomination in January. There will be a designated 2016 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination for 2015 will end.

Starting in January, ballots must contain exactly 8 nominated albums to be valid.

Starting in January, 6 albums will be inducted in every Album Project and Genre Project vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Bonnie Raitt (eligible again in October 2017)
Harry Nilsson (eligible again in November 2017)
Fleetwood Mac (eligible again in December 2017)
Elvis Costello (eligible again in January 2018)
Deep Purple (eligible again in February 2018)
Queen (eligible again in March 2018)

Bob Seger is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015, one album from 2016 and two albums from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

21st Century Indie Dance
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Concept Albums
Country
Jazz
Live Albums
Movie Soundtracks

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Ambient" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"1990's Electronica" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"1990's Rap/Hip Hop" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"Female Artists" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Stand-Up Comedy" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Thrash Metal" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from August.

"70's Hard Rock" and "Singer/Songwriter" are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

Peter Gabriel has been selected for this month's Artist Vote as a result of finishing second in a tiebreaker in August.

Nominations for the selected artist are now open. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated songs. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/1/2017 @ 00:52am

I nominate the following

Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
Linkin Park- The Hunting Party (2014)
Corinne Bailey Rae- The Heart Speaks in Whispers (Deluxe Version) (2016)

Artist Vote:

Peter Gabriel- Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978)

Posted by Greg F. on Friday, 09/1/2017 @ 01:02am

Nominees:

Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (White Album) (1980)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)

Genre vote:
Krautrock

Artist vote nominee:
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 09/1/2017 @ 03:18am

General Nominations

John Mellencamp- Uh-Huh (1983)
Madonna- Music (2000)

Artist Vote Nomination

Peter Gabriel- Us (1992)

Genre Vote Nomination

1960's R&B/Soul

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 09/1/2017 @ 06:06am

Thank you, Steve Z and SotN!

Posted by FRL on Friday, 09/1/2017 @ 11:34am

One more correction, FRL: KMFDM's Nihil is listed as being by "KMDFM" and, thus, doesn't show up on the artist page.

And you're welcome. =)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 09/1/2017 @ 18:09pm

The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)
TLC - Fanmail (1999)

1990's R&B

Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 09/1/2017 @ 19:46pm

noms:

Various Artists - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture (1996)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 09/2/2017 @ 13:33pm

Mumford & Sons- Wilder Mind (2015)
Norah Jones- Feels Like Home (2004)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)

Genre Vote

Original Broadway Soundtracks

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/3/2017 @ 17:31pm

Nominations:

The Kinks - Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972)
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 09/3/2017 @ 18:18pm

General Nominations -
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)

Artist Nomination -
Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 09/3/2017 @ 20:06pm

Here is my ballot for this month's nominations for the Album Project.

Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998)
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016)

My Genre vote nomination for the month is:

Songs with Supernatural/Science Fiction/Fantasy themes

And for the Artist Vote nomination, my nominee is:

Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)

Interested to see how this will turn out,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Sunday, 09/3/2017 @ 20:11pm

Album nominations:

The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 09/3/2017 @ 20:38pm

Artist Nomination

Peter Gabriel- New Blood (2011)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/3/2017 @ 21:17pm

My genre nomination:

Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)

I count 49 albums that have not been inducted from this list, including eligible compilations (per the rules), and minus 2 Elvis Costello albums as he is ineligible due to the artist rule.

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 09/3/2017 @ 22:49pm

I nominate:

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/3/2017 @ 23:27pm

Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)

Posted by Derek on Monday, 09/4/2017 @ 00:00am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Corinne Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks in Whispers (Deluxe Version) (2016)
Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (White Album) (1980)
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh (1983)
Linkin Park - The Hunting Party (2014)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Madonna - Music (2000)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016)
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Kinks - Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
TLC - Fanmail (1999)
Various Artists - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture (1996)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/4/2017 @ 00:55am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
21st Century Indie Dance
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Concept Albums
Country
Jazz
Krautrock
Live Albums
Movie Soundtracks
Original Broadway Soundtracks
Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)
Songs with Supernatural/Science Fiction/Fantasy themes

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Wednesday the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/4/2017 @ 00:56am

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (White Album) (1980)
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)
John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh (1983)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Kinks - Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972)

21st Century Indie Dance
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Movie Soundtracks
Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 09/4/2017 @ 10:13am

Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (White Album) (1980)
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)
Linkin Park - The Hunting Party (2014)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
TLC - Fanmail (1999)

The last cuts were Shania Twain, Paul Simon, Soundgarden, Mumford and Sons, the Toadies, Slayer, Iggy Pop, PJ Harvey, Blink-182, and the Four Tops.

Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Krautrock
Live Albums
Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)

The last cuts were Supernatural themes and 1990's R&B.

Posted by SotN on Monday, 09/4/2017 @ 15:32pm

Album Vote:

Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Genre Vote:

Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Concept Albums
Live Albums
Movie Soundtracks
Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 09/4/2017 @ 17:04pm

Here's a list of eligible albums that I counted from Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time list (2012). There were two Elvis Costello albums that I removed since he is ineligible:

Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You (1972)
B.B. King - Live at the Regal (1965)
B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend (1984)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
Buddy Holly - 20 Golden Greats (1978)
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (1979)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight (1982)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989)
Dr John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits (1978)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Little Walter - The Best Of (1957)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Merle Haggard - Down Every Road (1996)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
New Order - Substance (1987)
Patsy Cline - The Ultimate Collection (2000)
Peter Wolf - Sleepless (2002)
Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1972)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1991)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings (1990)
Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend (2003)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)
The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs (1987)
The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds (1965)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

Here's the URL to Rolling Stone's list:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531

Posted by dmg on Monday, 09/4/2017 @ 17:19pm

Corinne Bailey Rae- The Heart Speaks in Whispers (Deluxe Edition) (2016)
Linkin Park- The Hunting Party (2014)
Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Madonna - Music (2000)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
PJ Harvey- Is This Desire? (1998)

21st Century Indie Dance
Concept Albums
Country
Jazz
Krautrock

Posted by Greg F. on Monday, 09/4/2017 @ 17:20pm

Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh (1983)
Madonna - Music (2000)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Various Artists - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture (1996)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 09/4/2017 @ 22:02pm

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh (1983)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)

Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Country
Jazz
Krautrock
Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 09/6/2017 @ 01:43am

Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Madonna - Music (2000)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)
TLC - Fanmail (1999)

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
British Invasion
Country
Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 09/6/2017 @ 07:17am

Just as a reminder, if Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time (2012) wins the Genre vote, there's an important, most likely forgotten rule about the Album Project that would apply for the albums from this list.....

"No compilation albums released after 1965 will be eligible, unless about 75% of the album was recorded before 1965 (Elvis's Sun Session, etc). Those albums become eligible they year they were released, not recorded."

So considering many of the albums on that list that have yet to be inducted are compilation albums, this is something to keep in mind, before nominating any of them. For example, Chuck Berry's "The Great Twenty Eight" would be eligible as the majority of that album features songs from before 1965. But "Legend" by Bob Marley and the Wailers would not be eligible as most of the songs on that compilation were from 1973-1980. Just something to keep in mind.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 09/6/2017 @ 16:02pm

Donnie - that is correct. Bob Marley - Legend was added in my list above by mistake. The rest (Hank Williams, etc.) should be eligible.

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 09/6/2017 @ 16:23pm

I have pulled more than a few nominations from the Rolling Stone list, so I know it well. In addition to the Bob Marley album, I don't think these 3 are eligible either:

Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (1979)
New Order - Substance (1987)
The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs (1987)

I would have to check the rest as I think there are around 10 other compilation albums left on the list.

The two B.B. King albums are also definitely in.

I really could have sworn that we inducted Boys Don't Cry at some point but I guess I was wrong.

Even if this genre doesn't get chosen, the remaining albums represent some of the biggest snubs left in this project. Hopefully some of these get nominated in the future.

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 09/6/2017 @ 19:24pm

Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Krautrock
Movie Soundtracks
Original Broadway Soundtracks
Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/6/2017 @ 20:18pm

Genre Vote -
1960’s R&B/Soul
1990’s R&B
British Invasion
Live Albums
Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

dmg,
For the Rolling Stone genre, would the genre also include any albums on the 2003 list that didn’t appear on the revised 2012 list?

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 09/6/2017 @ 20:23pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project election.

PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998)
Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Madonna - Music (2000)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)

Here is my ballot for the Genre Vote selection.

Songs with Supernatural/Science Fiction/Fantasy themes
Krautrock
Original Broadway Soundtracks
1990's R&B
British Invasion

Hopefully none are disqualified,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Wednesday, 09/6/2017 @ 20:29pm

21st Century Indie Dance
British Invasion
Concept Albums
Country
Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/6/2017 @ 22:04pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012) - 8
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British Invasion - 6

Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project - 5
Krautrock - 5

Country - 4
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1990's R&B - 3
21st Century Indie Dance - 3
Concept Albums - 3
Live Albums - 3
Movie Soundtracks - 3

1960's R&B/Soul - 2
Jazz - 2
Original Broadway Soundtracks - 2

Songs with Supernatural/Science Fiction/Fantasy themes - 1

This month's selected genre is "Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)".

Nominations will begin at 11 PM Central on Friday the 8th. Please use the time until the end of the voting to decide if each genre will be split into two votes and what year / criteria will be used to split the genre votes. Also, would the person who posted the genre please post an updated list of the eligible albums with all the ineligible albums and inducted albums removed?

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/7/2017 @ 00:20am

General Vote

Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh (1983)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Madonna - Music (2000)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
TLC - Fanmail (1999)

Genre Vote

I really don't think we need a split for this month's Genre Vote, based on the list of eligible albums that was posted, there's only about 30-40 to choose from, so there's not really a major amount to choose from anyway. One vote would suffice.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 09/7/2017 @ 02:51am

Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
The Kinks - Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/7/2017 @ 07:17am

Here's a revised list of eligible albums. Let me know if I missed any, or if I accidentally left some ineligible compilations in:

Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You (1972)
B.B. King - Live at the Regal (1965)
B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
Buddy Holly - 20 Golden Greats (1978)
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (1979)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight (1982)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989)
Dr John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits (1978)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Little Walter - The Best Of (1957)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Merle Haggard - Down Every Road (1996)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
New Order - Substance (1987)
Patsy Cline - The Ultimate Collection (2000)
Peter Wolf - Sleepless (2002)
Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1972)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1991)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings (1990)
Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend (2003)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)
The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs (1987)
The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds (1965)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

Here's the URL to Rolling Stone's list:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 09/7/2017 @ 21:29pm

Not sure if Singles Going Steady (1979) by the Buzzcocks is eligible as it is a compilation of singles.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 09/7/2017 @ 22:07pm

I think there are a couple of issues with dmg's list.

These two albums are already in:

B.B. King - Live at the Regal (1965)
B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1971)

These three albums aren't eligible since they are compilations with all songs released after 1965:

Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (1979)
New Order - Substance (1987)
The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs (1987)

This album is missing from the list:

Bo Diddley - Go Go Bo Diddley (1959)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 09/7/2017 @ 22:31pm

Amended list:

Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You (1972)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Bo Didley - Bo Diddley / Go Bo Diddley (1986)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
Buddy Holly - 20 Golden Greats (1978)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight (1982)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989)
Dr John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits (1978)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Little Walter - The Best Of (1957)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Merle Haggard - Down Every Road (1996)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Patsy Cline - The Ultimate Collection (2000)
Peter Wolf - Sleepless (2002)
Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1972)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1991)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings (1990)
Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend (2003)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)
The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds (1965)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 09/7/2017 @ 22:43pm

FRL - the following albums are not posting to the artist pages:

B. B. King - Completely Well (1969)
B. B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1969)
B. B. King - Live at the Regal (1965)

Looks like the list above doesn't have a space between the first . and the second B which might be causing the issue.

Also, neither of Funkadelic's albums are posting to the Parliament-Funkadelic page:

Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
Funkadelic - Maggon Brain (1971)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 09/7/2017 @ 22:50pm

Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 09/7/2017 @ 23:06pm

John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh (1983)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Madonna - Music (2000)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)

John Mayer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dells and TLC were the last cuts. Very tough ballot to choose from this month.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 09/7/2017 @ 23:29pm

My votes:

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998)
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)

Would support in the future:

Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh (1983)
Madonna - Music (2000)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)
TLC - Fanmail (1999)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/8/2017 @ 03:41am

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974) - 9

Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007) - 7
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985) - 7

Madonna - Music (2000) - 6
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 6
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998) - 6
_____________________________________

John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh (1983) - 5
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) - 5
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) - 5
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967) - 5

Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003) - 4
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 4
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 4

Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972) - 3
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 3
TLC - Fanmail (1999) - 3

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989) - 2
Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (White Album) (1980) - 2
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016) - 2
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
Linkin Park - The Hunting Party (2014) - 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 2
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 2
The Kinks - Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) - 2

Corinne Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks in Whispers (Deluxe Version) (2016) - 1
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016) - 1
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016) - 1
Soundgarden - King Animal (2012) - 1
The Dells - There Is (1968) - 1
Various Artists - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture (1996) - 1

John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001) - 0
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
SotN
dmg
Greg F
jtrichey
DarinRG
BSLO
Lax34
Donnie
Tom H.
Gassman
Nick
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/8/2017 @ 03:44am

album votes:

Madonna - Music (2000)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
The Kinks - Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972)
Various Artists - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture (1996)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)

Posted by Darrin A on Friday, 09/8/2017 @ 09:17am

Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
 Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016) 
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)

Posted by Derek on Friday, 09/8/2017 @ 22:04pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974) - 10

Madonna - Music (2000) - 7
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) - 7
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007) - 7
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985) - 7
________________________________

Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) - 6
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998) - 6
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967) - 6
________________________________

Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003) - 5
John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh (1983) - 5
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 5
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) - 5

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 4
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 4

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989) - 3
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972) - 3
The Kinks - Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) - 3
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 3
TLC - Fanmail (1999) - 3

Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (White Album) (1980) - 2
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016) - 2
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016) - 2
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001) - 2
Linkin Park - The Hunting Party (2014) - 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 2
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 2
Various Artists - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture (1996) - 2

Corinne Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks in Whispers (Deluxe Version) (2016) - 1
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 1
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016) - 1
Soundgarden - King Animal (2012) - 1
The Dells - There Is (1968) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
SotN
dmg
Greg F
jtrichey
DarinRG
BSLO
Lax34
Donnie
Tom H.
Gassman
Nick
Darren
Derek
Darrin A.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Madonna - Music (2000)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will get 3 points, the second-highest will get 2 points and so on.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote (if any of the albums in the tiebreaker are eligible for this month's genre vote, please let me know).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaking voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/9/2017 @ 00:37am

"Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)" has been selected as this month's genre vote. This genre will not be split into two votes.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012) 1900-2016".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

Here is the list of albums that are eligible for this genre (if any are missing or not eligible, let us know):

Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You (1972)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Bo Didley - Bo Diddley / Go Bo Diddley (1986)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
Buddy Holly - 20 Golden Greats (1978)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight (1982)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989)
Dr John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits (1978)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Little Walter - The Best Of (1957)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Merle Haggard - Down Every Road (1996)
Patsy Cline - The Ultimate Collection (2000)
Peter Wolf - Sleepless (2002)
Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1972)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1991)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings (1990)
Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend (2003)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)
The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds (1965)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/9/2017 @ 00:43am

Nominations remain open for this month's selected Artist project artist, Peter Gabriel.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/9/2017 @ 00:44am

Nominations -
Little Walter - The Best Of (1957)
Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1972)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 09/9/2017 @ 01:01am

My picks

Boz Scaggs- Boz Scaggs (1969)
Graham Parker & The Rumour- Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/9/2017 @ 01:08am

Rolling Stone Nominations

Al Green- I'm Still in Love With You (1972)
Radiohead- Amnesiac (2001)

On the Bo Diddley album, it's actually just "Go Bo Diddley" which was his second album released in 1959. It's No. 214 on the list and hasn't been inducted in the Album Project yet. His first album, titled "Bo Diddley" was released in 1958 and was inducted in the original group of Album Project inductees way back when.

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 09/9/2017 @ 06:53am

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)

PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998) - 3
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967) - 2
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 09/9/2017 @ 09:53am

The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967) (3 points)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) (2 points)
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998) (1 point)

All three are great albums.

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 09/9/2017 @ 11:19am

The Bo Diddley album is an unusual one. I initially left it off of the list because it might cause confusion. The Rolling Stone article specifically lists the 1986 double album featuring both previously released albums on one disc. Is it a compilation (in which case, it's eligible since all material is from the 1950's)? Or do we consider it to be a re-release of two separate albums, despite them being on one disc?

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 09/9/2017 @ 11:50am

Here's AllMusic's entry with review:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/bo-diddley-go-bo-diddley-mw0000650076

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 09/9/2017 @ 11:55am

General Vote Tiebreaker:

The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967) [3 points]
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998) [2 points]
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) [1 point]

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 09/9/2017 @ 15:23pm

1. The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967) (3 points)
2. PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998) (2 points)
3. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) (A point)

Nominees:
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 09/9/2017 @ 20:44pm

PJ Harvey- Is This Desire? (1998) (3)
The Four Tops- Reach Out (1967) (2)
Paul Simon- Stranger to Stranger (1)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/10/2017 @ 00:11am

The Four Tops- Reach Out (1967) - 3
Paul Simon- Stranger to Stranger (2016) - 2
PJ Harvey- Is This Desire? (1998) - 1

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 09/10/2017 @ 00:43am

nom:

The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 09/10/2017 @ 01:07am

Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)

PJ Harvey- Is This Desire? (1998) (3)
The Four Tops- Reach Out (1967) (2)
Paul Simon- Stranger to Stranger (1)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 09/10/2017 @ 03:17am

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
Dr John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 09/10/2017 @ 14:28pm

PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998)-3
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)-2
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/10/2017 @ 15:07pm

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds (1965)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/10/2017 @ 15:41pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot for this month.

PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998)-3
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)-2
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)-1

As well, here is my nomination ballot for the special election.

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)

Thanks for the help in choosing nominees,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Sunday, 09/10/2017 @ 20:25pm

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)

Paul Simon- Stranger to Stranger - 3
The Four Tops- Reach Out (1967) - 2
PJ Harvey- Is This Desire? (1998) - 1

Posted by Derek on Sunday, 09/10/2017 @ 23:37pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998) - 22 (5 highest overall rankings)
________________________________________________

The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967) - 22 (4 highest overall rankings)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) - 16

The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967) and Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

Here's the class of inductees for September 2017:

Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
Madonna - Music (2000)
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998)
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/11/2017 @ 01:08am

a few nominations if I may...

Teenager of the Year - Frank Black 1994
Pet Sounds Live - Brian Wilson 2002

Posted by Darrin A on Monday, 09/11/2017 @ 05:09am

Album Genre Vote Nominations:

Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 09/11/2017 @ 09:49am

My nominations:

Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/11/2017 @ 23:51pm

Darrin A. - I don't think that these albums are eligible for this genre:

Teenager of the Year - Frank Black 1994
Pet Sounds Live - Brian Wilson 2002

Please let me know if I'm wrong and they were on the Rolling Stone list in question.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/11/2017 @ 23:53pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989)
Dr. john - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Little Walter - The Best Of (1957)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1972)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Richard And Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
Stan Getz and Joan Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)
The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds (1965)

Note - Darrin A nominated the following albums, which aren't eligible, to my knowledge, but if it turns out that they are eligible, voters can vote for them or change their votes to these albums if they originally didn't because I said that they weren't eligible:

Frank Black - Teenager of the Year (1994)
Brian Wilson - Pet Sounds Live (2002)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included with the opportunity to complete the ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums cannot be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/12/2017 @ 00:47am

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Richard And Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

This was BRUTAL to get down to only 8 albums since everything from the top 500 list should really be in.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 09/12/2017 @ 02:50am

votes:

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
Richard And Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)

Posted by Darrin A on Tuesday, 09/12/2017 @ 04:31am

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Little Walter - The Best Of (1957)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Stan Getz and Joan Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)
The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds (1965)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 09/12/2017 @ 19:40pm

Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1972)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds (1965)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 09/12/2017 @ 19:52pm

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 09/12/2017 @ 23:55pm

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Boz Scaggs- Boz Scaggs (1969)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Stan Getz and Joan Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1963)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/13/2017 @ 01:34am

Slight correction Joao Gilberto not Joan Gilberto for Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto- Getz/Gilberto (1963).

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/13/2017 @ 03:01am

My ballot:

Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)
The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds (1965)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 09/13/2017 @ 09:29am

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)

Last Cuts: The Yardbirds, Lil' Wayne, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Little Walter, Bruce Springsteen, Professor Longhair

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 09/13/2017 @ 12:20pm

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1972)
Richard And Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Stan Getz and Joan Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 09/13/2017 @ 12:22pm

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/15/2017 @ 01:23am

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972) - 7

Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974) - 6
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964) - 6

Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959) - 5
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979) - 5
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Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006) - 4
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001) - 4
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973) - 4
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964) - 4
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980) - 4
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 4
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Richard And Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974) - 3
The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds (1965) - 3

Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969) - 2
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987) - 2
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977) - 2
Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989) - 2
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981) - 2
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979) - 2
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001) - 2
Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1972) - 2
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967) - 2

Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972) - 1
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008) - 1
Little Walter - The Best Of (1957) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

BSLO
Darrin A.
Tom H.
dmg
jtrichey
Greg F
Steve Z
Donnie
Gassman
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/15/2017 @ 01:25am

Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1972)
Richard And Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Stan Getz and Joan Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Last cuts were Manu Chao and Al Green.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 09/15/2017 @ 21:39pm

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Dr. John - Dr. John’s Gumbo (1972)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Howlin’ Wolf - Moanin’ In the Moonlight (1959)
Little Walter - The Best Of (1957)
Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1972)
Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
The Yardbirds- Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds (1965)

Al Green, Barry White and The Ronetes didn’t need my votes.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 09/15/2017 @ 23:25pm

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)

Posted by Derek on Friday, 09/15/2017 @ 23:41pm

Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Dr John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1972)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 09/16/2017 @ 19:23pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959) - 8
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964) - 8

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972) - 7
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974) - 7
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964) - 7

Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981) - 6
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Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006) - 5
Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano (1972) - 5
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001) - 5
Richard And Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974) - 5
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973) - 5
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 5
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979) - 5

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977) - 4
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980) - 4
The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds (1965) - 4

Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989) - 3
Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972) - 3
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008) - 3
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001) - 3

Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969) - 2
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987) - 2
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979) - 2
Little Walter - The Best Of (1957) - 2
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

BSLO
Darrin A.
Tom H.
dmg
jtrichey
Greg F
Steve Z
Donnie
Gassman
Darren
SotN
Nick
Derek
DarinRG

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/17/2017 @ 01:34am

Nominations are now closed for the Artist Project.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Peter Gabriel - New Blood (2011)
Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominees. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominees for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 21st.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/17/2017 @ 01:55am

Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/17/2017 @ 02:41am

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 09/19/2017 @ 06:35am

Artist Vote -
Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 09/20/2017 @ 00:29am

Peter Gabriel - New Blood (2011)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/20/2017 @ 19:42pm

Peter Gabriel - New Blood (2011)
Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)

Posted by Derek on Thursday, 09/21/2017 @ 23:31pm

Voting is now closed for this month's artist project vote.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978) - 5
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982) - 5
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 5
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Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989) - 3
Peter Gabriel - New Blood (2011) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002) - 2

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)

Anyone who voted in this Artist Vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker.

To vote, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The two albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

The will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM) on Saturday the 23rd.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/22/2017 @ 00:19am

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978)=3
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)=2
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)=1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 09/22/2017 @ 23:30pm

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 09/23/2017 @ 10:15am

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978)=3
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)=2
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)=1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 09/23/2017 @ 20:09pm

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 3
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978) - 1

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 09/23/2017 @ 22:53pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978) - 10
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982) - 8
____________________________________________

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 6

Us (1992) will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/24/2017 @ 01:15am

Rule Changes In 2017:

Starting in 2017, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2016.

Starting in 2017, albums released in 2016 will be eligible for nomination in January. There will be a designated 2016 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination for 2015 will end.

Starting in January, ballots must contain exactly 8 nominated albums to be valid.

Starting in January, 6 albums will be inducted in every Album Project and Genre Project vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Harry Nilsson (eligible again in November 2017)
Fleetwood Mac (eligible again in December 2017)
Elvis Costello (eligible again in January 2018)
Deep Purple (eligible again in February 2018)
Queen (eligible again in March 2018)
Peter Gabriel (eligible again in April 2018)

Bonnie Raitt is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
__________________________________________

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015, one album from 2016 and two albums from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
__________________________________________

The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Country
Krautrock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Songs by artists that haven't been inducted or nominated to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"TV And Film Instrumentals" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"Female Artists" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Stand-Up Comedy" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Thrash Metal" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from August.

"Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from September.

"Ambient" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

AC/DC
Chicago
Mariah Carey
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/1/2017 @ 01:07am

October nominations:

Amy Winehouse- Frank (2003)
Lucinda Williams- The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)

Genre: 21st Century Indie Dance

Artist: of Montreal

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/1/2017 @ 01:14am

General nominations:

The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
Bettie Serveert - Damaged Good (2016)

Genre:

Halloween

Artist:

They Might Be Giants

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 10/1/2017 @ 19:33pm

noms:

Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days (1993)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 10/2/2017 @ 00:11am

No Artist Nomination from me this month

Today Tom Petty died and I am so sad by the news as is one of the rock music community. I've been pushing Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers for the Artist Vote for the last year or so and they keep coming up short, can you do an Artist Vote on them this month and make it happen?

Posted by Nick on Monday, 10/2/2017 @ 16:32pm

No Artist Nomination from me this month

Today Tom Petty died and I am so sad by the news as is most of the rock music community. I've been pushing Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers for the Artist Vote for the last year or so and they keep coming up short, can we do an Artist Vote on them this month and make it happen?

Posted by Nick on Monday, 10/2/2017 @ 16:34pm

Sorry about before - I thought Petty died but the reports were inaccurate and he's still alive but in critical condition. I still hope we can honor Petty and the Heartbreakers for the Artist Vote this month.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 10/2/2017 @ 21:58pm

Nominations -
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Smokey Robison & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
The Weeknd - Starboy (2016)

Genre -
Live Albums

Posted by Nick on Monday, 10/2/2017 @ 22:10pm

Jethro Tull- War Child (1974)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)
Wilco- Schmilco (2016)

Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Jethro Tull

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/3/2017 @ 10:16am

General Vote Nominees

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)

Artist Vote Nomination

KISS

Genre Vote Nomination

1960's R&B/Soul

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 10/3/2017 @ 10:36am

Nominees:

Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 10/3/2017 @ 17:34pm

I nominate:

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)

Artist - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/3/2017 @ 19:36pm

Here are my nominations for this month's Album Project.

Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs (1987)
Donald Fagen - Kamikariad (1993)
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016)

My Genre Vote nomination this month is:

Jazz Fusion

And my Artist Vote nomination for the month is:

Steely Dan

Hope this goes through all important clearances,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Tuesday, 10/3/2017 @ 21:32pm

Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach (1979)
Lightnin' Hopkins -Lightnin' and The Blues (1960)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 10/3/2017 @ 21:49pm

The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)

The Roots

Hip Hop/Rap

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 10/3/2017 @ 21:57pm

Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)

Posted by Derek on Tuesday, 10/3/2017 @ 23:57pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Bettie Serveert - Damaged Good (2016)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days (1993)
Donald Fagen - Kamikariad (1993)
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs (1987)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' and The Blues (1960)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach (1979)
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)
The Weeknd - Starboy (2016)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/4/2017 @ 01:47am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's R&B/Soul
21st Century Indie Dance
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Country
Halloween
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz Fusion
Krautrock
Live Albums

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Friday the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/4/2017 @ 01:48am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

AC/DC
Chicago
Jethro Tull
KISS
Mariah Carey
of Montreal
Steely Dan
The Roots
They Might Be Giants
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Sunday the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/4/2017 @ 01:52am

Amy Winehouse- Frank (2003)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
The Isley Brothers- 3+3 (1973)

21st Century Indie Dance
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Country
Jazz Fusion
Krautrock

Chicago
Jethro Tull
of Montreal
Steely Dan
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/4/2017 @ 02:30am

General Vote

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)

Genre Vote

1960's R&B/Soul
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Jazz Fusion
Hip Hop/Rap

Artist Vote

AC/DC
KISS
Steely Dan
The Roots
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 10/4/2017 @ 05:01am

8 album votes:

Posted by Darrin A on Wednesday, 10/4/2017 @ 08:34am

sorry. my 8 album votes are........

Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)

Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach (1979)
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016)

Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)

The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)

Posted by Darrin A on Wednesday, 10/4/2017 @ 08:37am

Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs (1987)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach (1979)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)

21st Century Indie Dance
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Halloween
Krautrock
Live Albums

AC/DC
Chicago
They Might Be Giants
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 10/4/2017 @ 19:21pm

Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' and The Blues (1960)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 10/4/2017 @ 19:26pm

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days (1993)
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs (1987)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' and The Blues (1960)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
The Weeknd - Starboy (2016)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 10/4/2017 @ 23:39pm

Bettie Serveert - Damaged Good (2016)
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' and The Blues (1960)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)

1960's R&B/Soul
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Halloween
Jazz Fusion
Live Albums

AC/DC
Chicago
Jethro Tull
They Might Be Giants
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 10/5/2017 @ 19:48pm

Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' and The Blues (1960)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)

1960's R&B/Soul
British Invasion
Country
Hip Hop/Rap
Live Albums

Jethro Tull
Mariah Carey
Steely Dan
The Roots
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 10/5/2017 @ 21:25pm

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Jazz Fusion
Krautrock
Live Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 10/6/2017 @ 11:48am

21st Century Indie Dance
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Krautrock
Live Albums

Last cuts were Jazz Fusion, Country, and Hip Hop/Rap.

Mariah Carey
of Montreal
The Roots
They Might Be Giants
TV On The Radio

Last cuts were Jethro Tull, AC/DC, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 10/6/2017 @ 18:52pm

Country
Krautrock
Jazz Fusion
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
21st Century Indie Dance

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 10/6/2017 @ 21:23pm

Chicago
Jethro Tull
Mariah Carey
of Montreal
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 10/6/2017 @ 22:29pm

Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach (1979)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 10/6/2017 @ 22:35pm

1960’s R&B/Soul
British Invasion
Country
Jazz Fusion
Live Albums

Posted by Nick on Friday, 10/6/2017 @ 22:45pm

21st Century Indie Dance
British Invasion
Hip Hop/Rap
Jazz Fusion
Live Albums

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/6/2017 @ 23:37pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Jazz Fusion - 6
Live Albums - 6
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1960's R&B/Soul - 4
British Invasion - 4
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21st Century Indie Dance - 3
Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 3
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project - 3
Country - 3
Hip Hop/Rap - 3
Krautrock - 3

Halloween - 2

The following genres will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Jazz Fusion
Live Albums

Anyone who voted in this month's genre selection vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker vote.

To vote, select your preferred genre in the tiebreaker.

The genre with the most votes will be selected for October. The genre with the fewest votes will be selected for November.

In the event of a tie, the final vote cast will be eliminated.

There will be two days of voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Sunday the 8th. Please use the time before the tiebreaker ends to determine if each genre will be split into two votes or not and what criteria would be used if there was a split.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/7/2017 @ 00:54am

I vote for Live Albums.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/7/2017 @ 00:54am

Darren: I think something happened in your vote totals, because I quickly ran another tally, and this is what I got:

7. Jazz Fusion (Greg F, Donnie, dmg, Tom H., DarinRG, Nick, Darren)
7. Live Albums (Steve Z, dmg, BSLO, Tom H., SotN, Nick, Darren)
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5. 21st Century Indie Dance (Greg F, Steve Z, SotN, DarinRG, Darren)
5. Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project (Donnie, Steve Z, Tom H., SotN, DarinRG)
5. British Invasion (Donnie, BSLO, SotN, Nick, Darren)
5. Krautrock (Greg F, Steve Z, Tom H., SotN, DarinRG)

4. 1960's R&B/Soul (Donnie, dmg, BSLO, Nick)
4. Country (Greg F, BSLO, DarinRG, Nick)
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3. Art Rock/Progressive Rock (Greg F, dmg, Tom H.)
3. Hip Hop/Rap (Donnie, BSLO, Darren)

2. Halloween (Steve Z, dmg)

The tiebreaker remains the same, but most of the totals are wrong.

Either way, my vote is for Live Albums.

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 10/7/2017 @ 01:15am

My vote is for Jazz Fusion.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/7/2017 @ 01:27am

My votes:

Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs (1987)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Artists:

AC/DC
of Montreal
Steely Dan
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/7/2017 @ 01:35am

I must apologize for not getting a ballot in time to include the genre vote. Although I am pleased to see Jazz Fusion be considered among the tiebreaking finalists. In any case, here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs (1987)
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016)
Donald Fagen - Kamikariad (1993)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Steely Dan
Jethro Tull
Mariah Carey
Chicago

Needing to do far better in presenting my ballot ,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Saturday, 10/7/2017 @ 19:24pm

I vote for Jazz Fusion

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 10/7/2017 @ 20:30pm

No split on either

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/7/2017 @ 21:25pm

The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)
Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach (1979)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' and The Blues (1960)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
Wilco- Schmilco (2016)
Smokey Robison & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 10/8/2017 @ 00:36am

General -
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs (1987)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)

The Isley Brothers, Blink-182, Jeff Beck and Amy Winehouse were the final cuts. It was so good, I decided to cut my 2016 nomination from my ballot. All good choices this month!

Artist -
Chicago
Mariah Carey
Steely Dan
The Roots
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Genre Tiebreaker -
Live Albums

I am happy Live Albums finally got enough votes for the genre vote. I don’t want a split for Live Albums. Lots of great choices but it’s definitely a genre we can do again in the future so only one vote is necessary. Also just one vote for the Jazz Fusion genre.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 10/8/2017 @ 00:46am

Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' and The Blues (1960)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
The Weeknd - Starboy (2016)

The last cuts were Donald Fagen, Bettie Serveert, Jethro Tull, Paul Simon, Husker Du, Blink-182, Spirit, Peter Gabriel, the Four Tops, and Seal.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 10/8/2017 @ 21:39pm

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs (1987)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)

AC/DC
Chicago
KISS
Steely Dan
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Posted by Derek on Sunday, 10/8/2017 @ 23:54pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) - 7
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967) - 7
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005) - 7

Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs (1987) - 6
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' and The Blues (1960) - 6
________________________________

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 5
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967) - 5
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 5
Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 5
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Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003) - 4
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974) - 4
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) - 4
Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach (1979) - 4
Seal - Seal (I) (1991) - 4
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982) - 4
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968) - 4

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 3
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003) - 3
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016) - 3
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975) - 3
John Mayer - Room for Squares (2001) - 3
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972) - 3
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) - 3
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973) - 3

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 2
Pixies - Head Carrier (2016) - 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 2
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 2
The Weeknd - Starboy (2016) - 2

Bettie Serveert - Damaged Good (2016) - 1
Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days (1993) - 1
Donald Fagen - Kamikariad (1993) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
Darrin A
Steve Z
Gassman
jtrichey
dmg
BSLO
Tom H.
Darren
Lax34
DarinRG
Nick
SotN
Derek

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs (1987)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' and The Blues (1960)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will get 4 points, the second-highest will get 3 points and so on.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote (if any of the albums in the tiebreaker are eligible for this month's genre vote, please let me know).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaking voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Wednesday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 03:38am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Jazz Fusion - 2
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Live Albums - 2

The last vote cast was for "Live Albums", so the tiebreaker winner is "Jazz Fusion". "Live Albums will be the selected genre in November.

"Jazz Fusion" has been selected as this month's genre vote. This genre will not be split into two votes.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Jazz Fusion 1900-2016".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Wednesday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 03:46am

I missed DarinRG and SotN's votes in the genre selection vote. The two genres in the tiebreaker were still tied at 7 votes apiece.

The following genres received at least 4 votes and will automatically be nominated for the next genre vote:

1960's R&B/Soul
21st Century Indie Dance
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Country
Krautrock

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 03:48am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 10
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Chicago - 7
Steely Dan - 7

AC/DC - 5
Jethro Tull - 5
Mariah Carey - 5

of Montreal - 4
The Roots - 4
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They Might Be Giants - 3
TV On The Radio - 3

KISS - 2

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

Any voter can nominate one song by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers released from 1900-2016 that hasn't been inducted already (please decide if Tom Petty's solo albums will be eligible for this vote).

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

Damn The Torpedoes (1979)
Full Moon Fever (1989)
Wildflowers (1994)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Deep Purple's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Petty_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 20th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 03:55am

The genre actually is Live Albums

Live Albums- 3 (Darren, SOTN, Nick)
Jazz Fusion- 2 (Greg F, Tom H.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 04:01am

The genre actually is Live Albums

Live Albums- 3 (Darren, SOTN, Nick)
Jazz Fusion- 2 (Greg F, Tom H.)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 04:02am

Genre Nominations:

Thin Lizzy- Live and Dangerous (1978)
UFO- Strangers in the Night (1979)

Artist Nomination

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- The Last DJ (2002)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 04:07am

Let's go for a Lemmy double-nom here:

Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 08:08am

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) (4 pts) (so excited to finally see it get this close)
2. Peter Gabriel- Us (1992) (3 pts)
3. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles- Make it Happen (1967) (2 pts)
4. Wilco- Schmilco (2016) (1 pt)

Genre Vote Nominations (Live Albums)

Jerry Lee Lewis- Live at the Star Club (1964)
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)

Artist Vote Nomination (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)

Mojo (2010)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 08:31am

Artist Nomination

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- Hard Promises (1981)

Tie Breaker

Wilco- Schmilco (2016)-4
Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)-3
Peter Gabriel- Us (1992)-2
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles- Make it Happen (1967)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 14:09pm

Genre Nominations

Billy Joel- Songs in the Attic (1981)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 14:24pm

Tie Breakers:

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)- 4
Wilco- Schmilco (2016)- 3
Peter Gabriel- Us (1992)- 2
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles- Make It Happen (1967)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 14:31pm

Bauhaus - Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape (1982)
Leonard Cohen - Live Songs (1973)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 20:50pm

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)

Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967)
Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)

Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 4
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Make it Happen (1967) - 3
Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 22:33pm

Genre Nominations -
Depeche Mode - 101 (1989)
The J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Off (1976)

Lots of great choices so far for live albums!

Artist Nomination -
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- Into the Great Wide Open (1991)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 23:07pm

Tiebreaker -
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967) - 4
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 3
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 2
Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 1

Posted by Nick on Monday, 10/9/2017 @ 23:08pm

Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 4
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 3
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967) - 2
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/10/2017 @ 01:53am

Tiebreaker:

Wilco - Schmilco (2016) (4 points)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 10/10/2017 @ 21:09pm

Genre nominations:

Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road (1976)
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 10/10/2017 @ 21:27pm

Can't do much from a cell phone, but for me, my tiebreaker (highest to lowest) is Peter Gabriel, Spirit, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and Wilco.

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 10/10/2017 @ 21:40pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - 23
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Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 20
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 19
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967) - 18

Wilco, Peter Gabriel and Smokey Robinson will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project.

Here are the inductees for this month's Album Project:

Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs (1987)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' and The Blues (1960)
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016)
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/11/2017 @ 15:07pm

Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live (1971)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Echo (1999)

Posted by Derek on Wednesday, 10/11/2017 @ 23:52pm

Voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know if there are any missing):

Bauhaus - Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape (1982)
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Billy Joel- Songs in the Attic (1981)
Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live (1971)
Depeche Mode - 101 (1989)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (1964)
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
Leonard Cohen - Live Songs (1973)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road (1976)
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010)
Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967)
The J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Off (1976)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM (11 PM) Central on Monday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/12/2017 @ 08:49am

Billy Joel- Songs in the Attic (1981)
Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live (1971)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (1964)
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 10/12/2017 @ 09:40am

Voting is now open for this year's Revisited / Projected Rock Hall Project over on the Rock Hall Projected board:

http://www.futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected.php

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/13/2017 @ 00:45am

Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Billy Joel- Songs in the Attic (1981)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (1964)
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010)
Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 10/13/2017 @ 01:33am

Depeche Mode - 101 (1989)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (1964)
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road (1976)
Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)

Last Cuts: Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Curtis Mayfield

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 10/13/2017 @ 08:02am

Bauhaus - Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape (1982)
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)
Depeche Mode - 101 (1989)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Leonard Cohen - Live Songs (1973)
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 10/14/2017 @ 13:53pm

Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live (1971)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (1964)
Leonard Cohen - Live Songs (1973)
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010)
Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 10/14/2017 @ 18:36pm

Bauhaus - Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape (1982)
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (1964)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road (1976)
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010)
Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 10/14/2017 @ 19:38pm

Bauhaus - Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape (1982)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Leonard Cohen - Live Songs (1973)
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010)
Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)

The last cuts were Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bill Withers, Joe Cocker, and Curtis Mayfield.

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 10/15/2017 @ 14:36pm

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live (1971) - 2 Depeche Mode - 101 (1989)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (1964)
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
Leonard Cohen - Live Songs (1973)
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967)
The J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Off (1976)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 10/15/2017 @ 17:31pm

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live (1971)
Depeche Mode - 101 (1989)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (1964)
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
Leonard Cohen - Live Songs (1973)
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967)
The J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Off (1976)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 10/15/2017 @ 17:32pm

Billy Joel- Songs in the Attic (1981)
Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/16/2017 @ 11:05am

Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Billy Joel - Songs in the Attic (1981()
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live (1971)
Depeche Mode - 101 (1989)
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road (1976)
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)

Posted by Derek on Tuesday, 10/17/2017 @ 00:03am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Motorhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981) - 7

Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (1964) - 6
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970) - 6
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967) - 6
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Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998) - 5
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010) - 5
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985) - 5
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) - 5
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Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973) - 4
Billy Joel - Songs in the Attic (1981) - 4
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live (1971) - 4
Depeche Mode - 101 (1989) - 4
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973) - 4
Leonard Cohen - Live Songs (1973) - 4
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978) - 4

Bauhaus - Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape (1982) - 3
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road (1976) - 3

The J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Off (1976) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
Greg F
Donnie
DarinRG
BSLO
dmg
SotN
Nick
Tom H.
Derek

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (1964)
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
Motorhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all four albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Wednesday the 18th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/17/2017 @ 01:54am

1. UFO- Strangers in the Night (1979) (4 pts)
2. Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998) (3 pts)
3. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers- Pack Up the Plantation: Live (1985) (2 pts)
4. Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 10/17/2017 @ 09:08am

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)-4
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)-3
Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)-2
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/17/2017 @ 14:26pm

Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010) (4 points)
Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Pack Up the Plantation: Live (1985)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 10/17/2017 @ 14:29pm

Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 10/17/2017 @ 20:13pm

UFO- Strangers in the Night (1979) 4
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax- The Big Four: Live From Sophia, Bulgaria (2010) 3
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- Pack Up the Plantation: Live (1985) 2
Bob Dylan- Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998) 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 10/17/2017 @ 21:30pm

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985) - 4
Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998) - 3
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010) - 2
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) - 1

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 10/18/2017 @ 15:33pm

Tiebreaker:

UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) [4 Points]
Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998) [3 Points]
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010) [2 Points]
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 10/18/2017 @ 15:40pm

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents (1985)

Reminder, Artist Project nominations close at 11 PM Central on Thursday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/18/2017 @ 23:37pm

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985) - 4 
Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998) - 3 
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010) - 2 
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) - 1

Posted by Derek on Wednesday, 10/18/2017 @ 23:49pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998) - 22
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985) - 21
___________________________________________

UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) - 19
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010) - 18

The tiebreaker losers will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project.

Here's the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (1964)
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
Motorhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/19/2017 @ 01:13am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Echo (1999)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo (2010)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents (1985)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Last DJ (2002)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominees. Voters must vote for at least two nominees.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/20/2017 @ 00:40am

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo (2010)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents (1985)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 10/20/2017 @ 11:36am

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo (2010)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- The Last DJ (2002)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/22/2017 @ 01:52am

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents (1985)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 10/22/2017 @ 13:06pm

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Echo (1999)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents (1985)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)

Darren,
Because of the whole FRL Revisited Project controversy (like everyone else, I can't wait until that is over), do you think it's ok if we extend the Tom Petty Artist Votes in the Song and Album projects by another day or two? Right there are only 3 votes in the Album Project and I haven't counted the Song Project, but it's a pitiful showing. With the conversations from the Revisited Project dominating in the last few days, the actual song and album projects have been on the backburner and many of the regulars probably forgot about the Petty votes going on right now. Would extending it a day or so be acceptable?

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 10/24/2017 @ 12:53pm

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/24/2017 @ 16:33pm

Oops...Goofed on the spacing. Lets try that again...

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents (1985)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Last DJ (2002)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/24/2017 @ 17:02pm

Nick - Yeah, let's extend the Artist Votes in the Song and Album Project by two more days.

Voting will now end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/25/2017 @ 01:04am

My votes:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Echo (1999)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Last DJ (2002)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/25/2017 @ 01:10am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors; Billy R's late vote is included, as it didn't change the results of the vote):

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981) - 5
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991) - 5
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976) - 5
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents (1985) - 4
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Last DJ (2002) - 3
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Echo (1999) - 2
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo (2010) - 2

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)

Anyone who voted in the Artist Vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all three albums in order of preference.

The two albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

There will be two days of voting. Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Saturday the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/27/2017 @ 01:49am

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976) - 3
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991) - 2
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/27/2017 @ 01:50am

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981)-3
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)-2
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 10/27/2017 @ 13:23pm

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981)-3
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)-2
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)-1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/28/2017 @ 02:19am

1. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991) (3 pts)
2. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976) (2 pts)
3. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 10/28/2017 @ 08:31am

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976) - 3
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981) - 2
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991) - 1

Tough call. I wish all three of these could get in!

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 10/28/2017 @ 10:14am

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991) - 3
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981) -
2
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976) - 1

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 10/28/2017 @ 23:35pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976) - 13
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981) - 12
________________________________________

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991) - 11

Into The Great Wide Open (1991) will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

The following albums have been inducted:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/29/2017 @ 01:44am

My Nominations

Lucinda Williams- The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Tindersticks- Tindersticks (1st Album) (1993)

No Split needed for Jazz Fusion

Artist: Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/1/2017 @ 00:23am

Nominations -
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rufusized (1974)

Artist Nomination -
Sting

I agree with Greg, no split for the Jazz Fusion genre

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 11/1/2017 @ 00:37am

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/1/2017 @ 03:03am

General Vote Nominations

John Mellencamp- Uh Huh (1983)
Paula Abdul- Forever Your Girl (1988)

Genre Vote

no split for Jazz Fusion

Artist Vote

Blue Oyster Cult

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 11/1/2017 @ 03:19am

General:

The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)

(two highly-rated albums from two Hall of Fame groups that have zero albums in the project)

Joseph - I'm Alone, No You're Not (2016)

Genre:

No split

Artist:

They Might Be Giants

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 11/1/2017 @ 13:00pm

Album Nominations

Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)
System Of A Down- Mesmerize (2005)
The Moody Blues- In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/1/2017 @ 16:14pm

My nominees here will be:

Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)

Artist vote:

The Residents

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 11/2/2017 @ 23:13pm

noms:

Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 11/2/2017 @ 23:56pm

Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)

Surprisingly, we haven't inducted any albums by the Isley Brothers yet.

The Rolling Stones

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 11/3/2017 @ 02:34am

Here are my nominees for this month's Album Project. Now including recent Revisited/Projected Rock Hall Project inductees!

Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
Tori Amos - The Beekeeper (2005)
Garbage - Strange Little Birds (2016)

I suggest we do not split the Jazz Fusion special election. I see no need to split the vote in this regard. As well, my Artist Vote nomination this month is:

The Commodores/Lionel Richie (either one: we can vote on which to consider). My Artist Vote nominee this month is:

Carole King

Will be active this election cycle,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Friday, 11/3/2017 @ 16:10pm

November 2017 Album Nominations:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

November 2017 Album Artist Nomination:

Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 11/3/2017 @ 23:14pm

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/3/2017 @ 23:49pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
Garbage - Strange Little Birds (2016)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
John Mellencamp - Uh Huh (1983)
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Paul Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rufusized (1974)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
Tindersticks - Tindersticks (1st Album) (1993)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Tori Amos - The Beekeeper (2005)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/4/2017 @ 00:58am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

AC/DC
Blue Oyster Cult
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
Chicago
Jethro Tull
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
of Montreal
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
Steely Dan
Sting
The Commodores/Lionel Richie
The Residents
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
They Might Be Giants
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/4/2017 @ 00:59am

General Vote

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
John Mellencamp - Uh Huh (1983)
Paul Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rufusized (1974)
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)

Last Cuts: Eurythmics, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Moody Blues, The Isley Brothers, Lionel Richie

Artist Vote

AC/DC
Blue Oyster Cult
Mariah Carey
Sting
The Roots

Last Cuts: Miles Davis, Chicago, Steely Dan, They Might Be Giants

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 11/4/2017 @ 06:05am

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
John Mellencamp - Uh Huh (1983)
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
Paul Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)

Chicago
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
The Rolling Stones
The Roots

Awesome album nominations this month! This was the first time in awhile that I really struggled to get down to 8.

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 11/4/2017 @ 09:40am

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
John Mellencamp - Uh Huh (1983)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 11/4/2017 @ 23:46pm

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destoryer? (2007)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rufusized (1974)
Tindersticks - Tindersticks (1st Album) (1993)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
Chicago
Jethro Tull
of Montreal
The Residents

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 11/5/2017 @ 02:07am

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums

Posted by Darrin A on Sunday, 11/5/2017 @ 13:46pm

John Mellencamp - Uh Huh (1983)
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Chicago
Jethro Tull
Miles Davis
The Roots
They Might Be Giants

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 11/5/2017 @ 14:47pm

Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
John Mellencamp - Uh Huh (1983)
Paul Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rufusized (1974)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)

The Dells and Peter Gabriel were the last and very painful cut. Very tough ballot to choose from this month!

Chicago
Mariah Carey
Sting
The Rolling Stones
The Roots

Last cuts were Steely Dan, Miles Davis and The Commodores/Lionel Richie

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 11/5/2017 @ 23:03pm

I just realized that Paula Abdul's name is spelled wrong on the nominations list and that needs to be corrected. I was thinking 'who's Paul Abdul??' lol.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 11/6/2017 @ 00:54am

Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/7/2017 @ 15:01pm

Artist Vote

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Chicago
Jethro Tull
Miles Davis
Sting

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/7/2017 @ 16:33pm

Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)

Last cuts here were Rufus and Chaka Khan, Duran Duran, System of a Down, The Dells, Iggy Pop, Tindersticks, Garbage, Peter Gabriel, Modest Mouse, and Bloc Party. Another hard ballot to cut down.

of Montreal
The Residents
The Roots
They Might Be Giants
TV On The Radio

Last cuts were Chicago, Jethro Tull, and the Commodores/Lionel Richie.

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 11/8/2017 @ 17:44pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album project.

Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
Tori Amos - The Beekeeper (2005)
Garbage - Strange Little Birds (2016)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

The Commodores/Lionel Richie
Sting
Mariah Carey
Jethro Tull
Sir Paul McCartney

Congratulations to those who won elections yesterday,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Wednesday, 11/8/2017 @ 21:17pm

November 2017 Album Ballot:

Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh (1983)
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts include Paula Abdul, Smokey Robinson, Tom Petty, and UFO. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

November 2017 Album Artist Ballot:

Blue Oyster Cult
Chicago
Mariah Carey
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
Sting

Last Cuts include Jethro Tull, The Commodores/Lionel Richie, and The Rolling Stones. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 11/8/2017 @ 21:19pm

My votes:

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Wilco - Schmilco (2016)

AC/DC
of Montreal
Steely Dan
The Rolling Stones
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/8/2017 @ 22:11pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001) - 7

John Mellencamp - Uh Huh (1983) - 6
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968) - 6
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973) - 6
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991) - 6
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Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005) - 4
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985) - 4
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005) - 4
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4
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Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 3
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983) - 3
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) - 3
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) - 3
Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988) - 3
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rufusized (1974) - 3
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967) - 3
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) - 3

Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983) - 2
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972) - 2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 2
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax - The Big Four: Live from Sophia, Bulgaria (2010) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 2
The Dells - There Is (1968) - 2
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982) - 2
Wilco - Schmilco (2016) - 2

Garbage - Strange Little Birds (2016) - 1
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1
Tindersticks - Tindersticks (1st Album) (1993) - 1
Tori Amos - The Beekeeper (2005) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
BSLO
jtrichey
Greg F
Darrin A.
dmg
Nick
Tom H.
SotN
Lax34
Jennifer
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

John Mellencamp - Uh Huh (1983)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will get 5 points, the second-highest will get 4 points and so on.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other 4 albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote (if any of the albums in the tiebreaker are eligible for this month's genre vote, please let me know).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaking voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Saturday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/9/2017 @ 00:20am

"Jazz Fusion" has been selected as this month's genre vote. This genre will not be split into two votes.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Jazz Fusion 1900-2016".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Saturday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/9/2017 @ 00:21am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Chicago - 6
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Mariah Carey - 5
Sting - 5
The Roots - 5

Jethro Tull - 4
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Miles Davis - 3
of Montreal - 3
The Rolling Stones - 3

AC/DC - 2
Blue Oyster Cult - 2
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - 2
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only) - 2
The Residents - 2
They Might Be Giants - 2

Steely Dan - 1
The Commodores/Lionel Richie - 1
TV On The Radio - 1

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Chicago.

Any voter can nominate one album by Chicago released from 1900-2016 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
Chicago (II) (1970)
Chicago (V) (1973)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Chicago's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 20th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/9/2017 @ 00:22am

Genre Nominations

Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1976)
Spyro Gyra- Carnaval (1980)

Artist Nomination:

Chicago- Chicago VII (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/9/2017 @ 00:54am

The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)- 5
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005)- 4
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)- 3
Train- Drops of Jupiter (2001)- 2
Bloc Party- Silent Alarm (2005)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/9/2017 @ 03:54am

Artist Nomination

Chicago- Chicago VI (1973)

Genre Nominations

Herbie Hancock- Thrust (1974)
Miles Davis- Jack Johnson (1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 11/9/2017 @ 10:40am

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 11/9/2017 @ 20:50pm

System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 11/9/2017 @ 21:06pm

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 11/9/2017 @ 21:16pm

Tiebreak:

1. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005) 5 pts
2. Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
3. System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005)
4. The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
5. Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Boo! to all the last place Bloc Party votes. Heathens!

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 11/9/2017 @ 22:54pm

Tiebreaker -
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985) - 5
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005) - 3
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968) - 2
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005) - 1

Genre Nominations -
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1972)
Stanley Clarke - School Days (1976)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 11/10/2017 @ 01:11am

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Train- Drops of Jupiter (2001) (5 pts)
2. System of a Down- Mesmerize (2005) (4 pts)
3. Bloc Party- Silent Alarm (2005) (3 pts)
4. The Moody Blues- In Search of the Lost Chord (1968) (2 pts)
5. Eurythmics- Be Yourself Tonight (1985) (1 pt)

Extremely tough tie-breaker. Maybe the toughest for me ever in the Album Project. I'd be happy with any of those getting in.

Artist Vote Nomination

Chicago- Chicago III (1971)

Genre Vote Nominations

Mahavishnu Orchestra- Birds of Fire (1972)
Weather Report- Weather Report (1971)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 11/10/2017 @ 05:38am

1. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005) (5 points)
2. System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005) (4 points)
3. Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985) (3 points)
4. The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968) (2 points)
5. Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) (A point)

Posted by SotN on Friday, 11/10/2017 @ 16:20pm

November 2017 Album Tiebreaker:

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 11/10/2017 @ 19:42pm

Doh! Let me try that again.

November 2017 Album Tiebreaker:

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) 5
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968) 4
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985) 3
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005) 2
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 11/10/2017 @ 19:44pm

System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005) - 5
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005) - 4
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985) - 3
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968) - 2
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/11/2017 @ 01:12am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005) - 33
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Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985) - 31
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968) - 30
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005) - 29
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 27

Tiebreaker losers will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project.

Here is the final class of inductees:

John Mellencamp - Uh Huh (1983)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005)
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/12/2017 @ 03:35am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now over.

Here are the nominated songs (let me know if there are any missing):

Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1972)
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1972)
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971)
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980)
Stanley Clarke - School Days (1976)
Weather Report - Weather Report (1971)

Since there are only 8 nominees, voting will be done in tiebreaker format.

Any voter can vote by ranking all 8 nominees in order of preference, with the highest ranked album receiving 8 points and the second highest receiving 7 points and so on.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/12/2017 @ 03:35am

I gotta say, I'm rather disappointed in the "turnout" for this month's Genre Vote. Only posters nominated albums? What the heck? I'm not even a major fan of jazz fusion, but only 8 nominees, with 4 posters nominating albums? That's kind of pathetic.

That being said, my "tie-breaker" voting goes as follows....

1. Mahavishnu Orchestra- Birds of Fire (1972) 8 pts
2. Return to Forever- The Romantic Warrior (1976) 7 pts
3. Weather Report- Weather Report (1971) 6 pts
4. Miles Davis- Jack Johnson (1971) 5 pts
5. Stanley Clarke- School Days (1976) 4 pts
6. Frank Zappa- The Grand Wazoo (1972) 3 pts
7. Herbie Hancock- Thrust (1974) 2 pts
8. Spyro Gyra- Carnival (1980) 1 pt

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 11/13/2017 @ 00:08am

Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior (1976)- 8
Mahavishnu Orchestra- Birds of Fire (1972)- 7
Stanley Clarke- School Days (1976)- 6
Miles Davis- Jack Johnson (1971)- 5
Spyro Gyra- Carnaval (1980)- 4
Weather Report- Weather Report (1971)- 3
Frank Zappa- The Grand Wazoo (1972)- 2
Herbie Hancock- Thrust (1974)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/13/2017 @ 01:44am

I guess 8 nominees is what you get when nobody actually likes the genre.

Posted by sexual harassment panda on Monday, 11/13/2017 @ 23:00pm

I actually completely forgot to nominate, and I had a couple I wanted to add, too.

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 11/14/2017 @ 07:53am

Keep in mind, there's only two more days to vote (well three basically), So far only two people have voted. We already lacked participation in the nominating process. Surely we get some participation for the voting part?

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 11/14/2017 @ 10:53am

1. Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)
2. Weather Report - Weather Report (1971)
3. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1972)
4. Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1972)
5. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1972)
6. Stanley Clarke - School Days (1976)
7. Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)
8. Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 11/14/2017 @ 21:59pm

Looks like I somehow got Birds of Fire in there twice. #5 should be Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971).

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 11/14/2017 @ 22:40pm

Stanley Clarke - School Days (1976) - 8
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1972) - 7
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976) - 6
Weather Report - Weather Report (1971) - 5
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971) - 4
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974) - 3
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1972) - 1
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980) - 1

Has this ever happened before where a genre received so few nominations that it had to be determined in a tiebreaker format? Is that a first for the Album Project? I think this is kinda sad.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 11/16/2017 @ 00:06am

Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971)-8
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)-7
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)-6
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1972)-5
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1972)-4
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980)-3
Stanley Clarke - School Days (1976)-2
Weather Report - Weather Report (1971)-1

I was also disappointed by how few nominations there were for this genre as this was one that I was looking forward to. On the plus side however these are all fantastic albums and it cool that most of them will end up being inducted.

On a related note there are only 4 albums nominated for the artist vote so far. I'd like to see a few more nomination come in for this to so that we don't end up doing another tiebreaker vote

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 11/16/2017 @ 11:37am

Artist Nomination:

Chicago - Chicago X (1976)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 11/16/2017 @ 18:51pm

Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971) - 8
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1972) - 7
Weather Report - Weather Report (1971) - 6
Stanley Clarke - School Days (1976) - 5
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974) - 4
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980) - 3
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976) - 2
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1972) - 1

Artist Nomination -
Chicago - Hot Streets (1978)

Posted by Derek on Thursday, 11/16/2017 @ 23:46pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971) - 34
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976) - 31
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1972) - 29
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1972) - 28
Stanley Clarke - School Days (1976) - 28
Weather Report - Weather Report (1971) - 28
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Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974) - 25
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980) - 13

This vote count includes the following votes:

Derek
dmg
Donnie
Greg F
Nick
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1972)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1972)
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971)
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)
Stanley Clarke - School Days (1976)
Weather Report - Weather Report (1971)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/17/2017 @ 00:38am

Nominations remain open for this month's artist project vote. The selected artist this month is Chicago.

Nominations will end and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on Sunday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/17/2017 @ 00:38am

Artist Nomination -
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 11/19/2017 @ 02:05am

November 2017 Album Artist Chicago Nomination:

Chicago - Chicago 16 (1982)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 11/19/2017 @ 03:58am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Chicago - Chicago 16 (1982)
Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)
Chicago - Chicago III (1971)
Chicago - Chicago VI (1973)
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974)
Chicago - Chicago X (1976)
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977)
Chicago - Hot Streets (1978)

Voters can vote for as many 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/20/2017 @ 01:28am

Chicago - Chicago III (1971)
Chicago - Chicago VI (1973)
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974)
Chicago - Chicago X (1976)
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/20/2017 @ 03:31am

Chicago - Chicago 16 (1982)
Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)
Chicago - Chicago III (1971)
Chicago - Chicago VI (1973)
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 11/20/2017 @ 05:16am

Chicago - Chicago III (1971)
Chicago - Chicago VI (1973)
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974)
Chicago - Chicago X (1976)
Chicago - Hot Streets (1978)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/21/2017 @ 12:19pm

November 2017 Album Artist Chicago Ballot:

Chicago - Chicago 16 (1982)
Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)
Chicago - Chicago VI (1973)
Chicago - Chicago X (1976)
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977)

I would probably eventually vote for all of the nominees.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 11/21/2017 @ 13:30pm

Artist Vote:

Chicago - Chicago III (1971)
Chicago - Chicago VI (1973)
Chicago - Chicago X (1976)
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977)
Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 11/21/2017 @ 14:59pm

I hardly ever participate these days, but since one of my favorite bands is involved:

Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)
Chicago - Chicago III (1971)
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Wednesday, 11/22/2017 @ 08:40am

Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)
Chicago - Chicago VI (1973)
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974)
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977)
Chicago - Hot Streets (1978)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 11/23/2017 @ 22:30pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if I've made any mistakes. Please note that "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" has already been inducted and won't be included in the results):

Chicago - Chicago VI (1973) - 6
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Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984) - 5
Chicago - Chicago III (1971) - 5
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977) - 5
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Chicago - Chicago VII (1974) - 4
Chicago - Chicago X (1976) - 4
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Chicago - Chicago 16 (1982) - 2
Chicago - Hot Streets (1978) - 2

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Chicago - Chicago VI (1973)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)
Chicago - Chicago III (1971)
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977)

Anyone who voted in this Artist Vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all three albums in order of preference.

The album that gets the most points will be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project.

There will be three days of voting (unless all eligible voters vote before three days are up, in which case, the vote will be over).

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes cast before 11 PM Central will be counted) on Monday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/25/2017 @ 00:27am

Chicago- Chicago III (1971)-3
Chicago- Chicago XI (1977)- 2
Chicago- Chicago 17 (1984)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 11/25/2017 @ 13:55pm

Chicago - Chicago XI (1977) - 3
Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984) - 2
Chicago - Chicago III (1971) - 1

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 11/26/2017 @ 09:47am

Chicago III (1971)- 3 pts
Chicago 17 (1984)- 2 pts
Chicago XI (1977)- 1 pt

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 11/26/2017 @ 16:38pm

Artist Tiebreaker:

Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984) [3 Points]
Chicago - Chicago III (1971) [2 Points]
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 11/27/2017 @ 00:58am

Chicago - Chicago XI (1977)- 3
Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)- 2
Chicago - Chicago III (1971)- 1

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Monday, 11/27/2017 @ 08:03am

Chicago- Chicago III (1971)-3
Chicago- Chicago XI (1977)- 2
Chicago- Chicago 17 (1984)- 1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/27/2017 @ 18:46pm

November 2017 Album Artist Chicago Tiebreaker:

Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984) 3
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977) 2
Chicago - Chicago III (1971) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 11/28/2017 @ 00:00am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Chicago - Chicago III (1971) - 14 (3 Highest Votes)
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Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984) - 14 (2 Highest Votes)
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977) - 14 (2 Highest Votes)

17 and XI will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project.

Here are the final inductees for this month's Artist Project:

Chicago - Chicago III (1971)
Chicago - Chicago VI (1973)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/28/2017 @ 00:23am

My Nominations:

De La Soul- And The Anonymous Nobody (2016)
New Radicals- Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)
The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of the Year (1960)

Genre: One Album Wonders

Artist: of Montreal

Posted by Greg F. on Friday, 12/1/2017 @ 01:06am

Rule Changes In 2017:

Starting in 2017, the years eligible for Album Project nominations are now 1900-2016.

Starting in 2017, albums released in 2016 will be eligible for nomination in January. There will be a designated 2016 nomination available each month until March 2017. In April 2017, the designated nomination for 2015 will end.

Starting in January, ballots must contain exactly 8 nominated albums to be valid.

Starting in January, 6 albums will be inducted in every Album Project and Genre Project vote.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Elvis Costello (eligible again in January 2018)
Deep Purple (eligible again in February 2018)
Queen (eligible again in March 2018)
Peter Gabriel (eligible again in April 2018)
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (eligible again in May 2018)
Chicago (eligible again in June 2018)

Fleetwood Mac is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015, one album from 2016 and two albums from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1960's R&B/Soul
21st Century Indie Dance
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Country
Krautrock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Female Artists" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Stand-Up Comedy" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Thrash Metal" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from August.

"Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from September.

"Live Albums" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from October.

"Jazz Fusion" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from November.

"Songs by artists that haven't been inducted or nominated to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" and "TV And Film Instrumentals" are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.

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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Jethro Tull
Mariah Carey
Sting
The Roots

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/1/2017 @ 01:36am

Also, if anyone has any ideas for rule changes that we can discuss and potentially vote on for 2018, please bring them up now. Any rule change ideas will be addressed in December for potential implementation in January.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/1/2017 @ 01:37am

General Vote

AC/DC- Let There Be Rock (1977)
J. Cole- Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)

Artist Vote

AC/DC

Genre Vote

2010's Hip Hop

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 12/1/2017 @ 17:24pm

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)

1990's R&B

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 12/1/2017 @ 21:25pm

General -
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

Artist - Ramones

Genre - Blues

Posted by Nick on Friday, 12/1/2017 @ 22:20pm

noms:

Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Sting - Soul Cages (1991)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 12/1/2017 @ 23:33pm

These are my nominations for the Album Project:

Artist vote: Rush

Genre: Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Albums:

Rush- Roll The Bones (1991)
Duran Duran- Paper Gods (2015)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 12/2/2017 @ 21:58pm

The Dells - There Is (1968)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły Się Oczy Ziemi (2015)
Norah Jones - Day Breaks (2016)

Artist:

Hall & Oates

Genre:

Funk

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 12/2/2017 @ 23:30pm

FRL,

The following albums were inducted in December 2015 but were not added to the top of the page or the artist pages.

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
Muse - The Resistance (2009)
Rush - Roll The Bones (1991)

Also Enig I know you're aware that Rush- Roll the Bones was inducted so there was no need to nominate. We'll keep reminding FRL to add the above albums until the error has been fixed.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/3/2017 @ 01:14am

Greg F.,

Yes,

Thank you for pointing that out. Instead, I would like to nominate the following album:

Rush- Clockwork Angels Tour (2014)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 12/3/2017 @ 06:57am

December 2017 Album Nominations:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)
Train - Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016)
Honorable Mention:
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)

December 2017 Album Genre Ballot:

Soft Rock

December 2017 Album Artist Nomination:

Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 12/3/2017 @ 13:13pm

Correction:

Greg F.,

Yes,

Thank you for pointing that out. Instead, I would like to nominate the following albums:

Rush- Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)
Rush- Presto (1989)

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 12/3/2017 @ 13:31pm

Rule Change Proposal:

Since so many great, important albums keep faling short of induction each month, I propose that we induct 8 albums each month instead of only 6 so we stop only playing catch up all the time like the Rock Hall itself does each year with many of its long overdue nominees.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 12/3/2017 @ 14:56pm

Here are my nominees for this month's Album Project.

King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1973)
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)
Brian Eno - The Ship (2016)

My Genre Vote nomination for this month is:

Holidays

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Todd Rundgren

Hopefully this is suitable,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Sunday, 12/3/2017 @ 18:31pm

Nominations

Frank Sinatra- A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)
Stevie Wonder- Someday At Christmas (1967)
Pentatonix- A Pentatonix Christmas (2016)

Artist Nomination

John Williams

May the force be with you!

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 12/3/2017 @ 19:13pm

Little Feat and The Fall have fallen by the wayside in totals, so I'll give them a respite and nominate two others.

Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah (1995)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)

Posted by SotN on Sunday, 12/3/2017 @ 19:39pm

My nominations:

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/3/2017 @ 23:32pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah (1995)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Brian Eno - The Ship (2016)
Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1973)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Norah Jones - Day Breaks (2016)
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)
Pentatonix - A Pentatonix Christmas (2016)
Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour (2014)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły Się Oczy Ziemi (2015)
Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas (1967)
Sting - Soul Cages (1991)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Train - Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/4/2017 @ 01:17am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
2010's Hip Hop
21st Century Indie Dance
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
Blues
British Invasion
Country
Funk
Holidays
Krautrock
Soft Rock

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Wednesday the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/4/2017 @ 01:18am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

AC/DC
Hall & Oates
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Mariah Carey
Neil Young
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
Ramones
Rush
Sting
The Roots
Todd Rundgren
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Friday the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Friday the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/4/2017 @ 01:19am

There following rule change is now up for a vote (further rule changes can still be brought up later this month):

1. How many albums should be inducted in each month's Album Project Vote?

A. 6 (current)
B. 8

If we vote to change this, we'll have a vote as to whether it applies to genre votes as well.

There will 5 days of voting. If the vote ends in a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/4/2017 @ 01:19am

Darren

You forgot my nominations they are.

The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of the Year (1960)
New Radicals- Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)
De La Soul- And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)

Posted by Greg F. on Monday, 12/4/2017 @ 01:38am

Also

Genre: One Album Wonders

Artist: of Montreal

Posted by Greg F. on Monday, 12/4/2017 @ 01:43am

General Vote

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
De La Soul- And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre Vote

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
2010's Hip Hop
Blues
Funk

Artist Vote

AC/DC
Mariah Carey
Ramones
Sting
The Roots

Rule Change

B.8

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 12/4/2017 @ 01:53am

The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of the Year (1960)
New Radicals- Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)
De La Soul- And the Anonymous Nobody (2016)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
King Crimson- Larks' Tongue in Aspic (1973)

Genres:

One Album Wonders
Funk
21st Century Indie Dance
Holidays
Krautrock

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/4/2017 @ 03:09am

Artists:

of Montreal
Todd Rundgren
TV On The Radio
Jethro Tull
AC/DC

Rule Change

1. B

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/4/2017 @ 03:27am

December 2017 Album Ballot:

Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)
Sting - Soul Cages (1991)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Train - Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016)

Last Cuts include AC/DC, Chicago, Eurythmics, and Smokey Robinson. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

December 2017 Album Genre Ballot:

Art/Progressive Rock
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Holidays
Soft Rock

Last Cuts include 1960's Soul/R&B and Country. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

December 2017 Album Artist Ballot:

Hall & Oates
John Williams
Mariah Carey
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
Sting

My Last Cut was Jethro Tull. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Rule Change Vote:

B.8

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 12/4/2017 @ 03:34am

General:

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)
Norah Jones - Day Breaks (2016)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły Się Oczy Ziemi (2015)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genres:

1960's R&B/Soul
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Blues
Funk

Artists:

Hall & Oates
Jethro Tull
Ramones
Sting

Rule change:

1. A

Posted by dmg on Monday, 12/4/2017 @ 13:33pm

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
Sting - Soul Cages (1991)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

rule change: A (6)
we just upped the number a year or two ago

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 12/4/2017 @ 22:28pm

FYI - The Re-Visited / Projected Hall of Fame Ranking Project has started over on the Rock Rankings messageboard:

http://www.futurerocklegends.com/Revisited_Projected_Rankings.php

It's been three years since the last revision of the inductee rankings and the on-going plan is to revise every three years with new inductees included.

Anyone is welcome to participate.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/4/2017 @ 23:24pm

Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
Frank Sinatra- A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1973)
Pentatonix- A Pentatonix Christmas (2016)
Stevie Wonder- Someday At Christmas (1967)
The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of the Year (1960)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Funk
Holidays
Krautrock
Soft Rock

Jethro Tull
John Williams
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
Rush
Sting

1.A

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/5/2017 @ 15:23pm

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
Blues
British Invasion
Funk

AC/DC
Mariah Carey
Ramones
Sting
The Roots

1. A

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 12/5/2017 @ 23:21pm

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
British Invasion
Country
Soft Rock

Mariah Carey
Neil Young
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
The Roots
Todd Rundgren

A. 6 (current)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 12/6/2017 @ 05:39am

1990's R&B
2010's Hip Hop
21st Century Indie Dance
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
British Invasion

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/6/2017 @ 14:57pm

1990's R&B
2010's Hip Hop
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project
British Invasion
Krautrock

The last cuts were Holidays and Soft Rock.

Hall & Oates
Mariah Carey
The Roots
Todd Rundgren
TV On The Radio

The last cuts were Sting, Jethro Tull, and John Williams.

Posted by SotN on Wednesday, 12/6/2017 @ 16:36pm

Genre selection voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

1990's R&B - 5
British Invasion - 5
Funk - 5
_______________________________

1960's R&B/Soul - 4
Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 4
_______________________________

2010's Hip Hop - 3
Blues - 3
Holidays - 3
Krautrock - 3
Soft Rock - 3

21st Century Indie Dance - 2
Artists with 1 or Less Albums in the Album Project - 2

Country - 1
One Album Wonders - 1

The following genres will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

1990's R&B
British Invasion
Funk

Anyone who voted in this month's genre selection vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all three genres in order of preference.

The genre that receives the most points will be selected for December. The genre that receives the second most points will be selected for January. The other genre will automatically be nominated in February.

There will be two days of voting and then nominations will begin on Friday the 8th. Please use the time between now and then to determine if we'll split each of these genres or not and what albums belong in each genre.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/7/2017 @ 01:10am

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

AC/DC
Hall & Oates
John Williams
Ramones
TV On The Radio

1.) B.

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 12/7/2017 @ 02:05am

Funk- 3
British Invasion- 2
1990's R&B- 1

I say there is no need for a split for either one.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/7/2017 @ 02:10am

Rule change

Increasing the number of nominations for the Genre Vote from 2 to 3.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/7/2017 @ 02:41am

1. 1990's R&B (3 pts)
2. Funk (2 pts)
3. British Invasion (1 pt)

All three would be excellent genres to cover, I'll have no complaints with the results of this one.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 12/7/2017 @ 06:43am

Funk-3
British Invasion-2
1990's R&B-1

No split needed for any of these

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/7/2017 @ 11:07am

1. Funk (3 Points)
2. 1990's R&B
3. British Invasion (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 12/7/2017 @ 11:54am

1. British Invasion (3 points)
2. Funk (2 points)
3. 1990's R&B (A point)

As far as splits, I'm fine with Funk or 1990's R&B being kept to one vote.

For British Invasion, I was operating under the impression that this genre would be split like it was in the Song Project: the first vote being the original British Invasion, and the second being the Second British Invasion. As such, my vote is for a split along those lines.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 12/7/2017 @ 19:02pm

I support a split for British Invasion one for first and one for second. I forgot we did it when we did this genre on the song project. I think it will work here too.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/7/2017 @ 20:40pm

British Invasion - 3
1990's R&B - 2
Funk - 1

All great genre choices in this tiebreaker and I voted for all three of these genres so it was insanely tough.

I support a split for the British Invasion along the same guidelines when we chose it last year: 1964-1970 and 1981-1987/88 (the 2nd one's timeline was a little more debated when we did it).

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 12/7/2017 @ 23:51pm

British Invasion - 3
1990's R&B - 2
Funk - 1

As others have said, these are 3 good genres. I would be happy with any of the 3 winning.

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 12/8/2017 @ 00:41am

I believe the second British Invasion started at 1979 or 1980.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/8/2017 @ 00:56am

British Invasion - 3
Funk - 2
1990's R&B - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/8/2017 @ 01:23am

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Sting - Soul Cages (1991)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Jethro Tull
Neil Young
Of Montreal
Rush
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/8/2017 @ 01:31am

My current vote count:

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980) - 7
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987) - 7

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 5
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005) - 5
_________________________________

Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985) - 4
The Dells - There Is (1968) - 4
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968) - 4
_________________________________

Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984) - 3
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 3
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967) - 3
Sting - Soul Cages (1991) - 3
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3

De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) - 2
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957) - 2
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974) - 2
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1973) - 2
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 2
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960) - 2
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 2

J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011) - 1
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) - 1
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998) - 1
Norah Jones - Day Breaks (2016) - 1
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983) - 1
Pentatonix - A Pentatonix Christmas (2016) - 1
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły Się Oczy Ziemi (2015) - 1
Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas (1967) - 1
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002) - 1
Train - Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016) - 1

Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah (1995) - 0
Brian Eno - The Ship (2016) - 0
Chicago - Chicago XI (1977) - 0
Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour (2014) - 0
Rush - Presto (1989) - 0
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980) - 0

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes counted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/8/2017 @ 01:36am

December Album Genre Tiebreaker:

British Invasion 3
1990's R&B 2
Funk 1

I vote Yes to a split for the British Invasion.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 12/8/2017 @ 16:24pm

Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah (1995)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły Się Oczy Ziemi (2015)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

Last cuts were Rush (Presto), Chicago (Chicago XI), Train (Drops of Jupiter), the Moody Blues, Herbie Hancock, Modest Mouse, Eurythmics, the Cure, the Raconteurs, and Brian Eno.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 12/8/2017 @ 19:40pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project. I should apologize for forgetting to vote on the Genre Vote election. Hopefully I can be able to participate in the Genre Vote when it does occur.

Brian Eno - The Ship (2016)
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1973)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Todd Rundgren
Neil Young
Rush
Jethro Tull
Sting

I also suggest we increase the Genre Vote elections per month to 3. There is now reason why we cannot increase the voting process.

Hopefully I will be as involved as I have usually been,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Friday, 12/8/2017 @ 20:47pm

Re: my album selections and artist choices for December, 2017:

Album selections:

Chicago- Chicago XVII (1984)
Eurythmics- Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
King Crimson- Lark’s Tongues In Aspic (1973)
Rush- Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)
Rush- Presto (1989)
Sting- Soul Cages (1991)
The Moody Blues- In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
Tori Amos- Scarlet’s Walk (2002)

Artists

Jethro Tull
John Williams
Paul McCartney- Solo Work (Only)
Rush
Sting

Thank You.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Friday, 12/8/2017 @ 22:16pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987) - 9

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980) - 8

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) - 6
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005) - 6
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985) - 6
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968) - 6
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The Dells - There Is (1968) - 5

Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984) - 4
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1973) - 4
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 4
Sting - Soul Cages (1991) - 4

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 3
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967) - 3
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006) - 3
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3

De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody (2016) - 2
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957) - 2
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974) - 2
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) - 2
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 2
Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły Się Oczy Ziemi (2015) - 2
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960) - 2
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 2

Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah (1995) - 1
Brian Eno - The Ship (2016) - 1
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011) - 1
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998) - 1
Norah Jones - Day Breaks (2016) - 1
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983) - 1
Pentatonix - A Pentatonix Christmas (2016) - 1
Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour (2014) - 1
Rush - Presto (1989) - 1
Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas (1967) - 1
Train - Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016) - 1

Chicago - Chicago XI (1977) - 0
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Greg F
Jennifer
dmg
jtrichey
Tom H.
Nick
BSLO
Steve Z.
Darren
SotN
Lax34
Enigmaticus

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980)
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/9/2017 @ 01:29am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

British Invasion - 21
Funk - 18
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1990's R&B - 15

"British Invasion" has been selected for the December vote. "Funk" has been selected for the January vote. "1990's R&B" will be automatically nominated for the February selection vote.
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"British Invastion" has been selected as this month's genre vote. This genre be split into two votes, "First Wave (1964-1970)" and "Second Wave (1979-1988)" (if you want to nominate a song from outside that second range, feel free to do so if appropriate).

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "British Invasion - First Wave (1964-1970)".

Any voter can nominate two albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/9/2017 @ 01:34am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Sting - 7
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Jethro Tull - 6

Mariah Carey - 5

AC/DC - 4
Hall & Oates - 4
John Williams - 4
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only) - 4
Ramones - 4
Rush - 4
The Roots - 4
Todd Rundgren - 4
TV On The Radio - 4
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Neil Young - 3

Of Montreal - 2

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Sting.

Any voter can nominate one album by Sting released from 1900-2016 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

Dream Of The Blue Turtles (1985)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Chicago's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Wednesday the 20th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/9/2017 @ 01:38am

The first round of rule change votes are now closed.

Here are the results:

By a vote of 5-4, the number of inductees each month will remain at 6.

The next round of rule change voting will begin and end at the same time as the first genre vote. There's still time to suggest rule changes for this round.

So far, the following ideas have been added:

How many albums should a voter be allowed to nominate for a genre vote? (Note: this vote will take place in the Song Project, as we'll change the rules in both projects to avoid confusion).

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/9/2017 @ 01:41am

1st British Invasion

The Kinks- The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
The Yardbirds- Little Games (1967)

2nd British Invasion

Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)
Tears for Fears- The Hurting (1983)

Artist:

Sting- ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 12/9/2017 @ 02:03am

To go along with the current Rock Hall ballot I'll nominate a pair of debut albums for round one

The Moody Blues- The Magnificent Moodies (1965)
The Zombies- Begin Here (1965)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 12/9/2017 @ 08:25am

Artist Vote

Sting- Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 12/9/2017 @ 08:38am

Happy to see British Invasion finally get picked!

1st Wave

The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up (1965)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)

S.F. Sorrow probably isn't a real well known album, so I will highlight that it was one of the first concept albums ever produced.

2nd Wave

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For Young Soul Rebels (1980)
ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 12/9/2017 @ 12:26pm

Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 12/9/2017 @ 12:29pm

Some other ideas for British Invasion Nominations:

Cream - Goodbye (1969)
Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967)
Manfred Mann - The Manfred Mann Album (1964)
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Flowers (1967)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The Troggs - From Nowhere (1966)

Culture Club - Colour By Numbers (1983)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 12/9/2017 @ 12:49pm

I have nominated The Kink Kontroversy so there is no need for it to be nominated.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 12/9/2017 @ 17:53pm

First British Invasion Nominations -
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964)

Second British Invasion Nominations
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)

Artist Nomination -
Sting - Brand New Day (1999)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 12/9/2017 @ 19:01pm

Round Two Nominations

Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)(1983)
Judas Priest- Point of Entry (1981)

Going with albums from this years Rock Hall nominees just like round one.

Fun batch of nominees so far

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 12/9/2017 @ 20:59pm

Round 1:

The Yardbirds - For Your Love (1965)
Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967)

Round 2:

The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
Dire Straits - Love over Gold (1982)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 12/10/2017 @ 21:33pm

British Invasion Nominations:

Part 1:
Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)

Part 2:
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (1980)
Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 12/10/2017 @ 23:40pm

BSLO: Thanks for the idea for a second nominee...was originally going to only nominate one til I saw that post:

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1966)
Manfred Mann - The Manfred Mann Album (1964)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 12/11/2017 @ 16:25pm

Here are my nominees for the Special Election regarding the two British Invasions. The first two nominees cover 1963-1970.

The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967)

The next batch cover the era 1979-1988.

Ultravox - Vienna (1980)
XTC - Mummer (1983)

And my Artist Vote nomination for this month is:

Sting - Mercury Falling (1996)

Looking forward to the voting process to come,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Monday, 12/11/2017 @ 17:06pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominnes (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1966)
Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967)
Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)
Manfred Mann - The Manfred Mann Album (1964)
Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964)
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1965)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
The Yardbirds - For Your Love (1965)
The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up (1965)
The Yardbirds - Little Games (1967)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their vote to be counted. Ballots under 8 votes will be counted and the voter will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots over 8 votes can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Saturday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/12/2017 @ 01:12am

There are no rule change votes in the Album Project this round, though the genre nomination vote in the Song Project vote will also be applied to the Album Project.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/12/2017 @ 01:37am

The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up (1965)
The Yardbirds - Little Games (1967)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967)
Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/12/2017 @ 01:41am

votes:

Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967)
Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967)
Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

Posted by Darrin A on Tuesday, 12/12/2017 @ 11:06am

Genre Vote Part 1:

Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)
Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964)
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1965)
The Yardbirds - For Your Love (1965)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 12/13/2017 @ 15:54pm

Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964)
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1965)
The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up (1965)
The Yardbirds - Little Games (1967)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/14/2017 @ 07:05am

Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)
Manfred Mann - The Manfred Mann Album (1964)
Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964)
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up (1965)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 12/14/2017 @ 07:40am

Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967)
Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)
Manfred Mann - The Manfred Mann Album (1964)
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
The Yardbirds - For Your Love (1965)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 12/15/2017 @ 14:04pm

Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)
Manfred Mann - The Manfred Mann Album (1964)
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964).
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up (1965)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

The Bee Gees would be an excellent choice for a future Artist Vote.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 12/16/2017 @ 15:13pm

Here is my ballot for the British Invasion ballot.

The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967)
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964).
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up (1965)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)
Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967)

Should turn out to be a great class,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Saturday, 12/16/2017 @ 16:44pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965) - 8

The Zombies - Begin Here (1965) - 7

Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967) - 6

The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964) - 5
The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up (1965) - 5
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Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967) - 4
Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965) - 4
Petula Clark - My Love (1966) - 4
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967) - 4
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969) - 4
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) - 4
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Manfred Mann - The Manfred Mann Album (1964) - 3

The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1965) - 2
The Yardbirds - For Your Love (1965) - 2
The Yardbirds - Little Games (1967) - 2

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1966) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Darrin A.
Steve Z
Tom H.
BSLO
dmg
Nick
Lax34

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967)
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964)
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up (1965)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967)
Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)
Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The album that receive the most points will be inducted. The other 5 albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM (votes accepted until 11 PM) Central on Tuesday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/17/2017 @ 01:02am

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "British Invasion - Second Wave (1979-1988)".

Each voter can nominate two albums that they feel belong in this genre vote.

If you feel that an album has been nominated for this genre inappropriately, please lodge a protest and explain why the album isn't eligible. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review (albums can still be nominated on the third day, but please be sure that the song you nominate is unquestionably eligible for this genre).

Nominations / review will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 19th. Nominations will still be accepted until 11 PM Central on Tuesday the 19th, when voting begins.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/17/2017 @ 01:05am

Nominations remain open for this month's artist project. The selected artist this month is Sting.

Nominations end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/17/2017 @ 01:05am

tie-breaker vote:

Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967) - 6 points
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965) - 1 pt

Posted by Darrin A on Sunday, 12/17/2017 @ 14:19pm

Petula Clark - My Love (1966)-6
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)-5
Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967)-4
Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)-3
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)-2
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 12/17/2017 @ 22:48pm

Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965) - 6 
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967) - 5 
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969) - 4 
Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967) - 3 
Petula Clark - My Love (1966) - 2 
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) - 1 

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 12/17/2017 @ 23:02pm

Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967) (6 points)
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 12/17/2017 @ 23:24pm

The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967)
Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)
Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 12/18/2017 @ 06:31am

My genre vote nominees (jeez I missed a lot...) will be:

Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 12/18/2017 @ 08:30am

The Pretty Things- S.F. Sorrow (1968)- 6
The Bee Gees- Odessa (1969)- 5
Donovan- A Gift From the Flower to the Garden (1967)- 4
Petula Clark- My Love (1966)- 3
The Bee Gees- Bee Gees 1st (1967)- 2
Herman's Hermits- Herman's Hermits (1965)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/18/2017 @ 13:07pm

Tiebreaker:

Petula Clark - My Love (1966) [6 Points]
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967) [5 Points]
Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965) [4 Points]
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) [3 Points]
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969) [2 Points]
Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 12/18/2017 @ 20:41pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot for the month.

The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969) - 6
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967) - 5
Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967) - 4
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) - 3
Petula Clark - My Love (1966) - 2
Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965) - 1

My congratulations to Hugh McDonald and Denny Laine for being including in their respective band inductions,

Lax34

Posted by Lax34 on Tuesday, 12/19/2017 @ 21:10pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967) - 33
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Petula Clark - My Love (1966) - 29
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969) - 28
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) - 27
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967) - 26
Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965) - 25

Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the January vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967)
Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967)
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964)
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up (1965)
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/20/2017 @ 00:34am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982)
Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Dire Straits - Love over Gold (1982)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)(1983)
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (1980)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)
Ultravox - Vienna (1980)
XTC - Mummer (1983)

There will be 7 days of voting (to account for Christmas).

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/20/2017 @ 00:35am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
Sting - Brand New Day (1999)
Sting - Mercury Falling (1996)
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominees. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominees for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 7 days of voting (to account for Christmas).

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 26th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/20/2017 @ 00:37am

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Dire Straits - Love over Gold (1982)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)(1983)
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (1980)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)

Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/20/2017 @ 01:09am

ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (1980)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
Ultravox - Vienna (1980)
XTC - Mummer (1983)

Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 12/20/2017 @ 23:41pm

Dire Straits - Love over Gold (1982)
Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)
Dire Straits - Love over Gold (1982)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)(1983)
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (1980)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)
XTC - Mummer (1983)

Sting - Brand New Day (1999)
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 12/21/2017 @ 13:29pm

Accidentally voted for 9 - please remove Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 12/21/2017 @ 13:53pm

Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)(1983)
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (1980)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 12/21/2017 @ 21:06pm

General Vote

ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982)
Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)(1983)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)

Artist Vote

Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
Sting - Brand New Day (1999)
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 12/22/2017 @ 03:21am

ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982)
Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)

Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
Sting - Brand New Day (1999)
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 12/26/2017 @ 01:43am

dmg - You voted for the Dire Straits - Love Over Gold twice, so I removed the extra vote and re-added the Billy Idol vote.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/26/2017 @ 01:59am

Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)(1983)
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (1980)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
XTC - Mummer (1983)

Sting - Brand New Day (1999)
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/26/2017 @ 02:23am

Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Dire Straits - Love over Gold (1982)
Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)(1983)
Judas Priest- Point of Entry (1981)
Tears for Fears- The Hurting (1983)
Ultravox - Vienna (1980)
XTC - Mummer (1983)

Sting - Brand New Day (1999)
Sting - Mercury Falling (1996)
Sting- ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
Sting- Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/26/2017 @ 10:52am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)(1983) - 7

Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982) - 6
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983) - 6
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979) - 6

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (1980) - 5
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) - 5
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Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981) - 4
XTC - Mummer (1983) - 4

ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982) - 3
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981) - 3
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For Young Soul Rebels (1980) - 3
Dire Straits - Love over Gold (1982) - 3
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) - 3
The The - Soul Mining (1983) - 3

Ultravox - Vienna (1980) - 2

Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
BSLO
dmg
Steve Z
Donnie
Nick
Darren
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)(1983)
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (1980)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986)
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/27/2017 @ 01:38am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (1993) - 7
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Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987) - 5
Sting - Brand New Day (1999) - 5
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991) - 5
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Sting - Mercury Falling (1996) - 1

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
Sting - Brand New Day (1999)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)

Anyone who voted in this artist vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all three albums. The album that gets the most votes will be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for the Album Project in January.

There will be 3 days of tiebreaker voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 29th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/27/2017 @ 01:53am

1. Sting - Brand New Day (1999) 3 pts
2. Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987) 2 pts
3. Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 12/27/2017 @ 02:55am

1. Sting - Brand New Day (1999) 3 pts
2. Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987) 2 pts
3. Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 12/27/2017 @ 02:56am

Sting - Brand New Day (1999) 3 pts
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987) 2 pts
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991) 1 pt

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/27/2017 @ 19:32pm

Sting - Brand New Day (1999)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 12/27/2017 @ 21:51pm

Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
Sting - Brand New Day (1999)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 12/27/2017 @ 23:58pm

Sting - Brand New Day (1999) - 3
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987) - 2
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991) - 1

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 12/28/2017 @ 00:44am

Sting- ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987) 3
Sting- The Soul Cages (1991) 2
Sting- Brand New Day (1999) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/28/2017 @ 01:23am

Sting - Brand New Day (1999) - 3
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991) - 2
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/29/2017 @ 01:00am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Sting - Brand New Day (1999) - 17
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Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987) - 14
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991) - 11

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Sting - Brand New Day (1999)
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/30/2017 @ 00:20am

Nominations officially begin at 10 PM Central on Sunday the 31st, but I'll be busy at that time, so I'm posting the instructions now. Any nominations posted between now and then will be included.
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Rule Changes In 2018:

Starting in January, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated genres or artists during genre / artist selection votes.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Deep Purple (eligible again in February 2018)
Queen (eligible again in March 2018)
Peter Gabriel (eligible again in April 2018)
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (eligible again in May 2018)
Chicago (eligible again in June 2018)
Sting (eligible again in July 2018)

Elvis Costello is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2015, one album from 2016 and two albums from 1900-2015. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)
Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

This month's selected genre (as the result of losing last month's tiebreaker vote) is "Funk".

Nominations will begin at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Please use the time before then to determine if there should be one vote for this genre or two and what year should be used to divide the votes if we decide to have two.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

AC/DC
Hall & Oates
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Mariah Carey
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
Ramones
Rush
The Roots
Todd Rundgren
TV On The Radio

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/30/2017 @ 23:36pm

My nominations

R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner- Make It Be (2017)
Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)
TV on the Radio- Nine Types of Light (2011)

Artist: Nina Simone

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/31/2017 @ 00:56am

I don't know if I'm eligible to vote but

Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
Deap Vally - Sistrionix (2013)

Artist: Thin Lizzy

Posted by Nicky Joe on Sunday, 12/31/2017 @ 05:48am

General Vote

Alice Cooper- Killer (1972)
Leftfield- Leftism (1995)
SZA- Ctrl (2017)

Genre Vote

No Split

Artist Vote

KISS

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 12/31/2017 @ 08:17am

Nicky Joe - Why wouldn't you be eligible to vote? Everyone is, provided that they only vote once, in case there was any confusion.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/2/2018 @ 00:16am

I once tried voting in a tiebreaker of something I hadn't participated in and took it a bit too seriously and didn't vote in any since.

Posted by Nicky Joe on Tuesday, 01/2/2018 @ 09:50am

The Dells - There Is (1968)
Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Jlin - Black Origami (2017)

Artist: The Alan Parsons Project

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 01/2/2018 @ 13:49pm

Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)
Imagine Dragons- Evolve (2017)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 01/2/2018 @ 16:54pm

noms:

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)
Beck - Colors (2017)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 01/2/2018 @ 22:33pm

General -
Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017)
Lorde - Melodrama (2017)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965)

Artist -
Pet Shop Boys

I am absolutely shocked nobody has nominated both Kendrick Lamar and Lorde’s albums until now. And the Simon & Garfunkel album is one of the biggest omissions in the Album Project.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 01/3/2018 @ 00:32am

Here are my recording nominations:

Duran Duran- Paper Gods (2015)
Rush- Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)
Yes- Magnification (2001)

Genre: Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Artist: Duran Duran

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 01/3/2018 @ 09:35am

January 2018 Album Nominations:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Honorable Mentions:

Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Restless Heart - Big Iron Horses (1992)
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986)

Also, I am confused about how many nominations we get now that it is 2018 and from what years those nominations can come from. From the instructions posted above: Every voter can nominate one album from 2015, one album from 2016 and two albums from 1900-2015. Does that mean everyone can nominate up to 4 albums but none from 2017 yet?

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 01/3/2018 @ 19:52pm

January 2018 Album Artist Nomination:

Restless Heart

I recently saw Restless Heart's Christmas show for my birthday and they blew me away with their talent, both on their instruments and in their beautiful vocal harmonies on every song. They are truly an overlooked and underrated group that still sound as great as ever. If you ever get the chance to see them live, be sure to go. You won't be dissappointed.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 01/3/2018 @ 19:53pm

Happy 2018 everyone! Here to start the new year are my nominees for this month's Album Project.

Sir Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (1983)
The Carpenters - Now And Then (1973)
Roger Waters - is this the life we really want? (2017)

I suggest we do not split the Funk genre vote. And my Artist Vote nomination for this month is:

The Commodores/Lionel Richie

Either or in that regard will be permissible I would presume.

A new year and an upgrade in numbers,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Wednesday, 01/3/2018 @ 22:05pm

I forgot to update all the dates on the instructions.

Voters can nominate one album from 2017, as well as two albums from 1900-2017. If there are errors this month, we'll count them due to the faulty instructions.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/3/2018 @ 23:50pm

Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/3/2018 @ 23:53pm

Darren,

Thank you for the clarification. That makes sense to me now. I thought that maybe I missed a rule change vote in one of the projects that changed it since I have been so busy with the holidays over the past month.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 00:05am

"I once tried voting in a tiebreaker of something I hadn't participated in and took it a bit too seriously and didn't vote in any since."

I think you misunderstood the rules on that. The only rule is that you can only vote in tiebreakers if you voted in the initial vote that ended in a tie. It doesn't prevent you from voting in anything other than that particular tiebreaker vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 00:08am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Deap Bally - Sistrionix (2013)
Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Duran Duran - Paper Gods (2015)
Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Jlin - Black Origami (2017)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Lorde - Melodrama (2017)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (1983)
Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
R. Stevie Moore And Jason Falkner - R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner- Make It Be (2017)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Roger Waters - is this the life we really want? (2017)
Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Carpenters - Now And Then (1973)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)
Yes - Magnification (2001)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 00:28am

This month's selected genre is "Funk". Nominations start on the 8th, but we still need to decide whether or not to split the genre.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 00:29am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

AC/DC
Duran Duran
Hall & Oates
Jethro Tull
John Williams
KISS
Mariah Carey
Nina Simone
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
Pet Shop Boys
Ramones
Restless Heart
Rush
The Alan Parsons Project
The Commodores/Lionel Richie
The Roots
Thin Lizzy
Todd Rundgren
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Monday the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on Monday the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 00:30am

R. Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner- Make It Be (2017)
Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)
TV on the Radio- Nine Types of Light (2011)
Kendrick Lamer- Damn (2017)
Lorde- Melodrama (2017)
LCD Soundsystem- American Dream (2017)
Iggy Pop- Post Pop Depression (2016)
Leftfield- Leftism (1995)

Nina Simone
Rush
Mariah Carey
Jethro Tull
Todd Rundgren
Restless Heart

No Split

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 01:19am

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 01:20am

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)
Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965)
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)

AC/DC
Hall & Oates
KISS
Pet Shop Boys
The Commodores/Lionel Richie
TV On The Radio

No Split

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 12:47pm

Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)
Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965)
Jlin - Black Origami (2017)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Duran Duran
Hall & Oates
Jethro Tull
Nina Simone
The Alan Parsons Project

No Split

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 13:40pm

General -
Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017)
Lorde - Melodrama (2017)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965)
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)

Judas Priest, Iggy Pop, Modest Mouse, The Bee Gees (Both), The Carpenters and The Dells were the final cuts. Insanely difficult and diverse ballot this month.

Artist -
Hall & Oates
Mariah Carey
Nina Simone
Pet Shop Boys
Ramones
The Roots

Genre -
No Split

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 14:20pm

Steve Z,
You voted for 6 albums and you need to vote for 2 more albums to make your ballot count.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 14:21pm

8 Albums
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
Deap Vally - Sistrionix (2013)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017)
Lorde - Melodrama (2017)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)

6 Artists
AC/DC
Mariah Carey
Nina Simone
Rush
Thin Lizzy
TV on the Radio

Posted by Nicky Joe on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 14:50pm

Oh and no split for genre.

Posted by Nicky Joe on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 15:09pm

General Vote

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Artist Vote

AC/DC
KISS
Mariah Carey
Nina Simone
The Alan Parsons Project
The Roots

Genre Vote

No Split

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 15:54pm

Jethro Tull
John Williams
Nina Simone
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
Rush
The Alan Parsons Project

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 22:28pm

Beck - Colors (2017)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Lorde - Melodrama (2017)
Petula Clark - My Love (1966)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965)
The Carpenters - Now And Then (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 22:38pm

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Lorde - Melodrama (2017)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 01/4/2018 @ 22:51pm

Thanks for looking out, Nick!

Please add these two albums to my previous list:

Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017)
Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves (2015)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 01/5/2018 @ 00:41am

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 01/5/2018 @ 15:17pm

My choices for the artist vote:

Rush
Duran Duran
Jethro Tull
The Alan Parsons Project
Nina Simone
Mariah Carey

My selection of recordings:

Duran Duran- Paper Gods (2015)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Rush- Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)
Simon & Garfunkel- Sounds Of Silence (1965)
Sting- Nothing Like The Sun (1987)
Sting- The Soul Cages (1991)
The Carpenters- Now And Then (1973)
Yes- Magnification (2001)

Thank you. Have a great weekend.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 01/6/2018 @ 09:58am

Can't believe I missed nominations!

Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (1983)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965)
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)

Jethro Tull
Mariah Carey
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
Pet Shop Boys
The Roots

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 01/6/2018 @ 22:47pm

Here's my current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017) - 7
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965) - 7

Lorde - Melodrama (2017) - 5

Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972) - 4
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990) - 4
Leftfield - Leftism (1995) - 4
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Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975) - 3
Beck - Colors (2017) - 3
Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965) - 3
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 3
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987) - 3
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011) - 3

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972) - 2
Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998) - 2
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017) - 2
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 2
Magazine - Real Life (1978) - 2
Petula Clark - My Love (1966) - 2
Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour (2013) - 2
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991) - 2
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 2
The Carpenters - Now And Then (1973) - 2
The Dells - There Is (1968) - 2
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) - 2
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 2

Deap Vally - Sistrionix (2013) - 1
Duran Duran - Paper Gods (2015) - 1
Jlin - Black Origami (2017) - 1
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 1
Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (1983) - 1
R. Stevie Moore And Jason Falkner - R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner- Make It Be (2017) - 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) - 1
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967) - 1
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969) - 1
Yes - Magnification (2001) - 1

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 0
Roger Waters - is this the life we really want? (2017) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Steve Z
dmg
Nick
Nicky Joe
Donnie
Tom H.
jtrichey
DarinRG
Enigmaticus
BSLO

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/7/2018 @ 02:34am

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

The Carpenters - Now And Then (1973)
Roger Waters - is this the life we really want? (2017)
Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (1983)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965)
Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

The Commodores/Lionel Richie
Mariah Carey
Paul McCartney
Nina Simone
Rush

Sorry for being last minute,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Monday, 01/8/2018 @ 21:55pm

Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Lorde - Melodrama (2017)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965)
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)

AC/DC
Jethro Tull
Rush
The Roots
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/8/2018 @ 22:43pm

January 2018 Album Ballot:

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965)
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts include Imagine Dragons, John Williams, Petula Clark, Squeeze, Sting, and both Bee Gees albums. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

January 2018 Album Artist Ballot:

Hall & Oates
KISS
Mariah Carey
Nina Simone
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
Restless Heart

The Last cut include Jethro Tull, John Williams, and The Commodores/Lionel Richie. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 01/8/2018 @ 23:43pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965) - 10

Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017) - 8

Lorde - Melodrama (2017) - 6

Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972) - 5
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990) - 5
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987) - 5
________________________________

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975) - 4
Beck - Colors (2017) - 4
Herman's Hermits - Herman’s Hermits (1965) - 4
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 4
Leftfield - Leftism (1995) - 4
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011) - 4

Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998) - 3
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 3
Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (1983) - 3
The Carpenters - Now And Then (1973) - 3
The Dells - There Is (1968) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972) - 2
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017) - 2
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 2
Magazine - Real Life (1978) - 2
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 2
Petula Clark - My Love (1966) - 2
Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour (2013) - 2
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991) - 2
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 2
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) - 2

Deap Vally - Sistrionix (2013) - 1
Duran Duran - Paper Gods (2015) - 1
Jlin - Black Origami (2017) - 1
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 1
R. Stevie Moore And Jason Falkner - R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner- Make It Be (2017) - 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1
Roger Waters - is this the life we really want? (2017) - 1
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) - 1
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967) - 1
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969) - 1
Yes - Magnification (2001) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Steve Z
dmg
Nick
Nicky Joe
Donnie
Tom H.
jtrichey
DarinRG
Enigmaticus
BSLO
Lax35
Darren
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017)
Lorde - Melodrama (2017)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965)
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/9/2018 @ 00:20am

This month's selected genre is "Funk". The genre will not be split into two votes.

Nominations are now open for the genre vote, "Funk".

Each voter can nominate two albums that they feel belong in this genre vote.

If you feel that an album has been nominated for this genre inappropriately, please lodge a protest and explain why the album isn't eligible. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review (albums can still be nominated on the third day, but please be sure that the album you nominate is unquestionably eligible for this genre).

Nominations / review will end at 10 PM Central on Thursday the 11th. Nominations will still be accepted until 11 PM Central on Thursday the 11th, when voting begins.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/9/2018 @ 00:29am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Nina Simone - 9
___________________________

Mariah Carey - 8

Jethro Tull - 6
Rush - 6

AC/DC - 4
Hall & Oates - 4
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only) - 4
The Alan Parsons Project - 4
The Roots - 4
___________________________

KISS - 3
Pet Shop Boys - 3
TV On The Radio - 3

Duran Duran - 2
Restless Heart - 2
The Commodores/Lionel Richie - 2

John Williams - 1
Ramones - 1
Thin Lizzy - 1
Todd Rundgren - 1

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Nina Simone.

Any voter can nominate one album by Nina Simone released from 1900-2017 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

At Carnegie Hall (Live) (1963)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Nina Simone's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Simone_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/9/2018 @ 00:41am

Funk Genre Nominations

The Ohio Players- Honey (1975)
Zapp- Zapp (1980)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 01/9/2018 @ 00:41am

Genre nominations

The Average White Band- AWB (1974)
Ohio Players- Honey (1975)
Rick James- Street Songs (1981)

For you consideration

James Brown- The Payback (1973)
Teena Marie- It Must be Magic (1981)
Kool & the Gang- Wild and Peaceful (1973)
Evelyn "Champagne" King- Get Loose (1982)
The Isley Brothers- Between the Sheets (1984)
Rufus & Chaka Khan- Rags to Rufus (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 01/9/2018 @ 00:42am

Remove my nomination for The Ohio Players- Honey since Donnie nominated it.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 01/9/2018 @ 01:06am

Artist Nomination

Nina Simone- Pastel Blues (1965)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 01/9/2018 @ 01:42am

Artist
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues

Funk
Isaac Hayes - Joy
James Brown - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal

Posted by Nicky Joe on Tuesday, 01/9/2018 @ 11:50am

Artist Vote Nomination

Nina Simone- Wild is the Wind (1966)

(voted the 5th best album of the 1960's by Pitchfork Magazine, for what it's worth)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 01/9/2018 @ 13:36pm

@ Nicky Joe

Pastel Blues by Nina Simone was already nominated.

You can nominate another Nina Simone album.

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 01/9/2018 @ 13:43pm

Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You (1965)

Funk Nominations:
Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music (1968)
Commodores - Commodores (1977)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 01/9/2018 @ 13:57pm

Genre Nominations

Kool & the Gang- Wild and Peaceful (1973)
Herbie Hancock- Fat Albert Rotunda (1970)

Artist Nomination

Nina Simone- High Priestess of Soul (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 01/9/2018 @ 14:14pm

Genre Nominations

Kool & the Gang- Wild and Peaceful (1973)
Herbie Hancock- Fat Albert Rotunda (1970)

Artist Nomination

Nina Simone- High Priestess of Soul (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 01/9/2018 @ 14:17pm

Nina Smone - Little Girl Blue

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 01/10/2018 @ 04:00am

Genre:

The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973)
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974)

Artist:

Nina Simone - At the Village Gate (1962)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 01/10/2018 @ 13:20pm

So when will the 2043 ceremony updates come through?

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 01/10/2018 @ 17:28pm

I'm adding one more to my nomination list. Updated list.

The Average White Band- AWB (1974)
Rick James- Street Songs (1981)
Teena Marie- It Must Be Magic (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/11/2018 @ 02:14am

Since we can have a third nomination I'll throw another album into the mix

The Meters-The Meters (1969)

Posted by Tom.H on Thursday, 01/11/2018 @ 10:12am

I'll add a third nomination to the party as well.

George Clinton- Computer Games (1982)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 01/11/2018 @ 12:43pm

For my third nomination, I'll nominate:

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 01/11/2018 @ 14:44pm

Funk Nominations -
James Brown - The Payback (1973)
Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan- Rufusized (1974)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 01/11/2018 @ 17:16pm

I'll throw a third one in I guess:

The Meters - Fire on the Bayou (1975)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 01/11/2018 @ 17:29pm

Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
War - All Day Music (1971)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live! (1971)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 01/11/2018 @ 20:06pm

Here are my nominations for this month's Special Election for the Album Project regarding Funk.

The Commodores - Midnight Magic (1979)
The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets (1984)
Chic - C'est Chic (1978)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Nina Simone - Baltimore (1978)

Glad to finally have more than two nominations now,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Thursday, 01/11/2018 @ 21:30pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated songs (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Chic - C'est Chic (1978)
Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live! (1971)
George Clinton - Computer Games (1982)
Herbie Hancock - Fat Albert Rotunda (1970)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
Isaac Hayes - Joy
James Brown - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal
James Brown - The Payback (1973)
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976)
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974)
Rick James - Street Songs (1981)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rufusized (1974)
Sly And The Family Stone - Dance to the Music (1968)
Sly And The Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic (1981)
The Average White Band - AWB (1974)
The Commodores - Midnight Magic (1979)
The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets (1984)
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973)
The Meters - Fire on the Bayou (1975)
The Meters - The Meters (1969)
The Ohio Players - Honey (1975)
War - All Day Music (1971)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 16th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on Tuesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/12/2018 @ 00:44am

Chic- C'est Chic is already inducted.

My Vote

Teena Marie- It Must be Magic (1981)
Rick James- Street Songs (1981)
The Average White Band- AWB (1974)
James Brown- The Payback (1973)
The Ohio Players- Honey (1975)
Kool & the Gang- Wild and Peaceful (1973)
The Isley Brothers- Between the Sheets (1983)
Rufus & Chaka Khan- Rufusized (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/12/2018 @ 05:45am

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live! (1971)
George Clinton - Future Games (1982)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
James Brown - Pure Dynamite! Live At the Royal (1964)
Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976)
Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
The J.B.'s - Doing it to Death (1973)
The Meters - The Meters (1969)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Friday, 01/12/2018 @ 12:23pm

Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
James Brown - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974)
Rick James - Street Songs (1981)
Sly And The Family Stone - Dance to the Music (1968)
The Meters - The Meters (1969)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 01/13/2018 @ 14:55pm

George Clinton - Computer Games (1982)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
James Brown - The Payback (1973)
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
Rick James - Street Songs (1981)
The Average White Band - AWB (1974)
The Ohio Players - Honey (1975)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)

Last Cuts: both Sly and the Family Stone albums, Rufus feat. Chaka Khan, both Parliament albums, The Isley Brothers

Absolutely brutal round.

Well done everyone!

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 01/13/2018 @ 16:24pm

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live! (1971)
Rick James - Street Songs (1981)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rufusized (1974)
Sly And The Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
The Average White Band - AWB (1974)
The Meters - The Meters (1969)
The Ohio Players - Honey (1975)
War - All Day Music (1971)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 01/14/2018 @ 22:13pm

Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Herbie Hancock - Fat Albert Rotunda (1970)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973)
The Meters - The Meters (1969)
The Ohio Players - Honey (1975)
War - All Day Music (1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/15/2018 @ 09:42am

My current vote count (let me know asap if there are any errors):

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969) - 4
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) - 4
Rick James - Street Songs (1981) - 4
The Meters - The Meters (1969) - 4
The Ohio Players - Honey (1975) - 4
_____________________________________________

The Average White Band - AWB (1974) - 3

Commodores - Commodores (1977) - 2
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live! (1971) - 2
George Clinton - Computer Games (1982) - 2
James Brown - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal - 2
James Brown - The Payback (1973) - 2
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rufusized (1974) - 2
Sly And The Family Stone - Fresh (1973) - 2
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973) - 2
War - All Day Music (1971) - 2

Herbie Hancock - Fat Albert Rotunda (1970) - 1
Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976) - 1
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974) - 1
Sly And The Family Stone - Dance to the Music (1968) - 1
Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic (1981) - 1
The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets (1984) - 1
Zapp - Zapp (1980) - 1

Isaac Hayes - Joy - 0
The Commodores - Midnight Magic (1979) - 0
The Meters - Fire on the Bayou (1975) - 0

This vote count inludes the following votes:

Greg F.
Nicky Joe
Steve Z
Donnie
BSLO
Tom H.

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/16/2018 @ 02:14am

Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
James Brown - The Payback (1973)
Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rufusized (1974)
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973)
The Meters - The Meters (1969)
War - All Day Music (1971)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 01/16/2018 @ 02:28am

25 - Madonna
24 - The Temptations
23 - Jerry Lee Lewis
24 - Otis Redding
22 - Roy Orbison
21 - Sly & The Family Stone
20 - Fleetwood Mac
19 - Run-D.M.C.
18 - Radiohead
17 - Talking Heads
16 - Janis Joplin & Big Brother & The Holding Company
15 - The Miracles with Smokey Robinson
14 - Kraftwerk
13 - Joni Mitchell
12 - The Cure
11 - The Byrds
10 - Metallica
9 - The Stooges
8 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
7 - John Lennon
6 - Parliament Funkadelic
5 - Simon & Garfunkel
4 - Pearl Jam
3 - The Smiths
2 - Aerosmith
1 - Cream

Posted by Nicky Joe on Tuesday, 01/16/2018 @ 14:42pm

The Commodores - Midnight Magic (1979)
The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets (1984)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
The Meters - The Meters (1969)
Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live! (1971)
George Clinton - Computer Games (1982)
James Brown - The Payback (1973)

This is my ballot,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Tuesday, 01/16/2018 @ 18:08pm

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
James Brown - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal (1964)
Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976)
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974)
The Average White Band - AWB (1974)
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973)
The Meters - Fire on the Bayou (1975)
The Ohio Players - Honey (1975)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 01/16/2018 @ 23:14pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969) - 7

The Meters - The Meters (1969) - 6

The Ohio Players - Honey (1975) - 5
________________________________

Commodores - Commodores (1977) - 4
James Brown - The Payback (1973) - 4
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) - 4
Rick James - Street Songs (1981) - 4
The Average White Band - AWB (1974) - 4
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973) - 4
________________________________

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live! (1971) - 3
George Clinton - Computer Games (1982) - 3
James Brown - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal - 3
Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976) - 3
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rufusized (1974) - 3
War - All Day Music (1971) - 3

Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974) - 2
Sly And The Family Stone - Fresh (1973) - 2
The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets (1984) - 2

Herbie Hancock - Fat Albert Rotunda (1970) - 1
Sly And The Family Stone - Dance to the Music (1968) - 1
Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic (1981) - 1
The Commodores - Midnight Magic (1979) - 1
The Meters - Fire on the Bayou (1975) - 1
Zapp - Zapp (1980) - 1

Isaac Hayes - Joy - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Nicky Joe
Steve Z
Donnie
BSLO
Tom H.
Nick
Lax35
dmg

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
The Meters - The Meters (1969)
The Ohio Players - Honey (1975)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Commodores - Commodores (1977)
James Brown - The Payback (1973)
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
Rick James - Street Songs (1981)
The Average White Band - AWB (1974)
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will get 6 points, the second-highest will get 5 points and so on.

The 2 albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other 4 albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote (if any of the albums in the tiebreaker are eligible for this month's genre vote, please let me know).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaking voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/17/2018 @ 00:37am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Vote for Nina Simone, until 10 PM / 11 PM Central on Friday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/17/2018 @ 00:44am

Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)-6
Commodores - Commodores (1977)-5
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973)-4
Rick James - Street Songs (1981)-3
The Average White Band - AWB (1974)-2
James Brown - The Payback (1973)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/17/2018 @ 09:38am

1. James Brown- The Payback (1973) (6 pts)
2. Rick James- Street Songs (1981) (5 pts)
3. The Average White Band- AWB (1974) (4 pts)
4. Kool and the Gang- Wild and Peaceful (1973) (3 pts)
5. The J.B.'s- Doing it to Death (1973) (2 pts)
6. Commodores- Commodores (1977) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 01/17/2018 @ 13:00pm

The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973) (6 points)
The Average White Band - AWB (1974)
Commodores - Commodores (1977)
James Brown - The Payback (1973)
Rick James - Street Songs (1981)
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) (1 points)

All are deserving.

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 01/17/2018 @ 13:21pm

Is there any support or interest in any of the following for next month or future months?

Raspberries- Fresh (1972)
Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)
The Hives- Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)
The Monkees- Headquarters (1967)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/17/2018 @ 14:21pm

6 - The J.B.'s - Doing it to Death
5 - Kool & The Gang - Wild and Peaceful
4 - James Brown - The Payback
3 - Rick James - Street Songs
2 - The Average White Band - AWB
1 - Commodores - Commodores

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 01/17/2018 @ 15:20pm

Rick James- Street Songs (1981) 6
The Average White Band- AWB (1974) 5
James Brown- The Payback (1973) 4
Kool & The Gang- Wild and Peaceful (1973) 3
The J.B.'s- Doing It to Death (1973) 2
Commodores- Commodores (1977) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/17/2018 @ 17:15pm

Tiebreaker -
James Brown - The Payback (1973) - 6
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973) - 5
Commodores - Commodores (1977) - 4
The Average White Band - AWB (1974) - 3
Rick James - Street Songs (1981) - 2
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) - 1

Artist Nomination -
Nina Simone - Black Gold (1970)

Greg F,
I support all those albums in the near future

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 01/18/2018 @ 00:04am

Tiebreaker:

Commodores - Commodores (1977) [6 Points]
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) [5 Points]
Rick James - Street Songs (1981) [4 Points]
James Brown - The Payback (1973) [3 Points]
The Average White Band - AWB (1974) [2 Points]
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 01/18/2018 @ 08:36am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

James Brown - The Payback (1973) - 27
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973) - 26
Rick James - Street Songs (1981) - 25
________________________________________

Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) - 24
The Average White Band - AWB (1974) - 23
Commodores - Commodores (1977) - 22

The losing albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
James Brown - The Payback (1973)
Rick James - Street Songs (1981)
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973)
The Meters - The Meters (1969)
The Ohio Players - Honey (1975)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/20/2018 @ 00:13am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated Nina Simone albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Nina Simone - At the Village Gate (1962)
Nina Simone - Baltimore (1978)
Nina Simone - Black Gold (1970)
Nina Simone - High Priestess of Soul (1967)
Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You (1965)
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues (1965)
Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind (1966)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Wednesday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/20/2018 @ 00:18am

Nina Simone

Baltimore (1978)
Black Gold (1970)
I Put a Spell On You (1965)
Pastel Blues (1965)
Wild is the Wind (1966)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Saturday, 01/20/2018 @ 06:38am

Artist Vote Ballot

Nina Simone- Black Gold (1970)
Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You (1965)
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (1958)
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues (1965)
Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind (1966)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 01/20/2018 @ 16:41pm

Nina Simone- Black Gold (1970)
Nina Simone- I Put a Spell On You (1965)
Nina Simone- Pastel Blues (1965)
Nina Simone- Wild is the Wind (1966)
Nina Simone- High Priestess of Soul (1967)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/20/2018 @ 20:24pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Artist Vote.

Nina Simone - Baltimore (1978)
Nina Simone- Wild is the Wind (1966)
Nina Simone- High Priestess of Soul (1967)
Nina Simone- Black Gold (1970)
Nina Simone- Pastel Blues (1965)

Any of these albums are worthy of induction,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Tuesday, 01/23/2018 @ 21:31pm

Nina Simone - Black Gold (1970)
Nina Simone - High Priestess of Soul (1967)
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (1958)
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues (1965)
Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind (1966)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/24/2018 @ 20:54pm

Nina Simone - Black Gold (1970)
Nina Simone - High Priestess of Soul (1967)
Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You (1965)
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (1958)
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues (1965)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 01/24/2018 @ 22:51pm

Nina Simone - Black Gold (1970)
Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You (1965)
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues (1965)
Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind (1966)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 01/24/2018 @ 23:56pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Nina Simone - Black Gold (1970) - 7
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues (1965) - 7
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Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind (1966) - 6

Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You (1965) - 5

Nina Simone - High Priestess of Soul (1967) - 4
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue - 4

Nina Simone - Baltimore (1978) - 2

Nina Simone - At the Village Gate (1962) - 0

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Nina Simone - Black Gold (1970)
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues (1965)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/25/2018 @ 02:00am

Rule Changes In 2018:

Starting in January, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated genres or artists during genre / artist selection votes.

Starting in January, voters will be able to nominate as many as 3 albums for genre votes.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Deep Purple (eligible again in February 2018)
Queen (eligible again in March 2018)
Peter Gabriel (eligible again in April 2018)
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (eligible again in May 2018)
Chicago (eligible again in June 2018)
Sting (eligible again in July 2018)
Nina Simone (eligible again in August 2018)

Deep Purple is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2017 and two albums from 1900-2017. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
The Average White Band - AWB (1974)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
Art Rock/Progressive Rock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Thrash Metal" is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

"Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"Live Albums" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"Jazz Fusion" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"British Invasion" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"Funk" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Female Artists" and "Stand-Up Comedy" are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

AC/DC
Hall & Oates
Jethro Tull
Mariah Carey
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
Rush
The Alan Parsons Project
The Roots

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/31/2018 @ 21:19pm

My nominations

Kesha- Rainbow (2017)
Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)
TV on the Radio- Nine Types of Light (2011)

Artist: of Montreal

No split is needed for the genre

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/31/2018 @ 21:35pm

I want to add a genre nomination.

21st Century Indie Dance

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/31/2018 @ 21:53pm

General Vote

Magic Sam- West Side Soul (1968)
J. Cole- Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017)

Genre Vote

Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time

Artist Vote

James Brown (We currently only have two albums by James Brown inducted in the Album Project; that's insane!)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 02/1/2018 @ 01:12am

West Side Soul was actually released in 1967, not 1968.

My Corrected list of Nominations

General Vote

Magic Sam- West Side Soul (1967)
J. Cole- Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017)

Genre Vote

Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time

Artist Vote

James Brown (We currently only have two albums by James Brown inducted in the Album Project; that's insane!)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 02/1/2018 @ 01:16am

Genral Vote
Fugazi - Repeater (1990)
Mission of Burma - Vs. (1982)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence (1978)

Genre Vote: Goth

Artist Vote: Motörhead

Posted by Nicky Joe on Thursday, 02/1/2018 @ 02:44am

Also, no genre split.

Posted by Nicky Joe on Thursday, 02/1/2018 @ 09:52am

Imagine Dragons- Evolve (2017)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 02/1/2018 @ 11:52am

Genre vote

Movie Soundtracks

Artist Vote

John Williams

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 02/1/2018 @ 11:56am

My nominations:

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/2/2018 @ 21:56pm

Artist Vote Nomination:

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/2/2018 @ 21:56pm

noms:

The Bravery - the Sun and the Moon (2007)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)
Beck - Colors (2017)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 02/2/2018 @ 22:44pm

General -
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)

Genre -
1980’s R&B/Soul

Artist -
The Buzzcocks

One of the great pioneering punk rock bands and they have 0 albums in the Album Project.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 02/3/2018 @ 10:28am

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (1976)
Motorhead - Overkill (1979)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

My Genre Vote nomination for the month is:

Grunge

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

The Moody Blues

One more day until the big game,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Saturday, 02/3/2018 @ 20:07pm

The Dells - There Is (1968)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Jlin - Black Origami (2017)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 02/3/2018 @ 23:02pm

February 2018 Album Nominations:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

February 2018 Album Genre Nomination: Soft Rock

February 2018 Album Artist Nomination: Restless Heart

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 02/3/2018 @ 23:37pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Fugazi - Repeater (1990)
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (1976)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Jlin - Black Origami (2017)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Magic Sam - West Side Soul (1967)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Motorhead - Overkill (1979)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The Average White Band - AWB (1974)
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (2007)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence (1978)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/4/2018 @ 02:28am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's R&B/Soul
1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
21st Century Indie Dance
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Goth
Grunge
Movie Soundtracks
Soft Rock

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/4/2018 @ 02:32am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

AC/DC
Hall & Oates
James Brown
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Mariah Carey
Motörhead
of Montreal
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
Restless Heart
Rush
The Alan Parsons Project
The Buzzcocks
The Moody Blues
The Roots
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/4/2018 @ 02:35am

Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The Average White Band - AWB (1974)
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (2007)
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)

90's R&B
21st Century Indie Dance
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Goth
Movie Soundtracks

James Brown
Motörhead
of Montreal
Rush
The Alan Parsons Project
The Buzzcocks
The Moody Blues

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/4/2018 @ 02:52am

Fugazi - Repeater (1990)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jlin - Black Origami (2017)
Kool & The Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
Mission of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Motörhead - Overkill (1979)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make it Happen (1967)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence (1978)

1960’s R&B/Soul
1980’s R&B/Soul
1990’s R&B
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Black History Month: Donnie’s List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Goth

AC/DC
James Brown
Mariah Carey
Motörhead
Rush
TV On the Radio

Posted by Nicky Joe on Sunday, 02/4/2018 @ 05:19am

General Vote

Fugazi - Repeater (1990)
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Magic Sam - West Side Soul (1967)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Motorhead - Overkill (1979)
The Average White Band - AWB (1974)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts: X-Ray Spex, Kool and the Gang, Beck, Squeeze, Genesis, Third Eye Blind

Genre Vote

1960's R&B/Soul
1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Grunge
Movie Soundtracks

Artist Vote

AC/DC
James Brown
Mariah Carey
The Alan Parsons Project
The Buzzcocks
The Roots

Last Cuts: Paul McCartney, Jethro Tull, The Moody Blues, Motorhead

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 02/4/2018 @ 05:49am

Beck - Colors (2017)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Magic Sam- West Side Soul (1967)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Mission of Burma - Vs. (1982)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)
TV on the Radio- Nine Types of Light (2011)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence (1978)

1960's R&B/Soul
21st Century Indie Dance
Goth

Motörhead
of Montreal
The Buzzcocks
The Roots
TV On The Radio

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 02/4/2018 @ 15:19pm

Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (2007)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 02/4/2018 @ 23:59pm

1960's R&B/Soul
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Movie Soundtracks
Soft Rock

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/6/2018 @ 11:31am

James Brown
Mariah Carey
The Buzzcocks
The Roots
TV on the Radio

21st Century Indie Dance
1960’s R&B/Soul
1980’s R&B/Soul
1990’s R&B/Soul
Soft Rock

Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 02/6/2018 @ 11:47am

Greg F,
You voted for 7 Artists in the Artist Vote and you have to cut at least one album (maybe two, see below) to make your ballot count.

Wait, can we cast a ballot for 6 Artists now in the Album/Song Project? I remember last night many people casting ballots with 6 ballots and they counted, but in the rules posted for Artist Vote this month it says 5. I think that passed one of the new rules in the Album/Song Projects a few months ago. Can someone clarify this?

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 02/6/2018 @ 11:54am

Greg F,
You voted for 7 Artists in the Artist Vote and you have to cut at least one artist (maybe two, see below) to make your ballot count.

Wait, can we cast a ballot for 6 Artists now in the Album/Song Project? I remember last night many people casting ballots with 6 ballots and they counted, but in the rules posted for Artist Vote this month it says 5. I think that passed one of the new rules in the Album/Song Projects a few months ago. Can someone clarify this?

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 02/6/2018 @ 11:55am

If there is a 6th artist that I can support for the Artist Vote this month, I'll also vote for of Montreal.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 02/6/2018 @ 11:56am

Thanks Nick, I'll drop The Moody Blues. And yes you can vote up to 6 genres and artists now. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/6/2018 @ 13:45pm

February 2018 Album Genre Ballot:

Art/Progressive Rock
Movie Soundtracks
Soft Rock

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 02/6/2018 @ 19:59pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

Motorhead - Overkill (1979)
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (1976)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Fugazi - Repeater (1990)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)

Here is my Genre Vote ballot.

Grunge
Art/Progressive Rock
Movie Soundtracks
1960’s R&B/Soul
1980’s R&B/Soul

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

The Moody Blues
James Brown
Mariah Carey
Motörhead
AC/DC
Rush

An interesting yet exciting election ahead,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Tuesday, 02/6/2018 @ 21:38pm

My understanding is that it should be 6 genres or artists during the selection votes.

The genre votes have ballots of 12 songs / albums and the artist votes have ballots of 3-5 songs / albums.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/6/2018 @ 22:22pm

1960's R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
21st Century Indie Dance
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Grunge

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/6/2018 @ 22:27pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

1960's R&B/Soul - 7
_________________________

1990's R&B - 5
Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 5
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time - 5
Movie Soundtracks - 5

1980’s R&B/Soul - 4
21st Century Indie Dance - 4
_________________________

Goth - 3
Grunge - 3
Soft Rock - 3

This month's selected genre is "1960's R&B/Soul".

Nominations begin on the 8th at 11 PM Central. Before then, we need to decide if this genre will be divided into two votes or not and what criteria would be used to split the votes if we have a split.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/7/2018 @ 00:30am

My votes:

Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017)
Fugazi - Repeater (1990)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)

AC/DC
Motörhead
of Montreal
Rush
The Roots
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/7/2018 @ 00:53am

My current vote count:

Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017) - 5

Fugazi - Repeater (1990) - 4
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017) - 4
______________________________________

Beck - Colors (2017) - 3
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 3
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 3
Motorhead - Overkill (1979) - 3
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967) - 3
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017) - 3
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011) - 3
______________________________________

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 2
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) - 2
Magic Sam - West Side Soul (1967) - 2
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 2
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) - 2
The Average White Band - AWB (1974) - 2
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (2007) - 2
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980) - 2
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997) - 2
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence (1978) - 2

Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (1976) - 1
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017) - 1
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011) - 1
Jlin - Black Origami (2017) - 1
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001) - 1
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 1
The Dells - There Is (1968) - 1
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1

Commodores - Commodores (1977) - 0
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nicky Joe
Donnie
DarinRG
jtrichey
Nick
Lax35
Darren

Voting closes at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/7/2018 @ 00:57am

No split is necessary for 60's R&B.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/7/2018 @ 01:09am

Kind of disappointed to see my list lose out on the Album Project side of this month's Genre vote, but at the same time, happen to see 60's R&B/Soul win out as that was another genre that I originally nominated way back in the day. And it also kind of fits in with the Black History Month theme I was hoping for for this month's projects.

I don't think a split would be necessary here btw.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 02/7/2018 @ 03:06am

Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Jlin - Black Origami (2017)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Motorhead - Overkill (1979)
The Average White Band - AWB (1974)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 02/7/2018 @ 13:31pm

Beck - Colors (2017)
Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)

AC/DC
Hall & Oates
Motörhead
of Montreal
The Moody Blues
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 02/7/2018 @ 14:00pm

Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017)
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (1976)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
Motorhead - Overkill (1979)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)

James Brown
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Rush
The Moody Blues
The Roots

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/7/2018 @ 20:11pm

February 2018 Album Ballot:

Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/8/2018 @ 13:49pm

February 2018 Album Artist Ballot:

Hall & Oates
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Mariah Carey
Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only)
Restless Heart

Last cuts include Rush, The Alan Parsons Project, and The Moody Blues. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/8/2018 @ 19:35pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017) - 6

Motorhead - Overkill (1979) - 5
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967) - 5
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011) - 5
________________________________

Beck - Colors (2017) - 4
Fugazi - Repeater (1990) - 4
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) - 4
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017) - 4
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Commodores - Commodores (1977) - 3
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017) - 3
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 3
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 3
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 3
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) - 3
The Average White Band - AWB (1974) - 3
The Dells - There Is (1968) - 3
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980) - 3
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017) - 3
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3

Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (1976) - 2
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
Jlin - Black Origami (2017) - 2
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 2
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 2
Magic Sam - West Side Soul (1967) - 2
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001) - 2
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 2
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (2007) - 2
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence (1978) - 2

J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nicky Joe
Donnie
DarinRG
jtrichey
Nick
Lax35
Darren
dmg
Steve Z
Tom H.
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017)
Motorhead - Overkill (1979)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Beck - Colors (2017)
Fugazi - Repeater (1990)
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference. The highest-ranked album will get 4 points, the second-highest will get 3 points and so on.

The 2 albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote (if any of the albums in the tiebreaker are eligible for this month's genre vote, please let me know).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/9/2018 @ 00:40am

"1960's R&B/Soul" has been selected as this month's genre vote. This genre will not be split into two votes.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "1960's R&B/Soul".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/9/2018 @ 00:42am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

James Brown - 6
Motörhead - 6
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AC/DC - 5
Mariah Carey - 5
of Montreal - 5
Rush - 5
The Roots - 5
TV On The Radio - 5

The Buzzcocks - 4
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The Moody Blues - 3

Hall & Oates - 2
Jethro Tull - 2
John Williams - 2
The Alan Parsons Project - 2

Paul McCartney (Solo Work Only) - 1
Restless Heart - 1

The following artists will be involved in a tiebreaker to determine the selected artist:

James Brown
Motörhead

The winner of the tiebreaker will be selected for February. The loser of the tiebreaker will be selected for March.

Anyone who voted in the artist selection vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker. To vote, select your preferred artist. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes counted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/9/2018 @ 00:45am

I vote for James Brown.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/9/2018 @ 00:45am

General Tiebreaker -
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) - 4
Beck - Colors (2017) - 3
Fugazi - Repeater (1990) - 2
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017) - 1

Artist Tiebreaker -
James Brown

1960s R&B/Soul Nominations -
Martha and the Vandellas - Watchout! (1966)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett (1966)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 02/9/2018 @ 01:45am

My genre vote nominations:

Joe Tex- Happy Soul (1969)
Roberta Flack- First Take (1969)
Ben E. King- Don't Play That Song! (1962)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/9/2018 @ 02:38am

Artist vote Tiebreaker:

James Brown

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/9/2018 @ 02:41am

General vote tiebreaker:

Kool & The Gang- Wild & Peaceful (1973)- 4
LCD Soundsystem- American Dream (2017)- 3
Fugazi- Repeater (1990)- 2
Beck- Colors (2017)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/9/2018 @ 03:13am

General Vote Nominations
Fugazi - Repeater (1990) - 4
Kool & The Gang - Wild & Peaceful (1973) - 3
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 2
Beck - Colors (2017) - 1

Genre Vote Nominations
The Four Tops - Yesterdays Dreams (1968)
The Supremes - The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966)
The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (1964)

Artist Vote
James Brown

Posted by Nicky Joe on Friday, 02/9/2018 @ 12:38pm

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Fugazi- Repeater (1990) (4 pts)
2. Kool & the Gang- Wild & Peaceful (1973) (3 pts)
3. Beck- Colors (2017) (2 pts)
4. LCD Soundsystem- American Dream (2017) (1 pt)

Artist Vote Tie-Breaker

James Brown

Genre Vote Nominations (1960's Soul/R&B)

James Carr- You Got My Mind Messed Up (1966)
Sam Cooke- Ain't That Good News (1964)
The Temptations- Cloud Nine (1969)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 02/9/2018 @ 12:58pm

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 02/9/2018 @ 12:59pm

Nominations

Ray Charles- Live In Concert (1965)
Stevie Wonder- My Cherie Amour (1969)
The Jackson 5- Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (1969)

Artist Tie Breaker

James Brown

I'll do the albumtie breaker later but wanted to get my nominations in before they were gone

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/9/2018 @ 13:08pm

tiebreak:

1. Beck- Colors (2017) (4 pts)
2. LCD Soundsystem- American Dream (2017)
3. Fugazi- Repeater (1990)
4. Kool & the Gang- Wild & Peaceful (1973)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 02/9/2018 @ 23:01pm

Just as a reminder,

Nominations for the Genre Votes in both the Song and Album Project ends tonight at 11.

Be sure to get your nominations in if you haven't done so yet!

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 02/11/2018 @ 14:59pm

Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)-4
Beck - Colors (2017)-3
Fugazi - Repeater (1990)-2
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 02/11/2018 @ 17:16pm

The Dells - There Is (1968)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965)

^ Three Hall of Fame acts without an album in the project.

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 02/11/2018 @ 20:28pm

Quite a bit to do tonight. Here first is my tiebreaker ballot.

Beck - Colors (2017)- 4
Fugazi - Repeater (1990)- 3
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)- 2
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)- 1

I am going against the grain and picking as my tiebreaker for the Artist Vote ballot:

Motorhead

And here is my Genre Vote nomination ballot.

The Supremes and The Temptations - Diana Ross and The Supremes Join The Temptations (1968)
The Four Tops - Four Tops Second Album (1965)
The Dells - Love Is Blue (1969)

Now the actual age,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Sunday, 02/11/2018 @ 20:49pm

LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017) - 4
Fugazi - Repeater (1990) - 3
Beck - Colors (2017) - 2
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/11/2018 @ 23:29pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song! (1962)
James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up (1966)
Joe Tex - Happy Soul (1969)
Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965)
Martha and the Vandellas - Watchout! (1966)
Ray Charles - Live In Concert (1965)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News (1964)
Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (1969)
The Dells - Love Is Blue (1969)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Four Tops - Four Tops Second Album (1965)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Four Tops - Yesterdays Dreams (1968)
The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (1969)
The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (1964)
The Supremes - The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966)
The Supremes and The Temptations - Diana Ross and The Supremes Join The Temptations (1968)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)
Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett (1966)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/12/2018 @ 00:28am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Fugazi - Repeater (1990) - 22
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) - 21
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Beck - Colors (2017) - 20
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017) - 17

Beck and LCD Soundsystem will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees this month:

Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017)
Fugazi - Repeater (1990)
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
Motorhead - Overkill (1979)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967)
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/12/2018 @ 00:35am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

James Brown - 6
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Motörhead - 1

James Brown will be selected this month. Motörhead will be the selected artist in March.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is James Brown.

Any voter can nominate one album by James Brown released from 1900-2017 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

Live At The Apollo (1963)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on James Brown's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/12/2018 @ 00:47am

Artist Vote Nomination:

James Brown- Sex Machine (1970)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/12/2018 @ 00:54am

Artist Nomination

James Brown- Say It Loud (1969)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/12/2018 @ 06:47am

Sorry that Artist Nomination should be

James Brown- Say It Loud- I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)

Also James Brown- The Payback (1973) cannot be nominated as it was inducted last month in the Funk vote.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/12/2018 @ 06:53am

Genre Vote Ballot

Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song! (1962)
James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up (1966)
Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965)
Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News (1964)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Supremes - The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)
Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett (1966)

Last Cuts: Roberta Flack, The Jackson 5, Martha and the Vandellas (Watchout!), Sam & Dave, The Four Tops (Second Album)

Artist Vote Nomination

James Brown & the Famous Flames- Think! (1960)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 02/12/2018 @ 07:21am

Martha & The Vandellas - Watchout! (1966)
Ray Charles - Live in Concert (1965)
Sam Cooke - Ain’t That Good News (1964)
Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Armour (1969)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Shangri-Las - Leaders of the Pack (1964)
The Supremes - The Supremes A’ Go-Go (1966)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)

James Brown - Night Train (1961)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Tuesday, 02/13/2018 @ 11:22am

Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965)
Ray Charles - Live In Concert (1965)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News (1964)
Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (1969)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (1969)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)

Glad that no one nominated a James Brown album for this vote. It would have made a surprisingly tough ballot even tougher.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/13/2018 @ 14:22pm

Ben E. King- Don't Play That Song! (1962)
Joe Tex- Happy Soul (1969)
Roberta Flack- First Take (1969)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Supremes - The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966)
The Supremes and The Temptations - Diana Ross and The Supremes Join The Temptations (1968)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)
Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News (1964)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/14/2018 @ 04:32am

Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song! (1962)
Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News (1964)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Supremes - The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)

James Brown & His Famous Flames - Cold Sweat (1967)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 02/15/2018 @ 13:33pm

Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song! (1962)
Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
The Dells - Love Is Blue (1969)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (1964)
The Supremes - The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966)
Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett (1966)

Brutal round.

Artist Nomination:

James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) (1966)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 02/15/2018 @ 16:12pm

Ben E. King- Don't Play That Song! (1962)
Martha and the Vandellas - Watchout! (1966)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News (1964)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Supremes - The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966)
Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett (1966)

Too many cuts to name here. All albums on this amazing ballot are very worthy.

Artist Nomination -
James Brown & The Famous Flames - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal (1964)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 02/15/2018 @ 23:42pm

My current vote count:

Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News (1964) - 6
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967) - 6
The Supremes - The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966) - 6

Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song! (1962) - 5
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969) - 5
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Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965) - 4
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967) - 4
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The Dells - There Is (1968) - 3
Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett (1966) - 3

Martha and the Vandellas - Watchout! (1966) - 2
Ray Charles - Live In Concert (1965) - 2
Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (1969) - 2
The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (1964) - 2

James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up (1966) - 1
Joe Tex - Happy Soul (1969) - 1
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969) - 1
The Dells - Love Is Blue (1969) - 1
The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (1969) - 1
The Supremes and The Temptations - Diana Ross and The Supremes Join The Temptations (1968) - 1

The Four Tops - Four Tops Second Album (1965) - 0
The Four Tops - Yesterdays Dreams (1968) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Nicky Joe
Tom H.
Greg F.
dmg
Steve Z
Nick

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/16/2018 @ 08:41am

Darren,
I made a big mistake on my part for this genre vote - The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967) was already inducted back in October 2017 but has not added to their FRL page. I thought it was like The Dells' 'There Is' album that just kept missing the number of votes for induction. I scrolled through the Album Project page by chance and saw that it was already inducted. Again, I do apologize for this happening.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 02/16/2018 @ 17:37pm

In light of Reach out already being inducted I'd like to switch my vote for it to The Dells-There Is (1968) if that's possible

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/16/2018 @ 19:15pm

Tom H - Your vote has been changed. If the other 5 voters want to change their votes before the deadline, they can.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/16/2018 @ 23:45pm

In that case, I’ll switch my vote to Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (1969)

Again, sorry for the confusion on my end

Posted by Nick on Friday, 02/16/2018 @ 23:55pm

Here's the list of albums missing from artists' homepages on FRL (I'll send them an email once Darren posts the results of this genre vote to FRL; hopefully this clears any confusion in the future) from September 2017-Now.

2042 = September 2017-December 2017

Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974) 
Madonna - Music (2000) 
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) 
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998) 
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007) 
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972) 
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974) 
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959) 
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964) 
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978) 
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)

Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs (1987) 
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' and The Blues (1960) 
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) 
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) 
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967) 
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)

Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998) 
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (1964) 
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970) 
Motorhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981) 
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967) 
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981) 
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)

John Mellencamp - Uh Huh (1983) 
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001) 
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005) 
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968) 
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973) 
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)

Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1972) 
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1972) 
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971) 
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976) 
Stanley Clarke - School Days (1976) 
Weather Report - Weather Report (1971)

Chicago - Chicago III (1971) 
Chicago - Chicago VI (1973)

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) 
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005) 
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985) 
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980) 
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968) 
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967) 
Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967) 
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964) 
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965) 
The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up (1965) 
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983) 
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (1980) 
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) 
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983) 
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)

Sting - Brand New Day (1999) 
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)

2043 = January 2018 - Now

Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972) 
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990) 
Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017) 
Lorde - Melodrama (2017) 
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965) 
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969) 
James Brown - The Payback (1973)
 Rick James - Street Songs (1981) 
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973) 
The Meters - The Meters (1969) 
The Ohio Players - Honey (1975)

Nina Simone - Black Gold (1970) 
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues (1965)

Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017) 
Fugazi - Repeater (1990) 
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) 
Motorhead - Overkill (1979) 
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967) 
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 02/17/2018 @ 00:14am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News (1964) - 6
The Supremes - The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966) - 6

Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song! (1962) - 5
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969) - 5
____________________________

Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965) - 4
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967) - 4
The Dells - There Is (1968) - 4
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Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (1969) - 3
Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett (1966) - 3

Martha and the Vandellas - Watchout! (1966) - 2
Ray Charles - Live In Concert (1965) - 2
The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (1964) - 2

James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up (1966) - 1
Joe Tex - Happy Soul (1969) - 1
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969) - 1
The Dells - Love Is Blue (1969) - 1
The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (1969) - 1
The Supremes and The Temptations - Diana Ross and The Supremes Join The Temptations (1968) - 1

The Four Tops - Four Tops Second Album (1965) - 0
The Four Tops - Yesterdays Dreams (1968) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Nicky Joe
Tom H.
Greg F.
dmg
Steve Z
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song! (1962)
Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News (1964)
The Supremes - The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
The Dells - There Is (1968)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/17/2018 @ 00:35am

Nominations remain open for this month's artist vote. This month's nominee is James Brown.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/17/2018 @ 00:35am

Tiebreaker:

The Dells - There Is (1968) (3 points)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 02/17/2018 @ 21:42pm

The Dells - There Is (1968) - 3
Martha and the Vandellas- Dance Party (1965) - 2
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967) - 1

All three deserve to go in and it's sad Sam & Dave is at the bottom of this tiebreaker. But it's about time The Dells' album gets inducted.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 02/18/2018 @ 11:35am

Tiebreaker

Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965)-3 pts
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)- 2pts
The Dells - There Is (1968)- 1 pt

Really solid round, all around.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 02/18/2018 @ 15:39pm

3 - Martha & The Vandellas - Dance Party (1965)
2 - Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
1 - The Dells - There Is (1968)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Sunday, 02/18/2018 @ 18:29pm

The Dells- There Is (1968) (3)
Sam & Dave- Soul Man (1967) (2)
Martha & The Vandellas- Dance Party (1965) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/18/2018 @ 23:00pm

Tiebreaker:

Martha & The Vandellas - Dance Party (1965) [3 Points]
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967) [2 Points]
The Dells - There Is (1968) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 02/19/2018 @ 01:21am

Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)-3
The Dells - There Is (1968)-2
Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965)-1

All phenomenal albums

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/19/2018 @ 09:46am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965) - 14 (3 Highest Rankings)
The Dells - There Is (1968) - 14 (3 Highest Rankings)
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Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967) - 14 (1 Highest Ranking)

Sam & Dave will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees from this vote:

Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song! (1962)
Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965)
Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News (1964)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Supremes - The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/20/2018 @ 00:06am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated James Brown albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

James Brown And His Famous Flames - Cold Sweat (1967)
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) (1966)
James Brown - Night Train (1961)
James Brown And The Famous Flames - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal (1964)
James Brown - Say It Loud- I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)
James Brown - Sex Machine (1970)
James Brown And His Famous Flames - Think! (1960)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/20/2018 @ 00:10am

Artist Vote:

James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) (1966)
James Brown And The Famous Flames - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal (1964)
James Brown - Say It Loud- I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)
James Brown - Sex Machine (1970)
James Brown And His Famous Flames - Think! (1960)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 02/20/2018 @ 21:19pm

James Brown And His Famous Flames - Cold Sweat (1967)
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) (1966)
James Brown And The Famous Flames - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal (1964)
James Brown - Say It Loud- I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)
James Brown - Sex Machine (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 02/22/2018 @ 07:38am

Cold Sweat (1967)
I Got You (I Feel Good) (1966)
Night Train (1961)
Say it Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)
Sex Machine (1970)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Thursday, 02/22/2018 @ 08:47am

James Brown And The Famous Flames - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal (1964)
James Brown - Sex Machine (1970)
James Brown And His Famous Flames - Think! (1960)
James Brown And His Famous Flames - Cold Sweat (1967)
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) (1966)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/23/2018 @ 01:18am

James Brown And His Famous Flames - Cold Sweat (1967)
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) (1966)
James Brown - Say It Loud- I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)
James Brown - Sex Machine (1970)
James Brown And His Famous Flames - Think! (1960)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 02/24/2018 @ 16:40pm

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 02/24/2018 @ 23:52pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) (1966) - 6
James Brown - Sex Machine (1970) - 6
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James Brown And His Famous Flames - Cold Sweat (1967) - 5
James Brown - Say It Loud- I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969) - 5
James Brown And The Famous Flames - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal (1964) - 4
James Brown And His Famous Flames - Think! (1960) - 3
James Brown - Night Train (1961) - 1

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) (1966)
James Brown - Sex Machine (1970)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/25/2018 @ 00:37am

Rule Changes In 2018:

Starting in January, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated genres or artists during genre / artist selection votes.

Starting in January, voters will be able to nominate as many as 3 albums for genre votes.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Peter Gabriel (eligible again in April 2018)
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (eligible again in May 2018)
Chicago (eligible again in June 2018)
Sting (eligible again in July 2018)
Nina Simone (eligible again in August 2018)
James Brown (eligible again in September 2018)

Queen is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2017 and two albums from 1900-2017. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Beck - Colors (2017)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
21st Century Indie Dance
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Movie Soundtracks

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"Live Albums" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"Jazz Fusion" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"British Invasion" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"Funk" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"1960's R&B/Soul" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"Thrash Metal" are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

Motörhead has been selected for this month's Artist Vote as a result of finishing second in a tiebreaker in August.

The following albums have previously been inducted into this project:

Ace Of Spades (1980)

Here's a link to wikipedia's Motörhead discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot%C3%B6rhead_discography

Nominations for the selected artist are now open. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations allowed until 11 PM Central) on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated songs. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/28/2018 @ 01:10am

My Nominations:

MGMT- Congratulations (2010)
Sparks- Hippopotamus (2017)
Squeeze- East Side Story (1981)

Genre: Exotica/Space Age Pop

Artist: Motorhead- Orgasmatron (1986)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/28/2018 @ 02:33am

L7 - Bricks are Heavy (1992)
Royal Blood - Royal Blood (2014)
The Microphones - The Glow. Pt 2 (2001)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 02/28/2018 @ 06:16am

Also

Artist/Genre: Goth

Motörhead - Bomber (1979)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 02/28/2018 @ 06:19am

Nicky Joe - If you want to nominate 3 albums, one of them has to be from 2017. Otherwise, you can only nominate 2 albums.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/28/2018 @ 08:41am

Replace The Glow Pt. 2 with Sleep Well Beast by The National then.

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 02/28/2018 @ 09:20am

General
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Shania Twain- Come On Over (1997)
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 02/28/2018 @ 09:37am

Don Henley - The End Of Innocence (1989)
The Black Keys - The Rubber Factory (2004)

Punk Rock

Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 03/1/2018 @ 21:20pm

In Honor of the Oscars taking place this weekend my nominations consist of 3 of the 5 soundtracks nominated for Best Original Score

Alexandre Desplat- The Shape of Water: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Hans Zimmer- Dunkirk: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

Genre

Singer/Songwriter

Artist Nomination

Motorhead- No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 03/1/2018 @ 21:37pm

Tom H. No Sleep 'til Hammersmith is in. You can nominate another one.

Overkill is in as well.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/1/2018 @ 23:09pm

In that case my artist nomination will be

Motörhead- Motörhead (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 03/1/2018 @ 23:52pm

noms:

Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)
Filter - Title of Record (1999)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 03/1/2018 @ 23:54pm

General Vote Nominations

AC/DC- Powerage (1976)
KoRn- Follow the Leader 1998)
SZA- Ctrl (2017)

Genre Vote Nomination

2010's Hip-Hop

Artist Vote Nomination

Motorhead- Bomber (1979)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 03/2/2018 @ 07:50am

Donnie, Nicky Joe has already nominated Bomber, so you can pick another Motorhead album.

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)

Artist Vote Nomination:

Motorhead - Inferno (2004)

Genre Nomination:

Glam Rock

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 03/2/2018 @ 10:21am

Here is my ballot of nominees for this month's Album Project.

Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002)
Jonny Greenwood - Phantom Thread: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

My Genre Vote nomination for this month is:

Concept Albums

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Motorhead - Bastards (1993)

Happy Oscar Weekend,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Friday, 03/2/2018 @ 22:02pm

Garth Brooks, No Fences, Ropin The Wind, The Chase, In Pieces, & Sevens by Garth Brooks

The Woman In Me, Come On Over, & Up by Shania Twain

Damm by Kendrick Lamar

+ by Ed Sheeran

Reputation by Taylor Swift

Posted by richie on Saturday, 03/3/2018 @ 16:44pm

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/3/2018 @ 18:54pm

General nominations:

Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)
Arcadea - Arcadea (2017)

Genre:

Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 03/3/2018 @ 19:21pm

March 2018 Album Nominations:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

I caught this movie late in its run and I love the movie and every song in it. Be sure to see it if you are a fan of movie musicals. The 2018 Golden Globe winning song "This Is Me" will be performed tomorrow night at the Oscars by original singer Keala Joan Settle.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 03/3/2018 @ 23:40pm

February 2018 Album Genre Nomination:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 03/3/2018 @ 23:41pm

Sorry that should have read:

March 2018 Album Genre Nomination:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 03/4/2018 @ 00:11am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

AC/DC - Powerage (1976)
Alexandre Desplat - The Shape of Water: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Arcadea - Arcadea (2017)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Don Henley - The End Of Innocence (1989)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Filter - Title of Record (1999)
Hans Zimmer - Dunkirk: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Jonny Greenwood - Phantom Thread: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Korn - Follow the Leader 1998)
L7 - Bricks are Heavy (1992)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
MGMT - Congratulations (2010)
Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Royal Blood - Royal Blood (2014)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Sparks - Hippopotamus (2017)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
The Black Keys - The Rubber Factory (2004)
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
The Greatest Showman - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Voters must vote for exactly 15 songs for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 15 songs will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 15 songs can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/4/2018 @ 00:39am

Correction:

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/4/2018 @ 00:40am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
2010's Hip-Hop
21st Century Indie Dance
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Concept Albums
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Glam Rock
Goth
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks
Punk Rock
Singer/Songwriter

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/4/2018 @ 00:41am

Nominations remain open for the Artist Project this month. This month's selected artist is Motorhead.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/4/2018 @ 00:42am

Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
MGMT - Congratulations (2010)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Sparks - Hippopotamus (2017)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)

2010's Hip-Hop
21st Century Indie Dance
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Concept Albums
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Punk Rock

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/4/2018 @ 02:28am

AC/DC - Powerage (1978)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
L7 - Bricks are Heavy (2017)
Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2012)
Royal Blood - Royal Blood (2014)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Shania Twain - Come on Over (1997)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)

Album Genres
1980s' R&B/Soul
2010s' Hip-Hop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock (I'd suggest splitting this in two)
Black History Month
Goth
Punk Rock

Posted by Nicky Joe on Sunday, 03/4/2018 @ 06:34am

General Vote

AC/DC - Powerage (1978) (Thanks Nicky Joe for correcting the year on this release, don't know why I was thinking 1976?)
Don Henley - The End Of Innocence (1989) (Did this get inducted on the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time genre vote last year?)
Korn - Follow the Leader 1998)
Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts: Beck, Leon Bridges, MGMT, Squeeze, and Third Eye Blind

Genre Vote

1980’s R&B/Soul
2010's Hip-Hop
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time (would've been far more appropriate last month, lol, but what the heck, I'll give it a vote anyway)
Glam Rock
Movie Soundtracks
Punk Rock

Last Cut: 1990's R&B

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 03/4/2018 @ 06:49am

Disregard the previous post, there were a couple of typos. Here's my official one.

General Vote

AC/DC - Powerage (1978) (Thanks Nicky Joe for correcting the year on this release, don't know why I was thinking 1976?)
Don Henley - The End Of Innocence (1989) (Did this get inducted on the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time genre vote last year?)
KoRn - Follow the Leader (1998)
Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts: Beck, Leon Bridges, MGMT, Squeeze, and Third Eye Blind

Genre Vote

1980’s R&B/Soul
2010's Hip-Hop
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time (would've been far more appropriate last month, lol, but what the heck, I'll give it a vote anyway)
Glam Rock
Movie Soundtracks
Punk Rock

Last Cut: 1990's R&B

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 03/4/2018 @ 06:51am

Beck - Colors (2017)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Filter - Title of Record (1999)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 03/5/2018 @ 00:18am

March 2018 Album Genre Ballot:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Art/Progressive Rock
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks
Singer/Songwriter

Last Cuts include Concept Albums and Exotica/Space Age Pop. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 03/5/2018 @ 02:39am

2010's Hip-Hop
21st Century Indie Dance
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Concept Albums
Goth
Punk Rock

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/5/2018 @ 22:17pm

Don Henley - The End Of Innocence (1989)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
L7 - Bricks are Heavy (1992)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
The Black Keys - The Rubber Factory (2004)
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)

1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
2010's Hip-Hop
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Punk Rock

End of Innocence wasn't nominated or inducted in our Rolling Stone Top 500 vote last year. It is on the Rolling Stone list though, and is one of our bigger snubs from the 80's.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 03/6/2018 @ 07:35am

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100
Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks
Singer/Songwriter

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/6/2018 @ 13:14pm

1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
21st Century Indie Dance
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Punk Rock

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 03/6/2018 @ 17:01pm

Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The Black Keys - The Rubber Factory (2004)
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)

Concept Albums
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks
Punk Rock
Singer/Songwriter

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 03/6/2018 @ 17:51pm

Arcadea - Arcadea (2017)
Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001)
Don Henley - The End Of the Innocence (1989)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Goth
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Punk Rock

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 03/6/2018 @ 18:54pm

Note that it is "The End of THE Innocence" and not "The End of Innocence". It was not selected for the earlier genre vote, though it was nominated.

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 03/6/2018 @ 19:03pm

Here is my ballot for the Album Project for this month.

Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Jonny Greenwood - Phantom Thread: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Don Henley - The End Of the Innocence (1989)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Beck - Colors (2017)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
AC/DC - Powerage (1978)

And my ballot for the Genre Vote is:

Concept Albums
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Movie Soundtracks
1990's R&B

Some interesting choices we are looking at,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Tuesday, 03/6/2018 @ 21:28pm

It's not currently winning the genre selection vote, but if "Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project" is selected in the future, can I nominate "Shaq Diesel"? He is a hall of fame inductee and he doesn't have an album in the project as of yet. lol

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/6/2018 @ 23:28pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Punk Rock - 8
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Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time - 6
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 6

2010's Hip-Hop - 5
Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 5
Glam Rock - 5
Movie Soundtracks - 5

1980’s R&B/Soul - 4
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock - 4
Concept Albums - 4
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1990's R&B - 3
21st Century Indie Dance - 3
Goth - 3
Singer/Songwriter - 3

Exotica/Space Age Pop - 1

This month's selected genre is "Punk Rock".

Nominations begin on the 8th at 11 PM Central. Before then, we need to decide if this genre will be divided into two votes or not and what criteria would be used to split the votes if we have a split.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/7/2018 @ 00:30am

Yes to a split. 1900-1985 and 1986-2017. Thoughts?

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/7/2018 @ 02:05am

Separate Pop Punk from Punk Rock that's for sure.

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 03/7/2018 @ 09:47am

Yes to a split. I'd actually go for the split at 84 and 85, since 84 seemed like when that first wave really ended, but I'm just being nitpickey. I'm fine with 85/86 too.

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 03/7/2018 @ 13:14pm

As with punk, there are more splits that should happen.

1976-1978 punk
1979-1984 punk
1985-1998 punk
1999-present day punk

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 03/7/2018 @ 15:57pm

General Vote -
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Don Henley - The End of The Innocence (1989)
Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)

I also support a split for the upcoming Punk Rock genre. I’m fine with either 1900-1984 & 1985-2017 OR 1900-1985 & 1986-2017. It will be an exciting genre to explore,

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 03/7/2018 @ 21:57pm

My vote:

Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence (1989)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Korn - Follow the Leader 1998)
L7 - Bricks are Heavy (1992)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/8/2018 @ 00:18am

Alexandre Desplat - The Shape of Water: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001)
Hans Zimmer - Dunkirk: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Jonny Greenwood - Phantom Thread: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 03/8/2018 @ 07:10am

My current vote count:

Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967) - 8

Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence (1989) - 6

Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002) - 5

Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) - 4
Korn - Follow the Leader 1998) - 4
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 4
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AC/DC - Powerage (1976) - 3
Beck - Colors (2017) - 3
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 3
L7 - Bricks are Heavy (1992) - 3
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017) - 3
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 3
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) - 3
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 3
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980) - 3
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017) - 3
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997) - 3

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 2
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
Jonny Greenwood - Phantom Thread: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 2
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001) - 2
The Black Keys - The Rubber Factory (2004) - 2

Alexandre Desplat - The Shape of Water: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 1
Arcadea - Arcadea (2017) - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983) - 1
Filter - Title of Record (1999) - 1
Hans Zimmer - Dunkirk: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 1
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015) - 1
MGMT - Congratulations (2010) - 1
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Royal Blood - Royal Blood (2014) - 1
Sparks - Hippopotamus (2017) - 1
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) - 1
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1

The Greatest Showman - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nicky Joe
Donnie
jtrichey
BSLO
Steve Z
dmg
Lax35
Nick
Darren
Tom H.

Voting ends at 10 PM (votes accepted until 11 PM) on Thursday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/8/2018 @ 08:32am

Alexandre Desplat- The Shape of Water: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001)
Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989)
Jonny Greenwood - Phantom Thread: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015)
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)

Bummed that I missed the genre vote, some good stuff there this month. With punk, I'm in favor of the 84/85 split that we typically have done with that genre.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 03/8/2018 @ 16:51pm

Darren, I have Train at 2 (Donnie, dmg) so I think that you might be missing a vote.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 03/8/2018 @ 20:14pm

"Don Henley - The End Of Innocence (1989) (Did this get inducted on the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time genre vote last year?)"

I just looked back and shockingly, it was not inducted. I blame the reason for this on not splitting the genre since as BSLO said back then "This was BRUTAL to get down to only 8 albums since everything from the top 500 list should really be in."

If I was not in the middle of moving to a new home last September, I would have definitely voted for it and also voted to split the genre. Instead, we have to keep playing catchup now with an album that is arguably a modern classic (as are the others on that Rolling Stone list) causing many newly nominated and very deserving albums as well as some of the many long running and also very deserving nominations to continue to wait in line (SOME FOR YEARS!) since we can only induct six albums in the regular vote per month.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 03/8/2018 @ 20:26pm

March 2018 Album Ballot:

Don Henley - The End Of Innocence (1989)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts include Alexandre Desplat and Shania Twain. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 03/8/2018 @ 20:36pm

Every album should just be in.

Posted by yancythigpen on Thursday, 03/8/2018 @ 23:16pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967) - 9

Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence (1989) - 8

Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001) - 5
Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002) - 5
________________________________

Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 4
Korn - Follow the Leader 1998) - 4
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017) - 4
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 4
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 4
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) - 4
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980) - 4
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017) - 4
________________________________

AC/DC - Powerage (1976) - 3
Beck - Colors (2017) - 3
Jonny Greenwood - Phantom Thread: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 3
L7 - Bricks are Heavy (1992) - 3
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3

Alexandre Desplat - The Shape of Water: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 2
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 2
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 2
Leon Bridges - Coming Home (2015) - 2
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001) - 2
The Black Keys - The Rubber Factory (2004) - 2
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997) - 2

Arcadea - Arcadea (2017) - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983) - 1
Filter - Title of Record (1999) - 1
Hans Zimmer - Dunkirk: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 1
MGMT - Congratulations (2010) - 1
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Royal Blood - Royal Blood (2014) - 1
Sparks - Hippopotamus (2017) - 1
The Greatest Showman - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 1
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nicky Joe
Donnie
jtrichey
BSLO
Steve Z
dmg
Lax35
Nick
Tom H.
Darren
DarinRG
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001)
Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence (1989)
Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Korn - Follow the Leader 1998)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 8 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other 6 albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote. If any of the albums in the tiebreaker are eligible for this month's genre vote, Punk Rock, please let us know, though none stand out to me.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaking voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/9/2018 @ 01:14am

"Punk Rock" has been selected as this month's genre vote. This genre will be split into two votes, "Punk Rock 1900-1984" and "Punk Rock "1985-2017".

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Punk Rock 1900-1984".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/9/2018 @ 01:20am

Genre vote 1

Decendents- Milo Goes to College (1982)
The Vibrators- Pure Mania (1977)
Wire- Chairs Missing (1978)

Genre vote 2

NOFX- Punk in Drublic (1994)
Social Distortion- Prison Bound (1988)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Question the Answers (1994)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/9/2018 @ 01:24am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Motorhead.

Any voter can nominate one album by Motorhead released from 1900-2017 that hasn't been inducted already.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/9/2018 @ 01:25am

Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)- 8
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)- 7
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)- 6
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)- 5
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)- 4
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)- 3
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)- 2
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/9/2018 @ 03:06am

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. KoRn- Follow the Leader (1998) (8 pts)
2. Shania Twain- Come on Over (1997) (7 pts)
3. Squeeze- East Side Story (1981) (6 pts)
4. Don McLean- American Pie (1971) (5 pts)
5. The English Beat- I Just Can't Stop It (1980) (4 pts)
6. The National- Sleep Well Beast (2017) (3 pts)
7. LCD Soundystem- American Dream (2017) (2 pts)
8. Meat Loaf- Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1993) (1 pt)

Not gonna contribute Genre Vote nominations at this time.

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 03/9/2018 @ 04:01am

8 - The National - Sleep Well Beast (1998)
7 - Shania Twain - Come on Over (1997)
6 - Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
5 - LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
4 - The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
3 - Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
2 - Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back in to Hell (1993)
1 - Don McLean - American Pie (1971)

Classic Punk
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence (1978)

Modern Punk
Bad Religion - Against the Grain (1990)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Friday, 03/9/2018 @ 13:49pm

The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)

My bad!

Posted by Nicky Joe on Friday, 03/9/2018 @ 14:46pm

So far every album inducted for round one of the genre vote has been a, "Really, that isn't in yet?" pick. I'll keep it going with a couple foundational punk albums, including, IMO, the Australian GOAT punk album.

Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. (1977)
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/9/2018 @ 23:22pm

tiebreak:

1. LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
2. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
3. Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
4. Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
5. The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
6. Korn - Follow the Leader 1998)
7. Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
8. The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 03/10/2018 @ 00:55am

jtrichey

You still have four votes left.

Posted by Nicky Joe on Saturday, 03/10/2018 @ 03:56am

Punk Rock Genre Round 1 Nominations (1900-1984)

Crass- The Feeding of 5000 (1979)
The Circle Jerks- Groups Sex (1980)
The Misfits- Walk Among Us (1982)

I could've sworn we inducted a Misfits album or two somewhat recently. I'll put in a back-up nomination in case the Misfits album has been inducted...

Agent Orange- Living in Darkness (1981)

Punk Rock Genre Round 2 Nominations (1985-2017)

Flogging Molly- Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Rise Against- Revolutions Per Minute (2003)
Tiger Army- Tiger Army (1999)

On a sidenote, I think the listing of inducted albums is way behind. The Song Project page is behind as well.

If anyone that runs the FRL site is reading this, can you make sure to update the inducted albums and songs soon?

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 03/10/2018 @ 09:21am

Madness- One Step Beyond (1979)
New York Dolls- Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Ramones- Road Too Ruin (1978)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 03/10/2018 @ 23:05pm

Nicky Joe, I have 4 votes left for what?

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 03/10/2018 @ 23:55pm

2 for 1900-1984 punk and 2 for 1985-2017 punk.

Posted by Nicky Joe on Sunday, 03/11/2018 @ 05:07am

Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)

The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)

Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (1994)
Against Me! - Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose (2002)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 03/11/2018 @ 16:55pm

BSLO Operation Ivy- Energy is nominated already. You can nominate another album for round 2 if you'd like.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/11/2018 @ 17:55pm

Korn - Follow the Leader 1998)-8
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)-7
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)-6
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)-5
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)-4
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)-3
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)-2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 03/11/2018 @ 18:26pm

Might as well do my nominations for Round 2 of the genre vote:

Dropkick Murphys- The Warrior's Code (2005)
Husker Du- Candy Apple Grey (1986)
The Offspring- Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 03/11/2018 @ 18:54pm

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) 8
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) 7
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) 6
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) 5
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980) 4
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017) 3
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017) 2
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) 1

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 03/11/2018 @ 20:25pm

LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017) - 8
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 7
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017) - 6
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) - 5
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980) - 4
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 3
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 2
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/11/2018 @ 22:51pm

Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 8
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980) - 7
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017) - 6
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) - 5
Korn - Follow the Leader 1998) - 4
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 3
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017) - 2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 1

Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
The Buzzcocks - Love Bites (1978)
The James - In the City (1977)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 03/11/2018 @ 23:58pm

^ That should be The Jam - In the City (1977)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 03/12/2018 @ 00:00am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Squeeze - East Side Story (1981) - 49
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017) - 44
_________________________________________

Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 43
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017) - 42
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980) - 41
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 40
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 33
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 32

The tiebreaker losing albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's Album Project:

Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001)
Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence (1989)
Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/12/2018 @ 01:15am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Crass - The Feeding of 5000 (1979)
Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)
Gang Of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. (1977)
Madness - One Step Beyond (1979)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Ramones - Road Too Ruin (1978)
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
The Buzzcocks - Love Bites (1978)
The Circle Jerks - Groups Sex (1980)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
The Jam - In the City (1977)
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977)
The Vibrators - Pure Mania (1977)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence (1978)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/12/2018 @ 01:19am

Oops. Thanks for the heads up Greg F. Since I have another nomination, I'll nominate:

At the Drive In - Relationship of Command (2000)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 03/12/2018 @ 02:30am

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)
Gang Of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977)
The Vibrators - Pure Mania (1977)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03/12/2018 @ 04:13am

8 votes:

Madness - One Step Beyond (1979)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Ramones - Road Too Ruin (1978)
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
The Buzzcocks - Love Bites (1978)
The Jam - In the City (1977)
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence (1978)

Posted by Darrin A on Monday, 03/12/2018 @ 04:39am

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)
Ramones - Road to Ruin (1978)
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
The Saints - (I’m) Stranded (1978)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence (1978)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Monday, 03/12/2018 @ 15:27pm

This is one of the most solid top to bottom ballots that I've seen in a genre vote. I wholeheartedly support 100% of the nominated albums.

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
The Jam - In the City (1977)
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977)
The Vibrators- Pure Mania (1977)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)

* The correct title for the X-Ray Spex album is Germfree Adolescents

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 03/12/2018 @ 15:35pm

Ugh I can't believe that I missed the first round of nominations and the tiebreaker. Fortunately, everyone picked awesome albums to choose from.

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. (1977)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Ramones - Road To Ruin (1978)
The Buzzcocks - Love Bites (1978)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The Jam - In the City (1977)
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)

Last Cuts: everything else. Brutal round.

Nominations for Round 2:

Blink-182 - Dude Ranch (1997)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 03/12/2018 @ 15:51pm

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)
The Circle Jerks - Groups Sex (1980)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence (1978)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 03/13/2018 @ 05:51am

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
Madness- One Step Beyond (1979)
New York Dolls- Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Ramones- Road Too Ruin (1978)
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
Wire- Chairs Missing (1978)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/13/2018 @ 15:23pm

Donnie,
I usually email FRL to add songs and albums to be added to artists' pages very so often. The site owners are very nice and appreciative because it can be out of sight, out of mind when we do these projects.I just sent them an email with all the albums and songs that need to be added. The Album Project inductees went as far back as September 2017 and The Song Project as far back as mid-January 2018.

I posting it here too just in case if FRL misses my email and to show many albums (especially) and songs are missing on both the master list and artists' pages:

2042 = September 2017-December 2017

Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974) 
Madonna - Music (2000) 
My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) 
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998) 
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007) 
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972) 
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974) 
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959) 
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964) 
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964)

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) (Scratch) (1978) 
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security) (1982)

Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs (1987) 
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' and The Blues (1960) 
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (2016) 
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) 
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967) 
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)

Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998) 
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club (1964) 
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970) 
Motorhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981) 
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967) 
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981) 
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)

John Mellencamp - Uh Huh (1983) 
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001) 
System Of A Down - Mesmerize (2005) 
The Impressions - This Is My Country (1968) 
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973) 
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)

Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1972) 
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1972) 
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (1971) 
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976) 
Stanley Clarke - School Days (1976) 
Weather Report - Weather Report (1971)

Chicago - Chicago III (1971) 
Chicago - Chicago VI (1973)

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1977) 
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005) 
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight (1985) 
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1980) 
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968) 
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

Donovan - A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (1967) 
Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change (1967) 
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964) 
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965) 
The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up (1965) 
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)

Billy Idol - Billy Idol (1982)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983) 
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (1980) 
Pet Shop Boys - Please (1986) 
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983) 
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)

Sting - Brand New Day (1999) 
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)

2043 = January 2018 -Now

Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972) 
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990) 
Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017) 
Lorde - Melodrama (2017) 
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1965) 
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969) 
James Brown - The Payback (1973)
Rick James - Street Songs (1981) 
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death (1973) 
The Meters - The Meters (1969) 
The Ohio Players - Honey (1975)

Nina Simone - Black Gold (1970) 
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues (1965)

Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017) 
Fugazi - Repeater (1990) 
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973) 
Motorhead - Overkill (1979) 
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (1967) 
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (2011)

Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song! (1962)
Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (1965)
Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News (1964)
The Dells - There Is (1968)
The Supremes - The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)

James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) (1966)
James Brown - Sex Machine (1970)

Crystal Method - Tweekend (2001)
Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence (1989)
Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002)
Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)

Here’s the list of Songs to Add to the Song Project from last month and this month –

Bauhaus - Kick in the Eye (1981)
Depeche Mode - Master and Servant (1984)
Joy Division - Isolation (1980)
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting (1985)
Madness - House of Fun (1982)
New Order - Age of Consent (1983)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat (1988)
The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
The Cure - The Love Cats (1983)
The English Beat - Save It For Later (1982)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Head On (1989)
The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma (1987)

Aretha Franklin - Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (1967)
Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (1971)
Aretha Franklin - The House That Jack Built (1968)

A Tribe Called Quest - We The People (2016)
Aaliyah - Try Again (2000)
Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017)
Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer (1968)
Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1978)
Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes (1987)
Foreigner - Head Games (1979)
Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You (1986)
Nina Simone - Ain’t Got No/I Got Life (1968)
Oasis - Supersonic (1994)
Talk Talk - Talk Talk (1982)
Wire - 12 X U (1977)

Big Joe Turner - Corrine Corrina (1956)
Elmore James - Shake Your Moneymaker (1961)
Gil-Scott Heron - Johannesburg (1975)
Jackie Wilson - That’s Why (I Love You So) (1959)
Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam (1969)
Jimmy Reed - Shame, Shame, Shame (1963)
Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (1964)
Ruth Brown - 5-10-15 Hours (1952)
Sarah Vaughan - Whatever Lola Wants (1955)
The Mills Brothers - Tiger Rag (1931)
The Temptations - The Way You Do the Things You Do (1964)
W.C. Handy - Beale Street Blues (1916)

Bessie Smith - After You’ve Gone (1927)
Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca (1947)
Duke Ellington - Black and Tan Fantasy (1927)
Jelly Roll Morton - King Porter Stomp (1923)
Mahalia Jackson - Take My Hand, Precious Lord (1956)
Nat "King" Cole - L-O-V-E (1964)
Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago (1937)
Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! (1969)
T-Bone Walker - Tell Me What’s the Reason (1953)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (1967)
Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) (1985)

Neil Diamond - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon (1967)
Neil Diamond - I Am...I Said (1971)
Neil Diamond - Song Sung Blue (1972)

Animotion - Obsession (1984)
Dinah Washington - Teach Me Tonight (1954)
Green Day - Holiday (2004)
Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island (1964)
Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby (1982)
Lead Belly - Cotton Fields (1940)
Neil Diamond - Forever in Blue Jeans (1979)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - The House is Rockin’ (1989)
The Jackson Five - The Love You Save (1970)
The Pretenders - I'll Stand By You (1994)
The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection (1989)
Thelonious Monk- 'Round Midnight (1947)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 03/14/2018 @ 01:27am

Steve Z,
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (1987) is already inducted (I nominated it late last year and it got inducted in one of the general votes), so you have one more album to nominate if you like.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 03/14/2018 @ 01:31am

Artist Nomination -
Motorhead - Hammered (2002)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 03/14/2018 @ 01:36am

Nick,

Thanks Nick for taking up the mantle on that. It's greatly appreciated.

Now onto my ballot for the Genre Vote...

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)
Madness - One Step Beyond (1979)
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
The New York Dolls- Too Much Too Soon (1974)
The Jam - In the City (1977)
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence (1978)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 03/14/2018 @ 01:49am

Disregard the ballot posted above. I thought that was 8, but it's 9. New ballot below....

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)
Madness - One Step Beyond (1979)
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
The Jam - In the City (1977)
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence (1978)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 03/14/2018 @ 01:50am

Gang Of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
Ramones - Road Too Ruin (1978)
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
The Buzzcocks - Love Bites (1978)
The Circle Jerks - Groups Sex (1980)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The Jam - In the City (1977)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)

Thanks Donnie; I'm always happy to help when needed

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 03/15/2018 @ 00:02am

My votes:

Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)
Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. (1977)
Madness - One Step Beyond (1979)
Ramones - Road Too Ruin (1978)
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
The Jam - In the City (1977)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/15/2018 @ 01:46am

Thanks Nick

The replacement for my Replacements nomination is:

Zero Boys - Make it Stop (1991)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 03/15/2018 @ 17:14pm

My current vote count:

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977) - 7
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978) - 7

Ramones - Road Too Ruin (1978) - 6
The Jam - In the City (1977) - 6
________________________________________

Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982) - 5
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) - 5
X - Wild Gift (1981) - 5
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978) - 5
________________________________________

Madness - One Step Beyond (1979) - 4
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974) - 4
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979) - 4
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977) - 4
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - 4

Gang Of Four - Songs of the Free (1982) - 3
The Buzzcocks - Love Bites (1978) - 3

Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. (1977) - 2
The Circle Jerks - Groups Sex (1980) - 2
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982) - 2
The Vibrators - Pure Mania (1977) - 2

Crass - The Feeding of 5000 (1979) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Darrin A.
Nicky Joe
DarinRG
Steve Z
BSLO
Tom H.
Donnie
Nick
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/16/2018 @ 08:34am

Genre Nominations:

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006)
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor (2010)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/16/2018 @ 22:55pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977) - 7
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978) - 7

Ramones - Road Too Ruin (1978) - 6
The Jam - In the City (1977) - 6
____________________________

Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982) - 5
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) - 5
X - Wild Gift (1981) - 5
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978) - 5
____________________________

Madness - One Step Beyond (1979) - 4
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974) - 4
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979) - 4
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977) - 4
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - 4

Gang Of Four - Songs of the Free (1982) - 3
The Buzzcocks - Love Bites (1978) - 3

Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. (1977) - 2
The Circle Jerks - Groups Sex (1980) - 2
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982) - 2
The Vibrators - Pure Mania (1977) - 2

Crass - The Feeding of 5000 (1979) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Darrin A.
Nicky Joe
DarinRG
Steve Z
BSLO
Tom H.
Donnie
Nick
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Ramones - Road Too Ruin (1978)
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
The Jam - In the City (1977)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/17/2018 @ 00:18am

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Punk Rock 1985-2017".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/17/2018 @ 00:21am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Vote. This month's selected artist is Motorhead.

Nominations will close at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/17/2018 @ 00:22am

Tiebreaker -
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) - 4
Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982) - 3
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978) - 2
X - Wild Gift (1981) - 1

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 03/17/2018 @ 00:25am

tiebreaker

Descendents- Milo Goes to College (1982)-4
The Misfits- Walk Among Us (1982)-3
X-Ray Spex- Germfree Adolescents (1978)-2
X- Wild Gift (1981)-1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/17/2018 @ 01:02am

No disrespect intended to any of these fine and deserving albums:

X-Ray Spex- Germfree Adolescents (1978)
Descendents- Milo Goes to College (1982)
The Misfits- Walk Among Us (1982)
X- Wild Gift (1981)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03/17/2018 @ 02:25am

4 - X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)
3 - Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)
2 - The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
1 - X - Wild Gift (1981)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Saturday, 03/17/2018 @ 08:41am

Round 2 nominees:

The Damned - Phantasmagoria (1985)
Social Distortion - Prison Bound (1988)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 03/18/2018 @ 23:47pm

DarinRG I nominated Social Distortion-Prison Bound (1988). You can nominate another album if you want.

I also nominated the following albums.

NOFX- Punk in Drublic (1994)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Question the Answers (1994)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03/19/2018 @ 00:35am

Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982) - 4
X - Wild Gift (1981) - 3
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978) - 2
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/19/2018 @ 02:41am

Tiebreaker:

The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) [4 Points]
Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982) [3 Points]
X - Wild Gift (1981) [2 Points]
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 03/19/2018 @ 08:31am

X- Wild Gift (1981)-4
Descendents- Milo Goes to College (1982)-3
The Misfits- Walk Among Us (1982)-2
X-Ray Spex- Germfree Adolescents (1978)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/19/2018 @ 10:54am

X - Wild Gift (1981) - 4
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978) - 3
Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982) - 2
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 03/19/2018 @ 21:40pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982) - 25
_____________________________

The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) - 19 (2 highest votes overall, 4 higher votes than opponent)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978) - 19 (2 highest votes overall, 4 higher votes than opponent)
_____________________________

X - Wild Gift (1981) - 17

X - Wild Gift (1981) will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project Project vote.

The following albums have been inducted:

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)
Ramones - Road Too Ruin (1978)
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
The Jam - In the City (1977)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker. To vote, select your preferred album. The album that gets the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Thursday the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/20/2018 @ 01:06am

I vote for The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982).

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/20/2018 @ 01:07am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Against Me! - Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose (2002)
Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Bad Religion - Against the Grain (1990)
Blink-182 - Dude Ranch (1997)
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey (1986)
NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2003)
Social Distortion - Prison Bound (1988)
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (1994)
The Damned - Phantasmagoria (1985)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Question the Answers (1994)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006)
Tiger Army - Tiger Army (1999)
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor (2010)
Zero Boys - Make it Stop (1991)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/20/2018 @ 01:10am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Motörhead - Bastards (1993)
Motörhead - Bomber (1979)
Motörhead - Hammered (2002)
Motörhead - Inferno (2004)
Motörhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Motörhead - Motörhead (1977)
Motörhead - Orgasmatron (1986)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/20/2018 @ 01:14am

Tiebreaker: X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents

Against Me! - Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose (2002)
At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Bad Religion - Against the Grain (1990)
NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2003)
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (1994)

Motörhead
Bastards (1993)
Bomber (1979)
Iron Fist (1982)
Motörhead (1977)
Orgasmatron (1986)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Tuesday, 03/20/2018 @ 12:29pm

NOFX-Punk in Drublic (1994)
Social Distortion-Prison Bound (1988)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones-Question the Answers (1994)
Operation Ivy- Energy (1989)
Bad Religion- Against the Grain (1990)
Refused- The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
Dropkick Murphys- The Warrior's Code (2005)
Flogging Molly- Drunken Lullabies (2002)

Motorhead

Bastards (1993)
Bomber (1979)
Iron Fist (1982)
Motorhead (1977)
Orgasmatron (1986)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/20/2018 @ 14:28pm

Blink-182 - Dude Ranch (1997)
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey (1986)
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
The Damned - Phantasmagoria (1985)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)
Zero Boys - Make it Stop (1991)

Motörhead - Bomber (1979)
Motörhead - Hammered (2002)
Motörhead - Inferno (2004)
Motörhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Motörhead - Orgasmatron (1986)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 03/20/2018 @ 16:04pm

Tiebreaker:

The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 03/20/2018 @ 16:05pm

Really strong round 1. Great to see all of those foundational albums get their due.

Round 2 in punk votes is always hit or miss, but this was a really strong ballot. There were a few cuts that I didn't want to make:

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Bad Religion - Against the Grain (1990)
Husker Du- Candy Apple Grey (1986)
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
Social Distortion - Prison Bound (1988)
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (1994)
The Damned - Phantasmagoria (1985)

Tiebreaker - X-Ray Spex

Motörhead - Bastards (1993)
Motörhead - Bomber (1979)
Motörhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Motörhead - Motörhead (1977)
Motörhead - Orgasmatron (1986)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03/20/2018 @ 16:21pm

Also, just want to clarify that the newly inducted Ramones album, Road to Ruin, should only have one 'o' in to. I just checked the album cover to be sure.

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 03/20/2018 @ 16:42pm

DarinRG - You only voted for 7 albums. You have one more vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/22/2018 @ 02:11am

Bad Religion - Against the Grain (1990)
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey (1986)
NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994)
Social Distortion - Prison Bound (1988)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Question the Answers (1994)
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)

Motörhead - Bastards (1993)
Motörhead - Bomber (1979)
Motörhead - Hammered (2002)
Motörhead - Motörhead (1977)
Motörhead - Orgasmatron (1986)

Tie Breaker: The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 03/22/2018 @ 07:35am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) - 3
_______________________________

X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978) - 2

X-Ray Spex will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty (1977)
Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)
Ramones - Road To Ruin (1978)
The Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978)
The Jam - In the City (1977)
The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/23/2018 @ 00:53am

My votes:

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey (1986)
Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2003)
Social Distortion - Prison Bound (1988)
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (1994)
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006)
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor (2010)

Motorhead - Bastards (1993)
Motorhead - Bomber (1979)
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Motorhead - Motörhead (1977)
Motorhead - Orgasmatron (1986)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/24/2018 @ 01:54am

My current vote count:

Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey (1986) - 4
Social Distortion - Prison Bound (1988) - 4

Bad Religion - Against the Grain (1990) - 3
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005) - 3
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998) - 3
___________________________________

Against Me! - New Wave (2007) - 2
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002) - 2
NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994) - 2
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (1994) - 2
The Damned - Phantasmagoria (1985) - 2
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Question the Answers (1994) - 2
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre (1997) - 2

At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000) - 1
Blink-182 - Dude Ranch (1997) - 1
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989) - 1
Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2003) - 1
The Misfits - Static Age (1996) - 1
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006) - 1
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor (2010) - 1
Zero Boys - Make it Stop (1991) - 1

Against Me! - Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose (2002) - 0
Tiger Army - Tiger Army (1999) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Steve Z
DarinRG
Tom H.
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (11 PM Central) on Saturday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/24/2018 @ 01:57am

I voted in the project! Did you not count mine?

Posted by Nicky Joe on Saturday, 03/24/2018 @ 10:03am

At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Bad Religion - Against the Grain (1990)
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2003)
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (1994)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 03/24/2018 @ 13:23pm

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Bad Religion - Against the Grain (1990)
Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey (1986)
Social Distortion - Prison Bound (1988)
The Damned - Phantasmagoria (1985)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Question the Answers (1994)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)

Motörhead - Bastards (1993)
Motörhead - Bomber (1979)
Motörhead - Hammered (2002)
Motörhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Motörhead - Motörhead (1977)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 03/24/2018 @ 18:11pm

Nicky Joe - I did miss your genre project vote in my vote count this time. I did include your tiebreaker vote and your artist vote, so it was just an oversight. It will be included in the final tally.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/25/2018 @ 01:01am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bad Religion - Against the Grain (1990) - 6

Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey (1986) - 5
Social Distortion - Prison Bound (1988) - 5

NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994) - 4
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998) - 4
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (1994) - 4
____________________________

Against Me! - New Wave (2007) - 3
At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000) - 3
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005) - 3
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002) - 3
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989) - 3
Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2003) - 3
The Damned - Phantasmagoria (1985) - 3
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Question the Answers (1994) - 3
The Misfits - Static Age (1996) - 3
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre (1997) - 3

Against Me! - Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose (2002) - 1
Blink-182 - Dude Ranch (1997) - 1
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006) - 1
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor (2010) - 1
Zero Boys - Make it Stop (1991) - 1

Tiger Army - Tiger Army (1999) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Steve Z
DarinRG
Tom H.
Darren
Nicky Joe
BSLO
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bad Religion - Against the Grain (1990)
Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey (1986)
NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994)
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
Social Distortion - Prison Bound (1988)
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (1994)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/25/2018 @ 01:07am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Motorhead - Bomber (1979) - 7
_______________________________

Motorhead - Bastards (1993) - 6
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) - 6
Motorhead - Motörhead (1977) - 6
Motorhead - Orgasmatron (1986) - 6
_______________________________

Motorhead - Hammered (2002) - 3

Motorhead - Inferno (2004) - 1

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Motorhead - Bomber (1979)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Motorhead - Bastards (1993)
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Motorhead - Motörhead (1977)
Motorhead - Orgasmatron (1986)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all four albums in order of preference.

The album that receives the most points will be inducted. The other three albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Saturday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/25/2018 @ 01:19am

4 - Orgasmatron (1986)
3 - Motörhead (1977)
2 - Bastards (1993)
1 - Iron Fist (1982)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Sunday, 03/25/2018 @ 05:55am

Orgasmatron (1986)-4
Bastards (1993)-3
Motorhead (1977)-2
Iron Fist (1982)-1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/25/2018 @ 12:17pm

Motorhead - Orgasmatron (1986) - 4
Motorhead - Bastards (1993) - 3
Motorhead - Motörhead (1977) - 2
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) - 1

Posted by Nick on Monday, 03/26/2018 @ 11:54am

Tiebreaker:

Motorhead - Orgasmatron (1986) [4 Points]
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) [3 Points]
Motorhead - Motorhead (1977) [2 Points]
Motorhead - Bastards (1993) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 03/27/2018 @ 16:40pm

Motörhead - Motörhead (1977)-4
Motörhead - Orgasmatron (1986)-3
Motörhead - Bastards (1993)-2
Motörhead - Iron Fist (1982)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/27/2018 @ 18:22pm

Motorhead - Orgasmatron (1986) - 4
Motorhead - Motörhead (1977) - 3
Motorhead - Bastards (1993) - 2
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/27/2018 @ 22:32pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Motorhead - Orgasmatron (1986) - 23
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Motorhead - Motörhead (1977) - 16
Motorhead - Bastards (1993) - 13
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) - 8

The losing albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this vote:

Motorhead - Bomber (1979)
Motorhead - Orgasmatron (1986)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/28/2018 @ 00:06am

April noms:

The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 04/1/2018 @ 00:29am

My nominations

Badfinger- No Dice (1970)
Raspberries- Fresh (1972)
The War on Drugs- A Deeper Understanding (2017)

Genre: 21st Century Indie Dance

Artist: Bad Religion

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 04/1/2018 @ 02:15am

Nominating

L7 - Bricks are Heavy (1992)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)

Genre: Doom Metal

Artist: The Cult

Posted by Nicky Joe on Sunday, 04/1/2018 @ 07:23am

Rule Changes In 2018:

As of April, the available nomination for songs released in 2016 is no longer available.

Starting in January, voters will be able to nominate one song originally released in 2017. As always, voters can nominate two additional songs (for a total of 4 until April nominations) from 1900-2017.

Voters can nominate a maximum of 3 songs. To do so, at least one song must be from 2017.

Starting in January, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated genres or artists during genre / artist selection votes.

Starting in January, voters will be able to nominate as many as 3 songs for genre votes.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Song Project and Song Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (eligible again in May 2018)
Whitney Houston (eligible again in June 2018)
Chris Cornell (Solo And Bands) (eligible again in July 2018)
Aretha Franklin (eligible again in August 2018)
Neil Diamond (eligible again in September 2018)
Roxy Music (eligible again in October 2018)

The Coasters are now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Song Project:

Nominations for this month are now open. Every voter can nominate two songs from 1900-2017, one song from 2017 and one song from 2016. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

Voting will begin at 10 PM Central on the 3rd and conclude at 10 PM Central on the 8th.

The following songs are automatically nominated as a result of losing a tiebreaker in last month's Song Project Vote or in last month's Genre Votes or because an artist with a song in Voter's Choice had a different song inducted into the Project previously:

Cheap Trick - Southern Girls (1977)
Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart) (1982)
Jellyfish - Baby's Coming Back (1990)
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
Phantom Planet - California (2002)
Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From a Shell) (1980)
The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You (2000)
The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away (1982)
The Records - Starry Eyes (1978)

Each voter will be required to vote for exactly 15 songs for their ballot to be counted. There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th (votes will be count until 11 PM Central). The top 12 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

This month's selected genre (as the result of losing last month's tiebreaker vote) is "Power Pop".

Nominations will begin at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Please use the time before then to determine if there should be one vote for this genre or two and what year should be used to divide the votes if we decide to have two.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or having been nominated in a month with a pre-selected artist):

Alice in Chains
Bo Diddley
Bob Seger
Fats Domino
Iron Maiden
John Mellencamp
Laura Nyro
Mary J. Blige
Pink Floyd
PJ Harvey
Radiohead

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Aretha Franklin
Beyonce
Billy Joel
Bruce Springsteen
Chris Cornell (Solo Career and Bands)
David Bowie
Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton (strictly solo career)
Frank Zappa
Genesis
Led Zeppelin
Leonard Cohen
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Merle Haggard
Muddy Waters
Neil Diamond
Otis Redding
Prince
Ramones
Ricky Nelson
Rihanna
Roxy Music
Steely Dan
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Coasters
The Doors
The Four Seasons
The Kinks
The Rolling Stones
The Who
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Van Morrison
Whitney Houston

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for five nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated songs. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/1/2018 @ 09:17am

Sorry, that's the announcement for the song project. Here's the Album Project announcement:
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Rule Changes In 2018:

Starting in January, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated genres or artists during genre / artist selection votes.

Starting in January, voters will be able to nominate as many as 3 albums for genre votes.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (eligible again in May 2018)
Chicago (eligible again in June 2018)
Sting (eligible again in July 2018)
Nina Simone (eligible again in August 2018)
James Brown (eligible again in September 2018)
Motorhead (eligible again in October 2018)

Peter Gabriel is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2017 and two albums from 1900-2017. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Motorhead - Bastards (1993)
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Motorhead - Motörhead (1977)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1980’s R&B/Soul
2010's Hip-Hop
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Concept Albums
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Live Albums" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"Jazz Fusion" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"British Invasion" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"Funk" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"1960's R&B/Soul" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"Punk Rock" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2012)" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

AC/DC
Mariah Carey
Motörhead
of Montreal
Rush
The Buzzcocks
The Roots
TV On The Radio

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Motörhead
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/1/2018 @ 09:22am

Nicky Joe if you want to nominate three albums one of them needs to be from 2017.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 04/1/2018 @ 10:51am

Replace Queens Innuendo with Pure Comedy by Father John Misty then.

Posted by Nicky Joe on Sunday, 04/1/2018 @ 11:26am

General Vote Nominations

Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017)
Junior Senior- D...D...Don't Stop the Beat (2003)
Queen- A Kind of Magic (1986)

Genre Vote Nominations

Hair Metal

Artist Vote Nomination

KISS

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 04/1/2018 @ 16:58pm

The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)
Weezer - Green Album (2001)

1990's R&B

The Rolling Stones

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 04/2/2018 @ 21:28pm

My April 2018/2044 nominations for induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Genre

Motion Picture Soundtracks

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 04/3/2018 @ 02:32am

Jethro Tull- War Child (1974)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Various Artists- Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)

The version of Jesus Christ Superstar that I am nominating is the original concept album that actually predated the stage version and had among the cast rock musicians Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Mike d'Abo (Manfred Mann) and John Gustafson (Roxy Music) along with future solo stars Murray Head and Yvonne Elliman.

Artist Nomination

Jethro Tull

No new genre nominations from the this month.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/3/2018 @ 13:05pm

I am heading out the door so I don't have time to post my nominations right now. But, I need to give Tom H. two big thumbs up for nominating the original concept album for Jesus Christ Superstar! It is truly an excellent album with many great performances.

I think my favorites are the classics: Superstar by Murray Head (as Judas), Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say) by Ian Gilllan (as Jesus), and I Don't Know How To Love Him by Yvonne Elliman (as Mary Magdalene).

Great Choice Tom H.!

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 04/3/2018 @ 16:17pm

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
Dio - Holy Diver (1983)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 04/3/2018 @ 16:39pm

Here are my nominations for this month's Album project.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard/A True Star (1973)
Mary J. Blige - Strength Of A Woman (2017)

My Genre Vote nomination for this month is:

Video Game Soundtracks

And my Artist Vote nominee this month is:

Lionel Richie/The Commodores. (either will suffice)

Pretty sure each nominee is eligible,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Tuesday, 04/3/2018 @ 21:11pm

My nominations:

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/3/2018 @ 21:24pm

General -
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Morrisey - Viva Hate (1988)
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)

Artist - Rod Stewart

Genre - Tribute Albums

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 04/3/2018 @ 21:33pm

General -
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988)
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)

Artist - Rod Stewart

Genre - Tribute Albums

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 04/3/2018 @ 21:35pm

April 2018 Album Nominations:

Restless Heart - Big Iron Horses (1992)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

April 2018 Album Artist Nomination: Restless Heart

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 04/3/2018 @ 23:50pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (2017)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Junior Senior - D...D...Don't Stop the Beat (2003)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
L7 - Bricks are Heavy (1992)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Mary J. Blige - Strength Of A Woman (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988)
Motorhead - Bastards (1993)
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Motorhead - Motörhead (1977)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Raspberries - Fresh (1972)
Restless Heart - Big Iron Horses (1992)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996)
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard/A True Star (1973)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Weezer - Green Album (2001)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/4/2018 @ 00:44am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
2010's Hip-Hop
21st Century Indie Dance
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Concept Albums
Doom Metal
Glam Rock
Hair Metal
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Motion Picture Soundtracks
Movie Soundtracks
Tribute Albums
Video Game Soundtracks

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/4/2018 @ 00:46am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

AC/DC
Bad Religion
Electric Light Orchestra
Jethro Tull
KISS
Lionel Richie/The Commodores
Mariah Carey
of Montreal
Rod Stewart
Rush
The Buzzcocks
The Cult
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/4/2018 @ 00:47am

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
Raspberries- Fresh (1972)
The War on Drugs- A Deeper Understanding (2017)
X- Wild Gift (1981)
X- Ray Spex- Germfree Adolescents (1978)
Various Artists- Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)

Genres:

21st Century Indie Dance
Concept Albums
Movie Soundtracks
1990's R&B
Tribute Albums
Video Game Soundtracks

Artists:

Bad Religion
of Montreal
Jethro Tull
Mariah Carey
Rush

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04/4/2018 @ 01:22am

Darren,

You missed my artist nomination of Restless Heart.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 04/4/2018 @ 03:13am

Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
L7 - Bricks are Heavy (1992)
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)
Weezer - Green Album (2001)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)

1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
2010's Hip-Hop
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project

Mariah Carey
Rod Stewart
Rush
The Rolling Stones
The Roots

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 04/4/2018 @ 07:30am

General Vote

Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Junior Senior - D...D...Don't Stop the Beat (2003)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

Last Cuts: Don McLean, Raspberries, Weezer, X-Ray Spex, Todd Rundgren, Badfinger

That was the most difficult General Vote round for the Album Project that I can remember. I usually can easily cut it down to 3-4 runners ups with no problem. This time I had 10 runners ups with 18 albums total I strongly wanted to vote for.

Genre Vote

1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
2010's Hip-Hop
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks

Aren't Motion Picture Soundtracks and Movie Soundtracks the same thing? I don't mean to be a jerk, but geez, is it that hard to pay attention to what other people nominate (or in this case what was automatically nominated from the previous month)?

Artist Vote

AC/DC
KISS
Mariah Carey
Rod Stewart
The Roots

Last Cuts: The Cult, Lionel Richie/The Commodores

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 04/4/2018 @ 09:53am

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
L7 - Bricks are Heavy (1992)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996)
The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)

1980’s R&B/Soul
2010’s Hip-Hop
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Black History Month
Doom Metal
Glam Rock

AC/DC
Bad Religion
Mariah Carey
Rush
The Cult

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 04/4/2018 @ 12:19pm

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996)
Various Artists - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
X - Wild Gift (1981)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 04/5/2018 @ 00:42am

Genre Nominations

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Concept Albums
Glam Rock
Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 04/5/2018 @ 06:11am

Aren't Motion Picture Soundtracks and Movie Soundtracks the same thing? I don't mean to be a jerk, but geez, is it that hard to pay attention to what other people nominate (or in this case what was automatically nominated from the previous month)?

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 04.4.18 @ 09:53am

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I'd looked, yet somehow missed that part of Darren's comment, sorry!

I don't mean to be a jerk, but geez, more importantly why did you stop participating in the Rock Rankings Project quite a few rounds ago, inquiring minds want to know?

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 04/5/2018 @ 22:10pm

Here is my ballot for the Album Project this month.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard/A True Star (1973)
Mary J. Blige - Strength Of A Woman (2017)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)

And my Genre Vote ballot is:

Video Game Soundtracks
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Concept Albums
Black History Month
2010's Hip-Hop

Seems to be a decent ballot,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Friday, 04/6/2018 @ 17:01pm

Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967)
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017)
Weezer - Green Album (2001)

21st Century Indie Dance
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Concept Albums
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Motion Picture Soundtracks

AC/DC
Jethro Tull
of Montreal
Rod Stewart
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 04/6/2018 @ 17:02pm

April 2018 Album Genre Ballot:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Art/Progressive Rock
Concept Albums
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks
Tribute Albums

My Last Cut was Glam Rock.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 04/6/2018 @ 23:53pm

1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
Glam Rock
Hair Metal
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Tribute Albums

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/7/2018 @ 00:04am

Darren,
Sorry my ballot is a few minutes after the midnight deadline. For some reason, I kept having browser loading issues for the Album Project for the last hour or so and finally got it to go through just now. If my ballot doesn't count, I understand.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/7/2018 @ 00:07am

Lionel Richie/The Commodores
Mariah Carey
Rod Stewart
The Buzzcocks
The Rolling Stones
The Roots

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988)
Raspberries - Fresh (1972)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
Weezer - Green Album (2001)

Lots of cuts this round to mention. I will say, all these Power Pop acts makes me think that maybe there should be a Power Pop genre vote in the Album Project very soon.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/7/2018 @ 00:24am

I forgot there are only 5 artist nominees on a ballot here so I will cut The Roots from my ballot.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/7/2018 @ 00:25am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 5
Concept Albums - 5
Glam Rock - 5
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 5
Movie Soundtracks - 5
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1980’s R&B/Soul - 4
1990's R&B - 4
2010's Hip-Hop - 4
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Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock - 3
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time - 3
Tribute Albums - 3

21st Century Indie Dance - 2
Video Game Soundtracks - 2

Doom Metal - 1
Hair Metal - 1

The following genres will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Concept Albums
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks

Anyone who voted in this genre selection vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker.

To vote in this tiebreaker, rank all 5 genres in order of preference.

The genre that gets the most points will be selected for April. The genre that gets the second most points will be selected for May. The other 3 genres will automatically be nominated for the June genre vote.

There will be two days of voting. Please discuss whether or not these genres will be split into two votes or not and, if so, how they'll be split.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/7/2018 @ 01:33am

Tiebreaker

Concept albums (5)
Glam Rock (4)
Rock Hall Inductees without an album in the project (3)
Movie Soundtracks (2)
Art/Progressive Rock (1)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/7/2018 @ 02:18am

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (2017)
Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Various Artists- Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
The War on Drugs- A Deeper Understanding (2017)
Weezer - Green Album (2001)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 04/7/2018 @ 02:54am

5 - Art Rock/Progressive Rock
4 - Glam Rock
3 - Inductees Without An Album
2 - Concept Albums
1 - Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Nicky Joe on Sunday, 04/8/2018 @ 04:46am

My votes:

Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
L7 - Bricks are Heavy (1992)
LCD Soundystem - American Dream (2017)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
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Bad Religion
of Montreal
Rush
The Cult
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/8/2018 @ 12:37pm

My current vote count:

X - Wild Gift (1981) - 7

Dio - Holy Diver (1983) - 6

Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 4
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017) - 4
Weezer - Green Album (2001) - 4
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978) - 4
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Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 3
L7 - Bricks are Heavy (1992) - 3
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 3
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982) - 3
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 3
Various Artists - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) - 3

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 2
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 2
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 2
Magazine - Real Life (1978) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 2
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 2
Raspberries - Fresh (1972) - 2
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996) - 2
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980) - 2
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967) - 2

Badfinger - No Dice (1970) - 1
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (2017) - 1
Junior Senior - D...D...Don't Stop the Beat (2003) - 1
Mary J. Blige - Strength Of A Woman (2017) - 1
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 1
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 1
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988) - 1
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 1
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) - 1
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard/A True Star (1973) - 1
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 0
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) - 0
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974) - 0
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 0
Motorhead - Bastards (1993) - 0
Motorhead - Motörhead (1977) - 0
Restless Heart - Big Iron Horses (1992) - 0
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
BSLO
Donnie
Nicky Joe
jtrichey
Lax35
Steve Z
Nick
DarinRG
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Sunday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/8/2018 @ 12:43pm

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Raspberries - Fresh (1972)
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996)
Various Artists - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Weezer - Green Album (2001)

Art Rock/Progressive Rock-5
Concept Albums-4
Movie Soundtracks-3
Glam Rock-2
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project-1

Jethro Tull
Lionel Richie/The Commodores
Mariah Carey
Rush
The Roots

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 04/8/2018 @ 19:05pm

Yes to a Split for all genres in Tiebreaker. Also, they are all great genre choices and I hope each one eventually gets chosen.

Tiebreaker:

5 Movie Soundtracks
4 Concept Albums
3 Art Rock/Progressive Rock
2 Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
1 Glam Rock

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 04/8/2018 @ 19:18pm

Restless Heart - Big Iron Horses (1992)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Various Artists - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard/A True Star (1973)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Weezer - Green Album (2001)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)

Posted by joker on Sunday, 04/8/2018 @ 22:42pm

April 2018 Album Ballot:

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

Last Cuts include ELO, John Williams, Shania Twain, and The Eagles. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

April 2018 Album Artist Ballot:

Jethro Tull
KISS
Lionel Richie
Mariah Carey
Restless Heart

There are also many other artists that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 04/8/2018 @ 22:55pm

Oops, I just realized that I forgot to vote for my own nominee. These ballots are so big nowadays, they make my head hurt.

Please replace Don McLean - American Pie (1971) with Restless Heart - Big Iron Horses (1992).

Since there are so many albums nominated and so few spots on my ballot, I am afraid I need to make Don McLean another one of my Last Cuts this month.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 04/8/2018 @ 23:08pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Dio - Holy Diver (1983) - 7
X - Wild Gift (1981) - 7

Various Artists - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) - 6
Weezer - Green Album (2001) - 6

X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978) - 5
________________________________

Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 4
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982) - 4
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017) - 4
________________________________

Badfinger - No Dice (1970) - 3
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 3
L7 - Bricks are Heavy (1992) - 3
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 3
Magazine - Real Life (1978) - 3
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 3
Raspberries - Fresh (1972) - 3
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 3
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996) - 3
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 3

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 2
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 2
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 2
Restless Heart - Big Iron Horses (1992) - 2
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980) - 2
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (1967) - 2
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard/A True Star (1973) - 2
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 2

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (2017) - 1
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 1
Junior Senior - D...D...Don't Stop the Beat (2003) - 1
Mary J. Blige - Strength Of A Woman (2017) - 1
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 1
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988) - 1
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 1
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) - 1

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 0
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) - 0
Motorhead - Bastards (1993) - 0
Motorhead - Motörhead (1977) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
BSLO
Donnie
Nicky Joe
jtrichey
Lax35
Steve Z
Nick
DarinRG
Darren
Tom H.
joker
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
Various Artists - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Weezer - Green Album (2001)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The albums that receives the most points will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote. If any of the albums in the tiebreaker are eligible for this month's genre vote, Concept Albums, please let us know, though none stand out to me.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaking voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 08:35am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Concept Albums - 15
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Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 14
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Glam Rock - 11
Movie Soundtracks - 11

Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 9

"Concept Albums" has been selected for the April vote. "Art Rock/Progressive Rock" has been selected for the May vote. The other tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the June selection vote.
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"Concept Albums" has been selected as this month's genre vote. This genre will be split into two votes, "Concept Albums 1900-1980" and "Concept Albums 1981-2017". Let me know if there's a better option for the vote split, as none were suggested by the voters during the tiebreaker.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Concept Albums 1900-1980".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 08:40am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Mariah Carey - 7
___________________________

Rush - 5

Jethro Tull - 4
Rod Stewart - 4
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AC/DC - 3
Bad Religion - 3
Lionel Richie/The Commodores - 3
of Montreal - 3
The Roots - 3

KISS - 2
The Cult - 2
The Rolling Stones - 2
TV On The Radio - 2

Restless Heart - 1
The Buzzcocks - 1

Electric Light Orchestra - 0
__________________________________

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Mariah Carey.

Any voter can nominate one album by Mariah Carey released from 1900-2017 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

Merry Christmas (1994)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Mariah Carey's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariah_Carey_albums_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 08:44am

Genre Nominations Round One

Jethro Tull- To Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976)
King Crimson- Lizard (1970)
The Kinks- Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)

Genre Nominations Round Two

Dream Theater Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Iron Maiden- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Mastodon- Emperor of Sand (2017)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 09:07am

Artist Nomination

Mariah Carey- Mariah Carey (1990)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 09:32am

Tie Breaker

The War On Drugs- A Deeper Understanding (2017)- 3
Korn- Follow the Leader (1998)- 2
Rod Stewart- Tonight I'm Yours (1982)- 1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 10:49am

3 - The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017)
2 - Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
1 - Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)

Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)

Round 1 Concepts
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)

Round 2 Concepts
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 11:58am

Round 1

Alice Cooper- Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Triumvirat- Spartacus (1975)
Chilliwack- Wanna Be a Star (1981)

If any of these don't fit my back up would be Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1973).

Round 2

Alice Cooper- Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011)
Queensryche- Operation: Mindcrime II (2006)
Symphony X- Paradise Lost (2007)

Within Temptation- The Unforgiving (2005) be a back up if any of these don't fit.

Artist Vote: Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Tiebreaker

The War on Drugs- A Deeper Understanding (2017) (3)
Korn- Follow the Leader (1998) (2)
Rod Stewart- Tonight I'm Yours (1982) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 13:04pm

I didn't see the cut off for round 1 being 1980 so I'll switch my nomination for Wanna Be a Star by Chilliwack with A Passion Play by Jethro Tull. Here are my corrected nominations.

Round 1

Alice Cooper- Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1973)
Triumvirat- Spartacus (1975)

Round 2

Alice Cooper- Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011)
Queensryche- Operation: Mindcrime II (2006)
Symphony X- Paradise Lost (2007)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 13:15pm

Tiebreaker:

Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) [3 Points]
The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017) [2 Points]
Rod Stewart - Tonight, I'm Yours (1982) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 16:37pm

My nominations...

Concept Albums 1900-1980

The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)

Concept Albums 1981-2017

The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982)
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 22:27pm

tiebreak:

1. Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)
2. Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
3. The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 23:03pm

Nominations for the First Genre
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Judy Garland - The Letter (1959)
Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960)

Tiebreaker
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982) - 3
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 2
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017) - 1

Posted by Nick on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 23:15pm

Tiebreaker:

Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)

Genre Nominations:

Part 1

Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Nirvana - The Story of Simon Simopath (1967)
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)

Part 2

Lou Reed - New York (1989)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 23:41pm

Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 04/9/2018 @ 23:47pm

Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 3
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017) - 2
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/10/2018 @ 00:14am

Darren,
I'm gonna swap my nomination of Judy Garland's The Letter to the following:

Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 04/11/2018 @ 00:06am

The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017) 3
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982) 2
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) 1

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 04/11/2018 @ 17:36pm

Billy Joel-Turnstyles (1976)
Styx- Pieces of Eight (1978)

Tiebreaker:
3 Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)
2 The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017)
1 Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 04/11/2018 @ 23:55pm

I just noticed that I only had 2 nominees, so if you can include it, please add:

The Eagles-Desperado (1973)

Sorry about that. I've been having loading issues and it took some time to figure which votes/nominations on which pages had end dates of tonight.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 04/12/2018 @ 00:26am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Billy Joel - Turnstyles (1976)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
Jethro Tull - To Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976)
King Crimson - Lizard (1970)
Nirvana - The Story of Simon Simopath (1967)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960)
Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)
The Eagles - Desperado (1973)
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)
Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/12/2018 @ 01:09am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017) - 22
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Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 21
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982) - 17

Korn and Rod Stewart will be automatically nominated for the May Album Project vote. If one or both are eligible for the genre project votes, let me know.
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Here is the final class of inductees for the April Album Project vote:

Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017)
Various Artists - Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Weezer - Green Album (2001)
X - Wild Gift (1981)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/12/2018 @ 01:15am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Mariah Carey.

Nominations close and voting starts at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/12/2018 @ 01:16am

Alice Cooper- Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1973)
Triumvirat- Spartacus (1975)
The Alan Parsons Project- Tales of Mystery and Imagination- Edger Allen Poe (1976)
The Pretty Things- S.F. Sorrow (1967)
Harry Nilsson- The Point! (1971)
The Eagles - Desperado (1973)
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/12/2018 @ 02:03am

8 album votes:

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
Jethro Tull - To Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)
The Eagles - Desperado (1973)
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)

Posted by Darrin A on Thursday, 04/12/2018 @ 03:30am

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Billy Joel - Turnstyles (1976)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)
The Eagles - Desperado (1973)
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)

Round 2 Nominations:

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Childish Gambino - Because the Internet (2013)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 04/12/2018 @ 09:47am

Tom H.

Dream Theater-Metropolis pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) was inducted in December 2015. You can nominate another album for round 2 if you want.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/13/2018 @ 12:29pm

In that case I'll stay with the same band and nominate

Dream Theater- Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)

as my final nomination for round two

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 04/13/2018 @ 12:45pm

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)
The Eagles - Desperado (1973)
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Friday, 04/13/2018 @ 17:06pm

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Jethro Tull - To Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976)
Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976)
The Eagles - Desperado (1973)
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/14/2018 @ 20:51pm

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976)
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)
The Eagles - Desperado (1973)
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 04/14/2018 @ 23:19pm

Is anybody else going to nominate for the artist vote? There are only four albums nominated so far. Here are some Mariah Carey albums that haven't been nominated yet that I think deserve consideration.

Emotions (1991)
Butterfly (1997)
Rainbow (1999)
Charmbracelet (2002)
Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 04/15/2018 @ 17:15pm

Sorry Greg F, the Artist Vote kinda slipped my mind with the HOF induction yesterday and what not. I'm gonna nominate one of Mariah's best and most underrated albums at the apex of her popularity in the mid-1990s.

Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 04/15/2018 @ 17:49pm

Nick

Daydream (1995) has been nominated already. You can nominate a different album. Here's what else has been nominated so far.

Mariah Carey (1990)
Music Box (1993)
The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 04/15/2018 @ 18:01pm

In that case, I will nominate -
Mariah Carey -Emotions (1991)

Another album worthy of consideration is the MTV Unplugged album from 1992.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 04/15/2018 @ 18:06pm

I'll nominate Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/15/2018 @ 20:58pm

My current vote count (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975) - 6
The Eagles - Desperado (1973) - 6
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970) - 6

Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) - 5

Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960) - 4
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963) - 4
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Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 3
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976) - 3

Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 2
Jethro Tull - To Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976) - 2
Rush - Hemispheres (1978) - 2
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) - 2

Billy Joel - Turnstyles (1976) - 1
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972) - 1
Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975) - 1

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) - 0
King Crimson - Lizard (1970) - 0
Nirvana - The Story of Simon Simopath (1967) - 0
Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974) - 0
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 0
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Darrin A.
Steve Z.
Nicky Joe
Darren
BSLO

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/16/2018 @ 01:30am

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Billy Joel - Turnstyles (1976)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
Jethro Tull - To Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)

Many painful cuts including one of my own nominations. This also sets up a lot of good candidates for the Art Rock/ Progressive Rock genre vote next month

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 04/16/2018 @ 10:11am

Quick note: The Billy Joel album is misspelled. It should be Turnstiles.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/16/2018 @ 15:13pm

Concept Albums Round 1 1900-1980 Genre Ballot:

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976)
The Eagles - Desperado (1973)
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)

Last Cuts include Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Rush, The Alan Parsons Project (both) and The Beach Boys. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 04/16/2018 @ 21:08pm

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Jethro Tull- Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960)
Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974)
The Eagles - Desperado (1973)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 04/16/2018 @ 21:44pm

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
The Eagles - Desperado (1973)
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 04/16/2018 @ 23:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975) - 10

The Eagles - Desperado (1973) - 9
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970) - 9

Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) - 8
____________________________

Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 5
Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960) - 5
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976) - 5
____________________________

Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976) - 4
Jethro Tull - To Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976) - 4
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) - 4
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963) - 4

Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 3
Rush - Hemispheres (1978) - 3

Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972) - 2

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) - 1
Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974) - 1
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 1
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) - 1
Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975) - 1

King Crimson - Lizard (1970) - 0
Nirvana - The Story of Simon Simopath (1967) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Darrin A.
Steve Z.
Nicky Joe
Darren
BSLO
Tom H.
Jennifer
Nick
Rick Vendl II

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
The Eagles - Desperado (1973)
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/17/2018 @ 01:21am

Nominations remain open for the second genre vote this month, "Concept Albums 1981-2017".

Each voter can nominate three albums that they feel belong in this genre vote.

If you feel that an album has been nominated for this genre inappropriately, please lodge a protest and explain why the album isn't eligible. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review (albums can still be nominated on the third day, but please be sure that the album you nominate is unquestionably eligible for this genre).

Nominations / review will end at 10 PM Central on the 11th. Nominations will still be accepted until 11 PM Central on the 19th, when voting begins.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/17/2018 @ 01:23am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Mariah Carey.

Nominations end at 10 PM Central on the 19th. Nominations will still be accepted until 11 PM Central on the 19th, when voting begins.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/17/2018 @ 01:23am

Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1973) 3
The Alan Parsons Project- Tales of Mystery and Imagination- Edger Allen Poe (1975) 2
Ray Charles- The Genius Hits the Road (1960) 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/17/2018 @ 02:37am

Ray Charles - 3
Jethro Tull - 2
The Alan Parsons Project - 1

Posted by Nicky Joe on Tuesday, 04/17/2018 @ 11:28am

Tiebreaker -
 Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960) - 3
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination- Edger Allen Poe (1975) - 2
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 1

Nominations -
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Taylor Swift - Red (2012)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 04/17/2018 @ 11:36am

The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976) 3
Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960) 2
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) 1

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 04/17/2018 @ 22:38pm

Tie Breaker

Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1973)-3
Ray Charles- The Genius Hits the Road (1960)-2
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination- Edgar Allen Poe (1975)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 04/18/2018 @ 14:46pm

Tiebreaker:

Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960) [3 Points]
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) [2 Points]
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allen Poe (1975) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 04/18/2018 @ 16:04pm

The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976) - 3
Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960) - 2
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/19/2018 @ 00:15am

My first Part 2 genre album nomination:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)

Written as a further exploration into the Bat world Jim Steinman created with the first album, in an interview on a 1981 BBC Rock Hour Special he described its creation:
"I started writing what I felt was Bat Out of Hell part 2, definitely like The Godfather part I and part 2, that's how I saw it. I wanted to do a continuation and I wanted to do an album that went even further and that was more extreme, if possible, which a lot of people felt wasn't possible but I just wanted to see if I could make a record that was even more heroic because that's what I thought of it ... Bat Out of Hell to me was ultimately very heroic though it was funny ... and I wanted to do one that to me would be even more heroic and more epic and a little more operatic and passionate."

This excellent sequel album includes such classic hard rock songs as I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That), Life is Lemon and I Want My Money Back, and Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through. Also, as per Wikipedia: The cover was illustrated by top sci-fi/fantasy artist Michael Whelan, following the style of Richard Corben's cover for Bat Out of Hell. It features the biker from the first cover flying on his motorcycle towards a giant bat perched on top of New York City's Chrysler Building, to which an angel is bound. Echoing the gravestones of the first cover, partially destroyed skyscrapers inhabit the lava landscape.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 04/19/2018 @ 23:01pm

David Bowie and Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986)
Prince - Batman (1989)

Honorable Mentions:

Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Styx -Kilroy Was Here (1983)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 04/19/2018 @ 23:02pm

Tiebreaker:

3 The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976)
2 Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
1 Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 04/19/2018 @ 23:04pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960) - 17
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976) - 16
_________________________________

Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 15

Jethro Tull will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (1975)
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road (1960)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976)
The Eagles - Desperado (1973)
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/20/2018 @ 02:00am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003)
Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011)
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Childish Gambino - Because the Internet (2013)
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
David Bowie and Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
Prince - Batman (1989)
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime II (2006)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
Taylor Swift - Red (2012)
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982)
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/20/2018 @ 02:03am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)
Mariah Carey - Emotions (1991)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/20/2018 @ 02:04am

Childish Gambino - Because the Internet (2013)
David Bowie and Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986)-+
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)

A Perfect Circle was the last cut from a great crop of nominees.

Artist Vote

Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)

Kind of disappointed that there weren't more of her albums nominated

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 04/20/2018 @ 10:23am

Mariah Carey- Mariah Carey (1990)
Mariah Carey- Emotions (1991)
Mariah Carey- Daydream (1995)
Mariah Carey- Butterfly (1997)
Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/20/2018 @ 12:24pm

Modern Concept Vote
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2013)
Dream Theater - Six Degress of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2015)

Mariah Carey Vote
Daydream (1995)
Emotions (1991)
Mariah Carey (1990)
Music Box (1993)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Friday, 04/20/2018 @ 13:29pm

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Childish Gambino - Because the Internet (2013)
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Taylor Swift - Red (2012)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 04/20/2018 @ 14:06pm

Alice Cooper- Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011)
Queensryche- Operation: Mindcrime II (2006)
Symphony X- Paradise Lost (2007)
Marillion- Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
The Alan Parsons Project- Ammonia Avenue (1984)
The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute (2005)
A Perfect Circle- Thirteenth Step (2003)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/20/2018 @ 19:37pm

A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003)
David Bowie and Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986)
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime II (2006)
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/24/2018 @ 02:00am

My current vote count:

The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005) - 4

A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003) - 3
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009) - 3
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) - 3
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) - 3
________________________________

Childish Gambino - Because the Internet (2013) - 2
David Bowie and Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986) - 2
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002) - 2
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 2
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 2
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime II (2006) - 2
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007) - 2
________________________________

Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011) - 1
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) - 1
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011) - 1
Lou Reed - New York (1989) - 1
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017) - 1
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 1
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006) - 1
Taylor Swift - Red (2012) - 1
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) - 1
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982) - 1

Prince - Batman (1989) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
Nicky Joe
Steve Z
Greg F
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/24/2018 @ 02:02am

my 8 votes:

Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011)
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
Taylor Swift - Red (2012)
Prince - Batman (1989)

Posted by Darrin A on Tuesday, 04/24/2018 @ 07:03am

Genre Vote Round 2

A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003)
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
Prince - Batman (1989)
Taylor Swift - Red (2012)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982)
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)

Artist Vote

Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)
Mariah Carey - Emotions (1991)
Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 04/24/2018 @ 09:09am

The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982)

Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 04/24/2018 @ 09:32am

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Childish Gambino - Because the Internet (2013)
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
Green Day - 21 st Century Breakdown (2009)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Prince - Batman (1989)
Taylor Swift - Red (2012)

Mariah Carey Vote:
Daydream (1995)
Emotions (1991)
Mariah Carey (1990)
Music Box (1993)
The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 04/24/2018 @ 22:50pm

April 2018 Concept Albums Round 2 1980-2017 Genre Ballot:

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
David Bowie and Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Prince - Batman (1989)
Taylor Swift - Red (2012)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982)

Last Cuts include Alice Cooper, A Perfect Circle, Green Day, Lou Reed, Queensryche, Symphony X, and The Alan Parsons Project (Ammonia Avenue). There are also several other albums that I would eventually vote for.

April 2018 Artist Album Ballot:

Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 04/24/2018 @ 23:04pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005) - 6

A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003) - 5
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009) - 5
Lou Reed - New York (1989) - 5
Taylor Swift - Red (2012) - 5
____________________________

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) - 4
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011) - 4
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) - 4
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 4
Prince - Batman (1989) - 4
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982) - 4
____________________________

Childish Gambino - Because the Internet (2013) - 3
David Bowie and Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986) - 3
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002) - 3
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) - 3
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 3
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 3
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006) - 3
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007) - 3

Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011) - 2
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime II (2006) - 2

Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017) - 1
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
Nicky Joe
Steve Z
Greg F
Darren
Darrin A
Donnie
BSLO
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003)
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
Taylor Swift - Red (2012)
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Prince - Batman (1989)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other 5 albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/25/2018 @ 01:53am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995) - 7
_______________________________

Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990) - 6
Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993) - 6
_______________________________

Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997) - 4
Mariah Carey - Emotions (1991) - 4
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 4

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
Greg F.
Nicky Joe
Donnie
BSLO
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/25/2018 @ 01:59am

Mariah Carey- Mariah Carey (1990)

Marillion- Misplaced Childhood (1985)- 6
Nine Inch Nails- Year Zero (2007)- 5
Coldplay- Mylo Xyloto (2011)- 4
The Alan Parsons Project- Eye in the Sky (1982)- 3
blink- 182- Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)- 2
Prince- Batman (1989)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04/25/2018 @ 02:44am

Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)

6 - Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
5 - Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
4 - Prince - Batman (1989)
3 - The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982)
2 - Coldplay - Molo Xyloto (2011)
1 - Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 04/25/2018 @ 12:28pm

1. Prince- Batman (1989) (6 pts)
2. The Alan Parson Project- Eye in the Sky (1982) (5 pts)
3. Nine Inch Nails- Year Zero (2007) (4 pts)
4. Marillion- Misplaced Childhood (1985) (3 pts)
5. Coldplay- Molo Xyloto (2011) (2 pts)
6. Blink 182- Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) (1 pt)

Mariah Carey- Music Box (1993)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 04/25/2018 @ 13:57pm

Tiebreaker:

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) [6 Points]
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011) [5 Points]
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982) [4 Points]
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) [3 Points]
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) [2 Points]
Prince - Batman (1989) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 04/26/2018 @ 11:23am

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)-6
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982)-5
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)-4
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)-3
Prince - Batman (1989)-2
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)-1

Mariah Carey- Mariah Carey (1990)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 04/26/2018 @ 20:37pm

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982)
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
Prince - Batman (1989)

Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 04/26/2018 @ 23:38pm

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011) - 6
Prince - Batman (1989) - 5
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982) - 4
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) - 3
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 2
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) - 1

Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 04/27/2018 @ 22:51pm

Tiebreakers:
6 Prince - Batman (1989)
5 Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
4 The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982)
3 Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
2 Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
1 Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)

Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 04/27/2018 @ 23:57pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993) - 5
_________________________

Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990) - 2

Mariah Carey (1990) will be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here are the final inductee class for this Artist Vote:

Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)
Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/28/2018 @ 08:14am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982) - 32
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Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) - 31
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 29
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011) - 27
Prince - Batman (1989) - 26
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) - 23

Tiebreaker losers will be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here are the final inductee class for this Genre Vote:

A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003)
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
Lou Reed - New York (1989)
Taylor Swift - Red (2012)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982)
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/28/2018 @ 08:20am

The list up top has been updated with all (most?) of the inductees.

Posted by FRL on Sunday, 04/29/2018 @ 13:46pm

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/30/2018 @ 20:15pm

My nominations

of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
R. Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner- Make It Be (2017)
Raspberries- Fresh (1972)

Genre: Yes to a split at 1984. 1900-1984 & 1985- 2017

Artist: of Montreal

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/30/2018 @ 20:33pm

Darren the genre is Art Rock/Progressive Rock.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/30/2018 @ 20:58pm

General Vote Nominations

Aretha Franklin- Young, Gifted, and Black (1972)
Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017)
Miles Davis- On the Corner (1972)

Artist Vote Nominee

AC/DC

Art Rock/Prog Rock again? Ughhhh.

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 05/1/2018 @ 01:25am

May 2018/2043 nominees for The Album Project...

Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)

Artist

The Alan Parsons Project

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 05/1/2018 @ 01:32am

Nominations

James Taylor- Gorilla (1975)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017)
Mary J. Blige- No More Drama (2001)

Artist Nomination

John Williams

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/1/2018 @ 10:35am

Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
SZA- Ctrl (2017)

Artist Nomination: Van der Graaf Generator

No genre split.

Posted by Nicky Joe on Tuesday, 05/1/2018 @ 11:35am

The Stone Roses - Turns Into Stone (1992)
Live - V (2001)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 05/1/2018 @ 23:06pm

Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 05/2/2018 @ 11:13am

Artist Nomination: Judas Priest

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 05/2/2018 @ 11:17am

John Cale - Vintage Violence (1970)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 05/2/2018 @ 19:02pm

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Artist - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/3/2018 @ 01:18am

5/2018 Album Project nominations

The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
The Alan Parsons Project - Vulture Culture (1984)

Artist

ELO

Posted by Carol Sue on Thursday, 05/3/2018 @ 13:37pm

May 2018 Album Artist Nomination:

Train

They are a great band that still have no albums in the Album project. Their albums are best characterized as Roots Rock with Soulful vocals, but often include many other styles as well. I love that many of their songs often have Lyrics that are very funny and self-deprecating. They have many gold and platinum albums usually charting in The Billboard 200 top ten. Their many hits have crossed to multiple US charts (as well as foreign charts) such as the Billboard Hot 100, Modern Rock Tracks, Adult Top 40, Top 40 Mainstream, Mainstream Rock, Top 40 Tracks, Top 40 Adult Recurrents, Adult Pop Songs, and Adult Contemporary. Their songs are often covered such as Taylor Swift's version of Drops of Jupiter.

A quick summary of some of their best studio and live albums:

Train - Train (1998) Their Self Titled (and Self Produced for $25,000) Platinum 1st album topped the Heatseekers chart before charting on The Billboard 200. It included such hits as the Mainstream Rock song Free and the hugely popular song Meet Virginia that charted highly on multiple charts.

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) Besides huge hit and double grammy winner Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me), others popular singles included Something More and She's on Fire which both charted well on the Adult Top 40. It is certified 2× Platinum and their best-selling album which includes element of rock, country and indie/alternative rock.

Train - My Private Nation (2003) This platinum album included the #1 song on both the AC and Adult Top 40 chart, Calling All Angels as well as such hits as When I Look to the Sky and Get to Me.

Train - Alive at Last (2004) Excellent live album Includes rare B-side tracks, an excellent cover of The Faces hit Stay With Me, and most of their hits to this point including their Adult Top 40 hit Ordinary (2004), previously only available on Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 2 soundtrack album.

Train - For Me, It's You (2006) hit #10 on The Billboard 200 and included such AC and Adult Top 40 hits as Cab.

Train - Save Me, San Francisco (2009) includes the Adult Top 40 #1s Hey, Soul Sister and If It's Love. Other popular hits from this album include: Marry Me, Save Me, San Francisco, and their original holiday tune Shake Up Christmas.

Train - California 37 (2012) Some of their hits from this album include a reggae influenced song about love with a Mermaid, a poignant yet still uplifting duet, Bruises featuring country singer Ashley Monroe, the fun, charming pop rock song Drive by which has rap and ska influences, and the absolutely hilarious song and video 50 Ways to Say Goodbye which has both Latin pop and Folk rock influences as well as some inspiration from Paul Simon's 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. It also includes their cover of Imagine as played at the New Year's Eve ball drop at New York City's Times Square in 2012. This is definitely one of my favorite albums.

Train - Bulletproof Picasso (2014) includes such hits as Angel in Blue Jeans, Cadillac, Cadillac, and Bulletproof Picasso.

Train - Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016) Since Train lead singer got his start as a Zeppelin Tribute artist, the band recorded this excellent tribute album with all profits going to the San Francisco-based Charity, Family House.

Train - A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat (2017) Their latest album included such hits as Play That Song and Drink Up.

On another note, I have been really loving their latest AC hit with Daryl Hall & John Oates, Philly Forget Me Not. The song was released at the end of March and has already hit #13 on the AC chart ahead of the 2 bands touring together this summer. I would really love to finally see these 2 bands live so I am hoping they add some dates near where I live.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 05/3/2018 @ 20:14pm

May 2018 Album Nominations:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

Art Rock/Progressive Rock Genre:

I agree with Greg F. Yes to a split at 1984. 1900-1984 & 1985-2017

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 05/3/2018 @ 20:31pm

Here are my nominees for this month's Album Project.

Yes - Big Generator (1987)
The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful (2017)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)

My Artist Vote nomination this month is:

Aphex Twin

And I agree with the idea that we should split the Art Rock Genre vote. A split at 1984 sounds appropriate.

Two Art Rock acts and a Neo Art Rock nominee,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Thursday, 05/3/2018 @ 21:21pm

General Nominations
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)

The Shania Twain album is the best-selling Country album of all time and the 9th best-selling album in U.S. history (nearly 30 million albums sold). That alone should make ‘Come On Over’ a shoe-in for induction and that doesn’t factor how many hits are featured on the album (Still the One, Don’t Be Stupid, From This Moment On, That Don’t Impress Me Much, Honey I’m Home, Man! I Feel Like a Woman, etc.). Most of these songs were massive hits and it’s unbelievable it didn’t get inducted long ago.

Artist Nomination -
The Bee Gees

The Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack is the only Bee Gees album inducted in the Album Project. They have released nearly two dozen studio albums spanning five decades. Very worthy for consideration in this project.

I vote No to a split for the upcoming Progressive/Art Rock. Seriously, how many times have we done this genre before?

And a random interesting fact for our artist vote selections: only 6 artists (so far) have been selected for both the Song & Album projects - David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Mariah Carey, Prince, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and Van Morrison.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 05/3/2018 @ 22:01pm

Uh-hmmm. "Carol Sue" hello, I'm "jester".

Posted by jester on Thursday, 05/3/2018 @ 22:22pm

Rare Earth - Born to Wander (1970)
Sheryl Crow - A Change Would Do You Good (1996)

Alice In Chains

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 05/3/2018 @ 23:22pm

Oops my last post was meant for the song project. Please ignore

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 05/3/2018 @ 23:23pm

Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)

That second one is for you Darren!

Artist: Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 05/3/2018 @ 23:33pm

May '18 nominee

The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)

Posted by Tricky Dick on Thursday, 05/3/2018 @ 23:48pm

Uh-hmmm. jester's dead and so is Michael Ironside.

Posted by Maverick & Goose on Thursday, 05/3/2018 @ 23:57pm

Uh-hmmm. Michael Ironside is alive.

Posted by Tom Cruise on Friday, 05/4/2018 @ 00:00am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted, and Black (1972)
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
James Taylor - Gorilla (1975)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
John Cale - Vintage Violence (1970)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Live - V (2001)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
Prince - Batman (1989)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
R. Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner - Make It Be (2017)
Raspberries - Fresh (1972)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
The Alan Parsons Project - Vulture Culture (1984)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful (2017)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
The Stone Roses - Turns Into Stone (1992)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
Yes - Big Generator (1987)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/4/2018 @ 01:50am

This month's selected genre is "Art Rock/Progressive Rock". Nominations will open at 11 PM Central on the 8th. Until then, we're discussing whether or not the genre will be split into two votes and what year the votes will be split if we decide to have two genre votes.

Currently, the most popular split suggestion is 1900-1984 and 1985-2017.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/4/2018 @ 01:53am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

AC/DC
Aphex Twin
Electric Light Orchestra
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Judas Priest
Neil Young
of Montreal
Rod Stewart
Rush
The Alan Parsons Project
The Bee Gees
Train
TV On The Radio
Van der Graaf Generator

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/4/2018 @ 01:54am

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted, and Black (1972)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
LCD Soundsystem- American Dream (2017)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
R. Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner - Make It Be (2017)
Raspberries - Fresh (1972)

Judas Priest
Neil Young
of Montreal
The Alan Parsons Project
The Bee Gees
Van der Graaf Generator

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 05/4/2018 @ 02:20am

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016(
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Of Montreal - Hissing Fanua, Are you the Destroyer? (2007)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)

Album Project
Aphex Twin
Rush
Van der Graaf Generator

No split necessary

Posted by Nicky Joe on Friday, 05/4/2018 @ 12:29pm

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)

AC/DC
Jethro Tull
Judas Priest
Rod Stewart
The Bee Gees
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 05/4/2018 @ 14:56pm

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Live - V (2001)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)
The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful (2017)
The Stone Roses - Turns Into Stone (1992)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 05/4/2018 @ 23:38pm

General Vote

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted, and Black (1972)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972)
Prince - Batman (1989)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts: Wire, Raspberries, Mariah Carey, Kid Cudi, Fela Kuti, LCD Soundsystem, Alan Parsons Project (I'll save them for the Prog round)

Brutal round there.

Artist Vote

AC/DC
Aphex Twin
Judas Priest
Rod Stewart
The Alan Parsons Project
The Bee Gees

Genre Vote

I'll support a split on one condition, we don't do progressive/art rock in the Genre Vote for the Album Project again for at least another two or three years. We've done this genre so many times for the Album Project Genre vote, it's ridiculous. Not only will this be banned for 6 months as is every genre picked for the Genre votes, I think it should be banned from the Genre Vote for good (ok, I know we can't do that technically, but still).

The sad part is that I think Prog/Art Rock would be a good genre pick for the Song Project, but yet it seems to always win in the Album Project. This genre needs to be retired from the Album Project Genre Votes.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 05/6/2018 @ 09:55am

Darren

I support that decision.

Posted by Nicky Joe on Monday, 05/7/2018 @ 05:41am

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted, and Black (1972)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)

Aphex Twin
Judas Priest
Neil Young
Rod Stewart
Rush
The Bee Gees

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 05/7/2018 @ 06:44am

Artist Ballot

Jethro Tull
John Williams
Rush
The Bee Gees
Train
Van der Graaf Generator

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/7/2018 @ 09:01am

Here is my artist ballot:

Electric Light Orchestra
Alan Parsons Project
John Williams
Jethro Tull
Rush
The Bee Gees

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Monday, 05/7/2018 @ 10:58am

My votes

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)

Would support in the future:

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)

AC/DC
Jethro Tull
Judas Priest
of Montreal
Rush
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/8/2018 @ 00:13am

My current vote count:

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted, and Black (1972) - 4
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 4
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 4

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 3
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) - 3
TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006) - 3
__________________________________

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 2
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 2
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990) - 2
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) - 2
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 2
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - 2

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) - 1
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 1
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976) - 1
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 1
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 1
Live - V (2001) - 1
Magazine - Real Life (1978) - 1
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001) - 1
Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972) - 1
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) - 1
Prince - Batman (1989) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
R. Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner - Make It Be (2017) - 1
Raspberries - Fresh (1972) - 1
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982) - 1
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 1
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980) - 1
The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful (2017) - 1
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) - 1
The Stone Roses - Turns Into Stone (1992) - 1
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011) - 0
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 0
Genesis - Genesis (1983) - 0
James Taylor - Gorilla (1975) - 0
John Cale - Vintage Violence (1970) - 0
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017) - 0
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 0
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 0
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) - 0
The Alan Parsons Project - Vulture Culture (1984) - 0
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972) - 0
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 0
Yes - Big Generator (1987) - 0

This count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nicky Joe
Steve Z
jtrichey
Donnie
BSLO
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Tuesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/8/2018 @ 00:35am

Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Raspberries - Fresh (1972)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)

I'm good with a split at 1984

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/8/2018 @ 09:31am

Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976)
James Taylor- Gorilla (1975)
John Cale - Vintage Violence (1970)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
Raspberries - Fresh (1972)
The Stone Roses - Turns Into Stone (1992)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 05/8/2018 @ 18:58pm

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
Raspberries - Fresh (1972)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)

Last cuts (Many!): Genesis, James sTaylor, Moody Blues, Yes, Train, Rod Stewart, Killers, Blink-182, Iggy Pop and Aretha Franklin. Great batch of nominees this month!

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 05/8/2018 @ 20:28pm

Artist Vote -
John Williams
Judas Priest
Neil Young
Rod Stewart
The Bee Gees
Train

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 05/8/2018 @ 20:34pm

May 2018 Album Ballot:

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted, and Black (1972)
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Prince - Batman (1989)
Raspberries - Fresh (1972)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

Last Cuts include Blink-182, Don McLean, Fela Kuti, Genesis, Iggy Pop, Jethro Tull, John Williams, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart, Shania Twain, The Alan Parsons Project, and The Moody Blues. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for. Great Ballot!

May 2018 Album Artist Ballot:

Electric Light Orchestra
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Rod Stewart
Rush
The Alan Parsons Project
The Bee Gees
Train

There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

I am also good with a split at 1984 for the genre vote.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 05/8/2018 @ 23:22pm

Sorry, I just noticed that I messed up with my artist ballot. Here is the corrected one:

May 2018 Album Artist Ballot:

Electric Light Orchestra
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Rod Stewart
The Bee Gees
Train

Last Cuts are Rush and The Alan Parsons Project.There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 05/8/2018 @ 23:26pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted, and Black (1972) - 4
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976) - 4
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 4
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990) - 4
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 4
Raspberries - Fresh (1972) - 4
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - 4
________________________________

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 3
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001) - 3
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) - 3
TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006) - 3

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 2
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 2
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 2
Magazine - Real Life (1978) - 2
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) - 2
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 2
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 2
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 2
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980) - 2
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) - 2
The Stone Roses - Turns Into Stone (1992) - 2

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) - 1
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011) - 1
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 1
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 1
James Taylor - Gorilla (1975) - 1
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 1
John Cale - Vintage Violence (1970) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017) - 1
Live - V (2001) - 1
Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972) - 1
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) - 1
Prince - Batman (1989) - 1
R. Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner - Make It Be (2017) - 1
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982) - 1
The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful (2017) - 1
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1

Genesis - Genesis (1983) - 0
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 0
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 0
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) - 0
The Alan Parsons Project - Vulture Culture (1984) - 0
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972) - 0
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 0
Yes - Big Generator (1987) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nicky Joe
Steve Z
jtrichey
Donnie
BSLO
Darren
Tom H.
DarinRG
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

None

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted, and Black (1972)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Raspberries - Fresh (1972)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 6 albums that receives the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote. If any of the albums in the tiebreaker are eligible for this month's genre vote, "Art Rock / Progressive Rock", please let us know, though none stand out to me.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaking voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 00:34am

Ignore that last post. I'll update the results to include Jennifer's votes.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 00:35am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted, and Black (1972) - 5
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990) - 5
Raspberries - Fresh (1972) - 5
________________________________

Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976) - 4
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 4
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 4
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - 4
________________________________

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 3
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001) - 3
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) - 3
TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006) - 3

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (2011) - 2
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 2
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 2
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 2
Magazine - Real Life (1978) - 2
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) - 2
Prince - Batman (1989) - 2
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 2
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 2
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 2
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980) - 2
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) - 2
The Stone Roses - Turns Into Stone (1992) - 2
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 2

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) - 1
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 1
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 1
James Taylor - Gorilla (1975) - 1
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 1
John Cale - Vintage Violence (1970) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017) - 1
Live - V (2001) - 1
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 1
Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972) - 1
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) - 1
R. Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner - Make It Be (2017) - 1
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1982) - 1
The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful (2017) - 1
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 1

Genesis - Genesis (1983) - 0
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 0
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) - 0
The Alan Parsons Project - Vulture Culture (1984) - 0
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972) - 0
Yes - Big Generator (1987) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nicky Joe
Steve Z
jtrichey
Donnie
BSLO
Darren
Tom H.
DarinRG
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted, and Black (1972)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Raspberries - Fresh (1972)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receives the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote. If any of the albums in the tiebreaker are eligible for this month's genre vote, "Art Rock / Progressive Rock", please let us know, though none stand out to me.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaking voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 00:38am

"Art Rock / Progressive Rock" has been selected as this month's genre vote. This genre will be split into two votes, "Art Rock / Progressive Rock 1900-1984" and "Art Rock / Progressive Rock 1985-2017". Let me know if there's a better option for the vote split, as none were suggested by the voters during the tiebreaker.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Art Rock / Progressive Rock 1900-1984".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 00:41am

My Genre Vote Nominations

Vote 1

Eloy- Ocean (1977)
Gong- Flying Teapot (1973)
Procol Harum- Shine on Brightly (1968)

Vote 2

IQ- Dark Matter (2004)
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Porcupine Tree- Signify (1996)
--------------------------------------------------
Artist Vote

The Bee Gees- Odessa (1969)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 00:44am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Bee Gees - 8
___________________________

Judas Priest - 6

Jethro Tull - 5
Rod Stewart - 5
Rush - 5

John Williams - 4
___________________________

AC/DC - 3
Aphex Twin - 3
Neil Young - 3
The Alan Parsons Project - 3
Train - 3
Van der Graaf Generator - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - 2
of Montreal - 2
TV On The Radio - 2
___________________________

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is The Bee Gees.

Any voter can nominate one album by The Bee Gees released from 1900-2017 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

Bee Gees & Various Artists - Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on The Bee Gees discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Gees_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 00:47am

Tiebreaker:

Wire- Chairs Missing (1978)- 4
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)- 3
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976)- 2
Korn- Follow the Leader (1998)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 00:49am

Wire- Chairs Missing (1978) 4
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976) 3
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) 2
Korn- Follow the Leader (1998) 1

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 01:27am

My Genre Vote Nominations

Vote 1

The Moody Blues- Long Distance Voyager (1981)
Renaissance- Ashes Are Burning (1973)
Gentle Giant- Free Hand (1975)

Vote 2

Rush- Presto (1989)
Jethro Tull- Crest Of A Knave (1987)
Rush- Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)

Artist Vote

The Bee Gees- idea (1968)

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 04:40am

Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 06:49am

Round One

Camel- Mirage (1974)
The Nice- Ars Longa Vita Brevis (1968)
Van Der Graaf Generator- H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Round Two

Dream Theater- Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Mastodon- Emperor of Sand (2017)
Spock's Beard- V (2000)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 08:34am

Artist Nomination

The Bee Gees- Bee Gees' 1st (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 09:07am

Tiebreaker:

Korn- Follow the Leader (1998) [4 Points]
Wire- Chairs Missing (1978) [3 Points]
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976) [2 Points]
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) [1 Point]

Genre Nomination Part 1:

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights (1978)
Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)

Genre Nomination Part 2:

TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012)
Django Django - Born Under Saturn (2015)

Artist Nomination:

The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 09:49am

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. KoRn- Follow the Leader (1998) (4 pts)
2. Fela Kuti and Africa 70- Zombie (1976) (3 pts)
3. Wire- Chairs Missing (1978) (2 pts)
4. Nine Inch Nails- Year Zero (2007) (1 pt)

Genre Vote Nominations Round 1

Styx- Paradise Theater (1981)
The Alan Parsons Project- The Turn of the Friendly Card (1980)
Uriah Heep- Demons and Wizards (1972)

Genre Vote Nominations Round 2

Dream Theater- Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory (1999)
Primus- Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Symphony X- The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997)

Artist Vote Nomination

The Bee Gees- Main Course (1975)

To Steve Z,

I just wanted to say you and I were on the same page, as you picked the album for the Bee Gees I was gonna go with as well as the Kansas album. I'm glad I refreshed the page before making my final post, so I could change my nominees.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 10:24am

Donnie,

Great minds think alike!

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 11:35am

Tiebreaker -
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976) - 4 Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 3 Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - 2
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 1 

Round 1 -
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1968)
Traffic - Traffic (1968)

Round 2 -
Brian Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)

Artist Nomination -
The Bee Gees - Horizontal (1968)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 11:54am

Tiebreaker -
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976) - 4
 Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 3 
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - 2
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 1 

Round 1 -
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1968)
Traffic - Traffic (1968)

Round 2 -
Brian Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)

Artist Nomination -
The Bee Gees - Horizontal (1968)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 11:55am

4 - Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976)
3 - Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)
2 - Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
1 - Korn - Follow the Leader (1968)

1900-1984 Prog Rock
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972)
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)

1985-present Prog Rock
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 12:30pm

Donnie Dream Theater-Metropolis pt 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) is alrrady inducted. You have one more nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 13:02pm

Round 2 nomination:

Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 05/9/2018 @ 22:37pm

Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)-4
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976)-3
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)-2
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)-1

Wire might fit the bill for genre vote as they were on the artsier side of the punk spectrum.

Any thoughts

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 05/10/2018 @ 08:18am

Which of the concept albums that did not get in during the two parts of last month's genre vote qualify this month and have not yet been nominated?

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 05/10/2018 @ 14:52pm

Jennifer Any of these are eligible.

Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975)
King Crimson - Lizard (1970)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Jethro Tull - To Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1973)
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)
Queensyrche- Operation: Mindcrime II (2006)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
David Bowie and Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/10/2018 @ 16:33pm

Donnie, it's "The Turn of a Friendly Card"...

Prog Rock Round 1 Nominations

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 05/10/2018 @ 23:43pm

1900-1984 Prog Rock

The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)

Posted by Carol Sue on Thursday, 05/10/2018 @ 23:44pm

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Dixie Dregs - What If (1978)
John Cale - Music for a New Society (1982)

Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
Ween - The Mollusk (1997)
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)

The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 05/11/2018 @ 05:49am

Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 4
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 3
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976) - 2
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/11/2018 @ 08:46am

Since there is another Van Der Graaf Generator album nominated I'm going to make a switch to add some variety. Please switch out

Van Der Graaf Generator- H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

to

Triumvrat- Spartacus (1975)

Impressed at the ballot so far and surprised that no one has nominated Jethro Tull or King Crimson for round one.

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 05/11/2018 @ 22:21pm

Greg F,
Thank you so much! It really helped me decide on my final nominees. I tried to pick group's that were not already nominated yet for the first vote and who either do not have any (Rainbow) or not enough (Blue Oyster Cult and Jethro Tull) representation in the album project.

Art Rock / Progressive Rock 1900-1984 Album Genre Nominations:

Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1978) includes such classic songs as Godzilla
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) includes such classic songs as Gates of Babylon as well as the title track

Honorable Mentions/Potential Nominations for anyone still needing a nomination suggestion:

Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 05/11/2018 @ 23:06pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976) - 25
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978) - 24
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998) - 23
______________________________

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 18

Nine Inch Nails will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote. If you feel that they should be nominated for the genre vote this month instead, please let the group know.

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's Album Project vote:

Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted, and Black (1972)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie (1976)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
Raspberries - Fresh (1972)
Wire - Chairs Missing (1978)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/12/2018 @ 00:27am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1978)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Camel - Mirage (1974)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
Dixie Dregs - What If (1978)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Eloy - Ocean (1977)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975)
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972)
Gong - Flying Teapot (1973)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
John Cale - Music for a New Society (1982)
Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly (1968)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning (1973)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Styx - Paradise Theater (1981)
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1968)
The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis (1968)
The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights (1978)
Traffic - Traffic (1968)
Triumvrat - Spartacus (1975)
Uriah Heap - Demons and Wizards (1972)
Van Der Draaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/12/2018 @ 00:29am

These are my Album choices:

01. The Moody Blues- Long Distance Voyager (1981)
02. Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1973)
03. Gentle Giant- Free Hand (1975)
04. Gentle Giant- Octopus (1972)
05. Kansas- Leftoverture (1976)
06. Styx- Paradise Theater (1981)
07. Genesis- Genesis (1983)
08. Renaissance- Ashes Are Burning (1973)

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 05/12/2018 @ 05:30am

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Camel - Mirage (1974)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning (1973)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Saturday, 05/12/2018 @ 07:25am

Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1978)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)
Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly (1968)
Styx - Paradise Theater (1981)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights (1978)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 05/12/2018 @ 10:13am

Gong- Flying Teapot (1973)
Eloy- Ocean (1977)
Procol Harum- Shine on Brightly (1968)
Triumvirat- Spartacus (1975)
Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975)
Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1973)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 05/12/2018 @ 17:35pm

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Camel- Mirage (1974)
Gong- Flying Teapot (1973)
John Cale - Music for a New Society (1982)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)
The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights (1978)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 05/12/2018 @ 18:54pm

Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1978)
Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)
Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly (1968)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Styx - Paradise Theater (1981)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
Uriah Heap - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 05/13/2018 @ 01:14am

Camel - Mirage (1974)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972)
Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)
Styx - Paradise Theater (1981)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1968)
Uriah Heap - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Last Cuts: Van Der Graaf Generation, The Moody Blues, Alan Parsons Project (Eve), Procol Harum, Brian Eno, Eloy

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 05/14/2018 @ 09:30am

That should've said Van Der Graaf Generator. (Typing instincts got the better of me)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 05/14/2018 @ 09:35am

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly (1968)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1968)
The Walker Brothers- Nite Flights (1978)
Traffic - Traffic (1968)
Uriah Heap - Demons and Wizards (1972)
Van Der Graaf Gentator - Pawn Hearts (1971)

Blue Oyster Cult’s Spectres was released in 1977.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 05/15/2018 @ 19:51pm

My current vote count:

Kansas - Leftoverture (1976) - 4
Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly (1968) - 4
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973) - 4
Styx - Paradise Theater (1981) - 4
____________________________________________

Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1978) - 3
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 3
Camel - Mirage (1974) - 3
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972) - 3
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) - 3
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) - 3
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) - 3
The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights (1978) - 3
Uriah Heap - Demons and Wizards (1972) - 3
Van Der Draaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971) - 3
____________________________________________

Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971) - 2
Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975) - 2
Gong - Flying Teapot (1973) - 2
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 2
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning (1973) - 2
The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1968) - 2

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 1
Eloy - Ocean (1977) - 1
Genesis - Genesis (1983) - 1
John Cale - Music for a New Society (1982) - 1
Traffic - Traffic (1968) - 1
Triumvrat - Spartacus (1975) - 1

Dixie Dregs - What If (1978) - 0
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 0
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) - 0
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 0
The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis (1968) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Enigmaticus
Nicky Joe
Steve Z
Greg F
DarinRG
jtrichey
Donnie
Nick

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Wednesday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/15/2018 @ 23:30pm

Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)
Styx - Paradise Theater (1981)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 05/16/2018 @ 00:52am

Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)
Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly (1968)
Camel - Mirage (1974)
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Van Der Draaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
John Cale - Music for a New Society (1982)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 05/16/2018 @ 06:28am

Camel - Mirage (1974)
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly (1968)
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning (1973)
The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1968)
Triumvrat - Spartacus (1975)
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)

Uriah Heap was the final cut

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/16/2018 @ 19:01pm

Art Rock/Progressive Rock 1900-1984 Song Genre Ballot:

Blue Oyster Cult - Career of Evil (1974)
Circus Maximus - Wind (1967)
Genesis - Turn it On Again (1980)
Queen - Flash (Single Version) (1980)
Rainbow - Gates of Babylon (1978)
Renaissance - Trip to the Fair (1975)
Styx - Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) (1977)
Styx - The Grand Illusion (1977)
Supertramp - Dreamer (1974)
The Alan Parsons Project - A Dream Within a Dream/The Raven (1976)
The Alan Parsons Project - Time (1980)
Thunderclap Newman - Accidents (1969)
Traffic - John Barleycorn (Must Die) (1970)
Uriah Heep - The Wizard (1972)
Yes - Yours is No Disgrace (1971)

My last cuts were ELO, both Emerson, Lake & Palmer songs, Procol Harem, and The Alan Parsons Project (Games People Play). There are also many others that I would eventually vote for. Another Great Ballot!!!

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 05/16/2018 @ 23:35pm

Art Rock / Progressive Rock 1900-1984 Album Genre:

Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1978)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Styx - Paradise Theater (1981)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 05/16/2018 @ 23:47pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Kansas - Leftoverture (1976) - 7

Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly (1968) - 6
Styx - Paradise Theater (1981) - 6
____________________________

Camel - Mirage (1974) - 5
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972) - 5
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) - 5
Van Der Draaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971) - 5
____________________________

Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1978) - 4
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 4
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) - 4
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973) - 4
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) - 4
Uriah Heap - Demons and Wizards (1972) - 4

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 3
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971) - 3
Genesis - Genesis (1983) - 3
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning (1973) - 3
The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1968) - 3
The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights (1978) - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973) - 2
Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975) - 2
Gong - Flying Teapot (1973) - 2
John Cale - Music for a New Society (1982) - 2
Triumvrat - Spartacus (1975) - 2

Eloy - Ocean (1977) - 1
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 1
The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) - 1
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 1
Traffic - Traffic (1968) - 1

Dixie Dregs - What If (1978) - 0
The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis (1968) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Enigmaticus
Nicky Joe
Steve Z
Greg F
DarinRG
jtrichey
Donnie
Nick
Rick Vendl II
BSLO
Tom H.
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)
Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly (1968)
Styx - Paradise Theater (1981)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Camel - Mirage (1974)
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
Van Der Draaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/17/2018 @ 01:27am

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Art Rock / Progressive Rock 1985-2017".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/17/2018 @ 01:28am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is The Bee Gees.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 19th. Nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central on the 19th, when voting begins.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/17/2018 @ 01:29am

Prog Rock Round 2 Nomination

Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 05/17/2018 @ 01:50am

I'm re-posting my nominations to remind everyone what I have nominated.

IQ- Dark Matter (2004)
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Porcupine Tree- Signify (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/17/2018 @ 03:23am

I also want to remind everyone what my artist vote nomination.

The Bee Gees- Odessa (1969)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/17/2018 @ 03:31am

Camel - Mirage (1974)-4
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972)-3
Van Der Draaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)-2
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 05/17/2018 @ 06:51am

My choices:

The Moody Blues- Long Distance Voyager (1981)- 4
Gentle Giant- Octopus (1972)- 3
Camel- Mirage (1974) - 2
Van der Graaf Generator- Pawn Hearts (1971)- 1

Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 05/17/2018 @ 07:15am

Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971) - 4
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) - 3
Camel - Mirage (1974) - 2
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972) - 1

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 05/17/2018 @ 10:54am

4 - Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)
3 - Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972)
2 - Camel - Mirage (1974)
1 - The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Thursday, 05/17/2018 @ 11:04am

4 - Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)
3 - Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972)
2 - Camel - Mirage (1974)
1 - The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 05/18/2018 @ 07:06am

Tiebreaker:

The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) [4 Points]
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971) [3 Points]
Camel - Mirage (1974) [2 Points]
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 05/18/2018 @ 14:12pm

Gentle Giant- Octopus (1972) 4
Van der Graaf Generator- Pawn Hearts (1971) 3
The Moody Blues- Long Distance Voyager (1981) 2
Camel- Mirage (1974) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 05/18/2018 @ 15:06pm

1. Camel- Mirage (1974) 4 pts
2. Gentle Giant- Octopus (1972) 3 pts
3. Van der Graaf Generator- Pawn Hearts (1971) 2 pts
4. The Moody Blues- Long Distance Voyager (1981) 1 pt

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 05/18/2018 @ 18:47pm

My first genre nomination is modern classsic Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993). The album includes many of his best songs of with sometimes uplifting, but always brilliant lyrics from Jim Steinman. Some songs contain echos of words and themes from the the first album. Some of the album's excellent songs include the singles "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back," "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are," ""Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)," and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through."

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 05/19/2018 @ 23:48pm

My second nomination is by the incredibly talented but criminally underrated singer-songwriter from Boston who is a frequent collaborator with Peter Gabriel and who won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1997: Paula Cole. She got her start performing all of the female parts during Peter Gabriel's Secret World Tour from 1993-1994. As per Wikipedia, "A video of the tour was released as Secret World Live, with Cole covering all the primary female vocals and featured in duets with Gabriel, especially the song "Don't Give Up" on which she sang the part that Kate Bush recorded with Gabriel in 1986. The film received the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video."

My second nomination is Paula Cole - This Fire (1996). Her best and most well known songs came from this multiple Grammy nominated album which she wrote and produced herself. Her work on this song and this album proved that Kate Bush was not the only woman that could produce excellent high concept songs (as well as duets with Peter Gabriel.) Amazingly, she still has no representation in the song or album project.

According to the booklet accompanying the album, it was dedicated to: "the inner fire of all life. May our seeds of light open, brighten, and sow peace on earth." It had many incredible songs. The most popular was the brilliant and multiple Grammy nominated Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? As per Wikipedia, "The song traces the stages of a tragic romance. The first two verses explore infatuation and discovery; a bridge expresses disillusionment, and a final verse changes to despair. A brief transition and chorus that repeats the song's title follows each verse, and questions the loss of the narrator's idyllic dream of spending her lifetime with a Western styled hero...The verse score is minimalist and includes only low, rasping vocals by Cole with percussion accompaniment, while the choral transitions, chorus, and bridge use the full instrumentation and Cole's mezzo-soprano range." Two other highly regarded and equally brilliant songs from the album were "I Don't Want to Wait" and her duet with Peter Gabriel "Hush, Hush, Hush."

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 05/19/2018 @ 23:52pm

My final genre nomination is the excellent collaborative soundtrack album, David Bowie and Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986).

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 05/19/2018 @ 23:55pm

Finally, my artist album is the excellent live album Bee Gees - One Night Only (1998) which includes both their own hits as well their versions of hits they have written for others live like Islands in the Stream and Grease.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 05/20/2018 @ 00:01am

I just realized something about Paula Cole's This Fire album. It was released on the day and month of my birthday - October 15. I'll never forget the night in February 1998 when I was browsing Border's Bookstore with a couple of friends when suddenly I looked up and saw a life sized poster on the wall that read "This Fire" of Paula Cole on a swing with her head back-totally .....!!!!!

I didn't realize that was the cover photo of her new album. I searched the store to see if the poster was being sold, but I couldn't find it. It may have been only available to retail outlets for promotional purposes. Whoever worked at that bookstore and was allowed to take that poster home with him after its time was over was one lucky guy!

I also think the song Feelin Love was used in a sex scene on a soap opera or maybe in a prime time TV show. Paula was very versatile and could turn up the heat if she wanted to.

Posted by joker on Sunday, 05/20/2018 @ 04:32am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Van Der Draaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971) - 23
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972) - 21
Camel - Mirage (1974) - 19
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The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) - 17

The Moody Blues will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here is the class of inductees from this month's first genre vote:

Camel - Mirage (1974)
Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972)
Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)
Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly (1968)
Styx - Paradise Theater (1981)
Van Der Draaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/20/2018 @ 11:19am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012)
Brian Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
David Bowie And Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986)
Django Django - Born Under Saturn (2015)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001)
IQ - Dark Matter (2004)
Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave (1987)
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
Spock's Beard - V (2000)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997)
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
Ween - The Mollusk (1997)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/20/2018 @ 11:22am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Bee Gees - Horizontal (1968)
The Bee Gees - Idea (1968)
The Bee Gees - Main Course (1975)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Bee Gees - One Night Only (1998)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/20/2018 @ 11:23am

These are my chosen albums for the genre vote 2:

01. David Bowie And Trevor Jones- Labyrinth (1986)
02. Dream Theater- Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002)
03. Jethro Tull- Crest Of A Knave (1987)
04. Primus- Sailing The Seas Of Cheese (1991)
05. Rush- Clockwork Angels (2012)
06. Rush- Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)
07. Rush- Presto (1989)
08. Electric Light Orchestra- Zoom (2001)

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 05/20/2018 @ 13:04pm

These are my artist vote choices:

The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Bee Gees - Horizontal (1968)
The Bee Gees - Idea (1968)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 05/20/2018 @ 13:20pm

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012)
Django Django - Born Under Saturn (2015)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Ween - The Mollusk (1997)

Bee Gees
Bee Gees’ 1st (1967)
Horizontal (1968)
Main Course (1975)
Odessa (1969)
Spirits Having Flown (1979)
Trafalgar (1971)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Sunday, 05/20/2018 @ 15:12pm

IQ- Dark Matter (2004)
Porcupine Tree- Signify (1996)
of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Ween- The Mollusk (1997)
Rush- Clockwork Angels (2012)
Marillion- Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
Electric Light Orchestra- Zoom (2001)

Bee Gees

Bee Gees’ 1st (1967)
Horizontal (1968)
Main Course (1975)
Odessa (1969)
Idea (1968)
Trafalgar (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/20/2018 @ 19:31pm

Brian Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Django Django - Born Under Saturn (2015)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 05/20/2018 @ 23:10pm

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012)
Django Django - Born Under Saturn (2015)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997)
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
Ween - The Mollusk (1997)

The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Bee Gees - Idea (1968)
The Bee Gees - Main Course (1975)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 05/21/2018 @ 11:31am

Brian Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Dream Theater- Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 05/21/2018 @ 19:23pm

Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
Ween - The Mollusk (1997)

The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Bee Gees - Horizontal (1968)
The Bee Gees - Main Course (1975)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 05/22/2018 @ 06:33am

The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Bee Gees - Horizontal (1968)
The Bee Gees - Idea (1968)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/23/2018 @ 15:36pm

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012)
David Bowie and Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986)
Django Django - Born Under Saturn (2015) Steve Z
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)

Last Cuts include Smashing Pumpkins and Spock's Beard. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 05/24/2018 @ 01:37am

I've discovered many great albums and songs during this month's votes. Thank you everyone! :D

The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Bee Gees - Horizontal (1968)
The Bee Gees - Main Course (1975)
The Bee Gees - One Night Only (1998)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)

Every nomination is a great album in my opinion! I hope we can eventually get more Bee Gees in the album project.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 05/24/2018 @ 01:53am

Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
IQ - Dark Matter (2004)
Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave (1987)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)

Just about everything was a final cut as this round was just as though as round one

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 05/24/2018 @ 06:49am

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012)
Brian Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Django Django - Born Under Saturn (2015)
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)

The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Bee Gees - Horizontal (1968)
The Bee Gees - Main Course (1975)
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 05/24/2018 @ 12:51pm

My current vote count:

Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002) - 6

Django Django - Born Under Saturn (2015) - 5
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) - 5
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003) - 5
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006) - 5
________________________

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012) - 4
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) - 4
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012) - 4
Ween - The Mollusk (1997) - 4
________________________

Brian Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985) - 3
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993) - 3
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012) - 3
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996) - 3
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007) - 3

David Bowie And Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001) - 2
IQ - Dark Matter (2004) - 2
Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave (1987) - 2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 2

Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour (2013) - 1
Rush - Presto (1989) - 1
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012) - 1
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) - 1
Spock's Beard - V (2000) - 0

This count includes these votes:

Enigmaticus
Nicky Joe
Greg F
jtrichey
Steve Z
DarinRG
BSLO
Jennifer
Tom H.
Nick

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/24/2018 @ 15:37pm

My votes:

Django Django - Born Under Saturn (2015)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/24/2018 @ 15:37pm

Ween - The Mollusk (1997)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave (1987)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
David Bowie And Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)

Posted by joker on Thursday, 05/24/2018 @ 23:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Django Django - Born Under Saturn (2015) - 6
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002) - 6
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) - 6
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003) - 6
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006) - 6
____________________________

Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) - 5
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012) - 5
Ween - The Mollusk (1997) - 5
____________________________

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012) - 4
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) - 4
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012) - 4
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996) - 4
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007) - 4

Brian Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985) - 3
David Bowie And Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986) - 3
Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave (1987) - 3
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993) - 3
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 3
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001) - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001) - 2
IQ - Dark Matter (2004) - 2
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012) - 2

Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour (2013) - 1
Rush - Presto (1989) - 1
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) - 1

Spock's Beard - V (2000) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Enigmaticus
Nicky Joe
Greg F
jtrichey
Steve Z
DarinRG
BSLO
Jennifer
Tom H.
Nick
Darren
joker

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Django Django - Born Under Saturn (2015)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Ween - The Mollusk (1997)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/25/2018 @ 01:04am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967) - 8
_______________________________

The Bee Gees - Horizontal (1968) - 7
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971) - 7
_______________________________

The Bee Gees - Main Course (1975) - 6
The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969) - 6
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979) - 6

The Bee Gees - Idea (1968) - 4

The Bee Gees - One Night Only (1998) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Enigmaticus
Nicky Joe
Greg F
Steve Z
BSLO
Tom H.
Jennifer
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

The Bee Gees - Horizontal (1968)
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/25/2018 @ 01:07am

I have selected The Bee Gee’s- Trafalgar (1971).

Here are my choices for the tiebreaker;

1. Rush- Clockwork Angels (2012)- 3
2. Ween- The Mollusk (1997)- 2
3. Primus- Sailing The Seas Of Cheese (1991)- 1

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Friday, 05/25/2018 @ 02:52am

Tiebreaker:

Ween - The Mollusk (1997) [3 Points]
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) [2 Points]
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012) [1 Point]

The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 05/25/2018 @ 10:31am

Tiebreaker -
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) - 3
Ween - The Mollusk (1997) - 2
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012) - 1

The Bee Gees Tiebreaker -
Horizontal (1968)

Very happy two early Bee Gees albums will get in from this Artist Vote.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 05/25/2018 @ 11:16am

3 - Ween - The Mollusk (1997)
2 - Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
1 - Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)

The Bee Gees - Horizontal (1968)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Friday, 05/25/2018 @ 13:48pm

Ween- The Mollusk (1997)-3
Rush- Clockwork Angels (2012)-2
Primus- Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)-1

The Bee Gees- Horizontal (1968)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 05/25/2018 @ 14:10pm

Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) - 3
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012) - 2
Ween - The Mollusk (1997) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/25/2018 @ 22:33pm

Ween - The Mollusk (1997) - 3
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) - 2
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012) - 1

Posted by joker on Friday, 05/25/2018 @ 22:56pm

Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) 3
Ween - The Mollusk (1997) 2
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012) 1

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 05/26/2018 @ 20:22pm

Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)-3
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)-2
Ween - The Mollusk (1997)-1

The Bee Gees- Trafalgar (1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 05/26/2018 @ 22:34pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Ween - The Mollusk (1997) - 20
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Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) - 18
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012) - 16

Primus And Rush will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Django Django - Born Under Saturn (2015)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (2003)
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
Ween - The Mollusk (1997)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/28/2018 @ 02:35am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

The Bee Gees - Horizontal (1968) - 3
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The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971) - 3

The last vote cast was Tom H.'s vote for Trafalgar (1971). That vote is eliminated to break the tie.

Trafalgar (1971) will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees from this artist vote:

The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st (1967)
The Bee Gees - Horizontal (1968)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/28/2018 @ 02:38am

Rule Changes In 2018:

Starting in January, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated genres or artists during genre / artist selection votes.

Starting in January, voters will be able to nominate as many as 3 albums for genre votes.

Starting in May, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated songs in the Artist Project and the Genre Project votes.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Sting (eligible again in July 2018)
Nina Simone (eligible again in August 2018)
James Brown (eligible again in September 2018)
Motorhead (eligible again in October 2018)
Mariah Carey (eligible again in November 2018)
The Bee Gees (eligible again in December 2018)

Chicago is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2017 and two albums from 1900-2017. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1980’s R&B/Soul
2010's Hip-Hop
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Concept Albums
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"British Invasion" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"Funk" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"1960's R&B/Soul" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"Punk Rock" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"Concept Albums" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"Art Rock/Progressive Rock" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"Live Albums" and "Jazz Fusion" are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Jethro Tull
John Williams
Judas Priest
Rod Stewart
Rush

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Bee Gees
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/1/2018 @ 00:03am

My nominations:

deadmau5- 4x4=12 (2010)
Kesha- Rainbow (2017)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)

Genre: Power Pop

Artist: Rickie Lee Jones

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/1/2018 @ 00:50am

Albums
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
Thundercat - Drunk (2017)

Genre: Post-Punk

Posted by Nicky Joe on Friday, 06/1/2018 @ 04:24am

General Vote Nominees

Leftfield- Leftism (1995)
Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017)
Queen- A Kind of Magic (1986)

Genre Vote Nomination

1970's Hard Rock/Metal

Artist Vote Nomination

AC/DC

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 06/1/2018 @ 16:32pm

Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 06/1/2018 @ 18:26pm

Genre Nomination

Jazz

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 06/1/2018 @ 20:08pm

Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 06/2/2018 @ 11:07am

noms:

VAST - Visual Audio Sensory Theater (1998)
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 06/2/2018 @ 16:01pm

General Nominations -
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)

Artist Nomination -
The Temptations

Genre Nomination -
Blues

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 06/2/2018 @ 21:51pm

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Artist - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/3/2018 @ 01:46am

Here are my album choices:

Duran Duran- Paper Gods (2015)
Yes- Magnification (2001)
Rush- Presto (1989)

Artist’s vote- Duran Duran

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 06/3/2018 @ 05:11am

I apologize for the nearly month-long layoff in voting in the Album project. Here, with votes to come I presume, are my nominees for the Album Project this month.

Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
Foreigner - Agent Provocateur (1984)
Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want? (2017)

My Genre nomination for this month is:

Songs from the Grand Theft Auto series

And my Artist Vote nominee this month is:

My Genre Vote nomination for this month is:

Carly Simon

Hoping this is in time,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Sunday, 06/3/2018 @ 18:35pm

Enig, You're allowed to nominate two albums proir to 2017. If you want to nominate three album one of them needs to be from 2017.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/3/2018 @ 19:09pm

June 2018 Album Project Nominations:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

June 2018 Album Project Artist Nomination:

Train

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 06/3/2018 @ 21:07pm

My Genre nomination for this month is:

Songs from the Grand Theft Auto series

Posted by Lax35 on Sunday, 06.3.18 @ 18:35pm

How does songs from the Grand Theft Auto series fit for the Album Project?

That genre/theme works for the Song Project (though like I've stated many times before, the entire Grand Theft Auto series is way too broad for the Genre Vote), but doesn't work for the Album Project at all.

Perhaps maybe changing it to Artists that Have Had Songs in a Grand Theft Auto game be what we can choose from for the Album Project (though again, that'd also be way too broad, but it could work I suppose).

I'm pretty confused here on how what you normally nominate for the Song Project can work for the Album Project?

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 06/3/2018 @ 23:14pm

Yeah, "Songs from the Grand Theft Auto series" can't be included in the Album Project Genre vote. It seems like it's an error in the nomination, in my opinion.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/4/2018 @ 00:36am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
deadmau5 - 4x4=12 (2010)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Duran Duran - Paper Gods (2015)
Foreigner - Agent Provocateur (1984)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want? (2017)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
Thundercat - Drunk (2017)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
VAST - Visual Audio Sensory Theater (1998)
Yes - Magnification (2001)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/4/2018 @ 00:37am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
2010's Hip-Hop
Blues
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Movie Soundtracks
Power Pop

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/4/2018 @ 00:39am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

AC/DC
Carly Simon
Duran Duran
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Judas Priest
Rickie Lee Jones
Rod Stewart
Rush
The Temptations
Train
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/4/2018 @ 00:40am

deadmau5 - 4x4=12 (2010)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)

Genres:

Power Pop
Blues
Glam Rock
1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
Movie Soundtracks

Artists:

Rickie Lee Jones
Carly Simon
Duran Duran
Jethro Tull
Judas Priest

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/4/2018 @ 01:02am

General Vote

deadmau5 - 4x4=12 (2010)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts: The Bee Gees, The Moody Blues, Don McLean, LCD Soundystem, Kid Cudi, Primus

Genre Vote

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
2010's Hip-Hop
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks

Last Cuts: Blues, Jazz, Power Pop, Glam Rock

A short, but excellent ballot for the Genres, I would be open to any of the 10 nominees winning. Even though we've done Blues and Jazz on a number of occasions, there's always more holes in those genres to be filled.

Artist Vote

AC/DC
Duran Duran
Judas Priest
Rod Stewart
The Temptations

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 06/4/2018 @ 02:50am

Darren,

I thought Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock carried over to this month according to your post at the beginning of the month. If I had known otherwise, I would have nominated it again.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 06/4/2018 @ 03:41am

CORRECTION:

I did announce a couple genres were automatically nominated, so even though that was a mistake, I'll include them on this month's list, as announcing it incorrectly may have convinced voters not to nominate them.

If you've already voted, you can change your ballot if you choose to do so.
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Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
2010's Hip-Hop
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Blues
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Movie Soundtracks
Power Pop

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/4/2018 @ 08:18am

Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Foreigner - Agent Provocateur (1984)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980’s R&B/Soul
Blues
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz

AC/DC
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Judas Priest
Rod Stewart
The Temptations

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 06/4/2018 @ 09:47am

Re: the Artist vote

Here are my chosen artists:

Rush
Duran Duran
Jethro Tull
Carly Simon
Rickie Lee Jones
John Williams

Re: the genres:

1980’s R&B/Soul
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Glam Rock
Jazz
Power pop
Black History Month: Donnie’s List Of the Greatest Black Artists Of All Time

Re: Albums

Yes: Magnification (2001)
Rush- Clockwork Angels (2012)
The Moody Blues- Long Distance Voyager (1981)
Duran Duran- Paper Gods (2015)
Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1973)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)
Shania Twain- Come On Over (1997)
Don McLean- American Pie (1971)

Thank you, have a nice day.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Monday, 06/4/2018 @ 10:40am

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Shania Twain - Come on Over (1997)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
Thundercat - Drunk (2017)

1970s Hard Rock/Metal
1980s R&B/Soul
1990s R&B
2010s Hip-Hop
Blues
Jazz

AC/DC
Judas Priest
The Temptations

Posted by Nicky Joe on Monday, 06/4/2018 @ 12:40pm

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)

Blues
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Power Pop

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 06/4/2018 @ 18:08pm

General -
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Genre -
1980’s R&B/Soul
1990’s R&B/Soul
2010’s Hip-Hop
Blues
Glam Rock
Power Pop

Artist -
AC/DC
Carly Simon
Judas Priest
Rickie Lee Jones
Rod Stewart
The Temptations

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/4/2018 @ 22:14pm

Foreigner - Agent Provocateur (1984)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
VAST - Visual Audio Sensory Theater (1998)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 06/5/2018 @ 00:38am

Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)

1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
2010's Hip-Hop
Blues
Glam Rock
Power Pop

Carly Simon
Jethro Tull
Judas Priest
Rod Stewart
Rush
The Temptations

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 06/5/2018 @ 23:14pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project. The Albums in my ballot are:

Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
Foreigner - Agent Provocateur (1984)
Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want? (2017)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1973)

My Genre vote ballot, with apologies to my initial mistake of a nomination, consists of:

Glam Rock
Power Pop
2010’s Hip-Hop
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Black History Month: Donnie’s List Of the Greatest Black Artists Of All Time

And my Artist Vote ballot consists of:

Carly Simon
Rush
Jethro Tull
The Temptations
Judas Priest

Sorry again for confusing songs with albums,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Wednesday, 06/6/2018 @ 09:10am

June 2018 Album Genre Ballot:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks
Power Pop
1970's Hard Rock/Metal

Last Cuts include 1980’s R&B/Soul, Blues, and Jazz. There are also other genres that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 06/6/2018 @ 18:17pm

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980’s R&B/Soul
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Blues
Jazz
Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/6/2018 @ 19:00pm

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
2010's Hip-Hop
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time
Glam Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Power Pop

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/6/2018 @ 22:58pm

My votes:

Duran Duran - Paper Gods (2015)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Would support in the future:

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
_______________________

Duran Duran
Jethro Tull
Judas Priest
Rush
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/6/2018 @ 23:33pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Glam Rock - 8
_________________________

Power Pop - 7

1980’s R&B/Soul - 6
Blues - 6

1970's Hard Rock/Metal - 5
2010's Hip-Hop - 5
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 5
Jazz - 5
_________________________

1990's R&B - 3
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock - 3
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time - 3

Movie Soundtracks - 2

This month's selected genre is "Glam Rock".

Nominations begin on the 8th at 11 PM Central. Before then, we need to decide if this genre will be divided into two votes or not and what criteria would be used to split the votes if we have a split.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/7/2018 @ 00:09am

My current vote count:

Roxy Music - Stranded (1973) - 6

Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 5
______________________

Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 4
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 4
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) - 4
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) - 4
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) - 4
______________________

Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974) - 3
Foreigner - Agent Provocateur (1984) - 3
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 3
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981) - 3

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 2
Duran Duran - Paper Gods (2015) - 2
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 2
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006) - 2
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 2
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012) - 2
SZA - Ctrl. (2017) - 2
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971) - 2

Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 1
Leftfield - Leftism (1995) - 1
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 1
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want? (2017) - 1
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) - 1
Thundercat - Drunk (2017) - 1
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1
VAST - Visual Audio Sensory Theater (1998) - 1
Yes - Magnification (2001) - 1

deadmau5 - 4x4=12 (2010) - 0
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017) - 0
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 0
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 0
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 0

This count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
Enigmaticus
Nicky Joe
DarinRG
Nick
jtrichey
BSLO
Lax35
Darren

Voting closes at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/7/2018 @ 00:13am

Darren

You missed my votes and Donnie's votes.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/7/2018 @ 00:27am

Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)

Carly Simon
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Rush
The Temptations
TV On The Radio

No to a genre vote split. I think one round is all you need.

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/7/2018 @ 06:42am

No split one vote should be enough.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/7/2018 @ 07:59am

8 votes:

Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 4
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
Foreigner - Agent Provocateur (1984)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Darrin A on Thursday, 06/7/2018 @ 08:18am

I don't think we need a split for the Genre Vote.

And yes, mine and Greg F's votes were missed for the Album project.

I know my nomination, "Leftism" by Leftfield has three votes (myself, Greg F, and BSLO), instead of one vote.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 06/7/2018 @ 16:38pm

No Split for the upcoming Glam Rock genre vote

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 06/7/2018 @ 16:46pm

Before everyone decides not to split the Glam Rock vote, please read my upcoming post and strongly consider the case for splitting it.

Also, I would love to hear what the nominator of the genre thinks we should do.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 06/7/2018 @ 19:47pm

This post might change a few minds about Not Splitting Glam Rock. Hopefully, it at least inpires a good discussion. Glam Rock and the influence it had seems to be poorly understood and vastly under estimated. Many of the under represented artists appear often among many FRL participants album and song nominations but usually have a hard time getting in. Even though I am not really an expert on Glam Rock, there are some standouts to me that are under represented.

Those with 0 albums inducted include ABBA, Adam Ant, Adam Lambert, Bay City Rollers, Marc Bolan, Motley Crue, Panic! At the Disco, Poison, Roy Wood, Scissor Sisters, Slade, Steve Harley, Suzy Quatro, The Runaways, The Tubes, Twisted Sister, and Wizzard.

Those with only 1 album inducted include Blondie, My Chemical Romance, New York Dolls, and Sweet.

Those with only 2 albums inducted include Def Leppard, Donovan, Iggy Pop, Janelle Monae, KISS, Lady Gaga, Manic Street Preachers, Marilyn Manson, Mott the Hoople, Sparks, and T.Rex.

I support a split of 1900-1984 and 1985-2017 for the glam rock genre so we can get a good mix of both old school and newer acts influenced by by its musical/visual style in with this vote since both are severely under represented in the album project with a very small number of exceptions. After all, one vote means that only a mere 6 albums gets inducted which is not nearly representative enough.

Here is the representation in the album project for bands listed as Glam Artists and artists heavily influenced by its musical/visual style on Wikipedia alone:

ABBA=0
Adam Ant=0
Adam Lambert=0
Alastair Riddell=0
Alexandra Starlight=0
Alex Harvey=0
Alice Cooper=3
Alvin Stardust=0
Amanda Palmer=0
Angel=0
Arrows=0
Barry Blue=0
Bay City Rollers=0
Be Bop Deluxe=0
Blackfoot Sue=0
Black Veil Brides=0
Blondie=1
Brett Smiley=0
Brian Eno=8
Bryan Ferry=0
Cheap Trick=3
Chicory Tip=0
Cinema Bizarre=0
David Bowie=11
David Essex=0
Def Leppard=2
Doctor & The Medics=0
Doctors of Madness=0
Donovan=2
Duran Duran=3
Edy Star=0
Edguy=0
Electric Light Orchestra=5
Elton John=4
Engine Alley=0
Fakawi=0
Falling in Reverse=0
Fox=0
Foxy Shazam=0
Gary Glitter=0
Geisha=0
Geordie=0
Girl=0
Guns N' Roses=3
Hanoi Rocks=0
Harlow=0
Heavy Metal Kids=0
Hello=0
HIM=0
Hinder=0
Hot Leg=0
Hush=0
IAMX=0
Ian Hunter=0
Iggy Pop=2
Iron Virgin=0
Janelle Monae=2
Jayne County=0
Jet=0
Jetboy=0
Joan Jett=0
Jobriath=0
John Howard=0
Kenny=0
Kesha-0
King Adora=0
King Charles=0
KISS=2
Lacrimas Profundere=0
Lady Gaga=2
Lemming=0
Lordi=0
Lou Reed=4
Made in Brazil=0
Magic Tramps=0
Magnus Uggla=0
Manic Street Preachers=2
Mansun=0
Marilyn Manson=2
Marc Bolan=0
Marcus Reeves=0
Melody Club=0
Metro=0
Mick Ronson=0
Mikey Jukebox=0
Milk 'N' Cookies=0
Motley Crue=0
Mott the Hoople=2
Mud=0
Muse=4
My Chemical Romance=1
Negative=0
Neil Merryweather=0
New York Dolls=1
Ney Matogrosso=0
Ol' 55=0
Panic! At the Disco=0
Paper Lace=0
Pilot=0
Placebo=0
Poison=0
Prima Donna=0
Prince=6
Pure Rubbish=0
Queen=6
Rabbit=0
Racy=0
Reckless Love=0
Robin Black=0
Roxy Music=5
Roy Wood=0
Sadistic Mika Band=0
Scissor Sisters=0
Seco & Molhados=0
Semi Precious Weapons=0
Showaddywaddy=0
Silverhead=0
Skyhooks=0
Slade=0
Slik=0
Smokie=0
Spacehog=0
Space Waltz=0
Sparks=2
Split Enz=0
Steel Panther=0
Steve Harley=0
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebels=0
Suede=3
Supergroupies=0
Supernaut=0
Suzy Quatro=0
Sweeney Todd=0
Sweet=1
T.Rex=2
T. Roth and Another Pretty Face=0
Take That=0
The 69 Eyes=0
The Ark =0
The Auteurs=0
The Cure=6
The Darkness=0
The Darts=0
The Glitter Band=0
The Mavis's=0
The Quireboys=0
The Rubettes=0
The Runaways=0
The Struts=0
The Tubes=0
The Walkers=0
The Yellow Monkey=0
Tokio Hotel=0
Twisted Sister=0
Undercover Slut=0
V Sparks=0
Vodka Collins=0
W.A.S.P.=0
We Are the Fury=0
White Hot Odyssey=0
White Witch=0
Wig Wam=0
William Shakespeare=0
Wizzard=0
Wrathchild=0
X JAPAN=0
Zolar X=0

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 06/7/2018 @ 21:14pm

I did miss Donnie and Greg F's votes. Their votes didn't change the winner of the Genre vote, which is still Glam Rock.

Here are the updated final standings:

Glam Rock - 9
___________________

1980’s R&B/Soul - 8
Power Pop - 8

Blues - 7

1970's Hard Rock/Metal - 6
2010's Hip-Hop - 6
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 6

1990's R&B - 5
Jazz - 5

Movie Soundtracks - 4
________________________

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock - 3
Black History Month: Donnie's List of the 100 Greatest Black Music Artists of All Time - 3

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/8/2018 @ 01:52am

Jennifer,

You posted a very interesting list.

Glam Rock isn't one of my favorite types of rock, but I never in my wildest hallucinations imagined some of those names could be classified that way. For example - Abba, Bay City Rollers, Donovan, Electric Light Orchestra, Elton John, Guns N' Roses, Kesha, Lady Gaga, and Prince.

Thanks for that!

Posted by joker on Friday, 06/8/2018 @ 02:22am

joker,

I was surprised by it also when I began researching it a bit which is a large part of why I wrote the post and am hoping we can split the vote so some of these under represented artists have a shot at getting an album voted in.

So, joker (and everyone else), what do you think about splitting the genre vote?

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 06/8/2018 @ 02:34am

Jennifer,

Let me sleep on it. I'll give you an answer in the morning......

Posted by joker on Friday, 06/8/2018 @ 02:47am

LOL

Will you love me forever? ;P

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 06/8/2018 @ 03:16am

Jennifer,

I couldn't go to bed without feeling that you wanted to know right now that I'd support splitting the genre vote. So yes, since the list spans several decades and its volume is plentiful - I support a split of the glam rock genre vote.

I'll support it till the end of time!!!

<3

Posted by joker on Friday, 06/8/2018 @ 04:44am

June 2018 Album Artist Ballot:

Carly Simon
John Williams
Rickie Lee Jones
Rod Stewart
Rush
Train

Last Cuts include Duran Duran, Jethro Tull and The Temptations. I would eventually vote for every artist nominated. It is a great group of worthy nominations!

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 06/8/2018 @ 18:16pm

Hey Steve Z, Enigmaticus, DarinRG, BSLO, Lax35, and Darren,

I noticed that y'all voted for the Glam Rock Album Genre, but have yet to express your opinion on whether it should be split. There are many more artists eligible than I/probably many of you expected.

So, what do you think?

Also, did I change anyone else's opinion based on my well reasoned argrument FOR a Split?

Either way, I would love to hear everyone's thoughts Right Now on the matter, preferably before tonight's Midnight Deadline!

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 06/8/2018 @ 18:55pm

I have no problem with a split, but I'm seeing an extremely broad definition of glam in the recent comments. I believe Steve Z originally nominated it, so I'd be interested in what boundaries he envisions and I'll defer to that.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 06/8/2018 @ 21:26pm

June 2018 Album Ballot:

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

Last Cuts include Carly Simon, Foreigner, Iggy Pop, Jethro Tull, John Williams, and Rainbow. It was really tough to narrow down both my Final Ballot and Last Cuts. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for. Another Great Ballot!

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 06/8/2018 @ 21:28pm

Hey Jennifer, sorry for the delay.

I did nominate glam rock and I’m happy to see it picked for this month. While initially I figured that a split wouldn’t be necessary, I’ve since changed my mind due to Jennifer’s post. There’s a lot of glam acts that either have no or very little representation, although some of the acts you mentioned, Jennifer, I wouldn’t necessarily place as glam rock.

The genre was mostly prevalent in the 1970s and had a significant decline afterwards, although the 80s did see a glam metal movement. Glam rock, as I see it, has hard hitting guitar riffs fused with a more popish structure. Theatricality is also a major proponent of the genre, whether it be in the elaborate outfits or live performances. If I had to single glam rock to one word, it’d probably be “Decadence.”

Artists I’d recognize as glam or having glam sensibilities include Bowie, T.Rex, Jobriath, Mott the Hopple, Sweet, Slade, Alice Cooper, Queen, Elton John, New York Dolls, and Roxy Music. I think if we do decide on a split, we can split it 1970-1980 and 1981-1990, and if so, the latter portion can include glam/hair metal acts like Def Leppard, Morley Crue, Bob Jovi, and Twisted Sister.

The likes of ABBA, ELO, and Donovan, among others, I would categorize differently.

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 06/8/2018 @ 22:06pm

I think we could split the Glam Rock Genre Vote this month. Perhaps a good cutoff date could be 1974 or so.

Let me know what all of you think about this idea,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Friday, 06/8/2018 @ 22:36pm

A Big Thank You to everyone that has contributed to the Glam Rock discussion.

Since I am no expert on Glam Rock, I am very happy to support everything that the nominator Steve Z has posted, including his suggested date split and what types of acts qualify.

My own post was mostly just going by my initial bit of research on the subject. I was very surprised by what I was finding on my own which is why I started the conversation and wanted to hear what others here thought.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 06/8/2018 @ 23:17pm

Jennifer,

I will also vote for the split, with regards to glam rock.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 06/9/2018 @ 00:26am

Steve's split idea makes sense. I'll vote in favor.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 06/9/2018 @ 01:25am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997) - 9
________________________________

Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974) - 6
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 6
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) - 6
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) - 6
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973) - 6
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) - 6
________________________________

Foreigner - Agent Provocateur (1984) - 4
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 4
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 4
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 4
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4

Leftfield - Leftism (1995) - 3
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 3
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012) - 3
SZA - Ctrl. (2017) - 3
The Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971) - 3

deadmau5 - 4x4=12 (2010) - 2
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 2
Duran Duran - Paper Gods (2015) - 2
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 2
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006) - 2
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 2
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985) - 2
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 2
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 2

John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017) - 1
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 1
Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want? (2017) - 1
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) - 1
Thundercat - Drunk (2017) - 1
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 1
VAST - Visual Audio Sensory Theater (1998) - 1
Yes - Magnification (2001) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
Enigmaticus
Nicky Joe
DarinRG
Nick
jtrichey
BSLO
Lax35
Darren
Greg F
Donnie
Tom H.
Darrin A.
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 5 albums that receives the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote. If any of the albums in the tiebreaker are eligible for this month's genre vote, "Glam Rock", please let us know. Roxy Music would qualify, in my opinion, but the other don't seem like good fits.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaking voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/9/2018 @ 02:15am

"Glam Rock" has been selected as this month's genre vote. This genre will be split into two votes, "Glam Rock 1900-1980" and "Art Rock / Progressive Rock 1981-1990".

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Glam Rock 1900-1980".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/9/2018 @ 02:17am

Genre Vote nominations

Vote 1

Mott the Hoople- The Hoople (1974)
Slade- Slayed? (1972)
T.Rex- Tanx (1973)

Vote 2

Bon Jovi- New Jersey (1988)
Def Leppard- High 'N' Dry (1981)
Twisted Sister- Stay Hungry (1984)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/9/2018 @ 02:20am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Judas Priest - 8
___________________________

Carly Simon - 7
Jethro Tull - 7
The Temptations - 7

Rush - 6

AC/DC - 4
Duran Duran - 4
John Williams - 4
Rickie Lee Jones - 4
Rod Stewart - 4
___________________________

TV On The Radio - 2

Train - 1

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Judas Priest.

Any voter can nominate one album by Judas Priest released from 1900-2017 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

British Steel
Painkiller
Sad Wings of Destiny
Screaming For Vengeance

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Judas Priest's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Priest_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/9/2018 @ 02:20am

Artist vote nomination

Judas Priest- Killing Machine (aka:Hell Bent for Leather) (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/9/2018 @ 02:28am

Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978)

6 - Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
5 - Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
4 - Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
3 - Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
2 - The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
1 - Don McLean - American Pie (1971)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Saturday, 06/9/2018 @ 06:31am

Tiebreaker -
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973) - 6
Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974) - 5
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow (1975) - 4
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 3
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) - 2
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) - 1

Judas Priest Artist Nomination -
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)

I gotta further think about my Glam Rock Nominations. And I’m finally happy Shania got inducted!

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 06/9/2018 @ 11:35am

Steve Z,
Besides ABBA, ELO and Donovan, which artists on Jennifer's suggested list would you not classify as Glam Rock? I wanted to hear your thoughts on it before I post more nominations.

I will go with one that I know is definitely glam rock and a historically significant glam rock artist of his time.

Round 1 Nomination -
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 06/9/2018 @ 15:48pm

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Richie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) (6 pts)
2. Primus- Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) (5 pts)
3. Don McLean- American Pie (1971) (4 pts)
4. The Moody Blues- Long Distance Voyager (1981) (3 pts)
5. Carly Simon- Hotcakes (1974) (2 pts)
6. Roxy Music- Stranded (1973)

Genre Vote Nominations

Round 1

Alice Cooper- Killer (1972)
Gary Glitter- Glitter (1972)
KISS- Love Gun (1977)

I will put nominations for Round 2 and for the Artist Vote tomorrow.

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 06/9/2018 @ 17:09pm

Round One Nominations

New York Dolls- Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Sweet - Give Us a Wink (1976)
Queen - Jazz (1979)

Will post round two nominations later

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 06/9/2018 @ 23:18pm

Round 1:

T. Rex - Tanx (1973)
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973)

And I'll throw in some pre-AC/DC Brian Johnson...

Geordie - Hope You Like It (1973)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 06/10/2018 @ 01:57am

I'll switch my nomination for T. Rex- Tanx (1973) to Sparks- Propaganda (1974).

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/10/2018 @ 02:38am

Re: The tie-breaker Vote, here are my choices:

01. The Moody Blues- Long Distance Voyager (1981)- (6 pts)
02. Don McLean- American Pie (1971)- (5 pts)
03. Carly Simon- Hotcakes (1974)- (4 pts)
04. Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow (1975)- (3 pts)
05. Primus- Sailing The Seas Of Cheese (1991)- (2 pts)
06. Roxy Music- Stranded (1973)- (1 pt)

Re: artist’s vote:

Judas Priest- Nostradamus (2008)

Thank you. Have a great day.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 06/10/2018 @ 06:48am

Artist Vote

Judas Priest-Son After Son (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 06/10/2018 @ 07:44am

Carly Simon- Hotcakes (1974) 6
Rainbow- Richie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) 5
Roxy Music- Stranded (1973) 4
Primus- Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) 3
The Moody Blues- Long Distance Voyager (1981) 2
Don McLean- American Pie (1971) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/10/2018 @ 16:30pm

Nick - Jennifer posted a pretty massive list, and a lot of the acts she listed I'd say are glam rock, but a few names that stuck out to me include Blondie, Duran Duran, Joan Jett, and the Cure, as I'd probably classify them as either New Wave, alternative/post-punk, or hard rock. Some of the newer names didn't sit well either, such as Kesha.

Honestly, it can get tough considering a lot of these acts were definitely influenced by the glam rockers in some way. Certain Brian Eno albums are definitely glam, but others are absolutely ambient or electronic, so with artists like him it'd be a case of choosing the correct album.

P.S. - I want to give you a shoutout for nominating Jobriath. That was going to be one of mine! All of the nominated albums so far have been excellent choices.

Tiebreaker:

Don McLean - American Pie (1971) [6 Points]
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) [5 Points]
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) [4 Points]
Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974) [3 Points]
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973) [2 Points]
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) [1 Point]

Artist Vote:

Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith (1984)

Genre Part 1:

Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)

Genre Part 2:

Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move (1984)
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 06/10/2018 @ 21:26pm

Thanks Steve Z! While I really like some glam rock bands (Roxy Music especially), I don't really know the genre as well as I thought I did. And Jobriath is very underrated and I think one of the most important music acts of the 70s. I'm glad to know you support his work. And thanks to Jennifer for posting that list since it was very helpful.

Here's my other two nominations for Round 1:
Be-Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim (1974)
Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 06/10/2018 @ 21:51pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot.

Carly Simon- Hotcakes (1974) - 6
Rainbow- Richie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) - 5
Roxy Music- Stranded (1973) - 4
The Moody Blues- Long Distance Voyager (1981) - 3
Primus- Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) - 2
Don McLean- American Pie (1971) - 1

Here are my Glam Rock nominations for Round 1.

Roy Wood - Boulders (1973)
Sparks - Propaganda (1974)
ABBA - Voulez-Vous (1977)

And now here are my Round 2 nominees.

Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls (1987)
Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love (1985)
Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982)

And my Artist Vote nominee is:

Judas Priest - Turbo (1986)

A harder category than it seems,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Sunday, 06/10/2018 @ 21:58pm

Glam Rock Round 2 Nominations

Joan Jett- Bad Reputation (1981) (classified as "Glam Rock" on it's Wikipedia page)

Motley Crue- Shout at the Devil (1983)

Whitesnake- Whitesnake (1987)

Artist Vote Nomination

Judas Priest- Unleashed in the East (1979) (live album)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 06/10/2018 @ 22:13pm

I'm changing my nomination for Sparks- Propaganda (1974) to David Harley & Cockney Rebel- The Psychomodo (1974).
Here are my updated nominations.

David Harley & Cockney Rebel- The Psychomodo (1974)
Mott the Hopple- The Hoople (1974)
Slade- Slayed? (1972)

Vote 2:

Bon Jovi- New Jersey (1988)
Def Leppard- High 'n' Dry (1981)
Twisted Sister- Stay Hungry (1984)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/10/2018 @ 22:23pm

Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow (1975)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)

I am going to skip the nominations this round for the genre and artist. Tons of great ones so far!

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 06/10/2018 @ 22:26pm

Correction that should be Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel not David Harley & Cockney Rebel.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/10/2018 @ 22:28pm

Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/11/2018 @ 01:13am

Just noticed the auto correct repelled when I posted my artist nomination. The actual album I'm nominating is:

Judas Priest- Sin After Sin (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/11/2018 @ 10:37am

Round Two Nominations

Quiet Riot- Metal Health (1983)
Ratt- Out of the Cellar (1984)
The Darkness- Permission To Land (2003)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/11/2018 @ 13:29pm

Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)-6
Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)-5
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)-4
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)-3
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)-2
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/11/2018 @ 14:21pm

6 The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)
5 Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
4 Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
3 Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
2 Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
1 Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 06/11/2018 @ 22:30pm

I really love the nominations so the only one I will add is:

The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 06/11/2018 @ 23:16pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

ABBA - Voulez-Vous (1977)
Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Be-Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim (1974)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Gary Glitter - Glitter (1972)
Geordie - Hope You Like It (1973)
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
KISS - Love Gun (1977)
Mott the Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Queen - Jazz (1979)
Roy Wood - Boulders (1973)
Slade - Slayed? (1972)
Sparks - Propaganda (1974)
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo (1974)
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973)
Sweet - Give Us a Wink (1976)
T. Rex - Tanx (1973)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/12/2018 @ 01:10am

Alice Cooper- Killer (1972)
Mott the Hoople- The Hoople (1974)
Elton John- Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
Slade - Slayed? (1972)
Sparks - Propaganda (1974)
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo (1974)
T. Rex- Tanx (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/12/2018 @ 02:46am

The Don McLean album lost the tiebreaker (the rest were inducted). It's not eligible for the genre vote. I'll post the full write-up this evening.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/12/2018 @ 16:52pm

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Gary Glitter - Glitter (1972)
KISS - Love Gun (1977)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Slade - Slayed? (1972)
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973)
Sweet - Give Us a Wink (1976)
T. Rex - Tanx (1973)

Last Cuts: Davie Bowie, Brian Eno, Jobriath, and The Runaways (not classified as Glam Rock on it's wikipedia page)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 06/12/2018 @ 17:51pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) - 46
Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974) - 43
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973) - 38
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) - 36
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) - 35
______________________

Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 33

Don McLean will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the June Album Project:

Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
Roxy Music - Stranded (1973)
Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997)
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/12/2018 @ 21:43pm

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
Mott the Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Queen - Jazz (1979)
Slade - Slayed? (1972)
Sparks - Propaganda (1974)
Sweet - Give Us a Wink (1976)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/14/2018 @ 07:29am

Be-Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim (1974)
Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973)
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Slade - Slayed? (1972)
Sparks - Propaganda (1974)
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973)
Sweet - Give Us a Wink (1976)

For this genre vote, I voted for artists who have little-to-no representation and wouldn’t do as well in General elections. Judging from their catalogs, I think Elton John, Alice Cooper (both band and solo), Kiss, T. Rex, and especially Sparks would be excellent choices for upcoming Artist Vote elections.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 06/14/2018 @ 10:53am

Tom H., I noticed that you nominated an album for Round 2 thats from after the established timelines, but I'm curious to all of the other voters - should we just extend Round Two to present day? That way, it can extend to outliers such as The Darkness, or Neo-Glam acts like Suede?

Anyway, here's my ballot for Round 1:

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
Mott the Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Queen - Jazz (1979)
Slade - Slayed? (1972)

I think everyone did an excellent job with their nominations!

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 06/14/2018 @ 14:34pm

Yeah, this was tough...

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973)
New York Dolls- Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Sparks - Propaganda (1974)
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel- The Psychomodo (1974)
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973)
T. Rex - Tanx (1973)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 06/14/2018 @ 18:33pm

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Slade - Slayed? (1972)
Sparks - Propaganda (1974)
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973)
Sweet - Give Us a Wink (1976)
T. Rex - Tanx (1973)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/16/2018 @ 01:36am

My current vote count:

New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974) - 6
Slade - Slayed? (1972) - 6
Sparks - Propaganda (1974) - 5
__________________________

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 4
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973) - 4
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973) - 4
Sweet - Give Us a Wink (1976) - 4
T. Rex - Tanx (1973) - 4
__________________________

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972) - 3
Mott the Hoople - The Hoople (1974) - 3

Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973) - 2
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974) - 2
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player (1973) - 2
Queen - Jazz (1979) - 2
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo (1974) - 2

Be-Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim (1974) - 1
Gary Glitter - Glitter (1972) - 1
KISS - Love Gun (1977) - 1

ABBA - Voulez-Vous (1977) - 0
Geordie - Hope You Like It (1973) - 0
Roy Wood - Boulders (1973) - 0
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Donnie
Tom H.
Nick
Steve Z
DarinRG
Darren

Voting ends at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Saturday the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/16/2018 @ 02:00am

Round 2 Nominees
Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Autograph - Sign In Please (1984)
Poison - Open Up and Say…Ahh! (1988)

Lax35,
The Bryan Ferry album is ‘Boys and Girls’ from 1985 [I know that because I nominated that album last month; plus ‘Slave To Love’ is an incredible song and should be nominated in the Song Project very soon).

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 06/16/2018 @ 20:32pm

Sparks - Propaganda (1974)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973)
Sweet - Give Us a Wink (1976)
Mott the Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)
Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973)
Slade - Slayed? (1972)

Posted by joker on Saturday, 06/16/2018 @ 22:08pm

ABBA - Voulez-Vous (1977)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Gary Glitter - Glitter (1972)
KISS - Love Gun (1977)
Queen - Jazz (1979)
Slade - Slayed? (1972
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo (1974)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)

I would probably eventually vote for all the nominees. Another Great Ballot!

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 06/16/2018 @ 23:59pm

Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973)
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Slade - Slayed? (1972)
Sparks - Propaganda (1974)
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo (1974)
Sweet - Give Us a Wink (1976)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 06/17/2018 @ 00:11am

If there are any Phantom of the Opera fans here, you really need to check out the great original 1986 promotional video for a more rock and roll version of the title song as sung by glam rocker Steve Harley with Sarah Brightman. His version of the song demonstates his impressive singing range. This version hit No. 7 on the UK charts in January 1986.

It is a very different take on the song with many differing lyrics from the definitive original London West End production. It was also a very different take on the main characters. Christine in this version is downright terrifying as she sings the song with an Egyptian motif as though truly possessed by "her mastermind" the phantom himself who wears a very different mask. (The phantom's rival for her love and devotion, Raoul sports a gnarly '80s mullet hair style only in this version also. LOL)

Harley was originally to play the Phantom on stage until it was decided to make the song more operatic and they recast the role with the brilliant Michael Crawford who originated and defined the role onstage for all who came after when the full show first premiered in the West End (prior to Broadway) in October 1986. The show and Crawford won both the 1986 Olivier and the 1988 Tony for Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical. Phantom quickly became the most financially successful stage musical in the world until it was surpassed by The Lion King in 2014.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 06/17/2018 @ 00:40am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Slade - Slayed? (1972) - 9

New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974) - 7
Sparks - Propaganda (1974) - 7

Sweet - Give Us a Wink (1976) - 6
____________________________

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 5
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973) - 5
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973) - 5
____________________________

Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973) - 4
Mott the Hoople - The Hoople (1974) - 4
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo (1974) - 4
T. Rex - Tanx (1973) - 4

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972) - 3
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player (1973) - 3
Queen - Jazz (1979) - 3
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976) - 3

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974) - 2
Gary Glitter - Glitter (1972) - 2
KISS - Love Gun (1977) - 2

ABBA - Voulez-Vous (1977) - 1
Be-Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim (1974) - 1

Geordie - Hope You Like It (1973) - 0
Roy Wood - Boulders (1973) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Donnie
Tom H.
Nick
Steve Z
DarinRG
Darren
joker
Jennifer
jtrichey

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Slade - Slayed? (1972)
Sparks - Propaganda (1974)
Sweet - Give Us a Wink (1976)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/17/2018 @ 01:45am

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Glam Rock 1981-1990".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/17/2018 @ 01:46am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Judas Priest.

Nominations will remain open until 10 PM Central (accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/17/2018 @ 01:47am

Jobriath- Jobriath (1973) (3)
Suzi Quatro- Suzi Quatro (1973) (2)
Brian Eno- Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/17/2018 @ 16:36pm

1. Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
2. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
3. Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 06/18/2018 @ 00:05am

Tiebreaker -
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973) - 3
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973) - 2
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 1

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/18/2018 @ 01:16am

Tiebreaker:

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) [3 Points]
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973) [2 Points]
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 06/18/2018 @ 12:57pm

These are all solid choices...

Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973) 3
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973) 2
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) 1

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 06/18/2018 @ 18:56pm

Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)-3
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)-2
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/18/2018 @ 19:32pm

Since I nominated an album that fell outside the years encompassed by the genre vote I'll change my nomination of

The Darkness- Permission To Land (2003)

to

Queen- A Kind of Magic (1986)

Rest assured The Darkness will be a nomination of mine come July

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/18/2018 @ 19:50pm

Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973) - 3
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 2
Jobriath - Jobriath (1973) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/19/2018 @ 08:46am

Tie-Breaker

1. Suzi Quatro- Suzi Quatro (1973) 3 pts
2. Jobriath- Jobriath (1973) 2 pts
3. Brian Eno- Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) 1 pt

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 06/19/2018 @ 16:55pm

Suzi Quatro- Suzi Quatro (1973) - 3
Brian Eno- Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 2
Jobriath- Jobriath (1973) - 1

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 06/20/2018 @ 00:13am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (joker's vote was late, but didn't change the results, so it's included):

Jobriath - Jobriath (1973) - 20
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973) - 19
__________________________

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 15

Brian Eno will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon (1974)
Slade - Slayed? (1972)
Sparks - Propaganda (1974)
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro (1973)
Sweet - Give Us a Wink (1976)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/20/2018 @ 00:45am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Autograph - Sign In Please (1984)
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love (1985)
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (1981)
Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move (1984)
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1981)
Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls (1987)
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil (1983)
Poison - Open Up and Say…Ahh! (1988)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983)
Ratt - Out of the Cellar (1984)
Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982)
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry (1984)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/20/2018 @ 00:48am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith (1984)
Judas Priest - Killing Machine (aka:Hell Bent for Leather) (1978)
Judas Priest - Nostradamus (2008)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977)
Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978)
Judas Priest - Turbo (1986)
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East (1979)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/20/2018 @ 00:49am

Darren,
The Bryan Ferry album is 'Boys and Girls'

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 06/20/2018 @ 00:51am

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (1981)
Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move (1984)
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil (1983)
Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983)
Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982)

Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith (1984)
Judas Priest - Killing Machine (aka:Hell Bent for Leather) (1978)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Judas Priest - Turbo (1986)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 06/20/2018 @ 11:20am

Bon Jovi- New Jersey (1988)
Def Leppard- High 'N' Dry (1981)
Hanoi Rocks- Two Steps from the Move (1984)
Motley Crue- Shout at the Devil (1983)
Quiet Riot- Metal Health (1983)
Sparks- Angest in My Pants (1982)
Twisted Sister- Stay Hungry (1984)
Adam and The Ants- Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)

Judas Priest- Defenders of the Faith (1984)
Judas Priest- Killing Machine (1978)
Judas Priest- Sin After Sin (1977)
Judas Priest- Stained Class (1978)
Judas Priest- Unleashed in the East (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/20/2018 @ 17:30pm

I'm glad we're hitting this area. Most of these aren't exactly my thing, but most of this round's nominees are, for better or worse, iconic pieces of the 80s musical landscape.

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Def Leppard- High 'n' Dry (1981)
Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move (1984)
Motley Crue- Shout at the Devil (1983)
Quiet Riot- Metal Health (1983)
Ratt- Out of the Cellar (1984)
Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 06/20/2018 @ 20:00pm

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil (1983)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983)
Ratt - Out of the Cellar (1984)
Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982)
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry (1984)

Judas Priest - Killing Machine (aka:Hell Bent for Leather) (1978)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977)
Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978)
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East (1979)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/21/2018 @ 06:30am

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (1981)
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1981)
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil (1983)
Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983)
Ratt - Out of the Cellar (1984)
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry (1984)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Last Cuts: Queen, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue (Girls Girls Girls), Poison, Bryan Ferry

I cut the Queen album, despite the fact that I've been nominating it in the General Vote quite a bit this year, but to me that album doesn't really fit the glam rock genre all that much. Queen's reputation as a glam rock-styled band was from their early to mid 70's material. I think they weren't touching on glam rock much by 1986. But it won't hurt my feelings if it makes it in obviously.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 06/21/2018 @ 07:41am

Artist Vote Ballot

Judas Priest - Killing Machine (aka:Hell Bent for Leather) (1978)
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977)
Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978)
Judas Priest - Turbo (1986)
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East (1979)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 06/21/2018 @ 07:43am

Judas Priest
Defenders of the Faith (1984)
Killing Machine (aka: Hell Bent for Leather) (1978)
Sin After Sin (1977)
Stained Class (1978)
Unleashed in the East (1979)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Thursday, 06/21/2018 @ 08:51am

Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (1981)
Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move (1984)
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil (1983)
Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983)
Ratt - Out of the Cellar (1984)
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry (1984)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith (1984)
Judas Priest - Killing Machine (aka:Hell Bent for Leather) (1978)
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977)
Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978)
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East (1979)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 06/23/2018 @ 21:47pm

Glam Genre Vote -
Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Autograph - Sign In Please (1984)
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1989)
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1981)
Poison - Open Up and Say…Ahh! (1988)
Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982)
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry (1984)

Judas Priest Artist Vote-
Defenders of the Earth (1984)
Killing Machine (1977)
Point of Entry (1981)
Sin After Sin (1977)
Turbo (1986)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 06/24/2018 @ 13:14pm

Turbo
Killing Machine
Point Of Entry
Stained Class

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/24/2018 @ 22:44pm

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls (1987)
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil (1983)
Poison - Open Up and Say…Ahh! (1988)
Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983)
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry (1984)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/24/2018 @ 23:06pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil (1983) - 7
Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983) - 7

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980) - 6
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry (1984) - 6
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Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988) - 5
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (1981) - 5
Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982) - 5
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Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move (1984) - 4
Ratt - Out of the Cellar (1984) - 4
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987) - 4

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989) - 2
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1981) - 2
Poison - Open Up and Say…Ahh! (1988) - 2

Autograph - Sign In Please (1984) - 1
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985) - 1
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986) - 1
Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls (1987) - 1
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
Greg F
DarinRG
Tom H.
Donnie
BSLO
Nick
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil (1983)
Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983)
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry (1984)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (1981)
Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/25/2018 @ 01:11am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Judas Priest - Killing Machine (aka:Hell Bent for Leather) (1978) - 8
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Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977) - 6
Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978) - 6
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Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith (1984) - 5
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East (1979) - 5

Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981) - 4
Judas Priest - Turbo (1986) - 4

Judas Priest - Nostradamus (2008) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
Greg F
Tom H.
Donnie
Nicky Joe
BSLO
Nick
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Judas Priest - Killing Machine (aka:Hell Bent for Leather) (1978)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977)
Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/25/2018 @ 01:21am

Genre Tie-Breaker

1. Def Leppard- High N Dry (1981) (3 pts)
2. Bon Jovi- New Jersey (1988) (2 pts)
3. Sparks- Angst in My Pants (1982) (3 pts)

Artist Vote Tie-Breaker

Judast Priest- Stained Class (1978)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 06/25/2018 @ 05:40am

Stained Class (1978)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Monday, 06/25/2018 @ 08:48am

Def Leppard- High 'n' Dry (1981)-3
Bon Jovi- New Jersey (1988)-2
Sparks- Angst in My Pants (1982)-1

Judas Priest- Stained Class

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/25/2018 @ 16:44pm

Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982)-3
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)-2
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (1981)-1

Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/25/2018 @ 19:44pm

Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982) - 3
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988) - 2
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (1981) - 1

Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/25/2018 @ 23:32pm

Tiebreaker:

Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978)

Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (1981) [3 Points]
Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982) [2 Points]
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988) [1 Point]

All great picks again!

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 06/26/2018 @ 19:47pm

Stained Class

Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982) - 3
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (1981) - 2
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/27/2018 @ 22:34pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (1981) - 13
Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982) - 13
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Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988) - 10

Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988) will be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (1981)
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil (1983)
Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983)
Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982)
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry (1984)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/28/2018 @ 00:52am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978) - 5
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Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977) - 2

Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977) will be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

Judas Priest - Killing Machine (aka:Hell Bent for Leather) (1978)
Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/28/2018 @ 00:53am

Getting my nominations in again early.

General Vote

Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017)
Leftfield- Leftism (1995)
Queen- A Kind of Magic (1986)

Genre Vote Nomination

1980's Hip-Hop

Artist Vote Nomination

Primus

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 06/30/2018 @ 16:53pm

I'll just vote for the July Album Project now then

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)

Album Genre: 2010s Hip-Hop

Artist Vote: Cocteau Twins

Posted by Nicky Joe on Saturday, 06/30/2018 @ 17:07pm

Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1971)
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden (2012)

Artist: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 06/30/2018 @ 19:08pm

My Nominations

Fleet Foxes- Crack-Up (2017)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)
Smokey Robinson- A Quiet Storm (1975)

Genre: 21st Century Indie Dance

Artist: Yo La Tengo

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/1/2018 @ 02:10am

No Doubt - Rock Steady (2001)
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

Artist: The Rolling Stones

Genre: Country

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 07/1/2018 @ 10:43am

Rule Changes In 2018:

Starting in January, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated genres or artists during genre / artist selection votes.

Starting in January, voters will be able to nominate as many as 3 albums for genre votes.

Starting in May, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated songs in the Artist Project and the Genre Project votes.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Nina Simone (eligible again in August 2018)
James Brown (eligible again in September 2018)
Motorhead (eligible again in October 2018)
Mariah Carey (eligible again in November 2018)
The Bee Gees (eligible again in December 2018)
Judas Priest (eligible again in January 2019)

Sting is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2017 and two albums from 1900-2017. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Bobby "Blue" Bland - Farther Up the Road (1957)
Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues (1968)
Carly Simon - Haven't Got Time For The Pain (1974)
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1971)
Isaac Hayes - Walk On By (1969)
Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie and Clyde (1968)
T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Shuffle (1956)
Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (1959)
Townes Van Zandt - Pancho And Lefty (1969)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
2010's Hip-Hop
Blues
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Movie Soundtracks
Power Pop

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Funk" is ineligible for nomination until August, as it was the selected genre from January.

"Punk Rock" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"1960's R&B/Soul" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"Concept Albums" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"Art Rock/Progressive Rock" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"Glam Rock" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"British Invasion" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

AC/DC
Carly Simon
Duran Duran
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Rickie Lee Jones
Rod Stewart
Rush
The Temptations

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Bee Gees
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/1/2018 @ 15:07pm

General Nominations -
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)

Genre Nomination -
Early Years of Rock and Roll (1954-63)

Artist Nomination -
The Isley Brothers

One of the very few artists to chart in seven decades. That’s impressive in its own right.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 07/1/2018 @ 21:56pm

noms:

INXS - Welcome To Wherever You Are (1992)
David Gray - White Ladder (2000)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 07/2/2018 @ 00:08am

The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
The Association - And Then... Along Comes the Association (1966)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 07/2/2018 @ 11:07am

July 2018 Album Project Nominations:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

July 2018 Album Project Artist Nomination:

Train

July 2018 Album Project Genre Nomination:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 07/3/2018 @ 13:39pm

The Darkness- Permission to Land (2003)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/3/2018 @ 15:40pm

Here are my nominees for this month's Album project.

Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love (1989)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Beck - Colors (2017)

My Genre Vote nomination this month is:

Musicals

And my Artist Vote nomination this month is:

Brian Eno

Happy Fourth to those who observe,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Tuesday, 07/3/2018 @ 16:23pm

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Queens of the Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Artist - TV on the Radio

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/3/2018 @ 17:36pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden (2012)
David Gray - White Ladder (2000)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up (2017)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
INXS - Welcome To Wherever You Are (1992)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017)
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1971)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
No Doubt - Rock Steady (2001)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love (1989)
The Association - And Then... Along Comes the Association (1966)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/4/2018 @ 02:38am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
1990's R&B
2010s Hip-Hop
2010's Hip-Hop
21st Century Indie Dance
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Blues
Country
Early Years of Rock and Roll (1954-63)
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Movie Soundtracks
Musicals
Power Pop

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/4/2018 @ 02:39am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

AC/DC
Brian Eno
Carly Simon
Cocteau Twins
Duran Duran
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Primus
Rickie Lee Jones
Rod Stewart
Rush
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Temptations
Train
TV on the Radio
Yo La Tengo

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/4/2018 @ 02:40am

Artist vote

Yo La Tengo
The Isley Brothers
Rickie Lee Jones
Coctaeu Twins
Jethro Tull
Carly Simon

Genre Vote

Power Pop
Jazz
Country
Blues
21st Century Indie Dance
90s R&B

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 07/4/2018 @ 03:43am

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
Letfield - Leftism (1995)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)

1970’s Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
1990’s Hip-Hop
2010’s Hip-Hop
Blues
Jazz
Power Pop

Cocteau Twins
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Primus
Rush
The Temptations
TV On the Radio

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 07/4/2018 @ 12:04pm

Fleet Foxes- Crack-Up (2017)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)
Smokey Robinson- A Quiet Storm (1975)
Tears for Fears- The Seeds of Love (1989)
Iggy Pop- Post Pop Depression (2016)
INXS- Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992)
Joanna Newsome- YS (2006)
Leftfield- Leftism (1995)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 07/4/2018 @ 13:04pm

1980's Hip-Hop
Blues
Country
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Power Pop

Cocteau Twins
Duran Duran
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rickie Lee Jones
Yo La Tengo

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 07/4/2018 @ 19:16pm

Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
No Doubt - Rock Steady (2001)
The Association - And Then... Along Comes the Association (1966)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980's Hip-Hop
21st Century Indie Dance
Early Years of Rock and Roll (1954-63)
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz

AC/DC
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
The Temptations

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 07/4/2018 @ 20:46pm

Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
No Doubt - Rock Steady (2002)
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love (1989)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)

1980’s R&B/Soul
Blues
Country
Early Years of Rock and Roll (1954-63)
Musicals
Power Pop

Carly Simon
Cocteau Twins
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers
The Temptations
Yo La Tengo

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 07/4/2018 @ 21:00pm

Beck - Colors (2017)
David Gray - White Ladder (2000)
INXS - Welcome To Wherever You Are (1992)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
No Doubt - Rock Steady (2001)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love (1989)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 07/4/2018 @ 23:36pm

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden (2012)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017)
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Country
Jazz
Movie Soundtracks
Musicals

Brian Eno
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Primus
Rush
The Temptations

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 07/5/2018 @ 07:57am

Here are my Artist vote choices:

Duran Duran
Jethro Tull
Carly Simon
Brian Eno
Rush
Rickie Lee Jones

Album Vote:

Brian Eno- Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (1974)
Don McLean- American Pie (1971)
Jethro Tull- War Child (1974)
Peter Gabriel- Us (1992)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)
Tears For Fears- The Seeds Of Love (1989)
The Association- And Then... Along Comes The Association (1966)
U2- The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

Genres:

1980’s R&B/Soul
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Hall Of Fame Inductees Without An Album In The Project
Jazz
Movie Soundtracks
Power Pop

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Thursday, 07/5/2018 @ 10:04am

Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
No Doubt - Rock Steady (2001)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

Last Cuts: The Darkness, Judas Priest, David Gray, Bon Jovi, Don McLean, At the Drive-In, Peter Gabriel

Genre Vote

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
2010's Hip-Hop
Early Years of Rock and Roll (1954-63)
Movie Soundtracks

Last Cuts: Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock, 1990's R&B, Blues, Jazz

Artist Vote

AC/DC
Duran Duran
Primus
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers
The Temptations

Last Cut: Cocteau Twins

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 07/5/2018 @ 16:29pm

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
No Doubt - Rock Steady (2001)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
1990's R&B
Country
Power Pop

AC/DC
Carly Simon
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Temptations

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 07/6/2018 @ 06:27am

70's metal
80s hip hop
10s hip hop
21st indie dance
Hof with no albums inducted
Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/6/2018 @ 18:08pm

Here is my ballot for this month's Album project.

Peter Gabriel- Us (1992)
Tears For Fears- The Seeds Of Love (1989)
Beck - Colors (2017)
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)

My Genre Vote ballot consists of:

Musicals
Power Pop
Movie Soundtracks
Hall Of Fame Inductees Without An Album In The Project
Early Years of Rock and Roll (1954-63)

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Jethro Tull
Carly Simon
The Temptations
Rush
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Happy voting,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Friday, 07/6/2018 @ 18:23pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Power Pop - 7
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1970's Hard Rock/Metal - 6
1980's Hip-Hop - 6
Jazz - 6

Country - 5
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 5
Movie Soundtracks - 5

1980’s R&B/Soul - 4
Blues - 4
Early Years of Rock and Roll (1954-63) - 4
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2010s Hip-Hop - 3
21st Century Indie Dance - 3
Musicals - 3

1990's R&B - 2
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock - 2

This month's selected genre is "Power Pop".

Nominations begin on the 8th at 11 PM Central. Before then, we need to decide if this genre will be divided into two votes or not and what criteria would be used to split the votes if we have a split.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/7/2018 @ 01:49am

I suggest a split at 1985. 1900-1985 and 1986-2017.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/7/2018 @ 02:29am

I agree with Greg F, 1900-1985 and 1986-2017.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 07/7/2018 @ 09:28am

Beck - Colors (2017)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)
Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love (1989)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 07/8/2018 @ 15:46pm

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love (1989)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

Duran Duran
Jethro Tull
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rush
The Rolling Stones
TV on the Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/8/2018 @ 23:20pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love (1989) - 7

U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984) - 6

Leftfield - Leftism (1995) - 5
No Doubt - Rock Steady (2001) - 5
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992) - 5
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980) - 5
________________________________

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 4
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 4

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000) - 3
Beck - Colors (2017) - 3
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988) - 3
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 3
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974) - 3
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958) - 3
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 3
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003) - 3
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) - 3

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 2
INXS - Welcome To Wherever You Are (1992) - 2
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 2
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006) - 2
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (1977) - 2
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 2
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981) - 2
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975) - 2
SZA - Ctrl. (2017) - 2
The Association - And Then... Along Comes the Association (1966) - 2
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 2

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden (2012) - 1
David Gray - White Ladder (2000) - 1
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up (2017) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Soundtrack (2017) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1

Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1971) - 0
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 0
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Nicky Joe
Greg F
Steve Z
Nick
jtrichey
Tom H.
Enigmaticus
Donnie
BSLO
Lax35
dmg
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
No Doubt - Rock Steady (2001)
Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love (1989)
The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/9/2018 @ 02:18am

"Power Pop" has been selected as this month's genre vote. This genre will be split into two votes, "Power Pop 1900-1985" and "Power Pop 1986-2017".

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Power Pop 1900-1985".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/9/2018 @ 02:21am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Temptations - 7
___________________________

Jethro Tull - 6

Carly Simon - 5
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 5
Rush - 5

Cocteau Twins - 4
Duran Duran - 4
Rod Stewart - 4
The Isley Brothers - 4
___________________________

AC/DC - 3
Primus - 3
Rickie Lee Jones - 3
Yo La Tengo - 3

Brian Eno - 2
John Williams - 2
The Rolling Stones - 2
TV on the Radio - 2

Train - 0

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is The Temptations.

Any voter can nominate one album by The Temptations released from 1900-2017 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

Cloud Nine (1969)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on The Temptations' discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptations_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Friday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/9/2018 @ 02:24am

Vote 1

Badfinger- No Dice (1970)
Raspberries- Raspberries (1972)
The Knack- Get The Knack (1979)

Vote 2

OK Go- Oh No (2005)
The Feeling- Twelve Stops and Home (2006)
Pugwash- Silverlake (2017)

Artist Vote

The Temptations- All Directions (1972)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/9/2018 @ 02:34am

Round 1:

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
The Plimsouls - Everywhere At Once (1983)
Shoes - Black Vinyl Shoes (1977)

Round 2:

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
Velvet Crush - In The Presence Of Greatness (1991)
Tommy Keene - Songs from the Film (1986)

The Temptations - The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 07/10/2018 @ 21:56pm

Meet The Temptations (1964)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 07/11/2018 @ 04:07am

Power Pop Nominations Round One

Emitt Rhodes- Emmitt Rhodes (1970)
The Greg Kihn Band- Kihntinued (1983)
The Romantics- The Romantics (1980)

Power Pop Nominations Round Two

Cheap Trick- Lap of Luxury (1988)
Phantom Planet- The Guest (2002)
Weezer- Maladriot (2002)

Artist Nomination

The Temptations- Puzzle People (1969)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/11/2018 @ 10:58am

Power Pop Round 1 Nominees
Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary (1979)
Flamin’ Groovies – Shake Some Action (1976)
Squeeze - Argybargy (1981)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 07/11/2018 @ 23:26pm

Artist Nomination -
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967)

Very excited we get to explore more of The Temptations’ work here in the Album Project. It’s hard to imagine their first album inducted into our project occurred only a few months ago.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 07/11/2018 @ 23:31pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary (1979)
Emitt Rhodes - Emmitt Rhodes (1970)
Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (1976)
Raspberries - Raspberries (1972)
Shoes - Black Vinyl Shoes (1977)
Squeeze - Argybargy (1981)
The Greg Kihn Band - Kihntinued (1983)
The Knack - Get The Knack (1979)
The Plimsouls - Everywhere At Once (1983)
The Romantics - The Romantics (1980)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/12/2018 @ 02:08am

Badfinger- No Dice (1970)
Cheap Trick- In Color (1977)
Emmit Rhoades- Emmit Rhoades (1970)
Raspberries- Raspberries (1972)
Shoes- Black Vinyl Shoes (1975)
Squeeze- Argybargy (1980)
The Knack- Get The Knack (1979)
The Romantics- the Romantics (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/12/2018 @ 18:23pm

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Emitt Rhodes - Emmitt Rhodes (1970)
Raspberries - Raspberries (1972)
Shoes - Black Vinyl Shoes (1977)
The Knack - Get The Knack (1979)
The Plimsouls - Everywhere At Once (1983)
The Romantics - The Romantics (1980)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 07/12/2018 @ 20:28pm

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary (1979)
Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (1976)
Raspberries - Raspberries (1972)
Squeeze - Argybargy (1981)
The Knack - Get The Knack (1979)
The Romantics - The Romantics (1980)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 07/12/2018 @ 22:43pm

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (1976)
Raspberries - Raspberries (1972)
Squeeze - Argybargy (1981)
The Knack - Get The Knack (1979)
The Plimsouls - Everywhere At Once (1983)
The Romantics - The Romantics (1980)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 07/13/2018 @ 12:19pm

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Emitt Rhodes - Emmitt Rhodes (1970)
Raspberries - Raspberries (1972)
Squeeze - Argybargy (1981)
The Greg Kihn Band - Kihntinued (1983)
The Knack - Get The Knack (1979)
The Plimsouls - Everywhere At Once (1983)
The Romantics - The Romantics (1980)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 07/15/2018 @ 22:14pm

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Emitt Rhodes - Emmitt Rhodes (1970)
Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (1976)
Raspberries - Raspberries (1972)
Shoes- Black Vinyl Shoes (1977)
The Knack - Get The Knack (1979)
The Romantics - The Romantics (1980)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 07/16/2018 @ 00:26am

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary (1979)
Raspberries - Raspberries (1972)
Squeeze - Argybargy (1981)
The Greg Kihn Band - Kihntinued (1983)
The Knack - Get The Knack (1979)
The Plimsouls - Everywhere At Once (1983)
The Romantics - The Romantics (1980)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/16/2018 @ 23:01pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Badfinger - No Dice (1970) - 7
Raspberries - Raspberries (1972) - 7
The Knack - Get The Knack (1979) - 7
The Romantics - The Romantics (1980) - 7
________________________________

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977) - 5
Squeeze - Argybargy (1981) - 5
________________________________

Emitt Rhodes - Emmitt Rhodes (1970) - 4
The Plimsouls - Everywhere At Once (1983) - 4

Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (1976) - 3
Shoes - Black Vinyl Shoes (1977) - 3

Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary (1979) - 2
The Greg Kihn Band - Kihntinued (1983) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
BSLO
Nick
Steve Z
Tom H
Donnie
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Raspberries - Raspberries (1972)
The Knack - Get The Knack (1979)
The Romantics - The Romantics (1980)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Squeeze - Argybargy (1981)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, select one album.

The album that gets the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote. In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaking voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/17/2018 @ 00:25am

I vote for Squeeze.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/17/2018 @ 00:26am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is The Temptations.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/17/2018 @ 00:28am

My vote is for Cheap Trick- In Color.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/17/2018 @ 04:30am

I could be wrong, but don't we induct 6 albums in each round? If so, both Cheap Trick and Squeeze should be inducted and there shouldn't be a tiebreaker.

If not, my vote is for Cheap Trick.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 07/17/2018 @ 05:00am

Yeah, we have 6 inductees per class in the Album Project, for the general vote and genre vote. The Artist Vote gets 2 albums per class.

So there should be no tie-breaker.

The 6 albums that should be getting inducted are

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Cheap Trick- In Color (1977)
Raspberries - Raspberries (1972)
Squeeze- Argybargy (1981)
The Knack - Get The Knack (1979)
The Romantics - The Romantics (1980)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 07/19/2018 @ 11:10am

Round 2 -
Cheap Trick - We’re All Alright (2017)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)
The Smithereens - Especially for You (1986)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 07/19/2018 @ 14:26pm

Yes, we do induct 6 albums per genre vote.

Sorry about that.

Here's the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Raspberries - Raspberries (1972)
Squeeze - Argybargy (1981)
The Knack - Get The Knack (1979)
The Romantics - The Romantics (1980)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/20/2018 @ 12:26pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Cheap Trick - Lap of Luxury (1988)
Cheap Trick - We’re All Alright (2017)
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Phantom Planet - The Guest (2002)
Pugwash - Silverlake (2017)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)
The Feeling - Twelve Stops and Home (2006)
The Smithereens - Especially for You (1986)
Tommy Keene - Songs from the Film (1986)
Velvet Crush - In The Presence Of Greatness (1991)
Weezer - Maladriot (2002)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/20/2018 @ 12:29pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

The Temptations - All Directions (1972)
The Temptations - Meet The Temptations (1964)
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1969)
The Temptations - The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/20/2018 @ 12:31pm

The Temptations - All Directions (1972)
The Temptations - Meet The Temptations (1964)
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1969)
The Temptations - The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Friday, 07/20/2018 @ 14:24pm

Matthew Sweet- Girlfriend (1991)
OK Go- Oh No (2005)
Phantom Planet- The Guest (2002)
Pugwash- Silverlake (2017)
The Feeling- Twelve Stops and Home (2006)
The Smithereens- Especially for You (1986)
Tommy Keene- Scenes from a Movie (1986)
Velvet Crush- In the Presence of Greatness (1991)

The Temptations- All Directions (1972)
The Temptations- Meet the Temptations (1964)
The Temptations- Puzzle People (1969)
The Temptations- The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965)
The Temptations- The Temptations With a Lot O' Soul (1967)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/20/2018 @ 17:24pm

Power Pop Genre Vote -
Cheap Trick - Lap of Luxury (1988)
Cheap Trick - We’re All Alright (2017)
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Phantom Planet- The Guest (2002)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)
The Smithereens - Especially for You (1986)
Tommy Keene - Songs from the Film (1986)

Artist Vote -
The Temptations - All Directions (1972)
The Temptations - Meet The Temptations (1964)
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1969)
The Temptations - The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 07/21/2018 @ 12:58pm

Genre Vote Round 2

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Phantom Planet - The Guest (2002)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)
The Smithereens - Especially for You (1986)
Tommy Keene - Songs from the Film (1986)
Velvet Crush - In The Presence Of Greatness (1991)
Weezer - Maladriot (2002)

Artist Vote

The Temptations- The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965)
The Temptations- The Temptations with a Lot o' Woul (1967)
The Temptations- All Directions (1972)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 07/23/2018 @ 05:52am

Cheap Trick - Lap of Luxury (1988)
Cheap Trick - We’re All Alright (2017)
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
Phantom Planet - The Guest (2002)
Pugwash - Silverlake (2017)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)
The Smithereens - Especially for You (1986)
Weezer - Maladriot (2002)

The Temptations - Meet The Temptations (1964)
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1969)
The Temptations - The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/23/2018 @ 21:10pm

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Phantom Planet - The Guest (2002)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)
The Smithereens - Especially for You (1986)
Tommy Keene - Songs from the Film (1986)
Velvet Crush - In The Presence Of Greatness (1991)
Weezer - Maladriot (2002)

The Temptations - All Directions (1972)
The Temptations - Meet The Temptations (1964)
The Temptations - The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 07/23/2018 @ 22:12pm

Weezer- Maladriot (2002)
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
Velvet Crush - In The Presence Of Greatness (1991)
Tommy Keene - Songs from the Film (1986)
OK Go- Oh No (2005)
The Feeling- Twelve Stops and Home (2006)
Phantom Planet- The Guest (2002)
The Smithereens - Especially for You (1986)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 07/24/2018 @ 18:29pm

Cheap Trick - Lap of Luxury (1988)
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Phantom Planet - The Guest (2002)
The Smithereens - Especially for You (1986)
Weezer - Maladriot (2002)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/24/2018 @ 23:45pm

Corrected:

Cheap Trick - Lap of Luxury (1988)
Cheap Trick - We’re All Alright (2017)
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Phantom Planet - The Guest (2002)
The Smithereens - Especially for You (1986)
Tommy Keene - Songs from the Film (1986)
Weezer - Maladriot (2002)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/24/2018 @ 23:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991) - 7
Phantom Planet - The Guest (2002) - 7
The Smithereens - Especially for You (1986) - 7

OK Go - Oh No (2005) - 6
Tommy Keene - Songs from the Film (1986) - 6

Weezer - Maladriot (2002) - 5
____________________________

The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005) - 4
Velvet Crush - In The Presence Of Greatness (1991) - 4

Cheap Trick - Lap of Luxury (1988) - 3
Cheap Trick - We’re All Alright (2017) - 3

Pugwash - Silverlake (2017) - 2
The Feeling - Twelve Stops and Home (2006) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nick
Donnie
Tom H.
BSLO
DarinRG
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Phantom Planet - The Guest (2002)
The Smithereens - Especially for You (1986)
Tommy Keene - Songs from the Film (1986)
Weezer - Maladriot (2002)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/25/2018 @ 00:10am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

The Temptations - The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965) - 6
_______________________________

The Temptations - All Directions (1972) - 5
The Temptations - Meet The Temptations (1964) - 5
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967) - 5
_______________________________

The Temptations - Puzzle People (1969) - 4

This vote count includes the following votes:

Nicky Joe
Greg F
Nick
Donnie
Tom H.
BSLO

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

The Temptations - The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

The Temptations - All Directions (1972)
The Temptations - Meet The Temptations (1964)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all three albums in order of preference.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other albums will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/25/2018 @ 00:11am

The Temptations - Meet The Temptations (1964)-3
The Temptations - All Directions (1972)-2
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/25/2018 @ 21:59pm

The Temptations - Meet The Temptations (1964) - 3
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967) - 2
The Temptations - All Directions (1972) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 07/25/2018 @ 22:22pm

The Temptations- All Directions (1972)_3
The Temptations- Meet The Temptations (1964)_2
The Temptations- The Temptations Have Lots O' Soul (1967)_1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/26/2018 @ 01:11am

The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967) - 3
The Temptations - Meet The Temptations (1964) - 2
The Temptations - All Directions (1972) - 1

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 07/26/2018 @ 17:04pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final vote results:

The Temptations - Meet The Temptations (1964) - 10
___________________________

The Temptations - All Directions (1972) - 7
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967) - 7

Here is the final class for this artist vote:

The Temptations - Meet The Temptations (1964)
The Temptations - The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/28/2018 @ 00:39am

My nominee for August 2018/2043 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)

8-)

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SECRET MESSAGES - 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2LP | ELO US

For the first time ever, Electric Light Orchestra’s Secret Messages will be released as a double album, as originally conceived by Jeff Lynne in 1983. This 2LP release adds six tracks to its running order, all available for the first time on LP. Equally flush with cutting-edge synthesizers as well as up-front guitar mastery, Secret Messages is quintessential, world-class techno pop-rock. Jeff Lynne’s eclectic collection of self-written, self-produced songs (including the international hit “Rock ‘N’ Roll Is King”) ranges from raucous to romantic, all the while maintaining ELO’s peerless musicianship.

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Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 07/31/2018 @ 00:13am

Gonna put in my nominations early

General Vote

Alice Cooper- Killer (1971)
Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017)
Queen- A Kind of Magic (1986)

Genre Vote

Movie Soundtracks

Artist Vote

Primus

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 07/31/2018 @ 18:50pm

Submitting my nominations early.

Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)
The Feelies- Crazy Rhythms (1980)
Sparks- Hippopotamus (2017)

Genre: 21st Century Indie Dance

Artist: Rickie Lee Jones

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/31/2018 @ 19:57pm

Artist nomination

Electric Light Orchestra

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Release Date: 3rd August 2018

Side A
1. Secret Messages
2. Loser Gone Wild
3. Bluebird
4. Take Me On and On

Side B
5. Stranger
6. No Way Out
7. Letter from Spain
8. Danger Ahead

Side C
9. Four Little Diamonds
10. Train of Gold
11. Endless Lies
12. Buildings Have Eyes
13. Motor Factory/Rock ‘N’ Roll Is King

Side D
14. Mandalay
15. Time After Time
16. After All
17. Hello My Old Friend

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Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 07/31/2018 @ 20:40pm

Rule Changes In 2018:

Starting in January, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated genres or artists during genre / artist selection votes.

Starting in January, voters will be able to nominate as many as 3 albums for genre votes.

Starting in May, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated songs in the Artist Project and the Genre Project votes.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

James Brown (eligible again in September 2018)
Motorhead (eligible again in October 2018)
Mariah Carey (eligible again in November 2018)
The Bee Gees (eligible again in December 2018)
Judas Priest (eligible again in January 2019)
The Temptations (eligible again in February 2019)

Nina Simone is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2017 and two albums from 1900-2017. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

The Temptations - All Directions (1972)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
Blues
Country
Early Years of Rock and Roll (1954-63)
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Movie Soundtracks

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Punk Rock" is ineligible for nomination until September, as it was the selected genre from February.

"1960's R&B/Soul" is ineligible for nomination until October, as it was the selected genre from March.

"Concept Albums" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"Art Rock/Progressive Rock" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"Glam Rock" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Power Pop" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Funk" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Carly Simon
Cocteau Twins
Duran Duran
Jethro Tull
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
Rush
The Isley Brothers

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Bee Gees
The Temptations
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/1/2018 @ 01:57am

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)

Artist: Brockhampton
Genre Vote: 2010s Hip-Hop

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 08/1/2018 @ 16:06pm

Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
Beck - Guero (2005)

1990's R&B

The Rolling Stones

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 08/1/2018 @ 22:26pm

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

TV on the Radio

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/1/2018 @ 23:33pm

noms:

Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Bastille - Wild World (2016)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 08/2/2018 @ 00:39am

General Nominations -
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
Men at Work - Business as Usual (1981)

Genre Nomination -
Tribute Albums

Artist Nomination -
LL Cool J

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 08/2/2018 @ 23:38pm

Genre

Techno-pop

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Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 08/3/2018 @ 00:08am

Nominations / review will end at 10 PM Central today. Due to scheduling problems, nominations will be posted shortly after and voting begins (one hour early).

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 08/3/2018 @ 11:21am

Elf - Elf (1972)
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 08/3/2018 @ 13:43pm

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 08/3/2018 @ 14:05pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Alice Cooper - Killer (1971)
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Bastille - Wild World (2016)
Beck - Guero (2005)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Elf - Elf (1972)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Men at Work - Business as Usual (1981)
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
Sparks - Hippopotamus (2017)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
The Temptations - All Directions (1972)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 08/3/2018 @ 23:10pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Carly Simon
Cocteau Twins
Duran Duran
Jethro Tull
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
Rush
The Isley Brothers
Electric Light Orchestra
Rickie Lee Jones
Primus
The Rolling Stones
TV on the Radio
Brockhampton
LL Cool J

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 08/3/2018 @ 23:12pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980's Hip-Hop
1980's R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
2010s Hip-Hop
21st Century Indie Dance
Blues
Country
Early Years of Rock and Roll (1954-63)
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Movie Soundtracks
Techno-Pop
Tribute Albums

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 08/3/2018 @ 23:13pm

Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)
Sparks- Hippopotamus (2017)
The Feelies- Crazy Rhythms (1980)
Liz Phair- Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Beck- Guero (2005)
Little Richard- Little Richard (1958)
Iggy Pop- Post Pop Depression (2016)
LCD Soundsystem- American Dream (2017)

Genres

21st Century Indie Dance
Blues
Country
Jazz
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers without an Album in the project
Tribute Albums

Artists

Rickie Lee Jones
LL Cool J
Coctaeu Twins
Carly Simon
The Isley Brothers
Duran Duran

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 08/4/2018 @ 02:20am

Alice Cooper - Killer (1971)
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967)

Cocteau Twins
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Rush
Primus
TV On the Radio
LL Cool J

1970s Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
1980s Hip-Hop
1990s R&B
2010s Hip-Hop
Blues
Jazz

Posted by Nicky Joe on Saturday, 08/4/2018 @ 04:58am

General Vote

Alice Cooper - Killer (1971)
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)

Last Cuts: Brian Eno, Men at Work, Queens of the Stone Age, Beck, LCD Soundsystem

Genre Vote

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980's R&B/Soul
2010s Hip-Hop
Blues
Jazz
Movie Soundtracks

Artist Vote

Cocteau Twins
Duran Duran
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers
Primus

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 08/4/2018 @ 20:44pm

Alice Cooper - Killer (1971)
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Bastille - Wild World (2016)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Men at Work - Business as Usual (1981)
The Temptations - All Directions (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 08/4/2018 @ 22:54pm

The following are my Artist Choices:

Carly Simon
Duran Duran
Jethro Tull
Rush
Electric Light Orchestra
Rickie Lee Jones

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 08/5/2018 @ 03:27am

Beck - Guero (2005)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
Men at Work - Business as Usual (1981)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
The Temptations - All Directions (1972)

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980's Hip-Hop
Early Years of Rock and Roll (1954-63)
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks
Techno-Pop

Jethro Tull
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
LL Cool J

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 08/5/2018 @ 09:03am

Alice Cooper- Killer (1971)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)

Cocteau Twins
LL Cool J
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rickie Lee Jones
TV on the Radio

1980's Hip-Hop
Blues
Country
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 08/5/2018 @ 19:11pm

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Beck - Guero (2005)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
Men at Work - Business as Usual (1981)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers
Primus
The Rolling Stones
LL Cool J

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980's Hip-Hop
1980's R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
Blues
Country

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 08/5/2018 @ 22:20pm

August 2018 Album Genre Ballot:

Country
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks
Techno-Pop
Tribute Albums
1970's Hard Rock/Metal

Last Cuts include 1980’s R&B/Soul, Blues, and Jazz. There are also other genres that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 08/6/2018 @ 19:40pm

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
2010s Hip-Hop
Blues
Country
Jazz
Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 08/6/2018 @ 20:21pm

Beck- Guero (2005)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Men at Work - Business as Usual (1981)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967)

1980's R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
Blues
Country
Early Years of Rock and Roll (1954-63)
Tribute Albums

Carly Simon
LL Cool J
Rickie Lee Jones
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones

Posted by Nick on Monday, 08/6/2018 @ 22:13pm

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
1980's Hip-Hop
2010s Hip-Hop
21st Century Indie Dance
Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/6/2018 @ 23:25pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

1970's Hard Rock/Metal - 7
Blues - 7
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Country - 6

1980's Hip-Hop - 5
Jazz - 5
Movie Soundtracks - 5

2010s Hip-Hop - 4
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 4
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1980’s R&B/Soul - 3
1990's R&B - 3
Tribute Albums - 3

21st Century Indie Dance - 2
Early Years of Rock and Roll (1954-63) - 2
Techno-Pop - 2

The following genres will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
Blues

Anyone who voted in this month's genre selection vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred genre

The genre that gets the most points will be selected as this month's genre. The genre that gets the second-most points will be selected as September's genre. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

Please suggest vote split options for these genres during the tiebreaker vote.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on Wednesday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/7/2018 @ 01:36am

Blues

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/7/2018 @ 01:48am

We could consider a split for blues. I'm thinking of one at 1970. 1900-1970 & 1971-2017.

We don't need a split for 1970's Hard Rock/Metal.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/7/2018 @ 03:30am

Genre Tiebreaker - Blues

I like Greg's split for 1900-1969 and 1970-Present.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/7/2018 @ 08:58am

1970s Hard Rock/Heavy Metal

If Blues wins then 1900-1964, 1965-present

Posted by Nicky Joe on Tuesday, 08/7/2018 @ 11:31am

My vote goes to 1970's Hard Rock/Metal.

And because we induct such a small amount of albums with each class (6), I think a split would be good for 1970's Hard Rock Metal and absolutely essential for Blues. I think one of my rule change proposals at the end of the year will be to increase the amount of inductees in the Album Project for the General and Genre and Artist vote rounds. If you notice we constantly repeat genres in the Album Project, because 6 albums really doesn't do a good enough job of finishing up a genre or category. There's always plenty more to go back to. I mean how many times have we done rounds of Jazz and Blues and Country? But it's warranted, again, because the classes are too small each time. I mean this will be the second time we've done 1970's Hard Rock/Metal too, but again, it's warranted.

Anyways, my genre split ideas...

1970's Hard Rock/Metal: 1970-1974; 1975-1979

Blues: 1900-1965; 1966- Present (after 1975, there's not that many notable Blues albums)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 08/7/2018 @ 16:18pm

Blues

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 08/7/2018 @ 18:22pm

My vote is for Blues.

While I'm pretty sure we've done Jazz and Blues before, I'm pretty certain we've never done a genre vote for Country in the Album Project. We've done it 2-3 times in the Song Project though.

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 08/8/2018 @ 06:01am

1970s Hard Rock/Metal with a split

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 08/8/2018 @ 14:16pm

Blues for the tie breaker with a split

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/8/2018 @ 14:50pm

Electric Light Orchestra
Jethro Tull
LL Cool J
Primus
Rush
The Isley Brothers

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/8/2018 @ 15:03pm

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Men at Work - Business as Usual (1981)
The Temptations - All Directions (1972)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/8/2018 @ 15:48pm

Beck - Guero (2005)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Elf - Elf (1972)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
Men at Work - Business as Usual (1981)
Paul Pena - New Train (2000)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 08/8/2018 @ 22:46pm

1970's Hard Rock/Metal

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Beck - Guero (2005)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)

Duran Duran
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Primus
Rush
The Rolling Stones
TV on the Radio

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/8/2018 @ 23:40pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Little Richard - Little Richard (1958) - 7

Beck - Guero (2005) - 6
Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998) - 6
Men at Work - Business as Usual (1981) - 6
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At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000) - 5
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 5
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 5
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 5
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973) - 5
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Alice Cooper - Killer (1971) - 4
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980) - 4
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul (1967) - 4

The Temptations - All Directions (1972) - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983) - 2
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 2
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006) - 2
Paul Pena - New Train (2000) - 2
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981) - 2
SZA - Ctrl. (2017) - 2
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) - 2

Bastille - Wild World (2016) - 1
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 1
Elf - Elf (1972) - 1
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Sparks - Hippopotamus (2017) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nicky Joe
Donnie
jtrichey
Steve Z
DarinRG
BSLO
Nick
Tom H.
dmg
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Beck - Guero (2005)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Men at Work - Business as Usual (1981)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums.

The 2 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote (please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Blues").

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 01:00am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Blues - 5
___________________________

1970's Hard Rock/Metal - 3

"Blues" has been selected for the August vote. "1970's Hard Rock/Metal" has been selected for the September vote.
___________________________

"Blues" has been selected as this month's genre vote. This genre will be split into two votes, "Blues 1900-1965" and "Blues 1966-2017".

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Blues 1900-1965".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 01:04am

Blues vote 1

Junior Wells- Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
T-Bone Walker- T-Bone Blues (1960)
Lightin' Hopkins- Soul Blues (1965)

Blues vote 2

Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, & Steven Stills- Super Session (1968)
Taj Mahal- Taj Mahal (1968)
Robert Cray- Soul Persuader (1986)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 01:21am

Correction: The Robert Cray album is called Strong Persuader (1986).

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 01:24am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

LL Cool J - 7
___________________________

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 6
The Isley Brothers - 6

Primus - 5

Cocteau Twins - 4
Duran Duran - 4
Rickie Lee Jones - 4
Rod Stewart - 4
Rush - 4
The Rolling Stones - 4
___________________________

Carly Simon - 3
Jethro Tull - 3
TV on the Radio - 3

Electric Light Orchestra - 2

Brockhampton - 0

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is LL Cool J.

Any voter can nominate one album by LL Cool J released from 1900-2017 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

Radio (1985)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on LL Cool J's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LL_Cool_J_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 01:31am

Artist Vote:

LL Cool J- Bigger and Deffer (1987)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 01:34am

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)-5
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)-4
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)-3
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)-2
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)-1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 01:39am

5 - At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
4 - Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
3 - Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
2 - LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
1 - Don McLean - American Pie (1971)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 05:26am

Tiebreaker:
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) [5 Points]
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) [4 Points]
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973) [3 Points]
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) [2 Points]
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000) [1 Point]

Artist Nomination:
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)

Genre #1:
Big Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues (1956)
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Delta Blues (1964)

Genre #2:
Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues (1968)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 09:55am

Is it okay if I not vote any albums but participate in the voting rounds anyways?

Posted by Nicky Joe on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 11:36am

B.B King- Singin' The Blues (1956)
Freddie King- Freddy King Sings (1961)
Willie Dixon- Willie's Blues (1959)

Albert King- I'll Play The Blues (1972)
B.B King & Eric Clapton- Riding with the King (2000)
Muddy Waters- Fathers and Sons (1968)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 14:46pm

L.L Cool J- Walking with a Panther (1989)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 14:59pm

I'll need more time to do some research, but I definitely want to throw a nomination for Round 2

Magic Sam- West Side Soul (1967)

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Sly & the Family Stone- Fresh (1973) (5 pts)
2. Don McLean- American Pie (1971) (4 pts)
3. At the Drive-In- Relationship of Command (2000) (3 pts)
4. LCD Soundsystem- American Dream (2017) (2 pts)
5. Brian Eno- Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy) (1974) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 15:02pm

The T-Bone Walker album was released in 1959.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 19:18pm

1. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
2. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
3. Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
4. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
5. Don McLean - American Pie (1971)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 08/9/2018 @ 22:43pm

Tiebreakers -
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 5
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 4
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973) - 3
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 2
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000) - 1

Artist Nomination -
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 08/10/2018 @ 19:27pm

Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973) - 5
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000) - 4
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 3
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 2
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 08/10/2018 @ 21:04pm

LL Cool J - The DEFinition (2004)

Memphis Slim - At The Gate Of The Horn (1959)
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960)
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961)

Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter (1969)
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues (1970)
Hound Dog Taylor - Natural Boogie (1973)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 08/10/2018 @ 23:05pm

Genre 1
Albert Collins - The Cool Sound of Albert Collins (1965)
Etta James - Etta James (1962)
Jimmy Reed - I’m Jimmy Reed (1958)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 08/11/2018 @ 00:48am

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000) - 5
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 4
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973) - 3
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 2
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/11/2018 @ 23:49pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000) - 28
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973) - 28
_____________________________

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 22
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 22
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 20

The losing songs will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees from the August Album Project vote:

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Beck - Guero (2005)
Little Richard - Little Richard (1958)
Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Men at Work - Business as Usual (1981)
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (1973)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/12/2018 @ 00:59am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Al Wilson - The Snake (1968)
Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up (1968)
Aretha Franklin - Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) (1968)
Bobby Hebb - Sunny (1966)
Eddie Floyd - Raise Your Hand (1967)
Edwin Starr - 25 Miles (1968)
Friends of Distinction - Grazing In the Grass (1969)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Friendship Train (1969)
J.J. Jackson - But It's Alright (1966)
Joe Tex - Skinny Legs and All (1967)
Major Lance - The Monkey Time (1965)
Otis Redding and Carla Thomas - Tramp (1967)
Robert Knight - Everlasting Love (1967)
Stevie Wonder - A Place In The Sun (1966)
The 5th Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues (1969)
The Capitols - Cool Jerk (1966)
The Delfonics - Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)
The Four Tops - Bernadette (1966)
The Harvey Averne Dozen - You're No Good (1967)
The Jackson 5 - Who's Lovin' You (1969)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1968)
Wilson Pickett - She’s Looking Good (1967)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/12/2018 @ 01:08am

This isn't right Darren. What's listed is round 2 nominations for the song project.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 08/12/2018 @ 01:40am

I know it's not right, but there's so much good stuff there I feel like voting anyway...

Al Wilson - The Snake (1968)
Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up (1968)
Bobby Hebb - Sunny (1966)
Edwin Starr - 25 Miles (1968)
Friends of Distinction - Grazing In the Grass (1969)
J.J. Jackson - But It's Alright (1966)
The 5th Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues (1969)
The Capitols - Cool Jerk (1966)

Posted by joker on Sunday, 08/12/2018 @ 16:54pm

As far as I can tell these are all of the correct nominations for round one

Albert Collins - The Cool Sound of Albert Collins (1965)
B.B King- Singin' The Blues (1956)
Big Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues (1956)
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960)
Etta James - Etta James (1962)
Freddie King- Freddy King Sings (1961)
Jimmy Reed - I’m Jimmy Reed (1958)
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961)
Junior Wells- Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
Lightin' Hopkins- Soul Blues (1965)
Memphis Slim - At The Gate Of The Horn (1959)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Delta Blues (1964)
T-Bone Walker- T-Bone Blues (1959)
Willie Dixon- Willie's Blues (1959)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 08/13/2018 @ 09:32am

After double checking, I concur with Tom H. Those are the eligible albums for this round's vote.

Nicky Joe - I believe that you can vote without nominating anything, however someone that doesn't vote in the project cannot then vote during a tiebreaker.

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 08/13/2018 @ 10:25am

Big Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues (1956)
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960)
Etta James - Etta James (1962)
Freddie King- Freddy King Sings (1961)
Junior Wells- Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
Memphis Slim - At The Gate Of The Horn (1959)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Delta Blues (1964)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 08/13/2018 @ 11:39am

Tom H. - That's the correct list.

Nicky Joe - Nominations aren't required to vote in a project, but Steve Z is correct. If you want to vote in a tiebreaker, you have to have voted in the project vote that resulted in a tie.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/14/2018 @ 00:32am

Jimmy Reed - I’m Jimmy Reed (1958)
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961)
Junior Wells- Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
Lightin' Hopkins- Soul Blues (1965)
T-Bone Walker- T-Bone Blues (1959)
Willie Dixon- Willie's Blues (1959)
B.B King- Singin' The Blues (1956)
Big Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues (1956)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/14/2018 @ 01:55am

Ended up missing out on nominations for the first round, but I've got some nominations for the second round.

Albert Collins- Frostbite (1980)
Magic Sam- West Side Soul (1967)
Muddy Waters- Hard Again (1977)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 08/14/2018 @ 18:43pm

Albert Collins - The Cool Sound of Albert Collins (1965)
B.B King- Singin' The Blues (1956)
Big Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues (1956)
Etta James - Etta James (1962)
Freddie King- Freddy King Sings (1961)
Jimmy Reed - I’m Jimmy Reed (1958)
Junior Wells- Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
Memphis Slim - At The Gate Of The Horn (1959)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 08/14/2018 @ 19:02pm

A small but strong ballot.

Big Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues (1956)
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960)
Jimmy Reed - I’m Jimmy Reed (1958)
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961)
Junior Wells- Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
Lightin' Hopkins- Soul Blues (1965)
T-Bone Walker- T-Bone Blues (1959)
Willie Dixon- Willie's Blues (1959)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 08/14/2018 @ 20:31pm

While we're on the subject, if anyone is interested in a good read, I've been enjoying "Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues" by Elijah Wald. It's a look at delta blues history while pushing the myth and romanticism aside.

https://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Delta-Robert-Johnson-Invention-ebook/dp/B003JBHW1W/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1534293247&sr=8-1-spell

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 08/14/2018 @ 20:40pm

B.B King- Singin' The Blues (1956)
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Freddie King- Freddy King Sings (1961)
Jimmy Reed - I’m Jimmy Reed (1958)
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961)
Lightin' Hopkins- Soul Blues (1965)
T-Bone Walker- T-Bone Blues (1959)
Willie Dixon- Willie's Blues (1959)

I second DarinRG's take on this nomination list: small but stacked.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/15/2018 @ 19:57pm

Albert Collins - The Cool Sound of Albert Collins (1965)
Big Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues (1956)
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960)
Etta James - Etta James (1962)
Freddie King- Freddy King Sings (1961)
Jimmy Reed - I’m Jimmy Reed (1958)
T-Bone Walker- T-Bone Blues (1959)

An Excellent and Concise Ballot!

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 08/16/2018 @ 00:53am

Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu (2012)
Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter (1969)
Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 08/17/2018 @ 01:26am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Big Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues (1956) - 5
Jimmy Reed - I’m Jimmy Reed (1958) - 5

Freddie King - Freddy King Sings (1961) - 4
Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (1965) - 4
T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues (1959) - 4
____________________________

B.B King - Singin' The Blues (1956) - 3
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962) - 3
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960) - 3
Etta James - Etta James (1962) - 3
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961) - 3
Lightnin' Hopkins - Soul Blues (1965) - 3
Willie Dixon - Willie's Blues (1959) - 3
____________________________

Albert Collins - The Cool Sound of Albert Collins (1965) - 2
Memphis Slim - At The Gate Of The Horn (1959) - 2

Mississippi Fred McDowell - Delta Blues (1964) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
Greg F
Donnie
DarinRG
Tom H.
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Big Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues (1956)
Freddie King - Freddy King Sings (1961)
Jimmy Reed - I’m Jimmy Reed (1958)
Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues (1959)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

B.B King - Singin' The Blues (1956)
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960)
Etta James - Etta James (1962)
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Soul Blues (1965)
Willie Dixon - Willie's Blues (1959)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 7 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other 6 albums will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/17/2018 @ 01:59am

Nominations are now open for this month's second genre vote, "Blues 1966-2017".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/17/2018 @ 02:00am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project nominee, LL Cool J.

Nominations will end and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/17/2018 @ 02:01am

Tiebreaker:

Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962) [7 Points]
Etta James - Etta James (1962) [6 Points]
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960) [5 Points]
Willie Dixon - Willie's Blues (1959) [4 Points]
Lightnin' Hopkins - Soul Blues (1965) [3 Points]
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961) [2 Points]
B.B King - Singin' The Blues (1956) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 08/17/2018 @ 09:52am

Tie-Breaker

1. B.B. King- Signin' the Blues (1956) (7 pts)
2. Lightnin' Hopkins- Soul Blues (1965) (6 pts)
3. John Lee Hooker- Plays and Sings the Blues (1961) (5 pts)
4. Etta James- Etta James (1962) (4 pts)
5. Elmore James- Blues After Hours (1960) (3 pts)
6. Bobby "Blue" Bland- Here's the Man! (1962) (2 pts)
7. Willie Dixon- Willie's Blues (1959) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 08/17/2018 @ 15:06pm

Lightin' Hopkins- Soul Blues (1965) 7
B.B. King- Singin' The Blues (1956) 6
Willie Dixon- Willie's Blues (1959) 5
John Lee Hooker- Plays and Sings The Blues (1961) 4
Elmore James- Blues After Hours (1960) 3
Etta James- Etta James (1962) 2
Bobby "Blue" Bland- Here's The Man! (1962) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/17/2018 @ 17:43pm

B.B. King - Singin' The Blues (1956)-7
Willie Dixon - Willie's Blues (1959)-6
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)-5
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961)-4
Lightnin' Hopkins - Soul Blues (1965)-3
Etta James - Etta James (1962)-2
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 08/17/2018 @ 21:48pm

Etta James - Etta James (1962) - 7
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962) - 6
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960) - 5
B.B. King - Singin' The Blues (1956) - 4
Willie Dixon - Willie's Blues (1959) - 3
Lightnin' Hopkins - Soul Blues (1965) - 2
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961) - 1

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 08/18/2018 @ 10:18am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

B.B King - Singin' The Blues (1956) - 25
________________________

Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962) - 21
Etta James - Etta James (1962) - 21
Lightnin' Hopkins - Soul Blues (1965) - 21
Willie Dixon - Willie's Blues (1959) - 19
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960) - 17
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961) - 16

Here is the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

B.B King - Singin' The Blues (1956)
Big Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues (1956)
Freddie King - Freddy King Sings (1961)
Jimmy Reed - I’m Jimmy Reed (1958)
Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)
T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues (1959)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/20/2018 @ 08:42am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, & Steven Stills - Super Session (1968)
Albert Collins - Frostbite (1980)
Albert King - I'll Play The Blues (1972)
B.B King & Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues (1968)
Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu (2012)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982)
Hound Dog Taylor - Natural Boogie (1973)
Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter (1969)
Magic Sam - West Side Soul (1967)
Muddy Waters - Fathers and Sons (1968)
Muddy Waters - Hard Again (1977)
Robert Cray - Strong Persuader (1986)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)
Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal (1968)
Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues (1970)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/20/2018 @ 08:43am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987)
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995)
LL Cool J - The DEFinition (2004)
LL Cool J - Walking with a Panther (1989)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/20/2018 @ 08:44am

Artist vote

Bigger and Deffer (1987)
Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
Mr. Smith (1995)
Walking With a Panther (1989)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/20/2018 @ 16:40pm

LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987)
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995)
LL Cool J - The DEFinition (2004)
LL Cool J - Walking with a Panther (1989)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Monday, 08/20/2018 @ 17:33pm

Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield & Steven Stills- Super Session (1968)
Albert Collins- Frostbite (1980)
Gary Clark Jr.- Blak and Blu (2012)
Johnny Winter- Johnny Winter (1969)
Muddy Waters- Hard Again (1977)
Robert Cray- Strong Persuader (1986)
Taj Mahal- Taj Mahal (1968)
Willie Dixon- I Am the Blues (1970)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/20/2018 @ 18:25pm

Genre Vote

Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, & Steven Stills - Super Session (1968)
Albert Collins - Frostbite (1980)
Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues (1968)
Magic Sam - West Side Soul (1967)
Muddy Waters - Hard Again (1977)
Robert Cray - Strong Persuader (1986)
Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal (1968)
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues (1970)

Last Cuts: Albert King, B.B. King and Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Johnny Winter

Artist Vote

LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987)
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995)
LL Cool J - Walking with a Panther (1989)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 08/21/2018 @ 14:07pm

Albert King- I'll Play The Blues (1972)
Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues (1968)
Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu (2012)
Hound Dog Taylor - Natural Boogie (1973)
Magic Sam- West Side Soul (1967)
Muddy Waters- Hard Again (1977)
Robert Cray- Strong Persuader (1986)
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues (1970)

LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987)
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995)
LL Cool J - Walking with a Panther (1989)
LL Cool J - The DEFinition (2004)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 08/21/2018 @ 19:04pm

Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues (1968)
Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu (2012)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982)
Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter (1969)
Magic Sam - West Side Soul (1967)
Muddy Waters - Hard Again (1977)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues (1970)

LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987)
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 08/22/2018 @ 18:20pm

LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987)
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
LL Cool J - Walking with a Panther (1989)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 08/23/2018 @ 11:38am

Albert King - I'll Play The Blues (1972)
B.B King & Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues (1968)
Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu (2012)
Hound Dog Taylor - Natural Boogie (1973)
Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter (1969)
Muddy Waters - Fathers and Sons (1968)
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 08/23/2018 @ 11:47am

Albert King - I'll Play The Blues (1972)
B.B King & Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues (1968)
Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu (2012)
Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter (1969)
Muddy Waters - Hard Again (1977)
Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal (1968)
Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Thursday, 08/23/2018 @ 12:01pm

Albert King - I'll Play The Blues (1972)
Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues (1968)
Hound Dog Taylor - Natural Boogie (1973)
Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter (1969)
Magic Sam - West Side Soul (1967)
Muddy Waters - Fathers and Sons (1968)
Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal (1968)
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues (1970)

LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987)
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
LL Cool J - Walking with a Panther (1989)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 08/24/2018 @ 07:57am

Albert Collins - Frostbite (1980)
Albert King - I'll Play The Blues (1972)
Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues (1968)
Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu (2012)
Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter (1969)
Robert Cray - Strong Persuader (1986)
Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues (1970)

LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987)
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995)
LL Cool J - The DEFinition (2004)
LL Cool J - Walking with a Panther (1989)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 08/24/2018 @ 09:19am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues (1968) - 7
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues (1970) - 7

Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu (2012) - 6
Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter (1969) - 6

Albert King - I'll Play The Blues (1972) - 5
Muddy Waters - Hard Again (1977) - 5
____________________________

Magic Sam - West Side Soul (1967) - 4
Robert Cray - Strong Persuader (1986) - 4
Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal (1968) - 4

Albert Collins - Frostbite (1980) - 3
Hound Dog Taylor - Natural Boogie (1973) - 3

Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, & Steven Stills - Super Session (1968) - 2
B.B King & Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000) - 2
Muddy Waters - Fathers and Sons (1968) - 2
Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995) - 2

George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982) - 1
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
DarinRG
Steve Z
Tom H.
Nicky Joe
BSLO
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Albert King - I'll Play The Blues (1972)
Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues (1968)
Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu (2012)
Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter (1969)
Muddy Waters - Hard Again (1977)
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues (1970)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/25/2018 @ 06:35am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987) - 8
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990) - 8
_______________________________

LL Cool J - Walking with a Panther (1989) - 7

LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995) - 6

LL Cool J - The DEFinition (2004) - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Nicky Joe
Donnie
DarinRG
Steve Z
Tom H.
BSLO
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (1987)
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/25/2018 @ 06:37am

Is there support for any of these albums I've been considering for the upcoming general vote.

Rickie Lee Jones- Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)
The Feelies- Crazy Rhythms (1980)
Garth Brooks- No Fences (1990)
George Strait- Strait from the Heart (1982)
Sparks- Hippopotamus (2017)
Kesha- Rainbow (2017)
R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner- Make It Be (2017)
Spoon- Hot Thoughts (2017)
Tim McGraw- Set This Circus Down (2001)
Hot Chip- Made in the Dark (2008)
Esquivel! and His Orchestra- Latin-Esque (1962)
Smokey Robinson- A Quiet Storm (1975)
Martin Denny- Exotica (1957)
Tommy Bolin- Teaser (1975)
Tommy Bolin- Private Eyes (1976)
Nanci Griffiths- Storms (1989)
Yo La Tengo- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
Orbital- Blue Album (2002)
Jo-El Sonnier- Come on Joe (1987)
The Pointer Sisters- Break Out (1982)
Thank God It's Friday Soundtrack (1978)
Flashdance Soundtrack (1983)
Footloose Soundtrack (1984)
Jean Michel Jarre- Zoolook (1984)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/30/2018 @ 03:36am

Putting my nominations in early.

General Vote

Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017)
KISS- KISS (1974)
Queen- A Kind of Magic (1986)

If we do a split on the genre vote, I would go with 1970-1974 and 1975-1979. If we go with that, here would be my nominees....

Round 1

Foghat- Energized (1974)
Grand Funk Railroad- We're an American Band (1973)
Uriah Heep- Demons and Wizards (1972)

Round 2

AC/DC- Powerage (1978)
Foghat- Fool for the City (1975)
KISS- Love Gun (1977)

Artist Vote Nomination

KISS

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 08/31/2018 @ 22:22pm

My Nominations

Rickie Lee Jones- Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Spoon- Hot Thoughts (2017)
The Feelies- Crazy Rhythms (1980)

Artist: Taj Mahal

No split

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/31/2018 @ 22:48pm

Here's a list of albums to consider for nomination in this month's Genre Vote and proof that a split vote would be good.

1970-1974

Alice Cooper- Killer (1971)
Alice Cooper- School’s Out (1972)
Alice Cooper- Alice Cooper Goes to Hell (1976)
Black Sabbath- Vol. 4 (1972)
Blue Oyster Cult- Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Blue Oyster Cult- Secret Treaties (1974)
Budgie- Budgie (1971)
Deep Purple- Stormbringer (1974)
Faces- A Nod is as Good as a Wink….To a Blind Horse (1971)
Faces- Ooh La La (1973)
Focus- Focus II (Moving Waves) (1972)
Grand Funk Railroad- Closer to Home (1970)
Humble Pie- Rock On (1971)
Humble Pie- Smokin’ (1972)
Iron Butterfly- Metamorphosis (1970)
KISS- Hotter Than Hell (1974)
Montrose- Montrose (1973)
Mott the Hoople- The Hoople (1974)
Mountain- Climbing! (1970)
Nazareth- Razamanaz (1973)
Queen- Queen (1973)
REO Speedwagon- Ridin’ the Storm Out (1973)
Robin Trower- Bridge of Sighs (1973)
Rush- Rush (1974)
Steppenwolf- Steppenwolf 7 (1970)
T. Rex- Tanx (1973)
Thin Lizzy- Vagabonds of the Western World (1973)
Uriah Heep- Look at Yourself (1971)
Uriah Heep- Sweet Freedom (1973)

1975-1979

AC/DC- High Voltage (1975)
AC/DC- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
Bad Company- Straight Shooter (1975)
Boston- Don’t Look Back (1979)
Foreigner- Foreigner (1977)
Ian Hunter- Ian Hunter (1975)
Journey- Infinity (1978)
KISS- Dressed to Kill (1975)
KISS- Dynasty (1979)
Led Zeppelin- Presence (1976)
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Street Survivors (1977)
Molly Hatchet- Molly Hatchet (1978)
Molly Hatchet- Flirtin’ With Disaster (1979)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse- Zuma (1975)
Pat Benatar- In the Heat of the Night (1979)
Queen- Jazz (1978)
Rainbow- Long Live Rock N’ Roll (1978)
Rainbow- Down to Earth (1979)
REO Speedwagon- You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish (1978)
Rush- Caress of Steel (1975)
Scorpions- Lovedrive (1979)
Styx- Equinox (1975)
Styx- Crystal Ball (1976)
Styx- Pieces of Eight (1978)
T. Rex- Dandy in the Underworld (1977)
Ted Nugent- Ted Nugent (1975)
Ted Nugent- Free-for-All (1976)
Ted Nugent- Cat Scratch Fever (1977)
The Runaways- The Runaways (1976)
The Who- Who by Numbers (1975)
The Who- Who Are You (1978)
Thin Lizzy- Johnny the Fox (1976)
UFO- Lights Out (1977)
UFO- Obsession (1978)
UFO- Strangers in the Night (1979)
Van Halen- Van Halen II (1979)
Whitesnake- Lovehunter (1979)
ZZ Top- Deguello (1979)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 08/31/2018 @ 22:50pm

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/1/2018 @ 00:59am

Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)

One big genre vote rather than an arbitrary genre split and then use that space for something else like a year vote maybe?

Swans

Posted by Nicky Joe on Saturday, 09/1/2018 @ 05:44am

noms:

Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
The Cure - Wish (1992)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 09/2/2018 @ 23:30pm

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Artist - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/2/2018 @ 23:54pm

General -
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ’n Roll (1981)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)

Artist Nomination -
Melissa Etheridge

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 09/2/2018 @ 23:58pm

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Rick James - Street Songs (1981)

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 09/3/2018 @ 02:01am

BSLO,

Street Songs by Rick James has already been inducted (it was inducted during the Funk Genre Vote awhile back).

You have another nomination.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 09/3/2018 @ 11:29am

Thanks Donnie! In that case, replace that nomination with:

Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)

I'm surprised that we don't have a single album from his solo career inducted. His first three albums are all pretty worthy.

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 09/3/2018 @ 11:48am

John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Soundtrack (2017)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)
The Darkness- Permission To Land (2002)

Artist Vote: John Williams

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/3/2018 @ 15:38pm

September 2018 Album Project Nominations:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

September 2018 Album Project Artist Nomination:

Train

Please consider voting for them because despite having several excellent albums, they STILL have NONE inducted into the Album Project!

September 2018 Album Project Genre Nomination:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock

This is a genre that has been done in the Song Project But STILL has NOT EVER been done in the Album project!

I think there are still lots of great genres and artists not yet done in the albums project BUT the Year Vote does seem like an interesting idea.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 09/3/2018 @ 20:50pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960)
Etta James - Etta James (1962)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ’n Roll (1981)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Soundtrack (2017)
KISS - KISS (1974)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Soul Blues (1965)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Spoon - Hot Thoughts (2017)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
The Cure - Wish (1992)
The Darkness - Permission To Land (2002)
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Willie Dixon - Willie's Blues (1959)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/4/2018 @ 01:37am

This month's selected genre (as the result of losing last month's tiebreaker vote) is "1970s Hard Rock / Metal".

Nominations will begin at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Please use the time before then to determine if there should be one vote for this genre or two and what year should be used to divide the votes if we decide to have two.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/4/2018 @ 01:37am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Cocteau Twins
Duran Duran
John Williams
KISS
Melissa Etheridge
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Primus
Rickie Lee Jones
Rod Stewart
Rush
Swans
Taj Mahal
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
Train
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/4/2018 @ 01:38am

General Vote

Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
KISS - KISS (1974)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Last Cuts: The Darkness, The Cure, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, LCD Soundsystem, Don McLean, Lionel Richie

Yes to a split for the Genre Vote. I propose 1970-1974 and 1975-1979

Artist Vote

Cocteau Twins
Duran Duran
KISS
Primus
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 09/4/2018 @ 02:29am

Bobby “Blue” Bland - Here’s the Man! (1962)
Etta James - Etta James (1962)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ’n’ Roll (1981)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
SZA - Ctrl. (2017)
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)
Willie Dixon - Willie’s Blues (1959)

No way in Hell do I want a genre split, they’re unbalanced and unnecessary, especially when it’s just a 10 year time period, so they need to be abolished.

Cocteau Twins
Melissa Etheridge
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Primus
Swans

Posted by Nicky Joe on Tuesday, 09/4/2018 @ 06:00am

John Williams
Rickie Lee Jones
Taj Mahal
Neil Young
Melissa Etheridge
Swans

No split

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 09/4/2018 @ 13:30pm

Rickie Lee Jones- Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Spoon- Hot Thoughts (2017)
The Feelies- Crazy Rhythms (1980)
Meat Loaf- Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
SZA- Ctrl. (2017)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi Soundtrack (2017)
Iggy Pop- Post Pop Depression (2016)
Lightin' Hopkins- Soul Blues (1965)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 09/4/2018 @ 14:35pm

Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Etta James - Etta James (1962)
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
The Cure - Wish (1992)

Yes to a split.

John Williams
Kiss
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 09/4/2018 @ 15:39pm

Cocteau Twins
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Primus
Rickie Lee Jones
Swans
TV on the Radio

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 09/4/2018 @ 18:55pm

Etta James - Etta James (1962)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
The Cure - Wish (1992)
The Darkness - Permission To Land (2002)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 09/5/2018 @ 00:48am

Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960)
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
The Darkness - Permission To Land (2002)
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)
Willie Dixon - Willie's Blues (1959)

Melissa Etheridge
Neil Young
Primus
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones

No split

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 09/5/2018 @ 05:54am

Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ’n Roll (1981)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Soundtrack (2017)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
The Darkness - Permission To Land (2002)
Willie Dixon - Willie's Blues (1959)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/6/2018 @ 07:09am

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/6/2018 @ 07:11am

Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Soul Blues (1965)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 09/6/2018 @ 19:21pm

Bobby "Blue" Bland - Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City (1974)
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (1984)
Cher - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves (1971)
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (2017)
Harry Styles - Sign of the Time (2017)
Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1972)
Killing Joke - Eighties (1984)
LCD Soundsystem - Call The Police (2017)
Peter Schilling - Major Tom (1983)
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (2017)
Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing (1983)
Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (DNA mix) (1990)
The Charalatans UK - The Only One I Know (1990)
The National - The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness (2017)
Three Dog Night - An Old Fashioned Love Song (1971)

Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine
Paul Simon
Pink Floyd
Squeeze
TV On The Radio
Warren Zevon

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/8/2018 @ 01:36am

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Duran Duran
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Primus
Rush
Swans
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/8/2018 @ 01:42am

Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Etta James - Etta James (1962)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ’n Roll (1981)
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Duran Duran
John Williams
Melissa Etheridge
Rod Stewart
Taj Mahal
The Isley Brothers

No to a Split

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 09/8/2018 @ 02:22am

This is my list of artists:

Duran Duran
John Williams
Melissa Etheridge
Rickie Lee Jones
Rush
The Rolling Stones

No, to a split.

General vote:

Brian Eno- Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy (1974)
Don McLean- American Pie (1971)
Etta James- Etta James (1962)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi Soundtrack (2017)
Lionel Richie- Can’t Slow Down (1983)
Meat Loaf- Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1993)
Rickie Lee Jones- Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Train- Drops Of Jupiter (2001)

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Saturday, 09/8/2018 @ 06:10am

September 2018 Album Ballot:

KISS - KISS (1974)
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

Last Cuts include Don McLean, Iggy Pop, Joan Jett, and John Williams. It was really tough to narrow down my Final Ballot. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

September 2018 Album Artist Ballot:

Duran Duran
John Williams
KISS
Rickie Lee Jones
Rod Stewart
Train

Last Cuts include Melissa Etheridge and Rush. There are also many artists that I would eventually vote for.

I support Donnie's Split Suggestion for the Genre vote.

If we Inducted More Albums in both the General vote and in the Genre vote, only then would I support both a year vote and not splitting genre votes.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 09/8/2018 @ 12:15pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962) - 6
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983) - 6
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987) - 6

Etta James - Etta James (1962) - 5
________________________________

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008) - 4
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 4
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980) - 4
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4
________________________________

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 3
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ’n Roll (1981) - 3
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006) - 3
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Soundtrack (2017) - 3
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 3
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 3
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979) - 3
SZA - Ctrl. (2017) - 3
The Darkness - Permission To Land (2002) - 3
Willie Dixon - Willie's Blues (1959) - 3

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 2
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 2
Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960) - 2
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 2
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 2
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues (1961) - 2
KISS - KISS (1974) - 2
Lightnin' Hopkins - Soul Blues (1965) - 2
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004) - 2
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 2
The Cure - Wish (1992) - 2

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Spoon - Hot Thoughts (2017) - 1
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Nicky Joe
Greg F
Steve Z
jtrichey
BSLO
Tom H.
DarinRG
Darren
Nick
Enigmaticus
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Etta James - Etta James (1962)
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums.

The 2 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote (please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "1970's Hard Rock/Metal", though chronologically, none do).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/9/2018 @ 02:16am

"1970's Hard Rock/Metal" has been selected as this month's genre vote. There will not be a vote split.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "1970's Hard Rock/Metal".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/9/2018 @ 02:22am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

John Williams - 6
Primus - 6
___________________________

Duran Duran - 5
Melissa Etheridge - 5
Rod Stewart - 5
The Isley Brothers - 5

Neil Young - 4
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 4
Rickie Lee Jones - 4
Swans - 4
The Rolling Stones - 4
___________________________

Cocteau Twins - 3
KISS - 3
Rush - 3

Taj Mahal - 2
TV On The Radio - 2

Train - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Nicky Joe
Greg F
Steve Z
DarinRG
BSLO
Tom H.
Darren
Nick
Enigmaticus
Jennifer

The following artists will be involved in a tiebreaker to determine the selected artist:

John Williams
Primus

The winner of the tiebreaker will be selected for September. The loser of the tiebreaker will be selected for October.

Anyone who voted in the artist selection vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker. To vote, select your preferred artist. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes counted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/9/2018 @ 02:28am

My genre vote nominations

UFO - Phenomenon (1974)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1978)
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)

Artist tiebreaker: John Williams

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/9/2018 @ 02:48am

Tiebreaker

The Feelies- Crazy Rhythms (1980)-4
Meat Loaf- Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)-3
Train- Drops of Jupiter (2001)-2
Lil Wayne- The Carter III (2008)-1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/9/2018 @ 04:13am

4 - The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)

3 - Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back in to Hell (1993)
2 - Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
1 - Lil Wayne - Th Carter III (2008)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Sunday, 09/9/2018 @ 05:53am

Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977)

Black Rose: A Rock Legend was released in 1979, not 1978.

Posted by Nicky Joe on Sunday, 09/9/2018 @ 06:12am

Primus for the tiebreaker... I guess

Posted by Nicky Joe on Sunday, 09/9/2018 @ 06:13am

General Tiebreaker -
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 4
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008) - 3
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980) - 2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - - 1

Artist Tiebreaker - John Williams

Genre Nominations -
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977)
Humble Pie - Smokin’ (1972)
Ian Hunter - Ian Hunter (1975)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 09/9/2018 @ 22:26pm

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008) - 4
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980) - 3
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 2
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1

KISS - Dressed to Kill (1975)
Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever (1977)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 09/9/2018 @ 22:41pm

tiebreak:

1. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
2. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
3. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)
4. Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

genre noms:
Slade - Slade In Flame (1974)
Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness and Charm (1977)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 09/9/2018 @ 23:18pm

Jethro Tull- War Child (1974)
Queen- Jazz (1978)
Uriah Heep- Sweet Freedom (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/10/2018 @ 16:13pm

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)-4
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)-3
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)-2
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/10/2018 @ 16:22pm

Artist Tie Breaker

John Williams

I am beyond excited that John Williams made the tie breaker. He is by far my favorite artist of all time and the soundtrack to my childhood. Cant wait to get to him in an artist vote soon.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/10/2018 @ 16:29pm

Alright, I'd feel like a huge asshole if I didn't do this...

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)-4
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)-3
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)-2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)-1

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 09/10/2018 @ 18:50pm

Tiebreakers:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) [4 Points]
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980) [3 Points]
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008) [2 Points]
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) [1 Point]

John Williams

Genre Nominations:

Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow (1975)
Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973)
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 09/10/2018 @ 23:28pm

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008) - 4
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 3
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980) - 2
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 1

Primus

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/11/2018 @ 01:46am

Very disappointed to see there's no split for this genre. Inducting only 6 albums will do little to fill in the holes in this genre and we'll back to square one needing to do it again like all the other genres we repeat over and over again.

With that being said, between the 6 I originally nominated I'll go with

Foghat- Energized (1974)
KISS- Love Gun (1977)
Uriah Heep- Demons and Wizards (1972) (their greatest album)

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Train- Drops of Jupiter (2001) (4 pts)
2. The Feelies- Crazy Rhythms (1980) (3 pts)
3. Lil' Wayne- Tha Carter III (2008) (2 pts)
4. Meat Loaf- Bat Out of Hell II (Back Into Hell) (1993) (1 pt)

Artist Vote Tie-Breaker

Primus

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 09/11/2018 @ 10:22am

Donnie, I completely agree. Many of the albums that you previously listed for each group are essential albums for these groups that the album project has so far snubbed. It is going to be really hard for me to narrow it down to only eight nominations. I REALLY wish we could vote for and INDUCT more albums than a mere 6 during this single round. I propose that we induct 8 or 10 instead to help with this big backlog since we only have the single round. :(

1970's Hard Rock Genre Nominations:

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975) with classic rock songs such as Shooting Star, Good Lovin' Gone Bad, and Feel Like Makin' Love
Journey - Infinity (1978) with classic rock songs such as Lights, Feeling That Way/Anytime, and Wheel in the Sky
The Who - Who Are You (1978) with classic rock songs such as Who Are You and Sister Disco

Top 4 Honorable Mentions:

Foreigner - Foreigner (1977) with classic rock songs such as Cold as Ice and Feels Like the First Time
Journey - Evolution (1979) with classic rock songs such as Just the Same Way and Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin
Rainbow - Long Live Rock N’ Roll (1978) with classic rock songs such as Gates of Babylon and Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) with classic rock songs such as Renegade and Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)

Artist Vote Tie-Breaker:

John Williams

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 09/11/2018 @ 22:17pm

First, to anyone who (like me) are in the Path of Hurricane Florence, I pray that we all stay safe. It is never a good sign when Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel arrives in town. :(

And, finally, a Big Thank You to Everyone who helped support my long standing nominees Train and Meat Loaf in both getting to and while in the Tie-Breaker Round! :D

My General Vote Tie-Breaker:

4=Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)
3=Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
2=The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)
1=Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)

I will try to get my posts up as quick as I can for the Song Project too in between my storm preparations.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 09/11/2018 @ 22:47pm

As usual I'll throw in a couple of dark horse candidates outside the spectrum of usual suspects, which means they have little chance of being voted in because, of course, they aren't the usual suspects....

Buffalo - Volcanic Rock (1973)

Buffalo was an Australian band who predated AC/DC, but remained mostly underground because radio stations didn't want to play them, and their record company didn't think an Australian band could be successful outside of Australia.

Jerusalem - Jerusalem (1972)

Jerusalem only released 1 album produced by Ian Gillian of Deep Purple who said "...they are rough, raw and doomy with their own strong identity. As they are young and a bit green, they don't follow many rules, so their material is almost crude - but still immensely powerful in content." They toured with Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep and other heavyweights.

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 09/11/2018 @ 23:10pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

John Williams - 5
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Primus - 3

As a result of this vote, John Williams has been nominated for this month's Artist Vote. Primus will be selected for October's Artist Vote.

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Vote. This month's selected artist is John Williams.

Anyone can nominate one album by John Williams from 1900-2017 that hasn't already been inducted into the Album Project.

The following albums have previously been inducted into the Album project:

E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)
Jaws: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)
Star Wars (1977)

Here's a link to John William's wikipedia discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams_discography

Nominations will end and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/12/2018 @ 03:26am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980) - 31
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001) - 28
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Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 27
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008) - 24

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project.

Here is the final class of inductees from this month's Album Project vote:

Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Etta James - Etta James (1962)
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987)
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980)
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/12/2018 @ 03:29am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)
Buffalo - Volcanic Rock (1973)
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977)
Foghat - Energized (1974)
Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973)
Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness and Charm (1977)
Humble Pie - Smokin’ (1972)
Ian Hunter - Ian Hunter (1975)
Jerusalem - Jerusalem (1972)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Journey - Infinity (1978)
KISS - Dressed to Kill (1975)
KISS - Love Gun (1977)
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow (1975)
Slade - Slade In Flame (1974)
Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever (1977)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)
The Who - Who Are You (1978)
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)
UFO - Phenomenon (1974)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972) (their greatest album)
Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom (1973)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/12/2018 @ 03:31am

Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) was inducted into the Album Project in June so it is not eligible for the vote.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/12/2018 @ 09:54am

Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)
Journey - Infinity (1978)
Kiss - Love Gun (1977)
Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever (1977)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)
The Who - Who Are You (1978)
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 09/12/2018 @ 10:47am

Artist Vote

John Williams- Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/12/2018 @ 12:46pm

Dang! Didn't realize that about Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. Otherwise, I would've nominated School's Out.

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973)
KISS - Love Gun (1977)
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)
UFO - Phenomenon (1974)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 09/12/2018 @ 20:26pm

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)
Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness and Charm (1977)
Slade - Slade In Flame (1974)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 09/12/2018 @ 23:00pm

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness and Charm (1977)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Journey - Infinity (1978)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
UFO - Phenomenon (1974)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/13/2018 @ 07:12am

So many good John Williams albums to pick from so I'm going to hold off on a nomination for a few days and see what other people come up with first because at the moment I'm having a hard time picking just one.

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/13/2018 @ 07:15am

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)
Foghat - Energized (1974)
Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973)
Journey - Infinity (1978)
KISS - Love Gun (1977)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Last Cuts: Tommy Bolin, Thin Lizzy (both albums), The Who (that'd be easy to get in during the General Vote), UFO, Ted Nugent, Humble Pie

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 09/13/2018 @ 09:52am

Blue Oyster Cult- Secret Treaties (1974)
Grand Funk Railroad- We're an American Band (1973)
UFO- Phenomenon (1974)
Tommy Bolin- Teaser (1975)
Thin Lizzy- Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
Kiss- Love Gun (1977)
Uriah Heep- Demons and Wizards (1972)
The Runaways- The Runaways (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 09/13/2018 @ 13:45pm

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977)
Humble Pie - Smokin’ (1972)
Ian Hunter - Ian Hunter (1975)
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
UFO- Phenomenon (1974)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 09/16/2018 @ 00:44am

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)
Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973)
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
Slade - Slade In Flame (1974)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)
The Who - Who Are You (1978)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/16/2018 @ 02:03am

Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)
Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973)
KISS - Love Gun (1977)
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever (1977)
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 09/16/2018 @ 22:13pm

September 2018 Album Project Genre Ballot:
Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Journey - Infinity (1978)
KISS - Love Gun (1977)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
Slade - Slade In Flame (1974)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)
The Who - Who Are You (1978)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Lots of last cuts but I don't have time to list them all since I just got my power and internet back on after Hurricane Florence!

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 09/16/2018 @ 23:51pm

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Buffalo - Volcanic Rock (1973)
Jerusalem - Jerusalem (1972)
Slade - Slade In Flame (1974)
Ian Hunter - Ian Hunter (1975)
Humble Pie - Smokin’ (1972)

Posted by joker on Monday, 09/17/2018 @ 00:00am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975) - 9

The Runaways - The Runaways (1976) - 7
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972) - 7

Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974) - 6
KISS - Love Gun (1977) - 6
____________________________

Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973) - 5
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974) - 5
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979) - 5
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Journey - Infinity (1978) - 4
Slade - Slade In Flame (1974) - 4
UFO - Phenomenon (1974) - 4

Queen - Jazz (1978) - 3
The Who - Who Are You (1978) - 3
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977) - 3

Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness and Charm (1977) - 2
Humble Pie - Smokin’ (1972) - 2
Ian Hunter - Ian Hunter (1975) - 2
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974) - 2
Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever (1977) - 2
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979) - 2

Buffalo - Volcanic Rock (1973) - 1
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977) - 1
Foghat - Energized (1974) - 1
Jerusalem - Jerusalem (1972) - 1
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 1

KISS - Dressed to Kill (1975) - 0
Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom (1973) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Nicky Joe
Steve Z
jtrichey
Tom H.
Donnie
Greg F.
Nick
Darren
BSLO
Jennifer
joker

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)
KISS - Love Gun (1977)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973)
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/17/2018 @ 00:58am

Nominations remain open for this month's genre vote. This month's selected artist is John Williams.

Nominations will remain open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/17/2018 @ 00:59am

Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)-3
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)-2
Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/17/2018 @ 10:45am

Grand Funk Railroad- We're an American Band (1972)- 3
Mott the Hoople- The Hoople (1974)- 2
Van Halen- Van Halen II (1979)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/17/2018 @ 13:05pm

1. Grand Funk Railroad- We're an American Band (1973) (3 pts)
2. Van Halen- Van Halen II (1979) (2 pts)
3. Mott the Hoople- The Hoople (1974) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 09/17/2018 @ 15:54pm

Kind of surprised that there haven't been more nominations put forward yet for John Williams soundtracks. That being said my nomination will be

John Williams- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)

I'll be posting a list of suggestions for nominations in a few minutes.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/17/2018 @ 17:28pm

Suggestions for John Williams Soundtracks to nominate:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: OST (1977)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark: OST (1981)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: OST (1983)
Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom: OST (1984)
Empire of the Sun: OST (1987)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: OST (1989)
Hook: OST (1991)
JFK: OST (1992)
Schindler's List: OST (1993)
Saving Private Ryan: OST (1998)
Catch Me if You Can: OST (2002)
Lincoln: OST (2012)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: OST (2015)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/17/2018 @ 18:03pm

I'd also like to recommend the soundtrack to Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), which features the epic "Duel of the Fates." The film may not be that good, but the soundtrack is amazing.

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 09/17/2018 @ 18:42pm

Tiebreaker:

Mott the Hoople - The Hoople (1974) [3 Points]
Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band (1973) [2 Points]
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 09/17/2018 @ 20:39pm

Sorry Tom H, this has been on my to-do list the last couple of days and I forgot to post my nomination for John Williams. But with work, college and my immediate family in the Carolinas during Hurricane Florence, I kept delaying my nomination. Definitely someone different and his work is so prolific and great that we can’t get it wrong.

Artist Nomination -
John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)

Tiebreakers -
Mott the Hoople- The Hoople (1974)- 3 Van Halen- Van Halen II (1979)- 2
Grand Funk Railroad- We're an American Band (1972)- 1

Posted by Nick on Monday, 09/17/2018 @ 23:01pm

Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973)
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 09/17/2018 @ 23:23pm

3 - Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)
2 - Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band (1973)
1 - Mott the Hoople - The Hoople (1974)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Tuesday, 09/18/2018 @ 12:42pm

Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979) - 3
Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band (1973) - 2
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/19/2018 @ 01:00am

Nick,

I hope that your family is OK.

During Hurricane Florence, I have been helping to keep people informed about which businesses in my area are open so people can get much needed supplies and spreading other important information by messaging my DJ friend and posting on her local radio station's Facebook as well my town's Facebook pages. She has been one of the most hopeful and helpful voices during the darkest days of the storm and its aftermath for the many, many thousands of listeners in the local counties who had no power and no other contact with the outside world. Many areas are still surrounded by water and getting supplies dropped in by helicopter. Search and rescue volunteers from around the country have been busy saving both human and animal lives.

My family and I are doing well but many friends and neighbors have had extensive damage, including 2 who have had their rooves collapse. Many people are still flooded out of their homes and many have no homes to return to. Upturned trees are still everywhere. But, slowly life is returning to normal locally with more people getting their power back and businesses reopening each day here and throughout the Carolinas.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 09/19/2018 @ 19:21pm

John Williams Album Artist Nomination:

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST (1980)

Album Genre Tiebreaker:

3-Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973)
2-Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
1-Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 09/19/2018 @ 20:32pm

Jennifer and Nick

Hope you and your families continue to stay safe while dealing with the fallout of Florence.

Best wishes from the Green Mountain State

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/19/2018 @ 21:34pm

My nomination - Schindler's List: OST (1993)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/19/2018 @ 22:46pm

Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974) - 3
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979) - 2
Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973) - 1

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 09/19/2018 @ 23:40pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973) - 21
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Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974) - 20
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979) - 19

Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated in October.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974)
Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973)
KISS - Love Gun (1977)
The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/20/2018 @ 08:39am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993)
John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
John Williams - Schindler's List: OST (1993)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST (1980)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/20/2018 @ 08:44am

This was an incredibly tough list of nominees to narrow down to just 6 albums....

John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993)
John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
John Williams - Schindler's List: OST (1993)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST (1980)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978)

Last cuts: Too numerous to mention

Posted by joker on Thursday, 09/20/2018 @ 23:10pm

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 09/21/2018 @ 18:51pm

Thank you, Tom and Jennifer for the kind words, it’s much appreciated. My family is doing fine and they are safe. They were more towards the central part of the state, but they had heavy winds and rain for several days. The lost power most of last weekend. I now live out of state, and I was unafraid for their safety.

Jennifer, please let us know if need any help and I hope you’re doing well. Please stay safe in the aftermath of the hurricane.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 09/22/2018 @ 01:27am

John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993)
John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
John Williams - Schindler's List: OST (1993)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST (1980)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978)

Every album listed should be inducted ASAP. I will say, this is one of the smallest yet really great Artist ballots in a long time. This is one of the few times I hope a tiebreaker occurs so more of his albums can be carried over to the General Vote.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 09/22/2018 @ 01:30am

Jennifer, I had no idea you lived in the Carolinas.
I know the film industry has branched out from California in recent decades; but given your line of work, I figured you were in L.A. My great uncle was a farmer in North Carolina near the town of Eden, across the border from Danville, Virginia. My mother would spend her childhood summers down there. I'm only a few states up I-95 from there. Anyway, stay okay, wherever you are.

Posted by joker on Saturday, 09/22/2018 @ 17:37pm

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/24/2018 @ 17:03pm

Thank you to Tom H., Nick, and joker. My family and I are good. However, I think the stress and sadness led to me being physically pretty sick for a couple of days but now I am getting better each day. I continue try to be a force for good in the world around me and doing that makes me happy.

John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993)
John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
John Williams - Schindler's List: OST (1993)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST (1980)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 09/24/2018 @ 18:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001) - 5
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993) - 5
John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981) - 5
John Williams - Schindler's List: OST (1993) - 5
John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST (1980) - 5
John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978) - 5
____________________________

This vote count includes the following votes:

joker
Greg F
Nick
Tom H.
Jennifer

The following songs will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993)
John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
John Williams - Schindler's List: OST (1993)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST (1980)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978)

Anyone who voted in this Artist Vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most points will be inducted. The other 4 albums will be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on Friday the 28th (extra time added due to late notification).

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/25/2018 @ 14:54pm

None of you goofballs figured out you could eliminate one of the albums so that the tiebreaker wasn't the exact same as the regular vote? Sheesh.

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 09/25/2018 @ 23:38pm

Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993)-6
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back: Original Soundtrack (1980)-5
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Soundtrack (1981)-4
Superman: The Movie: Original Soundtrack (1978)-3
Schindler's List: Original Soundtrack (1993)-2
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone: Original Soundtrack (2001)-1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/26/2018 @ 02:45am

John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)-6
John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST (1980)-5
John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)-4
John Williams - Schindler's List: OST (1993)-3
John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978)-2
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/27/2018 @ 07:34am

I am very happy that all of the nominations made it this far. I've had the hardest time picking my top choice since I have always loved both the Superman and Raiders themes. They are both massively iconic scores that almost everyone that loves movies knows when they hear it. The Empire Strikes Back score that I nominated is one that I owned when I was child and played so much that I wore out the tape.

6=John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978)
5=John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
4=John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST (1980)
3=John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)
2=John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993)
1=John Williams - Schindler's List: OST (1993)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 09/28/2018 @ 01:15am

Bummed that I missed out on the voting period for this and the song projects this go around, but its nice to see my nominations get some solid support! Good rounds all around, in my opinion.

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 09/28/2018 @ 18:01pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST (1980) - 14

John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981) - 13
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John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978) - 11

John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001) - 10

John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993) - 9

John Williams - Schindler's List: OST (1993) - 6

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project.

Here are the final inductees from this Artist Project vote:

John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST (1980)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/29/2018 @ 10:23am

I'm gonna post my nominations early for the October General Vote -

Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1971)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)

Genre Nomination -1980’s R&B/Soul
[It's gotta happen sooner or later...hopefully]

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 09/30/2018 @ 22:40pm

My Nominations

Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1981)
Spoon- Hot Thoughts (2017)
Tame Impala- Currents (2015)

Genre: Stoner Rock/Metal

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/30/2018 @ 23:54pm

General Vote

Alice Cooper- Killer (1972)
Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017)
Queen- A Kind of Magic (1986)

Genre Vote

Movie Soundtracks

Artist Vote

Primus- Pork Soda (1993)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 10/1/2018 @ 01:40am

Artist Vote Nomination

Primus- Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 10/1/2018 @ 01:53am

Rule Changes In 2018:

Starting in January, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated genres or artists during genre / artist selection votes.

Starting in January, voters will be able to nominate as many as 3 albums for genre votes.

Starting in May, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated songs in the Artist Project and the Genre Project votes.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

Mariah Carey (eligible again in November 2018)
The Bee Gees (eligible again in December 2018)
Judas Priest (eligible again in January 2019)
The Temptations (eligible again in February 2019)
LL Cool J (eligible again in March 2019)
John Williams (eligible again in April 2019)

Motorhead is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2017 and two albums from 1900-2017. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993)
John Williams - Schindler's List: OST (1993)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1980's Hip-Hop
2010s Hip-Hop
Country
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Movie Soundtracks

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Concept Albums" is ineligible for nomination until November, as it was the selected genre from April.

"Art Rock/Progressive Rock" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"Glam Rock" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Power Pop" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Blues" is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

"1970's Hard Rock/Metal" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"Punk Rock" and "1960's R&B/Soul" are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

Primus has been selected for this month's Artist Vote as a result of finishing second in a tiebreaker in August.

The following albums have previously been inducted into this project:

NONE

Here's a link to wikipedia's Primus discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primus_discography

Nominations for the selected artist are now open. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations allowed until 11 PM Central) on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated songs. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/1/2018 @ 02:31am

Correction on the Artist Vote Round.

Sailing the Sea of Cheese was inducted during the Progressive Rock Genre Vote round a few months back.

That is the only album from Primus inducted into the project.

The FRL website hasn't updated the inductees in a few months.

Greg F, you have another nomination.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 10/1/2018 @ 03:03am

Joanna Newsom - Ys. (2006)
The National - Boxer (2007)
Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy (2017)

Genres: 2010s Hip-Hop

Posted by Nicky Joe on Monday, 10/1/2018 @ 04:24am

Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
The Strokes - Room On Fire (2003)

Primus - The Brown Album (1997)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 10/1/2018 @ 06:42am

Artist Vote Nomination

Primus- Tales from the Punchbowl (1995

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 10/1/2018 @ 11:23am

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)

Genre: New Wave

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 10/1/2018 @ 11:28am

Here is my ballot for this month's Album project. Considering I haven't been posting on this page for the last two months, let me know if there are any oversights.

Peter Gabriel - Us (1992)
Tears For Fears - The Seeds of Love (1989)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)

My Genre Vote nomination is:

Video Game Soundtracks

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Primus - The Desaturating Seven (2017)

Again, correct me if i am wrong,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Monday, 10/1/2018 @ 17:27pm

Lax35,
Tears for Fears’ ‘The Seeds of Love’ is already inducted from a few months ago. I posted a list of recent album and song additions on the other page. Hopefully FRL updates it soon.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 10/1/2018 @ 17:48pm

Peter Gabriel’s ‘Us’ is also inducted as well. So you have two nominations left.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 10/1/2018 @ 17:50pm

Artist Nomination

Primus- Frizzle Fry (1990)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/1/2018 @ 22:00pm

Thank you to those that managed to update the list of inductees. With that in mind, here are my replacement nominees.

Chicago - Chicago VII (1974)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)

Hopefully this will suffice,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Tuesday, 10/2/2018 @ 09:50am

noms:

Stabbing Westward - Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996)
INXS - X (1990)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 10/3/2018 @ 00:26am

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/3/2018 @ 00:29am

Harry Belafonte- Calypso (1956)
Kool & the Gang- Light Of Worlds (1974)
The Killers- Wonderful, Wonderful (2017)

Genre Nomination

Krautrock

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/3/2018 @ 10:54am

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 10/3/2018 @ 20:50pm

October 2018 Album Project Nominations:

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

October 2018 Album Project Artist Nomination:

Restless Heart

October 2018 Album Project Genre Nomination:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 10/3/2018 @ 23:47pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1971)
Harry Belafonte - Calypso (1956)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
INXS - X (1990)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Joanna Newsom - Ys. (2006)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993)
John Williams - Schindler's List: OST (1993)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978)
Kool & the Gang - Light Of Worlds (1974)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Spoon - Hot Thoughts (2017)
Stabbing Westward - Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
The Killers - Wonderful, Wonderful (2017)
The National - Boxer (2007)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
The Strokes - Room On Fire (2003)
Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy (2017)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/4/2018 @ 00:11am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
2010s Hip-Hop
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Country
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Krautrock
Movie Soundtracks
New Wave
Stoner Rock/Metal
Video Game Soundtracks

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/4/2018 @ 00:13am

1980’s R&B/Soul
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Country
Krautrock
Movie Soundtracks
Stoner Rock/Metal

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974)
Kool & the Gang - Light Of Worlds (1974)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Spoon - Hot Thoughts (2017)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 10/4/2018 @ 01:15am

General Vote

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Harry Belafonte - Calypso (1956)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
The National - Boxer (2007)
The Strokes - Room On Fire (2003)

Last Cuts: Queens of the Stone Age, LCD Soundsystem, INXS, Don McLean, Joe Jackson, Kool and the Gang

Genre Vote

1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
2010s Hip-Hop
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks
New Wave

Last Cuts: Jazz, Krautrock, Stoner Rock/Metal

Artist Vote

Primus- Pork Soda (1993)

Just wanted to post it again as a reminder of my nomination.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 10/4/2018 @ 01:40am

Genre Vote

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Country
Jazz
Krautrock
Movie Soundtracks
Stoner Rock/Metal

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 10/4/2018 @ 07:41am

October 2018 Album Genre Ballot:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Country
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks
New Wave
Video Game Soundtracks

Last Cuts include 1980’s R&B/Soul and Jazz. There are also other genres that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 10/4/2018 @ 15:31pm

Alice Cooper - Killer (1971)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
The National - Boxer (2007)
The Strokes - Room on Fire (2003)
Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy (2017)

1980s Hip-Hop
2010s Hip-Hop
Jazz
Krautrock
New Wave

Posted by Nicky Joe on Thursday, 10/4/2018 @ 17:29pm

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Harry Belafonte - Calypso (1956)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
The Strokes - Room On Fire (2003)

1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
2010s Hip-Hop
Country
New Wave
Stoner Rock/Metal

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 10/4/2018 @ 21:23pm

Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
INXS - X (1990)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Stabbing Westward - Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996)
The Killers - Wonderful, Wonderful (2017)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 10/5/2018 @ 00:19am

Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978)
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
The Strokes - Room On Fire (2003)

1980's Hip-Hop
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Krautrock
Movie Soundtracks
New Wave

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 10/5/2018 @ 17:49pm

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Harry Belafonte- Calypso (1956)
Joanna Newsom - Ys. (2006)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
The National - Boxer (2007)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)

Country
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Krautrock
Stoner Rock/Metal

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 10/5/2018 @ 19:33pm

1980's Hip-Hop
2010s Hip-Hop
Movie Soundtracks
New Wave
Stoner Rock/Metal

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/6/2018 @ 00:35am

Here is my ballot for this month's Album Project.

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
The Killers - Wonderful, Wonderful (2017)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)

And my Genre Vote ballot is:

Video Game Soundtracks
2010s Hip-Hop
New Wave
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock

At least my vote counts here,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Saturday, 10/6/2018 @ 19:44pm

Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Harry Belafonte - Calypso (1956)
INXS - X (1990)
John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
New Wave
Stoner Rock/Metal
Video Game Soundtracks

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 10/6/2018 @ 19:57pm

Genre Vote -
1980’s R&B/Soul
1980’s Hip-Hop
Country
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
New Wave
Video Game Soundtracks

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 10/6/2018 @ 23:03pm

Genre Vote -
1980’s R&B/Soul
1980’s Hip-Hop
Country
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
New Wave
Video Game Soundtracks

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 10/6/2018 @ 23:03pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

New Wave - 9
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Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 7

1980's Hip-Hop - 6
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock - 6
Country - 6
Movie Soundtracks - 6
Stoner Rock/Metal - 6

2010s Hip-Hop - 5
Krautrock - 5

1980’s R&B/Soul - 4
Video Game Soundtracks - 4
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Jazz - 3

This month's selected genre is "New Wave".

Nominations begin on the 8th at 11 PM Central. Before then, we need to decide if this genre will be divided into two votes or not and what criteria would be used to split the votes if we have a split.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/7/2018 @ 00:45am

No split is needed.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/7/2018 @ 01:47am

I don't think we need to do a split.

Should be a good genre vote though.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 10/7/2018 @ 05:19am

October 2018 Album Ballot:

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

Last Cuts include Don McLean, INXS, and Joe Jackson. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 10/7/2018 @ 18:33pm

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1971)
INXS - X (1990)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
Mott the Hoople - The Hoople (1974)
The Strokes - Room on Fire (2003)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 10/7/2018 @ 22:31pm

No to a split.

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 10/8/2018 @ 14:52pm

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974)
Harry Belafonte - Calypso (1956)
John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993)
John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978)
Kool & the Gang - Light Of Worlds (1974)
The Killers - Wonderful, Wonderful (2017)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/8/2018 @ 18:39pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) - 8

Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974) - 6

Harry Belafonte - Calypso (1956) - 5
The Strokes - Room On Fire (2003) - 5
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Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977) - 4
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982) - 4
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 4
Tame Impala - Currents (2015) - 4
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Alice Cooper - Killer (1972) - 3
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974) - 3
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 3
INXS - X (1990) - 3
John Williams - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001) - 3
John Williams - Superman: The Movie Original Soundtrack (1978) - 3
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008) - 3
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 3
The Killers - Wonderful, Wonderful (2017) - 3
The National - Boxer (2007) - 3

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002) - 2
Joanna Newsom - Ys. (2006) - 2
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack (1993) - 2
Kool & the Gang - Light Of Worlds (1974) - 2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 2
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople (1974) - 2
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981) - 2

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 1
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1971) - 1
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 1
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 1
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986) - 1
Spoon - Hot Thoughts (2017) - 1
Stabbing Westward - Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996) - 1
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) - 1
Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy (2017) - 1
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 1

John Williams - Schindler's List: OST (1993) - 0
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 0
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
Nicky Joe
BSLO
jtrichey
Steve Z
DarinRG
Lax35
dmg
Jennifer
Nick
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Harry Belafonte - Calypso (1956)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
The Strokes - Room On Fire (2003)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums.

The 2 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "New Wave". Joe Jackson seems like the only qualified candidate, in my opinion.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/9/2018 @ 02:07am

"New Wave" has been selected as this month's genre vote. There will not be a vote split.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "New Wave".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/9/2018 @ 02:07am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Primus.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/9/2018 @ 02:08am

Genre Vote:

Missing Persons- Spring Session M (1982)
The Buggles- The Age of Plastic (1980)
The Motels- All Four One (1982)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 10/9/2018 @ 02:08am

Tame Impala - Currents (2015)-4
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)-3
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)-2
Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)-1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 10/9/2018 @ 02:13am

1. LCD Soundsystem- American Dream (2017) (4 pts)
2. Joe Jackson- Night and Day (1982) (3 pts)
3. Tame Impala- Currents (2015) (2 pts)
4. Bill Withers- Menagerie (1977) (1 pt)

If Joe Jackson loses in the tie-breaker wouldn't his album be eligible for the Genre Vote?

Genre Vote Nominations

ABC- The Lexicon of Love (1982)
Culture Club- Colour by Numbers (1983)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood- Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984)

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 10/9/2018 @ 02:40am

Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
A-Ha - Hunting High & Low (1985)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 10/9/2018 @ 07:24am

"If Joe Jackson loses in the tie-breaker wouldn't his album be eligible for the Genre Vote?" - Donnie

Makes sense to me.

Nominees:

Ultravox - Vienna (1980)
Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 10/9/2018 @ 19:34pm

1. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
2. Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
3. Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
4. Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 10/9/2018 @ 23:18pm

Tiebreaker -
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982) - 4
Tame Impala - Currents (2015) - 3
Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977) - 2
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 1

Joe Jackson would definitely be eligible for the New Wave genre if he loses the tiebreaker.

Genre Nominees -
Berlin - Pleasure Victim (1982)
Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979)

Suggested Genre Albums -
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Madness - The Rise & Fall (1982)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
The Pretenders - Pretenders II (1981)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 10/10/2018 @ 01:02am

Yes to Joe Jackson being added to the genre vote if he does not win the tiebreaker.

Tiebreaker:

Tame Impala - Currents (2015) [4 Points]
Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977) [3 Points]
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982) [2 Points]
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) [1 Point]

Genre Nominations:

A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls (1982)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 10/10/2018 @ 12:07pm

1900-1979
American Quintet - Moonlight Bay (1912)
Budgie - Breadfan (1973)
Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer (1977)

1980-2017
Adolescents - Kids of the Black Hole (1981)
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro (1990)
The Charlatans UK - The Only One I Know (1990)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 10/10/2018 @ 12:40pm

Tiebreaker:

Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977) (4 Points)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 10/10/2018 @ 13:37pm

XTC - Drums and Wire (1979)
XTC - Black Sea (1980)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 10/10/2018 @ 13:50pm

4 - Tame Impala - Currents
3 - LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
2 - Bill Withers - Menagerie
1 - Joe Jackson - Night and Day

Posted by Nicky Joe on Wednesday, 10/10/2018 @ 15:37pm

Tame Impala - Currents (2015)-4
Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)-3
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)-2
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/10/2018 @ 15:52pm

Taking some of Nick's suggestions

Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Madness - The Rise & Fall (1982)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/10/2018 @ 16:02pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot for this month's Album project.

Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Joe Jackson - Night And Day (1982)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

And here is my nominee ballot for New Wave albums in the Album Project Special Election.

Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive (1984)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)

Hope this fits,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Wednesday, 10/10/2018 @ 20:42pm

The Thomas Dolby album is Called The Flat Earth not Hyperactive.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/10/2018 @ 21:22pm

Thanks for taking my suggestions Tom!

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 10/11/2018 @ 23:37pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Tame Impala - Currents (2015) - 28
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017) - 26
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Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977) - 23
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982) - 23

The Joe Jackson album will be nominated for this month's genre vote. The Bill Withers album will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote, as it doesn't qualify for this genre vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from the October Album Project vote:

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Harry Belafonte - Calypso (1956)
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
The Strokes - Room On Fire (2003)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/12/2018 @ 01:47am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls (1982)
ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
A-Ha - Hunting High & Low (1985)
Berlin - Pleasure Victim (1982)
Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
Culture Club - Colour by Numbers (1983)
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984)
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Madness - The Rise & Fall (1982)
Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979)
The Buggles - The Age of Plastic (1980)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)
The Motels - All Four One (1982)
Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth (1984)
Ultravox - Vienna (1980)
XTC - Black Sea (1980)
XTC - Drums and Wire (1979)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/12/2018 @ 01:48am

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
XTC - Black Sea (1980)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

Posted by Nicky Joe on Friday, 10/12/2018 @ 13:51pm

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
A-Ha - Hunting High & Low (1985)
Berlin - Pleasure Victim (1982)
Culture Club - Colour by Numbers (1983)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
The Buggles - The Age of Plastic (1980)

Last Cuts: Duran Duran, Howard Jones, Depeche Mode, Devo, Joe Jackson

I tried to pick albums by groups that don't have a lot of representation in the Album Project. I believe all of the bands I picked do not have a single album inducted.

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 10/12/2018 @ 14:00pm

A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls (1982)
ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
A-Ha - Hunting High & Low (1985)
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 10/12/2018 @ 15:23pm

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
A-Ha - Hunting High & Low (1985)
Culture Club - Colour by Numbers (1983)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
Ultravox - Vienna (1980)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 10/12/2018 @ 17:13pm

Missing Persons- Spring Session M (1982)
The Buggles- The Age of Plastic (1980)
The Motels- All Four One (1982)
Thomas Dolby- The Flat Earth (1984)
A-Ha- Hunting High & Low (1985)
Joe Jackson- Night and Day (1982)
Ultravox- Vienna (1980)
Berlin- Pleasure Victim (1982)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 10/12/2018 @ 18:17pm

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
Culture Club - Colour by Numbers (1983)
Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 10/12/2018 @ 23:11pm

A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls (1982)
Berlin - Pleasure Victim (1982)
Culture Club - Colour by Numbers (1983)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984)
Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 10/14/2018 @ 20:03pm

Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Madness - The Rise & Fall (1982)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
The Buggles - The Age of Plastic (1980)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/15/2018 @ 19:04pm

Here is my ballot for the Special Election of this week.

King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Thomas Dolby- The Flat Earth (1984) (thanks for correcting the title)
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
The Buggles - The Age of Plastic (1980)
Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)

Will make sure to correctly list the album titles from this point forward,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Monday, 10/15/2018 @ 21:50pm

A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls (1982)
ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984)
Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
Ultravox - Vienna (1980)
XTC - Drums and Wire (1979)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/16/2018 @ 02:24am

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984)
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
Madness - The Rise & Fall (1982)
The Buggles - The Age of Plastic (1980)
Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth (1984)
Ultravox - Vienna (1980)

And the last cuts were:

A-Ha - Hunting High & Low (1985)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)
Berlin - Pleasure Victim (1982)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls (1982)

(I had to knock Oingo Boingo, The Fixx, and A Flock of Seagulls out of this list? Wow...)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 10/16/2018 @ 05:06am

Berlin - Pleasure Victim (1982)
Culture Club- Colour by Numbers (1983)
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Missing Persons- Spring Session M (1982)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
Ultravox - Vienna (1980)

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 10/16/2018 @ 20:13pm

Berlin - Pleasure Victim (1982)
Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
Culture Club - Colour by Numbers (1983)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
Madness - The Rise & Fall (1982)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 10/16/2018 @ 23:16pm

October 2018 Album Genre Ballot:

A-Ha - Hunting High & Low (1985)
Culture Club - Colour by Numbers (1983)
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
The Buggles - The Age of Plastic (1980)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)
Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth (1984)

Last Cuts include A Flock of Seagulls and Duran Duran. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 10/16/2018 @ 23:43pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982) - 7
Culture Club - Colour by Numbers (1983) - 7
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985) - 7

Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981) - 6
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982) - 6
The Buggles - The Age of Plastic (1980) - 6
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A-Ha - Hunting High & Low (1985) - 5
Berlin - Pleasure Victim (1982) - 5
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981) - 5
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For the Young Soul Rebels (1980) - 5
Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982) - 5
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979) - 5
Ultravox - Vienna (1980) - 5

Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979) - 4
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984) - 4
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982) - 4
Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth (1984) - 4

A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls (1982) - 3
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985) - 3
Madness - The Rise & Fall (1982) - 3
XTC - Drums and Wire (1979) - 3

Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983) - 2
King Crimson - Beat (1982) - 2
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 2

Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979) - 1
The Motels - All Four One (1982) - 1
XTC - Black Sea (1980) - 1
XTC - English Settlement (1982) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Nicky Joe
Donnie
Steve Z
BSLO
Greg F
jtrichey
dmg
Tom H.
Lax35
Darren
SotN
DarinRG
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
Culture Club - Colour by Numbers (1983)
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
The Buggles - The Age of Plastic (1980)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/17/2018 @ 01:45am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Primus.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th. There will then be 5 days of voting.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/17/2018 @ 01:46am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated songs (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Adolescents - Kids of the Black Hole (1981)
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007)
Big Audio Dynamite - Rush (1991)
Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) (1984)
Bobby McFerrin - Don’t Worry, Be Happy (1988)
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (1984)
Bryan Ferry - Slave to Love (1985)
Creed - Higher (1999)
Darude - Sandstorm (1999)
David Wise - Aquatic Ambience (1994)
Days of the New - Touch, Peel and Stand (1997)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1983)
Donnie Iris - Ah Leah! (1980)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Stella Maris (1996)
Flogging Molly - If I Ever Leave This World Alive (1997)
Gary Portnoy - Where Everybody Knows Your Name (1983)
Go West - King of Wishful Thinking (1990)
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro (1990)
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go (1982)
Indio - Hard Sun (1989)
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World (1990)
Jars of Clay - Flood (1995)
Jennifer Paige - Crush (1998)
Joe Satriani - Always With Me, Always With You (1987)
Joey Scarbury - Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not) (1981)
Jon Secada - Just Another Day (1992)
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet (2003)
Kim Wilde - Kids in America (1981)
Leon Bridges - Smooth Sailin' (2015)
Lifehouse - Hanging by a Moment (2000)
Luther Vandross - Here And Now (1989)
Mika - Grace Kelly (2007)
Ministry - Stigmata (1988)
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones (Part II) (1995)
Nada Surf - Popular (1996)
Neko Case - Deep Red Bells (2002)
Peter Schilling - Major Tom (1983)
Ramin Karimloo and Charlie Manton - The Beauty Underneath (2010)
Rammstein - Du Hast (1997)
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (1991)
Roger Troutman - I Want to Be Your Man (1987)
Romeo Void - Now Or Never (1982)
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama (2004)
Sister Nancy - Bam Bam (1982)
Stacey Q - Two of Hearts (1986)
Sun Ra Arkestra - Nuclear War (1983)
The Blasters - American Music (1980)
The Charlatans UK - The Only One I Know (1990)
The Go-Betweens - Streets of Your Town (1988)
The Manhattans - Shining Star (1980)
The New Pornographers - Letter from an Occupant (2000)
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (1991)
The Power Station - Get It On (Bang a Gong) (1985)
The Sundays - Here’s Where the Story Ends (1990)
The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon (1985)
Toad The Wet Sprocket - All I Want (1991)
Twin Shadow - Five Seconds (2012)
UTFO - Roxanne, Roxanne (1984)
Working With Lemons - Find a Way (2015)
Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce (1980)

Voters must vote for exactly 15 nominated songs for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 15 nominated songs will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 15 nominated songs can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/20/2018 @ 00:47am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Primus - Frizzle Fry (1990)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl (1995)
Primus - The Brown Album (1997)
Primus - The Desaturating Seven (2017)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/20/2018 @ 00:58am

My votes:

Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl (1995)
Primus - The Brown Album (1997)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/20/2018 @ 00:58am

Primus - Frizzle Fry (1990)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl (1995)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/20/2018 @ 01:44am

Artist Vote Ballot

Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl (1995)
Primus - The Brown Album (1997)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 10/20/2018 @ 16:32pm

Reminder: Voting in this year's Re-visited / Projected Vote ends at 10 PM Central on Tuesday the 23rd. Votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central on the 23rd.

Here's the link to the messageboard:

http://www.futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected.php

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/22/2018 @ 02:23am

Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl (1995)
Primus - The Brown Album (1997)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 10/22/2018 @ 16:08pm

Primus - Frizzle Fry (1990)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl (1995)
Primus - The Brown Album (1997)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 10/23/2018 @ 07:49am

Primus - Frizzle Fry (1990)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Primus - The Brown Album (1997)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/24/2018 @ 22:31pm

Primus - Frizzle Fry (1990)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Primus - The Brown Album (1997)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 10/24/2018 @ 23:38pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Primus - Pork Soda (1993) - 7

Primus - The Brown Album (1997) - 6
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Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl (1995) - 5

Primus - Frizzle Fry (1990) - 4

Primus - The Desaturating Seven (2017) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Greg F
Donnie
SotN
BSLO
Tom H.
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Primus - Pork Soda (1993)
Primus - The Brown Album (1997)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/25/2018 @ 01:50am

My Nominations:

Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Shelby Lynne - I Am Shelby Lynne (1999)
Vangelis - Direct (1988)

Genre: Bossa Nova

Artist: Vangelis

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/1/2018 @ 01:13am

Rule Changes In 2018:

Starting in January, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated genres or artists during genre / artist selection votes.

Starting in January, voters will be able to nominate as many as 3 albums for genre votes.

Starting in May, voters will be able to vote for as many as 6 nominated songs in the Artist Project and the Genre Project votes.
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"Banned" Artists:

The following artists have been temporarily banned from all Album Project and Album Genre Project votes as a result of being selected for the Artist Vote:

The Bee Gees (eligible again in December 2018)
Judas Priest (eligible again in January 2019)
The Temptations (eligible again in February 2019)
LL Cool J (eligible again in March 2019)
John Williams (eligible again in April 2019)
Primus (eligible again in May 2019)

Mariah Carey is now eligible again, after spending six months ineligible.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2017 and two albums from 1900-2017. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
2010s Hip-Hop
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Country
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Krautrock
Movie Soundtracks
Stoner Rock/Metal
Video Game Soundtracks

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Art Rock/Progressive Rock" is ineligible for nomination until December, as it was the selected genre from May.

"Glam Rock" is ineligible for nomination until January, as it was the selected genre from June.

"Power Pop" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Blues" is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

"1970's Hard Rock/Metal" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"New Wave" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"Concept Albums" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Duran Duran
Melissa Etheridge
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Restless Heart
Rickie Lee Jones
Rod Stewart
Swans
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Bee Gees
The Temptations
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/1/2018 @ 01:23am

General Vote

Alice Cooper- Killer (1972)
Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017)
Queen- A Kind of Magic (1986)

Genre Vote

2000's R&B/Soul

Artist Vote

KISS

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 11/1/2018 @ 01:38am

John Prine - John Prine (1971)
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)

1990's R&B

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 11/1/2018 @ 04:10am

Artist: R.E.M.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 11/1/2018 @ 04:14am

Kool & The Gang- Light Of Worlds (1974)
Mary J. Blige- No More Drama (2001)
The Killers- Wonderful, Wonderful (2017)

Genre Vote

2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Artist Vote

Jethro Tull

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 11/1/2018 @ 06:49am

Darren

Joe Jackson- Night and Day (1983) was inducted during the genre vote last month.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/1/2018 @ 14:44pm

noms:

The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
R.E.M. - Around The Sun (2004)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 11/2/2018 @ 00:20am

Hindu Love Gods - Hindu Love Gods (1990)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Chuck Berry - Chuck (2017)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 11/2/2018 @ 15:06pm

General Nominations -
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)

Genre Nomination -
Early Rock and Roll

Artist Nomination -
Neil Diamond

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 11/3/2018 @ 00:03am

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/3/2018 @ 01:06am

Peter Ivers - Terminal Love (1974)
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth (1980)

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 11/3/2018 @ 16:37pm

My nominations:

Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961)
Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music (1979)

If the second pick does not fit the criteria

Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)

Posted by Chris F. on Saturday, 11/3/2018 @ 19:19pm

Here is my ballot or this month's Album project. Hopefully all of these nominees have not already been considered.

King Crimson - Islands (1971)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
U2 - Songs Of Experience (2017)

My Genre vote nomination this month is:

Oddities

And my Artist Vote nominee this month is:

Thelonious Monk

Seems reasonable,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Saturday, 11/3/2018 @ 20:22pm

Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 11/3/2018 @ 23:50pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
Chuck Berry - Chuck (2017)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
Hindu Love Gods - Hindu Love Gods (1990)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
King Crimson - Islands (1971)
Kool & The Gang - Light Of Worlds (1974)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music (1979)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Peter Ivers - Terminal Love (1974)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
R.E.M. - Around The Sun (2004)
Shelby Lynne - I Am Shelby Lynne (1999)
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)
The Killers - Wonderful, Wonderful (2017)
U2 - Songs Of Experience (2017)
Vangelis - Direct (1988)
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth (1980)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/4/2018 @ 00:35am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
1990's R&B
2000's R&B/Soul
2010s Hip-Hop
2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Bossa Nova
Country
Early Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Krautrock
Movie Soundtracks
Oddities
Stoner Rock/Metal
Video Game Soundtracks

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/4/2018 @ 00:37am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Duran Duran
Jethro Tull
KISS
Melissa Etheridge
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
R.E.M.
Restless Heart
Rickie Lee Jones
Rod Stewart
Swans
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
Thelonious Monk
TV On The Radio
Vangelis

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/4/2018 @ 00:37am

Alice Cooper- Killer (1972)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Iggy Pop- Post Pop Depression (2016)
Kesha- Rainbow (2017)
Shelby Lynne- I Am Shelby Lynne (1999)
Vangelis- Direct (1988)
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)
Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961)

Bossa Nova
Country
Krautrock
Movie Soundtracks
Stoner Rock/Metal
Video Game Soundtracks

Jethro Tull
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Rickie Lee Jones
Thelonious Monk
Vangelis

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 11/4/2018 @ 01:38am

General Vote

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961)
Kool & The Gang - Light Of Worlds (1974)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)

Last Cuts: The Hives, Queens of the Stone Age, Mary J. Blige, Kesha, Nas, John Prine

Genre Vote

1980’s R&B/Soul
2000's R&B/Soul
2010s Hip-Hop
2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Krautrock
Movie Soundtracks

Last Cuts: 1990's R&B, 1980's Hip Hop, Early Rock and Roll, Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project

Artist Vote

Duran Duran
KISS
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers
Thelonious Monk

Last Cuts: Jethro Tull, Melissa Etheridge, Neil Diamond, R.E.M., Vangelis

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 11/4/2018 @ 04:02am

Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)

1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
1990's R&B
Country
Krautrock
Stoner Rock/Metal

Jethro Tull
Neil Young
R.E.M.
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 11/4/2018 @ 06:24am

I generally vote for the Hall of Fame Nominees genre when it comes up each year, but I honestly don't think there's enough quality material here to warrant a genre vote this time around. Here's my synopsis on the nominees:

Radiohead - We have inducted 7 of their 9 albums. The two left are their weakest material, and aren't what I would call worthy of induction.

The Cure - We have inducted 6 of their albums. They have 3-4 albums that I would probably support, but really only 1 that I would call a significant snub (Three Imaginary Boys).

Janet Jackson - We've inducted 6 of her 11 albums. A couple of her recent albums are reasonably worthy, but I don't think I would go out of my way to support them.

Def Leppard - We've inducted easily their 3 most relevant albums. They have released some decent albums since the mid 1990s, but nothing that actually made a wave.

Kraftwerk - We have inducted their 5 best albums out of their 11 albums. They have some other worthy albums like Kraftwerk 2 and Ralf and Florian, but nothing that I would go out of my way to support.

Roxy Music - Their first 5 albums and Avalon are inducted. I believe they only have 3 other non-live/non-compilation albums, and they are not on the level of the ones we've already inducted.

The Zombies - Prior to their revival in the early 2010s, they had 5 studio albums. We have inducted 2 of them. I think I could get behind inducting 2 of the 3 remaining ones.

Todd Rundgren - We've inducted his most critically acclaimed album, but he has a lot of worthy material out there. A great candidate for an artist vote.

Stevie Nicks - We have inducted her debut album (also her best album). I would support her sophomore album Wild Heart, but probably nothing else.

MC5 - We've inducted all 3 of their albums.

Devo - We've inducted their 2 best albums. Their career took a pretty big dive after their 1st 3 albums, so I would probably only support their 2nd album Duty Now for the Future.

LL Cool J - He would be ineligible, but really only has one other worthy album anyway (Walking With a Panther)

Rage Against the Machine - They only had 4 albums and we've inducted 3. Their 4th album is an all covers album that was pretty good, but not really something I would get behind for an induction.

Rufus with Chaka Khan - We've only inducted 1 Chaka Khan album (in fact we inducted it twice, lol), and nothing by Rufus, so I would definitely support an artist vote here.

John Prine - He's got several worthy albums and no representation in the album project. A great candidate for an artist vote.

So essentially out of these nominees, we have 3 artists (Todd Rundgren, Rufus with Chaka Khan and John Prine) that I would consider to be underrepresented. It's just my opinion, but I'd rather push for these 3 in the artist vote than roll the dice on them getting thrown in with the rest of the nominees' mediocre material.

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 11/4/2018 @ 07:12am

My vote:

Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)

I would vote for 90 percent of these further down the line. Getting down to 8 was not fun.

Genre:

1980's Hip-Hop
1990's R&B
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Bossa Nova
Country
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project

Artist:

Melissa Etheridge
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rickie Lee Jones
The Isley Brothers
Thelonious Monk

Posted by Chris F. on Sunday, 11/4/2018 @ 13:22pm

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961)
Kool & The Gang - Light Of Worlds (1974)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)
The Killers - Wonderful, Wonderful (2017)

1980's Hip-Hop
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Early Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Krautrock
Movie Soundtracks

Jethro Tull
KISS
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 11/4/2018 @ 16:51pm

1980’s R&B/Soul
2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Country
Krautrock
Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/5/2018 @ 21:30pm

1980’s R&B/Soul
1980’s Hip-Hop
1990’s R&B/Soul
2000’s R&B/Soul
Country
Early Rock and Roll

Posted by Nick on Monday, 11/5/2018 @ 21:53pm

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
R.E.M. - Around The Sun (2004)
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
The Killers - Wonderful, Wonderful (2017)
U2 - Songs Of Experience (2017)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 11/5/2018 @ 23:36pm

2010s Hip-Hop
2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks
Stoner Rock/Metal

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/6/2018 @ 02:38am

November 2018 Album Genre Ballot:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Country
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Movie Soundtracks
Oddities
Video Game Soundtracks

Last Cuts include 1980’s R&B/Soul, Early Rock and Roll, and Stoner Rock/Metal. There are also other genres that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 11/6/2018 @ 13:15pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Country - 6
Movie Soundtracks - 6
_________________

Krautrock - 5

1980’s R&B/Soul - 4
1980's Hip-Hop - 4
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock - 4
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 4
_________________

1990's R&B - 3
2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees - 3
Stoner Rock/Metal - 3

2000's R&B/Soul - 2
2010s Hip-Hop - 2
Bossa Nova - 2
Early Rock and Roll - 2
Video Game Soundtracks - 2

Oddities - 1

The following genres will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Country
Movie Soundtracks

Anyone who voted in this month's Genre Selection vote will be allowed to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred genre.

The genre that receives the most votes will be the selected genre this month. The losing genre will be the selected genre in December.

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 11 PM Central on Thursday the 8th.

Nominations will open after tiebreaker voting has concluded. Please determine before then if each genre will be split into two votes and what criteria will used to split the votes if necessary.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/7/2018 @ 01:18am

My vote is for Movie Soundtracks.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/7/2018 @ 01:20am

My vote is for Country.

Country: 1900-1975 & 1976-2017

Movie Soundtracks: 1900-1985 & 1986-2017

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/7/2018 @ 01:28am

I vote for Movie Soundtracks.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 11/7/2018 @ 03:28am

If we do a split for the Movie Soundtracks round, I would propose a split of 1900-1989 and 1990-2017.

As for Country, I could care less honestly lol.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 11/7/2018 @ 03:29am

Sorry I forgot to include a vote for the Genre selections. Here none the less are my selections for the Album Project this month.

U2 - Songs Of Experience (2017)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
King Crimson - Islands (1971)
Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
R.E.M. - Around The Sun (2004)
The Killers - Wonderful, Wonderful (2017)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)

And my Artist Vote ballot consists of:

Thelonious Monk
Jethro Tull
KISS
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones

Will support whatever Genre vote comes next,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Wednesday, 11/7/2018 @ 18:21pm

Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977)
Chuck Berry - Chuck (2017)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Hindu Love Gods - Hindu Love Gods (1990)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)

Jethro Tull
Neil Young
The Rolling Stones
Thelonious Monk
Vangelis

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 11/7/2018 @ 21:14pm

Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
King Crimson - Islands (1971)
Kool & The Gang - Light Of Worlds (1974)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
The Killers - Wonderful, Wonderful (2017)

Jethro Tull
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
The Isley Brothers
Thelonious Monk
Vangelis

Tie Breaker

Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 11/8/2018 @ 07:36am

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)
U2 - Songs Of Experience (2017)
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth (1980)

Duran Duran
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
R.E.M.
Swans
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/8/2018 @ 15:43pm

Genre vote

Country

Breakdown Pre 1975/Post 1975

Posted by Chris F. on Thursday, 11/8/2018 @ 15:48pm

Chuck Berry - Chuck (2017)
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
Judy Garland - Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961)

Melissa Etheridge
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
R.E.M.
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers

Tiebreaker - Country

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 11/8/2018 @ 23:13pm

November 2018 Album Ballot:

Chuck Berry - Chuck (2017)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)

There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

November 2018 Album Artist Ballot:

Duran Duran
KISS
Neil Diamond
Rickie Lee Jones
Restless Heart
Rod Stewart

Last Cuts include Jethro Tull and Melissa Etheridge. There are also many other artists that I would eventually vote for.

Tiebreaker: Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 11/8/2018 @ 23:38pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971) - 8
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Alice Cooper - Killer (1972) - 5
John Prine - John Prine (1971) - 5
Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961) - 5
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001) - 5
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 5
Nas - I Am... (1999) - 5
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000) - 5
________________________________

Bill Withers - Menagerie (1977) - 4
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999) - 4
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965) - 4
The Killers - Wonderful, Wonderful (2017) - 4

Chuck Berry - Chuck (2017) - 3
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 3
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017) - 3
Kool & The Gang - Light Of Worlds (1974) - 3
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 3
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008) - 3
U2 - Songs Of Experience (2017) - 3

Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 2
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 2
King Crimson - Islands (1971) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2
R.E.M. - Around The Sun (2004) - 2

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 1
Hindu Love Gods - Hindu Love Gods (1990) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Shelby Lynne - I Am Shelby Lynne (1999) - 1
Vangelis - Direct (1988) - 1
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth (1980) - 1

Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music (1979) - 0
Peter Ivers - Terminal Love (1974) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
BSLO
Chris F
Steve Z
jtrichey
Lax35
dmg
Tom H.
Darren
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 7 albums.

The 5 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Country". John Prine seems like the only potential candidate, in my opinion.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/9/2018 @ 03:11am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Country - 4
___________________________

Movie Soundtracks - 3

"Country" has been selected for the November vote. "Movie Soundtracks" has been selected for the December vote.
____________________________________________________

"Country" has been selected as this month's genre vote. The genre will be split into two votes: "1900-1975" and "1976-2017".

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Country 1900-1975".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/9/2018 @ 03:14am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Jethro Tull - 6
Neil Young - 6
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 6
Rod Stewart - 6
The Isley Brothers - 6
Thelonious Monk - 6
___________________________

KISS - 4
Neil Diamond - 4
The Rolling Stones - 4
___________________________

Duran Duran - 3
R.E.M. - 3
Rickie Lee Jones - 3
Vangelis - 3

Melissa Etheridge - 2

Restless Heart - 1
Swans - 1
TV On The Radio - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
BSLO
Chris F
Steve Z
Lax35
dmg
Tom H
Darren
Nick
Jennifer

The following artists will be involved in a tiebreaker to determine the selected artist:

Jethro Tull
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
The Isley Brothers
Thelonious Monk

The winner of the tiebreaker will be selected for November. The loser of the tiebreaker will be selected for December. The other four artists will automatically be nominated for the January Artist Selection vote.

Anyone who voted in the artist selection vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker. To vote, rank all 6 artists by preference. In the event of a tie, artist with the most highest-overall rankings (6 points) will be the winner. A second tiebreaker will take place, if necessary.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes counted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/9/2018 @ 03:17am

Country Vote 1

Emmylou Harris- Elite Hotel (1975)
Kris Kristofferson- Kristofferson (1970)
Loretta Lynn- You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)

Country Vote 2

Ashley Monroe- The Blade (2015)
Garth Brooks- No Fences (1990)
Loretta Lynn- Van Lear Rose (2004)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/9/2018 @ 06:14am

Genre vote:

Joshua (1971) - Dolly Parton
Showcase (1961) - Patsy Cline
D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968) - Tammy Wynette

Artists

1) Thelonious Monk
2) The Isley Brothers
3) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4) Neil Young
5) Rpd Stewart
6) Jethro Tull

Posted by Chris F. on Friday, 11/9/2018 @ 09:41am

Johnny Cash- Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous (1958)
Poco- Poco (1970)
The Flying Burrito Brothers- Burrito Deluxe (1970)

Brooks & Dunn- Brand New Man (1991)
Johnny Cash- American II: Unchained (1996)
Old Crow Medicine Show- Old Crow Medicine Show

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 11/9/2018 @ 10:32am

Song Tiebreaker:

John Prine - John Prine (1971) (7 points)
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)
Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) (1 point)

Artist Tiebreaker:

Jethro Tull (6 points)
Thelonious Monk
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The Isley Brothers
Rod Stewart (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 11/9/2018 @ 13:31pm

Tiebreaker:

1) Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961)
2) Nas - I Am...(1999)
3) Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
4) John Prine - John Prine (1971)
5) The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicous (2000)
6) Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
7) Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)

Way to go Dolly for passing everyone else up.

I thought we were just doing the pre 1975 vote. Just in case I am wrong:

1) Dixie Chicks - Home (2002)
2) Dolly Parton - The Grass Is Blue (1999)
3) Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)

Posted by Chris F. on Friday, 11/9/2018 @ 13:37pm

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)-7
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicous (2000)- 6
John Prine - John Prine (1971)- 5
Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961)- 4
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)- 3
Nas - I Am...(1999)- 2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)- 1

Thelonious Monk- 6
Jethro Tull- 5
The Isley Brothers- 4
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds- 3
Neil Young- 2
Rod Stewart- 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/9/2018 @ 15:55pm

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Alice Cooper- Killer (1972) (7 pts)
2. Judy Garland- Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961) (6 pts)
3. Meat Loaf- Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1993) (5 pts)
4. Mary J. Blige- No More Drama (2001) (4 pts)
5. Nas- I Am... (1999) (3 pts)
6. John Prine- John Prine (1971) (2 pts)
7. The Hives- Veni Vidi Vicous (2000) (1 pt)

Artist Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Rod Stewart- 6 pts
2. The Isley Brothers- 5 pts
3. Thelonious Monk- 4 pts
4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- 3 pts
5. Neil Young- 2 pts
6. Jethro Tull- 1 pt

No Nominations for the Genre Vote

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 11/10/2018 @ 04:20am

Thelonious Monk-6
Jethro Tull-5
The Isley Brothers-4
Neil Young-3
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds-2
Rod Stewart-1

Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)-7
John Prine- John Prine (1971)-6
Judy Garland- Judy atCarnegie Hall (1961)-5
Nas- I Am... (1999)-4
The Hives- Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)-3
Alice Cooper- Killer (1972)-2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 11/10/2018 @ 21:10pm

Neil Young - 6
Thelonious Monk - 5
The Isley Brothers - 4
Rod Stewart - 3
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 2
Jethro Tull - 1

John Prine- John Prine (1971) - 7
The Hives- Veni Vidi Vicious (2000) - 6
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001) - 5
Nas- I Am... (1999) - 4
Judy Garland- Judy atCarnegie Hall (1961) - 3
Alice Cooper- Killer (1972) - 2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 1

Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)
Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' (1970)
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)

Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)
Merle Haggard - Down Every Road (1996)
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 11/10/2018 @ 22:27pm

When I posted my nominations for round two I forgot to add that Old Crow Medicine Show was released in 2004.

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 11/10/2018 @ 22:56pm

6 Rod Stewart
5 Jethro Tull
4 The Isley Brothers
3 Thelonious Monk
2 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
1 Neil Young

7 Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
6 Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961)
5 Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
4 Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
3 John Prine - John Prine (1971)
2 The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)
1 Nas - I Am... (1999)

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town (1969)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 11/11/2018 @ 03:10am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the results:

Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961) - 36
John Prine - John Prine (1971) - 34
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001) - 33
Alice Cooper - Killer (1972) - 27
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000) - 27
__________________________

Nas - I Am... (1999) - 22
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 17

Nas and Meat Loaf will be nominated in December.

Here is the final class:

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/12/2018 @ 02:27am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' (1970)
Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971)
Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel (1975)
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Johnny Cash - Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous (1958)
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town (1969)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961)
Poco - Poco (1970)
Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970)
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/12/2018 @ 02:31am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the results:

Thelonious Monk - 35
The Isley Brothers - 28
____________________

Jethro Tull - 24
Neil Young - 21
Rod Stewart - 20
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 19

As a result of this vote, Thelonius Monk has been selected as the November Artist Project artist. The Isley Brothers have been selected as the December Artist Project artist. The other artists will automatically be nominated for the January artist project selection vote.

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote.

This month's selected artist is Thelonious Monk.

The following Thelonious Monk albums have already been inducted:

Brilliant Corners (1957)
Monk's Dream (1962)
Straight No Chaser (1967)

Here is a link to the wikipedia page for Thelonious Monk's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk_discography

Each voter can nominate one album by Thelonious Monk.

Nominations will remain open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/12/2018 @ 02:37am

Artist Vote Nomination

Thelonious Monk- Solo Monk (1965)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/12/2018 @ 03:02am

Genre Part 2 Nominations:

Brooks and Dunn - Steers and Stripes (2001)
The Oak Ridge Boys - Fancy Free (1981)
Toby Keith - Pull My Chain (2001)

Artist Vote Nomination:

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)

Genre Vote Part 1:

Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel (1975)
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961)
Poco - Poco (1970)
Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970)
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 11/12/2018 @ 10:11am

Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel (1975)
Johnny Cash - Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous (1958)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961)
Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970)
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

Artist Vote Nomination

Thelonious Monk- Underground (1968)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 11/12/2018 @ 10:53am

My vote:

Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' (1970)
Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971)
Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel (1975)
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961)
Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970)
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 11/12/2018 @ 12:32pm

Artist Nomination

Thelonious Monk- Misterioso (1958)

Wanted to add a live album to the mix and this one's a classic.

Suggestions for others looking for a nomination

5 by Monk by 5 (1959)
Criss-Cross (1963)
It's Monk's Time (1964)
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)
Thelonious Himself (1957)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/12/2018 @ 18:58pm

Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' (1970)
Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971)
Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel (1975)
Johnny Cash - Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous (1958)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961)
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/13/2018 @ 00:50am

I apologize for not participating in the tiebreakers and the first round of genre nominees. Happy The Isley Brothers will get the spotlight next month. A small but a good first round of nominees for Country. I’ll get my nominees for the second part later in the week.

Genre -
Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin’ (1970)
Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971)
Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel (1975)
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town (1969)
Loretta Lynn - You Ain’t Woman Enough (1966)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970)
Waylon Jenning - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

Artist Nomination -
Thelonious Monk - 5 by Monk by 5 (1959)

Thanks for the suggestion Tom H!

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 11/13/2018 @ 10:02am

Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' (1970)
Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel (1975)
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town (1969)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961)
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

Genre Round 2:
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 11/13/2018 @ 20:53pm

Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' (1970)
Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971)
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961)
Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968)
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

Really, really happy that we are finally doing a Country round in the Album Project, and happy to see Coat of Many Colors get in through the general vote. I would go as far saying that that album may have been the biggest snub in our entire project.

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 11/14/2018 @ 10:02am

I posted the tentative schedule for the 2019 Re-visited / Projected nomination process over on the Rock Hall Projected board:

http://www.futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected.php

Nominations for the first round of voting are scheduled to begin at 11 PM Central on Thursday, November 29th. Everyone is welcome to participate.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/14/2018 @ 23:52pm

Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' (1970)
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town (1969)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961)
Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970)
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/15/2018 @ 00:38am

Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' (1970)
Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel (1975)
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Johnny Cash - Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous (1958)
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961)
Poco - Poco (1970)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970)
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 11/15/2018 @ 07:28am

Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971)
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Johnny Cash - Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous (1958)
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town (1969)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961)
Poco - Poco (1970)

There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 11/16/2018 @ 23:43pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (1966) - 9
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961) - 9
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973) - 9

Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' (1970) - 7
Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel (1975) - 7
____________________________

Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975) - 6
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) - 6
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970) - 6
____________________________

Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971) - 5
Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968) - 5

Johnny Cash - Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous (1958) - 4
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town (1969) - 4

Poco - Poco (1970) - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
Donnie
Chris F.
Greg F
Nick
dmg
BSLO
Darren
Tom H.
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' (1970)
Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel (1975)
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961)
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/17/2018 @ 00:56am

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970) - 3
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) - 2
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/17/2018 @ 00:56am

Nominations are now open for this month's second genre vote, "Country 1976-2017".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/17/2018 @ 00:57am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Thelonious Monk.

Nominations will remain open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/17/2018 @ 00:58am

Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) - 3
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970) - 2
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975) - 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 11/17/2018 @ 02:19am

Tiebreaker

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970) 3 points
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975) 2 points
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) 1 point

Posted by Chris F. on Saturday, 11/17/2018 @ 12:34pm

Tiebreaker:

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970) [3 Points]
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975) [2 Points]
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 11/18/2018 @ 14:53pm

Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975) (3 pts)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970) (1 pt)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 11/18/2018 @ 21:33pm

Tiebreaker -
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970) - 3 Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975) - 2 Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) - 1

Genre -
Blake Shelton - Based on a True Story… (2013)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Reba McEntire - For My Broken Heart (1991)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 11/19/2018 @ 01:42am

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970)-3
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)-2
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/19/2018 @ 15:14pm

I'm going to change one of my nominations since there is another Brooks & Dunn album already nominated. Please switch my nomination of

Brooks & Dunn- Brand New Man (1991)

to

Brad Paisley- Mud On The Tires (2003)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/19/2018 @ 18:43pm

3=Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
2=Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
1=The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 11/19/2018 @ 20:40pm

Hunter Hayes - Hunter Hayes (2011)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978)
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986)

Honorable Mentions:

Florida Georgia Line - Here's to the Good Times (2012)
Restless Heart - Big Iron Horses (1992)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 11/19/2018 @ 23:25pm

I want to slightly alter and clarify one of my nominations:

Hunter Hayes - Hunter Hayes (Encore Edition) (2011/2013)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 11/19/2018 @ 23:51pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970) - 19
____________________________

Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975) - 16
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) - 13

Glen Campbell and Kris Kristofferson will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' (1970)
Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel (1975)
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (1966)
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970)
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/20/2018 @ 00:30am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Blake Shelton - Based on a True Story… (2013)
Brad Paisley - Mud On The Tires (2003)
Brooks and Dunn - Steers and Stripes (2001)
Dixie Chicks - Home (2002)
Dolly Parton - The Grass Is Blue (1999)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999)
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Hunter Hayes - Hunter Hayes (Encore Edition) (2011/2013)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
Merle Haggard - Down Every Road (1996)
Old Crow Medicine Show - Old Crow Medicine Show (2004)
Reba McEntire - For My Broken Heart (1991)
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986)
The Oak Ridge Boys - Fancy Free (1981)
Toby Keith - Pull My Chain (2001)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/20/2018 @ 00:41am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Thelonious Monk - 5 by Monk by 5 (1959)
Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/20/2018 @ 00:45am

My vote:

Brad Paisley - Mud On The Tires (2003)
Dixie Chicks - Home (2002)
Dolly Parton - The Grass Is Blue (1999)
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999)
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Reba McEntire - For My Broken Heart (1991)
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)

My vote: (There are only 6 so in the spirit of competition I will knock out just one)

Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)

Every album in this small group is worth it.

Posted by Chris F. on Tuesday, 11/20/2018 @ 14:42pm

Dixie Chicks - Home (2002)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978)
Merle Haggard - Down Every Road (1996)
Reba McEntire - For My Broken Heart (1991)
The Oak Ridge Boys - Fancy Free (1981)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 11/20/2018 @ 19:28pm

Brooks and Dunn - Steers and Stripes (2001)
Dolly Parton - The Grass Is Blue (1999)
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
The Oak Ridge Boys - Fancy Free (1981)
Toby Keith - Pull My Chain (2001)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)

Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 11/20/2018 @ 22:27pm

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)
Reba McEntire - For My Broken Heart (1991)
Dolly Parton - The Grass Is Blue (1999)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/22/2018 @ 01:31am

Thelonious Monk - 5 by Monk by 5 (1959)
Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/22/2018 @ 01:32am

Genre Vote

Dixie Chicks - Home (2002)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999)
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978)
Reba McEntire - For My Broken Heart (1991)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)

Artist Vote

Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 11/22/2018 @ 02:20am

Brad Paisley- Mud on the Tires (2003)
Brooks and Dunn - Steers and Stripes (2001)
Garth Brooks- No Fences (1990)
Johnny Cash- American II: Unchained (1996)
Old Crow Medicine Show- Old Crow Medicine Show (2004)
The Oak Ridge Boys - Fancy Free (1981)
Toby Keith - Pull My Chain (2001)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)

Thelonious Monk - 5 by Monk by 5 (1959)
Thelonious Monk- Misterioso (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk- Solo Monk (1965)
Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Thelonious Monk- Underground (1968)

I know voting for all the nominated albums might be seen as a cop out but I couldn't bring myself to eliminate any as there's not a bad album in the bunch.

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 11/22/2018 @ 07:33am

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Blake Shelton - Based on a True Story… (2013)
Brad Paisley - Mud On The Tires (2003)
Brooks and Dunn - Steers and Stripes (2001)
Dixie Chicks - Home (2002)
Dolly Parton - The Grass Is Blue (1999)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999)
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Hunter Hayes - Hunter Hayes (Encore Edition) (2011/2013)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
Merle Haggard - Down Every Road (1996)
Old Crow Medicine Show - Old Crow Medicine Show (2004)
Reba McEntire - For My Broken Heart (1991)
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986)
The Oak Ridge Boys - Fancy Free (1981)
Toby Keith - Pull My Chain (2001)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 11/23/2018 @ 07:23am

Ignore my previous post. Hit Enter too early.

Brooks and Dunn - Steers and Stripes (2001)
Dixie Chicks - Home (2002)
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999)
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978)
Merle Haggard - Down Every Road (1996)
Reba McEntire - For My Broken Heart (1991)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)

Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 11/23/2018 @ 07:29am

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Dolly Parton - The Grass Is Blue (1999)
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999)
Hunter Hayes - Hunter Hayes (Encore Edition) (2011/2013)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978)
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 11/24/2018 @ 23:36pm

Blake Shelton - Based on a True Story… (2013)
Brad Paisley - Mud On The Tires (2003)
Dixie Chicks - Home (2002)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999)
Merle Haggard - Down Every Road (1996)
Reba McEntire - For My Broken Heart (1991)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)

Thelonious Monk - 5 by Monk by 5 (1959)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 11/24/2018 @ 23:58pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978) - 9

Faith Hill - Breathe (1999) - 6
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990) - 6
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978) - 6
Reba McEntire - For My Broken Heart (1991) - 6

Dixie Chicks - Home (2002) - 5
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Dolly Parton - The Grass Is Blue (1999) - 4
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996) - 4

Brad Paisley - Mud On The Tires (2003) - 3
Brooks and Dunn - Steers and Stripes (2001) - 3
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 3
Merle Haggard - Down Every Road (1996) - 3
The Oak Ridge Boys - Fancy Free (1981) - 3

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015) - 2
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004) - 2
Toby Keith - Pull My Chain (2001) - 2

Blake Shelton - Based on a True Story… (2013) - 1
Hunter Hayes - Hunter Hayes (Encore Edition) (2011/2013) - 1
Old Crow Medicine Show - Old Crow Medicine Show (2004) - 1
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994) - 1
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Chris F
dmg
Steve Z
Greg F
Donnie
Tom H.
BSLO
Jennifer
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dixie Chicks - Home (2002)
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999)
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978)
Reba McEntire - For My Broken Heart (1991)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/25/2018 @ 00:39am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957) - 7
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 7
Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968) - 7
_______________________________

Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958) - 6

Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956) - 5

Thelonious Monk - 5 by Monk by 5 (1959) - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

Chris F.
Steve Z
Greg F
Donnie
Tom H.
BSLO
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

NONE

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all three albums in order of preference.

The two album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/25/2018 @ 00:41am

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957) - 3
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 2
Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968) - 1

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 11/25/2018 @ 10:40am

1. Thelonious Monk- Underground (1968) (3 pts)
2. Thelonious Monk- Monk's Music (1957) (2 pts)
3. Thelonious Monk- Solo Monk (1965) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 11/25/2018 @ 16:29pm

Tiebreaker:

Thelonious Monk- Monk's Music (1957) [3 Points]
Thelonious Monk- Underground (1968) [2 Points]
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 11/26/2018 @ 12:55pm

Thelonious Monk- Monk's Music (1957)-3
Thelonious Monk- Underground (1968)-2
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/26/2018 @ 16:20pm

Solo Monk (1965)- 3
Underground (1968)-2
Monk's Music (1957)-1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/26/2018 @ 18:23pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Fitz And The Tantrums - The Walker (2013) - 36
Imagine Dragons - Demons (2012) - 33
Eric Church - Springsteen (2011) - 31
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Pearl Jam - Sirens (2013) - 30

Pearl Jam - Sirens will be nominated for the December Song Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Bastille - Pompeii (2013)
Bruno Mars - Grenade (2010)
Daft Punk feat. Julian Casablancas - Instant Crush (2013)
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (2017)
Eric Church - Springsteen (2011)
Fitz And The Tantrums - The Walker (2013)
Harry Styles - Sign of the Times (2017)
Imagine Dragons - Demons (2012)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
M83 - Outro (2011)
The Killers - Run for Cover (2017)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/28/2018 @ 02:25am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957) - 12
Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968) - 10
____________________

Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 8

Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) will be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this artist vote:

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/28/2018 @ 02:27am

Nominations will begin tomorrow for the first general vote of the 2019 FRL Re-Visited / Projected Hall Of Fame on the Rock Hall Projected board (http://www.futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected.php).

The first vote will be the annual "Newly Eligible Artists (Eligible less than 5 years)" vote and nominations will open at 10 PM Central on the 29th, ending at 11 PM Central on the 2nd.

Everyone interested is invited to participate throughout the entire nomination and voting process.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/28/2018 @ 22:55pm

General Vote Nominations

Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017)
Queen- A Kind of Magic (1986)
Underworld- Second Toughest in the Infants (1996)

Artist Vote Nomination (The Isley Brothers)

The Isley Brothers- 3+3 (1973)

Genre Vote Nominations (Movie Soundtracks)

If we do a split, we should do 1900-1989 and 1990-2017. If we go with that split, my nominations would be as follows...

Prince- Batman (1989)
Various Artists- Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
Various Artists- The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Various Artists- Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists- Wayne's World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists- Waiting to Exhale: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1995)

If we don't do a split, I'll decide later which ones I go with lol.

Although for anyone that thinks we shouldn't do a split for this round, take a look at the list provided in the link below. It should change your mind in a heartbeat....

https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/11/the-100-greatest-movie-soundtracks-of-all-time/

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 11/29/2018 @ 10:42am

Donnie 3+3 is already inducted.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/29/2018 @ 13:32pm

My nomination is Royal Blood’s self titled album.

Posted by The Dude on Thursday, 11/29/2018 @ 14:46pm

I have a question regarding the genre vote. Does Men in Black: The Album count as a Soundtrack?

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/29/2018 @ 15:16pm

You're right Greg.

I looked specifically on my excel spreadsheet for the Isley Brothers and couldn't find them. I must've not looked specifically enough lol.

Change my nomination to

The Isley Brothers- It's Our Thing (1969)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 11/29/2018 @ 17:13pm

My Nominations

Kesha- Rainbow (2017)
The Beach Boys- The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of the Year (1960)

Artist Vote: The Isley Brothers- Between the Sheets (1983)

Genre Vote: Yes to a split at 1989 as Donnie suggested. Here are my genre vote nominations if there is no split I will only go with what I have down for round one.

Round One

Various Artists- Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972)
Various Artists- Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Various Artists- Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)

Round Two

Daft Punk- Tron: Legacy (2010)
Various Artists- Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists- Men in Black: The Album (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 12/1/2018 @ 01:02am

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/2/2018 @ 02:38am

In addition, this month we'll be discussing and proposing rule changes for the Song Project and Album Project for 2019.

If you have a rule change idea that you'd like discussed, please bring it up at this time. Rule changes will be discussed from now until the 11th, when the first rounds of voting will begin.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/2/2018 @ 02:38am

The first round of nominations is currently in progress for the 2019 Re-visited / Projected project on the Projected board (http://www.futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected.php).

The first round is for performers in their first five years of eligibility.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on Sunday the 2nd, followed by 4 days of voting.

Anyone interested is invited to participate. We'll be having a nomination vote every week if you'd like to participate.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/2/2018 @ 02:42am

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 12/2/2018 @ 13:51pm

Nominations:

Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1955)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)

Artist
Barbra Streisand

Posted by Chris F. on Sunday, 12/2/2018 @ 19:34pm

Here are my nominations for this month's Album Project.

Queen - The Miracle (1989)
The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (1978)
Ray Davies - Americana (2017)

My Artist Vote nomination for this month is:

The Isley Brothers - Brother, Brother, Brother (1972)

And I think we should consider splitting the movie soundtrack vote. A 1900-1989 and a 1990-2017 seems pretty reasonable.

Happy Hanukahh to all that observe,

Lax35

Posted by Lax35 on Sunday, 12/2/2018 @ 20:29pm

Lax35

The Carpenters- Christmas Portrait is already inducted.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/2/2018 @ 22:24pm

noms:

The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic (1989)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
St. Vincent - Masseduction (2017)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 12/2/2018 @ 23:20pm

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/3/2018 @ 00:38am

Frank Sinatra- A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957)
Pentatonix- That's Christmas To Me (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/3/2018 @ 14:30pm

Artist Nomination

The Isley Brothers- The Heat Is On (1975)

I am all for the proposed split for the genre vote and will be very interested to see what the nominations will look like with John Williams being ineligible.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/3/2018 @ 15:09pm

Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues (2014)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 12/3/2018 @ 19:30pm

Correction: Midtown 120 Blues released in 2008.

Posted by dmg on Monday, 12/3/2018 @ 19:32pm

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 12/3/2018 @ 22:43pm

Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)

I support a genre split at 1989 also.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 12/3/2018 @ 23:33pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues (2008)
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me (2014)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Ray Davies - Americana (2017)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1955)
St. Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic (1989)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)
Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants (1996)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 01:50am

This month's selected genre (as the result of losing last month's tiebreaker vote) is "Movie Soundtracks".

Nominations will begin at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Please use the time before then to determine if there should be one vote for this genre or two and what year should be used to divide the votes if we decide to have two.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 01:53am

The Isley Brothers have been selected for this month's Artist Vote as a result of finishing second in a tiebreaker in November.

The following albums have previously been inducted into this project:

3+3 (1973)

Here's a link to wikipedia's The Isley Brothers discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Isley_Brothers_discography

Nominations for the selected artist are now open. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations allowed until 11 PM Central) on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 01:54am

Rule change discussions are on-going on the Song Project board. Please continue these discussions on that board to avoid confusion.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 02:10am

Hey Darren!

You missed my nominations for the general vote. I nominated American Pie by Don McLean, Whiteout Conditions by the New Pornographers, and You Don’t Mess Around with Jim by Jim Croce.

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 08:37am

Just for a little clarification, are we looking at movie scores here or compiled soundtracks of a film?

Soundtrack vote:

Seperate.

1900-1979
1980-present

Ballot:
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1955)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic (1989)

Isley Brother nomination:

The Isleys Live (1973)

Posted by Chris F. on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 13:37pm

Both scores and complied soundtracks.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 14:08pm

Kesha- Rainbow (2017)
The Beach Boys- The Beach Boys'Christmas Album (1964)
The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of the Year (1960)
Frank Sinatra- A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (1957)
Roberta Flack- First Take (1969)
Iggy Pop- Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 15:26pm

I'll add this album.

St. Vincent- Masseduction (2017)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 15:32pm

Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1955)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants (1996)

Genre Vote should be split from 1900-1989 and 1990-2017

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 17:19pm

Here are my picks!

Royal Blood - Self-titled (2014 if ya’ll wondering when it came out)
Queens of the Stone Age - Villians
Queen - A Kind of Magic
Depeche Mode - Spirit
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
Pearl Jam - Backspacer
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra

Posted by The Dude on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 17:48pm

I just noticed that Darren forgot to include the following album Carry Overs from last months tiebreakers:

Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 19:16pm

Also Missing:

Don McLean - American Pie (1971) Nominated by Steve Z
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972) Nominated by Steve Z
The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (1978) Nominated by Lax35
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) Nominated by Steve Z

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 19:52pm

The Carpenters- Christmas Portrait is already inducted.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 19:57pm

Sorry I missed that The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (1978) was already inducted as Greg F mentioned.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 19:58pm

Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
St. Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic (1989)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 12/4/2018 @ 22:40pm

Votes:
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic (1989)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Iggy Pop- Post Pop Depression (2016)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 12/5/2018 @ 09:17am

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants (1996)

Yes to a split for the genre vote.

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 12/5/2018 @ 13:08pm

December 2018 Album Ballot:

Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)

Last Cuts include Don McLean, Glen Campbell, Kris Kristofferson, and Queen. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

As I previously mentioned, I too support Donnie's Movie Soundtracks Genre split proposal of 1900-1989 and 1990-2017.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 12/5/2018 @ 14:40pm

Frank Sinatra- A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972)
Pentatonix- That's Christmas To Me (2014)
Queen- A Kind of Magic (1986)
St. Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
The Beach Boys- The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
The Kingston Trio- The Last Month of the Year (1960)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/6/2018 @ 07:54am

Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic (1989)
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Nas - I Am... (1999)

The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 12/6/2018 @ 08:01am

BSLO,

I already nominated It's Our Thing. You have another nomination.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 12/6/2018 @ 08:03am

Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)

Posted by Marguerite on Thursday, 12/6/2018 @ 23:13pm

General -
Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (20 Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1955)17)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)

Artist Nomination-
The Isley Brothers - Go for Your Guns (1977)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 12/6/2018 @ 23:52pm

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/7/2018 @ 02:14am

I missed Steve Z's nominations and the automatic nominees from last month.

Here's the corrected list of nominees:

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues (2008)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957)
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me (2014)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Ray Davies - Americana (2017)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1955)
St. Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic (1989)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)
Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants (1996)

Anyone who wants to change their votes to one of the albums that was left off of the original list will be allowed to do so as needed.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/7/2018 @ 02:18am

These are the automatically nominated albums that were left off the original list:

Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)

These were Steve Z's nominees:

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/7/2018 @ 02:29am

Darren,

Switch my vote for:

Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972)

To:

Nas - I Am... (1999)

Posted by Chris F. on Friday, 12/7/2018 @ 17:26pm

DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues (2008)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
St. Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic (1989)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 12/7/2018 @ 18:07pm

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
St. Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic (1989)
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/8/2018 @ 01:14am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957) - 6
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965) - 6
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) - 6
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017) - 6
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) - 6
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic (1989) - 6
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Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999) - 5
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 5
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009) - 5
St. Vincent - Masseduction (2017) - 5
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964) - 5

Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972) - 4
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 4
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 4

Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001) - 3
Nas - I Am... (1999) - 3
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969) - 3
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960) - 3

Depeche Mode - Spirit (2017) - 2
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 2
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975) - 2
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 2
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) - 2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 2
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1955) - 2
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 2
The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (2017) - 2
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009) - 2
Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants (1996) - 2

DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues (2008) - 1
Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me (2014) - 1
Queen - The Miracle (1989) - 1
Royal Blood - Royal Blood (2014) - 1

Ray Davies - Americana (2017) - 0
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Chris F
Greg F.
Donnie
The Dude
jtrichey
Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
Jennifer
Tom H.
BSLO
Marguerite
Nick
dmg
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957)
Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016)
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017)
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic (1989)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/9/2018 @ 00:57am

"Movie Soundtracks" has been selected as this month's genre vote. The genre will be split into two votes: "1900-1989" and "1990-2017".

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Movie Soundtracks 1900-1989".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/9/2018 @ 01:04am

My Updated nominations.

Vote 1

Various Artists- Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972)
Various Artists- Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Various Artists- Footloose: original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)

Vote 2

Daft Punk- Tron: Legacy (2010)
Various Artists- Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995)
Various Artists- Men in Black: The Album (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/9/2018 @ 01:05am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is The Isley Brothers.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/9/2018 @ 01:06am

Nominations:

Group 1:
Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)
Various Artists - The Big Chill (1983)
Various Artists - Dirty Dancing(1987)

Group 2:
Various Artists - Pulp Fiction (1994)
Various Artists - Romeo & Juliet (1996)
Various Artists - O Brother Where Art Thou (2000)

Posted by Chris F. on Sunday, 12/9/2018 @ 12:48pm

Genre Nomination #1:

Brad Fiedel - The Terminator: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)
John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)
Geino Yamashirogumi - Akira: Original Soundtrack (Symphonic Suite Akira) (1988)

I almost went with these three as well and if anyone nominates these I'd definitely support:
Ennio Morricone - A Fistful of Dollars: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1965)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)

Genre Nominations #2:

Various Artists - Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2011)
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Hans Zimmer - The Thin Red Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1998)

Again, I almost went with these and they'd be great picks for anyone looking for ideas:

Underworld & John Murphy - Sunshine: Music from the Motion Picture (2008)
Clint Mansell - Moon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2009)
Various Artists - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 12/9/2018 @ 14:36pm

I'd also like to recommend:

Various Artists - (500) Days of Summer: Music from the Motion Picture (2009)

This genre has a lot of great material. Hope to see the likes of Bernard Hermann nominated as well!

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 12/9/2018 @ 14:41pm

Genre 1:
Bernard Herrmann - The Trouble With Harry (1955)
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1965)
Doris Day and Howard Keel - Calamity Jane (1953)

Genre 2:
Various Artists - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010)
Various Artists - Suicide Squad: The Album (2016)
Various Artists - The Emperor's New Groove Soundtrack (2000)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Sunday, 12/9/2018 @ 18:20pm

Chris F.,

Various Artists- O Brother, Where Art Thou? has already been inducted.

You have another nomination for the second round.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 12/10/2018 @ 07:06am

I was thinking that this round was really for soundtracks and not film scores, but if both count, I would like to switch out one of my second round nominations.

I'd like to replace the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack with Air- The Virgin Suicides from 2000.

So my new nominations....

Round 1: 1900-1989

Prince- Batman (1989)
Various Artists- Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
Various Artists- The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Round 2: 1990-2017

Air- The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Various Artists- Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists- Wayne's World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 12/10/2018 @ 07:11am

Maurice Jarre- Lawrence Of Arabia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1962)
Nino Rota- The Godfather (1972)
Various Artists- The Sound of Music: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1965)

Round Two

Hans Zimmer- The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
Various Artists- The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)
Various Artists- The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/10/2018 @ 22:22pm

During a vacation to California many years ago, my family and I got to attend a taping of a TV comedy special hosted by Dom DeLuise and I got to talk to him afterwards. He was very sweet to me and gave me valuable advice about how to become an actress. I was deeply saddened when he and, more recently Burt Reynolds passed away.

My first movie soundtrack nomination was always a favorite of mine growing up since Dolly Parton, Burt Reynolds, and Dom DeLuise were always some of my favorite performers:

Dolly Parton with Various Artists - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)

Some of my favorite songs include the hilarious songs from Charles Durning (The Side Step) and Dom DeLuise (Texas Has a Whorehouse in It), the playful Sneakin' Around by Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds, the poignant Hard Candy Christmas, and Dolly's classic heart felt version of I Will Always Love You.

Tom H.,

The Sound of Music: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack has already been inducted.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 12/11/2018 @ 20:57pm

Final 2 Nominees:

Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Various Artists - Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album (1984)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 12/11/2018 @ 21:15pm

Oops good catch Jennifer. I'll instead nominate

Danny Elfman & Harry Belefonte- Beetlejuice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/11/2018 @ 21:24pm

As a holiday present to The Album Project, I'll nominate if it's not in already:

Various Artists - Urban Cowboy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980)

Cheers

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 12/11/2018 @ 22:12pm

Genre I Nominations -
Depeche Mode - Depeche Mode: 101 (1989)
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Various Artists - Mary Poppins (1964)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 12/11/2018 @ 23:14pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Bernard Herrmann - The Trouble With Harry (1955)
Brad Fiedel - The Terminator: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)
Danny Elfman & Harry Belefonte - Beetlejuice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Dolly Parton with Various Artists - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)
Doris Day and Howard Keel - Calamity Jane (1953)
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1965)
Geino Yamashirogumi - Akira: Original Soundtrack (Symphonic Suite Akira) (1988)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)
Maurice Jarre - Lawrence Of Arabia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1962)
Nino Rota - The Godfather (1972)
Prince - Batman (1989)
Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)
Various Artists - Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972)
Various Artists - Dirty Dancing(1987)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Various Artists - Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)
Various Artists - Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album (1984)
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
Various Artists - The Big Chill (1983)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - Urban Cowboy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/12/2018 @ 00:18am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project. This month's selected artist are The Isley Brothers.

Nominations will remain open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/12/2018 @ 00:19am

Darren,
You forgot my nominations -
Depeche Mode - Depeche Mode: 101 (1989)
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Various Artists - Mary Poppins (1964)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 12/12/2018 @ 00:30am

To anyone interested, voting is in process for our first genre nomination vote on the Rock Hall Projected board. The first genre is "Oldies" (Early Pop/Early Rock N Roll/Rockabilly/Rhythm & Blues/Doo Wop)" and voting ends at 11 PM Central on Thursday.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/12/2018 @ 00:59am

Here is the corrected list of nominees:

Bernard Herrmann - The Trouble With Harry (1955)
Brad Fiedel - The Terminator: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)
Danny Elfman & Harry Belefonte - Beetlejuice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Depeche Mode - Depeche Mode: 101 (1989)
Dolly Parton with Various Artists - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)
Doris Day and Howard Keel - Calamity Jane (1953)
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1965)
Geino Yamashirogumi - Akira: Original Soundtrack (Symphonic Suite Akira) (1988)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)
Maurice Jarre - Lawrence Of Arabia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1962)
Nino Rota - The Godfather (1972)
Prince - Batman (1989)
Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Various Artists - Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972)
Various Artists - Dirty Dancing(1987)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Various Artists - Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)
Various Artists - Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album (1984)
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
Various Artists - Mary Poppins (1964)
Various Artists - The Big Chill (1983)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - Urban Cowboy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/12/2018 @ 01:01am

Danny Elfman & Harry Belefonte - Beetlejuice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Prince - Batman (1989)
Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)
Various Artists - Dirty Dancing(1987)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Various Artists - Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Last Cuts: The Terminator, Halloween, For a Few Dollars More, Depeche Mode, Mary Poppins, Beverly Hills Cop

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 12/12/2018 @ 07:30am

For this category, I really tried to pick soundtrack albums that had a lot or at least a decent amount of songs that either were made specifically for the soundtrack or became big hits after appearing on the soundtrack. Rather than albums that just put a bunch of older, classic songs together. American Graffiti being the exception because it's such a landmark soundtrack album that helped kick off the 50's nostalgia in the early 70's (Happy Days would follow in a few years). It was a big deal.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 12/12/2018 @ 07:34am

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 12/12/2018 @ 08:53am

8 votes:

Doris Day and Howard Keel - Calamity Jane (1953)
Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Various Artists - Dirty Dancing(1987)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Various Artists - Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)
Various Artists - Mary Poppins (1964)
Various Artists - The Big Chill (1983)

Posted by Darrin A. on Wednesday, 12/12/2018 @ 11:06am

Brad Fiedel - The Terminator: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)
Danny Elfman & Harry Belefonte - Beetlejuice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1965)
Geino Yamashirogumi - Akira: Original Soundtrack (Symphonic Suite Akira) (1988)
John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)
Maurice Jarre - Lawrence Of Arabia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1962)
Nino Rota - The Godfather (1972)
Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)

Tough ballot

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 12/12/2018 @ 11:10am

My Ballot (spaced so the words do not run together):

Dolly Parton with Various Artists - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)

Geino Yamashirogumi - Akira: Original Soundtrack (Symphonic Suite Akira) (1988)

Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)

John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)

Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)

Various Artists - Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972)

Various Artists - Dirty Dancing(1987)

Various Artists - The Big Chill (1983)

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 12/12/2018 @ 20:48pm

Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1965)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Various Artists - Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972)
Various Artists - Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 12/12/2018 @ 22:42pm

Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Various Artists - Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Various Artists - Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
Prince - Batman (1989)
Various Artists - Mary Poppins (1964)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/12/2018 @ 23:45pm

Danny Elfman & Harry Belefonte - Beetlejuice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988)
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1965)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)
Maurice Jarre - Lawrence Of Arabia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1962)
Nino Rota - The Godfather (1972)
Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)
Various Artists - Mary Poppins (1964)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/13/2018 @ 06:26am

Dolly Parton with Various Artists - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)
Various Artists - Dirty Dancing (1987)
Various Artists - Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)
Various Artists - Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album (1984
Various Artists - Mary Poppins (1964)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Last cuts include Batman, Beetlejuice, Beverly Hills Cop, Cabaret, Flashdance, Halloween, and The Terminator. Great Ballot! There are also several others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 12/16/2018 @ 16:15pm

Danny Elfman & Harry Belefonte - Beetlejuice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988)
Depeche Mode - Depeche Mode: 101 (1989)
John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)
Nino Rota - The Godfather (1972)
Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Various Artists - Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)
Various Artists - Mary Poppins (1964)

Round 2 Nominations -
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists - Moulin Rogue! Music from Baz Luhrman’s Film (2001)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 12/16/2018 @ 22:53pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973) - 10

Various Artists - Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984) - 7

Danny Elfman & Harry Belefonte - Beetlejuice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - 5
Various Artists - Dirty Dancing (1987) - 5
Various Artists - Mary Poppins (1964) - 5
____________________________

Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) - 4
John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979) - 4
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984) - 4
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) - 4
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981) - 4
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 4
____________________________

Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1965) - 3
Nino Rota - The Godfather (1972) - 3
Prince - Batman (1989) - 3
Various Artists - Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972) - 3

Dolly Parton with Various Artists - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982) - 2
Geino Yamashirogumi - Akira: Original Soundtrack (Symphonic Suite Akira) (1988) - 2
Maurice Jarre - Lawrence Of Arabia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1962) - 2
Various Artists - The Big Chill (1983) - 2

Brad Fiedel - The Terminator: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984) - 1
Depeche Mode - Depeche Mode: 101 (1989) - 1
Doris Day and Howard Keel - Calamity Jane (1953) - 1
Various Artists - Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album (1984) - 1

Bernard Herrmann - The Trouble With Harry (1955) - 0
Various Artists - Urban Cowboy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Jason Dagotto
Darrin A.
Steve Z
Chris F.
jtrichey
Greg F.
Tom H.
Jennifer
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Danny Elfman & Harry Belefonte - Beetlejuice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)
Various Artists - Dirty Dancing (1987)
Various Artists - Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)
Various Artists - Mary Poppins (1964)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other 5 albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/17/2018 @ 01:37am

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Movie Soundtracks 1990-2017".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/17/2018 @ 01:41am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Vote.

This month's selected artist is The Isley Brothers.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/17/2018 @ 01:42am

This was another really solid round of inductees. The winning albums are all essential albums that should be in our Album Project. Can't make any complaints there.

My tie-breaker

1. Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981) (6 pts)

2. Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) (5 pts)

3. Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) (4 pts)

4. Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984) (3 pts)

5. John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979) (2 pts)

6. Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) (1 pt)

For those that aren't aware of what Heavy Metal is, it was an animated film from 1981 based on the series of Heavy Metal comic books. The movie had 4 "chapters/episodes" in it that told four different stories. The soundtrack was a who's who of late 1970's/early 1980's classic rock with many classic songs. It included artists like Cheap Trick, Devo, Stevie Nicks, Blue Oyster Cult, Grand Funk Railroad, Sammy Hagar, Don Felder, Black Sabbath, Donald Fagen, and more. Another reason I think it's really appropriate is that many of the songs on the album were either made for this soundtrack album particularly or came our around the same time, thus giving it more of a true album feel, rather than just a film that put together a bunch of older classic songs (ala The Big Chill, American Graffiti, Forrest Gump, etc) which is more like a compilation album.

This is a great album that's truly deserving. One of the best soundtrack albums that is far more like a true album and not a compilation/greatest hits album like many other movie soundtracks.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 12/17/2018 @ 02:04am

Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) 6

Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981) 5

Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) 4

Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984) 3

John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979) 2

Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/17/2018 @ 02:28am

Tiebreaker:

John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979) [6 Points]
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) [5 Points]
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981) [4 Points]
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) [3 Points]
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984) [2 Points]
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 12/17/2018 @ 15:05pm

John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)-6
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)-5
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)-4
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)-3
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)-2
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)-1

Also a note to FRL-

The Beetlejuice soundtrack is from 1988.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/17/2018 @ 15:55pm

6=Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
5=Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
4=Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
3=Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
2=John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)
1=Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)

All Great Soundtracks!

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 12/17/2018 @ 22:23pm

noms:

Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Garden State: Music From the Motion Picture (2004)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 12/17/2018 @ 23:51pm

Tiebreaker

6 points - Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)

5 points John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)

4 points Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)

3 points Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)

2 points Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

1 point Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Posted by Chris F. on Tuesday, 12/18/2018 @ 13:08pm

Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984) - 6

John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978) - 5

Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) - 4

Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981) - 3

Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) - 2

Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 1

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 12/18/2018 @ 15:22pm

December 2018 Album Genre, Part 2 Nominations:

Various Artists - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)
Various Artists - Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2014)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

Honorable Mentions:

Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, and Various Artists - Enchanted: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (2007)
Various Artists - Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 12/19/2018 @ 10:55am

I don't think Guardians of the Galaxy and Pulp Fiction is eligible due to the no complations after 65 rule. The exceptions I know of are if the material was released to 1965 and if most of the material is original to the album.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/19/2018 @ 13:18pm

I meant released prier to 1965 and if most of the material is original to the album.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/19/2018 @ 13:21pm

I don't think Garden State is eligible due to the no complations after 1965 rule as it doesn't have any original material for the album. It's just a compalation of previously released material after 1965 like Pulp Fiction and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/19/2018 @ 15:11pm

I'm going to have to agree with Greg F on this one. All three of the soundtracks he mentioned are more compilation albums than anything else, even though I absolutely love the Pulp Fiction and Guardians soundtracks.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/19/2018 @ 15:35pm

I agree with the points that have been brought up, however, you could make the same argument for half of the albums that were nominated in the first round as well as the second round.

I guess the clear definition is that the the soundtrack album should have at least some new material at the time of the album's release. Which Guardians of the Galaxy is definitely not the case for.

Pulp Fiction might work though on a technical scale. Was Urge Overkill's cover of "Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon" released before 1994/Pulp Fiction? I honestly don't know although I didn't think of that as being an older song like "Miserlou," "Jungle Boogie," "Pipeline," etc.

But if we're gonna protest the albums Jennifer nominated, we need to look long and hard at all of the albums nominated, because I'm sure those aren't the only ones that are compilations of older songs.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 12/19/2018 @ 17:47pm

No worries-Sorry, I am always forgetting about that compilations rule, especially when life is busy as it is now with the holidays. If possibe, please switch out Guardians for

Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, and Various Artists - Enchanted: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (2007)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 12/20/2018 @ 02:02am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979) - 28
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Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981) - 27
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) - 26
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) - 25
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984) - 21
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 20

The losing songs will automatically be nominated for the January Song Project vote.

Here is the class of inductees for this month's first genre vote:

Danny Elfman & Harry Belefonte - Beetlejuice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988)
John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)
Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)
Various Artists - Dirty Dancing (1987)
Various Artists - Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)
Various Artists - Mary Poppins (1964)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/20/2018 @ 03:25am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Please note - There are some concerns about the eligibility of some of the nominees included in this genre vote, in particular Garden State and Pulp Fiction, though other albums contain a mixture of original and catalog material as well. If you feel that these albums shouldn't be eligible for this project, please don't vote for them and try to avoid nominating potentially ineligible albums in the future.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, and Various Artists - Enchanted: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (2007)
Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy (2010)
Garden State: Music From the Motion Picture (2004)
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
Hans Zimmer - The Thin Red Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1998)
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)
Various Artists - Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists - Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2011)
Various Artists - Men in Black: The Album (1997)
Various Artists - Moulin Rogue! Music from Baz Luhrman’s Film (2001)
Various Artists - Pulp Fiction (1994)
Various Artists - Romeo & Juliet (1996)
Various Artists - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010)
Various Artists - Suicide Squad: The Album (2016)
Various Artists - The Emperor's New Groove Soundtrack (2000)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)
Various Artists - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)
Various Artists - Wayne's World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/20/2018 @ 03:31am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets (1983)
The Isley Brothers - Brother, Brother, Brother (1972)
The Isley Brothers - Go for Your Guns (1977)
The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969)
The Isley Brothers - The Heat Is On (1975)
The Isley Brothers - The Isleys Live (1973)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/20/2018 @ 03:32am

Note - Due to this round of voting ending on the 24th, it's likely that I might not be able to post the results until the evening of the 25th or the 26th. Voting will still end at 11 PM Central on the 24th and votes cast after that deadline can't be counted.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/20/2018 @ 03:34am

Please note that earlier I changed my nomination from Chicago Soundtrack to Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995) and Enchanted soundtrack was nominated by Jennifer to replace Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/20/2018 @ 06:46am

Garden State: Music From the Motion Picture (2004)
Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists - Empire Records (1995)
Various Artists - Pulp Fiction (1994)
Various Artists - Romeo & Juliet (1996)
Various Artists - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World:
Various Artists - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 12/20/2018 @ 23:29pm

Daft Punk- Tron: Legacy (2010)
Various Artists- Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995)
Various Artists- Men in Black: The Album (1997)
Air- The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)

The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets (1983)
The Isley Brothers - Brother, Brother, Brother (1972)
The Isley Brothers - Go for Your Guns (1977)
The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969)
The Isley Brothers - The Heat Is On (1975)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/21/2018 @ 00:20am

I knew as we moved into the 1990s things would start to get a bit more vague. To be honest the entire reason I did not vote for this genre pick was specifically because of that rule. Soundtracks tend to veer off the regular compilation road though. They are intended to create atmosphere, and sometimes that is crafted by compiling hits from an era to put the audience in a mood. Making them conceptual not historical compilations.

Blowing a lot of hot air there because neither were getting my vote anyway. And I nominated Pulp Fiction myself.

My ballot:

Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from The Motion Picture (2007)

Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Various Artists - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)

Various Artists - Moulin Rogue! Music from Baz Luhrman’s Film (2001)

Various Artists - Romeo & Juliet (1996)

Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)

Various Artists - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)

Hans Zimmer - The Thin Red Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1998)

Chicago would have had my vote.

Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers - Brother, Brother, Brother (1972)
The Isley Brothers - Go for Your Guns (1977)
The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969)
The Isley Brothers - The Heat Is On (1975)
The Isley Brothers - The Isleys Live (1973)

Posted by Chris F. on Friday, 12/21/2018 @ 01:19am

Garden State: Music From the Motion Picture (2004)
Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists - Empire Records (1995)
Various Artists - Pulp Fiction (1994)
Various Artists - Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World:
Various Artists - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 12/21/2018 @ 13:27pm

Jason- I changed my nomination for Chicago to Empire Records and Darren accidentally put it on the list.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/21/2018 @ 15:20pm

Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Various Artists - Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2011)
Various Artists - Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995)
Various Artists - Garden State: Music From the Motion Picture (2004)
Various Artists - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/24/2018 @ 00:27am

Genre Vote

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)

Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy (2010)

Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Various Artists - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)

Various Artists - Romeo & Juliet (1996)

Various Artists - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)

Various Artists - Wayne's World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Last Cuts: The Lion King, Drive, Moulin Rogue, The Greatest Showmen, 8 Mile

Artist Vote

The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets (1983)
The Isley Brothers - Go for Your Guns (1977)
The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969)
The Isley Brothers - The Heat Is On (1975)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 12/24/2018 @ 00:43am

Daft Punk- Tron: Legacy (2010)
Hans Zimmer- The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
Hans Zimmer - The Thin Red Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1998)
Various Artists- Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Various Artists- The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)
Various Artists- The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/24/2018 @ 11:41am

The Isley Brothers- Between the Sheets (1983)
The Isley Brothers - Brother, Brother, Brother (1972)
The Isley Brothers- It's Our Thing (1969)
The Isley Brothers- The Heat Is On (1975)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/24/2018 @ 11:44am

Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)
Various Artists - Moulin Rogue! Music from Baz Luhrman’s Film (2001)
Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)
Various Artists - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)

The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets (1983)
The Isley Brothers - Brother, Brother, Brother (1972)
The Isley Brothers - Go for Your Guns (1977)
The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969)
The Isley Brothers - The Heat Is On (1975)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 12/24/2018 @ 12:10pm

Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, and Various Artists - Enchanted: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (2007)
Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy (2010)
Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)
Various Artists - Moulin Rogue! Music from Baz Luhrman’s Film (2001)
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)
Various Artists - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 12/24/2018 @ 13:37pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Various Artists - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993) - 8

Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 6
Various Artists - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991) - 6
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Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy (2010) - 4
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007) - 4
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002) - 4
Various Artists - Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995) - 4
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 4
Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994) - 4
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Various Artists - Garden State: Music From the Motion Picture (2004) - 3
Various Artists - Moulin Rogue! Music from Baz Luhrman’s Film (2001) - 3
Various Artists - Romeo & Juliet (1996) - 3
Various Artists - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010) - 3

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 2
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008) - 2
Hans Zimmer - The Thin Red Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1998) - 2
Various Artists - Pulp Fiction (1994) - 2
Various Artists - The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 2

Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, and Various Artists - Enchanted: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (2007) - 1
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) - 1
Various Artists - Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2011) - 1
Various Artists - Men in Black: The Album (1997) - 1
Various Artists - Wayne's World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 1

Various Artists - Suicide Squad: The Album (2016) - 0
Various Artists - The Emperor's New Groove Soundtrack (2000) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
Greg F.
Chris F.
Jason Dagotto
Darren
Donnie
Tom H.
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)
Various Artists - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy (2010)
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists - Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/26/2018 @ 01:11am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969) - 5
The Isley Brothers - The Heat Is On (1975) - 5
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The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets (1983) - 4
The Isley Brothers - Brother, Brother, Brother (1972) - 4
The Isley Brothers - Go for Your Guns (1977) - 4

The Isley Brothers - The Isleys Live (1973) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Chris F.
Donnie
Tom H.
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969)
The Isley Brothers - The Heat Is On (1975)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/26/2018 @ 01:13am

Ballot

Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture - 6 points
Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994) - 5
Various Artists - Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995) - 4
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 3
Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy (2010) - 2
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002) - 1

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 12/26/2018 @ 02:04am

Various Artists- The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)-6
Daft Punk- Tron: Legacy (2010)-5
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)-4
Various Artists- Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995)-3
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)-2
Various Artists- Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/26/2018 @ 10:30am

1. Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
2. Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)
3. Various Artists - Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995)
4. Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy (2010)
5. Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)
6. Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 12/27/2018 @ 00:07am

6=Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)
5=Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy (2010)
4=Various Artists - Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995)
3=Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
2=Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
1=Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 12/27/2018 @ 17:01pm

Various Artists - Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995)- 6
Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy (2010)- 5
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)- 4
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)- 3
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)- 2
Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/28/2018 @ 02:50am

Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 6
Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994) - 5
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007) - 4
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002) - 3
Various Artists - Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995) - 2
Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy (2010) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/29/2018 @ 22:55pm

As it turns out, the deadline for the tiebreaker vote was Friday night, not tonight like I thought.

I voted after the deadline, but my vote changed the final results, so my vote isn't included in the final tally.

Here are the final results:

Various Artists - Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995) - 21
Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994) - 20
Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy (2010) - 20
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Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 17
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007) - 16
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002) - 11

The losing albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy (2010)
Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)
Various Artists - Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995)
Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)
Various Artists - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/30/2018 @ 00:58am

Rule Changes In 2019:

The number of albums inducted as a result of the monthly Artist Project vote will be increased from 2 albums to 3 albums.

Voters can nominate any three eligible songs and are no longer required to nominate a song from the previous year in order to nominate the maximum number available.

There will no longer be a 6 month ban on artists selected for the Artist Vote. This includes artists that were selected in the past 6 months that were previously banned and no longer will be.

Both genre votes will take place at the same time if the selected genre is chosen to have a split.

We will have a Year Vote each month. The selected year will be randomly selected each month. Each year is only eligible once and will be disqualified after being selected. The Year Vote will take place at the same time as the Artist Vote. Years from 1900-1945 will be grouped into 5 year groupings.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate one album from 2017 and two albums from 1900-2017. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Krautrock

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

"Power Pop" is ineligible for nomination until February, as it was the selected genre from July.

"Blues" is ineligible for nomination until March, as it was the selected genre from August.

"1970's Hard Rock/Metal" is ineligible for nomination until April, as it was the selected genre from September.

"New Wave" is ineligible for nomination until May, as it was the selected genre from October.

"Country" is ineligible for nomination until June, as it was the selected genre from November.

"Movie Soundtracks" is ineligible for nomination until July, as it was the selected genre from December.

"Art Rock/Progressive Rock" and "Glam Rock" are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Jethro Tull
KISS
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Bee Gees
The Temptations
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly five nominated albums. The two albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

The 6th through the 8th - Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

The 9th through the 19th - Nominations will be open for the month's selected Year Project year.

The 19th through the 25th - Each voter will be required to vote for exactly 15 songs for their ballot to be counted. There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th (votes will be count until 11 PM Central). The top 12 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/31/2018 @ 18:26pm

My Nominations

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)

Genre: Exotica / Space Age Pop

Artist: Jean-Michel Jarre

Posted by Greg F. on Monday, 12/31/2018 @ 18:43pm

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)

Artist: Jackson Browne

Genre: 1990's R&B

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 01/1/2019 @ 11:44am

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 01/1/2019 @ 17:57pm

noms:

St Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
Hall & Oates - Big Bam Boom (1984)
The Hives - The Black and White Album (2009)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 01/2/2019 @ 00:03am

Here is a list of albums inducted from Sept-Dec 2018 that need to be added to Artists' pages on FRL:

Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man! (1962)
Etta James - Etta James (1962)
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983)
 Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987) 
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (1980) 
Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
 Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974) 
Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band (1973)
KISS - Love Gun (1977)
 The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)
 Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981) 
John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST (1980)

Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)
Harry Belafonte - Calypso (1956)
 LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (2017)
 Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
 Tame Impala - Currents (2015) 
The Strokes - Room On Fire (2003)

ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982)
 Culture Club - Colour by Numbers (1983)
 Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (1981) 
Joe Jackson - Night and Day (1982) 
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (1985)
 The Buggles - The Age of Plastic (1980)

Primus - Pork Soda (1993) 
Primus - The Brown Album (1997)

Alice Cooper - Killer (1972)
 Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
 John Prine - John Prine (1971)
 Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (1961) 
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001) 
The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)

Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' (1970)
 Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel (1975) 
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough (1966) 
Patsy Cline - Showcase (1961) 
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe (1970)
 Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

Dixie Chicks - Home (2002) 
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999) 
Garth Brooks - No Fences (1990) 
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978) 
Reba McEntire - For My Broken Heart (1991) 
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)
 Thelonious Monk - Underground (1968)

Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957)
 Herman’s Hermits - Herman’s Hermits on Tour (1965)
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression (2016) 
Imagine Dragons - Evolve (2017) 
Queen - A Kind of Magic (1986) 
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic (1989)

Danny Elfman & Harry Belefonte - Beetlejuice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988) 
John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)
 Various Artists - American Graffiti (1973)
 Various Artists - Dirty Dancing (1987) 
Various Artists - Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984) 
Various Artists - Mary Poppins (1964)

Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy (2010) 
Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) 
Various Artists - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)
 Various Artists - Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995)
Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994) 
Various Artists - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)

The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (1969)
The Isley Brothers - The Heat Is On (1975)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 01/2/2019 @ 00:06am

General Nominations -
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)

Genre Nomination -
Rockabilly

Artist Nomination -
Simple Minds

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 01/2/2019 @ 00:57am

Nominations:

General:

Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Salt-N-Pepa - Black's Magic (1990)

Artist:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics

Genre:

Women in Rap

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 01/2/2019 @ 02:05am

Nominations:

Janet Jackson - "Damita Jo" (2004)

Genre:

Women in Rap

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 01/2/2019 @ 10:36am

Various Artists- A Star Is Born Soundtrack (2018)
Alexandre Desplat- The Shape Of Water: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Various Artists- La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016)

Genre Vote

Jazz

Arist Nomination

Dave Matthews Band

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/2/2019 @ 19:29pm

Queens Of The Stone Age Villains (2017)
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (2018)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/2/2019 @ 23:40pm

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)

Train

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 01/3/2019 @ 23:33pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Alexandre Desplat - The Shape Of Water: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972)
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
Hall & Oates - Big Bam Boom (1984)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (2018)
Janet Jackson - Damita Jo (2004)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972)
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Salt-N-Pepa - Black's Magic (1990)
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
The Hives - The Black and White Album (2009)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born Soundtrack (2018)
Various Artists - La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/4/2019 @ 00:29am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
1990's R&B
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Exotica / Space Age Pop
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Krautrock
Rockabilly
Women in Rap

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/4/2019 @ 00:29am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Dave Matthews Band
Jackson Browne
Jean-Michel Jarre
Jethro Tull
KISS
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
Simple Minds
The Rolling Stones
Train
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/4/2019 @ 00:31am

Genres

1980's R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
Adult Comptempary/Soft Rock
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Krautrock
Rockabilly

Artists

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Jean-Michel Jarre
Jethro Tull
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/4/2019 @ 02:37am

General Vote

Aaliyah- Aaliyah (2001)
Britney Spears- Blackout (2007)
MGMT- Little Dark Age (2018)
Various Artists- Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Various Artists- Heavey Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
Laurie Anderson- Big Science (1981)
Linkin Park- Meteora (2003)
Esther Philips- From A Whisper to a Scream (1972)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/4/2019 @ 13:49pm

General

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born Soundtrack (2018)

Last Cuts: Singles, Beverly Hills Cop, 8 Mile, Salt N' Pepa, Meat Loaf, Janelle Monae, Queens of the Stone Age, Don McLean

Genre Vote

1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
1990's R&B
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Women in Rap

Artist Vote

Jackson Browne
Jethro Tull
KISS
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 01/4/2019 @ 18:02pm

Ballot:

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972)
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (2018)
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Salt-N-Pepa - Black's Magic (1990)

Genre:

1980’s R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
1990's R&B
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Jazz
Women in Rap

Artist:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Dave Matthews Band
Jackson Browne
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart
Simple Minds

Posted by Chris F. on Friday, 01/4/2019 @ 19:28pm

Genre Vote

1980's R&B/Soul
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Jazz
Krautrock

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 01/4/2019 @ 21:45pm

Hall & Oates - Big Bam Boom (1984)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
The Hives - The Black and White Album (2009)
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 01/4/2019 @ 23:18pm

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (2018)
Janet Jackson - Damita Jo (2004)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Various Artists - La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016)

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 01/5/2019 @ 08:32am

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
Hall & Oates - Big Bam Boom (1984)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 01/5/2019 @ 15:04pm

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (2018)
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

1980's R&B/Soul
1980's Hip-Hop
1990's R&B
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Women in Rap

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Jethro Tull
Neil Young
Simple Minds
The Rolling Stones
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/6/2019 @ 17:02pm

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972)
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007)
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (2018)
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002)
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

1980’s R&B/Soul
1990's R&B
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Rockabilly
Women in Rap

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Dave Matthews Band
Jackson Browne
Neil Diamond
Rod Stewart
Simple Minds

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/6/2019 @ 21:46pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

1980’s R&B/Soul - 6
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1990's R&B - 5

Jazz - 4
Women in Rap - 4
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1980's Hip-Hop - 3
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock - 3
Hall of Fame Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 3

Krautrock - 2
Rockabilly - 2

Exotica / Space Age Pop - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
Chris F.
Tom H.
Darren
Nick

This month's selected genre is "1980’s R&B/Soul".

Nominations begin on the 8th at 11 PM Central. Before then, we need to decide if this genre will be divided into two votes or not and what criteria would be used to split the votes if we have a split.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/7/2019 @ 00:41am

No split

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/7/2019 @ 00:46am

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Salt-N-Pepa - Black's Magic (1990)

Jackson Browne
Jethro Tull
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones

No split for the genre vote

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 01/7/2019 @ 07:09am

Alexandre Desplat - The Shape Of Water: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (2018)
Janet Jackson - Damita Jo (2004)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972)
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born Soundtrack (2018)
Various Artists - La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016)

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Dave Matthews Band
Jean-Michel Jarre
Jethro Tull
Neil Diamond
Neil Young

No Split

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/7/2019 @ 15:36pm

Coming out of retirement to give some support to Janelle Monae.

Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (2018)
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Salt-N-Pepa - Black's Magic (1990)
Various Artists - La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016)

Posted by AlexVoltaire on Monday, 01/7/2019 @ 16:11pm

Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Last Cuts include Beverly Hills Cop, Bruce Springsteen, Flashdance, Hall & Oates, and Laurie Anderson. There are also many, many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 01/8/2019 @ 15:53pm

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Jethro Tull
KISS
Neil Diamond
Rod Stewart
Train

My last cut was Jackson Browne. There are also many other artists that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 01/8/2019 @ 16:00pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Linkin Park - Meteora (2003) - 7

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001) - 6
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (2018) - 6

Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999) - 5
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Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972) - 4
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) - 4
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018) - 4
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 4
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017) - 4
________________________________

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987) - 3
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989) - 3
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 3
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Interference - Once: Music from the Motion Picture (2007) - 3
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972) - 3
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982) - 3
Salt-N-Pepa - Black's Magic (1990) - 3
Various Artists - Heavy Metal: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1981) - 3
Various Artists - La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016) - 3
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 3

Hall & Oates - Big Bam Boom (1984) - 2
Janet Jackson - Damita Jo (2004) - 2
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982) - 2
Various Artists - 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2002) - 2
Various Artists - A Star Is Born Soundtrack (2018) - 2
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) - 2
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 2

Alexandre Desplat - The Shape Of Water: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 1
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007) - 1
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
The Hives - The Black and White Album (2009) - 1
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009) - 1
Various Artists - Beverly Hills Cop (1984) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
Chris F.
jtrichey
Mike
Steve Z
Darren
Nick
BSLO
Tom H.
AlexVoltaire
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (2018)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums.

The 2 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "1980's R&B/Soul". I don't see any myself.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 00:56am

"1980’s R&B/Soul" has been selected as this month's genre vote. There will not be a split this month.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "1980's R&B/Soul".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 00:57am

Genre Vote

Diana Ross- Diana (1980)
Donna Summer- The Wanderer (1980)
The Pointer Sisters- Break Out (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 01:01am

Artist Project Selection voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics - 6
Jethro Tull - 6
Neil Diamond - 6
____________________

Rod Stewart - 5

Jackson Browne - 4
Neil Young - 4
____________________

Dave Matthews Band - 3
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 3
Simple Minds - 3

Jean-Michel Jarre - 2
KISS - 2
The Rolling Stones - 2

Train - 1
TV On The Radio - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
Chris F.
Darren
Nick
BSLO
Tom H.
Jennifer

As a result of this vote, the following artists will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Jethro Tull
Neil Diamond

Anyone who voted in this Artist Project Selection vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker.

To vote, rank all three artists in order of preference.

The artist that receives the most points will be selected for January. The artist that receives the second-most points will be selected for February. The other artist will automatically be nominated for the March Artist Project vote.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on Friday the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 01:02am

Year Vote Selection is now complete.

There were 78 years (or year groupings) eligible this month.

The True Random Number Generator on random.org selected 60, which corresponds to this month's selected year, 2000.

Anyone is eligible to nominate three albums from 2000 that haven't already been inducted into the Album Project.

According to http://www.futurerocklegends.com/Best_Music.php?year=2000, the following albumss from 2000 have alrady been inducted (this list may be incomplete):

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Coldplay - Parachutes
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Deftones - White Pony
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Madonna - Music
Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
Outkast - Stankonia
PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Story From The Sea
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
Radiohead - Kid A
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Nominations will remain open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 01:02am

Year Vote

Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (2000)
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (2000)
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (2000)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 01:24am

I'm changing my nomination for Steely Dan- Two Against Nature for Kylie Minogue- Light Years. My updated year vote nominations.

Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (2000)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (2000)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 01:42am

Darren,

Didn't we vote on and change the number of inducted albums from 6 to 8 last month?

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 02:30am

Year 2000 album noms

Brian Wilson - Live at the Roxy Theater (2000)
Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man (2000)

Posted by Darrin A. on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 04:11am

Artist tiebreaker

Jethro Tull - 3
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics - 2
Neil Diamond - 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 05:33am

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. St Vincent- Masseducation (2017) (5 pts)
2. Kacey Musgraves- Golden Hour (2018) (4 pts)
3. Meat Loaf- Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1994) (3 pts)
4. Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) (2 pts)
5. Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972) (1 pt)

Artist Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Neil Diamond (3 pts)
2. Jethro Tull (2 pts)
3. Annie Lennox/Eurythmics (1 pt)

Genre Vote Nominations

Alexander O'Neal- Heresay (1987)
Terence Trent D'Arby- Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
Zapp- Zapp (1980)

Year Vote Nominations

Air- The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Disturbed- The Sickness (2000)
Nelly- Country Grammar (2000)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 09:13am

Year Vote For Your Consideration

3 Doors Down- The Better Life
AC/DC- Stiff Upper Lip
A.F.I.- The Art of Drowning
B.B. King and Eric Clapton- Riding with the King
Bloodhound Gang- Hooray for Boobies
Common- Like Water for Chocolate
Green Day- Warning
Jill Scott- Who is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes- Live at the Greek
Jurassic 5- Quality Control
Marilyn Manson- Holy wood
N’Sync- No Strings Attached
Pink- Can’t Take Me Home
Phish- Farmhouse
Steely Dan- Two Against Nature
The Hives- Veni Vidi Vicious
The White Stripes- De Stijl
Ween- White Pepper

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 09:15am

Yes, we should be inducting 8 albums for each round of the General, Genre and Year Votes.

The amount of albums inducted for the Artist Vote has also been increased to 3 albums.

So for this month's General Vote Tiebreaker, it should be 4/5 albums will be inducted with the 5th losing album being automatically nominated next month.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 09:55am

Genre Nomination

Kool & The Gang- Something Special (1981)
Lionel Richie- Dancing On The Ceiling (1986)
Luther Vandross- Never Too Much (1981)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 13:37pm

Year Vote

3 Doors Down- The Better Life (2000)
B.B. King and Eric Clapton- Riding with the King (2000)
Green Day- Warning (2000)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 13:45pm

I believe that Hooray for Boobies by the Bloodhound Gang was released in 1999, so its ineligible for the year vote.

General Vote Tiebreaker:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) [5 Points]
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) [4 Points]
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017) [3 Points]
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972) [2 Points]
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018) [1 Point]

Artist Tiebreaker:

Jethro Tull [3 Points]
Neil Diamond [2 Points]
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics [1 Point]

Year Nominees:

The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)

Genre Nominees:

The Commodores - Nightshift (1985)
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 14:07pm

The Hives - Veni, Vidi Vicious is already inducted. You have one more nomination Steve Z.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 14:41pm

Thank you, Greg F.!

In that case, replace my nomination for Veni Vidi Vicious with 3 Doors Down - The Better Life (2000)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 14:48pm

Tom H nominated 3 Doors Down - The Better Life.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 14:55pm

Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)-5
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017)-4
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972)-3
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)-2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)-1

Jethro Tull-3
Neil Diamond-2
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 14:59pm

Oh boy. Ok, then let's replace that with Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000)

Fingers crossed that the third times the charm

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 16:21pm

Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1971)- 5
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)-4
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017)-3
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)-2
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)-1

Please note From a Whisper to a Scream was released in 1971.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 19:37pm

tiebreak:

1. St Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
2. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
3. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
4. Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972)
5. Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)

genre nom:
Earth, Wind, & Fire - Raise! (1981)

Year noms:
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Poe - Haunted (2000)
Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God (2000)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 23:01pm

Tie-breaker:

St Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 01/10/2019 @ 07:55am

Genre nominees:

Jody Watley - "Jody Watley" (1987)
Al B Sure! - "In Effect Mode" (1988)
Guy - "Guy" (1988)

Posted by Mike on Thursday, 01/10/2019 @ 08:12am

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 5
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972) - 4
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017) - 3
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018) - 2
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) - 1

Neil Diamond - 3
Jethro Tull - 2
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics - 1

Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000)
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (2000)
No Doubt - Return of Saturn (2000)

Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got (1988)
Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel (1988)
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 01/10/2019 @ 22:56pm

Tiebreakers
Neil Diamond - 3
Annie Lennox/Eurythmics- 2
Jethro Tull - 1

Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1971) - 5
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018) - 4
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017) - 3
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 2
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) - 1

Greg, you’re right the Esther Phillips album was released in ‘71.

Genre
Bobby Womack - The Poet (1981)
Freddie Jackson - Just Like the First Time (1986)
Smokey Robinson - One Heartbeat (1987)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 01/11/2019 @ 00:40am

Ballot:

Artist:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics - 3
Jethro Tull - 2
Neil Diamond - 1

Tiebreaker:

Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972) - 5
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) - 4
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018) - 3
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 2
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017) - 1

Nominations:

1980 R&B:

Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money (1983)
Sade - Promise (1985)
Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic (1981)

Year:

Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000)

Posted by Chris F. on Friday, 01/11/2019 @ 01:52am

Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018) - 5
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017) - 4
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 3
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) - 2
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972) - 1

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics - 3
Jethro Tull - 2
Neil Diamond - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/11/2019 @ 02:29am

5=Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
4=Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
3=St Vincent - Masseduction (2017)
2=Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
1=Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1971)

3=Neil Diamond
2=Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
1=Jethro Tull

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 01/11/2019 @ 19:54pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

St Vincent - Masseduction (2017) - 39
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1971) - 33
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018) - 32
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) - 32
____________________________

Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) - 29

The losing albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's Album Project:

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Destiny's Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1971)
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (2018)
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
St Vincent - Masseduction (2017)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/12/2019 @ 00:42am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Neil Diamond - 19 (4 highest votes) - Selected for January
____________________________

Jethro Tull - 19 (3 highest votes) - Selected for February
____________________________

Annie Lennox / The Eurythmics - 16 - Automatically nominated in March Artist Selection Vote

________________________________________________________

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Neil Diamond.

Any voter can nominate one song by Neil Diamond released from 1900-2018 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

NONE

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Neil Diamond's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Diamond_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/12/2019 @ 00:53am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Al B Sure! - In Effect Mode (1988)
Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987)
Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got (1988)
Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel (1988)
Bobby Womack - The Poet (1981)
Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money (1983)
Earth, Wind, & Fire - Raise! (1981)
Freddie Jackson - Just Like the First Time (1986)
Guy - Guy (1988)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981)
Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling (1986)
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981)
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)
Sade - Promise (1985)
Smokey Robinson - One Heartbeat (1987)
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989)
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)
Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic (1981)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Commodores - Nightshift (1985)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/12/2019 @ 00:58am

Darren you forgot my nominations.

Diana Ross- Diana (1980)
Donna Summer- The Wanderer (1980)
The Pointer Sisters- Break Out (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/12/2019 @ 01:42am

My Artist Vote Nomination

Neil Diamond- Tap Root Manuscript (1970)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/12/2019 @ 01:51am

My Votes

Diana Ross- Diana (1980)
Donna Summer- The Wanderer (1980)
The Pointer Sisters- Break Out (1983)
Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel (1988)
Guy - Guy (1988)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)
Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic (1981)
Sade - Promise (1985)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/12/2019 @ 02:12am

Al B Sure! - In Effect Mode (1988)
Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987)
Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel (1988)
Earth, Wind, & Fire - Raise! (1981)
Guy - Guy (1988)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981)
Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic (1981)

Posted by Mike on Saturday, 01/12/2019 @ 08:51am

Ballot:

Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got (1988)
Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money (1983)
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987)
Sade - Promise (1985)
Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic (1981)
Diana Ross- Diana (1980)
Donna Summer- The Wanderer (1980)
The Pointer Sisters- Break Out (1983)

Posted by Chris F. on Saturday, 01/12/2019 @ 19:57pm

Donna Summer - The Wanderer(1980)
Earth, Wind, & Fire - Raise! (1981)
Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981)
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)
Sade - Promise (1985)
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Commodores - Nightshift (1985)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 01/13/2019 @ 00:53am

Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987)
Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel (1988)
Diana Ross- Diana (1980)
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981)
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)

Last Cuts: Guy, Kool and the Gang, The Pointer Sisters, Stevie Wonder, Sade, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Anita Baker

Artist Vote Nomination

12 Songs (2005)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 01/13/2019 @ 01:15am

Diana Ross - Diana (1980)
Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money (1983)
Earth, Wind, & Fire - Raise! (1981)
Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981)
Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling (1986)
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)
The Commodores - Nightshift (1985)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 01/14/2019 @ 11:52am

Artist Nomination:

Neil Diamond - Just for You (1967)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 01/14/2019 @ 11:54am

So many great Neil Diamond albums to choose from but I'm going with his iconic live albums that captures him in concert at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles at the height of his powers:

Neil Diamond- Hot August Night (1972)

Kind of surprised this isn't inducted already.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/14/2019 @ 13:33pm

Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got (1988)
Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel (1988)
Diana Ross- Diana (1980)
Donna Summer- The Wanderer (1980)
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Pointer Sisters- Break Out (1983)

Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise (1976)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 01/15/2019 @ 06:04am

Donna Summer- The Wanderer (1980)
Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981)
Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling (1986)Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981)
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)
The Pointer Sisters- Break Out (1983)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 01/15/2019 @ 07:28am

January 2019 Album Genre Ballot:

Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel (1988)
Commodores - Nightshift (1985)
Diana Ross - Diana (1980)
Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling (1986)
Sade - Promise (1985)
Smokey Robinson - One Heartbeat (1987)
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989)
The Pointer Sisters - Break Out (1983)

Last Cuts include Anita Baker, Donna Summer, and Jody Watley. There are also other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 01/16/2019 @ 19:45pm

Bobby Brown - Don’t Be Cruel (1988)
Bobby Womack - The Poet (1981)
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)
Freddie Jackson - Just Like the First Time (1986)
Kool & the Gang - Something Special (1981)
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981)
Smokey Robinson - One Heartbeat (1987)
The Pointer Sisters - Breakout (1983)

Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer (1980)

It’s amazing to think Neil Diamond had ZERO albums inducted before this upcoming artist vote.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 01/16/2019 @ 21:09pm

Nick,

I agree completely.

Neil Diamond - Heartlight (1982)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 01/16/2019 @ 23:54pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel (1988) - 6
Diana Ross - Diana (1980) - 6
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980) - 6
The Pointer Sisters - Break Out (1983) - 6

Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982) - 5
____________________________

Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981) - 4
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981) - 4
Sade - Promise (1985) - 4
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989) - 4
____________________________

Earth, Wind, & Fire - Raise! (1981) - 3
Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling (1986) - 3
Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic (1981) - 3
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987) - 3
The Commodores - Nightshift (1985) - 3
Zapp - Zapp (1980) - 3

Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987) - 2
Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got (1988) - 2
Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money (1983) - 2
Guy - Guy (1988) - 2
Jody Watley - Jody Watley (1987) - 2
Smokey Robinson - One Heartbeat (1987) - 2
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980) - 2

Al B Sure! - In Effect Mode (1988) - 1
Bobby Womack - The Poet (1981) - 1
Freddie Jackson - Just Like the First Time (1986) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Mike
Chris F.
jtrichey
Donnie
Steve Z
BSLO
Tom H.
Jennifer
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel (1988)
Diana Ross - Diana (1980)
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)
The Pointer Sisters - Break Out (1983)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981)
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981)
Sade - Promise (1985)
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 1 album will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/17/2019 @ 08:16am

Nominations remain open for the following project votes:

Year - 2000
Artist - Neil Diamond

Nominations will close at 11 PM Central on the 19th, when voting will begin.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/17/2019 @ 08:16am

Tiebreaker

Sade - Promise (1985) - 4
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981) 3
Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981) 2
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989) 1

Posted by Chris F. on Thursday, 01/17/2019 @ 18:08pm

Sade - Promise (1985) - 4
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981) 3
Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981) 2
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/17/2019 @ 23:14pm

Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981) [4 Points]
Sade - Promise (1985) [3 Points]
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981) [2 Points]
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 01/18/2019 @ 00:06am

1. Soul II Soul- Club Classics, Vol. 1 (1989) (4 pts)
2. Luther Vandross- Never Too Much (1981) (3 pts)
3. Sade- Promise (1985) (2 pts)
4. Kool & the Gang- Something Special (1981) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 01/18/2019 @ 13:12pm

4=Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989)
3=Sade - Promise (1985)
2=Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981)
1=Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 01/18/2019 @ 15:18pm

Only 6 Neil Diamond albums have been nominated thus far.

Would anyone else like to nominate another Neil Diamond album, as voting begins in about 5 hours?

Some suggestions....

Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (1969)
Tap Root Manuscript (1970)
Moods (1972)
Love at the Greek (1977)
You Don't Bring Me Flowers (1978)
On the Way to the Sky (1981)
Home Before Dark (2008)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 01/19/2019 @ 18:02pm

Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981) - 4
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989) - 3
Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981) - 2
Sade - Promise (1985) - 1

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 01/19/2019 @ 18:45pm

Just as a reminder I nominated Tap Root Manuscript (1970) for the Neil Diamond Vote.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/19/2019 @ 18:48pm

Luther Vandross- Never Too Much (1981)-4
Look & The Gang- Something Special (1981)-3
Safe- Promise (1985)-2
Soul II Soul- Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/19/2019 @ 20:08pm

Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989) - 4
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981) - 3
Sade - Promise (1985) - 2
Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 01/19/2019 @ 22:21pm

Pink - Can't Take Me Home (2000)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 01/19/2019 @ 23:54pm

Year 2000 Nominations -
Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000)
Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly (2000)
NSYNC - No Strings Attached (2000)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/20/2019 @ 00:15am

Sorry for posting a few minutes late, my internet connection has been terrible the last few hours due to a major snowstorm hitting the northeast now.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/20/2019 @ 00:17am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981) - 24
________________

Sade - Promise (1985) - 21
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989) - 19
Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981) - 16

Losing songs will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project Vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel (1988)
Diana Ross - Diana (1980)
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981)
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)
The Pointer Sisters - Break Out (1983)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/20/2019 @ 01:08am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Neil Diamond - 12 Songs (2005)
Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise (1976)
Neil Diamond - Heartlight (1982)
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972)
Neil Diamond - Just for You (1967)
Neil Diamond - Raise! (1981)
Neil Diamond - Tap Root Manuscript (1970)
Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer (1980)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/20/2019 @ 01:11am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

3 Doors Down - The Better Life (2000)
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
B.B. King and Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Brian Wilson - Live at the Roxy Theater (2000)
Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000)
Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000)
Disturbed - The Sickness (2000)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (2000)
Green Day - Warning (2000)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000)
Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man (2000)
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (2000)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000)
Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly (2000)
No Doubt - Return of Saturn (2000)
NSYNC - No Strings Attached (2000)
Pink - Can't Take Me Home (2000)
Poe - Haunted (2000)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000)
Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God (2000)
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (2000)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/20/2019 @ 01:16am

CORRECTION:

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981) - 24
Sade - Promise (1985) - 21
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989) - 19
________________

Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981) - 16

Losing songs will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project Vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel (1988)
Diana Ross - Diana (1980)
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (1981)
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)
Sade - Promise (1985) - 21
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989) - 19
The Pointer Sisters - Break Out (1983)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/20/2019 @ 01:19am

Neil Diamond - 12 Songs (2005)
Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise (1976)
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972)
Neil Diamond - Just for You (1967)
Neil Diamond - Tap Root Manuscript (1970)
Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer (1980)

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (2000)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (2000)
Green Day - Warning (2000)
No Doubt - Return of Saturn (2000)
Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly (2000)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/20/2019 @ 02:06am

Artist Vote

Neil Diamond - 12 Songs (2005)
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972)
Neil Diamond - Just for You (1967)
Neil Diamond - Tap Root Manuscript (1970)
Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer (1980)

Year Vote

3 Doors Down - The Better Life (2000)
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000)
Disturbed - The Sickness (2000)
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (2000)
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000)
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (2000)
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000)

Last Cuts: Yo La Tengo, Sade, B.B. King and Eric Clapton, N'Sync, Johnny Cash

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 01/20/2019 @ 07:26am

B.B. King and Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000)
Disturbed - The Sickness (2000)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000)
Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly (2000)
Poe - Haunted (2000)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 01/20/2019 @ 22:02pm

3 Doors Down - The Better Life (2000)
B.B. King and Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Britney Spears - Oops…I Did It Again (2000)
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000)
Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly (2000)
NSYNC - No Strings Attached (2000)
Pink - Can’t Take Me Home (2000)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/20/2019 @ 22:25pm

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
No Doubt - Return of Saturn (2000)
NSYNC - No Strings Attached (2000)
Poe - Haunted (2000)
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000)
Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God (2000)
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 01/20/2019 @ 22:48pm

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 01/20/2019 @ 22:49pm

Artist:

Neil Diamond - 12 Songs (2005)
Neil Diamond - Heartlight (1982)
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972)
Neil Diamond - Just for You (1967)
Neil Diamond - Raise! (1981)
Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer (1980)

Year:

Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000)
Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000)
Disturbed - The Sickness (2000)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000)
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000)
No Doubt - Return of Saturn (2000)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)

Posted by Chris F. on Sunday, 01/20/2019 @ 23:32pm

3 Doors Down - The Better Life (2000)
Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000)
Disturbed - The Sickness (2000)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
No Doubt - Return of Saturn (2000)
NSYNC - No Strings Attached (2000)
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000)
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)

Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972)
Neil Diamond - Just for You (1967)
Neil Diamond - Tap Root Manuscript (1970)
Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer (1980)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 01/21/2019 @ 00:12am

votes

Neil Diamond - 12 Songs (2005)
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972)
Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer (1980)

Brian Wilson - Live at the Roxy Theater (2000)
Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000)
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (2000)
Green Day - Warning (2000)
Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man (2000)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years
No Doubt - Return of Saturn (2000)
Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God (2000)

Posted by Darrin A. on Monday, 01/21/2019 @ 04:03am

Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (2000)
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000)
Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly (2000)
No Doubt - Return of Saturn (2000)
Pink - Can't Take Me Home (2000)
Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God (2000)

Posted by Mike on Monday, 01/21/2019 @ 12:41pm

Neil Diamond - Heartlight (1982)
Neil Diamond- Hot August Night (1972)
Neil Diamond - Just for You (1967)
Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer (1980)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 01/21/2019 @ 20:53pm

B.B. King and Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Disturbed - The Sickness (2000)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Green Day - Warning (2000)
Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man (2000)
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000)
Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God (2000)
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/21/2019 @ 23:19pm

Neil Diamond - 12 Songs (2005)
Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise (1976)
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972)
Neil Diamond - Tap Root Manuscript (1970)

3 Doors Down - The Better Life (2000)
Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000)
Disturbed - The Sickness (2000)
Green Day - Warning (2000)
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (2000)
No Doubt - Return of Saturn (2000)
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000)
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 01/22/2019 @ 07:06am

Here are my votes on the 2000 albums!

3 Doors Down - The Better Life (2000)
Disturbed - The Sickness (2000)
Green Day - Warning (2000)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man (2000)
No Doubt - Return of Saturn (2000)
Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God (2000)
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)

Posted by The Dude on Tuesday, 01/22/2019 @ 17:57pm

3 Doors Down - The Better Life (2000)
B.B. King and Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000)
Green Day - Warning (2000)
Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man (2000)
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000)
NSYNC - No Strings Attached (2000)
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000)
Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God (2000)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/23/2019 @ 12:36pm

Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise (1976)
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972)
Neil Diamond - Just for You (1967)
Neil Diamond - Tap Root Manuscript (1970)
Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer (1980)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/23/2019 @ 12:40pm

Neil Diamond Vote
12 Songs (2005)
Beautiful Noise (1976)
Hot August Night (1972)
Just for You (1967)
Tap Root Manuscript (1970)
The Jazz Singer (1980)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 01/24/2019 @ 23:52pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

No Doubt - Return of Saturn (2000) - 8

Disturbed - The Sickness (2000) - 7

3 Doors Down - The Better Life (2000) - 6
Green Day - Warning (2000) - 6
Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God (2000) - 6
____________________________

Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000) - 5
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000) - 5
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000) - 5
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000) - 5
____________________________

B.B. King and Eric Clapton - Riding with the King (2000) - 4
Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000) - 4
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000) - 4
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (2000) - 4
Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man (2000) - 4
Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly (2000) - 4
NSYNC - No Strings Attached (2000) - 4

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 3
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000) - 3
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000) - 3

Doves - Lost Souls (2000) - 2
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000) - 2
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (2000) - 2
Kylie Minogue - Light Years - 2
Pink - Can't Take Me Home (2000) - 2
Poe - Haunted (2000) - 2

Brian Wilson - Live at the Roxy Theater (2000) - 1
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (2000) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Donnie
dmg
Nick
jtrichey
Chris F.
Steve Z
Darrin A.
Mike
Darren
BSLO
The Dude
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

3 Doors Down - The Better Life (2000)
Disturbed - The Sickness (2000)
Green Day - Warning (2000)
No Doubt - Return of Saturn (2000)
Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God (2000)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000)
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000)
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000)
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 1 album will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/25/2019 @ 00:52am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972) - 9

Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer (1980) - 8

Neil Diamond - Just for You (1967) - 7
_______________________________

Neil Diamond - 12 Songs (2005) - 6
Neil Diamond - Tap Root Manuscript (1970) - 6

Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise (1976) - 4

Neil Diamond - Heartlight (1982) - 2

Neil Diamond - Raise! (1981) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
Chris F.
Steve Z
Darrin A.
Jennifer
BSLO
Tom H.
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972)
Neil Diamond - Just for You (1967)
Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer (1980)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/25/2019 @ 00:54am

Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000) - 4
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000) - 3
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000) - 2
Britney Spears - Oops... I Did It Again (2000) - 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/25/2019 @ 01:38am

Tiebreaker:

The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000) [4 Points]
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000) [3 Points]
Britney Spears - Oops... I Did It Again (2000) [2 Points]
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 01/25/2019 @ 10:56am

Nelly- Country Grammar (2000)-4
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000)-3
Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000)-2
The New Pornographers- Mass Romantic (2000)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 01/25/2019 @ 11:39am

Nelly - Country Grammar (2000) (4 points)
Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000)
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000)
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 01/25/2019 @ 21:23pm

1. Nelly - Country Grammar (2000)
2. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)
3. Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000)
4. Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 01/25/2019 @ 22:27pm

1. Nelly- Country Grammar (2000) (4 pts)
2. Sleater-Kinney- All Hands on the Bad One (2000) (3 pts)
3. The New Pornographers- Mass Romantic (2000) (2 pts)
4. Britney Spears- Oops...I Did it Again (2000) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 01/26/2019 @ 11:21am

Britney Spears - Oops…I Did It Again (2000) - 4
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000) - 3
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000) - 2
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000) - 1

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/27/2019 @ 20:31pm

Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000) - 4
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000) - 3
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000) - 2
Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/27/2019 @ 21:15pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Nelly - Country Grammar (2000) - 24
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000) - 22
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000) - 19
______________________

Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000) - 15

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from the 2000 Year Vote:

3 Doors Down - The Better Life (2000)
Disturbed - The Sickness (2000)
Green Day - Warning (2000)
Nelly - Country Grammar (2000)
No Doubt - Return of Saturn (2000)
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One (2000)
Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God (2000)
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/28/2019 @ 01:09am

I've conducted the random year selection for February. I figured I'd start doing this now so that it's ready for the next month's announcement.

The randomly selected year for the February Year Votes is 1956.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/28/2019 @ 01:12am

General Vote Nominations:

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)

Year Vote Nominations:

Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956)
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956)
Little Willie John - Fever (1956)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 01/30/2019 @ 22:43pm

My nominations

Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
Robert Plant and Alison Kruass - Raising Sand (2007)
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (2000)

Genre: Americana

Artist Vote:

Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977)

Year Vote:

Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
Lennie Tristano - Lennie Tristano (1956)
Les Baxter and His Orchestra - Tamboo! (1956)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/30/2019 @ 23:08pm

General Nominations -
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)

Genre Nomination -
Female Country Singers and Bands

Artist Nomination -
Jethro Tull- Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)

Year Nominations -
Big Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues (1956)
Various Artists - High Society (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1956)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady (Broadway Cast Recording) (1956)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 01/31/2019 @ 00:05am

Various Artists- A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)
Van Der Graaf Generator- H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
B.B. King & Eric Clapton- Riding With The King (2000)

Year Vote

Thelonious Monk- The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps- Bluejean Bop! (1956)
Louis Prima- The Wildest! (1956)

Artist Vote

Jethro Tull- War Child (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 01/31/2019 @ 00:57am

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/31/2019 @ 23:59pm

My nominations:

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/1/2019 @ 00:09am

Here’s my nominations(first time and this is really confusing but here we go):

Highly Suspect - Mister Asylum (2015)
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010)
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
Bring Me the Horizon - That’s the Spirit (2015)
Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2001)

Posted by Hobby on Friday, 02/1/2019 @ 09:49am

Hello Hobby welcome you can only nominate up three albums.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/1/2019 @ 10:58am

Ok. Disregard the last two then.

Highly Suspect - Mister Asylum (2015)
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010)
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)

Posted by Hobby on Friday, 02/1/2019 @ 13:33pm

Here are my nominations for the 2010’s rock and alternative albums!

Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns (2010)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
The Killers - Battle Born (2012)

Posted by The Dude on Friday, 02/1/2019 @ 15:07pm

Hello,

Welcome to any newcomers coming on board for the Album and Song Projects.

Here's a breakdown of the rounds for the Album Project each month.

1. First we do a general vote where anything not currently inducted is up for grabs. You can nominate 3 albums. Once voting has started you can vote for 8 albums.

2. Second we do a Genre Vote where albums of a particular genre or category are eligible. You can nominate 3 albums for that particular round. Sometimes we do a split round, usually over two different time periods (1900-1970 and 1971-2018, as an example). If we do 2 rounds, then we hold both rounds at the same time. Like the General Vote you can vote for 8 albums per round.

3. At the same time we what is called an Artist Vote and a Year Vote. The Artist Vote focuses on a particular artist where you can nominate albums of said artist. You cannot nominate an artist that has already been selected at some point. Darren (the moderator of these projects) will list what artists have been used before. First you nominate 1 artist/band. Once the Artist is chosen, you can nominate 1 album from said artist. Once all of the nominations have been finalized you can vote for up to 6 albums.

For the Year Vote, the year is pre-selected at the beginning of the month. You can nominate 3 albums that were released in the given year. Once voting begins, you can vote for 8 albums off the ballot, just like the General and Genre Votes.

Hope that makes the format simple for everyone.

Again, welcome aboard and have fun!

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 02/1/2019 @ 15:50pm

General Vote Nominations

AC/DC- Powerage (1978)
Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017)
Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)

Genre Vote Nomination

Groove Metal

Artist Vote Nomination

Jethro Tull- This Was (1968)

Year Vote Nominations

Chet Baker- Chet Baker Sings (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong- Ella and Louis (1956)
Odetta- Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 02/1/2019 @ 16:06pm

Nick,

The Boss of the Blues by Big Joe Turner has already been inducted.

You have another nomination for the Year Vote.

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 02/1/2019 @ 16:08pm

Thanks Donnie, I’ll replace it with -
Various Artists - The Girl Can’t Help It (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1956)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 02/1/2019 @ 18:56pm

Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)

Can someone clarify what exactly we can nominate? Is it 3 albums from any year? 2 albums from any year and one album from 2018? 2 albums from any year and one from 2017?

I've all three scenarios in nominations so far. If we are allowed a 3rd nomination from any year, I'll go with:

Wilco - Summerteeth (1999)

Year:

Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show
The Platters - The Platters (1956)
Marty Robbins - Rock'n Roll'n Robbins (1956)

Genre:

Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists

Artist:

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 02/2/2019 @ 07:16am

Albums (General):
Don Hinson and The Rigormorticians - Monster Dance Party (1964)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988)
Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (1991)

Albums (1956):
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)
Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Moondog - Moondog (1956)

Artist:
Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave (1987)

Genre:
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 02/2/2019 @ 18:30pm

Prequelle (2018) - Ghost
7 (2018) - Beach House
By The Way, I Forgive You (2018) - Brandi Carlile

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 02/2/2019 @ 23:11pm

Also, just a heads up, but Meteora by Linkin Park was already inducted back in 2017 (2042).

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 02/2/2019 @ 23:38pm

noms:

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
Blind Melon - Blind Melon (1992)
Muse - Simulation Theory (2018)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 02/3/2019 @ 00:54am

Nominations:

General:

Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Cher - Cher (1987)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)

Year:

Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
June Christy - The Misty Miss Christy (1956)
Rosemary Clooney with Duke Ellington - Blue Rose (1956)

Genre

Original Cast Albums (Theater)

Posted by Chris F. on Sunday, 02/3/2019 @ 15:03pm

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 02/3/2019 @ 20:24pm

BSLO - Three albums from 2000-2018. It will be correctly stated in next month's announcements.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/4/2019 @ 01:11am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

AC/DC - Powerage (1978)
B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King (2000)
Beach House - 7 (2018)
Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (1991)
Blind Melon - Blind Melon (1992)
Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000)
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
Cher - Cher (1987)
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
Don Hinson and The Rigormorticians - Monster Dance Party (1964)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
Highly Suspect - Mister Asylum (2015)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns (2010)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Muse - Simulation Theory (2018)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2007)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (2000)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)
The Killers - Battle Born (2012)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)
Wilco - Summerteeth (1999)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/4/2019 @ 01:18am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1990's R&B
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists
Americana
Female Country Singers and Bands
Groove Metal
Jazz
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Women in Rap

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/4/2019 @ 01:20am

This month's selected artist is Jethro Tull and selected year is 1956.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/4/2019 @ 01:23am

Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
Robert Plant and Alison Kruass - Raising Sand (2007)
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (2000)
The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Ghost - Prequille (2018)
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)

Genres:
Americana
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Groove Metal
Female Country Singers/Bands
Albums by Non-Americans, Non-British Artists
Original Cast Albums (Theater)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/4/2019 @ 02:08am

Ballot:

Cher - Cher (1987)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2007)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)

Genre:

1990's R&B
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Female Country Singers and Bands
Jazz
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Women in Rap

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 02/4/2019 @ 03:40am

Beach House - 7 (2018)
Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Muse - Simulation Theory (2018)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2007)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 02/4/2019 @ 10:27am

Artist Nomination:
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)

General Ballot:
Beach House - 7 (2018)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)

Genre Vote:
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists
Groove Metal
Jazz
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Women in Rap

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 02/4/2019 @ 11:20am

General Vote

AC/DC - Powerage (1978)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2007)
The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)
Wilco - Summerteeth (1999)

Last Cuts: A Star is Born, Steely Dan, Queens of the Stone Age, Third Eye Blind, B.B. King and Eric Clapton

Genre Vote

1990's R&B
Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists
Groove Metal
Jazz
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Women in Rap

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 02/4/2019 @ 13:49pm

Blind Melon - Blind Melon (1992)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns (2010)
Muse - Simulation Theory (2018)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2007)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 02/4/2019 @ 23:44pm

General Votes -
Britney Spears - Oops…I Did It Again (2000)
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (2000)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)

Genre Votes -
1990’s R&B
Albums by Non-American and Non-British Artsits
Americana
Female Country Singers and Bands
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Women in Rap

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 02/5/2019 @ 00:56am

Darren,

Could you please post an Updated List of January 2019's 8 General Vote Inductees?

I just noticed Gassman's Saturday Post:
Also, just a heads up, but Meteora by Linkin Park was already inducted back in 2017 (2042).
Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 02.2.19 @ 23:38pm

As Linkin Park - Meteora (2003) is already IN, then last month's General Vote should also have inducted the Loser of the Tiebreaker: Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) to replace the Linkin Park album that was already inducted and it should not be carried over among this month's nominees.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 02/5/2019 @ 14:15pm

1990's R&B
Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists
Groove Metal
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Women in Rap

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/6/2019 @ 00:19am

The following albums were inducted in the January 2018 Album Project Vote:

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
Destiny’s Child - The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (1972)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (2018)
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)

Last year's original class announcement incorrectly included Linkin Park - Meteora (2003), which was previously inducted, but incorrectly included in the January 2019 Album Project vote and then voted in.

As a result of this vote, Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) is inducted and not included in this February Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/6/2019 @ 00:26am

B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King (2000)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2007)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists
Jazz
Original Cast Albums (Theater)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/6/2019 @ 16:50pm

B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King (2000)
Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (1991)
Blind Melon - Blind Melon (1992)
Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Don Hinson and The Rigormorticians - Monster Dance Party (1964)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988)
Wilco - Summerteeth (1999)

1990's R&B
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 02/6/2019 @ 19:20pm

Here are my votes!

AC/DC - Powerage (1978)
Blind Melon - Blind Melon (1992)
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns (2010)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)
The Killers - Battle Born (2012)

Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists
Groove Metal
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project

Posted by The Dude on Wednesday, 02/6/2019 @ 19:33pm

Blind Melon - Blind Melon (1992)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)
Wilco - Summerteeth (1999)

1990's R&B
Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists
Americana
Female Country Singers and Bands
Groove Metal
Jazz

Sorry for the oversight on Meteora. I generally am pretty good with checking whether my nominations are inducted, but I missed that one.

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 02/6/2019 @ 22:44pm

February 2019 Album Genre Ballot:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists
Americana
Female Country Singers and Bands
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project

My Last Cut was Jazz.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 02/6/2019 @ 23:12pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists - 10
_________________________

Original Cast Albums (Theater) - 7

1990's R&B - 6
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock - 6
Groove Metal - 6
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 6

Female Country Singers and Bands - 5
Jazz - 5
Women in Rap - 5

Americana - 4

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Chris F.
Steve Z
Donnie
Nick
Darren
Tom H.
dmg
The Dude
BSLO
Jennifer

This month's selected genre is "Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists".

Nominations begin on the 8th at 11 PM Central. Before then, we need to decide if this genre will be divided into two votes or not and what criteria would be used to split the votes if we have a split.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/7/2019 @ 02:11am

No split

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/7/2019 @ 02:26am

No split

Posted by Chris F. on Thursday, 02/7/2019 @ 06:41am

I recommend a split since this vote would span the entire year range of 1900-2018 and the "genre" is pretty broad.

I'll throw out a 1900-1979/1980-2018 split recommendation.

However, I'd be fine going with no split too since we are now inducting 8 albums per vote.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/7/2019 @ 07:34am

Alison Krauss is mispelled as Alison Kruass so it should be:

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2007)

I support a split as per Genre Nominator BSLO's guidelines. However, I too would be fine going with no split too since we are now inducting 8 albums per vote.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/7/2019 @ 18:03pm

Most of the artists whose albums I have chosen have either no or only 1 album already inducted.

February 2019 Album Ballot:

Blind Melon - Blind Melon (1992)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)

Last Cuts and/or Didn't Need My Help include Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Third Eye Blind, and the A Star Is Born Soundtrack. There are also many, many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/7/2019 @ 18:06pm

I found that much to my surprise, none of these important foreign born artists has any representation in the Album Project yet.

Some Early Non-American, Non-British Artists February 2019 Album Genre Nominations:

A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985) Country/Genre: Norwegian New Wave
ABBA - ABBA (1975) Country/Genre: Swedish Pop
Russell Hitchcock - Russell Hitchcock (1988) Country/Genre: Australian Soft Rock

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 02/7/2019 @ 21:06pm

This ballot is gonna be filled with Australian, Canadian, Irish and Jamaican albums.

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 02/8/2019 @ 10:53am

Here’s some non-American/British artist nominations:

Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)

Posted by Hobby on Friday, 02/8/2019 @ 10:53am

It might not be full of Irish, Australian, Canadian and Jamaican albums. I plan on including a couple Japanese albums.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/8/2019 @ 11:24am

Non-American/British Nominees:

Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)
Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move (1984)
Eiffel 65 - Europop (1999)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 02/8/2019 @ 14:16pm

B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King (2000)
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/8/2019 @ 14:43pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Black Keys - El Camino (2011) - 7

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2007) - 6
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997) - 6

Blind Melon - Blind Melon (1992) - 5
________________________________

Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979) - 4
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 4
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 4
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001) - 4
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988) - 4
________________________________

B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King (2000) - 3
Elton John - Elton John (1970) - 3
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982) - 3
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012) - 3
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004) - 3
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982) - 3
Wilco - Summerteeth (1999) - 3

AC/DC - Powerage (1978) - 2
Beach House - 7 (2018) - 2
Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You (2018) - 2
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016) - 2
Cher - Cher (1987) - 2
Ghost - Prequelle (2018) - 2
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018) - 2
Kool & The Gang - Something Special (1981) - 2
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns (2010) - 2
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 2
Muse - Simulation Theory (2018) - 2
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010) - 2
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 2
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 2
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (2000) - 2

Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (1991) - 1
Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again (2000) - 1
Don Hinson and The Rigormorticians - Monster Dance Party (1964) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994) - 1
The Killers - Battle Born (2012) - 1
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009) - 1
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 1
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018) - 1

Highly Suspect - Mister Asylum (2015) - 0
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Chris F.
Gassman
Steve Z
Donnie
jtrichey
Nick
Tom H.
dmg
The Dude
BSLO
Jennifer
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Blind Melon - Blind Melon (1992)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2007)
The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums.

The 4 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists". I don't see any on the list.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 01:12am

"Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists" has been selected as this month's genre vote. There will not be a split this month.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 01:15am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project and Year Project vote.

This month's selected Artist is Jethro Tull.

This month's selected Year is 1956.

Nominations will remain open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 01:16am

My Genre Vote Nominations:
Crowded House - Woodface (1991)
Country/Genre: Australian Pop Rock
Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982)
Country/Genre: Japanese Soul/Funk
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979)
Country/Genre: Japanese Electronic/Synth Pop

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 01:27am

Manu Chao - Clandestino (1998) (France/Spain)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001) (Germany)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997) (Cuba)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 04:14am

I decided to focus on the non English language countries.

Nomimations:

Gal Costa - Gal (1969)

* Representing Brazilian Tropicalia

Mercedes Sosa - Homenaje a Violeta Parra (1971)

* Argentinian born Latin Folk singer's best effort

Celia Cruz & Johnny Pancheco - Celia & Johnny (1974)

* Cruz is Cuban Salsa at it's best, Pancheco hails from the Dominican Republic.

I went a little Latin heavy here. I decided to stay away from English albums. I would recommend Shakira, LiLiput, Ace of Base, Nana Mouskouri Nightwish, and Astrud Gilberto as nominees. (A weird group I never thought I would put together in a sentence). All of which recorded in English. Any of them would easily have my vote. I also recommend just about any of the overlooked legends of World music. Examples being Dalida from France, Amalia Rodrigues from Portugal, Japan's Yumi Matsutoya, and Israel's Ofra Haza.

Wonderful nominations so far. I am glad we have not focused heavily on Canada, Australia, Ireland, and Jamaica.

Posted by Chris F. on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 11:18am

Ali Farka Touré - Ali Farka Touré (1988)

Mali - Landmark African rock and Desert Blues album by the man dubbed "the African John Lee Hooker".

Shivkumar Sharma, Brij Bhushan Kabra and Hariprasad Chaurasia – Call of the Valley (1967)

India - One of the most acclaimed classical/traditional Indian albums not by someone named Shankar.

Teengenarate – Get Action (1995)

Japan - Japan's greatest addition to 90s punk and indie.

Posted by [email protected] on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 11:55am

I made a typo on Teengenerate's name:

Teengenerate - Get Action (1995)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 11:59am

Here are my nominees for the
Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists.

Norway: De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) by Mayhem
Japan: Lightning Strikes (1986) by Loudness
Germany: Love at First Sting (1984) by Scorpions

Posted by The Dude on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 12:12pm

I am beginning to regret not splitting this genre.

Posted by Chris F. on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 13:45pm

Planxty - Planxty (1973)
Tangerine Dream- Atem (1973)
The Chieftains- The Chieftains 4 (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 14:59pm

Sorry to crash the party, but I think an album by South Africa's most enduring group LadySmith Black Mambazo deserves a nomination. When Paul Simon decided to record an album with African influences he sought out the group's founder Joseph Shabalala and then flew them to London where they contributed to the recording of Graceland. You can hear them on the tracks Homeless, Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes and You Can Call Me Al. In the wake of Graceland, LadySmith Black Mambazo's world popularity soared; and in 1988 they won a Grammy for this album.

LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)

Posted by joker on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 15:55pm

Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979) 5
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) 4
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001) 3
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988) 2
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) 1

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 15:56pm

New Zealand: The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010)
Spain: Rosalía - El mal querer (2018)
Sweden: Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 16:12pm

Tiebreaker:

Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 5
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988) - 4
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001) - 3
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979) - 2
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 1

Posted by Chris F. on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 16:48pm

Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979) (5)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) (4)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988) (3)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001) (2)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 23:05pm

Tie-Breaker

1. Jay-Z- 4:44 (2017) (5 pts)
2. Don McLean- American Pie (1971) (4 pts)
3. Siouxsie and the Banshees- Peepshow (1988) (3 pts)
4. Jimmy Eat World- Bleed American (2001) (2 pts)
5. Christopher Cross- Christopher Cross) (1979) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 23:14pm

I'm gonna be the lame loser that nominates all English-language albums. Sorry, lol.

Belgium: Technotronic- Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)
France: Daft Punk- Human After All (2005)
Germany: Scorpions- Love at First Sting (1984)

Yeah, they're all English language albums but they're also some pretty essential ones too.

Pump Up the Jam: The Album is the album that essentially gave birth to 1990's eurodance as it's the album that had "Pump Up the Jam," "Move This," and "Get Up (Before the Night is Over) which were some of the first major eurodance hits in North American and around the world. It also consistently ranks high on greatest dance albums of all time lists.

Human After All is the "dark horse" of the Daft Punk discography, but it's a great album in it's own right and more than worthy of induction.

Love at First Sting was Scorpions at the peak of their power when they were still really heavy but also were churning out major hit singles ("Rock You Like a Hurricane," "Still Loving You," "Big City Nights," etc)

And besides most of the nominations have been foreign language albums (much to everyone's credits), so I figure a few English language albums won't kill the proceedings.

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 23:22pm

Scratch my Scorpions nomination, as I just saw it was nominated. I'll come up with another nomination in a few minutes.

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 23:24pm

Disregard the previous post, here are my actual final nominations.....

I'm gonna be the lame loser that nominates all English-language albums. Sorry, lol.

Belgium: Technotronic- Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)
France: Air- The Virgin Suicides (2000)
France: Daft Punk- Human After All (2005)

Yeah, they're all English language albums but they're also some pretty essential ones too. And besides, most of the nominations have been foreign language albums (much to everyone's credits), so I figure a few English language albums won't kill the proceedings.

Pump Up the Jam: The Album is the album that essentially gave birth to 1990's eurodance as it's the album that had "Pump Up the Jam," "Move This," and "Get Up (Before the Night is Over) which were some of the first major eurodance hits in North America and around the world (especially "Pump Up the Jam," as it really was the first major eurodance hit). It also consistently ranks high on greatest dance albums of all time lists.

The Virgin Suicides is one of the best movie score/soundtrack albums of the 2000's and maybe Air's best album (that or Moon Safari).

Human After All is the "dark horse" of the Daft Punk discography, but it's a great album in it's own right and more than worthy of induction.

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 23:32pm

tiebreak:

1. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
2. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988)
3. Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
4. Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
5. Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 02/9/2019 @ 23:40pm

Tiebreaker:

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988) (5 points)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 02/10/2019 @ 11:27am

Genre nominations:

Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Gentleman (1973) (Nigeria)
Bettie Serveert - Palomine (1992) (The Netherlands)
Pizzicato Five - Bossa Nova 2001 (1993) (Japan)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 02/10/2019 @ 12:01pm

Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 5
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979) - 4
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988) - 3
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001) - 2
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 1

Johnny Hallyday- Sang pour sang (1999) (France)
Kraftwerk- Tour de France Soundtracks (2003) (Germany)
Os Mutantes- Os Mutantes (1968) (Brazil)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 02/11/2019 @ 00:17am

5=Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
4=Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
3=Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
2=Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988
1=Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 02/11/2019 @ 14:57pm

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)-5
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)-4
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988)-3
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)-2
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/11/2019 @ 15:21pm

Tiebreaker:

Don McLean - American Pie (1971) [5 Points]
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001) [4 Points]
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979) [3 Points]
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988) [2 Points]
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 02/11/2019 @ 15:23pm

Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 5
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988) - 4
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 3
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001) - 2
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/11/2019 @ 21:50pm

Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 5
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001) - 4
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988) - 3
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 2
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979) - 1

Nominations:

Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989) (Cuba)
Wyclef Jean - The Carnival (1997) (Haiti)
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988) (Australia)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 02/11/2019 @ 23:09pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017) - 38
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988) - 38
Don McLean - American Pie (1971) - 37
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001) - 37
______________________________

Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979) - 30

Christopher Cross will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the February Album Project vote:

Blind Melon - Blind Melon (1992)
Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
Jay-Z - 4:44 (2017)
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2007)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow (1988)
The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/12/2019 @ 00:59am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

ABBA - ABBA (1975)
A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Ali Farka Touré - Ali Farka Touré (1988)
Bettie Serveert - Palomine (1992)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pancheco - Celia & Johnny (1974)
Crowded House - Woodface (1991)
Daft Punk - Human After All (2005)
Eiffel 65 - Europop (1999)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Gentleman (1973)
Gal Costa - Gal (1969)
Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move (1984)
Johnny Hallyday- Sang pour sang (1999)
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Kraftwerk- Tour de France Soundtracks (2003)
LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
Loudness - Lightning Strikes (1986)
Manu Chao - Clandestino (1998)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Mercedes Sosa - Homenaje a Violeta Parra (1971)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Os Mutantes- Os Mutantes (1968)
Pizzicato Five - Bossa Nova 2001 (1993)
Planxty - Planxty (1973)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Rosalía - El mal querer (2018)
Russell Hitchcock - Russell Hitchcock (1988)
Scorpions - Love at First Sting (1984)
Shivkumar Sharma, Brij Bhushan Kabra and Hariprasad Chaurasia – Call of the Valley (1967)
Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982)
Tangerine Dream- Atem (1973)
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)
Teengenerate – Get Action (1995)
The Chieftains - The Chieftains 4 (1973)
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988)
The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010)
Wyclef Jean - The Carnival (1997)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/12/2019 @ 01:02am

Here are my votes!

A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move (1984)
Loudness - Lightning Strikes (1986)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Scorpions - Love at First Sting (1984)
Tangerine Dream- Atem (1973)

Posted by The Dude on Tuesday, 02/12/2019 @ 09:47am

Crowded House - Woodface (1991)
Tamako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979)
A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
ABBA - ABBA (1975)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Teengenerate – Get Action (1995)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/12/2019 @ 15:12pm

A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Gentleman (1973)
LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
Os Mutantes- Os Mutantes (1968)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Wyclef Jean - The Carnival (1997)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 02/12/2019 @ 23:34pm

A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Ali Farka Touré - Ali Farka Touré (1988)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
Manu Chao - Clandestino (1998)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 02/13/2019 @ 03:41am

Ali Farka Touré - Ali Farka Touré (1988)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
Os Mutantes- Os Mutantes (1968)
Planxty - Planxty (1973)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)
Tangerine Dream- Atem (1973)
The Chieftains - The Chieftains 4 (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/13/2019 @ 10:04am

A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Ali Farka Touré - Ali Farka Touré (1988)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Crowded House - Woodface (1991)
Daft Punk - Human After All (2005)
Os Mutantes- Os Mutantes (1968)
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)

Last Cuts: Gal Costa, Yellow Magic Survivor, Wyclef Jean, Scorpions, The Go-Betweens, Fela Kuti and Africa 70

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 02/13/2019 @ 23:51pm

Ballot:

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pancheco - Celia & Johnny (1974)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Gentleman (1973)
Gal Costa - Gal (1969)
LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
Mercedes Sosa - Homenaje a Violeta Parra (1971)
Os Mutantes- Os Mutantes (1968)
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)

No easy task, I would vote for most of these albums if I had space.

Posted by Chris F. on Thursday, 02/14/2019 @ 12:32pm

ABBA - ABBA (1975)
Daft Punk - Human After All (2005)
Eiffel 65 - Europop (1999)
Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move (1984)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)
Scorpions - Love at First Sting (1984)
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)
The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 02/15/2019 @ 08:37am

A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Os Mutantes- Os Mutantes (1968)
Rosalía - El mal querer (2018)
Scorpions - Love at First Sting (1984)
The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 02/15/2019 @ 20:49pm

Bettie Serveert - Palomine (1992)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Gentleman (1973)
LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Pizzicato Five - Bossa Nova 2001 (1993)
Scorpions - Love at First Sting (1984)
Tangerine Dream - Atem (1973)
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 02/15/2019 @ 21:01pm

A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Gentleman (1973)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988)
Wyclef Jean - The Carnival (1997)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 02/15/2019 @ 21:07pm

A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Gal Costa - Gal (1969)
Johnny Hallyday- Sang pour sang (1999)
LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
Manu Chao - Clandestino (1998)
Pizzicato Five - Bossa Nova 2001 (1993)
Planxty - Planxty (1973)
Russell Hitchcock - Russell Hitchcock (1988)

Posted by joker on Saturday, 02/16/2019 @ 17:20pm

A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
ABBA - ABBA (1975)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Gentleman (1973)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
Russell Hitchcock - Russell Hitchcock (1988)
Scorpions - Love at First Sting (1984)
Tangerine Dream - Atem (1973)

There are many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 02/16/2019 @ 22:54pm

Ugh-sorry about the double post

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 02/16/2019 @ 22:56pm

ABBA - ABBA (1975)
A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Crowded House - Woodface (1991)
Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Scorpions - Love at First Sting (1984)
The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/16/2019 @ 23:06pm

ABBA - ABBA (1975)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Crowded House - Woodface (1991)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Gentleman (1973)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Johnny Hallyday- Sang pour sang (1999)
Kraftwerk - Tour de France Soundtracks (2003)
Os Mutantes- Os Mutantes (1968)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 02/16/2019 @ 23:56pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985) - 10

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997) - 8

LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987) - 7

Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Gentleman (1973) - 6
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968) - 6
Scorpions - Love at First Sting (1984) - 6
____________________________

ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 5
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 5
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) - 5
____________________________

Crowded House - Woodface (1991) - 4
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989) - 4
Tangerine Dream - Atem (1973) - 4

Ali Farka Touré - Ali Farka Touré (1988) - 3
Ghost - Prequelle (2018) - 3
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001) - 3
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975) - 3
Rammstein - Mutter (2001) - 3
The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010) - 3

Daft Punk - Human After All (2005) - 2
Gal Costa - Gal (1969) - 2
Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move (1984) - 2
Johnny Hallyday - Sang pour sang (1999) - 2
Manu Chao - Clandestino (1998) - 2
Pizzicato Five - Bossa Nova 2001 (1993) - 2
Planxty - Planxty (1973) - 2
Russell Hitchcock - Russell Hitchcock (1988) - 2
Wyclef Jean - The Carnival (1997) - 2

Bettie Serveert - Palomine (1992) - 1
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pancheco - Celia & Johnny (1974) - 1
Eiffel 65 - Europop (1999) - 1
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) - 1
Kraftwerk - Tour de France Soundtracks (2003) - 1
Loudness - Lightning Strikes (1986) - 1
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) - 1
Mercedes Sosa - Homenaje a Violeta Parra (1971) - 1
Rosalía - El mal querer (2018) - 1
Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982) - 1
Teengenerate - Get Action (1995) - 1
The Chieftains - The Chieftains 4 (1973) - 1
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988) - 1
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979) - 1

Shivkumar Sharma, Brij Bhushan Kabra and Hariprasad Chaurasia - Call Of The Valley (1967) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

The Dude
Greg F
jtrichey
MichaelEU
Tom H.
Donnie
Chris F.
Steve Z
Gassman
dmg
BSLO
joker
Jennifer
Darren
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Gentleman (1973)
LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Scorpions - Love at First Sting (1984)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

ABBA - ABBA (1975)
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 1 album will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/17/2019 @ 00:53am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist and Year vote. This month's selected artist is Jethro Tull and the selected year is 1956.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/17/2019 @ 00:54am

Tie-Breaker

1. Air- The Virgin Suicides (2000) (3 pts)
2. Technotronic- Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) (2 pts)
3. ABBA- ABBA (1975) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 02/17/2019 @ 11:10am

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)-3
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)-2
ABBA - ABBA (1975)-1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/17/2019 @ 13:46pm

ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 3
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 2
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) - 1

Posted by joker on Sunday, 02/17/2019 @ 21:24pm

1. Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
2. ABBA - ABBA (1975)
3. Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 02/17/2019 @ 23:14pm

ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 3
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 2
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) -1

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 02/18/2019 @ 02:42am

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 3
ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 2
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 02/18/2019 @ 08:01am

Air- The Virgin Suicides (2000)-3
ABBA - ABBA (1975)-2
Technotronic- Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/18/2019 @ 09:10am

Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) - 3
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 2
ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 02/18/2019 @ 09:33am

Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) - 3
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 2
ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 1

Posted by dmg on Monday, 02/18/2019 @ 14:06pm

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 3
ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 2
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) - 1

Posted by Nick on Monday, 02/18/2019 @ 22:30pm

Air- The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 3
ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 2
Technotronic- Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/19/2019 @ 00:25am

3=ABBA - ABBA (1975)
2=Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000
1=Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 02/19/2019 @ 23:54pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 31
ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 23
_______________________________

Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) - 18

Technotronic will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

ABBA - ABBA (1975)
A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Gentleman (1973)
LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Scorpions - Love at First Sting (1984)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 08:03am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave (1987)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 08:04am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show
Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956)
Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (1956)
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956)
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop! (1956)
Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956)
June Christy - The Misty Miss Christy (1956)
Lennie Tristano - Lennie Tristano (1956)
Les Baxter and His Orchestra - Tamboo! (1956)
Little Willie John - Fever (1956)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Marty Robbins - Rock'n Roll'n Robbins (1956)
Moondog - Moondog (1956)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956)
Rosemary Clooney with Duke Ellington - Blue Rose (1956)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)
The Platters - The Platters (1956)
Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Various Artists - High Society (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1956)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady (Broadway Cast Recording) (1956)
Various Artists - The Girl Can’t Help It (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1956)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 08:06am

Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (1956)
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop! (1956)
Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady (Broadway Cast Recording) (1956)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 13:49pm

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 13:50pm

1. Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show
2. Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
3. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (1956)
4. Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956)
5. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop! (1956)
6. Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956)
7. The Platters - The Platters (1956)
8. Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)

Skipping the Jethro Tull round. All their necessary albums have already been inducted, imo.

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 14:52pm

Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956)
Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop! (1956)
Little Willie John - Fever (1956)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956)
The Platters - The Platters (1956)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 15:51pm

Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (1956)
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956)
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop! (1956)
Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956)
Lennie Tristano - Lennie Tristano (1956)
Little Willie John - Fever (1956)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)

Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 18:43pm

I own nearly every album on this ballot. So this is like picking a favorite kid.

Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956)
Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (1956)
June Christy - The Misty Miss Christy (1956)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956)
Rosemary Clooney with Duke Ellington - Blue Rose (1956)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady (Broadway Cast Recording) (1956)

I am going with Gassman on the Jethro Tull albums

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 19:06pm

I don't usually do The Album Project, but I'm thinking I need to become a little more involved.

I see Jethro Tull is this month's Artist Vote selection. I decided to check the pages of other groups in the same general "prog rock" musical category to see if Jethro Tull have enough albums inducted compared to them. Here's what I found:

Pink Floyd - 8
Rush - 7
Moody Blues - 6
ELO - 6
Yes - 6
Chicago - 5
Genesis -5
Deep Purple - 5

and

Jethro Tull - 3

Now why pray tell would poor little Jethro Tull only have half the albums inducted compared to some of those other bands. Maybe it's that weird dude with the flute?? Or they're just so inferior musically?

WAIT, now that I think about it, the other groups in that list have something that Jethro Tull doesn't - the distinguished honor of being inducted into the most hallowed musical institution the world has ever known, The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame!!

These projects need to take their head out of Jann Wenner's backside.

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 21:01pm

I'm exaggerating of course. The fact that this vote is being held at all is a sign that not everyone is beholden to the RHOF for everything that goes on here. Other bright spots are the Disney vote in The Song Project and Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists. The year vote also has some potential if it's used in the right way to highlight overlooked gems from yesteryear.

Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave (1987)
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 22:09pm

Year Vote Ballot (1956)

Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show (1956)
Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956)
Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (1956)
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956)
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop! (1956)
Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956)
June Christy - The Misty Miss Christy (1956)
Lennie Tristano - Lennie Tristano (1956)
Les Baxter and His Orchestra - Tamboo! (1956)
Little Willie John - Fever (1956)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Marty Robbins - Rock'n Roll'n Robbins (1956)
Moondog - Moondog (1956)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956)
Rosemary Clooney with Duke Ellington - Blue Rose (1956)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)
The Platters - The Platters (1956)
Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Various Artists - High Society (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1956)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady (Broadway Cast Recording) (1956)
Various Artists - The Girl Can’t Help It (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1956)

Artist Vote Ballot (Jethro Tull)

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 22:34pm

Disregard the previous post.

I started making my choices for the Artist Vote and forgot that I hadn't cut down to my final choices for the Year Vote, when I submitted my comment.

I'll list my Year Vote ballot soon.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 22:36pm

Year Vote Ballot (1956)

Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (1956)
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956)
Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956)
Little Willie John - Fever (1956)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)

Last Cuts: High Society, The Girl Can't Help It, Thelonious Monk, The Platters, Charles Mingus, Chet Baker

Artist Vote Ballot (Jethro Tull)

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 02/20/2019 @ 22:59pm

Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show
Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop! (1956)
Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956)
Lennie Tristano - Lennie Tristano (1956)
Les Baxter and His Orchestra - Tamboo! (1956)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady (Broadway Cast Recording) (1956)

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/21/2019 @ 22:34pm

Since Jethro Tull is the chosen artist, here are my choices:

Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave (1987)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)

Thank you.

Posted by Enigmaticus on Friday, 02/22/2019 @ 09:12am

Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show (1956)
Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (1956)
Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956)
The Platters - The Platters (1956)
Various Artists - High Society (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1956)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady (Broadway Cast Recording) (1956)
Various Artists - The Girl Can’t Help It (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1956)

There are many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 02/24/2019 @ 19:15pm

Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956)
Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956)
Little Willie John - Fever (1956)
The Platters - The Platters (1956)
Various Artists - High Society (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1956)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady (Broadway Cast Recording) (1956)
Various Artists - The Girl Can’t Help It (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1956)

Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave (1987)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 02/24/2019 @ 21:48pm

Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show (1956)
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956)
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop! (1956)
Les Baxter and His Orchestra - Tamboo! (1956)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)

Posted by joker on Sunday, 02/24/2019 @ 23:49pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Jethro Tull - War Child (1974) - 7

Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977) - 6
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Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978) - 5
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975) - 5
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968) - 5
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976) - 5

Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave (1987) - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
Steve Z
joker
Donnie
Greg F
Enigmaticus
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977)
Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/25/2019 @ 03:24am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956) - 8

Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956) - 7

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (1956) - 6
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop! (1956) - 6

Various Artists - My Fair Lady (Broadway Cast Recording) (1956) - 5
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Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show - 4
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) - 4
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956) - 4
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956) - 4
Little Willie John - Fever (1956) - 4
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956) - 4
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956) - 4
The Platters - The Platters (1956) - 4
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Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956) - 2
Lennie Tristano - Lennie Tristano (1956) - 2
Les Baxter and His Orchestra - Tamboo! (1956) - 2
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956) - 2
Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956) - 2
Various Artists - High Society (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1956) - 2
Various Artists - The Girl Can’t Help It (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1956) - 2
June Christy - The Misty Miss Christy (1956) - 1
Rosemary Clooney with Duke Ellington - Blue Rose (1956) - 1
Marty Robbins - Rock'n Roll'n Robbins (1956) - 0
Moondog - Moondog (1956) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
Gassman
MichaelEU
Steve Z
Chris F.
Donnie
Greg F
Jennifer
Nick
joker

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (1956)
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop! (1956)
Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady (Broadway Cast Recording) (1956)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956)
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956)
Little Willie John - Fever (1956)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956)
The Platters - The Platters (1956)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 8 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 5 albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/25/2019 @ 03:33am

We actually voted to change the amount of albums inducted for the Artist Vote round of the Album Project to 3 albums. So for the Jethro Tull round we should be having a tie-breaker between the albums that got 5 votes.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 02/25/2019 @ 09:34am

Tiebreakers:

Little Willie John - Fever (1956) [8 Points]
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956) [7 Points]
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956) [6 Points]
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956) [5 Points]
The Platters - The Platters (1956) [4 Points]
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956) [3 Points]
Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show (1956) [2 Points]
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) [1 Point]

Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975) [4 Points]
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978) [3 Points]
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968) [2 Points]
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 02/25/2019 @ 13:37pm

Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956) 8
The Platters - The Platters (1956) 7
Little Willie John - Fever (1956) 6
Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show 5
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) 4
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956) 3
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956) 2
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956) 1

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 02/25/2019 @ 14:24pm

Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)-8
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)-7
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956)-6
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956)-5
The Platters - The Platters (1956)-4
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956)-3
Little Willie John - Fever (1956)-2
Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show (1956)-1

Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)-4
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)-3
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)-2
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/25/2019 @ 23:19pm

Yes, there should be a tiebreaker vote involving these four albums:

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)

Standard ranking tiebreaker rules apply, highest point-getter will be inducted, the other three automatically nominated for next month's vote.

Tiebreaker voting ends at 11 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/26/2019 @ 00:22am

Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956) - 8
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956) - 7
Little Willie John - Fever (1956) - 6
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) - 5
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956) - 4
The Platters - The Platters (1956) - 3
Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show (1956) - 2
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 02/26/2019 @ 08:45am

Jethro Tull vote tiebreaker:
Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)-4
Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die (1976)-3
Heavy Horses(1978)-2
This Was (1968)-1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/26/2019 @ 11:43am

Tiebreaker

Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956) - 7
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956) - 6
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) - 5
Little Willie John - Fever (1956)- 5
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956) - 4
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956) - 3
The Platters - The Platters (1956) - 2
Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show - 1 point

Posted by Chris F. on Tuesday, 02/26/2019 @ 20:21pm

Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) - 8
Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show - 7
Little Willie John - Fever (1956)- 6
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956) - 5
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956) - 4
The Platters - The Platters (1956) - 3
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956) - 2
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956) - 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/26/2019 @ 22:23pm

Year Vote Tie-breaker

Fats Domino- This is Fats Domino! (1956) 8 pts
Louis Prima-The Wildest (1956) 7 pts
Little Willie John- Fever (1956) 6 pts
Odetta- Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956) 5 pts
Chet Baker- Chet Baker Sings (1956) 4 pts
The Platters- The Platters (1956) 3 pts
Charles Mingus- Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) 2 pts
Bill Haley & His Comets- Rock n Roll Stage Show (1956) 1 pt

Artist Vote Tie-breaker

Jethro Tull- Heavy Horses (1978) 4 pts
Jethro Tull- This Was (1968) 3 pts
Jethro Tull- Too Young to Rock n Roll, Too Old to Die (1976) 2 pts
Jethro Tull- Minstrel in the Gallery (1975) 1 pt

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 02/27/2019 @ 21:37pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975) - 13
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Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978) - 12
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968) - 8
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976) - 7

Losing songs will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project.

Here is the final class of inductees for this artist vote:

Jethro Tull - War Child (1974)
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977)
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/28/2019 @ 08:13am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956) - 40
Little Willie John - Fever (1956) - 39
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) - 33 (4 Higher Votes)
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Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956) - 33 (3 Higher Votes)

Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956) - 32
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956) - 30
The Platters - The Platters (1956) - 26
Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show - 19

Losing songs will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project.

Here is the final class of inductees for this year vote:

Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (1956)
Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino! (1956)
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop! (1956)
Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio (1956)
Little Willie John - Fever (1956)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady (Broadway Cast Recording) (1956)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/28/2019 @ 08:17am

The selected year for March is 1967.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/1/2019 @ 00:04am

Rule Changes In 2019:

The number of albums inducted as a result of the monthly Artist Project vote will be increased from 2 albums to 3 albums.

Voters can nominate any three eligible songs and are no longer required to nominate a song from the previous year in order to nominate the maximum number available.

There will no longer be a 6 month ban on artists selected for the Artist Vote. This includes artists that were selected in the past 6 months that were previously banned and no longer will be.

Both genre votes will take place at the same time if the selected genre is chosen to have a split.

We will have a Year Vote each month. The selected year will be randomly selected each month. Each year is only eligible once and will be disqualified after being selected. The Year Vote will take place at the same time as the Artist Vote. Years from 1900-1945 will be grouped into 5 year groupings.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2018. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956)
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956)
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)
The Platters - The Platters (1956)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 6 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1990's R&B
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Americana
Female Country Singers and Bands
Groove Metal
Jazz
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Women in Rap

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the past 6 months:

1970's Hard Rock/Metal
New Wave
Country
Movie Soundtracks
1980’s R&B/Soul
Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists

"Blues" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Jackson Browne
Neil Young
Rod Stewart

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Bee Gees
The Isley Brothers
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated albums. The three albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.

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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1967.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1967. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released (as a single or on an LP/EP) in 1967.

The following albums from 1967 have already been inducted into the Song Project:

TBD - This will be posted within the next few days. In ordinary circumstances, I would have the complete list (provided by Donnie) by this point in the process, but we're on an accelerated schedule due to February being 2-3 days shorter than the other months.

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1967, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/1/2019 @ 00:37am

My Nominations

General Vote:
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (2007)
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out (1979)
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (1967)

Genre Vote:
Power Metal

Artist Vote:
Vangelis

Year Vote:
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (1967)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)

Posted by Greg F. on Friday, 03/1/2019 @ 01:07am

The correct title for the Graham Parker & The Rumour album is Squeezing Out Sparks (1979).

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/1/2019 @ 01:59am

General Nominations -
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink Soundtrack (1986)*

Artist Nomination - Tony Bennett**

Genre Nomination- Latin American Artists***

1967 Album Nominations -
Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967)
Phil Ochs - Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)
Small Faces - Small Faces/There Are But Four Small Faces (1967)****

*How have we not inducted the Pretty in Pink soundtrack? I mean, literally it features many 80s the alternative artists performing original (and widely-played) songs for this soundtrack? New Order, O.M.D. and Suzanne Vega? And then you have the likes of The Smiths, INXS, Echo and the Bunnymen, and of course the Psychedelic Furs song that inspired the title of the film. Huge oversight.

**In regards to Tony Bennett, I will be the first to admit that I’m not his biggest fan, but I respect the work he’s crafted over the past seven decades. He is a perfect example of a non-Rock artist whose work we’ve completely overlooked in the Album Project. Currently, he has zero albums inducted and only one song in the Song Project and that’s it. To me, that’s insanity considering he’s one of the most popular, famous and best-selling singers of all time. If you want someone who’s not Rock-eccentric and thus not inducted into the Rock Hall, look no further.

***Latin American Artists would be artists born in one of the following countries: Brazil, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Guatemala, Ecuador, Cuba, Bolivia, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Uruguay, Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Saint Lucia, and etc. Basically, the entire South American continent, parts of North/Central America, and the Caribbean. Musicians could have migrated to the U.S. or other countries and created music there as long as they were born in one of Latin American countries listed above to qualify. This would be a good way to broaden our perspectives and look at more world music in this project.

***For the Small Faces album, do we get with the UK or US titles of the album? They were both released in ’67 and I forgot how that we officially title albums from this era in regards to differing UK/US release titles.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 03/1/2019 @ 12:22pm

Planxty - Planxty (1973)
Thelonious Monk- The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Various Artists- A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)

Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Stevie Wonder- Someday At Christmas (1967)
The Rolling Stones- Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/1/2019 @ 13:29pm

Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967)
The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come (1967)

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Toto - Toto IV (1982)
En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 03/1/2019 @ 17:54pm

I see that The Rolling Stones- Between The Buttons was nominated for the year vote. With that in mind please switch my nomination of

The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

To

The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot I'll Soul (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/1/2019 @ 21:43pm

Sorry that meant to read

The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/1/2019 @ 21:46pm

Also please switch my year vote nomination of

Stevie Wonder- Someday At Christmas (1967)

To

The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/1/2019 @ 22:00pm

Prequelle (2018) - Ghost
7 (2018) - Beach House
By The Way, I Forgive You (2018) - Brandi Carlile

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 03/1/2019 @ 22:21pm

general noms:

Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (soundtrack)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Muse - Simulation Theory (2018)

1967 noms:

The Turtles - Happy Together

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 03/2/2019 @ 00:58am

Sorry Tom H. Didn't mean for you to switch your nomination. I'd definitely support Their Satanic Majesties Request in a future vote. With that in mind, my artist vote is:

The Rolling Stones

Going to pass on a genre nomination this time since there are already a bunch of great choices.

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 03/2/2019 @ 09:56am

Nominations:

I am taking Nick's lead here because I enjoy conversations based on our great picks.

1. Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
2. Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
3. Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan (1954)
* Anderson defines the strange world of performance art in the 1980s. Not my favorite work of hers but certainly the one on every critic's radar. Carey's Butterfly is a distinct line in the Pop era. We have inducted her largest selling albums, but Butterfly has shown to be the more influential recording. Vaughan's 1954 masterpiece is a cornerstone of Jazz Vocals. It is sometimes titled as with Clifford Brown, but originally was issued as a self titled album. Her finest work, which says something as her discography is one of the most consistent out there.

Artist:

1. Dinah Washington
* An early player in the Album game that began in the 1950s, yet we have nothing inducted out of a legendary discography to both Jazz and R&B fans.

Genre:

1.Female Hip Hop
* We lack in the Rap department here all around. However the female artists of Hip Hop deserve an evaluation all their own.

Year (and what a year):
1. Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967)
2. The Mamas & The Papas - The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (1967)
3. Dionne Warwick - The Windows Of The World (1967)
* Lynn and Warwick both have the distinction of having nothing inducted into this project. Both put out 2 of the best records of their career in 1967. Both were at the top of their game and dominating their respective charts. Lynn is more surprising considering how album focused she has been. Warwick was always a singles oriented artist but Windows Of The World is a fully conceived project. Which leaves The Mamas and The Papas, with 1 album inducted it makes sense to focus our attention on the rest of their discography. It was small but a Hall of Fame inductee should have a bit more representation here.

Excited for the votes this month. Great nominations in all areas so far.

Posted by Chris F. on Saturday, 03/2/2019 @ 13:39pm

Correction:

Female Hip Hop is already in the running this month as Women In Rap. A mistake on my part, considering I nominated the other personally as well.

Posted by Chris F. on Saturday, 03/2/2019 @ 13:55pm

General Vote Nominations

AC/DC- Powerage (1978)
Junior Senior- D..D..Don't Stop the Beat (2003)
Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)

Genre Nomination

Non-Alternative/Indie Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Solo Artists of the 2000's/2010's

Artist Vote Nomination

KISS

Year Vote Nominations

Duke Ellington- The Far East Suite (how have we not inducted this yet?!!)
Elvis Presley- How Great Thou Art
Van Morrison- Blowin' Your Mind!

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 03/2/2019 @ 18:34pm

Donnie
I think your KISS choice for Artist Nominee was very inspiring. 45 years going strong and KISS has several deserving songs for nomination. They could use more representation in the song inductions. 100,000 Years, Firehouse, I Love It Loud, Creatures Of The Night, Sure Know Something, Love Gun, etc. I was very impressed by the KISS nomination. KING 👑

Posted by KING on Saturday, 03/2/2019 @ 19:11pm

Here is the list of albums that have already been inducted from 1967 (thanks, Donnie!):

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
Buddy Guy - I Left My Blues in San Francisco
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Donovan - A Gift From a Flower to a Garden
Eric Burdon & The Animals - Winds of Change
International Submarine Band - Safe At Home
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Ken Nordine - Colors
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Love - Forever Changes
Moby Grape - Moby Grape
Neil Diamond - Just for You
Otis Redding - Live in Europe
Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Procol Harum - Procol Harum
Sam & Dave - Soul Men
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Make it Happen
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour [US]
The Bee Gees - Bee Gees' 1st
The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
The Doors - The Doors
The Doors - Strange Days
The Four Tops - Reach Out
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico
The Who - The Who Sell Out
The Young Rascals - Groovin'
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser
Traffic - Mr. Fantasy

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/3/2019 @ 01:28am

Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/3/2019 @ 02:15am

General Nominations-

Highly Suspect - Mister Asylum (2015)
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010)
Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2001)

Posted by Hobby on Sunday, 03/3/2019 @ 14:09pm

March 2019 General Album Nominations:

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)

March 2019 Artist Album Nomination:

Train

Like BSLO said, there are already lots of great genres to choose from so I not nominate another this month.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 03/3/2019 @ 20:04pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

AC/DC - Powerage (1978)
Badflower - Ghost (2018)
Beach House - 7 (2018)
Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show
Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (2007)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956)
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (soundtrack)
En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Junior Senior - D..D..Don't Stop the Beat (2003)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Muse - Plug In Baby (2001)
Muse - Simulation Theory (2018)
My Chemical Romance - Teenagers (2007)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012)
Planxty - Planxty (1973)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan (1954)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)
The Platters - The Platters (1956)
Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Toto - Toto IV (1982)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (1967)
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink Soundtrack (1986)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/4/2019 @ 01:09am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1990's R&B
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Americana
Female Country Singers and Bands
Groove Metal
Jazz
Latin American Artists
Non-Alternative/Indie Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Solo Artists of the 2000's/2010's
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Women in Rap

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/4/2019 @ 01:11am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Dinah Washington
Jackson Browne
KISS
Neil Young
Rod Stewart
Tony Bennett
Train
TV On The Radio
Vangelis

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/4/2019 @ 01:12am

Just a correction on the ballot.

Hobby's nominations were missed, and instead 3 nominations for the Song Project were listed in the nominations for the Album Project.

Hobby's nominations of the following albums should be added to the ballot...

Highly Suspect - Mister Asylum (2015)
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010)
Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2001)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 03/4/2019 @ 04:42am

General Vote Ballot

AC/DC - Powerage (1978)
Junior Senior - D..D..Don't Stop the Beat (2003)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink Soundtrack (1986)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)

Last Cuts: Chet Baker, Elvis Presley, Toto, Graham Parker, En Vogue

Absolute Final Cut: Muse

Genre Vote

1990's R&B
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Non-Alternative/Indie Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Solo Artists of the 2000's/2010's
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Women in Rap

Artist Vote

Dinah Washington
Jackson Browne
KISS
Rod Stewart
Tony Bennett
Vangelis

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 03/4/2019 @ 04:50am

1. Beach House - 7 (2018)
2. Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
3. Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You (2018)
4. Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
5. Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
6. Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
7. John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
8. Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2001)

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Americana
Female Country Singers and Bands
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Women in Rap

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Jackson Browne
KISS
Neil Young

Posted by Gassman on Monday, 03/4/2019 @ 10:52am

Beach House - 7 (2018)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956)
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2001)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
Toto - Toto IV (1982)

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Americana
Female Country Singers and Bands
Jazz
Power Metal
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Dinah Washington
Jackson Browne
KISS
Rod Stewart
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 03/4/2019 @ 11:14am

My nominees for the year vote are three acts with little to no representation in the album project:

Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
The Association - Insight Out (1967)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 03/4/2019 @ 11:17am

Ballot:

Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956)
En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan (1954)

Genre:

1990's R&B
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Female Country Singers and Bands
Latin American Artists
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Women in Rap

Artist:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Dinah Washington
Tony Bennett
Vangelis

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 03/4/2019 @ 12:22pm

Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (soundtrack)
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Muse - Simulation Theory (2018)
My Chemical Romance - Teenagers (2007)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Toto - Toto IV (1982)
Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2001)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 03/4/2019 @ 23:26pm

General Vote:
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (2007)
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (1967)

Genre Vote:
1990's R&B
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Americana
Female Country Singers and Bands
Groove Metal
Power Metal

Artist Vote:
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Dinah Washington
Neil Young
Tony Bennett
Vangelis

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/5/2019 @ 04:01am

1990's R&B
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Jazz
Latin American Artists
Original Cast Albums (Theater)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/5/2019 @ 15:48pm

Dinah Washington
Neil Young
The Rolling Stones
Tony Bennett
Vangelis

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/5/2019 @ 15:58pm

Darren - I didn't realize it until now, but you missed my nomination of The Rolling Stones for the artist vote. Sorry for the late notice.

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2001)
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989)
Toto - Toto IV (1982)

1990's R&B
Americana
Female Country Singers and Bands
Groove Metal
Power Metal
Women in Rap

Dinah Washington
Jackson Browne
KISS
Neil Young
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 03/6/2019 @ 07:07am

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956)
Planxty - Planxty (1973)
Thelonious Monk- The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Various Artists- A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/6/2019 @ 09:43am

1990's R&B
Groove Metal
Non-Alternative/Indie Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Solo Artists of the 2000's/2010's
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Women in Rap

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/6/2019 @ 23:16pm

March 2019 Album Genre Ballot:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Americana
Female Country Singers and Bands
Jazz
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 03/6/2019 @ 23:39pm

Latin American Aritsts
Female County Singers and Bands
Jazz
Original Cast Albums
Americana
Women in Rap

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 03/7/2019 @ 00:01am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

1990's R&B - 6
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock - 6
_________________________

Female Country Singers and Bands - 5
Women in Rap - 5

Americana - 4
Power Metal - 4
_________________________

Groove Metal - 3
Original Cast Albums (Theater) - 3
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 3

Jazz - 2
Latin American Artists - 2
Non-Alternative/Indie Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Solo Artists of the 2000's/2010's - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Gassman
Steve Z
Chris F.
Greg F
Tom H.
BSLO
Darren

The following genres will be subject to a tiebreaker vote:

1990's R&B
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock

Anyone who voted in this month's genre selection vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote, select your preferred genre. The genre that gets the most votes will be selected for March. The genre that gets the fewest votes will be selected for April.

There will be 2 days of voting. Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 8th.

Please discuss if and how the genres will be split if selected during the tiebreaker so that nominations can start on the evening of the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/7/2019 @ 00:27am

My vote is for Adult Comptempary/Soft Rock.

Yes to splitting Adult Comptempary/Soft Rock and no to splitting 90's R&B.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/7/2019 @ 00:32am

Darren,
I don't think my vote was counted. I voted right at the midnight deadline (slow wifi where I'm at) , so not sure if it counts. If that's the case, then I think it's a 4-way tie with 'Women in Rap' and 'Female Country Singers and Bands' also in the tiebreaker.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 03/7/2019 @ 00:35am

It does not look like my vote from earlier tonight was counted either.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 03/7/2019 @ 00:41am

Darren,
I think Jennifer and my votes were missing from the tally. I think it’s actually a tiebreaker between ‘Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock’ and ‘Female Country Singers and Bands.’

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock - 7
Female Country Singers and Bands - 7

1990's R&B - 6
Americana - 6
Women in Rap - 6

Original Cast Albums (Theater) - 5

Jazz - 4
Power Metal - 4
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 4

Groove Metal - 3
Latin American Artists - 3

Non-Alternative/Indie Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Solo Artists of the 2000's/2010's - 2

1. Donnie
2. Gassman
3. Steve Z
4. Chris F
5. Greg F
6. Tom H
7. BSLO
8. Darren
9. Jennifer
10. Nick

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 03/7/2019 @ 00:52am

My the breaker vote is for Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock in either tie breaker

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/8/2019 @ 10:38am

TieBreaker: Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock

March 2019 Album Ballot:

Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
Toto - Toto IV (1982)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)

Last Cuts include Bill Haley and His Comets, The Platters, and A Star Is Born Soundtrack. There are also many, many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

March 2019 Album Artist Vote:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Jackson Browne
KISS
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones
Train

There are other artists that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 03/8/2019 @ 14:49pm

I did miss those last two votes.

Here's the updated results. We'll keep the tiebreaker deadline. All of the votes so far have been for AC/SR, so it seems that there's a consensus anyway.

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock - 7
Female Country Singers and Bands - 7
_________________________

1990's R&B - 6
Women in Rap - 6
Americana - 6

Original Cast Albums (Theater) - 5

Power Metal - 4
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 4
Jazz - 4
_________________________

Groove Metal - 3
Latin American Artists - 3

Non-Alternative/Indie Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Solo Artists of the 2000's/2010's - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Gassman
Steve Z
Chris F.
Greg F
Tom H.
BSLO
Darren
Jennifer
Nick

The following genres will be subject to a tiebreaker vote:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Female Country Singers and Bands

Anyone who voted in this month's genre selection vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote, select your preferred genre. The genre that gets the most votes will be selected for March. The genre that gets the fewest votes will be selected for April.

There will be 2 days of voting. Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 8th.

Please discuss if and how the genres will be split if selected during the tiebreaker so that nominations can start on the evening of the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/8/2019 @ 19:35pm

I vote for Adult Contemporary / Soft Rock.

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (2007)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2001)
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink Soundtrack (1986)

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Neil Young
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/8/2019 @ 19:36pm

Yes to a split at 1985 for either one. 1900-1985 & 1986-2018. Thoughts?

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/8/2019 @ 23:37pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2001) - 5

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006) - 4
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979) - 4
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979) - 4
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956) - 4
Toto - Toto IV (1982) - 4
________________________________

Ghost - Prequelle (2018) - 3
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982) - 3
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997) - 3
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 3
________________________________

Beach House - 7 (2018) - 2
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (2007) - 2
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956) - 2
En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992) - 2
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968) - 2
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976) - 2
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990) - 2
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 2
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010) - 2
Odetta - Odetta Sings Blues and Ballads (1956) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982) - 2
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) - 2
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018) - 2
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink Soundtrack (1986) - 2

AC/DC - Powerage (1978) - 1
Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You (2018) - 1
Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (soundtrack) - 1
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018) - 1
Junior Senior - D..D..Don't Stop the Beat (2003) - 1
Muse - Simulation Theory (2018) - 1
Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012) - 1
Planxty - Planxty (1973) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan (1954) - 1
Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956) - 1
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009) - 1
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (1967) - 1

Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show - 0
Highly Suspect - Mister Asylum (2015) - 0
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978) - 0
The Platters - The Platters (1956) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Gassman
Steve Z
Chris F.
jtrichey
Greg F
BSLO
Tom H.
Jennifer
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2001)
Toto - Toto IV (1982)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums.

The 2 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock". I don't see any on the list.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/9/2019 @ 01:25am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock - 4
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Female Country Singers and Bands - 0

"Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock" has been selected for the March vote. "Female Country Singers and Bands" has been selected for the April vote.
____________________________________________________

"Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock" has been selected as this month's genre vote. There will be two votes for this genre, "1900-1985" and "1986-2018"

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock 1900-1985".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/9/2019 @ 01:28am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics - 6
Dinah Washington - 6
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KISS - 5
Neil Young - 5
Rod Stewart - 5

Jackson Browne - 4
The Rolling Stones - 4
Tony Bennett - 4
Vangelis - 4
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TV On The Radio - 2

Train - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Gassman
Steve Z
Chris F.
Greg F
Tom H.
BSLO
Jennifer
Darren

The following artists will be involved in a tiebreaker to determine the selected artist:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Dinah Washington

The winner of the tiebreaker will be selected for March. The loser of the tiebreaker will be selected for April.

Anyone who voted in the artist selection vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker.

To vote, select your preferred artist. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes counted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/9/2019 @ 01:33am

Nominations remain open for this month's selected year, 1967.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/9/2019 @ 01:33am

Genre vote Nominations:
Carole King - Music (1971)
Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978)
Loggins & Messina - Sittin' In (1971)

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Basia - Time and Tide (1987)
k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/9/2019 @ 01:38am

Artist Vote Tiebreaker:

Dinah Washington

I'm probably the biggest Eurythmics fan here (they were my first favorite group ever), but to me I don't think there's much left worth inducting for them.

There's only four albums of their's left to induct (In the Garden, Revenge, We Too are One, and Peace), and to me only one of them is worth possibly inducting (Revenge), meanwhile for Annie's solo career, to me she only has one album worth inducting (Diva), and it's already been nominated for second round of the Genre Vote this month.

This is one of the first instances in the Artist Vote for the Album Project, where I think there's not enough worthwhile material to induct. Especially now that we do 3 albums per induction.

So I'm gonna go with Dinah Washington, who doesn't have any albums inducted yet.

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 03/9/2019 @ 12:53pm

General Vote Tie-breaker

1. Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) 4 pts
2. Mariah Carey- Butterfly (1997) 3 pts
3. Laurie Anderson- Big Science (1982) 2 pts
4. Ghost - Prequelle (2018) 1 pt

Genre Vote Nominations

I'm gonna be busy and away from a computer all day today, and I'd like to do some research before coming up with my nominees, so I'll post them probably tomorrow.

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 03/9/2019 @ 12:57pm

Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982) - 4
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997) - 3
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 2
Ghost - Prequelle (2018) - 1

Dinah Washington

I was going to come on and write a post about exactly what Donnie had said about Annie Lennox/Euryhtmics. He summed up my feelings very well, so I'll leave it at that.

Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)

Michael Bolton - Soul Provider (1989)
Seal - Seal (1991)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)

Selfishly, I'm hoping someone nominates Boyz II Men - II (1994). Couldn't find room for it in my nominations, but it's one of the bigger snubs in the genre from the 1990's as well as one of the biggest R&B snubs from the decade as well.

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 03/9/2019 @ 13:35pm

Genre I
Barbra Streisand- Guilty (1980)
Dan Fogelberg- The Innocent Age (1981)
Olivia Newton-John- Have You Never Been Mellow (1975)

Genre II
Boyz II Men - II (1994)
John Mayer - Heavier Things (2003)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)

BSLO,
You ask and you shall receive Boyz II Men in Round #2.

I’m disappointed that I forgot to cast my ballot last night and I can’t participate in the tiebreakers. Usually I’ll spend more time listening to albums nominated here, so that’s why my votes are often delayed to the last minute. Oh well, not can be done about it now.

And no matter how the Artist Tiebreaker turns out, it's wonderful two women are involved in the tiebreaker that occured (ironically) on International women's day. I'm glad we're continuing to honor the musical achievements of women across the spectrum of popular music in our projects.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 03/9/2019 @ 14:19pm

Genre Vote:

Round 1:

1. Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - Hall & Oats
2. Lost in Love (1980) - Air Supply
3. If That's What It Takes (1982) - Micheal McDonald

Round 2:

1. Tango in the Night (1987) - Fleetwood Mac
2. Pilgrim (1998) - Eric Clapton
3. Crazy Love (2009) - Michael Bublé

Artist Tiebreaker:

Dinah Washington

Donnie convinced me, even though I know zero of her albums and will probably let y'all take care of that one.

General Vote Tie-breaker

1. Ghost - Prequelle (2018) 4
2. Laurie Anderson- Big Science (1982) 3
3. Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) 2
2. Mariah Carey- Butterfly (1997) 1

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 03/9/2019 @ 15:56pm

Genre Nominations Part 1:
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)

Genre Nominations Part 2:
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 03/9/2019 @ 16:58pm

Genre Nominations Round 1

James Taylor- JT (1977)
Steve Winwood- Arc of a Diver (1980)
The Doobie Brothers- Minute by Minute (1978)

Genre Nominations Round 2

Celine Dion- Falling Into You (1996)
Jewel- Pieces of You (1995)
Jon Secada- Jon Secada (1992)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 03/9/2019 @ 18:30pm

Artist tiebreaker: Dinah Washington.

If Annie Lennox/Eurythmics wins the tiebreaker I will nominate Diva for the artist vote and switch my genre nomination for Diva to Shelby Lynne - I Am Shelby Lynne (1999).

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/9/2019 @ 21:00pm

Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982) (4)
Ghost - Prequelle (2018) (3)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997) (2)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/10/2019 @ 16:34pm

Round One

Chicago- Chicago (1974)
Neil Diamond- Stones (1971)
Orleans- Let there Be Music (1975)

Round Two

Chicago- Chicago 17 (1984)
Luther Vandross- Power Of Love (1991)
Neil Diamond- Headed for the Future (1986)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/11/2019 @ 14:58pm

Artist Tie Breaker

Dinah Washington

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/11/2019 @ 14:59pm

That Chicago album for round one should be

Chicago- Chicago VII (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/11/2019 @ 15:03pm

I nominated both artists in this tiebreaker. Even I agree Washington takes this one. She has a discography full of well reviewed and iconic albums.

Artist tiebreaker:
Dinah Washington

General Tiebreaker:
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997) - 4
Laurie Anderdon - Big Science (1982)- 3
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 2
Ghost - Prequelle (2018) - 1

Genre Era #1
1. Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M. (1972)
2. Carpenters - A Song For You (1972)
2. Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1977)

Genre Era #2
1. Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
2. Tracy Chapman - New Beginnings (1995)
3. Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997)

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 03/11/2019 @ 15:14pm

Ghost - Prequelle (2018)-4
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)-3
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)-2
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/11/2019 @ 15:27pm

The Rickie Lee Jones album is from 1979 not 1977.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03/11/2019 @ 20:56pm

Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 4
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982) - 3
Ghost - Prequelle (2018) - 2
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/11/2019 @ 23:29pm

Sorry for the delay-I am having problems with my internet tonight

Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) Soundtrack from the film
Various Artists - The Neverending Story (1984) Soundtrack from the film

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)

4=Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
3=Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
2=Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
1=Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 00:02am

Honorable Mentions:

Air Supply - Hearts in Motion (1986)
David Bowie and Trevor Jones - Labyrinth (1986) Soundtrack from the film
Peter Cetera - Solitude/Solitaire (1986)
Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012)
Restless Heart - Big Iron Horses (1992)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Train - California 37 (2012)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 00:16am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982) - 24
Ghost - Prequelle (2018) - 20
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Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997) - 19
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 17

Mariah Carey and Rihanna will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

If you think that either album should instead be nominated for the second genre vote, Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock 1986-2018, please say so. Rihanna seems like a stretch, but Mariah Carey could potentially fit the genre.

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's album vote:

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross (1979)
Ghost - Prequelle (2018)
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1956)
Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2001)
Toto - Toto IV (1982)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 00:54am

Nominations remain open for this month's Year Vote.

This month's selected year is 1967.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 00:55am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Dinah Washington - 6
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Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics - 0

Dinah Washington has been selected for the March Album Artist vote. Annie Lennox / The Eurythmics will be the selected artist in April.

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Dinah Washington.

Here's the list of Dinah Washington albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

NONE

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on LL Cool J's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Washington_discography

Any voter can nominate one album by Dinah Washington released from 1900-2018 that hasn't been inducted already.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 01:01am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M. (1972)
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971)
Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978)
Carole King - Music (1971)
Carpenters - A Song For You (1972)
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
James Taylor - JT (1977)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Loggins & Messina - Sittin' In (1971)
Michael McDonald - If That's What It Takes (1982)
Neil Diamond - Stones (1971)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) Soundtrack from the film
Orleans - Let there Be Music (1975)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980)
The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978)
Various Artists - The Neverending Story (1984) Soundtrack from the film

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 01:07am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open for this month's second genre vote.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Basia - Time and Tide (1987)
Boyz II Men - II (1994)
Celine Dion - Falling Into You (1996)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Chicago - Chicago 17 (1984)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Eric Clapton - Pilgrim (1998)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)
Jewel - Pieces of You (1995)
John Mayer - Heavier Things (2003)
Jon Secada - Jon Secada (1992)
k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992)
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
Luther Vandross - Power Of Love (1991)
Michael Bolton - Soul Provider (1989)
Michael Bublé - Crazy Love (2009)
Neil Diamond - Headed for the Future (1986)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989)
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986)
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
Seal - Seal (1991)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)
Tracy Chapman - New Beginnings (1995)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 01:08am

Artist Nomination

Dinah Washington- In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 08:01am

Nick's Nominations for the first genre vote round are Missing:

Barbra Streisand- Guilty (1980)
Dan Fogelberg- The Innocent Age (1981)
Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1975)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 13:00pm

Thanks Jennifer :)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 13:12pm

Happy to Help, Nick :)

Various Artists - The Neverending Story (1984) should be Giorgio Moroder and Klaus Doldinger - The Neverending Story (1984) (Soundtrack from the film which also includes the Title Track by Limahl)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 14:02pm

Ballots:

Group 1:
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M. (1972)
Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978)
Carole King - Music (1971)
Carpenters - A Song For You (1972)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Barbra Streisand- Guilty (1980)
Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1975)

Group 2:
Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Celine Dion - Falling Into You (1996)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Jewel - Pieces of You (1995)
k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992)
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997)
Tracy Chapman - New Beginnings (1995)

Chicago 17 is a 1984 album, which disqualified it from my ballot.

Artist nomination:

Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959)

Posted by Chris F. on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 19:04pm

Artist Nomination:
Dinah Washington - Dinah! (1956)

Posted by Greg F. on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 19:14pm

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Michael McDonald - If That's What It Takes (1982)
Orleans - Let there Be Music (1975)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Boyz II Men - II (1994)
Jewel - Pieces of You (1995)
Luther Vandross - Power Of Love (1991)
Michael Bolton - Soul Provider (1989)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
Seal - Seal (1991)
Tracy Chapman - New Beginnings (1995)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 23:20pm

Dinah Washington - Back to the Blues (1963)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 03/12/2019 @ 23:26pm

Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978)
Carole King - Music (1971)
Barbra Streisand- Guilty (1980)
Dan Fogelberg- The Innocent Age (1981)
Loggins & Messina - Sittin' In (1971)
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980)
The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Basia - Time and Tide (1987)
k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992)
Celine Dion - Falling Into You (1996)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/13/2019 @ 01:13am

Chicago 17 is a 1984 album, which disqualified it from my ballot.

Posted by Chris F. on Tuesday, 03.12.19 @ 19:04pm

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Well that was boneheaded of me. I really should have caught that before nominating it. On the plus side with that nomination void it frees up a spot on my ballot.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/13/2019 @ 08:33am

Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978)
Carole King - Music (1971)
Chicago- Chicago VII (1974)
James Taylor- JT (1977)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Neil Diamond- Stones (1971)
Orleans- Let there Be Music (1975)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)

Boyz II Men - II (1994)
Celine Dion- Falling Into You (1996)
Eric Clapton- Pilgrim (1998)
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
Luther Vandross- Power Of Love (1991)
Michael Bublé -Crazy Love (2009)
Neil Diamond- Headed for the Future (1986)
Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/13/2019 @ 17:08pm

Bread - Baby I'm-a Want You (1971)
Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978)
Carole King - Music (1971)
Carpenters - A Song For You (1972)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Neil Diamond - Stones (1971)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1981)

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)
k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992)
Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989)
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 03/14/2019 @ 04:15am

Round 1

Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980)
The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978)

Last Cuts: Rod Stewart, Bette Midler, Chicago, James Taylor

Round 2

Boyz II Men - II (1994)
Celine Dion - Falling Into You (1996)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)
Jewel - Pieces of You (1995)
John Mayer - Heavier Things (2003)
Jon Secada - Jon Secada (1992)
Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)

Last Cuts: Luther Vandross, Lionel Richie, Sarah McLachlan, Savage Garden, Annie Lennox (she can be nominated for the Artist Vote)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 03/14/2019 @ 07:29am

Round #1:
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971)
Carpenters - A Song For You (1972)
Dan Fogelberg- The Innocent Age (1981)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
James Taylor - JT (1977)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)
The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978)

Round #2:
Boyz II Men - II (1994)
Celine Dion - Falling Into You (1996)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
Tracy Chapman - New Beginnings (1995)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 03/14/2019 @ 14:20pm

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
James Taylor - JT (1977)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Michael McDonald - If That's What It Takes (1982)
The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978)

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Eric Clapton - Pilgrim (1998)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)
Michael Bublé - Crazy Love (2009)
Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
Seal - Seal (1991)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)

Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 03/16/2019 @ 00:47am

Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M. (1972)
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
James Taylor - JT (1977)
Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1975)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)

Boyz II Men - II (1994)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Jewel - Pieces of You (1995)
John Mayer - Heavier Things (2003)
Luther Vandross - Power of Love (1991)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)

Artist Nomination -
Dinah Washington - What a Diff’rence a Day Makes! (1959)

If anyone is stumped for Artist nominations from the great Dinah Washington, I highly recommend ‘Dinah Jams’ (1955) and ‘The Swingin’ Miss ‘D’’ (1957).

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 03/16/2019 @ 10:43am

What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! has been nominated already.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/16/2019 @ 12:21pm

Oh crap, you’re right Greg. I’ll nominate instead -
Dinah Washington - The Swingin’ Miss ‘D’ (1957)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 03/16/2019 @ 12:51pm

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)
Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980)
Giorgio Moroder and Klaus Doldinger - The Neverending Story (1984)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978)

Last Cuts include Bette Midler, Dan Fogelberg, Elton John, Hall & Oates, James Taylor, Loggins & Messina, Neil Diamond, Olivia Newton-John, and Orleans. There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 03/16/2019 @ 22:35pm

Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
Michael Bolton - Soul Provider (1989
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989)
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)

Last Cuts include Boyz II Men, Celine Dion, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayer, Jewel, k.d. lang, Michael Bublé, Savage Garden, and Tracy Chapman. There are also many, many other albums that I would eventually vote for. It was really very hard to narrow this group down for both my ballot and last cuts.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 03/16/2019 @ 23:03pm

Carole King - Music (1971)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980)
The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978)

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Boyz II Men - II (1994)
Jewel - Pieces of You (1995)
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
Luther Vandross - Power Of Love (1991)
Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989)
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997)
Seal - Seal (1991)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/16/2019 @ 23:12pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Elton John - Elton John (1970) - 6

Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982) - 5
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979) - 5
The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978) - 5
____________________________

Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971) - 4
Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978) - 4
Carole King - Music (1971) - 4
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 4
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 4
James Taylor - JT (1977) - 4
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) - 4
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981) - 4
____________________________

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 3
Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980) - 3
Carpenters - A Song For You (1972) - 3

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M. (1972) - 2
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 2
Michael McDonald - If That's What It Takes (1982) - 2
Neil Diamond - Stones (1971) - 2
Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) - 2
Orleans - Let there Be Music (1975) - 2
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980) - 2

Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981) - 1
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974) - 1
Giorgio Moroder and Klaus Doldinger - The Neverending Story (1984) Soundtrack from the film - 1
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) Soundtrack from the film - 1

Loggins & Messina - Sittin' In (1971) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Chris F
BSLO
Tom H.
MichaelEU
Donnie
Steve Z
Gassman
Nick
Jennifer
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971)
Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978)
Carole King - Music (1971)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
James Taylor - JT (1977)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 8 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 4 album will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/17/2019 @ 00:55am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989) - 7

Boyz II Men - II (1994) - 6

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992) - 5
Jewel - Pieces of You (1995) - 5
____________________________

Celine Dion - Falling Into You (1996) - 4
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989) - 4
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 4
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987) - 4
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986) - 4
Luther Vandross - Power Of Love (1991) - 4
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997) - 4
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) - 4
____________________________

Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997) - 3
Seal - Seal (1991) - 3
Tracy Chapman - New Beginnings (1995) - 3

Eric Clapton - Pilgrim (1998) - 2
John Mayer - Heavier Things (2003) - 2
k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992) - 2
Michael Bolton - Soul Provider (1989) - 2
Michael Bublé - Crazy Love (2009) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2

Jon Secada - Jon Secada (1992) - 1
Neil Diamond - Headed for the Future (1986) - 1
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986) - 1
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009) - 1

Basia - Time and Tide (1987) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Chris F
BSLO
Tom H.
MichaelEU
Donnie
Steve Z
Gassman
Nick
Jennifer
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Boyz II Men - II (1994)
Jewel - Pieces of You (1995)
Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Celine Dion - Falling Into You (1996)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
Luther Vandross - Power Of Love (1991)
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 8 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 4 album will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/17/2019 @ 00:58am

Nominations remain open for the 1967 Year Vote and the Dinah Washington Artist Vote.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/17/2019 @ 00:58am

Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978) - 8
Carole King - Music (1971) - 7
Bread - Baby I'm-a Want You (1971) - 6
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1981) - 5
James Taylor - JT (1977) - 4
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) - 3
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 2
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 1

Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 8
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997) - 7
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) - 6
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987) - 5
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989) - 4
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986) - 3
Luther Vandross - Power Of Love (1991) - 2
Celine Dion - Falling Into You (1996) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 03/17/2019 @ 02:23am

Darren you missed my votes for both rounds.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/17/2019 @ 02:26am

A quick question before I post my tiebreaker votes. Adding in Greg F.'s votes alters the albums in the tiebreaker round. I don't keep close track but it would seem to change group 1's tiebreaker to a smaller amount and eliminates the tiebreaker for group 2. Which albums should we actually be ranking?

Posted by Chris F. on Monday, 03/18/2019 @ 11:49am

If you include Greg F's ballot these are the new results of the genre vote:

Round One:

Elton John - Elton John (1970) - 6
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979) - 6
The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978) - 6

Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978) - 5
Carole King - Music (1971) - 5
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982) - 5
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Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980) - 4
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971) - 4
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 4
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 4
James Taylor - JT (1977) - 4
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) - 4
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981) - 4
----------------------------------------------------------
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 3
Carpenters - A Song For You (1972) - 3
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 3
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980) - 3

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M. (1972) - 2
Michael McDonald - If That's What It Takes (1982) - 2
Neil Diamond - Stones (1971) - 2
Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) - 2
Orleans - Let there Be Music (1975) - 2

Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981) - 1
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974) - 1
Giorgio Moroder and Klaus Doldinger - The Neverending Story (1984) Soundtrack from the film - 1
Loggins & Messina - Sittin' In (1971) – 1
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) Soundtrack from the film - 1

Tiebreaker featuring the following (top 2 get in):

Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980)
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
James Taylor - JT (1977)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)

Round Two:

Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989) - 7

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992) - 6
Boyz II Men - II (1994) - 6

Celine Dion - Falling Into You (1996) - 5
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989) - 5
Jewel - Pieces of You (1995) - 5
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997) - 5
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) - 5
------------------------------------------------------
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 4
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987) - 4
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986) - 4
Luther Vandross - Power Of Love (1991) - 4
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997) - 4

k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992) - 3
Seal - Seal (1991) - 3
Tracy Chapman - New Beginnings (1995) - 3

Eric Clapton - Pilgrim (1998) - 2
John Mayer - Heavier Things (2003) - 2
Michael Bolton - Soul Provider (1989) - 2
Michael Bublé - Crazy Love (2009) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2

Basia - Time and Tide (1987) – 1
Jon Secada - Jon Secada (1992) - 1
Neil Diamond - Headed for the Future (1986) - 1
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986) - 1
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009) - 1

No Tiebreaker needed for round two

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/18/2019 @ 13:54pm

If I tallied right this would be my tiebreaker for round one:

John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)-7
James Taylor - JT (1977)-6
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971)-5
Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980)-4
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)-3
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)-2
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/18/2019 @ 13:57pm

I'll re-post the results with Greg F's votes included. Tiebreaker voting will be through the 22nd. If your tiebreaker has already been posted with the accurate results, you don't need to re-post it.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/19/2019 @ 01:11am

Correction, tiebreakers will end on the 21st.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/19/2019 @ 01:13am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Elton John - Elton John (1970) - 6
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979) - 6
The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978) - 6

Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978) - 5
Carole King - Music (1971) - 5
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982) - 5
____________________________

Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980) - 4
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971) - 4
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 4
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 4
James Taylor - JT (1977) - 4
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) - 4
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981) - 4
____________________________

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 3
Carpenters - A Song For You (1972) - 3
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 3
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980) - 3
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M. (1972) - 2
Michael McDonald - If That's What It Takes (1982) - 2
Neil Diamond - Stones (1971) - 2
Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) - 2
Orleans - Let there Be Music (1975) - 2
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981) - 1
Chicago - Chicago VII (1974) - 1
Giorgio Moroder and Klaus Doldinger - The Neverending Story (1984) Soundtrack from the film - 1
Loggins & Messina - Sittin' In (1971) - 1
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) Soundtrack from the film - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Chris F
BSLO
Tom H.
MichaelEU
Donnie
Steve Z
Gassman
Nick
Jennifer
Darren
Greg F

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978)
Carole King - Music (1971)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980)
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
James Taylor - JT (1977)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 7 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 5 album will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 21st.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/19/2019 @ 01:15am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989) - 7

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992) - 6
Boyz II Men - II (1994) - 6

Celine Dion - Falling Into You (1996) - 5
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989) - 5
Jewel - Pieces of You (1995) - 5
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997) - 5
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) - 5
____________________________

Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 4
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987) - 4
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986) - 4
Luther Vandross - Power Of Love (1991) - 4
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997) - 4

k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992) - 3
Seal - Seal (1991) - 3
Tracy Chapman - New Beginnings (1995) - 3

Eric Clapton - Pilgrim (1998) - 2
John Mayer - Heavier Things (2003) - 2
Michael Bolton - Soul Provider (1989) - 2
Michael Bublé - Crazy Love (2009) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2

Basia - Time and Tide (1987) - 1
Jon Secada - Jon Secada (1992) - 1
Neil Diamond - Headed for the Future (1986) - 1
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986) - 1
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Chris F
BSLO
Tom H.
MichaelEU
Donnie
Steve Z
Gassman
Nick
Jennifer
Darren
Greg F

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992)
Boyz II Men - II (1994)
Celine Dion - Falling Into You (1996)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)
Jewel - Pieces of You (1995)
Phil Collins - …But Seriously (1989)
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (1997)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/19/2019 @ 01:17am

Bread - Baby I'm-a Want You (1971) - 7
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1981) - 6
James Taylor - JT (1977) - 5
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) - 4
Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980) - 3
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 2
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 03/19/2019 @ 06:56am

Tiebreaker:

Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971) [7 Points]
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) [6 Points]
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981) [5 Points]
James Taylor - JT (1977) [4 Points]
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) [3 Points]
Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980) [2 Points]
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 03/19/2019 @ 11:56am

Tiebreaker:

Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)[7]
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971) [6]
Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980) [5]
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) [4]
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) [3]
James Taylor - JT (1977) [2]
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981) [1]

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/19/2019 @ 20:28pm

Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 7
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 6
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) - 5
James Taylor - JT (1977) - 4
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981) - 3
Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980) - 2
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971) - 1

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 03/19/2019 @ 22:48pm

Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980) - 7
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971) - 6
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981) - 5
James Taylor - JT (1977) - 4
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 3
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) - 2
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 1

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 00:00am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Dinah Washington - Back to the Blues (1963)
Dinah Washington - Dinah! (1956)
Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Dinah Washington - The Swingin’ Miss ‘D’ (1957)
Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 01:53am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967)
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)
Dionne Warwick - The Windows Of The World (1967)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)
Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967)
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Phil Ochs - Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)
Small Faces - Small Faces/There Are But Four Small Faces (1967)
The Association - Insight Out (1967)
The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)
The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come (1967)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
The Mamas & The Papas - The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (1967)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (1967)
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind! (1967)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1967)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 01:54am

1) Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
2) Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)
3) Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967)
4) The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)
5) The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
6) The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967)
7) Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (1967)
8) Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 03:04am

Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant (1967)
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)
Herman's Hermits - There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
The Mamas & The Papas - The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind! (1967)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 05:39am

What's the result of the Genre Vote tie-breaker?

Year Vote Ballot (1967)

Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)
Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967)
Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967)
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind! (1967)

Last Cuts: The Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Wilson Pickett, The Small Faces

Artist Vote Ballot (Dinah Washington)

Dinah Washington - Back to the Blues (1963)
Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 08:04am

BSLO - Did you nominate the UK or US version of Between The Buttons? The US version has "Let's Spend the Night Together" and "Ruby Tuesday" on it, but the UK version does not in favor of "Back Street Girl" and "Please Go Home."

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 10:29am

Tiebreaker:

Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980) - 7
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 6
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) - 5
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 4
James Taylor - JT (1977) - 3
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971) - 2
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981) - 1

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 13:49pm

Dinah Washington - Back to the Blues (1963)
Dinah Washington- In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Dinah Washington - The Swingin’ Miss ‘D’ (1957)Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 13:57pm

Dinah Washington - Back to the Blues (1963)
Dinah Washington- In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Dinah Washington - The Swingin’ Miss ‘D’ (1957)
Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959)

Second time's the charm

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 13:58pm

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
Dionne Warwick - The Windows Of The World (1967)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 14:21pm

Artist:

Dinah Washington - Dinah! (1956)
Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Dinah Washington - The Swingin’ Miss ‘D’ (1957)
Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959)

I cut off a single album for the sake of competition. All 5 are deserving however.

Year:

Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967)
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)
Dionne Warwick - The Windows Of The World (1967)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)
Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967)
Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967)
The Mamas & The Papas - The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (1967)

Posted by Chris F. on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 17:12pm

7=Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980)
6=John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
5=Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
4=James Taylor - JT (1977)
3=Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
2=Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)
1=Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 17:44pm

Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967)
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
The Association - Insight Out (1967)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 23:40pm

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
The Mamas & The Papas - The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1967)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 03/20/2019 @ 23:41pm

Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967)
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)
The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come (1967)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967)
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (1967)

Dinah Washington - Back to the Blues (1963)
Dinah Washington - Dinah! (1956)
Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Dinah Washington - The Swingin’ Miss ‘D’ (1957)
Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959)

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 03/21/2019 @ 16:22pm

Gassman - My nomination was for the American version of Between the Buttons.

Dinah Washington - Back to the Blues (1963)
Dinah Washington - Dinah! (1956)
Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Dinah Washington - The Swingin’ Miss ‘D’ (1957)
Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959)

Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)
Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967)
The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)
The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1967)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 03/21/2019 @ 19:48pm

Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 7
Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980) - 6
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) - 5
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971) - 4
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 3
James Taylor - JT (1977) - 2
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 03/21/2019 @ 19:50pm

BSLO - That's what I figured, but I just wanted to make sure.

Darren - Just make sure to put the [US] tag at the end for Between The Buttons.

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 03/21/2019 @ 22:09pm

Dinah Washington - Dinah! (1956)
Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Dinah Washington - The Swingin’ Miss ‘D’ (1957)
Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/22/2019 @ 23:21pm

Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967)
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)
Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (US) (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/23/2019 @ 13:31pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980) - 43
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974) - 43
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Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971) - 39
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 36
James Taylor - JT (1977) - 34
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 32
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981) - 25

Tiebreaker losers will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980)
Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees (1978)
Carole King - Music (1971)
Elton John - Elton John (1970)
John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War (1982)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute (1978)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/23/2019 @ 13:33pm

Such a good class. Still you can tell their might be a lack of enthusiasm for Traditional Pop when the first Streisand album enshrined is "Guilty". About the only time Streisand firmly pushed up against the Soft Pop Rock content of the day. And I have always considered it more of a Gibb production. Great and popular album nonetheless

Posted by Chris F. on Saturday, 03/23/2019 @ 18:27pm

Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967)
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
Loretta Lynn - Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind (1967)
Phil Ochs - Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)
Small Faces - Small Faces/ There Are But Four Small Faces (1967)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1967)

Dinah Washington - Back to the Blues (1963)
Dinah Washington - Dinah! (1956)
Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Dinah Washington - The Swingin’ Miss ‘D’ (1957)
Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959)

Babs totally deserves a nomination for The Artist Vote soon. She is the best-selling female musician of all time and more than four dozen albums in the last 60 years. We can easily find 3 albums to induct from her discography. She's a great example of someone we've overlooked that's totally deserving and the reason why the Artist Vote was created in the first place (to honor musicians who tend to have a harder time in General Votes).

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 03/23/2019 @ 20:45pm

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)
The Mamas & The Papas - The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (1967)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (US) (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind! (1967)

My last cut was Arlo Guthrie. There are also other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 03/24/2019 @ 23:55pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956) - 7
Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959) - 7

Dinah Washington - The Swingin’ Miss ‘D’ (1957) - 6
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Dinah Washington - Back to the Blues (1963) - 5
Dinah Washington - Dinah! (1956) - 5

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Tom H.
Chris F.
Gassman
BSLO
Greg F
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959)
Dinah Washington - The Swingin’ Miss ‘D’ (1957)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/25/2019 @ 00:56am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Turtles - Happy Together (1967) - 7

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967) - 6
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (US) (1967) - 6

Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967) - 5
Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967) - 5
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967) - 5
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967) - 5
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Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967) - 4
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967) - 4
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) - 4
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Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967) - 3
Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967) - 3
The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come (1967) - 3
The Mamas & The Papas - The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (1967) - 3
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1967) - 3

Dionne Warwick - The Windows Of The World (1967) - 2
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 2
The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967) - 2
The Hollies - Evolution (1967) - 2
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind! (1967) - 2

Phil Ochs - Pleasures of the Harbor (1967) - 1
Small Faces - Small Faces/There Are But Four Small Faces (1967) - 1
The Association - Insight Out (1967) - 1
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (1967) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Tom H.
Chris F.
Steve Z
jtrichey
Gassman
BSLO
Darren
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967)
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (US) (1967)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/25/2019 @ 01:02am

Darren, You missed my votes for the year vote.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03/25/2019 @ 01:18am

With Greg F's votes counted, here's the actual results

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967) - 7
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (US) (1967) - 6
The Turtles- Happy Together (1967) - 7

Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967) - 6
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967) - 5

Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967) - 5
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967) - 5
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Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967) - 4
Duke Ellington- The Far East Suite (1967)- 4
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967) - 4
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) - 4
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Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967) - 3
Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967) - 3
The Beach Boys- Smiley Smile (1967) - 3
The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come (1967) - 3
The Mamas & The Papas - The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (1967) - 3
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1967) - 3

Dionne Warwick - The Windows Of The World (1967) - 2
The Hollies - Evolution (1967) - 2
Van Dyke Parks- Song Cycle (1967) - 2
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind! (1967) - 2

Phil Ochs - Pleasures of the Harbor (1967) - 1
Small Faces - Small Faces/There Are But Four Small Faces (1967) - 1
The Association - Insight Out (1967) - 1

The same 7 albums won with Greg F's votes included, however "The Far East Suite" by Duke Ellington also becomes part of the tie-breaker as it really had 4 votes.

Other than that, the results are the same.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 03/25/2019 @ 02:57am

I made some typos, disregard the above post.

With Greg F's votes counted, here's the actual results

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967) - 7
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (US) (1967) - 7
The Turtles- Happy Together (1967) - 7

Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967) - 6
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967) - 6

Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967) - 5
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967) - 5
____________________________

Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967) - 4
Duke Ellington- The Far East Suite (1967)- 4
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967) - 4
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) - 4
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Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967) - 3
Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967) - 3
The Beach Boys- Smiley Smile (1967) - 3
The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come (1967) - 3
The Mamas & The Papas - The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (1967) - 3
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1967) - 3

Dionne Warwick - The Windows Of The World (1967) - 2
The Hollies - Evolution (1967) - 2
Van Dyke Parks- Song Cycle (1967) - 2
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind! (1967) - 2

Phil Ochs - Pleasures of the Harbor (1967) - 1
Small Faces - Small Faces/There Are But Four Small Faces (1967) - 1
The Association - Insight Out (1967) - 1

The same 7 albums won with Greg F's votes included, however "The Far East Suite" by Duke Ellington also becomes part of the tie-breaker as it really had 4 votes.

Other than that, the results are the same.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 03/25/2019 @ 02:59am

My tie-breaker ballot...

1. Duke Ellington- The Far East Suite (1967) (4pts)
2. The Mothers of Invention- Absolutely Free (1967) (3 pts)
3. Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967) (2 pts)
4. Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 03/25/2019 @ 03:02am

Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967) - 4
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) - 3
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967) - 2
Duke Ellington- The Far East Suite (1967) - 1

Posted by Nick on Monday, 03/25/2019 @ 23:04pm

Tiebreaker:

Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967) [4 Points]
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) [3 Points]
Duke Ellington- The Far East Suite (1967) [2 Points]
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 03/25/2019 @ 23:07pm

Tiebreaker:

The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) 4
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967) 3
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music for the Mind and Body (1967) 2
Herman's Hermits - There's a Kind Hush All Over the World (1967) 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/26/2019 @ 01:57am

The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)-4
Duke Ellington- The Far East Suite (1967)-3
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)-2
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/26/2019 @ 06:29am

The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)-4
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)-3
Duke Ellington- The Far East Suite (1967)-2
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)-1

Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 03/26/2019 @ 10:07am

I looks like MichaelEU's votes were not counted by either Darren nor Donnie so the tiebreaker is still not right.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 03/26/2019 @ 21:24pm

With Michael EU's ballot factored in these are the results:

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)-8
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967)-8

The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)-7

Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967)-6
Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967)-6
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)-6
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Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)-5
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)-5
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)-5
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967)-5
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The Mamas & The Papas - The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (1967)-4
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)-4

Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967)-3
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)-3
The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)-3
The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come (1967)-3
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind! (1967)-3
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1967)-3

Dionne Warwick - The Windows Of The World (1967)-2
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)-2
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (1967)-2

Phil Ochs - Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)-1
Small Faces - Small Faces/There Are But Four Small Faces (1967)-1
The Association - Insight Out (1967)-1

Albums Inducted:

Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967)
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (US) (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)

Tie Breaker (Top 2 Inducted)

Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/27/2019 @ 13:13pm

Assuming that these results are correct my tie breaker is as follows

The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967)-4
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)-3
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)-2
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/27/2019 @ 13:15pm

Tom H's post is correct.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 11 PM Central on Saturday the 30th.

I'll generate the April Year Vote selection after the Song tiebreaker is posted tonight.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/27/2019 @ 15:39pm

Tiebreaker vote

Duke Ellington - Far East Suite (1967)- 4
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967)- 3
Country Joe and The Fish - Electric Music for the Mind and Soul (1967)- 2
Herman's Hermits - There's a Kind of Hush Over the World (1967)- 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/27/2019 @ 21:14pm

The updated tiebreaker, newly posted today, will end at 11 PM Central on the 30th.

The randomly selected year for the April Year Song and Album Projects is 1988.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/28/2019 @ 01:02am

Herman's Hermits - There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967) - 4
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967) - 3
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967) - 2
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 03/28/2019 @ 06:03am

Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967) 4
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967) 3
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967) 2
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967) 1

Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 03/28/2019 @ 08:12am

4=Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
3=Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)
2=The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967)
1=Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 03/30/2019 @ 21:59pm

1. Duke Ellington- The Far East Suite (1967) (4 pts)
2. The Temptations- The Temptations with a Lot o'Soul (1967) (3 pts)
3. Country Joe & the Fish- Electric Music for the Mind and Body (1967) (2 pts)
4. Herman's Hermits- There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 03/30/2019 @ 22:53pm

So I'm updating my excel spreadsheet for the Song and Album Project inductees, and I discovered we made a mistake back in February for the Genre Vote.

The Genre Vote was for Non American, Non British Artists, and one of the winners was previously inducted a few years back.

Os Mutantes-Os Mutantes was one of the winners but was actually inducted for the induction year of 2039.

Here's the post showing Os Mutantes won.

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Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985) - 10

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997) - 8

LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987) - 7

Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Gentleman (1973) - 6
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968) - 6
Scorpions - Love at First Sting (1984) - 6
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ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 5
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 5
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) - 5
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Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02.17.19 @ 00:53am

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There was a 3 album tie-breaker with Techntronic- Pump Up the Jam: The Album losing in the tie-breaker and automatically advancing for the General Vote in March. Below is the post showing that....

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Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000) - 31
ABBA - ABBA (1975) - 23
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Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) - 18

Technotronic will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

ABBA - ABBA (1975)
A-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)
Air - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Gentleman (1973)
LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Scorpions - Love at First Sting (1984)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02.20.19 @ 08:03am

Thus, beings Os Mutantes should not have counted as a winner beings it had previously been inducted, Technotronic should have been the final inductee for the February genre vote.

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 03/30/2019 @ 23:58pm

I, or someone else should've caught this sooner, so going forward we all need to be more careful of nominating albums and songs that have already been inducted, as this is the second month in a row this has happened.

I update the list of inductees for both projects every month, as I know the FRL site falls behind months at a time. Should we maybe institute someone to kind of watch for this stuff? If so, should it be me beings I have the inductees updated more consistently than the FRL site, or if not is there somewhere a web page of some sort where I can post the spreadsheets so everyone can see them before choosing their nominees, and someone else watch for songs and albums already inducted being re-nominated?

Let me know your thoughts on this?

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 03/31/2019 @ 00:00am

Results for the Genre Vote Tie-Breaker?

Or is voting still going on?

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 03/31/2019 @ 02:10am

I'm gonna post my nominations a day early

General Vote Nominations

Boyz II Men- Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Orbital- Snivilisation (1994)
Terence Trent D'Arby- Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)

Genre Vote Nominations

Not gonna post nominations at this time

Artist Vote (Annie Lennox/Eurythmics)

Eurythmics- Revenge (1986)

Year Vote

Bon Jovi- New Jersey (1988)
Boogie Down Productions- By All Means Necessary (1988)
Paula Abdul- Forever Your Girl (1988)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 03/31/2019 @ 02:27am

KING'S ALBUM 1988 YEAR.

Dokken-Beast From The East (1988). Easily 1 of the best LIVE albums of the time period. Dokken was on point musically with an incredible collection of songs. Doesn't get any better.

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Sunday, 03/31/2019 @ 17:28pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here's the final results:

Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967) - 15
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967) - 13
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Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967) - 11
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967) - 11

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees for this Year Vote:

Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant (1967)
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1967)
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1967)
Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967)
The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (US) (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/31/2019 @ 22:02pm

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/31/2019 @ 22:57pm

Annie Lennox - Diva (1992) is also inducted. It was inducted in genre vote last month.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/31/2019 @ 23:51pm

My Nominations

General Vote:

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)

Artist Vote:

Annie Lennox - Bare (2003)

Year Vote:

k.d. lang - Shadowland (1988)
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (1988)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/31/2019 @ 23:53pm

Hey Darren, did you see my post about Os Mutantrs- being inducted twice, and thus the Technotronic album should’ve actually won in the Genre Vote for February?

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 04/1/2019 @ 00:33am

Artist Nomination:
The Eurythmics - Revenge (1986)

Year Nominations:

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 04/1/2019 @ 11:09am

Eurythmics - Revenge had been nominated already by Donnie.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/1/2019 @ 11:44am

noms:

Johnny Marr & The Healers - Boomslang (2003)
The Bravery - The Bravery (2005)

Year vote noms:
Guns 'N' Roses - G N' R Lies (1988)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 04/2/2019 @ 00:05am

Donnie - Yes, I did see your post about the Os Mutantes album and Technotronic being voted in last month.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could keep track of the nominated songs and albums to make sure that the new nominees haven't already been inducted.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/2/2019 @ 00:35am

Album Project:

Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/2/2019 @ 01:00am

Year Vote

Brian Eno- Music for Films III
Van Halen- OU812 (1988)
"Weird Al' Yankovic- Even Worse (1988)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/2/2019 @ 06:51am

John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
The Mothers Of Invention- Absolutely Free (1967)
Various Artists- A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/2/2019 @ 06:57am

Artist Nomination

Annie Lennox- Medusa (1995)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 04/3/2019 @ 11:18am

7 (2018) - Beach House
By The Way, I Forgive You (2018) - Brandi Carlile
A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018) - The 1975

By All Means Necessary (1988) - Boogie Down Productions
He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988) - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Open Up And Say...Ahh! (1988) - Poison

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 04/3/2019 @ 12:00pm

Gassman, Donnie already nominated Boogie Down Productions- By All Means Necessary. You have one more year vote nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04/3/2019 @ 13:59pm

General Nominations -
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 04/3/2019 @ 19:18pm

April 2019 General Album Nominations:

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 04/3/2019 @ 19:32pm

Albums General:

The Orient Express - The Orient Express (1969)
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream (1989)

Albums Year:

Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart (1988)
Testament - The New Order (1988)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 04/3/2019 @ 21:27pm

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (2002)

Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got (1988)
U2 - Rattle and Hum (1988)
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 04/3/2019 @ 23:04pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
Beach House - 7 (2018)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971)
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
James Taylor - JT (1977)
Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream (1989)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Johnny Marr & The Healers - Boomslang (2003)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (2002)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018)
The Bravery - The Bravery (2005)
The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
The Orient Express - The Orient Express (1969)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967)
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/4/2019 @ 02:10am

This month's selected genre is "Female Country Singers and Bands".

Nominations begin on the 8th at 11 PM Central. Before then, we need to decide if this genre will be divided into two votes or not and what criteria would be used to split the votes if we have a split.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/4/2019 @ 02:13am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Vote (Annie Lennox / The Eurythmics) and Year Vote (1988).

Nominations will remain open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/4/2019 @ 02:15am

General Vote

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (2002)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)

Last Cuts: The Rolling Stones, Sufjan Stevens, Queens of the Stone Age, Joe Satriani, Pretty in Pink, The Bravery

Genre Vote

no to a split

Artist Vote

I'm gonna throw an idea out here we haven't done before with the Artist Vote. I honestly feel that we've picked an artist that really wasn't a good choice for the Artist Vote, because we've inducted the majority of the artist's notable work. Eurythmics released 8 studio albums, 1 remix EP, one soundtrack album (1984), and one live album. We've inducted the 4 best studio albums, with probably only one left worth looking at and/or inducting (Revenge from 1986). The live album is a blip on the radar, the remix EP barely counts for induction and the soundtrack album falls in line with In the Garden, We Too are One, and Peace, a solid album that's probably not worth inducting.

For Annie's solo career she released 6 albums, with two of the albums being a Christmas album and a Jazz standards album. Basically throwaway albums. We've already inducted her one truly worthy solo album last month (Diva). The only other two solo albums possibly worth looking at is Medusa (which has been nominated) and Bare.

My suggestion is that rather than have nominations, we just put the remaining discography left, make it all eligible and we vote from that ballot. The ballot would look like this

Annie Lennox- Medusa (1995)
Annie Lennox- Bare (2003)
Annie Lennox- Songs of Mass Destruction (2007)
Annie Lennox- A Christmas Cornucopia (2010)
Annie Lennox- Nostalgia (2014)
Eurythmics- In the Garden (1981)
Eurythmics- 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984)
Eurythmics- Dance/Touch (1984)
Eurythmics- Revenge (1986)
Eurythmics- We Too are One (1989)
Eurythmics- Live 1983-1989 (1993)
Eurythmics- Peace (1999)

What's everyone's thoughts on this idea?

If most people would rather stick with the usual format of having nominations, well no need to go to Wikipedia. Here's what's available lol.

Revenge by Eurythmics and Medusa by Annie Lennox have already been nominated though.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 04/4/2019 @ 04:04am

I'm 💯 on board with Donnie on how to work with the artist vote this month. Just vote for the rest.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/4/2019 @ 09:16am

Beach House - 7 (2018)
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971)
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (2002)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 04/4/2019 @ 09:59am

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/4/2019 @ 23:35pm

Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Johnny Marr & The Healers - Boomslang (2003)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Bravery - The Bravery (2005)
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 04/4/2019 @ 23:46pm

Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything For You (1987)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018)
Various Artists - A Star is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 04/4/2019 @ 23:54pm

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (2002)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

No split for the genre.

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 04/5/2019 @ 09:30am

Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987)
Herman's Hermits - There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (2002)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 04/5/2019 @ 10:17am

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
Beach House - 7 (2018)
Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018)
The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 04/5/2019 @ 23:52pm

Donnie - Good point. No need for nominations for the Artist Project vote. All remaining Eurythmics / Annie Lennox albums (listed above by Donnie) will be nominated automatically.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/6/2019 @ 01:52am

Herman's Hermits - There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream (1989)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
The Orient Express - The Orient Express (1969)
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)

No split for genre

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 04/7/2019 @ 16:38pm

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (2002)
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/7/2019 @ 23:08pm

My current vote count:

Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (2002) - 5

Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) - 4
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 4
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982) - 4
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) - 4
__________________________

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 3
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987) - 3
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967) - 3
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997) - 3
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981) - 3
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987) - 3
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965) - 3
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 3
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018) - 3
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997) - 3
__________________________

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018) - 2
Beach House - 7 (2018) - 2
Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You (2018) - 2
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 2
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 2
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018) - 2
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 2
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003) - 2
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018) - 2
The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) - 2
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967) - 2

Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971) - 1
Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream (1989) - 1
Johnny Marr & The Healers - Boomslang (2003) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
The Bravery - The Bravery (2005) - 1
The Orient Express - The Orient Express (1969) - 1

James Taylor - JT (1977) - 0
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 0
Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012) - 0
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Steve Z
Greg F
jtrichey
Nick
BSLO
MichaelEU
Gassman
dmg
Darren

Voting ends at 11 PM Central on Monday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/7/2019 @ 23:20pm

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (2002)
The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967)

No vote split
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 04/8/2019 @ 17:36pm

Let's try that again without the wonky spacing

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (2002)
The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)

No vote split for the genre vote.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 04/8/2019 @ 17:37pm

April 2019 Album Ballot:

Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987)
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)

There are also other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 04/8/2019 @ 21:20pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (2002) - 6

Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967) - 5
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982) - 5
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018) - 5
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986) - 5
________________________________

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 4
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987) - 4
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) - 4
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 4
________________________________

Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997) - 3
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 3
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981) - 3
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987) - 3
The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) - 3
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965) - 3
The Temptations - The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967) - 3
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 3
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997) - 3

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018) - 2
Beach House - 7 (2018) - 2
Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You (2018) - 2
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) - 2
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 2
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003) - 2
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018) - 2

Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You (1971) - 1
Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream (1989) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) - 1
Johnny Marr & The Healers - Boomslang (2003) - 1
Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
The Bravery - The Bravery (2005) - 1
The Orient Express - The Orient Express (1969) - 1
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) (2009) - 1

James Taylor - JT (1977) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
Steve Z
Greg F
jtrichey
Nick
BSLO
MichaelEU
Gassman
dmg
Darren
Tom H.
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (2002)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums.

The 3 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Female Country Singers and Bands". I don't see any on the list.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/9/2019 @ 01:18am

"Female Country Singers and Bands" has been selected as this month's genre vote. There will not be a vote split for this genre.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Female Country Singers and bands 1900-2018".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/9/2019 @ 01:21am

Nominations remain open for this month's Year Vote.

This month's selected year is 1988.

Nominations will remain open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/9/2019 @ 01:25am

My Genre Vote Nominations:

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Pistol Annies - Annie Up (2013)
Rosanne Cash - Interiors (1990)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/9/2019 @ 01:26am

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)

Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts (2005)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
Deanna Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This (1995)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 04/9/2019 @ 05:40am

Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Gillian Welch - Soul Journey (2003)
June Carter Cash - Wildwood Flower (2003)

Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 4
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987) - 3
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) - 2
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 04/9/2019 @ 06:10am

Genre Nominations

Dolly Parton- 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980)
Miranda Lambert- Kerosene (2005)
Reba McEntire- Rumor Has It (1990)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/9/2019 @ 07:22am

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 4
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987) - 3
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) - 2
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/9/2019 @ 07:26am

Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) (4 points)
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 04/9/2019 @ 12:24pm

Can't believe 3 out of the 4 albums in the tie-breaker are albums I nominated lol.

1. Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) (4 pts)
2. Boyz II Men- Cooleyhighharmony (1991) (3 pts)
3. Orbital- Snivilisation (1994) (2 pts)
4. Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine- Let it Loose/Anything for You (1987) (1 pt)

Genre Vote

Gonna sit this round out nominations-wise. I might vote though.

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 04/9/2019 @ 17:21pm

Tiebreaker:

Orbital - Snivillisation (1994) (4)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone (2007) (3)
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987) (2)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/9/2019 @ 23:01pm

Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) 4
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987) 3
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) 2
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) 1

Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 04/10/2019 @ 08:17am

Tiebreaker:

Orbital - Snivillisation (1994) [4 Points]
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987) [3 Points]
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) [2 Points]
Boys II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) [1 Point]

Genre Nominees:

Kitty Wells - Country Hit Parade (1956)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971)
Tammy Wynette - Tammy's Touch (1970)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 04/10/2019 @ 12:13pm

Genre Nominations -
Anne Murray - Let’s Keep It That Way (1978)
Olivia Newton-John - If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)

Year Nominations-
Little Feat- Let It Roll (1988)
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988)
The Smithereens - Green Thoughts (1988)

Other Recommended 1988 Albums for Consideration -
Cheap Trick - Lap of Luxury (1988)
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988)
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988)
Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988)
Tangerine Dream - Near Dark (1988)
The Bangles - Everything (1988)

Tiebreaker -
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987) - 4
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 3
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 2
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) -1

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 04/10/2019 @ 22:02pm

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 4
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 3
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987) - 2
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) - 1

Cheap Trick - Lap of Luxury (1988)
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988)
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/11/2019 @ 00:52am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 27
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987) - 26
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994) - 24
_____________________________

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 23

"Cooleyhighharmony" will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project, as it is not from 1988 and doesn't qualify for the genre vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this month's Song Project:

Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You (1987)
Herman’s Hermits - There’s a Kind of Hush All Over the World (1967)
Orbital - Snivilisation (1994)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (2002)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Stray Cats - Built for Speed (1982)
Various Artists - A Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack (2018)
Various Artists - Pretty in Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1986)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/12/2019 @ 00:57am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Anne Murray - Let’s Keep It That Way (1978)
Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts (2005)
Deanna Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This (1995)
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980)
Gillian Welch - Soul Journey (2003)
June Carter Cash - Wildwood Flower (2003)
Kitty Wells - Country Hit Parade (1956)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971)
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene (2005)
Olivia Newton-John - If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974)
Pistol Annies - Annie Up (2013)
Reba McEntire - Rumor Has It (1990)
Rosanne Cash - Interiors (1990)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Tammy Wynette - Tammy's Touch (1970)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/12/2019 @ 01:01am

Nominations remain open for this month's Year Project vote.

This month's selected year is 1988.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/12/2019 @ 01:10am

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980)
Gillian Welch - Soul Journey (2003)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971)
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene (2005)
Pistol Annies - Annie Up (2013)
Rosanne Cash - Interiors (1990)

Posted by Gassman on Friday, 04/12/2019 @ 22:11pm

Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts (2005)
Deanna Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This (1995)
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Gillian Welch - Soul Journey (2003)
June Carter Cash - Wildwood Flower (2003)
Kitty Wells - Country Hit Parade (1956)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971)
Reba McEntire - Rumor Has It (1990)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 04/13/2019 @ 23:12pm

Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts (2005)
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971)
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene (2005)
Reba McEntire - Rumor Has It (1990)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 04/14/2019 @ 03:08am

Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts (2005)
Deanna Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This (1995)
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971)
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene (2005)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 04/14/2019 @ 19:03pm

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Pistol Annies - Annie Up (2013)
Rosanne Cash - Interiors (1990)
Deanna Carter - Did I Shave My Legs for This (1995)
Reba McEntire - Rumor Has It (1990)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene (2005)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miners Daughter (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 04/14/2019 @ 19:22pm

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Deanna Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This (1995)
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971)
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene (2005)
Pistol Annies - Annie Up (2013)
Reba McEntire - Rumor Has It (1990)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/16/2019 @ 01:42am

Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts (2005)
Deanna Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This (1995)
Dolly Parton- 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971)
Miranda Lambert- Kerosene (2005)
Reba McEntire- Rumor Has It (1990)
Rosanne Cash - Interiors (1990)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/16/2019 @ 07:56am

Anne Murray - Let’s Keep It That Way (1978)
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts (2005)
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971)
Olivia Newton-John - If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974)
Reba McEntire - Rumor Has It (1990)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Tammy Wynette - Tammy's Touch (1970)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 04/16/2019 @ 23:38pm

Anne Murray - Let’s Keep It That Way (1978)
Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980)
June Carter Cash - Wildwood Flower (2003)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971)
Olivia Newton-John - If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974)
Reba McEntire - Rumor Has It (1990)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 04/16/2019 @ 23:55pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971) - 9

Reba McEntire - Rumor Has It (1990) - 7

Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (1998) - 6
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980) - 6
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene (2005) - 6

Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts (2005) - 5
Deanna Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This (1995) - 5
____________________________

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015) - 4
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995) - 4
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008) - 4
____________________________

Pistol Annies - Annie Up (2013) - 3
Rosanne Cash - Interiors (1990) - 3

Anne Murray - Let’s Keep It That Way (1978) - 2
Gillian Welch - Soul Journey (2003) - 2
June Carter Cash - Wildwood Flower (2003) - 2
Olivia Newton-John - If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974) - 2

Kitty Wells - Country Hit Parade (1956) - 1
Tammy Wynette - Tammy's Touch (1970) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Gassman
MichaelEU
Donnie
BSLO
Greg F
Darren
Tom H.
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts (2005)
Deanna Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This (1995)
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971)
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene (2005)
Reba McEntire - Rumor Has It (1990)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 1 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 album will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/17/2019 @ 00:39am

Nominations remain open for this month's Year Project (1988) vote.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/17/2019 @ 00:40am

Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995) - 3
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008) - 2
Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015) - 1

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 04/17/2019 @ 01:09am

Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995) - 3
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008) - 2
Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 04/17/2019 @ 07:14am

Can't believe I forgot to vote! Which also means that I can't participate in the tiebreaker. But great class!

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 04/17/2019 @ 13:35pm

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015) 3
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995) 2
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04/17/2019 @ 14:09pm

1988 Album Year Nominations
Winger-Winger (1988)
RATT-Reach For The Sky (1988)

KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 04/18/2019 @ 20:09pm

3=Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
2=Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
1=Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)

All are Great Albums!

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 04/19/2019 @ 23:10pm

Year Vote Nominations:

The Bangles - Everything (1988)
The Moody Blues - Sur la Mer (1988)
Various Artists - Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988)

Honorable Mention:

Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 04/19/2019 @ 23:41pm

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015) - 3
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008) - 2
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/19/2019 @ 23:59pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015) - 10 (2 Highest Overall Votes, 3 Higher Votes than Twain)
________________________

Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995) - 10 (2 Highest Overall Votes, 2 Higher Votes than Monroe)
________________________

Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008) - 10 (1 Highest Overall Vote)

The losing albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

Ashley Monroe - The Blade (2015)
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts (2005)
Deanna Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This (1995)
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971)
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene (2005)
Reba McEntire - Rumor Has It (1990)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/20/2019 @ 00:17am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Annie Lennox - A Christmas Cornucopia (2010)
Annie Lennox - Bare (2003)
Annie Lennox - Medusa (1995)
Annie Lennox - Nostalgia (2014)
Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction (2007)
Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984)
Eurythmics - Dance/Touch (1984)
Eurythmics - In the Garden (1981)
Eurythmics - Live 1983-1989 (1993)
Eurythmics - Peace (1999)
Eurythmics - Revenge (1986)
Eurythmics - We Too are One (1989)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/20/2019 @ 00:33am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got (1988)
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988)
Brian Eno - Music for Films III (1988)
Cheap Trick - Lap of Luxury (1988)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988)
Dokken - Beast From The East (1988)
Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
Guns 'N' Roses - G N' R Lies (1988)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
k.d. lang - Shadowland (1988)
Little Feat - Let It Roll (1988)
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988)
Poison - Open Up And Say...Ahh! (1988)
RATT - Reach For The Sky (1988)
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988)
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart (1988)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Bangles - Everything (1988)
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988)
The Moody Blues - Sur la Mer (1988)
The Smithereens - Green Thoughts (1988)
The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (1988)
U2 - Rattle and Hum (1988)
Van Halen - OU812 (1988)
Various Artists - Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988)
Weird Al Yankovic - Even Worse (1988)
Winger - Winger (1988)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/20/2019 @ 00:36am

KINGS 8 ALBUM VOTES 1988
Cheap Trick-Lap Of Luxury (1988)
Dokken-Beast From The East (1988)
Paula Abdul-Forever Your Girl (1988)
Robert Plant-Now And Zen (1988)
Taylor Dayne-Tell It To My Heart (1988)
The Bangles-Everything (1988)
U2-Rattle And Hum (1988)
Van Halen-OU812 (1988)

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Saturday, 04/20/2019 @ 00:54am

Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988)
Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988)
The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (1988)
U2 - Rattle and Hum (1988)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 04/20/2019 @ 01:54am

k.d. lang - Shadowland (1988)
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (1988)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988)
Weird Al Yankovic - Even Worse (1988)
Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (1988)
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988)

Annie Lennox - Bare (2003)
Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction (2007)
Eurythmics - Revenge (1986)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/20/2019 @ 17:34pm

Year Vote

Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988)
U2 - Rattle and Hum (1988)
Van Halen - OU812 (1988)

Last Cuts: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Anita Baker, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Morrissey, "Weird Al" Yankovic

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 04/20/2019 @ 21:44pm

Artist Vote

Annie Lennox- Medusa (1995)
Eurythmics- In the Garden (1981)
Eurythmics- Revenge (1986)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 04/20/2019 @ 22:05pm

Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
Guns 'N' Roses - G N' R Lies (1988)
Little Feat - Let It Roll (1988)
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)
The Smithereens - Green Thoughts (1988)
U2 - Rattle and Hum (1988)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 04/21/2019 @ 01:08am

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988)
Guns 'N' Roses - G N' R Lies (1988)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988)
Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)
Poison - Open Up And Say...Ahh! (1988)
U2 - Rattle and Hum (1988)
Van Halen - OU812 (1988)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/21/2019 @ 02:29am

Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got (1988)
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988)
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988)
U2 - Rattle and Hum (1988)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 04/23/2019 @ 07:52am

Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)
Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart (1988)
Weird Al Yankovic - Even Worse (1988)

Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984)
Eurythmics - In the Garden (1981)
Eurythmics - Revenge (1986)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 04/23/2019 @ 14:10pm

Anita Baker- Giving You The Best That I Got (1988)
Little Feat- Let It Roll (1988)
Morrissey- Viva Hate (1988)
Paula Abdul- Forever Your Girl (1988)
Pet Shop Boys- Introspective (1988)
Robert Plant- Now and Zen (1988)
The Smithereens- Green Thoughts (1988)
U2- Rattle and Hum (1988)

Annie Lennox- Bare (2003)
Annie Lennox- Medusa (1995)
Annie Lennox- Songs of Mass Destruction (2007)
Eurythmics- 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984)
Eurythmics- Revenge (1986)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 04/24/2019 @ 00:44am

Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988)
Poison - Open Up And Say...Ahh! (1988)
Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988)
The Bangles - Everything (1988)
The Moody Blues - Sur la Mer (1988)
Various Artists - Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988)

My last cuts were Anita Baker and Taylor Dayne. There are also many, many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 04/24/2019 @ 23:52pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988) - 8

U2 - Rattle and Hum (1988) - 7

Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988) - 5
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988) - 5
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988) - 5

Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988) - 4
_____________________________________

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988) - 3
Erasure - The Innocents (1988) - 3
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988) - 3
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988) - 3
Van Halen - OU812 (1988) - 3
_____________________________________

Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got (1988) - 2
Guns 'N' Roses - G N' R Lies (1988) - 2
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) - 2
Little Feat - Let It Roll (1988) - 2
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988) - 2
Poison - Open Up And Say...Ahh! (1988) - 2
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988) - 2
Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart (1988) - 2
The Bangles - Everything (1988) - 2
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988) - 2
The Smithereens - Green Thoughts (1988) - 2
The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (1988) - 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Even Worse (1988) - 2

Cheap Trick - Lap of Luxury (1988) - 1
Dokken - Beast From The East (1988) - 1
k.d. lang - Shadowland (1988) - 1
The Moody Blues - Sur la Mer (1988) - 1
Various Artists - Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988) - 1

Brian Eno - Music for Films III (1988) - 0
RATT - Reach For The Sky (1988) - 0
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 0
Winger - Winger (1988) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
MichaelEU
Greg F
Donnie
jtrichey
Darren
BSLO
Steve Z
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988)
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)
U2 - Rattle and Hum (1988)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988)
Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988)
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988)
Van Halen - OU812 (1988)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker vote. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receives the most points will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project.

There will be 3 days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 27th (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM).

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/25/2019 @ 01:22am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Eurythmics - Revenge (1986) - 4
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Annie Lennox - Bare (2003) - 2
Annie Lennox - Medusa (1995) - 2
Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction (2007) - 2
Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984) - 2
Eurythmics - In the Garden (1981) - 2
_______________________________

Annie Lennox - A Christmas Cornucopia (2010) - 0
Annie Lennox - Nostalgia (2014) - 0
Eurythmics - Dance/Touch (1984) - 0
Eurythmics - Live 1983-1989 (1993) - 0
Eurythmics - Peace (1999) - 0
Eurythmics - We Too are One (1989) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
Steve Z
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Eurythmics - Revenge (1986)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Annie Lennox - Bare (2003)
Annie Lennox - Medusa (1995)
Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction (2007)
Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984)
Eurythmics - In the Garden (1981)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all five albums in order of preference.

The two albums that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other three albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/25/2019 @ 01:28am

Erasure - The Innocents (1988) - 5
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988) - 4
Van Halen - OU812 (1988) - 3
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988) - 2
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/25/2019 @ 01:33am

1988 Album Tiebreakers
Van Halen-OU812 (1988)-5 PTS
Robert Plant-Now And Zen (1988)-4
Erasure-The Innocents (1988)-3
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince-He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988)-2
Pet Shop Boys-Introspective (1988)-1PT

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Thursday, 04/25/2019 @ 01:57am

1. Van Halen- OU812 (1988) (5 pts)
2. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince- He's the DJ, I"m the Rapper (1988) (4 pts)
3. Pet Shop Boys- Introspective (1988) (3 pts)
4. Erasure- The Innocents (1988) (2 pts)
5. Robert Planet- Now and Zen (1988) (1 pt)

1. Annie Lennox- Medusa (1995) (5 pts)
2. Eurythmics- In the Garden (1981) (4 pts)
3. Eurythmics- 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984) (3 pts)
4. Annie Lennox- Bare (2003) (2 pts)
5. Annie Lennox- Songs of Mass Destruction (2007) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 04/25/2019 @ 03:22am

Is anyone else here concerned by the general lack of participation in the Album Project over the last year or so?

Our participation has steeply declined. For the last year, on average, during the Artist Vote and even the Genre Vote sometimes we're lucky to get 5-6 people participate in the Artist Vote and Genre Votes each month.

Even the General Vote sometimes only garners 7-8 voters, which is far below the Song Project.

Has it become time for us to possibly wrap up the Album Project, or at least scale it back some? Like maybe do a yearly election where we simply induct 25 albums in a year's time, or maybe have two elections every 6 months?

One things's for sure, we definitely need to be more mindful of who we select for the Artist Vote, which was something I was worried about when I proposed the Artist Vote back in the day. I was worried eventually that we would select an artist that had few albums left to induct, or enough quality material. That definitely happened this round. Eurythmics/Annie Lennox was done a year too late, as it's only been within the last two years that we inducted any albums from Eurythmics. That would've been the perfect time to do them for the Artist Vote. Since then though we inducted the four best Eurythmics albums, and Annie's one great solo album. Bad timing.

I mean 4 voters in an Artist Vote. I'm honestly not even sure if the person that nominated Annie Lennox/Eurythmics even participated (if they did I apologize in advance and disregard that comment).

Either way, I think it's time we have a serious discussion about the Album Project going forward.

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 04/25/2019 @ 03:28am

Donnie
Maybe, it ain't nobody's fault. There's been the Snub Tourneys and the 1988 Album and Year Votes. Plus, the regular song votes. Also, Warren Zevon. It's a busy April. I usually don't participate in the album voting. In fact, I wanted to get Dokken Beast From The East nominated for the 1988 Album vote. When I think of great albums, I think of Born In The USA, Reckless, War, or Pyromania. Some of the albums nominated don't reach that gold standard. Let's review this again in May. See if the album voting picks up. KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 04/25/2019 @ 04:52am

Part of the reason is that we didn't make choice for the artist vote this month to generate interest. With that in mind we should be more mindful of who we nominate and chose. I personally prefer to nominate artists with big discographies that have little or no representation in the project and really try to think about how many albums by them are deserving.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/25/2019 @ 11:19am

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988) [5 Points]
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988) [4 Points]
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988) [3 Points]
Erasure - The Innocents (1988) [2 Points]
Van Halen - OU812 (1988) [1 Point]

Eurythmics - In the Garden (1981) [5 Points]
Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984) [4 Points]
Annie Lennox - Bare (2003) [3 Points]
Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction (2007) [2 Points]
Annie Lennox - Medusa (1995) [1 Point]

I do think that part of the problem is an overabundance of projects going on. There's album and song projects (which both have year votes, genre votes, artist votes, and general votes), artist ranking, and Hall of Fame voting. Its get to be a lot, and its understandable if people can't keep track of everything. Unfortunately the album project tends to feel the brunt of that, since judging whole albums is a trickier process than individual songs. There are also, by their nature, less "hall of fame" worthy albums than songs.

I don't know what the answer is, to be honest. Maybe it really does just boil down to use having to be more vigilant about whats nominated and to wait until the ranking is done. Or maybe the project as a whole needs to be trimmed down a bit. Let's check back in a month and discuss more.

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 04/25/2019 @ 12:27pm

Maybe it's time to seriously consider ending the artist vote at the end of the year since there seems to be a lack of interest. Maybe if we choose more interesting artists the artist vote would possibly gain more interest.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/25/2019 @ 13:59pm

Another thing we could do is rotate between the album and song project every month instead of doing both every month. Just something to think about for now and maybe bring up in December.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/25/2019 @ 16:50pm

Just induct every album ever made now and we can shut it down.

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 04/25/2019 @ 23:25pm

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (1988) -5
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988) -4
Erasure - The Innocents (1988) -3
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988) -2
Van Halen - OU812 (1988) -1

Annie Lennox - Bare (2003) - 5
Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction (2007) - 4
Annie Lennox - Medusa (1995) -3
Eurythmics - In the Garden (1981) -2
Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984) -1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/26/2019 @ 23:36pm

5=Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988)
4=DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988)
3=Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988)
2=Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
1=Van Halen - OU812 (1988)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 04/27/2019 @ 21:04pm

Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988) - 5
Erasure - The Innocents (1988) - 4
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988) - 3
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988) - 2
Van Halen - OU812 (1988) - 1

Annie Lennox - Bare (2003) - 5
Annie Lennox - Medusa (1995) - 4
Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984) - 3
Eurythmics - In the Garden (1981) - 2
Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction (2007) - 1

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/27/2019 @ 23:57pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988) - 26
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988) - 21 (1 highest vote, 4 higher votes)
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Erasure - The Innocents (1988) - 21 (1 highest vote, 3 higher votes)
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988) - 20
Van Halen - OU812 (1988) - 17

Here is the final class of inductees for this Year Vote:

Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1988)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper (1988)
Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (1988)
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988)
U2 - Rattle and Hum (1988)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/29/2019 @ 03:27am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Annie Lennox - Bare (2003) - 15
Annie Lennox - Medusa (1995) - 13 (1 highest vote, 3 higher votes)
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Eurythmics - In the Garden (1981) - 13 (1 highest vote, 1 higher vote)
Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984) - 11
Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction (2007) - 8

Here is the final class of inductees for this Artist Vote:

Annie Lennox - Bare (2003)
Annie Lennox - Medusa (1995)
Eurythmics - Revenge (1986)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/29/2019 @ 03:30am

The selected year for this month's Year Vote is 1959.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/1/2019 @ 00:51am

Rule Changes In 2019:

The number of albums inducted as a result of the monthly Artist Project vote will be increased from 2 albums to 3 albums.

Voters can nominate any three eligible songs and are no longer required to nominate a song from the previous year in order to nominate the maximum number available.

There will no longer be a 6 month ban on artists selected for the Artist Vote. This includes artists that were selected in the past 6 months that were previously banned and no longer will be.

Both genre votes will take place at the same time if the selected genre is chosen to have a split.

We will have a Year Vote each month. The selected year will be randomly selected each month. Each year is only eligible once and will be disqualified after being selected. The Year Vote will take place at the same time as the Artist Vote. Years from 1900-1945 will be grouped into 5 year groupings.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2018. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction (2007)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984)
Eurythmics - In the Garden (1981)
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
Van Halen - OU812 (1988)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1990's R&B
Americana
Jazz
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Women in Rap

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the past 6 months:

Country
Movie Soundtracks
1980’s R&B/Soul
Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Female Country Singers and Bands

"New Wave" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Jackson Browne
KISS
Neil Young
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones
Tony Bennett
Vangelis

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Bee Gees
The Isley Brothers
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated albums. The three albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1959.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1959. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1959.

The following albums from 1959 have already been inducted into the Album Project:

Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um (1959)
Chuck Berry - Is On Top (1959)
Dave Brubeck - Time Out (1959)
Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959)
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)
Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1959)
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte (1959)
Link Wray & The Ray Men - Link Wray & The Ray Men (1959)
Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959)
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz To Come (1959)
Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)
T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues (1959)
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959)

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1959, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/1/2019 @ 01:31am

My Nominations

General Vote:

Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982)
N.E.R.D - In Search of... (2002) (This was released in two different versions in 2001 and 2002. I'm nominating the 2002 version.)

Genre Vote:

Japanese Artists

Artist Vote:

Todd Rundgren

Year Vote:

Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959)
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me! (1959)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/1/2019 @ 01:34am

Year Nominations First

Bobby Darin- That's All (1959)
Dean Martin- A Winter Romance (1959)
Thelonious Monk - 5 by Monk by 5 (1959)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/1/2019 @ 10:22am

Greta Van Fleet- Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
The Mothers of Invention- Absolutely Free (1967)

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Genre Nomination

Live Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/1/2019 @ 17:40pm

KING'S GENERAL ALBUM NOMINATIONS.
Grant Lee Buffalo-Mighty Joe Moon (1994)
Handsome-Handsome (1997)
Tonic-Lemon Parade (1996)

Genre Nomination
1980's Metal Albums

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 05/1/2019 @ 18:58pm

noms:

Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
The xx - Coexist (2012)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 05/1/2019 @ 22:57pm

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
Heart - Heart (1985)
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 05/1/2019 @ 23:02pm

Artist: The Beach Boys

Genre: 21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 05/1/2019 @ 23:10pm

Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 05/1/2019 @ 23:56pm

General Nominations -
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ‘n Roll (1981)
The B-52’s - Whammy! (1983)

Artist Nomination -
Barbra Streisand

Genre Nomination -
Experimental/Avant-Garde

Posted by Nick on Friday, 05/3/2019 @ 00:34am

Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/3/2019 @ 01:41am

May 2019 General Album Nominations:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) At their recent local concert that I attended, they played 4 of their hit classics from this album (their first US album): Lost in Love, Chances, All Out of Love, and Every Woman in the World.

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - California 37 (2012)

May 2019 Artist Album Nomination:

Air Supply

When I saw them in concert last month, they still sounded great. They played most of their hits as well as some of their newer fan favorites such as "Shake It" that has a great classic Rockabilly vibe.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 05/3/2019 @ 22:49pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction (2007)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982)
Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984)
Eurythmics - In the Garden (1981)
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (1994)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Handsome - Handsome (1997)
Heart - Heart (1985)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ‘n Roll (1981)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
N.E.R.D - In Search of... (2002)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
The B-52’s - Whammy! (1983)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The xx - Coexist (2012)
Tonic - Lemon Parade (1996)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Van Halen - OU812 (1988)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/4/2019 @ 00:13am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Experimental/Avant-Garde
Japanese Artists
Jazz
Live Albums
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Women in Rap

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/4/2019 @ 00:14am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Jackson Browne
KISS
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Rod Stewart
The Beach Boys
The Rolling Stones
Todd Rundgren
Tony Bennett
TV On The Radio
Vangelis

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/4/2019 @ 00:14am

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Project vote.

This month's selected Year is 1959.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/4/2019 @ 00:15am

1990's R&B
Americana
Japanese Artists
Power Metal
Jazz
Live Albums

Barbra Streisand
Kiss
Neil Young
Todd Rundgren
Tony Bennett
Vangelis

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 05/4/2019 @ 14:34pm

General Vote

Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ‘n Roll (1981)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)

Last Cuts: The Rolling Stones, Heart, Bette Midler, Taylor Swfit

Genre Vote

1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Jazz
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Women in Rap

Artist Vote

KISS
Rod Stewart
The Beach Boys
Todd Rundgren
Tony Bennett

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 05/4/2019 @ 15:32pm

Artist Vote (4)
KISS
Rod Stewart
The Beach Boys
The Rolling Stones

Albums (8)
Air Supply-Lost In Love (1980)
Blue Oyster Cult-Fire Of An Unknown Origin (1981)
Grant Lee Buffalo-Mighty Joe Moon (1994)
Heart-Heart (1985)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts-I Love Rock N Roll (1981)
Shania Twain-The Woman In Me (1995)
Tonic-Lemon Parade (1996)
Van Halen-OU812 (1988)

Genres (5)
1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
Jazz
Rock And Roll Inductees Without An Album In The Project
Women In Rap

Hoping KISS wins. They have plenty of albums to choose from. Same with Rolling Stones.

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Saturday, 05/4/2019 @ 16:44pm

Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
Heart - Heart (1985)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ‘n Roll (1981)
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)

1980's Metal Albums
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Experimental/Avant-Garde
Live Albums
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Women in Rap

Jackson Browne
KISS
Rod Stewart
The Beach Boys
The Rolling Stones
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 05/4/2019 @ 21:51pm

Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982)
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (1994)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005)
N.E.R.D - In Search of... (2002)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The xx - Coexist (2012)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 05/5/2019 @ 01:17am

Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982)
N.E.R.D - In Search of... (2002)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The xx - Coexist (2012)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
The B-52’s - Whammy! (1983)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/5/2019 @ 02:58am

1980's Metal Albums
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Live Albums
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/6/2019 @ 00:15am

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ‘n Roll (1981)
Pet Shop Boys - Interospective (1988)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
The B-52’s - Whammy! (1983)
The Mothers of Invention- Absolutely Free (1967)

Barbra Streisand
Jackson Browne
The Beach Boys
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones
Tony Bennett

1990’s R&B
Americana
Experimental/Avant-Garde
Live Albums
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Women in Rap

Posted by Nick on Monday, 05/6/2019 @ 00:32am

Americana
Experimental/Avant-Garde
Jazz
Live Albums
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/6/2019 @ 19:41pm

May 2019 Album Genre Ballot:

Americana
Jazz
Live Albums
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project

Last Cuts include Experimental/Avant-Garde and Japanese Artists. There are also other genres that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 05/6/2019 @ 20:02pm

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982)
Heart - Heart (1985)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)

1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Power Metal
Women in Rap

Barbra Streisand
Jackson Browne
Neil Young
Rod Stewart
The Beach Boys
The Rolling Stones

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 05/6/2019 @ 22:04pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Live Albums - 6
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 6
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1980's Metal Albums - 5
1990's R&B - 5
Americana - 5
Jazz - 5
Women in Rap - 5

21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop - 4
Original Cast Albums (Theater) - 4
Power Metal - 4
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Experimental/Avant-Garde - 3
Japanese Artists - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
KING
Steve Z
Darren
Nick
Tom H.
Jennifer
BSLO

The following genres will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Live Albums
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project

Anyone who voted in this genre selection vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker.

To vote in this tiebreaker, select your preferred genre.

The genre that gets the most votes will be selected for May. The genre that loses the tiebreaker will be selected for June.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting. Please discuss whether or not these genres will be split into two votes or not and, if so, how they'll be split.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/7/2019 @ 05:19am

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ‘n Roll (1981)
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Van Halen - OU812 (1988)

Jackson Browne
Miles Davis
Neil Young
The Beach Boys
The Rolling Stones
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/7/2019 @ 06:52am

Tiebreaker

Live Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/7/2019 @ 07:00am

Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ‘n Roll (1981)
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988)
The B-52's - Whammy! (1983)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The xx - Coexist (2012)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 05/7/2019 @ 12:23pm

Tiebreaker

Live Albums

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/7/2019 @ 14:01pm

Are we covering all categories for Rock Hall inductees without an album? I've noticed that we have at one album for most of the inductees in the performer category. With that in mind we should need to do a split.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/7/2019 @ 15:07pm

I meant we shouldn't need to do a split.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/7/2019 @ 15:11pm

Tiebreaker:

Live Albums

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 05/7/2019 @ 18:55pm

Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
Erasure - The Innocents (1988)
Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984)
Heart - Heart (1985)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n Roll (1981)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988)
Van Halen - OU812 (1988)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 05/7/2019 @ 21:24pm

Bette Middler- The Divine Miss M (1972)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Dave Matthews Band- Busted Stuff (2002)
Greta Van Fleet- Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
Modest Mouse- Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
The Mothers of Invention- Absolutely Free (1967)
Van Halen - OU812 (1988)

Barbara Streisand
Miles Davis
Neil Young
The Beach Boys
Tony Bennett
Vangelis

No Genre split needed

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/8/2019 @ 11:24am

Live Albums

May 2019 Album Ballot:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
Heart - Heart (1985)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ‘n Roll (1981)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
Train - California 37 (2012)

There are also others that I would eventually vote for.

Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
KISS
Rod Stewart
The Beach Boys
The Rolling Stones

Last Cuts include Jackson Browne, Todd Rundgren, and Tony Bennett. There are also others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 05/8/2019 @ 16:15pm

KING'S MAY 2019 TIEBREAKER VOTE

Live Albums

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 05/8/2019 @ 19:27pm

Live Albums
No Split to Either Genre

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 05/8/2019 @ 23:57pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ‘n Roll (1981) - 8

Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin (1981) - 5
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982) - 5
Heart - Heart (1985) - 5
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979) - 5
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Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 4
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 4
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 4
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) - 4
Van Halen - OU812 (1988) - 4
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Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 3
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002) - 3
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005) - 3
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 3
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (1988) - 3
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 3
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995) - 3
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008) - 3
The B-52’s - Whammy! (1983) - 3
The xx - Coexist (2012) - 3

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 2
Candlebox - Candlebox (1993) - 2
Erasure - The Innocents (1988) - 2
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (1994) - 2
N.E.R.D - In Search of... (2002) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965) - 2

Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (1984) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017) - 1
Tonic - Lemon Parade (1996) - 1
Train - California 37 (2012) - 1

Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction (2007) - 0
Eurythmics - In the Garden (1981) - 0
Handsome - Handsome (1997) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Donnie
KING
Steve Z
jtrichey
Greg F
Nick
BSLO
Darren
MichaelEU
dmg
Tom H.
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982)
Heart - Heart (1985)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ‘n Roll (1981)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
Van Halen - OU812 (1988)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums.

The 3 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Live Albums". I don't see any on the list.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/9/2019 @ 01:18am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Live Albums - 6
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Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project - 0

"Live Albums" has been selected for the May vote. "Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project" has been selected for the June vote.
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"Live Albums" has been selected as this month's genre vote. There will not be a vote split for this genre.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Live Albums 1900-2018".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/9/2019 @ 01:19am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Beach Boys - 8
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Rod Stewart - 6
The Rolling Stones - 6

Barbra Streisand - 5
KISS - 5

Jackson Browne - 4
Neil Young - 4
Tony Bennett - 4
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Miles Davis - 2
Todd Rundgren - 2
TV On The Radio - 2
Vangelis - 2

Air Supply - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
KING
Steve Z
Nick
BSLO
Darren
Tom H.
Jennifer

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is The Beach Boys.

Any voter can nominate one album by The Beach Boys released from 1900-2018 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

All Summer Long (1964)
Friends (1968)
Pet Sounds (1966)
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) (1965)
Sunflower (1970)
The Beach Boys Today! (1965)
The Smile Sessions (2011)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on The Beach Boys' discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/9/2019 @ 01:24am

Nominations remain open for this month's Year Project (1959).

Nominations for will remain open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/9/2019 @ 01:25am

My Genre Vote Nominations (Live Albums)

Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/9/2019 @ 01:41am

My Artist Vote Nomination (The Beach Boys)

The Beach Boys - Holland (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/9/2019 @ 01:54am

Genre noms:

Camel - A Live Record (1978)
Kamelot - One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes (1978)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 05/9/2019 @ 04:54am

KING'S LIVE ALBUM NOMINATIONS MAY 2019.
Counting Crows-New Amsterdam:Live at Heineken Music Hall (2006)
Dokken-Beast From The East (1988)
Procol Harum-One More Time-Live In Utrecht (1999)

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Thursday, 05/9/2019 @ 17:33pm

Genre Vote

Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic (1981)
Dave Matthews Band- Love At Red Rocks 8.15.95 (1997)
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976)

Artist Nomination

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 05/9/2019 @ 22:10pm

Genre Vote Nominations

Coldplay- Coldplay Live 2003 (2003)
Jimi Hendrix- Band of Gypsys (1970)
Lynyrd Skynyrd- One More From the Road (1976)

Artist Vote Nomination

The Beach Boys- Surf's Up (1971)

Posted by Donnie on Friday, 05/10/2019 @ 01:24am

Artist Nomination:

The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)

Genre Nominations:

Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening (1978)
The J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Out (1976)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 05/10/2019 @ 02:07am

Tiebreaker
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) - 5
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 4
Van Halen - OU812 (1988) - 3
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 2
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 1

Genre Nomination
Donny Hathaway - Live (1972)
Depeche Mode - Depeche Mode: 101 (1989)
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974)

Recommended Live Albums for Consideration
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1972)
Etta James - Etta James Rocks the House (1963)
Ramones - It’s Alive (1979)
Roxy Music - Viva! Roxy Music (1976)
The Band - Rock of Ages (1972)

Artist Nomination
The Beach Boys - That’s Why God Made the Radio (2012)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 05/10/2019 @ 10:44am

Tiebreaker:

Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) [5 Points]
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) [4 Points]
Van Halen - OU812 (1988) [3 Points]
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) [2 Points]
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 05/10/2019 @ 11:06am

Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves (2015) 5
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) 4
Van Halen - OU812 (1988) 3
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) 2
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 05/10/2019 @ 13:23pm

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 5
Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves (2015) - 4
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) 3
Van Halen - OU812 (1988) - 2
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 1

The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (1967)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 05/10/2019 @ 14:05pm

KING 2019 MAY ALBUM TIEBREAKERS
Van Halen-OU812 (1988)- 5 PTS
Boyz II Men-Cooleyhighharmony (1991)-4
Modest Mouse-Strangers To Ourselves (2015)-3
The Mothers Of Invention-Absolutely Free (1967)-2
Greta Van Fleet-Anthem Of The Peaceful Army (2018)-1
KING 👑

Posted by KING on Friday, 05/10/2019 @ 20:12pm

Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 5
Van Halen - OU812 (1988) - 4
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 3
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) - 2
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/11/2019 @ 14:40pm

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975–85 (1986)

This album topped the Billboard 200 and went 13xPlatinum (Diamond) in the US. One of the album's highlights is Springsteen's sexy version of "Fire." Springsteen originally wrote the song for Elvis Presley and even mailed him a demo but Presley died before it arrived. The Pointer Sisters version made it to #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1978 much to Springsteen's dismay. Springsteen's own version of the song is very different from the Pointer Sisters version. Originally performed live during his 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town (even though it was cut from the album), it has become a fan favorite Springsteen concert staple. It was finally released as a minor hit single from this 1986 live album charting at #46 on the US Billboard Hot 100, #18 in Ireland, #54 in the UK, and #82 in Australia.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 05/11/2019 @ 14:58pm

Van Halen - OU812 (1988)-5
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)-4
Greta Van Fleet- Anthem of a Peaceful Army (2018)-3
Boyz II Men- Cooleyhighharmony (1991)-2
Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves (2005)-1

No wrong choice here

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 05/11/2019 @ 21:15pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Van Halen - OU812 (1988) - 25
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - 24
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) - 24
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Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 22
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 10

Neither album is eligible for this month's genre vote, so both losing albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees for the May Album Project:

Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982)
Heart - Heart (1985)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ‘n Roll (1981)
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves (2015)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
Van Halen - OU812 (1988)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/12/2019 @ 00:46am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic (1981)
Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening (1978)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975–85 (1986)
Camel - A Live Record (1978)
Coldplay - Coldplay Live 2003 (2003)
Counting Crows - New Amsterdam:Live at Heineken Music Hall (2006)
Dave Matthews Band- Love At Red Rocks 8.15.95 (1997)
Depeche Mode - Depeche Mode: 101 (1989)
Dokken - Beast From The East (1988)
Donny Hathaway - Live (1972)
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (1970)
Kamelot - One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road (1976)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Procol Harum - One More Time-Live In Utrecht (1999)
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes (1978)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982)
The J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Out (1976)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/12/2019 @ 00:55am

MAY 2019 LIVE ALBUMS VOTE (8)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band-Live 1975-85 (1986)
Counting Crows-New Amsterdam:Live At Heineken Music Hall (2006)
Dokken-Beast From The East (1988)
Led Zeppelin-The Song Remains The Same (1976)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads-Tribute (1987)
Procol Harum-One More Time-Live In Utrecht (1999)
Scorpions-Tokyo Tapes (1978)
The J. Geils Band-Blow Your Face Out (1976)

KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 05/12/2019 @ 16:30pm

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live 1975-1985 (1986)
Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening (1978)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)
Led Zeppelin - Song Remains the Same (1976)
Billy Joel - Songs in the Attic (1981)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/12/2019 @ 16:37pm

Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic (1981)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975–85 (1986)
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road (1976)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974)

Posted by Darrin A. on Monday, 05/13/2019 @ 04:00am

Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic (1981)
Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening (1978)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road (1976)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982)
The J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Out (1976)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 05/14/2019 @ 12:22pm

FRL Regulars
I want to thank everybody on their Live Album nominations. They were exemplary selections. I could have voted for every one of them. LIVE ALBUMS could make another good round at the end of the 2019 year. Good work by everyone. It was good listening to Tribute again 1st time in a while. KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 05/14/2019 @ 21:16pm

Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic (1981)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975–85 (1986)
Camel - A Live Record (1978)
Dave Matthews Band- Live At Red Rocks 8.15.95 (1997)
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976)
Procol Harum - One More Time-Live In Utrecht (1999)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/15/2019 @ 16:20pm

Anyone else going to nominate albums for the year vote? There have only been six nominated so far.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/15/2019 @ 16:22pm

I think I have an idea of what I’m gonna nominate but can someone post the albums and songs nominated so far?

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 05/15/2019 @ 16:41pm

Nick

Here's what's nominated so far

Bobby Darin- That's All (1959)
Dean Martin- A Winter Romance (1959)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me! (1959)
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959)
Thelonious Monk - 5 by Monk by 5 (1959)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/15/2019 @ 16:58pm

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975–85 (1986)
Donny Hathaway - Live (1972)
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (1970)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road (1976)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974)

Last Cuts: Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel, Depeche Mode, Coldplay

Yes, my final cut was one of my own nominations, that's how strong this group of nominees was.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 05/15/2019 @ 21:45pm

Year Nominees:

Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (1959)
The Kingston Trio - At Large (1959)
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 05/15/2019 @ 22:04pm

1959 Nominations
Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Miklos Rozsa - Ben-Hur (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 05/16/2019 @ 00:04am

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Chet Baker - Chet (1959)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 05/16/2019 @ 00:56am

Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic (1981)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975–85 (1986)
Coldplay - Coldplay Live 2003 (2003)
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (1970)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road (1976)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
Van Morrison - It's Too Late to Stop Now (1974)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 05/16/2019 @ 12:23pm

Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic (1981)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975–85 (1986)
Donny Hathaway - Live (1972)
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (1970)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road (1976)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 05/16/2019 @ 22:40pm

Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic (1981)
Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening (1978)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975–85 (1986)
Coldplay - Coldplay Live 2003 (2003)
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (1970)
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976)
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes (1978)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982)

My last cuts were Camel, Counting Crows, Dave Matthews Band, Donny Hathaway, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. There are also other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 05/16/2019 @ 23:30pm

Billy Joel- Songs in the Attic (1981)
Coldplay- Coldplay Live 2003 (2003)
Depeche Mode- Depeche Mode: 101 (1989)
Donny Hathaway- Live (1972)
Lynyrd Skynyrd- One More From the Road (1976)
Simon & Garkfunkel- The Concert in Central Park (1982)
The J. Geils Band- Blow Your Face Out (1976)
Van Morrison- It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1975)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 05/16/2019 @ 23:51pm

Camel - A Live Record (1978)
Kamelot - One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
Lynyrd Skynyrd- One More From the Road (1976)
Simon & Garkfunkel- The Concert in Central Park (1982)
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes (1978)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 05/17/2019 @ 00:03am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982) - 8

Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic (1981) - 7

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975–85 (1986) - 6
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road (1976) - 6
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978) - 6

Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 5

Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976) - 4
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974) - 4
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Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening (1978) - 3
Coldplay - Coldplay Live 2003 (2003) - 3
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (1970) - 3
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes (1978) - 3
The J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Out (1976) - 3
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) - 3

Donny Hathaway - Live (1972) - 2

Camel - A Live Record (1978) - 1
Counting Crows - New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall (2006) - 1
Depeche Mode - Depeche Mode: 101 (1989) - 1
Dokken - Beast From The East (1988) - 1
Kamelot - One Cold Winter's Night (2006) - 1
Procol Harum - One More Time-Live In Utrecht (1999) - 1

Dave Matthews Band- Love At Red Rocks 8.15.95 (1997) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Greg F
Darrin A
Steve Z
MichaelEU
BSLO
Jennifer
Nick
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic (1981)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975–85 (1986)
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road (1976)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/17/2019 @ 01:33am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist and Year Votes.

This month's selected artist is The Beach Boys.

This month's selected year is 1959.

Nominations will remain open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/17/2019 @ 01:34am

Darren,

You forgot to count the votes of Tom H.and Donnie.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 05/17/2019 @ 13:20pm

As Jennifer pointed out, I did miss Donnie and Tom H.'s votes.

Here are the updated results:

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982) - 10

Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic (1981) - 8
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975–85 (1986) - 8

Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road (1976) - 7
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978) - 7
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Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976) - 5
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 5
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) - 5
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974) - 5
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Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (1970) - 4

Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening (1978) - 3
Coldplay - Coldplay Live 2003 (2003) - 3
Donny Hathaway - Live (1972) - 3
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes (1978) - 3
The J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Out (1976) - 3

Camel - A Live Record (1978) - 2
Procol Harum - One More Time-Live In Utrecht (1999) - 2

Counting Crows - New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall (2006) - 1
Dave Matthews Band - Love At Red Rocks 8.15.95 (1997) - 1
Depeche Mode - Depeche Mode: 101 (1989) - 1
Dokken - Beast From The East (1988) - 1
Kamelot - One Cold Winter's Night (2006) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Greg F
Darrin A
Steve Z
MichaelEU
BSLO
Jennifer
Nick
Ray
Tom H.
Donnie

The following songs have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic (1981)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975–85 (1986)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road (1976)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)

The following songs will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker vote. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 songs in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receives the most points will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the June Song Project.

There will be 3 days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 22nd (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM).

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/20/2019 @ 03:06am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

The Beach Boys - Holland (1973)
The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971)
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)
The Beach Boys - That’s Why God Made the Radio (2012)
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (1967)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/20/2019 @ 03:07am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Bobby Darin - That's All (1959)
Chet Baker - Chet (1959)
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me! (1959)
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Miklos Rozsa - Ben-Hur (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (1959)
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959)
The Kingston Trio - At Large (1959)
Thelonious Monk - 5 by Monk by 5 (1959)
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/20/2019 @ 03:08am

votes below:

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959)
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me! (1959)
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (1959)
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959)
The Kingston Trio - At Large (1959)

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971)
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (1967)

tie break:
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976) 4 pts
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) - 1 pt

Posted by Darrin A. on Monday, 05/20/2019 @ 06:00am

Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976)-4
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)-3
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)-2
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/20/2019 @ 09:48am

Artist Vote

The Beach Boys - Holland (1973)
The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971)
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio (2012)
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (1967)

Year Vote

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with me! (1959)
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959)
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
The Kingston Trio - At Large (1959)
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)

Tiebreaker

UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) 4
Led Zeppelin - Song Remains the Same (1976) 3
Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) 2
Van Morrison - It's Too Late to Stop Now (1974) 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 05/20/2019 @ 12:15pm

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Bobby Darin - That's All (1959)
Chet Baker - Chet (1959)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (1959)
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959)
The Kingston Trio - At Large (1959)

Van Morrison - It's Too Late to Stop Now (1974) - 4
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976) - 3
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 2
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 05/20/2019 @ 14:58pm

Tiebreaker:
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) [4 Points]
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) [3 Points]
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976) [2 Points]
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974) [1 Point]

Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Bobby Darin - That's All (1959)
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me! (1959)
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959)
Miklos Rozsa - Ben-Hur (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (1959)
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959)
The Kingston Trio - At Large (1959)

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971)
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (1967)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 05/20/2019 @ 21:58pm

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971)
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/22/2019 @ 11:32am

Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Bobby Darin - That's All (1959)
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me! (1959)
Miklos Rozsa - Ben-Hur (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
The Kingston Trio - At Large (1959)
Thelonious Monk - 5 by Monk by 5 (1959)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/22/2019 @ 11:44am

Genre Vote Tie-Breaker

1. UFO- Strangers in the Night (1979) (4 pts)
2. Van Morrison- It's Too Late to Stop Now (1974) (3 pts)
3. Led Zeppelin- The Song Remains the Same (1976) (2 pts)
4. Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhodes- Tribute (1987) (1 pt)

Year Vote

Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Chet Baker - Chet (1959)
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me! (1959)
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (1959)

Last Cuts: The Kingston Trio, Miklos Rozsa, Bobby Darin, Thelonious Monk, Little Richard

Artist Vote

The Beach Boys - Holland (1973)
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971)
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)
The Beach Boys - That’s Why God Made the Radio (2012)

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 05/22/2019 @ 16:29pm

2019 Important Album Tiebreaker (4)
Led Zeppelin-The Song Remains The Same(1976)-4 PTS
Ozzy Osbourne And Randy Rhodes-Tribute (1987)-3
UFO-Strangers In The Night (1979)-2
Van Morrison-It's Too Late To Stop Now (1974)-1

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Thursday, 05/23/2019 @ 02:57am

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971)
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (1967)

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Bobby Darin - That's All (1959)
Chet Baker - Chet (1959)
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me! (1959)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (1959)
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959)
The Kingston Trio - At Large (1959)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 05/23/2019 @ 22:20pm

1959 Vote
Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Bobby Darin - That's All (1959)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Miklos Rozsa - Ben-Hur (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (1959)
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959)
The Kingston Trio - At Large (1959)
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)

Beach Boys Vote
The Beach Boys - Holland (1973)
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971)
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)
The Beach Boys - That’s Why God Made the Radio (2012)
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (1967)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 05/24/2019 @ 23:11pm

Van Morrison - It's Too Late to Stop Now (1974) - 4
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976) - 3
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) - 2
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 1

Posted by Nick on Friday, 05/24/2019 @ 23:32pm

Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Bobby Darin - That's All (1959)
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959)
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me! (1959)
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959)
Miklos Rozsa - Ben-Hur (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (1959)
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959)

There are also others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 05/24/2019 @ 23:44pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me! (1959) - 7
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (1959) - 7
The Kingston Trio - At Large (1959) - 7

Bobby Darin - That's All (1959) - 6
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Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959) - 5
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 5
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959) - 5
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959) - 5
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959) - 5
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959) - 5
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Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959) - 4
Miklos Rozsa - Ben-Hur (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959) - 4

Chet Baker - Chet (1959) - 3
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) - 3

Thelonious Monk - 5 by Monk by 5 (1959) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darrin A.
Greg F
MichaelEU
Steve Z
Tom H.
Donnie
BSLO
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bobby Darin - That's All (1959)
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me! (1959)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (1959)
The Kingston Trio - At Large (1959)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959)
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 5 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 4 albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/26/2019 @ 10:36am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971) - 7

The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (1967) - 6
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The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967) - 5
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963) - 5
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The Beach Boys - Holland (1973) - 3
The Beach Boys - That’s Why God Made the Radio (2012) - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darrin A.
Greg F.
Steve Z
Tom H.
Donnie
BSLO
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971)
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (1967)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/26/2019 @ 10:41am

Given that The Smile Sessions is already "inducted" in this project, Surfer Girl would make more sense. Both albums (as in, Smiley Smile), along with Pet Sounds were included in Pitchfork's 200 Greatest Albums of the 1960s.

The next two LPs most deserving of votes would have been Love You and 20/20. Perhaps they'll have their chance later.

Posted by Casper on Sunday, 05/26/2019 @ 14:32pm

Tiebreakers

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)

Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959) 6
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) 5
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959) 4
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959) 3
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959) 2
Bernard Harmann - North by Northwest (1959) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/26/2019 @ 16:45pm

Tiebreakers -

The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)

Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959) - 6
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959) - 5
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959) - 4
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959) - 3
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 2
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959) - 1

Posted by Nick on Monday, 05/27/2019 @ 11:36am

Noticed that the genre tiebreaker results were not posted yet so I tallied up the results which are as follows:

Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976)- 22
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974)-17
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) - 16
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Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)-15

This would mean Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison and UFO won the tiebreaker and would be inducted while Ozzy Osbourne would be automatically nominated for the tiebreaker

Darren feel free to double check my results just to make sure I didn't miscount

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/27/2019 @ 14:13pm

Tiebreakers

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)

Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959) 6
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959) 5
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959) 4
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) 3
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959) 2
Bernard Harmann - North by Northwest (1959) 1

Posted by Darrin A. on Tuesday, 05/28/2019 @ 04:15am

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959)
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959)
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959)
Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)

The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 05/28/2019 @ 06:19am

Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959)-6
Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)-5
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959)-4
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959)-3
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)-2
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)-1

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/28/2019 @ 06:20am

Tiebreakers:

Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959) [6 Points]
Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959) [5 Points]
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959) [4 Points]
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) [3 Points]
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959) [2 Points]
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959) [1 Point]

The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 05/28/2019 @ 14:40pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976) - 21
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979) - 18
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974) - 17
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Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 14

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project.

Here is the final class of inductees from this Genre Project Vote:

Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic (1981)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live/1975–85 (1986)
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road (1976)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park (1982)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous (1978)
UFO - Strangers in the Night (1979)
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now (1974)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/29/2019 @ 08:19am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959) - 21
Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959) - 18
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959) - 18
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959) - 17
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Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 16
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959) - 15

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project.

Here is the final class of inductees from this Year Project Vote:

Bernard Hermann - North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1959)
Bobby Darin - That's All (1959)
Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959)
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance with Me! (1959)
Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn (1959)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (1959)
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens (1959)
The Kingston Trio - At Large (1959)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/29/2019 @ 08:20am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967) - 3
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The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963) - 2

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project.

Here is the final class of inductees from this Artist Project Vote:

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (1967)
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971)
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (1967)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/29/2019 @ 08:22am

Rule Changes In 2019:

The number of albums inducted as a result of the monthly Artist Project vote will be increased from 2 albums to 3 albums.

Voters can nominate any three eligible songs and are no longer required to nominate a song from the previous year in order to nominate the maximum number available.

There will no longer be a 6 month ban on artists selected for the Artist Vote. This includes artists that were selected in the past 6 months that were previously banned and no longer will be.

Both genre votes will take place at the same time if the selected genre is chosen to have a split.

We will have a Year Vote each month. The selected year will be randomly selected each month. Each year is only eligible once and will be disqualified after being selected. The Year Vote will take place at the same time as the Artist Vote. Years from 1900-1945 will be grouped into 5 year groupings.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2018. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

This month's selected genre (as the result of losing last month's tiebreaker vote) is "Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project".

Nominations will begin at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Please use the time before then to determine if there should be one vote for this genre or two and what year should be used to divide the votes if we decide to have two.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Barbra Streisand
Jackson Browne
KISS
Neil Young
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones
Tony Bennett

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Isley Brothers
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated albums. The three albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1973.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1973. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1973.

The following albums from 1973 have already been inducted into the Album Project:

Aerosmith - Aerosmith
Al Green - Call Me
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.
Can - Future Days
Chicago - Chicago (V)
Chicago - Chicago VI
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me
Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation
Genesis - Selling England By the Pound
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Imagination
Gram Parsons - GP
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
James Brown - The Payback
Jim Croce - I Got A Name
Jobriath - Jobriath
John Cale - Paris 1919
Kool & the Gang - Wild and Peaceful
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
Lou Reed - Berlin
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Mott the Hoople - Mott
Neu! - Neu! 2
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music - Stranded
Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Suzi Quatro - Suzi Quatro
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters
The Eagles - Desperado
The Isley Brothers - 3+3
The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death
The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy
The Spinners - Spinners
The Stooges - Raw Power
The Wailers - Catch A Fire
The Wailers - Burnin'
The Who - Quadrophenia
Tom Waits - Closing Time
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1973, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/31/2019 @ 23:05pm

My Nominations:

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
The The - Mind Bomb (1989)

Artist: Joan Armatrading

Year:

Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star (1973)

No split for the genre vote.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 05/31/2019 @ 23:12pm

Queens Of The Stone Age Villains (2017)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Friday, 05/31/2019 @ 23:16pm

JUNE 2019 ALBUMS (3)
Chris Isaak-Baja Sessions (1996)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
The Hunger-Devil Thumbs A Ride (1996)

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Saturday, 06/1/2019 @ 17:26pm

1973 YEAR ALBUMS (3)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)-Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)
Cat Stevens-Foreigner (1973)
T. Rex-Tanx (1973)

Artist-Duran Duran

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Saturday, 06/1/2019 @ 17:46pm

1973

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 06/1/2019 @ 19:25pm

noms:

The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993)
Cake - Comfort Eagle (2002)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 06/2/2019 @ 00:54am

General Vote Nominations

Common- Be (2005)
Moby- 18 (2002)
Rihanna- Loud (2010)

Artist Vote Nomination

Parliament/Funkadelic

Genre Vote

No split

Year Vote

John Lennon- Mind Games (1973)
Montrose- Montrose (1973)
The Doobie Brothers- The Captain and Me (1973)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 06/2/2019 @ 04:36am

Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963)
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)

Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly (1973)

Artist: Guided By Voices

I was shocked to see that we hadn't inducted a single album by Roy Orbison.

Leaning toward doing a split on the genre vote.

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 06/2/2019 @ 10:01am

General Vote:

Mister Asylum - Highly Suspect (2015)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Morbid Stuff - Pup (2019)

Nomination: The Smashing Pumpkins

Posted by Hobby on Sunday, 06/2/2019 @ 21:58pm

2019 music is not eligible until next year.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/2/2019 @ 22:45pm

General Nominations -
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (1969)
The B-52’s - Whammy! (1983)

Artist Nomination -
Aretha Franklin

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 06/2/2019 @ 22:51pm

General Nominees:

Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)

Year Nominees:

Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)
The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 06/3/2019 @ 11:06am

Donnie-

Common- Be (2005)

has already been inducted

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/3/2019 @ 18:24pm

General Nominations

Foo Fighters- Concrete and Gold (2017)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
Wynton Marsalis- Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

No Genre Split needed

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Year Vote

Herbie Hancock- Sexant (1973)
Jethro Tull- A Passion Play (1973)
King Crimson- Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/3/2019 @ 19:34pm

General noms:

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Artist nom:

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Posted by Ray on Monday, 06/3/2019 @ 23:17pm

June 2019 General Album Nominations:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) At their recent local concert that I attended, they played 4 of their hit classics from this album (their first US album): Lost in Love, Chances, All Out of Love, and Every Woman in the World.
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - California 37 (2012)

June 2019 Artist Album Nomination:

Air Supply

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 06/3/2019 @ 23:49pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
Cake - Comfort Eagle (2002)
Chris Isaak - Baja Sessions (1996)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold (2017)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (1969)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
Mister Asylum - Highly Suspect (2015)
Moby - 18 (2002)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963)
The B-52’s - Whammy! (1983)
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)
The Hunger - Devil Thumbs A Ride (1996)
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993)
The The - Mind Bomb (1989)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/4/2019 @ 00:16am

This month's selected genre is "Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project".

Nominations begin on 8th at 11 PM Central. Before then, we need to decide if this genre will be divided into two votes or not and what criteria would be used to split the votes if we have a split.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/4/2019 @ 00:31am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply
Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Duran Duran
Electric Light Orchestra
Guided By Voices
Jackson Browne
Joan Armatrading
KISS
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones
The Smashing Pumpkins
Tony Bennett
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/4/2019 @ 00:32am

Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (1969)
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Moby - 18 (2002)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963)
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)

KISS
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 06/4/2019 @ 00:50am

KING'S JUNE 2019 ALBUM VOTE (8)
10,000 Maniacs-In My Tribe (1987)
Bryan Adams-Reckless (1984)
Chris Isaak-Baja Sessions (1996)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads-Tribute (1987)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
The Hunger-Devil Thumbs A Ride (1996)
The Lemonheads-Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993)
The The-Mind Bomb (1989)
ARTIST VOTE (6)
Barbra Streisand
Duran Duran
KISS
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
The Rolling Stones
The Smashing Pumpkins

A KING salute to the FRL regular voters. Several I could not fit in including Bo Diddley, Foo Fighters, Helloween, Roy Orbison. Hopefully, a good 6 or 7 Tiebreaker occurs and I can vote again on a few that I could not select 1st time around. Also, excellent Artist choices. Most have a deep discography or at least more than 3 or 4 Albums. I'm surprised Bryan Adams Reckless hasn't been inducted. Good songs every one. I'd have voted it in myself if I knew it was still not inducted. Love the 10,000 Maniacs, The Lemonheads, and The The selections!!!!!

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 06/4/2019 @ 06:54am

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
The B-52’s - Whammy! (1983)
The The - Mind Bomb (1989)

Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Guided By Voices
Joan Armatrading
Miles Davis
Neil Young

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/4/2019 @ 14:28pm

Cake - Comfort Eagle (2002)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Moby - 18 (2002)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963)
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 06/5/2019 @ 00:03am

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963)
The B-52's - Whammy! (1983)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 06/5/2019 @ 14:09pm

Guided By Voices
Joan Armatrading
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Rod Stewart

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 06/5/2019 @ 15:10pm

General Vote

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
Moby - 18 (2002)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Last Cuts: Bryan Adams, Bette Midler, Queens of the Stone Age, Greta Van Fleet, Doves

Artist Vote

Aretha Franklin
Duran Duran
Guided By Voices
KISS
Parliament/Funkadelic
Rod Stewart

Last Cuts: Tony Bennett, The Rolling Stones, Jackson Browne, Neil Young

Genre Vote

Has anyone come up with a list of all the Hall of Fame Inductees that don't have any albums inducted yet?

If not, I can work on it.

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 06/5/2019 @ 17:09pm

Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Foo Fighters- Concrete and Gold (2017)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
Moby- 18 (2002)
Wynton Marsalis- Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Guided By Voices
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Tony Bennett

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/5/2019 @ 20:09pm

votes:

Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (1969)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Moby - 18 (2002)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963)
The B-52’s - Whammy! (1983)
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993)

Neil Young
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones

Posted by Darrin A on Thursday, 06/6/2019 @ 14:19pm

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (1969)
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963)

Guided By Voices
Jackson Browne
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 06/7/2019 @ 06:51am

Artists who are eligible for the genre vote assuming we're covering all categories. If I missed any feel free to add.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Ringo Starr
The "5" Royales
Quincy Jones
Leon Russell
The Hollies
Bill Black
Bobby Womack
Jeff Beck
Little Anthony and the Imperials
Wanda Jackson
Little Walter
Percy Sledge
Floyd Cramer
Steve Douglas
Righteous Brothers
Chet Atkins
Brenda Lee
Gene Pitney
Johnie Johnson
The Flamingos
Solomon Burke
King Curtis
The Lovin' Spoonful
The Moonglows
Del Shannon
The Staple Singers
Bob Willis and His Texas Playboys
Charles Brown
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
Lloyd Price
Allen Toussaint
The (Young) Rascals
Bill Monroe
Mahalia Jackson
The Shirelles
Pete Seeger
Duane Eddy
Ruth Brown
Elmore James
Ike and Tina Turner
LaVern Baker
The Four Seasons
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
The Platters
Dion
The Drifters
Lead Belly
Les Paul
Bill Haley & The Comets
Carl Perkins
Clyde McPhatter
The Coasters
Eddie Cochran
Jackie Wilson
Roy Orbison (if In Dreams doesn't get in)
Smokey Robinson

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/8/2019 @ 00:57am

I know we have definitely inducted an album by the Young Rascals (Groovin'). Not sure if they count toward the inducted artists or not, but we have also inducted albums by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles and the Jeff Beck Group.

Not surprised by all of the 50's artists on the list, but some of the names from the 60's like the Lovin' Spoonful and The Hollies are quite surprising. Not because they are the most worthy, but just because I would thought that at least one of their albums would have been in by now.

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 06/8/2019 @ 13:15pm

I'm not if Miracles albums count towards Smokey Robinson. I thought we were going to treat the Miracles induction would be treated like a separate one since Smokey Robinson was initially inducted as a solo artist. So I thought we were going to count solo Smokey.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/8/2019 @ 13:59pm

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Cake - Comfort Eagle (2002)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold (2017)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Aretha Franklin
Duran Duran
Neil Young
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Smashing Pumpkins
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/8/2019 @ 14:04pm

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (1969)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Air Supply
Guided By Voices
Joan Armatrading

Posted by joker on Saturday, 06/8/2019 @ 21:24pm

Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (1969)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963)
The B-52’s - Whammy! (1983)
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)

Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Duran Duran
Parliament/Funkadelic
Rod Stewart
Tony Bennett

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 06/8/2019 @ 23:00pm

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (1969)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 06/8/2019 @ 23:07pm

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (1969)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

There are also many, many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Jackson Browne
KISS
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones

Last Cuts include Duran Duran, Electric Light Orchestra, and Tony Bennett. There are also others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 06/8/2019 @ 23:43pm

Ugh, I am so tired tonight I forgot my own nominee.

Please replace Robert Plant's album with Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 06/8/2019 @ 23:45pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (1969) - 7
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963) - 7
________________________________

Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963) - 5
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 5
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984) - 5
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) - 5
Moby - 18 (2002) - 5
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 5
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972) - 5
________________________________

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987) - 4
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 4
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) - 4
The B-52’s - Whammy! (1983) - 4
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993) - 4

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 3
Doves - Lost Souls (2000) - 3
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 3
Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959) - 3
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963) - 3
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987) - 3

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 2
Cake - Comfort Eagle (2002) - 2
Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold (2017) - 2
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 2
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2
Rihanna - Loud (2010) - 2
The The - Mind Bomb (1989) - 2
Train - California 37 (2012) - 2

Chris Isaak - Baja Sessions (1996) - 1
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017) - 1
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993) - 1
The Hunger - Devil Thumbs A Ride (1996) - 1

Mister Asylum - Highly Suspect (2015) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
KING
Greg F
jtrichey
MichaelEU
Donnie
Tom H.
Darrin A.
BSLO
Darren
joker
Nick
Ray
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (1969)
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
Moby - 18 (2002)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 7 albums.

The 6 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project".

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/9/2019 @ 01:57am

"Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project" has been selected as this month's genre vote. There will not be a vote split for this genre.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project 1900-2018".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/9/2019 @ 01:57am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Rod Stewart - 7
___________________________

Guided By Voices - 6
Neil Young - 6

Aretha Franklin - 5
Barbra Streisand - 5

Duran Duran - 4
KISS - 4
Miles Davis - 4
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - 4
The Rolling Stones - 4
___________________________

Joan Armatrading - 3

Air Supply - 2
Jackson Browne - 2
Parliament/Funkadelic - 2
The Smashing Pumpkins - 2
Tony Bennett - 2

TV On The Radio - 1

Electric Light Orchestra - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
Greg F
Ray
Donnie
KING
Tom H.
Darrin A.
BSLO
Darren
joker
Nick
Jennifer

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Rod Stewart.

Any voter can nominate one album by Rod Stewart released from 1900-2018 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Rod Stewart's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Stewart_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/9/2019 @ 02:01am

Genre Vote

Leon Russell – Carney (1972)
The Staple Singers – Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)
The Lovin’ Spoonful – Do You Believe in Magic (1965)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/9/2019 @ 02:02am

Artist Vote:

Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/9/2019 @ 02:05am

General Vote Tie-Breaker

7. Moby- 18 (2002) (7 pts)
6. Uriah Heep- Demons and Wizards (1972) (6 pts)
5. Boyz II Men- Cooleyhighharmony (1991) (5 pts)
4. Ministry- The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) (4 pts)
5. Bryan Adams- Reckless (1984) (3 pts)
6. Barbra Streisand- The Barbra Streisand Album (1963) (2 pts)
7. Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhodes- Tribute (1987) (1 pt)

Artist Vote Nomination

Rod Stewart- Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977)

Genre Vote Nominations

I need time to do more research on this.

I know there was some artists listed that have in fact had albums inducted.

"Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets was inducted during our third class way back in the day, so they're out of the running.

We have inducted both "The Young Rascals" for the Young Rascals and "Groovin" by just the Rascals, so no matter with band name, we've inducted an album from each, so they're out too.

Roy Orbison is out now that In Dreams has been inducted.

There might be others that have actually had albums inducted that were listed.

I'll take a second look to see if there's others on the list that actually have albums inducted.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 06/9/2019 @ 04:04am

Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963) -7
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) -6
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972) -5
Moby - 18 (2002) -4
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984) -3
Boys II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) -2
Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) -1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/9/2019 @ 16:00pm

Tiebreaker:

Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) [7 Points]
Moby - 18 (2002) [6 Points]
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984) [5 Points]
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) [4 Points]
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) [3 Points]
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972) [2 Points]
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963) [1 Point]

Artist Vote Nomination:

Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1981)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 06/9/2019 @ 17:05pm

KING'S 👑 JUNE 2019 ALBUM TIEBREAKER (7)
BRYAN ADAMS-RECKLESS (1984)-7 PTS
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Ozzy Osbourne And Randy Rhoads- Tribute (1987)-6
Ministry-The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste (1989)-5
Barbara Streisand-The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)-4
Boyz II Men-Cooleyhighharmony (1991)-3
Moby-18 (2002)-2
Uriah Heep-Demons And Wizards (1972)-1 PT.
A KING 👑 salute to Jennifer for having Reckless on her voting list right under the wire. Good to see Air Supply Lost In Love inducted. KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 06/9/2019 @ 17:14pm

JUNE 2019 ROD STEWART ALBUM (1) NOMINATION
Rod Stewart-Time (2013)
KING 👑

Posted by KING on Sunday, 06/9/2019 @ 17:44pm

1. Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
2. Moby - 18 (2002)
3. Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
4. Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)
5. Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
6. Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
7. Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)

Donnie, please do post that list of HOF without an album inducted if you have it.

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 06/9/2019 @ 23:28pm

Rock Inductees Without An Album In The Project (3)

Del Shannon-Rock On!(1991)
The Hollies-Evoluton (1967)
The Platters-I Love You 1,000 Times (1966)

KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 06/10/2019 @ 01:12am

Artist Nomination

Rod Stewart- Out of Order (1988)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/10/2019 @ 09:31am

Genre Nominations

Mahalia Jackson- The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)
Pete Seeger- Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs (1967)
Ringo Starr- Ringo (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/10/2019 @ 09:46am

Tiebreaker -
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963) - 7
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984) - 6
Boys II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 5
Moby - 18 (2002) - 4
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972) - 3
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) - 2
Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 1

Genre Nominations -
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Ruth Brown - Blues on Broadway (1989)

I am pleased Rod Stewart was finally chosen. I nominated him back in April 2018 and he got enough votes to be re-nominated every month until now. A lot of great records to explore in his catalogue and the nominations so far are fantastic.

Artist Nomination -
A Night on the Town (1976)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/10/2019 @ 10:49am

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)-7
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)-6
Moby - 18 (2002)-5
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)-4
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)-3
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)-2
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/10/2019 @ 11:01am

Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984) - 7
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) - 6
Moby - 18 (2002) - 5
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972) - 4
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963) - 3
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 2
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 1

Genre Nominations:

Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941)
The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 06/10/2019 @ 14:40pm

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 7
Moby - 18 (2002) - 6
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) - 5
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 4
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984) - 3
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972) - 2
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/11/2019 @ 22:39pm

Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
Moby - 18 (2002)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 06/11/2019 @ 23:21pm

Del Shannon - Runaway with Del Shannon (1961)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
The Righteous Brothers - Soul & Inspiration (1966)

7=Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
6=Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
5=Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)
4=Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
3=Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
2=Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
1=Moby - 18 (2002)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 06/11/2019 @ 23:59pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984) - 49
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) - 49
Moby - 18 (2002) - 48
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963) - 43
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972) - 42
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991) - 40
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Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 37

The Ozzy / Randy album will be nominated in July.

Here is the final class of inductees from this month's Album Project vote:

Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1991)
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends (1969)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
Moby - 18 (2002)
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/12/2019 @ 01:16am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Del Shannon - Rock On!(1991)
Del Shannon - Runaway with Del Shannon (1961)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941)
Leon Russell - Carney (1972)
Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)
Pete Seeger - Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs (1967)
Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973)
Ruth Brown - Blues on Broadway (1989)
The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic (1965)
The Platters - I Love You 1,000 Times (1966)
The Righteous Brothers - Soul & Inspiration (1966)
The Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/12/2019 @ 01:18am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project and Year Project vote.

The selected artist is Rod Stewart.

The selected year is 1973.

Nominations will be open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/12/2019 @ 01:19am

Genre Vote:

Del Shannon - Runaway with Del Shannon (1961)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973)
The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic (1965)
The Righteous Brothers - Soul & Inspiration (1966)
The Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 06/12/2019 @ 10:10am

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Del Shannon - Runaway with Del Shannon (1961)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941)
Pete Seeger - Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs (1967)
The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic (1965)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 06/12/2019 @ 12:11pm

Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941)
Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)
Pete Seeger - Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs (1967)
Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973)
The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964)
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic (1965)
The Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/13/2019 @ 07:43am

KING'S JUNE 2019 ALBUM VOTE (8)
Bobby Womack-Understanding (1972)
Del Shannon-Rock On! (1991)
Del Shannon-Runaway With Del Shannon (1961)
The Drifters-Under The Boardwalk (1964)
The Hollies-Evolution (1967)
The Lovin' Spoonful-Do You Believe In Magic (1965)
The Righteous Brothers-Soul & Inspiraton (1966)
The Staple Singers-Be Altitude:Respect Yourself (1972)

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Thursday, 06/13/2019 @ 17:40pm

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941)
Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973)
Ruth Brown - Blues on Broadway (1989)
The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic (1965)
The Righteous Brothers - Soul & Inspiration (1966)

Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 06/14/2019 @ 01:31am

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973)
Leon Russell - Carney (1972)
Mahalia Jackson - The World’s Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)
Ruth Brown - Blues on Broadway (1989)
The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964)
The Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 06/14/2019 @ 13:32pm

Year Nominations
Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973)
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973)
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Neither One of Us (1973)

For Consideration and Almost Nominated -
Johnny Winter - Still Alive and Well (1973)
Raspberries - Side 3 (1973)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 06/15/2019 @ 01:18am

Leon Russell - Carney (1972)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic (1965)
The Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)
Ringo Starr - Ringo (1972)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
The Righteous Brothers - Soul and Inspiration (1966)
Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Del Shannon - Runaway with Del Shannon (1961)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/15/2019 @ 01:24am

Hey Everyone,
I’m going substitute for Darren as the moderator for the Album, Song and Rock Hall Revisited Projects for the upcoming week. I will also be posting the results for the current Album and Song Project genre votes tomorrow night too. I will be checking these boards more frequently over the next several days. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 06/15/2019 @ 01:43am

Del Shannon - Runaway with Del Shannon (1961)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973)
The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic (1965)
The Platters - I Love You 1,000 Times (1966)
The Righteous Brothers - Soul & Inspiration (1966)

My last cutes are Bobby Womack and The Hollies. There are also others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 06/16/2019 @ 20:07pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964) - 7
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic (1965) - 7

Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973) - 6

The Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972) - 5
The Righteous Brothers - Soul & Inspiration (1966) - 5

Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972) - 4
Del Shannon - Runaway with Del Shannon (1961) - 4

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Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) - 3
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960) - 3
Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941) - 3
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962) - 3
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967) - 3
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Leon Russell - Carney (1972) - 2
Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955) - 2
Pete Seeger - Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs (1967) - 2
Ruth Brown - Blues on Broadway (1989) - 2

Del Shannon - Rock On! (1991) - 1
The Platters - I Love You 1,000 Times (1966) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
MichaelEU
Tom H
KING
BSLO
Nick
Greg F
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Del Shannon - Runaway with Del Shannon (1961)
Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973)
The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic (1965)
The Righteous Brothers - Soul & Inspiration (1966)
The Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 4 albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/17/2019 @ 00:47am

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/17/2019 @ 00:49am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums for The Artist Vote (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (1976)
Rod Stewart - Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988)
Rod Stewart - Time (2013)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 21st.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/17/2019 @ 00:50am

To clarify, nominations remain open for both the Artist Vote (Rod Stewart) and Year Vote (1973) until June 19th. My apologies everyone, I really thought the voting for those sections started late last night.

The tiebreaker from the genre vote remains the same and runs through the 19th.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/17/2019 @ 07:51am

Tiebreaker:

Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960) [5 Points]
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962) [4 Points]
Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941) [3 Points]
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967) [2 Points]
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 06/17/2019 @ 11:23am

Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941)-5
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)-4
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)-3
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)-2
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/17/2019 @ 18:13pm

KING'S JUNE 2019 TIEBREAKER (5)
The Hollies-Evolution (1967)-5 PTS
Eddie Cochran-The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)-4
Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet-The Midnight Special And Other Southern Prisoner Songs (1941)-3
The Four Seasons-Sherry & 11 Others (1962)-2
Allen Toussaint-Southern Nights (1975)-1 PT
KING 👑

Posted by KING on Monday, 06/17/2019 @ 22:30pm

Should read Southern *Prison* Songs. My mistake for the Lead Belly Album. KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 06/17/2019 @ 22:35pm

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)-5
Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941)-4
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)-3
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)-2
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)-1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/18/2019 @ 01:27am

Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960) - 5
Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941) - 4
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962) - 3
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) - 2
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 06/19/2019 @ 11:44am

Year noms:

Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Faust - Faust IV (1973)

Artist nom:

Rod Stewart - An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (1969)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 06/19/2019 @ 19:29pm

5=The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
4=The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
3=Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
2=Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
1=Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 06/19/2019 @ 22:00pm

Various Artists - A Little Night Music Broadway Cast Recording (1973) Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Styx - Styx II (1973)

Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Show London West End Cast Recording - (1973) Music and Lyrics by Richard O'Brien

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 06/19/2019 @ 22:15pm

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) - 5
Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941) - 4
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962) - 3
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960) - 2
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967) - 1

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 06/19/2019 @ 23:45pm

Here are the results:

Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941) - 24
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Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960) - 23
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962) - 21
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) - 20
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967) - 17

Here is the final class of inductees:
Bobby Womack - Understanding (1972)
Del Shannon - Runaway with Del Shannon (1961)
Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs (1941) - 24
Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973)
The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic (1965)
The Righteous Brothers - Soul & Inspiration (1966)
The Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 06/20/2019 @ 00:28am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums for the Year Vote (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)
Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Cat Stevens - Foreigner (1973)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Faust - Faust IV (1973)
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Neither One of Us (1973)
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
John Lennon - Mind Games (1973)
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly (1973)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
Styx - Styx II (1973)
T. Rex - Tanx (1973)
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)
The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star (1973)
Various Artists - A Little Night Music Broadway Cast Recording (1973) Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Show London West End Cast Recording - (1973)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

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Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums for The Artist Vote (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (1976)
Rod Stewart- Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988)
Rod Stewart - Time (2013)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24st.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 06/20/2019 @ 00:30am

Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Styx - Styx II (1973)
T. Rex - Tanx (1973)
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star (1973)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 06/20/2019 @ 00:50am

Hey Nick, I think you missed my nomination for Rod Stewart - An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (1969).

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 06/20/2019 @ 01:35am

My apologies Ray. Since no one voted yet, I’ll repost the nomination list for the Artist Vote -

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums for The Artist Vote (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (1976)
Rod Stewart - An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (1969)
Rod Stewart- Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988)
Rod Stewart - Time (2013)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 06/20/2019 @ 01:56am

For the artist project, voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/20/2019 @ 08:25am

Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Neither One of Us (1973)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly (1973)
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)

Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (1976)
Rod Stewart - Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 06/20/2019 @ 12:27pm

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)
Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Styx - Styx II (1973)
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)
The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973)

Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (1976)
Rod Stewart- Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 06/20/2019 @ 15:51pm

Donnie Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star (1973)
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)

Rod Stewart - An Old Raincoat Won't Let You Down (1969)
Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (1976)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Rod Stewart - Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/20/2019 @ 16:11pm

Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Cat Stevens - Foreigner (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
John Lennon - Mind Games (1973)
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973)

Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (1976)
Rod Stewart - An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (1969)
Rod Stewart- Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 06/21/2019 @ 11:55am

KING'S 1973 YEAR VOTE ALBUMS 6/19 (8)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive-Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)
Blue Oyster Cult-Tyranny And Mutation (1973)
Cat Stevens-Foreigner (1973)
George Harrison-Living In The Material World (1973)
Golden Earring-Moontan (1973)
Styx-Styx II (1973)
The J. Geils Band-Bloodshot (1973)
T. Rex-Tanx (1973)
KING 👑

Posted by KING on Friday, 06/21/2019 @ 15:29pm

Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Faust - Faust IV (1973)
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star (1973)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 06/22/2019 @ 02:44am

Year Vote Ballot

Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973)
John Lennon - Mind Games (1973)
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star (1973)

Last Cuts: ELO, The Doobie Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Roberta Flack, Jackson Browne

Artist Vote Ballot

Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (1976)
Rod Stewart- Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I’m Yours (1981)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 06/22/2019 @ 14:29pm

2019 JUNE 2019 ROD STEWART ALBUMS VOTE (5)
Rod Stewart-Gasoline Alley (1970)
Rod Stewart-A Night On The Town (1976)
Rod Stewart-Foot Loose And Fancy Free (1977)
Rod Stewart-Tonight I'm Yours (1981)
Rod Stewart-Out Of Order (1988)

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Saturday, 06/22/2019 @ 16:12pm

Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (1976)
Rod Stewart- Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977)
Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988)
Rod Stewart - Time (2013)

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (1973)
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973)
Styx - Styx II (1973)
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star (1973)
Various Artists - A Little Night Music Broadway Cast Recording (1973)
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Show London West End Cast Recording - (1973)

There are many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 06/24/2019 @ 23:40pm

Chicago- Just You ‘n’ Me (1973)
David Essex- Rock On (1973)
Dr. John- Such a Night (1973)
John Lennon- Mind Games (1973)
Led Zeppelin- The Rain Song (1973)
Montrose- Bad Motor Scooter (1973)
Mott the Hoople- All the Way from Memphis (1973)
Paul McCartney & Wings- My Love (1973)
Seals and Croft- Diamond Girl (1973)
Ringo Starr- Oh My My (1973)
Roxy Music- Editions of You (1973)
Styx- Lady (1973)
The Rolling Stones- Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) (1973)
The Who- 5:15 (1973)
War- Gyspy Men (1973)

2Pac - Me Against the World (1995)
2Pac - Temptations (1995)
2Pac feat. K-Ci & Jo-Jo - How Do U Want It (1996)
2Pac feat. Outlawz - Hit ‘Em Up (1996)

Posted by Dave on Monday, 06/24/2019 @ 23:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973) - 6

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day - 4
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973) - 4
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star (1973) - 4
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Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973) - 3
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) - 3
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973) - 3
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973) - 3
Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 3
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) - 3
Styx - Styx II (1973) - 3
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973) - 3
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973) - 3
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Cat Stevens - Foreigner (1973) - 2
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973) - 2
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973) - 2
John Lennon - Mind Games (1973) - 2
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly (1973) - 2

Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973) - 1
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) - 1
Faust - Faust IV (1973) - 1
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Neither One of Us (1973) - 1
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 1
T. Rex - Tanx (1973) - 1
The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973) - 1
Various Artists - A Little Night Music Broadway Cast Recording (1973) - 1
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Show London West End Cast Recording - (1973) - 1

Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Nick
Steve Z
Greg F
Tom H.
KING
Ray
Donnie
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star (1973)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973)
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
Styx - Styx II (1973)
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 9 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 5 albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/25/2019 @ 00:36am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (1976) - 7
Rod Stewart - Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977) - 7
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Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970) - 5
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972) - 5
Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988) - 5
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Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1981) - 4
Rod Stewart - An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (1969) - 2
Rod Stewart - Time (2013) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Nick
Steve Z
Greg F
Tom H.
Donnie
KING
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (1976)
Rod Stewart - Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all three albums in order of preference.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other two albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/25/2019 @ 00:41am

Darren,

You missed jtrichey's Year Vote Ballot.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 06/25/2019 @ 00:55am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day - 4

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06.25.19 @ 00:36am

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Darren,

Note

"'Showdown' was originally intended to be released only as a single, and, because it was on a different label (Harvest) than the UK album, did not appear on that album. It was, however, included on the US version of the album, because the band remained on United Artists Records in the US. Some copies of On the Third Day from this period had 'Showdown' as the last track on side one."

So it should actually read like this here at Future Rock Legends (FRL), please and thank you...

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day [US] (1973)

PS-A thousand thanks to Steve Z, Greg F, Tom H. & Jennifer for their votes!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 06/25/2019 @ 02:46am

Tiebreakers:

The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973) [9 Points]
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973) [8 Points]
Styx - Styx II (1973) [7 Points]
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973) [6 Points]
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973) [5 Points]
Montrose - Montrose (1973) [4 Points]
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973) [3 Points]
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) [2 Points]
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) [1 Point]

Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988) [3 Points]
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972) [2 Points]
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 06/25/2019 @ 19:30pm

KING'S JUNE 2019 TIEBREAKER ROD STEWART ALBUMS (3)
Rod Stewart-Out Of Order (1988)-3 PTS
Rod Stewart-Never A Dull Moment (1972)-2
Rod Stewart-Gasoline Alley (1970)-1 PT.

I was surprised there wasn't more action on the Rod Stewart album voting considering he's had a good showing in the artist voting in other months. Plus a long productive music career and RRHOF. KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 06/25/2019 @ 21:09pm

Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988) - 3
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970) - 2
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972) - 1

Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973) - 9
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973) - 8
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) - 7
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973) - 6
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) - 5
Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 4
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973) - 3
Styx - Styx II (1973) - 2
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973) - 1

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 06/25/2019 @ 22:55pm

Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972) 3
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970) 2
Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988) 1

Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) 9
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) 8
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973) 7
Montrose - Montrose (1973) 6
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973) 5
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973) 4
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973) 3
J. Geils Band - Bloodshot 2
Styx - Styx II (1973) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/26/2019 @ 00:51am

2019 JUNE 2019 ALBUM TIEBREAKER "1973" (9)
Montrose-Montrose (1973)-9 PTS
J.Geils Band-Bloodshot (1973)-8
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)-7
Styx-Styx II (1973)-6
The Doobie Brothers-The Captain And Me (1973)-5
Steely Dan-Countdown To Ecstasy (1973)-4
King Crimson-Lark's Tongues In Aspic (1973)-3
Dr. John-In The Right Place (1973)-2
Donny Hathaway-Extension Of A Man (1973)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 06/26/2019 @ 20:07pm

Year Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Steely Dan- Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) (9 pts)
2. Montrose- Montrose (1973) (8 pts)
3. The Doobie Brothers- The Captain and Me (1973) (7 pts)
4. King Crimson- LArk's Tongues in Aspic (1973) (6 pts)
5. Dr. John- In the Right Place (1973) (5 pts)
6. Donny Hathaway- Extension of a Man (1973) (4 pts)
7. J. Geils Band- Bloodshot (1973) (3 pts)
8. Bachman-Turner Overdrive- Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973) (2 pts)
9. Styx- Styx II (1973) (1 pt)

Artist Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Rod Stewart- Never a Dull Moment (1972) (3 pts)
2. Rod Stewart- Out of Order (1988) (2 pts)
3. Rod Stewart- Gasoline Alley (1970) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 06/27/2019 @ 20:10pm

Jennifer is correct, I missed jtrichey's vote for the album project.

Here are the corrected results:

Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973) - 7

Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star (1973) - 5

Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day - 4
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973) - 4
Styx - Styx II (1973) - 4
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973) - 4
_____________________________

Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973) - 3
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) - 3
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973) - 3
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973) - 3
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973) - 3
Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 3
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) - 3
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973) - 3
_____________________________

Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (1973) - 2
Cat Stevens - Foreigner (1973) - 2
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973) - 2
John Lennon - Mind Games (1973) - 2
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly (1973) - 2
T. Rex - Tanx (1973) - 2

Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) - 1
Faust - Faust IV (1973) - 1
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Neither One of Us (1973) - 1
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 1
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 1
The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973) - 1
Various Artists - A Little Night Music Broadway Cast Recording (1973) - 1
Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Show London West End Cast Recording - (1973) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Nick
Steve Z
Greg F
Tom H.
KING
Ray
Donnie
Jennifer
jtrichey

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973)
Styx - Styx II (1973)
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star (1973)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Year Project vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker.

To vote, rank all 8 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most points will be inducted.

The other 6 albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 30th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/27/2019 @ 20:18pm

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 06/27/2019 @ 21:12pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988) - 12
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Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972) - 11
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970) - 7

The losing albums will be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this Artist Project Vote:

Rod Stewart - A Night on the Town (1976)
Rod Stewart - Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977)
Rod Stewart - Out of Order (1988)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/28/2019 @ 00:21am

July's randomly selected year for the Year Project is 1976.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/28/2019 @ 01:58am

KING 👑 July 2019 Albums "1976" Year
KISS-Rock & Roll Over (1976)
Tommy Bolin-Private Eyes (1976)
Wishbone Ash-New England (1976)

KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 06/28/2019 @ 19:31pm

Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)-8
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973)-7
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)-6
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973)-5
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)-4
Montrose - Montrose (1973)-3
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)-2
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)-1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/28/2019 @ 23:26pm

Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)
Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003)

Jeff Beck - Wired (1976)
The Trammps - Disco Inferno (1976)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 06/29/2019 @ 09:15am

A reminder that this revised tiebreaker (after an error in the previous results was pointed out) is still going on:

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Year Project vote is eligible to vote in this tiebreaker.

To vote, rank all 8 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most points will be inducted.

The other 6 albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 30th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/30/2019 @ 02:07am

8=Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)
7=Montrose - Montrose (1973)
6=The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)
5=Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973)
4=King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973)
3=Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
2=Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
1=Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
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Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 06/30/2019 @ 18:30pm

1. Steely Dan- Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) (8 pts)
2. Montrose- Montrose (1973) (7 pts)
3. King Crimson- LArk's Tongues in Aspic (1973) (6 pts)
4. Dr. John- In the Right Place (1973) (5 pts)
5. Donny Hathaway- Extension of a Man (1973) (4 pts)
6. J. Geils Band- Bloodshot (1973) (3 pts)
7. Bachman-Turner Overdrive- Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973) (2 pts)
8. Herbie Hancock- Sexant (1973) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 06/30/2019 @ 20:27pm

King Crimson- Lark's Tounges in Aspic (1973)-8
Herbie Hancock- Sexant (1973)-7
Dr. John- In The Right Place (1973)-6
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)-5
Bachman-Turner Overdrive- Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)-4
Montrose- Montrose (1973)-3
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)-2
J. Geils Band- Bloodshot (1973)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 06/30/2019 @ 21:18pm

Rule Changes In 2019:

The number of albums inducted as a result of the monthly Artist Project vote will be increased from 2 albums to 3 albums.

Voters can nominate any three eligible songs and are no longer required to nominate a song from the previous year in order to nominate the maximum number available.

There will no longer be a 6 month ban on artists selected for the Artist Vote. This includes artists that were selected in the past 6 months that were previously banned and no longer will be.

Both genre votes will take place at the same time if the selected genre is chosen to have a split.

We will have a Year Vote each month. The selected year will be randomly selected each month. Each year is only eligible once and will be disqualified after being selected. The Year Vote will take place at the same time as the Artist Vote. Years from 1900-1945 will be grouped into 5 year groupings.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2018. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Duane Eddy - Because They’re Young (1960)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
Joe Satriani - Crushing Day (1987)
Johnny & The Hurricanes - Red River Rock (1959)
Lonnie Mack - Wham! (1963)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
The B-52s - Follow Your Bliss (1989)
The Commodores - Machine Gun (1974)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)
Young-Holt Unlimited - Soulful Strut (1968)

There is also a tiebreaker in process that ends at 11 PM Central. Losing albums from that tiebreaker will also be automatically nominated this month.

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Jazz
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Women in Rap

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the past 6 months:

1980’s R&B/Soul
Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Female Country Singers and Bands
Live Albums
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project

"Movie Soundtracks" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Duran Duran
Guided By Voices
KISS
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Rolling Stones

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Isley Brothers
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated albums. The three albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1976.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1976. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1976.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1976 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Aerosmith - Rocks
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
Bob Dylan - Desire
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
Boston - Boston
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
David Bowie - Station To Station
Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Jackson Browne - The Pretender
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Kansas - Leftoverture
KISS - Destroyer
Klaus Schulze - Moondawn
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive!
Peter Tosh - Legalize It
Queen - A Day at the Races
Rainbow - Rising
Ramones - Ramones
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
Rush - 2112
Stanley Clarke - School Days
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Sweet - Give Us a Wink
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1976, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/30/2019 @ 21:28pm

My Nominations

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)

Genre: Vaporwave

Artist: of Montreal

Year:

ABBA - Arrival (1976)
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976)
Natalie Cole - Natalie (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/30/2019 @ 21:35pm

Year Tiebreaker -
Dr. John - In The Right Place (1973) - 8
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973) - 7
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) - 6
Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 5
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) - 4
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973) - 3
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973) - 2
King Crimson - Lark's Tounges in Aspic (1973) - 1

General Nominations -
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
John Prine- The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
The B-52’s - Whammy! (1983)

Genre Nomination -
Latin Artists

Artist Nomination
Tony Bennett

Year Nominations
Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson - A Star is Born (1976)
Graham Parker and The Rumour - Heat Treatment (1976)
Richard Pryor - Bicentennial N***** (1976)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 06/30/2019 @ 22:57pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973) - 29
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973) - 26
____________________

Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 25
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) - 25
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) - 23
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973) - 18
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973) - 18
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973) - 16

The losing albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this month's Album Year Project vote:

Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Dr. John - In the Right Place (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day [US] (1973)
George Harrison - Living in the Material World (1973)
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973)
Styx - Styx II (1973)
The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me (1973)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star (1973)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/1/2019 @ 00:41am

General Vote Nominations

Christina Aguilera- Back to Basics (2006)
John Lennon- Mind Games (1973)
Rihanna- Loud (2010)

Genre Vote

Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie-Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)

Artist Vote Nomination

Parliament/Funkadelic

Year Vote Nominations

AC/DC- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
AC/DC- High Voltage (1976)
Donna Summer- Four Seasons of Love (1976)

Both AC/DC albums are the International versions. And yes, I'm nominating two albums from the same artist. I've long felt AC/DC has been strongly undervalued in the Album Project, so this is as good a chance to get a bulk of the Bon Scott era inducted in one shot. I frankly feel every album in the Bon Scott era is worthy of induction, so these two along with Powerage should definitely be inducted, IMO.

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 07/1/2019 @ 02:35am

General Nominations:

The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)

Year Nominations:

Bad Company - Run with the Pack (1976)
Bill Conti - Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score (1976)
Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 07/1/2019 @ 15:38pm

July 2019 General Album Nominations:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - California 37 (2012)

July 2019 Artist Album Nomination:

Air Supply

July 2019 Genre Album Nomination:

Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 07/1/2019 @ 18:35pm

Darren,

I think some of the carry overs listed above are actually carry over songs and not albums.

Posted by Jenniferj on Monday, 07/1/2019 @ 18:37pm

noms:

Scorpions - Crazy World (1990)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 07/1/2019 @ 22:49pm

Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
Wynton Marsalis- Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Artist Nomination

Jethro Tull

Year Nominations

Bernard Hermann- Taxi Driver: Original Soundtrack Recording (1976)
Frank Zappa- Zoot Allures (1976)
Paul McCartney and Wings- Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/2/2019 @ 07:57am

Oops never mind about Jethro Tull for the Artist Nomination

Artist Nomination

Herbie Hancock

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/2/2019 @ 08:00am

July 2019 Album Artist Nomination
The Hollies
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 07/2/2019 @ 19:27pm

General nominations

My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge(2004)

Green Day - Nimrod(1997)

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial(2016)

Posted by Hobby on Tuesday, 07/2/2019 @ 22:41pm

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/3/2019 @ 01:09am

General noms:

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)

Artist nom:

Iron Maiden

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 07/3/2019 @ 13:57pm

Genre nom:

Art Rock / Progressive Rock

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 07/3/2019 @ 14:13pm

On second thought, I think I'm going to change my artist nom to the Cocteau Twins.

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 07/3/2019 @ 14:45pm

I’m actually gonna hold off on Tony Bennett and instead nominated Graham Parker for the Artist Vote this month. IMO, he possesses as strong of a discography as any musician who has never been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He is truly one of the unsung singer-songwriters of the post-punk music scene. And also if he is chosen, I will replace my current nomination “Heat Treatment” with something else.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 07/3/2019 @ 15:47pm

Good call on Graham Parker Nick. He'll definitely get my vote.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 07/3/2019 @ 17:34pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003)
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
Green Day - Nimrod (1997)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
John Lennon - Mind Games (1973)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
Scorpions - Crazy World (1990)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
The B-52's - Whammy! (1983)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/4/2019 @ 00:23am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Art Rock / Progressive Rock
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Jazz
Latin Artists
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Vaporwave
Women in Rap

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/4/2019 @ 00:24am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply
Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Cocteau Twins
Duran Duran
Graham Parker
Guided By Voices
Herbie Hancock
KISS
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Parliament/Funkadelic
The Hollies
The Rolling Stones
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/4/2019 @ 00:24am

1980's Metal Albums
Art Rock / Progressive Rock
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Jazz
Latin Artists
Power Metal

Cocteau Twins
Graham Parker
Guided By Voices
Herbie Hancock
Miles Davis
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 07/4/2019 @ 00:43am

Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Scorpions - Crazy World (1990)
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 07/4/2019 @ 01:22am

album votes:

Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
Green Day - Nimrod (1997)
John Lennon - Mind Games (1973)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
The B-52's - Whammy! (1983)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)

genres:

Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Women in Rap

Aretha Franklin
Neil Young
The Rolling Stones

Posted by Darrin A. on Thursday, 07/4/2019 @ 03:49am

Genres

1990's R&B
Americana
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap (non-indie/alternative Rock etc.)
Jazz
Power Metal
Vaporwave

Artists

Barbra Streisand
Cocteau Twins
Graham Parker
Guided by Voices
Herbie Hancock
of Montreal

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/4/2019 @ 15:13pm

Hey Darren,

I believe that you missed my nominations:

The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)

Here are my votes:

The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)

1980's Metal Albums
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Jazz
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Women in Rap

KISS
of Montreal
Parliament/Funkadelic
The Hollies
The Rolling Stones
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 07/4/2019 @ 17:40pm

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
The B-52S - Whammy! (1983)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/4/2019 @ 19:41pm

Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003)
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
The B-52's - Whammy! (1983)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 07/5/2019 @ 09:15am

Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003)
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
The B-52's - Whammy! (1983)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

1990's R&B
Americana
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Jazz
Latin Artists
Original Cast Albums (Theater)

Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Cocteau Twins
Graham Parker
Guided By Voices
Parliament/Funkadelic

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 07/6/2019 @ 00:38am

KING'S July 2019 Album Votes (8)
Air Supply-Lost In Love (1980)
Golden Earring-Moontan (1973)
Helloween:Keeper Of The Seven Keys:Part II (1988)
Montrose-Montrose (1973)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoades-Tribute (1987)
Scorpions-Crazy World (1990)
The Hollies-Evolution (1967)
The Kinks-Give The People What They Want (1981)

Artist Album Vote (5)
Barbra Streisand
Duran Duran
KISS
The Hollies
The Rolling Stones

Genre Album Vote (5)
1980's Metal Albums
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Jazz
Power Metal
Vaporwave

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Saturday, 07/6/2019 @ 03:57am

General Vote

Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003)
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006)
John Lennon - Mind Games (1973)
Kid Cudi- Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)

Last Cuts: Bette Midler, Boz Scaggs, Britney Spears, Green Day, Greta Van Fleet, The J. Geils Band

Genre Vote

1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Jazz
Women in Rap

Artist Vote

Aretha Franklin
Duran Duran
KISS
Miles Davis
Parliament/Funkadelic

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 07/6/2019 @ 14:20pm

July 2019 Album Genre Ballot:

Americana
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Jazz
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal

My Last Cut is Art Rock / Progressive Rock. There are also other genres that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 07/6/2019 @ 19:23pm

Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003)
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Green Day - Nimrod (1997)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)

1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Power Metal
Women in Rap

Graham Parker
Guided By Voices
Neil Young
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
The Rolling Stones

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 07/6/2019 @ 21:24pm

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Jazz
Original Cast Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 07/6/2019 @ 21:39pm

1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Power Metal
Women in Rap

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/6/2019 @ 22:50pm

Genre selection voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Jazz - 8
__________________

Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.) - 6
Power Metal - 6

1980's Metal Albums - 5
1990's R&B - 5
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project - 5
Original Cast Albums (Theater) - 5
Women in Rap - 5

21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop - 4
Americana - 4
__________________

Art Rock / Progressive Rock - 3

Latin Artists - 2
Vaporwave - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Ray
Darrin A.
Greg F
Steve Z
Nick
KING
Donnie
Jennifer
BSLO
Tom H.
Darren

As a result of this vote, Jazz has been selected as this month's genre.

Nominations begin at 11 PM Central on the 8th. Please use the time before then to determine if there should be a vote split and how the genre should be split if we have one.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/7/2019 @ 01:38am

No split

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/7/2019 @ 03:44am

No Split

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 07/7/2019 @ 11:28am

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Green Day - Nimrod (1997)
John Lennon - Mind Games (1973)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

Aretha Franklin
Duran Duran
Neil Young
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Rolling Stones
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/7/2019 @ 18:48pm

Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
John Lennon- Mind Games (1973)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Wynton Marsalis- Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Herbie Hancock
Miles Davis
Tony Bennett

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/8/2019 @ 15:40pm

Tom H - I nominated Graham Parker instead of Tony Bennett this month (I changed it shortly before voting took place), so you could replace Bennett with someone else (only if you want to). I will definitely re-nominate Bennett next month.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 07/8/2019 @ 17:02pm

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
Train - California 37 (2012)

There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Duran Duran
KISS
The Hollies
The Rolling Stones

There are also other artists that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 07/8/2019 @ 23:47pm

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 07/9/2019 @ 00:01am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003) - 5
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960) - 5
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962) - 5

John Lennon - Mind Games (1973) - 4
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972) - 4
The B-52's - Whammy! (1983) - 4
________________________________

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) - 3
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 3
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980) - 3
Green Day - Nimrod (1997) - 3
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 3
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) - 3
Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 3
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 3
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967) - 3
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987) - 3
________________________________

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 2
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973) - 2
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969) - 2
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006) - 2
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) - 2
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973) - 2
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 2
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970) - 2
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005) - 2
Scorpions - Crazy World (1990) - 2
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) - 2
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973) - 2
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981) - 2

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007) - 1
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016) - 1
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) - 1
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 1
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973) - 1
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017) - 1
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994) - 1
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Rihanna - Loud (2010) - 1
Train - California 37 (2012) - 1

Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
Darrin A.
Steve Z
Greg F
MichaelEU
Nick
KING
Donnie
BSLO
Darren
Tom H.
Jennifer

Ray's vote was after the deadline and would have changed the final results, so it couldn't be counted.

Ray will be allowed to vote in the tiebreaker vote if he chooses to do so.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
John Lennon - Mind Games (1973)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
The B-52's - Whammy! (1983)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)
Green Day - Nimrod (1997)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 10 albums.

The 2 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 8 albums (other than Wynton Marsalis if the album loses the tiebreaker) will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums (other than Wynton Marsalis) should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Jazz".

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/9/2019 @ 00:34am

"Jazz" has been selected as this month's genre vote. There will not be a vote split for this genre.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Jazz 1900-2018".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/9/2019 @ 00:35am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Rolling Stones - 6
___________________________

Aretha Franklin - 5
Barbra Streisand - 5

Duran Duran - 4
Graham Parker - 4
Guided By Voices - 4
KISS - 4
Parliament/Funkadelic - 4
___________________________

Cocteau Twins - 3
Herbie Hancock - 3
Miles Davis - 3
Neil Young - 3
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - 3
The Hollies - 3

of Montreal - 2
TV On The Radio - 2

Air Supply - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Ray
Darrin A.
Greg F
Steve Z
Nick
KING
Donnie
BSLO
Darren
Tom H.
Jennifer

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is The Rolling Stones.

Any voter can nominate one album by The Rolling Stones released from 1900-2018 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

12X5 (1964)
Aftermath [US] (1966)
Beggars Banquet (1968)
Exile On Main St. (1972)
Let it Bleed (1969)
Out of Our Heads [US] (1965)
Some Girls (1978)
Sticky Fingers (1971)
Tattoo You (1981)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on The Rolling Stones' discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/9/2019 @ 00:40am

Genre Vote

Casiopea - Casiopea (1979)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/9/2019 @ 00:40am

Nominations remain open for this month's Year Project vote.

This month's selected year is 1976.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/9/2019 @ 00:40am

Artist Nomination -
The Rolling Stones- Steel Wheels (1989)

I’ll need to do some more research for the upcoming Jazz nominations

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 07/9/2019 @ 01:13am

KING'S JULY 2019 Rolling Stones Nomination Album. Rolling Stones-Still Life (1982)

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 07/9/2019 @ 01:28am

Artist Vote

Goats Head Soup (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/9/2019 @ 02:51am

Artist Nomination

The Rolling Stones- Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/9/2019 @ 06:59am

Tiebreaker

Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)-10
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)-9
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)-8
Green Day - Nimrod (1997)-7
Montrose - Montrose (1973)-6
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)-5
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)-4
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)-3
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)-2
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)-1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 07/9/2019 @ 17:03pm

1. Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)
2. Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
3. Montrose - Montrose (1973)
4. The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)
5. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
6. Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
7. Green Day - Nimrod (1997)
8. Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)
9. Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
10. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 07/9/2019 @ 23:34pm

KING JULY 2019 TIEBREAKER (10)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads-Tribute (1987)-10 PTS
Montrose-Montrose (1973)-9
The Hollies-Evolution (1967)-8
Kid Cudi-Man On The Moon:The End Of Day (2009)-7
Green Day-Nimrod (1997)-6
Echo & The Bunnymen-Crocodiles (1980)-5
Bette Midler-The Divine Miss M (1972)-4
Wynton Marsalis-Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1. (1987)-3
Modest Mouse-The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)-2
Allen Toussaint-Southern Nights (1975)-1 PT

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 07/10/2019 @ 11:18am

Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980) - 10
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) - 9
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987) - 8
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967) - 7
Green Day - Nimrod (1997) - 6
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) - 5
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 4
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 3
Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 2
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 07/10/2019 @ 12:05pm

Tiebreaker:

Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) [10 Points]
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) [9 Points]
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980) [8 Points]
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967) [7 Points]
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) [6 Points]
Green Day - Nimrod (1997) [5 Points]
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) [4 Points]
Montrose - Montrose (1973) [3 Points]
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) [2 Points]
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 07/10/2019 @ 12:13pm

Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)-10
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)-9
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)-8
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)-7
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)-6
Green Day - Nimrod (1997)-5
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)-4
Montrose - Montrose (1973)-3
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)-2
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/10/2019 @ 12:15pm

Bill Evans- Conversations with Myself (1963)
Herbie Hancock- Sexant (1973)
Miles Davis- Miles Smiles (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/10/2019 @ 12:34pm

Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 10
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980) - 9
Green Day - Nimrod (1997) - 8
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) - 7
Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 6
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 5
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 4
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) - 3
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967) - 2
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/11/2019 @ 08:30am

Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1954)
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (1945)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 07/11/2019 @ 14:14pm

Tiebreakers:

Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) 10
Montrose - Montrose (1973) 9
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) 8
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980) 7
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) 6
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987) 5
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) 4
Green Day - Nimrod (1997) 3
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) 2
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967) 1

Genre noms:

The Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (1965)
Komeda Quintet - Astigmatic (1966)
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] (1959)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 07/11/2019 @ 21:56pm

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 10
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) - 9
Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 8
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987) - 7
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980) - 6
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 5
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded
West (1997) - 4
Green Day - Nimrod (1997) - 3
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 2
The Hollies - Evolution (1967) - 1

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 07/11/2019 @ 23:53pm

Jazz Nominations -
Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960)
Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head (1976)
Sarah Vaughan - Swingin’ Easy (1957)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 07/11/2019 @ 23:56pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980) - 70
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987) - 55 (2 Highest Votes)
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Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) - 55 (1 Highest Vote)

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) - 54
Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 54
Green Day - Nimrod (1997) - 47
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987) - 43
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 42
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967) - 38
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 37

Wynton Marsalis will be nominated for this month's genre vote.

The other losing albums will be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the July Album Project:

Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)
Eddie Cochran - The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album (1960)
John Lennon - Mind Games (1973)
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute (1987)
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment (1972)
The B-52's - Whammy! (1983)
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others (1962)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/12/2019 @ 01:45am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] (1959)
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Casiopea - Casiopea (1979)
Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1954)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (1945)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
Komeda Quintet - Astigmatic (1966)
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles (1967)
Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head (1976)
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)
Sarah Vaughan - Swingin’ Easy (1957)
The Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (1965)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/12/2019 @ 01:48am

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] (1959)
Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1954)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956)
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (1945)
Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head (1976)
Sarah Vaughan - Swingin' Easy (1957)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 07/12/2019 @ 08:27am

Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Casiopea - Casiopea (1979)
Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (1945)
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)
Sarah Vaughan - Swingin’ Easy (1957)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/12/2019 @ 20:23pm

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] (1959)
Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1954)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (1945)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
Komeda Quintet - Astigmatic (1966)
The Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (1965)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 07/13/2019 @ 09:32am

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] (1959)
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1954)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
Sarah Vaughan - Swingin’ Easy (1957)
The Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (1965)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 07/13/2019 @ 15:09pm

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] (1959)
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles (1967)
Sarah Vaughan - Swingin’ Easy (1957)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/16/2019 @ 06:23am

Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1954)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles (1967)
Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head (1976)
Sarah Vaughan - Swingin’ Easy (1957)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 07/16/2019 @ 16:00pm

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] (1959)
Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1954)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
Komeda Quintet - Astigmatic (1966)
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)
The Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (1965)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 07/16/2019 @ 23:23pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960) - 6

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] (1959) - 5
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1954) - 5
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973) - 5
Sarah Vaughan - Swingin’ Easy (1957) - 5

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart album Book (1956) - 4
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964) - 4
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987) - 4
____________________________

Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963) - 3
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (1945) - 3
The Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (1965) - 3

Komeda Quintet - Astigmatic (1966) - 2
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles (1967) - 2
Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head (1976) - 2
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976) - 2

Casiopea - Casiopea (1979) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

MichaelEU
Greg F
Steve Z
Donnie
Tom H.
Nick
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] (1959)
Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960)
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1954)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart album Book (1956)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Sexant (1973)
Sarah Vaughan - Swingin’ Easy (1957)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/17/2019 @ 01:03am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist Project and Year Project votes.

This month's selected Artist is The Rolling Stones.

This month's selected Year is 1976.

Nominations will end and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/17/2019 @ 01:04am

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 07/17/2019 @ 20:38pm

Year noms:

Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Thin Lizzy - Johnny the Fox (1976)
Rory Gallagher - Calling Card (1976)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 07/19/2019 @ 19:53pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)
The Rolling Stones - Still Life (1982)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/20/2019 @ 12:03pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

ABBA - Arrival (1976)
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
AC/DC - High Voltage (1976)
Bad Company - Run with the Pack (1976)
Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson - A Star is Born (1976)
Bernard Hermann - Taxi Driver: Original Soundtrack Recording (1976)
Bill Conti - Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score (1976)
Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Donna Summer - Four Seasons of Love (1976)
Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures (1976)
Graham Parker and The Rumour - Heat Treatment (1976)
Jeff Beck - Wired (1976)
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976)
KISS - Rock & Roll Over (1976)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)
Natalie Cole - Natalie (1976)
Paul McCartney and Wings - Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)
Richard Pryor - Bicentennial N***** (1976)
Rory Gallagher - Calling Card (1976)
The Trammps - Disco Inferno (1976)
Thin Lizzy - Johnny the Fox (1976)
Tommy Bolin - Private Eyes (1976)
Wishbone Ash - New England (1976)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/20/2019 @ 12:05pm

My Votes

Artist:

The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

Year:

ABBA - Arrival (1976)
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
Donna Summer - Four Seasons of Love (1976)
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976)
Graham Parker & the Rumour - Heat Treatment (1976)
Natalie Cole - Natalie (1976)
Jeff Beck - Wired (1976)
Tommy Bolin - Private Eyes (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/20/2019 @ 15:52pm

Year Vote

ABBA - Arrival (1976)
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
AC/DC - High Voltage (1976)
Bill Conti - Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score (1976)
Donna Summer - Four Seasons of Love (1976)
Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures (1976)
Jeff Beck - Wired (1976)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)

Artist Vote

The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 07/20/2019 @ 18:34pm

ABBA - Arrival (1976)
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
Bad Company - Run with the Pack (1976)
Donna Summer - Four Seasons of Love (1976)
Graham Parker and The Rumour - Heat Treatment (1976)
Rory Gallagher - Calling Card (1976)
Thin Lizzy - Johnny the Fox (1976)
Wishbone Ash - New England (1976)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 07/20/2019 @ 23:55pm

KING'S July 2019 "1976" Albums Vote (8)
AC/DC- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
Bad Company-Run With The Pack (1976)
Billy Joel-Turnstiles (1976)
Donna Summer-Four Seasons Of Love (1976)
KISS-Rock & Roll Over (1976)
Jeff Beck-Wired (1976)
Tommy Bolin-Private Eyes (1976)
Wishbone Ash-New England (1976)

Rolling Stones Albums (3)
Goats Head Soup (1973)
Steel Wheels (1989)
Still Life (1982)
KING 👑

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 07/23/2019 @ 08:09am

ABBA - Arrival (1976)
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
AC/DC - High Voltage (1976)
Bad Company - Run with the Pack (1976)
Bernard Hermann - Taxi Driver: Original Soundtrack Recording (1976)
Bill Conti - Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score (1976)
Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976)
Paul McCartney and Wings - Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)

Artist Vote:

The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 07/24/2019 @ 11:53am

Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson - A Star is Born (1976)
Bernard Hermann- Taxi Driver: Original Soundtrack Recording (1976)
Bill Conti - Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score (1976)
Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976)
Frank Zappa- Zoot Allures (1976)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)
Paul McCartney and Wings- Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)
Wishbone Ash-New England (1976)

The Rolling Stones- Goats Head Soup (1973)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The Rolling Stones- Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/24/2019 @ 15:03pm

The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

ABBA - Arrival (1976)
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
AC/DC - High Voltage (1976)
Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976)
Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures (1976)
Jeff Beck - Wired (1976)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)
The Trammps - Disco Inferno (1976)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 07/24/2019 @ 20:49pm

AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
AC/DC - High Voltage (1976)
Bad Company - Run with the Pack (1976)
Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson - A Star is Born (1976)
Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976)
Donna Summer - Four Seasons of Love (1976)
Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures (1976)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)

The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/24/2019 @ 21:59pm

ABBA - Arrival (1976)
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson - A Star is Born (1976)
Bernard Hermann - Taxi Driver: Original Soundtrack Recording (1976)
Bill Conti - Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score (1976)
Donna Summer - Four Seasons of Love (1976)
Graham Parker and The Rumour - Heat Treatment (1976)
Richard Pryor - Bicentennial N***** (1976)

The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 07/24/2019 @ 22:47pm

ABBA - Arrival (1976)
Bad Company - Run with the Pack (1976)
Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson - A Star is Born (1976)
Bill Conti - Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score (1976)
Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976)
KISS - Rock & Roll Over (1976)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)
Paul McCartney and Wings - Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 07/24/2019 @ 23:59pm

ABBA - Arrival (1976)
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
Bernard Hermann - Taxi Driver: Original Soundtrack Recording (1976)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Graham Parker and The Rumour - Heat Treatment (1976)
Jeff Beck - Wired (1976)
Rory Gallagher - Calling Card (1976)
Thin Lizzy - Johnny the Fox (1976)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 07/24/2019 @ 23:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976) - 9

ABBA - Arrival (1976) - 8

Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976) - 6
Donna Summer - Four Seasons of Love (1976) - 6

Bad Company - Run with the Pack (1976) - 5
Bill Conti - Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score (1976) - 5
Jeff Beck - Wired (1976) - 5
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976) - 5
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AC/DC - High Voltage (1976) - 4
Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson - A Star is Born (1976) - 4
Bernard Hermann - Taxi Driver: Original Soundtrack Recording (1976) - 4
Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures (1976) - 4
Graham Parker and The Rumour - Heat Treatment (1976) - 4

Paul McCartney and Wings - Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976) - 3
Wishbone Ash - New England (1976) - 3

KISS - Rock & Roll Over (1976) - 2
Rory Gallagher - Calling Card (1976) - 2
Thin Lizzy - Johnny the Fox (1976) - 2
Tommy Bolin - Private Eyes (1976) - 2

Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 1
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976) - 1
Natalie Cole - Natalie (1976) - 1
Richard Pryor - Bicentennial N***** (1976) - 1
The Trammps - Disco Inferno (1976) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Donnie
jtrichey
KING
Steve Z
Tom H.
BSLO
Darren
Nick
Jennifer
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

ABBA - Arrival (1976)
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
Bad Company - Run with the Pack (1976)
Bill Conti - Rocky: Original Motion Picture Score (1976)
Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976)
Donna Summer - Four Seasons of Love (1976)
Jeff Beck - Wired (1976)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (1976)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/25/2019 @ 02:48am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973) - 8

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965) - 7

The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) - 6
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The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989) - 3

The Rolling Stones - Still Life (1982) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Donnie
KING
Steve Z
Tom H.
BSLO
Darren
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (1973)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/25/2019 @ 02:49am

The randomly selected year for August's Year Project is 2014.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/29/2019 @ 08:04am

My Nominations

General Vote:

Kyle Craft – Full Circle Nightmare (2018)
Matchbook Romance – Voices (2006)
Taking Back Sunday – Louder Now (2006)

Artist Vote: Elton John

Genre Vote: Video Game Soundtracks & Scores

Year Vote:

Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014)
Caribou - Our Love (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/1/2019 @ 02:19am

Rule Changes In 2019:

The number of albums inducted as a result of the monthly Artist Project vote will be increased from 2 albums to 3 albums.

Voters can nominate any three eligible songs and are no longer required to nominate a song from the previous year in order to nominate the maximum number available.

There will no longer be a 6 month ban on artists selected for the Artist Vote. This includes artists that were selected in the past 6 months that were previously banned and no longer will be.

Both genre votes will take place at the same time if the selected genre is chosen to have a split.

We will have a Year Vote each month. The selected year will be randomly selected each month. Each year is only eligible once and will be disqualified after being selected. The Year Vote will take place at the same time as the Artist Vote. Years from 1900-1945 will be grouped into 5 year groupings.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2018. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Green Day - Nimrod (1997)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)

There is also a tiebreaker in process that ends at 11 PM Central. Losing albums from that tiebreaker will also be automatically nominated this month.

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Women in Rap

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the past 6 months:

Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists
Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Female Country Singers and Bands
Live Albums
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz

"1980’s R&B/Soul" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Duran Duran
Graham Parker
Guided By Voices
KISS
Parliament/Funkadelic

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated albums. The three albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 2014.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 2014. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 2014.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 2014 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Aphex Twin - Syro
Beck - Morning Phase
Coldplay - Ghost Stories
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
Lucinda Williams - Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
Spoon - They Want My Soul
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Swans - To Be Kind
Taylor Swift - 1989
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 2014, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/1/2019 @ 08:24am

Lazaretto - Jack White (2014)
Turn Blue - The Black Keys (2014)
Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me! (2014)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 08/1/2019 @ 11:13am

KING'S AUGUST 2019 ALBUM GENERAL NOMINATION (3).
Lenny Kravitz-Lenny (2001)
Mad Season-Above (1995)
The Hunger-Devil Thumbs A Ride (1996)

2014 Year Albums August 2019 (3).
Ace Frehley-Space Invader (2014)
Counting Crows-Somewhere Under Wonderland (2014)
Natalie Merchant-Natalie Merchant (2014)

ARTIST: Garth Brooks

GENRE: 1980's Duets

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Thursday, 08/1/2019 @ 14:21pm

noms:

general:
The Cult - The Cult (1994)
The Killers - Day & Age (2008)

2014:
Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness - Andrew Mcmahon In the Wilderness (2014)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 08/2/2019 @ 01:20am

General Nominations -
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979)
Various Artists - Nashville: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)

Artist Nomination -
Tony Bennett

Posted by Nick on Friday, 08/2/2019 @ 15:34pm

General Nominations:

The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012)

Year Nominations:

Future Islands - Singles (2014)
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014)
Lana Del Ray - Ultraviolence (2014)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 08/2/2019 @ 23:02pm

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Incubus - Morning View (2001)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 08/2/2019 @ 23:21pm

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/3/2019 @ 00:41am

Bill Evans- Conversations with Myself (1963)
Greta Van Fleet- Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017

I'll post my year nominations in a few days

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 08/3/2019 @ 07:28am

Darren: Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 was inducted in last month's Jazz vote.

General noms:

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)

Artist nom:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Genre nom:

Art/Experimental/Prog

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 08/3/2019 @ 20:46pm

General Vote Nominations

Alexander O’Neal- Heresay (1987)
Junior Senior- D...D...Don’t Stop the Beat (2003)
Terence Trent D’Arby- Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby (1987)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 08/3/2019 @ 23:00pm

August 2019 Artist Album Nomination:

Air Supply

August 2019 General Album Nominations:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - California 37 (2012)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 08/3/2019 @ 23:48pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Alexander O’Neal - Heresay (1987)
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
Green Day - Nimrod (1997)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Incubus - Morning View (2001)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
Junior Senior - D...D...Don’t Stop the Beat (2003)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Kyle Craft - Full Circle Nightmare (2018)
Lenny Kravitz - Lenny (2001)
Mad Season - Above (1995)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Matchbook Romance - Voices (2006)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979)
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006)
Terence Trent D’Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby (1987)
The Cult - The Cult (1994)
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)
The Hunger - Devil Thumbs A Ride (1996)
The Killers - Day & Age (2008)
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Various Artists - Nashville: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/4/2019 @ 01:05am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980's Duets
1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Art/Experimental/Prog
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Video Game Soundtracks & Scores
Women in Rap

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/4/2019 @ 01:06am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply
Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Duran Duran
Elton John
Garth Brooks
Graham Parker
Guided By Voices
KISS
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
Tony Bennett
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/4/2019 @ 01:07am

My Votes

Kyle Craft - Full Circle Nightmare (2018)
Matchbook Romance - Voices (2006)
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1979)
Mad Season - Above (1995)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)

Americana
Video Game Soundtracks & Scores
Power Metal
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Female Pop, R&B and Rap Artists (Non-indie, alternative/Rock etc.)

Elton John
Graham Parker
Barbra Streisand
Guided by Voices
Aretha Franklin
Pariament-Funkadelic

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 08/4/2019 @ 04:04am

Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Elton John
Graham Parker
Parliament/Funkadelic
Tony Bennett

1990’s R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists
Original Cast Albums

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979)
Various Artists - Nashville: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 08/4/2019 @ 10:34am

1980's Metal Albums
Art/Experimental/Prog
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Power Metal
Video Game Soundtracks & Scores

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 08/4/2019 @ 21:11pm

Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
Lenny Kravitz - Lenny (2001)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Terence Trent D’Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby (1987)
The Cult - The Cult (1994)
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)
The Killers - Day & Age (2008)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 08/4/2019 @ 22:48pm

Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Elton John

Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Women in Rap

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Green Day - Nimrod (1997)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
Lenny Kravitz - Lenny (2001)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979)
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)

Posted by Darrin A on Monday, 08/5/2019 @ 04:30am

Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967)
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)

1980's Metal Albums
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Art/Experimental/Prog
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Women in Rap

Aretha Franklin
Elton John
KISS
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 08/5/2019 @ 10:26am

KING'S AUGUST 2019 ALBUMS (8)
Golden Earring-Moontan (1973)
Incubus-Morning View (2001)
Lenny Kravitz-Lenny (2001)
Madonna-True Blue (1986)
Mad Season-Above (1995)
Montrose-Montrose (1973)
The Hollies-Evolution (1967)
The Killers-Day & Age (2008)

Very difficult last cuts as some tiebreaker albums like Montrose and The Hollies deserve my attention. Hoping Air Supply, The Cult, The Kinks, can sneak into the Tiebreaker round. Amazed Madonna TRUE BLUE hasn't been inducted by now. Some strong hits on the album.

ARTISTS (5)
Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Duran Duran
Garth Brooks
KISS
GENRES (4)
1980's Duets
1980's Metal Albums
Art/Experimental/PROG
Power Metal
KING 👑

Posted by KING on Monday, 08/5/2019 @ 12:43pm

1980's Metal Albums
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Women in Rap

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/5/2019 @ 14:57pm

Alexander Desplat- The Grand Budapest Hotel: Original Soundtrack (2014)
Maroon 5- V (2014)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- Hypnotic Eye (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 08/5/2019 @ 22:42pm

Year Nominations -
Ed Sheeran - x (2014)
Eric Church - The Outsiders (2014)
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/6/2019 @ 00:42am

Art/Experimental/Prog
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Original Cast Albums (Theater)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/6/2019 @ 06:48am

Albums:
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
The Killers - Day & Age (2008)
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
Green Day - Nimrod (1997)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)

Genre:
1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Video Game Soundtracks & Scores
Women in Rap

Artist:
Duran Duran
Aretha Franklin
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
KISS
Air Supply
TV On the Radio

Year Nominations (Already posted, just wanted to make it easy to read all at once):
Lazaretto - Jack White (2014)
Turn Blue - The Black Keys (2014)
Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me! (2014)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Tuesday, 08/6/2019 @ 20:20pm

August 2019 Album Genre Ballot:

Americana
Art/Experimental/Prog
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 08/6/2019 @ 21:10pm

General Vote

Alexander O’Neal - Heresay (1987)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Incubus - Morning View (2001)
Junior Senior - D...D...Don’t Stop the Beat (2003)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Terence Trent D’Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby (1987)

Genre Vote

1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Women in Rap

Artist Vote

Aretha Franklin
Elton John
Garth Brooks
KISS
Parliament/Funkadelic
Tony Bennett

Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, 08/6/2019 @ 21:54pm

1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Power Metal
Women in Rap

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 08/6/2019 @ 22:44pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project - 8
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21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop - 7

1980's Metal Albums - 6
Americana - 6
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.) - 6
Women in Rap - 6

1990's R&B - 5
Art/Experimental/Prog - 5
Power Metal - 5

Original Cast Albums (Theater) - 4
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Video Game Soundtracks & Scores - 3

1980's Duets - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nick
Ray
Darrin A
Steve Z
KING
Darren
Tom H.
Jason Dagotto
Jennifer
Donnie
BSLO

This month's selected genre is "Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project".

Nominations begin on the 8th at 11 PM Central. Before then, we need to decide if this genre will be divided into two votes or not and what criteria would be used to split the votes if we have a split.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/7/2019 @ 01:57am

Yes to a split

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/7/2019 @ 02:03am

How about 1900-1979 & 1980-2018?

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/7/2019 @ 02:50am

I think we should definitely split it. I'll also agree with Greg F and say 1900-1979 & 1980-2018.

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 08/7/2019 @ 10:37am

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Incubus - Morning View (2001)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)

Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Garth Brooks
Tony Bennett

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/7/2019 @ 13:28pm

I vote No for a Split for the upcoming genre selection

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 08/7/2019 @ 23:23pm

Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Incubus - Morning View (2001)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Mad Season - Above (1995)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979)
The Killers - Day & Age (2008)

Aretha Franklin
Duran Duran
Elton John
Guided By Voices
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/8/2019 @ 19:07pm

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Green Day - Nimrod (1997)
Incubus - Morning View (2001)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979)
Terence Trent D’Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby (1987)

Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Graham Parker
Guided By Voices
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 08/8/2019 @ 21:37pm

Air Supply
Garth Brooks
Guided By Voices

Posted by joker on Thursday, 08/8/2019 @ 21:48pm

Yes for a Genre Split at 1900-1985 & 1986-2018

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)
Train - California 37 (2012)

There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Duran Duran
Elton John
KISS
Tony Bennett

There are also others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 08/8/2019 @ 23:52pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Montrose - Montrose (1973) - 7

Madonna - True Blue (1986) - 6

Golden Earring - Moontan (1973) - 5
Incubus - Morning View (2001) - 5
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) - 5
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979) - 5
________________________________

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 4
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 4
The Killers - Day & Age (2008) - 4
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981) - 4
________________________________

Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) - 3
Green Day - Nimrod (1997) - 3
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 3
Lenny Kravitz - Lenny (2001) - 3
Mad Season - Above (1995) - 3
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978) - 3
Terence Trent D’Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby (1987) - 3
The Hollies - Evoluton (1967) - 3

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) - 2
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963) - 2
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 2
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 2
Train - California 37 (2012) - 2

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 1
Alexander O’Neal - Heresay (1987) - 1
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012) - 1
Junior Senior - D...D...Don’t Stop the Beat (2003) - 1
Kyle Craft - Full Circle Nightmare (2018) - 1
Matchbook Romance - Voices (2006) - 1
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006) - 1
The Cult - The Cult (1994) - 1
Various Artists - Nashville: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1975) - 1

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 0
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993) - 0
The Hunger - Devil Thumbs A Ride (1996) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nick
jtrichey
Darrin A
Steve Z
KING
Jason Dagotto
Donnie
Tom H.
Darren
BSLO
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
Incubus - Morning View (2001)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
The Killers - Day & Age (2008)
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums.

The 2 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project".

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/9/2019 @ 01:33am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Aretha Franklin - 9
___________________________

Barbra Streisand - 7
Elton John - 7

KISS - 5
Parliament/Funkadelic - 5

Air Supply - 4
Duran Duran - 4
Garth Brooks - 4
Guided By Voices - 4
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 4
Tony Bennett - 4
___________________________

Graham Parker - 3
TV On The Radio - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Nick
Darrin A.
Steve Z
KING
Jason Dagotto
Donnie
Tom H.
Darren
BSLO
joker
Jennifer

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Aretha Franklin.

Any voter can nominate one album by Aretha Franklin released from 1900-2018 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

Aretha Now (1968)
Aretha: Lady Soul (1968)
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (1967)
Young, Gifted, and Black (1972)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Aretha Franklin's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/9/2019 @ 01:48am

Nominations remain open for this month's Year Project vote. This month's selected year is 2014.

Nominations will remain open until the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/9/2019 @ 01:50am

Darren the Bette Midler and Bo Diddley albums would qualify for the genre if they lose the tiebreaker.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/9/2019 @ 02:01am

"Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project" has been selected as this month's genre vote. There will be a vote split for this genre, "Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project 1900-1979" and "Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project 1980-2018".

Nominations are now open for this month's genre votes, "Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project 1900-1979" and "Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project 1980-2018".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why. Since this genre is pass/fail, if your explanation is accurate, the album will be removed from the ballot.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/9/2019 @ 02:07am

Genre Vote 1

David Ackles - American Gothic (1972)
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
The Dillards - Wheatstraw Suite (1968)

Genre Vote 2

Alanis Morisette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/9/2019 @ 02:10am

Artist Vote Nomination

Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark (1970)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/9/2019 @ 12:08pm

Tiebreaker:
The Killers - Day & Age (2008) - 4
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 3
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981) - 2
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 1

Artist Nom:
Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (1972)

Genre Nom 1:
The 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere (1967)
Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)
Love - Da Capo (1966)

Genre Nom 2:
The Circle Jerks - Group Sex (1980)
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King (2013)
Primus - Pork Soda (1993)

Was also tempted to nominate "Night Visions" by Imagine Dragons or "Black Sunday" or "Elepahnts on Acid" by Cypress Hill in the place of Primus' Pork Soda.

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 08/9/2019 @ 14:28pm

We have more than one Primus album inducted already. So Primus doesn't qualify for this genre vote.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/9/2019 @ 14:54pm

KING'S AUGUST 2019 ALBUMS (3)
#2 Group Nominations.
Grant Lee Buffalo-Jubilee (1998)
Sammy Kershaw-Politics, Religion And Her (1996)
Winger-Pull (1993)

AUGUST 2019 Album Tiebreaker (4)
The Kinks-Give The People What They Want (1981)-4
The Killers-Day & Age (2008)-3
Bo Diddley-Go Bo Diddley (1959)-2
Bette Midler-The Divine Miss M (1972)-1
Guess I'm giving the people what they want 😃😃😃😃. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 08/9/2019 @ 15:15pm

1. The Killers - Day & Age (2008)
2. Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
3. The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)
4. Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 08/9/2019 @ 22:33pm

Artist Nomination

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Arrives (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 08/9/2019 @ 23:00pm

The Killers - Day & Age (2008) 4
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) 3
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981) 2
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 08/10/2019 @ 02:53am

Genre 1:

Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee (1968)
Junior Walker & The All Stars - Shotgun (1965)

Genre 2:

Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)
The Highwaymen - Highwayman (1985)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 08/10/2019 @ 04:45am

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 4
The Killers - Day & Age (2008) - 3
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981) - 2
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 08/10/2019 @ 09:47am

Bette Middler -The Divine Miss M (1972)-4
Bo Diddley- Go Bo Diddley (1959)-3
The Killers- Day & Age (2008)
The Kinks- Give the People What They Want (1981)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 08/10/2019 @ 16:29pm

Round One

Bill Evans- Conversations with Myself (1963)
Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975)
Van Der Graaf Generator -H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Round Two

Bastille- Bad Blood (2013)
Greta Van Fleet- Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 08/10/2019 @ 16:54pm

KING'S 1 Or Less Albums Part I
The Hollies-Evolution (1967)
Piper-Can't Wait (1977)
Climax Blues Band-Sense Of Direction (1974)

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Saturday, 08/10/2019 @ 17:24pm

General Vote Tie-Breaker

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) (4 pts)
Bette Midler- The Divine Miss M (1972) (3 pts)
The Killers - Day & Age (2008) (2 pts)
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981) (1 pt)

Artist Vote Nomination

Aretha Franklin- Music From the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" (1976)

Genre Vote Round 1 Nominations

? and the Mysterians- 96 Tears (1966)
Magic Sam- West Side Soul (1967)
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes- Hearts of Stone (1978)

Genre Vote Round 2 Nominations

Alexander O'Neal- Heresay (1987)
Rihanna- Loud (2010)
Terence Trent D'Arby- Introducing the Hardline...According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 08/11/2019 @ 01:06am

The Killers - Day & Age (2008) - 4
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981) - 3
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 2
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/11/2019 @ 01:06am

Thanks for the heads up, Greg F. In that case I'll change my genre part 2 votes to:

The Circle Jerks - Group Sex (1980)
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King (2013)
Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface (2015)

I'm actually sort of surprised that Twenty One Pilots has yet to get any songs or albums made essential yet.

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Sunday, 08/11/2019 @ 10:36am

Tiebreaker:

The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981) [4 Points]
The Killers - Day & Age (2008) [3 Points]
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) [2 Points]
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) [1 Point]

Genre Nominations Part #1:

Gordon Lightfoot - Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
The Everly Brothers - A Date with the Everly Brothers (1960)
The Grass Roots - Let’s Live for Today (1967)

Genre Nominations Part #2:

George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)

Artist Nomination:

Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 08/11/2019 @ 16:21pm

Genre #1:

Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971)

Genre #2:

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 08/11/2019 @ 22:05pm

Tiebreaker -
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 4
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981) - 3
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 2
The Killers - Day & Age (2008) - 1

Round 1 -
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)

Round 2 -
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)

 Artist Nomination -
Aretha Franklin - Jump to It (1982)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 08/11/2019 @ 22:49pm

4=The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)
3=Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
2=The Killers - Day & Age (2008)
1=Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)

Genre Nominations, Part 1:

Kenny Loggins - Night Watch (1978)
Little River Band - Sleeper Catcher (1978)
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965)

Honorable Mentions:

Cher - Cher (1971)
Cliff Richard - Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile (1979)
Kenny Loggins - Keep the Fire (1979)
Olivia Newton-John - If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974)

Genre Nominations, Part 2:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - California 37 (2012)

Honorable Mentions:

Kenny Loggins - High Adventure (1982)
Peter Cetera - Solitude/Solitaire (1986)
Restless Heart - Big Iron Horses (1992)
Restless Heart - Wheels (1986)
Robert Plant - Now and Zen (1988)
Steve Perry - Street Talk (1984)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 08/11/2019 @ 23:34pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

The Killers - Day & Age (2008) - 32
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981) - 28
_________________

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 27
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 23

The Bo Diddley and Bette Midler albums will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Here's the final class of inductees for the August Album Project vote:

Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
Incubus - Morning View (2001)
Madonna - True Blue (1986)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Montrose - Montrose (1973)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats (1979)
The Killers - Day & Age (2008)
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (1981)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/12/2019 @ 01:09am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

? and the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966)
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Climax Blues Band - Sense Of Direction (1974)
David Ackles - American Gothic (1972)
Gordon Lightfoot - Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
Junior Walker & The All Stars - Shotgun (1965)
Kenny Loggins - Night Watch (1978)
Little River Band - Sleeper Catcher (1978)
Love - Da Capo (1966)
Magic Sam - West Side Soul (1967)
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee (1968)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Piper - Can't Wait (1977)
Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975)
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965)
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - Hearts of Stone (1978)
Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)
The 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere (1967)
The Dillards - Wheatstraw Suite (1968)
The Everly Brothers - A Date with the Everly Brothers (1960)
The Grass Roots - Let’s Live for Today (1967)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/12/2019 @ 01:11am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Alanis Morisette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King (2013)
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987)
Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Grant Lee Buffalo-Jubilee (1998) -
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Sammy Kershaw - Politics, Religion And Her (1996)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline...According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Circle Jerks - Group Sex (1980)
The Highwaymen - Highwayman (1985)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface (2015)
Winger - Pull (1993)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/12/2019 @ 01:13am

votes

Alanis Morisette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline...According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)

Posted by Darrin A on Monday, 08/12/2019 @ 04:21am

Genre 1:
Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)
The 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere (1967)
Gordon Lightfoot - Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
Junior Walker & The All Stars - Shotgun (1965)
Kenny Loggins - Night Watch (1978)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Little River Band - Sleeper Catcher (1978)
Love - Da Capo (1966)

There's absolutely a few more I would vote for eventually such as The Everley Brothers and The Hollies/

Genre 2:
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982)
Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface (2015)

It was incredibly difficult to select albums for this half of the genre split. I would gladly vote for any of these eventually.

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 08/12/2019 @ 09:41am

Genre Vote Part #1:

Gordon Lightfoot - Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
Love - Da Capo (1966)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965)
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - Hearts of Stone (1978)
The Everly Brothers - A Date with the Everly Brothers (1960)
The Grass Roots - Let’s Live for Today (1967)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)

Genre Vote Part #2:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Alanis Morrisette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987)
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
The Highwaymen - Highwayman (1985)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 08/12/2019 @ 10:31am

Darren-

Both

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)

and

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)

are automatically eligible for the genre vote after losing the tiebreaker

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 08/12/2019 @ 15:36pm

KING'S ALBUMS AUGUST 2019 Part I (8)
Gordon Lightfoot-Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
Junior Walker & The All-Stars-Shotgun (1965)
Love-Da Capo (1966)
Supertramp-Crime Of The Century (1974)
The 13th Floor Elevators-Easter Everywhere (1967)
The Everly Brothers-A Date With The Everly Brothers (1960)
The Hollies-Evolution (1967)
The J. Geils Band-Bloodshot (1973)

Part II
Air Supply-Lost In Love (1980)
Fastball-All The Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
George Thorogood And The Destroyers-Bad To The Bone (1982)
Grant Lee Buffalo-Jubilee (1998)
Helloween-Keeper Of The Seven Keys:Part II (1988)
Sammy Kershaw-Politics, Religion And Her (1996)
The Highwaymen-Highwayman (1985)
Winger-Pull (1993)
KING 👑

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 08/13/2019 @ 00:35am

genre 1:
Little River Band-Sleeper Catcher (1978)
Budgie-Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Love-Da Capo (1966)
Supertramp-Crime Of The Century (1974)
The 13th Floor Elevators-Easter Everywhere (1967)
The Everly Brothers-A Date With The Everly Brothers (1960)
The Hollies-Evolution (1967)
Wishbone Ash-Pilgrimage (1971)

genre 2:
George Thorogood and the Destroyers-Bad to the Bone (1982)
Kid Cudi-Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
The Highwaymen-Highwayman (1985)
The Misfits-Static Age (1996)
Imagine Dragons-Night Visions (2012)
John Prine-The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Twenty One Pilots-Blurryface (2015)
Avenged Sevenfold-Hail to the King (2013)

Posted by Margo on Tuesday, 08/13/2019 @ 10:30am

David Ackles - American Gothic (1972)
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
The Dillards - Wheatstraw Suite (1968)
Kenny Loggins - Nightwatch (1978)
Magic Sam - West Side Soul (1967)
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)

Alanis Morisette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface (2015)
Kid Cudi-Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/14/2019 @ 16:49pm

Genre Vote Round 1

? and the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966)
Love - Da Capo (1966)
Magic Sam - West Side Soul (1967)
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee (1968)
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - Hearts of Stone (1978)
Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)

Last Cuts: The Everly Brothers, Kenny Loggins, Junior Walker and the All-Stars, The J. Geils Band

Genre Vote Round 2

Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline...According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Circle Jerks - Group Sex (1980)

Last Cuts: Helloween, Greta Van Fleet, Bryan Ferry, Alanis Morrissette

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 08/14/2019 @ 23:09pm

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Gordon Lightfoot - Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
Junior Walker & The All Stars - Shotgun (1965)
Love - Da Capo (1966)
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee (1968)
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - Hearts of Stone (1978)
The Everly Brothers - A Date with the Everly Brothers (1960)

Donnie, my deepest respect and thanks for nominating Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and making them visible. I was so close to nominate them for the Song Project the last couple of month (Hearts of Stones). I pulled back every time. Maybe I shouldn't.

Alanis Morisette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
The Circle Jerks - Group Sex (1980)
The Highwaymen - Highwayman (1985)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 08/15/2019 @ 13:51pm

The Bo Diddley and Bette Midler albums are eligible for this vote. If you would like to change your vote to reflect their eligibility, feel free to do so.

? and the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965)
Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)
The 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere (1967)
The Everly Brothers - A Date with the Everly Brothers (1960)

Alanis Morisette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
The Circle Jerks - Group Sex (1980)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/16/2019 @ 01:37am

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Love - Da Capo (1966)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965)
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973)

Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
The Circle Jerks - Group Sex (1980)
Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface (2015)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 08/16/2019 @ 11:23am

Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Gordon Lightfoot - Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
Love - Da Capo (1966)
Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975)
Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)
The 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere (1967)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Alanis Morisette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King (2013)
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 08/16/2019 @ 15:30pm

Genre #1:

Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)
Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975)
The 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere (1967)
The Dillards - Wheatstraw Suite (1968)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971)

Genre #2:

Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
The Circle Jerks - Group Sex (1980)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 08/16/2019 @ 22:03pm

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Kenny Loggins - Night Watch (1978)
Little River Band - Sleeper Catcher (1978)
Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975)
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965)
Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)

There are also many, many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Alanis Morisette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
The Highwaymen - Highwayman (1985)
Train - California 37 (2012)

There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 08/16/2019 @ 23:53pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Love - Da Capo (1966) - 8
Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974) - 8

The 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere (1967) - 6

Gordon Lightfoot - Sit Down Young Stranger (1970) - 5
The Everly Brothers - A Date with the Everly Brothers (1960) - 5
________________________________

Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979) - 4
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978) - 4
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975) - 4
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965) - 4
________________________________

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 3
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) - 3
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 3
Junior Walker & The All Stars - Shotgun (1965) - 3
Kenny Loggins - Night Watch (1978) - 3
Little River Band - Sleeper Catcher (1978) - 3
Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975) - 3
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - Hearts of Stone (1978) - 3
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot (1973) - 3

? and the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966) - 2
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975) - 2
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963) - 2
Magic Sam - West Side Soul (1967) - 2
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee (1968) - 2
The Dillards - Wheatstraw Suite (1968) - 2
The Hollies - Evolution (1967) - 2
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 2
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971) - 2

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 1
David Ackles - American Gothic (1972) - 1
The Grass Roots - Let’s Live for Today (1967) - 1

Climax Blues Band - Sense Of Direction (1974) - 0
Piper - Can't Wait (1977) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
KING
Margo
Greg F
Donnie
MichaelEU
Darren
Nick
Tom H.
Ray
Jennifer

As a result of this vote, the following albums have been inducted:

Gordon Lightfoot - Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
Love - Da Capo (1966)
Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)
The 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere (1967)
The Everly Brothers - A Date with the Everly Brothers (1960)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most points will be inducted.

The losing song will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on Monday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/17/2019 @ 01:53am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982) - 8

Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998) - 7
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) - 7

Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012) - 6
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018) - 6

Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981) - 5
The Circle Jerks - Group Sex (1980) - 5
The Highwaymen - Highwayman (1985) - 5
________________________________

Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003) - 4
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013) - 4
Rihanna - Loud (2010) - 4
The Misfits - Static Age (1996) - 4
Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface (2015) - 4

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 3
Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998) - 3
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 3
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 3
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001) - 3
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993) - 3

Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987) - 2
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King (2013) - 2
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2
Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 2
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline...According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987) - 2

Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) - 1
Grant Lee Buffalo - Jubilee (1998) - 1
Sammy Kershaw - Politics, Religion And Her (1996) - 1
Train - California 37 (2012) - 1
Winger - Pull (1993) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darrin A.
Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
KING
Margo
Greg F
Donnie
MichaelEU
Darren
Nick
Tom H.
Ray
Jennifer

As a result of this vote, the following albums have been inducted:

Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone (1982)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (2012)
John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness (2018)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
The Circle Jerks - Group Sex (1980)
The Highwaymen - Highwayman (1985)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/17/2019 @ 01:55am

Nominations remain open for this month's Year Project and Artist Project vote.

This month's Year is 2013. This month's Artist is Aretha Franklin.

Nominations will close at 11 PM Central on Monday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/17/2019 @ 01:57am

Tiebreaker:
4 pts. Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
3 pts. Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965)
2 pts. Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)
1 pt. Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Saturday, 08/17/2019 @ 16:56pm

KING'S 👑 AUGUST 2019 Tiebreaker (4)
Smokey Robinson-A Quiet Storm (1975)-4 PTS
Sonny And Cher-Look At Us (1965)-3
Marianne Faithfull-Broken English (1979)-2
Nick Lowe-Jesus Of Cool (1978)-1

KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 08/17/2019 @ 19:03pm

Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)-4
Marianne Faithful - Broken English (1979)-3
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)-2
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965)-1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 08/17/2019 @ 19:12pm

This month's year vote is 2014, not 2013.

Tie-Breaker

1. Marianne Faithfull- Broken English (1979) (4 pts)
2. Smokey Robinson- A Quiet Storm (1975) (3 pts)
3. Sonny and Cher- Look at Us (1965) (2 pts)
4. Nick Lowe- Jesus of Cool (1978) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 08/17/2019 @ 19:25pm

2019 August 👑 KING'S Artist Album Nomination (1)
Aretha Franklin-A Rose Is Still A Rose (1991)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 08/17/2019 @ 21:10pm

Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979) - 4
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978) - 3
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965) - 2
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 08/18/2019 @ 02:00am

Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978) - 4
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975) - 3
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965) - 2
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979) - 1

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 08/18/2019 @ 12:19pm

A Rose is Still a Rose was released in 1998, not 1991.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 08/18/2019 @ 19:58pm

2014 noms:

Jun Konagaya - Travels (2014)
Saor - Aura (2014)
Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers (2014)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 08/18/2019 @ 21:22pm

Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978) - 4
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965) - 3
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975) - 2
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/19/2019 @ 02:03am

Tiebreaker:

Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965) [4 Points]
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978) [3 Points]
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975) [2 Points]
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 08/19/2019 @ 12:55pm

Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965)-4
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)-3
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)-2
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 08/19/2019 @ 13:39pm

4=Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965)
3=Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
2=Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
1=Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 08/19/2019 @ 22:32pm

Colbie Caillat - Gypsy Heart (2014)
Train - Bulletproof Picasso (2014)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 08/20/2019 @ 00:00am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975) - 28
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965) - 28
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979) - 22 (2 Highest votes, 6 Higher votes)
__________________________

Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978) - 22 (2 Highest votes, 4 Higher votes)

The losing Nick Lowe album will be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Gordon Lightfoot - Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
Love - Da Capo (1966)
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm (1975)
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us (1965)
Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)
The 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere (1967)
The Everly Brothers - A Date with the Everly Brothers (1960)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/20/2019 @ 01:08am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still A Rose (1998)
Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (1972)
Aretha Franklin - Aretha Arrives (1967)
Aretha Franklin - Jump to It (1982)
Aretha Franklin - Music From the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" (1976)
Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark (1970)
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/20/2019 @ 01:10am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Ace Frehley - Space Invader (2014)
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014)
Alexander Desplat - The Grand Budapest Hotel: Original Soundtrack (2014)
Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness - Andrew Mcmahon In the Wilderness (2014)
Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers (2014)
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014)
Caribou - Our Love (2014)
Colbie Caillat - Gypsy Heart (2014)
Counting Crows - Somewhere Under Wonderland (2014)
Ed Sheeran - x (2014)
Eric Church - The Outsiders (2014)
Future Islands - Singles (2014)
Jack White - Lazaretto (2014)
Jun Konagaya - Travels (2014)
Lana Del Ray - Ultraviolence (2014)
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
Maroon 5 - V (2014)
Natalie Merchant - Natalie Merchant (2014)
Saor - Aura (2014)
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014)
Train - Bulletproof Picasso (2014)
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/20/2019 @ 01:13am

Ed Sheeran - x (2014)
Lana Del Ray - Ultraviolence (2014)
Maroon 5 - V (2014)
Natalie Merchant - Natalie Merchant (2014)
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014)
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014)
Jack White - Lazaretto (2014)
Counting Crows - Somewhere Under Wonderland (2014)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Tuesday, 08/20/2019 @ 20:36pm

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014)
Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness - Andrew Mcmahon In the Wilderness (2014)
Colbie Caillat - Gypsy Heart (2014)
Ed Sheeran - x (2014)
Eric Church - The Outsiders (2014)
Future Islands - Singles (2014)
Lana Del Ray - Ultraviolence (2014)
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 08/20/2019 @ 22:35pm

KING'S AUGUST 2019 ALBUMS "2014" (8)
Ace Frehley-Space Invader (2014)
Colbie Caillat-Gypsy Heart (2014)
Counting Crows-Somewhere Under Wonderland (2014)
Ed Sheeran-x (2014)
Maroon 5-V (2014)
Natalie Merchant-Natalie Merchant (2014)
Train-Bulletproof Picasso (2014)
U2-Songs Of Innocence (2014)

ARETHA FRANKLIN ALBUMS (5)
Aretha Franklin-A Rose Is Still A Rose (1998)
Aretha Franklin-Amazing Grace (1972)
Aretha Franklin-Aretha Arrives (1967)
Aretha Franklin-Spirit In The Dark (1970)
Aretha Franklin-Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
KING 👑

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 08/21/2019 @ 00:00am

Alexander Desplat - The Grand Budapest Hotel: Original Soundtrack (2014)
Counting Crows - Somewhere Under Wonderland (2014)
Ed Sheeran - x (2014)
Maroon 5 - V (2014)
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014)
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014)

Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (1972)
Aretha Franklin - Aretha Arrives (1967)
Aretha Franklin- Music From the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" (1976)
Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/21/2019 @ 15:38pm

Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers (2014)
Caribou - Our Love (2014)
Future Islands - Singles (2014)
Lana Del Ray - Ultraviolence (2014)
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014)

Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (1972)
Aretha Franklin - Music From the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" (1976)
Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark (1970)
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 08/22/2019 @ 09:40am

Ed Sheeran - x (2014)
Maroon 5 - V (2014)
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014)
Future Islands - Singles (2014)
Lana Del Ray - Ultraviolence (2014)
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)

Aretha Franklin-Amazing Grace (1972)
Aretha Franklin-Aretha Arrives (1967)
Aretha Franklin-Spirit In The Dark (1970)
Aretha Franklin-Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
Aretha Franklin - Music From the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" (1976)

Posted by Margo on Thursday, 08/22/2019 @ 19:03pm

Arial Pink - Pom Pom (2014)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (2014)
Caribou - Our Love (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Future Islands - Singles (2014)
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014)
Jack White - Lazaretto (2014)
Natalie Merchant - Natalie Merchant (2014)

Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (1972)
Aretha Franklin - Aretha Arrives (1967)
Aretha Franklin - Sprit in the Dark (1970)
Aretha Franklin - Music from the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" (1976)
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who (1985)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/23/2019 @ 10:37am

Alexander Desplat - The Grand Budapest Hotel: Original Soundtrack (2014)
Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers (2014)
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014)
Future Islands - Singles (2014)
Jun Konagaya - Travel (2014)
Saor - Aura (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 08/24/2019 @ 22:53pm

Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still A Rose (1998)
Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (1972)
Aretha Franklin - Jump to It (1982)
Aretha Franklin - Music From the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" (1976)
Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark (1970)
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014)
Ed Sheeran - x (2014)
Eric Church - The Outsiders (2014)
Jack White - Lazaretto (2014)
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014)
Maroon 5 - V (2014)
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014)
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 08/24/2019 @ 23:11pm

Ace Frehley - Space Invader (2014)
Alexander Desplat - The Grand Budapest Hotel: Original Soundtrack (2014)
Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness - Andrew Mcmahon In the Wilderness (2014)
Colbie Caillat - Gypsy Heart (2014)
Counting Crows - Somewhere Under Wonderland (2014)
Ed Sheeran - x (2014)
Maroon 5 - V (2014)
Train - Bulletproof Picasso (2014)

There are also many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 08/24/2019 @ 23:58pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (1972) - 6
Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark (1970) - 6
_______________________

Aretha Franklin - Music From the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" (1976) - 5
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 5
_______________________

Aretha Franklin - Aretha Arrives (1967) - 4

Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still A Rose (1998) - 2

Aretha Franklin - Jump to It (1982) - 1

This vote count included the following votes:

KING
Tom H.
Steve Z
Margo
Greg F.
Nick

As a result of this vote, the following song has been inducted:

Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (1972)
Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark (1970)

The following songs will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Aretha Franklin - Music From the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" (1976)
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote, rank both albums in order of preference.

The album that receive the most points will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on Tuesday the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/25/2019 @ 02:49am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Ed Sheeran - x (2014) - 7
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014) - 7

Maroon 5 - V (2014) - 6

Future Islands - Singles (2014) - 5
Lana Del Ray - Ultraviolence (2014) - 5
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014) - 5
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014) - 5

Counting Crows - Somewhere Under Wonderland (2014) - 4
_______________________

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014) - 3
Alexander Desplat - The Grand Budapest Hotel: Original Soundtrack (2014) - 3
Colbie Caillat - Gypsy Heart (2014) - 3
Jack White - Lazaretto (2014) - 3
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems (2014) - 3
Natalie Merchant - Natalie Merchant (2014) - 3

Ace Frehley - Space Invader (2014) - 2
Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness - Andrew Mcmahon In the Wilderness (2014) - 2
Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers (2014) - 2
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014) - 2
Caribou - Our Love (2014) - 2
Eric Church - The Outsiders (2014) - 2
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014) - 2
Train - Bulletproof Picasso (2014) - 2

Jun Konagaya - Travels (2014) - 1
Saor - Aura (2014) - 1

This vote count included the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
jtrichey
KING
Tom H.
Steve Z
Margo
Greg F
Ray
Nick
Jennifer

As a result of this vote, the following albums have been inducted:

Counting Crows - Somewhere Under Wonderland (2014)
Ed Sheeran - x (2014)
Future Islands - Singles (2014)
Lana Del Ray - Ultraviolence (2014)
Maroon 5 - V (2014)
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2014)
Todd Terje - It's Album Time (2014)
U2 - Songs of Innocence (2014)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/25/2019 @ 03:06am

Aretha Franklin - Music from the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/26/2019 @ 13:14pm

Aretha Franklin - Music from the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" (1976)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 08/26/2019 @ 22:22pm

ARETHA FRANKLIN (2)
Aretha Franklin-Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)-2 Points
Aretha Franklin- Music From Picture "Sparkle" (1976)-1 PT
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Posted by KING on Tuesday, 08/27/2019 @ 05:57am

Tiebreaker:

Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985 [2 Points]
Aretha Franklin - Music From Picture "Sparkle" (1976) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 08/27/2019 @ 22:39pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Aretha Franklin - Music From the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" (1976) - 2
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Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 2

The last vote cast was Steve Z's vote for "Who's Zoomin' Who?". That vote was eliminated to break the tie.

"Who's Zoomin' Who?" will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's Artist Vote:

Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (1972)
Aretha Franklin - Music From the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" (1976)
Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark (1970)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/28/2019 @ 01:16am

The randomly selected year for the Artist Vote in September is 1964.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/28/2019 @ 01:22am

My Nominations

808 State – ex:el (1991)
Robyn – Honey (2018)
Various Artists – Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)

Genre Vote: Artists on the Previously Considered List

Artist Vote: KMFDM

Year Vote:

Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder (1964)
Lesley Gore – Girl Talk (1964)
Original Broadway Cast – Funny Girl (1964)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/1/2019 @ 03:39am

KING'S SEPT 2019 "1964" ALBUMS
Ben E. King-Young Boy Blues (1964)
Glen Campbell-The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964)
The Hollies-In The Hollies Style (1964)
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Posted by KING on Sunday, 09/1/2019 @ 05:51am

Rule Changes In 2019:

The number of albums inducted as a result of the monthly Artist Project vote will be increased from 2 albums to 3 albums.

Voters can nominate any three eligible songs and are no longer required to nominate a song from the previous year in order to nominate the maximum number available.

There will no longer be a 6 month ban on artists selected for the Artist Vote. This includes artists that were selected in the past 6 months that were previously banned and no longer will be.

Both genre votes will take place at the same time if the selected genre is chosen to have a split.

We will have a Year Vote each month. The selected year will be randomly selected each month. Each year is only eligible once and will be disqualified after being selected. The Year Vote will take place at the same time as the Artist Vote. Years from 1900-1945 will be grouped into 5 year groupings.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2018. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)

There is also a tiebreaker in process that ends at 11 PM Central. Losing albums from that tiebreaker will also be automatically nominated this month.

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Art/Experimental/Prog
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Women in Rap

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the past 6 months:

Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock
Female Country Singers and Bands
Live Albums
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project

"Albums by Non-American, Non-British Artists" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Duran Duran
Elton John
Garth Brooks
Guided By Voices
KISS
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
Tony Bennett

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated albums. The three albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1964.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1964. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1964.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 2014 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Bob Dylan - Another Side of Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are a-Changin'
Chuck Berry - St. Louis To Liverpool
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer
Original Broadway Cast - Fiddler on the Roof
Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
The Beach Boys - All Summer Long
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night [UK]
The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over
The Rolling Stones - 12X5
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
The Temptations - Meet The Temptations

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1964, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/1/2019 @ 17:10pm

Year Noms:
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964)
Dusty Springfield - A Girl Named Dusty (1964)
John Coltrane - Crescent (1964)

General Noms:
Linkin Park - One More Light (2017)
Gorillaz - The Now Now (2018)
Paramore - After Laughter (2017)

Genre Vote: Symphonic Metal

Artist Vote: Deep Purple

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Sunday, 09/1/2019 @ 17:13pm

Jason we've done an artist vote on Deep Purple. You have another artist nomination if you want it.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/2/2019 @ 01:35am

Christ, I've all sorts of mixed up lately. I apologize. I'll switch over to My Chemical Romance, who surprisingly don't have much representation in the hall yet.

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 09/2/2019 @ 09:08am

General Nominations:

Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)

Year Nominations:

Bobby Vinton - Mr. Lonely (1964)
Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
The Kinks - Kinks (1964)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 09/2/2019 @ 11:09am

2019 September General Album Nominations (3)

Better Than Ezra-Friction, Baby (1996)
Fleetwood Mac-Say You Will (2003)
Scorpions-Unbreakable (2004)

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Posted by KING on Monday, 09/2/2019 @ 12:31pm

Year Nominations First

Herbie Hancock- Empyrean Isles (1964)
The Beach Boys- Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)
Thelonious Monk- It's Monk's Time

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/2/2019 @ 14:07pm

General Nominations

Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
The Grateful Dead- Aoxomoxoa (1969)

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/2/2019 @ 14:49pm

Genre Nomination

Country

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/2/2019 @ 16:14pm

noms - general

Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (1981)
Dirty Vegas - Dirty Vegas (2002)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 09/2/2019 @ 23:04pm

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)

Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena (1964)
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart (1964)
James Brown And The Famous Flames - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal (1964)

Artist: Neil Young

Genre: Psychedelic Rock

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 09/2/2019 @ 23:56pm

General Nominations -
Bette Midler- The Divine Miss M (1972)
The Pointer Sisters- The Pointer Sisters (1973)
TLC- FanMail (1999)

Artist Nomination -
Carole King

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 09/3/2019 @ 00:58am

2019 September Album Artist Nomination-Dion

Genre Nomination- Grunge

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Posted by KING on Tuesday, 09/3/2019 @ 01:21am

General nominations:

Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep – Mountain High (1966)
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Stones in the Road (1994)

Year nominations:

Nina Simone - Broadway-Blues-Ballads (1964)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez/5 (1964)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! (1964)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 09/3/2019 @ 13:39pm

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/3/2019 @ 19:50pm

September 2019 General Album Nominations:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - California 37 (2012)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 09/3/2019 @ 23:43pm

General noms:

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)

Genre nom:

Punk

Artist nom:

Rory Gallagher

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 09/3/2019 @ 23:59pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

808 State - ex:el (1991)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Better Than Ezra - Friction, Baby (1996)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Dirty Vegas - Dirty Vegas (2002)
Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will (2003)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Gorillaz - The Now Now (2018)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
Linkin Park - One More Light (2017)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Stones in the Road (1994)
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (1981)
Paramore - After Laughter (2017)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Robyn - Honey (2018)
Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004)
The Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa (1969)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
TLC - FanMail (1999)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/4/2019 @ 00:44am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Art/Experimental/Prog
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Country
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Grunge
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Psychedelic Rock
Punk
Symphonic Metal
Women in Rap

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/4/2019 @ 00:45am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Dion
Duran Duran
Elton John
Garth Brooks
Guided By Voices
KISS
KMFDM
Miles Davis
My Chemical Romance
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
Rory Gallagher
Tony Bennett
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/4/2019 @ 00:47am

Nominations remain open for this month's Year Project votes.

This month's selected Year is 1964.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/4/2019 @ 00:48am

1980's Metal Albums
Art/Experimental/Prog
Power Metal
Psychedelic Rock
Punk
Symphonic Metal

Guided By Voices
KMFDM
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Rory Gallagher

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 09/4/2019 @ 03:41am

KING's September 2019 Albums Vote (8)
Air Supply-Lost In Love (1980)
Aretha Franklin-Who's Zoomin' Who (1985)
Better Than Ezra-Friction,Baby (1996)
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Fleetwood Mac-Say You Will (2003)
Helloween-Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Scorpions-Unbreakable (2004)
Train-California 37 (2012)

Artist Vote (6)
Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Dion
Duran Duran
Garth Brooks
KISS

Genre Vote (6)
Country
Grunge
Punk
1980's Metal Albums
Art/Experimental/Prog
Power Metal
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Posted by KING on Wednesday, 09/4/2019 @ 13:16pm

808 State - ex:el (1991)
Robyn - Honey (2018)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Gorillaz - The Now Now (2018)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)

Artists on the Previously Considered List
Power Metal
Symphonic Metal
Americana
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)

Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Elton John
Guided by Voices
KMFDM
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/4/2019 @ 13:25pm

General Vote:
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who (1985)
The Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa (1969)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Gorillaz - The Now Now (2018)
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (1981)

Artist Vote:
Miles Davis
My Chemical Romance
Neil Young
Carole King
Dion
Duran Duran

Genre Vote:
Power Metal
Grunge
Punk
Art/Experimental/Prog
Women in Rap
Original Cast Albums (Theater)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 09/4/2019 @ 13:30pm

Greg F-

You voted for 7 genres in the genre vote. You'll have to drop one in order for your vote to be counted.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/4/2019 @ 14:18pm

I'll drop female Pop, R&B and Rap Artists (non-indie, alternative etc.)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/4/2019 @ 14:47pm

General Vote

808 State - ex:el (1991)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (1981)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
The Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa (1969)
TLC - FanMail (1999)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)

Last Cuts: Helloween, CCR, Miami Sound Machine, Queens of the Stone Age, Aretha Franklin

Genre vote

1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Grunge
Psychedelic Rock
Punk

Artist Vote

Elton John
Garth Brooks
KISS
KMFDM
Parliament/Funkadelic
Tony Bennett

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 09/4/2019 @ 15:33pm

Art/Experimental/Prog
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Country
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Psychedelic Rock

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/4/2019 @ 17:48pm

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
Dirty Vegas - Dirty Vegas (2002)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (1981)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 09/4/2019 @ 22:12pm

Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (1981)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)

1980's Metal Albums
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Grunge
Punk
Women in Rap

Dion
Elton John
KISS
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 09/5/2019 @ 19:09pm

Aretha Franklin - Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (1985)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966)
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
TLC - FanMail (1999)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)

1990’s R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Americana
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Female Pop, R&B and Rap Artists (Non Indie – Rock/Alternative Rock)
Original Cast Albums (Theater)

Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Dion
Garth Brooks
Parliament/Funkadelic
Tony Bennett

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 09/5/2019 @ 22:27pm

September 2019 Album Genre Ballot:

Americana
Art/Experimental/Prog
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Psychedelic Rock

My last cuts are Country and Power Metal. There are also other genres that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 09/6/2019 @ 18:55pm

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Gorillaz - The Now Now (2018)
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (1981)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)

1980's Metal Albums
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Grunge
Punk
Women in Rap

Carole King
Duran Duran
Elton John
Garth Brooks
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/6/2019 @ 23:23pm

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (1981)
Paramore - After Laughter (2017)
The Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa (1969)
TLC - FanMail (1999)

1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Country
Psychedelic Rock
Punk
Women in Rap

Dion
Guided By Voices
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
Tony Bennett

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 09/6/2019 @ 23:24pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Punk - 7
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21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop - 6

Art/Experimental/Prog - 5
Artists on the Previously Considered List - 5
Grunge - 5
Psychedelic Rock - 5

1980's Metal Albums - 4
1990's R&B - 4
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.) - 4
Original Cast Albums (Theater) - 4
Power Metal - 4
Women in Rap - 4
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Americana - 3
Country - 3

Symphonic Metal - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Ray
KING
Greg F
Jason Dagotto
Donnie
Tom H.
Steve Z
Nick
Jennifer
Darren
BSLO

This month's selected genre is "Punk".

Nominations begin on the 8th at 11 PM Central. Before then, we need to decide if this genre will be divided into two votes or not and what criteria would be used to split the votes if we have a split.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/7/2019 @ 01:11am

No split is needed for this genre.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/7/2019 @ 01:18am

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Stones in the Road (1994)
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
The Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa (1969)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 09/7/2019 @ 02:43am

Yes to a split in Punk. I'd option 1900-1990 and 1991-2018

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 09/7/2019 @ 13:35pm

I vote for no on a split for the Genre Vote.

To be frank, I don't think we should do splits on Genre Votes for the Album Project. We're at the point in the Album Project, where it's rare that we do a genre that hasn't already been done before in the Genre Vote or at least won't be done again in the future. Genre for the Album Project by default are much more limited than the Song Project.

Considering how many votes we do nowadays, I gotta say we should limit split rounds to extreme cases where it's likely a "now or never" situation for a Genre. I don't think such a scenario exists for any genre when it comes to the Album Project.

I mean, geez, Prog/Art Rock almost won this round again, and that would be seriously like the 4th time we've done that genre in the last two years alone lol.

I'm sure we can have a good round of Punk and probably revisit this genre again within the next year or so.

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 09/7/2019 @ 14:39pm

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Fleetwood Mac-Say You Will (2003)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Scorpions-Unbreakable (2004)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)

There are also many, many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Dion
Duran Duran
Elton John
KISS

My last cut was Tony Bennett. There are also others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 09/8/2019 @ 21:23pm

Bette Midler- The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep – Mountain High (1966)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
The Grateful Dead- Aoxomoxoa (1969)
TLC- FanMail (1999)

Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Garth Brooks
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Tony Bennett

No to a genre split

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/8/2019 @ 21:35pm

No to a genre split.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 09/8/2019 @ 22:08pm

Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)

Ozzy and Go Bo Diddley were the final cuts here.

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 09/8/2019 @ 23:52pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966) - 8

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968) - 7

Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) - 6
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978) - 6
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (1981) - 6

The Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa (1969) - 5
________________________________

Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 4
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 4
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 4
The Misfits - Static Age (1996) - 4
TLC - FanMail (1999) - 4
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) - 4
________________________________

Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) - 3
Gorillaz - The Now Now (2018) - 3
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985) - 3
Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 3

808 State - ex:el (1991) - 2
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 2
Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003) - 2
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012) - 2
Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will (2003) - 2
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 2
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 2
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007) - 2
Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004) - 2
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973) - 2
Train - California 37 (2012) - 2

Better Than Ezra - Friction, Baby (1996) - 1
Dirty Vegas - Dirty Vegas (2002) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017) - 1
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Stones in the Road (1994) - 1
Paramore - After Laughter (2017) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Robyn - Honey (2018) - 1

Linkin Park - One More Light (2017) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Greg F
Jason Dagotto
Donnie
jtrichey
Steve Z
Nick
Darren
BSLO
MichaelEU
Jennifer
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (1981)
The Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa (1969)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
TLC - FanMail (1999)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums.

The 2 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 4 albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Punk", this month's Artist Project vote, which is Dion or this month's Year Project vote, which is 1964.

In my opinion, the only qualified album is The Misfits - Static Age (1996).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/9/2019 @ 01:09am

"Punk" has been selected as this month's genre vote. There will not be a vote split for this genre.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Punk 1900-2018".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/9/2019 @ 01:10am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Dion - 6
___________________________

Barbra Streisand - 5
Carole King - 5
Elton John - 5
Garth Brooks - 5
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 5

Duran Duran - 4
KISS - 4
Neil Young - 4
Parliament/Funkadelic - 4
Tony Bennett - 4
___________________________

Guided By Voices - 3
KMFDM - 3
Miles Davis - 3

Air Supply - 2
TV On The Radio - 2

My Chemical Romance - 1
Rory Gallagher - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Ray
KING
Greg F
Jason Dagotto
Donnie
Steve Z
Nick
Darren
BSLO
Jennifer
Tom H.

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Dion.

Any voter can nominate one album by Dion released from 1900-2018 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

NONE

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Dion's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_DiMucci_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/9/2019 @ 01:13am

Nominations remain open for this month's Year Project vote.

This month's selected year is 1964.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/9/2019 @ 01:13am

Genre Vote

The Undertones - The Undertones (1978)
Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
The Men - Open Your Heart (2012)

Honorable Mentions

Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It (1997)
The Vibrators - Pure Mania (1977)
Matchbook Romance - Voices (2006)
Blink-182 - Take off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2003)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/9/2019 @ 01:22am

Artist Nomination

Dion- Runaround Sue (1961)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/9/2019 @ 07:13am

Genre Nominations

Dropkick Murphys- The Warrior's Code (2005)
Social Distortion- Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992)
The Offspring- Ignition (1992)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/9/2019 @ 07:27am

Bette Midler- The Divine Miss M (1972)-6
TLC- FanMail (1999)-5
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)-4
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)-3
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)-2
Various Artists – Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/9/2019 @ 10:11am

Genre noms:

Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
The Boys - The Boys (1977)

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 6
TLC - FanMail (1999) - 5
The Misfits - Static Age (1996) - 4
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) - 3
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 2
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 09/9/2019 @ 10:58am

KING 👑 Nomination Dion Artist Sept 2019 (1)
Dion-Streetheart (1976)

SEPT 2019 Tiebreaker
Aretha Franklin-Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)-6
TLC-FanMail (1999)-5
The Misfits-Static Age (1996)-4
Bo Diddley-Go Bo Diddley (1959)-3
Various Artists-Flashdance:Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture (1983)-2
Bette Midler-The Divine Miss M (1972)-1
KING 👑

Posted by KING on Monday, 09/9/2019 @ 13:55pm

Artist Vote:

Dion - Born to be with You (1975)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/9/2019 @ 16:17pm

Tiebreaker:

The Misfits - Static Age (1996) [6 Points]
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) [5 Points]
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) [4 Points]
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) [3 Points]
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) [2 Points]
TLC - FanMail (1999) [1 Point]

Genre Nominations:

Fear - The Record (1982)
Minor Threat - Out Of Step (1983)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP (1979)

Artist Nomination:

Dion - Donna the Prima Donna (1963)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 09/9/2019 @ 23:08pm

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 6
TLC - FanMail (1999) - 5
The Misfits - Static Age (1996) - 4
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 3
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 2
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) - 1

Dion - Dion (1968)

Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 09/10/2019 @ 23:00pm

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 6
TLC - FanMail (1999) - 5
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) - 4
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 3
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 2
The Misfits - Static Age (1996) - 1

Gang of Four - Solid Gold (1981)
Pere Ubu - Terminal Tower (1985)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 09/11/2019 @ 02:35am

Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) 6
No Diddley - Go No Diddley (1959) 5
TLC - FanMail (1999) 4
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who (1985) 3
The Misfits - Static Age (1996) 2
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/11/2019 @ 02:48am

Correction: Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/11/2019 @ 02:51am

Genre noms:

Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
NoMeansNo - Wrong (1989)
Jawbreaker - Dear You (1995)

Artist nom:

Dion - Wonder Where I'm Bound (1969)

Tiebreaker:

The Misfits - Static Age (1996) - 6
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 5
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 4
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) - 3
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 2
TLC - FanMail (1999) - 1

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 09/11/2019 @ 20:59pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959) - 34
TLC - FanMail (1999) - 31
_____________________

The Misfits - Static Age (1996) - 30
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 26
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) - 24
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 23

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote, except for the Misfits album, which will be nominated for this month's genre vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the September Album Project vote:

Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (1981)
The Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa (1969)
TLC - FanMail (1999)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/12/2019 @ 01:43am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP (1979)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
Fear - The Record (1982)
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
Gang of Four - Solid Gold (1981)
Husker Du - Target (1983)
Jawbreaker - Dear You (1995)
Minor Threat - Out Of Step (1983)
NoMeansNo - Wrong (1989)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Pennywise - Revolution (2012)
Pere Ubu - Terminal Tower (1985)
Social Distortion - Machine Gun Blues (2011)
Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992)
The Boys - The Boys (1977)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
The Men - Open Your Heart (2012)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
The Offspring - Ignition (1992)
The Undertones - The Undertones (1978)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/12/2019 @ 01:53am

Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
The Men - Open Your Heart (2012)
The Undertones - The Undertones (1978)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Pere Ubu - Terminal Tower (1985)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
Fear - The Record (1982)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 09/12/2019 @ 02:17am

FRL Punk Voters
You can disregard my 3 nominations Husker Du, Pennywise, and Social Distortion-Machine Gun Blues. I accidentally voted 4 Punk songs instead of Punk Albums. Voting in so many projects. Glad I caught this now. KING 👑

Posted by KING on Thursday, 09/12/2019 @ 05:56am

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP (1979)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
Fear - The Record (1982)
Minor Threat - Out Of Step (1983)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
The Undertones - The Undertones (1978)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 09/14/2019 @ 12:46pm

Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
Minor Threat - Out Of Step (1983)
Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
The Offspring - Ignition (1992)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/15/2019 @ 22:46pm

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP (1979)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
Minor Threat - Out Of Step (1983)
The Boys - The Boys (1977)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 09/15/2019 @ 23:57pm

Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
Dropkick Murphys- The Warrior's Code (2005)
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Gang of Four - Solid Gold (1981)
Minor Threat - Out Of Step (1983)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Social Distortion- Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992)
The Offspring- Ignition (1992)

Seriously last day of voting and I'm only the 5th to vote? Wow.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/16/2019 @ 11:17am

Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
Gang of Four - Solid Gold (1981)
Pere Ubu - Terminal Tower (1985)
Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
The Undertones - The Undertones (1978)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)

Don’t worry Tom. I’m sure they’ll be almost double the number of votes by the end of today. As you probably notice, many voters here (including myself at times) wait until the 11th hour to cast our ballots.

And are EPs allowed in the Album Project? Could’ve sworn that they weren’t eligible but I could be wrong.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 09/16/2019 @ 12:59pm

We do allow eps.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/16/2019 @ 13:15pm

Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
Fear - The Record (1982)
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)

Is Pere Ubu - Terminal Tower (1985) eligible since it's a compilation album?

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 09/16/2019 @ 22:08pm

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP (1979)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
Jawbreaker - Dear You (1995)
NoMeansNo - Wrong (1989)
Pere Ubu - Terminal Tower (1985)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
The Undertones - The Undertones (1978)

If Pere Ubu is ineligible, then change that vote to Fear.

Posted by Ray on Monday, 09/16/2019 @ 23:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982) - 6

Bad Religion - Suffer (1988) - 5

Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005) - 4
Fugazi - The Argument (2001) - 4
Minor Threat - Out Of Step (1983) - 4
Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992) - 4
The Misfits - Static Age (1996) - 4
The Undertones - The Undertones (1978) - 4
____________________________

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP (1979) - 3
Fear - The Record (1982) - 3
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002) - 3
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989) - 3
Pere Ubu - Terminal Tower (1985) - 3

Blondie - Blondie (1976) - 2
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982) - 2
Gang of Four - Solid Gold (1981) - 2
The Offspring - Ignition (1992) - 2
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982) - 2

Jawbreaker - Dear You (1995) - 1
NoMeansNo - Wrong (1989) - 1
The Boys - The Boys (1977) - 1
The Men - Open Your Heart (2012) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Steve Z
Darren
MichaelEU
Tom H.
Nick
BSLO
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
Minor Threat - Out Of Step (1983)
Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
The Undertones - The Undertones (1978)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/17/2019 @ 02:35am

Nominations remain open for this month's Year Vote (1964) and Artist Vote (Dion).

Nominations will remain open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/17/2019 @ 02:36am

Link to FRL’s Album Project -
https://futurerocklegends.com/The_Album_Project.php#post

^ The Year Vote is also 1964 (it’s also the same year chosen for the Song Project in a given month) and Dion is the selected artist for the upcoming Artist Vote.

Link to FRL’s Rock Hall Revised Project -
https://futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected.php#post

^ This is going to be the last week of nominees to determine the final ballot (which I think occurs in the next few weeks. Right before the HOF announces their official 2020 nominees).

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 09/17/2019 @ 21:21pm

1964 Year Nominations -
The Hollies - Stay With the Hollies (1964)
Gene Pitney - Blue Gene (1964)
Dick Dale - Summer Surf (1964)

Dion Artist Nomination -
Dion - Alone With Dion (1961)

Posted by Jame's Gang on Tuesday, 09/17/2019 @ 22:43pm

Year noms:

Grachan Moncur III - Evolution (1964)
John Fahey - Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes (1964)
Shirley Collins & Davy Graham - Folk Roots, New Routes (1964)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 09/18/2019 @ 05:47am

I'll nominate
Dion - Bronx in Blue (2006)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 09/18/2019 @ 19:54pm

Year Nomination -
Dizzy Gillespie - The Cool World (1964)
John Barry - Goldfinger: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)

3 Great Film Soundtracks!

Artist Nomination -
Dion - Return of the Wanderer (1978)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 09/19/2019 @ 18:00pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Ben E. King - Young Boy Blues (1964)
Bobby Vinton - Mr. Lonely (1964)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! (1964)
Dick Dale - Summer Surf (1964)
Dizzy Gillespie - The Cool World (1964)
Dusty Springfield - A Girl Named Dusty (1964)
Gene Pitney - Blue Gene (1964)
Glen Campbell - The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964)
Grachan Moncur III - Evolution (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
James Brown And The Famous Flames - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal (1964)
Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena (1964)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez/5 (1964)
John Barry - Goldfinger: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)
John Coltrane - Crescent (1964)
John Fahey - Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes (1964)
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (1964)
Lesley Gore - Girl Talk (1964)
Nina Simone - Broadway Blues-Ballads (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart (1964)
Shirley Collins & Davy Graham - Folk Roots, New Routes (1964)
Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
The Beach Boys - Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964)
The Hollies - In The Hollies Style (1964)
The Hollies - Stay With the Hollies (1964)
The Kinks - Kinks (1964)
Thelonious Monk - It's Monk's Time
Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/20/2019 @ 01:38am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Dion - Alone With Dion (1961)
Dion - Born to be with You (1975)
Dion - Bronx in Blue (2006)
Dion - Dion (1968)
Dion - Donna the Prima Donna (1963)
Dion - Return of the Wanderer (1978)
Dion - Runaround Sue (1961)
Dion - Streetheart (1976)
Dion - Wonder Where I'm Bound (1969)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/20/2019 @ 01:39am

KING 👑 SEPT 2019 Album Project Votes
Dion (6)
Dion-Alone With Dion (1961)
Dion-Bronx In Blue (2006)
Dion-Dion (1968)
Dion-Donna The Prima Donna (1963)
Dion-Runaround Sue (1961)
Dion-Streetheart (1976)

1964 Year Albums (8)
Ben E.King-Young Boy Blues (1964)
Glen Campbell-The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964)
James Brown And The Famous Flames-Pure Dynamite! Live From The Royal (1964)
Jan & Dean-The Little Old Lady From Pasadena (1964)
Joan Baez-Joan Baez/5 (1964)
Simon And Garfunkel-Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
The Hollies-In The Hollies Style (1964)
The Kinks-Kinks (1964)
A KING salute to the FRL Regulars on a superb slate of 1964 albums. Hope there's a tiebreaker for some I couldn't fit on like Goldfinger and Lesley Gore. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 09/20/2019 @ 20:59pm

Dick Dale - Summer Surf (1964)
Glen Campbell - The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964)
James Brown And The Famous Flames - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal (1964)
Lesley Gore - Girl Talk (1964)
Nina Simone - Broadway Blues-Ballads (1964)
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964)
The Hollies - Stay With the Hollies (1964)
The Kinks - Kinks (1964)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 09/20/2019 @ 23:16pm

Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! (1964)
Glen Campbell - The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez/5 (1964)
John Coltrane - Crescent (1964)
John Fahey - Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes (1964)
Nina Simone - Broadway Blues-Ballads (1964)
Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
The Kinks - Kinks (1964)

Dion - Alone With Dion (1961)
Dion - Dion (1968)
Dion - Donna the Prima Donna (1963)
Dion - Runaround Sue (1961)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 09/21/2019 @ 03:21am

Bobby Vinton - Mr. Lonely (1964)
Gene Pitney - Blue Gene (1964)
Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena (1964)
Lesley Gore - Girl Talk (1964)
Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
The Beach Boys - Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964)
The Kinks - Kinks (1964)

Dion - Alone With Dion (1961)
Dion - Dion (1968)
Dion - Donna the Prima Donna (1963)
Dion - Runaround Sue (1961)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 09/21/2019 @ 08:37am

My Votes

Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (1964)
Lesley Gore - Girl Talk (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
The Kinks - Kinks (1964)
Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena (1964)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez/5 (1964)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)
Dick Dale - Summer Surf (1964)

Dion - Born to be with You (1975)
Dion - Dion (1968)
Dion - Runaround Sue (1961)
Dion - Alone with Dion (1961)
Dion - Streetheart (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/23/2019 @ 14:57pm

Dick Dale - Summer Surf (1964)
Dizzy Gillespie - The Cool World (1964)
Herbie Hancock- Empyrean Isles (1964)
Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena (1964)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez/5 (1964)
John Coltrane - Crescent (1964)
The Beach Boys- Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)
Thelonious Monk- It's Monk's Time (1964)

Dion - Alone With Dion (1961)
Dion - Dion (1968)
Dion - Donna the Prima Donna (1963)
Dion- Runaround Sue (1961)
Dion - Wonder Where I'm Bound (1969)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 09/24/2019 @ 07:11am

1964 Vote
Dick Dale - Summer Surf (1964)
Dizzy Gillespie - The Cool World (1964)
John Barry - Goldfinger: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)
Lesley Gore - Girl Talk (1964)
Nina Simone - Broadway Blues-Ballads (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)

Dion Vote
Alone With Dion (1961)
Dion (1968)
Donna the Prima Donna (1963)
Dion - Return of the Wanderer (1978)
Runaround Sue (1961)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 09/24/2019 @ 23:32pm

Dion - Born to be with You (1975)
Dion - Bronx in Blue (2006)
Dion - Dion (1968)
Dion - Runaround Sue (1961)
Dion - Wonder Where I'm Bound (1969)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 09/24/2019 @ 23:59pm

Bobby Vinton - Mr. Lonely (1964)
Dusty Springfield - A Girl Named Dusty (1964)
John Barry - Goldfinger: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)
Nina Simone - Broadway Blues-Ballads (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
The Kinks - Kinks (1964)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 09/25/2019 @ 00:00am

8 votes:

Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! (1964)
Dick Dale - Summer Surf (1964)
Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena (1964)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez/5 (1964)
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart (1964)
Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
The Beach Boys - Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)
The Kinks - Kinks (1964)

Posted by Darrin A on Wednesday, 09/25/2019 @ 07:47am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Dion - Dion (1968) - 7
Dion - Runaround Sue (1961) - 7

Dion - Alone With Dion (1961) - 6
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Dion - Donna the Prima Donna (1963) - 5

Dion - Born to be with You (1975) - 2
Dion - Bronx in Blue (2006) - 2
Dion - Streetheart (1976) - 2
Dion - Wonder Where I'm Bound (1969) - 2

Dion - Return of the Wanderer (1978) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
MichaelEU
Steve Z
Greg F
Tom H.
Nick
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dion - Dion (1968)
Dion - Runaround Sue (1961)
Dion - Alone With Dion (1961)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/25/2019 @ 08:23am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

The Kinks - Kinks (1964) - 7

Dick Dale - Summer Surf (1964) - 5
Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena (1964) - 5
Joan Baez - Joan Baez/5 (1964) - 5
Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964) - 5

Lesley Gore - Girl Talk (1964) - 4
Nina Simone - Broadway Blues-Ballads (1964) - 4
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Glen Campbell - The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964) - 3
The Beach Boys - Shut Down Volume 2 (1964) - 3
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964) - 3
Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964) - 3
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Bobby Vinton - Mr. Lonely (1964) - 2
Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! (1964) - 2
Dizzy Gillespie - The Cool World (1964) - 2
James Brown And The Famous Flames - Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal (1964) - 2
John Barry - Goldfinger: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964) - 2
John Coltrane - Crescent (1964) - 2

Ben E. King - Young Boy Blues (1964) - 1
Dusty Springfield - A Girl Named Dusty (1964) - 1
Gene Pitney - Blue Gene (1964) - 1
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964) - 1
John Fahey - Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes (1964) - 1
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (1964) - 1
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart (1964) - 1
The Hollies - In The Hollies Style (1964) - 1
The Hollies - Stay With the Hollies (1964) - 1
Thelonious Monk - It's Monk's Time - 1

Grachan Moncur III - Evolution (1964) - 0
Shirley Collins & Davy Graham - Folk Roots, New Routes (1964) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
jtrichey
MichaelEU
Steve Z
Greg F
Tom H.
Nick
Jennifer
Darrin A

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dick Dale - Summer Surf (1964)
Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena (1964)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez/5 (1964)
Lesley Gore - Girl Talk (1964)
Nina Simone - Broadway Blues-Ballads (1964)
Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
The Kinks - Kinks (1964)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Glen Campbell - The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
The Beach Boys - Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all five albums in order of preference.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other four albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/25/2019 @ 08:31am

The Beach Boys- Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)-5
Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)-4
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964)-3
Glen Campbell-The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964)-2
Original Broadway Cast – Funny Girl (1964)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/25/2019 @ 09:54am

The Beach Boys- Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)-5
Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)-4
Glen Campbell-The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964)-3
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964)-2
Original Broadway Cast – Funny Girl (1964)-1

Posted by Darrin A on Thursday, 09/26/2019 @ 08:59am

Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964) 5
Glen Campbell - The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell (1964) 4
Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Soundtrack (1964) 3
The Beach Boys - Shut Down Vol. 2 (1964) 2
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 09/26/2019 @ 12:58pm

Tiebreaker:

The Beach Boys - Shut Down Volume 2 (1964) [5 Points]
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964) [4 Points]
Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964) [3 Points]
Glen Campbell - The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964) [2 Points]
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 09/26/2019 @ 14:44pm

KING 👑 TIEBREAKER SEPT 2019
Glen Campbell -The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964)-5
The Dave Clark Five-American Tour (1964)-4
The Beach Boys-Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)-3
Various Artists-My Fair Lady:Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)-2
Original Broadway Cast-Funny Girl (1964)-1

KING 👑

Posted by KING on Thursday, 09/26/2019 @ 18:50pm

Various Artists-My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964) -5
Original Broadway Cast-Funny Girl (1964) - 4
Glen Campbell -The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964) - 3
The Dave Clark Five-American Tour (1964) - 2
The Beach Boys-Shut Down Volume 2 (1964) - 1

Posted by Nick on Friday, 09/27/2019 @ 23:03pm

Various Artists - My Fair Lady 5
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl 4
Glen Campbell 3
The Dave Clark Five 2
The Beach Boys 1

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 09/29/2019 @ 00:02am

Finally got it to work. Sorry if it was a couple of minutes late.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 09/29/2019 @ 00:04am

(test)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/30/2019 @ 15:08pm

Everything Working?

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/30/2019 @ 15:33pm

My Nominations

k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992)
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967)
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)

Genre: Japanese City Pop

Artist: of Montreal

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 10/1/2019 @ 01:14am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964) - 26
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Glen Campbell - The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964) - 22
The Beach Boys - Shut Down Volume 2 (1964) - 22
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964) - 18
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964) - 17

Losing songs will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this Year vote:

Dick Dale - Summer Surf (1964)
Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena (1964)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez/5 (1964)
Lesley Gore - Girl Talk (1964)
Nina Simone - Broadway Blues-Ballads (1964)
Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
The Kinks - Kinks (1964)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/1/2019 @ 01:22am

Rule Changes In 2019:

The number of albums inducted as a result of the monthly Artist Project vote will be increased from 2 albums to 3 albums.

Voters can nominate any three eligible songs and are no longer required to nominate a song from the previous year in order to nominate the maximum number available.

There will no longer be a 6 month ban on artists selected for the Artist Vote. This includes artists that were selected in the past 6 months that were previously banned and no longer will be.

Both genre votes will take place at the same time if the selected genre is chosen to have a split.

We will have a Year Vote each month. The selected year will be randomly selected each month. Each year is only eligible once and will be disqualified after being selected. The Year Vote will take place at the same time as the Artist Vote. Years from 1900-1945 will be grouped into 5 year groupings.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2018. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month`s Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Aretha Franklin - Who`s Zoomin` Who? (1985)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Glen Campbell - The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
The Beach Boys - Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)

There is also a tiebreaker in process that ends at 11 PM Central. Losing albums from that tiebreaker will also be automatically nominated this month.

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn`t have a genre vote due to a previous month`s tiebreaker):

1980`s Metal Albums
1990`s R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Art/Experimental/Prog
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Grunge
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Psychedelic Rock
Women in Rap

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the past 6 months:

Female Country Singers and Bands
Live Albums
Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Punk

"Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn`t with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn`t already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn`t have an artist vote due to a previous month`s tiebreaker):

Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Duran Duran
Elton John
Garth Brooks
KISS
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
Tony Bennett

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dion
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there`s a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated albums. The three albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month`s Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month`s year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month`s genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month`s selected year is 2008.

Nominations are now open for this month`s Year Vote. This month`s selected year is 2008. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 2008.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 2008 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Adele - 19
Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant
Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Kanye West - 808`s and Heartbreak
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
Lady Gaga - The Fame
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
The Black Keys - Attack And Release
The Killers - Day & Age
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation

If you see a nominated album that wasn`t released in 2008, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/1/2019 @ 02:01am

The Misfits - Static Age (1996) was inducted with the Genre vote, so no need for it to be automatically nominated with the general vote!

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 10/1/2019 @ 08:13am

Year

Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark (2008)
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 10/1/2019 @ 10:21am

General Nominations First

Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)

Genre Nomination

Country

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/1/2019 @ 11:20am

Year Nominations

My Morning Jacket- Evil Urges (2008)
Taylor Swift- Fearless (2008)
Weezer- Weezer (Red Album)(2008)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/1/2019 @ 11:55am

KINGs OCTOBER 1 2019 GENERAL ALBUMS
MAD SEASON-Above (1995)
Fleetwood Mac-Say You Will (2003)
Childs Play-Rat Race (1990)

2008 ALBUMS
Black Crowes-Warpaint (2008)
Bryan Adams-11 (2008)
Lenny Kravitz-Its Time For A Love Revolution (2008)

Artist: Golden Earring
Genre: 60s & 70s Protest Songs
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 10/1/2019 @ 13:29pm

General
Aaliyah- One in a Million (1994)
John Prine- Bruised Orange (1978)
The Pointer Sisters- The Pointer Sisters (1973)

Genre
Spoken Word Albums

Artist
Merle Haggard

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 10/2/2019 @ 09:53am

Waylon Jennings - Ol' Waylon (1977)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 10/2/2019 @ 12:28pm

Correction Aaliyah - One in a Million was released in 1996.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/2/2019 @ 13:49pm

I got her debut album Age Aint Nothing But a Number (which was released in 1994) and One in a Million (1996)confused for whatever reason.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 10/2/2019 @ 13:57pm

General Nominations:

Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012)
Tom Jones - Along Came Jones (1965)
The 5th Dimension - The Age of Aquarius (1969)

Year Nominations:

Foals - Antidotes (2008)
Santogold - Santogold (2008)
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (2008)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 10/2/2019 @ 21:25pm

noms (general)

Live - The Distance to Here (1999)
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic (2007)

noms (2008)

The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
Bloc Party - Intimacy (2008)
R.E.M. - Accelerate (2008)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 10/2/2019 @ 22:05pm

Since the song project won't let me vote, looks like I'll just be doing the album project this time around. Artist pages won't load for me, so please correct me if any of these albums are in. Decided to really go for 2018 albums for my general nominations.

General:
Elvis Costello & the Imposters - Look Now (2018)
Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want (2018)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)

2008:
Slipknot - All Hope is Gone (2008)
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
Beach House - Devotion (2008)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 10/3/2019 @ 09:09am

Song Project Nominees (since that board doesn't seem to be working atm):

Static X - Push It (1999)
The The - This Is The Day (1983)
Gene Loves Jezebel - The Motion Of Love (1987)

Album Project Nominees:

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/3/2019 @ 14:51pm

I guess I'll be doing it all over here this time...

[Song Project]

General noms:

Helloween - Halloween (1987)

This nearly made it in with the Metal genre vote, but perhaps, 'tis the season?

Savage Garden - I Want You (1996)

This nearly made it in with the '90s Pop genre vote. Their original breakout single, before the success of "Truly Madly Deeply".

Vanilla Fudge - Season of the Witch (1968)

The band's genuinely chilling take on the Donovan original, taking the concept perhaps a little more literally.

Artist nom:

Scorpions

Genre nom:

Industrial

[Album Project]

General noms:

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)

Artist nom:

Wishbone Ash

Genre nom:

Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 10/3/2019 @ 19:03pm

Since the Song Project is not working at the moment, here are my nominations. I can't remember if we have an artist or genre selected of what has carried over, so I will include those nominations too for this month.

General September 2019 Song Nominations:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Meat Loaf - Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994)
Train - Mermaid (2012)

September 2019 Song Artist Nomination:

Phil Collins

September 2019 Song Genre Nomination:

Songs with Supernatural, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Themes (including from Movies, TV, Video Games, Theme Park Rides, Etc.)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 10/3/2019 @ 19:23pm

Ugh-The above 3 categories should read October 2019 Song Project Nominations

October 2019 General Album Nominations:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - California 37 (2012)

October 2019 Album Artist Nomination:

Air Supply

Also, for those are interested: The new Hulu TV show Reprisal that I have been working on just released its first trailer earlier today. I am so excited! One of the biggest inspirations for the show are Tarantino movies such as Kill Bill. I can't wait for everyone to finally get to see this awesome show!

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 10/3/2019 @ 19:34pm

Song Project General Noms:
Cyndi Lauper - She Bop (1984)
Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home (1985)
Cheap Trick - Mighty Wings (1986)

Song Project Year Noms:
Again, correct me if any of these tunes are already in.

Slipknot - Psychosocial (2008)
3 Doors Down - It's Not My Time (2008)
Moby - Disco Lies (2008)

Artist Nom:
Pat Benatar

Genre Nom:
Power Pop

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 10/3/2019 @ 22:13pm

My October 2019/2044 nominations for induction into The Album Project...

Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 10/3/2019 @ 23:30pm

I don't have the list of songs that were nominated on the Song Project before the board stopped working, so we'll have to delay the Song Project until that board is up again.

I'll try to get the nominees for the Album Project posted later today.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/4/2019 @ 08:22am

The Song Project board doesn't seem to be working. We'll postpone the Song Project votes until the board is working again and adjust accordingly.

In the worst case scenario, we'll have to skip the Song Project votes in September if the board isn't functional shortly.

I'll post the nominees for the album project now and set the end point for the 7th and 9th. We'll get back on schedule by only having two days for nominations and tiebreakers.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/4/2019 @ 14:37pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Childs Play - Rat Race (1990)
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012)
Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want (2018)
Elvis Costello & the Imposters - Look Now (2018)
Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will (2003)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Glen Campbell - The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992)
KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic (2007)
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967)
Live - The Distance to Here (1999)
Mad Season - Above (1995)
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
The 5th Dimension - The Age of Aquarius (1969)
The Beach Boys - Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)
The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Tom Jones - Along Came Jones (1965)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
Waylon Jennings - Ol' Waylon (1977)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 9th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/4/2019 @ 14:37pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
60s & 70s Protest Songs
Art/Experimental/Prog
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Country
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Grunge
Japanese City Pop
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Psychedelic Rock
Spoken Word Albums
Women in Rap

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 7th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 7th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/4/2019 @ 14:37pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Duran Duran
Elton John
Garth Brooks
Golden Earring
KISS
Merle Haggard
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Parliament/Funkadelic
Tony Bennett
TV On The Radio
Wishbone Ash

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 9th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 9th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/4/2019 @ 14:38pm

1990s R&B
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Japanese City Pop
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop

Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Elton John
of Montreal
Neil Young
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 10/4/2019 @ 19:22pm

Votes:
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want (2018)
Elvis Costello & the Imposters - Look Now (2018)
Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will (2003)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Glen Campbell - The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)

Genre:
Women in Rap
Grunge
Power Metal
Psychedelic Rock
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Country

Artists:
Golden Earring
of Montreal
Neil Young
Duran Duran
Elton John
Garth Brooks

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 10/4/2019 @ 20:10pm

KING October 2019 Votes
Artists 6
Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Duran Duran
Golden Earring
KISS
Wishbone Ash

Genres 5
1980s Metal Albums
60s And 70s Protest Songs
Country
Grunge
Power Metal

KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 10/4/2019 @ 20:17pm

KING October 2019 Album Vote (8)
Air Supply-Lost In Love (1980)
Aretha Franklin-Who's Zoomin'Who? (1985)
Child's Play-Rat Race (1990)

Posted by KING on Friday, 10/4/2019 @ 21:44pm

KING OCTOBER 2019 ALBUM VOTE (8) TRY AGAIN.
Air Supply-Lost In Love (1980)
Aretha Franklin-Who's Zoomin' Who (1985)
Child's Play-Rat Race (1990)
Fleetwood Mac-Say You Will (2003)
Helloween-Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Natalie Merchant-Tigerlily (1995)
Mad Season-Above (1995)
Train-California 37 (2012)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 10/4/2019 @ 23:11pm

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic (2007)
Live - The Distance to Here (1999)
Mad Season - Above (1995)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
The 5th Dimension - The Age of Aquarius (1969)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 10/5/2019 @ 01:37am

Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Glen Campbell - The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992)
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
Waylon Jennings - Ol' Waylon (1977)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 10/5/2019 @ 05:14am

Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996)
k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992)
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967)
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
Mad Season - Above (1995)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointers Sisters (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/5/2019 @ 11:16am

Is anybody else having trouble accessing The Song Project? For the last few days it won't let me scroll to the most recent comments or comment box, no matter what device I use. It's not an Internet problem either, because it applies at both work and home.

I have contacted FRL but it makes no sense for it to be just me since it's no matter where I try to use it.

Posted by Paul K. on Saturday, 10/5/2019 @ 12:37pm

To be clear, I can only scroll down the comments as far as one of Tom H.'s comments from April 2018. It abruptly stops as if that's the end of the page.

Posted by Paul K. on Saturday, 10/5/2019 @ 12:38pm

Paul K,

I have the exact same experience as you on The Song Project page. What's really interesting is that on the Rock Rankings page, the last comment visible right now is from November 2016, also by ....Tom H

Tom H, it's all your fault, LOL.

Posted by joker on Saturday, 10/5/2019 @ 16:30pm

Actually, I'm the one orchestrating all of this. It's a publicity stunt to coincide with the release of my new movie in theaters everywhere this weekend.

Posted by joker on Saturday, 10/5/2019 @ 17:28pm

The Song Project board is currently working (including normal apostrophes).

Since we need the Song Project to catch up to the Album Project to sync things up, the first rounds of the Song Project voting will be shorter than usual.

Nominations for the Song Projects (Song, Genre and Artist) will end at 11 PM Central on Sunday the 6th.

Here's the updated schedule (all votes end at 11 PM Central):

6th - Song Project Noms End
7th - Album Genre Selection Voting Ends

8th - Song Project Genre Selection Voting Ends (2 days total)

9th - Album Projects Voting Ends

10th - Song Projects Voting Ends (4 days total)

11th - Album Genre Noms / Tiebreakers End (2 days total)

12th - Song Genre Noms / Tiebreakers End (2 days total)

16th - Song / Album Genre Voting Ends (5 days total for Album, 4 days total for Song)

19th - Song / Album Artist & Year Noms End
24th - Song / Album Artist & Year Voting Ends

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/5/2019 @ 23:11pm

Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991)
Mad Season - Above (1995)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

1980's Metal Albums
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Grunge
Psychedelic Rock
Women in Rap

Carole King
Duran Duran
Elton John
Garth Brooks
of Montreal
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/6/2019 @ 00:29am

October 2019 Album Genre Ballot:

Art/Experimental/Prog
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Country
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.)
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Psychedelic Rock

My last cut is Power Metal. There are also other genres that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 10/6/2019 @ 11:14am

1980's Metal Albums
Art/Experimental/Prog
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Power Metal
Psychedelic Rock

Golden Earring
Merle Haggard
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Wishbone Ash

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 10/6/2019 @ 18:52pm

Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996)
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)

1990's R&B
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Psychedelic Rock
Spoken Word Albums

Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Elton John
Garth Brooks
Merle Haggard
Tony Bennett

Posted by Nick on Monday, 10/7/2019 @ 11:52am

Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
The 5th Dimension - The Age of Aquarius (1969)
The Beach Boys - Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)
Tom Jones - Along Came Jones (1965)

1980's Metal Albums
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Country
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Grunge
Psychedelic Rock

Elton John
KISS
Miles Davis
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 10/7/2019 @ 13:38pm

Genre Vote

Art/Experimental/Prog
Artists on the Previously Considered List
Country
Psychedelic rock
Original Cast Albums (Theater)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/7/2019 @ 16:01pm

Artist Vote

Barbara Streisand
Carole King
Garth Brooks
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Tony Bennett

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/7/2019 @ 16:30pm

Bette Middler- The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bill Evens- Conversations with Myself (1963)
Genesis- Genesis (1983)
Greta Van Fleet- Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi OST (2017)
Phil Collins- Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
The 5th Dimension- The Age of Aquarius (1969)
The Beach Boys- Shut Down Volume 2 (1964)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/7/2019 @ 16:54pm

October 2019 Album Project Artist Ballot:

Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Duran Duran
Elton John
KISS
Tony Bennett

There are also others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 10/8/2019 @ 01:34am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Artists on the Previously Considered List - 7
Psychedelic Rock - 7
_________________________

Country - 5

1980's Metal Albums - 4
Grunge - 4
Original Cast Albums (Theater) - 4
Power Metal - 4
_________________________

Art/Experimental/Prog - 3
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave - 3

1990's R&B - 2
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop - 2
Female Pop, R&B, and Rap Artists (Non Indie - Rock/Alternative Rock, etc.) - 2
Women in Rap - 2

60s & 70s Protest Songs - 1
Japanese City Pop - 1
Spoken Word Albums - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Jason Dagotto
KING
Darren
Jennifer
Ray
Nick
Steve Z
Tom H.

The following genres will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Artists on the Previously Considered List
Psychedelic Rock

Anyone who voted in this genre selection vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker.

To vote in this tiebreaker, select your preferred genre.

The genre that gets the most votes will be selected for October. The genre that loses the tiebreaker will be selected for November.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting. Please discuss whether or not these genres will be split into two votes or not and, if so, how they'll be split.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/8/2019 @ 02:01am

My vote is for Psychedelic Rock.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/8/2019 @ 02:01am

Tough choice but i think I'll go with Psychedelic Rock

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/8/2019 @ 06:32am

Artists on the Previously Considered List.

No split for either.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 10/8/2019 @ 10:17am

Artists on the Previously Considered List

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 10/8/2019 @ 11:16am

Psychedelic Rock

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 10/8/2019 @ 16:03pm

Artists on the Previously Considered List

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 10/8/2019 @ 23:41pm

October 2019 Album Project General Vote:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
The 5th Dimension - The Age of Aquarius (1969)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)

Last Cuts include Aretha Franklin, Fleetwood Mac, Glen Campbell, Jesus Jones, John Williams, k.d. lang, and Funny Girl. There are also many, many other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 10/9/2019 @ 02:46am

Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973))
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012)
Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want (2018)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967)
Mad Season - Above (1995)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 10/9/2019 @ 21:11pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Genesis - Genesis (1983) - 6

Mad Season - Above (1995) - 5

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972) - 4
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) - 4
The 5th Dimension - The Age of Aquarius (1969) - 4
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983) - 4
________________________________

Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 3
Blondie - Blondie (1976) - 3
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 3
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 3
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967) - 3
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000) - 3
________________________________

Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996) - 2
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 2
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself (1963) - 2
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) - 2
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (2012) - 2
Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want (2018) - 2
Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will (2003) - 2
Glen Campbell - The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964) - 2
Jesus Jones - Doubt (1991) - 2
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978) - 2
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018) - 2
k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992) - 2
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995) - 2
The Beach Boys - Shut Down Volume 2 (1964) - 2
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973) - 2
Train - California 37 (2012) - 2

Child's Play - Rat Race (1990) - 1
Elvis Costello & the Imposters - Look Now (2018) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi: OST (2017) - 1
KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic (2007) - 1
Live - The Distance to Here (1999) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 1
Tom Jones - Along Came Jones (1965) - 1
Waylon Jennings - Ol' Waylon (1977) - 1

The Dave Clark Five - American Tour (1964) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason
KING
jtrichey
MichaelEU
Greg F
Darren
Nick
Steve Z
Tom H.
Jennifer
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Mad Season - Above (1995)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
The 5th Dimension - The Age of Aquarius (1969)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums.

The 2 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 4 albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Psychedelic Rock".

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 01:08am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Psychedelic Rock - 3
_________________________

Artists on the Previously Considered List - 3

The last vote cast was for "Artists on the Previously Considered List", so the tiebreaker winner this month is "Psychedelic Rock". "Artists on the Previously Considered List" will be the selected genre in November.

_________________________

"Psychedelic Rock" has been selected as this month's genre vote. There will not be a vote split for this genre.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "Psychedelic Rock 1900-2018".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 01:14am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Elton John - 6
___________________________

Barbra Streisand - 5

Carole King - 4
Duran Duran - 4
Garth Brooks - 4
Neil Young - 4
___________________________

Golden Earring - 3
KISS - 3
Miles Davis - 3
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 3
of Montreal - 3
Tony Bennett - 3

Air Supply - 2
Merle Haggard - 2
TV On The Radio - 2
Wishbone Ash - 2

Parliament/Funkadelic - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Jason Dagotto
KING
Darren
Ray
Nick
Steve Z
Tom H.
Jennifer

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Elton John.

Any voter can nominate one album by Elton John released from 1900-2018 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Elton John (1970)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Honky Chateau (1972)
Tumbleweed Connection (1970)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Elton John's discography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John_albums_discography

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 01:18am

Genre Nominations:

The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010)
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968)
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones ltd. (1967)

Artist: Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 02:03am

KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 03:32am

KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 03:36am

KING OCTOBER 2019 ALBUM TIEBREAKER (6)
Aretha Franklin-Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)-6 PTS
Helloween-Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part II (1988)-5
Blondie-Blondie (1976)-4
Laura Nyro-More Than A New Discovery (1967)-3
Warren Zevon-Life'll Kill Ya (2000)-2
Greta Van Fleet -Anthem Of The Peaceful Army (2018)-1 PT

ELTON JOHN ALBUM (1)
Elton John-Duets (1993)

Psychedelic Albums (3)
The Hollies-Evolution (1967)
Donovan-A Gift From A Flower To A Garden (1967)
Moby Grape-Wow (1968)
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 03:42am

Tiebreaker:
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 6 pts
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who (1985) - 5 pts
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 4 pts
Laura Nyro - More Than A New Discovery (1967) - 3 pts
Blondie - Blondie (1976) - 2 pts
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000) - 1 pt

Genre Nominations:
Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)
The Flaming Lips - The Terror (2012)

Artist Nomination:
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 08:14am

Genre nominations

Phish- A Picture of Nectar (1992)
Tame Impala- Innerspeaker (2010)
The Moody Blues - Every Good By Deserves Favour (1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 09:12am

Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 09:16am

Greta Van Fleet -Anthem of The Peaceful Army (2018)-6
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)-5
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who (1985)-4
Halloween- Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part II (1987)-3
Laura Nyro -More Than A New Discovery (1967)-2
Blondie - Blondie (1976)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 10:07am

My October 2019 genre nominations...

The Move - The Move (1967)
The Idle Race - Idle Race (1969)
The Move - Looking On (1970)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 11:20am

Laura Nyro - More than a New Discovery (1967) 6
Blonde - Blonde (1976) 5
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1987) 4
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000) 3
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who (1985) 2
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 11:27am

^ Correction

The Move - Move (1967)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 10/10/2019 @ 11:28am

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 6
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967) - 5
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000) - 4
Blondie - Blondie (1976) - 3
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 2
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 1

Genre noms:

Vanilla Fudge - Renaissance (1968)
The United States of America - The United States of America (1968)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 10/11/2019 @ 18:57pm

Tiebreaker
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 6
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967) - 5
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000) - 4
Blondie - Blondie (1976) - 3
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 2
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 1

Genre Nominations
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (2013)

Artist Vote Nomination
Elton John - Breaking Hearts (1984)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 10/12/2019 @ 11:04am

Blondie - Blondie (1976) - 6
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967) - 5
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000) - 4
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 3
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 2
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 1

Elton John - Caribou (1974)

Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal (1968)
Country Joe & The Fish - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die (1967)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 10/12/2019 @ 12:42pm

Genre Vote

Love- De Capo (1967)
Spirit- Spirit (1968)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown- The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)

Artist Vote

Elton John- Songs from the West Coast (2001)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 10/12/2019 @ 16:36pm

Donnie,
Love's Da Capo was already inducted, mate. Solid nominations on the other two, though.

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Saturday, 10/12/2019 @ 16:49pm

Thanks for the catch Jason. It shows how out of the loop I've been on the Album Project.

With that said, my new Genre Vote nominations are as follows...

Spirit- Spirit (1968)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown- The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)
Tomorrow- Tomorrow (1968)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 10/12/2019 @ 18:19pm

King,
Donovan's A Gift from a Flower to a Garden is already inducted, so you have another pick.

Tiebreaker:

Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) [6 Points]
Blondie - Blondie (1976) [5 Points]
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967) [4 Points]
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000) [3 Points]
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) [2 Points]
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) [1 Point]

Artist Vote Nomination:

Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)

Genre Vote Nominations:

Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz (2012)
Cream - Goodbye (1969)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 10/12/2019 @ 20:35pm

Sorry that I missed the deadline last night.

Tiebreaker votes that were supposed to end last night are over (I'll post results soon).

Nominations will be extended until 11 PM Central tonight.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/12/2019 @ 21:25pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) - 33
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967) - 33
_______________________

Blondie - Blondie (1976) - 29
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000) - 26
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 25
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 22

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from the October Album Project vote:

Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967)
Mad Season - Above (1995)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
The 5th Dimension - The Age of Aquarius (1969)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/12/2019 @ 21:36pm

Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus (1975)
Starship - Knee Deep in the Hoopla (1985)
The Monkees - The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1968)

If any of these were already nominated or not eligible then:

The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 10/13/2019 @ 00:09am

Sorry for the delay, this site is lagging terribly for me tonight.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 10/13/2019 @ 00:13am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Animal Collective - Centipede Hz (2012)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal (1968)
Country Joe & The Fish - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die (1967)
Cream - Goodbye (1969)
Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (2013)
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus (1975)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)
Moby Grape - Wow (1968)
Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Spirit - Spirit (1968)
Starship - Knee Deep in the Hoopla (1985)
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010)
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)
The Flaming Lips - The Terror (2012)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
The Idle Race - Idle Race (1969)
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968)
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones ltd. (1967)
The Monkees - The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1968)
The Moody Blues - Every Good By Deserves Favour (1971)
The Move - Looking On (1970)
The Move - Move (1967)
The United States of America - The United States of America (1968)
Tomorrow - Tomorrow (1968)
Vanilla Fudge - Renaissance (1968)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/13/2019 @ 00:23am

My Votes

Animal Collective - Centipede Hz (2012)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal (1968)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010)
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010)
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968)
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd. (1967)
Tomorrow - Tomorrow (1967)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/13/2019 @ 00:47am

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal (1968)
Country Joe & The Fish - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die (1967)
Cream - Goodbye (1969)
Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)
The Flaming Lips - The Terror (2012)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 10/13/2019 @ 02:11am

Votes:
The Flaming Lips - The Terror (2012)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal (1968)
Country Joe & The Fish - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die (1967)
Cream - Goodbye (1969)
Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 10/14/2019 @ 11:49am

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal (1968)
Country Joe & The Fish - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die (1967)
Cream - Goodbye (1969)
Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Spirit - Spirit (1968)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)
Tomorrow - Tomorrow (1968)

I'm bummed that I missed out on nominations for this genre as I had nominated it last month. Nonetheless, there were a bunch of great nominations made. Solid job everyone!

2008 Nominations:

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Beck - Modern Guilt (2008)
Portishead - Third (2008)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 10/14/2019 @ 23:17pm

Animal Collective - Centipede Hz (2012)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
Cream - Goodbye (1969)
Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010)
The Monkees - The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1968)

Last Cuts: The Hollies, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, The Moody Blues, & The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones ltd.

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 10/15/2019 @ 11:19am

KING OCTOBER 2019 ALBUM VOTING (8)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-B.R.M.C. (2001)
Cream-Goodbye (1969)
Donovan-The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
Jefferson Starship-Red Octopus (1975)
Moby Grape-Wow (1968)
Starship-Knee Deep In The Hoopla (1985)
The Hollies-Evolution (1967)
The Monkees-Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones Ltd. (1967)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 10/16/2019 @ 01:55am

Donovan- The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)
Spirit - Spirit (1968)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)
The United States of America - The United States of America (1968)
Tomorrow - Tomorrow (1968)
Vanilla Fudge - Renaissance (1968)

Last Cuts: The Monkees, Moby Grape, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Posted by Donnie on Wednesday, 10/16/2019 @ 15:34pm

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal (1968)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)
Moby Grape - Wow (1968)
Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010)
The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/16/2019 @ 19:28pm

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
Country Joe & The Fish - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die (1967)
Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (2013)
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010)
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/16/2019 @ 21:50pm

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
Country Joe & The Fish - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die (1967)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (2013)
Moby Grape - Wow (1968)
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010)
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 10/16/2019 @ 23:37pm

Cream - Goodbye (1969)
Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus (1975)
Starship - Knee Deep in the Hoopla (1985)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)
The Monkees - The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1968)
The Moody Blues - Every Good By Deserves Favour (1971)

My last cuts are The Hollies and The Monkees. There are also other albums that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 10/16/2019 @ 23:58pm

Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Spirit - Spirit (1968)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones ltd. (1967)
The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)
The Move - Looking On (1970)
The United States of America - The United States of America (1968)
Vanilla Fudge - Renaissance (1968)

Apologies to BMRC, Janis, of Montreal, The Move, and TOmorrow.

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 10/16/2019 @ 23:58pm

Year Nominations
Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008)
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
The All-American Rejects - When the World Comes Down (2008)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 10/17/2019 @ 01:02am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968) - 8

Cream - Goodbye (1969) - 6
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968) - 6

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal (1968) - 5
Country Joe & The Fish - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die (1967) - 5
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010) - 5
____________________________

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001) - 4
Foster the People - Torches (2011) - 4
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) - 4
____________________________

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017) - 3
Moby Grape - Wow (1968) - 3
Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004) - 3
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992) - 3
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999) - 3
Spirit - Spirit (1968) - 3
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010) - 3
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones ltd. (1967) - 3
The Moody Blues - Every Good By Deserves Favour (1971) - 3
Tomorrow - Tomorrow (1968) - 3

Animal Collective - Centipede Hz (2012) - 2
Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (2013) - 2
Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus (1975) - 2
Starship - Knee Deep in the Hoopla (1985) - 2
The Flaming Lips - The Terror (2012) - 2
The Monkees - The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1968) - 2
The United States of America - The United States of America (1968) - 2
Vanilla Fudge - Renaissance (1968) - 2

The Hollies - Evolution (1967) - 1
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968) - 1
The Move - Looking On (1970) - 1

The Idle Race - Idle Race (1969) - 0
The Move - Move (1967) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
MichaelEU
Jason Dagotto
BSLO
Steve Z
KING
Donnie
Tom H.
Darren
Nick
Jennifer
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal (1968)
Country Joe & The Fish - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die (1967)
Cream - Goodbye (1969)
Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/17/2019 @ 01:19am

Nominations remain open in the Artist (Elton John) and Year (2008) Project votes.

Nominations will end and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/17/2019 @ 01:20am

Tiebreaker:

Foster the People - Torches (2011) [3 Points]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001) [2 Points]
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 10/17/2019 @ 09:55am

Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) - 3
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001) - 2
Foster the People - Torches (2011) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 10/17/2019 @ 12:10pm

Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) (3 pts)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001) (2 pts)
Foster the People - Torches (2011) (1 pt)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 10/17/2019 @ 15:23pm

Year noms:

Steven Wilson - Insurgentes (2008)
Opeth - Watershed (2008)
Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (2008)

Honorable mentions:

Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (2008)
Darkspace - Dark Space III (2008)
Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (2008)
The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (2008)
Rome - Mass Mensch Material (2008)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 10/17/2019 @ 18:52pm

Janis Joplin-I Got Dem I'm Kozmic Blues Again Mama (1969)-3
Foster the People -Touches (2011)-2
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -B.R.M.C. (2001)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 10/17/2019 @ 21:38pm

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001) - 3
Foster the People - Torches (2011) - 2
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) - 1

At least one of my two nominations in this tiebreaker will get inducted.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 10/17/2019 @ 23:29pm

KING OCTOBER 2019 TIEBREAKER (3)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- B.R.M.C. (2001)-3 PTS
Foster The People-Torches (2011)-2
Janis Joplin- I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)-1
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 10/18/2019 @ 01:26am

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001) - 3
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) - 2
Foster the People - Torches (2011) - 1

Artist nom:

Elton John - 17-11-70 (1971)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 10/18/2019 @ 19:24pm

Elton John - Peachtree Road (2004)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 10/19/2019 @ 08:24am

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001) - 3
Foster The People - Torches (2011) - 2
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) - 1

Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (2008)
The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely (2008)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/19/2019 @ 22:37pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001) - 19
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) - 15
________________________

Foster the People - Torches (2011) - 14

The Foster The People album will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this genre vote:

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal (1968)
Country Joe & The Fish - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die (1967)
Cream - Goodbye (1969)
Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/19/2019 @ 23:32pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Beach House - Devotion (2008)
Beck - Modern Guilt (2008)
Black Crowes - Warpaint (2008)
Bloc Party - Intimacy (2008)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Bryan Adams - 11 (2008)
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (2008)
Foals - Antidotes (2008)
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)
Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (2008)
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark (2008)
Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008)
Lenny Kravitz - It`s Time For A Love Revolution (2008)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008)
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008)
Opeth - Watershed (2008)
Portishead - Third (2008)
R.E.M. - Accelerate (2008)
Santogold - Santogold (2008)
Slipknot - All Hope is Gone (2008)
Steven Wilson - Insurgentes (2008)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
The All-American Rejects - When the World Comes Down (2008)
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (2008)
The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely (2008)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/19/2019 @ 23:33pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Elton John - 17-11-70 (1971)
Elton John - Breaking Hearts (1984)
Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Elton John - Duets (1993)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)
Elton John - Peachtree Road (2004)
Elton John - Songs from the West Coast (2001)
Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/19/2019 @ 23:36pm

Bloc Party - Intimacy (2008)
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
Foals - Antidotes (2008)
Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
R.E.M. - Accelerate (2008)
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
The All-American Rejects - When the World Comes Down (2008)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 10/20/2019 @ 22:16pm

KING OCT 2019 Elton John Albums (5) for Voting Purposes.
Elton John-Dont Shoot Me Im Only The Piano Player (1973)
Elton John-Duets (1993)
Elton John-Madman Across The Water (1971)
Elton John-Peachtree Road (2004)
Elton John-Too Low For Zero (1983)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 10/21/2019 @ 07:22am

KING 2008 Year Albums (8) OCT 2019 For Voting Purposes.
Beach House-Devotion (2008)
Beck-Modern Guilt (2008)
Black Crowes-Warpaint (2008)
Bryan Adams-11 (2008)
Katy Perry-One Of The Boys (2008)
Lenny Kravitz-Its Time For A Love Revolution (2008)
The Raconteurs-Consolers Of The Lonely (2008)
Weezer-Weezer (Red Album) (2008)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 10/21/2019 @ 07:37am

Beck - Modern Guilt (2008)
Bloc Party - Intimacy (2008)
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (2008)
Foals - Antidotes (2008)
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
Santogold - Santogold (2008)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)

Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)
Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 10/21/2019 @ 08:11am

Year Votes:
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)
The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely (2008)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
R.E.M. - Accelerate (2008)
Santogold - Santogold (2008)
Slipknot - All Hope is Gone (2008)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)

Artist Votes:
Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Elton John - Duets (1993)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 10/21/2019 @ 14:56pm

Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark (2008)
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008)
Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream (2008)
Beck - Modern Guilt (2008)
Beach House - Devotion (2008)
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
The Racounteurs - Consolers of the Lonely (2008)

Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Elton John - Too Low for Zero (1982)
Elton John - Songs from the West Coast (2001)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 10/21/2019 @ 17:13pm

Voting has now begun for this year's Future Rock Legends Re-Visited / Projected Hall Of Fame Project on the FRL Rock Hall Projected messageboard at:

https://futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected.php

Anyone interested is welcome to participate.

Voting ends at 11 PM Central on Monday the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/22/2019 @ 01:51am

Beck - Modern Guilt (2008)
Bloc Party - Intimacy (2008)
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (2008)
Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008)
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008)
Portishead - Third (2008)
Santogold - Santogold (2008)
The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely (2008)

Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 10/22/2019 @ 12:34pm

Beck - Modern Guilt (2008)
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008)
R.E.M. - Accelerate (2008)
Santogold - Santogold (2008)
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (2008)
The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely (2008)

Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)
Elton John - Songs from the West Coast (2001)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/23/2019 @ 21:45pm

Year Vote

Beach House - Devotion (2008)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008)
Opeth - Watershed (2008)
Slipknot- All Hope is Gone (2008)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)

Artist Vote

Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)
Elton John - Songs from the West Coast (2001)
Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 10/24/2019 @ 00:09am

Elton John - Breaking Hearts (1984)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)-7
Elton John- Songs from the West Coast (2001)
Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 10/24/2019 @ 05:53am

Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008)
My Morning Jacket- Evil Urges (2008)
Opeth - Watershed (2008)
Portishead - Third (2008)
Slipknot - All Hope is Gone (2008)
Taylor Swift- Fearless (2008)
Weezer- Weezer (Red Album)(2008)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 10/24/2019 @ 05:56am

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)
Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (2008)
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
Opeth - Watershed (2008)
Portishead - Third (2008)
Santogold - Santogold (2008)
Steven Wilson - Insurgentes (2008)

Elton John - 17-11-70 (1971)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)
Elton John - Peachtree Road (2004)
Elton John - Songs from the West Coast (2001)
Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 10/24/2019 @ 17:29pm

Beck - Modern Guilt (2008)
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Portishead - Third (2008)
Santogold - Santogold (2008)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely (2008)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 10/24/2019 @ 19:05pm

Beck - Modern Guilt (2008)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008)
Lil Wayne - The Carter III (2008)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
The All-American Rejects - When the World Comes Down (2008)
The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely (2008)

Elton John - Breaking Hearts (1984)
Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)
Elton John - Songs from the West Coast (2001)
Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 10/24/2019 @ 21:35pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Beck - Modern Guilt (2008) - 7
The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely (2008) - 7

Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008) - 6
Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008) - 6
Santogold - Santogold (2008) - 6
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008) - 6

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008) - 5
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Britney Spears - Circus (2008) - 4
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008) - 4
Portishead - Third (2008) - 4
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008) - 4
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Beach House - Devotion (2008) - 3
Bloc Party - Intimacy (2008) - 3
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008) - 3
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (2008) - 3
Opeth - Watershed (2008) - 3
R.E.M. - Accelerate (2008) - 3
Slipknot - All Hope is Gone (2008) - 3

Foals - Antidotes (2008) - 2
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008) - 2
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008) - 2
The All-American Rejects - When the World Comes Down (2008) - 2

Black Crowes - Warpaint (2008) - 1
Bryan Adams - 11 (2008) - 1
Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (2008) - 1
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark (2008) - 1
Lenny Kravitz - It`s Time For A Love Revolution (2008) - 1
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008) - 1
Steven Wilson - Insurgentes (2008) - 1
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (2008) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
KING
Steve Z
Jason Dagotto
Greg F
MichaelEU
Darren
Donnie
Tom H.
Ray
BSLO
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Beck - Modern Guilt (2008)
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Santogold - Santogold (2008)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely (2008)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008)
Portishead - Third (2008)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all four albums in order of preference.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other three albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/25/2019 @ 01:05am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973) - 10
Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971) - 10
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Elton John - Caribou (1974) - 7
Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983) - 7
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Elton John - Songs from the West Coast (2001) - 6

Elton John - Breaking Hearts (1984) - 2
Elton John - Duets (1993) - 2
Elton John - Peachtree Road (2004) - 2

Elton John - 17-11-70 (1971) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Steve Z
Jason Dagotto
Greg F
MichaelEU
Darren
Donnie
Tom H.
Ray
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/25/2019 @ 01:07am

My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008) - 4
Portishead - Third (2008) - 3
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album) (2008) - 2
Britney Spears - Circus (2008) - 1

Elton John - Caribou (1974)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/25/2019 @ 01:10am

Elton John - Caribou (1974)

Portishead - Third (2008) - 4
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008) - 3
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008) - 2
Britney Spears - Circus (2008) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 10/25/2019 @ 07:08am

My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008)-4
Weezer- Weezer (Red Album)(2008)-3
Portishead - Third (2008)-2
Britney Spears -Circus (2008)-1

Elton John- Too Low For Zero (2008)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 10/25/2019 @ 07:54am

Oops

Too Low For Zero is from 1983

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 10/25/2019 @ 07:57am

Britney Spears - Circus (2008) 4
Portishead - Third (2008) 3
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008 2
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album) (2008) 1

Elton John - Too Low for Zero (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 10/25/2019 @ 16:08pm

Elton John Tiebreaker Oct 2019.
Elton John-Too Low For Zero (1983)

Album Tiebreaker Oct 2019
Britney Spears-Circus (2008)-4
Weezer-Weezer (Red Album) (2008)-3
My Morning Jacket-Evil Urges (2008)-2
Portishead-Third (2008)-1 PT

Congrats to FRL Regulars on 2008 Album selections. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 10/25/2019 @ 19:54pm

Tiebreakers -
Elton John- Too Low for Zero (1983)

Britney Spears - Circus (2008) - 4
Portishead - Third (2008) - 3
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008) - 2
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album) (2008) - 1

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 10/26/2019 @ 08:26am

Year Vote Tie-Breaker

1. My Morning Jacket- Evil Urges (2008) (4 pts)
2. Britney Spears- Circus (2008) (3 pts)
3. Portishead- Third (2008) (2 pts)
4. Weezer- Weezer (Red Album) (2008) (1 pt)

Artist Vote Tie-Breaker

Elton John- Too Low for Zero (1983)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 10/26/2019 @ 17:21pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008) - 21
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Britney Spears - Circus (2008) - 18
Portishead - Third (2008) - 18
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008) - 13

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this Year Vote:

Beck - Modern Guilt (2008)
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008)
Santogold - Santogold (2008)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely (2008)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/28/2019 @ 00:00am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983) - 5
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Elton John - Caribou (1974) - 2

"Caribou" (1974) will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this Artist Vote:

Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)
Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/28/2019 @ 00:00am

The randomly selected year for the Year Project vote this month is 2006.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/31/2019 @ 22:42pm

Rule Changes In 2019:

The number of albums inducted as a result of the monthly Artist Project vote will be increased from 2 albums to 3 albums.

Voters can nominate any three eligible songs and are no longer required to nominate a song from the previous year in order to nominate the maximum number available.

There will no longer be a 6 month ban on artists selected for the Artist Vote. This includes artists that were selected in the past 6 months that were previously banned and no longer will be.

Both genre votes will take place at the same time if the selected genre is chosen to have a split.

We will have a Year Vote each month. The selected year will be randomly selected each month. Each year is only eligible once and will be disqualified after being selected. The Year Vote will take place at the same time as the Artist Vote. Years from 1900-1945 will be grouped into 5 year groupings.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2018. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Portishead - Third (2008)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)

There is also a tiebreaker in process that ends at 11 PM Central. Losing albums from that tiebreaker will also be automatically nominated this month.

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

This month's selected genre (as the result of losing last month's tiebreaker vote) is "Artists on the Previously Considered List".

Nominations will begin at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Please use the time before then to determine if there should be one vote for this genre or two and what year should be used to divide the votes if we decide to have two.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Duran Duran
Garth Brooks
Neil Young

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated albums. The three albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 2006.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 2006. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 2006.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 2006 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
The Killers - Sam's Town
Tool - 10,000 Days
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 2006, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/31/2019 @ 23:01pm

My Nominations

Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Juliana Hatfield - Hey Babe (1992)

Artist: Juliana Hatfield

No split for the genre. One vote should do it.

Year:

Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006)
The Feeling - Twelve Stops and Home (2006)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/1/2019 @ 02:06am

General Nominations

Dave Matthews Band- Come Tomorrow (2018)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Last Jedi OST (2017)
Phish- A Picture of Nectar (1992)

Year Nominations

Jay-Z- Kingdom Come (2006)
Johnny Cash- American V: A Hundred Highways (2006)
Josh Turner- Your Man

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

No Split for the Genre Vote

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 11/1/2019 @ 09:35am

J. J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (1965)
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 11/1/2019 @ 12:47pm

General Album Nominations (3)
Collin Raye-I Think About You (1995)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
The Offspring-Days Go By (2012)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 11/1/2019 @ 14:29pm

Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (1968)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

The Roots - Game Theory (2006)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)

The Roots

I think that The Roots are a really good candidate for the artist vote. For whatever reason, they are a rap group that has fallen under our radar in this project, and they have at least 4 very deserving albums (Things Fall Apart, Phrenology, Game Theory and Undun) that we haven't inducted along with a couple of others that you could make a strong case for.

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 11/2/2019 @ 09:55am

Year nominations:

The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)
Pink - I'm Not Dead (2006)
Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way (2006)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 11/2/2019 @ 11:08am

General Vote Nominations

Alexander O'Neal- Heresay (1987)
Rihanna- Loud (2010)
Terence Trent D'Arby- Introducing the Hard Line According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)

Artist Vote Nomination

KISS

Year Vote Nominations

Beyonce- B'Day (2006)
Christina Aguilera- Back to Basics (2006)
J Dilla- Donuts (2006)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 11/2/2019 @ 20:44pm

noms - General:

Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (1996)
Eve 6 - Eve 6 (1998)

noms - year:

Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops (2006)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 11/2/2019 @ 22:48pm

General -
Aaliyah- One in a Million (1996)
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)

Artist Nomination -
Graham Parker

Year -
Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift (2006)
The New York Dolls- One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006)
Various Artists - Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture (2006)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 11/3/2019 @ 00:12am

November 2019 General Album Nominations:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - California 37 (2012)

November 2019 Album Artist Nomination:

Air Supply

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 11/3/2019 @ 12:26pm

General noms:

Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986)

Artist nom:

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 11/3/2019 @ 18:01pm

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/3/2019 @ 22:32pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996)
Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (1996)
Collin Raye - I Think About You (1995)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Eve 6 - Eve 6 (1998)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
J. J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (1968)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi OST (2017)
Juliana Hatfield - Hey Babe (1992)
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985)
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)
Portishead - Third (2008)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hard Line According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The Offspring - Days Go By (2012)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack (1965)
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 9th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 9th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/3/2019 @ 23:28pm

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/3/2019 @ 23:29pm

Nominations remain open for this month's Year (2006) Project vote.

Nominations will remain open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

This month's selected genre is "Artists on the Previously Considered List". Nominations will open at 11 PM Central on the 8th. In the meantime, please continue to vote on whether or not this genre should be split into two votes, and if so, what year criteria should be used to split the votes.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/3/2019 @ 23:32pm

Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Portishead - Third (2008)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

Duran Duran
Neil Young
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Roots
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/3/2019 @ 23:51pm

I will be traveling and away from my computer, unable to post on the site from Thursday the 7th through Monday the 11th.

I will be available to count the genre selection votes in the Song Project on the 6th.

I will need someone to keep track of the Song Project, Album Project and Album Project Artist Selection votes on the 8th, as well as the opening of the Song / Album Genre Project nomination(s) on the 8th and the opening of voting in the Genre Projects on the 11th.

I will be able to post announcements and results again on the 12th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/3/2019 @ 23:57pm

For the record, Elton John is not eligible for the Artist Vote as we literally just did a round for him last month.

General Vote

Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996)
Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hard Line According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Artist Vote

Garth Brooks
KISS
Merle Haggard
Miles Davis
Parliament/Funkadelic
Tony Bennett

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 11/4/2019 @ 00:16am

Huh. I think you accidentally mixed up last month's artist nom list with this one's, Darren.

Posted by Ray on Monday, 11/4/2019 @ 01:00am

As far as I was able to piece together this is the correct list of Artist nominations for this month.

Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Duran Duran
Garth Brooks
Graham Parker
Juliana Hatfield
KISS
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Roots
TV On The Radio

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/4/2019 @ 08:30am

Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Elton John - Caribou (1974)
J. J. Cale - Naturally (1972)
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985)
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack (1965)
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 11/4/2019 @ 08:36am

I'm gonna sub for Darren as the moderator for the Song and Album Projects until he returns from his vacation. Donnie, Ray and Tom H. are correct—Elton John was the chosen artist last month so his name is taken off the list of nominees. This is the finalized list of artists nominated for The Artist Vote this month—

Air Supply
Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Duran Duran
Garth Brooks
Golden Earring
KISS
Merle Haggard
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
of Montreal
Parliament/Funkadelic
Tony Bennett
TV On The Radio
Wishbone Ash

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 9th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 9th will be counted.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 11/4/2019 @ 18:00pm

KING November 2019 Albums Vote (8)
Air Supply-Lost In Love (1980)
Collin Raye-I Think About You (1995)
Helloween-Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Miami Sound Machine-Primitive Love (1985)
Midnight Oil-Earth And Sun And Moon (1993)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
Talk Talk-The Colour Of Spring (1986)
The Offspring-Days Go By (2012)

Artists (6)
Air Supply
Duran Duran
Garth Brooks
Golden Earring
KISS
Wishbone Ash

Congrats to FRL Regulars on a hectic October and selecting a strong and eclectic group of Inductees (7). We probably could all use a "proper vacation" this November.

KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 11/4/2019 @ 19:02pm

Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985)
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (1965)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Garth Brooks
Merle Haggard
Tony Bennett
Graham Parker

With the exception of Garth Brooks, the other five artists are ones I've nominated for the better part of a year.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 11/4/2019 @ 20:57pm

Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (1996)
Eve 6 - Eve 6 (1998)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hard Line According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack (1965)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 11/4/2019 @ 21:31pm

The Artist Vote this month—

Neil Young
Parliament/Funkadelic
Tony Bennett

Posted by Darrin A. on Tuesday, 11/5/2019 @ 08:17am

8 album votes:

Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (1996)
Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (1968)
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hard Line According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack (1965)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)

Posted by Darrin A. on Tuesday, 11/5/2019 @ 08:24am

Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi OST (2017)
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack (1965)
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)

Barbra Streisand
Carole King
Garth Brooks
Miles Davis
Tony Bennett
Wishbone Ash

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/6/2019 @ 13:18pm

Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Juliana Hatfield - Hey Babe (1992)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)

Barbra Streisand
Juliana Hatfield
Graham Parker
Carole King
Parliament / Funkadelic
Neil Young

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/6/2019 @ 17:11pm

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack (1965)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album) (2008)

Carole King
KISS
Miles Davis
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 11/7/2019 @ 09:10am

Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (1968)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Portishead - Third (2008)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hard Line According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

Carole King
Merle Haggard
Neil Young
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Graham Parker
The Roots

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 11/7/2019 @ 19:52pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (1965) - 6

Blondie - Blondie (1976) - 5

Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985) - 4
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986) - 4
Terence Trent D'Arby- Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987) - 4
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000) - 4

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Aaliyah- One in a Million (1996) - 3
Britney Spears - Circus (2008) - 3
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999) - 3
Foster the People- Torches (2011) - 3
Midnight Oil- Earth And Sun And Moon (1993) - 3
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) - 3
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992) - 3
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 3
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969) - 3
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album) (2008) - 3

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Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993) - 2
Air Supply- Lost in Love (1980) - 2
Alexander O'Neal- Heresay (1987) - 2
Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (1996) - 2
Elton John- Caribou (1974) - 2
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 2
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 2
Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (1968) - 2
Portishead - Third (2008) - 2
The Pointer Sisters- The Pointer Sisters (1973) - 2

Collin Raye-I Think About You (1995) - 1
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018) - 1
Eve 6 - Eve 6 (1998) - 1
J.J. Cale- Naturally (1972) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi OST (2017) - 1
Juliana Hatfield - Hey Babe (1992) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Ride- Nowhere (1990) - 1
Rihanna- Loud (2010) - 1
Robert Plant- Fate of Nations (1993) - 1
The Offspring-Days Go By (2012) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:
Darren
Donnie
MichaelEU
KING
Nick
Darrin A.
Greg F
Steve Z
BSLO

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985)
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986)
Terence Trent D'Arby- Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Shangri-Las- Leader of the Pack (1965)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Aaliyah- One in a Million (1996)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Foster the People- Torches (2011)
Midnight Oil- Earth And Sun And Moon (1993)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album) (2008)

Anyone who voted in this month's Album Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 10 albums.

The 2 albums that receives the most points will be inducted.

The other albums will automatically be nominated for the December General Vote.

There will be 3 days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 11th (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM).

Posted by Nick on Friday, 11/8/2019 @ 23:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results of this month's Artist Vote (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Carole King - 5

Garth Brooks - 4
Neil Young - 4
Parliament/Funkadelic - 4
Tony Bennett - 4

Barbra Streisand - 3
Graham Parker - 3
KISS - 3
Merle Haggard - 3
Miles Davis - 3
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - 3
The Roots - 2

Duran Duran - 2
TV on the Radio - 2
Wishbone Ash - 2

Air Supply - 1
Golden Earring - 1
Juliana Hatfield - 1

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Carole King.

Any voter can nominate one album by Carole King released from 1900-2018 that hasn't been inducted already.

The following albums have been inducted already (according to the Album Project page):

Tapestry (1971)
Music (1971)

Here's a link to wikipedia's entry on Carole King's discography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_King_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 11/9/2019 @ 00:04am

Genre Vote Nominations:

Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Fishbone - Truth and Soul (1988)
Sade - Love Deluxe (1992)

Artist Vote Nomination:

Carole King - Fantasy (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 11/9/2019 @ 00:09am

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, " Artists on the Previously Considered List." This genre will not be split into separate votes.

Here is the link to the artists eligible for this month's genre vote: https://futurerocklegends.com/previously_considered.php

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 11/9/2019 @ 00:12am

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album) (2008)
Aaliyah- One in a Million (1996)
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Foster the People- Torches (2011)
Midnight Oil- Earth And Sun And Moon (1993)
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 11/9/2019 @ 05:46am

Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999) 10
Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996) 9
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) 8
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) 7
Britney Spears - Circus (2008) 6
Foster the People - Torches (2011) 5
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969) 4
Midnight Oil - Earth, Sun & Moon (1993) 3
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992) 2
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album) (2008) 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 11/9/2019 @ 19:40pm

Genre nominees:

Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
Otis Rush - Right Place, Wrong Time (1976)
Sinead O'Connor - The Lion & The Cobra (1987)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 11/9/2019 @ 22:27pm

Genre:

Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
The Jam - Sound Affects (1980)

Also Considered:

Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Iron Butterfly - Heavy (1968)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Love - Love (1966)
Manfred Mann - The Manfred Mann Album (1964)
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels - Sock It To Me! (1967)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)
Ten Years After - Ssssh (1969)
Tommy James & Shondells - Crimson And Clover (1968)
Turtles - It Ain't Me Babe (1965)

The hardest ones for me to leave off were Love, The Second and Year Zero.

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 11/10/2019 @ 05:23am

Album Project Tiebreaker (10)
Midnight Oil-Earth, Sun, & Moon (1993)-10 PTS
Britney Spears-Circus (2008)-9
Townes Van Zandt-Our Mother The Mountain (1969)-8
Fiona Apple-When The Pawn... (1999)-7
Weezer- (Red Album) (2008)-6
The Magnetic Fields-69 Love Songs (1999)-5
Foster The People-Torches (2011)-4
Aaliyah-One In A Million (1996)-3
Phish-A Picture Of Nectar (1992)-2
Pere Ubu-The Modern Dance (1978)-1 PT

Previously Considered List Artist Albums (3)
Bad Company-Holy Water (1990)
Dr. Hook-Pleasure And Pain (1978)
Iron Maiden-Dance Of Death (2003)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 11/10/2019 @ 06:33am

Nominees:
Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Sunday, 11/10/2019 @ 09:13am

nominees:
Pixies - Indie Cindy (2014)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
The J. Geils Band - "Live" Full House (1972)

if live albums dont count-
Country Joe & the Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die (1967)

tiebreaker
Midnight Oil-Earth, Sun, & Moon (1993)-10 PTS
Britney Spears-Circus (2008)-9
Townes Van Zandt-Our Mother The Mountain (1969)-8
Fiona Apple-When The Pawn... (1999)-7
Weezer- (Red Album) (2008)-6
The Magnetic Fields-69 Love Songs (1999)-5
Foster The People-Torches (2011)-4
Aaliyah-One In A Million (1996)-3
Phish-A Picture Of Nectar (1992)-2
Pere Ubu-The Modern Dance (1978)-1 PT

Posted by Margo on Sunday, 11/10/2019 @ 09:31am

Tiebreaker:
Foster the People- Torches (2011) [10 Points]
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album) (2008) [9 Points]
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) [8 Points]
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) [7 Points]
Aaliyah- One in a Million (1996) [6 Points]
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992) [5 Points]
Britney Spears - Circus (2008) [4 Points]
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999) [3 Points]
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969) [2 Points]
Midnight Oil- Earth And Sun And Moon (1993) [1 Point]

Genre Nominations:
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP (1979)
The Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Jack Scott - Jack Scott (1958)

Artist Nomination:
Carole King - Rhymes and Reasons (1972)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 11/10/2019 @ 19:46pm

Carole King - Thoroughbred (1976)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 11/10/2019 @ 19:57pm

1. Midnight Oil- Earth And Sun And Moon (1993)
2. Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
3. Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)
4. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
5. Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)
6. Aaliyah- One in a Million (1996)
7. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
8. Weezer - Weezer (Red Album) (2008)
9. Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
10. Foster the People- Torches (2011)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 11/10/2019 @ 20:44pm

Genre Vote Nominations

Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force- Planet Rock: The Album (1986)
The Gap Band- Gap Band IV (1982)
Tommy James and the Shondells- Crimson and Clover (1968)

Also considered...

Chaka Khan- Funk This (2007)
Donny Hathaway- Live (1972)
Gil Scott-Heron- Winter in America (1974)
Gil Scott-Heron- I'm New Here (2010)
LL CooL J- Walking With a Panther (1989)
Steppenwolf- Second (1968)
The Last Poets- The Last Poets (1970)

General Vote Tie-Breaker

1. Aaliyah- One in a Million (1996) (10 pts)
2. The Magnetic Fields- 69 Love Songs (1999) (9 pts)
3. Phish- A Picture of Nectar (1992) (8 pts)
4. Pere Ubu- The Modern Dance (1978) (7 pts)
5. Fiona Apple- When the Pawn... (1999) (6 pts)
6. Britney Spears- Circus (2008) (5 pts)
7. Townes Van Zandt- Our Mother the Mountain (1969) (4 pts)
8. Weezer- Weezer (Red Album) (2008) (3 pts)
9. Foster the People- Torches (2011) (2 pts)
10. Midnight Oil- Earth and Sun and Moon (1993) (1 pt)

Gonna pass on the Artist Vote this month.

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 11/10/2019 @ 21:46pm

Genre Nominations
George Jones - I Am What I Am (1980)
Neil Sedaka - Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits (1961)
Tim Hardin - Tim Hardin 1 (1966)

Artist Nomination
Carole King - Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)

Tiebreaker
Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996) - 10
Foster the People - Torches (2011) - 9
Britney Spears - Circus (2008) - 8
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992) - 7
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) - 6
Midnight Oil - Earth And Sun And Moon (1993) - 5
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969) - 4
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999) - 3
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album) (2008) - 2
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 1

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 11/10/2019 @ 21:57pm

Artist Nomination

Carole King- Wrap Around Joy (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/11/2019 @ 09:27am

Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)-10
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)-9
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)-8
Foster the People - Torches (2011)-7
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)-6
Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996)-5
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)-4
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)-3
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)-2
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/11/2019 @ 09:52am

Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969) - 10
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992) - 9
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) - 8
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999) - 7
Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996) - 6
Midnight Oil - Earth And Sun And Moon (1993) - 5
Foster the People - Torches (2011) - 4
Britney Spears - Circus (2008) - 3
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 2
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album) (2008) - 1

Genre nominations:

Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (1969)
Lee Dorsey - The New Lee Dorsey - Working in the Coalmine (1966)
Chuck Brown - Bustin' Loose (1979)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 11/11/2019 @ 11:03am

Genre Nominations

Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Jethro Tull- Benefit (1970)
Steppenwolf- The Second (1968)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/11/2019 @ 11:41am

Genre noms:

Motörhead - Another Perfect Day (1983)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (1986)

Posted by Ray on Monday, 11/11/2019 @ 20:10pm

genre nom:

Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
Three Dog Night - It Ain't Easy (1970)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 11/11/2019 @ 22:06pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996) - 61
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992) – 56
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Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999) - 55
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) – 52
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) – 51
Britney Spears - Circus (2008) - 47
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969) - 47
Foster the People- Torches (2011) - 45
Midnight Oil- Earth and Sun And Moon (1993) – 41
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album) (2008) - 41

*Please note Margo's vote could not be counted*

The 8 Losing Albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project's General Vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from the November General Vote:
Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985)
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986)
Terence Trent D'Arby- Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Shangri-Las- Leader of the Pack (1965)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 11/12/2019 @ 00:05am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums for this month's genre "Artists on the Previously Considered List" (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock: The Album (1986)
Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Bad Company - Holy Water (1990)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP (1979)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
Chuck Brown - Bustin' Loose (1979)
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Dr. Hook - Pleasure and Pain (1978)
Fishbone - Truth and Soul (1988)
Genre Nominations -
George Jones - I Am What I Am (1980)
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death (2003)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (1986)
Jack Scott - Jack Scott (1958)
Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Lee Dorsey - The New Lee Dorsey - Working in the Coalmine (1966)
Motörhead - Another Perfect Day (1983)
Neil Sedaka - Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits (1961)
Otis Rush - Right Place, Wrong Time (1976)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
Pixies - Indie Cindy (2014)
Sade - Love Deluxe (1992)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
Sinead O'Connor - The Lion & The Cobra (1987)
Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (1969)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
The Commodores - Commodores (1977)
The Gap Band - Gap Band IV (1982)
The J. Geils Band - "Live" Full House (1972)
The Jam - Sound Affects (1980)
Three Dog Night - It Ain't Easy (1970)
Tim Hardin - Tim Hardin 1 (1966)
Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover (1968)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 11/12/2019 @ 00:10am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated albums for this month's genre "Artists on the Previously Considered List" (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock: The Album (1986)
Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Bad Company - Holy Water (1990)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP (1979)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)
Chuck Brown - Bustin' Loose (1979)
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Dr. Hook - Pleasure and Pain (1978)
Fishbone - Truth and Soul (1988)
George Jones - I Am What I Am (1980)
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death (2003)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (1986)
Jack Scott - Jack Scott (1958)
Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Lee Dorsey - The New Lee Dorsey - Working in the Coalmine (1966)
Motörhead - Another Perfect Day (1983)
Neil Sedaka - Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits (1961)
Otis Rush - Right Place, Wrong Time (1976)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
Pixies - Indie Cindy (2014)
Sade - Love Deluxe (1992)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
Sinead O'Connor - The Lion & The Cobra (1987)
Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (1969)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
The Commodores - Commodores (1977)
The Gap Band - Gap Band IV (1982)
The J. Geils Band - "Live" Full House (1972)
The Jam - Sound Affects (1980)
Three Dog Night - It Ain't Easy (1970)
Tim Hardin - Tim Hardin 1 (1966)
Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover (1968)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 11/12/2019 @ 00:13am

Nominations remain open for this month's Artist (Carole King) and Year (2006) Project.

Nominations until 11 PM Central on Friday November 19th.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 11/12/2019 @ 00:14am

KING 2006 YEAR ALBUM NOMINATIONS (3)
Brian Setzer-13 (2006)
David Gilmour-On An Island (2006)
Ray Davies-Other People's Lives (2006)
ALBUM VOTE (8)
Tommy James & The Shondells-Crimson And Clover (1968)
Bad Company-Holy Water (1990)
Dr. Hook-Pleasure And Pain (1978)
Iron Maiden-Somewhere In Time (1986)
J. Geils Band- "Live" Full House (1972)
Simple Minds-Once Upon A Time (1985)
Sinead O'Connor-The Lion & The Cobra (1987)
Three Dog Night-It Ain't Easy (1970)

KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 11/12/2019 @ 00:43am

2006 nominees:
The Who - Endless Wire (2006)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006)

Votes:
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
The J. Geils Band - "Live" Full House (1972)
The Jam - Sound Affects (1980)
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death (2003)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
Pixies - Indie Cindy (2014)
Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)

Outstanding nominees this time around.

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Tuesday, 11/12/2019 @ 09:31am

Chuck Brown - Bustin' Loose (1979)
George Jones - I Am What I Am (1980)
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
Jack Scott - Jack Scott (1958)
Lee Dorsey - The New Lee Dorsey - Working in the Coalmine (1966)
Otis Rush - Right Place, Wrong Time (1976)
Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (1969)
Tim Hardin - Tim Hardin 1 (1966)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 11/12/2019 @ 11:06am

Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Fishbone - Truth and Soul (1988)
Sade - Love Deluxe (1992)
Box Scaggs - Box Scaggs (1969)
George Jones - I Am What I Am (1980)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (1986)
Sinead O' Connor - The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
Otis Rush - Right Place, Wrong Time (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/12/2019 @ 12:22pm

Dr. Hook - Pleasure and Pain (1978)
Motörhead - Another Perfect Day (1983)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
The Commodores - Commodores (1977)
The Jam - Sound Affects (1980)
Three Dog Night - It Ain't Easy (1970)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 11/12/2019 @ 22:11pm

Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP (1979)
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Pixies - Indie Cindy (2014)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
Sinead O'Connor - The Lion & The Cobra (1987)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
The Jam - Sound Affects (1980)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/13/2019 @ 00:05am

My Votes!!:
The Jam - Sound Affects (1980)
Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP (1979)
Pixies - Indie Cindy (2014)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
The J. Geils Band - "Live" Full House (1972)
Sinead O'Connor - The Lion & The Cobra (1987)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)

2006 nominations!:
Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing (2006)
OutKast - Idlewild (2006)
Skid Row - Revolutions Per Minute (2006)

Posted by James Gang on Wednesday, 11/13/2019 @ 07:43am

votes:
The J. Geils Band - "Live" Full House (1972)
Sinead O'Connor - The Lion & The Cobra (1987)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Dr. Hook - Pleasure and Pain (1978)
Motörhead - Another Perfect Day (1983)

nominees:
Breaking Benjamin - Phobia (2006)
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead (2006)

Posted by Margo on Wednesday, 11/13/2019 @ 07:58am

Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)
The Commodores - Commodores (1977)
The Jam - Sound Affects (1980)
Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover (1968)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 11/13/2019 @ 21:07pm

Margo - You only voted for 7 albums. Your ballot will be counted, though you have one additional album vote available.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/14/2019 @ 00:11am

Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Jethro Tull- Benefit (1970)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Motörhead - Another Perfect Day (1983)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
Steppenwolf- The Second (1968)
The Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Tommy James and the Shondells- Crimson and Clover (1968)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 11/14/2019 @ 06:33am

Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Fishbone - Truth and Soul (1988)
George Jones - I Am What I Am (1980)
Jack Scott - Jack Scott (1958)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
Otis Rush - Right Place, Wrong Time (1976)
Sinead O'Connor - The Lion & The Cobra (1987)
The Jam - Sound Affects (1980)

2006:

Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)
Scott Walker - The Drift (2006)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 11/14/2019 @ 13:22pm

Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP (1979)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (1986)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Motörhead - Another Perfect Day (1983)
Sade - Love Deluxe (1992)
The J. Geils Band - "Live" Full House (1972)
The Jam - Sound Affects (1980)

Last cuts were Jethro Tull, John Prine, the Sir Douglas Quintet, and Tim Hardin.

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 11/16/2019 @ 19:30pm

Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock: The Album (1986)
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
Sade - Love Deluxe (1992)
Sinead O'Connor - The Lion & The Cobra (1987)
The Commodores - Commodores (1977)
The Gap Band - Gap Band IV (1982)
The Jam - Sound Affects (1980)
Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover (1968)

Last Cuts: Fishbone, Black Flag, The J. Geils Band, Boz Scaggs, Lee Dorsey

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 11/16/2019 @ 21:14pm

Chuck Brown - Bustin' Loose (1979)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
George Jones - I Am What I Am (1980)
Neil Sedaka - Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits (1961)
Sade - Love Deluxe (1992)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
The J. Geils Band - "Live" Full House (1972)
Tim Hardin - Tim Hardin 1 (1966)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 11/16/2019 @ 22:30pm

Neil Sedaka - Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits (1961)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
Sade - Love Deluxe (1992)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
The Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Three Dog Night - It Ain't Easy (1970)
Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover (1968)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 11/16/2019 @ 22:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Jam - Sound Affects (1980) - 8

Sinead O'Connor - The Lion & The Cobra (1987) - 7

Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983) - 6
The J. Geils Band - Live Full House (1972) - 6

Sade - Love Deluxe (1992) - 5
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991) - 5
The Commodores - Commodores (1977) - 5
Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover (1968) - 5
____________________________

George Jones - I Am What I Am (1980) - 4
Motörhead - Another Perfect Day (1983) - 4
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985) - 4
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968) - 4

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP (1979) - 3
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002) - 3
Dr. Hook - Pleasure And Pain (1978) - 3
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968) - 3
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (1986) - 3
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978) - 3
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018) - 3
Otis Rush - Right Place, Wrong Time (1976) - 3
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) - 3
Pixies - Indie Cindy (2014) - 3
Three Dog Night - It Ain't Easy (1970) - 3

Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969) - 2
Chuck Brown - Bustin' Loose (1979) - 2
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970) - 2
Fishbone - Truth and Soul (1988) - 2
Jack Scott - Jack Scott (1958) - 2
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978) - 2
Neil Sedaka - Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits (1961) - 2
Tim Hardin - Tim Hardin 1 (1966) - 2

Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock: The Album (1986) - 1
Bad Company - Holy Water (1990) - 1
Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death (2003) - 1
Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970) - 1
Lee Dorsey - The New Lee Dorsey - Working in the Coalmine (1966) - 1
Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (1969) - 1
The Gap Band - Gap Band IV (1982) - 1

Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Jason Dagotto
MichaelEU
Greg F
jtrichey
Darren
James Gang
Margo
BSLO
Tom H.
DarinRG
Ray
Donnie
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Sade - Love Deluxe (1992)
Sinead O'Connor - The Lion & The Cobra (1987)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
The Commodores - Commodores (1977)
The J. Geils Band - Live Full House (1972)
The Jam - Sound Affects (1980)
Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover (1968)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/16/2019 @ 23:34pm

Nominations remain open for this year's Artist (Carole King) and Year (2006) Project votes.

Nominations will remain open until 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/16/2019 @ 23:35pm

Please switch my 2006 nominations of

Johnny Cash- American V: A Hundred Highways (2006)
Josh Turner- Your Man (2006)

to

Bruce Springsteen- We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)
Wierd Al Yankovic- Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/18/2019 @ 14:38pm

Train - For Me, It's You (2006)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 11/18/2019 @ 19:46pm

Year noms:

Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells (2006)
Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 11/19/2019 @ 14:33pm

My Final 3 nominees are:

John Mayer - Continuum (2006)
Josh Groban - Awake (2006)
Train - For Me, It's You (2006)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 11/19/2019 @ 22:58pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
Beyonce - B'Day (2006)
Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
Breaking Benjamin - Phobia (2006)
Brian Setzer - 13 (2006)
Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006)
David Gilmour - On An Island (2006)
Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way (2006)
Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells (2006)
J Dilla - Donuts (2006)
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come (2006)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing (2006)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
John Mayer - Continuum (2006)
Josh Groban - Awake (2006)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006)
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead (2006)
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)
OutKast - Idlewild (2006)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
Pink - I'm Not Dead (2006)
Ray Davies - Other People's Lives (2006)
Scott Walker - The Drift (2006)
Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops (2006)
Skid Row - Revolutions Per Minute (2006)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)
Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift (2006)
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)
The Feeling - Twelve Stops and Home (2006)
The New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)
The Who - Endless Wire (2006)
Train - For Me, It's You (2006)
Various Artists - Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture (2006)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/19/2019 @ 23:27pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Carole King - Fantasy (1973)
Carole King - Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
Carole King - Rhymes and Reasons (1972)
Carole King - Thoroughbred (1976)
Carole King - Wrap Around Joy (1974)

Voters can vote for as many as 5 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/19/2019 @ 23:28pm

Beyonce- B'Day (2006)
Bruce Springsteen- We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)
Jay-Z- Kingdom Come (2006)
John Mayer - Continuum (2006)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006)
Various Artists - Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture (2006)
Wierd Al Yankovic- Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)

Last Cut: Audioslave

Carole King - Fantasy (1973)
Carole King - Rhymes and Reasons (1972)
Carole King - Thoroughbred (1976)
Carole King- Wrap Around Joy (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/20/2019 @ 09:57am

Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead (2006)
Ray Davies - Other People's Lives (2006)
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006)
The New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)

Carole King - Fantasy (1973)
Carole King - Rhymes and Reasons (1972)
Carole King - Wrap Around Joy (1974)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 11/20/2019 @ 12:03pm

Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor (2006)
The Feeling - Twelve Stops and Home (2006)
J. Dilla - Donuts (2006)
Christina Agulara - Back to Basics (2006)
Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way (2006)
The Racounteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)

Carole King - Fantasy (1973)
Carole King - Rhymes and Reasons (1972)
Carole King - Wrap Around Joy (1974)
Carole King - Pearls: Songs of Goffen and King (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/20/2019 @ 12:57pm

Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead (2006)
OutKast - Idlewild (2006)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops (2006)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 11/20/2019 @ 21:57pm

Beyonce - B'Day (2006)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006)
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead (2006)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)

Carole King - Fantasy (1973)
Carole King - Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
Carole King - Thoroughbred (1976)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 11/22/2019 @ 13:43pm

KING NOV 2019 ALBUMS 2006 (8)
Audioslave-Revelations (2006)
Bruce Springsteen-We Shall Overcome:The Seeger Sessions (2006)
David Gilmour-On An Island (2006)
Dixie Chicks-Taking The Long Way (2006)
John Mayer-Continuum (2006)
Pearl Jam-Pearl Jam (2006)
Ray Davies-Other People's Lives (2006)
The Raconteurs-Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 11/22/2019 @ 16:15pm

Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/23/2019 @ 14:54pm

Beyonce - B'Day (2006)
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006)
Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way (2006)
Pink - I'm Not Dead (2006)
Ray Davies - Other People's Lives (2006)
Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift (2006)
The New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006)
Various Artists - Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture (2006)

Carole King - Fantasy (1973)
Carole King - Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
Carole King - Rhymes and Reasons (1972)
Carole King - Wrap Around Joy (1974)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 11/23/2019 @ 22:37pm

Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
Beyonce - B'Day (2006)
Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way (2006)
Pink - I'm Not Dead (2006)
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 11/24/2019 @ 01:45am

David Gilmour - On An Island (2006)
Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way (2006)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 11/24/2019 @ 15:10pm

Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells (2006)
J Dilla - Donuts (2006)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)
Scott Walker - The Drift (2006)
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)

Last cuts: Brian Setzer, David Gilmour, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Davies, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 11/24/2019 @ 18:49pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006) - 7

Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way (2006) - 5
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006) - 5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006) - 5
____________________________

Audioslave - Revelations (2006) - 4
Beyonce - B'Day (2006) - 4
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006) - 4
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006) - 4
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006) - 4
The Roots - Game Theory (2006) - 4
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) - 4
____________________________

Nas - Hip Hop is Dead (2006) - 3
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006) - 3
Ray Davies - Other People's Lives (2006) - 3

Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006) - 2
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006) - 2
David Gilmour - On An Island (2006) - 2
J Dilla - Donuts (2006) - 2
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006) - 2
John Mayer - Continuum (2006) - 2
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006) - 2
Pink - I'm Not Dead (2006) - 2
The New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006) - 2
Various Artists - Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture (2006) - 2

Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006) - 1
Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells (2006) - 1
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come (2006) - 1
OutKast - Idlewild (2006) - 1
Scott Walker - The Drift (2006) - 1
Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops (2006) - 1
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006) - 1
Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift (2006) - 1
The Feeling - Twelve Stops and Home (2006) - 1

Breaking Benjamin - Phobia (2006) - 0
Brian Setzer - 13 (2006) - 0
Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing (2006) - 0
Josh Groban - Awake (2006) - 0
Skid Row - Revolutions Per Minute (2006) - 0
The Who - Endless Wire (2006) - 0
Train - For Me, It's You (2006) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
Steve Z
Greg F
jtrichey
BSLO
KING
Darren
Nick
MichaelEU
DarinRG
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way (2006)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
Beyonce - B'Day (2006)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 7 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

27th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/25/2019 @ 00:15am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Carole King - Fantasy (1973) - 5

Carole King - Rhymes and Reasons (1972) - 4
Carole King - Wrap Around Joy (1974) - 4
_______________________________

Carole King - Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980) - 3

Carole King - Thoroughbred (1976) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
Steve Z
Greg F
BSLO
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Carole King - Fantasy (1973)
Carole King - Rhymes and Reasons (1972)
Carole King - Wrap Around Joy (1974)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/25/2019 @ 00:16am

KING November 2019 Album Tiebreaker 2006 (7)
Audioslave-Revelations (2006)-7 PTS
The Black Keys-Magic Potion (2006)-6
The Decemberists-The Crane Wife (2006)-5
The Roots-Game Theory (2006)-4
Beyonce-B'Day (2006)-3
Lily Allen-Alright,Still (2006)-2
Weird Al Yankovic-Straight Outta Lynwood-1 PT

KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 11/25/2019 @ 02:15am

Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006) 7
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006) 6
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006) 5
The Roots - Game Theory (2006) 4
Audioslave - Revelations (2006) 3
Beyonce - B'Day (2006) 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynnwood (2006) 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/25/2019 @ 09:33am

Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)-7
Beyonce - B'Day (2006)-6
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006)-5
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)-4
Audioslave - Revelations (2006)-3
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)-2
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/25/2019 @ 14:29pm

1. Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
2. Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
3. The Roots - Game Theory (2006)
4. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)
5. The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006)
6. Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
7. Beyonce - B'Day (2006)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 11/25/2019 @ 22:16pm

The snowstorm hitting eastern SD is apparently going to be worse than expected, so I have to move up my Thanksgiving travel plans a day.

If someone could post the tiebreaker results tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 11 PM Central, it would be appreciated.

Otherwise, I'll post them on Friday morning when I'm back at my computer.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/26/2019 @ 21:57pm

The Roots - Game Theory (2006) - 7
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) - 6
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006) - 5
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006) - 4
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006) - 3
Audioslave - Revelations (2006) - 2
Beyonce - B'Day (2006) - 1

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 11/27/2019 @ 18:00pm

The Roots - Game Theory (2006) - 7
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006) - 6
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006) - 5
Beyonce - B'Day (2006) - 4
Audioslave - Revelations (2006) - 3
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006) - 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 11/27/2019 @ 21:05pm

Beyonce - B'Day (2006) - 7
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006) - 6
Audioslave - Revelations (2006) - 5
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006) - 4
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) - 3
The Roots - Game Theory (2006) - 2
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006) - 1

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 11/27/2019 @ 22:36pm

The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006) - 7
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006) - 6
Beyonce - B'Day (2006) - 5
Audioslave - Revelations (2006) - 4
The Roots - Game Theory (2006) - 3
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006) - 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 11/27/2019 @ 22:59pm

What was the outcome of the Album tiebreaker?

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 11/28/2019 @ 15:56pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006) - 46
Audioslave - Revelations (2006) - 38
The Roots - Game Theory (2006) - 38
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006) - 37
_________________________

Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006) - 35
Beyonce - B'Day (2006) - 30
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) - 28

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this year vote:

Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way (2006)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/29/2019 @ 20:20pm

The randomly selected year for December is 1985.

Starting in January, 2019 will be added as an eligible year for the Year Project.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/29/2019 @ 21:31pm

Rule Changes In 2019:

The number of albums inducted as a result of the monthly Artist Project vote will be increased from 2 albums to 3 albums.

Voters can nominate any three eligible songs and are no longer required to nominate a song from the previous year in order to nominate the maximum number available.

There will no longer be a 6 month ban on artists selected for the Artist Vote. This includes artists that were selected in the past 6 months that were previously banned and no longer will be.

Both genre votes will take place at the same time if the selected genre is chosen to have a split.

We will have a Year Vote each month. The selected year will be randomly selected each month. Each year is only eligible once and will be disqualified after being selected. The Year Vote will take place at the same time as the Artist Vote. Years from 1900-1945 will be grouped into 5 year groupings.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2018. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Beyonce - B'Day (2006)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)

There is also a tiebreaker in process that ends at 11 PM Central. Losing albums from that tiebreaker will also be automatically nominated this month.

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

1980's Metal Albums
Country
Grunge
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the past 6 months:

Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project
Jazz
Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project
Punk
Psychedelic Rock
Artists on the Previously Considered List

"Live Albums" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

Every voter will be able to vote for 5 nominated album genres. Any genre that receives less than 4 votes in the genre selection will not be automatically nominated for the genre vote next month (any genre that receives 4 votes, but doesn't with the selection vote would be automatically nominated).

There will be three days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 6th, followed by a discussion period to nail down the specifics of the votes (which albums qualify for the genre, whether or not there will be an early influence vote, whether or not the genre will be split along chronological or other lines, etc.). The discussion period will continue until the conclusion of the Album Project voting (which may or may not require a tiebreaker).

There will be 2 days of nominations for the genre vote, followed by 1 day of review. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists have been automatically nominated for the Artist Vote as a result of receiving 4 votes in the previous Artist Vote Selection Vote (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have an artist vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

Garth Brooks
Neil Young
Parliament/Funkadelic
Tony Bennett

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

The 4th through the 8th (5 days) - Artist Vote selection voting will take place. Voters will be allowed to vote for six nominated artists. The artist that receives the most votes will be the selected artist for the month. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. The winner will be selected for the month. The loser(s) will NOT be automatically selected for the next month.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 9th. Nominations will end when nominations for the second genre votes (if there is one in the Song or Album Project) end. If there's a situation where all eligible songs or albums have been nominated for the selected artist, voting may begin earlier. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated albums. The three albums that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1985.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1985. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1985.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1985 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

A-Ha - Hunting High and Low
Anthrax - Spreading the Disease
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight
Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
Heart - Heart
INXS - Listen Like Thieves
John Mellencamp - Scarecrow
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
LL Cool J - Radio
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
New Order - Low-Life
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
Run-D.M.C. - King Of Rock
Sade - Promise
Sting - Dream Of The Blue Turtles
Talking Heads - Little Creatures
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
The Cure - The Head On The Door
The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
The Highwaymen - Highwayman
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
The Power Station - The Power Station
The Replacements - Tim
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up The Plantation: Live
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Weird Al Yankovic - Dare To Be Stupid
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1985, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/30/2019 @ 22:42pm

My Nominations

Barbra Streisand - A Christmas Album (1967)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)

Genre : 21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica

Artist: Stereolab

Year:

Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good (1985)
Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day (1985)
The Waterboys - This is the Sea (1985)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 11/30/2019 @ 23:13pm

The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Interpol - Antics (2004)

Mötley Crüe - Theatre Of Pain (1985)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)
R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction (1985)

1990's R&B

The Roots

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 12/1/2019 @ 08:45am

General Vote

Alexander O'Neal- Heresay (1987)
Junior Senior- D..D..Don't Stop the Beat (2003)
Rihanna- Loud (2010)

Genre Vote

2000's Rap/Hip-Hop

Artist Vote

KISS

Year Vote

John Fogerty- Centerfield (1985)
Killing Joke- Night Time (1985)
Miami Sound Machine- Primitive Love (1985)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 12/1/2019 @ 12:44pm

General:
Alphaville - Forever Young (1984)
Alabama - Mountain Music (1982)
Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept (2002)

Year:
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)

Donnie, Miami Sound Machine was inducted last month. You have another nomination.

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 12/1/2019 @ 13:34pm

KING DEC 2019 1985 Year Albums (3)
DIO-Sacred Heart (1985)
Marillion-Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Ratt-Invasion Of Your Privacy (1985)

General Nomination Albums (3)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2003)
Duran Duran-Pop Trash (1998)
Motorhead-1916 (1991)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 12/1/2019 @ 13:35pm

Thanks Michael.

General Vote

Alexander O'Neal- Heresay (1987)
Junior Senior- D..D..Don't Stop the Beat (2003)
Rihanna- Loud (2010)

Genre Vote

2000's Rap/Hip-Hop

Artist Vote

KISS

Year Vote

Atlantic Starr- As the Band Turns (1985)
John Fogerty- Centerfield (1985)
Killing Joke- Night Time (1985)

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 12/1/2019 @ 14:18pm

This will be my first time back doing the Album Project in nearly a year or so. Hopefully this goes well. My nominees in the general December vote are:

The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Love You (1977)
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (1976)
Rihanna - Rated R (2009)

My nominees for 1985 albums are:

Rush - Power Windows (1985)
Arcadia - So Red The Rose (1985)
Mike + The Mechanics - Mike + The Mechanics (1985)

My genre vote nomination is:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Chaka Khan

Hope this is legitimate,

Lax36

Posted by Lax36 on Sunday, 12/1/2019 @ 21:04pm

noms (general)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)
Evanescence - Fallen (2003)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)

noms (1985)
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985)
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 12/1/2019 @ 22:01pm

Year Nominations

John Barry- Out of Africa: OST (1985)
Pat Benatar- Seven the Hard Way (1985)
Stevie Wonder- In Square Circle (1985)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/2/2019 @ 08:59am

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/2/2019 @ 10:05am

General Nominations

Boston Pops Orchestra- Pops Christmas Party (1959)
Pentatonix- That's Christmas to Me (2014)
Ray Conniff- Christmas with Conniff (1959)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/2/2019 @ 15:21pm

Genre Vote

Holiday Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/2/2019 @ 17:36pm

General Nominations:
Flume- Skin (2016)
J Cole- 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)
SZA- Ctrl (2016)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Monday, 12/2/2019 @ 18:39pm

Artist nomination; Taylor Swift

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Monday, 12/2/2019 @ 20:04pm

Genre vote nomination:
Artist who debuted 2010 or later

I feel the album project does good job representing the 2010s don't get me wrong but a lot of it is by artist who started before this decade tbh cause theirs a lot of people not represented from this decade that easily shaped this one and the next moving forward. I used to come this site all the time in high school but got really busy once I started college I didn't have enough time. I honestly love this site and happy to participate again under a new name cause why not, anyways I feel there's good representation from the 2010s but not of the 2010s. Just a quick pitch, idk if that makes any sense but anyways excited to participate in the album and song projects again

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Monday, 12/2/2019 @ 20:13pm

Switch my artist nomination to Lil Wayne

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Monday, 12/2/2019 @ 21:13pm

"Once upon a time in a town like this, A little girl made a great big wish
To fill the world full of happiness And be on Santa's magic list...
At the same town miles away, A little boy made a wish that day
That the world would be okay And Santa Clause would hear him say
I got dreams and I got love, I got my feet on the ground and family above
Can you send some happiness with my best, To the rest of the people of east and the west
And maybe every once in a while You give my a grandma a reason to smile...
Shake it up, shake up the happiness, Wake it up, wake up the happiness
Come on all, it's Christmas time..."

My first nomination is Train - Shake Up Christmas (2010).

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 12/3/2019 @ 17:48pm

Oops sorry-I meant that last post for the song project.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 12/3/2019 @ 17:53pm

General Noms:
Imagine Dragons - Smoke and Mirrors (2015)
The Smoke - It's Smoke Time (1967)
The McCoys - Human Ball (1969)

Year vote:
The Cult - Love (1985)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley (1985)
Minutemen - Three Way Tie (For Last) (1985)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Tuesday, 12/3/2019 @ 19:33pm

Dolly Parton - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (2009)

Artist Nomination:

Air Supply

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 12/3/2019 @ 20:15pm

General noms:

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971)

Artist nom:

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Genre nom:

Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave

Year noms:

The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always (1985)
Trouble - The Skull (1985)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 12/3/2019 @ 21:52pm

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/3/2019 @ 22:12pm

General Nominations -
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)

Genre Nomination-
Garage Rock

Artist Nomination -
Leon Russell

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 12/3/2019 @ 22:20pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Alabama - Mountain Music (1982)
Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept (2002)
Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987)
Alphaville - Forever Young (1984)
Barbra Streisand - A Christmas Album (1967)
Beyonce - B'Day (2006)
Boston Pops Orchestra - Pops Christmas Party (1959)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2003)
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
Dolly Parton - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)
Duran Duran - Pop Trash (1998)
Evanescence - Fallen (2003)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Flume - Skin (2016)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (1976)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Imagine Dragons - Smoke and Mirrors (2015)
Interpol - Antics (2004)
J Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)
Junior Senior - D..D..Don't Stop the Beat (2003)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
Motorhead - 1916 (1991)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pentatonix - That's Christmas to Me (2014)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Ray Conniff - Christmas with Conniff (1959)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Rihanna - Rated R (2009)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)
SZA - Ctrl (2016)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Love You (1977)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The McCoys - Human Ball (1969)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
The Smoke - It's Smoke Time (1967)
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (2009)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/4/2019 @ 06:57am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980's Metal Albums
1990's R&B
2000's Rap/Hip-Hop
21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Artist who debuted 2010 or later
Country
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Garage Rock
Grunge
Holiday Albums
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated genres. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated genres for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 3 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 6th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 6th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/4/2019 @ 06:58am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply
Chaka Khan
Garth Brooks
KISS
Leon Russell
Lil Wayne
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
Stereolab
The Roots
Tony Bennett
TV On The Radio

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated artists. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated artists for their ballot to be valid.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 9th. Votes cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 9th will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/4/2019 @ 06:58am

Stereolab
Neil Young
Leon Russell
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
The Roots

21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica
Artists who debuted 2010 or later
Power Metal
1990's R&B
2000's Rap & Hip-Hop
Holiday Albums

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/4/2019 @ 14:34pm

Barbra Streisand - A Christmas Album (1967)
Boston Pops Orchestra- Pops Christmas Party (1959)
Pentatonix- That's Christmas to Me (2014)
Ray Conniff- Christmas with Conniff (1959)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Country
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Holiday Albums
Original Cast Albums (Theater)

Garth Brooks
Miles Davis
Neil Young
The Roots
Tony Bennett

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/4/2019 @ 15:28pm

KING DEC 2019 ALBUMS (8).
Alabama-Mountain Music (1982)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Duran Duran-Pop Trash (2000)
Helloween-Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Midnight Oil-Earth And Sun And Moon (1993)
Motorhead-1916 (1991)
Wishbone Ash-Pilgrimage (1971)
X-Under The Big Black Sun (1982)

Artists (4)
Air Supply
Garth Brooks
KISS
Tony Bennett

Genres (5)
1980's Metal Albums
Country
Garage Rock
Grunge
Power Metal

I think it's time for some Alabama Mountain Music on a cold December day. KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 12/4/2019 @ 16:26pm

Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Interpol - Antics (2004)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)

1980's Metal Albums
21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica
Country
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Grunge
Power Metal

Miles Davis
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Stereolab
TV On The Radio
The Roots

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/4/2019 @ 21:37pm

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
Evanescence - Fallen (2003)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
Rihanna - Rated R (2009)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 12/4/2019 @ 22:25pm

Alabama - Mountain Music (1982)
Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept (2002)
Alphaville - Forever Young (1984)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Motorhead - 1916 (1991)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 12/5/2019 @ 11:17am

Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)
Evanescence - Fallen (2003)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
Rihanna - Rated R (2009)

genre
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Garage Rock
Grunge
1980's Metal Albums

artist vote
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic

Posted by Margo on Thursday, 12/5/2019 @ 15:54pm

Here now is my ballot for this section of the December vote for the Album Project.

Rihanna - Rated R (2009)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Love You (1977)
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (1976)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)

My Genre vote ballot consists of:

Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Grunge
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Holiday Albums

And my Artist Vote ballot is:

Chaka Khan
Miles Davis
Parliament/Funkadelic
Neil Young
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Pleased to have return after a while,

Lax36

Posted by Lax36 on Thursday, 12/5/2019 @ 20:18pm

1980's Metal Albums
2000's Rap/Hip-Hop
21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Grunge

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/5/2019 @ 23:20pm

Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Interpol - Antics (2004)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)

Lil Wayne
Miles Davis
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
The Roots
TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/5/2019 @ 23:29pm

Barbra Streisand - A Christmas Album (1967)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Interpol - Antics (2004)
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/5/2019 @ 23:56pm

8 albums:

Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept (2002)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Love You (1977)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)

Posted by Darrin A. on Friday, 12/6/2019 @ 07:48am

Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn… (1999)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
Motorhead - 1916 (1991)
Rihanna - Rated R (2009)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)

1990's R&B
Country
Garage Rock
Original Cast Albums (Theater)

Leon Russell
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Parliament/Funkadelic
The Roots
Tony Bennett

Posted by Nick on Friday, 12/6/2019 @ 10:44am

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Evanescence - Fallen (2003)
Foster the People - Torches (2011)
Interpol - Antics (2004)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)

1980's Metal Albums
2000's Rap/Hip-Hop
21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica
Artist who debuted 2010 or later
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Garage Rock

KISS
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
Stereolab
TV On The Radio

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 12/6/2019 @ 17:36pm

1980's Metal Albums
21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
Artist who debuted 2010 or later
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Power Metal

Leon Russell
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Stereolab
The Roots

Posted by Ray on Friday, 12/6/2019 @ 18:26pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

1980's Metal Albums - 6
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave - 6
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21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica - 5
Grunge - 5
Power Metal - 5

Country - 4
Garage Rock - 4
Original Cast Albums (Theater) - 4

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2000's Rap/Hip-Hop - 3
Art Rock/Progressive Rock - 3
Artist who debuted 2010 or later - 3
Holiday Albums - 3

1990's R&B - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Tom H.
KING
DarinRG
Margo
Lax36
Darren
Nick
Steve Z
Ray

The following genres will be subject to a tiebreaker vote:

1980's Metal Albums
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave

Anyone who voted in this month's genre selection vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote, select your preferred genre.

The genre that gets the most votes will be selected as the genre in December. The losing genre will be selected as the genre in January.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/6/2019 @ 23:04pm

I vote for "Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave"

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/6/2019 @ 23:05pm

I vote for 1980s metal albums.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/6/2019 @ 23:25pm

DEC 2019 Tiebreaker (1) KING
1980's Metal Albums
Time for some metal. A treasure of great albums that need to be inducted. Plenty to choose. KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 12/7/2019 @ 00:01am

Tiebreaker

Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 12/7/2019 @ 06:07am

General Vote

Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987)
Beyonce - B'Day (2006)
J Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)
Junior Senior - D..D..Don't Stop the Beat (2003)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
SZA - Ctrl (2016)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Last Cuts: Ride, Fiona Apple, Crowded House, the Byrds, Rihanna (Rated R)

Artist Vote

Chaka Khan
Garth Brooks
KISS
Parliament/Funkadelic
The Roots
Tony Bennett

Genre Vote

1980's Metal Albums

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 12/7/2019 @ 16:43pm

Interpol - Antics (2004)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)

Lil Wayne
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Parliament/Funkadelic
The Roots

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 12/7/2019 @ 21:17pm

Evanescence - Fallen (2003)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969)
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971)

Last cuts: Motorhead, X, Pere Ubu, Genesis, Midnight Oil, Crowded House

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 12/8/2019 @ 18:20pm

My tiebreaker vote for the Genre ballot goes to:

Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave

Imagine peace,

Lax36

Posted by Lax36 on Sunday, 12/8/2019 @ 18:34pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999) - 8

X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982) - 7

Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) - 6

Interpol - Antics (2004) - 5
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996) - 5
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993) - 5
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964) - 5
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008) - 5
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Crowded House - Crowded House (1986) - 4
Evanescence - Fallen (2003) - 4
Rihanna - Rated R (2009) - 4
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 4
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain (1969) - 4

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 3
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006) - 3
Motorhead - 1916 (1991) - 3
Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 3
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006) - 3
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965) - 3
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960) - 3
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971) - 3

Alabama - Mountain Music (1982) - 2
Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept (2002) - 2
Barbra Streisand - A Christmas Album (1967) - 2
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 2
Foster the People - Torches (2011) - 2
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) - 2
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Love You (1977) - 2
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973) - 2

Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987) - 1
Alphaville - Forever Young (1984) - 1
Beyonce - B'Day (2006) - 1
Boston Pops Orchestra - Pops Christmas Party (1959) - 1
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2003) - 1
Duran Duran - Pop Trash (1998) - 1
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (1976) - 1
J Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014) - 1
Junior Senior - D..D..Don't Stop the Beat (2003) - 1
Pentatonix - That's Christmas to Me (2014) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Ray Conniff - Christmas with Conniff (1959) - 1
Rihanna - Loud (2010) - 1
SZA - Ctrl (2016) - 1

Britney Spears - Circus (2008) - 0
Dolly Parton - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982) - 0
Flume - Skin (2016) - 0
Imagine Dragons - Smoke and Mirrors (2015) - 0
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 0
The McCoys - Human Ball (1969) - 0
The Smoke - It's Smoke Time (1967) - 0
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (2009) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
KING
DarinRG
jtrichey
MichaelEU
Margo
Lax36
Darren
Greg F
Darrin A
Nick
Steve Z
Donnie
BSLO
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
Interpol - Antics (2004)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/9/2019 @ 01:26am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

1980's Metal Albums - 3
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Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave - 3

The last vote cast was by Lax36 for "Dream Pop". Donnie's vote for "1980's Metal Albums" didn't count as he didn't vote in the genre vote this month.

"1980's Metal Albums" has been selected for the December vote. "Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave" has been selected for the January vote.
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"1980's Metal Albums" has been selected as this month's genre vote. There will not be a vote split for this genre.

Nominations are now open for this month's genre vote, "1980's Metal Albums 1980-1989".

Any voter can nominate three albums that they think are eligible for this genre.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

If you think that an album has been nominated inappropriately for this genre, please explain why and lodge a protest. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

There will be two days of nominations and one day of review for this genre vote. Nominations will be accepted on the third day, though please try to make sure that any album nominated during review is very unlikely to be protested.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on Monday the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/9/2019 @ 01:30am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Miles Davis - 8
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 8
The Roots - 8
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Neil Young - 7
Parliament/Funkadelic - 7

Stereolab - 4
Tony Bennett - 4
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Garth Brooks - 3
KISS - 3
Leon Russell - 3
TV On The Radio - 3

Chaka Khan - 2
Lil Wayne - 2
Air Supply - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Tom H.
KING
DarinRG
Margo
Lax36
Darren
Nick
Steve Z
Ray
Donnie
BSLO

The following artists will be involved in a tiebreaker to determine the selected artist:

Miles Davis
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The Roots

To vote, rank all three artists in order of preference.

The winner of the tiebreaker will be selected for December. The second place finisher will be selected for January. The last place finisher will automatically be nominated for the selection vote in February.

Anyone who voted in the artist selection vote is eligible to participate in the tiebreaker.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes counted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/9/2019 @ 01:34am

We are at this time opening up discussions for any rule changes for the Song Project, Album Project, Genre Projects, Year Projects and Artist Projects.

If you have any rule change ideas that you'd like the group to discuss for votes starting 2020, please bring them forward at this time.

After gathering the ideas between now and 11 PM Central on the 16th, we'll begin a series of rule change votes based on the proposed ideas.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/9/2019 @ 01:34am

1980s metal

Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Morbid Angel - Alters of Madness (1989)
Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/9/2019 @ 01:36am

KING DEC 2019 1980's Metal Albums (3)
Manowar-Fighting The World (1987)
Tesla-Mechanical Resonance (1986)
White Lion-Pride (1987)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 12/9/2019 @ 07:04am

Artist:

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 3
The Roots 2
Miles Davis 1

I'm for all three, but we're missing the entirety of the Bad Seeds' first decade, which comprises quite a few artist and genre essentials and we have nothing from the Roots. Davis is well worth a deeper dive, but the other two need more attention right now, IMO.

Genre:

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984)
Supultura - Beneath the Remains (1989)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 12/9/2019 @ 10:48am

Genre Nominations

Exodus- Bonded By Blood (1985)
Iron Maiden- Somewhere in Time (1986)
Motorhead- Iron Fist (1982)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/9/2019 @ 14:25pm

Tiebreaker:

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds [3 Points]
Miles Davis [2 Points]
The Roots [1 Point]

1980s Metal Albums Genre Nominations:

Accept - Balls to the Wall (1983)
Danzig - Danzig (1988)
Dio - The Last in Line (1984)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 12/10/2019 @ 10:03am

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 3
The Roots 2
Miles Davis 1

Genre noms:

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus (1984)
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian (1986)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 12/10/2019 @ 17:33pm

DEC 2019 TIEBREAKER (3)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds-3 PTS
The Roots-2
Miles Davis-1 PT.

Good to see Helloween nominated again. It's a very good album and has been close a few times in the project. It should have a fighting chance in the Metal Albums. KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 12/10/2019 @ 18:45pm

Miles Davis-3
The Roots-2
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/11/2019 @ 09:03am

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds 3
The Roots 2
Miles Davis 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/11/2019 @ 10:16am

1985 Year Nominations:

Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun (1985)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Maverick (1985)
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 12/11/2019 @ 10:37am

1985:

Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun (1985)
The Cult - Love (1985)
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always (1985)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/11/2019 @ 12:44pm

Hey Darin,

I already nominated First and Last and Always, so you have another one if you want it.

Btw, welcome back!

The latter goes for you, too, Lax.

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 12/11/2019 @ 18:28pm

Thanks for the compliments, Ray. Here now is my tiebreaker vote for the Artist Vote.

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - 3
Miles Davis - 2
The Roots - 1

And here are my 1980's Metal Albums nominations

Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time (1986)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)

I'm detecting a pattern in my nominations,

Lax36

Posted by Lax36 on Wednesday, 12/11/2019 @ 20:27pm

Artist Tiebreaker
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 3
Miles Davis - 2
The Roots - 1

Genre Nominations

Def Leppard - On Through the Night (1980)
Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
Sammy Hagar - Standing Hampton (1982)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 12/11/2019 @ 22:20pm

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 3
The Roots - 2
Miles Davis - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/11/2019 @ 22:34pm

The Roots - 3
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 2
Miles Davis - 1

Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989)
Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark (1987)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 12/11/2019 @ 22:34pm

I'll post the tiebreaker results later this afternoon.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/12/2019 @ 07:30am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Accept - Balls to the Wall (1983)
Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark (1987)
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984)
Danzig - Danzig (1988)
Def Leppard - On Through the Night (1980)
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Dio - The Last in Line (1984)
Exodus - Bonded By Blood (1985)
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian (1986)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (1986)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Manowar - Fighting The World (1987)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Morbid Angel - Alters of Madness (1989)
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989)
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus (1984)
Sammy Hagar - Standing Hampton (1982)
Supultura - Beneath the Remains (1989)
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986)
Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981)
White Lion - Pride (1987)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/12/2019 @ 07:37am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 27
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The Roots - 18
__________________

Miles Davis - 15

As a result of this vote, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have been selected as the Artist for December.

As a result of this vote, The Roots have been selected as the Artist for January.

Miles Davis will automatically be nominated for the February Artist Selection vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/12/2019 @ 14:02pm

Artist Vote

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/12/2019 @ 16:14pm

Artist Vote Nomination:

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)

Genre Vote:

Accept - Balls to the Wall (1983)
Danzig - Danzig (1988)
Dio - The Last in Line (1984)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (1986)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989)
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 12/13/2019 @ 18:14pm

KING DEC 2019 1980s Metal Albums (8)
DIO-The Last In Line (1984)
Helloween-Keeper Of The Seven Keys:Part II (1988)
Iron Maiden-Somewhere In Time (1986)
Manowar-Fighting The World (1987)
Motley Crue-Dr. Feelgood (1989)
Poison-Look What The Cat Dragged In (1986)
Tesla-Mechanical Resonance (1986)
White Lion-Pride (1987)
Apologies to Danzig, Def Leppard, Sammy Hagar, Whitesnake etc. I'd like to see Keeper Of The Seven Keys and Somewhere In Time make it this time. They have been close in the different induction cycles.

Nick Cave Album Nomination-Skeleton Tree (2016)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 12/13/2019 @ 21:50pm

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 2 (1988)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (1986)
Morbid Angel - Alter of Madness (1989)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981)
Danzig - Danzig (1988)
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian (1986)
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 12/14/2019 @ 15:28pm

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984)
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian (1986)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (1986)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989)
Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus (1984)

Apologies to Venom, Bathory, Accept, Exodus, Sepultura, Dio, and others.

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 12/14/2019 @ 17:07pm

Accept - Balls to the Wall (1983)
Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark (1987)
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Supultura - Beneath the Remains (1989)
Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981)

Artist nomination:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 12/15/2019 @ 15:17pm

King,

Skeleton Tree has already been inducted, so you have another chance to induct a Nick Cave album.

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 12/15/2019 @ 20:47pm

Danzig - Danzig (1988)
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Dio - The Last in Line (1984)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (1986)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989)
Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/16/2019 @ 00:53am

Artist Nomination

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- Your Funeral...My Trial (1986)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/16/2019 @ 08:45am

KING DEC 2019 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (1)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds-Nocturama (2003)

KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 12/16/2019 @ 10:38am

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984)
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Exodus- Bonded By Blood (1985)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Iron Maiden- Somewhere in Time (1986)
Motorhead- Iron Fist (1982)
Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/16/2019 @ 15:32pm

Here is my ballot for the Album Project election before time expires.

Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (1986)
Dio - The Last In Line (1984)
Motley Crue-Dr. Feelgood (1989)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Def Leppard - On Through the Night (1980)
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

And my nomination for the Artist Vote is:

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)

A bit different than other ballots,

Lax36

Posted by Lax36 on Monday, 12/16/2019 @ 20:44pm

Accept - Balls to the Wall (1983)
Def Leppard - On Through the Night (1980)
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
Sammy Hagar - Standing Hampton (1982)
Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 12/16/2019 @ 22:58pm

Artist Nomination
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 12/16/2019 @ 23:04pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time (1986) - 7

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988) - 5
Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981) - 5
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Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984) - 4
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) - 4
Dio - The Last in Line (1984) - 4
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987) - 4
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989) - 4
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) - 4
____________________________

Accept - Balls to the Wall (1983) - 3
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) - 3
Danzig - Danzig (1988) - 3
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984) - 3
Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986) - 3

Def Leppard - On Through the Night (1980) - 2
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian (1986) - 2
Morbid Angel - Alters of Madness (1989) - 2
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987) - 2

Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark (1987) - 1
Exodus - Bonded By Blood (1985) - 1
Manowar - Fighting The World (1987) - 1
Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus (1984) - 1
Sammy Hagar - Standing Hampton (1982) - 1
Supultura - Beneath the Remains (1989) - 1
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986) - 1
White Lion - Pride (1987) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
KING
Greg F
Ray
DarinRG
Darren
Tom H.
Lax36
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time (1986)
Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984)
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Dio - The Last in Line (1984)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989)
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 5 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 1 album will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/17/2019 @ 00:22am

Nominations for this month's artist vote (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) and year vote (1985) will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/17/2019 @ 00:23am

KINGs 80s Metal Albums Tiebreaker (6)
Motley Crue-Dr. Feelgood (1989)-6 PTS
DIO-The Last In Line (1984)-5
Motorhead-Iron Fist (1982)-4
DIO-Sacred Heart (1985)-3
Joe Satriani-Surfing With The Alien (1987)-2
Celtic Frost-Morbid Tales (1984)-1 PT.

Good to see Helloween inducted after some close calls this 2019 votes. Also to Iron Maiden Somewhere In Time. Some good 80's metal albums will be inducted after tiebreaker vote. A strong close Dec 2019 in the projects. KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 12/18/2019 @ 02:02am

Motorhead- Iron Fist (1982)-6
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984)-5
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)-4
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)-3
Dio - The Last in Line (1984)-2
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/18/2019 @ 08:19am

Tiebreaker:

Dio - The Last in Line (1984) [6 Points]
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) [5 Points]
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987) [4 Points]
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989) [3 Points]
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) [2 Points]
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 12/18/2019 @ 21:13pm

Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984) 6
Dio - The Last in Line (1984) 5
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) 4
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989) 3
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) 2
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987) 1

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/18/2019 @ 22:30pm

Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989) - 6
Dio - The Last in Line (1984) - 5
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) - 4
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987) - 3
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) - 2
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/19/2019 @ 07:26am

Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984) 6
Dio - The Last in Line (1984) 5
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) 4
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) 3
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987) 2
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/19/2019 @ 13:48pm

Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984) - 6
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) - 5
Dio - The Last in Line (1984) - 4
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987) - 3
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) - 2
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989) - 1

Man, some great stuff inducted already. I'm of course especially pleased to finally see Helloween get inducted, not to mention one of my favorite Maiden albums; and Venom's induction comes as a pleasant surprise. Plenty of great albums were up for vote this round, with still others left on the sidelines. Lots of depth left to revisit this genre somewhere down the road.

Artist nom:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 12/19/2019 @ 18:27pm

Here is my tiebreaker vote for the Genre vote this month.

Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987) - 6
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) - 5
Dio - The Last in Line (1984) - 4
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989) - 3
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) - 2
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984) - 1

A pretty decent list,

Lax36

Posted by Lax36 on Thursday, 12/19/2019 @ 20:07pm

1985 Nominations
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
UB40 - Baggariddim (1985)
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985)

Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987) - 6
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) - 5
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989) - 4
Dio - The Last in Line (1984) - 3
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) - 2
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984) - 1

*If 'Sacred Heart' loses, it would automatically be added to the upcoming year vote

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 12/19/2019 @ 22:20pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Dio - The Last in Line (1984) - 39
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982) - 39
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987) - 30
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984) - 28
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989) - 28
______________________

Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) - 25

"Sacred Heart" will automatically be nominated for this month's Year Vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984)
Dio - The Last in Line (1984)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time (1986)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989)
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/20/2019 @ 00:04am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):
Arcadia - So Red The Rose (1985)
Atlantic Starr - As the Band Turns (1985)
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun (1985)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Maverick (1985)
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
John Barry - Out of Africa: OST (1985)
John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985)
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun (1985)
Mike + The Mechanics - Mike + The Mechanics (1985)
Minutemen - Three Way Tie (For Last) (1985)
Mötley Crüe - Theatre Of Pain (1985)
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985)
Pat Benatar - Seven the Hard Way (1985)
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good (1985)
Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day (1985)
R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction (1985)
Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy (1985)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley (1985)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
Rush - Power Windows (1985)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
The Cult - Love (1985)
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985)
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always (1985)
The Waterboys - This is the Sea (1985)
Trouble - The Skull (1985)
UB40 - Baggariddim (1985)
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/20/2019 @ 00:06am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Nocturama (2003)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral...My Trial (1986)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/20/2019 @ 00:07am

Three rule change votes have been posted on the Song Project messageboard.

Two of these votes could potentially change the rules of the Album Project vote.

Voting in these rule change votes will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/20/2019 @ 00:16am

votes:
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley (1985)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
Rush - Power Windows (1985)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)
Minutemen - Three Way Tie (For Last) (1985)
Mötley Crüe - Theatre Of Pain (1985)
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun (1985)

artist:
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral...My Trial (1986)

Posted by Margo on Friday, 12/20/2019 @ 14:22pm

Prefab Strout - Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good (1985)
Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day (1985)
The Waterboys - This is the Sea (1985)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985)
Arcadia - So Red the Rose (1985)
X - Ain't Life Grand (1985)

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral...My Trial (1986)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/20/2019 @ 14:38pm

Arcadia - So Red The Rose (1985)
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985)
Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun (1985)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
The Cult - Love (1985)
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always (1985)
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There are no nominees that I wanted to not vote for, but I'm most interested in getting their first decade better represented.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral...My Trial (1986)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 12/20/2019 @ 20:36pm

Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun (1985)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Maverick (1985)
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985)
Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day (1985)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 12/20/2019 @ 20:43pm

Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985)
Mike + The Mechanics - Mike + The Mechanics (1985)
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 12/20/2019 @ 23:00pm

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral...My Trial (1986)

Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun (1985)
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985)
Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun (1985)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always (1985)
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 12/21/2019 @ 01:48am

KING DEC 2019 Album Vote "1985" (8)

DIO- Sacred Heart (1985)
Marillion- Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Motley Crue- Theatre Of Pain (1985)
Pat Benatar- Seven The Hard Way (1985)
Ratt- Invasion Of Your Privacy (1985)
Simple Minds- Once Upon A Time (1985)
X- Ain't Love Grand (1985)
ZZ Top- Afterburner (1985)

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (5)

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds- Let Love In (1994)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds- Nocturama (2003)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds- Tender Prey (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds- The Boatman's Call (1997)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds- The Good Son (1990)

KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 12/22/2019 @ 05:47am

Votes!:
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Motley Crue - Theatre Of Pain (1985)
Pat Benatar - Seven The Hard Way (1985)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley (1985)
Rush - Power Windows (1985)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)
Minutemen - Three Way Tie (For Last) (1985)

Great year noms! Don't know enough about Nick Cave to vote for them as an artist, honestly.

Posted by James Gang on Monday, 12/23/2019 @ 12:57pm

Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
Minutemen - Three Way Tie (For Last) (1985)
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
The Cult - Love (1985)
UB40 - Baggariddim (1985)
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985)

From Her to Eternity (1984)
Let Love In (1994)
Tender Prey (1988)
The Boatman's Call (1997)
The Good Son (1990)
Your Funeral…My Trail (1986)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 12/23/2019 @ 14:12pm

Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985)
Mötley Crüe - Theatre Of Pain (1985)
R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction (1985)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
Rush - Power Windows (1985)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/24/2019 @ 00:26am

DIO-Sacred Heart (1985)
Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun (1985)
Pat Benatar- Seven the Hard Way (1985)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley (1985)
Rush - Power Windows (1985)
Stevie Wonder- In Square Circle (1985)
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985)
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- Your Funeral...My Trial (1986)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/24/2019 @ 06:44am

Here is my ballot for what may be the final elections of 2019.

1985 votes

Rush - Power Windows (1985)
Mike + The Mechanics - Mike + The Mechanics (1985)
Arcadia - So Red The Rose (1985)
Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun (1985)
Pat Benatar- Seven the Hard Way (1985)
Stevie Wonder- In Square Circle (1985)
R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction (1985)
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)

Artist vote ballot

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- Your Funeral...My Trial (1986)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds- Nocturama (2003)

Happy holidays and Merry Christmas,

Lax36

Posted by Lax36 on Tuesday, 12/24/2019 @ 14:27pm

Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun (1985)
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
John Barry - Out of Africa: OST (1985)
John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985)
Mike + The Mechanics - Mike + The Mechanics (1985)
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985)
Pat Benatar - Seven the Hard Way (1985)
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 12/24/2019 @ 19:05pm

Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985)
Mike + the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985)
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985)
Pat Benatar - Seven the Hard Way (1985)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 12/24/2019 @ 20:51pm

Killing Joke - Night Time (1985)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction (1985)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
Rush - Power Windows (1985)
The Cult - Love (1985)
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always (1985)
Trouble - The Skull (1985)

Apologies to Dio, Meat Puppets, Prefab Sprout, Prince, The Waterboys, X, and others.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral...My Trial (1986)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 12/24/2019 @ 20:56pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985) - 8

Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985) - 7

Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun (1985) - 6
Pat Benatar - Seven the Hard Way (1985) - 6
Rush - Power Windows (1985) - 6
____________________________

Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) - 5
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985) - 5
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985) - 5
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985) - 5
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) - 5
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985) - 5
____________________________

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) - 4
Mike + The Mechanics - Mike + The Mechanics (1985) - 4
Mötley Crüe - Theatre Of Pain (1985) - 4
R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction (1985) - 4
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985) - 4

Arcadia - So Red The Rose (1985) - 3
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985) - 3
John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985) - 3
Minutemen - Three Way Tie (For Last) (1985) - 3
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985) - 3
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley (1985) - 3
The Cult - Love (1985) - 3
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always (1985) - 3

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 2
Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun (1985) - 2
Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day (1985) - 2

George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Maverick (1985) - 1
John Barry - Out of Africa: OST (1985) - 1
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good (1985) - 1
Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy (1985) - 1
The Waterboys - This is the Sea (1985) - 1
Trouble - The Skull (1985) - 1
UB40 - Baggariddim (1985) - 1

Atlantic Starr - As the Band Turns (1985) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Margo
Greg F
DarinRG
Steve Z
jtrichey
MichaelEU
KING
James Gang
Nick
Darren
Tom H.
Lax36
Jennifer
Rick Vendl II
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun (1985)
Pat Benatar - Seven the Hard Way (1985)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
Rush - Power Windows (1985)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/25/2019 @ 01:27am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988) - 11

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984) - 8
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral...My Trial (1986) - 8
_______________________________

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) - 7
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997) - 7

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990) - 6

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Nocturama (2003) - 2

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Margo
Greg F.
DarinRG
Steve Z
MichaelEU
KING
Nick
Darren
Tom H.
Lax36
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral...My Trial (1986)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/25/2019 @ 01:28am

Stevie Wonder- In Square Circle (1985)-6
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985)-5
DIO-Sacred Heart (1985)-4
Killing Joke- Night Time (1985)-3
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)-2
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/25/2019 @ 07:23am

1. Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
2. Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
3. Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
4. Killing Joke - Night Time (1985)
5. X - Ain't Love Grand (1985)
6. Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 12/25/2019 @ 21:42pm

DEC 2019 1985 Albums Tiebreaker (6)
DIO-Sacred Heart (1985)-6 PTS
Simple Minds-Once Upon A Time (1985)-5
X-Ain't Love Grand (1985)-4
Killing Joke-Night Time (1985)-3
Stevie Wonder-In Square Circle (1985)-2
Howard Jones-Dream Into Action (1985)-1 PT

KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 12/26/2019 @ 12:02pm

Killing Joke - Night Time (1985) 6
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985) 5
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985) 4
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985) 3
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) 2
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/26/2019 @ 17:25pm

Tiebreaker:

Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985) [6 Points]
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) [5 Points]
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985) [4 Points]
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) [3 Points]
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985) [2 Points]
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 12/27/2019 @ 11:44am

Here is my tiebreaker ballot.

Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) - 6
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985) - 5
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) - 4
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985) - 3
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985) - 2
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985) - 1

Would be pleasing to get some post 70s Stevie Wonder included,

Lax36

Posted by Lax36 on Friday, 12/27/2019 @ 15:20pm

Killing Joke - Night Time (1985) 6
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985) 5
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985) 4
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985) 3
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) 2
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) 1

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 12/27/2019 @ 17:07pm

X - Ain't Love Grand (1985) - 6
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985) - 5
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985) - 4
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985) - 3
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) - 2
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) - 1

Posted by Nick on Friday, 12/27/2019 @ 21:44pm

Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985) - 6
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) - 5
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985) - 4
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985) - 3
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985) - 2
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/27/2019 @ 22:17pm

6=Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
5=Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
4=Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
3=Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
2=X - Ain't Love Grand (1985)
1=Killing Joke - Night Time (1985)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 12/27/2019 @ 22:54pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985) - 41
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985) - 36
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985) - 34 (2 Highest Votes)
_________________________

X - Ain't Love Grand (1985) - 34 (1 Highest Vote)
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) - 33
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) - 32

The losing albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this Year Vote:

Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun (1985)
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985)
Pat Benatar - Seven the Hard Way (1985)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
Rush - Power Windows (1985)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/28/2019 @ 00:17am

The randomly selected year for the Year Vote in January is 2004.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/31/2019 @ 22:27pm

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/31/2019 @ 22:48pm

Songs and Albums from 2019 are now eligible for all projects.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/31/2019 @ 22:49pm

My Nominations

General Vote:

Harry Nilsson - Harry (1969)
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Various Artists - Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972)

Genre Vote:

Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

Artist Vote:

The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Year Vote:

Air - Talkie Walkie (2004)
Tears for Fears - Everybody Loves A Happy Ending (2004)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/31/2019 @ 22:54pm

KING'S JAN 2020 Album Nominations (3)
Marillion-Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Motorhead-1916 (1991)
Nick Heyward-From Monday To Sunday (1993)

KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 12/31/2019 @ 23:06pm

KING'S JAN 2020 "2004" Albums (3)

Avril Lavigne-Under My Skin (2004)
Hilary Duff-Hilary Duff (2004)
Scorpions-Unbreakable (2004)

KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 01/1/2020 @ 00:26am

Happy New Year

Tool- Fear Inoculum (2019)
Dave Matthews Band- Come Tomorrow (2019)
The Grateful Dead- The Closing of Winterland (2003)

So my third nomination may require a bit of an explanation. The Closing of Winterland is a four disc set of The Grateful Dead's 1978 New Years Eve Concert that was also the final show at the legendary Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The Dead closed the joint in style with a 5 hour long concert that started at midnight and lasted so long that the audience was served breakfast at the close of the show. This recording has special meaning to me as it served as my introduction to the Dead in a live setting thanks to a companion DVD of the concert that went with it. Concert footage from this show is also readily available on YouTube as well. Hope everyone finds it worthy of consideration as no band back in the day threw a New Years bash like Jerry and the boys.

Still deciding on my year artist and genre nominations

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/1/2020 @ 09:15am

The following are automatically nominated due to losing the tie breaker for last months year vote:

X - Ain't Love Grand (1985)
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/1/2020 @ 09:19am

Artist Nomination

The Roots- Phrenology (2002)

Genre Nominations

Brian Eno- Reflection (2017)
Enya- A Day Without Rain (2000)
Jean-Michel Jarre- Equinoxe (1978)

Year Nominations

Emimem- Encore (2004)
Norah Jones- Feels Like Home (2004)
Ray Charles & Various Artists- Genius Loves Company (2004)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/1/2020 @ 09:55am

Correction:

Dave Matthews Band- Come Tomorrow was released in 2018.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/1/2020 @ 10:08am

The Roots- Game Theory (2006) has also been inducted

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/1/2020 @ 12:01pm

2004 Nominees:

PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
Tegan & Sara - So Jealous (2004)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 01/1/2020 @ 20:16pm

general noms:

Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Sleater Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)

year noms:
Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet (2004)
Phoenix - Alphabetical (2004)
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 01/1/2020 @ 22:56pm

General:
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Year:
Beastie Boys - To the Five Boroughs (2004)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free (2004)

Artist:
The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 01/2/2020 @ 08:56am

General:
Louis Armstrong - Louis and the Good Book (1958)
The Crystals - He's a Rebel (1963)
Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Destiny Street (1982)

Genre:
Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)

Year:
Motörhead - Inferno (2004)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 01/2/2020 @ 11:58am

General Vote:

Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968)
Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (1987)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)

Year Vote:

Björk - Medulla (2004)
Los Lonely Boys - Los Lonely Boys (2004)
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine (2004)

Artist Vote:

The Roots - Undun (2011)

Genre Vote:

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 01/2/2020 @ 22:54pm

Genre:

Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Harold Budd/Robin Guthrie - After the Night Falls (2007)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008)

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 01/3/2020 @ 15:11pm

Here is my ballot for nominees this month for the Album Project.

General Vote:

Kraftwerk - Techno Pop (1986)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Coldplay - Everyday Life (2019)

Genre Vote:

The Jesus And Mary Chain - Stoned And Dethroned (1994)
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)

2004 Ballot

Janet Jackson - Damita Jo (2004)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
LL Cool J - The DEFinition (2004)

Hoping for peace in a time of uncertainty,

Lax37

Posted by Lax37 on Friday, 01/3/2020 @ 17:58pm

LAX 37 Wendy Carlos Sonic Seasonings is already inducted. You have another genre vote nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/3/2020 @ 18:06pm

General noms:

Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 01/3/2020 @ 18:53pm

Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes (2019)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)

In a huge coincidence, Opeth - Blackwater Park was actually going to be my third nominee. This is already a great ballot, so I'll just leave it at these two.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 01/3/2020 @ 19:02pm

General -
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
The Go-Go's - Talk Show (1984)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 01/3/2020 @ 21:40pm

Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)

The Roots - How I Got Over (2010)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/3/2020 @ 22:56pm

January 2020 General Nominations:

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (2009)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 01/3/2020 @ 22:58pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (1987)
Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Coldplay - Everyday Life (2019)
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968)
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Harry Nilsson - Harry (1969)
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes (2019)
Kraftwerk - Techno Pop (1986)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Louis Armstrong - Louis and the Good Book (1958)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Motorhead - 1916 (1991)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Nick Heyward - From Monday To Sunday (1993)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Destiny Street (1982)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Sleater Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
The Crystals - He's a Rebel (1963)
The Go-Go's - Talk Show (1984)
The Grateful Dead - The Closing of Winterland (2003)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)
Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (2009)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Various Artists - Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972)
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/3/2020 @ 23:30pm

Nominations remain open for this month's Genre, Artist and Year Project votes.

This month's selected genre is "Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave".

Nominations will close and voting will start at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

This month's selected artist is The Roots.

This month's selected year is 2004.

Nominations will close and voting will start at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/3/2020 @ 23:45pm

The first round of general nomination voting (we're doing all the general nomination votes first this year, with genre votes after) is now open on the Rock Hall Projected messageboard:

https://futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected.php

Any interested voter is welcome to participant and votes will be held on a weekly basis from now through September.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/3/2020 @ 23:50pm

Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
Kraftwerk - Techno Pop (1986)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
Sleater Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 01/3/2020 @ 23:51pm

KING JAN 2020 ALBUM VOTE (8)
Aerosmith-Permanent Vacation (1987)
Dave Matthews Band-Come Tomorrow (2018)
DIO-Sacred Heart (1985)
Marillion-Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Motorhead-1916 (1991)
Nick Heyward-From Monday To Sunday (1993)
Toad The Wet Sprocket-Fear (1991)
X-Ain't Love Grand (1985)

Kudos to the Brother or Sister who nominated the Fear and Permanent Vacation albums. I thought they were excellent albums many moons ago. They still hold up song for song and easy selections. KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 01/5/2020 @ 16:33pm

Harry Nilsson - Harry (1969)
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Various Artists - Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972)
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)
Billie Eilish - When We Go to Sleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/6/2020 @ 12:41pm

Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)
Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)

Genre:
Jonn Serrie - Planetary Chronicles, Vol. 1 (1992)
Psychophysicist ‎– Psychophysicists (1996)
Autolux - Future Perfect (2004)

Year:
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (2004)
Prince - Musicology (2004)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 01/6/2020 @ 19:43pm

Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes (2019)
Louis Armstrong - Louis and the Good Book (1958)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Destiny Street (1982)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/6/2020 @ 19:53pm

Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (1987)
Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Destiny Street (1982)
Sleater Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)

Genre Nominations:

Grimes - Visions (2012)
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011)
Auburn Lull - Alone I Admire (1999)

Year Nomination:

Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 01/6/2020 @ 22:03pm

Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
The Go-Go's - Talk Show (1984)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)
Various Artists - Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972)
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 01/6/2020 @ 22:31pm

Early access for all of you FRL diehards...
https://www.futurerocklegends.com/store.php

Thanks as always for your contributions to the site!

Posted by FRL on Monday, 01/6/2020 @ 23:34pm

Dave Matthews Band- Come Tomorrow (2018)
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Motorhead-1916 (1991)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
The Grateful Dead- The Closing of Winterland (2003)
Tool- Fear Inoculum (2019)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 01/7/2020 @ 06:50am

Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
Harry Nilsson - Harry (1969)
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Louis Armstrong - Louis and the Good Book (1958)
Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Destiny Street (1982)
The Crystals - He's a Rebel (1963)
Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 01/7/2020 @ 12:02pm

Louis Armstrong - Louis and the Good Book (1958)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (2009)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
The Crystals - He's a Rebel (1963)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 01/7/2020 @ 15:19pm

Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (1987)
Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)

Ride - Nowhere (1990) would be a great, great fit for this month's genre. If it doesn't get in through the regular vote, someone should really nominate it in the genre vote.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 01/7/2020 @ 17:46pm

Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (1987)
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Sleater Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/7/2020 @ 23:17pm

Here is my ballot for the general vote of the Album Project for January.

Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Kraftwerk - Techno Pop (1986)
Coldplay - Everyday Life (2019)
Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)
Dave Matthews Band- Come Tomorrow (2018)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
The Go-Go's - Talk Show (1984)

What a great set of nominees to start the year,

Lax37

Posted by Lax37 on Wednesday, 01/8/2020 @ 19:26pm

Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
The Grateful Dead - The Closing of Winterland (2003)
Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)

Apologies to Billie, Janelle Monae, Louie, Neil Young & Co, Tyler, and others.

DarinRG: Lol. Uh, great minds think alike, I guess.

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 01/8/2020 @ 20:32pm

Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (1987)
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
The Crystals - He's a Rebel (1963)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (2009)
Various Artists - Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 01/8/2020 @ 22:40pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019) - 10

Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019) - 6

Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (1987) - 5
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986) - 5
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001) - 5
________________________________

Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968) - 4
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) - 4
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973) - 4
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) - 4
________________________________

Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018) - 3
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007) - 3
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019) - 3
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019) - 3
Louis Armstrong - Louis and the Good Book (1958) - 3
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 3
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999) - 3
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986) - 3
Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Destiny Street (1982) - 3
Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 3
Sleater Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019) - 3
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019) - 3
The Crystals - He's a Rebel (1963) - 3
Various Artists - Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972) - 3
X - Ain't Love Grand (1985) - 3

Alice Merton - Mint (2019) - 2
Dio - Sacred Heart (1985) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983) - 2
Harry Nilsson - Harry (1969) - 2
Kraftwerk - Techno Pop (1986) - 2
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) - 2
Motorhead - 1916 (1991) - 2
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019) - 2
The Go-Go's - Talk Show (1984) - 2
The Grateful Dead - The Closing of Winterland (2003) - 2
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (2009) - 2

Coldplay - Everyday Life (2019) - 1
Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes (2019) - 1
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990) - 1
Nick Heyward - From Monday To Sunday (1993) - 1
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019) - 1

Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
KING
Greg F
dmg
DarinRG
Steve Z
Nick
Tom H.
MichaelEU
joker
BSLO
Darren
Lax37
Ray
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (1987)
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 10 albums.

The 3 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave", Artist Vote (The Roots) or Year Vote (2004).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 10 PM Central (ballots will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/9/2020 @ 00:27am

Nominations remain open for the following votes:

Genre - Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 11th

Artist - The Roots - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Year - 2004 - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/9/2020 @ 00:29am

Genre Vote:

A. R. Kane - 69 (1988)
Chromatics - Kill for Love (2012)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)

Would have nominated Souvlaki, but Ray nominated it a couple times before, so I'll give it to him if he wishes to nominate it.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 01/9/2020 @ 04:45am

Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)-4
Deep Purple- Shades of Deep Purple(1968)-3
The Pointer Sisters -The Pointer Sisters(1973)-2
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 01/9/2020 @ 09:56am

The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973) 4
Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple (1968) 3
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) 2
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01/9/2020 @ 14:04pm

2020 JAN Album Tiebreaker (4)
Toad The Wet Sprocket-Fear (1991)-4 PTS
Deep Purple-Shades Of Deep Purple (1968)-3
Stevie Wonder-In Square Circle (1985)-2
The Pointer Sisters-The Pointer Sisters (1973)-1 PT

KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 01/9/2020 @ 14:21pm

The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973) - 4
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) - 3
Deep Purple-Shades Of Deep Purple (1968) - 2
Stevie Wonder-In Square Circle (1985) - 1

Posted by joker on Thursday, 01/9/2020 @ 15:47pm

Tiebreaker:

Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) [4 Points]
Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968) [3 Points]
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973) [2 Points]
Toad The Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 01/9/2020 @ 18:39pm

Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968) (4 points)
Toad The Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 01/9/2020 @ 20:42pm

1. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)
2. Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
3. Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968)
4. The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 01/9/2020 @ 21:33pm

The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973) - 4
Stevie Wonder-In Square Circle (1985) - 3
Deep Purple-Shades Of Deep Purple (1968) - 2
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) - 1

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 01/9/2020 @ 22:09pm

JAN 2020 Dream Pop Nominations (3)
Morning Spy-The Silver Age (2005)
Red House Painters-Red House Painters (1993)
Warpaint-Warpaint (2014)

I was wondering if The Cranberries fit the definition of dream pop. The 1st album I think has great atmosphere and dreamy feel to it. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 01/10/2020 @ 18:46pm

KING: Out of curiosity, which Red House Painters album do you mean? Both Rollercoaster and Bridge came out that year.

Posted by SotN on Friday, 01/10/2020 @ 19:47pm

Deep Purple-Shades Of Deep Purple (1968) - 4
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973) - 3
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) - 2
Stevie Wonder-In Square Circle (1985) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 01/11/2020 @ 05:20am

Here is my tiebreaker ballot.

Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) - 4
Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968) - 3
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973) - 2
Toad The Wet Sprocket - Flood (1991) - 1

Hope this helps,

Lax37

Posted by Lax37 on Saturday, 01/11/2020 @ 10:37am

SotN: Thanks, man. I appreciate it.

Speaking of which...

Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Starflyer 59 - Silver (1994)

Tiebreakers:

Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968) - 4
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973) - 3
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) - 2
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) - 1

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 01/11/2020 @ 18:24pm

KING Clarification: Red House Painters-Red House Painters (Bridge) (1993).
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 01/11/2020 @ 21:02pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968) - 33
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973) - 28
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985) - 26
______________________

Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) - 23

The other losing albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project Vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this month's Song Project:

Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (1987)
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/12/2020 @ 00:17am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

A. R. Kane - 69 (1988)
Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
Auburn Lull - Alone I Admire (1999)
Autolux - Future Perfect (2004)
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Brian Eno - Reflection (2017)
Chromatics - Kill for Love (2012)
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
Grimes - Visions (2012)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Jonn Serrie - Planetary Chronicles, Vol. 1 (1992)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Morning Spy - The Silver Age (2005)
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)
Psychophysicist ‎– Psychophysicists (1996)
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (Bridge) (1993)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)
Starflyer 59 - Silver (1994)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Stoned And Dethroned (1994)
Warpaint - Warpaint (2014)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/12/2020 @ 00:28am

Nominations remain open for the following votes:

Artist - The Roots - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Year - 2004 - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/12/2020 @ 00:29am

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Grimes - Visions (2012)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Stoned And Dethroned (1994)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 01/12/2020 @ 07:27am

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
Auburn Lull - Alone I Admire (1999)
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Grimes - Visions (2012)
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

Last Cut: Chromatics

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 01/12/2020 @ 14:12pm

Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/12/2020 @ 16:48pm

Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Harold Budd/Robin Guthrie - After the Night Falls (2007)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008)

These were also nominated for the genre vote.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 01/12/2020 @ 17:20pm

Dream Pop Jan 2020 Albums (8)
A. R. Kane-69 (1988)
Beach House-Depression Cherry (2015)
Cocteau Twins-Heaven Or Las Vegas (1990)
Chromatics-Kill For Love (2012)
Enya-A Day Without Rain (2000)
Mazzy Star-So Tonight I Might See (1993)
The Jesus And Mary Chain-Stoned And Dethroned (1994)
Warpaint-Warpaint (2014)

Some excellent selections here that I could not even slide 2 of my nominees. Should be a good battle here and maybe a 3 or 4 Tiebreaker. KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 01/12/2020 @ 18:49pm

Autolux - Future Perfect (2004)
Brian Eno - Reflection (2017)
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 01/14/2020 @ 12:21pm

Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Grimes - Visions (2012)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011)
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Stoned And Dethroned (1994)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/15/2020 @ 14:41pm

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
Autolux - Future Perfect (2004)
Chromatics - Kill for Love (2012)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Jonn Serrie - Planetary Chronicles, Vol. 1 (1992)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Psychophysicist ‎– Psychophysicists (1996)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Stoned And Dethroned (1994)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 01/15/2020 @ 19:50pm

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
Grimes - Visions (2012)
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Stoned And Dethroned (1994)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 01/15/2020 @ 20:33pm

Brian Eno - Reflection (2017)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008)
Jonn Serrie - Planetary Chronicles, Vol. 1 (1992)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (Bridge) (1993)

Really wish I had one more spot for Warpaint.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01/16/2020 @ 14:16pm

Okay. Here is my ballot for the Dream pop album nominations.

Brian Eno - Reflection (2017)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Stoned And Dethroned (1994)
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)

Hope this helps,

Lax37

Posted by Lax37 on Thursday, 01/16/2020 @ 18:27pm

A. R. Kane - 69 (1988)
Chromatics - Kill for Love (2012)
Jonn Serrie - Planetary Chronicles, Vol. 1 (1992)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (Bridge) (1993)
Warpaint - Warpaint (2014)

Last cuts were Brian Eno, M83, Frou Frou, and Slowdive.

Posted by SotN on Thursday, 01/16/2020 @ 19:58pm

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (Bridge) (1993)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)
Starflyer 59 - Silver (1994)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

Just missed: A.R. Kane, Auburn Lull, Beach House, JMJ, Popol Vuh, and others.

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 01/16/2020 @ 20:35pm

Actually, scratch that. Forgot about DarinRG's noms. Substitute Dead Can Dance and Jóhann Jóhannsson for Spiritualized and Mazzy Star.

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 01/16/2020 @ 20:42pm

Make that Yo La Tengo instead of Mazzy Star. Final change.

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 01/16/2020 @ 20:47pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993) - 9

The Jesus And Mary Chain - Stoned And Dethroned (1994) - 6

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (1990) - 5
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011) - 5
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975) - 5
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000) - 5
____________________________

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012) - 4
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015) - 4
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 4
Grimes - Visions (2012) - 4
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 4
Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 4
____________________________

Brian Eno - Reflection (2017) - 3
Chromatics - Kill for Love (2012) - 3
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988) - 3
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008) - 3
Jonn Serrie - Planetary Chronicles, Vol. 1 (1992) - 3
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011) - 3
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (Bridge) (1993) - 3

A. R. Kane - 69 (1988) - 2
Autolux - Future Perfect (2004) - 2
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998) - 2
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993) - 2
Warpaint - Warpaint (2014) - 2

Auburn Lull - Alone I Admire (1999) - 1
Frou Frou - Details (2002) - 1
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002) - 1
Psychophysicist - Psychophysicists (1996) - 1
Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997) - 1
Starflyer 59 - Silver (1994) - 1

Harold Budd/Robin Guthrie - After the Night Falls (2007) - 0
Morning Spy - The Silver Age (2005) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

MichaelEU
Steve Z
Greg F
KING
Tom H.
Darren
dmg
BSLO
DarinRG
Lax37
SotN
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Stoned And Dethroned (1994)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Grimes - Visions (2012)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 4 albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/17/2020 @ 01:02am

Nominations remain open for the following votes:

Artist - The Roots - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Year - 2004 - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/17/2020 @ 01:03am

Jean-Michel Jarre- Equinoxe(1978)--6
Enya -A Day Without Rain (2000)-5
Grimes-Visions (2012)-4
Air- Le voyage dans la lune(2012)-3
Beach House -Depression Cherry(2015)-2
Ride- Nowhere (1990)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 01/17/2020 @ 12:30pm

Tiebreaker:

Grimes - Visions (2012) [6 Points]
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) [5 Points]
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015) [4 Points]
Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012) [3 Points]
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) [2 Points]
Ride - Nowhere (1990) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 01/17/2020 @ 15:49pm

Grimes - Visions (2012) - 6
Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 5
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 4
Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012) - 3
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015) - 2
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/18/2020 @ 23:07pm

Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 6
Grimes - Visions (2012) - 5
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015) - 4
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 3
Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012) - 2
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 01/19/2020 @ 11:36am

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012) - 6
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 5
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 4
Grimes - Visions (2012) - 3
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015) - 2
Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 01/19/2020 @ 12:41pm

Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 6
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 5
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015) - 4
Grimes - Visions (2012) - 3
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 2
Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012) - 1

Artist nom:

The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996)

Year noms:

Within Temptation - The Silent Force (2004)
ISIS - Panopticon (2004)
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm (2004)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 01/19/2020 @ 18:06pm

Here is my tiebreaker vote.

Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 6
Grimes - Visions (2012) - 5
Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 4
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 3
Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012) - 12
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015) - 1

Willing to look at this genre again when possible,

Lax37

Posted by Lax37 on Sunday, 01/19/2020 @ 20:04pm

Artist Nomination -
The Roots - Rising Down (2008)

Year Nominations -
Eric Clapton - Me and Mr. Johnson (2004)
Jesse Malin - The Heat (2004)
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 01/19/2020 @ 22:22pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Grimes - Visions (2012) - 36
Ride - Nowhere (1990) - 30
_________________________

Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 29
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 28
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015) - 24
Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012) - 21

Tiebreaker losers will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this genre class:

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
Grimes - Visions (2012)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Stoned And Dethroned (1994)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/19/2020 @ 23:37pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air - Talkie Walkie (2004)
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Beastie Boys - To the Five Boroughs (2004)
Björk - Medulla (2004)
Emimem - Encore (2004)
Eric Clapton - Me and Mr. Johnson (2004)
Hilary Duff - Hilary Duff (2004)
ISIS - Panopticon (2004)
Janet Jackson - Damita Jo (2004)
Jesse Malin - The Heat (2004)
LL Cool J - The DEFinition (2004)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
Los Lonely Boys - Los Lonely Boys (2004)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Motörhead - Inferno (2004)
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm (2004)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet (2004)
Phoenix - Alphabetical (2004)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Prince - Musicology (2004)
Ray Charles & Various Artists - Genius Loves Company (2004)
Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004)
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
Tears for Fears - Everybody Loves A Happy Ending (2004)
Tegan & Sara - So Jealous (2004)
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine (2004)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free (2004)
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)
Usher - Confessions (2004)
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (2004)
Within Temptation - The Silent Force (2004)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/19/2020 @ 23:44pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

The Roots - How I Got Over (2010)
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996)
The Roots - Phrenology (2002)
The Roots - Rising Down (2008)
The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
The Roots - Undun (2011)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/19/2020 @ 23:46pm

Emimem - Encore (2004)
LL Cool J - The DEFinition (2004)
Los Lonely Boys - Los Lonely Boys (2004)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Prince - Musicology (2004)
Ray Charles & Various Artists - Genius Loves Company (2004)
Usher - Confessions (2004)
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (2004)

The Roots - How I Got Over (2010)
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996)
The Roots - Phrenology (2002)
The Roots - Rising Down (2008)
The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/20/2020 @ 16:39pm

Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Beastie Boys - To the Five Boroughs (2004)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Prince - Musicology (2004)
Ray Charles & Various Artists - Genius Loves Company (2004)
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (2004)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 01/20/2020 @ 19:50pm

Air - Talkie Walkie (2004)
Beastie Boys - To the Five Boroughs (2004)
Eminem - Encore (2004)
Motörhead - Inferno (2004)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
Tegan & Sara - So Jealous (2004)
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 01/20/2020 @ 20:18pm

Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet (2004)
Phoenix - Alphabetical (2004)
Prince - Musicology (2004)
Tegan & Sara - So Jealous (2004)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 01/20/2020 @ 22:02pm

Air - Talkie Walkie (2004)
Tears for Fears - Everybody Loves a Happy Ending (2004)
Usher - Confessions (2004)
Beastie Boys - To the Five Boroughs (2004)
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free (2004)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
Ray Charles & Various Artists - Genius Loves Company (2004)
Within Temptation - The Silent Force (2004)

The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996)
The Roots - Phrenology (2002)
The Roots - Rising Down (2008)
The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
The Roots - Undun (2011)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 01/21/2020 @ 03:02am

Air - Talkie Walkie (2004)
Björk - Medulla (2004)
Motörhead - Inferno (2004)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004)
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 01/21/2020 @ 12:04pm

KING JAN 2020 ALBUMS 2004 (8)
Avril Lavigne-Under My Skin (2004)
Loretta Lynn-Van Lear Rose (2004)
Los Lonely Boys-Los Lonely Boys (2004)
Prince-Musicology (2004)
Motorhead-Inferno (2004)
Scorpions-Unbreakable (2004)
Tears For Fears-Everybody Loves A Happy Ending (2004)
Velvet Revolver-Contraband (2004)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 01/22/2020 @ 03:28am

When I was researching for my nominees I was struck by how thin 2004 seemed, but you guys mined some great stuff for both the Album and Song ballots. There was a lot left on the floor that I wanted to vote for in both.

ISIS - Panopticon (2004)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004)
Tegan & Sara - So Jealous (2004)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01/23/2020 @ 16:41pm

Votes:
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Beastie Boys - To the Five Boroughs (2004)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Motörhead - Inferno (2004)
Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004)
Tears For Fears - Everybody Loves A Happy Ending (2004)
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (2004)

Artist Vote:
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996)
The Roots - Phrenology (2002)
The Roots - Rising Down (2008)
The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 01/23/2020 @ 17:42pm

Beastie Boys - To the Five Boroughs (2004)
Emimem - Encore (2004)
Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet (2004)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (2004)

The Roots - How I Got Over (2010)
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996)
The Roots - Phrenology (2002)
The Roots - Rising Down (2008)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/24/2020 @ 01:22am

After giving it some thought, here are my ballots for the 2004 and Artist Votes in the Album Project this month.

Beastie Boys - To the Five Boroughs (2004)
Emimem - Encore (2004)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (2004)
Motörhead - Inferno (2004)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Prince-Musicology (2004)

And for the Artist Vote:

The Roots - How I Got Over (2010)
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996)
The Roots - Phrenology (2002)
The Roots - Rising Down (2008)
The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Hope this helps,

Lax37

Posted by Lax37 on Friday, 01/24/2020 @ 14:34pm

ISIS - Panopticon (2004)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm (2004)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
Within Temptation - The Silent Force (2004)

Apologies to Björk, Steve Earle, The Dillinger Escape Plan, TV on the Radio, and others.

The Roots - How I Got Over (2010)
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996)
The Roots - Phrenology (2002)
The Roots - Rising Down (2008)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
The Roots - Undun (2011)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 01/24/2020 @ 19:06pm

Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
Los Lonely Boys - Los Lonely Boys (2004)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004)
Tears for Fears - Everybody Loves A Happy Ending (2004)
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)

Posted by joker on Friday, 01/24/2020 @ 20:34pm

Eric Clapton - Me and Mr. Johnson (2004)
Janet Jackson - Damita Jo (2004)
Jesse Malin - The Heat (2004)
LL Cool J - The DEFinition (2004)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

How I Got Over (2010)
Illadelph Halfilife (1996)
Phrenology (2002)
Rising Down (2004)
Things Fall Apart (1999)
Undun (2011)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 01/24/2020 @ 23:01pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004) - 7

Beastie Boys - To the Five Boroughs (2004) - 6
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004) - 6
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004) - 6
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (2004) - 6
____________________________

Motörhead - Inferno (2004) - 5
Prince - Musicology (2004) - 5
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004) - 5
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004) - 5
____________________________

Emimem - Encore (2004) - 4
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 4
Tears for Fears - Everybody Loves A Happy Ending (2004) - 4
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004) - 4
Usher - Confessions (2004) - 4

Air - Talkie Walkie (2004) - 3
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004) - 3
Los Lonely Boys - Los Lonely Boys (2004) - 3
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 3
Ray Charles & Various Artists - Genius Loves Company (2004) - 3
Tegan & Sara - So Jealous (2004) - 3

ISIS - Panopticon (2004) - 2
LL Cool J - The DEFinition (2004) - 2
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004) - 2
Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet (2004) - 2
Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004) - 2
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004) - 2
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004) - 2
Within Temptation - The Silent Force (2004) - 2

Björk - Medulla (2004) - 1
Eric Clapton - Me and Mr. Johnson (2004) - 1
Janet Jackson - Damita Jo (2004) - 1
Jesse Malin - The Heat (2004) - 1
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm (2004) - 1
Phoenix - Alphabetical (2004) - 1
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free (2004) - 1

Hilary Duff - Hilary Duff (2004) - 0
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine (2004) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
dmg
Steve Z
jtrichey
Greg F
MichaelEU
KING
DarinRG
Jason Dagotto
Darren
Lax37
Ray
joker
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Beastie Boys - To the Five Boroughs (2004)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (2004)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Motörhead - Inferno (2004)
Prince - Musicology (2004)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/25/2020 @ 11:44am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996) - 7
The Roots - Phrenology (2002) - 7
The Roots - Rising Down (2008) - 7
_______________________________

The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999) - 6

The Roots - How I Got Over (2010) - 5

The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004) - 4

The Roots - Undun (2011) - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
Greg F
Jason Dagotto
Darren
Lax37
Ray
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996)
The Roots - Phrenology (2002)
The Roots - Rising Down (2008)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/25/2020 @ 11:45am

Motörhead - Inferno (2004) - 4
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004) - 3
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004) - 2
Prince - Musicology (2004) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 01/26/2020 @ 00:12am

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004) 4
Prince - Musicology (2004) 3
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004) 2
Motorhead - Inferno (2004) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/26/2020 @ 00:56am

Tiebreaker:

Motorhead - Inferno (2004) [4 Points]
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004) [3 Points]
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004) [2 Points]
Prince - Musicology (2004) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 01/26/2020 @ 14:52pm

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004) - 4
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004) - 3
Prince - Musicology (2004) - 2
Motörhead - Inferno (2004) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/26/2020 @ 20:01pm

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004) - 4
Motörhead - Inferno (2004) - 3
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004) - 2
Prince - Musicology (2004) - 1

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 01/26/2020 @ 20:12pm

Prince - Musicology (2004)-4
Motörhead - Inferno (2004)-3
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)-2
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/27/2020 @ 08:02am

No disrespect intended to any of these fine albums.

Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Motörhead - Inferno (2004)
Prince - Musicology (2004)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01/27/2020 @ 19:12pm

Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004) - 4
Motörhead - Inferno (2004) - 3
Prince - Musicology (2004) - 2
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004) - 1

Posted by Nick on Monday, 01/27/2020 @ 21:39pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004) - 24
Motörhead - Inferno (2004) - 21
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004) - 20
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Prince - Musicology (2004) - 15

Tiebreaker losers will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this Year Project vote:

Beastie Boys - To the Five Boroughs (2004)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
Motörhead - Inferno (2004)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004)
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (2004)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/28/2020 @ 01:32am

Rule Changes In 2020:

Genres and Artists will now be selected randomly each month. Voters will nominate the genres and artists that will be randomly selected for each month's Genre and Artist vote. The artist and genre will be selected separately in the Song and Album Projects.

Genre splits will no longer be allowed. Each month's genre vote will be one vote.

After being selected as a monthly genre, genres will be ineligible for nomination / selection for 12 months, up from the previous setting of 6 months.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 11 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Prince - Musicology (2004)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

The following genres are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous genre selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

NOTE: This automatic nomination will only be applied in February 2020. Automatic nominations will no longer take place starting in March 2020.

21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica
Country
Garage Rock
Grunge
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one additional genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the past 6 months:

NOTE: Genres that were selected between January 2019 and June 2019 are eligible now, as they were "re-qualified" prior to the 2020 rule change.

21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica
Country
Garage Rock
Grunge
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal

"Rock Hall Inductees Without an Album in the Project" and "Jazz" are now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote. There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 11 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are automatically nominated as a result of losing the previous artist selection vote but receiving at least four nominations (or were nominated in a month when we didn't have a genre vote due to a previous month's tiebreaker):

NOTE: This automatic nomination will only be applied in February 2020. Automatic nominations will no longer take place starting in March 2020.

Miles Davis
Neil Young
Parliament/Funkadelic
Stereolab
Tony Bennett

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1952.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1952. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1952.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1952 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

ed. Harry Smith - Anthology of American Folk Music (1952)
Hank Williams - Hank Williams Sings (1952)

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1952, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/31/2020 @ 21:22pm

My Nominations

General Vote

Post Animal - When I Think of You in a Castle (2018)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Various Artists - Thank God It's Friday: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978)

Genre Vote: 2000's Electronica

Artist Vote: of Montreal

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/31/2020 @ 21:32pm

Year Vote Nominations:

Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (1952)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird & Diz (1952)
Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music Vol. 2 (1952)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/31/2020 @ 22:04pm

KING FEB 2020 Album Nominations (3)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
Motorhead-1916 (1991)

Artist-Golden Earring
Genre Vote-90's Grunge

Posted by KING on Saturday, 02/1/2020 @ 19:02pm

general noms:

Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Sleater Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine (1998)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 02/1/2020 @ 23:09pm

General noms:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)

Artist nom:

Dinosaur Jr.

Genre nom:

Symphonic Metal

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 02/2/2020 @ 01:00am

General -
Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride (2019)

Genre -
Tribute Albums

Artist -
Simple Minds

Year Nomination -
Fred Astaire - The Astaire Story (1952)
Johnnie Ray - Johnnie Ray (1952)
Various Artists - Singin' in the Rain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1952)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 02/2/2020 @ 13:37pm

Angel Olsen - All Mirrors (2019)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)

Year Vote:

Lefty Frizzell - Listen to Lefty (1952)
Hank Williams - Moanin' the Blues (1952)
Stan Kenton - City of Glass (1952)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 02/2/2020 @ 14:56pm

Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/3/2020 @ 01:09am

Dave Matthews Band- Come Tomorrow (2018)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)

Genre

Jazz

Still Deciding on my Year Nominees

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/3/2020 @ 07:48am

The Black Keys - "Let's Rock" (2019)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 02/3/2020 @ 10:08am

General:
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)
Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak (1984)
The Pretenders - Last of the Independents (1994)

Year:
Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz (1952)
Dinah Washington - Blazing Ballads (1952)
Sonny Terry - Harmonica and Vocal Solos (1952)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 02/3/2020 @ 12:43pm

February 2020 Artist nomination for The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 02/3/2020 @ 16:11pm

Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches (EP) (1981)
Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991)
The Nails - Mood Swing (1984)

Posted by SotN on Monday, 02/3/2020 @ 16:25pm

Year Nominees

Duke Ellington- Ellington Uptown (1952)
Eddie Fisher- I'm in the Mood for Love (1952)
Miles Davis- Young Man with a Horn (1952)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/3/2020 @ 18:11pm

After giving it some thought, I have compiled my list of nominations for this month's Album Project. Hopefully this will be deemed worthy of consideration.

General vote

Rush - Signals (1982)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)

My Genre nomination is:

Progressive/Art Rock

My Artist nomination this month goes to:

Rush

And here are my 1952 nominations. It wasn't easy, but my picks are:

Billie Holliday - Billie Holliday Sings (1952)
Nat King Cole - Penthouse Serenade (1952)
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie - Bird and Diz (1952)

Odd that we almost forget to include a lost scribe,

Lax37

Posted by Lax37 on Monday, 02/3/2020 @ 19:40pm

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Kanye West - Jesus is King (2019)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)

artist nom;
The Guess Who

Posted by Margo on Monday, 02/3/2020 @ 21:07pm

LAX37, I already nominated Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie - Bird and Diz. You have one more year vote nomination.

Darren and Nick both of you nominated Lizzo - Cuz I Love You and Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride. One of you has two more nominations.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/3/2020 @ 21:41pm

Great minds think alike Darren; I'll nominate instead -

Brittany Howard - Jaime (2019)
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 02/3/2020 @ 22:19pm

February 2020 General Album Nominations:

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (2009)

February 2020 Genre Nomination:

Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1985

February Artist Album Nomination:

Air Supply

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 02/3/2020 @ 23:00pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Angel Olsen - All Mirrors (2019)
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Brittany Howard - Jaime (2019)
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Kanye West - Jesus is King (2019)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak (1984)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches (EP) (1981)
Motorhead - 1916 (1991)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Post Animal - When I Think of You in a Castle (2018)
Prince - Musicology (2004)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Rush - Signals (1982)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine (1998)
Sleater Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019)
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)
The Nails - Mood Swing (1984)
The Pretenders - Last of the Independents (1994)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (2009)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Various Artists - Thank God It's Friday: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/4/2020 @ 00:08am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

2000's Electronica
21st Century Indie Dance/Indietronica
90's Grunge
Country
Garage Rock
Grunge
Jazz
Original Cast Albums (Theater)
Power Metal
Progressive/Art Rock
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1985
Symphonic Metal
Tribute Albums
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There were 13 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 7.

This month's selected genre is "Jazz".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/4/2020 @ 00:17am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply
Dinosaur Jr.
Electric Light Orchestra
Golden Earring
Guess Who, The
Miles Davis
Neil Young
of Montreal
Parliament/Funkadelic
Rush
Simple Minds
Stereolab
Tony Bennett
TV On The Radio

There were 14 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 2.

This month's selected artist is Dinosaur Jr.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Dinosaur Jr.

Here's the list of Dinosaur Jr. albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

You're Living All Over Me (1987)

Any voter can nominate one album by Dinosaur Jr. released from 1900-2019 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Dinosaur Jr. discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Jr._discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/4/2020 @ 00:26am

Genre Vote Nominations

Casiopea - Casiopea (1979)
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)
Spyro Gyra - Carnival (1980)

Artist Vote Nomination

Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (1988)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/4/2020 @ 01:04am

Correction that should read Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980).

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/4/2020 @ 01:11am

For the Artist Vote, I'll go for:

Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)

Posted by SotN on Tuesday, 02/4/2020 @ 09:04am

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak (1984)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
The Pretenders - Last of the Independents (1994)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 02/4/2020 @ 11:59am

Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019)
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)

Artist Nomination:

Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 02/4/2020 @ 15:21pm

Angel Olsen - All Mirrors (2019)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Prince - Musicology (2004)
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)

Genre:
Sun Ra - Space Is The Place (1973)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Yazz Ahmed - Polyhymnia (2019)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 02/4/2020 @ 18:19pm

Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Post Animal - When I Think of You in a Castle (2018)
Various Artists - Thank God It's Friday: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978)
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Jean- MichelJarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/4/2020 @ 19:16pm

Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine (1998)
Sleater Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 02/4/2020 @ 22:22pm

Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019)
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)

Posted by Margo on Wednesday, 02/5/2020 @ 09:16am

Artist Nomination

Dinosaur Jr.- Green Mind (1991)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/5/2020 @ 15:32pm

Cyrus Chestnut- Revelations (1993)
Herbie Hancock- Crossings (1972)
Wynton Marsalis- J Mood (1987)

Two pianists and a trumpeter

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/5/2020 @ 15:42pm

KING FEB 2020 ALBUMS (8)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Dave Matthews Band-Come Tomorrow (2018)
Motorhead-1916 (1991)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
Spin Doctors-Pocket Full Of Kryptonite (1991)
The Kinks-Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)
The Moody Blues-Seventh Sojourn (1972)
Toad The Wet Sprocket-Fear (1991)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 02/5/2020 @ 20:47pm

General Votes:
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)v
Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine (1998)
Sleater Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019)
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)

Genre Nominations:
Bill Evans Trio - Explorations (1961)
Ray Angry - One (2018)
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (1955)

Artist Nomination:
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Thursday, 02/6/2020 @ 08:12am

Genre noms:

Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (1965)
Komeda Quintet - Astigmatic (1966)
Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth (2002)

Artist nom:

Dinosaur Jr. - Farm (2009)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 02/6/2020 @ 16:47pm

Hi Ray - I already nominated Black Earth, so you have another!

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 02/6/2020 @ 16:51pm

dmg: Lol, guess I forgot to hit refresh before I checked the page. I guess you can count on my support. Thanks.

Uh, lets make that Soft Machine - Third (1970).

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 02/6/2020 @ 17:01pm

Angel Olsen - All Mirrors (2019)
Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008)
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches (EP) (1981)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019)

There were quite a few other 2019 albums nominated that I'll support in the coming months.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02/6/2020 @ 17:22pm

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)
Esperanza Spalding - Radio Music Society (2012)
Sarah Vaughan - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 02/7/2020 @ 09:11am

Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Jean-Michel Jarre- Equinoxe (1978)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Norah Jones- Feels Like Home (2004)
Paula Cole- This Fire (1996)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)

Apologies to Rush and The Black Keys

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/7/2020 @ 20:47pm

Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches (EP) (1981)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Prince - Musicology (2004)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 02/8/2020 @ 09:03am

Brittany Howard - Jaime (2019)
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)
Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell (2019)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride (2019)

More research will be needed before I finalize my genre and artist nominations.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 02/8/2020 @ 11:31am

Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008)
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches (EP) (1981)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)

Apologies to Depeche Mode, Laurie Anderson, Randy Newman, Rush, Yes, and others. Another batch of difficult cuts.

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 02/8/2020 @ 19:26pm

With my apologies for nominating Bird and Dizz when it was already nominated, here now are my ballots for this month's Album Project.

General Vote

The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)
Rush - Signals (1982)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)
Prince - Musicology (2004)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Sleater Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)

Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)

And hear are my Jazz Album nominations

Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1984)
Miles Davis - On The Corner (1972)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1973)

And here is my Artist Vote nomination:

Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond (2007)

Seems legitimate,

Lax37

Posted by Lax37 on Saturday, 02/8/2020 @ 20:08pm

Lax37 - Birds of Fire was already inducted, so you have another!

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 02/8/2020 @ 21:12pm

Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (2009)

There are also many, many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 02/8/2020 @ 22:09pm

Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Sleater Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/8/2020 @ 22:25pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972) - 8

Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019) - 6
________________________________

Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 5
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) - 5
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019) - 5
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019) - 5
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019) - 5
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972) - 5
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) - 5
________________________________

Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015) - 4
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) - 4
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978) - 4
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019) - 4
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 4
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 4
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 4

Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018) - 3
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982) - 3
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches (EP) (1981) - 3
Prince - Musicology (2004) - 3
Randy Newman - Little Criminals (1977) - 3
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997) - 3

Angel Olsen - All Mirrors (2019) - 2
Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982) - 2
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008) - 2
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019) - 2
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019) - 2
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993) - 2
Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine (1998) - 2
Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991) - 2
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019) - 2

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012) - 1
Alice Merton - Mint (2019) - 1
Brittany Howard - Jaime (2019) - 1
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002) - 1
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997) - 1
Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak (1984) - 1
Motorhead - 1916 (1991) - 1
Post Animal - When I Think of You in a Castle (2018) - 1
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986) - 1
Rush - Signals (1982) - 1
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019) - 1
The Pretenders - Last of the Independents (1994) - 1
Train - Save Me, San Francisco (2009) - 1
Various Artists - Thank God It's Friday: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978) - 1
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 1

Kanye West - Jesus is King (2019) - 0
The Nails - Mood Swing (1984) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

MichaelEU
Steve Z
dmg
Greg F
jtrichey
Margo
KING
Skylanderlord3
DarinRG
Tom H.
BSLO
Nick
Ray
Lax37
Jennifer
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019)
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 8 albums.

The 6 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Jazz", Artist Vote (Dinosaur Jr.) or Year Vote (1952).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/9/2020 @ 00:09am

Nominations are still open for the following votes:

Genre Project ("Jazz") - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Project (Dinosaur Jr.) - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 16th.

Year Project (1952) - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/9/2020 @ 00:14am

Correction: There are only 7 albums in the tiebreaker. Rank all 7, the top 6 will be inducted. The other album will be automatically nominated for the next vote that it's eligible for.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/9/2020 @ 13:25pm

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Let Love in (1994) 7
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019) 6
The Kinks - Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) 5
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) 4
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019) 3
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019) 2
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/9/2020 @ 15:42pm

Tiebreaker:

The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019) [7 Points]
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972) [6 Points]
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) [5 Points]
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) [4 Points]
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019) [3 Points]
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) [2 Points]
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 02/9/2020 @ 15:50pm

1. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) (2nd straight tiebreaker for this album)
2. Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
4. Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
5. The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019)
6. The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)
7. Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 02/9/2020 @ 23:23pm

Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 7
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) - 6
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) - 5
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972) - 4
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019) - 3
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019) - 2
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019) - 1

Posted by dmg on Monday, 02/10/2020 @ 11:35am

Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)-7
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019)-6
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)-5
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)-4
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)-3
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)-2
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/10/2020 @ 11:50am

Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 7
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) - 6
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019) - 5
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019) - 4
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972) - 3
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) - 2
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 02/10/2020 @ 12:44pm

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) 7
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 02/10/2020 @ 21:26pm

Tiebreaker
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019) - 7
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019) - 6
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019) - 5
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972) - 4
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) - 3
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 2
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) - 1

Genre Nominations
Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction (1972)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (1966)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 02/10/2020 @ 22:46pm

KING'S TIEBREAKER FEB 2020
Toad The Wet Sprocket-Fear (1991)-7 PTS
The Kinks-Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)-6
Enya-A Day Without Rain (2000)-5
Taylor Swift-Lover (2019)-4
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds-Let Love In (1994)-3
The Black Keys-Let's Rock (2019)-2
Sleater-Kinney-The Center Won't Hold (2019)-1 PT.
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 02/11/2020 @ 02:07am

Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) - 7
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019) - 6
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972) - 5
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019) - 4
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019) - 3
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) - 2
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/11/2020 @ 13:37pm

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) - 7
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 6
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) - 5
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019) - 4
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972) - 3
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019) - 2
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019) -1

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 02/11/2020 @ 23:00pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000) - 53
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) - 52
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019) - 45
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019) - 45
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972) - 42
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991) - 40
______________________

Taylor Swift - Lover (2019) - 31

The Taylor Swift album will be automatically nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's Album Project vote:

Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019)
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/12/2020 @ 01:05am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (1965)
Bill Evans Trio - Explorations (1961)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Casiopea - Casiopea (1979)
Cyrus Chestnut - Revelations (1993)
Esperanza Spalding - Radio Music Society (2012)
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1984)
Komeda Quintet - Astigmatic (1966)
Miles Davis - On The Corner (1972)
Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction (1972)
Ray Angry - One (2018)
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)
Sarah Vaughan - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980)
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (1955)
Sun Ra - Space Is The Place (1973)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (1966)
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987)
Yazz Ahmed - Polyhymnia (2019)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/12/2020 @ 01:08am

Bill Evans Trio - Explorations (1961)
Cyrus Chestnut- Revelations (1993)
Herbie Hancock- Crossings (1972)
Miles Davis - On The Corner (1972)
Sarah Vaughan - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955)
Sun Ra - Space Is The Place (1973)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)
Wynton Marsalis- J Mood (1987)

Fantastic Ballot everyone. Too many heartbreaking cuts to make.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/12/2020 @ 18:45pm

Genre:
Bill Evans Trio - Explorations (1961)
Ray Angry - One (2018)
Sarah Vaughan - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980)
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (1955)
Sun Ra - Space Is The Place (1973)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 02/14/2020 @ 09:42am

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Esperanza Spalding - Radio Music Society (2012)
Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction (1972)
Sarah Vaughan - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955)
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (1955)
Sun Ra - Space Is The Place (1973)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (1966)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 02/14/2020 @ 13:48pm

Bill Evans Trio - Explorations (1961)
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)
Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction (1972)
Sarah Vaughan - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (1955)
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (1966)
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987)

Many artists from this genre vote should seriously be considered for the Artist Vote.

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 02/15/2020 @ 10:19am

My votes:
Casiopea - Casiopea (1979)
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980)
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (1966)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1984)
Esperanza Spalding - Radio Music Society (2012)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction (1972)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/15/2020 @ 18:31pm

Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (1965)
Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction (1972)
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz
Sun Ra - Space Is The Place (1973)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)
Yazz Ahmed - Polyhymnia (2019)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 02/16/2020 @ 12:05pm

Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (1965)
Bill Evans Trio - Explorations (1961)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Komeda Quintet - Astigmatic (1966)
Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction (1972)
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (1966)

Apologies to Herbie, Miles, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Sun Ra, and others.

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 02/16/2020 @ 17:53pm

Great ballot!

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)
Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction (1972)
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (1955)
Sun Ra - Space Is The Place (1973)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987)
Yazz Ahmed - Polyhymnia (2019)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 02/16/2020 @ 19:10pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction (1972) - 6

Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (1955) - 5
Sun Ra - Space Is The Place (1973) - 5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952) - 5

Bill Evans Trio - Explorations (1961) - 4
Sarah Vaughan - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955) - 4
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (1966) - 4
____________________________

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002) - 3
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 3
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976) - 3
Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 3
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987) - 3
____________________________

Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (1965) - 2
Esperanza Spalding - Radio Music Society (2012) - 2
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962) - 2
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980) - 2
Yazz Ahmed - Polyhymnia (2019) - 2

Casiopea - Casiopea (1979) - 1
Cyrus Chestnut - Revelations (1993) - 1
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1984) - 1
Komeda Quintet - Astigmatic (1966) - 1
Miles Davis - On The Corner (1972) - 1
Ray Angry - One (2018) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
Jason Dagotto
MichaelEU
Nick
Greg F
DarinRG
Ray
dmg

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bill Evans Trio - Explorations (1961)
Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction (1972)
Sarah Vaughan - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955)
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (1955)
Sun Ra - Space Is The Place (1973)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (1966)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 4 albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/16/2020 @ 23:48pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Year Vote (1952)
Artist Vote (Dinosaur Jr.)

Nominations will end and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/16/2020 @ 23:50pm

Wynton Marsalis- J Mood (1987)-5
Herbie Hancock- Crossings (1972)-4
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)-3
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)-2
Soft Machine - Third (1970)-1

Great batch of inductees and quite the eclectic tiebreaker

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/17/2020 @ 10:03am

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002) - 5
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 4
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987) - 3
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976) - 2
Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 1

Posted by dmg on Monday, 02/17/2020 @ 16:45pm

Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976) 5
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) 4
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987) 3
Bohren & Der Club of Gore (2002) 2
Soft Machine - Third (1970) 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/17/2020 @ 20:04pm

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002) - 5
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987) - 4
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 3
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976) - 2
Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 02/19/2020 @ 10:46am

Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 5
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987) - 4
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976) - 3
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002) - 2
Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 1

Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over (1997)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 02/19/2020 @ 22:09pm

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002) - 5
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976) - 4
Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 3
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 2
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987) - 1

1952 noms:

Chet Atkins - Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar (1952)
Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings (1952)
Blind Blake - Authentic Bahamian Calypso (A Second Album of Bahamian Songs) (1952)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 02/19/2020 @ 22:41pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002) - 22
__________________________

Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 21
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987) - 21
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976) - 18
Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 8

Losing songs will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's Genre Vote:

Bill Evans Trio - Explorations (1961)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction (1972)
Sarah Vaughan - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955)
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (1955)
Sun Ra - Space Is The Place (1973)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (1966)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/19/2020 @ 23:57pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings (1952)
Blind Blake - Authentic Bahamian Calypso (A Second Album of Bahamian Songs) (1952)
Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (1952)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird & Diz (1952)
Chet Atkins - Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar (1952)
Dinah Washington - Blazing Ballads (1952)
Duke Ellington - Ellington Uptown (1952)
Eddie Fisher - I'm in the Mood for Love (1952)
Fred Astaire - The Astaire Story (1952)
Hank Williams - Moanin' the Blues (1952)
Johnnie Ray - Johnnie Ray (1952)
Lefty Frizzell - Listen to Lefty (1952)
Miles Davis - Young Man with a Horn (1952)
Nat King Cole - Penthouse Serenade (1952)
Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz (1952)
Sonny Terry - Harmonica and Vocal Solos (1952)
Stan Kenton - City of Glass (1952)
Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music Vol. 2 (1952)
Various Artists - Singin' in the Rain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1952)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/20/2020 @ 00:02am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond (2007)
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (1988)
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm (2009)
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind (1991)
Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over (1997)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/20/2020 @ 00:04am

Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings (1952)
Blind Blake - Authentic Bahamian Calypso (A Second Album of Bahamian Songs) (1952)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird & Diz (1952)
Dinah Washington - Blazing Ballads (1952)
Hank Williams - Moanin' the Blues (1952)
Nat King Cole - Penthouse Serenade (1952)
Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz (1952)
Sonny Terry - Harmonica and Vocal Solos (1952)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 02/21/2020 @ 10:03am

Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind (1991)
Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over (1997)
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (1988)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 02/21/2020 @ 19:37pm

Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings (1952)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird & Diz (1952)
Chet Atkins - Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar (1952)
Eddie Fisher - I'm in the Mood for Love (1952)
Hank Williams - Moanin' the Blues (1952)
Johnnie Ray - Johnnie Ray (1952)
Nat King Cole - Penthouse Serenade (1952)
Various Artists - Singin' in the Rain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1952)

Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (1988)
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 02/23/2020 @ 10:05am

Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings (1952)
Blind Blake - Authentic Bahamian Calypso (A Second Album of Bahamian Songs) (1952)
Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (1952)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird & Diz (1952)
Chet Atkins - Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar (1952)
Stan Kenton - City of Glass (1952)
Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music Vol. 2 (1952)
Various Artists - Singin' in the Rain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1952)

Apologies to Fred Astaire, Johnnie Ray, Lefty Frizzell, Sonny Terry, and others.

Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond (2007)
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (1988)
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm (2009)
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind (1991)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 02/23/2020 @ 18:44pm

Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (1952)
Duke Ellington- Ellington Uptown (1952)
Eddie Fisher- I'm in the Mood for Love (1952)
Johnnie Ray - Johnnie Ray (1952)
Miles Davis- Young Man with a Horn (1952)
Nat King Cole - Penthouse Serenade (1952)
Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music Vol. 2 (1952)
Various Artists - Singin' in the Rain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1952)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/24/2020 @ 18:19pm

Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (1988)
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind (1991)
Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over (1997)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/24/2020 @ 18:41pm

Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings (1952)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird & Diz (1952)
Chet Atkins - Chet Atkins' Gallpin' Guitar (1952)
Eddie Fisher - I'm in the Mood for Love (1952)
Fred Astaire - The Astaire Story (1952)
Hank Williams - Moanin' the Blues (1952)
Johnnie Ray - Johnnie Ray (1952)
Various Artists - Singin' in the Rain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1952)

Bug (1988)
Green Mind (1991)
Hand It Over (1997)
Where You Been (1993)
Without a Sound (1994)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 02/24/2020 @ 22:22pm

Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond (2007)
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (1988)
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm (2009)
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind (1991)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/24/2020 @ 22:22pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings (1952) - 4
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird & Diz (1952) - 4
Various Artists - Singin' in the Rain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1952) - 4

Chet Atkins - Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar (1952) - 3
Eddie Fisher - I'm in the Mood for Love (1952) - 3
Hank Williams - Moanin' the Blues (1952) - 3
Johnnie Ray - Johnnie Ray (1952) - 3
Nat King Cole - Penthouse Serenade (1952) - 3
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Blind Blake - Authentic Bahamian Calypso (A Second Album of Bahamian Songs) (1952) - 2
Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (1952) - 2
Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music Vol. 2 (1952) - 2

Dinah Washington - Blazing Ballads (1952) - 1
Duke Ellington - Ellington Uptown (1952) - 1
Fred Astaire - The Astaire Story (1952) - 1
Miles Davis - Young Man with a Horn (1952) - 1
Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz (1952) - 1
Sonny Terry - Harmonica and Vocal Solos (1952) - 1
Stan Kenton - City of Glass (1952) - 1

Lefty Frizzell - Listen to Lefty (1952) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

MichaelEU
Steve Z
Ray
Tom H.
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings (1952)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird & Diz (1952)
Chet Atkins - Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar (1952)
Eddie Fisher - I'm in the Mood for Love (1952)
Hank Williams - Moanin' the Blues (1952)
Johnnie Ray - Johnnie Ray (1952)
Nat King Cole - Penthouse Serenade (1952)
Various Artists - Singin' in the Rain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1952)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/24/2020 @ 23:53pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (1988) - 6

Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind (1991) - 5
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Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016) - 4
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993) - 4
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Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over (1997) - 3
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994) - 3

Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond (2007) - 2
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm (2009) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
Ray
Tom H.
Nick
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (1988)
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind (1991)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select one of the two albums.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/25/2020 @ 00:02am

Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/25/2020 @ 00:04am

Darren-

I know it's way early for this but I want to post my general nominations for March now as I'm going on vacation until the 5th. My nominations are:

Dave Matthews Band- Come Tomorrow (2018)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)

My Artist nomination is:

Miles Davis

No genre nomination

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/25/2020 @ 05:27am

Tiebreaker:
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 02/27/2020 @ 10:38am

Tiebreaker:
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 02/27/2020 @ 15:41pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016) - 2
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Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993) - 1

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this month's Artist vote:

Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (1988)
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind (1991)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/28/2020 @ 01:32am

Rule Changes In 2020:

Genres and Artists will now be selected randomly each month. Voters will nominate the genres and artists that will be randomly selected for each month's Genre and Artist vote. The artist and genre will be selected separately in the Song and Album Projects.

Genre splits will no longer be allowed. Each month's genre vote will be one vote.

After being selected as a monthly genre, genres will be ineligible for nomination / selection for 12 months, up from the previous setting of 6 months.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 11 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the past 6 months:

NOTE: Genres that were selected between January 2019 and June 2019 are eligible now, as they were "re-qualified" prior to the 2020 rule change.

Punk
Psychedelic Rock
Artists on the Previously Considered List
1980's Metal Albums
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Jazz

"Artists with 1 or Less Albums Inducted in the Album Project" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 11 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1995.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1995. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1995.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1995 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

2pac - Me Against The World (1995)
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (1995)
Annie Lennox - Medusa (1995)
Björk - Post (1995)
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble - Spinner (1995)
Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995)
Deanna Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This (1995)
Elastica - Elastica (1995)
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (1995)
Garbage - Garbage (1995)
Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords (1995)
Green Day - Insomniac (1995)
Jewel - Pieces of You (1995)
KMFDM - Nihil (1995)
Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
Moby - Everything Is Wrong (1995)
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (1995)
Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (1995)
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love (1995)
Pulp - Different Class (1995)
Radiohead - The Bends (1995)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves (1995)
Scott Walker - Tilt (1995)
Sleeper - Smart (1995)
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (1995)
Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum (1995)
The Verve - A Northern Soul (1995)
Tricky - Maxinquaye (1995)
Various Artists - Empire Records: The Soundtrack (1995)

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1995, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/29/2020 @ 17:17pm

Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Queens Of The Stone Age Villains (2017)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/29/2020 @ 17:32pm

General Vote:
Blue October - Foiled (2006)
MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock (1988)
Robyn - Honey (2018)

Genre: 80's & 90's Country

Artist: Tim Buckley

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/29/2020 @ 19:35pm

Year vote
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (1995)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Rapture (1995)
Son Volt - Trace (1995)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/29/2020 @ 20:06pm

I'm going to deviate from my typical nomination habits, and highlight 3 really important albums from the 1950s that we haven't inducted:

Chuck Berry - After School Session (1957)
Carl Perkins - Dance Album (1957)
The Flamingos - Flamingo Serenade (1959)

The first is Chuck Berry's debut album, while the second 2 are by hall of fame artists that have no albums inducted into the album project, and are at worst, among the top 20 albums of the decade.

D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (1995)
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995)
Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (1995)

Genre:
1990s R&B

Artist:
Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 03/1/2020 @ 10:00am

March 2020 Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 03/1/2020 @ 18:05pm

March 2020 nomination for induction into The Album Project...

Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 03/1/2020 @ 18:10pm

general noms:
Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Luscious Jackson - Fever In Fever Out (1996)
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)

year noms:
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Poe - Hello (1995)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 03/1/2020 @ 22:10pm

KING MARCH 2020 Albums (3)
Maggie's Dream-Maggie's Dream (1990)
Nuno-Schizophonic (1997)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
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Greg F. I liked your Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball selection. Hopefully, it will receive enough votes. KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 03/1/2020 @ 23:05pm

KING 1995 Albums March 2020 (3)
Better Than Ezra-Deluxe (1995)
Soul Asylum-Let Your Dim Light Shine (1995)
Van Halen-Balance (1995)
ARTIST: Bryan Adams
GENRE: 1970's Singers/Songwriters Soft Rock
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 03/1/2020 @ 23:25pm

General Vote Nominations

Alexander O'Neal- Heresay (1987)
Junior Senior- D...D...Don't Stop the Beat (2003)
Miles Davis- On the Corner (1972)

Year Vote Nominations (1995)

Autechre- Tri Repetae (One of the few classic 90's electronic albums we've yet to induct; a hallmark for IDM music)

Ol' Dirty Ba**ard- Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (We've inducted a good amount of the critically acclaimed more underground/hardcore style rap albums of the mid-to-late 90's; except this one which is a glaring omission)

Various Artists: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (a soundtrack album that topped the Billboard Albums charts for 5 weeks and the R&B charts for 10 straight weeks; featuring No. 1 hit singles from Whitney Houston and Mary J. Blige as well as hit songs and underrated gems from acts like Brandy, Toni Braxton, SWV, TLC, and legends like Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin, if you want to hear 90's female R&B, this is defining an album for that style as there is. This album is one of the biggest soundtrack albums of the 90, and particularly 1995, a year full of great soundtracks)

Genre Vote Nomination

2000's R&B

Artist Vote Nomination

KISS

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 03/2/2020 @ 02:27am

More albums from 1995 worth considering....

311- 311
AC/DC- Ballbreaker
Aphex Twin- …I Care Because You Do
Babes in Toyland- Nemesisters
Blur- The Great Escape
Bon Jovi- These Days
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony- E. 1999 Eternal (this album was everywhere in 1995/1996 if you were into rap)
Brownstone- From the Bottom Up
Coolio- Gangsta's Paradise
Deftones- Adrenaline (a pioneering album for what would become nu metal)
Fugazi- Red Medicine
Goodie Mob- Soul Food (one of the most important albums for the southern hip-hop scene and genre)
Groove Theory- Groove Theory (a pioneering album of neo-soul)
Michael Jackson- HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (may not count due to the first disc being a compilation; but the second disc is a full fledged studio album, and a very underrated one at that)
Primus- Tales from the Punchbowl
Prince- The Gold Experience (the album that probably marked the end of Prince's peak)
R. Kelly- R. Kelly
Red Hot Chili Peppers- One Hot Minute
Selena- Dreaming of You (the first album from a Latin artist to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Albums chart)
Shania Twain- The Woman in Me (voted No. 8 on CMT's 40 Greatest Country Albums of All-Time in 2006 and one of the highest selling country albums in history)
Slowdive- Pygmalion
The Presidents of the United States of America- The Presidents of the United States of America
Various Artists- Batman Forever: Music from the Motion Picture
Various Artists- Dangerous Minds: Music from the Motion Picture
Various Artists- Friday: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (what Waiting to Exhale was to 90's female R&B, this was for 90's west coast rap)
Various Artists- Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (much like how the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack was a hallmark of 90's female R&B, this album was the same for 90's electronica/techno, and industrial metal)

Posted by Donnie on Monday, 03/2/2020 @ 02:34am

General nominations:
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1961)
Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Jamboree (1957)

Year nominations:
Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura (1995)
Chris Isaak - Forever Blue (1995)
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 03/2/2020 @ 03:58am

General Nominations:
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
The Strokes - Comedown Machine (2013)

Year Nominations:
311 - 311 (1995)
Fugazi - Red Medicine (1995)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (1995)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 03/2/2020 @ 09:27am

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues (2019)
Imagine Dragons - Origins (2018)

Posted by Diddy on Monday, 03/2/2020 @ 09:36am

Here, hopefully in full, is my ballot of nominees for the Album Project this month.

Rush - Signals (1982)
Kraftwerk - Techno-Pop (1986)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)

And for those as part of the 1995 ballot.

Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
Prince - The Gold Experience (1995)
Fugazi - Red Medicine (1995)

Thanks to Donnie for the year suggestions,

Lax37

Posted by Lax37 on Monday, 03/2/2020 @ 20:08pm

March 2020 General Album Nominations:

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

"I Still Believe" that the Lost Boys' is one of the best soundtracks of the 1980s. I am very surprised that it is not yet inducted into the album project.

March 2020 Genre Nomination:

Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987

March 2020 Artist Album Nomination:

Air Supply

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 03/2/2020 @ 23:47pm

General -
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)

Genre -
Tribute Albums

Artist -
Kool & The Gang

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 03/3/2020 @ 18:40pm

General Nominations:

Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)

Year Nominations:

Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith (1995)
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995)
La Bouche - Sweet Dreams (1995)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 03/3/2020 @ 19:33pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987)
Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Blue October - Foiled (2006)
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues (2019)
Carl Perkins - Dance Album (1957)
Chuck Berry - After School Session (1957)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Jamboree (1957)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)
Imagine Dragons - Origins (2018)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Junior Senior - D...D...Don't Stop the Beat (2003)
Kraftwerk - Techno-Pop (1986)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Luscious Jackson - Fever In Fever Out (1996)
Maggie's Dream - Maggie's Dream (1990)
MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock (1988)
Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Nuno - Schizophonic (1997)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queens Of The Stone Age Villains (2017) -
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Robyn - Honey (2018)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1961)
Rush - Signals (1982)
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
The Flamingos - Flamingo Serenade (1959)
The Strokes - Comedown Machine (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/3/2020 @ 23:52pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970's Singers/Songwriters Soft Rock
1990s R&B
2000's R&B
80's & 90's Country
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987
Tribute Albums
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There were 6 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 3.

This month's selected genre is "2000's R&B".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/4/2020 @ 00:01am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply
Bryan Adams
Electric Light Orchestra
KISS
Kool & The Gang
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Tim Buckley
TV On The Radio

There were 9 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 2.

This month's selected artist is Bryan Adams.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Bryan Adams.

Here's the list of Bryan Adams albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)

Any voter can nominate one album by Bryan Adams released from 1900-2019 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Bryan Adams discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Adams_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/4/2020 @ 00:05am

Nominations are open for this month's Year Project vote.

The selected year this month is 1995.

Nominations will end and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/4/2020 @ 00:05am

Genre Vote

Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Jasmine Sullivan - Fearless (2008)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

Artist Vote

Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/4/2020 @ 00:36am

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Blue October - Foiled (2006)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Kraftwerk - Techno-Pop (1986)
MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock (1988)
Robyn - Honey (2018)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/4/2020 @ 03:11am

General Votes:
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues (2019)
Imagine Dragons - Origins (2018)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Rush - Signals (1982)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)

Artist Nomination:
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991)

Genre Nominations:
Angie Stone - Mahogany Soul (2001)
John Legend - Once Again (2006)
Toni Braxton - The Heat (2000)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 03/4/2020 @ 11:34am

Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues (2019)
Chuck Berry - After School Session (1957)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)
MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock (1988)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)

Genre Nominations:

Beyonce - I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008)
Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001)
Rihanna - A Girl Like Me (2006)

Artist Nomination:

Bryan Adams - Into the Fire (1987)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 03/4/2020 @ 13:53pm

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Blue October - Foiled (2006)
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues (2019)
Imagine Dragons - Origins (2018)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Wednesday, 03/4/2020 @ 16:40pm

Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Carl Perkins - Dance Album (1957)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Luscious Jackson - Fever In Fever Out (1996)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1961)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 03/4/2020 @ 21:40pm

KING MARCH 2020 ALBUMS Voting (8)
Chuck Berry-After School Session (1957)
Dave Matthews Band-Come Tomorrow (2018)
Huey Lewis And The News-Fore! (1986)
Maggie's Dream-Maggie's Dream (1990)
Nine Inch Nails-With Teeth (2005)
Nuno-Schizophonic (1997)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
Sheryl Crow-The Globe Sessions (1998)
____________________________
Bryan Adams Selected Artist Album (1)
Bryan Adams-Bryan Adams MTV Unplugged (1997)
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 03/5/2020 @ 05:18am

Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Carl Perkins - Dance Album (1957)
Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Jamboree (1957)
Kraftwerk - Techno-Pop (1986)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 03/5/2020 @ 09:18am

General:
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues (2019)
Imagine Dragons - Origins (2018)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Kraftwerk - Techno-Pop (1986)
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)

Posted by Diddy on Thursday, 03/5/2020 @ 10:39am

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/5/2020 @ 23:50pm

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues (2019)
Imagine Dragons - Origins (2018)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Rush - Signals (1982)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)

Genre:
Cassie - Cassie (2006)
D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Friday, 03/6/2020 @ 15:02pm

General!:
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues (2019)
Imagine Dragons - Origins (2018)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)
Rush - Signals (1982)

Year Noms!:
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless (2008)
Kelis - Tasty (2003)

Posted by James Gang on Friday, 03/6/2020 @ 17:13pm

James Gang, I already nominated Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless (2008). You have one more nomination.

Skylanderlord3, D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000) is already inducted. You have one more nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/6/2020 @ 17:44pm

James Gang, nevermind I'll change my nomination for Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless (2008) to Joss Stone - Mind, Body & Soul (2004).

My updated genre nominations

Joss Stone - Mind, Body & Soul (2004)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/6/2020 @ 18:13pm

Ah, okay! Thanks for that! Nice choice, by the way!

Posted by James Gang on Friday, 03/6/2020 @ 18:57pm

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Carl Perkins - Dance Album (1957)
Chuck Berry - After School Session (1957)
Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Jamboree (1957)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1961)
The Flamingos - Flamingo Serenade (1959)

Bryan Adams - You Want It, You Got It (1981)

Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009)
Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Vol. 2 (2004)
Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (2005)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 03/6/2020 @ 20:46pm

Admittedly this genre isn't my strong point but I wanted to get at least one nomination in:

Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007)

Might put in two more but want to do some research first.

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 03/7/2020 @ 12:59pm

Artist Nomination

Bryan Adams -18 til I Die (1996)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 03/7/2020 @ 14:58pm

Carl Perkins - Dance Album (1957)
Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Jamboree (1957)
MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock (1988)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1961)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 03/8/2020 @ 00:24am

Carl Perkins - Dance Album (1957)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzic (1994)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride (2019)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 03/8/2020 @ 10:53am

KING GENRE NOMINATIONS 2000's R&B (3)
Lionel Richie-Coming Home (2006)
Rick James-Deeper Still (2007)
Stevie Wonder-A Time To Love (2005)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 03/8/2020 @ 11:11am

Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Rush - Signals (1982)
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)

Apologies to Chuck Berry, Dinosaur Jr, Donny Hathaway, Flatt & Scruggs, Herbie, Wynton Marsalis, and others.

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 03/8/2020 @ 19:22pm

Before time expires, here are my ballots and nominations for this week.

General vote

Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)
Rush - Signals (1982)
Kraftwerk - Techno-Pop (1986)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
Carl Perkins - Dance Album (1957)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Dave Matthews Band-Come Tomorrow (2018)

My nominations for the 2000s R&B Genre vote are:

OutKast - Idlewild: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006)
Janet Jackson - 20 YO (2005)
Mary J. Blige - Stronger With Each Tear (2009)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Bryan Adams - Shine A Light (2019)

Sorry it took me long to get the nominations,

Lax37

Posted by Lax37 on Sunday, 03/8/2020 @ 19:41pm

Dave Matthews Band -Come Tomorrow (2018)
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)
Huey Lewis & The News- Fore! (1986)
John Williams - Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Miles Davis - On The Corner (1972)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 03/8/2020 @ 21:01pm

Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)
Imagine Dragons - Origins (2018)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Last cuts include Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, and Sheryl Crow. There are also many, many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 03/8/2020 @ 22:35pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975) - 9

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007) - 8
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019) - 8

Cage the Elephant - Social Cues (2019) - 6
Carl Perkins - Dance Album (1957) - 6
Imagine Dragons - Origins (2018) - 6
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005) - 6
________________________________

Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986) - 5
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019) - 5
Rush - Signals (1982) - 5
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) - 5
________________________________

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) - 4
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019) - 4
Kraftwerk - Techno-Pop (1986) - 4
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 4
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994) - 4
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980) - 4
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019) - 4
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979) - 4

Chuck Berry - After School Session (1957) - 3
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018) - 3
Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Jamboree (1957) - 3
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) - 3
MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock (1988) - 3
Roy Orbison - Crying (1961) - 3

Blue October - Foiled (2006) - 2
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970) - 2
Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972) - 2
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993) - 2
Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 2
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019) - 2

Alice Merton - Mint (2019) - 1
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 1
Luscious Jackson - Fever In Fever Out (1996) - 1
Maggie's Dream - Maggie's Dream (1990) - 1
Nuno - Schizophonic (1997) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986) - 1
Robyn - Honey (2018) - 1
Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976) - 1
The Flamingos - Flamingo Serenade (1959) - 1
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 1
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1987) - 1

Alexander O'Neal - Heresay (1987) - 0
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993) - 0
Junior Senior - D...D...Don't Stop the Beat (2003) - 0
The Strokes - Comedown Machine (2013) - 0
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
JesusJustLeftChicago
jtrichey
KING
DarinRG
Diddy
Darren
Skylanderlord3
James Gang
BSLO
MichaelEU
Nick
Ray
Lax37
Tom H.
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues (2019)
Carl Perkins - Dance Album (1957)
Imagine Dragons - Origins (2018)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Rush - Signals (1982)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 8 albums.

The 6 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "2000's R&B", Artist Vote (Bryan Adams) or Year Vote (1995). In my opinion, Lizzo would qualify for the genre vote.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/8/2020 @ 23:38pm

Nominations remain open for the following votes:

Genre - "2000's R&B" - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 16th.

Artist - Bryan Adams - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Year - 1995 - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/8/2020 @ 23:39pm

Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019) - 4
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) - 3
Rush - Signals (1982) - 1
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986) - 1

Genre Nominations
Chaka Khan - Funk This (2007)
India Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001)
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman (2008)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 03/9/2020 @ 00:44am

Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) 4
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019) 3
Rush - Signals (1982) 2
Huey Lewis and The News - Fore! (1986) 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03/9/2020 @ 00:51am

KING MARCH 2020 ALBUM TIEBREAKER (4)
Sheryl Crow-The Globe

Posted by KING on Monday, 03/9/2020 @ 02:55am

KING MARCH 2020 ALBUM TIEBREAKER (4)
Sheryl Crow-The Globe Sessions (1998)-4 PTS
Huey Lewis And The News-Fore! (1986)-3
Rush-Signals (1982)-2
Lizzo-Cuz I Love You (2019)-1 PT
___________________________________________________
Remember when I received The Globe Sessions from the music club. Probably 1999. I was surprised how great it was 1st to last and listened to it for a few years. My Favorite Mistake my FAV song off that CD. Huey Lewis was a good album too. KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 03/9/2020 @ 02:57am

Year Nominations

Blur- The Great Escape (1995)
The Presidents of the United States of America- The Presidents of the United States of America (1995)
Various Artists- Batman Forever: Music from the Motion Picture (1995) Great example of when the soundtrack is better than the movie

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/9/2020 @ 08:59am

Tiebreaker:

Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986) [4 Points]
Rush - Signals (1982) [3 Points]
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019) [2 Points]
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 03/9/2020 @ 09:00am

Rush - Signals (1982)-4
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)-3
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)-2
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/9/2020 @ 10:00am

Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019) - 4
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) - 3
Rush - Signals (1982) - 1
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 03/9/2020 @ 19:12pm

Rush - Signals (1982) - 4
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986) - 1

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 03/9/2020 @ 21:08pm

1. Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)
2. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
3. Rush - Signals (1982)
4. Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 03/9/2020 @ 21:42pm

I'll repost my tiebreakers Just to be safe —
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019) - 4
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) - 3
Rush - Signals (1982) - 2
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986) - 1

Posted by Nick on Monday, 03/9/2020 @ 23:26pm

Rush - Signals (1982) - 4
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) - 3
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986) - 2
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019) - 1

Genre noms:

Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up on Me (2002)
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - Naturally (2005)
Gaelle - Transient (2004)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 03/10/2020 @ 23:06pm

Year nominees:

Autechre - Tri Repetae (1995)
Swans - The Great Annihilator (1995)
Tindersticks - Tindersticks [II] (1995)

This was a great year. Had to cut a full ballot's worth of albums that I considered for nomination.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 03/11/2020 @ 11:50am

Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019) - 4
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986) - 3
Rush - Signals (1982) - 2
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/11/2020 @ 17:30pm

Do genre nominations end tonight or Monday the 16th? Don't genre nominations usually end at the same time as the tiebreakers for the general nominations?

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 03/11/2020 @ 21:31pm

Genre nominations end at 11 PM Central tonight, the 11th.

Same for the Song Project.

Voting ends on the 16th, which is probably my error.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/11/2020 @ 21:43pm

Darren, Thanks for the quick response.

It also looks like there are already 7 albums IN. Does the top 1 or 2 actually get inducted?

4=Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)
3=Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)
2=Rush - Signals (1982)
1=Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 03/11/2020 @ 21:51pm

The top 1 point-getter will be inducted.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/12/2020 @ 00:32am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Rush - Signals (1982) - 29
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Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986) - 27
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019) - 27
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) - 27

Lizzo's album will automatically be nominated for the genre vote.

The other losing albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's Album Project:

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues (2019)
Carl Perkins - Dance Album (1957)
Imagine Dragons - Origins (2018)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)
Rush - Signals (1982)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/12/2020 @ 00:38am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Angie Stone - Mahogany Soul (2001)
Beyonce - I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008)
Cassie - Cassie (2006)
Chaka Khan - Funk This (2007)
Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
India Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001)
Janet Jackson - 20 YO (2005)
Jasmine Sullivan - Fearless (2008)
Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Vol. 2 (2004)
John Legend - Once Again (2006)
Joss Stone - Mind, Body & Soul (2004)
Kelis - Tasty (2003)
Lionel Richie - Coming Home (2006)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Mary J. Blige - Stronger With Each Tear (2009)
Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (2005)
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009)
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman (2008)
OutKast - Idlewild: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006)
Rick James - Deeper Still (2007)
Rihanna - A Girl Like Me (2006)
Stevie Wonder - A Time To Love (2005)
Toni Braxton - The Heat (2000)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/12/2020 @ 00:43am

Nominations remain open for the following votes:

Artist - Bryan Adams - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Year - 1995 - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/12/2020 @ 00:44am

Is the Lizzo album eligible for this genre vote? I thought it was just R&B albums of the 2000s.

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 03/12/2020 @ 08:28am

And by "2000s R&B" I thought it meant 2000-2009.

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 03/12/2020 @ 08:29am

Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless (2008)
Joss Stone - Mind, body & Soul (2004)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Usher - Confessions (2004)
Chaka Khan - Funk This (2007)
Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (2005)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
India.Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001)

A couple corrections

Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless (2008)
India.Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/12/2020 @ 18:00pm

I usually don't care about the album project but the genre vote piques my interest so here are my picks
Usher - Confessions (2004)
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman (2008)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love U (2019)
Outkast - Idlewild (2006)
Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001)
Rihanna - A Girl Like Me (2006)
Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007)
Stevie Wonder - A Time To Love (2005)

Posted by More Than A Feeling on Friday, 03/13/2020 @ 17:14pm

Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001)
India Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001)
Jasmine Sullivan - Fearless (2008)
Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Vol. 2 (2004)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (2005)
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 03/14/2020 @ 14:33pm

Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007)
Beyonce- I am...Sasha Fierce (2008)
Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001)
India.Arie-Acoustic Soul (2001)
John Legend - Once Again(2006)
Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (2005)
Stevie Wonder - A Time to Love (2005)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 03/15/2020 @ 09:11am

Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007)
Beyonce - I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008)
Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001)
John Legend - Once Again (2006)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (2005)
Rihanna - A Girl Like Me (2006)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 03/15/2020 @ 13:59pm

Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Gaelle - Transient (2004)
India Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001)
Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Vol. 2 (2004)
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009)
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - Naturally (2005)
Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up on Me (2002)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 03/15/2020 @ 18:36pm

Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007)
Chaka Khan - Funk This (2007)
India.Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009)
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman (2008)
Rihanna - A Girl Like Me (2006)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

Artist Nomination -
Bryan Adams and Hans Zimmer - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

Year Nominations -
Paul Weller - Stanley Road (1995)
Randy Newman - Toy Story: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (1995)
Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 03/15/2020 @ 21:14pm

Hey everyone.

I nominated this genre, and yes this was just 2000's R&B meaning 2000-2009. The 2010's are not part of this genre vote meaning Lizzo SHOULD NOT be eligible for this genre vote. Beings it lost the tie-breaker it should automatically be nominated for next month's general vote. It does not count for this round.

For anyone that voted for it, you have another vote.

My ballot...

Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007)
Beyonce - I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008)
Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
India Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001)
Jasmine Sullivan - Fearless (2008)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

Last Cuts: Toni Braxton, Ne-Yo, Maxwell, Kelis, Amy Winehouse

Posted by Donnie on Sunday, 03/15/2020 @ 21:47pm

If Lizzo is ineligible replace with Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (2005).

Posted by More Than A Feeling on Sunday, 03/15/2020 @ 22:56pm

KING' S VOTE R&B 2000's Albums MARCH 2020 (8) Final Vote
Alicia Keys-As I Am (2007)
Chaka Khan-Funk This (2007)
Indie Arie-Acoustic Soul (2001)
Mariah Carey-The Emancipation Of Mimi (2005)
Rick James-Deeper Still (2007)
Stevie Wonder-A Time To Love (2005)
Toni Braxton-The Heat (2000)
Usher-Confessions (2004)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 03/15/2020 @ 23:33pm

Here's the corrected list of nominated albums for this genre vote:

The Lizzo album has been removed from this list.

In the future, if you're nominated a genre for a specific decade, please specify the range of years.

Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Angie Stone - Mahogany Soul (2001)
Beyonce - I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008)
Cassie - Cassie (2006)
Chaka Khan - Funk This (2007)
Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Gaelle - Transient (2004)
India Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001)
Janet Jackson - 20 YO (2005)
Jasmine Sullivan - Fearless (2008)
Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Vol. 2 (2004)
John Legend - Once Again (2006)
Joss Stone - Mind, Body & Soul (2004)
Kelis - Tasty (2003)
Lionel Richie - Coming Home (2006)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Mary J. Blige - Stronger With Each Tear (2009)
Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (2005)
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009)
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman (2008)
OutKast - Idlewild: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006)
Rick James - Deeper Still (2007)
Rihanna - A Girl Like Me (2006)
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - Naturally (2005)
Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up on Me (2002)
Stevie Wonder - A Time To Love (2005)
Toni Braxton - The Heat (2000)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/16/2020 @ 10:29am

Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Beyonce - I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008)
Janet Jackson - 20 YO (2005)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman (2008)
Rihanna - A Girl Like Me (2006)
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - Naturally (2005)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/16/2020 @ 22:38pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Usher - Confessions (2004) - 8

Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007) - 7
India.Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001) - 7
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) - 7

Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001) - 5
Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (2005) - 5

Beyonce - I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008) - 4
Rihanna - A Girl Like Me (2006) - 4
____________________________

Chaka Khan - Funk This (2007) - 3
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000) - 3
Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless (2008) - 3
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009) - 3
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman (2008) - 3
Stevie Wonder - A Time To Love (2005) - 3

Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003) - 2
Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Vol. 2 (2004) - 2
John Legend - Once Again (2006) - 2
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - Naturally (2005) - 2

Gaelle - Transient (2004) - 1
Janet Jackson - 20 YO (2005) - 1
Joss Stone - Mind, Body & Soul (2004) - 1
OutKast - Idlewild: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006) - 1
Rick James - Deeper Still (2007) - 1
Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up on Me (2002) - 1
Toni Braxton - The Heat (2000) - 1

Angie Stone - Mahogany Soul (2001) - 0
Cassie - Cassie (2006) - 0
Kelis - Tasty (2003) - 0
Lionel Richie - Coming Home (2006) - 0
Mary J. Blige - Stronger With Each Tear (2009) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
More Than A Feeling
BSLO
Tom H.
Steve Z
Ray
Nick
Donnie
KING
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007)
Beyonce - I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008)
Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001)
India.Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (2005)
Rihanna - A Girl Like Me (2006)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/16/2020 @ 23:28pm

Artist Project (Bryan Adams)
Year Project (1995)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/16/2020 @ 23:29pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Project (Foo Fighters)
Year Project (1995)

Nominations close in both projects and voting starts at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/16/2020 @ 23:30pm

1995 was a great year for music, perhaps particularly in metal. I could have nominated at least 15 albums.

Noms:

Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side (1995)

Their magnum opus, IMO (some prefer their excellent follow-up, Nightfall in Middle Earth), and one of the truly great power metal albums.

The Gathering - Mandylion (1995)

Much of the female-fronted metal from the past 25 years owes some debt to this album, which is also one of the seminal gothic metal albums.

Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery (1995)

Along with In Flames' The Jester Race and At the Gates' Slaughter of the Soul (also released this year), this album formed one of the foundational pillars of melodic death metal and the influential "Gothenburg sound."

DarinRG: It turns out that Donnie already nominated your Autechre pick, so one of your final cuts has another chance.

Lax: I don't know if you also had a deep and difficult list of final cuts, but Jason Dagotto beat you to the punch for your Fugazi pick, so you have another nom.

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 03/19/2020 @ 17:57pm

Ray - Thanks for the heads up. I'll replace my Autechre nomination with:

Red House Painters - Ocean Beach (1995)

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 03/19/2020 @ 20:05pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

311 - 311 (1995)
Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (1995)
Autechre - Tri Repetae (1995)
Better Than Ezra - Deluxe (1995)
Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side (1995)
Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Chris Isaak - Forever Blue (1995)
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (1995)
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery (1995)
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith (1995)
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (1995)
Fugazi - Red Medicine (1995)
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995)
La Bouche - Sweet Dreams (1995)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
Ol' Dirty Ba**ard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995)
Paul Weller - Stanley Road (1995)
Poe - Hello (1995)
Prince - The Gold Experience (1995)
Randy Newman - Toy Story: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (1995)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (1995)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Rapture (1995)
Son Volt - Trace (1995)
Soul Asylum - Let Your Dim Light Shine (1995)
Swans - The Great Annihilator (1995)
The Gathering - Mandylion (1995)
The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America (1995)
Tindersticks - Tindersticks [II] (1995)
Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
Van Halen - Balance (1995)
Various Artists - Batman Forever: Music from the Motion Picture (1995)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995)
Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura (1995)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/20/2020 @ 00:22am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Bryan Adams - 18 til I Die (1996)
Bryan Adams - Bryan Adams MTV Unplugged (1997)
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams - Into the Fire (1987)
Bryan Adams - Shine A Light (2019)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991)
Bryan Adams - You Want It, You Got It (1981)
Bryan Adams and Hans Zimmer - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/20/2020 @ 00:23am

Artist Vote (Bryan Adams)

Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Into the Fire (1987)
Waking Up The Neighbors (1991)
If You Want It , You Got It (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/20/2020 @ 00:55am

1995 Year vote

Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (1995)
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (1995)
Ol' Dirty Ba**ard - Return to 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Rapture (1995)
Son Volt - Trace (1995)
Tindersticks - Tindersticks (II) (1995)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/20/2020 @ 01:25am

Darren, you missed DarinRG's final nom, which was:

Red House Painters - Ocean Beach (1995)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 03/20/2020 @ 01:25am

KING 1995 YEAR MARCH 2020 Albums (8)
Alice In Chains-Alice In Chains (1995)
Better Than Ezra-Deluxe (1995)
D'Angelo-Brown Sugar (1995)
Emmylou Harris-Wrecking Ball (1995)
Red Hot Chili Peppers-One Hot Minute (1995)
Soul Asylum-Let Your Dim Light Shine (1995)
Van Halen-Balance (1995)
Various Artists-Batman Forever: Music From The Motion Picture (1995)
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Bryan Adams (6)
Bryan Adams-18 Til I Die (1996)
Bryan Adams-Cuts Like A Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams-Into The Fire (1987)
Bryan Adams-Waking Up The Neighbors (1991)
Bryan Adams-Bryan Adams MTV Unplugged (1997)
Bryan Adams And Hans Zimmer- Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron (2002)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 03/20/2020 @ 06:15am

Better Than Ezra - Deluxe (1995)
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith (1995)
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995)
La Bouche - Sweet Dreams (1995)
Randy Newman - Toy Story: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (1995)
Red House Painters - Ocean Beach (1995)
Tindersticks - Tindersticks [II] (1995)
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995)

Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams - Into the Fire (1987)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991)
Bryan Adams - You Want It, You Got It (1981)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 03/20/2020 @ 12:38pm

Autechre - Tri Repetae (1995)
Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (1995)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Red House Painters - Ocean Beach (1995)
Swans - The Great Annihilator (1995)
The Gathering - Mandylion (1995)
Tindersticks - Tindersticks [II] (1995)

I could easily submit three ballots with the choices this round.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03/20/2020 @ 18:06pm

general votes:
Alice In Chains-Alice In Chains (1995)
Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (1995)
Fugazi - Red Medicine (1995)
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (1995)
Soul Asylum - Let Your Dim Light Shine (1995)
Van Halen - Balance (1995)

artist vote:
Bryan Adams - 18 Til I Die (1996)
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams - Into The Fire (1987)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up The Neighbors (1991)

Posted by Margo on Friday, 03/20/2020 @ 19:03pm

Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (1995)
Better Than Ezra - Deluxe (1995)
Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith (1995)
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (1995)
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995)

Bryan Adams - 18 Til I Die (1996)
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams - Bryan Adams MTV Unplugged (1997)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up The Neighbors (1991)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Friday, 03/20/2020 @ 20:42pm

Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (1995)
Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith (1995)
Fugazi - Red Medicine (1995)
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995)
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (1995)

Bryan Adams - 18 Til I Die (1996)
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams - Into The Fire (1987)
Bryan Adams - Bryan Adams MTV Unplugged (1997)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up The Neighbors (1991)

Posted by Diddy on Friday, 03/20/2020 @ 21:24pm

"In the future, if you're nominated a genre for a specific decade, please specify the range of years."

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03.16.20 @ 10:29am

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Wow. Really?

I thought everyone here was intelligent enough to know what years belong in a decade. But good to know. Next time, if I nominate a genre from the 1960's for example, I'll be sure to specifically list 1960-1969, so that way everyone will know for sure that 1987 is not a year belonging to the 1960's. Duly noted.

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 03/21/2020 @ 18:21pm

Year Vote

Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (1995)
Autechre - Tri Repetae (1995)
Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (1995)
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
Ol' Dirty Ba**ard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995)

Artist Vote

Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams - Into the Fire (1987)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991)

Posted by Donnie on Saturday, 03/21/2020 @ 18:32pm

Donnie, I thin it's just as simple as saying 2000s could mean a decade, a century, or hell, even a millennium. Simple mistake I think.

Better Than Ezra - Deluxe (1995)
Chris Isaak - Forever Blue (1995)
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (1995)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Poe - Hello (1995)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Rapture (1995)
The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America (1995)
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 03/21/2020 @ 22:03pm

Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (1995)
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith (1995)
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (1995)
Paul Weller - Stanley Road (1995)
Randy Newman - Toy Story: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (1995)
Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)

Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams - Into the Fire (1987)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991)
Bryan Adams and Hans Zimmer - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 03/24/2020 @ 17:01pm

311 - 311 (1995)
Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (1995)
Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995)
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
Various Artists - Batman Forever: Music from the Motion Picture (1995)
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995)

Bryan Adams - 18 til I Die (1996)
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991)
Bryan Adams - You Want It, You Got It (1981)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/24/2020 @ 17:32pm

Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (1995)
Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (1995)
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (1995)
Ol' Dirty Ba**ard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995)
The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America (1995)
Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995)
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995)

Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams - Into the Fire (1987)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 03/24/2020 @ 21:02pm

Year!:
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Fugazi - Red Medicine (1995)
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995)
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (1995)
The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America (1995)
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995)

Artist!:
Bryan Adams - 18 til I Die (1996)
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams - Into the Fire (1987)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991)
Bryan Adams - You Want It, You Got It (1981)

Posted by James Gang on Tuesday, 03/24/2020 @ 21:12pm

Blind Tranquility-Imaginations from the Other Side (1995)
Blur- The Great Escape (1995)
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Dark Tranquility- The Gallery (1995)
Randy Newman- Toy Story: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (1995)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (1995)
The Presidents of the United States of America- The Presidents of the United States of America (1995)
Various Artists- Batman Forever: Music from the Motion Picture (1995)

Bryan Adams -18 til I Die (1996)
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams - Into the Fire (1987)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991)
Bryan Adams and Hans Zimmer- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/24/2020 @ 21:49pm

Autechre - Tri Repetae (1995)
Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side (1995)
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery (1995)
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (1995)
Fugazi - Red Medicine (1995)
Red House Painters - Ocean Beach (1995)
Swans - The Great Annihilator (1995)
The Gathering - Mandylion (1995)

Apologies to Chris Isaak, D'Angelo, Elliott Smith, ODB, Tindersticks, White Zombie, Yo La Tengo, and others.

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 03/24/2020 @ 22:53pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Blur - The Great Escape (1995) - 10

Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (1995) - 7
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (1995) - 7
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995) - 7

D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (1995) - 6
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (1995) - 6
____________________________

Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) - 5
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995) - 5
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995) - 5
____________________________

Better Than Ezra - Deluxe (1995) - 4
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith (1995) - 4
Fugazi - Red Medicine (1995) - 4
The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America (1995) - 4

Autechre - Tri Repetae (1995) - 3
Ol' Dirty Ba**ard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995) - 3
Randy Newman - Toy Story: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (1995) - 3
Red House Painters - Ocean Beach (1995) - 3
Tindersticks - Tindersticks [II] (1995) - 3
Various Artists - Batman Forever: Music from the Motion Picture (1995) - 3
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995) - 3

Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) - 2
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery (1995) - 2
Lush - Lovelife (1995) - 2
Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Rapture (1995) - 2
Soul Asylum - Let Your Dim Light Shine (1995) - 2
Swans - The Great Annihilator (1995) - 2
The Gathering - Mandylion (1995) - 2
Tracy Chapman - New Beginning (1995) - 2
Van Halen - Balance (1995) - 2

311 - 311 (1995) - 1
Chris Isaak - Forever Blue (1995) - 1
La Bouche - Sweet Dreams (1995) - 1
Paul Weller - Stanley Road (1995) - 1
Poe - Hello (1995) - 1
Son Volt - Trace (1995) - 1

Prince - The Gold Experience (1995) - 0
Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura (1995) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
KING
Steve Z
DarinRG
Margo
JesusJustLeftChicago
Diddy
Donnie
jtrichey
Nick
Darren
BSLO
James Gang
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007)
Beyonce - I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008)
Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001)
India.Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (2005)
Rihanna - A Girl Like Me (2006)
Usher - Confessions (2004)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995)
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 1 album will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/24/2020 @ 23:34pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983) - 12
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991) - 12
_______________________________

Bryan Adams - Into the Fire (1987) - 10

Bryan Adams - 18 til I Die (1996) - 7

Bryan Adams - You Want It, You Got It (1981) - 4

Bryan Adams - Bryan Adams MTV Unplugged (1997) - 3
Bryan Adams and Hans Zimmer - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) - 3

Bryan Adams - Shine A Light (2019) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
KING
Steve Z
Margo
JesusJustLeftChicago
Diddy
Donnie
Nick
Darren
BSLO
James Gang
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/24/2020 @ 23:44pm

Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995) - 3
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995) - 2
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/24/2020 @ 23:44pm

We induct three albums in the artist vote. So Into the Fire should be inducted too.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/25/2020 @ 09:23am

Greg F. is right. Into the Fire (1987) should also be inducted into the album project.

Tiebreaker:

Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995) [3 Points]
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995) [2 Points]
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 03/25/2020 @ 09:40am

Tiebreaker:

Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995) 3
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1 (1995) 2
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/25/2020 @ 15:41pm

Corrected:

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983) - 12
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991) - 12

Bryan Adams - Into the Fire (1987) - 10
_______________________________

Bryan Adams - 18 til I Die (1996) - 7

Bryan Adams - You Want It, You Got It (1981) - 4

Bryan Adams - Bryan Adams MTV Unplugged (1997) - 3
Bryan Adams and Hans Zimmer - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) - 3

Bryan Adams - Shine A Light (2019) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
KING
Steve Z
Margo
JesusJustLeftChicago
Diddy
Donnie
Nick
Darren
BSLO
James Gang
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Bryan Adams - Into the Fire (1987)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/25/2020 @ 23:59pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995) - 9
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995) - 6
_________________________

Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) - 3

"The Ghost Of Tom Joad" will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this Year Project vote:

Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (1995)
Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (1995)
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (1995)
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995)
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (1995)
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/28/2020 @ 00:14am

Posting my general nominations ahead of time since I might not be available next week.

General!:
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark (1992)
The Cult - Electric (1987)

Posted by James Gang on Monday, 03/30/2020 @ 08:29am

I'm gonna post my nominations a day ahead because this is going to be a busy week for me.

General:
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Various Artists - Inside Llewyn Davis (Soundtrack) (2013)

Genre:

Tribute Albums

Artist:
Kool & The Gang

Posted by Nick on Monday, 03/30/2020 @ 08:37am

Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
The Ranconteurs - Help Us Stranger (2019)

Artist:
Quiet Riot

Genre:
21st Century Jazz

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Monday, 03/30/2020 @ 08:50am

My Nominations

General:

Danzig - Danzig 4 (1994)
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Sloppy Seconds (1972)
George Strait - Strait from the Heart (1982)

I also considered: Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018), Danzig - Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992), Kenny Rogers - Kenny (1979) and MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)

Genre: 2010s Indie Dance/Indietronica

I also considered: Artists not on a major label, Exotica/Space Age Pop

Artist: Dan Fogelberg

I also considered: of Montreal, KMFDM, Ryan Adams

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/31/2020 @ 00:59am

KING April 2020 ALBUMS General Nominations (3)
David Bowie-Reality (2003)
Pearl Jam-Vitalogy (1994)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
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David Bowie Reality is a CD I enjoyed many years ago working on my advanced Masters classes. Plenty of reading and typing involved. It's great to have a CD, push play and never have to skip around. Very good songs and it's David Bowie. I'm glad the music club sent me this around 15-20 years ago. KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 03/31/2020 @ 02:23am

KING, Vitalogy is already inducted. You have another nomination.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 03/31/2020 @ 08:39am

Thanks BSLO! I guess I'll go with Better Than Ezra-Deluxe (1995). It fell just short in the Year 1995 in March. King fast reset!
April 2020 Album Nominations (3)
Better Than Ezra-Deluxe (1995)
David Bowie-Reality (2003)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
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Artist: Brooks & Dunn
Genre: 1970's Singer/Songwriters
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 03/31/2020 @ 11:46am

Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
The National - I Am Easy to Find (2019)
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World (1973)

Artist:
Hawkwind

Genre:
Ambient

Posted by Diddy on Tuesday, 03/31/2020 @ 16:40pm

General Nominations:
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Ramones - Animal Boy (1986)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)

Artist Nomination:
The Donnas

Genre Nomination:
21st Century Garage Rock

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Tuesday, 03/31/2020 @ 17:28pm

Rule Changes In 2020:

Genres and Artists will now be selected randomly each month. Voters will nominate the genres and artists that will be randomly selected for each month's Genre and Artist vote. The artist and genre will be selected separately in the Song and Album Projects.

Genre splits will no longer be allowed. Each month's genre vote will be one vote.

After being selected as a monthly genre, genres will be ineligible for nomination / selection for 12 months, up from the previous setting of 6 months.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 11 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the past 6 months:

NOTE: Genres that were selected between January 2019 and June 2019 are eligible now, as they were "re-qualified" prior to the 2020 rule change.

Psychedelic Rock
Artists on the Previously Considered List
1980's Metal Albums
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Jazz
2000's R&B

"Punk" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 11 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1979.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1979. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1979.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1979 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Cheap Trick - Dream Police
Chic - Risqué
Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross
D.A.F. - Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft
Donna Summer - Bad Girls
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!
John Carpenter - Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
Madness - One Step Beyond...
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
Motorhead - Overkill
Motorhead - Bomber
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
Robin Williams - Reality... What a Concept
Sparks - No. 1 in Heaven
Squeeze - Cool for Cats
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
The B-52's - The B-52's
The Cars - Candy-O
The Clash - London Calling
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
The Eagles - The Long Run
The Germs - (GI)
The Knack - Get The Knack
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
The Specials - Specials
Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
Tubeway Army - Replicas
UFO - Strangers in the Night

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1979, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/31/2020 @ 22:41pm

Year Vote Nominations

Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Kenny Rogers - Kenny (1979)
The Human League - Reproduction (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/31/2020 @ 23:34pm

Year noms:
David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 04/1/2020 @ 08:45am

General Nominations:
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Ratatat - Classics (2006)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)

Year Nominations:
Foreigner - Head Games (1979)
Kool and the Gang - Ladies Night (1979)
The Kinks - Low Budget (1979)

I thought about nominating Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979), but MichaelEU nominated in the general round last month, so hopefully he'll nominate it again.

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 04/1/2020 @ 11:44am

My April 2020 nominations for induction into The Album Project...

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

1979

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 04/1/2020 @ 12:34pm

Travis Scott- Astroworld (2018)
DaBaby- Kirk (2019)
Ariana Grande- thank you, next (2019)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Wednesday, 04/1/2020 @ 13:05pm

Earth Wind & Fire - I Am (1979)
Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You (1979)
Sister Sledge - We Are Family (1979)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Wednesday, 04/1/2020 @ 13:27pm

Artist nomination: Beyonce
Genre Nomination: Electronic/Dance

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Wednesday, 04/1/2020 @ 13:30pm

Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008)

Artist nominee:
Tindersticks

Posted by DrinRG on Wednesday, 04/1/2020 @ 19:13pm

Dave Matthews Band- Come Tomorrow (2018)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)

My Artist nomination is:

Miles Davis

My Genre Nomination is

60's R&B

Year Nominations

Frank Zappa- Shiek Yerbouti (1979)
Jerry Goldsmith- Star Trek: The Motion Picture: OST (1979)
Jethro Tull- Stormwatch (1979)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 04/1/2020 @ 21:45pm

general noms:

Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne (1996)
Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Various Artists - Garden State Soundtrack

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 04/1/2020 @ 22:23pm

KING 1979 Albums April 2020 (3)
Bad Company-Desolation Angels (1979)
Ian Hunter-You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic (1979)
KISS-Dynasty (1979)
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ARTIST: The Hollies
GENRE: Deceased Artists
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 04/2/2020 @ 07:27am

General:

Judy Collins - Wildflowers (1967)
Richie Havens - Alarm Clock (1971)
Belle & Sebastian - Belle and Sebastian Write About Love (2010)

Year:

The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
The Crusaders - Street Life (1979)
Monty Python - Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 04/2/2020 @ 11:39am

General noms:

Nightwish - Once (2004)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)

Artist nom:

Dead Can Dance

Genre nom:

Power Metal

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 04/2/2020 @ 16:48pm

Year vote:

Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials (1979)
Wire - 154 (1979)

I'm seriously considering 1979 Punk/Post punk as a genre vote in the near future after seeing how many essentials we're still missing.

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 04/2/2020 @ 19:39pm

Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/2/2020 @ 23:54pm

Does anybody have a list of recently inducted albums that are missing from the list at the top?

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 04/3/2020 @ 16:56pm

April 2020 General Album Nominations:
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

April 2020 Album Genre Nomination:
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987

April 2020 Album Artist Nomination:
Air Supply

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 04/3/2020 @ 18:22pm

I gotta honor the late great Bill Withers today and nominate an album I think is one of the best live albums ever recorded.

Here's my updated ballot—
General:
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Various Artists - Inside Llewyn Davis (Soundtrack) (2013)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 04/3/2020 @ 21:05pm

The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Ryan Adams - Gold (2001)

The Romantics - The Romantics (1979)
The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)

Genre:
1990-1999 R&B

Artist:
Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 04/3/2020 @ 21:41pm

Scratch my nomination of The Romantics - The Romantics (1979). Looks like it came out in 1980...and was already inducted lol. So I totally botched that one.

I'll replace that nomination with The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 04/3/2020 @ 21:45pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Ariana Grande - thank you, next (2019)
Bad Company - Desolation Angels (1979)
Belle & Sebastian - Belle and Sebastian Write About Love (2010)
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
DaBaby - Kirk (2019)
Danzig - Danzig 4 (1994)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Sloppy Seconds (1972)
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne (1996)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
George Strait - Strait from the Heart (1982)
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)
Ian Hunter - You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic (1979)
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark (1992)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Judy Collins - Wildflowers (1967)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Ramones - Animal Boy (1986)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
Ratatat - Classics (2006)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Richie Havens - Alarm Clock (1971)
Ryan Adams - Gold (2001)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)
The Cult - Electric (1987)
The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)
The National - I Am Easy to Find (2019)
The Ranconteurs - Help Us Stranger (2019)
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World (1973)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Various Artists - Garden State Soundtrack
Various Artists - Inside Llewyn Davis (Soundtrack) (2013)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/3/2020 @ 23:19pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1990-1999 R&B
2010s Indie Dance/Indietronica
21st Century Garage Rock
21st Century Jazz
60's R&B
Ambient
Deceased Artists
Electronic/Dance
Power Metal
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987
Tribute Albums
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There were 11 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 3.

This month's selected genre is "21st Century Garage Rock".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/3/2020 @ 23:23pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply
Beyonce
Davis, Miles
Dead Can Dance
Donnas, The
Electric Light Orchestra
Fogelberg, Dan
Hawkwind
Hollies, The
Kool & The Gang
Quiet Riot
Tindersticks
TV On The Radio
Young, Neil

There were 14 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 9.

This month's selected artist is The Hollies.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is The Hollies.

Here's the list of The Hollies albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

NONE

Any voter can nominate one album by The Hollies released from 1900-2019 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's The Hollies discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollies_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/3/2020 @ 23:28pm

The Hollies nomination:
Distant Light (1971)

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne (1996)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
The Cult - Electric (1987)
Various Artists - Garden State Soundtrack

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 04/4/2020 @ 00:04am

Belle & Sebastian - Belle and Sebastian Write About Love (2010)
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Ratatat - Classics (2006)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 04/4/2020 @ 00:23am

Genre Nominations

Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood (2003)
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010)
The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004)

Artist Nomination

The Hollies - Evolution (1967)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/4/2020 @ 00:28am

Belle & Sebastian - Belle and Sebastian Write About Love (2010)
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Judy Collins - Wildflowers (1967)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Richie Havens - Alarm Clock (1971)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 04/4/2020 @ 00:41am

Danzig - Danzig 4 (1994)
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Sloppy Seconds (1972)
George Strait - Strait from the Heart (1982)
Ryan Adams - Gold (2001)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/4/2020 @ 01:32am

Ariana Grande - thank you, next (2019)
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
DaBaby - Kirk (2019)
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Ryan Adams - Gold (2001)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Saturday, 04/4/2020 @ 06:04am

KING APRIL 2020 Albums Vote (8)
Adam Ant-Friend Or Foe (1982)
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show-Sloppy Seconds (1972)
George Strait-Strait From The Heart (1982)
King's X-Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
Ryan Adams-Gold (2001)
Sheryl Crow-The Globe Sessions (1998)
Steve Miller Band-The Joker (1973)
The Cult-Electric (1987)
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KING isn't happy!!! They have included my 1979 albums I clearly designated 1979 Albums into the general album vote. Nobody else was done this way. This is the 3rd time this 2020 voting season my selections have been sabotaged. I'd like to thank the random generator number for 2 hits in a row Bryan Adams & The Hollies. KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 04/4/2020 @ 09:29am

My General Albums Nominations from 3/31 2020 were not even placed on the album list. Better Than Ezra, David Bowie, Robert Plant. Voting has already started and now my albums are dead man walking. This is not acceptable! KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 04/4/2020 @ 09:40am

KING April 2020 The Hollies Album (1)
The Hollies-Hollies Sing Hollies (1969)
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Congrats to the FRL Regulars on the album and song selections. A deep field very impressive and probably some good tiebreakers. Some newer to the projects have injected life with some good music selections. Excited to see how it turns out. KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 04/4/2020 @ 19:01pm

Artist Nomination

The Hollows- Bus Stop (1966)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 04/4/2020 @ 21:53pm

Gahh that's supposed to be the Hollies. Damn auto correct

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 04/4/2020 @ 22:00pm

The following albums were also nominated:

Better Than Ezra - Deluxe (1995)
David Bowie - Reality (2003)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)

If you'd like to change your votes to any of these albums, you can do so.

Since someone has already voted for one of KING's 1979 nominees, they'll remain on this ballot and be nominated for the Year Vote as well.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/5/2020 @ 19:33pm

Darren
Thanks for bringing my General Nominations Albums back into the light. I'm enjoying the voting for the albums and songs. This is a tight race for induction. With a good depth of songs, I could foresee a Monster tiebreaker of 7-10 Songs. A nice tribute with the Bill Withers nomination. KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 04/6/2020 @ 00:59am

Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne (1996)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Ryan Adams - Gold (2001)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
The Cult - Electric (1987)
The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 04/6/2020 @ 13:48pm

Votes:
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
The Cult - Electric (1987)
The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)
The National - I Am Easy to Find (2019)
The Ranconteurs - Help Us Stranger (2019)
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World (1973)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 04/6/2020 @ 18:17pm

Genre Noms
Best Coast - Crazy for You (2010)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Monday, 04/6/2020 @ 18:18pm

Genre Nominations:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)

Artist Nomination:
The Hollies - Hollies (1965)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 04/6/2020 @ 18:43pm

Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Dave Matthews Band- Come Tomorrow (2018)
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Judy Collins - Wildflowers (1967)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 04/6/2020 @ 21:28pm

Votes!:
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
The Cult - Electric (1987)
The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)
The Ranconteurs - Help Us Stranger (2019)
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World (1973)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Artist Nomination!:
The Hollies - Then, Now and Always (2009)

Posted by James Gang on Tuesday, 04/7/2020 @ 07:24am

Because I am abstaining from this months song vote here is my votes for the album project.
Bad Company - Desolation Angels (1979)
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)
The Ranconteurs - Help Us Stranger (2019)
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World (1973)

Posted by More Than A Feeling on Tuesday, 04/7/2020 @ 15:06pm

Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark (1992)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Various Artists - Garden State Soundtrack

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/7/2020 @ 17:42pm

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Ryan Adams - Gold (2001)
The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004)
Ty Segall - Ty Segall (2017)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)

The Hollies - In the Hollies Style (1964)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 04/7/2020 @ 22:13pm

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne (1996)
George Strait - Strait from the Heart (1982)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
The Cult - Electric (1987)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 04/8/2020 @ 12:35pm

votes:

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Judy Collins - Wildflowers (1967)
Ramones - Animal Boy (1986)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)

Posted by Darrin A. on Wednesday, 04/8/2020 @ 13:30pm

Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
Ryan Adams - Gold (2001)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)

Apologies to Dinosaur Jr., Fountains of Wayne, Ian Hunter, Iron Maiden, Jóhann Jóhannsson, The Cult, Thin Lizzy, and others.

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 04/8/2020 @ 22:08pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973) - 7
The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969) - 7

Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973) - 6
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019) - 6
Ryan Adams - Gold (2001) - 6
The Cult - Electric (1987) - 6

Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994) - 5
__________________________

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982) - 4
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005) - 4
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980) - 4
__________________________

Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) - 3
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) - 3
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987) - 3
Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne (1996) - 3
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) - 3
George Strait - Strait from the Heart (1982) - 3
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (1986) - 3
Judy Collins - Wildflowers (1967) - 3
Ramones - Leave Home (1977) - 3
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998) - 3
The Ranconteurs - Help Us Stranger (2019) - 3
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World (1973) - 3
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018) - 3
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019) - 3

Belle & Sebastian - Belle and Sebastian Write About Love (2010) - 2
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988) - 2
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Sloppy Seconds (1972) - 2
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 2
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 2
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 2
Various Artists - Garden State Soundtrack - 2

Ariana Grande - thank you, next (2019) - 1
Bad Company - Desolation Angels (1979) - 1
DaBaby - Kirk (2019) - 1
Danzig - Danzig 4 (1994) - 1
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018) - 1
Green Day - Revolution Radio (2016) - 1
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark (1992) - 1
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019) - 1
KISS - Dynasty (1979) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 1
Ramones - Animal Boy (1986) - 1
Ratatat - Classics (2006) - 1
Richie Havens - Alarm Clock (1971) - 1
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019) - 1
The National - I Am Easy to Find (2019) - 1

Better Than Ezra - Deluxe (1995) - 0
David Bowie - Reality (2003) - 0
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993) - 0
Ian Hunter - You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic (1979) - 0
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986) - 0
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993) - 0
Various Artists - Inside Llewyn Davis (Soundtrack) (2013) - 0
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
Steve Z
MichaelEU
Greg F.
Nice Guy Ry Guy
KING
DarinRG
Jason Dagotto
Tom H.
James Gang
More Than A Feeling
Darren
BSLO
Nick
Darrin A.
Ray

As a result of this vote, the following albums have been inducted:

Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Ryan Adams - Gold (2001)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
The Cult - Electric (1987)
The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)

As a result of this vote, the following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)

Anyone who participated in this vote are eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receives the most points will be inducted.

The 2 albums that receives the fewest points will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote, unless it's eligible for the Genre Project ("21st Century Garage Rock"), Artist Project (The Hollies) or Year Project (1979) votes.

I don't see any albums in this tiebreaker that are eligible, but if you wanna try to convince us that Fall Out Boy is garage rock, you're welcome to try.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/9/2020 @ 00:04am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Project (21st Century Garage Rock) - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 11th
Artist Project (The Hollies) - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 19th
Year Project (1979) - Ends at 11 PM Central on the 19th

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/9/2020 @ 00:06am

Tiebreaker:

Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980) [3 Points]
Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982) [2 Points]
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 04/9/2020 @ 12:42pm

3 Points: Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)
1 Point: Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Thursday, 04/9/2020 @ 14:32pm

3 pts. Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev (1980)
1 pt. Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 04/9/2020 @ 15:13pm

Not gonna lie, my genre noms didn't take as long to come up with as expected.

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
Jet - Get Born (2003)

If anyone nominated Thee Oh Sees - The Master's Bedroom is Worth Spending a Night In (2008), they'd totally have my vote.

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 04/9/2020 @ 15:30pm

Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980) - 3
Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982) - 2
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree - 1

Genre noms:

The Drones - Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005)
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic (2003)
The Horrors - The Horrors (2000)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 04/9/2020 @ 16:45pm

Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980) - 3
Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982) - 2
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree - 1

Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 04/9/2020 @ 19:52pm

Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980) - 3
Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982) - 2
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/9/2020 @ 23:31pm

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982) - 3
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980) - 2
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005) - 1

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 04/9/2020 @ 23:56pm

KING APRIL 2020 Albums (3) Tiebreaker
Adam Ant-Friend Or Foe (1982)-3
Suicide-Suicide:Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)-2
Fall Out Boy-From Under The Cork Tree (2005)-1
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I probably would vote for Fall Out Boy 3 but the 2 albums presented I think deserve some love. Adam Ant still has some good songs and influenced later stars like Trent Reznor. The late legend Michael Jackson was also impressed with Ant's talent and clothing wardrobe. Word has it MJ asked Ant about his style of clothes. Hopefully, Adam Ant can be inducted RRHOF 1 day. Suicide is also a group some would like to see nominated for RRHOF. Good album! KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 04/10/2020 @ 06:03am

KING APRIL 2020 21st Century Garage Rock Albums Nominations (3)
Jet-Shine On (2006)
The Strokes-Angles (2011)
The Subways-Young For Eternity (2005)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 04/10/2020 @ 10:49am

Steve Z: I think B.R.M.C. was inducted in last October's Psychedelic Rock genre vote, though the Wayback Machine capture that I'm looking at cuts off too early to say for sure.

Does anyone remember?

Posted by Ray on Friday, 04/10/2020 @ 16:45pm

Tiebreaker

Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vaga and Martin Rev (1980) 3
Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982) 2
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/10/2020 @ 17:38pm

Ray B.R.M.C was inducted in that vote last October. Steve Z you have one more nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/10/2020 @ 17:52pm

Ah, thanks for letting me know Ray! I'll replace my nomination with Black Lips - Arabia Mountain (2011)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 04/10/2020 @ 18:40pm

Here's what I have for genre nominees so far:

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Best Coast - Crazy for You (2010)
Black Lips - Arabia Mountain (2011)
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Jet - Get Born (2003)
Jet - Shine On (2006)
Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood (2003)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Drones - Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005)
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic (2003)
The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004)
The Horrors - The Horrors (2000)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
The Strokes - Angles (2011)
The Subways - Young For Eternity (2005)
The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004)
Ty Segall - Ty Segall (2017)

Please point out if any are missing or in the wrong vote (should be in Year Vote) or if you want to veto any.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/10/2020 @ 22:51pm

You're welcome, Steve! Otherwise, it would have had my support. And thanks, Greg, for confirming.

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 04/11/2020 @ 17:45pm

Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vaga and Martin Rev (1980) 3
Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982) 2
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005) 1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 04/11/2020 @ 22:30pm

Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vaga and Martin Rev (1980) 3
Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982) 2
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005) 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 04/11/2020 @ 22:53pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980) - 29
___________________________

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982) - 22
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005) - 15

Adam Ant And Fall Out Boy will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's Album Project vote:

Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Ryan Adams - Gold (2001)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)
The Cult - Electric (1987)
The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/11/2020 @ 23:38pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Best Coast - Crazy for You (2010)
Black Lips - Arabia Mountain (2011)
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Jet - Get Born (2003)
Jet - Shine On (2006)
Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood (2003)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Drones - Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005)
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic (2003)
The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004)
The Horrors - The Horrors (2000)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
The Strokes - Angles (2011)
The Subways - Young For Eternity (2005)
The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004)
Ty Segall - Ty Segall (2017)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/11/2020 @ 23:44pm

Best Coast - Crazy for You (2010)
Black Lips - Arabia Mountain (2011)
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004)
The Strokes - Angles (2011)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 04/12/2020 @ 00:59am

KING APRIL 2020 ALBUMS (8) Votes
Best Coast-Crazy For You (2010)
Cage The Elephant-Melophobia (2013)
Jet-Get Born (2003)
Jet-Shine On (2006)
Kings Of Leon-Youth & Young Manhood (2003)
The Black Angels-Phosphene Dream (2010)
The Strokes-Angles (2011)
The Subways-Young For Eternity (2005)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 04/12/2020 @ 07:53am

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Best Coast - Crazy for You (2010)
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Sunday, 04/12/2020 @ 18:35pm

Votes:
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Jet - Get Born (2003)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Drones - Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 04/13/2020 @ 10:43am

Jet - Get Born (2003)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Drones - Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005)
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)
The Strokes - Angles (2011)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Monday, 04/13/2020 @ 11:47am

Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood (2003)
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010)
The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004)
Best Coast - Crazy for You (2010)
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Jet - Get Born (2003)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/13/2020 @ 12:06pm

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
Jet - Get Born (2003)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)
The Strokes - Angles (2011)
The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004)

Posted by James Gang on Monday, 04/13/2020 @ 15:06pm

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Best Coast - Crazy for You (2010)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Jet - Get Born (2003)
Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood (2003)
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010)
The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04/15/2020 @ 22:19pm

Black Lips - Arabia Mountain (2011)
Jet - Get Born (2003)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Drones - Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005)
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic (2003)
The Horrors - The Horrors (2000)

Apologies to Cage the Elephant, Japandroids, the Kings of Leon, Ty Segall, and others.

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 04/16/2020 @ 00:28am

votes:
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
Jet - Get Born (2003)
Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood (2003)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Drones - Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005)
The Strokes - Angles (2011)
The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004)

Posted by Margo on Thursday, 04/16/2020 @ 18:06pm

Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Jet - Get Born (2003)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004)
The Horrors - The Horrors (2000)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004)
Ty Segall - Ty Segall (2017)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 04/16/2020 @ 20:49pm

Best Coast - Crazy for You (2010)
Black Lips - Arabia Mountain (2011)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Jet - Get Born (2003)
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010)
The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
Ty Segall - Ty Segall (2017)

I can't believe I forgot to post my nominations here, especially since I nominated this genre in the Song Project a few years ago.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 04/16/2020 @ 21:13pm

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Jet - Get Born (2003)
Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood (2003)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 04/16/2020 @ 22:22pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Jet - Get Born (2003) - 11

The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004) - 10

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009) - 8
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013) - 8

Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012) - 7

Best Coast - Crazy for You (2010) - 6
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004) - 6
The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004) - 6
____________________________

Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood (2003) - 5
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream (2010) - 5
The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004) - 5
The Strokes - Angles (2011) - 5

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 4
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012) - 4
The Drones - Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005) - 4

Black Lips - Arabia Mountain (2011) - 3

The Horrors - The Horrors (2000) - 2
Ty Segall - Ty Segall (2017) - 2

Jet - Shine On (2006) - 1
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic (2003) - 1
The Subways - Young For Eternity (2005) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
KING
Nice Guy Ry Guy
Jason Dagotto
JJLC
Greg F
James G
Darren
Ray
Margo
BSLO
Nick
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Best Coast - Crazy for You (2010)
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Jet - Get Born (2003)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/17/2020 @ 00:34am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Year Vote (1979) - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 19th

Artist Vote (The Hollies) - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 19th

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/17/2020 @ 00:35am

1979 nominees:
Queen - Live Killers (1979)
Scorpions - Lovedrive (1979)
Styx - Cornerstone (1979)

artist nominee:
The Hollies - Hollies (1965)

Posted by Margo on Friday, 04/17/2020 @ 08:01am

Year vote:
April Wine - Harder...Faster (1979)
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (1979)
Dire Straits - Communiqué (1979)

Posted by Diddy on Friday, 04/17/2020 @ 08:10am

Year Nominations -
Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary (1979)
Smokey Robinson - Where There's Smoke… (1979)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)

Artist Nomination -
The Hollies - For Certain Because (1967)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/18/2020 @ 22:01pm

Forgot to post these yesterday for the "one-day warning", but here are the nominees, SO FAR.

Please note that nominations don't close until 11 tonight, so please do not start voting yet.

Year Vote:

April Wine - Harder...Faster (1979)
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (1979)
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary (1979)
David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
Bad Company - Desolation Angels (1979)
Dire Straits - Communiqué (1979)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Earth Wind & Fire - I Am (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Foreigner - Head Games (1979)
Frank Zappa - Shiek Yerbouti (1979)
Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You (1979)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture: OST (1979)
Jethro Tull - Stormwatch (1979)
Kenny Rogers - Kenny (1979)
Kool and the Gang - Ladies Night (1979)
Monty Python - Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Queen - Live Killers (1979)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Scorpions - Lovedrive (1979)
Sister Sledge - We Are Family (1979)
Smokey Robinson - Where There's Smoke… (1979)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
Styx - Cornerstone (1979)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
The Crusaders - Street Life (1979)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials (1979)
The Human League - Reproduction (1979)
The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)
The Kinks - Low Budget (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)
Wire - 154 (1979)
Ian Hunter - You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic (1979)

Artist Vote:

Bus Stop (1966)
Distant Light (1971)
Evolution (1967)
For Certain Because (1967)
Hollies (1965)
Hollies (1965)
Hollies Sing Hollies (1969)
In the Hollies Style (1964)
Then, Now and Always (2009)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/19/2020 @ 17:36pm

DarinRG: I'd be down with that.

Year noms:

This Heat - This Heat (1979)
Magazine - Secondhand Daylight (1979)
Rory Gallagher - Top Priority (1979)

Artist nom:

The Hollies - Butterfly (1967)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 04/19/2020 @ 20:46pm

This is really close to an "All of the Above" ballot.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 04/19/2020 @ 20:49pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

April Wine - Harder...Faster (1979)
Bad Company - Desolation Angels (1979)
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (1979)
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary (1979)
David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
Dire Straits - Communiqué (1979)
Earth Wind & Fire - I Am (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery
Foreigner - Head Games (1979)
Frank Zappa - Shiek Yerbouti (1979)
Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You (1979)
Ian Hunter - You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic (1979)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture: OST (1979)
Jethro Tull - Stormwatch (1979)
Kenny Rogers - Kenny (1979)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Kool and the Gang - Ladies Night (1979)
Magazine - Secondhand Daylight (1979)
Monty Python - Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Queen - Live Killers (1979)
Rory Gallagher - Top Priority (1979)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Scorpions - Lovedrive (1979)
Sister Sledge - We Are Family (1979)
Smokey Robinson - Where There's Smoke… (1979)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
Styx - Cornerstone (1979)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
The Crusaders - Street Life (1979)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials (1979)
The Human League - Reproduction (1979)
The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)
The Kinks - Low Budget (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
This Heat - This Heat (1979)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)
Wire - 154 (1979)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/19/2020 @ 23:26pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)
The Hollies - Butterfly (1967)
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
The Hollies - For Certain Because (1967)
The Hollies - Hollies (1965)
The Hollies - Hollies Sing Hollies (1969)
The Hollies - In the Hollies Style (1964)
The Hollies - Then, Now and Always (2009)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/19/2020 @ 23:33pm

David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
Dire Straits - Communiqué (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Queen - Live Killers (1979)
Scorpions - Lovedrive (1979)
Styx - Cornerstone (1979)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)
The Hollies - Butterfly (1967)
The Hollies - Hollies (1965)
The Hollies - Hollies Sing Hollies (1969)
The Hollies - In the Hollies Style (1964)
The Hollies - Then, Now and Always (2009)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 04/20/2020 @ 07:49am

David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
Dire Straits - Communiqué (1979)
Frank Zappa - Shiek Yerbouti (1979)
Kool and the Gang - Ladies Night (1979)
Monty Python - Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
The Crusaders - Street Life (1979)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 04/20/2020 @ 11:21am

KING APRIL 2020 The 1979 Albums (8)
April Wine-Harder...Faster (1979)
Bad Company-Desolation Angels (1979)
Earth, Wind & Five- I Am (1979)
KISS-Dynasty (1979)
Kool & The Gang-Ladies Night (1979)
Scorpions-Lovedrive (1979)
The Bee Gees-Spirits Having Flown (1979)
Van Halen-Van Halen II (1979)
The Hollies (6)
The Hollies-Bus Stop (1966)
The Hollies-Butterfly (1967)
The Hollies-Distant Light (1971)
The Hollies-Evolution (1967)
The Hollies-Hollies (1965)
The Hollies-Hollies Sing Hollies (1969)
Great to see April Wine nominated. Should be in the RRHOF. The Hollies finally will have some albums inducted. Surprised Lovedrive and Van Halen II have not been inducted yet. The 1979 Albums are exemplary. You could make the case 90% deserve induction. KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 04/20/2020 @ 11:40am

Year Votes!:
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (1979)
David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
Dire Straits - Communiqué (1979)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
Scorpions - Lovedrive (1979)
Styx - Cornerstone (1979)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

Artist Votes!:
The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
The Hollies - Hollies Sing Hollies (1969)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)

Posted by James Gang on Monday, 04/20/2020 @ 12:24pm

Year Vote:
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Foreigner - Head Games (1979)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Kool and the Gang - Ladies Night (1979)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)
The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)
The Kinks - Low Budget (1979)

Artist Vote:
The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
The Hollies - Hollies (1965)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 04/20/2020 @ 16:26pm

Earth Wind & Fire - I Am (1979)
Frank Zappa - Shiek Yerbouti (1979)
Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You (1979)
Kenny Rogers - Kenny (1979)
Kool and the Gang - Ladies Night (1979)
Monty Python - Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
Wire - 154 (1979)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Monday, 04/20/2020 @ 16:54pm

My votes

Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Kenny Rogers - Kenny (1979)
The Human League - Reproduction (1979)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
Wire - 154 (1979)
April Wine - Harder...Faster (1979)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/20/2020 @ 18:33pm

Earth Wind & Fire - I Am (1979)
Foreigner - Head Games (1979)
Rory Gallagher - Top Priority (1979)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Styx - Cornerstone (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)
Wire - 154 (1979)

The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
The Hollies - Hollies (1965)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 04/20/2020 @ 22:41pm

Artist Vote

The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
The Hollies - Hollies (1965)
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)
The Hollies - Hollies Sings Hollies (1969)
The Hollies - For Certain Because (1967)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/21/2020 @ 15:09pm

April Wine - Harder...Faster (1979)
David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Styx - Cornerstone (1979)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Human League - Reproduction (1979)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
The Hollies - Hollies (1965)
The Hollies - Hollies Sing Hollies (1969)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Tuesday, 04/21/2020 @ 19:09pm

David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
Magazine - Secondhand Daylight (1979)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials (1979)
The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
This Heat - This Heat (1979)
Wire - 154 (1979)

Not the most diverse ballot that I've ever cast, but these are all essentials in an area where we still have a deep backlog.

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 04/22/2020 @ 12:19pm

The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)
David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
Styx - Cornerstone (1979)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)
April Wine - Harder...Faster (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)

Posted by Diddy on Wednesday, 04/22/2020 @ 20:54pm

Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary (1979)
Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am (1979)
Kenny Rogers - Kenny (1979)
Kool and the Gang - Ladies Night (1979)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Smokey Robinson - Where There's Smoke... (1979)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)

The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)
The Hollies - Butterfly (1967)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
The Hollies - For Certain Reason (1967)
The Hollies - In the Hollies Style (1965)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 04/23/2020 @ 23:12pm

Bad Company - Desolation Angels (1979)
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (1979)
David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Human League - Reproduction (1979)
The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/24/2020 @ 00:05am

David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
Kool and the Gang - Ladies Night (1979)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Wire - 154 (1979)
Frank Zappa- Shiek Yerbouti (1979)
Monty Python - Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Jerry Goldsmith- Star Trek: The Motion Picture: OST (1979)
Jethro Tull- Stormwatch (1979)

The Hollies-Bus Stop (1966)
The Hollies-Hollies (1965)
The Hollies-Hollies Sing Hollies (1969)
The Hollies-Evolution (1967)
The Hollies - Butterfly (1967)
The Hollies-For Certain Because (1967)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 04/24/2020 @ 20:48pm

April Wine - Harder...Faster (1979)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials (1979)
The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)
Wire - 154 (1979)

The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
The Hollies - For Certain Because (1967)
The Hollies - In the Hollies Style (1964)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 04/24/2020 @ 21:17pm

FYI

Kool and the Gang - Ladies Night (1979)

Should read...

Kool and the Gang - Ladies' Night (1979)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 04/24/2020 @ 22:46pm

Magazine - Secondhand Daylight (1979)
Rory Gallagher - Top Priority (1979)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
This Heat - This Heat (1979)
Wire - 154 (1979)

Apologies to Bob Dylan, Dave Edmunds, David Bowie, Jethro Tull, Monty Python, Sister Sledge, The Cure, The Jam, and others.

The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)
The Hollies - Butterfly (1967)
The Hollies - Distant Light (1971)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
The Hollies - For Certain Because (1967)
The Hollies - Hollies (1965)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 04/24/2020 @ 22:48pm

Bad Company - Desolation Angels (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery
Kenny Rogers - Kenny (1979)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Monty Python - Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Queen - Live Killers (1979)
Styx - Cornerstone (1979)
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 04/24/2020 @ 22:58pm

1979

Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Foreigner - Head Games (1979)
Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You (1979)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Kool and the Gang - Ladies' Night (1979)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 04/24/2020 @ 23:00pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

David Bowie - Lodger (1979) - 8
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979) - 8

Kool and the Gang - Ladies' Night (1979) - 7
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979) - 7
Wire - 154 (1979) - 7

Styx - Cornerstone (1979) - 6
The Slits - Cut (1979) - 6
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979) - 6
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April Wine - Harder...Faster (1979) - 5
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery - 5
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979) - 5
The Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979) - 5
The Jam - Setting Sons (1979) - 5

Earth Wind & Fire - I Am (1979) - 4
Kenny Rogers - Kenny (1979) - 4
Monty Python - Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) - 4

Bad Company - Desolation Angels (1979) - 3
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) - 3
Dire Straits - Communiqué (1979) - 3
Foreigner - Head Games (1979) - 3
Frank Zappa - Shiek Yerbouti (1979) - 3
KISS - Dynasty (1979) - 3
Scorpions - Lovedrive (1979) - 3
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979) - 3
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials (1979) - 3
The Human League - Reproduction (1979) - 3

Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (1979) - 2
Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary (1979) - 2
Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You (1979) - 2
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture: OST (1979) - 2
Magazine - Secondhand Daylight (1979) - 2
Queen - Live Killers (1979) - 2
Rory Gallagher - Top Priority (1979) - 2
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve - 2
This Heat - This Heat (1979) - 2

Jethro Tull - Stormwatch (1979) - 1
Smokey Robinson - Where There's Smoke… (1979) - 1
The Crusaders - Street Life (1979) - 1
The Kinks - Low Budget (1979) - 1

Ian Hunter - You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic (1979) - 0
Sister Sledge - We Are Family (1979) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
MichaelEU
KING
James Gang
Steve Z
Nice Guy Ry Guy
Greg F
jtrichey
SkylanderLord3
DarinRG
Diddy
Nick
Darren
Tom H.
BSLO
Ray
Jennifer
Rick Vendl II

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
Kool and the Gang - Ladies' Night (1979)
Styx - Cornerstone (1979)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)
Wire - 154 (1979)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/25/2020 @ 00:28am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966) - 11

The Hollies - Evolution (1967) - 8
The Hollies - Hollies (1965) - 8
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The Hollies - Distant Light (1971) - 7

The Hollies - Hollies Sing Hollies (1969) - 6

The Hollies - Butterfly (1967) - 5
The Hollies - For Certain Because (1967) - 5

The Hollies - In the Hollies Style (1964) - 3

The Hollies - Then, Now and Always (2009) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
KING
James Gang
Steve Z
jtrichey
Greg F
SkylanderLord3
Nick
Tom H.
BSLO
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
The Hollies - Hollies (1965)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/25/2020 @ 00:29am

Is there any interest in voting for any of these albums if I nominate any of them for next months vote? Any feedback would be appreciated.

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Filter - Short Bus (1995)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/28/2020 @ 17:18pm

Little Dark Age would get my vote, Greg.

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 04/29/2020 @ 09:46am

Little Dark Age, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, and probably Hollywood's Bleeding would get my votes.

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 04/29/2020 @ 10:01am

Rule Changes In 2020:

Genres and Artists will now be selected randomly each month. Voters will nominate the genres and artists that will be randomly selected for each month's Genre and Artist vote. The artist and genre will be selected separately in the Song and Album Projects.

Genre splits will no longer be allowed. Each month's genre vote will be one vote.

After being selected as a monthly genre, genres will be ineligible for nomination / selection for 12 months, up from the previous setting of 6 months.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 11 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the past 6 months:

NOTE: Genres that were selected between January 2019 and June 2019 are eligible now, as they were "re-qualified" prior to the 2020 rule change.

Artists on the Previously Considered List
1980's Metal Albums
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Jazz
2000's R&B
21st Century Garage Rock

"Psychedelic Rock" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 11 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1994.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1994. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1994.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1994 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies
Bark Pyschosis - Hex
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Beck - Mellow Gold
Blur - Parklife
Boyz II Men - II
Bush - Sixteen Stone
Dave Matthews Band - Under The Table And Dreaming
Global Communication - 76:14
Green Day - Dookie
Hole - Live Through This
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Korn - Korn
Live - Throwing Copper
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas
Mary J. Blige - My Life
Massive Attack - Protection
Nas - Illmatic
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York
NOFX - Punk in Drublic
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Orbital - Snivilisation
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Portishead - Dummy
Pulp - His 'n' Hers
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Suede - Dog Man Star
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
The Offspring - Smash
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
TLC - CrazySexyCool
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Tori Amos - Under The Pink
Underworld - dub no bass with my head man
Various Artists - The Crow Soundtrack
Various Artists - The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1994, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/30/2020 @ 00:28am

General Vote

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)

Genre: 21st Century Indietronica

Artist: Dan Fogelberg

Year:

Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (1994)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04/30/2020 @ 01:01am

KING MAY 2020 GENERAL ALBUM NOMINATIONS (3)
Live-Secret Samadhi (1997)
The Pretty Things-The Pretty Things (1965)
Third Eye Blind-Out Of The Vein (2003)
The 1994 YEAR ALBUMS
Brooks & Dunn-Waitin' On Sundown (1994)
Marillion-Brave (1994)
Grant Lee Buffalo-Mighty Joe Moon (1994)

ARTIST-John Mellencamp
GENRE-1990's Country
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 04/30/2020 @ 04:00am

General Nominations:

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)

Year Nominations:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea (1994)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 04/30/2020 @ 19:28pm

Dave Matthews Band- Come Tomorrow (2018)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)

My Artist nomination is:

Miles Davis

My Genre Nomination is

Movie Soundtracks

Year Nominations

Eagles- Hell Freezes Over (1994)
Eric Clapton- From the Cradle (1994)
Phish- Hoist (1994)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 04/30/2020 @ 21:03pm

noms:

general:
New Order - Get Ready (2001)
World Party - Goodbye Jumbo (1990)
Semisonic - Great Divide (1996)

1994:
The Cult - The Cult (1994)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Seal - Seal (II) (1994)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 04/30/2020 @ 23:01pm

My May 2020 Album Project Artist nomination...

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 05/1/2020 @ 03:14am

General Vote:

Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive (2001)

Year:

Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)
R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
Brandy - Brandy (1994)

Genre:

1990's R&B

Artist:

The Jackson Five

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 05/2/2020 @ 00:40am

My May 2020 nomination for induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Secret Messages [2 LP] (2018)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 05/2/2020 @ 09:11am

Another nominee...

Gallery - Nice to Be with You (1972)
(#75 The Billboard 200) Co-Produced by Dennis Coffey

Hit singles

Title track (#3 Billboard Hot 100, AC #5, AT40 year-end #18)
I Believe in Music (#22 Billboard Hot 100, AC #12, Opus year-end #81) Written by Mac Davis
Big City Miss Ruth Ann (#23 Billboard Hot 100, AC #10) Written by Tom Lazaros

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 05/2/2020 @ 09:37am

Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)

Artist:
Tindersticks

Genre:
Alt Country/Americana 1990-2019

This is a somewhat broad genre, but there are some firm boundaries of what it's not (Pop Country, Bro Country, Now That's What I Call Country Solid Gold Hitz or whatever).

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 05/2/2020 @ 12:10pm

General Nominations:
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)

1994:
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994)

Genre Nomination:
Modern Electronic Music (1990-2019)

Artist:
Beyonce

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Sunday, 05/3/2020 @ 15:47pm

YEAR VOTE************************************
1994 NOMINEES******************************

Lush - Split (1994)
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994)
Rollins Band - Weight (1994)

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 05/3/2020 @ 16:16pm

BSLO, Does The Jackson 5 nomination include The Jacksons as well?

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/3/2020 @ 16:52pm

Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/3/2020 @ 20:49pm

General -
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)

Genre -
Tribute Albums

Artist -
Kool & The Gang

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 05/3/2020 @ 22:19pm

Steve Z, we actually just inducted Let Love In in February, so you have another year nom.

General noms:

Nightwish - Once (2004)
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)

Artist nom:

Dead Can Dance

Genre nom:

Power Metal

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 05/3/2020 @ 22:55pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Secret Messages [2 LP] (2018)
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Gallery - Nice to Be with You (1972)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Live - Secret Samadhi (1997)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive (2001)
New Order - Get Ready (2001)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
Semisonic - Great Divide (1996)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965)
Third Eye Blind - Out Of The Vein (2003)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)
World Party - Goodbye Jumbo (1990)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/3/2020 @ 23:34pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1990's Country
1990's R&B
21st Century Indietronica
Alt Country/Americana 1990-2019
Modern Electronic Music (1990-2019)
Movie Soundtracks
Power Metal
Tribute Albums
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There were 8 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 1.

This month's selected genre is "1990's Country".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/3/2020 @ 23:42pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Beyonce
Davis, Miles
Dead Can Dance
Electric Light Orchestra
Fogelberg, Dan
Jackson Five, The
Kool & The Gang
Mellencamp, John
Tindersticks
TV On The Radio

There were 10 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 3.

This month's selected artist is The Hollies.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Dead Can Dance.

Here's the list of The Hollies albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

NONE

Any voter can nominate one album by Dead Can Dance released from 1900-2019 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Dead Can Dance discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Can_Dance_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/3/2020 @ 23:45pm

Genre nominations

BlackHawk - BlackHawk (1994)
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 05/4/2020 @ 00:47am

Artist Vote nomination:

Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 05/4/2020 @ 01:37am

My votes

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Missy Elliott - Missy E... So Addictive (2001)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 05/4/2020 @ 01:56am

KING MAY 2020 Nominations 1990's Country (3)
Collin Raye-I Think About You (1995)
Garth Brooks-Ropin' The Wind (1991)
George Strait-Blue Clear Sky (1996)
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MAY 2020 VOTE ALBUMS (8)
Adam Ant-Friend Or Foe (1982)
Fall Out Boy-From Under The Cork Tree (2005)
Dave Matthews Band-Come Tomorrow (2018)
King's X-Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
Live-Secret Samadhi (1997)
New Order-Get Ready (2001)
The Pretty Things-The Pretty Things (1965)
Third Eye Blind-Out Of The Vein (2003)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 05/4/2020 @ 06:11am

Votes:
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

Genre Nominations:
Alan Jackson - Don't Rock the Jukebox (1991)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
Lonestar - Lonely Grill (1999)

Artist Nomination:
Dead Can Dance - Dionysus (2018)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 05/4/2020 @ 07:44am

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive (2001)
New Order - Get Ready (2001)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965)

Genre Nomination:

Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone (1991)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 05/4/2020 @ 08:41am

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree (2005)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993)

Posted by James Gang on Monday, 05/4/2020 @ 09:59am

Genre nom:
Faith Hill - Faith (1998)
Mary Chapin Carpenter -Come On Come On (1992)
Trisha Yearwood - Trisha Yearwood (1991)

Dead Can Dance nom:
Wake (2002)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Monday, 05/4/2020 @ 12:35pm

Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive (2001)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Monday, 05/4/2020 @ 12:56pm

Artist Nomination first

Dead Can Dance- Spiritchaser (1996)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/4/2020 @ 18:10pm

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965)

Thrilled to see DCD get an artist vote. They don't get talked up a lot, but they were a unique and important piece of the 80s Alternative/College Rock world who have upper tier status among Goth fans.

Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 05/4/2020 @ 20:24pm

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Live - Secret Samadhi (1997)
New Order - Get Ready (2001)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
Semisonic - Great Divide (1996)
World Party - Goodbye Jumbo (1990)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 05/4/2020 @ 21:37pm

Genre Nominations

Brooks & Dunn- Brand New Man (1991)
Toby Keith- Toby Keith (1993)

And and artist who just recently passed away from Covid-19:

Joe Diffie- Honky Tonk Attitude (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/4/2020 @ 21:48pm

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree (2005)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)

Genre Nominations:
Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man (1991)
Confederate Railroad - Confederate Railroad (1992)
The Kentucky Headhunters - Electric Barnyard (1991)

Posted by Diddy on Wednesday, 05/6/2020 @ 10:16am

Just saw Tom H already nominated Brooks and Dunn. Replace my Brand New Man nomination with Collin Raye - Extremes (1994).

Posted by Diddy on Wednesday, 05/6/2020 @ 13:07pm

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/6/2020 @ 17:38pm

My very first album ballot!
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive (2001)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Posted by Kazoo Czar on Thursday, 05/7/2020 @ 18:03pm

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive (2001)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 05/8/2020 @ 02:48am

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 05/8/2020 @ 10:45am

votes:
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree (2005)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)

Posted by Margo on Friday, 05/8/2020 @ 13:38pm

Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Live - Secret Samadhi (1997)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 05/8/2020 @ 20:36pm

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (2019)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Missy Elliott - Miss E…So Addictive (2001)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Vampire Weekend - The Wicked Pickett (1966)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 05/8/2020 @ 21:29pm

Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)

Apologies to Adam Ant, Kurt Vile, MGMT, New Order, Sturgill Simpson, World Party, and others.

Posted by Ray on Friday, 05/8/2020 @ 22:27pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017) - 8

Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979) - 7

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982) - 6
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018) - 6
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005) - 6
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018) - 6
Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive (2001) - 6
Seal - Seal (I) (1991) - 6
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Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019) - 5
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 5
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 5
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019) - 5
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019) - 5
The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965) - 5
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018) - 5
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966) - 5

Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) - 4
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 4
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) - 4
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979) - 4

Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970) - 3
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 3
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008) - 3
Live - Secret Samadhi (1997) - 3
New Order - Get Ready (2001) - 3
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 3
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019) - 3

Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018) - 2

John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019) - 1
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007) - 1
Semisonic - Great Divide (1996) - 1
Third Eye Blind - Out Of The Vein (2003) - 1
World Party - Goodbye Jumbo (1990) - 1

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Secret Messages [2 LP] (2018) - 0
Gallery - Nice to Be with You (1972) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
KING
Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
James Gang
Nice Guy Ry Guy
DarinRG
jtrichey
Diddy
Darren
Kazoo Czar
BSLO
MichaelEU
Margo
Tom H.
Nick
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive (2001)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/9/2020 @ 00:54am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre - 1990's Country - Voting starts at 11 PM Central on the 11th.
Year - 1994 - Voting starts at 11 PM Central on the 19th.
Artist - Dead Can Dance - Voting starts at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/9/2020 @ 00:55am

Genre nominations:

John Michael Montgomery - Kickin' It Up (1994)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 05/9/2020 @ 11:29am

Genre noms:

16 Horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' Ashes (1996)
Steve Earle - El Corazón (1997)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness (1999)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 05/10/2020 @ 19:51pm

Genre Nominations -
Martina McBride - Evolution (1997)
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)
Tim McGraw - Not a Moment Too Soon (1994)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 05/10/2020 @ 20:46pm

Dwight Yoakam - This Time (1993)
Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)
Randy Travis - Full Circle (1996)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 05/10/2020 @ 21:53pm

Here are the albums that have been nominated for the genre vote SO FAR:

***PLEASE NOTE, NOMINATIONS DO NOT END UNTIL 11 PM CENTRAL ON THE 11TH***

16 Horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' Ashes (1996)
Alan Jackson - Don't Rock the Jukebox (1991)
BlackHawk - BlackHawk (1994)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness (1999)
Brooks & Dunn- Brand New Man (1991)
Collin Raye - Extremes (1994)
Collin Raye - I Think About You (1995)
Confederate Railroad - Confederate Railroad (1992)
Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)
Dwight Yoakam - This Time (1993)
Faith Hill - Faith (1998)
Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind (1991)
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)
George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996)
Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)
Joe Diffie - Honky Tonk Attitude (1993)
John Michael Montgomery - Kickin' It Up (1994)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
Lonestar - Lonely Grill (1999)
Martina McBride - Evolution (1997)
Mary Chapin Carpenter -Come On Come On (1992)
Randy Travis - Full Circle (1996)
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Steve Earle - El Corazón (1997)
The Kentucky Headhunters - Electric Barnyard (1991)
Tim McGraw - Not a Moment Too Soon (1994)
Toby Keith- Toby Keith (1993)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Trisha Yearwood - Trisha Yearwood (1991)
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone (1991)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/10/2020 @ 23:12pm

1990's Country Album Genre Nomination:

Restless Heart - Big Iron Horses (1992)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 05/11/2020 @ 22:37pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

16 Horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' Ashes (1996)
Alan Jackson - Don't Rock the Jukebox (1991)
BlackHawk - BlackHawk (1994)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness (1999)
Brooks & Dunn- Brand New Man (1991)
Collin Raye - Extremes (1994)
Collin Raye - I Think About You (1995)
Confederate Railroad - Confederate Railroad (1992)
Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)
Dwight Yoakam - This Time (1993)
Faith Hill - Faith (1998)
Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind (1991)
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)
George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996)
Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)
Joe Diffie - Honky Tonk Attitude (1993)
John Michael Montgomery - Kickin' It Up (1994)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
Lonestar - Lonely Grill (1999)
Martina McBride - Evolution (1997)
Mary Chapin Carpenter -Come On Come On (1992)
Randy Travis - Full Circle (1996)
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)
Restless Heart - Big Iron Horses (1992)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Steve Earle - El Corazón (1997)
The Kentucky Headhunters - Electric Barnyard (1991)
Tim McGraw - Not a Moment Too Soon (1994)
Toby Keith- Toby Keith (1993)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Trisha Yearwood - Trisha Yearwood (1991)
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone (1991)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/12/2020 @ 00:08am

Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)
Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)
John Michael Montgomery - Kickin' It Up (1994)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On (1992)
Steve Earle - El Corazón (1997)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Trisha Yearwood - Trisha Yearwood (1991)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 05/12/2020 @ 13:19pm

Brooks & Dunn- Brand New Man (1991)
Faith Hill - Faith (1998)
Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind (1991)
George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996)
Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)
Mary Chapin Carpenter -Come On Come On (1992)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone (1991)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 05/12/2020 @ 17:13pm

Brooks & Dunn- Brand New Man (1991)
Faith Hill - Faith (1998)
Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind (1991)
Martina McBride - Evolution (1997)
Mary Chapin Carpenter -Come On Come On (1992)
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Tim McGraw - Not a Moment Too Soon (1994)

Posted by FakePassport LLC, Inc. on Tuesday, 05/12/2020 @ 21:59pm

KING MAY 2020 1990's Country Albums Voting (8)
Brooks & Dunn-Brand New Man (1991)
Collin Raye-I Think About You (1995)
Dixie Chicks-Fly (1999)
George Strait-Blue Clear Sky (1996)
John Michael Montgomery-Kickin' It Up (1994)
Shania Twain-The Woman In Me (1995)
Tim McGraw-Not A Moment To Soon (1994)
Uncle Tupelo-Still Feel Gone (1991)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 05/12/2020 @ 22:02pm

Hey there! Long time lurker, first time poster!! Lockdown's got me bored, so I figured it would be nice to actually join the voting for once! Hope I'm not barging in too abruptly!

Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man (1991)
Faith Hill - Faith (1998)
Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind (1991)
George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996)
John Michael Montgomery - Kickin' It Up (1994)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
The Kentucky Headhunters - Electric Barnyard (1991)
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone (1991)

Posted by Parvenguins on Wednesday, 05/13/2020 @ 08:06am

BlackHawk - BlackHawk (1994)
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Tim McGraw - Not a Moment Too Soon (1994)
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)
Alan Jackson - Don't Rock the Jukebox (1991)
Trisha Yearwood - Trisha Yearwood (1991)
Faith Hill - Faith (1998)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/13/2020 @ 08:15am

Votes!:
Alan Jackson - Don't Rock the Jukebox (1991)
BlackHawk - BlackHawk (1994)
Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man (1991)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
The Kentucky Headhunters - Electric Barnyard (1991)
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone (1991)

Posted by James Gang on Wednesday, 05/13/2020 @ 11:13am

Brooks & Dunn- Brand New Man (1991)-5
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone (1991)-4
John Michael Montgomery - Kickin' It Up (1994)-3
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)-3
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)-3
Tim McGraw - Not a Moment Too Soon (1994)-3
Alan Jackson - Don't Rock the Jukebox (1991)-2
Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)-2

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 05/16/2020 @ 21:01pm

Brooks & Dunn- Brand New Man (1991)
Faith Hill - Faith (1998)
Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind (1991)
Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)
Martina McBride - Evolution (1997)
Mary Chapin Carpenter -Come On Come On (1992)
Toby Keith- Toby Keith (1993)
Trisha Yearwood - Trisha Yearwood (1991)

Posted by Kim Possible on Saturday, 05/16/2020 @ 21:55pm

16 Horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' Ashes (1996)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness (1999)
Dwight Yoakam - This Time (1993)
Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On (1992)
Steve Earle - El Corazón (1997)
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone (1991)

Apologies to BlackHawk, Collin Raye, Martina McBride, The Kentucky Headhunters, Townes Van Zandt, and others.

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 05/16/2020 @ 22:50pm

George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996)
Joe Diffie - Honky Tonk Attitude (1993)
Martina McBride - Evolution (1997)
Mary Chapin Carpenter -Come On Come On (1992)
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Steve Earle - El Corazón (1997)
Tim McGraw - Not a Moment Too Soon (1994)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 05/16/2020 @ 22:55pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man (1991) - 7

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On (1992) - 6
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995) - 6
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone (1991) - 6

Faith Hill - Faith (1998) - 5
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996) - 5
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994) - 5
Tim McGraw - Not a Moment Too Soon (1994) - 5
____________________________

Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind (1991) - 4
George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996) - 4
Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998) - 4
John Michael Montgomery - Kickin' It Up (1994) - 4

Alan Jackson - Don't Rock the Jukebox (1991) - 3
Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999) - 3
Martina McBride - Evolution (1997) - 3
Steve Earle - El Corazón (1997) - 3
Trisha Yearwood - Trisha Yearwood (1991) - 3

BlackHawk - BlackHawk (1994) - 2
The Kentucky Headhunters - Electric Barnyard (1991) - 2

16 Horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' Ashes (1996) - 1
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness (1999) - 1
Collin Raye - I Think About You (1995) - 1
Dwight Yoakam - This Time (1993) - 1
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992) - 1
Joe Diffie - Honky Tonk Attitude (1993) - 1
Toby Keith - Toby Keith (1993) - 1
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994) - 1

Collin Raye - Extremes (1994) - 0
Confederate Railroad - Confederate Railroad (1992) - 0
Lonestar - Lonely Grill (1999) - 0
Randy Travis - Full Circle (1996) - 0
Restless Heart - Big Iron Horses (1992) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

MichaelEU
Steve Z
Fake Passport LLC, Inc.
KING
Parvenguins
Greg F
James Gang
Tom H.
Kim Possible
Ray
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man (1991)
Faith Hill - Faith (1998)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On (1992)
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
Tim McGraw - Not a Moment Too Soon (1994)
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone (1991)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/17/2020 @ 00:44am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Year - 1994 - Voting starts at 11 PM Central on the 19th.
Artist - Dead Can Dance - Voting starts at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/17/2020 @ 01:01am

Year nominations:

Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 05/17/2020 @ 06:49am

1994 Albums
Gang Starr - Hard To Earn (1994)
Frank Black - Teenager of the Year (1994)
Everything But The Girl - Amplified Heart (1994)

Posted by Kim Possible on Sunday, 05/17/2020 @ 14:04pm

Year Noms:
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep (1994)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot (1994)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 05/18/2020 @ 08:00am

1994 Nominations
Tony Bennett - MTV Unplugged (1994)
The Allman Brothers Band - Where It All Begins (1994)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)

Artist Nomination
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1994)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 05/18/2020 @ 08:44am

Year Nominations!:
Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love (1994)
Huey Lewis & the News - Four Chords and Several Years Ago (1994)
Primal Scream - Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994)

Posted by James Gang on Monday, 05/18/2020 @ 12:27pm

Year Vote nominations

Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (1994)

Artist Vote nomination

Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 05/18/2020 @ 13:29pm

Do we still have a rule against compilation albums? I saw that Dead Can Dance - Wake, which is a compilation, was nominated. Just wanted to bring it up now so that if it is ineligible there would be time for a replacement option.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 05/18/2020 @ 13:40pm

If it has mostly previously released material it is not allowed. If it has
mostly or all unreleased material it would be allowed. Maybe a collection of singles that were not originally released on an album would be allowed too.

Posted by Greg Flagg on Monday, 05/18/2020 @ 13:52pm

Yeah, Wake is a compilation of previously released material, so it would be ineligible. It is a great entry point for checking out DCD, though.

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 05/18/2020 @ 22:59pm

Here are the songs that have been nominated for the genre vote SO FAR:

***PLEASE NOTE, NOMINATIONS DO NOT END UNTIL 11 PM CENTRAL ON THE 19TH***

YEAR VOTE:

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994)
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Brooks & Dunn - Waitin' On Sundown (1994)
Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love (1994)
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)
Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (1994)
Eric Clapton - From the Cradle (1994)
Everything But The Girl - Amplified Heart (1994)
Frank Black - Teenager of the Year (1994)
Gang Starr - Hard To Earn (1994)
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (1994)
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Huey Lewis & the News - Four Chords and Several Years Ago (1994)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Lush - Split (1994)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Marillion - Brave (1994)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)
Phish - Hoist (1994)
Primal Scream - Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994)
R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
Rollins Band - Weight (1994)
Seal - Seal (II) (1994)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)
The Allman Brothers Band - Where It All Begins (1994)
The Cult - The Cult (1994)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot (1994)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea (1994)
Tony Bennett - MTV Unplugged (1994)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (1994)

ARTIST VOTE:

Dead Can Dance - Dionysus (2018)
Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993)
Dead Can Dance - Spiritchaser (1996)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1994)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/19/2020 @ 07:36am

Year noms:

Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)
Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss (1994)
Killing Joke - Pandemonium (1994)

Artist nom:

Dead Can Dance - Aion (1990)

Also thrilled to see Dead Can Dance chosen for the artist vote. Great stuff, great band, IMO. They could definitely use more representation in the projects.

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 05/19/2020 @ 23:00pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994)
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Brooks & Dunn - Waitin' On Sundown (1994)
Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love (1994)
Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss (1994)
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)
Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (1994)
Eric Clapton - From the Cradle (1994)
Everything But The Girl - Amplified Heart (1994)
Frank Black - Teenager of the Year (1994)
Gang Starr - Hard To Earn (1994)
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (1994)
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Huey Lewis & the News - Four Chords and Several Years Ago (1994)
Killing Joke - Pandemonium (1994)
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Lush - Split (1994)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Marillion - Brave (1994)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)
Phish - Hoist (1994)
Primal Scream - Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994)
R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
Rollins Band - Weight (1994)
Seal - Seal (II) (1994)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)
The Allman Brothers Band - Where It All Begins (1994)
The Cult - The Cult (1994)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot (1994)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea (1994)
Tony Bennett - MTV Unplugged (1994)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (1994)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/20/2020 @ 10:44am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):
Dead Can Dance - Aion (1990)
Dead Can Dance - Dionysus (2018)
Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993)
Dead Can Dance - Spiritchaser (1996)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1994)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/20/2020 @ 10:44am

Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Killing Joke - Pandemonium (1994)
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994)
Seal - Seal (II) (1994)
Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea (1994)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 05/20/2020 @ 12:42pm

Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep (1994)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Primal Scream - Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994)
R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
The Cult - The Cult (1994)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot (1994)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)

Dead Can Dance - Dionysus (2018)
Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1994)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 05/20/2020 @ 17:47pm

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994)
Killing Joke - Pandemonium (1994)
Lush - Split (1994)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)
Rollins Band - Weight (1994)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)

Dead Can Dance - Aion (1990)
Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993)
Dead Can Dance - Spiritchaser (1996)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1994)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 05/20/2020 @ 18:28pm

Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Gang Starr - Hard To Earn (1994)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)
R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
Seal - Seal (II) (1994)
The Cult - The Cult (1994)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 05/20/2020 @ 22:23pm

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994)
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Frank Black - Teenager of the Year (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
Seal - Seal (II) (1994)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (1994)

Last Cuts: Stereolab, Madonna, Lush, Rollins Band, Morrissey

Difficult Last Cut: Bad Religion

Posted by Donnie on Thursday, 05/21/2020 @ 04:54am

KING MAY 2020 1994 YEAR ALBUMS (8).
Bad Religion-Stranger Than Fiction (1994)
Brooks & Dunn-Waitin' On Sundown (1994)
Eagles-Hell Freezes Over (1994)
Grant Lee Buffalo-Mighty Joe Moon (1994)
Marillion-Brave (1994)
Meat Puppets-Too High To Die (1994)
R.E.M.-Monster (1994)
Tony Bennett-MTV Unplugged (1994)
----------------------------------------------
1994 was an outstanding year for music. Combing through the albums and songs, I definitely feel the nostalgia. It 1994 was 1 of the best years in my life. I was 19-20 and life seemed anything was possible. The Eagles Reunion definitely was incredible. They just stepped right back on the bike or the horse. 14 years melted away. Voices in unison and great musicianship. Love Tequila Sunrise and Desperado. I really didn't like Monster at 1st. One of those times I purchased a CD same day released. Bang In Blame stands out. I Stole Your Name like that one. Never liked Tongue. Over the years, I've had Monster on my 6 CD changer. Other music intelligencia have come around on it. Now R.E.M. Monster has risen in importance. I thought Grant Lee Buffalo would smash through the glass wall into super stardom. They seem to have all the ingredients to be superstars after Mighty Joe Moon. Is there a greater song than Lone Star Song? Why they never reached Green Day or Smashing Pumpkins level. I'll never know. Tough last cuts Smashing Pumpkins and Toad The Wet Sprocket. I decided to go with Nick's choice Tony Bennett MTV Unplugged as the last vote. It seemed an odd choice putting Tony Bennett an aging 1950's and 1960's crooner into the MTV rock and heavy metal age...Somehow it all worked. It was a surprise hit. I remember buying a copy of it for my Dad's birthday. He always like the CD. Bennett's career received a jumper cable boost and he's still going strong around 90.
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 05/21/2020 @ 07:03am

Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)
R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
Seal - Seal (II) (1994)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Dead Can Dance - Aion (1990)
Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 05/21/2020 @ 08:20am

Votes!:
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep (1994)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)
R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
The Cult - The Cult (1994)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot (1994)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)

Artist Votes!:
Dead Can Dance - Aion (1990)
Dead Can Dance - Dionysus (2018)
Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)

Posted by James Gang on Thursday, 05/21/2020 @ 08:41am

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994)
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)
Gang Starr - Hard To Earn (1994)
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep (1994)
Rollins Band - Weight (1994)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (1994)

Posted by Kim Possible on Thursday, 05/21/2020 @ 09:32am

Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)
Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (1994)
Everything But The Girl - Amplified Heart (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)
Tony Bennett - MTV Unplugged (1994)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 05/22/2020 @ 11:31am

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994)
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)
Gang Starr - Hard To Earn (1994)
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)
R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
Rollins Band - Weight (1994)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Saturday, 05/23/2020 @ 23:37pm

Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (1994)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart (1994)
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)

Dead Can Dance - Aion (1990)
Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
Dead Can Dance - Serpent's Egg (1988)
Dead Can Dance - Spritchaser (1996)
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1994)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/24/2020 @ 02:36am

Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (1994)
Frank Black - Teenager of the Year (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994)
R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
Rollins Band - Weight (1994)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot (1994)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/24/2020 @ 20:42pm

R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Brooks & Dunn - Waitin' On Sundown (1994)
Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (1994)
Phish - Hoist (1994)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (1994)

Dead Can Dance - Spiritchaser (1996)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1994)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 05/24/2020 @ 21:25pm

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994)
Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss (1994)
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Killing Joke - Pandemonium (1994)
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)

Apologies to Built to Spill, Dinosaur Jr., Gang Starr, Grant Lee Buffalo, Lush, Marillion, Morrissey, Stereolab, Ween, and others. Man, this year is stacked.

Dead Can Dance - Aion (1990)
Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993)
Dead Can Dance - Spiritchaser (1996)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 05/24/2020 @ 21:56pm

Brooks & Dunn - Waitin' On Sundown (1994)
Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss (1994)
Phish - Hoist (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Killing Joke - Pandemonium (1994)
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)

Posted by joker on Sunday, 05/24/2020 @ 22:59pm

These are Nick's ballots. He's been having computer problems and sent them to me via Twitter:

Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Phish - Hoist (1994)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
The Allman Brothers Band - Where It All Begins (1994)
The Cult - The Cult (1994)
Tony Bennett - MTV Unplugged (1994)

Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1994)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/24/2020 @ 23:13pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994) - 9
R.E.M. - Monster (1994) - 9

Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994) - 8

Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994) - 6
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994) - 6
____________________________

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994) - 5
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) - 5
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994) - 5
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994) - 5
____________________________

Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (1994) - 4
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep (1994) - 4
Killing Joke - Pandemonium (1994) - 4
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994) - 4
Rollins Band - Weight (1994) - 4
Seal - Seal (II) (1994) - 4
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994) - 4
The Cult - The Cult (1994) - 4
Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (1994) - 4

Brandy - Brandy (1994) - 3
Brooks & Dunn - Waitin' On Sundown (1994) - 3
Gang Starr - Hard To Earn (1994) - 3
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994) - 3
Phish - Hoist (1994) - 3
Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet (1994) - 3
The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot (1994) - 3
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 3
Tony Bennett - MTV Unplugged (1994) - 3

Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) - 2
Everything But The Girl - Amplified Heart (1994) - 2
Frank Black - Teenager of the Year (1994) - 2
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley (1994) - 2

Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (1994) - 1
Lush - Split (1994) - 1
Marillion - Brave (1994) - 1
Primal Scream - Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994) - 1
The Allman Brothers Band - Where It All Begins (1994) - 1
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea (1994) - 1
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994) - 1

Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love (1994) - 0
Eric Clapton - From the Cradle (1994) - 0
Huey Lewis & the News - Four Chords and Several Years Ago (1994) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
Jason Dagotto
DarinRG
jtrichey
Donnie
KING
BSLO
James Gang
Kim Possible
MichaelEU
Nice Guy Ry Guy
Greg F
Darren
Tom H.
Ray
joker
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 1 album will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/24/2020 @ 23:58pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985) - 8
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988) - 8

Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993) - 7
_______________________________

Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1994) - 6

Dead Can Dance - Aion (1990) - 5

Dead Can Dance - Spiritchaser (1996) - 4

Dead Can Dance - Dionysus (2018) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
DarinRG
BSLO
James Gang
Greg F
Tom H.
Ray
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/24/2020 @ 23:59pm

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994) - 4
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994) - 3
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994) - 2
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/24/2020 @ 23:59pm

KING MAY 2020 1994 Album Tiebreaker (4)
Meat Puppets-Too High To Die (1994)-4 PTS
Morrissey-Vauxhall And I (1994) -3
Aphex Twin-Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994)-2
Mayhem-De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)-1 PT.
KING'S Thoughts 1994 Album Voting.
1. Happy to see R.E.M. Monster inducted. I'm liking Monster more and more as the years continue onward. Bang In Blame my FAV song off Monster.
2. Surprised Eagles Hell Freezes Over was not inducted. Excellent vocal harmony and guitar work on Classic songs. Eagles HOF band and Hell Freezes Over was a giant success. Perhaps not many new songs was a slight mark against it.
3. Guided By Voices might have been 1 of the highlights of the voting. Tied with R.E.M Monster (9) for most votes.
4. Thought my Waitin' On Sundown album by Brooks & Dunn might earn induction. It's a solid album from start to finish. Country Music has a difficult induction time for some reason. The 1990's Country voting had a smaller turnout than normal voting.
5. Probably the biggest surprise was Eric Clapton From The Cradle receiving 0 votes. Clapton usually does well here in the projects. The album was rejected over 100 votes cast here.
6. Glad to have had a small part in getting Bad Religion Stranger Than Fiction inducted. Solid album and worthy of induction. 3 worthy albums will also be inducted after the tiebreaker. Can't go wrong whatever 3 make the cut. KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 05/25/2020 @ 07:21am

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994) - 4
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994) - 3
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994) - 2
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 05/25/2020 @ 11:59am

KING, as far as I'm concerned Guided By Voices was THE highlight of the voting. They go back almost as far as REM and till now had nothing whatsoever to show for it. It's a Shame About Ray not voting for GBV in the Song Project along with several others who voted for them here. I Am a Scientist fell short by just 1 vote and could easily have made it in. It would have been the perfect compliment to their already inducted song I Am a Tree. I Am a Tree....I Am a Scientist.

Sorry, Ray, to single you out; but that was just too good to pass up. Haha, hehe.

Posted by joker on Monday, 05/25/2020 @ 13:51pm

Any interest in these albums for June's vote?

Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/26/2020 @ 15:28pm

Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994) - 4
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994) - 3
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994) - 2
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) - 1

Also happy to see a Guided By Voices album inducted. They are very underrepresented in both projects.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 05/26/2020 @ 19:00pm

joker: Lol, fair enough. Hey, in my defense, there were a lot of great songs last round...

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) - 4
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994) - 3
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994) - 2
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994) - 1

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 05/27/2020 @ 03:00am

Aphex Twins - Selected Ambient Works vol. II (1994) 4
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) 3
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994 2
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/27/2020 @ 16:16pm

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994)-4
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994)-3
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)-2
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/27/2020 @ 19:57pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994) - 23
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994) - 17
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994) - 17
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Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) - 13

Mayhem will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this month's Year vote:

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994)
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)
R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/27/2020 @ 23:20pm

Rule Changes In 2020:

Genres and Artists will now be selected randomly each month. Voters will nominate the genres and artists that will be randomly selected for each month's Genre and Artist vote. The artist and genre will be selected separately in the Song and Album Projects.

Genre splits will no longer be allowed. Each month's genre vote will be one vote.

After being selected as a monthly genre, genres will be ineligible for nomination / selection for 12 months, up from the previous setting of 6 months.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 11 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the past 6 months:

NOTE: Genres that were selected between January 2019 and June 2019 are eligible now, as they were "re-qualified" prior to the 2020 rule change.

1980's Metal Albums
Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Jazz
2000's R&B
21st Century Garage Rock
1990's Country

"Artists on the Previously Considered List" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 11 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1987.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1987. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1987.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1987 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Anthrax - Among the Living
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
Echo & the Bunnymen - Echo & the Bunnymen
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
Eurythmics - Savage
George Harrison - Cloud Nine
George Michael - Faith
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let It Loose/Anything for You
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Husker Du - Warehouse: Stories and Songs
INXS - Kick
LadySmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu
LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer
Michael Jackson - Bad
Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
Original Broadway Cast - Les Miserables
Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera
Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads - Tribute
Pet Shop Boys - Actually
Prince - Sign O' The Times
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
R.E.M. - Document
Sonic Youth - Sister
Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun
The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas
Various Artists - Dirty Dancing
Whitney Houston - Whitney
Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1987, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/31/2020 @ 16:45pm

General

Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)

Genre: Indietronica (2000-2019)

Artist: of Montreal

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/31/2020 @ 17:04pm

Year Vote

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987)
Jo-El Sonnier - Come on Joe (1987)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/31/2020 @ 18:13pm

KING JUNE 2020 General Album Nominations (3)
The Pretty Things-The Pretty Things (1965)
The Stranglers-10 (1990)
Wishbone Ash-New England (1976).
Artist: Golden Earring
Genre: 1970's Classic Rock
1987 Year Albums
Great White-Once Bitten (1987)
John Mellencamp-The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
White Lion-Pride (1987)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 05/31/2020 @ 18:27pm

Year Vote first.

Aerosmith- Permanent Vacation (1987)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne & Cong Su- The Last Emperor (1987)
The Grateful Dead- In The Dark (1987)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 05/31/2020 @ 20:44pm

General Nominations:
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)

Year Nominations:
Alexander O'Neal - Hearsay (1987)
Enya - Enya (1987)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)

Genre Nomination:
Hardcore Punk

Artist Nomination:
Black Sabbath

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 05/31/2020 @ 22:31pm

General Noms:
April Wine - Harder...Faster (1979)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
The White Stripes - De Stijl (2000)

Year Noms:
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (1987)
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)

Tom H, Aerosmith's Permanent Vacation got inducted a few months back via general vote. You've got another nomination, my dude.

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 06/1/2020 @ 08:31am

General:

Cisco Houston - Cisco Houston Sings Songs of the Open Road (1960)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
Junior Walker & the All Stars - Shotgun (1965)

Year:

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt - Trio (1987)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 06/1/2020 @ 10:08am

Please replace my Aerosmith year vote nomination with

Tangerine Dream- Tyger (1987)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/1/2020 @ 13:47pm

general noms:
Hall & Oates - H2O (1982)
Poe - Haunted (2000)
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)

1987 noms:
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Through the Looking Glass (1987)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 06/1/2020 @ 22:07pm

General Nominations
Albert King - Live Wire/Blues Power (1968)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)

Genre Nomination
Tribute Albums

Artist Nomination
Tony Bennett

Year Nominations
Joe Strummer - Walker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - Less Than Zero: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Walker is one of my all-time favorite films, so absurdly ridiculous and postmodern that I love it. Alex Cox's last hurrah in Hollywood. RHWs will know why I chose the 'La Bamba' soundtrack (I was recently a guest on a podcast discussing the film). And the 'Less Than Zero' soundtrack is a huge snub and very diverse, genre-wise.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/1/2020 @ 22:52pm

The Album Project June 2020 Artist nomination

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 06/2/2020 @ 09:43am

General Noms!:
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)

Year Noms!:
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987)
Public Image Ltd. - Happy? (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)

Posted by James Gang on Tuesday, 06/2/2020 @ 09:51am

1987

Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno (1987)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 06/2/2020 @ 10:08am

General noms:
Black Box - Dreamland (1990)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)

1987 noms:
Descendents – All (1987)
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription (1987)

Genre Nom:
Artists who debuted 2010 or later

Artist Nom:
Lil Wayne

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Tuesday, 06/2/2020 @ 15:03pm

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 06/2/2020 @ 15:05pm

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)

1987
Big Black - Songs About F*cking (1987)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)
Napalm Death - Scum (1987)

Artist
Wu-Tang Clan

Genre:
Underground Hip-Hop of 1989-2009

Posted by Kim Possible on Tuesday, 06/2/2020 @ 18:42pm

Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)

Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Hoodoo Gurus - Blow Your Cool! (1987)
Swans - Children of God (1987)

Posted by Kazoo Czar on Tuesday, 06/2/2020 @ 23:10pm

General noms:

Nightwish - Once (2004)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)

Artist nom:

Bert Jansch

Genre nom:

Power Metal

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 06/3/2020 @ 02:08am

Most of the 1987 albums I would have nominated have been nominated already, so I'll only do some general nominations.

General:
Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn (1968)
Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989)
Mountain - Climbing! (1970)

Artist:
Mountain

Genre:
Pre-70s Hard Rock

Posted by Parvenguins on Wednesday, 06/3/2020 @ 09:23am

Nominees:
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)

Artist:
Tindersticks

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 06/3/2020 @ 14:17pm

Album Nominations!
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
Jack Johnson - In Between Days (2005)
Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)

Posted by FakePassport LLC, Inc. on Wednesday, 06/3/2020 @ 14:28pm

Artist!
John Coltrane

Genre!
Emo 2000-2010

Posted by FakePassport LLC, Inc. on Wednesday, 06/3/2020 @ 15:43pm

Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/3/2020 @ 15:59pm

General:
Kongar-ol Ondar & Paul "Earthquake" Pena - Genghis Blues (1996)
The Feelies - Time for a Witness (1991)
Various Artists - Transformers: The Movie Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1986)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 06/3/2020 @ 16:47pm

Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)
Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark (1987)
John Hiatt - Bring The Family (1987)

I don't often plug albums for the year vote, I really want to highlight Tunnel of Love by Bruce Springsteen. In my opinion, that album is the biggest mainstream rock snub in the entire album project. I understand that we have inducted a lot of Springsteen albums, but that album is the only absolute classic by him that we haven't inducted, and this album is one of the very few albums from the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums list that we haven't inducted yet.

I'll post my other nominations soon.

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 06/3/2020 @ 19:03pm

June 2020 General Album Nominations:
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

June 2020 Album Genre Nomination:
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987

June 2020 Album Artist Nomination:
Air Supply

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 06/3/2020 @ 19:51pm

The Everly Brothers - It's Everly Time (1960)
Björk - Medulla (2004)
Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You (1996)

1990's R&B

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 06/3/2020 @ 20:04pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Albert King - Live Wire/Blues Power (1968)
April Wine - Harder...Faster (1979)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Björk - Medulla (2004)
Black Box - Dreamland (1990)
Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)
Cisco Houston - Cisco Houston Sings Songs of the Open Road (1960)
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn (1968)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Hall & Oates - H2O (1982)
Jack Johnson - In Between Days (2005)
Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Junior Walker & the All Stars - Shotgun (1965)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Kongar-ol Ondar & Paul "Earthquake" Pena - Genghis Blues (1996)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You (1996)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Mountain - Climbing! (1970)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Poe - Haunted (2000)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
The Everly Brothers - It's Everly Time (1960)
The Feelies - Time for a Witness (1991)
The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
The Stranglers - 10 (1990)
The White Stripes - De Stijl (2000)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - Transformers: The Movie Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1986)
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)
Wishbone Ash - New England (1976)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 01:31am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970's Classic Rock
1990's R&B
Artists who debuted 2010 or later
Emo 2000-2010
Hardcore Punk
Indietronica (2000-2019)
Movie Soundtracks
Power Metal
Pre-70s Hard Rock
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987
Tribute Albums
Underground Hip-Hop of 1989-2009
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There were 12 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 4.

This month's selected genre is "Emo 2000-2010".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 01:32am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply
Bennett, Tony
Black Sabbath
Coltrane, John
Davis, Miles
Electric Light Orchestra
Golden Earring
Jansch, Bert
Lil Wayne
Mountain
of Montreal
Tindersticks
TV On The Radio
Wu-Tang Clan
Young, Neil

There were 15 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 9.

This month's selected artist is Lil Wayne.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Lil Wayne.

Here's the list of Lil Wayne albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

NONE

Any voter can nominate one album by Lil Wayne released from 1900-2019 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Lil Wayne discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Wayne_albums_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 01:35am

Emo 2000-2010

Matchbook Romance - Voices (2006)
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006)
Thursday - Full Collapse (2002)

Lil Wayne Album

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 04:40am

General Votes:
April Wine - Harder...Faster (1979)
Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Mountain - Climbing! (1970)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
The White Stripes - De Stijl (2000)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

Genre:
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (2007)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)

Artist:
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 08:10am

Artist album nom:
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 09:29am

Genre albums noms:
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (2001)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Mayday Parade - A Lesson In Romantics (2007)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 09:40am

Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Black Box - Dreamland (1990)
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 09:52am

Quick note Thursday - Full Collapse was released in 2001 not 2002.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 10:15am

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Hall & Oates - H2O (1982)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Mountain - Climbing! (1970)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)

Genre Nominations:
AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 10:21am

My votes

Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 10:25am

Hall & Oates - H2O (1982)
Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
The White Stripes - De Stijl (2000)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)

Emo Nominations:
Cute is What We Aim For - The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch (2006)
Fall Out Boy - Folie à Deux (2008)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)

Lil Wayne Nomination:
Lil Wayne - Tha Block is Hot (1999)

Posted by Parvenguins on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 10:35am

Albert King - Live Wire/Blues Power (1968)
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Cisco Houston - Cisco Houston Sings Songs of the Open Road (1960)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
Junior Walker & the All Stars - Shotgun (1965)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
The Everly Brothers - It's Everly Time (1960)
The White Stripes - De Stijl (2000)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 12:41pm

KING JUNE 2020 Albums (8)
Albert King-Live Wire/Blues Power (1968)
April Wine-Harder...Faster (1979)
Judas Priest-Firepower (2018)
King's X-Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
Matchbox 20-Yourself Or Someone Like You (1996)
The Everly Brothers-It's Everly Time (1960)
The Pretty Things-The Pretty Things (1965)
Wishbone Ash-New England (1976)
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Great albums nominated. I think 1 of the best. I'm surprised Matchbox 20 didn't have any votes. Ain't a weak track on it. So many hits. 3 AM, Push, Back 2 Good, etc. Hoping April Wine is pushed over the top. It was close last nomination cycle. Love the Albert King selection. A KING salute Nick! Could not even put The Stranglers in this time. KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 13:49pm

I went back through previous months, and the following inducted albums (9 months of inductions worth) are currently missing from the table at the top (just to help with future nominations):

Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings (1952)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird & Diz (1952)
Chet Atkins - Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar (1952)
Eddie Fisher - I'm in the Mood for Love (1952)
Hank Williams - Moanin' the Blues (1952)
Johnnie Ray - Johnnie Ray (1952)
Nat King Cole - Penthouse Serenade (1952)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)
Various Artists - Singin' in the Rain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1952)
Sarah Vaughan - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955)
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (1955)
Carl Perkins - Dance Album (1957)
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley (1959)
Bill Evans Trio - Explorations (1961)
Dion - Alone With Dion (1961)
Dion - Runaround Sue (1961)
Dick Dale - Summer Surf (1964)
Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena (1964)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez/5 (1964)
Lesley Gore - Girl Talk (1964)
Nina Simone - Broadway Blues-Ballads (1964)
Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
The Kinks - Kinks (1964)
Various Artists - My Fair Lady: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1964)
The Hollies - Hollies (1965)
The Shangri-Las- Leader of the Pack (1965)
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966)
The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (1966)
Country Joe & The Fish - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die (1967)
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery (1967)
The Hollies - Evolution (1967)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal (1968)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (1968)
Dion - Dion (1968)
Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)
Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover (1968)
Cream - Goodbye (1969)
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
The 5th Dimension - The Age of Aquarius (1969)
The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)
The Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa (1969)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water (1971)
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M (1972)
Carole King - Rhymes and Reasons (1972)
Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction (1972)
The J. Geils Band - Live Full House (1972)
The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972)
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972)
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Carole King - Fantasy (1973)
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)
Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
Sun Ra - Space Is The Place (1973)
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Carole King - Wrap Around Joy (1974)
Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)
Popol Vuh - Aguirre (1975)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
The Commodores - Commodores (1977)
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (1978)
The Undertones - The Undertones (1978)
David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
Kool and the Gang - Ladies' Night (1979)
Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)
Styx - Cornerstone (1979)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)
Wire - 154 (1979)
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev (1980)
The Jam - Sound Affects (1980)
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (1981)
Venom - Welcome to Hell (1981)
Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)
Motorhead - Iron Fist (1982)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
Rush - Signals (1982)
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
X - Under the Big Black Sun (1982)
Bad Brains - Rock for Light (1983)
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Elton John - Too Low For Zero (1983)
Genesis - Genesis (1983)
Minor Threat - Out Of Step (1983)
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1983)
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales (1984)
Dio - The Last in Line (1984)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (1984)
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)
Eric Clapton - Behind the Sun (1985)
Howard Jones - Dream into Action (1985)
Killing Joke - Night Time (1985)
Miami Sound Machine - Primitive Love (1985)
Pat Benatar - Seven the Hard Way (1985)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (1985)
Rush - Power Windows (1985)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985)
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle (1985)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1985)
Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time (1986)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral...My Trial (1986)
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986)
Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (1987)
Bryan Adams - Into the Fire (1987)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Sinead O'Connor - The Lion & The Cobra (1987)
Terence Trent D'Arby- Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Cult - Electric (1987)
Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg (1988)
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (1988)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II (1988)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (1988)
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989)
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
Ride - Nowhere (1990)
Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man (1991)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors (1991)
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind (1991)
Seal - Seal (I) (1991)
Sting - The Soul Cages (1991)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone (1991)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On (1992)
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (1992)
Sade - Love Deluxe (1992)
Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992)
Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993)
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See (1993)
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (1994)
Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994)
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
R.E.M. - Monster (1994)
Reba McEntire - Read My Mind (1994)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Stoned And Dethroned (1994)
The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)
Tim McGraw - Not a Moment Too Soon (1994)
Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (1995)
Blur - The Great Escape (1995)
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (1995)
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (1995)
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo (1995)
Mad Season - Above (1995)
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (1995)
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me (1995)
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000 (1995)
Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996)
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained (1996)
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
The Misfits - Static Age (1996)
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996)
Faith Hill - Faith (1998)
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... (1999)
TLC - FanMail (1999)
Enya - A Day Without Rain (2000)
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001)
Fugazi - The Argument (2001)
India.Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001)
Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive (2001)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
Ryan Adams - Gold (2001)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (2002)
The Roots - Phrenology (2002)
Jet - Get Born (2003)
Beastie Boys - To the Five Boroughs (2004)
Interpol - Antics (2004)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
Motörhead - Inferno (2004)
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004)
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now (2004)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004)
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)
Usher - Confessions (2004)
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (2004)
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough (2005)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (2005)
Audioslave - Revelations (2006)
Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way (2006)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam (2006)
Rihanna - A Girl Like Me (2006)
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)
Alicia Keys - As I Am (2007)
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Beck - Modern Guilt (2008)
Beyonce - I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008)
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008)
Santogold - Santogold (2008)
Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely (2008)
The Roots - Rising Down (2008)
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)(2008)
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
Best Coast - Crazy for You (2010)
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (2011)
Grimes - Visions (2012)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (2017)
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
Imagine Dragons - Origins (2018)
MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018)
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues (2019)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019)
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (2019)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)
Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold (2019)
The Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019)
Tool - Fear Inoculum (2019)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 14:14pm

In terms of this month, the following albums from 1987 have also been inducted:

Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (1987)
Bryan Adams - Into the Fire (1987)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Sinead O'Connor - The Lion & The Cobra (1987)
Terence Trent D'Arby- Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Cult - Electric (1987)

I believe this means that Tom H. and jtrichey have an additional nomination available.

Also, Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008) has been inducted so Nice Guy Ry Guy has another Lil Wayne nomination available.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 14:17pm

Oh damn! I didn't know that! Quick question; would I be allowed to nominate a mixtape? If so here is my new nomination!
Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 (2007)
It's could be considered one of the greatest mixtapes of all time, so I hope it's cool as a nominee

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 17:05pm

I don't see why not. Mix tapes should since it was released to the public. The only difference is that mixtapes were released for free.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 17:13pm

Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Hall & Oates - H2O (1982)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Poe - Haunted (2000)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 23:06pm

Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Posted by Kazoo Czar on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 23:33pm

Albert King - Live Wire/Blues Power (1968)
Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (2019)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Woops & Hooligans (2010)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1976)
Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You (1996)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride (2019)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 06/5/2020 @ 11:12am

Björk - Medulla (2004)
Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You (1996)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
The Everly Brothers - It's Everly Time (1960)
The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 06/5/2020 @ 11:53am

Albert King - Live Wire/Blues Power (1968)
Dave Matthews Band- Come Tomorrow (2018)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You (1996)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
Wishbone Ash-New England (1976)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 06/7/2020 @ 17:58pm

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
The White Stripes - De Stijl (2000)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Lil Wayne:
Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being (2010)

Emo:
Alexisonfire - Alexisonfire (2002)
Escape the Fate - Dying Is Your Latest Fashion (2006)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Don't You Fake It (2006)

Posted by Kim Possible on Sunday, 06/7/2020 @ 20:41pm

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You (1996)
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)
The White Stripes - De Stijl (2000)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 00:43am

Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) and Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008) are already inducted.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 11:55am

Hey Greg F! Was the Franz Ferdinand album inducted sometime before last Nov.? I've been nominating it the past few months and I've been checking the results again, but I haven't seen it get inducted. I know FRL cuts the older messages off after a certain amount of time has passed though, so that seems like the only explanation. My apologies for re-nominating it all these times.

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 12:45pm

I guess it was. I saw on a list BSLO complied of inducted albums since the last master list update.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 12:57pm

Steve Z I just looked through the comment history and Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action had been inducted since September 2019 and Fearless got inducted when we did the female country singers genre vote in April 2019.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 13:42pm

Ah ok, thanks for looking Greg! I'm sorry to everyone who's been continuing to vote for it these past few months. I don't have a twitter, but maybe one of the voters that does can tweet FRL and ask about updating the Song & Album projects inductee list?

I'll replace my Franz vote for this month with: Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You (1996)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 14:16pm

Lil Wayne!
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

Emo 2000-2010 (The Hot Topic years lol)!
Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003): If it doesn't get the votes this round
A Day To Remember - Homesick (2009)
Joyce Manor - Joyce Manor (2008)
Never Shout Never – Harmony (2010): If Brand New gets the votes this round, I'd like to nominate this album! Although, if you were planning on nominating it, go ahead, I have plenty in mind that I'd love to nominate, so I'd actually be happy to see someone snipe this as a nomination :)

Votes...
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Jack Johnson - In Between Days (2005)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018) Rest in peace, an artist beginning to reach his potential then gone too soon, this is definitely his best album, but it's sad to see him reach his magnum opus then die so soon afterwards
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)

Posted by FakePassport LLC, Inc. on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 15:14pm

My June Album Project Vote, just because curiosity killed the cat:

Albert King - Live Wire/Blues Power (1968)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

Posted by John Mangee on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 16:00pm

votes:
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Mountain - Climbing! (1970)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)
The White Stripes - De Stijl (2000)
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)

genre:
Dashboard Confessional - Dusk and Summer (2006)
Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave (2003)
Underoath - They're Only Chasing Safety (2004)

Posted by Margo on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 19:17pm

I'm gonna pass on genre nominations but I'll throw in an artist nomination for variety

Lil Wayne- Rebirth (2010)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 20:27pm

Two of the albums in this month's Album Vote have previously been inducted.

If you've voted for either (or both):

Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (jtrichey, Darren)
or
Taylor Swift - Fearless (Nice Guy Ry Guy)

You can change your vote prior to the end of tonight's vote.

I'll change my vote for Franz Ferdinand to Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004).

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 21:27pm

Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 22:27pm

Switch my vote to System of a Down please

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 22:58pm

Albert King - Live Wire/Blues Power (1968)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)

Posted by Ray on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 23:00pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Albert King - Live Wire/Blues Power (1968) - 6
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004) - 6
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018) - 6
Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You (1996) - 6
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004) - 6
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999) - 6
The White Stripes - De Stijl (2000) - 6
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Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 5
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 5
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018) - 5
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998) - 5
________________________________

King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 4
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989) - 4
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019) - 4
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993) - 4
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018) - 4
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019) - 4
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019) - 4

Hall & Oates - H2O (1982) - 3
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978) - 3
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) - 3
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004) - 3
Mountain - Climbing! (1970) - 3
The Everly Brothers - It's Everly Time (1960) - 3

April Wine - Harder...Faster (1979) - 2
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019) - 2
Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003) - 2
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018) - 2
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970) - 2
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 2
Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989) - 2
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971) - 2
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979) - 2
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019) - 2
The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965) - 2
Wishbone Ash - New England (1976) - 2

Björk - Medulla (2004) - 1
Black Box - Dreamland (1990) - 1
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989) - 1
Cisco Houston - Cisco Houston Sings Songs of the Open Road (1960) - 1
Jack Johnson - In Between Days (2005) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019) - 1
Junior Walker & the All Stars - Shotgun (1965) - 1
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) - 1
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Poe - Haunted (2000) - 1
- REPLACEMENT VOTES - 1

Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn (1968) - 0
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008) - 0
Kongar-ol Ondar & Paul "Earthquake" Pena - Genghis Blues (1996) - 0
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982) - 0
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986) - 0
The Feelies - Time for a Witness (1991) - 0
The Stranglers - 10 (1990) - 0
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 0
Various Artists - Transformers: The Movie Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1986) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
Nice Guy Ry Guy
Steve Z
Greg F
Parvenguins
MichaelEU
KING
jtrichey
Kazoo Czar
Nick
BSLO
Tom H.
Kim Possible
Darren
FakePassport LLC, Inc.
John Mangee
Margo
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Albert King - Live Wire/Blues Power (1968)
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You (1996)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
The White Stripes - De Stijl (2000)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums.

The 1 album that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Emo 2000-2010", Artist Vote (Lil Wayne) or Year Vote (1987). "Dear Catastrophe Waitress" would qualify in my opinion, unless there are objections.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/9/2020 @ 03:49am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote ("Emo 2000-2010") - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (Lil Wayne) - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1987) - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/9/2020 @ 03:49am

I don't think Belle and Sebastian quality of the genre vote.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/9/2020 @ 06:38am

Tiebreaker

Mac Miller - Swimming (2018) 4
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998) 3
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) 2
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops and Hooligans (2010) 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/9/2020 @ 13:53pm

4 points. System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops and Hooligans (2010)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
1 point. Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)

Posted by Parvenguins on Tuesday, 06/9/2020 @ 14:09pm

4 points: System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)
3 points: Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
2 points: Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
1 point: Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 06/9/2020 @ 16:05pm

System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)-4
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)-3
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)-2
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 06/9/2020 @ 21:22pm

Tiebreaker:

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) [4 Points]
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998) [3 Points]
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) [2 Points]
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 06/9/2020 @ 21:54pm

To update everyone on the subject of adding new songs and albums to the list of inductees, I have the following news:

1. All songs and albums that have been inducted through the end of May 2020 should be added to the Song Project list, Album Project list and the respective lists of each artist. If you see something missing, let me know.

2. FRL has created an online spreadsheet for me to copy and paste the results of each of our project votes and it should be updated at least once a month, after our projects have been completed for the month.

I already maintain spreadsheets of all of our results to count the votes and keep track of nominations, so it will be a simple copy and paste to get them to FRL.

If you have any questions or concerns, let me know, but it appears that we've determined a simple and efficient solution to the problem.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/9/2020 @ 22:48pm

KING JUNE 2020 Album Tiebreaker (4).
System Of A Down-System Of A Down (1998)-4 PTS
Bruno Mars-Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)-3
Mac Miller-Swimming (2018)-2
Belle & Sebastian-Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)- 1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 06/10/2020 @ 00:16am

System of a Down - System of a Down (1998) - 4
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 3
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 2
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/10/2020 @ 07:32am

The following albums are still missing from the master list.

Taylor Swift - Fearless (2008)
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/10/2020 @ 08:18am

This is awesome Darren. Thank you so much for facilitating this update!

I didn't see any albums missing from the list I posted earlier, but there have been 2 albums missing for awhile that were inducted as a result of corrected voting results:

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom (1982) - Inducted in the 2038 cycle
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album (1989) - Inducted in the 2044 cycle

Can you request that FRL adds these two albums to the list? Otherwise everything on the updated list looks good to me.

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 06/10/2020 @ 10:42am

Mac Miller - Swimming (2018) - 4
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 3
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 2
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 06/10/2020 @ 10:46am

Tiebreaker:
4 pts. Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
3 pts. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
2 pts. System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)
1 pt. Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 06/10/2020 @ 12:11pm

I wasn't going to nominate anything for the genre vote but I decided to take a cue from FakePassport LLC and nominate

Never Shout Never – Harmony (2010)

since Brand New didn't make it in the general vote

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/10/2020 @ 18:46pm

KING EMO Albums 2010-2020 (3)
Armor For Sleep-Smile For Them (2007)
Owls-Owls (2001)
The Used-In Love And Death (2004)
_____________________________
Greg F. has nominated 3 I would have selected. Others have chipped away at other solid choices. Should be a great voting cycle like when we had the psychedelic and dream pop. KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 06/10/2020 @ 20:06pm

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 4
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 3
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018) - 2
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 06/10/2020 @ 23:55pm

Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 4
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018) - 3
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998) - 2
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 1

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 06/11/2020 @ 22:31pm

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 4
System Of A Down - System Of A Down (1998) - 3
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018) - 2
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 1

Genre noms:

Orchid - Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow! (2000)
Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance (2003)
The Brave Little Abacus - Just Got Back From the Discomfort—We're Alright (2010)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 06/11/2020 @ 23:01pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

System of a Down - System of a Down (1998) - 35
________________________

Mac Miller - Swimming (2018) - 30
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 29
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 26

Belle & Sebastian will automatically be nominated for the July Album project vote. After Greg F mentioned that B&S might not be qualified as emo, I looked up the list of emo artists on wikipedia and they aren't mentioned, so I decided to leave them off.

Here is the final class of inductees for the June Album Project:

Albert King - Live Wire/Blues Power (1968)
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (2004)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You (1996)
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (2004)
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)
The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
The White Stripes - De Stijl (2000)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/12/2020 @ 00:33am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

A Day To Remember - Homesick (2009)
AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
Alexisonfire - Alexisonfire (2002)
Armor For Sleep - Smile For Them (2007)
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Cute is What We Aim For - The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch (2006)
Dashboard Confessional - Dusk and Summer (2006)
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (2001)
Escape the Fate - Dying Is Your Latest Fashion (2006)
Fall Out Boy - Folie à Deux (2008)
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (2007)
Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave (2003)
Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004)
Joyce Manor - Joyce Manor (2008)
Matchbook Romance - Voices (2006)
Mayday Parade - A Lesson In Romantics (2007)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Never Shout Never - Harmony (2010)
Orchid - Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow! (2000)
Owls - Owls (2001)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)
The Brave Little Abacus - Just Got Back From the Discomfort - We're Alright (2010)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Don't You Fake It (2006)
The Used - In Love And Death (2004)
Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance (2003)
Thursday - Full Collapse (2001)
Underoath - They're Only Chasing Safety (2004)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/12/2020 @ 00:41am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Lil Wayne) - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1987) - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/12/2020 @ 00:41am

KING JUNE 2020 EMO GENRE ALBUMS (8)
Avril Lavigne-Under My Skin (2004)
Blink-182-Blink-182 (2003)
Jimmy Eat World-Futures (2004)
My Chemical Romance-Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge (2004)
Matchbook Romance-Voices (2006)
Taking Back Sunday-Louder Now (2006)
The Used-In Love And Death (2004)
Thursday-Full Collapse (2001)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 06/12/2020 @ 06:46am

votes:
AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Cute is What We Aim For - The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch (2006)
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (2007)
Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave (2003)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)

Posted by Margo on Friday, 06/12/2020 @ 08:33am

AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (2007)
Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 06/12/2020 @ 10:25am

1. Matchbook Romance - Voices (2006)
2. Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006)
3. Thursday - Full Collapse (2001)
4. Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
5. Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
6. Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance (2003)
7. The Brave Little Abacus - Just Got Back from the Discomfort- We're Alright (2010)
8. Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (2001)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/12/2020 @ 10:32am

Sorry to all the albums I couldn't vote for, it was hard to narrow down; but here are my votes...
A Day To Remember - Homesick (2009)
Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006)
Thursday - Full Collapse (2001)

Posted by FakePassport LLC, Inc. on Friday, 06/12/2020 @ 12:27pm

Emo Albums Vote:

AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge - (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)
Dashboard Confessional - Dusk and Summer (2006)
The Brave Little Abacus - Just Got Back from the Discomfort - We're Alright (2010)

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 06/12/2020 @ 14:34pm

I want to switch my year nomination for Jo-El Sonnier - Come on Joe to Madhouse - 8 (1987).

My updated year vote nominations:

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987)
Madhouse - 8 (1987)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/12/2020 @ 17:15pm

Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Cute is What We Aim For - The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch (2006)
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (2007)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 06/12/2020 @ 17:47pm

AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
Dashboard Confessional - Dusk and Summer (2006)
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (2007)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Don't You Fake It (2006)
Thursday - Full Collapse (2001)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 06/13/2020 @ 15:48pm

Votes!:
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Cute is What We Aim For - The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch (2006)
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (2007)
Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave (2003)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)

Posted by James Gang on Saturday, 06/13/2020 @ 22:22pm

AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (2001)
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (2007)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
The Used - In Love And Death (2004)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/14/2020 @ 00:19am

Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
Cute is What We Aim For - The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch (2006)
Matchbook Romance - Voices (2006)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Don't You Fake It (2006)
Thursday - Full Collapse (2001)

Posted by Kim Possible on Sunday, 06/14/2020 @ 13:46pm

AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Cute is What We Aim For - The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch (2006)
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (2007)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)

Posted by Parvenguins on Monday, 06/15/2020 @ 12:04pm

Votes:
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (2007)
Matchbook Romance - Voices (2006)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Don't You Fake It (2006)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Monday, 06/15/2020 @ 14:22pm

Posted by Diddy on Monday, 06/15/2020 @ 23:11pm

Votes:
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Cute is What We Aim For - The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch (2006)
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (2007)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Don't You Fake It (2006)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Tuesday, 06/16/2020 @ 10:12am

AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (2001)
Fall Out Boy - Infinity on High (2007)
Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (200%)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 06/16/2020 @ 13:40pm

My Votes:
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Cute is What We Aim For - The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch (2006)
Fall Out Boy - Infinity on High (2007)
Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2006)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Tuesday, 06/16/2020 @ 14:55pm

AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)
Thursday - Full Collapse (2001)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 06/16/2020 @ 18:08pm

AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave (2003)
Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Never Shout Never - Harmony (2010)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 06/16/2020 @ 21:34pm

AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004)
Owls - Owls
Orchid - Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow! (2000)
Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance (2003)
Thursday - Full Collapse (2001)

Apologies to Alexisonfire, Blink-182, MCR, Taking Back Sunday, Underoath, and others.

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 06/16/2020 @ 23:01pm

Ah, that's what I missed. If it's not too late (I don't think it'll change the final results), Darren, could you change my vote for Owls to The Brave Little Abacus?

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 06/16/2020 @ 23:12pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005) - 15
Paramore - Riot! (2007) - 15

My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004) - 14

Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (2007) - 12

Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) - 11

AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003) - 10
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004) - 10

Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003) - 9
____________________________

Cute is What We Aim For - The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch (2006) - 8

Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004) - 7
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006) - 7
Thursday - Full Collapse (2001) - 7

Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003) - 5

Matchbook Romance - Voices (2006) - 4
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005) - 4
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Don't You Fake It (2006) - 4

Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (2001) - 3
Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave (2003) - 3
The Brave Little Abacus - Just Got Back From the Discomfort - We're Alright (2010) - 3

Dashboard Confessional - Dusk and Summer (2006) - 2
The Used - In Love And Death (2004) - 2
Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance (2003) - 2

A Day To Remember - Homesick (2009) - 1
Never Shout Never - Harmony (2010) - 1
Orchid - Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow! (2000) - 1

Alexisonfire - Alexisonfire (2002) - 0
Armor For Sleep - Smile For Them (2007) - 0
Escape the Fate - Dying Is Your Latest Fashion (2006) - 0
Fall Out Boy - Folie à Deux (2008) - 0
Joyce Manor - Joyce Manor (2008) - 0
Mayday Parade - A Lesson In Romantics (2007) - 0
Owls - Owls (2001) - 0
Underoath - They're Only Chasing Safety (2004) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Margo
Steve Z
Greg F.
Fake Passport LLC, Inc.
John Mangee
Jason Dagotto
dmg
James Gang
Darren
Kim Possible
Parvenguins
JesusJustLeftChicago
Diddy
Skylanderlord3
Nick
Master Of The Moon
BSLO
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)
Blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (2007)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Paramore - Riot! (2007)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/17/2020 @ 15:29pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Lil Wayne) - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1987) - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/17/2020 @ 15:29pm

Here is my short list for the July's vote and beyond in no particular order.

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)*
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)*
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)*
Melanie Martinez - Cry Baby (2015)
Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION (2015)*
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)*
Lily Allen - Alright, Stil (2006)
Yello - One Second (1987)
Vangelis - Direct (1988)
Jean Michel Jarre - Zoolook (1984)
Gerry Rafferty - City to City (1978)
Danny Brown - XXX (2011)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)

*= Ones that I'm considering for July's vote. The others on here I'm going to nominate in future months. Let me know if you're interested in these albums.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/18/2020 @ 00:05am

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 06/19/2020 @ 21:46pm

Year noms:

Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I (1987)
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive (1987)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 06/19/2020 @ 22:59pm

Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Starship - No Protection (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Honorable Mentions:
Cher - Cher (1987)
Michael Bolton - The Hunger (1987)
Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody (1987)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 06/19/2020 @ 23:00pm

FRL,

Correction:

Original Broadway Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987)
should be
Original London Cast - The Phantom of the Opera (1987)

I am not sure if there ever was a Broadway Cast recording. Most of the original cast and music on Broadway were the same as the London production which came first.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 06/19/2020 @ 23:10pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Alexander O'Neal - Hearsay (1987)
Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark (1987)
Big Black - Songs About F*cking (1987)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno (1987)
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (1987)
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987)
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive (1987)
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987)
Descendents - All (1987)
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt - Trio (1987)
Enya - Enya (1987)
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)
Great White - Once Bitten (1987)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I (1987)
Hoodoo Gurus - Blow Your Cool! (1987)
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Joe Strummer - Walker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
John Hiatt - Bring The Family (1987)
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
Madhouse - 8 (1987)
Napalm Death - Scum (1987)
Public Image Ltd. - Happy? (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne & Cong Su - The Last Emperor (1987)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Through the Looking Glass (1987)
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription (1987)
Starship - No Protection (1987)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)
Swans - Children of God (1987)
Tangerine Dream - Tyger (1987)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987)
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - Less Than Zero: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)
White Lion - Pride (1987)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)
Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/20/2020 @ 04:33am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 (2007)
Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being (2010)
Lil Wayne - Rebirth (2010)
Lil Wayne - Tha Block is Hot (1999)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/20/2020 @ 04:34am

Year Votes:
Big Black - Songs About F*cking (1987)
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
Napalm Death - Scum (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987)
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)

Artist Vote:
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Saturday, 06/20/2020 @ 07:39am

Alexander O'Neal - Hearsay (1987)
Enya - Enya (1987)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I (1987)
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 06/20/2020 @ 09:44am

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987)
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt - Trio (1987)
Enya - Enya (1987)
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)
Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 06/20/2020 @ 11:42am

Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987)
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)

Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 (2007)
Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being (2010)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

Posted by James Gang on Saturday, 06/20/2020 @ 13:45pm

KING JUNE 2020 YEAR 1987 ALBUMS (8)
10,000 Maniacs-In My Tribe (1987)
Fleetwood Mac-Tango In The Night (1987)
Great White-Once Bitten (1987)
John Mellencamp-The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
Richard Marx-Richard Marx (1987)
Various Artists-Less Than Zero:Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Whitesnake-Whitesnake (1987)
White Lion-Pride (1987)
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I really like my selections. Most of these albums had multiple charting songs and some that were great songs in 1987 and still classics today. Fleetwood Mac and John Mellencamp are 2 that I remembered from 1987. They carry plenty of sentimentality. I'm hoping White Lion Pride earns Induction. It's solid all the way through. It's a KING FAV. Decided to add Richard Marx over Bruce. Marx could use some project representation. I think Bruce has several songs and albums inducted. Tunnel Of Love probably will be inducted soon. Less Than Zero is 1 of those movies my sister and I try to watch together once a year. It has a great soundtrack and some sentimentality too. Summer is here! KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 06/20/2020 @ 18:46pm

My Votes:
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Lil Wayne - Rebirth (2010)
Lil Wayne - Tha Block is Hot (1999)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Saturday, 06/20/2020 @ 23:39pm

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
Public Image Ltd. - Happy? (1987)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Through the Looking Glass (1987)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 06/20/2020 @ 23:45pm

1. 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
2. Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987)
3. Madhouse - 8 (1987)
4. Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt - Trio (1987)
5. Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)
6. Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)
7. Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987)
8. John Melloncamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)

1. Lil Wayne - The Block is Hot (1999)
2. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)
3. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
4. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)
5. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)
6. Lil Wayne - Tha Drought 3 (2007)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/21/2020 @ 01:29am

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
Public Image Ltd. - Happy? (1987)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/21/2020 @ 20:56pm

Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987)
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

Posted by Parvenguins on Monday, 06/22/2020 @ 08:17am

Year Votes:
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (1987)
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987)
Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Public Image Ltd. - Happy? (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)

Artist Votes:
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Monday, 06/22/2020 @ 12:03pm

votes:
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)

Lil Wayne - The Block is Hot (1999)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

Posted by Margo on Tuesday, 06/23/2020 @ 11:25am

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (1987)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night (1987)
Public Image Ltd. - Happy? (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Lil Wayne - Rebirth (2010)
Lil Wayne - Tha Block is Hot (1999)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)

Posted by Diddy on Tuesday, 06/23/2020 @ 14:35pm

OK, here's my 1987 Album Vote, because if I don't remember to do it today, I won't remember to do it at all.

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
Halloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I (1987)
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 06/23/2020 @ 14:52pm

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Enya - Enya (1987)
Great White - Once Bitten (1987)
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Napalm Death - Scum (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 06/23/2020 @ 14:54pm

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (1987)
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)

Lil Wayne - Tha Block is Hot (1999)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Wednesday, 06/24/2020 @ 15:32pm

Scorpions - Big City Nights (1984)
Scorpions - China White (1982)
Scorpions - Is There Anybody There (1979)
Scorpions - Rhythm of Love (1988)
Scorpions - Send Me An Angel (1990)
Scorpions - The Sails of Charon (1977)

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Anthrax - Indians (1987)
Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise (1987)
Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than the Rest (1987)
Def Leppard - Love Bites (1987)
Depeche Mode - Behind the Wheel (1987)
George Harrison - When We Was Fab (1987)
Helloween - Halloween (1987)
Husker Du - Ice Cold Ice (1987)
Men Without Hats - Pop Goes The World (1987)
Michael Crawford - Music of the Night (1987)
Prince - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (1987)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - This Wheel's On Fire (1987)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Passenger (1987)
The Grateful Dead - Hell in a Bucket (1987)
Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All (1987)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/24/2020 @ 21:39pm

Gahh wrong ballot

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt - Trio (1987)
Enya - Enya (1987)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I (1987)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne & Cong Su - The Last Emperor (1987)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Through the Looking Glass (1987)
Tangerine Dream - Tyger (1987)
The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987)

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Lil Wayne - Rebirth (2010)
Lil Wayne - Tha Block is Hot (1999)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/24/2020 @ 21:41pm

Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark (1987)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Through the Looking Glass (1987)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 06/24/2020 @ 21:43pm

Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt - Trio (1987)
Joe Strummer - Walker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne & Cong Su - The Last Emperor (1987)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - Less Than Zero: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Lil Wayne - Rebirth (2010)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 06/24/2020 @ 21:48pm

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987)
Great White-Once Bitten (1987)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Starship - No Protection (1987)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - Less Than Zero: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Last cuts coming soon. There are also many, many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 06/24/2020 @ 22:57pm

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Alexander O'Neal - Hearsay (1987)
Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark (1987)
Big Black - Songs About F*cking (1987)
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive (1987)
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I (1987)
Napalm Death - Scum (1987)
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription (1987)
Swans - Children of God (1987)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 06/24/2020 @ 23:00pm

Whoops, cut out the 10,000 Maniacs and Alexander O'Neal.

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 06/24/2020 @ 23:02pm

Last cuts include Bruce Willis, Carly Simon, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt, Enya, Helloween, John Hiatt, John Mellencamp, and Whitesnake.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 06/24/2020 @ 23:29pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987) - 10
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987) - 10
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987) - 10
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987) - 10

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987) - 9
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987) - 9
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Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987) - 8
The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987) - 8
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987) - 8
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Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987) - 6
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987) - 6

Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 5

Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt - Trio (1987) - 4
Enya - Enya (1987) - 4
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I (1987) - 4
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) - 4
Public Image Ltd. - Happy? (1987) - 4
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987) - 4
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 4

Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (1987) - 3
Great White - Once Bitten (1987) - 3
Napalm Death - Scum (1987) - 3
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Through the Looking Glass (1987) - 3
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription (1987) - 3
Various Artists - Less Than Zero: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 3

Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark (1987) - 2
Big Black - Songs About F*cking (1987) - 2
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987) - 2
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne & Cong Su - The Last Emperor (1987) - 2
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987) - 2
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987) - 2
Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987) - 2

Alexander O'Neal - Hearsay (1987) - 1
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive (1987) - 1
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) - 1
Joe Strummer - Walker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 1
Madhouse - 8 (1987) - 1
Starship - No Protection (1987) - 1
Swans - Children of God (1987) - 1
Tangerine Dream - Tyger (1987) - 1
White Lion - Pride (1987) - 1

Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno (1987) - 0
Descendents - All (1987) - 0
Hoodoo Gurus - Blow Your Cool! (1987) - 0
John Hiatt - Bring The Family (1987) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
MichaelEU
James Gang
KING
Master of the Moon
jtrichey
Greg F
Darren
Parvenguins
JesusJustLeftChicago
Margo
Diddy
John Mangee
dmg
Skylanderlord3
Tom H.
BSLO
Nick
Jennifer
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 1 album will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 01:52am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005) - 12

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011) - 11
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Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004) - 10
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018) - 10
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Lil Wayne - Tha Block is Hot (1999) - 6

Lil Wayne - Rebirth (2010) - 4

Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 (2007) - 2

Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being (2010) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
James Gang
Master Of The Moon
Greg F
Darren
Parvenguins
JesusJustLeftChicago
Margo
Diddy
Skylanderlord3
Tom H.
BSLO
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 01:56am

Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987) - 3
The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987) - 2
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987) - 1

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 01:58am

KING JUNE 2020 1987 Album Tiebreaker (3)
Whitesnake-Whitesnake (1987)-3 PTS
Joe Satriani-Surfing With The Alien (1987)-2
The Grateful Dead-In The Dark (1987)-1 PT.
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Tango In The Night and The Lonesome Jubilee deserved better fates. My albums never do anything in the projects. I can bring White Lion back in July. Great to see 10,000 Maniacs earn induction. The Greg F. effect occurred with the several Soundtrack albums nominated. Vote was split. KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 05:21am

My 1987 Album Tiebreaker Vote:

3 points: Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1987)
2 points: Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)
1 point: The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987)

Posted by John Mangee on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 07:55am

Tiebreakers

Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987) 3
Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien (1987) 2
The Grateful Dead - In the Dark (1987) 1

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 10:25am

Tiebreaker:
The Grateful Dead - In the Dark (1987)

I didn't realize it until now, but the Joe Satriani album is already inducted,

Posted by Parvenguins on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 12:41pm

Tiebreaker

Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 13:27pm

Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 14:30pm

If the Joe Satriani album is already inducted, then the other albums get in automatically.

No tiebreaker is necessary.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 15:41pm

My Tiebreaker:
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 17:12pm

KING, I too was surprised at the lack of support for Tango in Paris and The Lonesome Jubilee. Usually anything Fleetwood Mac and John Mellencamp does well in the voting, and both albums were pretty deserving.

Looks like the new voters are shaking things up a bit. Can't say I can remember a round where a Faith No More album got the most votes, but I'm certainly not complaining!

I had a feeling that Tunnel of Love would struggle a bit again, but I'm encouraged that it got 6 votes this time around. I think that that album will be a permanent fixture on my general vote list until it gets inducted. Happy to finally see Whitesnake get in. I've nominated that quite a few times!

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 17:54pm

Whoops. I meant Tango in the Night.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 20:02pm

Forgot my Lil Wayne tiebreaker: Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)

And sweet! Happy to see both the Dead and Whitesnake get some more representation.

Posted by Parvenguins on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 20:23pm

"KING, I too was surprised at the lack of support for Tango in Paris and The Lonesome Jubilee. Usually anything Fleetwood Mac and John Mellencamp does well in the voting, and both albums were pretty deserving.

Looks like the new voters are shaking things up a bit. Can't say I can remember a round where a Faith No More album got the most votes, but I'm certainly not complaining!" - BSLO

Funny how all these "new voters" seem to have such similar tastes in music, especially RHCP, Zevon, and The Dead......and special hats off to Jason Dagotto and James Gang for all their fabulous success both here and in The Song Project over the past few months!

Posted by joker on Thursday, 06/25/2020 @ 20:46pm

The Joe Satriani album is on the list of previous inductees, so the tiebreaker isn't necessary anymore.

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987) - 10
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987) - 10
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987) - 10
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987) - 10

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987) - 9
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987) - 9

The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987) - 8
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987) - 8
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Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987) - 6
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987) - 6

Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 5

Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt - Trio (1987) - 4
Enya - Enya (1987) - 4
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I (1987) - 4
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) - 4
Public Image Ltd. - Happy? (1987) - 4
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987) - 4
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 4

Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (1987) - 3
Great White - Once Bitten (1987) - 3
Napalm Death - Scum (1987) - 3
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Through the Looking Glass (1987) - 3
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription (1987) - 3
Various Artists - Less Than Zero: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 3

Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark (1987) - 2
Big Black - Songs About F*cking (1987) - 2
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987) - 2
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne & Cong Su - The Last Emperor (1987) - 2
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987) - 2
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987) - 2
Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987) - 2

Alexander O'Neal - Hearsay (1987) - 1
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive (1987) - 1
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) - 1
Joe Strummer - Walker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 1
Madhouse - 8 (1987) - 1
Starship - No Protection (1987) - 1
Swans - Children of God (1987) - 1
Tangerine Dream - Tyger (1987) - 1
White Lion - Pride (1987) - 1

Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno (1987) - 0
Descendents - All (1987) - 0
Hoodoo Gurus - Blow Your Cool! (1987) - 0
John Hiatt - Bring The Family (1987) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
MichaelEU
James Gang
KING
Master of the Moon
jtrichey
Greg F
Darren
Parvenguins
JesusJustLeftChicago
Margo
Diddy
John Mangee
dmg
Skylanderlord3
Tom H.
BSLO
Nick
Jennifer
Ray

As a result of this vote, the following albums have been inducted:

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (1987)
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (1987)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987)
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987)
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene (1987)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/26/2020 @ 00:35am

Thank you, joker! I should also probably disclose that JesusJustLeftChicago, Margo, Master of the Moon, Diddy, and I all know each other in real life. We joined without telling each other who was who to prevent bias voting, but we all grew up in the same place around the same people and (for the most part) same music. That's probably a big reason as to why our votes tend to overlap. If there's an issue with us knowing each other already/having similar taste, I completely understand that. I didn't see anything against it, but if there is a rule please tell me and I'll be on my way. Have a good one, my friend.

Anyways my tiebreaker for the Lil Wayne vote:
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)

Posted by James Gang on Friday, 06/26/2020 @ 11:36am

James Gang,

I knew it! When I started seeing some ballots back in December that were almost 100% identical I was like "are these people all from the same frat house? "

I liked you from the start and respect you greatly for admitting this connection between yourself and JesusJustLeftChicago, Margo, Master of the Moon, and Diddy. I don't know of any rule in place that prohibits friends/associates/relatives from voting. The issue for me would be that suddenly injecting a new bloc of people who vote mostly the same way disrupts the fragile ecosystem we have here (especially in The Album Project with sometimes 12 ballots or less)

As you probably know the margins on these vote tallies are razor thin to begin with. Adding highly correlated ballots definitely skews the results and tips the balance of power.

If it were up to me I'd tell you all to scoop up your chips, enjoy your winnings and move on to another table. But it's not up to me.

I'd like to hear other people's thoughts on this.

Posted by joker on Friday, 06/26/2020 @ 17:58pm

If it is truly all different people then they can do what they want.

I worry that it might not be the case like we had in the Revisited project a few years ago.

But there can be no possible basis to not allow like minded friends from participating. Maybe I should get out there and make some new friends.

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 06/26/2020 @ 22:30pm

Agreed with joker and jtrichey. If it's all different people, and they seem to be going out of their way to not collude, then I don't have a problem with it. Even if it's 5 people, that wouldn't be enough to completely swing a vote on an album or song on its own.

The one thing I will suggest (and I would have this advice for any new voter) is to approach each vote with an open mind and not just vote for your "favorite" songs and albums on the nominated list. There's no doubt that we are all biased toward our tastes on our ballots, but that (at least in my opinion) shouldn't be the only basis for voting for a song or album.

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 06/27/2020 @ 11:02am

There's no rule against friends participating in the projects together.

The only rule is that each individual can only vote once. We had problems years ago with people voting multiple times under different user names, so people can be a bit on edge about similar voting patterns.

So long as you're all using your own computers / devices and you don't have the same IP address (because we wouldn't be able to verify), we're good.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/27/2020 @ 23:55pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004) - 3
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Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018) - 1

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018) will automatically be nominated for July Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this month's Artist Project vote:

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter (2004)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2011)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/28/2020 @ 00:09am

Rule Changes In 2020:

Genres and Artists will now be selected randomly each month. Voters will nominate the genres and artists that will be randomly selected for each month's Genre and Artist vote. The artist and genre will be selected separately in the Song and Album Projects.

Genre splits will no longer be allowed. Each month's genre vote will be one vote.

After being selected as a monthly genre, genres will be ineligible for nomination / selection for 12 months, up from the previous setting of 6 months.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 11 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in 2020:

Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Jazz
2000's R&B
21st Century Garage Rock
1990's Country
Emo 2000-2010

"1980's Metal Albums" is now once again eligible for nomination, after spending six months ineligible.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 11 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1982.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1982. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1982.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1982 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

ABC - The Lexicon of Love
Adam Ant - Friend or Foe
Bad Brains - Bad Brains
Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out
Billy Idol - Billy Idol
Blade Runner - Soundtrack
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever
Descendents - Milo Goes to College
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Duran Duran - Rio
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Joe Jackson - Night and Day
John "Cougar" Mellencamp - American Fool
John Williams - E.T: The Extra Terrestrial: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Laurie Anderson - Big Science
Madonna - Madonna
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Motörhead - Iron Fist
Original Off-Broadway Cast - Little Shop of Horrors
Paul McCartney - Tug Of War
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (4) (Security)
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going!
Prince & the Revolution - 1999
Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
Richard Pryor - Live on the Sunset Strip
Rush - Signals
Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park
Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse
Sparks - Angst In My Pants
Stray Cats - Built for Speed
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
The Clash - Combat Rock
The Cure - Pornography
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
The Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat
The Misfits - Walk Among Us
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless
Toto - Toto IV
Venom - Black Metal
X - Under the Big Black Sun
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1982, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 10:27am

General Vote

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)

Genre: Indietronica (2000-2019)

Artist: Juliana Hatfield

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 10:48am

Year Vote

Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose (1982)
Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982)
The Motels - All Four One (1982)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 11:13am

Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Original Broadway Cast - Company: A Musical Comedy (1970)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks

Tony Bennett

Cheap Trick - One on One (1982)
Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
Various Artists - Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album (1982)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 11:34am

General Noms:
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World (1973)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)

Year Noms:
Kiss - Creatures of the Night (1982)
Twisted Sister - Under the Blade (1982)
Van Halen - Diver Down (1982)

Genre Nom:
Post-80s Electronica (1990 - 2019)

Artist Nom:
Of Montreal

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 11:47am

KING JULY 2020 Year 1982 Nominations (3)
Billy Squier-Emotions In Motion (1982)
Rainbow-Straight Between The Eyes (1982)
Whitesnake-Saints & Sinners (1982)
General Albums Nominations July 2020 (3)
KISS-Dynasty (1979)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
White Lion-Pride (1987)
Artist: Wishbone Ash
Genre: Progressive Rock
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 12:55pm

GREG F.
I like the Britney Spears & Midnight Oil albums. Good chance those albums are inducted. Great work! KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 13:04pm

General:

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers (1977)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
FKA Twigs - LP1 (2014)

Year:

Jerry Reed - The Man With The Golden Thumb (1982)
Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan (1982)
The Jam - The Gift (1982)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 14:48pm

Steve Miller Band - Children Of The Future (1968)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (2005)

Asia - Asia (1982)
Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)

Artist: Neil Young

Genre: 1990's R&B

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 17:44pm

My General Album Nominations:

Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 20:22pm

My 1982 Album Nominations:

King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982)
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 20:51pm

John, Donald Fagen - The Nightly (1982) is already inducted.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 21:20pm

My nominations for July 2020 induction into The Album Project...

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Year

Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Jerry Goldsmith - First Blood (1982)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 22:33pm

Oops...sorry about my mess-up. But since The Nightfly is already in, here's my 3rd album nomination for 1982.

Scorpions - Blackout (1982)

Hope my choices still count. Thanks.

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 23:11pm

General:
Death - Spiritual Healing (1990)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
The Ranconteurs - Help Us Stranger (2019)

Year:
George Clinton - Computer Games (1982)
The Birthday Party - Junkyard (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

Artist:
Death

Genre:
B-Side Songs

I just wanted to quickly say that I appreciate all of you letting us stay. I also am going to start approaching ballots from a less bias POV. I really enjoy this site and the company it keeps, so I'm happy to be able to stay. Thanks, all.

Posted by Diddy on Tuesday, 06/30/2020 @ 23:50pm

Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview (1998)
Queen - Queen (1973)

Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982)
Triumph - Never Surrender (1982)

Artist Nomination:
Pat Benatar

Genre Nomination:
Goth Rock

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Wednesday, 07/1/2020 @ 00:34am

General Nominations:
Aesop Rock - Labor Days (2001)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)

Year Nominations:
The Damned - Strawberries (1982)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
The Jam - The Gift (1982)

Genre Nomination: Hardcore Punk

Artist Nomination: Black Sabbath

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 07/1/2020 @ 09:57am

Dave Matthews Band- Come Tomorrow (2018)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)

My Artist nomination is:

Miles Davis

My Genre Nomination is

Movie Soundtracks

Year Nominations

Frank Zappa- Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982)
Queen- Hot Space (1982)
Talking Heads- The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/1/2020 @ 11:42am

Diddy: Ooh, interesting Death pick...like it, though.

General noms:

Nightwish - Once (2004)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)

Artist nom:

Bert Jansch

Genre nom:

Power Metal

Posted by Ray on Friday, 07/3/2020 @ 00:04am

Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/3/2020 @ 00:53am

Lots of deserving albums nominated, so I'll only nominate 2 snubs.

Rush - Rush (1974)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)

Posted by Parvenguins on Friday, 07/3/2020 @ 12:15pm

July 2020 General Album Nominations:
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

July 2020 Album Genre Nomination:
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987

July 2020 Album Artist Nomination:
Air Supply

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 07/3/2020 @ 18:14pm

General:
10cc - The Original Soundtrack (1975)
Indio - Big Harvest (1989)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 07/3/2020 @ 22:31pm

general noms:

Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns (2008)
Beck - Hyperspace (2019)
The xx - I See You (2017)

1982 noms:
Hall & Oates - H2O (1982)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 07/3/2020 @ 22:38pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

10cc - The Original Soundtrack (1975)
Aesop Rock - Labor Days (2001)
Beck - Hyperspace (2019)
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Death - Spiritual Healing (1990)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
FKA Twigs - LP1 (2014)
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (2005)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Indio - Big Harvest (1989)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers (1977)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview (1998)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)
Original Broadway Cast - Company: A Musical Comedy (1970)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queen - Queen (1973)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Rush - Rush (1974)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns (2008)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
Steve Miller Band - Children Of The Future (1968)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)
The Ranconteurs - Help Us Stranger (2019)
The xx - I See You (2017)
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World (1973)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
White Lion - Pride (1987)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/3/2020 @ 23:31pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply
Benatar, Pat
Bennett, Tony
Black Sabbath
Davis, Miles
Death
Electric Light Orchestra
Hatfield, Juliana
Jansch, Bert
Of Montreal
Wishbone Ash
Young, Neil

There were 12 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 10.

This month's selected artist is of Montreal.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is of Montreal.

Here's the list of of Montreal albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)

Any voter can nominate one album by of Montreal released from 1900-2019 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's of Montreal discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Montreal_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/3/2020 @ 23:36pm

Artist Vote

of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/4/2020 @ 00:20am

What is the selected genre this month?

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/4/2020 @ 00:52am

KING JULY 2020 Albums Vote (8)
Britney Spears-Blackout (2007)
Bruce Springsteen-Tunnel Of Love (1987)
KISS-Dynasty (1979)
King's X-Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
Olivia Newton-John-Physical (1981)
Richard Marx-Richard Marx (1987)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
White Lion-Pride (1987)
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Proud of my album choices here. Hopefully, I can help vault Bruce and King's X into the Induction circle. Others like Olivia and Richard Marx deserve some more of their work inducted. KISS Dynasty is a KING FAV. It has 1 of my FAVS Sure Know Something on it. Fate Of Nations has fallen short a few times. It has some classics on it like 29 Palms, I Believe, If I Were A Carpenter, etc. This will be a cycle every vote counts in this album vote. Could easily have voted 15 or 16 albums. Happy 4th Of July!!! KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 07/4/2020 @ 07:35am

KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Rush - Rush (1974)
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)

of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by Parvenguins on Saturday, 07/4/2020 @ 09:10am

My July Album Project Vote:

Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstacy (1973)

Posted by John Mangee on Saturday, 07/4/2020 @ 10:52am

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
FKA Twigs - LP1 (2014)
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers (1977)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 07/4/2020 @ 12:32pm

10cc - The Original Soundtrack (1975)
Beck - Hyperspace (2019)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)
Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns (2008)
The xx - I See You (2017)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 07/4/2020 @ 22:48pm

Votes!:
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Death - Spiritual Healing (1990)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)

Artist Noms!:
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)

To restate what Diddy said in a much longer, more drawn out way: thank you all for letting us stay. I will make sure to actually listen to each song and most of the albums and read about them before voting. I really like the sort of chilled out atmosphere this site maintains and am happy to stay. I really appreciate it. Some good songs and albums nominated this month. Hoping for many more. Cheers.

Posted by James Gang on Saturday, 07/4/2020 @ 23:02pm

10cc - The Original Soundtrack (1975)
Death - Spiritual Healing (1990)
Indio - Big Harvest (1989)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Last cuts: Bruce Springsteen, Kurt Vile, Dream Theater, Foo Fighters

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 07/5/2020 @ 00:05am

1. Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
2. Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
3. Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)
4. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
5. Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
6. Less than Jake - Hello Rockview (1998)
7. Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
8. Kiss - Dynasty (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/5/2020 @ 00:08am

Aesop Rock - Labor Days (2001)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
FKA Twigs - LP1 (2014)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Queen - Queen (1973)
Rush - Rush (1974)
The Ranconteurs - Help Us Stranger (2019)

Artist Nomination:
of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar (2013)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 07/5/2020 @ 10:10am

KING JULY 2020 Of Monteal Selected Artist (1)
Of Montreal-Skeletal Lamping (2008)
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A KING salute as all the FRL Regulars and new additions selected an excellent diverse group of albums. Can't wait to see how it shakes out. KISS Dynasty even received a few votes. KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 07/5/2020 @ 17:22pm

KING, I think you should consider KISS's Dynasty a legit front-runner at this point.

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 07/5/2020 @ 17:53pm

votes:
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)
The Ranconteurs - Help Us Stranger (2019)

artist:
of Montreal - Aldhils Arboretum (2002)

Posted by Margo on Monday, 07/6/2020 @ 11:42am

Death - Spiritual Healing (1990)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Less than Jake - Hello Rockview (1998)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Monday, 07/6/2020 @ 19:35pm

Artist Vote

of Montreal- False Priest (2010)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/6/2020 @ 21:30pm

Death - Spiritual Healing (1990)
Less than Jake - Hello Rockview (1998)
Rush - Rush (1974)
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)
The Ranconteurs - Help Us Stranger (2019)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Tuesday, 07/7/2020 @ 09:08am

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)

What is the genre for this month?

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 07/7/2020 @ 12:44pm

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (2005)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Steve Miller Band - Children Of The Future (1968)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 07/7/2020 @ 13:17pm

Looks like I forgot to post the genre results.

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1990's R&B
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks
B-Side Songs
Goth Rock
Hardcore Punk
Indietronica (2000-2019)
Movie Soundtracks
Post-80s Electronica (1990 - 2019)
Power Metal
Progressive Rock
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987
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There were 11 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 10.

This month's selected genre is "Progressive Rock".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 01:07am

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (2005)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 01:25am

FRL Music Intelligencia
Are we considering Duran Duran Progressive Rock? Otherwise, I will have to pick other groups.
KING JULY 2020 Progressive Rock Albums (3)
Marillion-Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Procol Harum-Broken Barricades (1971)
The Moody Blues-Octave (1978)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 03:15am

Genre Vote

Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975)
IQ - Dark Matter (2004)
Gong - Flying Teapot (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 06:20am

My Genre Vote Nominations:

King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (1974)
King Crimson - Red (1974)
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)

Posted by John Mangee on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 07:54am

John, Red is already inducted. You have one more nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 08:14am

Oops! Thanks, Greg. Here are my revised nominations:

King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (1974)
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)

Posted by John Mangee on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 08:53am

Genre Nominations:

The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
Strawbs - Grave New World (1972)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 11:44am

Genre:

The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis (1968)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence (1976)
Phish - Rift (1993)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 12:25pm

Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Death - Spiritual Healing (1990)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Steve Miller Band - Children Of The Future (1968)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)

progressive rock:
Big Big Train - Underfall Yard (2009)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 14:45pm

Foxtrot HASN'T already been inducted yet? WHAAATTT???

Posted by John Mangee on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 15:12pm

Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
The Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Yes - Yes (1969)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 15:55pm

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Queen - Queen (1973)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 18:51pm

Votes:
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Death - Spiritual Healing (1990)
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Queen - Queen (1973)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)

Genre:
Asia - Alpha (1983)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 19:36pm

Genre Nominations

Egg- The Polite Force (1971)
Gentle Giant- Three Friends (1972)
Van Der Graaf Generator- H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Lots of deep cuts in the genre nominations so far. This should be fun

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 20:44pm

Tom H., you better darn well believe it'll be fun! I'm looking forward to this Progressive Rock Album Vote!

Posted by John Mangee on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 21:14pm

John- Prog Rock is one of my favorite genres. This genre has been picked several times in the past but that means that we have an opportunity to nominate albums that might not have a chance in the regular vote.

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 21:35pm

Yep Tom and John this is gonna be a good genre vote. There's a good mix of the obvious and the deep cuts. I went with bands that were likely not going to have albums nominated by the other voters to keep the ballot diverse and to avoid having multiple nominees by the same artists. I skipped nominating anything by the big artists of Progressive Rock for that reason.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 22:21pm

Britney Spears-Blackout (2007)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970)
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Company: A Musical Comedy (1970)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Steve Miller Band - Children Of The Future (1968)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 22:35pm

Death - Spiritual Healing (1990)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 07/8/2020 @ 23:01pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

KISS - Dynasty (1979) - 9

Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993) - 8
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980) - 8

Death - Spiritual Healing (1990) - 7
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003) - 7
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Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987) - 6
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) - 6
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008) - 6
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) - 6
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Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018) - 5

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007) - 4
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 4
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981) - 4
Ramones - Leave Home (1977) - 4
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987) - 4

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) - 3
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 3
Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) - 3
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 3
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 3
Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview (1998) - 3
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 3
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 3
Queen - Queen (1973) - 3
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993) - 3
Rush - Rush (1974) - 3
Steve Miller Band - Children Of The Future (1968) - 3
The Ranconteurs - Help Us Stranger (2019) - 3

10cc - The Original Soundtrack (1975) - 2
Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything (1970) - 2
Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005) - 2
FKA Twigs - LP1 (2014) - 2
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (2005) - 2
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019) - 2
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019) - 2
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers (1977) - 2
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) - 2
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 2
Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009) - 2
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 2

Aesop Rock - Labor Days (2001) - 1
Beck - Hyperspace (2019) - 1
Indio - Big Harvest (1989) - 1
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Company: A Musical Comedy (1970) - 1
Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns (2008) - 1
The xx - I See You (2017) - 1
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 1
White Lion - Pride (1987) - 1

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (2018) - 0
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World (1973) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Parvenguins
John M
MichaelEU
jtrichey
James Gang
dmg
Greg F
Steve Z
Margo
SkylanderLord3
Jason Dagotto
Tom H.
BSLO
Darren
JesusJustLeftChicago
Jennifer
Master Of The Moon
Nick
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Death - Spiritual Healing (1990)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums.

The 3 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Progressive Rock", Artist Vote (of Montreal) or Year Vote (1982).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/9/2020 @ 01:28am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Progressive Rock) - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (of Montreal) - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1982) - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/9/2020 @ 01:28am

My Tiebreaker Vote:

4 points: Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
3 points: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
2 points: Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
1 point: Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)

Posted by John Mangee on Thursday, 07/9/2020 @ 07:38am

Tiebreaker:

Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) [4 Points]
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987) [3 Points]
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008) [2 Points]
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 07/9/2020 @ 09:29am

4 points - Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973
3 points - Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
2 points - Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
1 point - Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)

Prog Rock:
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Kansas - Kansas (1974)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Thursday, 07/9/2020 @ 10:14am

Tiebreaker

Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) 4
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (1987) 3
Slipknot - All Hope is Gone (2008) 2
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/9/2020 @ 10:24am

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987) - 4
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) - 3
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) - 2
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 07/9/2020 @ 10:59am

It was kinda sad to all my nominees to fall short this time. It was nice to see that Blackout and Physical were two votes short and was surprised that Physical did as well as it did. I didn't think it get that much support. I'll look at bringing back Blackout and Physical at some point. I'll probably bring back Rainbow during a genre or year vote.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/9/2020 @ 15:47pm

Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) (4 points)
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 07/9/2020 @ 16:44pm

4 - Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
1 - Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)

Posted by Parvenguins on Thursday, 07/9/2020 @ 18:47pm

4 pts. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
3 pts. Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
2 pts. Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
1 pt. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 07/10/2020 @ 13:34pm

Forgot my prog nominees.

Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Spock's Beard - The Light (1995)
Tool - Opiate (1992)

Really hoping Three Friends gets in with this genre. It is, in my opinion, among the best of all time.

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 07/10/2020 @ 13:44pm

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987) - 4
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) - 3
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008) - 2
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) - 1

Happy to see Tunnel of Love make it into the tiebreaker. As I have said before, I know that the Boss has a lot of albums inducted, but this is a bonafide 5-star album that heavily deserves induction regardless of who it is by. This is of the few albums by an artist with a lot of representation in the Album Project that I would truly go to bat for.

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 07/10/2020 @ 14:01pm

Jason, just so you know, Three Friends by Gentle Giant has already been nominated by Tom H. But don't worry, buddy. You still have 1 nomination remaining.

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 07/10/2020 @ 14:37pm

KING JULY 2020 Album Tiebreaker (4)
Bruce Springsteen-Tunnel Of Love (1987)-4 PTS
Nine Inch Nails-Broken (1992)-3
Steely Dan-Countdown To Ecstasy (1973)-2
Slipknot-All Hope Is Gone (2008)-1 PT.
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Maybe, All Hope Is Gone for Slipknot in this excellent tiebreaker. I remember Brilliant Disguise playing on the jukebox in the late 1980's. Don't remember Tunnel Of Love being hailed as a great album back in the 80's. It's definitely personal and well-written songs. I'm hard-pressed to think of any Classic songs off Tunnel Of Love. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 07/10/2020 @ 20:15pm

Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)-4
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)-3
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)-2
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 07/10/2020 @ 20:19pm

Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) - 4
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) - 3
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987) - 2
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008) - 1

Genre noms:

Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
Riverside - Out of Myself (2004)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 07/11/2020 @ 22:48pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987) - 32
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) - 32
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008) - 29
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Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) - 27

The Nine Inch Nails album will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this month's Album Project vote:

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987)
Death - Spiritual Healing (1990)
KISS - Dynasty (1979)
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/12/2020 @ 00:53am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Asia - Alpha (1983)
Big Big Train - Underfall Yard (2009)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
Egg - The Polite Force (1971)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Gong - Flying Teapot (1973)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
IQ - Dark Matter (2004)
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)
Kansas - Kansas (1974)
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (1974)
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence (1976)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Phish - Rift (1993)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Procol Harum - Broken Barricades (1971)
Riverside - Out of Myself (2004)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Spock's Beard - The Light (1995)
Strawbs - Grave New World (1972)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
The Moody Blues - Octave (1978)
The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis (1968)
The Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Tool - Opiate (1992)
Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Yes - Yes (1969)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/12/2020 @ 01:08am

My Progressive Rock Album Vote:

1: Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
2: King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (1974)
3: King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
4: Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
5: Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
6: Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
7: Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
8: Phish - Rift (1993)

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 07/12/2020 @ 07:55am

My votes:

1. Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
2. King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (1974)
3. Gong - Flying Teapot (1973)
4. IQ - Dark Matter (2004)
5. Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
6. Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975)
7. Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
8. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/12/2020 @ 09:50am

Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence (1976)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Phish - Rift (1993)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis (1968)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 07/12/2020 @ 12:36pm

KING JULY 2020 Progressive Rock Albums (8)
Dream Theater-Distance Over Time (2019)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Trilogy (1972)
Genesis-Foxtrot (1972)
IQ-Dark Matter (2004)
Kansas-Kansas (1974)
King Crimson-Starless And Bible Black (1974)
Marillion-Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Procol Harum-Broken Barricades (1971)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 07/12/2020 @ 12:36pm

Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (1974)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)

Forgot my of Montreal nom: of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins (2005)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 07/13/2020 @ 13:25pm

Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Kansas - Kansas (1974)
Procol Harum - Broken Barricades (1971)
Strawbs - Grave New World (1972)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
The Moody Blues - Octave (1978)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 07/13/2020 @ 14:16pm

Votes:
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Kansas - Kansas (1974)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Monday, 07/13/2020 @ 16:38pm

Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black (1974)
Procol Harum - Broken Barricades (1971)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
The Soft Machine - Third (1970)

Posted by Parvenguins on Monday, 07/13/2020 @ 17:37pm

Asia - Alpha (1983)
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black (1974)
Spock's Beard - The Light (1995)
Yes - Yes (1969)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Monday, 07/13/2020 @ 19:33pm

votes:
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
Kansas - Kansas (1974)
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (1974)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence (1976)
Procol Harum - Broken Barricades (1971)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
The Moody Blues - Octave (1978)

Posted by Margo on Tuesday, 07/14/2020 @ 19:45pm

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Gong - Flying Teapot (1973)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Kansas - Kansas (1974)
Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
The Moody Blues - Octave (1978)
Yes - Yes (1969)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 07/14/2020 @ 21:04pm

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Gong - Flying Teapot (1973)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Kansas - Kansas (1974)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence (1976)
Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Wednesday, 07/15/2020 @ 08:13am

Votes!:
Asia - Alpha (1983)
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (1974)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence (1976)
Procol Harum - Broken Barricades (1971)
The Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Almost didn't vote for the Dream Theater album since it already has a good deal of votes, but I found it kind of hard to ignore. It's Dream Theater's second-biggest album to date, was hugely praised by critics and fans, and is generally one of the most successful prog albums in a long time. I also cut Hawkwind for the same reason.

Posted by James Gang on Wednesday, 07/15/2020 @ 15:57pm

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Gong - Flying Teapot (1973)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Kansas - Kansas (1974)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)

Posted by Diddy on Thursday, 07/16/2020 @ 14:33pm

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Gentle Giant- Three Friends (1972)
IQ - Dark Matter (2004)
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (1974)
Phish - Rift (1993)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Van Der Graaf Generator- H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 07/16/2020 @ 22:17pm

Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Riverside - Out of Myself (2004)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
The Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Apologies to Genesis, Gentle Giant, Gong, Hawkwind, IQ, King Crimson, Strawbs, Triumvirat, and others.

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 07/16/2020 @ 22:57pm

Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence (1976)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 07/16/2020 @ 23:00pm

There are also others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 07/16/2020 @ 23:01pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Genesis - Foxtrot (1972) - 10

King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (1974) - 9
Rush - Hemispheres (1978) - 9

Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973) - 8
Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977) - 8
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) - 8
____________________________

Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019) - 7
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972) - 7
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972) - 7
Kansas - Kansas (1974) - 7
____________________________

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence (1976) - 5
Procol Harum - Broken Barricades (1971) - 5
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) - 5

Gong - Flying Teapot (1973) - 4
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) - 4
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005) - 4
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 4

IQ - Dark Matter (2004) - 3
Phish - Rift (1993) - 3
The Moody Blues - Octave (1978) - 3
The Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 3

Asia - Alpha (1983) - 2
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 2
Yes - Yes (1969) - 2

Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971) - 1
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 1
Riverside - Out of Myself (2004) - 1
Spock's Beard - The Light (1995) - 1
Strawbs - Grave New World (1972) - 1
The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis (1968) - 1
Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975) - 1

Big Big Train - Underfall Yard (2009) - 0
Egg - The Polite Force (1971) - 0
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968) - 0
Tool - Opiate (1992) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

John Mangee
Greg F.
MichaelEU
KING
Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
Master Of The Moon
Parvenguins
Skylanderlord3
Margo
dmg
JesusJustLeftChicago
James Gang
Diddy
Tom H.
Ray
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (1974)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Kansas - Kansas (1974)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/17/2020 @ 03:44am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (of Montreal) - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1982) - Ending at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/17/2020 @ 03:45am

4 points. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
3 points. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
2 points. Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
1 point. Kansas - Kansas (1974)

Posted by James Gang on Friday, 07/17/2020 @ 08:22am

Tiebreaker Vote:

4 points: Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
3 points: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
2 points: Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
1 point: Kansas - Kansas (1974)

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 07/17/2020 @ 08:47am

4 points - Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
3 points - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
2 points - Kansas - Kansas (1974)
1 point - Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)

Posted by Parvenguins on Friday, 07/17/2020 @ 09:27am

Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972) 4
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019) 3
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972) 2
Kansas - Kansas (1974) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/17/2020 @ 10:44am

4 pts. Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
3 pts. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
2 pts. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
1 pt. Kansas - Kansas (1974)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 07/17/2020 @ 11:32am

4=Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
3=Kansas - Kansas (1974)
2=Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
1=Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 07/17/2020 @ 12:32pm

4 points - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
3 points - Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
2 points - Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
1 point - Kansas - Kansas (1974)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Friday, 07/17/2020 @ 15:01pm

Master of the Moon, I hate to be a pain in the neck, but you voted for Gentle Giant twice. How many points are you giving Dream Theater's Distance Over Time? Make sure you correct your vote before the 19th.

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 07/17/2020 @ 15:11pm

My bad. Thanks for the heads up, pal. Here is my corrected votes. Sorry, all:

4 points - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
3 points - Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
2 points - Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
1 point - Kansas - Kansas (1974)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Friday, 07/17/2020 @ 21:01pm

4 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
3 - Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
2 - Kansas - Kansas (1974)
1 - Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Saturday, 07/18/2020 @ 06:23am

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972) (4 points)
Kansas - Kansas (1974)
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 07/18/2020 @ 08:09am

4 points - Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Kansas - Kansas (1974)
1 point - Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)

Posted by Margo on Saturday, 07/18/2020 @ 10:02am

KING July 2020 Tiebreaker (4)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Trilogy (1972)-4 PTS
Kansas-Kansas (1974)-3
Gentle Giant-Three Friends (1972)-2
Dream Theater-Distance Over Time (2019)-1 PT
______________________________
Easy tiebreaker for a change. Dream Theater has great support. It seems like it had 12 votes in the 1st voting phase. However, the other 3 albums have been around since the 70's. It might be 1 of their last chances at Induction. Dream Theater could win now or next month. As far as Saga On The Loose, I have nominated it at least once maybe twice. A few others have nominated it as well. I don't know why it falls short. As a kid, I always thought the song and video were awesome. Will vote for it again. I was surprised Marillion and Styx did not earn induction. Both had quick starts out of the gate. KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 07/18/2020 @ 12:33pm

4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Trilogy (1972)
Dream Theater-Distance Over Time (2019)
Kansas-Kansas (1974)
1.Gentle Giant-Three Friends (1972)

Posted by Diddy on Saturday, 07/18/2020 @ 14:53pm

4 points: Kansas - Kansas (1974)
3 points: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
2 points: Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
1 point: Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Saturday, 07/18/2020 @ 21:27pm

Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019) - 4
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972) - 3
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972) - 2
Kansas - Kansas (1974) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 07/19/2020 @ 05:45am

Gentle Giant- Three Friends (1972)-4
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)-3
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)-2
Kansas- Kansas (1974)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 07/19/2020 @ 07:01am

Tiebreaker:

Kansas - Kansas (1974) [4 Points]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972) [3 Points]
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019) [2 Points]
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 07/19/2020 @ 16:24pm

Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)
Chicago - Chicago 16 (1982)
Paul McCartney - Tug of War (1982)

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 07/19/2020 @ 19:45pm

Artist Nomination -
of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks (2012)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 07/19/2020 @ 21:25pm

Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972) - 4
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972) - 3
Kansas - Kansas (1974) - 2
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019) - 1

Year noms:

Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
Christian Death - Only Theatre of Pain (1982)
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty (1982)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 07/19/2020 @ 23:00pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972) - 54
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019) - 43
________________________

Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972) - 39
Kansas - Kansas (1974) - 34

Gentle Giant and Kansas will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this genre vote:

Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (1974)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/19/2020 @ 23:03pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)
Asia - Asia (1982)
Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Billy Squier - Emotions In Motion (1982)
Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan (1982)
Cheap Trick - One on One (1982)
Chicago - Chicago 16 (1982)
Christian Death - Only Theatre of Pain (1982)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose (1982)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982)
Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
George Clinton - Computer Games (1982)
Hall & Oates - H2O (1982)
Jerry Goldsmith - First Blood (1982)
Jerry Reed - The Man With The Golden Thumb (1982)
Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Kiss - Creatures of the Night (1982)
Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982)
Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982)
Paul McCartney - Tug of War (1982)
Queen - Hot Space (1982)
Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes (1982)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)
The Birthday Party - Junkyard (1982)
The Damned - Strawberries (1982)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
The Jam - The Gift (1982)
The Jam - The Gift (1982)
The Motels - All Four One (1982)
Triumph - Never Surrender (1982)
Twisted Sister - Under the Blade (1982)
Van Halen - Diver Down (1982)
Various Artists - Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album (1982)
Whitesnake - Saints & Sinners (1982)
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/19/2020 @ 23:06pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

of Montreal - Aldhils Arboretum (2002)
of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
of Montreal - False Priest (2010)
of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar (2013)
of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks (2012)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be counted until 11 PM Central) on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/19/2020 @ 23:06pm

My Votes:
Billy Squier - Emotions In Motion (1982)
Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
Kiss - Creatures of the Night (1982)
Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982)
Queen - Hot Space (1982)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
Van Halen - Diver Down (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

of Montreal - Aldhils Arboretum (2002)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Sunday, 07/19/2020 @ 23:46pm

KING JULY 2020 Albums 1982 Year (8)
Air Supply-Now And Forever (1982)
Billy Squier-Emotions In Motion (1982)
Chicago-Chicago 16 (1982)
Fleetwood Mac-Mirage (1982)
KISS-Creatures Of The Night (1982)
Midnight Oil-10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 (1982)
Rainbow-Straight Between The Eyes (1982)
Scorpions-Blackout (1982)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 07/20/2020 @ 02:21am

Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982)
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose (1982)
Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982)
The Motels - All Four One (1982)
Kiss - Creatures of the Night (1982)
Triumph - Never Surrender (1982)
Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

of Montreal - Aldhils Arboretum (2002)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - False Priest (2010)
of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)
of Montreal - White is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/20/2020 @ 02:25am

Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan (1982)
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose (1982)
Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982)
Jerry Reed - The Man With The Golden Thumb (1982)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
The Jam - The Gift (1982)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 07/20/2020 @ 07:05am

Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982)
Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)
The Jam - The Gift (1982)
Van Halen - Diver Down (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

of Montreal - Aldhils Arboretum (2002)
of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)
of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks (2012)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Monday, 07/20/2020 @ 13:12pm

Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Chicago - Chicago 16 (1982)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
Hall & Oates - H2O (1982)
Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982)
The Damned - Strawberries (1982)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
The Jam - The Gift (1982)

of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar (2013)
of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks (2012)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 07/20/2020 @ 13:52pm

My 1982 Albums Vote:

1: Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
2: Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose (1982)
3: Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982)
4: King Crimson - Beat (1982)
5: Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes (1982)
6: Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982)
7: Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
8: Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982)

Posted by John Mangee on Monday, 07/20/2020 @ 14:40pm

Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan (1982)
Kiss - Creatures of the Night (1982)
Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982)
Queen - Hot Space (1982)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
The Birthday Party - Junkyard (1982)
Van Halen - Diver Down (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 07/20/2020 @ 16:41pm

King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Kiss - Creatures of the Night (1982)
Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982)
Queen - Hot Space (1982)
Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes (1982)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
Van Halen - Diver Down (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks (2012)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by Parvenguins on Monday, 07/20/2020 @ 18:52pm

Asia - Asia (1982)
Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Billy Squier - Emotions In Motion (1982)
Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan (1982)
Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
Hall & Oates - H2O (1982)
The Jam - The Gift (1982)
The Motels - All Four One (1982)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 07/20/2020 @ 22:35pm

Of Montreal Artist Album Vote (5) July 2020.
Of Montreal-Skeletal Lamping (2008)
Of Montreal-Cherry Peel (1997)
Of Montreal-False Priest (2010)
Of Montreal-Satanic Panic In The Attic (2004)
Of Montreal-White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 07/21/2020 @ 02:15am

Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Billy Squier - Emotions In Motion (1982)
Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan (1982)
Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)
Van Halen - Diver Down (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by James Gang on Tuesday, 07/21/2020 @ 14:39pm

my votes:
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Kiss - Creatures of the Night (1982)
Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982)
Queen - Hot Space (1982)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
The Birthday Party - Junkyard (1982)
The Jam - The Gift (1982)
Van Halen - Diver Down (1982)

of Montreal - Aldhils Arboretum (2002)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by Margo on Tuesday, 07/21/2020 @ 17:22pm

Billy Squier - Emotions In Motion (1982)
Hall & Oates - H2O (1982)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Kiss - Creatures of the Night (1982)
Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
Van Halen - Diver Down (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Wednesday, 07/22/2020 @ 08:12am

Asia - Asia (1982)
Hall & Oates - H2O (1982)
Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982)
Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
Triumph - Never Surrender (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 07/22/2020 @ 23:09pm

of Montreal - Aldhils Arboretum (2002)
of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
of Montreal - False Priest (2010)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 07/23/2020 @ 05:34am

Kiss - Creatures of the Night (1982)
Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982)
Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982)
Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
Triumph - Never Surrender (1982)
Van Halen - Diver Down (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
of Montreal - False Priest (2010)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by Diddy on Thursday, 07/23/2020 @ 14:33pm

Asia - Asia (1982)
Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982)
Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Paul McCartney - Tug of War (1982)
Queen - Hot Space (1982)
Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
of Montreal- False Priest (2010)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
Of Montreal-Skeletal Lamping (2008)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 07/23/2020 @ 22:15pm

Asia - Asia (1982)
Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
George Clinton - Computer Games (1982)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
of Montreal - False Priest (2010)
of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar (2013)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 07/23/2020 @ 22:21pm

Asia - Asia (1982)
Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)
The Jam - The Gift (1982)
Van Halen - Diver Down (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

of Montreal - False Priest (2010)
of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar (2013)
of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks (2012)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/24/2020 @ 00:34am

Christian Death - Only Theatre of Pain (1982)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)
The Birthday Party - Junkyard (1982)
The Damned - Strawberries (1982)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty (1982)

Apologies to Evelyn King, King Crimson, Midnight Oil, Missing Persons, The Jam, The Motels, Scorpions, Triumph, XTC, and others.

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)
of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001)
of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar (2013)
of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks (2012)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)

For the record, I think we forgot Jason Dagotto's pick of The Sunlandic Twins. Would have voted for it otherwise, but now it seems too late.

Posted by Ray on Friday, 07/24/2020 @ 02:19am

Just noticed the same thing, Ray. Lol. No big deal. I actually might save that one for a year or maybe genre vote. Not sure how it would fare in the general vote though. Speaking of which, would anybody vote for Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)? I'm almost certain that I'm going to nominate Heading Out to the Highway by them for the song project, but wasn't sure about the support for the album. Not usually the kind of guy to ask about possible support before nomination, but I'm kinda curious.

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 07/24/2020 @ 11:40am

Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan (1982)
Cheap Trick - One on One (1982)
Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982)
Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)
Various Artists - Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

of Montreal - Aldhils Arboretum (2002)
of Montreal - False Priest (2010)
of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks (2012)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 07/24/2020 @ 22:47pm

Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)
Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Chicago - Chicago 16 (1982)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Hall & Oates - H2O (1982)
Kiss - Creatures of the Night (1982)
Paul McCartney - Tug of War (1982)
Queen - Hot Space (1982)

There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 07/24/2020 @ 22:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Scorpions - Blackout (1982) - 13

XTC - English Settlement (1982) - 12

Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982) - 9
KISS - Creatures of the Night (1982) - 9
Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982) - 9
Van Halen - Diver Down (1982) - 9

Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982) - 8

Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982) - 7
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Queen - Hot Space (1982) - 6
The Jam - The Gift (1982) - 6

Asia - Asia (1982) - 5
Billy Squier - Emotions In Motion (1982) - 5
Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan (1982) - 5
Hall & Oates - H2O (1982) - 5
King Crimson - Beat (1982) - 5
Missing Persons - Spring Session M (1982) - 5
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 5

Chicago - Chicago 16 (1982) - 3
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose (1982) - 3
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 3
Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982) - 3
Gang of Four - Songs of the Free (1982) - 3
Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes (1982) - 3
The Birthday Party - Junkyard (1982) - 3
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982) - 3
Triumph - Never Surrender (1982) - 3

Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982) - 2
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982) - 2
Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast (1982) - 2
Paul McCartney - Tug of War (1982) - 2
The Damned - Strawberries (1982) - 2
The Motels - All Four One (1982) - 2

Cheap Trick - One on One (1982) - 1
Christian Death - Only Theatre of Pain (1982) - 1
George Clinton - Computer Games (1982) - 1
Jerry Reed - The Man With The Golden Thumb (1982) - 1
Various Artists - Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album (1982) - 1
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty (1982) - 1

Jerry Goldsmith - First Blood (1982) - 0
Twisted Sister - Under the Blade (1982) - 0
Whitesnake - Saints & Sinners (1982) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Master of the Moon
KING
Greg F
MichaelEU
SkylanderLord3
Steve Z
John Mangee
Jason Dagotto
Parvenguins
jtrichey
James Gang
Margo
JesusJustLeftChicago
dmg
Diddy
Tom H.
BSLO
Darren
Ray
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982)
KISS - Creatures of the Night (1982)
Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982)
Pat Benatar - Get Nervous (1982)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)
Van Halen - Diver Down (1982)
XTC - English Settlement (1982)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/24/2020 @ 23:25pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004) - 16

of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018) - 13
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of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997) - 10
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008) - 10
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of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse (2001) - 8
of Montreal - False Priest (2010) - 8

of Montreal - Aldhils Arboretum (2002) - 6
of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks (2012) - 6

of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar (2013) - 4

This vote count includes the following votes:

Master of the Moon
Greg F
SkylanderLord3
Steve Z
Jason Dagotto
Parvenguins
KING
James Gang
Margo
MichaelEU
Diddy
Tom H.
BSLO
Darren
Ray
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central (votes will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/24/2020 @ 23:30pm

My vote is for of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008).

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/24/2020 @ 23:30pm

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 07/25/2020 @ 00:47am

KING JULY 2020 Of Montreal Tiebreaker.
Of Montreal-Skeletal Lamping (2008)
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Kudos to the FRL Regulars for voting in some excellent albums. There's also some albums like the Asia one that might be brought back and has a good chance of induction. It was good to see Diver Down get inducted. That was nominated a few times. Scorpions Blackout plenty deserving. Solid songs throughout. I thought my Billy Squier album would surely make it but didn't acquire enough votes. Midnight Oil scores another Induction. KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 07/25/2020 @ 04:22am

of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)

Despite my comments over on the Song Project, I agree with KING's take on the album project. We inducted 8 deserving albums.

KING I will consider nominating the Asia album again soon. I thought it would have done a little bit better as well. Maybe it will have better luck in the general vote.

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 07/25/2020 @ 09:51am

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/25/2020 @ 10:10am

Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 07/25/2020 @ 10:37am

of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)

Hope someone renominates Beat by King Crimson sometime soon. I would probably vote for it!

Posted by Parvenguins on Sunday, 07/26/2020 @ 04:54am

Parvenguins, just so you know, I originally nominated Beat by King Crimson. So thank you for the kind words. And just for that, I will renominate Beat. Do you promise you'll vote for it?

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 07/26/2020 @ 07:23am

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)

I would also 100% vote for Beat if you renominated it, John! I would also vote for the Asia album if it got renominated! I cut it at the very last second in exchange for Pat Benatar's Get Nervous.

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Monday, 07/27/2020 @ 12:57pm

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)

Posted by Diddy on Monday, 07/27/2020 @ 17:01pm

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)

Posted by Ray on Monday, 07/27/2020 @ 19:55pm

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 07/27/2020 @ 20:44pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997) - 6
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of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008) - 5

Losing songs will be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this month's Artist Project vote:

of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)
of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
of Montreal - White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood (2018)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/27/2020 @ 23:09pm

Sure thing, John! I can promise you that no matter what the ballot looks like, I'll vote for Beat.

Posted by Parvenguins on Tuesday, 07/28/2020 @ 11:54am

Rule Changes In 2020:

Genres and Artists will now be selected randomly each month. Voters will nominate the genres and artists that will be randomly selected for each month's Genre and Artist vote. The artist and genre will be selected separately in the Song and Album Projects.

Genre splits will no longer be allowed. Each month's genre vote will be one vote.

After being selected as a monthly genre, genres will be ineligible for nomination / selection for 12 months, up from the previous setting of 6 months.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 11 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Kansas - Kansas (1974)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 11 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in 2020:

Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Jazz
2000's R&B
21st Century Garage Rock
1990's Country
Emo 2000-2010
Progressive Rock

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 11 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1958.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1958. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1958.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1958 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly
Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me
Jimmy Reed - I'm Jimmy Reed
Lenny Bruce - Interviews of Our Times
Little Richard - Little Richard
Miles Davis - Milestones
The Everly Brothers - The Everly Brothers

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1958, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 11 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 03:14am

I apologize for posting this incorrectly in my Song and Album project announcements, but due to changes in my daily schedule, voting deadlines will be at 10 PM Central in the Rock Hall, Song and Album projects.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 03:17am

General nominations:

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)

Year nominations:

Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now? (1958)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 04:48am

August Album Project Nominations

King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006)
Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King (2009)

By the way, I wanna thank Parvenguins & Skylanderlord3 for encouraging me to renominate Beat by King Crimson. Robert Fripp & Company are one of the greatest and most innovative bands ever in progressive rock. Their music deserves all the respect and appreciation it gets.

Posted by John Mangee on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 08:57am

General Noms:
America - Homecoming (1972)
Halestorm - The Strange Case Of… (2012)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)

Year Noms:
Cannonball Adderly - Somethin' Else (1958)
Chuck Berry - One Dozen Berrys (1958)
Duke Ellington - Ellington Indigos (1958)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 10:00am

Year Vote

Johnny Cash- The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)
Sonny Rollins- Freedom Suite (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 10:14am

General Vote

Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION (2015)
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)
Melanie Martinez - Cry Baby (2015)

Genre: Indietronica 2000-2019

Artist: Jean-Michel Jarre

Year Vote 1958:

Esquivel and His Orchestra - Other Worlds Other Sounds (1958)
The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio (1958)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 10:16am

2020

August Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 10:50am

General Nominations:

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)

Year Nominations:

Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958)
Elvis Presley - King Creole (1958)
Jackie Wilson - He's So Fine (1958)

Genre Nomination: Hardcore Punk

Artist Nomination: Black Sabbath

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 11:04am

John Williams- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

My Artist nomination is:

Miles Davis

My Genre Nomination is

Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 11:30am

Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)

1990's R&B

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 13:41pm

Head East - Never Been Any Reason (1975)
Days of the New - Touch, Peel and Stand (1997)
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now? (2009)

1990's Rap/Hip-Hop

No Doubt

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 13:47pm

Oops. Ignore my second post, it was meant for the song project.

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 13:59pm

Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig (1985)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011)

Artist:
Death

Genre:
Death Metal

Posted by Diddy on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 15:47pm

KING AUGUST 1, 2020 ALBUMS General Nominations (3).
Johnny Gill-Johnny Gill (1990)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
White Lion-Pride (1987)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 08/1/2020 @ 19:29pm

General Noms!:
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
The White Stripes - The White Stripes (1999)

Year Noms!:
Bennie Green - Soul Stirrin' (1958)
Duane Eddy - Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel (1958)
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (1958)

Artist Nom!:
UFO

Genre Nom!:
21st Century Jazz

Surprised the Duane Eddy album isn't in yet.

Posted by James Gang on Sunday, 08/2/2020 @ 00:14am

KING AUGUST 1958 YEAR ALBUMS (3)
Chuck Willis-Wails The Blues (1958)
Joe Williams-A Man Ain't Suppose To Cry (1958)
Marty Robbins-Marty Robbins (1958)
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ALBUM GENRE: 1960's Garage Rock
ARTIST: Wishbone Ash
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 08/2/2020 @ 03:54am

Donovan - What's Been Did and What's Been Hid (1965)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
T. Rex - Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (1974)

Artist:
Soft Machine

Genre:
Folk

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Sunday, 08/2/2020 @ 11:09am

Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/2/2020 @ 20:55pm

general noms:
Bloc Party - Intimacy (2008)
Travis - The Invisible Band (2001)
Talk Talk - It's My Life (1984)

artist vote nom:
Midnight Oil

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 08/2/2020 @ 22:37pm

General:
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)

Posted by Parvenguins on Monday, 08/3/2020 @ 00:37am

jtrichey: Ha, I was considering nominating that exact same album by Talk Talk. Great minds think alike, I guess.

General noms:

Nightwish - Once (2004)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)

We haven't inducted anything yet by Mission Of Burma in either project, and this album (their only LP before the band originally disbanded, and maybe their greatest achievement) just finished two votes shy in the Year Vote. Maybe this time's the charm?

Artist nom:

Blind Guardian

Genre nom:

Power Metal

Posted by Ray on Monday, 08/3/2020 @ 10:02am

My General Nominations:
Beck - Colors (2017)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 (2016)
Weezer - Weezer (Black Album) (2019)

Artist Nomination:
Rush

Genre Nomination:
Experimental Music

Posted by Master of the Moon on Monday, 08/3/2020 @ 17:10pm

General -
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Artist -
Drive-By Truckers

Genre -
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks

Posted by Nick on Monday, 08/3/2020 @ 21:19pm

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 08/3/2020 @ 22:00pm

Correction: That should read August.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 08/3/2020 @ 22:01pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

America - Homecoming (1972)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Bloc Party - Intimacy (2008)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION (2015)
Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King (2009)
Donovan - What's Been Did and What's Been Hid (1965)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Halestorm - The Strange Case Of… (2012)
Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig (1985)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill (1990)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Kansas - Kansas (1974)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011)
Melanie Martinez - Cry Baby (2015)
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 (2016)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
T. Rex - Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (1974)
Talk Talk - It's My Life (1984)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The White Stripes - The White Stripes (1999)
Travis - The Invisible Band (2001)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Weezer - Weezer (Black Album) (2019)
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)
White Lion - Pride (1987)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/3/2020 @ 23:37pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's Garage Rock
1990's R&B
21st Century Jazz
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks
Death Metal
Experimental Music
Folk
Hardcore Punk
Indietronica 2000-2019
Movie Soundtracks
Power Metal
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987
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There were 12 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 2.

This month's selected genre is "1990's R&B".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/3/2020 @ 23:38pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply
Black Sabbath
Blind Guardian
Davis, Miles
Death
Drive-By Truckers
Electric Light Orchestra
Jarre, Jean-Michel
Midnight Oil
Rush
Soft Machine
TV On The Radio
UFO
Wishbone Ash
Young, Neil

There were 15 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 1.

This month's selected artist is Air Supply.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Air Supply.

Here's the list of Air Supply albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

None

Any voter can nominate one album by Air Supply released from 1900-2019 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's of Montreal discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Supply_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/3/2020 @ 23:43pm

KING AUGUST 2020 AIR SUPPLY ALBUM (1)
Air Supply-The One That You Love (1981)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 08/4/2020 @ 03:28am

Genre nominations

Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)

Artist nomination

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/4/2020 @ 06:32am

Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King (2009)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/4/2020 @ 07:09am

Missing my album nominations:

August 2020 General Album Nominations:
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 08/4/2020 @ 07:53am

My August Album Project Vote:

King Crimson - Beat (1982)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the Groogrux King (2009)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 08/4/2020 @ 07:58am

Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
The White Stripes - The White Stripes (1999)

Air Supply - Mumbo Jumbo (2010)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Tuesday, 08/4/2020 @ 10:12am

Hey Darren. Looks like my nominations were missed as well. No biggie - stuff happens. My genre was picked for this month, so I can't complain! My nominations for the general vote were as follows:

Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 08/4/2020 @ 10:16am

My votes:

1. Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MOT.ION (2015)
2. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)
3. Melanie Martinez - Cry Baby (2015)
4. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
5. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)
6. Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
7. Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
8. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/4/2020 @ 10:37am

Beck - Colors (2017)
Bloc Party - Intimacy (2008)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 08/4/2020 @ 11:11am

Beck - Colors (2017)
Donovan - What's Been Did and What's Been Hid (1965)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)
T. Rex - Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (1974)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)

Genre nominations:

Jody Watley - Affairs of the Heart (1991)
Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994)
Mýa - Mýa (1998)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 08/4/2020 @ 12:00pm

Beck - Colors (2017)
Donovan - What's Been Did and What's Been Hid (1965)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011)
Melanie Martinez - Cry Baby (2015)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
T. Rex - Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (1974)

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)

Posted by Parvenguins on Tuesday, 08/4/2020 @ 18:32pm

Paravenguins, I nominated Lost in Love.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/4/2020 @ 19:15pm

50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Bloc Party - Intimacy (2008)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 (2016)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)
Talk Talk - It's My Life (1984)
Travis - The Invisible Band (2001)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 08/4/2020 @ 21:33pm

KING AUGUST 2020 ALBUMS VOTE (8)
Gentle Giant-Three Friends (1972)
Johnny Gill-Johnny Gill (1990)
Judas Priest-Point Of Entry (1981)
King's X-Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
Richard Marx-Richard Marx (1987)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
Styx-Pieces Of Eight (1978)
White Lion-Pride (1987)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 08/5/2020 @ 04:30am

votes:
50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Donovan - What's Been Did and What's Been Hid (1965)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 (2016)
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)

genre noms:
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Tony! Toni! Toné! - Sons of Soul (1993)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)

Posted by Margo on Wednesday, 08/5/2020 @ 11:26am

Votes!:
Beck - Colors (2017)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011)
Melanie Martinez - Cry Baby (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
T. Rex - Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (1974)

Genre Noms!:
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Color Me Badd - C.M.B. (1991)
Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child (1998)

Posted by James Gang on Wednesday, 08/5/2020 @ 16:59pm

Genre Nominations

Luther Vandross- Power of Love (1991)
Mary J. Blige- Share My World (1997)
Whitney Houston- I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Great nominations so far. We have a real opportunity to plug some major gaps in this genre

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/5/2020 @ 22:07pm

1990's R&B ALBUMS (3)
En Vogue-Set It Off (1996)
Johnny Gill-Johnny Gill (1990)
Nice & Smooth-Ain't A Damn Thing Changed (1991)
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 08/6/2020 @ 12:06pm

50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
King's X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Styx - Pieces Of Eight (1978)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Thursday, 08/6/2020 @ 14:28pm

50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)

1990's R&B Nominations:
En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
R. Kelly - 12 Play (1993)

Just a heads up KING, Set It Off is not an album by En Vogue. Set It Off is a 1996 movie that had an En Vogue song on its soundtrack. If you want to nominate the soundtrack to that movie or nominate a different album for the genre vote, you can go for it.

Great genre nominations so far overall! I have been nominating this genre for a long, long time, and I think this round will be a great opportunity to address some of our biggest album oversights overall from the 1990's.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 08/6/2020 @ 21:31pm

KING AUGUST 2020 R&B ALBUMS 1990's (3).
Johnny Gill-Johnny Gill (1990)
Nice & Smooth-Ain't A Damn Thing Changed (1991)
Toni Braxton-Secrets (1996)
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BSLO has some very good albums selections. I could see 2 or all 3 being inducted. Had to change out En Vogue out because of my mistake. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 08/7/2020 @ 16:24pm

Beck - Colors (2017)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The White Stripes - The White Stripes (1999)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/7/2020 @ 17:01pm

Votes:
Beck - Colors (2017)
Donovan - What's Been Did and What's Been Hid (1965)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
The White Stripes - The White Stripes (1999)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)

Posted by Diddy on Friday, 08/7/2020 @ 21:19pm

Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Talk Talk - It's My Life (1984)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Apologies to America, Hüsker Dü, Kris Kristofferson, Midlake, Miles Davis, Neil Young, Nine Inch Nails, Sigur Rós, The Magnetic Fields, Wilson Pickett, and others. Stacked round. Still debating some of those final cuts.

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 08/8/2020 @ 10:05am

Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 08/8/2020 @ 20:53pm

Beck - Colors (2017)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 (2016)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Saturday, 08/8/2020 @ 21:58pm

Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Sorry for the slight delay. I am getting a lot of unexpected lag tonight.

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 08/8/2020 @ 22:05pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972) - 10

Beck - Colors (2017) - 9

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997) - 8
Paramore - Paramore (2013) - 8

Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019) - 6
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50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003) - 5
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 5
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) - 5
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979) - 5
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Donovan - What's Been Did and What's Been Hid (1965) - 4
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981) - 4
King Crimson - Beat (1982) - 4
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 4
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977) - 4
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) - 4
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 4

Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) - 3
LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972) - 3
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011) - 3
Melanie Martinez - Cry Baby (2015) - 3
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 3
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) - 3
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 (2016) - 3
Sigur Rós - () (2002) - 3
T. Rex - Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (1974) - 3
The White Stripes - The White Stripes (1999) - 3
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 3

Bloc Party - Intimacy (2008) - 2
Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King (2009) - 2
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 2
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019) - 2
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019) - 2
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016) - 2
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009) - 2
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 2
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (2008) - 2
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987) - 2
Talk Talk - It's My Life (1984) - 2
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 2
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019) - 2
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966) - 2

Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION (2015) - 1
Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill (1990) - 1
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006) - 1
Neil Young - Freedom (1989) - 1
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993) - 1
Travis - The Invisible Band (2001) - 1
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 1
White Lion - Pride (1987) - 1

America - Homecoming (1972) - 0
Halestorm - The Strange Case Of… (2012) - 0
Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig (1985) - 0
Kansas - Kansas (1974) - 0
Weezer - Weezer (Black Album) (2019) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
John Mangee
Skylanderlord3
Greg F
Steve Z
MichaelEU
Parvenguins
jtrichey
KING
Margo
James Gang
JesusJustLeftChicago
BSLO
Darren
Diddy
Ray
Nick
Master Of The Moon
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Beck - Colors (2017)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums.

The 3 albums that get the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "1990's R&B", Artist Vote (Air Supply) or Year Vote (1958).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/9/2020 @ 00:30am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (1990's R&B) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (Air Supply) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1958) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/9/2020 @ 00:30am

Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) (4)
50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) (3)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979) (2)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops and Hooligans (2010) (1)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 08/9/2020 @ 10:17am

4 pts. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
1 pt. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops and Hooligans (2010)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Sunday, 08/9/2020 @ 11:52am

KING AUGUST 2020 ALBUM TIEBREAKER (4).
Kris Kristofferson-Kristofferson (1970)-4 PTS
50 Cent-Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)-3
Bruno Mars-Doo-Wops And Hooligans (2010)-2
XTC-Drums And Wires (1979)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 08/9/2020 @ 13:45pm

Tiebreaker Vote:

4 points: 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)
3 points: Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
2 points: Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
1 point: XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 08/9/2020 @ 15:09pm

4 points. Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
3 points. XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)
2 points. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
1 point. 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Sunday, 08/9/2020 @ 17:39pm

Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)-4
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)-3
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)-2
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 08/10/2020 @ 07:22am

Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) - 4
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979) - 3
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003) - 2
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 08/10/2020 @ 10:52am

4 points - Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
3 points - Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
2 points - 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)
1 point - XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)

Posted by Diddy on Monday, 08/10/2020 @ 13:23pm

4 points. XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
1 point. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Monday, 08/10/2020 @ 18:12pm

Tiebreaker!:
4 pts. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
3 pts. 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)
2 pts. Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
1 pt. XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)

Posted by James Gang on Monday, 08/10/2020 @ 18:52pm

50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 08/10/2020 @ 19:15pm

Tiebreaker -
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 4
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979) - 3
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) - 2
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003) - 1

Genre Nominations -
Anita Baker - Rhythm of Love (1994)
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Plantation Lullabies (1993)
Usher - My Way (1997)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 08/10/2020 @ 22:02pm

Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) - 4
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979) - 3
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003) - 2
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 1

Genre noms:

Joi - The Pendulum Vibe (1994)
Tony Toni Toné - House of Music (1996)
Kelis - Kaleidoscope (1999)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 08/11/2020 @ 01:00am

XTC - Drums and Wires (1979) - 4
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) - 3
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 2
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/11/2020 @ 07:43am

tiebreaker:
4 points. 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)
3 points. XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)
2 points. Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
1 point. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)

Posted by Margo on Tuesday, 08/11/2020 @ 14:12pm

4=Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
3=Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
2=XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)
1=50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 08/11/2020 @ 17:01pm

4 - Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
3 - 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)
2 - XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)
1 - Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Tuesday, 08/11/2020 @ 19:54pm

Jason Dagotto - I can't count your tiebreaker vote because you didn't vote in this month's Album Project.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/11/2020 @ 20:13pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970) - 50
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003) - 42
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979) - 41
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Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 37

Bruno Mars will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's Album Project vote:

50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (1997)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride (2019)
XTC - Drums and Wires (1979)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/12/2020 @ 00:30am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994)
Anita Baker - Rhythm of Love (1994)
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Color Me Badd - C.M.B. (1991)
Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child (1998)
En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
En Vogue - Set It Off (1996)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Jody Watley - Affairs of the Heart (1991)
Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill (1990)
Joi - The Pendulum Vibe (1994)
Kelis - Kaleidoscope (1999)
Luther Vandross - Power of Love (1991)
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
Mary J. Blige - Share My World (1997)
Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Plantation Lullabies (1993)
Mýa - Mýa (1998)
Nice & Smooth - Ain't A Damn Thing Changed (1991)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
R. Kelly - 12 Play (1993)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)
Tony Toni Toné - House of Music (1996)
Tony! Toni! Toné! - Sons of Soul (1993)
Usher - My Way (1997)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/12/2020 @ 00:32am

DARREN
I changed out En Vogue Set It Off (1996) For Toni Braxton-Secrets (1996). Made a mistake on the En Vogue and changed it to Toni Braxton. That would be August 7. Will help you find it easier. KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 08/12/2020 @ 02:43am

My 1990s R&B Album Vote:

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994)
Anita Baker - Rhythm of Love (1994)
Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill (1990
Luther Vandross - Power of Love (1991)
Mary J. Blige - Share My World (1997)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)
Usher - My Way (1997)

Posted by John Mangee on Wednesday, 08/12/2020 @ 08:53am

My votes

Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)
Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill (1990)
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
Usher - My Way (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/12/2020 @ 10:20am

KING AUGUST 2020 1990s R&B ALBUM VOTE (8)
En Vogue-Funky Divas (1992)
Erykah Badu-Baduizm (1997)
Johnny Gill-Johnny Gill (1990)
Maxwell-Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)
Prince & The New Power Generation-Diamonds & Pearls (1991)
R. Kelly-12 Play (1993)
Toni Braxton-Toni Braxton (1993)
Whitney Houston-I"m Your Baby Tonight (1990)
________________________________
Very strong nominations. I feel I selected 8 of the best. Thanks for some early Johnny Gill votes. Thought it was a great album in 1990 and today 30 years later. KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 08/12/2020 @ 10:48am

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994)
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child (1998)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Jody Watley - Affairs of the Heart (1991)
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
Mýa - Mýa (1998)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 08/12/2020 @ 14:00pm

Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
Mary J. Blige - Share My World (1997)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)
Tony! Toni! Toné! - Sons of Soul (1993)
Usher - My Way (1997)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)
Whitney Houston - I"m Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Wednesday, 08/12/2020 @ 16:50pm

I guess I'll throw in a nomination for the Artist Vote

Air Supply- Now and Forever (1982)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/12/2020 @ 20:33pm

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing But a Number (1994)
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)
Tony! Toni! Toné! - Sons of Soul (1993)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 08/12/2020 @ 23:15pm

Votes:
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Color Me Badd - C.M.B. (1991)
Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child (1998)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Usher - My Way (1997)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)

Air Supply - Life Support (1979)

Posted by Diddy on Thursday, 08/13/2020 @ 12:44pm

Since album nominations are still being taken for Air Supply, I'd like to throw in a selection

Air Supply - The Whole Thing's Started (1977)

Posted by John Mangee on Thursday, 08/13/2020 @ 15:22pm

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994)
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Color Me Badd - C.M.B. (1991)
Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child (1998)
En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Plantation Lullabies (1993)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 08/13/2020 @ 16:40pm

votes:
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child (1998)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Usher - My Way (1997)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)

Posted by Margo on Friday, 08/14/2020 @ 10:28am

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing But a Number (1994)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
Mary J. Blige - Share My World (1997)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)
Whitney Houston - I"m Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Friday, 08/14/2020 @ 15:08pm

Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Color Me Badd - C.M.B. (1991)
En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill (1990)
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
R. Kelly - 12 Play (1993)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)

Some really tough cuts, especially the Aaliyah and Destiny's Child albums. Ultimately, I went with a ballot of 8 artists with a total of 0(!) albums inducted. Great nominations everyone. I think this is going to be a great genre class.

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 08/14/2020 @ 17:30pm

Year:

Dale Hawkins - Oh! Suzy-Q (1958)
Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' (1958)
Max Roach - Deeds, Not Words (1958)

Artist:

Air Supply - Air Supply (1985)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 08/14/2020 @ 17:52pm

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing But a Number (1994)
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Color Me Badd - C.M.B. (1991)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)
Usher - My Way (1997)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Saturday, 08/15/2020 @ 10:15am

Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Color Me Badd - C.M.B. (1991)
Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child (1998)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Mary J. Blige - Share My World (1997)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)
Tony! Toni! Toné! - Sons of Soul (1993)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)

Posted by Parvenguins on Saturday, 08/15/2020 @ 13:16pm

En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
En Vogue - Set It Off (1996)
Luther Vandross - Power of Love (1991)
Mary J. Blige - Share My World (1997)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/16/2020 @ 00:18am

Update to my vote to remove the En Vogue album that's not nominated this month:

En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
Luther Vandross - Power of Love (1991)
Mary J. Blige - Share My World (1997)
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Plantation Lullabies (1993)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/16/2020 @ 00:44am

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Joi - The Pendulum Vibe (1994)
Kelis - Kaleidoscope (1999)
Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Plantation Lullabies (1993)
Tony Toni Toné - House of Music (1996)
Tony! Toni! Toné! - Sons of Soul (1993)

Apologies to Anita Baker, Brandy, Johnny Gill, Macy Gray, Mary J. Blige, Prince, Toni Braxton, and others.

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 08/16/2020 @ 09:08am

Votes!:
Color Me Badd - C.M.B. (1991)
Kelis - Kaleidoscope (1999)
Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)
Tony! Toni! Toné! - Sons of Soul (1993)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Glad to see 90s R&B get some more representation in this project. Hopefully the song project will see a 90s R&B genre choice as well very soon!

Posted by James Gang on Sunday, 08/16/2020 @ 11:12am

Anita Baker - Rhythm of Love (1994)
Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child (1998)
En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Luther Vandross - Power of Love (1991)
Mary J. Blige - Share My World (1997)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 08/16/2020 @ 21:12pm

Aaliyah- Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994)
Anita Baker- Rhythm of Love (1994)
Brandy- Brandy (1994)
Erykah Badu- Baduizm (1997)
Maxwell- Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)
Me-Shell Ndegeocello- Plantation Lullabies (1993)
Usher- My Way (1997)
Whitney Houston- I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 08/16/2020 @ 21:33pm

Year Nominations:
Bernard Hermann - Vertigo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Various Artists - Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Various Artists - South Pacific (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 08/16/2020 @ 22:05pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997) - 13
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993) - 13

Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999) - 10
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991) - 10
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995) - 10

Brandy - Brandy (1994) - 9

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994) - 8
____________________________

Usher - My Way (1997) - 7
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990) - 7
____________________________

Color Me Badd - C.M.B. (1991) - 6
Destiny's Child - Destiny's Child (1998) - 6
En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992) - 6
Mary J. Blige - Share My World (1997) - 6
Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996) - 6

Tony! Toni! Toné! - Sons of Soul (1993) - 5

Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill (1990) - 4
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Plantation Lullabies (1993) - 4

Anita Baker - Rhythm of Love (1994) - 3
Luther Vandross - Power of Love (1991) - 3

Kelis - Kaleidoscope (1999) - 2
R. Kelly - 12 Play (1993) - 2

Jody Watley - Affairs of the Heart (1991) - 1
Joi - The Pendulum Vibe (1994) - 1
Mýa - Mýa (1998) - 1
Tony Toni Toné - House of Music (1996) - 1

Nice & Smooth - Ain't A Damn Thing Changed (1991) - 0
Toni Braxton - Secrets (1996) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

John Mangee
Greg F
KING
MichaelEU
Skylanderlord3
Jason Dagotto
Diddy
dmg
Margo
Master of the Moon
BSLO
JesusJustLeftChicago
Parvenguins
Darren
Ray
James Gang
Tom H.
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994)
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Usher - My Way (1997)
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The album that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/16/2020 @ 23:21pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Air Supply) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1958) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/16/2020 @ 23:22pm

My Tiebreaker Vote:

Usher - My Way (1997)

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 08/16/2020 @ 23:40pm

Usher - My Way (1997)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Sunday, 08/16/2020 @ 23:44pm

Tiebreaker: Usher - My Way (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/17/2020 @ 11:37am

Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 08/17/2020 @ 13:02pm

KING VOTE TIEBREAKER
Whitney Houston-I'm Your Baby Tonight(1990)

Posted by KING on Monday, 08/17/2020 @ 13:54pm

Usher - My Way (1997)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 08/17/2020 @ 17:18pm

Usher - My Way (1997)

Posted by Parvenguins on Tuesday, 08/18/2020 @ 12:34pm

Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by Margo on Tuesday, 08/18/2020 @ 17:26pm

Air Supply - Hearts in Motion (1986)

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 08/18/2020 @ 21:01pm

Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/19/2020 @ 00:19am

Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/19/2020 @ 07:46am

Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Genre noms:

Lee Morgan - The Cooker (1958)
Mary O'Hara - Songs of Ireland (1958)
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia (1958)

Artist nom:

Air Supply - News from Nowhere (1995)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 08/19/2020 @ 10:21am

Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Wednesday, 08/19/2020 @ 15:18pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990) - 7
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Usher - My Way (1997) - 5

The Usher album will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Here are the final class of inductees for this month's genre vote:

Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994)
Brandy - Brandy (1994)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls (1991)
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (1993)
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (1995)
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/20/2020 @ 00:33am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air Supply - Air Supply (1985)
Air Supply - Hearts in Motion (1986)
Air Supply - Life Support (1979)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Air Supply - Mumbo Jumbo (2010)
Air Supply - News from Nowhere (1995)
Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)
Air Supply - The Whole Thing's Started (1977)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/20/2020 @ 00:35am

votes:
Air Supply - Air Supply (1985)
Air Supply - Hearts in Motion (1986)
Air Supply - Life Support (1979)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Air Supply - Mumbo Jumbo (2010)
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)

Posted by Margo on Thursday, 08/20/2020 @ 08:17am

Darren you forgot about the year vote nominations.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/20/2020 @ 08:43am

Air Supply - Life Support (1979)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Air Supply - The One that You Love (1981)
Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)
Air Supply - Hearts in Motion (1986)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/20/2020 @ 10:30am

Air Supply Album Vote:

Air Supply - The Whole Thing's Started (1977)
Air Supply - Life Support (1979)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)
Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)

Posted by John Mangee on Thursday, 08/20/2020 @ 12:55pm

Air Supply - Life Support (1979)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)
Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 08/20/2020 @ 16:42pm

KING AUGUST 2020 AIR SUPPLY ALBUMS (5)
Air Supply-Air Supply (1985)
Air Supply-Hearts In Motion (1986)
Air Supply-Lost In Love (1980)
Air Supply-The One That You Love (1981)
Air Supply-Now And Forever (1982)
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 08/20/2020 @ 17:39pm

I went through and compiled a list of all the Album Nominations for the Year Vote that I could find

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia (1958)
Bennie Green - Soul Stirrin' (1958)
Bernard Hermann - Vertigo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Cannonball Adderly - Somethin' Else (1958)
Chuck Berry - One Dozen Berrys (1958)
Chuck Willis-Wails The Blues (1958)
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now? (1958)
Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958)
Dale Hawkins - Oh! Suzy-Q (1958)
Duane Eddy - Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel (1958)
Duke Ellington - Ellington Indigos (1958)
Elvis Presley - King Creole (1958)
Esquivel and His Orchestra - Other Worlds Other Sounds (1958)
Jackie Wilson - He's So Fine (1958)
Joe Williams-A Man Ain't Suppose To Cry (1958)
Johnny Cash- The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)
Lee Morgan - The Cooker (1958)
Marty Robbins-Marty Robbins (1958)
Mary O'Hara - Songs of Ireland (1958)
Max Roach - Deeds, Not Words (1958)
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (1958)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958)
Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' (1958)
Sonny Rollins- Freedom Suite (1958)
The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)
Various Artists - Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Various Artists - South Pacific (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)

Apologies if I missed any.

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 08/21/2020 @ 14:21pm

Cannonball Adderley's last name had an E between the L and the Y. But other than that, everything else seems fine.

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 08/21/2020 @ 14:32pm

When do we get to start voting on albums from 1958???

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 08/21/2020 @ 18:13pm

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia (1958)
Cannonball Adderly - Somethin' Else (1958)
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now? (1958)
Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958)
Duane Eddy - Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel (1958)
Duke Ellington - Ellington Indigos (1958)
Elvis Presley - King Creole (1958)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)

Air Supply - Life Support (1979)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)
Air Supply - The Whole Thing's Started (1977)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Saturday, 08/22/2020 @ 09:19am

Finally. My 1958 Albums Vote:

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia (1958)
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958)
Chuck Berry - One Dozen Berrys (1958)
Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958)
Duane Eddy - Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel (1958)
Duke Ellington - Ellington Indigos (1958)
Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)

Posted by John Mangee on Saturday, 08/22/2020 @ 11:27am

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia (1958)
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958)
Chuck Berry - One Dozen Berrys (1958)
Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958)
Duane Eddy - Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel (1958)
Duke Ellington - Ellington Indigos (1958)
Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)
The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio (1958)

Air Supply - Air Supply (1985)
Air Supply - Hearts In Motion (1986)
Air Supply - Lost In Love (1980)
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)
Air Supply - Now And Forever (1982)

Posted by Parvenguins on Saturday, 08/22/2020 @ 13:54pm

KING 1958 YEAR ALBUMS VOTE (8)
Chuck Berry-One Dozen Berrys (1958)
Chuck Willis-Wails The Blues (1958)
Johnny Cash-The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)
Marty Robbins-Marty Robbins (1958)
Ricky Nelson-Ricky Nelson (1958)
The Kingston Trio-The Kingston Trio (1958)
Thelonious Monk-Misterioso (1958)
Wanda Jackson-Wanda Jackson (1958)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 08/22/2020 @ 15:09pm

Votes!:
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia (1958)
Chuck Berry - One Dozen Berrys (1958)
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now? (1958)
Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958)
Duane Eddy - Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel (1958)
Duke Ellington - Ellington Indigos (1958)
Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)

Posted by James Gang on Saturday, 08/22/2020 @ 17:37pm

My apologies for forgetting to post this.

All previously cast votes will be included in the final total.

Voting will be open until 10 PM Central on the 28th.
_______________________________________________

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia (1958)
Bennie Green - Soul Stirrin' (1958)
Bernard Hermann - Vertigo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Cannonball Adderly - Somethin' Else (1958)
Chuck Berry - One Dozen Berrys (1958)
Chuck Willis - Wails The Blues (1958)
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now? (1958)
Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958)
Dale Hawkins - Oh! Suzy-Q (1958)
Days of the New - Touch, Peel and Stand (1997)
Duane Eddy - Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel (1958)
Duke Ellington - Ellington Indigos (1958)
Elvis Presley - King Creole (1958)
Esquivel and His Orchestra - Other Worlds Other Sounds (1958)
Head East - Never Been Any Reason (1975)
Jackie Wilson - He's So Fine (1958)
Joe Williams - A Man Ain't Suppose To Cry (1958)
Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)
Lee Morgan - The Cooker (1958)
Marty Robbins - Marty Robbins (1958)
Mary O'Hara - Songs of Ireland (1958)
Max Roach - Deeds, Not Words (1958)
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (1958)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958)
Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' (1958)
Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite (1958)
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now? (2009)
The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)
Various Artists - Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Various Artists - South Pacific (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/24/2020 @ 08:01am

Chuck Berry - One Dozen Berrys (1958)
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now? (1958)
Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958)
Elvis Presley - King Creole (1958)
Jackie Wilson - He's So Fine (1958)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958)
The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio (1958)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 08/24/2020 @ 08:40am

These were incorrectly listed on this ballot I posted:

Days of the New - Touch, Peel and Stand (1997)
Head East - Never Been Any Reason (1975)
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now? (2009)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/24/2020 @ 11:33am

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958)
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now? (1958)
Dale Hawkins - Oh! Suzy-Q (1958)
Duane Eddy - Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel (1958)
Jackie Wilson - He's So Fine (1958)
Max Roach - Deeds, Not Words (1958)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958)
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 08/24/2020 @ 12:46pm

Chuck Berry - One Dozen Berrys (1958)
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now? (1958)
Elvis Presley - King Creole (1958)
Jackie Wilson - He's So Fine (1958)
Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (1958)
Various Artists - South Pacific (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/24/2020 @ 13:59pm

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 08/24/2020 @ 20:23pm

Bernard Hermann - Vertigo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now? (1958)
Duane Eddy - Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel (1958)
Marty Robbins-Marty Robbins (1958)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958)
The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio (1958)
Various Artists - Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Various Artists - South Pacific (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)

Air Supply - Life Support (1979)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 08/24/2020 @ 21:47pm

Air Supply - Air Supply (1985)
Air Supply - Hearts in Motion (1986)
Air Supply - Life Support (1979)
Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)

I wish I could vote for them all! :D

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 08/24/2020 @ 21:59pm

1. Esquivel and His Orchestra - Other Worlds Other Sounds (1958)
2. The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio (1958)
3. Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)
4. Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia (1958)
5. Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958)
6. Duane Eddy - Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel (1958)
7. Lee Morgan - The Cooker (1958)
8. Various Artists - South Pacific (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/24/2020 @ 22:12pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 9
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981) - 9
______________________________

Air Supply - Life Support (1979) - 7
Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982) - 7
______________________________

Air Supply - Hearts in Motion (1986) - 5

Air Supply - Air Supply (1985) - 4

Air Supply - The Whole Thing's Started (1977) - 2

Air Supply - Mumbo Jumbo (2010) - 1

Air Supply - News from Nowhere (1995) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Margo
Greg F.
John Mangee
Jason Dagotto
KING
Master of the Moon
Parvenguins
Nick
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Air Supply - Life Support (1979)
Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/24/2020 @ 23:38pm

The album year project vote is still ongoing.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 28th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/24/2020 @ 23:39pm

My Tiebreaker Vote:

Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 08/25/2020 @ 07:42am

Darren-

I think you missed my artist vote that I posted last night

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/25/2020 @ 07:55am

Tom H. is correct. I missed his Artist vote.

As a result, no tiebreaker vote is required.

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980) - 10
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981) - 10

Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982) - 8
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Air Supply - Life Support (1979) - 7

Air Supply - Hearts in Motion (1986) - 5

Air Supply - Air Supply (1985) - 4

Air Supply - The Whole Thing's Started (1977) - 2

Air Supply - Mumbo Jumbo (2010) - 1

Air Supply - News from Nowhere (1995) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Margo
Greg F.
John Mangee
Jason Dagotto
KING
Master of the Moon
Parvenguins
Nick
Jennifer
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980)
Air Supply - Now and Forever (1982)
Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/25/2020 @ 22:13pm

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia (1958)
Bernard Hermann - Vertigo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Cannonball Adderly - Somethin' Else (1958)
Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958)
Lee Morgan - The Cooker (1958)
Mary O'Hara - Songs of Ireland (1958)
Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)

Apologies to Bennie Green, Chuck Berry, Duke Ellington, Jackie Wilson, Johnny Cash, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, and others.

Posted by Ray on Friday, 08/28/2020 @ 11:48am

Bernard Hermann - Vertigo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958)
Duke Ellington - Ellington Indigos (1958)
Johnny Cash- The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)
Sonny Rollins- Freedom Suite (1958)
The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio (1958)
Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)
Various Artists - South Pacific (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 08/28/2020 @ 21:39pm

Chuck Berry - One Dozen Berrys (1958)
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now? (1958)
Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)
Marty Robbins - Marty Robbins (1958)
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (1958)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958)
Various Artists - Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)
Various Artists - South Pacific (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 08/28/2020 @ 22:00pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Chuck Berry - One Dozen Berrys (1958) - 7
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now? (1958) - 7
Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958) - 7
Duane Eddy - Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel (1958) - 7
Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958) - 7

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia (1958) - 6
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958) - 6
The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio (1958) - 6
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Duke Ellington - Ellington Indigos (1958) - 5
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958) - 5
Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958) - 5
Various Artists - South Pacific (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958) - 5
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958) - 5

Bernard Hermann - Vertigo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958) - 3
Elvis Presley - King Creole (1958) - 3
Jackie Wilson - He's So Fine (1958) - 3
Marty Robbins - Marty Robbins (1958) - 3

Lee Morgan - The Cooker (1958) - 2
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (1958) - 2
Various Artists - Gigi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1958) - 2

Chuck Willis - Wails The Blues (1958) - 1
Dale Hawkins - Oh! Suzy-Q (1958) - 1
Esquivel and His Orchestra - Other Worlds Other Sounds (1958) - 1
Mary O'Hara - Songs of Ireland (1958) - 1
Max Roach - Deeds, Not Words (1958) - 1
Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' (1958) - 1
Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite (1958) - 1
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958) - 1

Bennie Green - Soul Stirrin' (1958) - 0
Joe Williams - A Man Ain't Suppose To Cry (1958) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Master of the Moon
John Mangee
Parvenguins
KING
James Gang
Steve Z
MichaelEU
Darren
Nick
Greg F
Ray
Tom H.
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia (1958)
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958)
Chuck Berry - One Dozen Berrys (1958)
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now? (1958)
Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958)
Duane Eddy - Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel (1958)
Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)
The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio (1958)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/28/2020 @ 22:09pm

Rule Changes In 2020:

Genres and Artists will now be selected randomly each month. Voters will nominate the genres and artists that will be randomly selected for each month's Genre and Artist vote. The artist and genre will be selected separately in the Song and Album Projects.

Genre splits will no longer be allowed. Each month's genre vote will be one vote.

After being selected as a monthly genre, genres will be ineligible for nomination / selection for 12 months, up from the previous setting of 6 months.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in 2020:

Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Jazz
2000's R&B
21st Century Garage Rock
1990's Country
Emo 2000-2010
Progressive Rock
1990's R&B

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 10 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1993.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1993. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1993.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1993 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Aerosmith - Get A Grip
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
Björk - Debut
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
Breeders - Last Splash
Counting Crows - August & Everything After
Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion
Duran Duran - Duran Duran
Janet Jackson - janet.
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
Mariah Carey - Music Box
Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon
Nirvana - In Utero
Orbital - Orbital 2
Pearl Jam - Vs.
Pet Shop Boys - Very
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
Primus - Pork Soda
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales
Suede - Suede
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton
Tool - Undertow
Various Artists - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1993, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/31/2020 @ 01:17am

General Vote

Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook (1984)
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (2014)

Genre: Vaporwave

Artist: Juliana Hatfield

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/31/2020 @ 07:12am

Year vote

James - Laid (1993)
New Order - Republic (1993)
Tindersticks - Tindersticks (1993)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/31/2020 @ 07:33am

General Album Nominations:

Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Fear Factory - Demanufacture (1995)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)

Posted by John Mangee on Monday, 08/31/2020 @ 08:00am

General Nominations:

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)

Year (1993) Nominations:

Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)

Genre Nomination: Hardcore Punk

Artist Nomination: Black Sabbath

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 08/31/2020 @ 11:11am

Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires (2017)

Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993)
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993)
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)

Artist:
The Grateful Dead

Genre:
Blues Rock

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Monday, 08/31/2020 @ 11:20am

General Noms!:
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)

Year Noms!:
Billy Joel - River of Dreams (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Live Seeds (1993)

Genre!:
Live Albums

Artist!:
Lou Reed (Solo)

I hate to nominate two different 2019 albums, but in my opinion both are very deserving nominees! Hopefully one of them gets in this month!

Posted by James Gang on Monday, 08/31/2020 @ 17:11pm

My General Nominations:
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)

My Year Nominations:
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Fugazi - In On the Kill Taker (1993)
Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (1993)

My Genre Nomination:
21st Century Folk

My Artist Nomination:
Josh Ritter

Posted by Master of the Moon on Monday, 08/31/2020 @ 17:36pm

September 2020 General Album Nominations:
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

September 2020 Album Genre Nomination:
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987

September 2020 Album Artist Nomination:
Kenny Loggins

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 08/31/2020 @ 18:09pm

September 2020 Artist nomination

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 08/31/2020 @ 20:36pm

KING SEPTEMBER 2020 General Album Nominations (3)
Duran Duran-Pop Trash (2000)
Nuno-Schizophonic (1997)
Scorpions-Unbreakable (2004)
KING 1993 Year Albums (3)
Big Head Todd And The Monsters-Sister Sweetly
George Strait-Easy Come, Easy Go (1993)
The The-Dusk (1993)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 09/1/2020 @ 06:35am

Alright, folks, here are my 1993 Album Nominations:

Carcass - Heartwork (1993)
Death - Individual Thought Patterns (1993)
Entombed - Wolverine Blues (1993)

Yes. I am a proud heavy metal fan.

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 09/1/2020 @ 08:33am

general nominees:
Electric Light Orchestra - From Out of the Blue (2019)
Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (1991)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)

Posted by Margo on Tuesday, 09/1/2020 @ 10:24am

General:
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Professor Longhair - Crawfish Fiesta (1980)
Peter, Paul & Mary - Moving (1963)

Year:
Willie Nelson - Across the Borderline (1993)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 09/1/2020 @ 11:35am

John Williams- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Artist Vote: Miles Davis

Skylanderlord3- We already did a Grateful Dead artist vote a while ago so they are ineligible. In case you're curious we inducted Europe '72 and Shakedown St. because of it.

Genre Vote: Movie Soundtracks

Year Vote

Garth Brooks- In Pieces (1993)
Phish- Rift (1993)
Widespread Panic- Everyday (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 09/1/2020 @ 14:28pm

Thanks for the heads up Tom! Shakedown Street is a personal favorite of mine. Fire On the Mountain is a masterpiece. I've debated nominating it a few times. Anyways, I'll change my artist nominee to Hawkwind.

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Tuesday, 09/1/2020 @ 21:22pm

general nom:
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983)
Kinks - Kinks-Size (1965)
God Lives Underwater - Life in the So Called Space Age (1998)

1993 nom:
Jesus Jones - Perverse (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 09/1/2020 @ 22:03pm

Margo,
Electric Light Orchestra - From Out of the Blue (2019) should read as Jeff Lynne's ELO - From Out of the Blue (2019).

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 09/2/2020 @ 09:52am

General noms:

Nightwish - Once (2004)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)

Artist nom:

Blind Guardian

Genre nom:

Power Metal

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 09/2/2020 @ 10:02am

Artist Vote - TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 13:39pm

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Nas - Stillmatic (2001)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)

Counting Crows - August and Everything After (1993)
R. Kelly - 12 Play (1993)
Salt 'n' Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)

Neil Young

1990's Rap/Hip Hop

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 18:57pm

General:
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon (1996)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)

Genre: Trip Hop

Artist - Madonna
Gonna wait on the year noms.

Posted by Christian on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 19:08pm

BSLO, the Counting Crows album is already inducted. You've got another nomination for the year vote, my dude.

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 19:26pm

Darren, Jason, and Margo,

Jeff Lynne's ELO - From Out of the Blue (2019) album should also be Jeff Lynne's ELO - From Out of Nowhere (2019) just like the song nomination.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 20:47pm

Whoops, I completely missed that The Counting Crows album was inducted.

Please replace that nomination with:

The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 20:58pm

LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Artist -
Drive-By Truckers

Genre -
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 21:49pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
Duran Duran - Pop Trash (2000)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Fear Factory - Demanufacture (1995)
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
God Lives Underwater - Life in the So Called Space Age (1998)
Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires (2017)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook (1984)
Jeff Lynne's ELO - From Out of Nowhere (2019)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Kinks - Kinks-Size (1965)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (2014)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (1991)
Nas - Stillmatic (2001)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Nuno - Schizophonic (1997)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Peter, Paul & Mary - Moving (1963)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Professor Longhair - Crawfish Fiesta (1980)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)
Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon (1996)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)
Usher - My Way (1997)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 22:26pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1990's Rap/Hip Hop
21st Century Folk
Blues Rock
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks
Hardcore Punk
Live Albums
Movie Soundtracks
Power Metal
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987
Trip Hop
Vaporwave
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There were 11 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 4.

This month's selected genre is "Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 22:28pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Black Sabbath
Blind Guardian
Davis, Miles
Drive-By Truckers
Electric Light Orchestra
Hatfield, Juliana
Hawkwind
Loggins, Kenny
Madonna
Reed, Lou (Solo)
Ritter, Josh
TV On The Radio
Young, Neil

There were 13 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 10.

This month's selected artist is Lou Reed (Solo).
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Lou Reed (Solo).

Here's the list of Lou Reed albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Transformer (1972)
Berlin (1973)
Rock 'n' Roll Animal (1974)
New York (1989)

Any voter can nominate one album by Lou Reed released from 1900-2019 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Lou Reed discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Reed_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 22:33pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (Lou Reed (Solo)) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1993) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 22:37pm

Genre vote

Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly (1964)

Artist Vote

Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 22:45pm

Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
Gary Clark, Jr. - This Land (2019)
Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires (2017)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)

Lou Reed - Magic & Loss (1992)

Original Broadway Cast - American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)
Original Broadway Cast - Dear Evan Hansen (2017)

Only tossing in 2 genre nominations this time around.

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 09/4/2020 @ 00:20am

My votes

Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook (1984)
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (2014)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 09/4/2020 @ 09:07am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Peter, Paul & Mary - Moving (1963)
Professor Longhair - Crawfish Fiesta (1980)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Genre nominations:
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (1951)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)
Various Artists - Cole Porter's Anything Goes (Smithsonian Collection Archival Reconstruction) (1977)

I'm not an expert for musicals. I hope this fits for the genre.

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 09/4/2020 @ 10:19am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Duran Duran - Pop Trash (2000)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Nas - Stillmatic (2001)
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983)
The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon (1996)

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)

Posted by Christian on Friday, 09/4/2020 @ 10:58am

September Album Project Vote:

1: Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
2: Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
3: Fear Factory - Demanufacture (1995)
4: Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
5: King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
6: Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
7: David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
8: Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 09/4/2020 @ 13:13pm

Sorry about the accidental double submission, folks. I meant to post my choices only once. Hope my vote still counts.

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 09/4/2020 @ 13:17pm

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)

Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)

I don't really know my Broadway all that well, so I'll leave it up to everyone else for that!

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Friday, 09/4/2020 @ 15:37pm

KING SEPTEMBER 2020 ALBUMS VOTE (8)
Duran Duran-Pop Trash (2000)
Iron Maiden-Brave New World (2000)
King's X-Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
Peter, Paul And Mary-Moving (1963)
Richard Marx-Richard Marx (1987)
Scorpions-Unbreakable (2004)
Slayer-Seasons In The Abyss (1990)
The Offspring-Ixnay On The Hombre (1997)
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These September albums are difficult cuts. The Styx albums it was a tough call. Ended up leaving both off. The Cardigans I remember when that album dropped. Had some good songs on it. David Bowie has a good start. Appears that will be Inducted. Hated to leave my Nuno album off but it will need a Black Sabbath level of chances before it is inducted. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 09/4/2020 @ 16:13pm

KING SEPTEMBER 2020 LOU REED ALBUM (1)
Lou Reed-Sally Can't Dance (1974)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 09/4/2020 @ 16:23pm

Original Broadway Cast- 1776: Original Cast Recording (1969)
Original Broadway Cast- Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: (1979)

History, Comedy and Horror all represented

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 09/4/2020 @ 22:15pm

Artist Vote

Lou Reed- The Bells (1979)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 09/4/2020 @ 22:23pm

Incidentally, 1776 happens to be one of my all-time favorite musicals!

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 09/4/2020 @ 22:48pm

Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
God Lives Underwater - Life in the So Called Space Age (1998)
Kinks - Kinks-Size (1965)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983)
The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon (1996)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 09/5/2020 @ 00:10am

Votes!
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)

Posted by James Gang on Saturday, 09/5/2020 @ 09:37am

votes:
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires (2017)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Nas - Stillmatic (2001)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004)
The Kinks - Kinks-Size (1965)

Posted by Margo on Saturday, 09/5/2020 @ 16:03pm

Duran Duran - Pop Trash (2000)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires (2017)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Ramones - Leave Home (1977)
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)

Posted by Parvenguins on Sunday, 09/6/2020 @ 07:21am

Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)
Usher - My Way (1997)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Excited Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks will be spotlighted this month! Great nominations so far and I'll post mine very soon.

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 09/6/2020 @ 09:43am

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (2014)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/6/2020 @ 21:26pm

Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
Kinks - Kinks-Size (1965)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 09/6/2020 @ 22:36pm

Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook (1984)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires (2017)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
Peter, Paul & Mary - Moving (1963)
John Williams- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019)
Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/7/2020 @ 07:08am

Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (1991)
Nas - Stillmatic (2001)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Lou Reed and John Cale - Songs for Drella (1990)

If this album is considered not eligible, I'll nominate Lou Reed - The Raven (2003)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 09/7/2020 @ 09:23am

General Votes:
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires (2017)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Monday, 09/7/2020 @ 09:39am

Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires (2017)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)

Posted by Diddy on Monday, 09/7/2020 @ 13:23pm

Votes-
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires (2017)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Tuesday, 09/8/2020 @ 07:09am

Lou Reed - New Sensations (1984)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Tuesday, 09/8/2020 @ 07:12am

Fear Factory - Demanufacture (1995)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Apologies to ABBA, Dan Fogelberg, David Bowie, Miles Davis, Ramones, Roy Orbison, The Magnetic Fields, and others.

Genre noms:

Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - Follies (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - Pacific Overtures (1976)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 09/8/2020 @ 09:05am

Genre Nominations:

Original Broadway Cast - Guys And Dolls (1950)
Original Broadway Cast - Urinetown: The Musical (2001)
Original Broadway Cast - Bye Bye Birdie (1960)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 09/8/2020 @ 14:10pm

1993 nominations:
Billy Idol - Cyberpunk (1993)
Burzum - Det Som Engang Var (1993)
The Black Dog - Temple of Transparent Balls (1993)

Posted by Margo on Tuesday, 09/8/2020 @ 17:14pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974) - 9
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000) - 9
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011) - 9
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019) - 9

Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires (2017) - 7

Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019) - 6
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990) - 6
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ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 5
Rammstein - Mutter (2001) - 5
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019) - 5
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Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres (1977) - 4
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - 4
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 4
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 4
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 4
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 4
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982) - 4
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 4
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre (1997) - 4

Duran Duran - Pop Trash (2000) - 3
Kinks - Kinks-Size (1965) - 3
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) - 3
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 3
Nas - Stillmatic (2001) - 3
Peter, Paul & Mary - Moving (1963) - 3
Ramones - Leave Home (1977) - 3
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962) - 3
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983) - 3

Fear Factory - Demanufacture (1995) - 2
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007) - 2
Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook (1984) - 2
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (2014) - 2
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987) - 2
Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004) - 2
The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon (1996) - 2
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 2

God Lives Underwater - Life in the So Called Space Age (1998) - 1
John Williams - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: OST (2019) - 1
LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972) - 1
Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (1991) - 1
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Professor Longhair - Crawfish Fiesta (1980) - 1
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000) - 1
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) - 1
Usher - My Way (1997) - 1
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 1

Jeff Lynne's ELO - From Out of Nowhere (2019) - 0
Nuno - Schizophonic (1997) - 0
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
Greg F
MichaelEU
Christian
John Mangee
Skylanderlord3
KING
jtrichey
James Gang
Margo
Parvenguins
Nick
Darren
Steve Z
Tom H.
BSLO
Master of the Moon
Diddy
JesusJustLeftChicago
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires (2017)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums.

The 1 album that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks", Artist Vote (Lou Reed) or Year Vote (1993).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/8/2020 @ 23:47pm

Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019) - 3
ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 2
Rammstein - Mutter (2001) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/8/2020 @ 23:51pm

ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 3
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019) - 2
Rammstein - Mutter (2001) - 1

Posted by Christian on Wednesday, 09/9/2020 @ 00:29am

3 - Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
2 - Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
1 - ABBA - The Visitors (1981)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Wednesday, 09/9/2020 @ 07:08am

Tiebreaker Vote:

3 points: Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
2 points: ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
1 point: Rammstein - Mutter (2001)

Posted by John Mangee on Wednesday, 09/9/2020 @ 07:45am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981) 3
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019) 2
Rammstein - Mutter (2001) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/9/2020 @ 10:17am

Tiebreaker:

ABBA - The Visitors (1981) [3 Points]
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019) [2 Points]
Rammstein - Mutter (2001) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 09/9/2020 @ 10:48am

3 pts. Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
1 pt. ABBA - The Visitors (1981)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 09/9/2020 @ 10:48am

Rammstein - Mutter (2001) - 3
ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 2
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 09/9/2020 @ 11:18am

Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)-3
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)-2
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/9/2020 @ 14:09pm

Rammstein - Mutter (2001) - 3
ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 2
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 09/9/2020 @ 22:22pm

KING SEPTEMBER 2020 ALBUM TIEBREAKER (3)
Slipknot-We Are Not Your Kind (2019)-3 PTS
ABBA-The Visitors (1981)-2
Rammstein-Mutter (2001)-1 PT
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Congrats on the September albums inducted. A real grind it out affair. Votes splintered to many different albums. Good to see Iron Maiden & Slayer earn induction. KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 09/9/2020 @ 22:31pm

I don't mean to brag, but I'm glad I nominated both Brave New World by Iron Maiden & Seasons in the Abyss by Slayer. I picked 2 winners this month.

Posted by John Mangee on Thursday, 09/10/2020 @ 07:25am

Rammstein - Mutter (2001) - 3
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 1

Posted by Parvenguins on Thursday, 09/10/2020 @ 12:40pm

Margo: Burzum. Nice.

Rammstein - Mutter (2001) - 3
ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 2
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019) - 1

Posted by Ray on Friday, 09/11/2020 @ 12:11pm

Original Broadway Cast - Annie (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Camelot (1961) (According to Billboard, this was the best performing album of 1961)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)

Honorable Mention:
1987 US Concept Album: Music and Songs From Starlight Express (1987)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 09/11/2020 @ 19:55pm

KING SEPTEMBER 2020
Original Broadway Cast-Candide (1956)
Original Broadway Cast-Dear World (1969)
Original Broadway Cast-In The Heights (2008)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 09/11/2020 @ 22:00pm

Original Broadway Cast - Company: A Musical Comedy (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1970)
Original Broadway Cast - Hairspray (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2005)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 09/11/2020 @ 23:14pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019) - 29
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ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 26
Rammstein - Mutter (2001) - 23

Losing songs will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the September Album Project vote:

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land (2019)
Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires (2017)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (2019)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/12/2020 @ 00:33am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Original Broadway Cast - 1776: Original Cast Recording (1969)
Original Broadway Cast - American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)
Original Broadway Cast - Annie (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Bye Bye Birdie (1960)
Original Broadway Cast - Camelot (1961)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Company: A Musical Comedy (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1970)
Original Broadway Cast - Dear Evan Hansen (2017)
Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - Follies (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Guys And Dolls (1950)
Original Broadway Cast - Hairspray (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Pacific Overtures (1976)
Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)
Original Broadway Cast - Urinetown: The Musical (2001)
Original Broadway Cast - Candide (1956)
Original Broadway Cast - Dear World (1969)
Original Broadway Cast - In The Heights (2008)
Various Artists - Cole Porter's Anything Goes (Smithsonian Collection Archival Reconstruction) (1977)
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (1951)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/12/2020 @ 00:40am

Broadway Soundtrack Vote!

1: Original Broadway Cast - 1776: Original Cast Recording (1969)
2: Original Broadway Cast - Annie (1977)
3: Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)
4: Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
5: Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2005)
6: Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)
7: Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)
8: Original Broadway Cast - In the Heights (2008)

Posted by John Mangee on Saturday, 09/12/2020 @ 10:06am

Original Broadway Cast - Annie (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Camelot (1961)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Dear Evan Hansen (2017)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Saturday, 09/12/2020 @ 18:05pm

1. Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
2. Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
3. Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly! (1964)
4. Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot (2004)
5. Original Broadway Cast - Guys and Dolls (1950)
6. Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)
7. Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)
8. Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/12/2020 @ 21:03pm

Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - Guys And Dolls (1950)
Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)
Various Artists - Cole Porter's Anything Goes (Smithsonian Collection Archival Reconstruction) (1977)
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (1951)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 09/13/2020 @ 11:47am

Original Broadway Cast - Annie (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Bye Bye Birdie (1960)
Original Broadway Cast - Guys And Dolls (1950)
Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - Urinetown: The Musical (2001)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 09/13/2020 @ 13:25pm

What a nice category. Hopefully I am allowed to cast this vote.

Original Broadway Cast - Annie (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Bye Bye Birdie (1960)
Original Broadway Cast - Camelot (1961)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Company: A Musical Comedy (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1970)
Original Broadway Cast - Guys And Dolls (1950)
Original Broadway Cast - Candide (1956)
Various Artists - Cole Porter's Anything Goes (Smithsonian Collection Archival Reconstruction) (1977)

Posted by Zechariah on Sunday, 09/13/2020 @ 22:37pm

8 votes:

Original Broadway Cast - American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)
Original Broadway Cast - Annie (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - Guys And Dolls (1950)
Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (1951)

Posted by Darrin A. on Monday, 09/14/2020 @ 05:04am

Votes!:
Original Broadway Cast - 1776: Original Cast Recording (1969)
Original Broadway Cast - American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)
Original Broadway Cast - Annie (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)

Posted by James Gang on Monday, 09/14/2020 @ 06:54am

Original Broadway Cast - American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Dear Evan Hansen (2017)
Original Broadway Cast - Guys And Dolls (1950)
Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)

Posted by Parvenguins on Monday, 09/14/2020 @ 11:30am

The date on Hairspray should be 2002.

Original Broadway Cast - Annie (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Camelot (1961)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - Hairspray (2002)
Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)

My last cuts are American Idiot and Hello, Dolly. I would eventually vote for many, many more.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 09/14/2020 @ 12:53pm

votes:
Original Broadway Cast - American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Hairspray (2002)
Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly! (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)

Posted by Margo on Monday, 09/14/2020 @ 18:57pm

KING SEPT 2020 ALBUMS THEM BROADWAY MAN (8)
Original Broadway Cast-1776: Original Cast Recording (1969)
Original Broadway Cast-American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)
Original Broadway Cast-Annie (1977)
Original Broadway Cast-Camelot (1961)
Original Broadway Cast-Cats (1983)
Original Broadway Cast-Evita (1979)
Various Artists-Cole Porter's Anything Goes (Smithsonian Collection Archival Reconstruction) (1977)
Original Broadway Cast-In The Heights (2008)
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Have to admit very impressive selections. I really enjoyed going through these and it is extremely difficult cuts. With better luck, Bye Bye Birdie, Candide, and Jersey Boys would be on my list. I look forward to seeing this category again in 2021. KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 09/15/2020 @ 03:57am

Original Broadway Cast - American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)
Original Broadway Cast - Annie (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly! (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Tuesday, 09/15/2020 @ 09:30am

Original Broadway Cast - 1776: Original Cast Recording (1969)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Bye Bye Birdie (1960)
Original Broadway Cast - Dear Evan Hansen (2017)
Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)
Original Broadway Cast - In The Heights (2008)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/16/2020 @ 00:04am

Original Broadway Cast - Company: A Musical Comedy (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1970)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (1951)
Original Broadway Cast- 1776: Original Cast Recording (1969)
Original Broadway Cast- Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - Guys And Dolls (1950)
Original Broadway Cast-In The Heights (2008)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/16/2020 @ 06:32am

Broadway Votes:
Original Broadway Cast - American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Bye Bye Birdie (1960)
Original Broadway Cast - Dear Evan Hansen (2017)
Original Broadway Cast - Guys And Dolls (1950)
Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Wednesday, 09/16/2020 @ 07:48am

Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - Follies (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - Guys And Dolls (1950)
Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Pacific Overtures (1976)
Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: (1979)
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (1951)

Apologies to 1776, Annie, Funny Girl, Urinetown, Anything Goes, and others.

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 09/16/2020 @ 08:57am

Original Broadway Cast - American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Dear Evan Hansen (2017)
Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly! (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 09/16/2020 @ 18:03pm

Original Broadway Cast - Company: A Musical Comedy (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1970)
Original Broadway Cast - Dear Evan Hansen (2017)
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Hairspray (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2002)
Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2005)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - Urinetown: The Musical (2001)
Original Broadway Cast - In The Heights (2008)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 09/16/2020 @ 21:20pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: (1979) - 16

Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983) - 12
Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004) - 12
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011) - 12

Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003) - 11

Original Broadway Cast - American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010) - 9
Original Broadway Cast - Annie (1977) - 9
Original Broadway Cast - Guys And Dolls (1950) - 9
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Original Broadway Cast - Dear Evan Hansen (2017) - 6
Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1979) - 6
Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly (1964) - 6
Original Broadway Cast - Jersey Boys (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2005) - 6

Original Broadway Cast - 1776: Original Cast Recording (1969) - 5
Original Broadway Cast - In The Heights (2008) - 5

Original Broadway Cast - Bye Bye Birdie (1960) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - Camelot (1961) - 4
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (1951) - 4

Original Broadway Cast - Company: A Musical Comedy (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1970) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - Hairspray (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2002) - 3
Various Artists - Cole Porter's Anything Goes (Smithsonian Collection Archival Reconstruction) (1977) - 3

Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964) - 2
Original Broadway Cast - Urinetown: The Musical (2001) - 2

Original Broadway Cast - Follies (1971) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Pacific Overtures (1976) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Candide (1956) - 1

Original Broadway Cast - Dear World (1969) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

John Mangee
SkylanderLord3
Greg F
MichaelEU
Steve Z
Zechariah
Darrin A.
James Gang
Parvenguins
Jennifer
Margo
KING
JesusJustLeftChicago
Darren
Tom H.
Master of the Moon
Ray
Jason Dagotto
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Original Broadway Cast - American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)
Original Broadway Cast - Annie (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (2003)
Original Broadway Cast - Cats (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Guys And Dolls (1950)
Original Broadway Cast - Spamalot: Original Cast Recording (2004)
Original Broadway Cast - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - The Book of Mormon (2011)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/17/2020 @ 00:36am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Lou Reed (Solo)) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1993) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/17/2020 @ 00:37am

Year Nominations:
Crowded House - Together Alone (1993)
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993)
Tears for Fears - Elemental (1993)

Posted by Christian on Thursday, 09/17/2020 @ 14:19pm

Year noms:

Paradise Lost - Icon (1993)
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon (1993)
Immortal - Pure Holocaust (1993)

Couldn't decide between Darkthrone and Immortal, so just decided to pick them both. Two black metal classics, though I expect they'll have a tough road ahead for induction. Stereolab's Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements was my final cut, in case anyone's still looking for ideas.

Artist nom:

Lou Reed - Ecstasy (2000)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 09/19/2020 @ 09:42am

10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged (1993)
Neil Young - Unplugged (1993)
Rod Stewart - Unplugged...and Seated (1993)

Lou Reed - Rock and Roll Heart (1976)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 09/19/2020 @ 21:47pm

Air Supply - The Vanishing Race (1993)
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) Soundtrack album

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 09/19/2020 @ 22:00pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):
10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged (1993)
Air Supply - The Vanishing Race (1993)
Big Head Todd And The Monsters - Sister Sweetly (1993)
Billy Idol - Cyberpunk (1993)
Billy Joel - River of Dreams (1993)
Burzum - Det Som Engang Var (1993)
Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
Carcass - Heartwork (1993)
Crowded House - Together Alone (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon (1993)
Death - Individual Thought Patterns (1993)
Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Entombed - Wolverine Blues (1993)
Fugazi - In On the Kill Taker (1993)
Garth Brooks - In Pieces (1993)
George Strait - Easy Come, Easy Go (1993)
Immortal - Pure Holocaust (1993)
James - Laid (1993)
Jesus Jones - Perverse (1993)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993)
Neil Young - Unplugged (1993)
New Order - Republic (1993)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Live Seeds (1993)
Paradise Lost - Icon (1993)
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
Phish - Rift (1993)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
R. Kelly - 12 Play (1993)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
Rod Stewart - Unplugged...and Seated (1993)
Salt 'n' Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (1993)
Tears for Fears - Elemental (1993)
The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993)
The Black Dog - Temple of Transparent Balls (1993)
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993)
The The - Dusk (1993)
Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Tindersticks - Tindersticks (1993)
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)
Widespread Panic - Everyday (1993)
Willie Nelson - Across the Borderline (1993)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/19/2020 @ 23:03pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978)
Lou Reed - Magic & Loss (1992)
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
Lou Reed - The Bells (1979)
Lou Reed - New Sensations (1984)
Lou Reed - Ecstasy (2000)
Lou Reed - Rock and Roll Heart (1976)
Lou Reed and John Cale - Songs for Drella (1990)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/19/2020 @ 23:04pm

Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Jesus Jones - Perverse (1993)
New Order - Republic (1993)
R. Kelly - 12 Play (1993)
Tears for Fears - Elemental (1993)
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 09/19/2020 @ 23:41pm

KING 1993 YEAR ALBUMS (8)
10,000 Maniacs-MTV Unplugged (1993)
Big Head Todd And The Monsters-Sister Sweetly (1993)
Candlebox-Candlebox (1993)
Garth Brooks-In Pieces (1993)
George Strait-Easy Come, Easy Go (1993)
R. Kelly-12 Play (1993)
Radiohead-Pablo Honey (1993)
The The-Dusk (1993)
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Merchant's stirring rendition of Because The Night was a big highlight of 1993. Also their MTV Unplugged album. Pablo Honey is 1 of my FAV albums. It's amazing a group could that be good right out of the box. Prove Yourself, Thinking About You, Vegetable some of the highlights on this album. Strange it hasn't been inducted before. I think both Garth and George are Legendary artists and their albums are too good to pass up. Especially Country doesnt receive much representation. KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 09/19/2020 @ 23:45pm

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Neil Young - Unplugged (1993)
Phish - Rift (1993)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993)
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993)
Willie Nelson - Across the Borderline (1993)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 09/20/2020 @ 00:51am

10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon (1993)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Fugazi - In On the Kill Taker (1993)
New Order - Republic (1993)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993)

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - Magic & Loss (1992)
Lou Reed - New Sensations (1984)
Lou Reed and John Cale - Songs for Drella (1990)
Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Sunday, 09/20/2020 @ 14:54pm

1993 Albums Vote:

1: Billy Joel - River of Dreams (1993)
2: Carcass - Heartwork (1993)
3: Death - Individual Thought Patterns (1993)
4: Entombed - Wolverine Blues (1993)
5: Phish - Rift (1993)
6: Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
7: Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (1993)
8: Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 09/20/2020 @ 14:57pm

Votes!:
Billy Idol - Cyberpunk (1993)
Billy Joel - River of Dreams (1993)
Burzum - Det Som Engang Var (1993)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Fugazi - In On the Kill Taker (1993)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Live Seeds (1993)
Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (1993)
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - Magic & Loss (1992)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)

Posted by James Gang on Sunday, 09/20/2020 @ 15:43pm

Year Vote

1. James - Laid (1993)
2. New Order - Republic (1993)
3. Tindersticks - Tindersticks (1993)
4. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)
5. Crowded House - Together Alone (1993)
6. 10,000 Maniacs - Unplugged (1993)
7. Garth Brooks - In Pieces (1993)
8. The The - Dusk (1993)

Artist Vote:

1. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
2. Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
3. Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978)
4. Lou Reed - New Sensations (1984)
5. Lou Reed - Magic and Loss (1992)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/20/2020 @ 23:01pm

Billy Joel - River of Dreams (1993)
Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)
New Order - Republic (1993)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993)
Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978)
Lou Reed - Magic & Loss (1992)
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Lou Reed - New Sensations (1984)
Lou Reed and John Cale - Songs for Drella (1990)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 09/21/2020 @ 00:32am

Year Votes:
10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged (1993)
Billy Joel - River of Dreams (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993)
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)

Lou Reed Votes:
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - Magic & Loss (1992)
Lou Reed - New Sensations (1984)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Monday, 09/21/2020 @ 07:54am

Billy Idol - Cyberpunk (1993)
Crowded House - Together Alone (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993)
New Order - Republic (1993)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
Tears for Fears - Elemental (1993)

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - Ecstasy (2000)
Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978)

Posted by Christian on Monday, 09/21/2020 @ 19:28pm

KING SEPTEMBER 2020 LOU REED ALBUMS (6)
Lou Reed-Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed-Ecstasy (2000)
Lou Reed-Magic & Loss (1992)
Lou Reed-Sally Can't Dance (1974)
Lou Reed-Street Hassle (1978)
Lou Reed-The Blue Mask (1982)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 09/21/2020 @ 19:48pm

My Lou Reed Album Vote:

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978)
Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Lou Reed - New Sensations (1984)
Lou Reed - Magic & Loss (1992)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 09/22/2020 @ 07:29am

Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
R. Kelly - 12 Play (1993)
Salt 'n' Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (1993)
The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993)
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)

Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978)
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Lou Reed - The Bells (1979)
Lou Reed - New Sensations (1984)
Lou Reed and John Cale - Songs for Drella (1990)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 09/22/2020 @ 17:21pm

Billy Idol - Cyberpunk (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Fugazi - In On the Kill Taker (1993)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (1993)
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993)
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)

Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978)
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Lou Reed - The Bells (1979)
Lou Reed - New Sensations (1984)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 09/23/2020 @ 22:00pm

10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged (1993)
Billy Joel - River of Dreams (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Neil Young - Unplugged (1993)
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978)
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
Lou Reed - The Bells (1979)
Lou Reed - Rock and Roll Heart (1976)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/24/2020 @ 00:45am

Burzum - Det Som Engang Var (1993)
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon (1993)
Death - Individual Thought Patterns (1993)
Fugazi - In On the Kill Taker (1993)
Immortal - Pure Holocaust (1993)
Paradise Lost - Icon (1993)
Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (1993)
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)

Apologies to Candlebox, Carcass, Dinosaur Jr., Entombed, John WIlliams, Neil Young, Nick Cave, The Flaming Lips, The The, Tindersticks, Yo La Tengo, and others.

Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978)
Lou Reed - Magic & Loss (1992)
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Lou Reed - Ecstasy (2000)
Lou Reed and John Cale - Songs for Drella (1990)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 09/24/2020 @ 09:43am

10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
James - Laid (1993)
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993)
Neil Young - Unplugged (1993)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Rod Stewart - Unplugged...and Seated (1993)
Salt 'n' Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)

Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978)
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)
Lou Reed - New Sensations (1984)
Lou Reed - Rock and Roll Heart (1976)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 09/24/2020 @ 10:13am

votes:
10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
Fugazi - In On the Kill Taker (1993)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)
New Order - Republic (1993)
Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (1993)
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - Ecstasy (2000)
Lou Reed - New Sensations (1984)
Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)

Posted by Margo on Thursday, 09/24/2020 @ 13:10pm

Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (1993)
Billy Joel - River of Dreams (1993)
Tears for Fears - Elemental (1993)
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Garth Brooks- In Pieces (1993)
Phish- Rift (1993)
Salt 'n' Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)

Very eclectic list of nominees. Well done everyone.

Lou Reed - Magic & Loss (1992)
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)
Lou Reed- The Bells (1979)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/24/2020 @ 21:20pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993) - 11

Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993) - 8
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993) - 8

10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged (1993) - 7
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993) - 7
Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (1993) - 7

Billy Joel - River of Dreams (1993) - 6
New Order - Republic (1993) - 6
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Fugazi - In On the Kill Taker (1993) - 5
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993) - 5
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993) - 5

Candlebox - Candlebox (1993) - 4
John Williams - Jurassic Park: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993) - 4

Billy Idol - Cyberpunk (1993) - 3
Garth Brooks - In Pieces (1993) - 3
Neil Young - Unplugged (1993) - 3
Phish - Rift (1993) - 3
R. Kelly - 12 Play (1993) - 3
Salt 'n' Pepa - Very Necessary (1993) - 3
Tears for Fears - Elemental (1993) - 3
The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993) - 3

Burzum - Det Som Engang Var (1993) - 2
Crowded House - Together Alone (1993) - 2
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon (1993) - 2
Death - Individual Thought Patterns (1993) - 2
James - Laid (1993) - 2
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes (1993) - 2
The The - Dusk (1993) - 2
Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) - 2

Big Head Todd And The Monsters - Sister Sweetly (1993) - 1
Carcass - Heartwork (1993) - 1
Entombed - Wolverine Blues (1993) - 1
George Strait - Easy Come, Easy Go (1993) - 1
Immortal - Pure Holocaust (1993) - 1
Jesus Jones - Perverse (1993) - 1
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Live Seeds (1993) - 1
Paradise Lost - Icon (1993) - 1
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993) - 1
Rod Stewart - Unplugged...and Seated (1993) - 1
Tindersticks - Tindersticks (1993) - 1
Willie Nelson - Across the Borderline (1993) - 1
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993) - 1

Air Supply - The Vanishing Race (1993) - 0
Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993) - 0
The Black Dog - Temple of Transparent Balls (1993) - 0
Widespread Panic - Everyday (1993) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
KING
MichaelEU
Skylanderlord3
John Mangee
James Gang
Greg F
Steve Z
Master of the Moon
Christian
BSLO
Jason Dagotto
Darren
Ray
Nick
Margo
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged (1993)
Billy Joel - River of Dreams (1993)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (1993)
New Order - Republic (1993)
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993)
Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (1993)
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/24/2020 @ 23:19pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975) - 15

Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982) - 13

Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978) - 11
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Lou Reed - Magic & Loss (1992) - 9
Lou Reed - New Sensations (1984) - 9

Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974) - 5

Lou Reed - Ecstasy (2000) - 4
Lou Reed - The Bells (1979) - 4
Lou Reed and John Cale - Songs for Drella (1990) - 4

Lou Reed - Rock and Roll Heart (1976) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

SkylanderLord3
James Gang
Greg F
Steve Z
Master of the Moon
Christian
KING
John Mangee
BSLO
Jason Dagotto
Darren
Ray
Nick
Margo
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1975)
Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1978)
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/24/2020 @ 23:21pm

Rule Changes In 2020:

Genres and Artists will now be selected randomly each month. Voters will nominate the genres and artists that will be randomly selected for each month's Genre and Artist vote. The artist and genre will be selected separately in the Song and Album Projects.

Genre splits will no longer be allowed. Each month's genre vote will be one vote.

After being selected as a monthly genre, genres will be ineligible for nomination / selection for 12 months, up from the previous setting of 6 months.
__________________________________________

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in 2020:

Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Jazz
2000's R&B
21st Century Garage Rock
1990's Country
Emo 2000-2010
Progressive Rock
1990's R&B
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 10 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
King Crimson
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1961.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1961. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1961.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1961 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Bill Evans Trio - Explorations -
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Two Steps From The Blues
Del Shannon - Runaway with Del Shannon
Dion - Alone With Dion
Dion - Runaround Sue
Etta James - At Last!
Freddie King - Freddy King Sings
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall
Patsy Cline - Showcase
Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers
The Ventures - The Ventures

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1961, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/30/2020 @ 12:55pm

General Vote

Feist - Let It Die (2004)
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005)
KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope (2004)

Genre: 21st century Indietronica

Artist: KMFDM

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/30/2020 @ 13:00pm

Year vote

Joan Baez - Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961)
The Shadows - The Shadows (1961)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/30/2020 @ 14:16pm

KING October 2020 General Album Nominations (3)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Deep Purple-Come Taste The Band (1975)
The The-Dusk (1993)
ARTIST:George Strait
GENRE: 1960's Garage Rock
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1961 Year Albums
Ben E. King-Spanish Harlem (1961)
Bobby Darin-The Bobby Darin Story (1961)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 09/30/2020 @ 17:31pm

General:
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)

Year:
Cliff Richard - Listen to Cliff! (1961)
Ike & Tina Turner - The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner (1961)
Ricky Nelson - Rick Is 21 (1961)

Genre - 2000s Dancepop

Artist - Madonna

Posted by Christian on Wednesday, 09/30/2020 @ 19:41pm

October Album Project Nominations:

King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983)
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)

Posted by John Mangee on Wednesday, 09/30/2020 @ 20:20pm

Year Vote First

Freddie King- Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King (1961)
Thelonious Monk- Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1961)
Miles Davis- Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/30/2020 @ 21:09pm

General Vote

Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Taylor Swift- Lover (2019)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Genre Nomination

21st Century Metal

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/30/2020 @ 22:17pm

General Noms!:
Danny Brown - Attrocity Exhibition (2016)
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer (2018)
John Mayer - Continuum (2006)

I'll post my other nominees soon if I remember!

Posted by James Gang on Thursday, 10/1/2020 @ 09:57am

My General Nominations:
Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
Mastodon - Emperor of the Sand (2017)
Rush - Counterparts (1993)

My Artist Nomination:
Josh Ritter

My Genre Nomination:
21st Century Folk

Posted by Master of the Moon on Thursday, 10/1/2020 @ 17:50pm

General nominations:

Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)
Weather Report - Black Market (1976)
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers (1977)

Year nominations:

Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961)
Jacques Brel - Marieke (1961)
Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (1961)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 10/2/2020 @ 10:39am

Artist Vote:

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/2/2020 @ 21:46pm

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/2/2020 @ 21:48pm

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Asia - Asia (1982)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)

1990's Rap/Hip-Hop

Neil Young

Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961)
The Miracles - Hi! We're The Miracles (1961)
Ray Charles - The Genius Sings The Blues (1961)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 10/2/2020 @ 21:55pm

general noms:
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Love and Rockets - Love and Rockets (1989)
Chvrches - Love Is Dead (2018)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 10/2/2020 @ 23:14pm

General Nominations:

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)

Year (1961) Nominations:

Brenda Lee - Emotions (1961)
Buck Owens - Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard (1961)
Neil Sedaka - Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits (1961)

Genre Nomination: Hardcore Punk

Artist Nomination: Black Sabbath

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 10/3/2020 @ 01:21am

General noms:

Nightwish - Once (2004)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)

Artist nom:

Bert Jansch

Genre nom:

Power Metal

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 10/3/2020 @ 05:45am

October 2020 General Album Nominations:
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

October 2020 Album Genre Nomination:
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987

October 2020 Album Artist Nomination:
Kenny Loggins

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 10/3/2020 @ 21:56pm

Artist - Drive-By Truckers

Genre - Gospel Albums

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 10/3/2020 @ 22:00pm

LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 10/3/2020 @ 22:02pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Asia - Asia (1982)
Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Chvrches - Love Is Dead (2018)
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Danny Brown - Attrocity Exhibition (2016)
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer (2018)
Feist - Let It Die (2004)
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005)
John Mayer - Continuum (2006)
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers (1977)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope (2004)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972)
Love and Rockets - Love and Rockets (1989)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Mastodon - Emperor of the Sand (2017)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Rush - Counterparts (1993)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
The The - Dusk (1993)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Weather Report - Black Market (1976)
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/4/2020 @ 00:05am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's Garage Rock
1990's Rap/Hip-Hop
2000s Dancepop
21st Century Folk
21st century Indietronica
21st Century Metal
Gospel Albums
Hardcore Punk
Power Metal
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987
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There were 10 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 7.

This month's selected genre is "Gospel Albums".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/4/2020 @ 00:11am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Black Sabbath
Davis, Miles
Drive-By Truckers
Jansch, Bert
KMFDM
Loggins, Kenny
Madonna
Ritter, Josh
Strait, George
TV On The Radio
Young, Neil

There were 11 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 6.

This month's selected artist is Kenny Loggins.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Kenny Loggins.

Here's the list of Kenny Loggins albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)

Any voter can nominate one album by Kenny Loggins released from 1900-2019 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Kenny Loggins discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Loggins_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/4/2020 @ 00:15am

Artist Vote

Kenny Loggins - High Adventure (1982)

Genre Vote

Kanye West - Jesus is King (2019)
Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (2011)
Mary Mary - Thankful (2000)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/4/2020 @ 00:49am

My Kenny Loggins Nomination:

Kenny Loggins - Keep the Fire (1979)

Darren, by the way, I don't see my October album choices on the list. I nominated:

King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983)
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 10/4/2020 @ 08:53am

KING OCTOBER 2020 ALBUMS (8)
Asia-Asia (1982)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Culture Club-Kissing To Be Clever (1982)
Deep Purple-Come Taste The Band (1975)
Love And Rockets-Love And Rockets (1989)
King's X-Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
Richard Marx-Richard Marx (1987)
The The-Dusk (1993)
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So many good albums here. Feel depressed about it.
Kenny Loggins Album (1)
Kenny Loggins-Vox Humana (1985)
Gospel Album (1)
Amy Grant-Age To Age (1982)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 10/4/2020 @ 12:37pm

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Chvrches - Love Is Dead (2018)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope (2004)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
Ludacris - Back for the First Time (2000)
Pet Shop Boys - Behavior (1990)

Posted by Christian on Sunday, 10/4/2020 @ 19:09pm

Votes:
Chvrches - Love Is Dead (2018)
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer (2018)
Rush - Counterparts (1993)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Sunday, 10/4/2020 @ 21:26pm

Feist - Let It Die (2004)
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005)
KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope (2004)
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/4/2020 @ 21:46pm

Asia - Asia (1982)
Chvrches - Love Is Dead (2018)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers (1977)
Love and Rockets - Love and Rockets (1989)
The The - Dusk (1993)
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 10/4/2020 @ 22:06pm

Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
Feist - Let It Die (2004)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 10/4/2020 @ 23:45pm

Asia - Asia (1982)
Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Genre Nominations:
Aretha Franklin - Songs of Faith (1965)
Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967)
Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)

Artist Nomination:
Kenny Loggins - Nightwatch (1978)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 10/5/2020 @ 00:24am

votes:
Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
Chvrches - Love Is Dead (2018)
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Rush - Counterparts (1993)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)

Kenny Loggins - Return to Pooh Corner (1994)

gospel nominations:
Hillsong UNITED - Zion (2013)
Mavis Staples - One True Vine (2013)
Steffany Gretzinger - Blackout (2018)

Posted by Margo on Monday, 10/5/2020 @ 07:18am

Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer (2018)
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Rush - Counterparts (1993)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)

Kenny Loggins - How About Now (2007)

Kirk Franklin - The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin (2002)
Marvin Sapp - You Shall Live (2015)
Tori Kelly - Hiding Place (2018)

Posted by Parvenguins on Monday, 10/5/2020 @ 08:42am

Darren, if you're reading this, please let me know if my October Album Nominations have been accepted.

King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983)
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)

Thank you.

Posted by John Mangee on Monday, 10/5/2020 @ 12:56pm

They likely were accepted but Darren just missed them. It happens every once and a while.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 10/5/2020 @ 13:35pm

October Album Project Votes:

1: Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
2: King Crimson - Beat (1982)
3: Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983)
4: King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
5: Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
6: Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)
7: Rush - Counterparts (1993)
8: Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)

Posted by John Mangee on Monday, 10/5/2020 @ 20:10pm

Genre Nomination

Alan Jackson- Precious Memories (2006)
The Blind Boys of Alabama- Down in New Orleans (2008)
Yolanda Adams- Mountain High...Valley Low (1999)

Very excited to induct some albums from a genre that almost never gets love in either the song or the album project

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/5/2020 @ 22:16pm

Artist Nomination

Kenny Loggins- Celebrate Me Home (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/5/2020 @ 22:22pm

My Votes:
Asia - Asia (1982)
Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
Chvrches - Love Is Dead (2018)
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer (2018)
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005)
John Mayer - Continuum (2006)
Rush - Counterparts (1993)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Tuesday, 10/6/2020 @ 07:44am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Feist - Let It Die (2004)
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers (1977)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Weather Report - Black Market (1976)
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)

Genre nominations:

The Dixie Hummingbirds ‎– A Christian Testimonial (1959)
The Swan Silvertones ‎– The Swan Silvertones (1959)
Soul Stirrers ‎– Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 10/6/2020 @ 11:13am

King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Taylor Swift- Lover (2019)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Mastodon - Emperor of the Sand (2017)
Rush - Counterparts (1993)
Weather Report - Black Market (1976)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/6/2020 @ 22:03pm

Asia - Asia (1982)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Weather Report - Black Market (1976)
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)

Kenny Loggins - More Songs from Pooh Corner (2000)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 10/7/2020 @ 17:01pm

Asia - Asia (1982)
Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer (2018)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/8/2020 @ 00:30am

John Mangee - Yes, your nominations are qualified for the Album Project vote.

I copied them into the wrong spreadsheet.

In the future, if I miss anyone's nominations for any reason, pointing them out on the messageboard means that they are eligible to be voted on in that vote and if you have already voted, you can change your vote to a missed nomination.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/8/2020 @ 01:01am

Asia - Asia (1982)
Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
Chvrches - Love Is Dead (2018)
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer (2018)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Thursday, 10/8/2020 @ 11:40am

Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer (2018)
Rush - Counterparts (1993)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Thursday, 10/8/2020 @ 17:37pm

King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983)
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Apologies to ABBA, Danny Brown, Deep Purple, Jonathan Richman & Co, Miles Davis, Rush, Weather Report, and others.

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 10/8/2020 @ 20:59pm

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
John Mayer - Continuum (2006)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Last cuts include Asia, Counting Crows, Deep Purple, and Kylie Minogue. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 10/8/2020 @ 21:59pm

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer (2018)
John Mayer - Continuum (2006)
LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 10/8/2020 @ 21:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Boston - Don't Look Back (1978) - 9

Asia - Asia (1982) - 7
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer (2018) - 7
Rush - Counterparts (1993) - 7

Chvrches - Love Is Dead (2018) - 6
Danny Brown - Attrocity Exhibition (2016) - 6
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019) - 6
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Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982) - 5
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975) - 5
Doves - Lost Souls (2000) - 5
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 5
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) - 5
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000) - 5
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ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 4
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005) - 4
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 4
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) - 4
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 4
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) - 4
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996) - 4
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 4

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007) - 3
Feist - Let It Die (2004) - 3
John Mayer - Continuum (2006) - 3
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 3
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 3
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987) - 3
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 3
Weather Report - Black Market (1976) - 3

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers (1977) - 2
King Crimson - Beat (1982) - 2
KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope (2004) - 2
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997) - 2
LaBelle - Moon Shadow (1972) - 2
Love and Rockets - Love and Rockets (1989) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2
Rammstein - Mutter (2001) - 2
Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983) - 2
The The - Dusk (1993) - 2
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 2

Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002) - 1
Mastodon - Emperor of the Sand (2017) - 1
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 1
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 1

Sade - Lovers Rock (2000) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Christian
Jason Dagotto
Greg F
jtrichey
dmg
Steve Z
Margo
Parvenguins
John Mangee
Master Of The Moon
MichaelEU
Tom H.
BSLO
Darren
JesusJustLeftChicago
SkylanderLord3
Ray
Jennifer
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Asia - Asia (1982)
Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
Chvrches - Love Is Dead (2018)
Danny Brown - Attrocity Exhibition (2016)
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer (2018)
Rush - Counterparts (1993)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums.

The 1 album that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 5 albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Gospel Albums", Artist Vote (Kenny Loggins) or Year Vote (1961).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 00:07am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Gospel Albums) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (Kenny Loggins) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1961) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 00:09am

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 6
Doves - Lost Souls (2000) - 5
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000) - 4
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) - 3
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982) - 2
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 00:12am

6 pts. Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
1 pt. Doves - Lost Souls (2000)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 06:53am

Tiebreaker Vote:

6 points: Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
5 points: Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)
4 points: Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
3 points: Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
2 points: Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
1 point: Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 08:58am

Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000) - 6
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 5
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) - 4
Doves - Lost Souls (2000) - 3
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982) - 2
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 11:23am

Doves - Lost Souls (2000) 6
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) 5
Kurt Vile - b'lieve me i'm going down... (2015) 4
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000) 3
Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band (1975) 2
Culture Club - Kissing to be Clever (1982) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 12:47pm

Tiebreaker:

Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) [6 Points]
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) [5 Points]
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982) [4 Points]
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000) [3 Points]
Doves - Lost Souls (2000) [2 Points]
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 14:03pm

KING OCTOBER 2020 ALBUM TIEBREAKER (6)
Deep Purple-Come Taste The Band (1975)-6 PTS
Culture Club-Kissing To Be Clever (1982)-5
Doves-Lost Souls (2000)-4
Wu-Tang Clan-The W (2000)-3
Eagles Of Death Metal-Zipper Down (2015)-2
Kurt Vile-b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 14:15pm

Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982) - 6
Doves - Lost Souls (2000) - 5
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000) - 4
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) - 3
Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band (1975) - 2
Eagles Of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 1

Posted by Christian on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 17:27pm

Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) (6 points)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 20:30pm

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)-6
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)-5
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)-4
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)-3
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)-2
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 22:06pm

GREG F
Sorry about not voting on your albums in October. It was a very solid list this time around. Your 1961 albums are top notch in the year vote. I am inclined to vote all 3. Early Joan Baez is a good call. She doesn't have as much representation in the projects. You and Joker make some interesting arguments Jackie DeShannon as a Performer. I think I'm going to vote Jackie DeShannon as a Non-Performer this time around and see where the votes fall. In 2021, we can re-evaluate and maybe she will be placed in the Performer category. She's an interesting case. I had been reading up on her last cycle. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 22:20pm

1. Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
2. Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
3. Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)
4. Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
5. Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
6. Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 10/9/2020 @ 22:43pm

Tiebreaker

Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982) - 6
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) - 5
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000) - 4
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975) - 3
Doves - Lost Souls (2000) - 2
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 1

Genre Nominations
Andrae Crouch - Take the Message Everywhere (1970)
BeBe & CeCe Winans - Heaven (1988)
The Clark Sisters - You Brought the Sunshine (1981)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 10/11/2020 @ 21:25pm

Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975) - 6
Doves - Lost Souls (2000) - 5
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) - 4
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000) - 3
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 2
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982) - 1

Genre noms:

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)
Max Roach - Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir - Like a Ship... (Without a Sail) (1971)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 10/11/2020 @ 21:57pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000) - 47
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Doves - Lost Souls (2000) - 44
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) - 44
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982) - 43
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 41
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975) - 33

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this month's Song Project vote:

Asia - Asia (1982)
Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
Chvrches - Love Is Dead (2018)
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer (2018)
Rush - Counterparts (1993)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/11/2020 @ 23:08pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Alan Jackson - Precious Memories (2006)
Amy Grant - Age To Age (1982)
Andrae Crouch - Take the Message Everywhere (1970)
Aretha Franklin - Songs of Faith (1965)
BeBe & CeCe Winans - Heaven (1988)
Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967)
Hillsong UNITED - Zion (2013)
Kanye West - Jesus is King (2019)
Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (2011)
Kirk Franklin - The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin (2002)
Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)
Marvin Sapp - You Shall Live (2015)
Mary Mary - Thankful (2000)
Mavis Staples - One True Vine (2013)
Max Roach - Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir - Like a Ship... (Without a Sail) (1971)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)
Soul Stirrers - Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961)
Steffany Gretzinger - Blackout (2018)
The Blind Boys of Alabama - Down in New Orleans (2008)
The Clark Sisters - You Brought the Sunshine (1981)
The Dixie Hummingbirds - A Christian Testimonial (1959)
The Swan Silvertones - The Swan Silvertones (1959)
Tori Kelly - Hiding Place (2018)
Yolanda Adams - Mountain High...Valley Low (1999)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/11/2020 @ 23:17pm

Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967)
Kanye West - Jesus is King (2019)
Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (2011)
Mavis Staples - One True Vine (2013)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)
Soul Stirrers - Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961)
Steffany Gretzinger - Blackout (2018)
The Blind Boys of Alabama - Down in New Orleans (2008)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 10/12/2020 @ 07:22am

Amy Grant - Age To Age (1982)
Aretha Franklin - Songs of Faith (1965)
Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967)
Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (2011)
Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)
Soul Stirrers - Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961)
The Dixie Hummingbirds - A Christian Testimonial (1959)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 10/12/2020 @ 12:35pm

Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)
Mavis Staples - One True Vine (2013)
Max Roach - Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)
Soul Stirrers - Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961)
The Blind Boys of Alabama - Down in New Orleans (2008)
The Dixie Hummingbirds - A Christian Testimonial (1959)
The Swan Silvertones - The Swan Silvertones (1959)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 10/12/2020 @ 12:42pm

Gospel Album Votes:

1: Kirk Franklin - The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin (2002)
2: Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (2011)
3: BeBe & CeCe Winans - Heaven (1988)
4: Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)
5: Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)
6: Mavis Staples - One True Vine (2013)
7: Soul Stirrers - Jesus Build A Fence Around Me (1961)
8: The Blind Boys of Alabama - Down in New Orleans (2008)

Posted by John Mangee on Monday, 10/12/2020 @ 14:33pm

1. Aretha Franklin - Songs of Faith (1965)
2. Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967)
3. Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1959)
4. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)
5. Soul Stirrers - Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961)
6. The Dixie Hummingbirds - A Christian Testimonial (1959)
7. Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (2011)
8. Mary Mary - Thankful (2000)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 10/12/2020 @ 14:40pm

KING OCTOBER 2020 Gospel Albums (8)
Alan Jackson-Precious Memories (2006)
Amy Grant-Age To Age (1982)
Aretha Franklin-Songs Of Faith (1965)
Elvis Presley-How Great Thou Art (1967)
Kanye West-Jesus Is King (2019)
Kirk Franklin-Hello Fear (2011)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe-Gospel Train (1956)
Soul Stirrers-Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 10/12/2020 @ 14:55pm

votes:
Aretha Franklin - Songs of Faith (1965)
Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967)
Kanye West - Jesus is King (2019)
Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (2011)
Mary Mary - Thankful (2000)
Mavis Staples - One True Vine (2013)
Steffany Gretzinger - Blackout (2018)
The Blind Boys of Alabama - Down in New Orleans (2008)

Posted by Margo on Tuesday, 10/13/2020 @ 08:57am

If you're interested, voting is now open for the 2020 Class of the Future Rock Legends Re-visited / Projected Hall Of Fame at https://futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected.php

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on Sunday 10/18.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/13/2020 @ 13:56pm

Aretha Franklin - Songs of Faith (1965)
Kanye West - Jesus is King (2019)
Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (2011)
Kirk Franklin - The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin (2002)
Mavis Staples - One True Vine (2013)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)
Soul Stirrers - Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961)
Steffany Gretzinger - Blackout (2018)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Tuesday, 10/13/2020 @ 18:56pm

Aretha Franklin - Songs of Faith (1965)
Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (2011)
Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1959)
Mavis Staples - One True Vine (2013)
Soul Stirrers - Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961)
Steffany Gretzinger - Blackout (2018)
The Blind Boys of Alabama - Down in New Orleans (2008)
The Dixie Hummingbirds - A Christian Testimonial (1959)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Thursday, 10/15/2020 @ 11:05am

Andrae Crouch - Take the Message Everywhere (1970)
BeBe & CeCe Winans - Heaven (1988)
Kirk Franklin - The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin (2002)
Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)
Mavis Staples - One True Vine (2013)
Soul Stirrers - Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961)
The Clark Sisters - You Brought the Sunshine (1981)
Yolanda Adams - Mountain High...Valley Low (1999)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 10/16/2020 @ 21:19pm

Alan Jackson - Precious Memories (2006)-1
Aretha Franklin - Songs of Faith (1965)-3
Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (2011)-5
Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)-4
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)-6
Soul Stirrers - Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961)-6
The Blind Boys of Alabama - Down in New Orleans (2008)-3
Yolanda Adams - Mountain High...Valley Low (1999)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 10/16/2020 @ 21:48pm

Kirk Franklin - The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin (2002)
Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)
Mavis Staples - One True Vine (2013)
Max Roach - Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir - Like a Ship... (Without a Sail) (1971)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)
Soul Stirrers - Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961)
The Swan Silvertones - The Swan Silvertones (1959)

Apologies to Alan Jackson, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Elvis Presley, Steffany Gretzinger, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Clark Sisters, Yolanda Adams, and others.

Posted by Ray on Friday, 10/16/2020 @ 21:54pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Soul Stirrers - Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961) - 11

Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (2011) - 9
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956) - 9

Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955) - 8
Mavis Staples - One True Vine (2013) - 8

Aretha Franklin - Songs of Faith (1965) - 7

The Blind Boys of Alabama - Down in New Orleans (2008) - 6

Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967) - 5
____________________________

Kanye West - Jesus is King (2019) - 4
Kirk Franklin - The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin (2002) - 4
Steffany Gretzinger - Blackout (2018) - 4
The Dixie Hummingbirds - A Christian Testimonial (1959) - 4

Alan Jackson - Precious Memories (2006) - 2
Amy Grant - Age To Age (1982) - 2
BeBe & CeCe Winans - Heaven (1988) - 2
Mary Mary - Thankful (2000) - 2
Max Roach - Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971) - 2
The Swan Silvertones - The Swan Silvertones (1959) - 2
Yolanda Adams - Mountain High...Valley Low (1999) - 2

Andrae Crouch - Take the Message Everywhere (1970) - 1
Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir - Like a Ship... (Without a Sail) (1971) - 1
The Clark Sisters - You Brought the Sunshine (1981) - 1

Hillsong UNITED - Zion (2013) - 0
Marvin Sapp - You Shall Live (2015) - 0
Tori Kelly - Hiding Place (2018) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
MichaelEU
John Mangee
Greg F
KING
Margo
SkylanderLord3
JesusJustLeftChicago
Nick
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Aretha Franklin - Songs of Faith (1965)
Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (1967)
Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear (2011)
Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)
Mavis Staples - One True Vine (2013)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train (1956)
Soul Stirrers - Jesus Be A Fence Around Me (1961)
The Blind Boys of Alabama - Down in New Orleans (2008)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/16/2020 @ 22:37pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Kenny Loggins) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1961) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/16/2020 @ 22:37pm

Kenny Loggins - Back to Avalon (1988)

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, 10/19/2020 @ 21:48pm

Year noms:

The Gil Evans Orchestra - Out of the Cool (1961)
Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961)
Lee Konitz - Motion (1961)

RIP to Lee Konitz, incidentally.

Posted by Ray on Monday, 10/19/2020 @ 21:59pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem (1961)
Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961)
Brenda Lee - Emotions (1961)
Buck Owens - Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard (1961)
Cliff Richard - Listen to Cliff! (1961)
Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961)
Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961)
Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961)
Freddie King - Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King (1961)
Ike & Tina Turner - The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner (1961)
Jacques Brel - Marieke (1961)
Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961)
Lee Konitz - Motion (1961)
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)
Neil Sedaka - Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits (1961)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961)
Ray Charles - The Genius Sings The Blues (1961)
Ricky Nelson - Rick Is 21 (1961)
The Gil Evans Orchestra - Out of the Cool (1961)
The Miracles - Hi! We're The Miracles (1961)
The Shadows - The Shadows (1961)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1961)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/19/2020 @ 23:04pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Kenny Loggins - Back to Avalon (1988)
Kenny Loggins - Celebrate Me Home (1977)
Kenny Loggins - High Adventure (1982)
Kenny Loggins - How About Now (2007)
Kenny Loggins - Keep the Fire (1979)
Kenny Loggins - More Songs from Pooh Corner (2000)
Kenny Loggins - Nightwatch (1978)
Kenny Loggins - Return to Pooh Corner (1994)
Kenny Loggins - Vox Humana (1985)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/19/2020 @ 23:08pm

Buck Owens - Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard (1961)
Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961)
Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961)
Jacques Brel - Marieke (1961)
Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961)
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1961)

Kenny Loggins - Back to Avalon (1988)
Kenny Loggins - How About Now (2007)
Kenny Loggins - Nightwatch (1978)
Kenny Loggins - Return to Pooh Corner (1994)
Kenny Loggins - Vox Humana (1985)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Tuesday, 10/20/2020 @ 07:35am

1. Joan Baez - Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961)
2. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961)
3. The Shadows - The Shadows (1961)
4. Neil Sedaka - Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and Other Hits (1961)
5. Cliff Richard - Listen to Cliff! (1961)
6. Lee Konitz - Motion (1961)
7. Jaques Brel - Marieke (1961)
8. Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961)

1. Kenny Loggins - Celebrate Me Home (1977)
2. Kenny Loggins - High Adventure (1982)
3. Kenny Loggins - Keep the Fire (1979)
4. Kenny Loggins - Nightwatch (1978)
5. Kenny Loggins - Vox Humana (1985)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 10/20/2020 @ 10:36am

Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem (1961)
Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961)
Ike & Tina Turner - The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner (1961)
Jacques Brel - Marieke (1961)
Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961)
The Shadows - The Shadows (1961)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 10/20/2020 @ 12:11pm

1961 Album Votes:

1: Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961)
2: Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961)
3: Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)
4: Joan Baez - Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961)
5: Ike & Tina Turner - The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner (1961)
6: Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem (1961)
7: Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961)
8: Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1961)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 10/20/2020 @ 15:49pm

KING OCTOBER 2020 The 1961 Year Albums (8)
Ben E. King-Spanish Harlem (1961)
Bobby Darin-The Bobby Darin Story (1961)
Cliff Richard-Listen To Cliff! (1961)
Joan Baez-Joan Baez, Vol 2. (1961)
Ornette Coleman-Free Jazz (1961)
Ray Charles-The Genius Sings The Blues (1961)
Ricky Nelson-Rick Is 21 (1961)
The Shadows-The Shadows (1961)
__________________________________
FEATURED ARTIST: Kenny Loggins Albums (5)
Kenny Loggins-Vox Humana (1985)
Kenny Loggins-Back To Avalon
(1988)
Kenny Loggins-Celebrate Me Home (1977)
Kenny Loggins-High Adventure (1982)
Kenny Loggins-Keep The Fire (1979)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 10/20/2020 @ 18:33pm

Kenny Loggins Album Votes:

1: Kenny Loggins - Nightwatch (1978)
2: Kenny Loggins - Keep the Fire (1979)
3: Kenny Loggins - High Adventure (1982)
4: Kenny Loggins - Vox Humana (1985)
5: Kenny Loggins - Return to Pooh Corner (1994)
6: Kenny Loggins - More Songs from Pooh Corner (2000)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 10/20/2020 @ 19:30pm

Votes!:
Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem (1961)
Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961)
Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961)
Jacques Brel - Marieke (1961)
Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1961)

Kenny Loggins - High Adventure (1982)
Kenny Loggins - Keep the Fire (1979)
Kenny Loggins - Nightwatch (1978)
Kenny Loggins - Vox Humana (1985)

Posted by James Gang on Wednesday, 10/21/2020 @ 07:43am

Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem (1961)
Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961)
Brenda Lee - Emotions (1961)
Buck Owens - Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard (1961)
Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Neil Sedaka - Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits (1961)
Ricky Nelson - Rick Is 21 (1961)
The Miracles - Hi! We're The Miracles (1961)

Kenny Loggins - Celebrate Me Home (1977)
Kenny Loggins - High Adventure (1982)
Kenny Loggins - Keep the Fire (1979)
Kenny Loggins - Nightwatch (1978)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 10/22/2020 @ 23:57pm

Neil Sedaka - Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits (1961)
Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961)
Ray Charles - The Genius Sings The Blues (1961)
Freddie King- Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King (1961)
Thelonious Monk- Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1961)
Miles Davis- Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)

Kenny Loggins - Celebrate Me Home (1977)
Kenny Loggins - High Adventure (1982)
Kenny Loggins - More Songs from Pooh Corner (2000)
Kenny Loggins - Return to Pooh Corner (1994)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 10/24/2020 @ 06:29am

Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem (1961)
Brenda Lee - Emotions (1961)
Cliff Richard - Listen to Cliff! (1961)
Ike & Tina Turner - The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner (1961)
Joan Baez - The Soul of Joan Baez Vol. 2 (1961)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961)
Ricky Nelson - Rick Is 21 (1961)
The Miracles - Hi! We're the Miracles (1961)

Posted by Christian on Saturday, 10/24/2020 @ 13:16pm

Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961)
Jacques Brel - Marieke (1961)
Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Lee Konitz - Motion (1961)
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961)
The Gil Evans Orchestra - Out of the Cool (1961)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1961)

Apologies to Buck Owens, Etta James, Freddie King, Joan Baez, Ray Charles, The Miracles, and others.

Kenny Loggins - Back to Avalon (1988)
Kenny Loggins - Celebrate Me Home (1977)
Kenny Loggins - High Adventure (1982)
Kenny Loggins - Keep the Fire (1979)
Kenny Loggins - Nightwatch (1978)
Kenny Loggins - Vox Humana (1985)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 10/24/2020 @ 21:33pm

Kenny Loggins - Back to Avalon (1988)
Kenny Loggins - High Adventure (1982)
Kenny Loggins - Keep the Fire (1979)
Kenny Loggins - Nightwatch (1978)

Posted by Jennifer on Saturday, 10/24/2020 @ 21:55pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Joan Baez - Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961) - 8
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961) - 8

Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem (1961) - 6

Jacques Brel - Marieke (1961) - 5
Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (1961) - 5
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1961) - 5
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Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961) - 4
Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961) - 4
Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961) - 4
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961) - 4
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Cliff Richard - Listen to Cliff! (1961) - 3
Ike & Tina Turner - The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner (1961) - 3
Neil Sedaka - Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits (1961) - 3
Ricky Nelson - Rick Is 21 (1961) - 3
The Shadows - The Shadows (1961) - 3

Brenda Lee - Emotions (1961) - 2
Buck Owens - Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard (1961) - 2
Lee Konitz - Motion (1961) - 2
Ray Charles - The Genius Sings The Blues (1961) - 2
The Miracles - Hi! We're The Miracles (1961) - 2
Freddie King - Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King (1961) - 1
The Gil Evans Orchestra - Out of the Cool (1961) - 1

Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
Greg F
MichaelEU
John Mangee
KING
James Gang
Steve Z
Tom H.
Christian
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem (1961)
Jacques Brel - Marieke (1961)
Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1961)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961)
Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961)
Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961)
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/24/2020 @ 22:29pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Kenny Loggins - High Adventure (1982) - 8

Kenny Loggins - Keep the Fire (1979) - 7
Kenny Loggins - Nightwatch (1978) - 7
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Kenny Loggins - Vox Humana (1985) - 6

Kenny Loggins - Celebrate Me Home (1977) - 5

Kenny Loggins - Back to Avalon (1988) - 4

Kenny Loggins - Return to Pooh Corner (1994) - 3

Kenny Loggins - More Songs from Pooh Corner (2000) - 2

Kenny Loggins - How About Now (2007) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
Greg F
KING
John Mangee
James Gang
Steve Z
Tom H.
Ray
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Kenny Loggins - High Adventure (1982)
Kenny Loggins - Keep the Fire (1979)
Kenny Loggins - Nightwatch (1978)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/24/2020 @ 22:34pm

KING OCTOBER 2020 Year 1961 Album Tiebreaker (4)
Bobby Darin-The Bobby Darin Story (1961)-4 PTS
Miles Davis-Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)-3
Eric Dolphy-Out There (1961)-2
Etta James-The Second Time Around (1961)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 10/25/2020 @ 02:44am

1961 Album Tiebreaker Vote:

4 points: Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)
3 points: Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961)
2 points: Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961)
1 point: Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961)

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 10/25/2020 @ 07:40am

Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961) - 4
Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961) - 3
Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961) - 2
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 10/25/2020 @ 07:42am

Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)-4
Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961)-3
Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961)-2
Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 10/25/2020 @ 08:26am

Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961) -4
Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961) -3
Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961) -2
Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961 -1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 10/26/2020 @ 10:28am

Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961) - 4
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961) - 3
Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961) - 2
Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961 - 1

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 10/27/2020 @ 19:14pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961) - 19
Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961) - 15
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Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961) - 14
Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961) - 12

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for this month's Year Project Vote:

Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem (1961)
Eric Dolphy - Out There (1961)
Jacques Brel - Marieke (1961)
Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961)
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1961)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/27/2020 @ 23:58pm

Rule Changes In 2020:

Genres and Artists will now be selected randomly each month. Voters will nominate the genres and artists that will be randomly selected for each month's Genre and Artist vote. The artist and genre will be selected separately in the Song and Album Projects.

Genre splits will no longer be allowed. Each month's genre vote will be one vote.

After being selected as a monthly genre, genres will be ineligible for nomination / selection for 12 months, up from the previous setting of 6 months.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in 2020:

Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Jazz
2000's R&B
21st Century Garage Rock
1990's Country
Emo 2000-2010
Progressive Rock
1990's R&B
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks
Gospel Albums

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 10 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 2012.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 2012. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 2012.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 2012 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Fun. - Some Nights
Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Grimes - Visions
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Mumford & Sons - Babel
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Taylor Swift - Red
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1961, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/31/2020 @ 20:59pm

General

Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)

Genre: Indietronica 2000-2019

Artist: KMFDM

Year

Beach House - Bloom (2012)
Mac DeMarco - 2 (2012)
The Men - Open Your Heart (2012)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/31/2020 @ 21:47pm

November Album Project Nominations:

King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983)
Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)

Posted by John Mangee on Saturday, 10/31/2020 @ 22:56pm

KING NOVEMBER 2020 General Album Nominations (3)
Duran Duran-Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
John Cougar Mellencamp-Cuttin' Heads (2001)
Scorpions-Crazy World (1990)
ARTIST: George Strait
GENRE: 1980's British New Wave Artists
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2012 Year Albums (3)
Flotsam And Jetsam-Ugly Noise (2012)
The Offspring-Days Go By (2012)
Soundgarden-King Animal (2012)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 10/31/2020 @ 23:24pm

General:
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
N.E.R.D. - Fly or Die (2004)
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose (1979)

Year:
Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (2012)
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now (2012)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 11/1/2020 @ 01:27am

2012 Album Nomination:

1: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Here (2012)

I haven't been able to come up with 2 more choices yet. I'll try to let you know if I do before the 3rd, if I'm allowed to.

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 11/1/2020 @ 07:35am

General:
Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)

Year:
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Testament - Dark Roots of the Earth (2012)
ZZ Top - La Futura (2012)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Sunday, 11/1/2020 @ 09:58am

General:
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)

Year:
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012)
Neon Trees - Picture Show (2012)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)

Genre - Electropop (2000-2019)

Artist - Madonna

Posted by Christian on Sunday, 11/1/2020 @ 11:12am

In addition to my first album nomination, I'd also like to nominate these 2 albums from 2012:

Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage (2012)
Baroness - Yellow and Green (2012)

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 11/1/2020 @ 12:52pm

General
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
ELO Part II - Electric Light Orchestra Part Two (1990)
Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre (1990)

Artist
Electric Light Orchestra

Year
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 11/1/2020 @ 12:59pm

general noms:

Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Madness - Madness (1982)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)

2012 noms:
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
Snow Patrol - Fallen Empires (2012)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 11/1/2020 @ 22:02pm

General Noms!:
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
The Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (1977)

Year Noms!:
Halestorm - The Strange Case Of... (2012)
Linkin Park - Living Things (2012)
Nas - Life is Good (2012)

Genre!:
Live Albums

Artist!:
Weird Al Yankovic

Posted by James Gang on Monday, 11/2/2020 @ 07:15am

General Nominations:
Django Django - Django Django (2012)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Year Nominations:
Santigold - Master Of My Make-Believe (2012)
Grizzly Bear - Shields (2012)
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 11/2/2020 @ 16:07pm

KING NOVEMBER 2020 Reword Album General Nomination (1)
John Mellencamp-Cuttin' Heads (2001).
Doesn't need the Cougar in the name.
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Steve Z. Thanks for bringing Pieces of Eight back. It's been close a few times. I think it might reach threshold Induction in November. Rick-I like the Olivia Newton-John and ELO selection. Xanadu. Jason-Great to see Testament on here. They could use representation. Greg F. Congrats on your 1961 album Inductions and some other things inducted last month. Seems your choices are resonating with the FRL Regulars and contingency of new voters. KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 11/2/2020 @ 20:06pm

Thanks for the kind words King. We shall see what happens this month.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/2/2020 @ 21:02pm

General -
Drake - Take Care (2011)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)

Genre -
Alternative Country

Artist -
Drive-By Truckers

Hope y'all appreciate what I did with my nominations!!!!

Posted by Nick on Monday, 11/2/2020 @ 21:08pm

Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway (2016)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Genre Nomination

21st Century Metal

Year Nominations

Alicia Keyes- Girl on Fire (2012)
Dave Matthews Band- Away From the World (2012)
John Williams- Lincoln: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2012)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/2/2020 @ 21:55pm

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/2/2020 @ 23:08pm

General-
AC/DC - Ballbreaker (1995)
Iron Maiden - Book of Souls (2015)
Madvillain - Madvillany (2004)

Year-
Father John Misty - Fear Fun (2012)
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas (2012)
Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart (2012)

Artist-
AC/DC

Genre-
Death Metal

Posted by Diddy on Tuesday, 11/3/2020 @ 09:25am

General:
Indo - Big Harvest (1989)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (2008)

Genre:
Latin

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 11/3/2020 @ 13:33pm

November 2020 General Album Nominations:
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

November 2020 Album Genre Nomination:
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 11/3/2020 @ 18:42pm

General Nominations:
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Dead Moon - In the Graveyard (1988)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream (1992)

Year Nominations:
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)
The Shins - Port of Morrow (2012)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Tuesday, 11/3/2020 @ 19:18pm

My General Nominations:
The Guess Who - American Woman (1970)
The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008)
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (1987)

My Year Nominations:
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg (2012)
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (2012)
Swans - The Seer (2012)

My Genre Nomination:
21st Century Folk

My Artist Nomination:
Josh Ritter

Posted by Master of the Moon on Tuesday, 11/3/2020 @ 19:29pm

General noms:

Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)

Artist nom:

Blind Guardian

Genre nom:

Power Metal

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 11/3/2020 @ 20:13pm

Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said (1991)
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (2004)

1990s Rap/Hip-Hop

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 11/3/2020 @ 21:44pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
AC/DC - Ballbreaker (1995)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose (1979)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Dead Moon - In the Graveyard (1988)
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
Django Django - Django Django (2012)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Drake - Take Care (2011)
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
ELO Part II - Electric Light Orchestra Part Two (1990)
Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
Indo - Big Harvest (1989)
Iron Maiden - Book of Souls (2015)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre (1990)
John Mellencamp - Cuttin' Heads (2001)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said (1991)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Madness - Madness (1982)
Madvillain - Madvillany (2004)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
N.E.R.D. - Fly or Die (2004)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream (1992)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (2004)
Scorpions - Crazy World (1990)
Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)
Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)
The Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (1977)
The Guess Who - American Woman (1970)
The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008)
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (2008)
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (1987)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/3/2020 @ 23:06pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980's British New Wave Artists
1990s Rap/Hip-Hop
21st Century Folk
21st Century Metal
Alternative Country
Death Metal
Electropop (2000-2019)
Indietronica 2000-2019
Latin
Live Albums
Power Metal
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987
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There were 12 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 9.

This month's selected genre is "Latin".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/3/2020 @ 23:10pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

AC/DC
Blind Guardian
Davis, Miles
Drive-By Truckers
Electric Light Orchestra
KMFDM
Madonna
Ritter, Josh
Strait, George
TV On The Radio
Yankovic, Weird Al
Young, Neil

There were 12 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 9.

This month's selected artist is George Strait.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is George Strait.

Here's the list of George Strait albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

NONE

Any voter can nominate one album by George Strait released from 1900-2019 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's George Strait discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/3/2020 @ 23:16pm

Django Django - Django Django (2012)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)
The Guess Who - American Woman (1970)
The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

A lot of tough cuts.

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 11/3/2020 @ 23:26pm

KING NOVEMBER 2020 Album Vote (8)
Duran Duran-Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
John Mellencamp-Cuttin' Heads (2001)
King's X-Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
Olivia Newton-John And Electric Light Orchestra-Xanadu (1980)
Richard Marx-Richard Marx (1987)
Scorpions-Crazy World (1990)
Styx-Pieces Of Eight (1978)
The Guess Who-American Woman (1970)
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A definite KING bleeder with all these tough cuts. Best album group I can remember. Easily could vote for 20.
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KING's George Strait Album (1)
George Strait-Strait From The Heart (1982)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 11/4/2020 @ 00:59am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose (1979)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961)
N.E.R.D. - Fly or Die (2004)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (1987)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 11/4/2020 @ 03:15am

My artist vote nomination

George Strait - Right or Wrong (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/4/2020 @ 06:59am

Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
Django Django - Django Django (2012)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream (1992)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)
The Guess Who - American Woman (1970)
The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008)

George Strait - Strait Country (1981)

Posted by JasonDagotto on Wednesday, 11/4/2020 @ 07:11am

November Album Project Votes:

1: King Crimson - Beat (1982)
2: Iron Maiden - Book of Souls (2015)
3: Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983)
4: Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
5: Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)
6: King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
7: Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
8: AC/DC - Ballbreaker (1995)

Posted by John Mangee on Wednesday, 11/4/2020 @ 08:33am

Genre nominations:

Alejandro Sanz - Más (1997)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/4/2020 @ 08:36am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Drake - Take Care (2011)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
Ludacris - Back for the First Time (2000)
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (2008)

Posted by Christian on Wednesday, 11/4/2020 @ 12:18pm

Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)

Last cuts: Kylie Minogue, Drake, Eagles of Death Metal and ZZ Top.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/4/2020 @ 13:15pm

Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Django Django - Django Django (2012)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said (1991)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
Madness - Madness (1982)
Scorpions - Crazy World (1990)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 11/4/2020 @ 20:51pm

Artist Nomination

George Strait- Ocean Front Property (1987)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/4/2020 @ 21:53pm

My General Votes:
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Django Django - Django Django (2012)
Drake - Take Care (2011)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)
The Guess Who - American Woman (1970)
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (2008)

Really great selection of newer albums for the general vote this month. Was hard to find a place for Deep Purple, but I would vote for them again next month if they don't make it in this time.

Posted by Master of the Moon on Thursday, 11/5/2020 @ 07:05am

One Genre Nomination for now:

Celia Cruz- Son Con Guaguanco (1966)

I pivotal album from one of the most legendary Cuban artists of all time.

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 11/5/2020 @ 11:25am

Pery Ribeiro ‎– Pery É Todo Bossa (1963)
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente ‎– Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966)
Selena - Dreaming Of You (1995)

Pery É Todo Bossa contains the first recording of the iconic Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 11/5/2020 @ 14:53pm

Votes!:
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Django Django - Django Django (2012)
Drake - Take Care (2011)
Scorpions - Crazy World (1990)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)
The Guess Who - American Woman (1970)
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (2008)

Posted by James Gang on Friday, 11/6/2020 @ 07:07am

Indo - Big Harvest (1989)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (2004)
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (2008)

Does "Madness - Madness" count since it's a compilation album (it was released in 1983), or was this supposed to be "Madness - Madness Presents the Rise and Fall (1982)"?

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 11/7/2020 @ 00:22am

Drake - Take Care (2011)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (2004)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)
The Guess Who - American Woman (1970)
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (2008)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Saturday, 11/7/2020 @ 09:29am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (2008)

Posted by Parvenguins on Saturday, 11/7/2020 @ 12:44pm

FYI - the album Manu Chao ‎– Próxima Estación... Esperanza (2000) would be a good nominee for this genre if anyone's having trouble thinking of any.

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 11/7/2020 @ 14:16pm

KING NOVEMBER 2020 Latin Album (1)
Marc Antony-Amar Sin Mentiras (2004)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 11/7/2020 @ 17:55pm

Hmmm, that seems to be my fault on the Madness issue. Had some songs improperly labelled. I meant Madness - The Rise & Fall (1982)

Sorry about the confusion.

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 11/7/2020 @ 21:53pm

Genre Nomination:

Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 11/8/2020 @ 03:44am

KING NOVEMBER 2020 Latin Album (1)
Marc Anthony-Amar Sin Mentiras (2004).
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Looks like a good battle in the November albums and songs. Should be spread out vote totals. Don't see many 14,13,12 votes in other month votes. KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 11/8/2020 @ 03:49am

Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
The Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (1977)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 11/8/2020 @ 06:09am

Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Drake - Take Care (2011)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
The Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (1977)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Sunday, 11/8/2020 @ 13:46pm

Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose (1979)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Drake - Take Care (2011)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 11/8/2020 @ 16:41pm

Django Django - Django Django (2012)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Madness - Madness (1982)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (2008)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 11/8/2020 @ 18:59pm

Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream (1992)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Apologies to ABBA, Dead Moon, Deep Purple, Lush, Madvillain, Miles Davis, NIN, Slayer, Stereolab, The Guess Who, Tom Waits, and others. Stacked group.

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 11/8/2020 @ 19:33pm

Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said (1991)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (2004)
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968)
The Guess Who - American Woman (1970)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 11/8/2020 @ 20:53pm

Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
The Guess Who - American Woman (1970)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Last cuts include ABBA, Deep Purple, Drake, Duran Duran, Goyte, Kylie Minogue, Rainbow, and Steppenwolf. There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Sunday, 11/8/2020 @ 21:45pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003) - 8
The Guess Who - American Woman (1970) - 8

Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015) - 7
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (2008) - 7

Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018) - 6
Django Django - Django Django (2012) - 6
Drake - Take Care (2011) - 6
________________________________

ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 5
Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017) - 5
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Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015) - 4
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982) - 4
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981) - 4
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 4
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) - 4
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) - 4

Doves - Lost Souls (2000) - 3
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 3
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 3
King Crimson - Beat (1982) - 3
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 3
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 3
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992) - 3
Sade - Lovers Rock (2000) - 3
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (2004) - 3
Scorpions - Crazy World (1990) - 3

Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003) - 2
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007) - 2
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose (1979) - 2
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983) - 2
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013) - 2
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said (1991) - 2
Madness - Madness - The Rise & Fall (1982) - 2
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream (1992) - 2
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 2
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987) - 2
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977) - 2
The Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (1977) - 2
The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008) - 2
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 2

AC/DC - Ballbreaker (1995) - 1
Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres (1977) - 1
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975) - 1
Etta James - The Second Time Around (1961) - 1
Indo - Big Harvest (1989) - 1
Iron Maiden - Book of Souls (2015) - 1
John Mellencamp - Cuttin' Heads (2001) - 1
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017) - 1
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997) - 1
Lush - Lovelife (1995) - 1
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 1
N.E.R.D. - Fly or Die (2004) - 1
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 1
Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983) - 1
Steppenwolf - The Second (1968) - 1
Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997) - 1
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (1987) - 1
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 1
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979) - 1

Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961) - 0
Dead Moon - In the Graveyard (1988) - 0
ELO Part II - Electric Light Orchestra Part Two (1990) - 0
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971) - 0
Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre (1990) - 0
Madvillain - Madvillany (2004) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
KING
MichaelEU
Jason Dagotto
John Mangee
Christian
Greg F
jtrichey
Master of the Moon
James Gang
dmg
SkylanderLord3
Parvenguins
Tom H.
JesusJustLeftChicago
Nick
Darren
Ray
BSLO
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Django Django - Django Django (2012)
Drake - Take Care (2011)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)
The Guess Who - American Woman (1970)
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (2008)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The 1 album that get the most votes will be inducted. The other 1 album will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Latin", Artist Vote (George Strait) or Year Vote (2012).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/9/2020 @ 00:21am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Latin) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (George Strait) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (2012) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/9/2020 @ 00:21am

Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 11/9/2020 @ 06:31am

Tiebreaker Vote:

Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)

Posted by John Mangee on Monday, 11/9/2020 @ 07:27am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/9/2020 @ 10:14am

Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Monday, 11/9/2020 @ 10:32am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 11/9/2020 @ 11:11am

Tiebreaker:
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)

Artist Nom.
George Strait - Carrying Your Love With Me (1997)

Genre Nom.
Madonna - Madame X (2019)
Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005)

Posted by Christian on Monday, 11/9/2020 @ 18:33pm

Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/9/2020 @ 21:11pm

KING NOVEMBER 2020 ALBUM TIEBREAKER (1)
ABBA-The Visitors (1981)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 11/10/2020 @ 02:07am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Tuesday, 11/10/2020 @ 06:54am

Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)

Posted by James Gang on Tuesday, 11/10/2020 @ 11:53am

Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)

Posted by Parvenguins on Wednesday, 11/11/2020 @ 08:36am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)

Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, 11/11/2020 @ 18:07pm

Tiebreaker:

Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)

Hopefully, ABBA gets in next time, if they miss out here.

Genre noms:

Shakira - Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998)
Silvio Rodríguez - Al Final de Este Viaje (1978)
Astor Piazzolla y su Quinteto - Adiós Nonino (1969)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 11/11/2020 @ 18:56pm

Tiebreaker: Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/11/2020 @ 21:25pm

Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 11/11/2020 @ 21:29pm

Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)
Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra (1993)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 11/11/2020 @ 21:36pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017) - 9
_______________________

ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 6

The losing album will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the November 2020 Album Project vote:

Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow (2018)
Django Django - Django Django (2012)
Drake - Take Care (2011)
Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference (2017)
Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm goin down... (2015)
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan (2003)
The Guess Who - American Woman (1970)
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (2008)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/11/2020 @ 22:13pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Alejandro Sanz - Más (1997)
Astor Piazzolla y su Quinteto - Adiós Nonino (1969)
Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)
Celia Cruz - Son Con Guaguanco (1966)
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966) -
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)
Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra (1993)
Madonna - Madame X (2019)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Marc Antony - Amar Sin Mentiras (2004)
Pery Ribeiro - Pery É Todo Bossa (1963)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Selena Dreaming Of You (1995) -
Shakira - Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998)
Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005)
Silvio Rodríguez - Al Final de Este Viaje (1978)
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/11/2020 @ 22:19pm

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)
Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra (1993)
Madonna - Madame X (2019)
Marc Antony - Amar Sin Mentiras (2004)
Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005)
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Posted by Parvenguins on Thursday, 11/12/2020 @ 06:57am

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)
Celia Cruz - Son Con Guaguanco (1966)
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Pery Ribeiro - Pery É Todo Bossa (1963)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005)
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 11/12/2020 @ 11:24am

KING NOVEMBER 2020 LATIN ALBUMS (8)
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente-Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son.... (1966)
Christina Aguilera-Mi Reflejo (2000)
Gloria Estefan-Mi Tierra (1993)
Marc Anthony-Amar Sin Mentiras (2004)
Selena-Amor Prohibido (1994)
Shakira-Oral Fixation, Vol 2. (2005)
Tito Puente-Dance Mania (1958)
Various Artists-La Bamba:Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 11/12/2020 @ 20:16pm

Latin Album Votes:

1: Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966)
2: Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra (1993)
3: Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
4: Selena - Dreaming of You (1995)
5: Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005)
6: Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)
7: Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)
8: Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Posted by John Mangee on Thursday, 11/12/2020 @ 21:06pm

Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966)
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)
Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra (1993)
Madonna - Madame X (2019)
Marc Antony - Amar Sin Mentiras (2004)
Selena - Dreaming of You (1995)
Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005)
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Thursday, 11/12/2020 @ 21:12pm

Votes!:
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)
Madonna - Madame X (2019)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Marc Antony - Amar Sin Mentiras (2004)
Pery Ribeiro - Pery É Todo Bossa (1963)
Selena - Dreaming of You (1995)
Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Posted by James Gang on Friday, 11/13/2020 @ 09:12am

1. Alejandro Sanz - Más (1997)
2. Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
3. Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)
4. La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
5. Shakira - Dónde Están los Landrones (1998)
6. Pery Ribeiro - Pery É Todo Bossa (1963)
7. Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
8. Celia Cruz - Son Con Guaguanco (1966)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/13/2020 @ 21:01pm

Celia Cruz - Son Con Guaguanco (1966)
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Pery Ribeiro - Pery É Todo Bossa (1963)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Selena - Dreaming Of You (1995)
Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005)
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 11/13/2020 @ 21:25pm

Alejandro Sanz - Mas (1997)
Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)
Celia Cruz - Son Con Guaguanco (1966)
Madonna - Madame X (2019)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Selena - Dreaming of You (1995)
Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005)
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)

Posted by Christian on Saturday, 11/14/2020 @ 18:49pm

I don't know if anybody's nominated this George Strait album, but in case nobody's done it yet, here's my George Strait Album Choice:

George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984)

Posted by John Mangee on Saturday, 11/14/2020 @ 22:35pm

1. La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
2. Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)
3. Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)
4. Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)
5. Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)
6. Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
7. Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005)
8. Madonna - Madame X (2019)

Posted by Diddy on Sunday, 11/15/2020 @ 09:17am

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)
Celia Cruz - Son Con Guaguanco (1966)
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)
Madonna - Madame X (2019)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Selena - Dreaming of You (1995)
Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005)
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Sunday, 11/15/2020 @ 16:50pm

Astor Piazzolla y su Quinteto - Adiós Nonino (1969)
Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)
Celia Cruz - Son Con Guaguanco (1966)
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966)
Selena - Dreaming Of You (1995)
Shakira - Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998)
Silvio Rodríguez - Al Final de Este Viaje (1978)
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)

Apologies to Manu Chao, Pery Ribeiro, Selena, Shakira, Tito Puente, La Bamba, and others.

Posted by Ray on Monday, 11/16/2020 @ 17:08pm

Celia Cruz - Son Con Guaguanco (1966)
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966) -
Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra (1993)
Marc Antony - Amar Sin Mentiras (2004)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Selena Dreaming Of You (1995) -
Shakira - Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998)
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/16/2020 @ 21:34pm

Celia Cruz - Son Con Guaguanco (1966)
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966) -
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)
Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra (1993)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Selena Dreaming Of You (1995)
Shakira - Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 11/16/2020 @ 21:42pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005) - 10

Celia Cruz - Son Con Guaguanco (1966) - 9
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994) - 9
Selena - Dreaming Of You (1995) - 9
____________________________

Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966) - 7
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000) - 7
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986) - 7
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958) - 7
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 7
____________________________

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965) - 6
Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra (1993) - 6
Madonna - Madame X (2019) - 6

Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001) - 5
Marc Antony - Amar Sin Mentiras (2004) - 5

Pery Ribeiro - Pery É Todo Bossa (1963) - 4
Shakira - Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998) - 4

Alejandro Sanz - Más (1997) - 2

Astor Piazzolla y su Quinteto - Adiós Nonino (1969) - 1
Silvio Rodríguez - Al Final de Este Viaje (1978) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Parvenguins
MichaelEU
KING
John Mangee
SkylanderLord3
James Gang
Greg F
dmg
Christian
Diddy
JesusJustLeftChicago
Ray
Tom H.
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Celia Cruz - Son Con Guaguanco (1966)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Selena - Dreaming Of You (1995)
Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966)
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/17/2020 @ 01:42am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (George Strait) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (2012) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/17/2020 @ 01:43am

KING NOVEMBER 2020 LATIN ALBUM TIEBREAKER (5).
Various Artists-La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)-5 PTS
Tito Puente-Dance Mania (1987)-4
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente-Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966)-3
Christina Aguilera-Mi Reflejo (2000)-2
Soda Stereo-Signos (1986)-1 PT
__________________________________
Congrats Nick on LA BAMBA. It's been close a few times. Should be able to gain the votes needed this time. Good luck! KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 11/17/2020 @ 05:09am

Soda Stereo - Signos (1986) 5
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) 4
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958) 3
Cilia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son (1966) 2
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000) 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/17/2020 @ 06:36am

Tiebreaker!:
5 points. Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)
1 point. Cilia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son (1966)

Posted by James Gang on Tuesday, 11/17/2020 @ 08:41am

Latin Album Tiebreaker Vote:

5 points: Various Artists: La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
4 points: Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son (1966)
3 points: Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)
2 points: Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)
1 point: Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 11/17/2020 @ 08:54am

Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966)-5
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)-4
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)-3
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)-2
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/17/2020 @ 21:25pm

Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958) - 5
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966) - 4
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986) - 3
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000) - 2
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 11/18/2020 @ 10:54am

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
Rihanna - Unapologetic (2012)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 11/18/2020 @ 21:54pm

2012 Album Nominations:

Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012)
Train - California 37 (2012)

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 11/19/2020 @ 12:35pm

Tiebreaker:

Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966) (5 points)
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000) (1 points)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 11/19/2020 @ 15:16pm

Making a last minute change to my year nomination please switch my nomination of

John Williams- Lincoln: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2012)

to

Maroon 5- Overexposed (2012)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 11/19/2020 @ 20:46pm

Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 5
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000) - 4
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966) - 3
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986) - 2
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958) - 1

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 11/19/2020 @ 20:53pm

Carrie Underwood- Blown Away (2012)
Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (2012)
Zac Brown Band - Uncaged (2012)

George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 11/19/2020 @ 21:03pm

Soda Stereo - Signos (1986) - 5
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966) - 4
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 3
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958) - 2
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000) - 1

Genre noms:

Mgła - With Hearts Toward None (2012)
Ash Borer - Cold of Ages (2012)
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis (2012)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 11/19/2020 @ 21:59pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966) - 31
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 31
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958) - 29
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986) - 25
__________________________

Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000) - 19

The Christina Aguilera album will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees from this Genre Vote:

Celia Cruz - Son Con Guaguanco (1966)
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente - Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... (1966)
Selena - Amor Prohibido (1994)
Selena - Dreaming Of You (1995)
Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005)
Soda Stereo - Signos (1986)
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)
Various Artists - La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/19/2020 @ 23:30pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Alicia Keyes - Girl on Fire (2012)
Ash Borer - Cold of Ages (2012)
Baroness - Yellow and Green (2012)
Beach House - Bloom (2012)
Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
Carrie Underwood- Blown Away (2012) -
Dave Matthews Band - Away From the World (2012)
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis (2012)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Here (2012)
Father John Misty - Fear Fun (2012)
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (2012)
Flotsam And Jetsam - Ugly Noise (2012)
Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage (2012)
Grizzly Bear - Shields (2012)
Halestorm - The Strange Case Of... (2012)
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg (2012)
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012)
Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (2012)
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now (2012)
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (2012)
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas (2012)
Linkin Park - Living Things (2012)
Mac DeMarco - 2 (2012)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012)
Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart (2012)
Maroon 5 - Overexposed (2012)
Mgła - With Hearts Toward None (2012)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Nas - Life is Good (2012)
Neon Trees - Picture Show (2012)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)
Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Rihanna - Unapologetic (2012)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Santigold - Master Of My Make-Believe (2012)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
Snow Patrol - Fallen Empires (2012)
Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
Testament - Dark Roots of the Earth (2012)
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012)
The Men - Open Your Heart (2012)
The Offspring - Days Go By (2012)
The Shins - Port of Morrow (2012)
Train - California 37 (2012)
Zac Brown Band - Uncaged (2012)
ZZ Top - La Futura (2012)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/19/2020 @ 23:40pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996)
George Strait - Carrying Your Love With Me (1997)
George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984)
George Strait - Ocean Front Property (1987)
George Strait - Right or Wrong (1983)
George Strait - Strait Country (1981)
George Strait - Strait From The Heart (1982)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/19/2020 @ 23:40pm

KING NOVEMBER 2020 THE YEAR 2012 ALBUM VOTE (8).
Alabama Shakes-Boys & Girls (2012)
Beach House-Bloom (2012)
Flotsam And Jetsam-Ugly Noise (2012)
Rush-Clockwork Angels (2012)
Soundgarden-King Animal (2012)
Testament-Dark Roots Of The Earth (2012)
The Offspring-Days Go By (2012)
Train-California 37 (2012)
___________________________________
George Strait Featured Artist Albums (5).
George Strait-Blue Clear Sky (1996)
George Strait-Ocean Front Property (1987)
George Strait-Right Or Wrong (1983)
George Strait-Strait Country (1981)
George Strait-Strait From The Heart (1982)
It's a disgrace that George Strait a Country Music Legend has only 7 albums listed here. One of the greatest music artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Had several albums to choose from. When the random number picked my George Strait selection, I'm really excited thinking maybe 18 or 20 would submit selections. Congrats to Nick on getting La Bamba inducted. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 11/20/2020 @ 04:09am

Sorry about that, KING. I meant to nominate something, but it slipped my mind and I just ran out of time. Everything already nominated has a better shot, I guess.

Posted by Ray on Friday, 11/20/2020 @ 05:17am

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Beach House - Bloom (2012)
Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Father John Misty - Fear Fun (2012)
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas (2012)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Testament - Dark Roots of the Earth (2012)

George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984)
George Strait - Right or Wrong (1983)
George Strait - Strait Country (1981)
George Strait - Strait From The Heart (1982)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 11/20/2020 @ 07:49am

Votes!:
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Beach House - Bloom (2012)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Nas - Life is Good (2012)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Santigold - Master Of My Make-Believe (2012)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)

Posted by James Gang on Friday, 11/20/2020 @ 09:05am

2012 Album Votes:

1: Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)
2: Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
3: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Here (2012)
4: Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage (2012)
5: Baroness - Yellow and Green (2012)
6: Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
7: Halestorm - The Strange Case Of... (2012)
8: Dave Matthews Band - Away From the World (2012)

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 11/20/2020 @ 10:42am

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
Beach House - Bloom (2012)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Grizzly Bear - Shields (2012)
Mgla - With Hearts Toward None (2012)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Santigold - Master Of My Make-Believe (2012)
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012)

George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996)
George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984)
George Strait - Ocean Front Property (1987)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 11/20/2020 @ 17:29pm

George Strait Album Votes:

1: George Strait - Strait From the Heart (1982)
2: George Strait - Right or Wrong (1983)
3: George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984)
4: George Strait - Ocean Front Property (1987)
5: George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996)

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 11/20/2020 @ 20:34pm

Alicia Keyes - Girl on Fire (2012)
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Here (2012)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Nas - Life is Good (2012)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
Snow Patrol - Fallen Empires (2012)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 11/20/2020 @ 22:43pm

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Alicia Keyes - Girl on Fire (2012)
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Here (2012)
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (2012)
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg (2012)
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now (2012)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 11/21/2020 @ 06:46am

Votes-
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Halestorm - The Strange Case Of... (2012)
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg (2012)
Nas - Life is Good (2012)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Testament - Dark Roots of the Earth (2012)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Saturday, 11/21/2020 @ 12:52pm

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Beach House - Bloom (2012)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Here (2012)
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (2012)
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg (2012)
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now (2012)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012)

George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996)
George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984)
George Strait - Ocean Front Property (1987)

Posted by Parvenguins on Saturday, 11/21/2020 @ 13:55pm

1. Beach House - Bloom (2012)
2. Mac DeMarco - 2 (2012)
3. The Men - Open Your Heart (2012)
4. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
5. Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
6. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (2012)
7. Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
8. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012)

1. George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind? (1984)
2. George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996)
3. George Strait - Ocean Front Property (1987)
4. George Strait - Right or Wrong (1983)
5. George Strait - Strait from the Heart (1982)
6. George Strait - Strait Country (1981)
6.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 11/21/2020 @ 21:59pm

Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
Father John Misty - Fear Fun (2012)
Linkin Park - Living Things (2012)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012)
Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart (2012)
Neon Trees - Picture Show (2012)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Snow Patrol - Fallen Empires (2012)

George Strait - Carrying Your Love With Me (1997)
George Strait - Ocean Front Property (1987)
George Strait - Strait From the Heart (1982)

Posted by Christian on Saturday, 11/21/2020 @ 23:49pm

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (2012)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Nas - Life is Good (2012)
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012)
Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012)
The Shins - Port of Morrow (2012)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/24/2020 @ 00:35am

Beach House - Bloom (2012)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (2012)
Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart (2012)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Nas - Life is Good (2012)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Tuesday, 11/24/2020 @ 09:16am

Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
Carrie Underwood- Blown Away (2012)
Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (2012)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012)
Neon Trees - Picture Show (2012)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012)
Zac Brown Band - Uncaged (2012)

George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996)
George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984)
George Strait - Right or Wrong (1983)
George Strait - Strait Country (1981)
George Strait - Strait From The Heart (1982)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 11/24/2020 @ 19:46pm

Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Soundgarden-King Animal (2012)
Testament - Dark Roots of the Earth (2012)
Linkin Park - Living Things (2012)
Alicia Keyes- Girl on Fire (2012)
Dave Matthews Band- Away From the World (2012)
Maroon 5- Overexposed (2012)

George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984)
George Strait-Strait From The Heart (1982)
George Strait - Strait Country (1981)
George Strait- Ocean Front Property (1987)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/24/2020 @ 20:57pm

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012)
Maroon 5 - Overexposed (2012)
Nas - Life is Good (2012)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Rihanna - Unapologetic (2012)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)

George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996)
George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984)
George Strait - Ocean Front Property (1987)
George Strait - Right or Wrong (1983)
George Strait - Strait Country (1981)
George Strait - Strait From The Heart (1982)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 11/24/2020 @ 21:20pm

Ash Borer - Cold of Ages (2012)
Beach House - Bloom (2012)
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis (2012)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now (2012)
Mgła - With Hearts Toward None (2012)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Swans - The Seer (2012)

Apologies to Baroness, Father John Misty, Gojira, Santigold, Soundgarden, Testament, and others.

George Strait - Carrying Your Love With Me (1997)
George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984)
George Strait - Ocean Front Property (1987)
George Strait - Right or Wrong (1983)
George Strait - Strait Country (1981)
George Strait - Strait From The Heart (1982)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 11/24/2020 @ 22:00pm

Alicia Keyes - Girl on Fire (2012)
Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012)
Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012)
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012)
Rihanna - Unapologetic (2012)
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012)
Train - California 37 (2012)

There are also others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 11/24/2020 @ 22:03pm

Sorry for the slight delay. My internet is being slow. :(

Posted by Jennifer on Tuesday, 11/24/2020 @ 22:05pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012) - 10

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012) - 9

Beach House - Bloom (2012) - 8
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012) - 8
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012) - 8

Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2012) - 6
Nas - Life is Good (2012) - 6
____________________________

Muse - The 2nd Law (2012) - 5
Soundgarden - King Animal (2012) - 5
____________________________

Alicia Keyes - Girl on Fire (2012) - 4
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Here (2012) - 4
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (2012) - 4
Pink - The Truth About Love (2012) - 4
Testament - Dark Roots of the Earth (2012) - 4
The Lumineers - The Lumineers (2012) - 4

First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (2012) - 3
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg (2012) - 3
Justin Townes Earle - Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now (2012) - 3

Air - Le voyage dans la lune (2012) - 2
Dave Matthews Band - Away From the World (2012) - 2
Father John Misty - Fear Fun (2012) - 2
Halestorm - The Strange Case Of... (2012) - 2
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (2012) - 2
Linkin Park - Living Things (2012) - 2
Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart (2012) - 2
Maroon 5 - Overexposed (2012) - 2
Mgła - With Hearts Toward None (2012) - 2
Neon Trees - Picture Show (2012) - 2
Rihanna - Unapologetic (2012) - 2
Santigold - Master Of My Make-Believe (2012) - 2
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012) - 2
Snow Patrol - Fallen Empires (2012) - 2
Train - California 37 (2012) - 2

Ash Borer - Cold of Ages (2012) - 1
Baroness - Yellow and Green (2012) - 1
Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (2012) - 1
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis (2012) - 1
Flotsam And Jetsam - Ugly Noise (2012) - 1
Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage (2012) - 1
Grizzly Bear - Shields (2012) - 1
Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (2012) - 1
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas (2012) - 1
Mac DeMarco - 2 (2012) - 1
Phillip Phillips - The World from the Side of the Moon (2012) - 1
Swans - The Seer (2012) - 1
The Men - Open Your Heart (2012) - 1
The Offspring - Days Go By (2012) - 1
The Shins - Port of Morrow (2012) - 1
Zac Brown Band - Uncaged (2012) - 1

Jeff Lynne - Long Wave (2012) - 0
ZZ Top - La Futura (2012) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Jason Dagotto
James Gang
John Mangee
Steve Z
jtrichey
MichaelEU
Master of the Moon
Parvenguins
Greg F
Christian
Darren
JesusJustLeftChicago
Nick
Tom H.
BSLO
Ray
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Beach House - Bloom (2012)
Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012)
Nas - Life is Good (2012)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, selected your preferred album.

The album that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/24/2020 @ 23:14pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984) - 8
George Strait - Ocean Front Property (1987) - 8
George Strait - Strait From The Heart (1982) - 8
______________________________

George Strait - Blue Clear Sky (1996) - 6
George Strait - Right or Wrong (1983) - 6
George Strait - Strait Country (1981) - 6

George Strait - Carrying Your Love With Me (1997) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
John Mangee
Parvenguins
Greg F
Christian
Nick
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984)
George Strait - Ocean Front Property (1987)
George Strait - Strait From The Heart (1982)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/24/2020 @ 23:17pm

In the event of a tie in the tiebreaker vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/24/2020 @ 23:17pm

Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/24/2020 @ 23:19pm

Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 11/25/2020 @ 06:58am

Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)

Posted by John Mangee on Wednesday, 11/25/2020 @ 07:43am

Tiebreaker!:
Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)

Posted by James Gang on Wednesday, 11/25/2020 @ 10:06am

Tiebreaker:

Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/25/2020 @ 12:53pm

Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 11/25/2020 @ 13:07pm

Soungarden-King Animal (2012)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 11/25/2020 @ 18:50pm

Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 11/25/2020 @ 22:51pm

Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Thursday, 11/26/2020 @ 09:54am

Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)

Posted by Parvenguins on Friday, 11/27/2020 @ 11:44am

Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Friday, 11/27/2020 @ 16:42pm

Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 11/27/2020 @ 19:52pm

Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 11/27/2020 @ 21:56pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Soundgarden - King Animal (2012) - 7
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Muse - The 2nd Law (2012) - 6

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Year Vote:

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Beach House - Bloom (2012)
Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (2012)
Nas - Life is Good (2012)
Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Soundgarden - King Animal (2012)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/27/2020 @ 23:41pm

My nominations for December 2020 induction into The Album Project...

Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 11/28/2020 @ 01:22am

Rule Changes In 2020:

Genres and Artists will now be selected randomly each month. Voters will nominate the genres and artists that will be randomly selected for each month's Genre and Artist vote. The artist and genre will be selected separately in the Song and Album Projects.

Genre splits will no longer be allowed. Each month's genre vote will be one vote.

After being selected as a monthly genre, genres will be ineligible for nomination / selection for 12 months, up from the previous setting of 6 months.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 10 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 10 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in 2020:

Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave
Jazz
2000's R&B
21st Century Garage Rock
1990's Country
Emo 2000-2010
Progressive Rock
1990's R&B
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks
Gospel Albums
Latin

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 10 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed
Lucinda Williams
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1921-1925.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1921-1925. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1921-1925.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 2012 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

NONE

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1921-1925, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/30/2020 @ 21:20pm

General Vote

The Anita Kerr Singers - Spend This Holiday with Me (1969)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Dig That Crazy Christmas (2005)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)

Genre: Japanese Artists

Artist: Herbie Hancock

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/30/2020 @ 21:31pm

Seeing that albums as we think of them didn't come along until 1948, how is this vote going to happen?

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 11/30/2020 @ 21:49pm

December Album Vote Nominations:

King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Bob Rivers Comedy Corp. - Twisted Christmas (1987)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 12/1/2020 @ 07:36am

General Nominations:

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 12/1/2020 @ 09:45am

Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Daylight Again (1982)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Artist:
Testament

Genre:
Pop Rock

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Tuesday, 12/1/2020 @ 10:32am

General:
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)

Artist - Madonna

Genre - Electropop (2000-2019)

Posted by Christian on Tuesday, 12/1/2020 @ 12:45pm

General:

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard--Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno--Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Swans--The Seer (2012)

Artist: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Genre: Pop Rock

Posted by Dr. W on Tuesday, 12/1/2020 @ 21:44pm

KING GENERAL ALBUM NOMINATION DECEMBER TWENTY TWENTY
Flotsam And Jetsam Doomsday For The Deceiver
Maggie's Dream Maggie's Dream
Scorpions Crazy World
ARTIST
John Mellencamp
GENRE
Progressive Metal
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 12/1/2020 @ 21:46pm

Andy Williams- Merry Christmas (1965)
Boston Pops Orchestra- Pops Christmas Party (1959)
Pentatonix- That's Christmas To Me (2014)

Genre Vote

Holiday Albums

Artist Vote

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/1/2020 @ 22:33pm

KING DECEMBER 2020 ALBUMS GENERAL NOMINATIONS (3)
Flotsam And Jetsam -Doomsday For Deceiver (1986)
Maggie's Dream-Maggie's Dream (1990)
Scorpions-Crazy World (1990)

ARTIST-John Mellencamp

GENRE-Progessive Metal

KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 12/2/2020 @ 06:17am

General Noms!:
Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog (2018)
Deep Purple - Stormbringer (1974)
Iggy Pop - Brick by Brick (1990)

Artist Nom!:
Iggy Pop (Solo)

Genre Nom!:
Live Albums

Posted by James Gang on Wednesday, 12/2/2020 @ 07:29am

KING DECEMBER 2020 GENERAL ALBUM NOMINATIONS (3).
Flotsam And Jetsam-Doomsday For The Deceiver (1986)
Maggie's Dream-Maggie's Dream (1990)
Scorpions-Crazy World (1990)
ARTIST-John Mellencamp
GENRE-Progressive Metal
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I guess three times a charm. Great albums James Gang. I might vote for all 3 albums. Already some good 1920's songs brought out. Maybe, Pieces Of Eight finally reaches the threshold of Induction. Greg F, I like the Herbie Hancock artist nomination. It would be cool to go through some of his albums. For those interested in sports, the Ravens-Steelers football game is finally being played at 3:40 PM today. It has been delayed a few times. KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 12/2/2020 @ 14:04pm

The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)

Posted by Carol Sue on Wednesday, 12/2/2020 @ 16:44pm

general noms:

Live - Mental Jewelry (1991)
Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2008)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 12/2/2020 @ 21:58pm

General noms:

Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)

Artist nom:

Blind Guardian

Genre nom:

Power Metal

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 12/3/2020 @ 01:53am

JT Richey
The LIVE album is an inspired choice. It's amazing great albums and songs somehow are still out there. Songs like The Beauty Of Grey still resonate with me. It hinted at LIVE's greatness and success to come. I like the U2 song So Cruel. It should have a good chance.
Darren
Will we still be able to submit any questions to vote on? I say that because the Jackie DeShannon situation was brought up in a good discussion later in the year. Does she fit better in the Non-Performer or Performer category? Jackie has been nominated before but hasn't reached Induction. I also believe Helloween the song or album has already been inducted during the metal segment. Maybe, this can be checked.
Ray
I liked the King's X selection. It has been close a few times. Remember vividly a friend telling me about Gretchen Goes To Nebraska and King's X. That would be the late 1980's early 1990's. Such a great band! Have voted for the album several times.
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 12/3/2020 @ 11:14am

Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 12/3/2020 @ 13:15pm

December 2020 General Album Nominations:

Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)

December 2020 Album Genre Nomination:

Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987

Posted by Jennifer on Thursday, 12/3/2020 @ 16:30pm

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/3/2020 @ 17:29pm

Thanks King. I love LIVE and don't really get the disrespect they get at times. Mental Jewelry has not only The Beauty of Gray, but Pain Lies on the Riverside, and Operation Spirit as real gems plus other good songs.

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 12/3/2020 @ 21:26pm

General -
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)

Artist -
Drive-By Truckers

Genre -
Alternative Country

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 12/3/2020 @ 21:35pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog (2018)
Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Andy Williams - Merry Christmas (1965)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
Bob Rivers Comedy Corp. - Twisted Christmas (1987)
Boston Pops Orchestra - Pops Christmas Party (1959)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Daylight Again (1982)
Deep Purple - Stormbringer (1974)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Iggy Pop - Brick by Brick (1990)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2008)
Live - Mental Jewelry (1991)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Maggie's Dream - Maggie's Dream
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me (2014)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Scorpions - Crazy World
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
The Anita Kerr Singers - Spend This Holiday with Me (1969)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Dig That Crazy Christmas (2005)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)
The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 8th. Votes will be counted if cast prior to 11 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/3/2020 @ 23:38pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Alternative Country
Electropop (2000-2019)
Holiday Albums
Japanese Artists
Live Albums
Pop Rock
Power Metal
Progressive Metal
Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary 1900-1987
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There were 9 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 1.

This month's selected genre is "Alternative Country".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/3/2020 @ 23:39pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Blind Guardian
Davis, Miles
Drive-By Truckers
Hancock, Herbie
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Madonna
Mellencamp, John
Pop (Solo), Iggy
Testament
TV On The Radio

There were 10 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 6.

This month's selected artist is Madonna.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Madonna.

Here's the list of Madonna albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Like A Prayer (1989)
Like A Virgin (1984)
Madonna (1982)
Music (2000)
Ray Of Light (1998)
True Blue (1986)

Any voter can nominate one album by Madonna released from 1900-2019 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Madonna discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_discography

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central (nominations will be accepted until 11 PM Central) on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/3/2020 @ 23:42pm

jtrichey - That is an excellent question. If we don't have 8 legitimate nominees for the Album Year Vote (we have none so far, and like you said, albums weren't really a thing back then), I don't think that we can have a vote this month.

KING - I'll answer your questions here, but in the future, please ask Projected Project questions on the Projected Project board and Song / Album Project questions on their respective boards to avoid confusion.

Rule change votes for the Re-visited / Projected Project are completed for the year. I'll be posting the announcement for the rule change votes for the Song / Album Projects shortly.

Whether Jackie DeShannon should be nominated as a Performer or as a Non-Performer will be left to the discretion of the voters. Please keep in mind that any candidate needs to be the top vote-getter in their weekly general or genre or category vote to be added to the ballot, so I think that should be considered when choosing who to nominate, but there won't be any official rule restricting eligibility in this or any similar case.

I checked and I couldn't find that "Helloween - Halloween (1987)" was inducted into the Song Project previously. If someone can point out otherwise, please do so and it will be eliminated from this month's vote.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/3/2020 @ 23:48pm

Darren,

Where are my nominees that I posted last Saturday, November 28th for The Album Project?!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 12/3/2020 @ 23:51pm

I missed Rick Vendl's nominations.

Here is the updated and corrected list of nominations for this month's Album Project vote:

"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog (2018)
Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Andy Williams - Merry Christmas (1965)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
Bob Rivers Comedy Corp. - Twisted Christmas (1987)
Boston Pops Orchestra - Pops Christmas Party (1959)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000)
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Daylight Again (1982)
Deep Purple - Stormbringer (1974)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Iggy Pop - Brick by Brick (1990)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2008)
Live - Mental Jewelry (1991)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Maggie's Dream - Maggie's Dream
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me (2014)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)
Scorpions - Crazy World
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
The Anita Kerr Singers - Spend This Holiday with Me (1969)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Dig That Crazy Christmas (2005)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)
The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Rick also nominated Electric Light Orchestra for the Artist Vote. I don't know what the best course of action is here, as the nominee has already been determined for the month. I could add ELO to the list and re-generate with the new number of nominees or go with the current nominee.

It should be noted that Rick's nominees were posted prior to the start of this month's nomination process and he didn't re-post them during the nomination window. There isn't an official rule regarding when nominations can take place, but there will be one added for consideration shortly.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 00:26am

Adding "Electric Light Orchestra" to the list of Album Artist Project nominees would change the results of the vote from Madonna to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.

We could stick with Madonna or change it to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. We *could* do an Artist Vote for both or have a random number generator decide which of the two is selected, depending on what everyone thinks we should do.

I've added a rule change vote to codify what happens when nominations are posted early starting in January.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 00:41am

DARREN
Maybe, the fair thing to do is have Madonna continue to be selected artist for December and have ELO the selected artist in January 2021. I remember Rick's selections right after mine. It must have been November 28th. I reposted mine but November is a unique month. Thanksgiving was later this year the 26th and November only has 30 days. Some like to get a quick jump. It's happened to me when you wait around and invariably...Somebody selects a song you might have been ready to nominate. Rick has been a valued member here especially his love and devotion to ELO. It's just a thought. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 00:59am

No, I don't view that as an option. ELO wouldn't have been selected if it were included in the process this month.

We could do that with King Gizzard in January if that's what the group decided, though.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 01:16am

KING DECEMBER 2020 ALBUMS VOTE (8)
King's X-Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
Live-Mental Jewelry (1991)
Maggie's Dream-Maggie's Dream (1990)
Muse-The 2nd Law (2012)
Olivia Newton-John And Electric Light Orchestra-Xanadu (1980)
Richard Marx-Richard Marx (1987)
Scorpions-Crazy World (1990)
Styx-Pieces Of Eight (1978)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 01:22am

For the artist vote, I think the most logical thing to do would be one of two things:

A) We do a double artist vote this month, for both Madonna and King Gizzard

OR

B) We keep Madonna as the artist this month, and then in January instead of having a selection we just automatically give it to King Gizzard.

Both of these were already suggested by Darren, and I think they're the best course of action. This way everyone wins and both artists get to be represented.

Posted by Christian on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 01:30am

KING DECEMBER 2020 Madonna Featured Artist (1)
Madonna-Bedtime Stories (1994)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 01:31am

Artist vote:

Madonna - Erotica (1992)

Genre Vote:

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
Son Volt - Trace (1995)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 07:00am

Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
Iggy Pop - Brick by Brick (1990)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Madonna - Madame X (2019)

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains (2019)
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Junky Star (2010)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 08:00am

I think that we should go with Madonna for the December Artist Vote and King Gizzard for the January Artist Vote. That seems like the best solution to me. Please let me know if there are any objections.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 09:09am

"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Last Cuts: Deep Purple, Muse, Rainbow, The Turtles, & Wizzard

Artist Nomination:
Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)

Genre Nominations:
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne (1993)
Cowboy Junkies - Lay It Down (1996)
The Jayhawks - Paging Mr. Proust (2016)

Other Alt Country Recommendations:
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)
Dylan LeBlanc - Cautionary Tale (2016)
The Jayhawks - Smile (2000)
Josh Ritter - Fever Breaks (2019)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992 (1992)

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 09:48am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 10:04am

December Album Project Votes:

1: King Crimson - Beat (1982)
2: King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
3: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
4: Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
5: Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
6: Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog (2018)
7: Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
8: Bob Rivers Comedy Corp. - Twisted Christmas (1987)

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 10:18am

Votes!:
Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog (2018)
Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1977)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)

Genre Noms!:
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)
Josh Ritter - Fever Breaks (2019)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)

Posted by James Gang on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 10:33am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
Ludacris - Back For the First Time (2000)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Pet Shop Boys - Behavior (1990)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Madonna - American Life (2003)

I would also like to point out that the album "Nightclubbing" by Grace Jones which appears on this ballot has already been inducted.

Posted by Christian on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 12:23pm

Ah, I meant to nominate 'Warm Leatherette' but it's fine because that was my mistake. I'll withdrawn my nomination because it's ineligible.

Posted by Nick on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 12:57pm

1. The Anita Kerr Singers - Spend This Holiday with Me (1969)
2. The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Dig That Crazy Christmas (2005)
3. The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)
4. Bob Rivers Comedy Corp. - Twisted Christmas (1987)
5. The Turtles - The Turtles Present The Battle of the Bands (1968)
6. Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
7. Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
8. ABBA - The Visitors (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 13:00pm

Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog (2018)
Deep Purple - Stormbringer (1974)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Swans - The Seer (2012)
The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968)

Posted by Dr. W on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 13:29pm

"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972)
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2008)
Live - Mental Jewelry (1991)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 22:57pm

GREG F
Thanks for the quick reminder. So much going on. King's brain's scrambled. You seem to have good knowledge about the Genre. Excellent 3 choices for albums. I could vote for all 3. I remember you nominated Son Volt a few times. Think it fell just short. This might be the time it's inducted.
KING'S COUNTRY ALTERNATIVE ALBUMS (3)
Blue Rodeo-Five Days In July (1993)
Old 97's-Graveyard Whistling (2017)
Ryan Adams-Heartbreaker (2000)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 12/5/2020 @ 01:18am

KING

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker is already inducted. You have one more nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 12/5/2020 @ 10:00am

Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog (2018)
Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2008)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)

My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves (2003)
Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co. (2003)
Wilco - A.M. (1995)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Saturday, 12/5/2020 @ 10:50am

Genre:

Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust and the Open Halls of the Soul (2007)
The Waco Brothers & Paul Burch - Great Chicago Fire (2012)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 12/5/2020 @ 12:23pm

And now, folks, my Alternative Country Album Nominations:

1: Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (2004)
2: Old 97's - Graveyard Whistling (2017)
3: Old Crow Medicine Show - Volunteer (2018)

Posted by John Mangee on Saturday, 12/5/2020 @ 20:36pm

John

Old 97's - Graveyard Whistling is already nominated. You have one more nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 12/5/2020 @ 21:33pm

GREG F. Thanks for the information. I knew Gold was inducted. That gives me another selection.
I'll go with a KING FAV.
Alternative Country.
Emmylou Harris-Hard Bargain (2011)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 12/5/2020 @ 21:38pm

My Updated Alternative Country Album Nominations:

1: Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (2004)
2: Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2009)
3: Old Crow Medicine Show - Volunteer (2018)

Greg F., if you're reading this, thanks a bunch for the assist, buddy.

I wanted to post all my album choices so I wouldn't be misunderstood.

Posted by John Mangee on Saturday, 12/5/2020 @ 23:01pm

"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
Alice Merton - Mint (2019)
Deep Purple - Stormbringer (1974)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Sunday, 12/6/2020 @ 09:42am

Genre Nominations

Dylan LeBlanc - Cautionary Tale (2016)
The Jayhawks - Smile (2000)
Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992 (1992)

Artist Nomination

Madonna- Evita Soundtrack

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 12/6/2020 @ 21:59pm

Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
Live - Mental Jewelry (1991)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Swans - The Seer (2012)

Exited to pop in and see you guys doing Alt Country. You've already put together an amazing and difficult ballot, but I wanted to add a 90s Alt Country landmark album from a foundational band that's often overlooked as well as a couple very recent gems.

Blue Mountain - Dog Days (1995)
Tyler Childers - Country Squire (2019)
Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes (2019)

Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 12/7/2020 @ 15:37pm

Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog (2018)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/8/2020 @ 02:30am

Andy Williams- Merry Christmas (1965)
Boston Pops Orchestra- Pops Christmas Party (1959)
Pentatonix- That's Christmas To Me (2014)
"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
The Anita Kerr Singers - Spend This Holiday with Me (1969)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Dig That Crazy Christmas (2005)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)
Bob Rivers Comedy Corp. - Twisted Christmas (1987)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/8/2020 @ 08:25am

votes:
"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Pentatonix- That's Christmas To Me (2014)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Dig That Crazy Christmas (2005)

Posted by Margo on Tuesday, 12/8/2020 @ 11:25am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Andy Williams - Merry Christmas (1965)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987)

A Lot of Cuts Here. Great General Vote Round This Month!

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 12/8/2020 @ 13:42pm

Artist Nomination -
Madonna - Rebel Heart (2015)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 12/8/2020 @ 13:47pm

Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog (2018)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 12/8/2020 @ 21:46pm

BLSO,
Nightclubbing is already inducted (it was my oversight) so you have another song to add to your ballot before the 10 CST deadline.

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 12/8/2020 @ 21:56pm

Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Swans - The Seer (2012)

Apologies to ABBA, AiC, Boston Pops Orchestra, Flotsam and Jetsam, Grace Jones, Jim Croce, Kylie Minogue, The Anita Kerr Singers, Tyler, and others.

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 12/8/2020 @ 21:59pm

Thanks Nick. I'll replace it with Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 12/8/2020 @ 22:05pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Muse - The 2nd Law (2012) - 11

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016) - 9

Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013) - 8

Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998) - 7

Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog (2018) - 6
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010) - 6
________________________________

Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984) - 5
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 5
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978) - 5
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 5
Solange - When I Get Home (2019) - 5
________________________________

ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 4
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007) - 4
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 4
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005) - 4

Alice Merton - Mint (2019) - 3
Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres (1977) - 3
Bob Rivers Comedy Corp. - Twisted Christmas (1987) - 3
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 3
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972) - 3
Live - Mental Jewelry (1991) - 3
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 3
Richard Marx - Richard Marx (1987) - 3
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) - 3
Swans - The Seer (2012) - 3
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Dig That Crazy Christmas (2005) - 3
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019) - 3

Andy Williams - Merry Christmas (1965) - 2
Deep Purple - Stormbringer (1974) - 2
King Crimson - Beat (1982) - 2
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2008) - 2
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) - 2
Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me (2014) - 2
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 2
The Anita Kerr Singers - Spend This Holiday with Me (1969) - 2
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960) - 2
The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968) - 2

Boston Pops Orchestra - Pops Christmas Party (1959) - 1
Iggy Pop - Brick by Brick (1990) - 1
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997) - 1
Maggie's Dream - Maggie's Dream - 1
Paula Cole - This Fire (1996) - 1
Scorpions - Crazy World - 1
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979) - 1

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 0
Christina Aguilera - Mi Reflejo (2000) - 0
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Daylight Again (1982) - 0
Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver - 0
Various Artists - The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987) - 0
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
MichaelEU
John Mangee
James Gang
Christian
Greg F
Dr. W
jtrichey
SkylanderLord3
JesusJustLeftChicago
DarinRG
Darren
Tom H.
Margo
Nick
BSLO
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog (2018)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference.

The 2 album that get the most points will be inducted. The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Alternative Country", Artist Vote (Madonna) or Year Vote (1921-1925).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 11 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/8/2020 @ 22:49pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Alternative Country) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (Madonna) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1921-1925) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/8/2020 @ 22:49pm

Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 5
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984) - 4
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978) - 3
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 2
Solange - When I Get Home (2019) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 12/8/2020 @ 22:50pm

Tiebreaker!:
5 pts. Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)
4 pts. Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
3 pts. Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
2 pts. Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
1 pt. Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)

I don't really understand how we're going to do the year vote this month considering albums weren't really around in this time period. Are we doing a different year? If not, we could replace the year vote this month with the King Gizzard vote so we don't need to carry it to next month.

Posted by James Gang on Wednesday, 12/9/2020 @ 07:28am

Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978) - 5
Solange - When I Get Home (2019) - 4
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 3
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 12/9/2020 @ 12:47pm

Album Tiebreaker Vote:

5 points: Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)
4 points: Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
3 points: Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
2 points: Mission of Burma - Vs. (1982)
1 point: Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984)

Posted by John Mangee on Wednesday, 12/9/2020 @ 12:56pm

Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978) 5
Mission of Burma - Vs. (1982) 4
"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984) 3
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) 2
Solange - When I Get Home (2019) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/9/2020 @ 15:06pm

KING DECEMBER 2020 TIEBREAKER (5)
Mission Of Burma- Vs. (1982)-5 PTS
Patti Smith Group-Easter (1978)-4
"Weird Al" Yankovic-"Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D (1984)-3
Pet Shop Boys-Behaviour (1990)-2
Solange-When I Get Home (2019)-1
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 12/9/2020 @ 19:30pm

Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) 5
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978) 4
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) 3
Solange - When I Get Home (2019) 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984) 1

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 12/9/2020 @ 20:06pm

Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 5
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 4
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978) - 3
Solange - When I Get Home (2019) - 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 12/9/2020 @ 20:24pm

5 pts. Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
1 pt. Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 12/10/2020 @ 08:31am

Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984)-5
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)-4
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)-3
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)-2
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/10/2020 @ 21:10pm

Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 5
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978) - 4
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 3
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984) - 2
Solange - When I Get Home (2019) - 1

Genre noms:

16 Horsepower - Secret South (2000)
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness (1999)
Woven Hand - Blush Music (2003)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 12/11/2020 @ 21:59pm

Tiebreaker Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978) - 46
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982) - 44
_____________________________________

Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 26
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984) - 25
Solange - When I Get Home (2019) - 24

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project Vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the December Album Project vote:

Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog (2018)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Mission Of Burma - Vs. (1982)
Muse - The 2nd Law (2012)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)
Patti Smith Group - Easter (1978)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/11/2020 @ 23:45pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Blue Mountain - Dog Days (1995)
Blue Rodeo - Five Days In July (1993)
Cowboy Junkies - Lay It Down (1996)
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)
Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (2004)
Dylan LeBlanc - Cautionary Tale (2016)
Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain (2011)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust and the Open Halls of the Soul (2007)
Josh Ritter - Fever Breaks (2019)
Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes (2019)
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves (2003)
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2009)
Old 97's - Graveyard Whistling (2017)
Old Crow Medicine Show - Volunteer (2018)
Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains (2019)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Junky Star (2010)
Son Volt - Trace (1995)
Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co. (2003)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
The Jayhawks - Paging Mr. Proust (2016)
The Jayhawks - Smile (2000)
The Waco Brothers & Paul Burch - Great Chicago Fire (2012)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Tyler Childers - Country Squire (2019)
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne (1993)
Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992 (1992)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)
Wilco - A.M. (1995)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/11/2020 @ 23:54pm

Please ignore the previous nominations, which were incorrect.

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

16 Horsepower - Secret South (2000)
Blue Mountain - Dog Days (1995)
Blue Rodeo - Five Days In July (1993)
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness (1999)
Cowboy Junkies - Lay It Down (1996)
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)
Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (2004)
Dylan LeBlanc - Cautionary Tale (2016)
Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain (2011)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust and the Open Halls of the Soul (2007)
Josh Ritter - Fever Breaks (2019)
Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes (2019)
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves (2003)
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2009)
Old 97's - Graveyard Whistling (2017)
Old Crow Medicine Show - Volunteer (2018)
Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains (2019)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Junky Star (2010)
Son Volt - Trace (1995)
Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co. (2003)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
The Jayhawks - Paging Mr. Proust (2016)
The Jayhawks - Smile (2000)
The Waco Brothers & Paul Burch - Great Chicago Fire (2012)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Tyler Childers - Country Squire (2019)
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne (1993)
Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992 (1992)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)
Wilco - A.M. (1995)
Woven Hand - Blush Music (2003)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/12/2020 @ 00:22am

KING DECEMBER 2020 ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY ALBUMS VOTE (8)
Blue Rodeo-Five Days In July (1993)
Emmylou Harris-Hard Bargain (2011)
Old 97's-Graveyard Whistling (2017)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals-Stone Roses (2005)
Townes Van Zandt-No Deeper Blue (1994)
Son Volt-Trace (1995)
Whiskeytown-Strange Almanac (1997)
Wilco-A.M. (1995)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 12/12/2020 @ 00:33am

KING Album Update (1)
It should read:
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals-Cold Roses (2005).
Sorry about the autocorrect mistake!
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 12/12/2020 @ 01:07am

Alternative Country Album Vote:

1: Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)
2: Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (2004)
3: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
4: Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2009)
5: Old 97's - Graveyard Whistling (2017)
6: Old Crow Medicine Show - Volunteer (2018)
7: Son Volt - Trace (1995)
8: Wilco - A.M. (1995)

Posted by John Mangee on Saturday, 12/12/2020 @ 10:51am

This was really hard

Blue Mountain - Dog Days (1995)
Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (2004)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2009)
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Junky Star (2010)
Son Volt - Trace (1995)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 12/12/2020 @ 17:48pm

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness (1999)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust and the Open Halls of the Soul (2007)
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2009)
The Waco Brothers & Paul Burch - Great Chicago Fire (2012)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992 (1992)
Wilco - A.M. (1995)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 12/13/2020 @ 11:20am

My votes:

1. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
2. Son Volt - Trace (1995)
3. Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
4. Blue Mountain - Dog Days (1995)
5. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness (1999)
6. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2009)
7. Sturgill Simpson - Sound and Fury (2019)
8. Tyler Childers - Country Square (2019)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/14/2020 @ 10:29am

Cowboy Junkies - Lay It Down (1996)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2009)
Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains (2019)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
Son Volt - Trace (1995)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound and Fury (2019)
Tyler Childers - Country Square (2019)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 12/16/2020 @ 13:53pm

Cowboy Junkies - Lay It Down (1996)
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)
Dylan LeBlanc - Cautionary Tale (2016)
Josh Ritter - Fever Breaks (2019)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
The Jayhawks - Paging Mr. Proust (2016)
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne (1993)
Wilco - A.M. (1995)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 12/16/2020 @ 16:10pm

Blue Rodeo - Five Days in July (1993)
Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (2004)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
Josh Ritter - Fever Breaks (2019)
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2009)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
The Jayhawks - Smile (2000)
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne (1993)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 12/16/2020 @ 20:20pm

Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne (1993)
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves (2003)
Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (2004)
Old Crow Medicine Show - Volunteer (2018)
Dylan LeBlanc - Cautionary Tale (2016)
The Jayhawks - Smile (2000)
Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992 (1992)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/16/2020 @ 21:22pm

Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves (2003)
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2009)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Junky Star (2010)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/16/2020 @ 21:25pm

16 Horsepower - Secret South (2000)
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness (1999)
Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (2004)
Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains (2019)
Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co. (2003)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)
Woven Hand - Blush Music (2003)

Apologies to Blue Mountain, Blue Rodeo, Drive-By Truckers, Justin Townes Earle [RIP], Neko Case, Ryan Adams, Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, and others. Whew.

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 12/16/2020 @ 21:49pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2009) - 7

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017) - 6

Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (2004) - 5
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005) - 5
Son Volt - Trace (1995) - 5
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997) - 5
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Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008) - 4
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019) - 4
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994) - 4
Wilco - A.M. (1995) - 4
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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness (1999) - 3
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne (1993) - 3

Blue Mountain - Dog Days (1995) - 2
Blue Rodeo - Five Days In July (1993) - 2
Cowboy Junkies - Lay It Down (1996) - 2
Dylan LeBlanc - Cautionary Tale (2016) - 2
Josh Ritter - Fever Breaks (2019) - 2
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves (2003) - 2
Old 97's - Graveyard Whistling (2017) - 2
Old Crow Medicine Show - Volunteer (2018) - 2
Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains (2019) - 2
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Junky Star (2010) - 2
The Jayhawks - Smile (2000) - 2
Tyler Childers - Country Squire (2019) - 2
Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992 (1992) - 2

16 Horsepower - Secret South (2000) - 1
Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain (2011) - 1
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust and the Open Halls of the Soul (2007) - 1
Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co. (2003) - 1
The Jayhawks - Paging Mr. Proust (2016) - 1
The Waco Brothers & Paul Burch - Great Chicago Fire (2012) - 1
Woven Hand - Blush Music (2003) - 1

Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes (2019) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
John Mangee
DarinRG
MichaelEU
Greg F
Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
Nick
Tom H.
Darren
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (2004)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2009)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
Son Volt - Trace (1995)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Wilco - A.M. (1995)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/16/2020 @ 22:20pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Madonna) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1921-1925) - Ending at 10 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/16/2020 @ 22:21pm

Alternative Country Album Tiebreaker Time:

4 points: Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)
3 points: Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
2 points: Wilco - A.M. (1995)
1 point: Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)

Posted by John Mangee on Thursday, 12/17/2020 @ 00:00am

KING DECEMBER 17 2020 TIEBREAKER ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY (4)
Wilco-A.M. (1995)-4 PTS
Drive-By Truckers-Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)-3
Townes Van Zandt-No Deeper Blue (1994)-2
Sturgill Simpson-Sound & Fury (2019)-1 PT
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An early Christmas present Greg F. 3 for 3 on your Alternative Country Album selections. Excellent work! I remember they were 3 strong choices. My Blue Rodeo choice I was hopeful but can bring it back for January 2021. It's looking like all my proposals fell through. I can bring some of these albums and songs back for 2021. Good to see Son Volt made it this time. You had Son Volt nominated a few times before. Fell just short. King going to shovel the walk and alleyway. Throw some salt down. A good 6 inches of snow. KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 12/17/2020 @ 01:24am

I am thrilled that all my selection got inducted especially Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac. I had been trying to get that in for years.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/17/2020 @ 07:11am

Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019) - 4
Wilco - A.M. (1995) - 3
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008) - 2
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/17/2020 @ 16:51pm

Tiebreaker vote

Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019) 4
Wilco - A.M. (1995) 3
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994) 2
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter than Creation's Dark (2008) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/18/2020 @ 10:48am

Tiebreaker:

Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019) [4 Points]
Wilco - A.M. (1995) [3 Points]
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter than Creation's Dark (2008) [2 Points]
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 12/18/2020 @ 15:30pm

Drive-By Truckers - Brighter than Creation's Dark (2008) - 4
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019) - 3
Townes Van Zander - No Deeper Blues (1994) - 2
Wilco - A.M. (1995) - 1

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 12/19/2020 @ 21:59pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019) - 19
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008) - 16 (2 1st Overall Votes)
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Wilco - A.M. (1995) - 16 (1 1st Overall Votes)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994) - 9

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Genre Vote:

Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)
Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (2004)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (2009)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
Son Volt - Trace (1995)
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury (2019)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac (1997)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/19/2020 @ 22:11pm

There weren't any nominated albums for the Year Project vote, so there won't be a Year Project Album vote this month.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/19/2020 @ 22:26pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Madonna - American Life (2003)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)
Madonna - Erotica (1992)
Madonna - Evita Soundtrack
Madonna - Madame X (2019)
Madonna - Rebel Heart (2015)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 10 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/19/2020 @ 22:27pm

1. Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
2. Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)
3. Madonna - Erotica (1992)
4. Madonna - Rebel Heart (2015)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/20/2020 @ 01:02am

KING DECEMBER 2020 MADONNA FEATURED ARTIST ALBUMS VOTE (5)
Madonna-American Life (2003)
Madonna-Bedtime Stories (1994)
Madonna-Erotica (1992)
Madonna-Evita Soundtrack
Madonna-Rebel Heart (2015)
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Curious how this Madonna vote shakes out. Happy Birthday Dec 20 to KISS legend Peter Criss. My sister's FAV KISS member. I liked when he sang Hard Luck Woman and Beth. KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 12/20/2020 @ 03:12am

Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)
Madonna - Erotica (1992)
Madonna - Evita Soundtrack (1996)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 12/20/2020 @ 12:08pm

Madonna Album Vote:

1: Madonna - American Life (2003)
2: Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
3: Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
4: Madonna - Erotica (1992)
5: Madonna - Evita Soundtrack (1996)

P.S. If the Evita Soundtrack album earns induction, and I think it will, we've gotta remember that it was released in 1996.

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 12/20/2020 @ 19:38pm

Madonna - American Life (2003)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)
Madonna - Erotica (1992)
Madonna - Madame X (2019)

Posted by Christian on Sunday, 12/20/2020 @ 21:42pm

Votes!:
Madonna - American Life (2003)
Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)
Madonna - Madame X (2019)
Madonna - Rebel Heart (2015)

Posted by James Gang on Tuesday, 12/22/2020 @ 08:59am

Madonna - American Life (2003)
Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Madonna - Madame X (2019)
Madonna - Rebel Heart (2015)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 12/23/2020 @ 08:31am

Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)
Madonna - Erotica (1992)
Madonna - Evita Soundtrack (1996)
Madonna - Rebel Heart (2015)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/23/2020 @ 23:50pm

Madonna
Bedtime Stories (1994)
Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
Erotica (1992)
Evita Soundtrack (1996)
Madame X (2019)
Rebel Heart (2015)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 12/24/2020 @ 19:45pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994) - 7
Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005) - 7
Madonna - Erotica (1992) - 7
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Madonna - Rebel Heart (2015) - 6

Madonna - American Life (2003) - 5
Madonna - Evita Soundtrack (1996) - 5

Madonna - Madame X (2019) - 4

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
KING
Steve Z
John Mangee
Christian
James Gang
Jason Dagotto
Darren
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005)
Madonna - Erotica (1992)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/24/2020 @ 23:10pm

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/28/2020 @ 22:39pm

General Vote

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
The Beach Boys - Love You (1977)

Artist Vote

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)

Genre: Indietronica (2000-2020)

Year vote:

Julia Fordham - Porcelain (1989)
k.d. lang & The Reclines - Absolute Torch and Twang (1989)
Nanci Griffith - Storms (1989)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 12/28/2020 @ 22:40pm

KING JANUARY 2021 General Album Nominations (3)
Blue Rodeo-Five Days In July (1993)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
KISS-Revenge (1992)
_______________________________
1989 YEAR ALBUMS (3)
Alabama-Southern Star (1989)
Bob Mould-Workbook (1989)
Great White-...Twice Shy (1989)
_________________________________
ARTIST: April Wine
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 12/29/2020 @ 05:12am

King, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard is the artist of the month due to the debacle this month.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/29/2020 @ 13:46pm

Alright, everyone. I was gonna wait until 11 P.M. Eastern (I know it's 10 P.M. Central, but I live in New Jersey) to nominate my album picks, but I just can't wait. Here's what I choose:

General Album Vote Nominations:

1: King Crimson - Beat (1982)
2: Old 97's - Graveyard Whistling (2017)
3: Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)

And now, my 1989 Album Nominations:

1: King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
2: Paul McCartney - Flowers in the Dirt (1989)
3: Testament - Practice What You Preach (1989)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 12/29/2020 @ 16:15pm

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
The Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (1992)
Los Lonely Boys - Los Lonely Boys (2004)

Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
Babyface - Tender Lover (1989)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)

1990s Rap/Hip-Hop

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 12/29/2020 @ 18:26pm

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard- K.G. (2020)
Phish- Sigma Oasis (2020)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Artist Nomination

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard- K.G. (2020)
Only if it doesn't get inducted in the general vote

Genre Nomination

21st Century Metal

Year Nominations

Billy Joel- Storm Front (1989)
Phish- Junta (1989)
Roy Orbison- Mystery Girl (1989)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 12/29/2020 @ 22:11pm

Artist Album Vote Nomination:

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 12/29/2020 @ 22:12pm

General:
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)

Genre - Pop Rock (2000-2020)

Year:
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)
Erasure - Wild! (1989)
Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years (1989)

Posted by Christian on Wednesday, 12/30/2020 @ 22:46pm

General:
AC/DC - Power Up (2020)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)

Genre:
Techno Albums

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Thursday, 12/31/2020 @ 09:29am

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats Nest (2020)

John, Nonagon Infinity got inducted via general last month I believe.

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Thursday, 12/31/2020 @ 09:30am

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 12/31/2020 @ 10:19am

Jason, I already nominated Fetch the Bolt Cutters. You have one more nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/31/2020 @ 10:25am

General:
The Chicks - Gaslighter (2020)
Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino (1956)
Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)

Year:
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)
Laurie Anderson - Strange Angels (1989)
Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 12/31/2020 @ 12:47pm

General Nominations:

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Year Nominations:

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say! (1989)
808 State - 90 (1989)

Artist Nomination:
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 12/31/2020 @ 13:01pm

My January 2021 nominations for induction into The Album Project...

Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Year

Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 01/1/2021 @ 00:53am

January 2021 nominees

The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)

Posted by Carol Sue on Friday, 01/1/2021 @ 01:09am

Jason and I doubled up on Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters. I'm going to replace my nomination with Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk. Here's my updated nominations.

Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
The Beach Boys - Love You (1977)
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01/1/2021 @ 08:29am

KING CHANGE REQUEST AND SUBSTITUTION (1)
JAN 1 2021
Changing out Great White Twice Shy For The Smithereens 11. I was surprised 11 has not been inducted. Great White has a few songs and albums deserving of induction. However, at this time, 11 has a better chance of induction. It's a solid rocking album.
1989 Year Albums Reprinted With Change (3)
Alabama-Southern Star (1989)
Bob Mould-Workbook (1989)
The Smithereens-11 (1989)
_______________________________
BSLO-I like your song choices. I'll Be You should get several votes. One of their best and memorable songs. JOHN-I hope we can get Gretchen Goes To Nebraska over the Induction threshold. It's been close a few times. I'll think about Testament depending on the list. It's a FAV of my sister's as well. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 01/1/2021 @ 10:33am

Sorry about that, Greg. Would've fixed mine if I had seen my mistake. Thanks.

Year:
Skid Row - Skid Row (1989)
The Cult - Sonic Temple (1989)
Warren Zevon - Transverse City (1989)

Artist:
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Chunky Shrapnel (2020)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 01/1/2021 @ 19:10pm

Correction for Skylanderlord3's artist choice:
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 01/1/2021 @ 19:14pm

General Noms!:
Blue Oyster Cult - The Symbol Remains (2020)
Frank Zappa - Jazz from Hell (1986)
The White Stripes - The White Stripes (1999)

Year Noms!:
Queen - The Miracle (1989)
Rush - Presto (1989)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)

Genre Nom!:
2010s Rap

Artist Nom!:
Blue Oyster Cult

Posted by James Gang on Saturday, 01/2/2021 @ 13:51pm

I have not been involved with the Album project for just under a year. Numerous reasons why. None the less, I feel this is the best time to get back to being involved with the Album Project if it so pleases fellow voters. So with that in mind, here are my nomination ballots.

General Vote

Van Halen - Balance (1995)
Jeff Wayne, et al. - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (1978)
Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling (1986)

1989 Vote

Sir Elton John - Sleeping With the Past (1989)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
Tony Banks - Bankstatement (1989)

My Genre Vote nomination to be determined later is:

Mumblecore

And my Artist vote nomination to be determined later is:

Paul Carrack (solo career and bands)

Hope this is suitable and thank you in advance,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Saturday, 01/2/2021 @ 18:56pm

General:
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka (2019)
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun (2020)
Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club (2020)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 01/2/2021 @ 19:01pm

In case there's any confusion based on the typos in this month's announcement, nominations and voting will end at 9 PM Central from now on, starting with the Album Project nominations, which end at 9 PM Central tomorrow, the 3rd.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/2/2021 @ 21:01pm

Haim - Women In Music Pt. III (2020)
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/2/2021 @ 21:32pm

Never mind the artist nomination, since this month's artist is already selected.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/2/2021 @ 21:34pm

noms:

General:
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 01/2/2021 @ 23:39pm

General Nominations (Only )-
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
R.A.P. Ferreira - Purple Moonlight Pages (2020)
Sons of Kermit - Your Queen is a Reptile (2018)

Genre:
2010s Jazz

Posted by Master of the Moon on Sunday, 01/3/2021 @ 07:22am

General noms:

Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)

Genre nom:

Power Metal

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 01/3/2021 @ 15:08pm

General Nominees:
MF Doom - Mm.. Food (2004)
Vanilla Fudge - Renassaince (1968)
ZZ Top - La Futura (2012)

Artist Nominee:
Cannibal Corpse

Genre Nominee:
Death Metal

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Sunday, 01/3/2021 @ 15:28pm

general:
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Daylight Again (1982)
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions (1984)
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)

year:
Elvis Costello - Spike (1989)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)

artist:
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup (2017)

genre:
21st Century Folk

Posted by Margo on Sunday, 01/3/2021 @ 17:18pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

AC/DC - Power Up (2020)
Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Blue Oyster Cult - The Symbol Remains (2020)
Blue Rodeo - Five Days In July (1993)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002)
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Daylight Again (1982)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino (1956)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
Frank Zappa - Jazz from Hell (1986)
Haim - Women In Music Pt. III (2020)
Jeff Wayne, et al. - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (1978)
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun (2020)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
KISS - Revenge (1992)
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions (1984)
Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling (1986)
Los Lonely Boys - Los Lonely Boys (2004)
MF Doom - Mm.. Food (2004)
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka (2019)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
Old 97's - Graveyard Whistling (2017)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
R.A.P. Ferreira - Purple Moonlight Pages (2020)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
Sons of Kermit - Your Queen is a Reptile (2018)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)
The Beach Boys - Love You (1977)
The Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (1992)
The Chicks - Gaslighter (2020)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)
The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)
The White Stripes - The White Stripes (1999)
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Van Halen - Balance (1995)
Vanilla Fudge - Renassaince (1968)
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
Wilco - A.M. (1995)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club (2020)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)
ZZ Top - La Futura (2012)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/3/2021 @ 22:44pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1990s Rap/Hip-Hop
2010s Jazz
2010s Rap
21st Century Folk
21st Century Metal
Death Metal
Indietronica (2000-2020)
Mumblecore
Pop Rock (2000-2020)
Power Metal
Techno Albums
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There were 1 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 10.

This month's selected genre is "Power Metal".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/3/2021 @ 22:45pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Power Metal) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1989) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/3/2021 @ 22:46pm

Genre vote:

Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Sabaton - Carolus Rex (2012)
Stratovarius - Dreamspace (1994)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/3/2021 @ 23:20pm

Folks, I just discovered that the King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard album I nominated, Nonagon Infinity, has already been inducted onto the Important Albums List. So, if it's not too late, I'd like to change my nomination. My new nomination is:

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon (2015)

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 01/3/2021 @ 23:21pm

KING JAN 2021 Album Vote (8)
Blue Rodeo-Five Days In July (1993)
Britney Spears-Blackout (2007)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Fats Domino-Rock And Rollin' With Fats Domino (1956)
King's X-Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
Rainbow-Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Styx-Pieces Of Eight (1978)
The Black Crowes-Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (1992)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 01/4/2021 @ 05:19am

AC/DC - Power Up (2020)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

Genre:
Riot - ThunderSteel (1988)
Unlucky Morpheus - Unfinished (2020)
Wintersun - Wintersun (2004)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 01/4/2021 @ 06:50am

January Album Project Vote:

1: King Crimson - Beat (1982)
2: King's X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
3: Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
4: Old 97's - Graveyard Whistling (2017)
5: Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
6: Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
7: AC/DC - Power Up (2020)
8: Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Posted by John Mangee on Monday, 01/4/2021 @ 08:34am

KING JANUARY 2021 POWER METAL ALBUM NOMINATIONS (3)
Agent Steel-Unstoppable Force (1987)
Manowar-Fighting The World (1987)
Scorpions-Unbreakable (2004)
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Should be a real battle for the albums and their induction. Only 8 votes. I'd be surprised if the winner reached 9 or 10. Good to see Power Metal finally selected. Already have seen some strong albums selected. KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 01/4/2021 @ 08:36am

My votes:

1) Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
2) The Beach Boys - Love You (1977)
3) Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)
4) Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)
5) Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
6) Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
7) King Crimson - Beat (1982)
8) Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/4/2021 @ 10:22am

Power Metal Album Nominations! (WOO-HOO!)

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987)
Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011)
DragonForce - Reaching into Infinity (2017)

Posted by John Mangee on Monday, 01/4/2021 @ 13:11pm

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III (2020)
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)

Same thing here as with the Song Project, really solid ballot overall.

Posted by Christian on Monday, 01/4/2021 @ 15:20pm

John Mangee - That's fine. Voting for the Artist Project doesn't begin until the 19th, so nominations won't be final until then.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/4/2021 @ 17:13pm

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
Haim - Women In Music Pt. III (2020)
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)
Wilco - A.M. (1995)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 01/4/2021 @ 22:07pm

Votes!:
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020)
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)

Posted by James Gang on Tuesday, 01/5/2021 @ 07:30am

votes:
AC/DC - Power Up (2020)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020)
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)

power metal:
Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence (2016)
In Flames - The Jester Race (1996)
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (2007)

Posted by Margo on Tuesday, 01/5/2021 @ 11:36am

Votes-
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005)
Wilco - A.M. (1995)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Wednesday, 01/6/2021 @ 10:18am

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
Wilco - A.M. (1995)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Genre Nominations:
Accept - Balls to the Wall (1983)
Chinchilla - Take No Prisoners (2004)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 01/6/2021 @ 13:03pm

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020)
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Wednesday, 01/6/2021 @ 13:55pm

AC/DC - Power Up (2020)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun (2020)
Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling (1986)
MF DOOM - Mm.. Food (2004)
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka (2019)
Van Halen - Balance (1995)
Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club (2020)

ALL CAPS!!

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 01/6/2021 @ 18:08pm

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
HAIM - Women In Music Pt. III (2020)
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020)
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
The Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (1992)
The White Stripes - The White Stripes (1999)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/6/2021 @ 23:55pm

AC/DC - Power Up (2020)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
HAIM - Women In Music Pt. III (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
The White Stripes - The White Stripes (1999)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Thursday, 01/7/2021 @ 06:53am

Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino (1956)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
The Chicks - Gaslighter (2020)
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 01/7/2021 @ 11:03am

AC/DC - Power Up (2020)
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020)
MF DOOM - Mm.. Food (2004)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
The White Stripes - The White Stripes (1999)

Power Metal Nominees:
Gamma Ray - Land of the Free (1995)
Rhapsody of Fire - The Eight Mountain (2019)
Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (2003)

Posted by Parvenguins on Thursday, 01/7/2021 @ 19:13pm

Here is my ballot for the January General Ballot.

Van Halen - Balance (1995)
Jeff Wayne, et al. - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (1978)
Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling (1986)
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)

Here are my Power Metal nominees:

Judas Priest - Ram It Down (1988)
Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes (1982)
Beyond Fear - Beyond Fear (2006)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizards - Fishing For Fishies (2019)

Hopefully these suggestions are accurate,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Thursday, 01/7/2021 @ 19:52pm

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
Los Lonely Boys - Los Lonely Boys (2004)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
The Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (1992)

Genre:

Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side (1995)
Masterplan - Masterplan (2003)

Lots of great nominations for this genre vote so far. Aside from one Helloween album (which was arguably the crown jewel of power metals albums), I can't recall inducting any albums from this genre, so this was definitely a great pick for a vote.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 01/7/2021 @ 22:25pm

1. AC/DC - Power Up (2020)
2. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
3. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020)
4. Los Lonely Boys - Los Lonely Boys (2004)
5. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
6. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
7. Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
8. The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)

My Power Metal Nominees:
Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)
Circle II Circle - Watching in Silence (2003)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)

Posted by Diddy on Friday, 01/8/2021 @ 07:49am

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 01/8/2021 @ 09:20am

King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
Vanilla Fudge - Renassaince (1968)

Apologies to Augustus Pablo, Fats Domino, Fiona Apple, Leonard Cohen, MF Doom [RIP], Pet Shop Boys, Run The Jewels, The Black Crowes, Townes Van Zandt,Van Der Graaf Generator, and others. Man, this round was stacked.

Posted by Ray on Friday, 01/8/2021 @ 13:55pm

KISS - Revenge (1992)
Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling (1986)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968)
Vanilla Fudge - Renassaince (1968)
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984)

There are also many others that I would eventually vote for.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 01/8/2021 @ 20:58pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020) - 13

Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984) - 10

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020) - 8

AC/DC - Power Up (2020) - 7
HAIM - Women In Music Pt. III (2020) - 7

Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020) - 6
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) - 6
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020) - 6
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020) - 6
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020) - 6

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020) - 5
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020) - 5
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Britney Spears - Blackout (2007) - 4
Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling (1986) - 4
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020) - 4
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) - 4

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 3
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 3
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) - 3
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 3
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 3
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020) - 3
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005) - 3
The Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (1992) - 3
The White Stripes - The White Stripes (1999) - 3
Wilco - A.M. (1995) - 3

Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino (1956) - 2
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun (2020) - 2
King Crimson - Beat (1982) - 2
Los Lonely Boys - Los Lonely Boys (2004) - 2
MF Doom - Mm.. Food (2004) - 2
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005) - 2
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981) - 2
Solange - When I Get Home (2019) - 2
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020) - 2
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 2
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002) - 2
Van Halen - Balance (1995) - 2
Vanilla Fudge - Renassaince (1968) - 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984) - 2
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979) - 2

Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976) - 1
Blue Rodeo - Five Days In July (1993) - 1
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002) - 1
Jeff Wayne, et al. - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (1978) - 1
KISS - Revenge (1992) - 1
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka (2019) - 1
Old 97's - Graveyard Whistling (2017) - 1
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 1
The Beach Boys - Love You (1977) - 1
The Chicks - Gaslighter (2020) - 1
The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968) - 1
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994) - 1
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 1
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 1
Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club (2020) - 1

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 0
Blue Oyster Cult - The Symbol Remains (2020) - 0
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Daylight Again (1982) - 0
Frank Zappa - Jazz from Hell (1986) - 0
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions (1984) - 0
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020) - 0
R.A.P. Ferreira - Purple Moonlight Pages (2020) - 0
Sons of Kermit - Your Queen is a Reptile (2018) - 0
ZZ Top - La Futura (2012) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Jason Dagotto
John Mangee
Greg F
Christian
jtrichey
James Gang
Margo
Master of the Moon
Steve Z
SkylanderLord3
dmg
Darren
JesusJustLeftChicago
MichaelEU
Parvenguins
Lax38
BSLO
Diddy
Nick
Ray
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

AC/DC - Power Up (2020)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
HAIM - Women In Music Pt. III (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020)
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/8/2021 @ 22:52pm

10 albums from 2020! Nice!

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/8/2021 @ 22:52pm

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/8/2021 @ 22:53pm

I counted 12 inductees instead of 8. My bad. I'll re-post the results shortly.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/8/2021 @ 22:55pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020) - 13

Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984) - 10

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020) - 8

AC/DC - Power Up (2020) - 7
HAIM - Women In Music Pt. III (2020) - 7
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Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020) - 6
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) - 6
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020) - 6
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020) - 6
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020) - 6
________________________________

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020) - 5
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020) - 5

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007) - 4
Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling (1986) - 4
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020) - 4
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) - 4

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 3
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 3
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) - 3
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 3
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 3
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020) - 3
The All-American Rejects - Move Along (2005) - 3
The Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (1992) - 3
The White Stripes - The White Stripes (1999) - 3
Wilco - A.M. (1995) - 3

Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino (1956) - 2
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun (2020) - 2
King Crimson - Beat (1982) - 2
Los Lonely Boys - Los Lonely Boys (2004) - 2
MF Doom - Mm.. Food (2004) - 2
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005) - 2
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981) - 2
Solange - When I Get Home (2019) - 2
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020) - 2
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 2
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002) - 2
Van Halen - Balance (1995) - 2
Vanilla Fudge - Renassaince (1968) - 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984) - 2
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979) - 2

Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976) - 1
Blue Rodeo - Five Days In July (1993) - 1
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002) - 1
Jeff Wayne, et al. - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (1978) - 1
KISS - Revenge (1992) - 1
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka (2019) - 1
Old 97's - Graveyard Whistling (2017) - 1
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 1
The Beach Boys - Love You (1977) - 1
The Chicks - Gaslighter (2020) - 1
The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968) - 1
Townes Van Zandt - No Deeper Blue (1994) - 1
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 1
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 1
Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club (2020) - 1

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 0
Blue Oyster Cult - The Symbol Remains (2020) - 0
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Daylight Again (1982) - 0
Frank Zappa - Jazz from Hell (1986) - 0
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions (1984) - 0
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020) - 0
R.A.P. Ferreira - Purple Moonlight Pages (2020) - 0
Sons of Kermit - Your Queen is a Reptile (2018) - 0
ZZ Top - La Futura (2012) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Jason Dagotto
John Mangee
Greg F
Christian
jtrichey
James Gang
Margo
Master of the Moon
Steve Z
SkylanderLord3
dmg
Darren
JesusJustLeftChicago
MichaelEU
Parvenguins
Lax38
BSLO
Diddy
Nick
Ray
Jennifer

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

AC/DC - Power Up (2020)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
HAIM - Women In Music Pt. III (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020)
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference.

The 3 album that get the most points will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Power Metal", Artist Vote (King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard) or Year Vote (1989).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/8/2021 @ 22:58pm

Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020) - 5
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020) - 4
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) - 3
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020) - 2
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 01/8/2021 @ 23:00pm

5 pts. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
4 pts. Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
3 pts. Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
2 pts. Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
1 pt. The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Saturday, 01/9/2021 @ 08:02am

Album Tiebreaker Votes:

5 points: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
4 points: The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)
3 points: Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
2 points: Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
1 point: Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)

Posted by John Mangee on Saturday, 01/9/2021 @ 10:29am

Here is my tiebreaker ballot.

Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020) - 5
The Killers - Imploding The Mirage (2020) - 4
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) - 3
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020) - 2
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020) - 1

Looks promising overall,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Saturday, 01/9/2021 @ 10:45am

Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)-5
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)-4
Run the Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)-3
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)-2
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)-1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 01/9/2021 @ 16:43pm

Tiebreaker Votes:
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020) (5)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020) (4)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020) (3)
Run the Jewels - RTJ4 (2020) (2)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) (1)

Posted by Christian on Saturday, 01/9/2021 @ 19:45pm

With K.G being inducted in the general vote my new artist vote nomination is:

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard-I'm in Your Mind Fuzz (2014)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/9/2021 @ 22:11pm

Crimson Glory- Transcendence (1988)
Powerwolf- Bible of the Beast (2009)
Thor- Only the Strong (1985)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/9/2021 @ 23:05pm

1. The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)
2. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
3. Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
4. Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
5. Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 01/9/2021 @ 23:22pm

KING JANUARY 2021 ALBUM TIEBREAKERS (5)
Run The Jewels-RTJ4 (2020)-5 PTS
The Killers-Imploding The Mirage (2020)-4
Lady Gaga-Chromatica (2020)-3
Rina Sawayama-Sawayama (2020)-2
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds-Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus (2004)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 01/10/2021 @ 14:23pm

The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020) [5 Points]
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020) [4 Points]
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) [3 Points]
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020) [2 Points]
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 01/10/2021 @ 15:23pm

5 points - Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
4 points - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
3 points - Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
2 points - Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
1 point - The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Monday, 01/11/2021 @ 07:34am

Tiebreaker!:
5 pts. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
4 pts. Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
3 pts. Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
2 pts. The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)
1 pt. Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)

Posted by James Gang on Monday, 01/11/2021 @ 10:45am

Lax: Welcome back, btw!

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) - 5
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020) - 4
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020) - 3
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020) - 2
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020) - 1

Genre noms:

Angra - Angels Cry (1993)
Thy Majestie - Hastings 1066 (2002)
Virgin Steele - Invictus (1998)

Thrilled that this got picked. Lots of great stuff already nominated--some difficult decisions ahead, but looking forward to see what gets in. Definitely a neglected genre.

Posted by Ray on Monday, 01/11/2021 @ 16:57pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) - 41
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020) - 39
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020) - 39
___________________

The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020) - 34
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020) - 27

Losing songs will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

AC/DC - Power Up (2020)
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
HAIM - Women In Music Pt. III (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. (2020)
Lady Gaga - Chromatica (2020)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/12/2021 @ 00:04am

Please ignore the previous nominations, which were incorrect.

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Accept - Balls to the Wall (1983)
Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force (1987)
Angra - Angels Cry (1993)
Beyond Fear - Beyond Fear (2006)
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side (1995)
Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)
Chinchilla - Take No Prisoners (2004)
Circle II Circle - Watching in Silence (2003)
Crimson Glory - Transcendence (1988)
Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence (2016)
DragonForce - Reaching into Infinity (2017)
Gamma Ray - Land of the Free (1995)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987)
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
In Flames - The Jester Race (1996)
Judas Priest - Ram It Down (1988)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Manowar - Fighting The World (1987)
Masterplan - Masterplan (2003)
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (2007)
Powerwolf - Bible of the Beast (2009)
Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes (1982)
Rhapsody of Fire - The Eight Mountain (2019)
Riot - ThunderSteel (1988)
Sabaton - Carolus Rex (2012)
Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004)
Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (2003)
Stratovarius - Dreamspace (1994)
Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
Thor - Only the Strong (1985)
Thy Majestie - Hastings 1066 (2002)
Unlucky Morpheus - Unfinished (2020)
Virgin Steele - Invictus (1998)
Wintersun - Wintersun (2004)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/12/2021 @ 00:06am

KING JANUARY 2021 POWER METAL ALBUMS (8)
Accept-Balls To The Wall (1983)
Agent Steel-Unstoppable Force (1987)
Crimson Glory-Transcendence (1988)
Helloween-Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part I (1987)
Judas Priest-Ram It Down (1988)
Manowar-Fighting The World (1987)
Rainbow-Straight Between The Eyes (1982)
Scorpions-Unbreakable (2004)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 01/12/2021 @ 01:00am

Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence (2016)
DragonForce - Reaching into Infinity (2017)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987)
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
Judas Priest - Ram It Down (1988)
Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain (2019)
Sabaton - Carolus Rex (2012)
Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (2003)

Rhapsody of Fire - The Eight Mountain (2019) should be listed as Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain (2019)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Tuesday, 01/12/2021 @ 07:43am

Power Metal Album Vote! (Halle-bloody-lujah!)

1: Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987)
2: Accept - Balls to the Wall (1983)
3: Judas Priest - Ram It Down (1988)
4: Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side (1995)
5: Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)
6: Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
7: Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011)
8: DragonForce - Reaching into Infinity (2017)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 01/12/2021 @ 07:57am

votes:
Accept - Balls to the Wall (1983)
Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)
Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence (2016)
DragonForce - Reaching into Infinity (2017)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987)
Judas Priest - Ram It Down (1988)
Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain (2019)
Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011)

Posted by Margo on Tuesday, 01/12/2021 @ 12:41pm

Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side (1995)
Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence (2016)
DragonForce - Reaching into Infinity (2017)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987)
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain (2019)
Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (2003)
Unlucky Morpheus - Unfinished (2020)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Tuesday, 01/12/2021 @ 15:38pm

Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side (1995)
Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)
DragonForce - Reaching into Infinity (2017)
Judas Priest - Ram It Down (1988)
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (2007)
Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain (2019)
Riot - ThunderSteel (1988)
Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (2003)

Posted by Parvenguins on Tuesday, 01/12/2021 @ 20:36pm

1. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987)
2. Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
3. Sabaton - Carolus Rex (2012)
4. Stratovarius - Dreamspace (1994)
5. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (2007)
6. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side (1995)
7. Rhapsody of Fire - The Eight Mountain (2019)
8. Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/13/2021 @ 19:10pm

Votes!:
Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence (2016)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Rhapsody of Fire - The Eight Mountain (2019)
Sabaton - Carolus Rex (2012)
Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004)
Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (2003)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)

Posted by James Gang on Thursday, 01/14/2021 @ 18:57pm

Here is my ballot for the Power Metal genre vote;

Judas Priest - Ram It Down (1988)
Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes (1982)
Beyond Fear - Beyond Fear (2006)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987)
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (2007)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side (1995)
Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011)

Thanks for the suggestions,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Thursday, 01/14/2021 @ 18:57pm

Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence (2016)
DragonForce - Reaching into Infinity (2017)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987)
Judas Priest - Ram It Down (1988)
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (2007)
Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain (2019)
Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (2003)
Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Friday, 01/15/2021 @ 09:05am

Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side (1995)
Gamma Ray - Land of the Free (1995)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987)
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Masterplan - Masterplan (2003)
Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (2003)
Wintersun - Wintersun (2004)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 01/15/2021 @ 23:05pm

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987)
Rhapsody of Fire - The Eight Mountain (2019)
Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (2007)
Manowar-Fighting The World (1987)
Crimson Glory- Transcendence (1988)
Powerwolf- Bible of the Beast (2009)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 01/15/2021 @ 23:13pm

Angra - Angels Cry (1993)
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side (1995)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I (1987)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (2007)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)
Thy Majestie - Hastings 1066 (2002)
Virgin Steele - Invictus (1998)

Apologies to Accept, Children of Bodom [RIP Alexi Laiho], Chinchilla, Crimson Glory, Gamma Ray, Iced Earth, In Flames, Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, Symphony X, Unlucky Morpheus, Wintersun, and others. That final round of cuts was particularly tough. Particularly wanted to vote for Stratovarius and Sonata, but just ran out of room. I see Accept as more being a strong influence on power metal rather than being power metal themselves, and In Flames more as being Iron Maiden meets death metal (though I wouldn't be surprised if they also had power metal influences), so I didn't give them the same consideration this time that I would have otherwise. Looking forward to the results--we should add some great stuff, whatever happens.

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 01/16/2021 @ 17:37pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987) - 12

Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain (2019) - 8

Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side (1995) - 7
Judas Priest - Ram It Down (1988) - 7

DragonForce - Reaching into Infinity (2017) - 6
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (2007) - 6
Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (2003) - 6
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007) - 6
____________________________

Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence (2016) - 5
Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011) - 5

Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005) - 4

Accept - Balls to the Wall (1983) - 3
Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) - 3
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) - 3
Sabaton - Carolus Rex (2012) - 3

Crimson Glory - Transcendence (1988) - 2
Manowar - Fighting The World (1987) - 2
Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes (1982) - 2
Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004) - 2

Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force (1987) - 1
Angra - Angels Cry (1993) - 1
Beyond Fear - Beyond Fear (2006) - 1
Gamma Ray - Land of the Free (1995) - 1
Masterplan - Masterplan (2003) - 1
Powerwolf - Bible of the Beast (2009) - 1
Riot - ThunderSteel (1988) - 1
Stratovarius - Dreamspace (1994) - 1
Thy Majestie - Hastings 1066 (2002) - 1
Unlucky Morpheus - Unfinished (2020) - 1
Virgin Steele - Invictus (1998) - 1
Wintersun - Wintersun (2004) - 1

Chinchilla - Take No Prisoners (2004) - 0
Circle II Circle - Watching in Silence (2003) - 0
In Flames - The Jester Race (1996) - 0
Thor - Only the Strong (1985) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Jason Dagotto
John Mangee
Margo
Skylanderlord3
Parvenguins
Greg F
James Gang
Lax38
JesusJustLeftChicago
BSLO
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side (1995)
DragonForce - Reaching into Infinity (2017)
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 (1987)
Judas Priest - Ram It Down (1988)
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (2007)
Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain (2019)
Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (2003)
Symphony X - Paradise Lost (2007)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/16/2021 @ 22:31pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1989) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/16/2021 @ 22:33pm

KING JANUARY 2021 Album Selected Artist (1)
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard-Live In San Francisco '16 (2020)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 01/19/2021 @ 17:12pm

Great induction class. Definitely been celebrating with some of these albums over the past few days.

John: Btw, no hard feelings about beating me to the punch in nominating King's X. I think it's great that we're both enthusiastic about the same album. Hopefully, it makes it this round.

KING: Sorry for the delayed response--but yeah, great album, great band. That's cool that you had a chance to discover it at the time--how much did it stand out/compare to everything else that was released around then? I feel like it would have been pretty unique. Myself, that was around the time that I was born, but thank goodness for the Internet.

Year noms:

NoMeansNo - Wrong (1989)
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989)
Galaxie 500 - On Fire (1989)

Artist nom:

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Float Along - Fill Your Lungs (2013)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 01/19/2021 @ 19:56pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

808 State - 90 (1989)
Alabama - Southern Star (1989)
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
Babyface - Tender Lover (1989)
Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
Bob Mould - Workbook (1989)
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)
Elvis Costello - Spike (1989)
Erasure - Wild! (1989)
Galaxie 500 - On Fire (1989)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say! (1989)
Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Julia Fordham - Porcelain (1989)
k.d. lang & The Reclines - Absolute Torch and Twang (1989)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Laurie Anderson - Strange Angels (1989)
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989)
Nanci Griffith - Storms (1989)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
NoMeansNo - Wrong (1989)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Paul McCartney - Flowers in the Dirt (1989)
Phish - Junta (1989)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (1989)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years (1989)
Sir Elton John - Sleeping With the Past (1989)
Skid Row - Skid Row (1989)
Testament - Practice What You Preach (1989)
The Cult - Sonic Temple (1989)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)
The Smithereens - 11 (1989)
Tony Banks - Bankstatement (1989)
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)
Warren Zevon - Transverse City (1989)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/19/2021 @ 22:00pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Chunky Shrapnel (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Fishing For Fishies (2019)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Float Along - Fill Your Lungs (2013)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup (2017)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - I'm in Your Mind Fuzz (2014)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Live In San Francisco '16 (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon (2015)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/19/2021 @ 22:01pm

Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)
Erasure - Wild! (1989)
Nanci Griffith - Storms (1989)
Phish - Junta (1989)
Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years (1989)
The Cult - Sonic Temple (1989)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)
The Smithereens - 11 (1989)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 01/19/2021 @ 22:21pm

KING JANUARY 2021 The 1989 Year Album Vote (8)
Alabama-Southern Star (1989)
Chris Isaak-Heart Shaped World (1989)
Gloria Estefan-Cuts Both Ways (1989)
King's X-Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
Roy Orbison-Mystery Girl (1989)
Testament-Practice What You Preach (1989)
The Cult-Sonic Temple (1989)
The Smithereens-11 (1989)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 01/20/2021 @ 01:33am

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Elvis Costello - Spike (1989)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)
Rush - Presto (1989)
The Cult - Sonic Temple (1989)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)
Warren Zevon - Transverse City (1989)

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Chunky Shrapnel (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - I'm in Your Mind Fuzz (2014)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Wednesday, 01/20/2021 @ 07:34am

808 State - 90 (1989)
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say! (1989)
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
The Cult - Sonic Temple (1989)
Warren Zevon - Transverse City (1989)

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon (2015)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 01/20/2021 @ 11:23am

Votes!:
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
King's X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)
Warren Zevon - Transverse City (1989)

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)

Posted by James Gang on Wednesday, 01/20/2021 @ 12:05pm

My votes

1. Julia Fordham - Porcelain (1989)
2. k.d. lang & The Reclines - Absolute Torch and Twang (1989)
3. Nanci Griffith - Storms (1989)
4. King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
5. Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (1989)
6. Skid Row - Skid Row (1989)
7. Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
8. Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
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1. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
2. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - I'm in Your Mind Fuzz (2014)
3. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rat's Nest (2019)
4. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2015)
5. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon (2015)
6. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Fishing for Fishies (2019)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 01/20/2021 @ 14:18pm

1989 Album Votes:

1: King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
2: Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
3: Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say! (1989)
4: Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
5: Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989)
6: Testament - Practice What You Preach (1989)
7: Paul McCartney - Flowers in the Dirt (1989)
8: The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)

Ray, if you're reading this, thank you for not being upset about me nominating Gretchen Goes to Nebraska by King's X. I was actually trying to help you, because I know you're a big fan of that album, and rightfully so. And to show you how much I appreciate it, I'd like to join you in voting for Morbid Angel's Altars of Madness. Great choice, Ray! Rock on!

Posted by John Mangee on Wednesday, 01/20/2021 @ 15:11pm

My votes for 1989 albums:

1. Alice Cooper - Trash
2. Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels
3. Neil Young - Freedom
4. Skid Row - Skid Row
5. Billy Joel - Storm Front
6. Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl
7. Rush - Presto
8. Paul McCartney - Flowers In The Dirt

Posted by Jani Maarala on Thursday, 01/21/2021 @ 06:16am

And now, it's time for my King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Album Votes:

1: King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
2: King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon (2015)
3: King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup (2017)
4: King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)
5: King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Fishing For Fishies (2019)
6: King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)

Posted by John Mangee on Thursday, 01/21/2021 @ 08:35am

Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)
Elvis Costello - Spike (1989)
Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
Laurie Anderson - Strange Angels (1989)
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (1989)

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Float Along - Fill Your Lungs (2013)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 01/21/2021 @ 11:21am

votes:
Elvis Costello - Spike (1989)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Rush - Presto (1989)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)
Warren Zevon - Transverse City (1989)

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - I'm in Your Mind Fuzz (2014)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon (2015)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)

Posted by Margo on Thursday, 01/21/2021 @ 12:12pm

The first round of nominations has begun for the 2021 class of inductees for the Re-visited / Projected Project over on the Projected board (https://futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected.php).

Nominations for the first round of voting (Performers in the first five years of eligibility) will conclude at 9 PM Central on Sunday the 24th, followed by 4 days of voting, ending at 9 PM Central on Thursday the 28th.

Anyone interested is welcome and encouraged to participate in this and all other nomination votes.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01/21/2021 @ 23:09pm

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say! (1989)
Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (1989)
Rush - Presto (1989)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Friday, 01/22/2021 @ 07:08am

KING JANUARY 2021 Featured Artist Vote King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard (5).
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard-Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard -Gumboot Soup (2017)
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard -Infest The Rats' Nest (2019)
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard -Live In San Francisco '16 (2020)
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard -Paper Mache Dream Balloon (2015)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 01/23/2021 @ 01:41am

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Elvis Costello - Spike (1989)
Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say! (1989)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)
Rush - Presto (1989)
The Cult - Sonic Temple (1989)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Chunky Shrapnel (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - I'm in Your Mind Fuzz (2014)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon (2015)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Saturday, 01/23/2021 @ 10:26am

Here are my ballots for the special elections taking place. First will be the 1989 ballot.

Sir Elton John - Sleeping With the Past (1989)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
Tony Banks - Bankstatement (1989)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
Paul McCartney - Flowers in the Dirt (1989)
Elvis Costello - Spike (1989)

And here is my Artist Vote ballot:

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Fishing For Fishies (2019)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Chunky Shrapnel (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - I'm in Your Mind Fuzz (2014)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)

Thanks for the new find in new music,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Saturday, 01/23/2021 @ 18:01pm

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
Skid Row - Skid Row (1989)
The Cult - Sonic Temple (1989)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/23/2021 @ 19:06pm

Babyface - Tender Lover (1989)
Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say! (1989)
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (1989)
The Smithereens - 11 (1989)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 01/23/2021 @ 21:42pm

King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Paul McCartney - Flowers in the Dirt (1989)
Billy Joel- Storm Front (1989)
Phish- Junta (1989)
Roy Orbison- Mystery Girl (1989)
Queen - The Miracle (1989)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/23/2021 @ 22:53pm

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizards - Fishing For Fishies (2019)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Float Along - Fill Your Lungs (2013)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard-I'm in Your Mind Fuzz (2014)
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats Nest (2020)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon (2015)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 01/23/2021 @ 23:00pm

John: Ha, thanks! Go team!

Galaxie 500 - On Fire (1989)
Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say! (1989)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989)
NoMeansNo - Wrong (1989)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Testament - Practice What You Preach (1989)
The Cult - Sonic Temple (1989)

Apologies to Alice Cooper, Chris Isaak, Laurie Anderson, MC Lyte, Neil Young, Rush, The Smithereens, Warren Zevon, and others.

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Chunky Shrapnel (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - I'm in Your Mind Fuzz (2014)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Live In San Francisco '16 (2020)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 01/24/2021 @ 16:18pm

808 State - 90 (1989)
Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)
Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (1989)
Skid Row - Skid Row (1989)
Testament - Practice What You Preach (1989)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 01/24/2021 @ 18:37pm

Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)
Erasure - Wild! (1989)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)
Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years (1989)
The Cult - Sonic Temple (1989)
The Smithereens - 11 (1989)

Posted by Nick B on Sunday, 01/24/2021 @ 19:14pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989) - 9
Neil Young - Freedom (1989) - 9

Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (1989) - 8
The Cult - Sonic Temple (1989) - 8
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989) - 8
____________________________

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989) - 7
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 7
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989) - 7
Rush - Presto (1989) - 7
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Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989) - 6
Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say! (1989) - 6
Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989) - 6

Elvis Costello - Spike (1989) - 5
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989) - 5
Queen - The Miracle (1989) - 5

Paul McCartney - Flowers in the Dirt (1989) - 4
Skid Row - Skid Row (1989) - 4
Testament - Practice What You Preach (1989) - 4
The Smithereens - 11 (1989) - 4
Warren Zevon - Transverse City (1989) - 4

Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989) - 3
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989) - 3

808 State - 90 (1989) - 2
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989) - 2
Erasure - Wild! (1989) - 2
Nanci Griffith - Storms (1989) - 2
Phish - Junta (1989) - 2
Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years (1989) - 2
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) - 2

Alabama - Southern Star (1989) - 1
Babyface - Tender Lover (1989) - 1
Galaxie 500 - On Fire (1989) - 1
Julia Fordham - Porcelain (1989) - 1
k.d. lang & The Reclines - Absolute Torch and Twang (1989) - 1
Laurie Anderson - Strange Angels (1989) - 1
NoMeansNo - Wrong (1989) - 1
Sir Elton John - Sleeping With the Past (1989) - 1
Tony Banks - Bankstatement (1989) - 1

Bob Mould - Workbook (1989) - 0
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

BSLO
Darren
dmg
Greg F
James Gang
Jani Maarala
Jason Dagotto
JesusJustLeftChicago
John Mangee
jtrichey
KING
Lax38
Margo
MichaelEU
Nick
Ray
SkylanderLord3
Steve Z
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (1989)
The Cult - Sonic Temple (1989)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)
Rush - Presto (1989)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/24/2021 @ 21:09pm

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989) - 4
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 3
Rush - Presto (1989) - 2
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/24/2021 @ 21:10pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017) - 11
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019) - 11

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017) - 9
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King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - I'm in Your Mind Fuzz (2014) - 7
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon (2015) - 7

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Chunky Shrapnel (2020) - 4
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Fishing For Fishies (2019) - 4

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Float Along - Fill Your Lungs (2013) - 2
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup (2017) - 2
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Live In San Francisco '16 (2020) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
Steve Z
James Gang
Greg F
John Mangee
MichaelEU
Margo
KING
Skylanderlord3
Lax38
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland (2017)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/24/2021 @ 21:13pm

I think 3/4 Tiebreaker Albums should be inducted instead of 2. Quick KING math.
KING 1989 ALBUM Tiebreaker (4)
King's X-Gretchen Goes To Nebraska (1989)-4 PTS
Alice Cooper-Trash (1989)-3
Rush-Presto (1989)-2
MC Lyte-Eyes On This (1989)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 01/24/2021 @ 21:47pm

1989 Album Tiebreaker Vote:

4 points: King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
3 points: Rush - Presto (1989)
2 points: Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
1 point: MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)

Darren, just so you know, I think King is right. Only 5 albums from 1989 have been inducted so far. If you're gonna induct 8 albums from '89, then the top 3 vote getters should be inducted.

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 01/24/2021 @ 22:58pm

That's correct.

The top 3 point-getters in the tiebreaker will be inducted.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/24/2021 @ 23:18pm

4 pts. Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
3 pts. Rush - Presto (1989)
2 pts. MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)
1 pt. King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 01/25/2021 @ 06:45am

Tiebreaker:

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989) [4 Points]
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989) [3 Points]
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) [2 Points]
Rush - Presto (1989) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 01/25/2021 @ 09:18am

MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989) - 4
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989) - 3
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 2
Rush - Presto (1989) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 01/25/2021 @ 10:58am

MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989) - 4
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989) - 3
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 2
Rush - Presto (1989) - 1

Posted by Nick B on Monday, 01/25/2021 @ 12:10pm

Here is my tiebreaker vote:

Rush - Presto (1989) - 4
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989) - 3
MC Lyte - Eyes On This (1989) - 2
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 1

Hopefully this helps,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 01/25/2021 @ 15:02pm

King's X - Gretchen Goes Nebraska (1989) -4
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989) -3
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989) -2
Rush - Presto (1989) -1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/25/2021 @ 15:46pm

Tiebreaker:

MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989) (4 pts)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 01/26/2021 @ 09:44am

tiebreaker:
4 points. Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
3 points. Rush - Presto (1989)
2 points. King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
1 point. MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)

Posted by Margo on Wednesday, 01/27/2021 @ 06:46am

Tiebreaker!:
4 pts. Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
3 pts. MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)
2 pts. Rush - Presto (1989)
1 pt. King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)

Posted by James Gang on Wednesday, 01/27/2021 @ 11:56am

King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 4
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989) - 3
Alice Cooper - Trash (1989) - 2
Rush - Presto (1989) - 1

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 01/27/2021 @ 15:46pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989) - 39
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989) - 33
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989) - 32
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Rush - Presto (1989) - 26

Rush - Presto (1989) will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)
Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
MC Lyte - Eyes on This (1989)
Neil Young - Freedom (1989)
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (1989)
The Cult - Sonic Temple (1989)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/27/2021 @ 22:23pm

Delayed reaction, but--nice! I think it's been almost a year since I first started campaigning for King's X. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way.

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 01/31/2021 @ 12:39pm

Rule Changes In 2021:

Nominations posted prior to the monthly opening announcement of the start of new projects (or Midnight Central time on the 1st if the announcement is delayed) must be re-posted during the nomination window to be included in nomination lists (with exceptions when absolutely necessary).

All polls will now end at 9 PM Central.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 9 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
Rush - Presto (1989)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 9 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Jazz
2000's R&B
21st Century Garage Rock
1990's Country
Emo 2000-2010
Progressive Rock
1990's R&B
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks
Gospel Albums
Latin
Alternative Country
Power Metal

"Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Ambient/Ethereal Wave" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 9 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1998.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1998. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1998.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1998 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (1998)
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Bob Dylan - Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)
Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Elliott Smith - XO (1998)
Faith Hill - Faith (1998)
Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (1998)
Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause (1998)
Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Liz Phair - White chocolate space egg (1998)
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Madonna - Ray Of Light (1998)
Manic Street Preachers - This is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Massive Attack - Mezzanine (1998)
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Above the Sea (1998)
Outkast - Aquemini (1998)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (1998)
Pulp - This Is Hardcore (1998)
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)
Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)
System of a Down - System of a Down (1998)
The Offspring - Americana (1998)
Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Hotel (1998)

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1998, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/31/2021 @ 12:54pm

General Vote

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)

Genre: Electronica 2000-2009

Artist: Stratovarius

Year Vote:

Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/31/2021 @ 13:41pm

General:
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (2020)

Genre - Pop Rock (2000-2020)

Year:
Cher - Believe (1998)
Maxwell - Embrya (1998)
The Cardigans - Gran Turismo (1998)

Artist - Kylie Minogue

Posted by Christian on Sunday, 01/31/2021 @ 16:57pm

general noms:

Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020)
John "Cougar' Mellencamp - Nothing Matters and What If It Did (1980)
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)

Year noms:
VAST - Visual Audio Sensory Theater (1998)
Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine (1998)
Eve 6 - Eve 6

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 01/31/2021 @ 21:49pm

OK, folks. These are my 1998 Album Nominations:

Fear Factory - Obsolete (1998)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)

Yes, I know what my General Album Choices will be, but I'm saving those for tomorrow morning.

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 01/31/2021 @ 22:15pm

KING FEB 1, 2021 General Album Nominations
John Anderson-Years (2020)
L.A. Guns-Hollywood Vampires (1991)
Saigon Kick-Water (1993)
______________________________
1998 Year Albums (3)
Bryan Adams-On A Day Like Today (1998)
Brooks & Dunn-If You See Her (1998)
Dave Matthews Band-Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
______________________________
GENRE: 1980's Women Pop Music
ARTIST: The Stranglers
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 02/1/2021 @ 03:52am

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020)
Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor (2020)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)

Genre:
Death Metal

Artist:
Billy Bragg

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Monday, 02/1/2021 @ 07:09am

And now, my General Album Project Nominations:

King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Black Label Society - Mafia (2005)
Opeth - Sorceress (2016)

Genre: 21st Century Heavy Metal, 2000-2020

Artist: Opeth

Posted by John Mangee on Monday, 02/1/2021 @ 07:28am

General:
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement (2008)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Les and Mary (1955)
Mink DeVille - Return to Magenta (1978)

Year:
Manu Chao - Clandestino (1998)
Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap (1998)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 02/1/2021 @ 12:28pm

February 2021 Album Artist nomination

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 02/1/2021 @ 16:51pm

General

Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 02/1/2021 @ 19:45pm

Here are my nominations for this month's Album Project. First, the General ballot.

Yes - Going For The One (1977)
King Crimson - Islands (1971)
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett - Cheek To Cheek (2014)

My 1998 nominations are:

Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
Eric Clapton - Pilgrim (1998)
Metallica - Garage Inc. (1998)

My Genre Vote nomination is:

Neo-Classical

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Sweet

Looking forward to the vote,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 02/1/2021 @ 19:45pm

Lax38, if you're reading this, King already nominated Dave Matthews Band's Before These Crowded Streets for the 1998 Album Vote. But don't worry, Lax38, you've still got one nomination left.

Posted by John Mangee on Monday, 02/1/2021 @ 20:14pm

Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Phish- Sigma Oasis (2020)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Year Nominations

Goo Goo Dolls- Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)
John Williams- Saving Private Ryan: OST (1998)
Phish- the Story of the Ghost (1998)

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Genre Nomination

Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/1/2021 @ 21:40pm

General Nominations:

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 02/2/2021 @ 21:50pm

General Vote:

The Standells - Dirty Water (1966)
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)

Year Vote:

Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998)
Godsmack - Godsmack (1998)

1990's Rap/Hip-Hop

Stevie Wonder

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 02/2/2021 @ 23:47pm

My General Nominations:
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

My Artist Nomination:
Skillet

My Genre Nomination:
21st Century Folk

Posted by Master of the Moon on Wednesday, 02/3/2021 @ 07:33am

The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)

TV On The Radio

Sirius XM Top 1000 Alternative Songs

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/3/2021 @ 12:19pm

General
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)

Genre:
Stand-Up Comedy Albums

Artist:
Dolly Parton

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 02/3/2021 @ 20:51pm

General noms:

Nightwish - Once (2004)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)

Genre nom:

Doom Metal

Artist nom:

Kamelot

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 02/3/2021 @ 20:59pm

The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts and Children (1971)

January 18th, 2021

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Posted by Carol Sue on Wednesday, 02/3/2021 @ 20:59pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts and Children (1971)
Black Label Society - Mafia (2005)
Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001)
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor (2020)
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (2020)
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
John "Cougar' Mellencamp - Nothing Matters and What If It Did (1980)
John Anderson - Years (2020)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
King Crimson - Islands (1971)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
L.A. Guns - Hollywood Vampires (1991)
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett - Cheek To Cheek (2014)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Les and Mary (1955)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Mink DeVille - Return to Magenta (1978)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Opeth - Sorceress (2016)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Saigon Kick - Water (1993)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement (2008)
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966)
The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 07:13am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980's Women Pop Music
1990's Rap/Hip-Hop
21st Century Folk
21st Century Heavy Metal, 2000-2020
Death Metal
Doom Metal
Electronica 2000-2009
Movie Soundtracks
Neo-Classical
Pop Rock (2000-2020)
Stand-Up Comedy Albums
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There were 11 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 6.

This month's selected genre is "Doom Metal".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 07:14am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Bragg, Billy
Davis, Miles
Electric Light Orchestra
Kamelot
Minogue, Kylie
Opeth
Parton, Dolly
Skillet
Stranglers, The
Stratovarius
Sweet
TV On The Radio
Wonder, Stevie

There were 13 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 7.

This month's selected artist is Dolly Parton.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Dolly Parton.

Here's the list of Dolly Parton albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980)
Coat of Many Colors (1971)

Any voter can nominate one album by Madonna released from 1900-2020 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Dolly Parton discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton_albums_discography

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 07:18am

In case there's any confusion, my genre nomination was incorrectly posted on this message board instead of the Song Project message board, which is why I removed it from the list of nominees, even though it wouldn't have changed the final results.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 07:54am

February Album Project Votes:

1: King Crimson - Islands (1971)
2: King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
3: Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
4: Opeth - Sorceress (2016)
5: Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
6: Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
7: Black Label Society - Mafia (2005)
8: Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Posted by John Mangee on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 07:58am

Artist vote:

Dolly Parton - My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 08:21am

Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor (2020)
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Opeth - Sorceress (2016)
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (1977)

Genre Noms:
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (2000)
Ghost - Meliora (2015)
Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 09:19am

My genre vote nominees

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans (1993)
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 09:34am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett - Cheek To Cheek (2014)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Les and Mary (1955)
Mink DeVille - Return to Magenta (1978)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement (2008)

Artist nom:
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 11:18am

1. George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
2. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
3. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture and Morality (1981)
4. The Turtles - The Turtles Present The Battle of the Bands (1968)
5. ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
6. Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
7. Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
8. Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 13:04pm

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966)
The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 13:04pm

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (2020)
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett - Cheek to Cheek (2014)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Posted by Christian on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 14:13pm

And now for my Doom Metal Album Nominations (HELL YEAH!!!)

Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992)
Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
Orange Goblin - Frequencies from Planet Ten (1997)

Posted by John Mangee on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 16:12pm

votes:
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (2020)
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett - Cheek to Cheek (2014)
Opeth - Sorceress (2016)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement (2008)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Posted by Margo on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 18:15pm

KING FEB 2021 Albums Vote (8)
Britney Spears-Blackout (2007)
George Michael-Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
John Anderson-Years (2020)
L.A. Guns-Hollywood Vampires (1991)
Rush-Presto (1989)
Saigon Kick-Water (1993)
Styx-Pieces Of Eight (1978)
Salt N Pepa-Very Necessary (1993)
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A good album diversity. I really like the George Michael one. Remember as a young King purchasing Listen Without Prejudice through the tape club. I was surprised how good it was as I was a big fan of Freedom 90. The song and the video. Praying For Time was another strong track from the album. Hopefully, a few of this backlog can be inducted. ABBA, Britney Spears, Rush, Styx, ZZ Top a few other albums have just missed or lossed in tiebreakers. I was happy I could vote for Salt N Pepa. I'll have to check put these Dolly Parton albums. The Random Generator Number has been incredible selecting quality artists and genres. KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 18:39pm

KING FEB 2021 Dolly Parton Album Nomination (1)
Dolly Parton-Trio (1987)
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 18:49pm

My deepest apologies in the oversight regarding the Dave Matthews nomination. Sadly, that will mean only 2 of my nominees are eligible. I will need to do better next time. In any case, here is my General vote ballot.

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett - Cheek to Cheek (2014)
King Crimson - Islands (1971)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)
Rush-Presto (1989)
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Les and Mary (1955)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)

And here is my Artist Vote nomination:

Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971)

Once again my apologies,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 20:40pm

I am now aware that I think I do have one replacement 1998 album to be put onto my nomination ballot. If that is the case, my nomination goes to:

Bob Mould - The Last Dog and Pony Show (1998)

I suppose this fits,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 21:01pm

John "Cougar' Mellencamp - Nothing Matters and What If It Did (1980)
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020)
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 02/4/2021 @ 21:50pm

Votes!:
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Opeth - Sorceress (2016)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Artist Nom!:
Dolly Parton - Blue Smoke (2014)

Genre Noms!:
Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium (1991)
Saint Vitus - Die Healing (1995)
Warning - Watching From a Distance (2006)

Posted by James Gang on Friday, 02/5/2021 @ 07:13am

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

Genre Nominations:

Thergothon - Stream From the Heavens (1994)
Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006)
Paradise Lost - Gothic (1991)

Dolly Parton - The Fairest of Them All (1969)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 02/5/2021 @ 21:01pm

Artist Nomination

Dolly Parton- Heartbreaker (1978)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/5/2021 @ 21:52pm

King Crimson - Islands (1971)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 02/6/2021 @ 07:23am

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Opeth - Sorceress (2016)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Saturday, 02/6/2021 @ 09:47am

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/7/2021 @ 00:40am

Votes-
Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Opeth - Sorceress (2016)
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Posted by Master of the Moon on Sunday, 02/7/2021 @ 08:06am

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Opeth - Sorceress (2016)
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)

Posted by JesusJustLeftChicago on Sunday, 02/7/2021 @ 15:49pm

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020)
Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)

Posted by Diddy on Monday, 02/8/2021 @ 06:43am

Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
King Crimson - Islands (1971)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Opeth - Sorceress (2016)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Apologies to ABBA, Miles, Mink DeVille, OMD, Phoebe Bridgers, Rina Sawayama, Rufus and Co, Saigon Kick,TLSP, The Standells, Tyler, and others.

Posted by Ray on Monday, 02/8/2021 @ 18:31pm

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 02/8/2021 @ 21:39pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Opeth - Sorceress (2016) - 8
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020) - 8

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007) - 7
Rush - Presto (1989) - 7
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019) - 7

Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015) - 6
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020) - 6
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George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990) - 5
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 5
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993) - 5
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ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 4
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970) - 4
King Crimson - Islands (1971) - 4
King Crimson - THRAK (1995) - 4
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett - Cheek To Cheek (2014) - 4
Pearl Jam - Gigaton (2020) - 4
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020) - 4
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004) - 4
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018) - 4
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 4

Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020) - 3
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005) - 3
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 3
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984) - 3
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 3
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981) - 3
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020) - 3
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) - 3
The Killers - Imploding the Mirage (2020) - 3
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 3

Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (2020) - 2
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Les and Mary (1955) - 2
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 2
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 2
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement (2008) - 2
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966) - 2
The Turtles - The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968) - 2
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 2

Black Label Society - Mafia (2005) - 1
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980) - 1
Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor (2020) - 1
John "Cougar' Mellencamp - Nothing Matters and What If It Did (1980) - 1
John Anderson - Years (2020) - 1
L.A. Guns - Hollywood Vampires (1991) - 1
Mink DeVille - Return to Magenta (1978) - 1
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977) - 1
Saigon Kick - Water (1993) - 1
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979) - 1

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts and Children (1971) - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

John Mangee
Jason Dagotto
MichaelEU
Greg F
Steve Z
Christian
Margo
KING
Lax38
jtrichey
James Gang
BSLO
Tom H.
Skylanderlord3
Darren
Master of the Moon
JesusJustLeftChicago
Diddy
Ray
dmg

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
Opeth - Sorceress (2016)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that get the most points will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Doom Metal", Artist Vote (Dolly Parton) or Year Vote (1998).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/8/2021 @ 23:47pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Doom Metal) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (Dolly Parton) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1998) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/8/2021 @ 23:49pm

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990) - 3
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993) - 2
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 02/8/2021 @ 23:53pm

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990) 3
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993) 2
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) 1

The Opeth album would qualify for the year vote if it loses the tiebreaker.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/8/2021 @ 23:55pm

KING FEB 2021 ALBUM TIEBREAKER (3).
George Michael-Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)-3 PTS
Salt-N-Pepa-Very Necessary (1993)-2
Opeth-My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)-1 PT
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Greg F.
Good luck on the George Michael album tiebreaker. I put a good word on it early in my vote. Hope that helped it boost to its position. Always thought it was a great album. Glad someone nominated it. Going to need every vote as only 1 spot open. The other 2 albums seem popular so it should be a real battle to see who wrestles the win in the Tiebreaker. KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 02/9/2021 @ 00:38am

Thanks King I think it has a good chance at getting in. If misses out this time around it likely has a good shot next month. I'm also planning on bringing back the Mercyful Fate and OMD albums next month hopefully they do well next time.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/9/2021 @ 07:41am

Tiebreaker Vote:

3 points: Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
2 points: George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)
1 point: Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)

Posted by John Mangee on Tuesday, 02/9/2021 @ 08:53am

Tiebreaker:

Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993) [3 Points]
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990) [2 Points]
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 02/9/2021 @ 09:10am

Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993) - 3
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990) - 2
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 02/10/2021 @ 07:03am

Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993) - 3
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990) - 2
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 02/10/2021 @ 10:51am

Here is my tiebreaker vote.

George Michael-Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)-3
Salt-N-Pepa-Very Necessary (1993)-2
Opeth-My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)-1

Some decent choices,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Wednesday, 02/10/2021 @ 20:08pm

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990) (3 pts)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) (1 pt)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 02/11/2021 @ 01:17am

KING FEBRUARY 2021 DOOM METAL (3)
Amorphis-Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
Swallow The Sun-The Morning Never Came (2003)
Trouble-The Skull (1985)
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 02/11/2021 @ 09:04am

Greg: The Opeth album was actually already nominated by John for the year vote, but it would give him an extra nom if it doesn't go through here (and I see that it's been a popular pick so far, lol).

Btw, John, great to be tag-teaming again this month. I'm glad we also agree on Opeth, heh.

Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 3
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993) - 2
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990) - 1

Still tickled pink that my doom metal genre got chosen. While some of my other picks earlier this month were more on point, I'll admit that this is kind of an anti-Valentine's Day pick, heh. This is a neglected genre (I don't think we've inducted anything here yet, tbh), and we should be able to get some great stuff in. Lots of great stuff has been nominated already, including some more obscure personal favorites (digging the Ahab nom, BSLO!), but here's a few more entries into the field:

Witchfinder General - Death Penalty (1982)
Solitude Aeturnus - Through the Darkest Hour (1994)
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day (1996)

Virgin Black's Requiem – Mezzo Forte and Pentagram's debut were two others that I considered, if anyone's still looking for ideas.

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 02/11/2021 @ 12:05pm

Taking Ray's advice and nominating

Virgin Black- Requiem - Mezzo Forte (2007)
Pentagram- Pentagram (1985)

as well as

Cirith Ungol- King of the Dead (1984)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 02/11/2021 @ 21:26pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
___________________

Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)

Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) will automatically be nominated for the February Year Project vote.

Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993) will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)
Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down (2015)
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
Opeth - Sorceress (2016)
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
Rush - Presto (1989)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
Tyler, the Creator - Igor (2019)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/11/2021 @ 22:55pm

Please ignore the previous nominations, which were incorrect.

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006)
Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium (1991)
Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead (1984)
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (2000)
Ghost - Meliora (2015)
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans (1993)
Orange Goblin - Frequencies from Planet Ten (1997)
Paradise Lost - Gothic (1991)
Pentagram - Pentagram (1985)
Saint Vitus - Die Healing (1995)
Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003)
Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992)
Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came (2003)
Thergothon - Stream From the Heavens (1994)
Trouble - The Skull (1985)
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)
Virgin Black- Requiem - Mezzo Forte (2007)
Warning - Watching From a Distance (2006)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/11/2021 @ 22:57pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Dolly Parton) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1998) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/11/2021 @ 22:58pm

Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006)
Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium (1991)
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (2000)
Ghost - Meliora (2015)
Saint Vitus - Die Healing (1995)
Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003)
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)
Warning - Watching From a Distance (2006)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Friday, 02/12/2021 @ 07:33am

My Doom Metal Album Votes: (AWESOME!)

1: Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)
2: Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (2000)
3: Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium (1991)
4: Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
5: Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992)
6: Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003)
7: Ghost - Meliora (2015)
8: Orange Goblin - Frequencies from Planet Ten (1997)

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 02/12/2021 @ 09:50am

KING FEB 2021 DOOM METAL ALBUMS VOTE (8)
Amorphis-Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
Candlemass-Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
Cathedral-The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
Ghost-Meliora (2015)
Pentagram-Pentagram (1985)
Trouble-The Skull (1985)
Type O Negative-October Rust (1996)
Warning-Watch From A Distance (2006)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 02/13/2021 @ 13:14pm

This was really hard to narrow down to 8:

Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006)
Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
Ghost - Meliora (2015)
Paradise Lost - Gothic (1991)
Pentagram - Pentagram (1985)
Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/13/2021 @ 14:10pm

1. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
2. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans (1993)
3. Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)
4. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (2000)
5. Ghost - Meliora (2015)
6. Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003)
7. Pentagram - Pentagram (1985)
8. Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror (1993)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02/13/2021 @ 23:31pm

votes:
Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006)
Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (2000)
Ghost - Meliora (2015)
Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003)
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)
Warning - Watching From a Distance (2006)

Posted by Margo on Sunday, 02/14/2021 @ 09:12am

Here is my ballot, albeit for a genre I am not too familiar with.

Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
Ghost - Meliora (2015)
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans (1993)
Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium (1991)
Pentagram - Pentagram (1985)
Trouble-The Skull (1985)
Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992)

Hope this is decent,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 02/15/2021 @ 18:56pm

Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006)
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (2000)
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans (1993)
Paradise Lost - Gothic (1991)
Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992)
Thergothon - Stream From the Heavens (1994)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 02/15/2021 @ 21:38pm

Votes!:
Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006)
Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (2000)
Ghost - Meliora (2015)
Orange Goblin - Frequencies from Planet Ten (1997)
Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003)
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)
Warning - Watching From a Distance (2006)

Posted by James Gang on Tuesday, 02/16/2021 @ 07:09am

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium (1991)
Paradise Lost - Gothic (1991)
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty (1982)
Virgin Black- Requiem - Mezzo Forte (2007)
Pentagram- Pentagram (1985)
Cirith Ungol- King of the Dead (1984)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/16/2021 @ 19:24pm

Tom: Nice! Three great albums!

Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006)
Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans (1993)
Paradise Lost - Gothic (1991)
Pentagram - Pentagram (1985)
Virgin Black - Requiem - Mezzo Forte (2007)
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty (1982)

Belatedly realize that my noms were missed, but that's alright--there's plenty of great albums here already. Apologies to the rest. I could have voted for all of them.

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 02/16/2021 @ 21:00pm

Voting is now closed.

Sorry about missing your nominations, Ray! I'm not sure how that happened because I added your tiebreakers from the previous vote.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror (1993) - 9

Ghost - Meliora (2015) - 8

Type O Negative - October Rust (1996) - 7

Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006) - 6
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) - 6
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (2000) - 6
Pentagram - Pentagram (1985) - 6
Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003) - 6
____________________________

Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994) - 4
Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium (1991) - 4
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans (1993) - 4
Paradise Lost - Gothic (1991) - 4
Warning - Watching From a Distance (2006) - 4

Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) - 3

Orange Goblin - Frequencies from Planet Ten (1997) - 2
Trouble - The Skull (1985) - 2
Virgin Black- Requiem - Mezzo Forte (2007) - 2
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty - 2

Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead (1984) - 1
Saint Vitus - Die Healing (1995) - 1
Thergothon - Stream From the Heavens (1994) - 1

Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came (2003) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Jason Dagotto
John Mangee
KING
DarinRG
Greg F
Margo
Lax38
BSLO
James Gang
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006)
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (2000)
Ghost - Meliora (2015)
Pentagram - Pentagram (1985)
Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003)
Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/16/2021 @ 23:23pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1989) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/16/2021 @ 23:25pm

I believe Darren means Dolly Parton for this month's Artist Vote and 1998 for this month's Year Vote.

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 02/17/2021 @ 10:22am

1998 Year Vote Nominations:

Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)
The Handsome Family - Through the Trees (1998)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 02/17/2021 @ 11:01am

I 'd like to raise a toast to the Random Number Generator for selecting Doom Metal. For those who participated, it was a very competitive vote. A KING salute to Greg F. who had 2/3 selections Inducted. Also, John Mangee and his Cathedral nomination The Ethereal Mirror taking top vote with 9. Jason Dagotto went a perfect 3/3 on his nominations. Incredible considering the depth and quality of the Doom Metal albums submitted. Also, a big February for Tom H. with the St. Stephen induction and Pentagram's Induction here in the Doom Metal. Looking forward to the 1998 Year Vote and Dolly Parton. It just gets better every month. FRL REGULARS raising their games with quality nominations. March should be just as spectacular. KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 02/17/2021 @ 11:46am

Darren: No worries. I kind of buried my noms between a mass of text, which must have made it more difficult to spot.

Great class, though! Crazy to see how well Ahab and Cathedral did, heh. Definitely been celebrating with some of these bands over the past few days.

Btw, John, you've got another nom if you want it, since Opeth carried over from the tiebreaker.

Year noms:

Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998)
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis (1998)
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998)

Artist nom:

Dolly Parton - Little Sparrow (2001)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 02/19/2021 @ 18:23pm

Thanks for the tip, Ray. Here's my 3rd Albums from 1998 nomination:

Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (1998)

By the way, Ray, thanks for teaming up with me to vote for Opeth! You're the best, buddy!

Posted by John Mangee on Friday, 02/19/2021 @ 18:44pm

Artist Nomination -
Dolly Parton - Eagle When She Flies (1991)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 02/19/2021 @ 19:10pm

Heh, no problem!

Posted by Ray on Friday, 02/19/2021 @ 20:34pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap (1998)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998)
Bob Mould - The Last Dog and Pony Show (1998)
Brooks & Dunn - If You See Her (1998)
Bryan Adams - On A Day Like Today (1998)
Cher - Believe (1998)
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
Eric Clapton - Pilgrim (1998)
Eve 6 - Eve 6
Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
Fear Factory - Obsolete (1998)
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)
Godsmack - Godsmack (1998)
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998)
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (1998)
John Williams - Saving Private Ryan: OST (1998)
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)
Manu Chao - Clandestino (1998)
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis (1998)
Maxwell - Embrya (1998)
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)
Metallica - Garage Inc. (1998)
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Phish - The Story of the Ghost (1998)
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)
Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine (1998)
The Cardigans - Gran Turismo (1998)
The Handsome Family - Through the Trees (1998)
VAST - Visual Audio Sensory Theater (1998)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/19/2021 @ 21:57pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Dolly Parton - Blue Smoke (2014)
Dolly Parton - Eagle When She Flies (1991)
Dolly Parton - Heartbreaker (1978)
Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (1977)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971)
Dolly Parton - Little Sparrow (2001)
Dolly Parton - My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)
Dolly Parton - The Fairest of Them All (1969)
Dolly Parton - Trio (1987)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/19/2021 @ 21:57pm

KING FEBRUARY 2021 The Year 1998 Album Vote (8).
Brooks & Dunn-If You See Her (1998)
Bryan Adams-On A Day Like Today (1998)
Dave Matthews Band-Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
Fastball-All The Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
Godsmack-Godsmack (1998)
Lenny Kravitz-5 (1998)
Queens Of The Stone Age-Queens Of The Stone Age (1998)
Rob Zombie-Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 02/20/2021 @ 01:02am

My 1998 Album Votes:

1: Fear Factory - Obsolete (1998)
2: Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
3: Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)
4: Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (1998)
5: Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)
6: Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
7: Metallica - Garage Inc. (1998)
8: Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets (1998)

Posted by John Mangee on Saturday, 02/20/2021 @ 10:05am

Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)
Metallica - Garage Inc. (1998)
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)
Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine (1998)
The Handsome Family - Through the Trees (1998)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 02/20/2021 @ 10:41am

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap (1998)
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998)
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998)
Manu Chao - Clandestino (1998)
Phish - The Story of the Ghost (1998)
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 02/20/2021 @ 11:51am

Eve 6 - Eve 6
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
Godsmack - Godsmack (1998)
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)
Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine (1998)
The Cardigans - Gran Turismo (1998)
VAST - Visual Audio Sensory Theater (1998)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 02/20/2021 @ 23:46pm

Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)
Cher - Believe (1998)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)
Gillian Welch - Hell Amount the Yearlings (1998)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)

Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Dolly Parton - My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)
Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (1977)
Dolly Parton - Little Sparrow (2001)
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt - Trio (1987)

Trio should be credited to Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/21/2021 @ 00:47am

Cher - Believe (1998)
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
Eve 6 - Eve 6 (1998)
Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 02/21/2021 @ 15:28pm

KING FEB 21, 2021 DOLLY PARTON Selected Artist Album Vote (6)
Dolly Parton-Blue Smoke (2014)
Dolly Parton-Heartbreaker (1978)
Dolly Parton-Here You Come Again (1977)
Dolly Parton-My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)
Dolly Parton-Little Sparrow (2001)
Dolly Parton-Trio (1987)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 02/21/2021 @ 20:08pm

My Dolly Parton Album Votes:

1: Dolly Parton - My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)
2: Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
3: Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (1977)
4: Dolly Parton - Heartbreaker (1978)
5: Dolly Parton - Eagle When She Flies (1991)
6: Dolly Parton - Blue Smoke (2014)

Posted by John Mangee on Monday, 02/22/2021 @ 07:58am

Dolly Parton - Heartbreaker (1978)
Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (1977)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971)
Dolly Parton - Little Sparrow (2001)
Dolly Parton - Trio (1987)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 02/22/2021 @ 15:48pm

Dolly Parton - Heartbreaker (1978)
Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (1977)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971)
Dolly Parton - Little Sparrow (2001)
Dolly Parton - Trio (1987)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 02/22/2021 @ 15:48pm

Sorry for the double post. Not sure how that happened.

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 02/22/2021 @ 15:49pm

Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (1977)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Dolly Parton - My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt - Trio (1987)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 02/23/2021 @ 11:36am

Okay. Here are my ballots to round out the month of Album Project elections. First is my 1998 ballot.

Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap (1998)
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998)
Metallica - Garage Inc. (1998)
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (1998)

And now here is my Artist Vote ballot.

Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Dolly Parton - Trio (1987)
Dolly Parton - Little Sparrow (2001)
Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (1977)
Dolly Parton - My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)

Amazed at the amount of albums we still have not inducted,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Tuesday, 02/23/2021 @ 18:49pm

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap (1998)
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998)
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (1998)
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis (1998)
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)

Apologies to Billy Bragg & Wilco, DMB, Fear Factory, Gillian Welch, Maxwell, Meshuggah, The Cardigans, The Handsome Family, VAST, and others.

Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (1977)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Dolly Parton - Little Sparrow (2001)
Dolly Parton - My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)
Dolly Parton - The Fairest of Them All (1969)
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt - Trio (1987)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 02/24/2021 @ 14:18pm

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap (1998)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998)
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/24/2021 @ 17:18pm

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap (1998)
Brooks & Dunn - If You See Her (1998)
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
Eve 6 - Eve 6 (1998)
Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998)
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)

Blue Smoke (2014)
Eagle When She Flies (1991)
Heartbreaker (1978)
Here You Come Again (1977)
Jolene (1974)
My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 02/24/2021 @ 18:29pm

Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
Goo Goo Dolls- Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)
John Williams- Saving Private Ryan: OST (1998)
Phish- the Story of the Ghost (1998)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)
Dave Matthews Band-Before These Crowded Streets (1998)

Dolly Parton - My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)
Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (1977)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971)
Dolly Parton - The Fairest of Them All (1969)
Dolly Parton- Heartbreaker (1978)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/24/2021 @ 19:07pm

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap (1998)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
The Handsome Family - Through the Trees (1998)

Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02/24/2021 @ 19:11pm

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap (1998)
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
Godsmack - Godsmack (1998)
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998)
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)
The Cardigans - Gran Turismo (1998)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 02/24/2021 @ 19:16pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998) - 10

Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (1998) - 9

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap (1998) - 7
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets (1998) - 7
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998) - 7
____________________________

Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) - 5
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998) - 5
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) - 5
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 5
____________________________

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998) - 4
Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998) - 4

Eve 6 - Eve 6 - 3
Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings (1998) - 3
Godsmack - Godsmack (1998) - 3
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (1998) - 3
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998) - 3
Metallica - Garage Inc. (1998) - 3
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998) - 3

Brooks & Dunn - If You See Her (1998) - 2
Cher - Believe (1998) - 2
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998) - 2
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998) - 2
Phish - the Story of the Ghost (1998) - 2
Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine (1998) - 2
The Cardigans - Gran Turismo (1998) - 2
The Handsome Family - Through the Trees (1998) - 2

Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) - 1
Bryan Adams - On A Day Like Today (1998) - 1
Fear Factory - Obsolete (1998) - 1
John Williams - Saving Private Ryan: OST (1998) - 1
Manu Chao - Clandestino (1998) - 1
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis (1998) - 1
VAST - Visual Audio Sensory Theater (1998) - 1

Bob Mould - The Last Dog and Pony Show (1998) - 0
Eric Clapton - Pilgrim (1998) - 0
Maxwell - Embrya (1998) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
John Mangee
Steve Z
MichaelEU
jtrichey
Greg F
dmg
Lax38
Ray
Darren
Nick
Tom H.
DarinRG
BSLO

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap (1998)
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998)
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/24/2021 @ 23:12pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (1977) - 9

Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974) - 8
Dolly Parton - My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973) - 8
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Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt - Trio (1987) - 6

Dolly Parton - Heartbreaker (1978) - 5
Dolly Parton - Little Sparrow (2001) - 5

Dolly Parton - Joshua (1971) - 4

Dolly Parton - Blue Smoke (2014) - 3

Dolly Parton - Eagle When She Flies (1991) - 2

Dolly Parton - The Fairest of Them All (1969) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
KING
John Mangee
Steve Z
MichaelEU
Lax38
Ray
Nick
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (1977)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Dolly Parton - My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/24/2021 @ 23:13pm

Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998) - 4
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) - 3
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) - 2
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/24/2021 @ 23:14pm

1998 Album Tiebreaker Vote:

4 points: Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
3 points: Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)
2 points: Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998)
1 point: Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)

Posted by John Mangee on Thursday, 02/25/2021 @ 07:30am

Tiebreaker:

Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) [4 Points]
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) [3 Points]
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998) [2 Points]
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 02/25/2021 @ 08:48am

KING FEB 25. 2021 TIEBREAKER (4).
Lenny Kravitz-5 (1998)-4
Opeth-My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)-3
Jay-Z-Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998)-2
Goo Goo Dolls-Dizzy Up The Girl (1998)-1
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 02/25/2021 @ 10:16am

Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998) - 4
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) - 3
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) - 2
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 02/25/2021 @ 11:28am

Jay-Z - Vol. 2... Hard Knocked Life (1998) 4
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) 3
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) 2
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) 1

The correct title for the Jay-Z album is Vol. 2... Hard Knocked Life (1998).

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/25/2021 @ 11:33am

GREG F.
Congrats on your Garbage Album Induction. I didn't know you nominated it. Great nomination and Top Vote getter this time around. I was surprised Fastball fell just short. It had a few early votes and late votes. I remember when the Fastball album was released. It had a few hits. They played that 1 song on the radio all the time. You have had a good run here with the Inductions. Keep up the good work! I hope you consider bringing Fastball back in March. KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 02/25/2021 @ 13:13pm

Thanks King I already have my nominees picked out for March. Fastball is not one of them. I'll look into bringing back at some point in the future. My nominees are going be Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath, OMD - Architecture and Morality and Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02/25/2021 @ 13:27pm

Guys, speaking of next month's General Album Project Vote: Are any of you fans of King Crimson? And how many DragonForce fans are here at FRL?

Because for March, I plan on nominating King Crimson's 1995 album THRAK, and DragonForce's 2005 album Inhuman Rampage. I haven't decided what my 3rd album nomination is gonna be, but it all depends on the results of the 1998 album tiebreaker vote.

Anyway, let me know if you guys are fans of DragonForce or King Crimson.

Posted by John Mangee on Thursday, 02/25/2021 @ 14:55pm

Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) (4 points)
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 02/25/2021 @ 19:39pm

Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998)
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 02/26/2021 @ 21:41pm

Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) - 4
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998) - 3
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) - 2
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 1

Posted by Nick on Friday, 02/26/2021 @ 22:02pm

Good to have you drop by again, Darin.

John: Count me in for King Crimson. I'd like to vote for DragonForce, too, but I see from Greg's noms that it's going to be another stacked round next month, so I don't want to overcommit just yet.

Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 4
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) - 3
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998) - 2
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) - 1

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 02/27/2021 @ 11:56am

My tiebreaker vote is as follows:

Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998) - 4
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) - 3
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) - 2
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 1

Hope this helps,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Saturday, 02/27/2021 @ 12:11pm

Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) 4
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) 3
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) 2
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998) 1

It's been nice to see Metal doing a bit better in our projects than it has historically. It's always been a pretty glaring blind spot.

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02/27/2021 @ 13:54pm

Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 (1998) - 4
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 3
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) - 2
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 02/27/2021 @ 15:16pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Jay-Z - Vol. 2... Hard Knocked Life (1998) - 37
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) - 34
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) - 31
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Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) - 28

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Year Project vote:

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap (1998)
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)
Jay-Z - Vol. 2... Hard Knocked Life (1998)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/28/2021 @ 12:13pm

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/28/2021 @ 14:58pm

General Vote:

Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)

Genre Vote: Indietronica 2000-2020

Artist Vote: Animal Collective

Year Vote:

Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953)
Eartha Kitt - RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt (1953)
Hank Williams - Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter: Beyond the Sunset (1953)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/28/2021 @ 14:59pm

The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/28/2021 @ 15:04pm

Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)

1982 GRAMMY nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Album)
https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/louis-clark/1582
RIP Louis Clark 2/27/1947-2/13/2021

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 02/28/2021 @ 15:15pm

Here are my nominations for the March Album Project Vote:

1: King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
2: Opeth - Still Life (1999)
3: DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)

Genre Nomination: Death Metal

Artist Nomination: Porcupine Tree

Posted by John Mangee on Sunday, 02/28/2021 @ 15:25pm

Year Nominations First

Dean Martin- Dean Martin Sings (1953)
Duke Ellington- The Duke Plays Ellington (1953)
The Quintet- Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) a classic live album that features a collaboration consisting of jazz legends Dizzie Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 02/28/2021 @ 20:10pm

Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Phish- Sigma Oasis (2020)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Genre Nomination:

Jazz

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 02/28/2021 @ 20:27pm

KING MARCH 1, 2021 General Album Nominations (3)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Kool & The Gang-Emergency (1984)
Tesla-Mechanical Resonance (1986)
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ARTIST: Kool & The Gang
GENRE: 1980's 2nd British Invasion Artists
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 02/28/2021 @ 21:12pm

General:
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Britney Spears - In the Zone (2003)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)

Genre - Electropop/Nu-Disco (2000-2020)

Artist - Kylie Minogue

Posted by Christian on Monday, 03/1/2021 @ 14:39pm

Here are my nominees for this month's Album Project. First, the General Vote ballot.

Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus - Chess: The Original Concept Album (1984)
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow (1976)

My genre nomination is:

Concept Albums

My Artist Vote nominee is:

Tom Lehrer

And here are my 1953 nominations:

Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953)
Bing Crosby - Country Girl (1953)

Guess the patterns,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 03/1/2021 @ 20:45pm

general noms:

Fischerspooner - Odyssey (2005)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992)

Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 03/1/2021 @ 21:36pm

General Nominations:
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)

Year Nominations:
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953)
Steve Lawrence - Steve Lawrence (1953)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious (1953)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 03/2/2021 @ 11:19am

Artist Nomination: ZZ Top

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 03/2/2021 @ 11:31am

General:
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
Joan Jett - Joan Jett (Bad Reputation) (1980)
Johnny Thunders - So Alone (1978)

Year:
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (1953)
Sidney Bechet - Dixie by the Fabulous Sidney Bechet (1953)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 03/2/2021 @ 13:40pm

KING March 2021 1953 Year Album Nomination (1)
Les Paul & Mary Ford-The Hit Makers! (1953)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 03/2/2021 @ 19:26pm

Apollo 440 - Gettin' High on Your Own Supply (1999)
Travis Scott- Astroworld (2018)
Black Box - Dreamland (1990)

Genre nom:
Artists who debuted 2010 or later

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Tuesday, 03/2/2021 @ 19:36pm

Free - Tons of Sobs (1968)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)

1990's Hip-Hop/Rap

Stevie Wonder

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 03/2/2021 @ 21:43pm

General Nominations -
Etta James - Tell Mama (1967)
Fela Kuti and Afrika 70 - Expensive S*** (1975)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)

Genre Nomination -
2000s Pop

Artist Nomination -
Herbie Hancock

Year Nominations -
Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller - Kiss Me Kate: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953)
Various Artists - The Band Wagon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953)
Various Artists - Peter Pan: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 03/3/2021 @ 00:13am

Ignore the first post; here's the updated one:

General Nominations -
Etta James - Tell Mama (1967)
Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive S*** (1975)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)

Genre Nomination -
2000s Pop

Artist Nomination -
Herbie Hancock

Year Nominations -
Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller - Kiss Me Kate: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953)
Various Artists - The Band Wagon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953)
Various Artists - Peter Pan: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 03/3/2021 @ 00:16am

Artist nomination: Rihanna

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Wednesday, 03/3/2021 @ 08:16am

General noms:

Nightwish - Once (2004)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)

Genre nom:

Symphonic Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 03/3/2021 @ 18:12pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992)
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Apollo 440 - Gettin' High on Your Own Supply (1999)
Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus - Chess: The Original Concept Album (1984)
Black Box - Dreamland (1990)
Britney Spears - In the Zone (2003)
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002)
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)
Etta James - Tell Mama (1967)
Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive S*** (1975)
Fischerspooner - Odyssey (2005)
Free - Tons of Sobs (1968)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Joan Jett - Joan Jett (Bad Reputation) (1980)
Johnny Thunders - So Alone (1978)
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow (1976)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Kool & The Gang - Emergency (1984)
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Opeth - Still Life (1999)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/3/2021 @ 22:43pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980's 2nd British Invasion Artists
1990's Hip-Hop/Rap
2000s Pop
Artists who debuted 2010 or later
Concept Albums
Death Metal
Electropop/Nu-Disco (2000-2020)
Indietronica 2000-2020
Jazz
Symphonic Metal

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There were 10 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 2.

This month's selected genre is "1990's Hip-Hop/Rap".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/3/2021 @ 22:45pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Animal Collective
Davis, Miles
Electric Light Orchestra
Hancock, Herbie
Kool & The Gang
Lehrer, Tom
Minogue, Kylie
Porcupine Tree
Rihanna
Swans
TV On The Radio
Wonder, Stevie
ZZ Top

There were 13 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 4.

This month's selected artist is Herbie Hancock.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Herbie Hancock.

Here's the list of Herbie Hancock albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Head Hunters (1973)
Maiden Voyage (1965)
Sexant (1973)

Any voter can nominate one album by Herbie Hancock released from 1900-2020 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Herbie Hancock discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock_discography

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/3/2021 @ 22:47pm

Genre nominations

Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
Lil' Kim - Hard Core (1996)
Will Smith - Big Willie Style (1997)

Artist nomination

Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/3/2021 @ 22:57pm

KING MARCH 2021 1990s Hip Hop & R&B Album Nominations (3)
Johnny Gill -Johnny Gill (1990)
Naughty By Nature-Poverty's Paradise (1995)
Nice & Smooth-Ain't A Damn Thing Changed (1991)
________________________________
Herbie Hancock Album Nomination (1)
Herbie Hancock-The Prisoner (1969)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 03/3/2021 @ 23:03pm

King the genre is 90's Hip-hop/Rap so that Johnny Gill album does not count.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/3/2021 @ 23:17pm

GREG F.
It's my fault with all this information coming out in rapid rate here. Just read it wrong. I'll take Johnny Gill out. You are always on the ball.
KING 1990's Hip Hop /Rap Album Nominations (3)
Lords Of The Underground-Here Come The Lords (1993)
Naughty By Nature-Poverty's Paradise (1995)
Nice & Smooth-Ain't A Damn Thing Changed (1991)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 03/3/2021 @ 23:31pm

My March Album Project Votes: (In alphabetical order)

1: DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)
2: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
3: Joan Jett - Joan Jett (Bad Reputation) (1980)
4: King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
5: Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)
6: Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
7: Opeth - Still Life (1999)
8: Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)

Posted by John Mangee on Thursday, 03/4/2021 @ 07:58am

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Joan Jett - Joan Jett (Bad Reputation) (1980)
Kool & The Gang - Emergency (1984)
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)

Genre Nominations:
2Pac - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 03/4/2021 @ 10:58am

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992)
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Fela Kuti and Afrika 70 - Expensive S*** (1975)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)

Last cuts: Iron Maiden, Nightwish, Olivia Newton- John and Electric Light Orchestra, & Wizzard

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/4/2021 @ 12:44pm

Artist nomination:

Herbie Hancock - Possibilities (2017)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 03/4/2021 @ 13:22pm

Genre:

Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (1991)
MC Breed & DFC - M.C. Breed & DFC. (1991)
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped (1991)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 03/4/2021 @ 13:27pm

KING MARCH 2021 Album Vote (8)
10,000 Maniacs-Our Time In Eden (1992)
Iron Maiden-Seventh Son Of A Seventh
Son (1988)
Kool & The Gang-Emergency (1984)
Lenny Kravitz-5 (1998)
Mercyful Fate-Don't Break The Oath (1984)
Pearl Jam-No Code(1996)
Styx-Pieces Of Eight (1978)
Tesla -Mechanical Resonance (1986)
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I figured the Match album nominations would be stacked. Credit many of the FRL bringing back some close to Induction. I would have an extra vote to give but Lenny 5 lossed in the tiebreaker. That knocked out Olivia & ELO. I couldn't even vote for Counting Crows and they are 1 of my FAV groups. Really like my ballot. This is going to be a real street fight for induction. I see 8 or 9 albums with 6 or 7 votes. Should be scattered votes for several albums. Like a good shuffling of cards. KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 03/4/2021 @ 15:08pm

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus - Chess: The Original Concept Album (1984)
Britney Spears - In the Zone (2003)
Joan Jett - Joan Jett (Bad Reputation) (1980)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Posted by Christian on Thursday, 03/4/2021 @ 15:28pm

Herbie Hancock - Possibilities was released in 2005 not 2017.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/4/2021 @ 21:08pm

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992)
Fischerspooner - Odyssey (2005)
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 03/4/2021 @ 22:42pm

genre nom:

Heavy D & The Boyz - Peaceful Journey (1991)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 03/4/2021 @ 22:44pm

One Genre nomination for now:

Snoop Doggy Dogg- Tha Doggfather (1996)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/5/2021 @ 09:38am

Where in the world did I get 2017? Revised nomination to avoid confusion:

Herbie Hancock - Possibilities (2005)

Posted by dmg on Friday, 03/5/2021 @ 12:10pm

Artist Nomination

Herbie Hancock- Thrust (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/5/2021 @ 14:38pm

1: ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
2: Etta James - Tell Mama (1967)
3: Joan Jett - Joan Jett (Bad Reputation) (1980)
4: King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
5: Kool & the Gang - Emergency (1984)
6: Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
7: Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
8: Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)

Posted by Toni Mangee on Friday, 03/5/2021 @ 19:49pm

Apollo 440 - Gettin' High on Your Own Supply (1999)
Black Box - Dreamland (1990)
Britney Spears - In the Zone (2003)
Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive S*** (1975)
Joan Jett - Joan Jett (Bad Reputation) (1980)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Saturday, 03/6/2021 @ 07:48am

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive S*** (1975)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Joan Jett - Joan Jett (Bad Reputation) (1980)
Johnny Thunders - So Alone (1978)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)

Genre noms:
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal (1995)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 03/6/2021 @ 14:24pm

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992)
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)
Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive S*** (1975)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Opeth - Still Life (1999)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 03/6/2021 @ 15:05pm

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992)
Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive S*** (1975)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Johnny Thunders - So Alone (1978)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Opeth - Still Life (1999)

Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03/6/2021 @ 18:19pm

1: Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002)
2: Joan Jett - Joan Jett (Bad Reputation) (1980)
3: King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
4: Kool & The Gang - Emergency (1984)
5: Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
6: Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
7: Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)
8: Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)

Posted by Phil Mangee on Saturday, 03/6/2021 @ 23:27pm

John Mangee - It's the same situation as on the Song Project. We can only count one vote from each IP address, so we can only count your vote for the project.

No worries about being "banned" from the project or anything like that, but we've had this situation come up before and it's how we decided we would handle multiple votes from the same IP address because there's no way to verify that the votes are unique.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/7/2021 @ 19:21pm

Here is my ballot for the March General election vote.

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow (1976)
Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus - Chess: The Original Concept Album (1984)
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
Joan Jett - Joan Jett (Bad Reputation) (1980)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive S*** (1975)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)

Other nominations to come shortly,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Sunday, 03/7/2021 @ 19:37pm

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992)
Etta James - Tell Mama (1967)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/7/2021 @ 20:49pm

Two more genre nominations

DMX- It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
Ice Cube- The Predator (1992)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 03/7/2021 @ 21:20pm

ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Etta James - Tell Mama (1967)
Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive S*** (1975)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Joan Jett - Joan Jett (1980)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Solange - When I Get Home (2019)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 03/7/2021 @ 22:00pm

Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive S*** (1975)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Opeth - Still Life (1999)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)
Phish- Sigma Oasis (2020)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/8/2021 @ 07:01am

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Opeth - Still Life (1999)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Apologies to ABBA, DragonForce, Free, Johnny Thunders, Miles, OMD, Rina Sawayama, and others

Posted by Ray on Monday, 03/8/2021 @ 20:58pm

Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive S*** (1975)
Free - Tons of Sobs (1968)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Opeth - Still Life (1999)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 03/8/2021 @ 21:24pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive S*** (1975) - 9

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) - 7
Joan Jett - Joan Jett (Bad Reputation) (1980) - 7

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992) - 6
ABBA - The Visitors (1981) - 6
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984) - 6
Opeth - Still Life (1999) - 6
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971) - 6
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King Crimson - THRAK (1995) - 4
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) - 4
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 4
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993) - 4
Solange - When I Get Home (2019) - 4
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 4

Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980) - 3
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 3
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996) - 3
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018) - 3

Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus - Chess: The Original Concept Album (1984) - 2
Britney Spears - In the Zone (2003) - 2
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006) - 2
Etta James - Tell Mama (1967) - 2
Johnny Thunders - So Alone (1978) - 2
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005) - 2
Kool & The Gang - Emergency (1984) - 2
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 2
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 2
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981) - 2
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 2
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) - 2
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020) - 2
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 2

Apollo 440 - Gettin' High on Your Own Supply (1999) - 1
Black Box - Dreamland (1990) - 1
Fischerspooner - Odyssey (2005) - 1
Free - Tons of Sobs (1968) - 1
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow (1976) - 1
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981) - 1
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993) - 1
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020) - 1
Rina Sawayama - Sawayama (2020) - 1
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (2012) - 1
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986) - 1

Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002) - 0
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) - 0
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

John Mangee
Steve Z
Greg F
KING
Christian
jtrichey
Nice Guy Ry Guy
MichaelEU
dmg
DarinRG
Lax38
Darren
Nick
Tom H.
Ray
BSLO

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden (1992)
ABBA - The Visitors (1981)
Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive S*** (1975)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Joan Jett - Joan Jett (Bad Reputation) (1980)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Opeth - Still Life (1999)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/8/2021 @ 23:38pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (1990's Hip-Hop/Rap) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (Herbie Hancock) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1953) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/8/2021 @ 23:39pm

Artist Nom:
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)

Genre Nomination:
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca And The Soul Brother (1992)
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998)
MF Doom - Doomsday (1999)
(RIP MF Doom; hopefully he'll get some representation)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Tuesday, 03/9/2021 @ 08:39am

Here are my nominations for the 1990s Hip Hop/Rap ballot.

Salt N Pepa - Brand New (1997)
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Herbie Hancock - Sound-System (1984)

Hoping this is a decent amount of choices,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Tuesday, 03/9/2021 @ 19:38pm

Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes…. (1997)
Eve - Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady (1999)
Lil Kim - Hard Core (1996)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 03/11/2021 @ 10:44am

Nick I already nominated Lil' Kim - Hard Core. You have another nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/11/2021 @ 11:00am

Greg it's good to know someone else is representing the Queen Lil Kim!

In that case, I'll nominate:
Various Artists - Juice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

This is LOADED with some of hip-hop's finest including 2Pac, Eric B. & Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa and Big Daddy Kane.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 03/11/2021 @ 16:30pm

Somehow I missed Fela Kuti when it came time to fill out my last ballot, lol. I'm glad that ended up working itself out anyway.

Genre noms:

Goodie Mob - Soul Food (1995)
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb (1994)
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth (1998)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 03/11/2021 @ 20:43pm

Please ignore the previous nominations, which were incorrect.

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

2Pac - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)
Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (1991)
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal (1995)
Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes…. (1997)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb (1994)
DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
Eve - Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady (1999)
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth (1998)
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped (1991)
Goodie Mob - Soul Food (1995)
Heavy D & The Boyz - Peaceful Journey (1991)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)
Lil' Kim - Hard Core (1996)
Lords Of The Underground - Here Come The Lords (1993)
MC Breed & DFC - M.C. Breed & DFC. (1991)
MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
MF Doom - Doomsday (1999)
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)
Naughty By Nature - Poverty's Paradise (1995)
Nice & Smooth - Ain't A Damn Thing Changed (1991)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca And The Soul Brother (1992)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Salt N Pepa - Brand New (1997)
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Tha Doggfather (1996)
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)
Various Artists - Juice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Will Smith - Big Willie Style (1997)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/11/2021 @ 21:25pm

Copy and paste error with the first sentence in the announcement. Those are the correct nominees, as far as I know.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/11/2021 @ 21:26pm

Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
Heavy D & The Boyz - Peaceful Journey (1991)
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Tha Doggfather (1996)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 03/11/2021 @ 21:38pm

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal (1995)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped (1991)
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)
Lil' Kim - Hard Core (1996)
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 03/12/2021 @ 10:28am

1) Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
2) Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star (1998)
3) De La Soul - Buloone Mindstate (1993)
4) Gang Starr - Moment of Truth (1998)
5) Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)
6) Lil' Kim - Hard Core (1996)
7) Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
8) Will Smith - Big Willie Style (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/12/2021 @ 13:20pm

KING MARCH 2021 Hip-Hop And Rap Artists Album Vote (8)
Big Pun-Capital Punishment (1998)
Cypress Hill-Cypress Hill (1991)
Ice Cube-The Predator (1992)
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)
Nice & Smooth-Ain't A Damn Thing Changed (1991)
Naughty By Nature-Poverty's Paradise (1995)
Various Artists-Juice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Will Smith-Big Willie Style (1997)
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Another salute to the Random number generator. An Area (Hip-Hop) where more Inductions are needed. Similar to the Doom Metal we had recently. I could honestly vote for over 90% of these albums. I'm very impressed by these selections. Cypress Hill, Ice-T., and Ice Cube were some good selections. KING
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 03/12/2021 @ 18:32pm

My 1990s Rap & Hip-Hop Album Votes:

1: 2Pac - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)
2: Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
3: Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
4: Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)
5: Lil' Kim - Hard Core (1996)
6: Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
7: Will Smith - Big Willie Style (1997)
8: Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 03/12/2021 @ 19:44pm

The NCAA will announce their NCAA brackets on Sunday the 14th, which means it's time for FRL to fire up this year's Snub Madness Tournament on the Rock Rankings messageboard: https://futurerocklegends.com/Revisited_Projected_Rankings/

For those who didn't participate last year, Snub Madness is our winner-take-all tournament to determine who our voters feel is the Rock Hall's biggest "snub", defined as a performer that's eligible for induction as of the current year (so Foo Fighters and Jay-Z would be eligible this year), that has been inducted into the FRL Re-visited / Projected Project, but not inducted into the RNR HOF.

Each year's previous champions are crowned in advance so that we don't get the same results every year, but the other inductees will face off in a single elimination tournament of one day polls to determine the biggest snub in the tournament this year.

After the conclusion of the Snub Madness tournament, we'll also have a smaller, Prospect Madness tournament to determine our pick for the top Performer that's been inducted by FRL, but isn't yet eligible for the RNR HOF.

The plan is to start the first matches of Round 1 on Monday night.

I still need to figure out the brackets and the schedule, but for now, please review these lists and let me know if anyone is missing or on the list incorrectly:

Snub Madness:

Reigning Champion #1 Snub - Kraftwerk
Reigning Champion #2 Snub - Judas Priest

Eligible Peformers (134 total):

Afrika Bambaataa
Alice In Chains
Tori Amos
Anthrax
Aphex Twin
Eric B. & Rakim
The B-52's
Bad Brains
Bad Company
Bauhaus
Beck
Pat Benatar
Big Star
Björk
Black Flag
Mary J. Blige
Blue Öyster Cult
Blur
Johnny Burnette and the Rock N Roll Trio
Kate Bush
The Buzzcocks
Can
Captain Beefheart
Mariah Carey
The Carpenters
Nick Cave
The Chemical Brothers
Chic
The Commodores
Jim Croce
Daft Punk
Dick Dale
The Damned
De La Soul
The Dead Kennedys
Devo
Nick Drake
Duran Duran
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Brian Eno
Eurythmics
Faith No More
The Flaming Lips
Foo Fighters
Connie Francis
Fugazi
The Go-Go's
The Guess Who
PJ Harvey
Hüsker Dü
Billy Idol
INXS
Iron Maiden
The Jam
Tommy James & the Shondells
Jan & Dean
Jane's Addiction
Jay-Z
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Jethro Tull
Joy Division
King Crimson
Carole King
Kool & the Gang
LL Cool J
Love
The Marvelettes
Massive Attack
Dave Matthews Band
MC5
Megadeth
George Michael
The Monkees
Mötley Crüe
Motörhead
My Bloody Valentine
Nas
Neu!
New Order
New York Dolls
Harry Nilsson
Oasis
The Offspring
Ozzy Osbourne
Outkast
Pantera
Gram Parsons
Pavement
Peter, Paul & Mary
Pixies
Procol Harum
Rage Against the Machine
The Replacements
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
The Runaways
Salt N Pepa
The Shangri-Las
Silver Apples
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Slayer
Sleater-Kinney
Smashing Pumpkins
The Smiths
Sonic Youth
The Sonics
Soundgarden
Sparks
The Specials
The Spinners
Steppenwolf
Stone Roses
Stone Temple Pilots
Suicide
Tears For Fears
Television
Thin Lizzy
Three Dog Night
Tool
Toots & the Maytals
Peter Tosh
A Tribe Called Quest
Tina Turner
Scott Walker
War
Weezer
Mary Wells
Barry White
Wilco
Link Wray
Wu-Tang Clan
X
XTC
Weird Al Yankovic
Warren Zevon

Prospect Madness:

Reigning Champion #1 Prospect - Eminem
Reigning Champion #2 Prospect - Beyonce

Eligible Performers (13 Total):

Arcade Fire
Belle & Sebastian
Coldplay
Missy Elliott
The Killers
Lady Gaga
Kendrick Lamar
LCD Soundsystem
Queens Of The Stone Age
Rihanna
System Of A Down
Kanye West
White Stripes

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/13/2021 @ 00:01am

My one main gripe about the Revisited / Projected projects is the "Influences - Rock Era" category. I think they should be included in this "Snub Madness" fun since the actual Rock Hall doesn't have such a category.

And I want to support Screamin' Jay Hawkins. :)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 03/13/2021 @ 12:20pm

Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (1991)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal (1995)
Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes…. (1997)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped (1991)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)

Posted by dmg on Saturday, 03/13/2021 @ 12:28pm

2Pac - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)
Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (1991)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Heavy D & The Boyz - Peaceful Journey (1991)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Will Smith - Big Willie Style (1997)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 03/13/2021 @ 15:12pm

dmg - The problem I see with including Influence inductees is that it isn't just limited to Rock Era artists. There are pre-Rock Era artists in that category as well and I don't think that they could accurately be considered "snubs".

If we want to, we could have an "Influences" tournament after the Prospects tournament this year and then integrate the eligible Influences into the Snubs tournament next year.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/14/2021 @ 00:58am

Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped (1991)
Goodie Mob - Soul Food (1995)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
Lil' Kim - Hard Core (1996)

Posted by KekeTang on Sunday, 03/14/2021 @ 12:37pm

I've posted the introduction for the Snub Madness 2021 tournament that will begin at 9 PM Central tomorrow on the Rock Rankings board (https://futurerocklegends.com/Revisited_Projected_Rankings/). Everyone is encouraged to participate if they're interested.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03/14/2021 @ 23:19pm

Here is my ballot for the 1990s Hip-Hop/Rap election cycle.

Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
2Pac - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)
De La Soul - Buloone Mindstate (1993)
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)
Salt N Pepa - Brand New (1997)
DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
Lil' Kim - Hard Core (1996)

Hopefully many of these albums get in soon,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 03/15/2021 @ 20:29pm

Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 03/15/2021 @ 21:51pm

Voting is now open for the 2021 Snub Madness tournament on the Rock Rankings board https://futurerocklegends.com/Revisited_Projected_Rankings/

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/15/2021 @ 22:04pm

Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
Naughty By Nature - Poverty's Paradise (1995)
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/15/2021 @ 23:59pm

Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes…. (1997)
DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
Eve - Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady (1999)
Lil' Kim - Hard Core (1996)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Salt N Pepa - Brand New (1997)
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Tha Doggfather (1996)
Various Artists - Juice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 03/16/2021 @ 18:38pm

Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
DMX- It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
Ice Cube- The Predator (1992)
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Snoop Doggy Dogg- Tha Doggfather (1996)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/16/2021 @ 19:15pm

Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998)
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb (1994)
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth (1998)
Goodie Mob - Soul Food (1995)
MF Doom - Doomsday (1999)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca And The Soul Brother (1992)

Apologies to 2Pac, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, DMX, Geto Boys, Ice Cube, Ice-T, The Pharcyde, Queen Latifah, Wu-Tang Clan, and others.

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 03/16/2021 @ 21:00pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Ice Cube - The Predator (1992) - 9

Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991) - 8
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991) - 8

Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993) - 7
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997) - 7

Lil' Kim - Hard Core (1996) - 6
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Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998) - 5
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 5
DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998) - 5
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999) - 5
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Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998) - 4
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993) - 4
Will Smith - Big Willie Style (1997) - 4

2Pac - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996) - 3
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped (1991) - 3
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Tha Doggfather (1996) - 3

Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (1991) - 2
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal (1995) - 2
Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes…. (1997) - 2
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth (1998) - 2
Goodie Mob - Soul Food (1995) - 2
Heavy D & The Boyz - Peaceful Journey (1991) - 2
Naughty By Nature - Poverty's Paradise (1995) - 2
Salt N Pepa - Brand New (1997) - 2
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992) - 2
Various Artists - Juice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 2

Digable Planets - Blowout Comb (1994) - 1
Eve - Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady (1999) - 1
MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990) - 1
MF Doom - Doomsday (1999) - 1
Nice & Smooth - Ain't A Damn Thing Changed (1991) - 1
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca And The Soul Brother (1992) - 1

Lords Of The Underground - Here Come The Lords (1993) - 0
MC Breed & DFC - M.C. Breed & DFC. (1991) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
MichaelEU
Greg F
KING
Johnny
dmg
Steve Z
KekeTang
Lax38
BSLO
Darren
Nick
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)
Lil' Kim - Hard Core (1996)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/16/2021 @ 22:19pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Herbie Hancock) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1953) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/16/2021 @ 22:19pm

DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998) - 4
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 3
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999) - 2
Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/16/2021 @ 23:36pm

Tiebreaker:

Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) [4 Points]
Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998) [3 Points]
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999) [2 Points]
DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 03/16/2021 @ 23:43pm

Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998): 4
DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998): 3
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999): 2
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995): 1

Posted by KekeTang on Thursday, 03/18/2021 @ 17:38pm

KING MARCH 2021 Tiebreaker (4)
Big Pun-Capital Punishment (1998)-4
Coolio-Gangsta's Paradise (1995)-3
DMX-It's Dark And Hell Is Hot (1998)-2
Missy Elliott-Da Real World (1999)-1
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 03/18/2021 @ 19:12pm

Tiebreaker Vote:

4 points: Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)
3 points: DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
2 points: Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
1 point: Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 03/18/2021 @ 19:20pm

Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998) 4
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999) 3
DMX - It's Dark and Hell is Hot (1998) 2
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/18/2021 @ 20:52pm

DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)-4
Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)-3
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)-2
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 03/18/2021 @ 21:14pm

My tiebreaker vote is as follows:

Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)- 4
DMX - It's Dark and Hell is Hot (1998)- 3
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)- 2
Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)- 1

Hope this helps,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Friday, 03/19/2021 @ 18:12pm

Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998) - 4
DMX - It's Dark and Hell is Hot (1998) - 3
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999) - 2
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 1

Year noms:

Erroll Garner - Erroll Garner (1953)
Moondog - Moondog and His Friends (1953)
Djando Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953)

Artist nom:

Herbie Hancock - Inventions & Dimensions (1964)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 03/19/2021 @ 20:29pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998) - 25
DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998) - 25
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Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999) - 22
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 18

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Genre Project vote:

Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)
Lil' Kim - Hard Core (1996)
Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/19/2021 @ 23:14pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953)
Bing Crosby - Country Girl (1953)
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)
Dean Martin - Dean Martin Sings (1953)
Djando Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953)
Duke Ellington - The Duke Plays Ellington (1953)
Eartha Kitt - RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt (1953)
Erroll Garner - Erroll Garner (1953)
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953)
Hank Williams - Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter: Beyond the Sunset (1953)
Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller - Kiss Me Kate: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - The Hit Makers! (1953)
Moondog - Moondog and His Friends (1953)
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953)
Sidney Bechet - Dixie by the Fabulous Sidney Bechet (1953)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (1953)
Steve Lawrence - Steve Lawrence (1953)
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious (1953)
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)
Various Artists - Peter Pan: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953)
Various Artists - The Band Wagon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/19/2021 @ 23:22pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
Herbie Hancock - Inventions & Dimensions (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Possibilities (2005)
Herbie Hancock - Sound-System (1984)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 3 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/19/2021 @ 23:22pm

Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953)
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)
Dean Martin - Dean Martin Sings (1953)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - The Hit Makers! (1953)
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953)
Steve Lawrence - Steve Lawrence (1953)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious (1953)
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
Herbie Hancock - Inventions & Dimensions (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 03/20/2021 @ 12:49pm

Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953)
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)
Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - The Hit Makers! (1953)
Moondog - Moondog and His Friends (1953)
Sidney Bechet - Dixie by the Fabulous Sidney Bechet (1953)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (1953)
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 03/20/2021 @ 14:36pm

KINGS MARCH 2021 The 1953 Year Album Vote (8)
Billie Holiday-An Evening With Billie Holiday (1953)
Dean Martin-Dean Martin Sings (1953)
Duke Ellington-The Duke Plays Ellington (1953)
Frank Sinatra-Requested By You (1953)
Les Paul & Mary Ford-The Hit Makers! (1953)
Moondog-Moondog And His Friends (1953)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra-New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm (1953)
Thelonious Monk-Thelonious (1953)
_________________________
Herbie Hancock Selected Artist March 2021 Albums (5)
Herbie Hancock-Future Shock (1983)
Herbie Hancock-Inventions & Dimensions (1964)
Herbie Hancock-Sound-System (1984)
Herbie Hancock-The Prisoner (1969)
Herbie Hancock-Thrust (1974)
____________________________
Love the Billie Holiday selection. The late Lady Day is having a resurgence with a movie and others talking about her work. She's hot right now and should earn Induction. I've always been a fan of Dean Martin and his voice. Great choice. Sad to see Herbie Hancock only had 7 albums selected in a deep discography. I would say a future RRHOFer. People had nearly 3 weeks to select a Herbie Hancock album. I could understand if he had only 8 or 10 albums but he had several to choose from. It's a solemn day. KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 03/20/2021 @ 20:57pm

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Inventions & Dimensions (1964)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 03/21/2021 @ 07:54am

My Herbie Hancock Album Vote:

1: Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
2: Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
3: Herbie Hancock - Inventions & Dimensions (1964)
4: Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
5: Herbie Hancock - Sound-System (1984)
6: Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 03/21/2021 @ 16:34pm

Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953)
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)
Hank Williams - Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter: Beyond the Sunset (1953)
Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller - Kiss Me Kate: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953)
Moondog - Moondog and His Friends (1953)
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953)
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)

Posted by KekeTang on Monday, 03/22/2021 @ 05:59am

My 1953 Album Votes:

1: Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953)
2: Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)
3: Duke Ellington - The Duke Plays Ellington (1953)
4: Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953)
5: Les Paul & Mary Ford - The Hit Makers! (1953)
6: Moondog - Moondog and His Friends (1953)
7: Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953)
8: Thelonious Monk - Thelonious (1953)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 03/22/2021 @ 16:14pm

Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953)
Dean Martin- Dean Martin Sings (1953)
Djando Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953)
Duke Ellington- The Duke Plays Ellington (1953)
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953)
Les Paul & Mary Ford-The Hit Makers! (1953)
Sidney Bechet - Dixie by the Fabulous Sidney Bechet (1953)
The Quintet- Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 03/22/2021 @ 21:32pm

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Inventions & Dimensions (1964)
Herbie Hancock-The Prisoner (1969)
Herbie Hancock- Thrust (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/24/2021 @ 07:20am

Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953)
Djando Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953)
Duke Ellington - The Duke Plays Ellington (1953)
Erroll Garner - Erroll Garner (1953)
Moondog - Moondog and His Friends (1953)
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953)
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious (1953)

Apologies to Dean Martin, Eartha Kitt, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Sidney Bechet, Stan Kenton, Tom Lehrer, and others.

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
Herbie Hancock - Inventions & Dimensions (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Sound-System (1984)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 03/24/2021 @ 07:34am

Here are my ballots.

Bing Crosby - Country Girl (1953)
Duke Ellington - The Duke Plays Ellington (1953)
Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953)
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious (1953)
Les Paul & Mary Ford-The Hit Makers! (1953)
Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953)
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953)

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
Herbie Hancock - Inventions & Dimensions (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Sound-System (1984)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)

Sorry for the delay,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Wednesday, 03/24/2021 @ 18:40pm

Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953)
Duke Ellington - The Duke Plays Ellington (1953)
Hank Williams - Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter: Beyond the Sunset (1953)
Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller - Kiss Me Kate: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - The Hit Makers! (1953)
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)
Various Artists - Peter Pan: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953)
Various Artists - The Band Wagon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953)

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
Herbie Hancock - Inventions & Dimensions (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Sound-System (1984)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 03/24/2021 @ 20:03pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953) - 9

Les Paul & Mary Ford - The Hit Makers! (1953) - 7

Duke Ellington - The Duke Plays Ellington (1953) - 6

Moondog - Moondog and His Friends (1953) - 5
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious (1953) - 5
____________________________

Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953) - 4
Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953) - 4
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953) - 4
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953) - 4
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) - 4
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953) - 4
____________________________

Dean Martin - Dean Martin Sings (1953) - 3

Hank Williams - Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter: Beyond the Sunset (1953) - 2
Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller - Kiss Me Kate: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953) - 2
Sidney Bechet - Dixie by the Fabulous Sidney Bechet (1953) - 2
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (1953) - 2

Bing Crosby - Country Girl (1953) - 1
Erroll Garner - Erroll Garner (1953) - 1
Steve Lawrence - Steve Lawrence (1953) - 1
Various Artists - Peter Pan: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953) - 1
Various Artists - The Band Wagon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1953) - 1

Eartha Kitt - RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt (1953) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
MichaelEU
KING
KekETang
Johnny
Tom H.
Ray
Lax38
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953)
Duke Ellington - The Duke Plays Ellington (1953)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - The Hit Makers! (1953)
Moondog - Moondog and His Friends (1953)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious (1953)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)
Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953)
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953)
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953)
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/24/2021 @ 23:31pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Herbie Hancock - Inventions & Dimensions (1964) - 8
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974) - 8
______________________________

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964) - 7
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969) - 7
______________________________

Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983) - 6
Herbie Hancock - Sound-System (1984) - 5
Herbie Hancock - Possibilities (2005) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
KING
MichaelEU
Johnny
Tom H.
Ray
Lax38
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Herbie Hancock - Inventions & Dimensions (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/24/2021 @ 23:35pm

Year Tiebreaker:
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953) [6 Points]
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953) [5 Points]
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953) [4 Points]
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) [3 Points]
Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953) [2 Points]
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953) [1 Point]

Artist Tiebreaker:
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 03/25/2021 @ 09:33am

Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953) - 6
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953) - 5
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953) - 4
Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953) - 3
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) - 2
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953) - 1

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 03/25/2021 @ 10:21am

The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) - 6
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953) - 5
Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953) - 4
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953) - 3
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953) - 2
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953) - 1

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 03/25/2021 @ 13:01pm

Double Tiebreaker Time!

1953 Album Tiebreaker Vote:

6 points: Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953)
5 points: Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953)
4 points: Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)
3 points: Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953)
2 points: The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
1 point: Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 03/25/2021 @ 15:42pm

Herbie Hancock Album Tiebreaker Vote:

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Islands (1964)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 03/25/2021 @ 15:44pm

1953 tiebreaker vote:

The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953): 6
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953): 5
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953): 4
Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953): 3
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953): 2
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953): 1

Posted by KekeTang on Thursday, 03/25/2021 @ 23:15pm

Here are my tiebreaker votes.

Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953): 6
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953): 5
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953): 4
Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953): 3
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953): 2
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953): 1

And my Artist vote tiebreaker is:

Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)

No perfect score this time,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Friday, 03/26/2021 @ 20:55pm

The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)-6
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953)-5
Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953)-4
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953)-3
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)-2
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)-1

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Islands (1964)

Both albums are great and would definitely get my vote next month regardless.

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/26/2021 @ 21:15pm

KING 1953 Year Album Tiebreaker Vote (6)
Peggy Lee-Black Coffee (1953)-6 PTS
Frank Sinatra-Requested By You (1953)-5
The Quintet-Jazz At Massey Hall (1953)-4
Django Reinhardt-Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953)-3
Chet Atkins-Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins (1953)-2
Tom Lehrer-Songs By Tom Lehrer (1953)-1 PT
Herbie Hancock Tiebreaker Album Vote (1)
Herbie Hancock-The Prisoner (1969).

I nominated The Prisoner but it has difficult competition. Empyrean Isles is such a beautiful name. How can 1 compete against it.
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 03/26/2021 @ 22:12pm

Still tickled pink that we just gave Moondog his first entry in the projects.

Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953) - 6
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) - 5
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953) - 4
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953) - 3
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953) - 2
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953) - 1

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 03/27/2021 @ 13:28pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953) - 39
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) - 39
Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953) - 33
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Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953) - 30
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953) - 28
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953) - 20

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Year Project vote:

Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953)
Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et ses rythmes (1953)
Duke Ellington - The Duke Plays Ellington (1953)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - The Hit Makers! (1953)
Moondog - Moondog and His Friends (1953)
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee (1953)
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious (1953)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/27/2021 @ 23:17pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964) - 6
__________________

Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969) - 2

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Year Project vote:

Herbie Hancock - Inventions & Dimensions (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/27/2021 @ 23:20pm

Rule Changes In 2021:

Nominations posted prior to the monthly opening announcement of the start of new projects (or Midnight Central time on the 1st if the announcement is delayed) must be re-posted during the nomination window to be included in nomination lists (with exceptions when absolutely necessary).

All polls will now end at 9 PM Central.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 9 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 9 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
_______________________________________________________

The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

21st Century Garage Rock
1990's Country
Emo 2000-2010
Progressive Rock
1990's R&B
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks
Gospel Albums
Latin
Alternative Country
Power Metal
Doom Metal
1990's Hip-Hop/Rap

"2000's R&B" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 9 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1955.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1955. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1955.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1955 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock (1955)
Bing Crosby - Merry Christmas (1955)
Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours (1955)
Mahalia Jackson - The World's Greatest Gospel Singer (1955)
Sarah Vaughan - In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955)
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (1955)

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1955, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/30/2021 @ 23:40pm

General Vote:

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight (2002)
Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)

Genre: Vaporwave

Artist: Jean-Michel Jarre

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/31/2021 @ 00:24am

Year vote nominations

Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955)
Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra - Tamboo! (1955)
The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/31/2021 @ 00:40am

KING APRIL 2021 General Album Nominations (3)
999-Concrete (1981)
Handsome-Handsome (1997)
Los Lobos-Kiko (1992)
ARTIST: KOOL & THE GANG
GENRE: 1960's British Rock
1955 Year Albums (3)
Jackie Gleason-Lonesome Echo (1955)
Les Paul & Mary Ford-Les And Mary (1955)
Sammy Davis Jr. - Just For Lovers (1955)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 03/31/2021 @ 02:00am

General:
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand (1986)
Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle (1998)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Kaya (1978)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 03/31/2021 @ 13:00pm

April Album Project Nominations:

1: King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
2: Opeth - Deliverance (2002)
3: System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)

Genre Nomination:
Industrial Metal

Artist Nomination:
Porcupine Tree

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 03/31/2021 @ 15:39pm

Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)

Posted by Carol Sue on Wednesday, 03/31/2021 @ 18:01pm

Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Phish- Sigma Oasis (2020)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Genre Nomination:

Jazz

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Year Nominations

Nat King Cole- Nat King Cole Sing for Two in Love (1955)
Oscar Peterson- In a Romantic Mood (1955)
Perry Como- So Smooth (1955)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/31/2021 @ 21:32pm

Albums

Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 04/1/2021 @ 01:54am

Album Nominations:

American Football - American Football (1999)
NRBQ - At Yankee Stadium (1978)
Porter Robinson - Worlds (2014)

Genre Nomination:

1990s Indie Rock

Artist Nomination:

Jimmy Eat World

Year Nominations:

Erroll Garner - Contrasts (1955)
Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich - Krupa and Rich (1955)
Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (1955)

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Had to double check that American Football's debut hadn't already been inducted. Hugely influential on several generations of emo bands, and one of the only "underground" albums of the 90s whose fanbase and recognition seem to grow with each passing year.

Posted by KekeTang on Thursday, 04/1/2021 @ 11:18am

Apologies, Krupa and Rich was actually released in 1956. Please replace that nomination with:

Lester Young and Buddy Rich - The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio (1955)

Posted by KekeTang on Thursday, 04/1/2021 @ 11:47am

Here is my ballot for the April elections in the Album Project.

General election:

John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Foo Fighters - One By One (2002)

My Genre vote nomination is:

Sophisti-pop

My Artist Vote nomination is:

Toto

And my 1955 nominations are:

Miles Davis - Blue Moods (1955)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955)
The Crew Cuts - Music A La Carte (1955)

Happy Spring!,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Thursday, 04/1/2021 @ 20:07pm

General:
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Madonna - American Life (2003)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)

Genre - Electropop (2000-2020)

Artist - Kylie Minogue

Posted by Christian on Thursday, 04/1/2021 @ 22:17pm

In the late 1960s Dave Bixby became caught up in the epidemic of drug abuse that was sweeping the nation. He then became involved with what was called a dangerous Christian cult known as The Movement. I don't know how dangerous they really were, but the result was the private press release of Ode to Quetzalcoatl. At times he might sound like he's performing at his 1st open mike night, but 30 seconds later you're in awe of what he's doing. This "downer-folk" might not be for everyone, but if you're into this dark type of stuff (Ray, I'm thinking of you here, possibly) this might be the album for you. In my opinion one of the best Xian psych folk albums ever released.

Dave Bixby - Ode to Quetzalcoatl (1970)

Posted by joker on Friday, 04/2/2021 @ 13:28pm

general noms:

Jesus Jones - Perverse (1993)
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985)
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 04/2/2021 @ 23:22pm

General -
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)

Folk

Jimmy Cliff

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/3/2021 @ 14:06pm

The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/3/2021 @ 14:48pm

Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)

Stevie Wonder

1980's R&B

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 04/3/2021 @ 15:23pm

joker: Heh, that sounds interesting. I'll be sure to check it out.

General noms:

Nightwish - Once (2004)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)

Genre nom:

Symphonic Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 04/3/2021 @ 20:57pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

999 - Concrete (1981)
American Football - American Football (1999)
Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle (1998)
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Kaya (1978)
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand (1986)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Dave Bixby - Ode to Quetzalcoatl (1970)
Foo Fighters - One By One (2002)
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953)
Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Handsome - Handsome (1997)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
Jesus Jones - Perverse (1993)
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Madonna - American Life (2003)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
NRBQ - At Yankee Stadium (1978)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Opeth - Deliverance (2002)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020)
Porter Robinson - Worlds (2014)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight (2002)
Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)
System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/3/2021 @ 21:24pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's British Rock
1980's R&B
1990s Indie Rock
Electropop (2000-2020)
Folk
Industrial Metal
Jazz
Sophisti-pop
Vaporwave

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There were 9 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 8.

This month's selected genre is "Sophisti-pop".

Lax38 - You nominated this genre. Could you define it for the group so that we're all on the same page?

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/3/2021 @ 21:27pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Cliff, Jimmy
Davis, Miles
Electric Light Orchestra
Jarre, Jean-Michel
Jimmy Eat World
Kool & The Gang
Minogue, Kylie
Porcupine Tree
Toto
TV On The Radio
Wonder, Stevie

There were 11 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 1.

This month's selected artist is Jimmy Cliff.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Jimmy Cliff.

Here's the list of Jimmy Cliff albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Jimmy Cliff (1969)
The Harder They Come (1972)

Any voter can nominate one album by Jimmy Cliff released from 1900-2020 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Jimmy Cliff discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cliff_discography

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/3/2021 @ 21:30pm

Hey Darren, you missed my picks somehow. It doesn't look like it would affect either the genre or the artist vote, though.

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 04/3/2021 @ 21:43pm

Sophisti-Pop nominations

Basia - London Warsaw New York (1990)
Prefab Sprout - Steve Mcqueen (1985)
Spandau Ballet - True (1983)

Artist Vote:

Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday (1970)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/3/2021 @ 21:50pm

Genre Nominations:

Aztec Camera - Stray (1990)
Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985)
The Style Council - Café Bleu (1984)

Artist Nomination:

Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (2012)

Posted by KekeTang on Saturday, 04/3/2021 @ 23:23pm

Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle (1998)
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Jesus Jones - Perverse (1993)
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985)

I don't think I've ever heard the term Sophisti-pop

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 04/3/2021 @ 23:32pm

KING April 2021 Sophistipop Nominations (3)
Aztec Camera-Love (1987)
ABC-Absolutely (1990)
Nick Hayward-From Monday To Sunday (1993)
Jimmy Cliff Album (1)
Jimmy Cliff-Cliff Hanger (1985)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 04/3/2021 @ 23:59pm

My votes

1. American Football - American Football (1999)
2. Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
3. Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
4. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
5. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight (2002)
6. Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)
7. Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)
8. System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 04/4/2021 @ 00:09am

KING April 2021 Album Vote (8)
999-Concrete (1981)
Glen Campbell-Galveston (1969)
John Fogerty-Centerfield (1985)
Los Lobos-Kiko (1992)
Nine Inch Nails-Year Zero (2007)
Olivia Newton-John And Electric Light Orchestra-Xanadu (1980)
Salt N Pepa -Very Necessary (1993)
The Outfield-Play Deep (1985)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 04/4/2021 @ 00:17am

My April Album Project Votes:

1: Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
2: Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
3: Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (1970)
4: King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
5: Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
6: Opeth - Deliverance (2002)
7: Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)
8: System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 04/4/2021 @ 09:48am

Well, the genre i nominated just so happens to be picked! I suppose I never considered this to be possible, yet here we are.

To note, Sophisti-pop is a somewhat narrow subgenre of the 1980s and 1990s British New Wave movement. It incorporates elements of new traditionalist pop sounds, along with jazz and blue-eyed soul elements. Put it another way, these are artists who got influenced by Roxy Music after Brian Eno's departure. To give a more direct example, here are my nominees in the Sophisti-Pop Genre vote.

The Style Council - Our Favorite Shop (1985)
Joe Jackson - Body And Soul (1984)
Level 42 - World Machine (1985)

While I am here, my ballot for the General Vote is:

John Fogerty-Centerfield (1985)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Foo Fighters - One By One (2002)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (1970)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978)

Hope this clarifies some concerns,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Sunday, 04/4/2021 @ 11:56am

Album Votes:

American Football - American Football (1999)
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Porter Robinson - Worlds (2014)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)

Posted by KekeTang on Sunday, 04/4/2021 @ 17:02pm

1: Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)
2: Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (1970)
3: John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985)
4: King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
5: Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
6: Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
7: Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
8: Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Sunday, 04/4/2021 @ 23:03pm

Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle (1998)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Kaya (1978)
Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand (1986)
Dave Bixby - Ode to Quetzalcoatl (1970)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 04/5/2021 @ 05:48am

Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle (1998)
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
Ludacris - Back for the First Time (2000)
Madonna - American Life (2003)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

Genre Noms:
Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded (1996)
Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back the Clock (1988)
Spandau Ballet - True (1983)

Posted by Christian on Monday, 04/5/2021 @ 10:26am

Christian I already nominated Spandau Ballet - True (1983). You can nominate something else.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/5/2021 @ 10:53am

This genre is a blind spot for me. I thought I knew everything. I'll try to find additional nominees, but for now I have only one album to nominate.

Simply Red - Picture Book (1985)

I'd be grateful for some help or tips.

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 04/5/2021 @ 15:20pm

Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953)
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)
Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Phish- Sigma Oasis (2020)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/6/2021 @ 09:06am

American Football - American Football (1999)
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020)
Porter Robinson - Worlds (2014)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

Genre:
George Michael - Older (1996)
Kaputt - Destroyer (2011)
Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs (2001)

Posted by Jason Dagotto on Tuesday, 04/6/2021 @ 13:18pm

OK, so after some thorough research, and some deep thought...here are my Sophisti-pop Album Nominations...

1: Swing Out Sister - It's Better to Travel (1987)
2: Basia - Time and Tide (1987)
3: Simply Red - Stars (1991)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 04/6/2021 @ 15:36pm

Jason Dagotto: That Destroyer album is a very out-of-the-box nomination for the sophisti-pop genre. I'm definitely voting for it.

Posted by KekeTang on Tuesday, 04/6/2021 @ 21:45pm

Foo Fighters - One By One (2002)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)
System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/8/2021 @ 02:01am

The following albums were nominated by Ray and are eligible for this Album Project vote:

Nightwish - Once (2004)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)

If you want to change your votes, feel free to do so.

Ray - I'm guessing that I forgot to refresh the page before copying the nominations over so I didn't see your nominations until after I posted the overall lists. You are correct, the Genre and Artists results wouldn't have been changed, since your nominees come after the winners in alphabetical order.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/8/2021 @ 02:15am

American Football - American Football (1999)
Foo Fighters - One By One (2002)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 04/8/2021 @ 03:07am

Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 04/8/2021 @ 08:04am

Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 04/8/2021 @ 10:38am

Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle (1998)
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand (1986)
Dave Bixby - Ode to Quetzalcoatl (1970)
Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)
Jesus Jones - Perverse (1993)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Posted by joker on Thursday, 04/8/2021 @ 19:52pm

Darren: That could be. TBH, at this point, considering the circumstances (and the strong group of candidates), I think I'll just bench my picks this month, and throw my support elsewhere.

joker: Some pretty good stuff. Thanks for the rec!

American Football - American Football (1999)
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand (1986)
Dave Bixby - Ode to Quetzalcoatl (1970)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Opeth - Deliverance (2002)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Apologies to Bob Marley, Chet Atkins, Ice Cube, Jimi Hendrix, Los Lobos, Miles, NRBQ, Odetta, Spoon, Steely Dan, Suzanne Vega, Tom Lehrer, and others.

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 04/8/2021 @ 20:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970) - 7
Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975) - 7
System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005) - 7

Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993) - 6
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American Football - American Football (1999) - 5
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969) - 5
King Crimson - THRAK (1995) - 5
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 5
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981) - 5
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 5
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Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle (1998) - 4
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002) - 4
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991) - 4
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 4
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) - 4

Chet Atkins - Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (1953) - 3
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand (1986) - 3
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 3
Dave Bixby - Ode to Quetzalcoatl (1970) - 3
Foo Fighters - One By One (2002) - 3
Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969) - 3
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980) - 3
John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985) - 3
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 3
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985) - 3
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 3

Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998) - 2
Jesus Jones - Perverse (1993) - 2
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992) - 2
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957) - 2
Opeth - Deliverance (2002) - 2
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020) - 2
Porter Robinson - Worlds (2014) - 2
Queen - Innuendo (1991) - 2
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987) - 2

999 - Concrete (1981) - 1
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Kaya (1978) - 1
Frank Sinatra - Requested by You (1953) - 1
Madonna - American Life (2003) - 1
Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999) - 1
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 1
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight (2002) - 1
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 1

Handsome - Handsome (1997) - 0
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005) - 0
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979) - 0
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 0
NRBQ - At Yankee Stadium (1978) - 0
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
Greg F
KING
Johnny
Lax38
KekeTang
Doo-Wop Phil
MichaelEU
Christian
Tom H.
Jason Dagotto
Darren
BSLO
Steve Z
Nick
joker
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)
System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

American Football - American Football (1999)
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Sophisti-pop", Artist Vote (Jimmy Cliff) or Year Vote (1955).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/9/2021 @ 00:05am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Sophisti-pop) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (Jimmy Cliff) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1955) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/9/2021 @ 00:08am

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 6
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 5
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981) - 4
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969) - 3
King Crimson - THRAK (1995) - 2
American Football - American Football (1999) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 04/9/2021 @ 00:09am

Album Tiebreaker Vote:

6 points: King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
5 points: Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
4 points: The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)
3 points: Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
2 points: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
1 point: Anerican Football - American Football (1999)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 04/9/2021 @ 00:20am

American Football - American Football (1999): 6 points
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981): 5
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020): 4
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007): 3
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969): 2
King Crimson - THRAK (1995): 1

Posted by KekeTang on Friday, 04/9/2021 @ 00:50am

KING April 2021 Album Tiebreaker Vote (6)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark -Architecture And Mortality (1981)-6 PTS
Nine Inch Nails -Year Zero (2007)-5
Herbie Hancock-The Prisoner (1969)-4
American Football-American Football (1999)-3
The Weeknd-After Hours (2020)-2
King Crimson-THRAK (1995)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 04/9/2021 @ 04:13am

KING CORRECTION (1)
Should read: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark -Architecture And Morality (1981)-6 PTS.
The word "Morality" instead of " Mortality" . Autocorrect got me.
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 04/9/2021 @ 05:37am

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981) 6
American Football - American Football (1999) 5
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) 4
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969) 3
King Crimson - THRAK (1995) 2
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/9/2021 @ 06:12am

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981) - 6
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 5
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 4
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969) - 3
American Football - American Football (1999) - 2
King Crimson - THRAK (1995) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 04/9/2021 @ 07:49am

Appears OMD has the mathematics required to be 1 of the Tiebreaker albums selected. Congrats on whoever nominated Architecture & Morality. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 04/9/2021 @ 18:42pm

My tiebreaker vote is as follows:

King Crimson - THRAK (1995) - 6
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969) - 5
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 4
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 3
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Architecture and Morality (1981) - 2
American Football - American Football (1999) - 1

Thanks for letting us become aware of an unheralded alt-rock band,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Friday, 04/9/2021 @ 19:23pm

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 6
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 5
American Football - American Football (1999) - 4
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Architecture and Morality (1981) - 3
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969) - 2
King Crimson - THRAK (1995) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 04/10/2021 @ 09:27am

Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969) - 6
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981) - 5
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 4
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 3
American Football - American Football (1999) - 2
King Crimson - THRAK (1995) - 1

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/10/2021 @ 16:04pm

Genre Noms
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West (1982)
Sade - Stronger Than Pride (1988)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/10/2021 @ 19:34pm

2 additional genre noms, I hope they meet the criteria.

Chris Rea - The Road to Hell (1989)
Danny Wilson - Meet Danny Wilson (1987)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 04/11/2021 @ 10:45am

6 points: King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
5 points: The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)
4 points: Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
3 points: Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
2 points: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
1 point: American Football - American Football (1999)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Sunday, 04/11/2021 @ 20:21pm

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981) - 6
King Crimson - THRAK (1995) - 5
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969) - 4
American Football - American Football (1999) - 3
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 2
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 1

Genre noms:

The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops (1984)
It's Immaterial - Song (1990)
Ban - Surrealizar (1988)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 04/11/2021 @ 20:50pm

King Crimson - THRAK (1995) - 6
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969) - 5
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981) - 4
American Football - American Football (1999) - 3
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 2
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 1

Posted by joker on Sunday, 04/11/2021 @ 21:01pm

Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)-6
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)-5
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)-4
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)-3
American Football - American Football (1999)-2
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 04/11/2021 @ 21:09pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981) - 55
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969) - 52
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 46
King Crimson - THRAK (1995) - 43
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 43
__________________

American Football - American Football (1999) - 34

American Football will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Year Project vote:

Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)
System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/11/2021 @ 22:48pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

ABC - Absolutely (1990)
Aztec Camera - Love (1987)
Aztec Camera - Stray (1990)
Ban - Surrealizar (1988)
Basia - London Warsaw New York (1990)
Basia - Time and Tide (1987)
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Chris Rea - The Road to Hell (1989)
Danny Wilson - Meet Danny Wilson (1987)
Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded (1996)
George Michael - Older (1996)
Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West (1982)
It's Immaterial - Song (1990)
Joe Jackson - Body And Soul (1984)
Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back the Clock (1988)
Kaputt - Destroyer (2011)
Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs (2001)
Level 42 - World Machine (1985)
Nick Hayward - From Monday To Sunday (1993)
Prefab Sprout - Steve Mcqueen (1985)
Sade - Stronger Than Pride (1988)
Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985)
Simply Red - Picture Book (1985)
Simply Red - Stars (1991)
Spandau Ballet - True (1983)
Swing Out Sister - It's Better to Travel (1987)
The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops (1984)
The Style Council - Café Bleu (1984)
The Style Council - Our Favorite Shop (1985)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/11/2021 @ 22:56pm

KING'S APRIL 2021 SOPHISTIPOP ALBUM VOTE (8)
ABC-Absolutely (1990)
Aztec Camera-Love (1987)
Bryan Ferry-Boys And Girls (1985)
Haircut One Hundred-Pelican West (1982)
Nick Heyward-From Monday To Sunday (1993)
Level 42-World Machine (1985)
Simply Red-Picture Book (1985)
Spandau Ballet-True (1983)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 04/12/2021 @ 00:36am

That's 9 Albums Inducted Instead of 8. THRAK and Year Zero tied in points. 1 of them has to wait until May. I think THRAK has more high place votes. King Crimson I believes gets the Nod. KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 04/12/2021 @ 09:31am

SophistiPop Album Votes:

1: Basia - London Warsaw New York (1990)
2: Basia - Time and Tide (1987)
3: Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back the Clock (1988)
4: Simply Red - Picture Book (1985)
5: Simply Red - Stars (1991)
6: Swing Out Sister - It's Better to Travel (1987)
7: The Style Council - Cafe Bleu (1984)
8: The Style Council - Our Favorite Shop (1985)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 04/12/2021 @ 11:17am

Aztec Camera - Love (1987)
Basia - London Warsaw New York (1990)
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Destroyer - Kapput (2011)
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (1985)
Simply Red - Picture Book (1985)
Spandau Ballet - True (1983)
The Style Council - Cafe Bleu (1984)

The Prefab Sprout album title should be spelled like this Steve McQueen. Also the artist name and title of Kapput - Destroyer was reversed and should be Destroyer - Kapput (2011).

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/12/2021 @ 14:35pm

Chris Rea - The Road to Hell (1989)
Danny Wilson - Meet Danny Wilson (1987)
Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded (1996)
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (1985)
Sade - Stronger Than Pride (1988)
Simply Red - Picture Book (1985)
Simply Red - Stars (1991)
The Style Council - Café Bleu (1984)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 04/13/2021 @ 10:59am

Here is my ballot for the Sophisti-Pop gene election.

Basia - London Warsaw New York (1990)
Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs (2001)
Bryan Ferry - Boys And Girls (1985)
Level 42 - World Machine (1985)
George Michael - Older (1996)
Spandau Ballet - True (1983)
The Style Council - Cafe Bleu (1984)
The Style Council - Our Favorite Shop (1985)

Thanks to everyone who voted,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Tuesday, 04/13/2021 @ 19:46pm

Bryan Ferry- Boys and Girls (1985)
Haircut One Hundred- Pelican West (1982)
Level 42- World Machine (1985)
Sade- Stronger Than Pride (1988)
Spandau Ballet- True (1983)
Swing Out Sister- It's Better to Travel (1987)
The Style Council- Café Bleu (1984)
The Style Council- Our Favorite Shop (1985)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 04/13/2021 @ 21:36pm

Chris Rea - The Road to Hell (1989)
Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded (1996)
Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West (1982)
Level 42 - World Machine (1985)
Prefab Sprout - Steve Mcqueen (1985)
Sade - Stronger Than Pride (1988)
Spandau Ballet - True (1983)
Swing Out Sister - It's Better to Travel (1987)

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 04/14/2021 @ 21:36pm

Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West (1982)
Joe Jackson - Body And Soul (1984)
Level 42 - World Machine (1985)
Sade - Stronger Than Pride (1988)
Simply Red - Picture Book (1985)
Spandau Ballet - True (1983)
The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops (1984)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 04/15/2021 @ 11:10am

ABC - Absolutely (1990)
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded (1996)
Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West (1982)
Joe Jackson - Body And Soul (1984)
Level 42 - World Machine (1985)
Spandau Ballet - True (1983)
The Style Council - Café Bleu (1984)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/15/2021 @ 16:36pm

Corrected results:

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981) - 55
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969) - 52
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020) - 46
King Crimson - THRAK (1995) - 43 (4 Highest Rankings)
__________________

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 43 (2 Highest Rankings)

American Football - American Football (1999) - 34

American Football and Year Zero will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Year Project vote:

Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (1969)
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970)
King Crimson - THRAK (1995)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary (1993)
Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)
System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)
The Weeknd - After Hours (2020)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/15/2021 @ 16:41pm

Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Destroyer - Kaputt (2011)
Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs (2001)
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (1985)
Sade - Stronger Than Pride (1988)
Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985)
Simply Red - Picture Book (1985)
The Style Council - Café Bleu (1984)

Posted by KekeTang on Thursday, 04/15/2021 @ 23:41pm

Ban - Surrealizar (1988)
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
It's Immaterial - Song (1990)
Kaputt - Destroyer (2011)
Prefab Sprout - Steve Mcqueen (1985)
The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops (1984)
The Style Council - Café Bleu (1984)
The Style Council - Our Favorite Shop (1985)

Apologies to Chris Rea, Everything But the Girl, George Michael, Johnny Hates Jazz, Sade, Swing Out Sister, and others.

Posted by Ray on Friday, 04/16/2021 @ 20:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985) - 8
The Style Council - Café Bleu (1984) - 8

Spandau Ballet - True (1983) - 7

Level 42 - World Machine (1985) - 6
Simply Red - Picture Book (1985) - 6

Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West (1982) - 5
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (1985) - 5
Sade - Stronger Than Pride (1988) - 5
____________________________

The Style Council - Our Favorite Shop (1985) - 4

Basia - London Warsaw New York (1990) - 3
Destroyer - Kapput (2011) - 3
Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded (1996) - 3
Swing Out Sister - It's Better to Travel (1987) - 3

ABC - Absolutely (1990) - 2
Aztec Camera - Love (1987) - 2
Chris Rea - The Road to Hell (1989) - 2
Joe Jackson - Body And Soul (1984) - 2
Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs (2001) - 2
Simply Red - Stars (1991) - 2
The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops (1984) - 2

Ban - Surrealizar (1988) - 1
Basia - Time and Tide (1987) - 1
Danny Wilson - Meet Danny Wilson (1987) - 1
George Michael - Older (1996) - 1
It's Immaterial - Song (1990) - 1
Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back the Clock (1988) - 1
Nick Hayward - From Monday To Sunday (1993) - 1
Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985) - 1

Aztec Camera - Stray (1990) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West (1982)
Level 42 - World Machine (1985)
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (1985)
Sade - Stronger Than Pride (1988)
Simply Red - Picture Book (1985)
Spandau Ballet - True (1983)
The Style Council - Café Bleu (1984)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/17/2021 @ 01:52am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Jimmy Cliff) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1955) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/17/2021 @ 01:52am

Year noms:

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955)
Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955)
Pérez Prado & his Orchestra - Mambo Mania (1955)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 04/17/2021 @ 08:12am

Year noms:

Milt Jackson - Milt Jackson Quartet (1955)
Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill (1955)
Lotte Lenya - Lotte Lenya singt Kurt Weill (1955)

Artist nom:

Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)

Posted by Ray on Monday, 04/19/2021 @ 11:20am

Year Nominations
Doris Day - Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Various Artists - Guys and Dolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955)
Various Artists - Oklahoma!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955)

Artist Nomination
Jimmy Cliff - The Power and the Glory (1983)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 04/19/2021 @ 19:24pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955)
Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955)
Doris Day - Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Erroll Garner - Contrasts (1955)
Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill (1955)
Jackie Gleason - Lonesome Echo (1955)
Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955)
Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (1955)
Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra - Tamboo! (1955)
Les Paul & Mary Ford -L es And Mary (1955) -
Lester Young and Buddy Rich - The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio (1955)
Lotte Lenya - Lotte Lenya sings Kurt Weill (1955)
Miles Davis - Blue Moods (1955)
Milt Jackson - Milt Jackson Quartet (1955)
Nat King Cole - Nat King Cole Sing for Two in Love (1955)
Oscar Peterson - In a Romantic Mood (1955)
Pérez Prado & his Orchestra - Mambo Mania (1955)
Perry Como - So Smooth (1955)
Sammy Davis Jr. - Just For Lovers (1955)
The Crew Cuts - Music A La Carte (1955)
The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955)
Various Artists - Guys and Dolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955)
Various Artists - Oklahoma!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/19/2021 @ 23:54pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Jimmy Cliff - Cliff Hanger (1985)
Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978)
Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday (1970)
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)
Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (2012)
Jimmy Cliff - The Power and the Glory (1983)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/19/2021 @ 23:56pm

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955)
Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955)
Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955)
Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (1955)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Les And Mary (1955)
Lotte Lenya - Lotte Lenya singt Kurt Weill (1955)
Pérez Prado & his Orchestra - Mambo Mania (1955)
The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955)

Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday (1970)
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)
Jimmy Cliff - The Power and the Glory (1983)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 04/20/2021 @ 11:50am

Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955)
Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra - Tamboo! (1955)
Les Paul and Mary Ford - Les and Mary (1955)
Perez Prado & his Orchestra - Mambo Mania (1955)
Sammy Davis Jr. - Just for Lovers (1955)

Jimmy Cliff - Cliff Hanger (1985)
Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978)
Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday (1970)
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)
Jimmy Cliff - The Power and The Glory (1983)
The Four Freshmen - Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955)
Various Artists - Guys and Dolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955)
Various Artists - Oklahoma!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/20/2021 @ 12:56pm

I'll repost this to make it easier to count my ballot.

Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955)
Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra - Tamboo! (1955)
Les Paul and Mary Ford - Les and Mary (1955)
Perez Prado & his Orchestra - Mambo Mania (1955)
Sammy Davis Jr. - Just for Lovers (1955)
The Four Freshmen - Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955)
Various Artists - Guys and Dolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955)
Various Artists - Oklahoma!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955)

Jimmy Cliff - Cliff Hanger (1985)
Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978)
Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday (1970)
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)
Jimmy Cliff - The Power and The Glory (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/20/2021 @ 13:05pm

KING APRIL 2021 YEAR 1955 ALBUMS VOTE (8)
Jackie Gleason-Lonesome Echo (1955)
Julie London-Julie Is Her Name (1955)
Les Paul & Mary Ford-Les And Mary (1955)
Miles Davis-Blue Moods (1955)
Perez Prado & His Orchestra-Mambo Mania (1955)
Sammy Davis Jr.-Just For Lovers (1955)
The Crew Cuts-Music A La Carte (1955)
The Four Freshmen- Freshmen And Five Trombones (1955)

Jimmy Cliff Albums (4)
Jimmy Cliff-Cliff Hanger (1985)
Jimmy Cliff-Give Thanx (1978)
Jimmy Cliff-Goodbye Yesterday (1970)
Jimmy Cliff-In Concert:The Best Of Jimmy Cliff (1976)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 04/20/2021 @ 13:45pm

My 1955 Album Votes:

1: Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955)
2: Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955)
3: Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (1955)
4: Les Paul & Mary Ford - Les and Mary (1955)
5: Miles Davis - Blue Moods (1955)
6: Perry Como - So Smooth (1955)
7: Sammy Davis Jr. - Just For Lovers (1955)
8: Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 04/20/2021 @ 16:41pm

My Jimmy Cliff Album Votes:

1: Jimmy Cliff - Cliff Hanger (1985)
2: Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978)
3: Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday (1970)
4: Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (2012)
5: Jimmy Cliff - The Power and the Glory (1983)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 04/21/2021 @ 16:12pm

Here are my ballots for the remaining voting cycles this month.

1955 ballot.

Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955)
Nat King Cole - Nat King Cole Sing for Two in Love (1955)
The Crew Cuts - Music A La Carte (1955)
Miles Davis - Blue Moods (1955)
Sammy Davis Jr. - Just For Lovers (1955)
Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Les and Mary (1955)

And my Artist Vote ballot:

Jimmy Cliff - Cliff Hanger (1985)
Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978)
Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday (1970)
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)
Jimmy Cliff - The Power and the Glory (1983)

Hoping this is helpful,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Wednesday, 04/21/2021 @ 20:10pm

Year vote:

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955)
Erroll Garner - Contrasts (1955)
Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill (1955)
Jackie Gleason - Lonesome Echo (1955)
Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955)
Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (1955)
Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra - Tamboo! (1955)
Pérez Prado & his Orchestra - Mambo Mania (1955)

Artist vote:

Jimmy Cliff - Give Thankx (1978)
Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (2012)
Jimmy Cliff - The Power and the Glory (1983)

Posted by KekeTang on Saturday, 04/24/2021 @ 05:54am

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955)
Erroll Garner - Contrasts (1955)
Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill (1955)
Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955)
Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (1955)
Lotte Lenya - Lotte Lenya sings Kurt Weill (1955)
Milt Jackson - Milt Jackson Quartet (1955)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955)

Apologies to Count Basie, Jackie Gleason, Les Baxter & Co, Lester Young and Buddy Rich, Miles, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, Pérez Prado & his Orchestra, and others.

Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday (1970)
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)
Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (2012)
Jimmy Cliff - The Power and the Glory (1983)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 04/24/2021 @ 11:22am

Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955)
Doris Day - Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Les And Mary (1955) -
Miles Davis - Blue Moods (1955)
Oscar Peterson - In a Romantic Mood (1955)
Various Artists - Guys and Dolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955)
Various Artists - Oklahoma!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955)

Jimmy Cliff - Cliff Hanger (1985)
Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978)
Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday (1970)
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)
Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (2012)
Jimmy Cliff - The Power and the Glory (1983)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 04/24/2021 @ 17:58pm

Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday was released in 1971.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/24/2021 @ 21:27pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955) - 8

Les Paul & Mary Ford - Les And Mary (1955) - - 6

Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955) - 4
Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (1955) - 4
Miles Davis - Blue Moods (1955) - 4
Pérez Prado & his Orchestra - Mambo Mania (1955) - 4
Sammy Davis Jr. - Just For Lovers (1955) - 4
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Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955) - 3
The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955) - 3
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955) - 3
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Erroll Garner - Contrasts (1955) - 2
Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill (1955) - 2
Jackie Gleason - Lonesome Echo (1955) - 2
Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra - Tamboo! (1955) - 2
Lotte Lenya - Lotte Lenya sings Kurt Weill (1955) - 2
The Crew Cuts - Music A La Carte (1955) - 2
Various Artists - Guys and Dolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955) - 2
Various Artists - Oklahoma!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955) - 2

Doris Day - Love Me or Leave Me (1955) - 1
Milt Jackson - Milt Jackson Quartet (1955) - 1
Nat King Cole - Nat King Cole Sing for Two in Love (1955) - 1
Oscar Peterson - In a Romantic Mood (1955) - 1
Perry Como - So Smooth (1955) - 1

Lester Young and Buddy Rich - The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio (1955) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

MichaelEU
Greg F
KING
Johnny
Lax38
KekeTang
Ray
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955)
Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955)
Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (1955)
Les Paul & Mary Ford -L es And Mary (1955) -
Miles Davis - Blue Moods (1955)
Pérez Prado & his Orchestra - Mambo Mania (1955)
Sammy Davis Jr. - Just For Lovers (1955)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955)
The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The album that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/25/2021 @ 00:44am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday (1971) - 7
Jimmy Cliff - The Power and the Glory (1983) - 7
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Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978) - 6
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976) - 6
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Jimmy Cliff - Cliff Hanger (1985) - 5
Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (2012) - 4

This vote count includes the following votes:

MichaelEU
Greg F
KING
Johnny
Lax38
KekeTang
Ray
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday (1970)
Jimmy Cliff - The Power and the Glory (1983)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978)
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04/25/2021 @ 00:45am

The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955) 3
Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955) 2
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955) 1

Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 04/25/2021 @ 02:16am

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955) - 3
The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955) - 2
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955) - 1

Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 04/26/2021 @ 11:44am

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955): 3 points
The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955): 2
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955): 1

Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978): 2 points
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976): 1

Posted by KekeTang on Monday, 04/26/2021 @ 14:55pm

KING 1955 ALBUM YEAR TIEBREAKER (3)
The Four Freshmen-Four Freshmen And 5 Trombones (1955)-3 PTS
Clifford Brown & Max Roach-Study In Brown (1955)-2
Thelonious Monk- Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955)- 1 PT

Jimmy Cliff Album Tiebreaker (1)
Jimmy Cliff- In Concert: The Best Of Jimmy Cliff (1976)-1
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 04/26/2021 @ 17:57pm

Here are my tiebreaker votes.

1955 Albums

Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955) - 3
The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955) - 2
Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955) - 1

My Artist Vote tiebreaker

Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978)

Thanks for the randomized suggestions,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 04/26/2021 @ 19:58pm

Double Tiebreaker Time!

First, my 1955 Album Tiebreaker Vote:

3 points: Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955)
2 points: The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955)
1 point: Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955)

Now, my Jimmy Cliff Tiebreaker Vote:

Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 04/26/2021 @ 20:24pm

Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955) - 3
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955) - 2
The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955) - 1

Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 04/27/2021 @ 15:29pm

Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955) - 3
Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955) - 2
The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955) - 1

Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 04/27/2021 @ 20:10pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955) - 17
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The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955) - 16

Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955) - 15

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Year Project vote:

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955)
Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955)
Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955)
Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (1955)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Les And Mary (1955)
Miles Davis - Blue Moods (1955)
Pérez Prado & his Orchestra - Mambo Mania (1955)
Sammy Davis Jr. - Just For Lovers (1955)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/27/2021 @ 23:36pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976) - 5
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Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978) - 3

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Artist Project vote:

Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday (1971)
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976)
Jimmy Cliff - The Power and the Glory (1983)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/27/2021 @ 23:37pm

Rule Changes In 2021:

Nominations posted prior to the monthly opening announcement of the start of new projects (or Midnight Central time on the 1st if the announcement is delayed) must be re-posted during the nomination window to be included in nomination lists (with exceptions when absolutely necessary).

All polls will now end at 9 PM Central.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 9 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2019. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

American Football - American Football (1999)
Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 9 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

1990's Country
Emo 2000-2010
Progressive Rock
1990's R&B
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks
Gospel Albums
Latin
Alternative Country
Power Metal
Doom Metal
1990's Hip-Hop/Rap
Sophisti-pop

"21st Century Garage Rock" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 9 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1965.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1965. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1965.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1965 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Aretha Franklin - Songs of Faith
B.B. King - Live at the Regal
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits on Tour
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues
Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues
Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go
Sonny and Cher - Look at Us
The Beach Boys - Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today!
The Beatles - Help! [UK]
The Beatles - Rubber Soul [UK]
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
The Hollies - Hollies
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic
The Maytals - The Sensational Maytals
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads [US]
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now!
The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics
The Temptations - The Temptations Sing Smokey
The Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
The Wailers - The Wailing Wailers
The Who - My Generation [UK]
The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up
The Zombies - Begin Here
Them - The Angry Young Them
Various Artists - The Sound of Music Soundtrack

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1965, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04/29/2021 @ 23:53pm

General Vote

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Stones in the Road (1994)
Patty Loveless - When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life (1956)

Genre: Indietronica 2000-2020

Artist: Tim Buckley

Year Vote

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)
Four Tops - Second Album (1965)
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Going Places (1965)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/30/2021 @ 00:40am

General:

Television - Adventure (1978)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)

Year:

Dusty Springfield - Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965)
The Four Seasons - The 4 Seasons Entertain You (1965)
Richard & Mimi Fariña - Celebrations for a Grey Day (1965)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 04/30/2021 @ 01:25am

KING MAY 2021 GENERAL ALBUM NOMINATIONS (3)
Def Leppard-Slang (1996)
KISS-Dressed To Kill (1975)
Scorpions-Unbreakable (2004)

GENRE: 70's Singers/Songwriters
ARTIST: John Mellencamp

1965 YEAR ALBUMS (3)
Donovan-Fairytale (1965)
The Spencer Davis Group-Their First LP (1965)
The Pretty Things-Get The Picture? (1965)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 04/30/2021 @ 02:13am

My May Album Project Nominations:

1: The Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse (2001)
2: Slipknot - Slipknot (1999)
3: ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 04/30/2021 @ 08:53am

Year Nominations

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass- Going Places (1965)
Miles Davis- E.S.P. (1965)
Sonny Rollins- Sonny Rollins on Impulse! (1965)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 04/30/2021 @ 14:02pm

Tom H I already nominated Going Places.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 04/30/2021 @ 14:13pm

In that case my third Year Vote nomination is

Petula Clark- Downtown (1965)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 04/30/2021 @ 15:07pm

Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Phish- Sigma Oasis (2020)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Genre Nomination:

Jazz

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 04/30/2021 @ 19:58pm

General:

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Big Black - Atomizer (1986)
J Dilla - Donuts (2006)

Year:

Astrid Gilberto - The Astrid Gilberto Album (1965)
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Any More (1965)

Genre nomination: Power Pop

Artist nomination: Drake

Posted by KekeTang on Friday, 04/30/2021 @ 21:25pm

Slight correction; the spelling of one of my 1965 nominees is actually Astrud Gilberto, not Astrid.

Posted by KekeTang on Friday, 04/30/2021 @ 21:30pm

Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981)
Tom Waits - Real Gone (2004)

The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
The Impressions - People Get Ready (1965)
The Turtles - It Ain't Me Babe (1965)

1980's R&B

Al Green

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 05/1/2021 @ 03:05am

Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (2020)
Lady Gaga - ARTPOP (2013)

Genre - Electropop (2000-2020)

Artist - Kylie Minogue

Posted by Christian on Saturday, 05/1/2021 @ 10:43am

BSLO
How is it possible Don't Say No has NOT been inducted. It would have to receive EVERY VOTE. Maybe, the late voters would not since it would have 15 or 16 votes already. Turn! Turn! Turn! Album should receive 12+ votes. Always impressed by your selections. KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 05/1/2021 @ 11:07am

Here are my nominations for the Genre & Artist Album Votes:

Genre - Progressive Metal

Artist - Porcupine Tree

One thing, though: If "Progressive Metal" is too similar to "Progressive Rock," please tell me ASAP. I'll change it.

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 05/1/2021 @ 11:45am

My May 2021 nominations for induction into The Album Project...

Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 05/1/2021 @ 13:20pm

General noms:

Anita Lane - Dirty Pearl (1993)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)

RIP to Anita Lane, btw.

Genre nom:

Scandinavian Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 05/2/2021 @ 13:46pm

General Nominations:

Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
The Monkees - The Monkees (1966)

Year Nominations:

Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965)
Jay And The Americans - Blockbusters (1965)
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks The Folk (1965)

Posted by Steve Z on Sunday, 05/2/2021 @ 15:59pm

general noms:

Moth - Provisions, Fiction, & Gear (2002)
Earth, Wind, & Fire - Raise! (1981)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 05/2/2021 @ 22:18pm

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)

TV On The Radio

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/3/2021 @ 13:13pm

With little time left, here are my nominations for this month's elections.

General Nominations:

XTC - Nonsuch (1992)
Electric Light Orchestra - Balance Of Power (1986)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Genre Nomination:

2021 RRHOF Inductees and/or Nominees

1965 Nominations:

The Zombies - The Zombies (1965)
Frank Sinatra - September Of My Years (1965)
Joan Baez - Farewell, Angelina (1965)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

The Sweet

Hope this is sufficient,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 05/3/2021 @ 19:43pm

Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the House (1996)

Folk

Merle Haggard

Is it really true we have no Merle albums inducted???? That needs to change ASAP.

And also, Odetta's album was just added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry this year. If it's good enough for preservation, it's good enough for our project.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 05/3/2021 @ 20:33pm

Reposting:

Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)

Folk

Merle Haggard

Is it really true we have no Merle albums inducted???? That needs to change ASAP.

And also, Odetta's album was just added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry this year. If it's good enough for preservation, it's good enough for our project.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 05/3/2021 @ 20:34pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
American Football - American Football (1999)
Anita Lane - Dirty Pearl (1993)
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Big Black - Atomizer (1986)
Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981)
Def Leppard - Slang (1996)
Earth, Wind, & Fire - Raise! (1981)
Electric Light Orchestra - Balance Of Power (1986)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
J Dilla - Donuts (2006)
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (2020)
Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978)
KISS - Dressed To Kill (1975)
Lady Gaga - ARTPOP (2013)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Stones in the Road (1994)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Moth - Provisions, Fiction, & Gear (2002)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Patty Loveless - When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958)
Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)
Slipknot - Slipknot (1999)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
Television - Adventure (1978)
The Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse (2001)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955)
The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life (1956)
The Monkees - The Monkees (1966)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955)
Tom Waits - Real Gone (2004)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
XTC - Nonsuch (1992)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 00:06am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980's R&B
2021 RRHOF Inductees and/or Nominees
70's Singers/Songwriters
Electropop (2000-2020)
Folk
Indietronica 2000-2020
Jazz
Power Pop
Progressive Metal
Scandinavian Metal
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There were 10 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 9.

This month's selected genre is "Progressive Metal".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 00:08am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Buckley, Tim
Davis, Miles
Drake
Electric Light Orchestra
Green, Al
Haggard, Merle
Mellencamp, John
Minogue, Kylie
Porcupine Tree
Swans
Sweet, The
TV On The Radio

There were 12 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 8.

This month's selected artist is Kylie Minogue.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Kylie Minogue.

Here's the list of Kylie Minogue albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Fever (2001)

Any voter can nominate one album by Kylie Minogue released from 1900-2020 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Kylie Minogue discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue_albums_discography

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 00:19am

American Football - American Football (1999)
Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981)
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
Lady Gaga - ARTPOP (2013)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)
Tom Waits - Real Gone (2004)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 06:31am

Genre Vote

Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry (1989)
Queensryche - Rage for Order (1986)
Voivod - Nothingface (1989)

Artist Vote

Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 06:49am

My Progressive Metal Album Nominations:

1: Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
2: Opeth - Deliverance (2002)
3: Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 09:52am

Lady Gaga - ARTPOP (2013)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Stones in the Road (1994)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)
Television - Adventure (1978)
The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life (1956)
Tom Waits - Real Gone (2004)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 10:17am

My votes

1. Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
2. American Football - American Football (1999)
3. Mary Chapin Carpenter - Stones in the Road (1994)
4. Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
5. Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
6. Patty Loveless - When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
7. The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955)
8. The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life (1956)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 12:35pm

My May Album Project Votes:

1: Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
2: The Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse (2001)
3: Earth, Wind & Fire - Raise (1981)
4: KISS - Dressed to Kill (1975)
5: Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
6: Slipknot - Slipknot (1999)
7: Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
8: ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 13:19pm

MAY 2021 Progressive Metal Albums Nominations (3)
Def Leppard-Slang (1996)
King's X-Manic Moonlight (2001)
Queensryche- Frequency Unknown (2013)
Dream Theater-The Astonishing (2016)
MAY 2021 Album Vote (8)
Billy Squier-Don't Say No (1981)
Earth, Wind & Fire-Raise! (1981)
KISS-Dressed To Kill (1975)
Mary Chapin Carpenter-Stones In The Road (1994)
Olivia Newton-John And Electric Light Orchestra- Xanadu (1980)
Scorpions-Unbreakable (2004)
Styx-Pieces Of Eight (1978)
Television-Adventure (1978)

Kylie Minogue Album (1)
Kylie Minogue-Body Language (2003)
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Good word not to hesitate. Greg F. already nominated Queensryche-Rage For Order and Johnny had Dream Theater-Octavarium. KING had to shift on the fly. Very solid album nominations. Should be a good battle. Had to take off my Def Leppard selection for Earth, Wind, & Fire. Gives the album vote for me a little more balance as well. KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 13:58pm

KING CORECTION (1)
Eliminate Def Leppard-Slang (1996) as 1 of the Progressive Metal Nominations. Must have somehow jumped to the top of the page when I changed it out for Earth, Wind & Fire in the Album vote. Liking all the nominations so far. I'm impressed with The Controversial Song nominees. Some of these songs might actually have a chance to be inducted. Usually, they would fall through the cracks. KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 15:07pm

Lady Gaga - ARTPOP (2013)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
The Monkees - The Monkees (1966)
Tom Waits - Real Gone (2004)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 15:29pm

Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)
The Monkees - The Monkees (1966)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)

Posted by dmg on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 17:28pm

My ballot:

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
American Football - American Football (1999)
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Big Black - Atomizer (1986)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
J Dilla - Donuts (2006)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Posted by KekeTang on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 20:55pm

Genre Nominations

Alter Bridge- AB III (2010)
Mastodon- Emperor of Sand (2017)
Porcupine Tree- In Absentia (2002)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 21:22pm

Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981)
Earth, Wind, & Fire - Raise! (1981)
KISS - Dressed To Kill (1975)
Moth - Provisions, Fiction, & Gear (2002)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
XTC - Nonsuch (1992)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 22:22pm

1: Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
2: Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
3: Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958)
4: Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004)
5: Slipknot - Slipknot (1999)
6: The Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse (2001)
7: The Monkees - The Monkees (1966)
8: ZZ Top - Deguello (1979)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 22:43pm

Progressive metal nominations:

Animals as Leaders - Animals as Leaders (2009)
Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007)
X Japan - Art of Life (1993)

Not a genre I would go out of my way to listen to, so I just looked for the most definitive album of the first bands that came to my mind. The X Japan album (a single 29-minute multi-suite song) is my favorite of the three.

Posted by KekeTang on Tuesday, 05/4/2021 @ 23:32pm

Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (2020)
Lady Gaga - ARTPOP (2013)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
XTC - Nonsuch (1992)

Artist Nom:
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)

Posted by Christian on Wednesday, 05/5/2021 @ 13:09pm

Here is my ballot for the May General Album Project election:

Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Earth, Wind, & Fire - Raise! (1981)
Electric Light Orchestra - Balance Of Power (1986)
Lady Gaga - ARTPOP (2013)
The Monkees - The Monkees (1966)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
XTC - Nonsuch (1992)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

My Progressive Metal nominations are as follows:

Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (1983)
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
System Of A Down - Hypnotize (2005)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite (2010)

This seems reasonable,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Wednesday, 05/5/2021 @ 19:35pm

Lax38, my man, I'm sorry to burst your bubble, BUT...Piece of Mind by Iron Maiden & Hypnotize by System of a Down have BOTH been inducted onto the Important Albums List. But don't worry, buddy. You've still got 2 nominations left.

P.S. Good job nominating Liquid Tension Experiment, buddy!

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 05/5/2021 @ 19:44pm

Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Phish- Sigma Oasis (2020)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 05/7/2021 @ 13:48pm

Against Me! - New Wave (2007)
Lady Gaga - ARTPOP (2013)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Television - Adventure (1978)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/8/2021 @ 13:55pm

American Football - American Football (1999)
Anita Lane - Dirty Pearl (1993)
Big Black - Atomizer (1986)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955)
Tom Waits - Real Gone (2004)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Apologies to Grace Jones, Iron Butterfly, J Dilla, Jessie Ware, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Miles, Odetta, Sigur Rós, Television, The Be Good Tanyas, XTC, Yes, and others.

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 05/8/2021 @ 16:01pm

Earth, Wind, & Fire - Raise! (1981)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)
Tom Waits - Real Gone (2004)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Posted by Nick on Saturday, 05/8/2021 @ 19:17pm

My 2 replacement nominations in the Progressive Metal Album project ballot are:

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold (2007)

Thanks for the clarification,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Saturday, 05/8/2021 @ 20:57pm

Electric Light Orchestra - Balance of Power (1986)
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
The Monkees - The Monkees (1966)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 05/8/2021 @ 20:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

ZZ Top - Degüello (1979) - 7

Lady Gaga - ARTPOP (2013) - 6
Sigur Rós - () (2002) - 6

Earth, Wind, & Fire - Raise! (1981) - 5
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980) - 5
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978) - 5
The Monkees - The Monkees (1966) - 5
Tom Waits - Real Gone (2004) - 5
________________________________

American Football - American Football (1999) - 4
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002) - 4
Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981) - 4
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980) - 4
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968) - 4
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 4
Ricky Nelson - Ricky Nelson (1958) - 4

Against Me! - New Wave (2007) - 3
KISS - Dressed To Kill (1975) - 3
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Stones in the Road (1994) - 3
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957) - 3
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020) - 3
Television - Adventure (1978) - 3
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996) - 3
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 3
XTC - Nonsuch (1992) - 3
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 3

Big Black - Atomizer (1986) - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Balance Of Power (1986) - 2
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 2
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 2
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 2
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 2
Scorpions - Unbreakable (2004) - 2
Slipknot - Slipknot (1999) - 2
The Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse (2001) - 2
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 2
The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life (1956) - 2
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 2

Anita Lane - Dirty Pearl (1993) - 1
J Dilla - Donuts (2006) - 1
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (2020) - 1
Jimmy Cliff - Give Thanx (1978) - 1
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981) - 1
Moth - Provisions, Fiction, & Gear (2002) - 1
Patty Loveless - When Fallen Angels Fly (1994) - 1
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020) - 1
The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (1955) - 1
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (1955) - 1

Def Leppard - Slang (1996) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

BSLO
MichaelEU
Greg F
Johnny
KING
Steve Z
dmg
KekeTang
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Christian
Lax38
Tom H.
Darren
Ray
Nick
Rick Vendl II

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Earth, Wind, & Fire - Raise! (1981)
Lady Gaga - ARTPOP (2013)
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (1980)
Sigur Rós - () (2002)
Styx - Pieces of Eight (1978)
The Monkees - The Monkees (1966)
Tom Waits - Real Gone (2004)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/9/2021 @ 01:36am

Genre noms:

Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition (2009)
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny (1998)
Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg (2011)

The first is probably the most metallic offering by what I think are one of the best prog bands of the new millennium; I actually prefer their debut, but that one's a little more prog rock, and this is also really good. The second is what I think is the best album by one of the more overlooked of the great American prog metal bands (probably because they never toured until late in their career), a concept album about a sinister global conspiracy. The third is maybe a little closer to avant-garde metal (where's the line?), but mixes the likes of prog, black metal, Hungarian folk music, and electronic elements into a varied mix that's often very melodic, even though it's all in Hungarian.

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 05/11/2021 @ 14:57pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Alter Bridge - AB III (2010)
Animals as Leaders - Animals as Leaders (2009)
Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007)
Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016)
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry (1989)
King's X - Manic Moonlight (2001)
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)
Opeth - Deliverance (2002)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
Queensryche - Frequency Unknown (2013)
Queensryche - Rage for Order (1986)
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition (2009)
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny (1998)
Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg (2011)
Voivod - Nothingface (1989)
X Japan - Art of Life (1993)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/12/2021 @ 00:41am

My Progressive Metal Album Votes! (WOO-HOO!)

1: Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007)
2: Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
3: Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016)
4: Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
5: Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)
6: Opeth - Deliverance (2002)
7: Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
8: Voivod - Nothingface (1989)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 05/12/2021 @ 08:33am

KING MAY 2021 Progressive Metal Albums Vote (8)
Alter Bridge-AB III (2010)
Dream Theater-Octavarium (2005)
Fates Warning-Perfect Symmetry (1989)
King's X-Manic Moonlight (2001)
Queensryche-Rage For Order (1986)
Shadow Gallery-Tyranny (1998)
Voivod-Nothingface (1989)
X Japan-Art Of Life (1993)
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 05/13/2021 @ 02:06am

1. Animals as Leaders - Animals as Leaders (2009)
2. Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007)
3. Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
4. Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry (1989)
5. Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
6. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
7. Queensryche - Rage for Order (1986)
8. Voivod - Nothingface (1989)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/13/2021 @ 21:51pm

My ballot:

Animals as Leaders - Animals as Leaders (2009)
Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007)
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry (1989)
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
Queensryche - Rage for Order (1986)
Voivod - Nothingface (1989)
X Japan - Art of Life (1993)

Posted by KekeTang on Thursday, 05/13/2021 @ 23:05pm

Here is my ballot for the Progressive Metal election cycle:

Alter Bridge-AB III (2010)
Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016)
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
Queensryche - Rage for Order (1986)
X Japan - Art of Life (1993)

Looks very impressive,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Saturday, 05/15/2021 @ 21:15pm

Alter Bridge- AB III (2010)
Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
Dream Theater-The Astonishing (2016)
Mastodon- Emperor of Sand (2017)
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)
Opeth - Deliverance (2002)
Porcupine Tree- In Absentia (2002)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 05/16/2021 @ 06:54am

It's funny: I was secretly hoping that this would be chosen the day of, and then it got chosen. Congrats, Johnny! I think we can get some real good stuff in here.

Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry (1989)
Opeth - Deliverance (2002)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
Queensryche - Rage for Order (1986)
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition (2009)
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny (1998)
Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg (2011)
Voivod - Nothingface (1989)

Apologies to Between the Buried and Me, Dream Theater, King's X, Liquid Tension Experiment, Mastodon, Meshuggah, X Japan, and others. Another stacked lineup.

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 05/16/2021 @ 13:26pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002) - 6

Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005) - 5
Queensryche - Rage for Order (1986) - 5
Voivod - Nothingface (1989) - 5

Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry (1989) - 4
____________________________

Alter Bridge - AB III (2010) - 3
Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007) - 3
Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016) - 3
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998) - 3
Opeth - Deliverance (2002) - 3
X Japan - Art of Life (1993) - 3
____________________________

Animals as Leaders - Animals as Leaders (2009) - 2
Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold (2007) - 2
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment (1998) - 2
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017) - 2
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny (1998) - 2

King's X - Manic Moonlight (2001) - 1
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition (2009) - 1
Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg (2011) - 1

Queensryche - Frequency Unknown (2013) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Johnny
KekeTang
KING
Lax38
Ray
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry (1989)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
Queensryche - Rage for Order (1986)
Voivod - Nothingface (1989)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Alter Bridge - AB III (2010)
Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007)
Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016)
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)
Opeth - Deliverance (2002)
X Japan - Art of Life (1993)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/16/2021 @ 23:10pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Kylie Minogue) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1965) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/16/2021 @ 23:10pm

Progressive Metal Album Tiebreaker Vote!

6 points: Opeth - Deliverance (2002)
5 points: Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)
4 points: Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007)
3 points: Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016)
2 points: X Japan - Art of Life (1993)
1 point: Alter Bridge - AB III (2010)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 05/17/2021 @ 07:55am

Tiebreaker vote:

Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007): 6 points
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998): 5
X Japan - Art of Life (1993): 4
Opeth - Deliverance (2002): 3
Alter Bridge - AB III (2010): 2
Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016): 1

Posted by KekeTang on Monday, 05/17/2021 @ 09:10am

Alter Bridge- AB III (2010)-6
Dream Theater-The Astonishing (2016)-5
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)-4
Opeth - Deliverance (2002)-3
Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007)-2
X Japan - Art of Life (1993)-1

Really loving all the Metal votes we've been having this year.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/17/2021 @ 11:21am

KING MAY 2021 Progressive Metal Album Tiebreaker (6)
X Japan-Art Of Life (1993)-6 PTS
Alter Bridge-AB III (2010)-5
Opeth-Deliverance (2002)-4
Between The Buried And Me-Colors (2007)-3
Meshuggah-Chaosphere (1998)-2
Dream Theater-The Astonishing (2016)-1
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 05/17/2021 @ 17:09pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot for the Progressive Metal genre vote:

X Japan - Art Of Life (1993) - 6
Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016) - 5
Alter Bridge - AB III (2010) - 4
Opeth - Deliverance (2002) - 3
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998) - 2
Between The Buried And Me - Colors (2007) - 1

Interested to see who wins,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 05/17/2021 @ 20:27pm

Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007) 6
Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016) 5
Opeth - Deliverance (2002) 4
X Japan - Art of Life (1993) 3
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998) 2
Alter Bridge - AB III (2010) 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/18/2021 @ 11:21am

Opeth - Deliverance (2002) - 6
X Japan - Art Of Life (1993) - 5
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998) - 4
Between The Buried And Me - Colors (2007) - 3
Alter Bridge - AB III (2010) - 2
Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016) - 1

Year noms:

Grant Green - Idle Moments (1965)
Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank (1965)
Wayne Shorter - Juju (1965)

Artist nom:

Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 05/19/2021 @ 12:13pm

Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 05/19/2021 @ 20:35pm

Artist Nomination

Kylie Minogue- Kylie (1988)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/19/2021 @ 20:52pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Opeth - Deliverance (2002) - 29
X Japan - Art of Life (1993) - 27
Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007) - 25
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Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998) - 24
Alter Bridge - AB III (2010) - 21
Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016) - 21

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Genre Project vote:

Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007)
Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry (1989)
Opeth - Deliverance (2002)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
Queensryche - Rage for Order (1986)
Voivod - Nothingface (1989)
X Japan - Art of Life (1993)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/19/2021 @ 23:06pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrid Gilberto Album (1965)
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)
Donovan - Fairytale (1965)
Dusty Springfield - Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965)
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Four Tops - Second Album (1965)
Frank Sinatra - September Of My Years (1965)
Grant Green - Idle Moments (1965)
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Going Places (1965)
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965)
Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank (1965)
Jay And The Americans - Blockbusters (1965)
Joan Baez - Farewell, Angelina (1965)
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks The Folk (1965)
Miles Davis - E.S.P. (1965)
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Any More (1965)
Richard & Mimi Fariña - Celebrations for a Grey Day (1965)
Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins on Impulse! (1965)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
The Four Seasons - The 4 Seasons Entertain You (1965)
The Impressions - People Get Ready (1965)
The Pretty Things - Get The Picture? (1965)
The Spencer Davis Group - Their First LP (1965)
The Turtles - It Ain't Me Babe (1965)
The Zombies - The Zombies (1965)
Wayne Shorter - Juju (1965)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/19/2021 @ 23:06pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite (2010)
Kylie Minogue - Body Language (2003)
Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
Kylie Minogue - Kylie (1988)
Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/19/2021 @ 23:07pm

Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Four Tops - Second Album (1965)
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Going Places (1965)
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965)
Jay And The Americans - Blockbusters (1965)
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks The Folk (1965)
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)
The Turtles - It Ain't Me Babe (1965)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 05/20/2021 @ 09:15am

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)
Donovan - Fairytale (1965)
Dusty Springfield - Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965)
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Going Places (1965)
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Any More (1965)
Richard & Mimi Fariña - Celebrations for a Grey Day (1965)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
The Four Seasons - The 4 Seasons Entertain You (1965)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 05/20/2021 @ 11:44am

1965 Album Votes:

1: Dusty Springfield - Everything's Coming Up Dusty (1965)
2: Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More (1965)
3: Four Tops - Second Album (1965)
4: Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Going Places (1965)
5: Miles Davis - E.S.P. (1965)
6: Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)
7: Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Any More (1965)
8: The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 05/20/2021 @ 15:00pm

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrid Gilberto Album (1965)
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)
Four Tops - Second Album (1965)
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Going Places (1965)
Joan Baez - Farewell, Angelina (1965)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
The Impressions - People Get Ready (1965)
The Pretty Things - Get The Picture? (1965)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/20/2021 @ 21:04pm

Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite (2010)
Kylie Minogue - Body Language (2003)
Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 05/20/2021 @ 21:41pm

KING MAY 2021 The Year 1965 Albums Vote (8)
Donovan-Fairytale (1965)
Dusty Springfield-Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965)
Four Tops-Second Album (1965)
Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass-Going Places (1965)
Johnny Rivers-Johnny Rivers Rocks The Folk (1965)
The Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
The Spencer Davis Group-Their First LP (1965)
The Pretty Things-Get The Picture? (1965)

Kylie Minogue Albums (5)
Kylie Minogue-Aphrodite (2010)
Kylie Minogue-Body Language (2003)
Kylie Minogue-Impossible Princess (1997)
Kylie Minogue-Kylie Minogue (1994)
Kylie Minogue-Light Years (2000)

Plenty of great 1965 albums I had to cut. That's the breaks sometimes. Another strong May Induction month. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 05/21/2021 @ 02:10am

My Kylie Minogue Album Votes:

1: Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite (2010)
2: Kylie Minogue - Body Language (2003)
3: Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020)
4: Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
5: Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 05/21/2021 @ 17:50pm

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank (1965)
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Any More (1965)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
The Pretty Things - Get The Picture? (1965)
Wayne Shorter - Juju (1965)

Posted by KekeTang on Saturday, 05/22/2021 @ 10:59am

Posted by Christian on Saturday, 05/22/2021 @ 13:08pm

Here are my ballots for the special elections this month.

1965 Albums

Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass-Going Places (1965)
Joan Baez - Farewell, Angelina (1965)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
Donovan-Fairytale (1965)
Four Tops-Second Album (1965)
Frank Sinatra - September Of My Years (1965)
Dusty Springfield-Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965)
The Zombies - The Zombies (1965)

Artist Vote

Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite (2010)
Kylie Minogue - Body Language (2003)
Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)

Thank you for the suggestions,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Saturday, 05/22/2021 @ 16:57pm

Dusty Springfield - Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965)
Four Tops - Second Album (1965)
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
The Impressions - People Get Ready (1965)
The Pretty Things - Get The Picture? (1965)
The Turtles - It Ain't Me Babe (1965)
The Zombies - The Zombies (1965)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 05/23/2021 @ 05:57am

Dusty Springfield - Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965)
Four Tops - Second Album (1965)
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Going Places (1965)
Miles Davis- E.S.P. (1965)
Petula Clark- Downtown (1965)
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Any More (1965)
Sonny Rollins- Sonny Rollins on Impulse! (1965)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)

Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994)
Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020)
Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite (2010)
Kylie Minogue-Body Language (2003)
Kylie Minogue- Kylie (1988)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/24/2021 @ 14:40pm

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrid Gilberto Album (1965)
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Grant Green - Idle Moments (1965)
Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank (1965)
Miles Davis - E.S.P. (1965)
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Any More (1965)
Wayne Shorter - Juju (1965)

Apologies to Donovan, Dusty Springfield, Four Tops, Herb Alpert & Co, Richard & Mimi Fariña, Sonny Rollins, The Byrds, The Impressions, The Pretty Things, The Zombies, and others.

Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite (2010)
Kylie Minogue - Body Language (2003)
Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)

Posted by Ray on Monday, 05/24/2021 @ 16:07pm

Btw, Greg, cool that you beat me to the punch in nominating Bert Jansch's self-titled. I'm glad we can see eye to eye on that. I had a thought about picking one of his songs for the Song Project, but I guess I ended up going in a different direction. Fingers crossed that the album gets in this time.

Posted by Ray on Monday, 05/24/2021 @ 16:14pm

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrid Gilberto Album (1965)
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Grant Green - Idle Moments (1965)
Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank (1965)
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks The Folk (1965)
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Any More (1965)
Wayne Shorter - Juju (1965)

Posted by joker on Monday, 05/24/2021 @ 18:43pm

Donovan - Fairytale (1965)
Dusty Springfield - Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965)
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Four Tops - Second Album (1965)
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Going Places (1965)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
The Impressions - People Get Ready (1965)
The Zombies - The Zombies (1965)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/24/2021 @ 19:49pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965) - 9

Four Tops - Second Album (1965) - 8
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Going Places (1965) - 8

Dusty Springfield - Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965) - 7

Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More (1965) - 6
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Any More (1965) - 6

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrid Gilberto Album (1965) - 5
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Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965) - 4
Donovan - Fairytale (1965) - 4
The Pretty Things - Get The Picture? (1965) - 4
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Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank (1965) - 3
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks The Folk (1965) - 3
Miles Davis - E.S.P. (1965) - 3
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965) - 3
The Impressions - People Get Ready (1965) - 3
The Zombies - The Zombies (1965) - 3
Wayne Shorter - Juju (1965) - 3

Grant Green - Idle Moments (1965) - 2
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits (1965) - 2
Joan Baez - Farewell, Angelina (1965) - 2
The Turtles - It Ain't Me Babe (1965) - 2

Frank Sinatra - September Of My Years (1965) - 1
Jay And The Americans - Blockbusters (1965) - 1
Richard & Mimi Fariña - Celebrations for a Grey Day (1965) - 1
Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins on Impulse! (1965) - 1
The Four Seasons - The 4 Seasons Entertain You (1965) - 1
The Spencer Davis Group - Their First LP (1965) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Steve Z
MichaelEU
Johnny
Greg F
KING
KekeTang
Lax38
BSLO
Tom H.
Ray
joker
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrid Gilberto Album (1965)
Dusty Springfield - Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965)
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Four Tops - Second Album (1965)
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Going Places (1965)
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Any More (1965)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)
Donovan - Fairytale (1965)
The Pretty Things - Get The Picture? (1965)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The album that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/25/2021 @ 01:22am

My tiebreaker vote:

Donovan - Fairytale (1965) - 3
The Pretty Things - Get The Picture? (1965) - 2
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/25/2021 @ 01:23am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite (2010) - 7
Kylie Minogue - Body Language (2003) - 7
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Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020) - 6
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997) - 6
Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994) - 6
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000) - 6
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Kylie Minogue - Kylie (1988) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
KING
Johnny
Christian
Lax38
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite (2010)
Kylie Minogue - Body Language (2003)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/25/2021 @ 01:26am

KING MAY 2021 TIEBREAKER (3)
The Pretty Things-Get The Picture? (1965)-3 PTS
Donovan-Fairytale (1965)-2
Bert Jansch-Bert Jansch (1965)-1 PT

KYLIE MINOGUE TIEBREAKER (1)
Kylie Minogue-Impossible Princess (1997)

KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 05/25/2021 @ 03:29am

Tiebreaker Vote:

3 points: The Pretty Things - Get The Picture? (1965)
2 points: Donovan - Fairytale (1965)
1 point: Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 05/25/2021 @ 08:02am

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965) 3
The Pretty Things - Get the Picture? (1965) 2
Donovan - Fairytale (1965) 1

Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000) 4
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997) 3
Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994) 2
Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020) 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/25/2021 @ 08:47am

These are the albums I plan on nominating next month.

Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MOT.ION (2015)
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980)

I'll repost them when it's time to do so. In the meantime Check them out and let me know what you think.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/25/2021 @ 12:17pm

Tiebreaker vote:

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965): 3 points
The Pretty Things - Get the Picture? (1965): 2
Donovan - Fairytale (1965): 1

Also, before it is added to the list, the album title should be corrected to "The Astrud Gilberto Album."

Posted by KekeTang on Tuesday, 05/25/2021 @ 17:20pm

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965) - 3
The Pretty Things - Get the Picture? - 2
Donovan - Fairytale (1965) - 1

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 05/25/2021 @ 18:24pm

Here are my tiebreaker votes:

1965 Albums

Donovan - Fairytale (1965) - 3
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965) - 2
The Pretty Things - Get the Picture? - 1

Artist Vote

Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)

Happy Memorial Day and stay safe,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Tuesday, 05/25/2021 @ 19:57pm

Tiebreaker:

The Pretty Things - Get The Picture? (1965) [3 Points]
Donovan - Fairytale (1965) [2 Points]
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 05/25/2021 @ 21:17pm

Donovan-Fairytale (1965)-3
The Pretty Things-Get The Picture? (1965)-2
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 05/25/2021 @ 21:38pm

Tiebreaker:
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)

Posted by Christian on Thursday, 05/27/2021 @ 16:37pm

Before I forget...My Kylie Minogue Album Tiebreaker Vote:

Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 05/27/2021 @ 19:29pm

If the tiebreaker is still on:

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965) - 3
The Pretty Things - Get the Picture? - 2
Donovan - Fairytale (1965) - 1

Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997) - 4
Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994) - 3
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000) - 2
Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020) - 1

Posted by Ray on Friday, 05/28/2021 @ 15:39pm

What were the tiebreaker results?

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 05/29/2021 @ 12:56pm

I'll be posting the results shortly. My apologies for missing the original deadline.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/29/2021 @ 22:23pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

The Pretty Things - Get The Picture? (1965) - 18
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Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965) - 15
Donovan - Fairytale (1965) - 15

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Ray - Your tiebreaker was posted after the deadline and couldn't be counted. The results would have been the same either way.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Genre Project vote:

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)
Dusty Springfield - Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965)
Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Four Tops - Second Album (1965)
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Going Places (1965)
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Any More (1965)
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
The Pretty Things - Get The Picture? (1965)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/29/2021 @ 22:32pm

I gave the wrong instructions on the Album Artist Vote tiebreaker, so I'm going to re-post them and give the voters who haven't voted with the ranked albums method until 9 PM Central on the 31st to post their tiebreakers. If you've already posted your ranked albums tiebreaker, it will be counted towards this tiebreaker.
_______________________________________

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)
Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker. To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all four albums in order of preference.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 31st.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 05/29/2021 @ 22:35pm

Rule Changes In 2021:

Nominations posted prior to the monthly opening announcement of the start of new projects (or Midnight Central time on the 1st if the announcement is delayed) must be re-posted during the nomination window to be included in nomination lists (with exceptions when absolutely necessary).

All polls will now end at 9 PM Central.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 9 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2020. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Alter Bridge - AB III (2010)
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)
Donovan - Fairytale (1965)
Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016)
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)

Tiebreaker losers from the Kylie Minogue Artist tiebreaker will also automatically be nominated.

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 9 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Emo 2000-2010
Progressive Rock
1990's R&B
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks
Gospel Albums
Latin
Alternative Country
Power Metal
Doom Metal
1990's Hip-Hop/Rap
Sophisti-pop
Progressive Metal

"1990's Country" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 9 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kylie Minogue
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1962.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1962. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1962.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1962 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song!
Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Here's the Man!
Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Green Onions
Dexter Gordon - Go!
Dick Dale and His Del-Tones - Surfer's Choice
Etta James - Etta James
Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf (The Rockin' Chair Album)
Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, et. al - The Real Ambassadors
Peter, Paul and Mary - Peter, Paul and Mary
Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1962, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/31/2021 @ 10:32am

General Vote

Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION (2015)
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980)

Genre: Indietronica (2000-2020)

Artist: Stereolab

Year Vote:

Esquivel & His Orchestra - Latin-Esque (1962)
Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones (1962)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 05/31/2021 @ 13:45pm

My June Album Project Nominations:

1: Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (2019)
2: Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
3: King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 05/31/2021 @ 15:37pm

KING JUNE 2021 Album General Nominations (3)
999-Separates (1978)
Cinderella-Night Songs (1986)
Survivor-Vital Signs (1984)

ARTIST: Wishbone Ash

GENRE: Texas Country

KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 05/31/2021 @ 18:25pm

KING JUNE 2021 The 1962 Year Albums Nominations (3)
Al Martino-The Exciting Voice Of Al Martino (1962)
Marty Robbins-Marty After Midnight (1962)
The Marvelettes-Playboy (1962)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 05/31/2021 @ 18:40pm

Year Nominations

Frank Sinatra- Sinatra-Basie: An Historic First (1962)
The Beach Boys- Surfin' Safari
Tony Bennett- I Left My Heart in San Francisco (1962)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/31/2021 @ 21:08pm

My Genre & Artist Nominations:

Genre: Death Metal

Artist: Porcupine Tree

I was especially pleased to see Porcupine Tree's classic 2002 album, In Absentia, earn induction during the Progressive Metal Vote. However, Steven Wilson & Friends deserve more representation on the Important Albums List.

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 06/1/2021 @ 07:55am

Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Posted by Nice Ry Guy Guy on Tuesday, 06/1/2021 @ 13:15pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997) - 7
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Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000) - 6

Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994) - 5

Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020) - 2

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Artist Project vote:

Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite (2010)
Kylie Minogue - Body Language (2003)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1997)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/1/2021 @ 14:51pm

Genre nom:
Artists who debuted 2010 or later
Artist nom:
The Chemical Brothers

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Tuesday, 06/1/2021 @ 18:11pm

Here is my ballot of nominees for the Album project in June 2021.

General vote nominations

John Prine - The Missing Years (1991)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)
Earth, Wind and Fire - Touch The World (1987)

1962 Albums

Aretha Franklin - The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)
Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts (1962)

My Genre nomination is:

Progressive Soul

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Sparks

Hope this helps,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Tuesday, 06/1/2021 @ 20:31pm

My June 2021 nominations for induction into The Album Project...

Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 06/1/2021 @ 21:33pm

Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Phish- Sigma Oasis (2020)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Genre Nomination:

Jazz

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 06/1/2021 @ 21:36pm

Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts and Children (1971)

Posted by Carol Sue on Tuesday, 06/1/2021 @ 21:55pm

general noms:

Republica - Republica (2020)
bis - Return to Central (2001)
Men Without Hats - The Rhythm of Youth (1982)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 06/1/2021 @ 22:39pm

Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the House (1996)

TV Soundtracks

Merle Haggard

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 06/2/2021 @ 00:29am

Bringing Down the Horse is the correct title for The Wallflowers album.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/2/2021 @ 07:27am

I'm reposting it because I misspelled a word in one of the titles. But the Wallflowers totally brought the house with that album!

Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)

TV Soundtracks

Merle Haggard

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 06/2/2021 @ 09:15am

Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (2020)
Pink - Funhouse (2008)

Genre: Electropop (2000-2020)

Artist: Britney Spears

Posted by Christian on Wednesday, 06/2/2021 @ 17:17pm

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/3/2021 @ 00:34am

The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)

1980's R&B

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 06/3/2021 @ 07:08am

Good call on The Raincoats, BSLO. That'll definitely have my support.

General noms:

Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (2016)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)

Genre nom:

Scandinavian Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 06/3/2021 @ 15:09pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

999 - Separates (1978)
Alter Bridge - AB III (2010)
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts and Children (1971)
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)
bis - Return to Central (2001)
Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION (2015)
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)
Donovan - Fairytale (1965)
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)
Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016)
Earth, Wind and Fire - Touch The World (1987)
Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (2016)
Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (2020)
John Prine - The Missing Years (1991)
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020)
Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Men Without Hats - The Rhythm of Youth (1982)
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (2019)
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020)
Pink - Funhouse (2008)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Republica - Republica (2020)
Survivor - Vital Signs (1984)
The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/3/2021 @ 22:24pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980's R&B
Artists who debuted 2010 or later
Death Metal
Electropop (2000-2020)
Indietronica (2000-2020)
Jazz
Progressive Soul
Scandinavian Metal
Texas Country
TV Soundtracks
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There were 10 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 7.

This month's selected genre is "Progressive Soul".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/3/2021 @ 22:25pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Chemical Brothers, The
Davis, Miles
Electric Light Orchestra
Haggard, Merle
Porcupine Tree
Sparks
Spears, Britney
Stereolab
Swans
Wishbone Ash
Young, Neil

There were 11 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 1.

This month's selected artist is The Chemical Brothers.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is The Chemical Brothers.

Here's the list of The Chemical Brothers albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Dig Your Own Hole (1997)
Exit Planet Dust (1995)

Any voter can nominate one album by The Chemical Brothers released from 1900-2020 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's The Chemical Brothers discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chemical_Brothers_discography

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 06/3/2021 @ 22:28pm

Artist vote nomination

The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)

Genre vote nominations

Earth, Wind and Fire - Head to the Sky (1973)
The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976)
War - All Day Music (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/3/2021 @ 22:46pm

Progressive Soul Album Nominations:

1: Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972)
2: Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974)
3: The Isley Brothers - Go For Your Guns (1977)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 06/3/2021 @ 23:21pm

Johnny, Stevie Wonder - Talking Book is already inducted. You can nominate another album.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/3/2021 @ 23:35pm

Thanks for the catch, Greg F. Here's my 3rd album nomination:

3: Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 06/3/2021 @ 23:43pm

KING JUNE 2021 Progressive Soul Album Nominations (3)
Curtis Mayfield-Back To The World (1973)
JoBoxers-Like Gangbusters (1983)
Sly And The Family Stone-Small Talk (1974)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 06/4/2021 @ 04:09am

My June Album Project Votes:

1: Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
2: King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
3: Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
4: Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998)
5: Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
6: Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (2019)
7: TV on the Radio - Seeds (2014)
8: Yes - Going for the One (1977)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 06/4/2021 @ 10:07am

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)
Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MOT.ION (2015)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/4/2021 @ 12:39pm

KING JUNE 2021 ALBUMS VOTE (8)
999-Separates (1978)
Cinderella-Night Songs (1986)
Dixie Chicks-Fly (1999)
Glen Campbell-Galveston (1969)
Olivia Newton-John-Totally Hot (1978)
Survivor-Vital Signs (1984)
The Pointer Sisters-Special Things (1980)
The Raincoats-The Raincoats (1979)
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Sneaky good album selection. I find myself looking at some artists who have zero or little material in the projects. Tough luck for Kylie Minogue. 3 good albums probably a vote splitter. Each receiving a few votes. Will be excited to see how it shakes out. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 06/4/2021 @ 18:19pm

1: Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
2: Donovan - Fairytale (1965)
3: Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)
4: King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
5: Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
6: Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
7: Pink - Funhouse (2008)
8: The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Friday, 06/4/2021 @ 19:29pm

Genre Nominations

Isaac Hayes- The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)
The Isley Brothers- Harvest for the World (1976)
The Temptations- Puzzle People (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 06/4/2021 @ 21:50pm

Tom H. I already nominated The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World. You can nominate another album.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/4/2021 @ 22:04pm

bis - Return to Central (2001)
Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Men Without Hats - The Rhythm of Youth (1982)
Republica - Republica (1996) I put the wrong year on this nomination it is from 1996, not 2020.
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 06/4/2021 @ 23:13pm

Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)
Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Pink - Funhouse (2008)
The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980)
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Genre:
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
Billy Paul - 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (1972)

Year:
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
Willie Nelson - ...And Then I Wrote (1962)
Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (1962)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 06/5/2021 @ 01:06am

Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)
Men Without Hats - The Rhythm of Youth (1982)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980)
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Artist Vote Nomination
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button (2005)

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 06/5/2021 @ 11:42am

Going with a more current album for my third album nomination

Rafael Saadiq- Stone Rollin' (2011)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 06/5/2021 @ 19:35pm

Artist Nomination

The Chemical Brothers- Come With Us (2002)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 06/5/2021 @ 19:44pm

Here is my ballot for the General election votes this month:

Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Earth, Wind and Fire - Touch The World (1987)
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980)
John Prine - The Missing Years (1991)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

My Genre Vote nominations are:

Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
Gil Scott-Heron - 1980 (1980)
Q-Tip - Kamaal The Abstract (2009)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)

Thanks for letting my Genre nomination be considered again,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 06/7/2021 @ 21:14pm

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts and Children (1971)
Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979)
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
Survivor - Vital Signs (1984)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 06/7/2021 @ 21:53pm

Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Pink - Funhouse (2008)
The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980) (YAY!!!!)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/7/2021 @ 23:12pm

Nick I knew you would appreciate and be so excited seeing a Pointer Sisters album nominated when I decided to give Special Things a shot this month. I figured you would vote for it.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/7/2021 @ 23:44pm

Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MOT.ION (2015)
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (2020)
Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020)
Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)
Pink - Funhouse (2008)

Posted by Christian on Tuesday, 06/8/2021 @ 10:27am

Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/8/2021 @ 16:54pm

Correction:

Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/8/2021 @ 17:34pm

Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
Phish- Sigma Oasis (2020)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 06/8/2021 @ 19:54pm

Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)
Donovan - Fairytale (1965)
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 06/8/2021 @ 19:54pm

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)
Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (2016)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989)
Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (2019)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Apologies to Donovan, Grace Jones, Jessie Ware, John Prine, King Crimson, Madvillain, Meshuggah, Miles, MWH, Odetta, Republica, Yes, and others.

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 06/8/2021 @ 20:49pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980) - 7

Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969) - 6

Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999) - 5
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015) - 5
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957) - 5
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996) - 5
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014) - 5
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Cinderella - Night Songs (1986) - 4
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 4
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 4
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978) - 4
Pink - Funhouse (2008) - 4
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) - 4
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 4
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Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980) - 3
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 3
Operation Ivy - Energy (1989) - 3
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 3
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 3
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 3

Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002) - 2
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965) - 2
Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION (2015) - 2
Donovan - Fairytale (1965) - 2
Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) - 2
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000) - 2
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017) - 2
Men Without Hats - The Rhythm of Youth (1982) - 2
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 2
Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (2019) - 2
Survivor - Vital Signs (1984) - 2

999 - Separates (1978) - 1
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts and Children (1971) - 1
bis - Return to Central (2001) - 1
Earth, Wind and Fire - Touch The World (1987) - 1
Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (2016) - 1
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (2020) - 1
John Prine - The Missing Years (1991) - 1
Kylie Minogue - Disco (2020) - 1
Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue (1994) - 1
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979) - 1
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (1998) - 1
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020) - 1
Republica - Republica (2020) - 1
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018) - 1

Alter Bridge - AB III (2010) - 0
Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016) - 0
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Johnny
Greg F
KING
Doo-Wop Phil
jtrichey
MichaelEU
Steve Z
Lax38
Rick Vendl II
Nick
Christian
Darren
Tom H.
BSLO
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)
Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
Pink - Funhouse (2008)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 7 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that get the most points will be inducted. The other 6 albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Progressive Soul", Artist Vote (The Chemical Brothers) or Year Vote (1962).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/8/2021 @ 23:44pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Progressive Soul) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (The Chemical Brothers) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1962) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/8/2021 @ 23:46pm

Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 7
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986) - 6
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) - 5
Pink - Funhouse (2008) - 4
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 3
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 2
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 06/8/2021 @ 23:48pm

KING JUNE 2021 Album Tiebreaker (7)
Cinderella-Night Songs (1986)- 7 PTS
Olivia Newton-John-Totally Hot (1978)-6
King Crimson-Three Of A Perfect Pair (1984)-5
YES-Going For The One (1977)-4
The Raincoats-The Raincoats (1979)-3
Pink-Funhouse (2008)-2
Miles Davis-Sorcerer (1967)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 06/9/2021 @ 00:48am

Miles Davis- Sorcerer (1967)-7
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)-6
Yes - Going For The One (1977)-5
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)-4
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)-3
Pink - Funhouse (2008)-2
Cinderella-Night Songs (1986)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/9/2021 @ 07:04am

Tiebreaker Vote!

7 points: King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
6 points: Yes - Going for the One (1977)
5 points: Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
4 points: Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
3 points: Pink - Funhouse (2008)
2 points: Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
1 point: The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 06/9/2021 @ 07:55am

Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 7
Pink - Funhouse (2008) - 6
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978) - 5
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) - 4
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 3
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 2
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 06/9/2021 @ 11:03am

Genre nom:
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
The 5th Dimension - Up, Up and Away (1967)
Jill Scott – Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
(2000)
Artist nom:
The Chemical Brothers - Born in the Echoes (2015)

Posted by Ry Guy Nice Ry on Wednesday, 06/9/2021 @ 11:51am

The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) 7
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978) 6
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) 5
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) 4
Pink - Funhouse (2008) 3
Yes - Going for the One (1977) 2
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/9/2021 @ 13:31pm

Here is my tiebreaker vote:

Yes - Going for the One (1977) - 7
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 6
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 5
Pink - Funhouse (2008) - 4
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978) - 3
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986) - 2
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) - 1

Hope this is satisying,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Wednesday, 06/9/2021 @ 19:01pm

My Tiebreaker Votes:

7 points: Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
6 points: Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
5 points: Pink - Funhouse (2008)
4 points: Yes - Going for the One (1977)
3 points: King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
2 points: Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
1 point: The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Wednesday, 06/9/2021 @ 19:29pm

Touche Tom H. LOL!!!

Posted by KING on Thursday, 06/10/2021 @ 01:15am

Tiebreaker:

TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014) [7 Points]
Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969) [6 Points]
The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980) [5 Points]
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957) [4 Points]
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996) [3 Points]
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015) [2 Points]
Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 06/10/2021 @ 08:45am

Whoops, I totally beefed on that one.

Here's my real tiebreaker vote:

Yes - Going For The One (1977) [7 Points]
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986) [6 Points]
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) [5 Points]
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) [4 Points]
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978) [3 Points]
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) [2 Points]
Pink - Funhouse (2008) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 06/10/2021 @ 08:47am

The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) - 7
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 6
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 5
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 4
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986) - 3
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978) - 2
Pink - Funhouse (2008) - 1

Genre noms:

Bilal - Love for Sale (2006)
Minnie Riperton - Come to My Garden (1970)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 06/11/2021 @ 16:51pm

Tiebreaker:
Pink - Funhouse (2008): 7
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978): 6
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979): 5
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967): 4
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986): 3
Yes - Going For The One (1977): 2
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984): 1

Genre Nominees
Betty Davis - Betty Davis (1973)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)

And Greg - Thank you SO much for nominating the Pointer Sisters album and it got the most votes that round! Wow, those girls are well-liked and I love it!

Posted by Nick on Friday, 06/11/2021 @ 20:46pm

The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) - 7
Pink - Funhouse (2008) - 6
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978) - 5
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 4
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986) - 3
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 2
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 06/11/2021 @ 20:57pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) - 61
__________________

Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 51
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978) - 49
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) - 48
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 44
Pink - Funhouse (2008) - 44
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986) - 39

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999)
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)
Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)
Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980)
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (1996)
TV On The Radio - Seeds (2014)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/11/2021 @ 23:57pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Betty Davis - Betty Davis (1973)
Bilal - Love for Sale (2006)
Billy Paul - 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (1972)
Curtis Mayfield - Back To The World (1973)
Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Earth, Wind and Fire - Head to the Sky (1973)
Gil Scott-Heron - 1980 (1980)
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Isaac Hayes - The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)
Jill Scott – Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000) -
JoBoxers - Like Gangbusters (1983)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Minnie Riperton - Come to My Garden (1970)
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974)
Q-Tip - Kamaal The Abstract (2009)
Rafael Saadiq - Stone Rollin' (2011)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
Sly And The Family Stone - Small Talk (1974)
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
The 5th Dimension - Up, Up and Away (1967)
The Isley Brothers - Go For Your Guns (1977)
The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976)
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1970)
War - All Day Music (1971)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/11/2021 @ 23:58pm

My Progressive Soul Album Votes:

1: Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
2: Isaac Hayes - The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)
3: Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974)
4: Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin' (2011)
5: Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
6: Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)
7: The Isley Brothers - Go For Your Guns (1977)
8: The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 06/12/2021 @ 13:30pm

Nick I'm thinking about nominating Energy in the future. It's on a list of potential album project nominees. Wonder how well that would do.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/12/2021 @ 17:52pm

Betty Davis - Betty Davis (1973)
Billy Paul - 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (1972)
Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Isaac Hayes - The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
War - All Day Music (1971)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 06/13/2021 @ 07:58am

KING June 2021 Progressive Soul Album Vote (8)
Curtis Mayfield-Back To The World (1973)
Earth, Wind And Fire-Head To The Sky (1973)
Isaac Hayes-The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)
Parliament-Up For The Down Stroke (1974)
Roberta Flack-First Take (1969)
The 5th Dimension-Up, Up And Away (1967)
The Isley Brothers-Harvest For The World (1976)
WAR-All Day Music (1971)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 06/13/2021 @ 11:36am

Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Earth, Wind and Fire - Head to the Sky (1973)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
The Isley Brothers - Harvest For The World (1976)
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1970)
War - All Day Music (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/13/2021 @ 19:50pm

Here is my ballot for the Progressive Soul Album elections.

Earth, Wind and Fire - Head to the Sky (1973)
Isaac Hayes-The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)
Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
Q-Tip - Kamaal The Abstract (2009)
Gil Scott-Heron - 1980 (1980)
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1970)
War - All Day Music (1971)

Thank you again for selecting this genre,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 06/14/2021 @ 19:33pm

My Progressive Soul Album Selections:

1: Billy Paul - 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (1972)
2: Curtis Mayfield - Back to the World (1973)
3: Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
4: Earth, Wind and Fire - Head to the Sky (1973)
5: Isaac Hayes - The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)
6: Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
7: Sly and the Family Stone - Small Talk (1974)
8: The Temptations - Puzzle People (1970)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Monday, 06/14/2021 @ 20:01pm

Betty Davis - Betty Davis (1973)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
The 5th Dimension - Up, Up and Away (1967)
The Isley Brothers - Go For Your Guns (1977)
War- All Day Music (1971)

Greg, 'Energy' features the smash hit 'Fire' so I think it would do very well!

Posted by Nick on Monday, 06/14/2021 @ 21:42pm

Curtis Mayfield - Back To The World (1973)
Earth, Wind and Fire - Head to the Sky (1973)
Jill Scott – Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000) -
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974)
Q-Tip - Kamaal The Abstract (2009)
Sly And The Family Stone - Small Talk (1974)
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)
War - All Day Music (1971)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/16/2021 @ 18:26pm

Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Isaac Hayes- The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)
Rafael Saadiq- Stone Rollin' (2011)
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976)
The Temptations- Puzzle People (1970)
War - All Day Music (1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/16/2021 @ 20:26pm

Betty Davis - Betty Davis (1973)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Jill Scott – Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Minnie Riperton - Come to My Garden (1970)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
The Isley Brothers - Go For Your Guns (1977)

Apologies to Bilal, Billy Paul, Curtis Mayfield, Gil Scott-Heron, Parliament, Raphael Saadiq, Stevie Wonder, The Isley Brothers, The Temptations, War, and others. Tough ballot. Even cut one of my own noms.

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 06/16/2021 @ 20:41pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

War - All Day Music (1971) - 7

Isaac Hayes - The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970) - 6

Earth, Wind and Fire - Head to the Sky (1973) - 5
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969) - 5
____________________________

Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975) - 4
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) - 4
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972) - 4
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980) - 4
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978) - 4
The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976) - 4
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1970) - 4
____________________________

Betty Davis - Betty Davis (1973) - 3
Curtis Mayfield - Back To The World (1973) - 3
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974) - 3
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974) - 3
The Isley Brothers - Go For Your Guns (1977) - 3

Billy Paul - 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (1972) - 2
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000) - 2
Q-Tip - Kamaal The Abstract (2009) - 2
Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin' (2011) - 2
Sly And The Family Stone - Small Talk (1974) - 2
The 5th Dimension - Up, Up and Away (1967) - 2

Gil Scott-Heron - 1980 (1980) - 1
Minnie Riperton - Come to My Garden (1970) - 1

Bilal - Love for Sale (2006) - 0
JoBoxers - Like Gangbusters (1983) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Johnny
MichaelEU
KING
Greg F
Lax38
Doo-Wop Phil
Nick
Darren
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Earth, Wind and Fire - Head to the Sky (1973)
Isaac Hayes - The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
War - All Day Music (1971)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976)
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1970)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 7 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/16/2021 @ 23:42pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (The Chemical Brothers) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1962) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/16/2021 @ 23:43pm

Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972) - 7
Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975) - 6
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980) - 5
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) - 4
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1970) - 3
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978) - 2
The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/16/2021 @ 23:44pm

The Temptations- Puzzle People (1970)-7
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)-6
The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976)-5
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)-4
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)-3
Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)-2
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/17/2021 @ 06:03am

Progressive Album Tiebreaker Vote!

7 points: The Temptations - Puzzle People (1970)
6 points: Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)
5 points: The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976)
4 points: Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
3 points: Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
2 points: Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
1 point: Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 06/17/2021 @ 09:03am

Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978) - 7
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972) - 6
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980) - 5
Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975) - 4
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) - 3
The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976) - 2
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1970) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 06/18/2021 @ 10:12am

The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976) 7
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978) 6
Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975) 5
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1970) 4
Gil-Scott Heron - Freewill (1972) 3
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) 2
Stevie Wonder - Hotter than July (1980) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 06/18/2021 @ 12:04pm

Here is my tiebreaker vote:

Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975) - 7
The Temptations- Puzzle People (1970)- 6
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980) - 5
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972) - 4
The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976) - 3
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) - 2
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978) - 1

All of them are deserving,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Friday, 06/18/2021 @ 19:42pm

7 points: Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)
6 points: The Temptations - Puzzle People (1970)
5 points: Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
4 points: The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976)
3 points: Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
2 points: Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
1 point: Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Friday, 06/18/2021 @ 22:58pm

Darren, before I forget, I discovered that The Temptations actually released Puzzle People in 1969, not 1970. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but I'm only going by what my good friends at Wikipedia say.

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 06/18/2021 @ 23:54pm

KING June 2021 Progressive Soul Album Tiebreaker (7).
The Temptations-Puzzle People (1970)-7 PTS
The Isley Brothers-Harvest For The World (1976)-6
Curtis Mayfield-There's No Place Like America Today (1975)-5
Donny Hathaway-Extension Of A Man (1973)-4
Gil Scott-Heron-Free Will (1972)-3
Stevie Wonder-Hotter Than July (1980)-2
Sun Ra-Lanquidity (1978)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 06/19/2021 @ 12:10pm

KING June 2021 Nomination Selected Artist. The Chemical Brothers (1).
The Chemical Brothers-Brotherhood (2008).
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 06/19/2021 @ 12:20pm

Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) - 7
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978) - 6
Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975) - 5
The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976) - 4
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972) - 3
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980) - 2
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1970) - 1

Year noms:

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Mosaic (1962)
Max Roach and His Chorus and Orchestra - It's Time (1962)
Sonny Clark - Leapin' and Lopin' (1962)

Artist nom:

The Chemical Brothers - Loops of Fury (1996)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 06/19/2021 @ 14:48pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975) - 43
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1969) - 42
The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976) - 37
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980) - 36
__________________

Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972) - 33
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978) - 32
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) - 29

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Genre vote:

Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
Earth, Wind and Fire - Head to the Sky (1973)
Isaac Hayes - The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)
The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World (1976)
The Temptations - Puzzle People (1969)
War - All Day Music (1971)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/19/2021 @ 23:04pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Al Martino - The Exciting Voice Of Al Martino (1962)
Aretha Franklin - The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Mosaic (1962)
Esquivel & His Orchestra - Latin-Esque (1962)
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historic First (1962)
Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones (1962)
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)
Marty Robbins - Marty After Midnight (1962)
Max Roach and His Chorus and Orchestra - It's Time (1962)
Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts (1962)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (1962)
Sonny Clark - Leapin' and Lopin' (1962)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962)
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco (1962)
Willie Nelson - ...And Then I Wrote (1962)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/19/2021 @ 23:06pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

The Chemical Brothers - Born in the Echoes (2015)
The Chemical Brothers - Brotherhood (2008)
The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (2002)
The Chemical Brothers - Loops of Fury (1996)
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button (2005)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/19/2021 @ 23:06pm

My Chemical Brothers Album Votes:

1: The Chemical Brothers - Born in the Echoes (2015)
2: The Chemical Brothers - Brotherhood (2008)
3: The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (2002)
4: The Chemical Brothers - Loops of Fury (1996)
5: The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button (2005)
6: The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 06/20/2021 @ 14:00pm

Here is my 1962 Album ballot.

The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari (1962)
Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts (1962)
Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (1962)
Aretha Franklin - The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
Willie Nelson - ...And Then I Wrote (1962)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historic First (1962)
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)

And here is my Artist Vote ballot:

The Chemical Brothers - Born in the Echoes (2015)
The Chemical Brothers - Brotherhood (2008)
The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (2002)
The Chemical Brothers - Loops of Fury (1996)
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button (2005)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)

Pretty easy,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Sunday, 06/20/2021 @ 18:55pm

If we all vote for all 6 albums, it will just have a tiebreaker vote which seems pretty stupid.

The Chemical Brothers - Brotherhood (2008)
The Chemical Brothers - Loops of Fury (1996)
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button (2005)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 06/20/2021 @ 21:51pm

Esquivel & His Orchestra - Latin-Esque (1962)
Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones (1962)
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)
Marty Robbins - Marty After Midnight (1962)
Max Roach and His Chorus and Orchestra - It's Time (1962)
Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts (1962)
Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (1962)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)

The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (2002)
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button (2005)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/20/2021 @ 22:35pm

Al Martino - The Exciting Voice Of Al Martino (1962)
Marty Robbins - Marty After Midnight (1962)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (1962)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari (1962)
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962)
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco (1962)

The Chemical Brothers - Born in the Echoes (2015)
The Chemical Brothers - Brotherhood (2008)
The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (2002)
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button (2005)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)

Posted by Steve Z on Monday, 06/21/2021 @ 10:10am

My 1962 Album Votes:

1: Aretha Franklin - The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
2: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Mosaic (1962)
3: Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historical Musical First (1962)
4: Marty Robbins - Marty After Midnight (1962)
5: Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts (1962)
6: Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
7: Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (1962)
8: Willie Nelson - ...And Then I Wrote (1962)

P.S. For the Sinatra-Basie album, the word "Musical" needs to be included in the title.

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 06/21/2021 @ 11:11am

KING JUNE 2021 Year 1962 Album Vote (8).
Al Martino-The Exciting Voice Of Al Martino (1962)
Ike & Tina Turner-Dynamite! (1962)
Marty Robbins-Marty After Midnight (1962)
Roy Orbison-Crying (1962)
Sam Cooke-Twistin' The Night Away (1962)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd-Jazz Samba (1962)
The Marvelettes-Playboy (1962)
Tony Bennett-I Left My Heart In San Francisco (1962)

Selected Artist: The Chemical Brothers Album Vote (4).
The Chemical Brothers-Brotherhood (2008)
The Chemical Brothers-Come With Us (2002)
The Chemical Brothers-Push The Button (2005)
The Chemical Brothers-Surrender (1999)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 06/21/2021 @ 16:37pm

Here's a preview of what I plan on nominating for next months general vote. I'll repost them when it's time.

Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
Harry Nilsson - Harry (1969)
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/22/2021 @ 13:53pm

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Mosaic (1962)
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historic First (1962)
Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones (1962)
Max Roach and His Chorus and Orchestra - It's Time (1962)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
Sonny Clark - Leapin' and Lopin' (1962)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)
Willie Nelson - ...And Then I Wrote (1962)

Apologies to Al Martino, Esquivel, Ike and Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, The Marvelettes, Tony Bennett, and others.

The Chemical Brothers - Brotherhood (2008)
The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (2002)
The Chemical Brothers - Loops of Fury (1996)
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button (2005)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 06/24/2021 @ 11:42am

Max Roach and His Chorus and Orchestra - It's Time (1962)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (1962)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari (1962)
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962)
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco (1962)
Willie Nelson - ...And Then I Wrote (1962)

The Chemical Brothers - Loops of Fury (1996)
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button (2005)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 06/24/2021 @ 11:52am

Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)
Marty Robbins - Marty After Midnight (1962)
Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts (1962)
Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (1962)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962)
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco (1962)
Willie Nelson - ...And Then I Wrote (1962)

The Chemical Brothers - Brotherhood (2008)
The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (2002)
The Chemical Brothers - Loops of Fury (1996)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 06/24/2021 @ 18:08pm

Frank Sinatra- Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962)
Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones (1962)
Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts (1962)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (1962)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)
The Beach Boys- Surfin' Safari (1962)
Tony Bennett- I Left My Heart in San Francisco (1962)

The Chemical Brothers - Born in the Echoes (2015)
The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (2002)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/24/2021 @ 21:01pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999) - 9

The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (2002) - 8
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button (2005) - 8
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The Chemical Brothers - Brotherhood (2008) - 7

The Chemical Brothers - Loops of Fury (1996) - 6

The Chemical Brothers - Born in the Echoes (2015) - 4

This vote count includes the following votes:

Johnny
Lax38
jtrichey
Greg F
Steve Z
KING
Ray
MichaelEU
Nick
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (2002)
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button (2005)
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (1999)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/25/2021 @ 00:06am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (1962) - 8

Roy Orbison - Crying (1962) - 7
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962) - 7

Marty Robbins - Marty After Midnight (1962) - 5
Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts (1962) - 5
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco (1962) - 5
Willie Nelson - ...And Then I Wrote (1962) - 5
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Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962) - 4
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962) - 4
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari - 4
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962) - 4
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Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones (1962) - 3
Max Roach and His Chorus and Orchestra - It's Time (1962) - 3

Al Martino - The Exciting Voice Of Al Martino (1962) - 2
Aretha Franklin - The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962) - 2
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Mosaic (1962) - 2

Esquivel & His Orchestra - Latin-Esque (1962) - 1
Sonny Clark - Leapin' and Lopin' (1962) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Lax38
Greg F
Steve Z
Johnny
KING
Ray
MichaelEU
Nick
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Marty Robbins - Marty After Midnight (1962)
Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts (1962)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (1962)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco (1962)
Willie Nelson - ...And Then I Wrote (1962)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962)
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The album that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/25/2021 @ 00:08am

1962 Album Tiebreaker Votes:

4 points: Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962)
3 points: Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)
2 points: The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari (1962)
1 point: The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 06/25/2021 @ 12:06pm

KING June 2021 Album Tiebreaker 1962 Year (4)
The Beach Boys-Surfin' Safari (1962)- 4 PTS
Ike And Tina Turner-Dynamite! (1962)-3
Frank Sinatra-Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Music First (1962)-2
The Marvelettes-Playboy (1962)-1 PT.
Congrats to the FRL Regulars and newer voters on some excellent nominations and album Inductions. Nat King Cole, Roy Orbison, Sam Cooke and Willie Nelson...I'd say some legendary artists. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 06/25/2021 @ 15:38pm

Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962)-4
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari (1962)-3
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962)-2
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 06/25/2021 @ 21:39pm

The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari (1962) - 4
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962) - 3
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962) - 2
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 06/27/2021 @ 11:26am

The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962): 4
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962): 3 
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari (1962): 2 
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962): 1

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 06/27/2021 @ 12:46pm

Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962) - 4
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962) - 3
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962) - 2
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari - 1

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 06/27/2021 @ 17:43pm

Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962) 4
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962) 3
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962) 2
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari (1962) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 06/27/2021 @ 19:53pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962) - 22
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Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962) - 17
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari - 17
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962) - 14

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Year vote:

Frank Sinatra - Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962)
Marty Robbins - Marty After Midnight (1962)
Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts (1962)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1962)
Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (1962)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco (1962)
Willie Nelson - ...And Then I Wrote (1962)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 06/28/2021 @ 00:20am

Rule Changes In 2021:

Nominations posted prior to the monthly opening announcement of the start of new projects (or Midnight Central time on the 1st if the announcement is delayed) must be re-posted during the nomination window to be included in nomination lists (with exceptions when absolutely necessary).

All polls will now end at 9 PM Central.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 9 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2020. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
Pink - Funhouse (2008)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 9 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Progressive Rock
1990's R&B
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks
Gospel Albums
Latin
Alternative Country
Power Metal
Doom Metal
1990's Hip-Hop/Rap
Sophisti-pop
Progressive Metal
Progressive Soul

"Emo 2000-2010" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 9 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kylie Minogue
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 2007.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 2007. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 2007.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 2007 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Alicia Keys - As I Am
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Britney Spears - Blackout
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High
Feist - The Reminder
Kanye West - Graduation
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
M.I.A. - Kala
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Paramore - Riot!
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Tegan & Sara - The Con
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 2007, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/30/2021 @ 01:03am

General Vote:

Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Harry Nilsson - Harry (1969)
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)

Genre: Exotica/Space Age Pop

Artist: Taj Mahal

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/30/2021 @ 02:33am

KING July 2021 General Album Nomination (3)
Johnny Gill-Johnny Gill (1990)
Shocking Blue-Scorpio's Dance (1970)
Tesla-Mechanical Resonance (1986)

ARTIST: KISS
GENRE: 1960's Garage Rock
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 06/30/2021 @ 02:47am

Year Vote

Ash - Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (2007)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/30/2021 @ 08:33am

General Nominations:

Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)

Year Nominations:

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007)
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin (2007)
Justice - Cross (2007)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 06/30/2021 @ 08:50am

July Album Project Nominations:

1: Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
2: Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
3: The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 06/30/2021 @ 08:53am

General:
La Roux - La Roux (2009)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Metric - Fantasies (2009)

Genre - Electropop (2000-2020)

Year:
Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (2007)
Kylie Minogue - X (2007)
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007)

Artist - Britney Spears

Posted by Christian on Wednesday, 06/30/2021 @ 10:56am

2007 Album Nominations:

1: Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
2: Machine Head - The Blackening (2007)
3: Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos (2007)

Genre Nomination: Melodic Death Metal

Artist Nomination: Porcupine Tree

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 06/30/2021 @ 13:06pm

KING JULY 2021 The Year 2007 Albums (3)
Drowning Pool-Full Circle (2007)
John Mellencamp-Freedom's Road (2007)
Ryan Adams-Easy Tiger (2007)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 06/30/2021 @ 17:43pm

Year Nominations

Avenged Sevenfold- Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
Eagles- Long Road Out of Eden (2007)
Linkin Park- Minutes to Midnight (2007)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/30/2021 @ 19:04pm

Petula Clark- Downtown (1965)
Phish- Sigma Oasis (2020)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Genre Nomination:

Jazz

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/30/2021 @ 21:40pm

My nominations for July 2021 induction into The Album Project...

Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001)

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 07/1/2021 @ 14:01pm

General
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)

Artist
Sparks

Genre
Tribute Albums

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 07/1/2021 @ 22:10pm

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts and Children (1971)

Posted by Carol Sue on Friday, 07/2/2021 @ 19:47pm

Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)

Posted by Carol Sue on Friday, 07/2/2021 @ 20:38pm

Here are my nominations for this month's Album Project.

General vote

Sparks - Lil' Beethoven (2002)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Todd Rundgren - The Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978)

2007 Albums

Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains (2007)
Wu Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams (2007)
Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre (2007)

My Genre nomination is:

Protest/Political/Anti-War

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

The Buzzcocks

Happy Fourth!,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Friday, 07/2/2021 @ 20:46pm

General noms:

The Connells - Ring (1993)
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack (1996)
Sponge - Rotting Pinata (1994)

2007 noms:
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City (2007)
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (2007)
Seal - System (2007)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 07/2/2021 @ 22:06pm

General:

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/3/2021 @ 00:05am

For the record, I'm currently plan to treat the stage name "Taj Mahal" as if it were a first name and a last name, so it will be sorted "Mahal, Taj" in the list of performers that will be used to randomly select this month's artist. If you feel this is inaccurate, let me know.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/3/2021 @ 00:13am

Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)

The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (2007)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2007)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)

1980's R&B

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 07/3/2021 @ 07:29am

Lily Allen - Alright, Still was released in 2006 so it's not eligible for the year vote.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/3/2021 @ 09:18am

General noms:

Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (2016)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)

Genre nom:

Black Metal

Artist nom:

Nightwish

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 07/3/2021 @ 19:17pm

Thanks Greg F. My mistake.

Please replace my Lily Allen nomination with:

Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 07/3/2021 @ 22:32pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts and Children (1971)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001)
Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (2016)
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Harry Nilsson - Harry (1969)
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)
Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill (1990)
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
La Roux - La Roux (2009)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Metric - Fantasies (2009)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966)
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020)
Pink - Funhouse (2008)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Shocking Blue - Scorpio's Dance (1970)
Sparks - Lil' Beethoven (2002)
Sponge - Rotting Pinata (1994)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986)
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019)
The Connells - Ring (1993)
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
Todd Rundgren - The Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack (1996)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/4/2021 @ 00:14am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's Garage Rock
1980's R&B
Black Metal
Electropop (2000-2020)
Exotica/Space Age Pop
Jazz
Melodic Death Metal
Protest/Political/Anti-War
Tribute Albums
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There were 9 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 6.

This month's selected genre is "Jazz".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/4/2021 @ 00:18am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Buzzcocks, The
Davis, Miles
Electric Light Orchestra
KISS
Mahal, Taj
Nightwish
Porcupine Tree
Sparks
Spears, Britney
Young, Neil

There were 10 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 7.

This month's selected artist is Porcupine Tree.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Porcupine Tree.

Here's the list of Porcupine Tree albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

In Absentia (2002)

Any voter can nominate one album by Porcupine Tree released from 1900-2020 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Porcupine Tree's discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_Tree_discography

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/4/2021 @ 00:25am

Genre nominations:

George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980)

Artist nomination

Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/4/2021 @ 00:35am

July 2021 KING July Selected Artist Porcupine Tree. Album Nomination (1). Porcupine Tree-Lightbulb Sun (2000) .
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 07/4/2021 @ 00:42am

KING JULY 2021 JAZZ ALBUMS. Jazz Nominations (3).
George Benson-Give Me The Night (1980)
Michael Franks-Skin Dive (1985)
The Jazz Passengers-Individually Twisted (1997)

KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 07/4/2021 @ 01:23am

Artist Nomination

Porcupine Tree- Stupid Dream (1999)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 07/4/2021 @ 06:47am

Genre Nominations

Charles Mingus- The Clown (1957)
Pharoah Sanders- Karma (1969)
Thelonious Monk- Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 07/4/2021 @ 07:11am

My Porcupine Tree Album Nomination:

Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 07/4/2021 @ 13:22pm

My Jazz Album Nominations:

1: The New Tony Williams Lifetime - Believe It (1975)
2: Pat Metheny - American Garage (1979)
3: Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth (2018)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 07/4/2021 @ 16:20pm

My July Album Project Votes:

1: Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
2: King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
3: Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
4: Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
5: Rainbow - Long Live Rock n' Roll (1978)
6: The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019)
7: Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
8: Yes - Going for the One (1977)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 07/4/2021 @ 16:39pm

JULY 2021 General Album Vote (8)
Chris Cornell-Euphoria Morning (1999)
Cinderella-Night Songs (1986)
Fiona Apple-Extraordinary Machine (2005)
Gloria Estefan-Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Pat Benatar-Precious Time (1981)
Rainbow-Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (1978)
Shocking Blue-Scorpio's Dance (1970)
Tesla-Mechanical Resonance (1986)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 07/4/2021 @ 18:41pm

Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965)
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
Sponge - Rotting Pinata (1994)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
The Connells - Ring (1993)
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack (1996)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 07/4/2021 @ 22:13pm

Folks, as excited as I am about the upcoming Porcupine Tree Album Vote, I still think it stinks that I could only nominate one of the band's albums. I already nominated Fear of a Blank Planet for the Albums of 2007 Vote. BUT…

If it's alright with the powers that be, I'd like to recommend two other Porcupine Tree albums that I hope will be nominated by my other fellow FRL members:

1: Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
2: Porcupine Tree - The Incident (2009)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 07/5/2021 @ 08:53am

Johnny, it actually turns out that our resident KING already nominated Lightbulb Sun, so you've got a crack at another album. Myself, I'm still mulling a number of options, all the albums you mentioned among them. Great to see them get picked, btw!

Posted by Ray on Monday, 07/5/2021 @ 10:08am

Since KING has already nominated Lightbulb Sun (King, sorry about the mix-up, buddy!), here's my NEW Porcupine Tree album choice:

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 07/5/2021 @ 13:23pm

Well, I'm going to nominate

Porcupine Tree - The Incident (2009)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 07/5/2021 @ 14:40pm

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
La Roux - La Roux (2009)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
Metric - Fantasies (2009)
Pink - Funhouse (2008)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)

Posted by Christian on Monday, 07/5/2021 @ 14:52pm

Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Harry Nilsson - Harry (1969)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/5/2021 @ 16:02pm

Here is my ballot for the Album Project General vote this month.

Gloria Estefan-Cuts Both Ways (1989)
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Todd Rundgren - The Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978)
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Sparks - Lil' Beethoven (2002)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Here are my nominations for the Jazz special election:

Count Basie - Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (1962)
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorious (1976)
Nina Simone - Black Gold (1969)

And my Artist vote nomination is:

Porcupine Tree - On The Sunday Of Life...(1992)

Hope this helps,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 07/5/2021 @ 21:13pm

1: Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
2: Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)
3: Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965)
4: King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
5: Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
6: Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
7: The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari (1962)
8: The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Monday, 07/5/2021 @ 21:59pm

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Metric - Fantasies (2009)
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Genre Nominations:

Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956)
Stan Getz - Focus (1962)
Wes Montgomery - Down Here on the Ground (1968)

Artist Nomination:

Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair (1993)

Posted by Steve Z on Tuesday, 07/6/2021 @ 08:08am

Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Harry Nilsson - Harry (1969)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
La Roux - La Roux (2009)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)

Genre nominations:
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (1953)
Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou Williams (1951)
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt - Sonny Side Up (1959)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 07/6/2021 @ 12:25pm

Donny Hathway - Extension of a Man (1973)
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965)
Ludacris - Back for the First Time (2000)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 07/8/2021 @ 00:27am

Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 07/8/2021 @ 01:25am

King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Petula Clark- Downtown (1965)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 07/8/2021 @ 06:53am

Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 07/8/2021 @ 18:55pm

Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (2016)
Metric - Fantasies (2009)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Apologies to Donny Hathaway, Fiona Apple, Gil Scott-Heron, Grace Jones, Harry Nilsson, Johnny Gill, Joni Mitchell, King Crimson, Sparks, Todd Rundgren, Weird Al, Yes, and others.

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 07/8/2021 @ 19:54pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005) - 7

Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989) - 6

Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972) - 5
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978) - 5
________________________________

Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999) - 4
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965) - 4
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) - 4
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 4
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984) - 4
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999) - 4
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 4
________________________________

Cinderella - Night Songs (1986) - 3
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980) - 3
Metric - Fantasies (2009) - 3
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 3
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978) - 3
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 3
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 3

Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - 2
Harry Nilsson - Harry (1969) - 2
La Roux - La Roux (2009) - 2
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016) - 2
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 2
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017) - 2
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966) - 2
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965) - 2
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020) - 2
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari - 2
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) - 2

Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020) - 1
Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973) - 1
Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (2016) - 1
Ike and Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962) - 1
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 1
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978) - 1
Pink - Funhouse (2008) - 1
Queen - Innuendo (1991) - 1
Shocking Blue - Scorpio's Dance (1970) - 1
Sparks - Lil' Beethoven (2002) - 1
Sponge - Rotting Pinata (1994) - 1
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986) - 1
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019) - 1
The Connells - Ring (1993) - 1
The Marvelettes - Playboy (1962) - 1
Todd Rundgren - The Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) - 1
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack (1996) - 1
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 1

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts and Children (1971) - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001) - 0
Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill (1990) - 0
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979) - 0
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981) - 0
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Johnny
KING
jtrichey
Christian
Greg F
Lax38
Doo-Wop Phil
Steve Z
MichaelEU
Nick
Darren
Tom H.
BSLO
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 7 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Jazz", Artist Vote (Porcupine Tree) or Year Vote (2007).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/9/2021 @ 00:32am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Jazz) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (Porcupine Tree) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (2007) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/9/2021 @ 00:33am

KING JULY 2021 ALBUM Vote Monster Tiebreaker (7)
Chris Cornell-Euphoria Morning (1999)-7 PTS
Johnny Rivers-Johnny Rivers Rocks The Folk (1965)-6
Joni Mitchell-The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975)-5
King Crimson-Three Of A Perfect Pair (1984)-4
Laura Branigan-Self Control (1984)-3
YES-Going For The One (1977)-2
Weird Al Yankovic-Running With Scissors (1999)-1
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 07/9/2021 @ 03:02am

Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999) 7
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) 6
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984) 5
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) 4
Yes - Going for the One (1977) 3
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965) 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/9/2021 @ 06:00am

Yes - Going For The One (1977)-7
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)-6
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)-5
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)-4
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)-3
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965)-2
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 07/9/2021 @ 07:41am

My Album Tiebreaker Vote:

7 points: King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
6 points: Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
5 points: Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965)
4 points: Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
3 points: Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
2 points: Yes - Going for the One (1977)
1 point: Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 07/9/2021 @ 07:57am

Tiebreaker:

Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999) [7 Points]
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965) [6 Points]
Yes - Going For The One (1977) [5 Points]
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984) [4 Points]
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) [3 Points]
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) [2 Points]
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Friday, 07/9/2021 @ 10:10am

Here is my tiebreaker vote ballot:

Yes - Going for the One (1977) - 7
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 6
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) - 5
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999) - 4
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999) - 3
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984) - 2
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965) - 1

Not the easiest selection, but this will do,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Friday, 07/9/2021 @ 20:42pm

7 points: King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
6 points: Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965)
5 points: Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
4 points: Yes - Going for the One (1977)
3 points: Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
2 points: Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
1 point: Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Friday, 07/9/2021 @ 22:50pm

And now, I'd like to send in my nominations for the upcoming Jazz Album Vote:

1: Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
2: Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
3: George Benson & Earl Klugh - Collaboration (1987)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Friday, 07/9/2021 @ 23:11pm

Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) - 7
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965) - 6
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984) - 5
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999) - 4
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 3
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 07/10/2021 @ 11:37am

Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999) - 7
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999) - 6
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) - 5
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 4
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965) - 3
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 2
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/11/2021 @ 02:31am

Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965): 7
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984): 6
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975): 5
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999): 4
Yes - Going For The One (1977): 3
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984): 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999): 1

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 07/11/2021 @ 09:45am

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)
Wayne Shorter featuring Milton Nasciment - Native Dancer (1975)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 07/11/2021 @ 14:58pm

Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) - 7
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999) - 6
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 5
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 4
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965) - 3
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999) - 2
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984) - 1

Genre noms:

Grant Green - Idle Moments (1965)
Max Roach and His Chorus and Orchestra - It's Time (1962)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)

Good to be doing this genre again. Max Roach and his crew nearly made the tiebreaker in the last year vote--maybe he'll make it...this time?

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 07/11/2021 @ 20:30pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) - 53
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965) - 47
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) - 45
Yes - Going For The One (1977) - 45
__________________

Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999) - 44
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984) - 38
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999) - 36

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)
Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will (1972)
Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways (1989)
Johnny Rivers - Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk (1965)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
Yes - Going For The One (1977)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/11/2021 @ 22:31pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957)
Count Basie - Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (1962)
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt - Sonny Side Up (1959)
George Benson - Give Me The Night (1980)
George Benson & Earl Klugh - Collaboration (1987)
Grant Green - Idle Moments (1965)
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorious (1976)
Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth (2018)
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)
Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou Williams (1951)
Max Roach and His Chorus and Orchestra - It's Time (1962)
Michael Franks - Skin Dive (1985)
Nina Simone - Black Gold (1969)
Pat Metheny - American Garage (1979)
Pharoah Sanders - Karma (1969)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956)
Stan Getz - Focus (1962)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (1953)
The Jazz Passengers - Individually Twisted (1997)
The New Tony Williams Lifetime - Believe It (1975)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)
Wayne Shorter featuring Milton Nasciment - Native Dancer (1975)
Wes Montgomery - Down Here on the Ground (1968)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/11/2021 @ 22:33pm

My nominations are missing which were the following.

George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/11/2021 @ 23:43pm

I can vouch Greg F's album Nominations were right before mine. It was funny to see he already nominated George Benson's album. I decided to keep my George Benson selection anyway.
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 07/12/2021 @ 02:07am

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
George Benson - Give Me the Night (1980)
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)
Jaco Pastorious - Jaco Pastorious (1976)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980)
Wes Montgomery - Down Here on the Ground (1968)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 07/12/2021 @ 14:04pm

My Jazz Album Votes:

1: Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
2: Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
3: George Benson - Give Me The Night (1980)
4: Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)
5: Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius (1976)
6: Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth (2018)
7: Pat Metheny - American Garage (1979)
8: The New Tony Williams Lifetime - Believe It (1975)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 07/12/2021 @ 16:16pm

KING July 2021JAZZ ALBUMS (8)
Count Basie-Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 (1962)
George Benson-Breezin' (1976)
George Benson-Give Me The Night (1980)
Herb Albert-Rise (1979)
Jaco Pastorius-Jaco Pastorius (1976)
Michael Franks-Skin Dive (1985)
Soft Machine-Third (1970)
Stan Getz-Focus (1962)

I can't believe I missed the Indie nominations. Knew I was missing something. KING blew it. KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 07/13/2021 @ 12:44pm

1: Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
2: Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
3: Count Basie - Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (1962)
4: Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt - Sonny Side Up (1959)
5: George Benson & Earl Klugh - Collaboration (1987)
6: Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)
7: Max Roach and His Chorus and Orchestra - It's Time (1962)
8: Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Tuesday, 07/13/2021 @ 22:23pm

Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957)
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt - Sonny Side Up (1959)
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorious (1976)
Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou Williams (1951)
Max Roach and His Chorus and Orchestra - It's Time (1962)
Pharoah Sanders - Karma (1969)
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (1953)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 07/14/2021 @ 11:32am

Here is my ballot, after careful consideration.

Herb Albert-Rise (1979)
Count Basie - Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (1962)
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt - Sonny Side Up (1959)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorious (1976)
Nina Simone - Black Gold (1969)
Soft Machine-Third (1970)
Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou Williams (1951)

Thanks for the suggestions,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Thursday, 07/15/2021 @ 09:07am

Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957)
Count Basie - Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (1962)
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt - Sonny Side Up (1959)
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956)
Stan Getz - Focus (1962)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)
Wes Montgomery - Down Here on the Ground (1968)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 07/15/2021 @ 12:40pm

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt - Sonny Side Up (1959)
Grant Green - Idle Moments (1965)
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)
Max Roach and His Chorus and Orchestra - It's Time (1962)
Pharoah Sanders - Karma (1969)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)

Apologies to Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus, Count Basie, Jaco Pastorius, Kamasi Washington, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, The New Tony Williams Lifetime, Wayne Shorter & Co, and others. Whew, stacked group. Really just goes to show the continued depth of the field.

Posted by Ray on Friday, 07/16/2021 @ 14:34pm

Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957)
Count Basie - Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (1962)
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorious (1976)
Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth (2018)
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)
Pharoah Sanders - Karma (1969)
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 07/16/2021 @ 19:57pm

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957)
Count Basie - Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (1962)
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorious (1976)
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956)
Wayne Shorter featuring Milton Nasciment - Native Dancer (1975)
Wes Montgomery - Down Here on the Ground (1968)

Posted by Nick on Friday, 07/16/2021 @ 20:37pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorious (1976) - 7

Count Basie - Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (1962) - 6

Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt - Sonny Side Up (1959) - 5
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959) - 5
____________________________

Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957) - 4
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979) - 4
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954) - 4
Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 4
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956) - 4
____________________________

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971) - 3
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 3
George Benson - Give Me The Night (1980) - 3
Max Roach and His Chorus and Orchestra - It's Time (1962) - 3
Pharoah Sanders - Karma (1969) - 3
Wes Montgomery - Down Here on the Ground (1968) - 3

Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963) - 2
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 2
Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth (2018) - 2
Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou Williams (1951) - 2
Stan Getz - Focus (1962) - 2

George Benson & Earl Klugh - Collaboration (1987) - 1
Grant Green - Idle Moments (1965) - 1
Michael Franks - Skin Dive (1985) - 1
Nina Simone - Black Gold (1969) - 1
Pat Metheny - American Garage (1979) - 1
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980) - 1
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (1953) - 1
The New Tony Williams Lifetime - Believe It (1975) - 1
Wayne Shorter featuring Milton Nasciment - Native Dancer (1975) - 1

The Jazz Passengers - Individually Twisted (1997) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Johnny
KING
Doo-Wop Phil
MichaelEU
Lax38
Steve Z
Ray
Tom H.
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Count Basie - Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (1962)
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt - Sonny Side Up (1959)
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorious (1976)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957)
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/16/2021 @ 23:32pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Porcupine Tree) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (2007) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/16/2021 @ 23:33pm

KING JULY 2021 JAZZ TIEBREAKER (5)
Herb Alpert-Rise (1979)-5 PTS
Soft Machine-Third (1970)-4
Sonny Rollins-Moving Out (1956)-3
Lester Young-Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)-2
Charles Mingus-The Clown (1957)-1 PT

KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 07/17/2021 @ 01:15am

Herb Alpert - Rise (1979) 5
Soft Machine - Third (1970) 4
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956) 3
Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957) 2
Lester Young - Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio (1954) 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/17/2021 @ 05:57am

Tiebreaker:

Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956) [5 Points]
Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957) [4 Points]
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979) [3 Points]
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954) [2 Points]
Soft Machine - Third (1970) [1 Point]

Posted by Steve Z on Saturday, 07/17/2021 @ 08:25am

Jazz Album Tiebreaker Vote:

5 points: Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)
4 points: Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)
3 points: Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956)
2 points: Soft Machine - Third (1970)
1 point: Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 07/17/2021 @ 09:45am

Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956) - 5
Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957) - 4
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954) - 3
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979) - 2
Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 1

2007 nominations:
Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade (2007)
Kate Nash - Made of Bricks (2007)
Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos (2007)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 07/19/2021 @ 11:05am

Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957)-5
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956)-4
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)-3
Soft Machine - Third (1970)-2
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/19/2021 @ 13:02pm

Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 5
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954) - 4
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956) - 3
Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957) - 2
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979) - 1

Year noms:

The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand (2007)
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007)
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007)

Decided to go with two contemporary shoegaze/shoegaze-adjacent albums--not that Person Pitch is that far away from shoegaze, either.

Artist nom:

Porcupine Tree - Coma Divine: Recorded Live in Rome (1997)

Thought about having Fear of a Blank Planet run simultaneously in the two votes, but decided to try one of their live albums instead. They really decided to play around creatively with the songs on this one, expanding a number of them, and with significant differences throughout compared to the studio versions.

Posted by Ray on Monday, 07/19/2021 @ 14:52pm

5 points: Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)
4 points: Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956)
3 points: Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)
2 points: Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957)
1 point: Soft Machine - Third (1970)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Monday, 07/19/2021 @ 16:11pm

Herb Alpert - Rise (1979) - 5
Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 4
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956) - 3
Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957) - 2
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)- 1

This is my tiebreaker ballot,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 07/19/2021 @ 19:56pm

Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954) - 5
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956) - 4
Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957) - 3
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979) - 2
Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 1

Posted by Nick on Monday, 07/19/2021 @ 21:01pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956) - 37
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979) - 32
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954) - 30
Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957) - 26
__________________

Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 25

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Genre vote:

Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957)
Count Basie - Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (1962)
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt - Sonny Side Up (1959)
Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorious (1976)
Lester Young - Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1954)
Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (1956)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/20/2021 @ 05:56am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007)
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007)
Ash - Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (2007)
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin (2007)
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City (2007)
Drowning Pool - Full Circle (2007)
Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre (2007)
Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden (2007)
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
John Mellencamp - Freedom's Road (2007)
Justice - Cross (2007)
Kate Nash - Made of Bricks (2007)
Kylie Minogue - X (2007)
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2007)
Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos (2007)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (2007)
Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains (2007)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007)
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger (2007)
Seal - System (2007)
Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade (2007)
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand (2007)
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (2007)
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019)
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (2007)
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007)
Wu Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams (2007)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/20/2021 @ 05:57am

Corrected:

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007)
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007)
Ash - Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (2007)
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin (2007)
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City (2007)
Drowning Pool - Full Circle (2007)
Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre (2007)
Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden (2007)
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
John Mellencamp - Freedom's Road (2007)
Justice - Cross (2007)
Kate Nash - Made of Bricks (2007)
Kylie Minogue - X (2007)
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2007)
Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos (2007)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (2007)
Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains (2007)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007)
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger (2007)
Seal - System (2007)
Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade (2007)
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand (2007)
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (2007)
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019)
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (2007)
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007)
Wu Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams (2007)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/20/2021 @ 05:59am

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Porcupine Tree - Coma Divine: Recorded Live in Rome (1997)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Porcupine Tree - On The Sunday Of Life...(1992)
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Porcupine Tree - The Incident (2009)
Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair (1993)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/20/2021 @ 06:00am

Darren, you forgot to add my 2007 album nominations. They are as follows:

1: Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
2: Machine Head - The Blackening (2007)
3: Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos (2007)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 07/20/2021 @ 07:32am

My Porcupine Tree Album Votes:

1: Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
2: Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
3: Porcupine Tree - On the Sunday of Life… (1992)
4: Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
5: Porcupine Tree - The Incident (2009)
6: Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair (1993)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 07/20/2021 @ 08:53am

Darren, one more thing before I go: I did nominate Precious Time by Pat Benatar, Emperor of Sand by Mastodon, and South of Reality by The Claypool Lennon Delirium. However, you mistakenly placed those albums on the nominating list instead of the albums I nominated for the year 2007.

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 07/20/2021 @ 09:02am

Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City (2007)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2007)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Seal - System (2007)
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (2007)
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007)
Wu Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams (2007)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 07/20/2021 @ 22:26pm

KING July 2021 Album Vote Year 2007 (8)
Duran Duran-Red Carpet Massacre (2007)
Eagles-Long Road Out Of Eden (2007)
John Mellencamp-Freedom's Road (2007)
Linkin Park-Minutes To Midnight (2007)
Nine Inch Nails-Year Zero (2007)
Ryan Adams-Easy Tiger (2007)
The Bravery-The Sun And The Moon (2007)
Timbaland-Shock Value (2007)

Porcupine Tree Selected Artist Albums (4)
Porcupine Tree-Deadwing (2005)
Porcupine Tree-Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Porcupine Tree-Signify (1996)
Porcupine Tree-The Incident (2009)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 07/20/2021 @ 23:26pm

And now, because I can't wait any longer…My 2007 Album Votes:

1: Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (2007)
2: Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos (2007)
3: Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
4: Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2007)
5: Machine Head - The Blackening (2007)
6: Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
7: Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
8: Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams (2007)

For the record: The Dream Theater, Machine Head & Porcupine Tree albums were albums I DID nominate awhile back.

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 07/21/2021 @ 07:55am

Ash - Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin (2007)
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City (2007)
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Justice - Cross (2007)
Kylie Minogue - X (2007)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (2007)
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 07/21/2021 @ 09:23am

Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
Kate Nash - Made of Bricks (2007)
Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos (2007)
Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade (2007)
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (2007)
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007)
Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams (2007)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 07/21/2021 @ 11:48am

My Porcupine Tree Votes:
1: Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
2: Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)
3: Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
4: Porcupine Tree - The Incident (2009)
5: Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair (1993)

Posted by Ian on Wednesday, 07/21/2021 @ 17:14pm

Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (2007)
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City (2007)
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Kate Nash - Made of Bricks (2007)
Kylie Minogue - X (2007)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (2007)
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (2007)
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007)

Posted by Christian on Wednesday, 07/21/2021 @ 17:38pm

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007)
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin (2007)
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City (2007)
Justice - Cross (2007)
Kate Nash - Made of Bricks (2007)
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2007)
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (2007)
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007)

Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair (1993)

Posted by Steve Z on Thursday, 07/22/2021 @ 10:01am

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Porcupine Tree - The Incident (2009)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/22/2021 @ 10:59am

Here is my 2007 ballot:

Duran Duran-Red Carpet Massacre (2007)
Eagles-Long Road Out Of Eden (2007)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2007)
John Mellencamp-Freedom's Road (2007)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007)
Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams (2007)

And here is my Artist's Vote ballot:

Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair (1993)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Porcupine Tree - On the Sunday of Life… (1992)

Hope this helps,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Friday, 07/23/2021 @ 20:52pm

Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (2007)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2007)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger (2007)
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (2007)
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (2007)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 07/24/2021 @ 01:16am

Here's the albums I plan on nominating next month.

Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Tina Turner - Break Every Rule (1986)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/24/2021 @ 15:48pm

Avenged Sevenfold- Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos (2007)
Eagles- Long Road Out of Eden (2007)
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
John Mellencamp-Freedom's Road (2007)
Linkin Park- Minutes to Midnight (2007)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Porcupine Tree-Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Porcupine Tree - On The Sunday Of Life...(1992)
Porcupine Tree- Stupid Dream (1999)
Porcupine Tree - The Incident (2009)
Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 07/24/2021 @ 19:25pm

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007)
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007)
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos (2007)
Machine Head - The Blackening (2007)
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger (2007)
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand (2007)

Apologies to Avenged Sevenfold, Band of Horses, Janelle Monae, Jay-Z, Justice, Kate Nash, Linkin Park, Loudon Wainwright III, NIN, Seal, Steve Earle, The Shins, and others.

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Porcupine Tree - The Incident (2009)
Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair (1993)

Ended up cutting my own nom. Not an album here that isn't worth inducting.

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 07/24/2021 @ 20:58pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005) - 6
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999) - 6
Porcupine Tree - The Incident (2009) - 6
______________________________

Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000) - 5
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996) - 5
Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair (1993) - 5
Porcupine Tree - On The Sunday Of Life...(1992) - 3
Porcupine Tree - Coma Divine: Recorded Live in Rome (1997) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Johnny
KING
Ian
Greg F
Lax38
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
Porcupine Tree - The Incident (2009)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/24/2021 @ 22:10pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2007) - 7
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007) - 6
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007) - 6
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007) - 5
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City (2007) - 4
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007) - 4
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (2007) - 4
Wu Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams (2007) - 4
____________________________

Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (2007) - 3
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos (2007) - 3
Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden (2007) - 3
John Mellencamp - Freedom's Road (2007) - 3
Kate Nash - Made of Bricks (2007) - 3
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) - 3
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger (2007) - 3
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (2007) - 3

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007) - 2
Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold (2007) - 2
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin (2007) - 2
Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre (2007) - 2
Justice - Cross (2007) - 2
Kylie Minogue - X (2007) - 2
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (2007) - 2
Machine Head - The Blackening (2007) - 2
Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007) - 2

Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007) - 1
Ash - Twilight of the Innocents (2007) - 1
Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos (2007) - 1
Seal - System (2007) - 1
Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade (2007) - 1
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand (2007) - 1

Drowning Pool - Full Circle (2007) - 0
Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains (2007) - 0
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017) - 0
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
KING
Johnny
Greg F
MichaelEU
Christian
Steve Z
Lax38
BSLO
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City (2007)
Janelle Monae - Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (2007)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (2007)
Timbaland - Shock Value (2007)
Wu Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams (2007)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/24/2021 @ 22:12pm

Here's a list of albums I made over the last few months. My nominations will come from this list.

Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook (1984)
Amos Lee - Mission Bell (2011)
Ray LaMontagne - Trouble (2004)
My Morning Jacket - Circuital (2011)
Caribou - Our Love (2014)
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz (2010)
Eloy - Ocean (1977)
The Men - Open Your Heart (2012)
The National - Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers (2003)
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (2014)
Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Hereoes (2014)
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving (2014)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Todd Rundgren - Todd (1974)
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games (1971)
Janis Ian - Between the Lines (1975)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics (2006)
Freddie Mercury - Mr. Bad Guy (1985)
Melissa Manchester - Melissa (1975)
Donna Summer - Live and More (1978)
Ryan Adams - Love is Hell (2004)
Extreme - III Sides to Every Story (1992)
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind (1991)
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
Iron Maiden - Killers (1981)
The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth (2006)
The Wallflowers - (Breach) (2000)
Nelly Furtado - Loose (2006)
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972)
Various Artists - Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording (1972)
Various Artists - Back to the Future: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985)
Various Artists - Streets of Fire: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)
Various Artists - Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002)
Orbital - Blue Album (2004)
UFO - Phenomenon (1974)
Cathy Dennis - Am I the Kinda Girl? (1996)
999 - The Biggest Prize in Sport (1980)
Quincy Jones - The Dude (1981)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
Les Baxter & His Orchestra - Ritual of the Savage (1951)
Shoes - Tongue Twister (1981)
Crowded House - Woodface (1991)
Harry Nilsson - Harry (1969)
Morphine - Like Swimming (1997)
John Mayall - The Turning Point (1969)
Poco - Deliverin' (1971)
Boz Scaggs - Slow Dancer (1974)
Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley (1974)
Robyn - Honey (2018)
Natalie Merchant - Tigarlily (1995)
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones LTD (1967)
Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello (1967)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Spice Girls - Spice (1996)
Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy (1989)
Dave Matthews Band - Everyday (2001)
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008)
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark (2008)
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval (1980)
ABBA - Super Trouper (1980)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships (1982)
The Human League - Reproduction (1978)
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976)
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006)
Mandy Moore - Mandy Moore (2001)
N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2002)
Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous (1995)
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)
Ricky Van Shelton - Loving Proof (1988)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)
Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (1994)
George Jones - The Grand Tour (1974)
Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997)
George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
Britney Spears - Circus (2008)
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)
The Waterboys - This is the Sea (1985)
David Ackles - American Gothic (1972)
Bon Jovi - Crush (2000)
Shelby Lynne - I Am Shelby Lynne (1999)
Buckingham Nicks - Buckingham Nicks (1973)
Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth (1984)
k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992)
Shania Twain - Up! (2002)
Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983)
Laura Nyro - Smile (1976)
Air - Pocket Symphony (2007)
Vangelis - Direct (1988)
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun (2008)
The Beach Boys - Holland (1973)
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
Barry Manilow - Live (1977)
Grand Funk Railroad - On Time (1969)
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (1967)
Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975)
Yello - One Second (1987)
The Art of Noise - In Visible Silence (1986)
Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow (1997)
Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said (1991)
Chumbawamba - Tubthumper (1997)
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)
Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day (1985)
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (1976)
The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass (1995)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Mariya Takeuchi - Variety (1984)
Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time (1980)
Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982)
Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993)
Chilliwack - Wanna Be a Star (1981)
Til Tuesday - Voices Carry (1985)
IQ - Dark Matter (2004)
Foreigner - Agent Provocateur (1984)
The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy! (1975)
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle be Unbroken (1972)
The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life (1956)
Dave Mason - Alone Together (1970)
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Danny Brown - XXX (2011)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
Melanie Martinez - Cry Baby (2015)
Cher - Believe (1998)
Fitz and The Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream (2013)
Bee Gees - Main Course (1975)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Esquivel and His Orchestra - Latin-Esque (1962)
The Pointer Sisters - Energy (1978)
Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MOT.ION (2015)
Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal (1968)
Melanie - Photograph (1976)
Tina Turner - Break Every Rule (1986)
Teena Marie - It Must be Magic (1981)
Average White Band - AWB (1974)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)
Natalie Cole - Natalie (1976)
Patty Loveless - When Fallen Angels (1994)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Stones in the Road (1994)
Wendy Carlos - A Clockwork Orange: Wendy Carlos' Complete Original Score (1972)
Tomorrow - Tomorrow (1967)
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968)
The Yardbirds - Little Games (1967)
Suzi Quatro - Suzi... And Other Four Letter Words (1979)
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next (1973)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Corinne Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks in Whispers (2016)
deadmau5 - 4x4=12 (2010)
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)
Pandora's Box - Original Sin (1989)
Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than The Speed of Night (1983)
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose (1982)
Big Country - The Crossing (1983)
Sparks - In Outer Space (1983)
Tindersticks - Tindersticks (1993)
The Feeling - Twelve Stops and Home (2006)
Various Artists - Men in Black: The Album (1997)
Various Artists - Thank God It's Friday: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005)
Feist - Let It Die (2005)
Raspberries - Side 3 (1973)
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996)
Matchbook Romance - Voices (2006)
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now (2006)
Thursday - A City by the Light Divided (2006)
The Sundays - Blind (1992)
The Tubes - The Tubes (1975)
The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002)
The Dillards - Wheatstraw Suite (1969)
FFS - FFS (2015)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor (2006)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 07/29/2021 @ 14:46pm

Rule Changes In 2021:

Nominations posted prior to the monthly opening announcement of the start of new projects (or Midnight Central time on the 1st if the announcement is delayed) must be re-posted during the nomination window to be included in nomination lists (with exceptions when absolutely necessary).

All polls will now end at 9 PM Central.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 9 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2020. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 9 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

1990's R&B
Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks
Gospel Albums
Latin
Alternative Country
Power Metal
Doom Metal
1990's Hip-Hop/Rap
Sophisti-pop
Progressive Metal
Progressive Soul
Jazz

"Progressive Rock" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 9 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kylie Minogue
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 2002.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 2002. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 2002.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 2002 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
Audioslave - Audioslave
Beck - Sea Change
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
Christina Aguilera - Stripped
Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
David Bowie - Heathen
Dixie Chicks - Home
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
Justin Timberlake - Justified
Missy Elliott - Under Construction
Moby - 18
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Opeth - Deliverance
Phantom Planet - The Guest
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
Sigur Rós - ()
The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Libertines - Up The Bracket
The Roots - Phrenology
Weezer - Maladriot
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 2002, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 07/30/2021 @ 07:43am

General Vote:

Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Tina Turner - Break Every Rule (1986)

Artist: Millie Jackson

Genre: Japanese Music

Year Vote:

Frou Frou - Details (2002)
N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2002)
The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002)

Note: In Search of... had two different versions released one in 2001 and the other 2002. I'm nominating the 2002 version.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 07/30/2021 @ 08:21am

KING AUGUST 2021 General Album Nominations (3)
Cinderella-Night Songs (1986)
Fleetwood Mac-Say You Will (2003)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
Year 2002 Albums
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Maroon 5-Songs About Jane (2002)
Ryan Adams-Detonator (2002)

ARTIST: Lenny Kravitz
GENRE: 1960's British Rock
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 07/30/2021 @ 08:43am

KING AUGUST 2021 General Album Nominations (3)
Cinderella-Night Songs (1986)
Fleetwood Mac-Say You Will (2003)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)

KING's 2002 Year Album Nominations (3)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Maroon 5-Songs About Jane (2002)
Ryan Adams-Demolition (2002)

ARTIST: Lenny Kravitz
GENRE: 1960's British Rock

Correction: It should be Ryan Adams "Demolition" instead of "Detonator". Greg F has another solid selection of albums. It will be tough to beat. KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 07/30/2021 @ 09:00am

Petula Clark- Downtown (1965)
Phish- Sigma Oasis (2020)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Genre Nomination:

Progressive Rock

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 07/30/2021 @ 10:52am

My August General Album Nominations:

1: Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
2: Jonny Lang - Lie to Me (1997)
3: Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)

I was really bummed when Lightbulb Sun fell short of induction in the Porcupine Tree Album Vote. I hope it gets inducted this upcoming time around.

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 07/30/2021 @ 14:50pm

And now, for the rest of my nominations.

My 2002 Album Nominations:

1: System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002)
2: Disturbed - Believe (2002)
3: Meshuggah - Nothing (2002)

Artist Nomination: DragonForce

Genre Nomination: 21st Century Folk, 2000-2020

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 07/30/2021 @ 15:40pm

Year Nominations

Dave Matthews Band- Busted Stuff (2002)
Foo Fighters- One by One (2002)
Phish- Round Room (2002)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 07/30/2021 @ 21:45pm

My nominations for August 2021 induction into The Album Project...

Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001)

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 07/31/2021 @ 20:52pm

Year

George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 07/31/2021 @ 20:56pm

General:
The Skatalites - Ska Authentic (1964)
ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)

Year:
Tom Waits - Alice (2002)
Various Artists - Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002)
Oasis - Heathen Chemistry (2002)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 08/1/2021 @ 10:31am

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)

Posted by Carol Sue on Sunday, 08/1/2021 @ 14:58pm

Travis Scott- Astroworld (2018)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
J. Cole- 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)

Genre Nomination
Debut Albums Since 2010

2002
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
Busta Rhymes - It Ain't Safe No More (2002)
Sean Paul - Dutty Rock (2002)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Monday, 08/2/2021 @ 18:53pm

Here are my nominations for this month.

General vote

U.K. - U.K. (1978)
Wire - A Bell Is A Cup, Until It Is Struck (1988)
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981)

2002 vote

Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)
Suicide - American Supreme (2002)
Sparks - Lil' Beethoven (2002)

My Genre vote nomination is:

Euro pop

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Seems like a reasonable selection,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 08/2/2021 @ 20:20pm

Artist Nom
Yo La Tengo

Posted by Nie Guy RY GUY on Tuesday, 08/3/2021 @ 04:40am

General:
La Roux - La Roux (2009)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Madonna - American Life (2003)

Genre - Electropop (2000-2020)

Year:
Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept (2002)
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Vanessa Carlton - Be Not Nobody (2002)

Artist - Britney Spears

Posted by Christian on Tuesday, 08/3/2021 @ 10:26am

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/3/2021 @ 12:46pm

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Pavement - Wowee Zowee (1995)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)

Nas - God's Son (2002)
Cody ChesnuTT - The Headphone Masterpiece (2002)
Peter Wolf - Sleepless (2002)

1980's R&B

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 08/3/2021 @ 15:21pm

General noms:

Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (2016)
In Flames - The Jester Race (1996)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)

Going with the album by Emma Ruth Rundle again. ERR is probably my favorite contemporary alternative folk artist, in this album mixing a base of folk with elements from dream pop, noise rock, ethereal wave, and more. Side A is particularly strong, IMO.

Genre nom:

Black Metal

Artist nom:

Nightwish

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 08/3/2021 @ 19:14pm

General Nominations
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Rick James - Come Get It! (1978)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)

Artist Nomination
Sparks

Genre Nomination
Tribute Albums

Year Nominations
Ashanti - Ashanti (2002)
Faith Hill - Cry (2002)
Sheryl Crow – C'mon, C'mon (2002)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/3/2021 @ 20:05pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001)
Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (2016)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will (2003)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
In Flames - The Jester Race (1996)
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)
Jonny Lang - Lie to Me (1997)
La Roux - La Roux (2009)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Madonna - American Life (2003)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
Pavement - Wowee Zowee (1995)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020)
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Rick James - Come Get It! (1978)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
The Skatalites - Ska Authentic (1964)
Tina Turner - Break Every Rule (1986)
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
U.K. - U.K. (1978)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)
Wire - A Bell Is A Cup, Until It Is Struck (1988)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 00:16am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's British Rock
1980's R&B
21st Century Folk, 2000-2020
Black Metal
Debut Albums Since 2010
Electropop (2000-2020)
Euro Pop
Japanese Music
Progressive Rock
Tribute Albums
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There were 10 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 8.

This month's selected genre is "Japanese Music".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 00:22am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Davis, Miles
DragonForce
Electric Light Orchestra
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Jackson, Millie
Kravitz, Lenny
Nightwish
Sparks
Spears, Britney
Yo La Tengo
Young, Neil

There were 11 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 10.

This month's selected artist is Yo La Tengo.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Yo La Tengo.

Here's the list of Yo La Tengo albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

Any voter can nominate one album by Yo La Tengo released from 1900-2020 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Yo La Tengo discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo_La_Tengo_discography

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 00:26am

Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
Pavement - Wowee Zowee (1995)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 01:41am

Artist
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 03:17am

genre
First Love - Hikaru Utada (1999)
X Japan - Blue Blood (1989)
Dir en grey - Withering to Death (2005)

Posted by Nice Guy RY guy on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 03:28am

Genre nominations

Mariya Takeuchi - Variety (1984)
Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time (1980)
Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982)

Artist nomination

Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs (2009)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 05:55am

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)
ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975)

Posted by Steve Z on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 12:06pm

Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Tina Turner - Break Every Rule (1986)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 12:48pm

KING August 2021 Album Vote (8)
Chris Cornell-Euphoria Morning (1999)
Cinderella-Night Songs (1986)
Fleetwood Mac-Say You Will (2003)
Pat Benatar-In The Heat Of The Night (1979)
Laura Branigan-Self Control (1984)
Rainbow-Long Live Rock N Roll (1978)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
Tina Turner-Break Every Rule (1986)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 13:13pm

Artist Nomination

Yo La Tengo- New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 13:37pm

August Album Votes:

1: Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
2: Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
3: Jonny Lang - Lie to Me (1997)
4: Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
5: Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
6: Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
7: Tina Turner - Break Every Rule (1986)
8: ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 13:40pm

Genre Nominations

Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, and Hajime Wakai- Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild (Original Soundtrack) (2017)
Joe Hisaishi- Spirited Away: OST (2001)
Yellow Magic Orchestra- Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 14:04pm

Album Votes:

1: Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
2: Jonny Lang - Lie to Me (1997)
3: Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984)
4: Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
5: Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
6: Tina Turner - Break Every Rule (1986)
7: Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)
8: ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Wednesday, 08/4/2021 @ 22:10pm

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
La Roux - La Roux (2009)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)
The Skatalites - Ska Authentic (1964)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)
ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 08/5/2021 @ 11:46am

Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)
Rick James - Come Get It! (1978)
The Skatalites - Ska Authentic (1964)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)

Posted by dmg on Thursday, 08/5/2021 @ 15:27pm

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Pavement - Wowee Zowee (1995)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)

Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 08/6/2021 @ 11:04am

First Love - Hikaru Utada (1999)
^^^^^From my genre nominations should actually read as...
Hikaru Utada - First Love (1999)

As for the album vote!
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)
La Roux - La Roux (2009)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)
The Skatalites - Ska Authentic (1964)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)

Posted by NICE!GUY!RY!GUY! on Friday, 08/6/2021 @ 22:46pm

Also I know I just said the song project side was hard to narrow down but this was wicked hard!

Posted by Nice Guy Ry guy on Friday, 08/6/2021 @ 22:48pm

Artist nomination:

Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura (1995)

I love this artist selection. Yo La Tengo is a band I nominate frequently on this project.

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 08/7/2021 @ 12:47pm

Here is my ballot for the Album Vote election:

Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)
U.K. - U.K. (1978)
Wire - A Bell Is A Cup, Until It Is Struck (1988)
Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)

Here now are my nominees for the Japanese Music special election:

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (1978)
Happy End - Kazemachi Roman (1971)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Yo La Tengo - Fade (2013)

Excited about the possibilities of the genre election,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Saturday, 08/7/2021 @ 15:11pm

Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Pavement - Wowee Zowee (1995)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)
ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/8/2021 @ 01:26am

Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Petula Clark- Downtown (1965)
Phish- Sigma Oasis (2020)
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 08/8/2021 @ 12:37pm

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (2016)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
In Flames - The Jester Race (1996)
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Apologies to Devo, Grace Jones, Jonny Lang, Millie Jackson, Pavement, Robert Plant, The Skatalites, Todd Rundgren, U.K., Wanda Jackson, Weird Al, Wire, and others.

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 08/8/2021 @ 18:30pm

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Ludacris - Back for the First Time (2000)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)
Rick James - Come Get It! (1978)
Tina Turner - Break Every Rule (1986)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 08/8/2021 @ 19:04pm

2002 noms:

Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)
Clinic - Walking With Thee (2002)
Dirty Vegas - Dirty Vegas (2002)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 08/8/2021 @ 22:12pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971) - 9
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999) - 6
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000) - 6
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958) - 6
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999) - 6
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986) - 5
Tina Turner - Break Every Rule (1986) - 5
ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975) - 5
________________________________

Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019) - 4
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980) - 4
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016) - 4
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984) - 4
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) - 4
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978) - 4
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 4

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 3
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974) - 3
Pavement - Wowee Zowee (1995) - 3
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965) - 3
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000) - 3
The Skatalites - Ska Authentic (1964) - 3
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018) - 3

Devo - New Traditionalists (1981) - 2
Jonny Lang - Lie to Me (1997) - 2
La Roux - La Roux (2009) - 2
Rick James - Come Get It! (1978) - 2
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981) - 2
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 2

Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (2016) - 1
Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will (2003) - 1
In Flames - The Jester Race (1996) - 1
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014) - 1
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981) - 1
Phish - Sigma Oasis (2020) - 1
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993) - 1
Soft Machine - Third (1970) - 1
U.K. - U.K. (1978) - 1
Wire - A Bell Is A Cup, Until It Is Struck (1988) - 1
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 1

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001) - 0
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979) - 0
Madonna - American Life (2003) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
Steve Z
Greg F
KING
Johnny
Doo-Wop Phil
MichaelEU
dmg
BSLO
NiceGuyRyGuy
Lax38
Darren
Tom H.
Ray
Nick

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999)
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
Tina Turner - Break Every Rule (1986)
Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors (1999)
ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/8/2021 @ 22:43pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Japanese Music) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (Yo La Tengo) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (2002) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/8/2021 @ 22:45pm

KING August 2021 Yo La Tengo Album Nomination.
Yo La Tengo-May I Sing With Me (1992)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 08/9/2021 @ 00:25am

KING August 2021 Japanese Music Albums (3)
Dragon Ash-Harvest (2003)
Loudness-Hurricane Eyes (1987)
The Brilliant Green-Blackout (2010)

Congrats to the 8 album Inductions. Great to see Cinderella-Night Songs inducted. It was a battle but made it through. Greg F had at least 2 Inductions. Tina Turner-Break Every Rule and Chris Cornell-Euphoria Morning. Intrigued by this Japanese Music vote as I don't know much about this genre. KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 08/9/2021 @ 13:09pm

Genre noms:

Boris - Boris at Last -Feedbacker- (2003)
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (1999)
Fishmans - Long Season (1996)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 08/11/2021 @ 20:58pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (1999)
Boris - Boris at Last: Feedbacker (2003)
Dir en grey - Withering to Death (2005)
Dragon Ash - Harvest (2003)
Fishmans - Long Season (1996)
Happy End - Kazemachi Roman (1971)
Hikaru Utada - First Love (1999)
Joe Hisaishi - Spirited Away: OST (2001)
Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987)
Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, and Hajime Wakai - Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild (Original Soundtrack) (2017)
Mariya Takeuchi - Variety (1984)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (1978)
Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982)
Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time (1980)
The Brilliant Green - Blackout (2010)
X Japan - Blue Blood (1989)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/11/2021 @ 23:41pm

My Japanese Music Album Votes:

1: Hiraku Utada - First Love (2000)
2: Mariya Takeuchi - Variety (1984)
3: Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (1978)
4: Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982)
5: Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time (1980)
6: X Japan - Blue Blood (1989)
7: Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State
Survivor (1979)
8: Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)

P.S. Hiraku Utada actually released First Love in 2000.

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 08/13/2021 @ 19:26pm

1. Fishmans - Long Seasons (1996)
2. Hiraku Utada - First Love (2000)
3. Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987)
4. Mariya Takeuchi - Variety (1984)
5. Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982)
6. Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time (1980)
7. X Japan - Blue Blood (1989)
8. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/13/2021 @ 21:26pm

Here is my ballot for the Japanese Music election cycle.

Happy End - Kazemachi Roman (1971)
Joe Hisaishi - Spirited Away: OST (2001)
Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (1978)
Mariya Takeuchi - Variety (1984)
X Japan - Blue Blood (1989)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979)

Not all Japanese music is disposable idol pablem,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Saturday, 08/14/2021 @ 19:32pm

KING'S AUGUST 2021 Japanese Music Album Vote (8)
Dragon Ash-Harvest (2003)
Fishmans-Long Seasons (1996)
Loudness-Hurricane Eyes (1987)
Mariya Takeuchi-Variety (1984)
Ryuichi Sakamoto-Thousand Knives (1978)
X Japan-Blue Blood (1989)
The Brilliant Green-Blackout (2010)
Yellow Magic Orchestra-Solid State Survivor (1979)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 08/14/2021 @ 20:03pm

Dir en grey - Withering to Death (2005)
Dragon Ash - Harvest (2003)
Happy End - Kazemachi Roman (1971)
Hikaru Utada - First Love (1999)
Joe Hisaishi - Spirited Away: OST (2001)
Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, and Hajime Wakai - Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild (Original Soundtrack) (2017)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 08/16/2021 @ 15:39pm

Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (1999)
Boris - Boris at Last: Feedbacker (2003)
Dir en grey - Withering to Death (2005)
Fishmans - Long Season (1996)
Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982)
Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time (1980)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)

Posted by Ray on Monday, 08/16/2021 @ 21:00pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979) - 6

Mariya Takeuchi - Variety (1984) - 4
X Japan - Blue Blood (1989) - 4
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978) - 4
____________________________

Fishmans - Long Season (1996) - 3
Hikaru Utada - First Love (2000) - 3
Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987) - 3
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (1978) - 3
Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982) - 3
Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time (1980) - 3
____________________________

Dir en grey - Withering to Death (2005) - 2
Dragon Ash - Harvest (2003) - 2
Happy End - Kazemachi Roman (1971) - 2
Joe Hisaishi - Spirited Away: OST (2001) - 2
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (1999) - 1
Boris - Boris at Last: Feedbacker (2003) - 1
Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, and Hajime Wakai - Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild (Original Soundtrack) (2017) - 1
The Brilliant Green - Blackout (2010) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Johnny
Greg F.
Lax38
KING
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Mariya Takeuchi - Variety (1984)
X Japan - Blue Blood (1989)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Fishmans - Long Season (1996)
Hikaru Utada - First Love (2000)
Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (1978)
Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982)
Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time (1980)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 4 albums will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/17/2021 @ 01:40am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Yo La Tengo) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (2002) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/17/2021 @ 01:40am

Tie breaker:

Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time (1980) 6
Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982) 5
Fishmans - Long Season (1996) 4
Hikaru Utada - First Love (2000) 3
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (1978) 2
Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987) 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/17/2021 @ 21:05pm

Japanese Music Album Tiebreaker Vote!

6 points: Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time (1980)
5 points: Hiraku Utada - First Love (2000)
4 points: Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (1978)
3 points: Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982)
2 points: Fishmans - Long Season (1996)
1 point: Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987)

One more thing before I go: It's very nice to see international music, including Japanese music, be showcased here on Future Rock Legends. I only regret not paying more attention to Japanese music more often, especially since I do love and appreciate the Japanese and their rich culture. Including their food. Perhaps I should look into their music more often.

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 08/17/2021 @ 21:40pm

KING August 2021 Japanese Music Album Tiebreaker (6)
Loudness-Hurricane Eyes (1987)-6 PTS
Ryuichi Sakamoto-Thousand Knives (1978)-5
Fishmans-Long Season (1996)-4
Tatsuro Yamashita-Ride On Time (1980)-3
Takako Mamiya-Love Trip (1982)-2
Hikara Utada-First Love (2000)-1
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 08/18/2021 @ 00:33am

Ryuichi Sakamoto-Thousand Knives (1978)-6
Loudness-Hurricane Eyes (1987) - 5
Tatsuro Yamashita-Ride On Time (1980)-4
Hikara Utada-First Love (2000)- 3
Takako Mamiya-Love Trip (1982)-2
Fishmans-Long Season (1996)-1

This is my tiebreaker vote,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Wednesday, 08/18/2021 @ 21:28pm

Fishmans - Long Season (1996) - 6
Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time (1980) - 5
Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982) - 4
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (1978) - 3
Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987) - 2
Hikaru Utada - First Love (2000) - 1

Year noms:

Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (2002)
ISIS - Oceanic (2002)
Nightwish - Century Child (2002)

Artist nom:

Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 08/19/2021 @ 20:59pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time (1980) - 24
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (1978) - 20
Fishmans - Long Season (1996) - 17
Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982) - 16
__________________

Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987) - 15
Hikaru Utada - First Love (2000) - 13

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Genre vote:

Fishmans - Long Season (1996)
Mariya Takeuchi - Variety (1984)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (1978)
Takako Mamiya - Love Trip (1982)
Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time (1980)
X Japan - Blue Blood (1989)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/19/2021 @ 23:27pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept (2002)
Ashanti - Ashanti (2002)
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Busta Rhymes - It Ain't Safe No More (2002)
Clinic - Walking With Thee (2002)
Cody ChesnuTT - The Headphone Masterpiece (2002)
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002)
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Dirty Vegas - Dirty Vegas (2002)
Disturbed - Believe (2002)
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)
Faith Hill - Cry (2002)
Foo Fighters - One by One (2002)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
Meshuggah - Nothing (2002)
N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2002)
Nas - God's Son (2002)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
Oasis - Heathen Chemistry (2002)
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)
Peter Wolf - Sleepless (2002)
Phish - Round Room (2002)
Ryan Adams - Demolition (2002)
Sean Paul - Dutty Rock (2002)
Sheryl Crow – C'mon, C'mon (2002)
Sparks - Lil' Beethoven (2002)
Suicide - American Supreme (2002)
System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002)
The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002)
Tom Waits - Alice (2002)
Vanessa Carlton - Be Not Nobody (2002)
Various Artists - Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/19/2021 @ 23:28pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura (1995)
Yo La Tengo - Fade (2013)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992)
Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs (2009)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/19/2021 @ 23:30pm

Darren, you missed my year and artist noms, which were:

Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (2002)
ISIS - Oceanic (2002)
Nightwish - Century Child (2002)

Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 08/20/2021 @ 00:59am

KING August 2021 The Year 2002 Album Vote (8)
Avril Lavigne-Let Go (2002)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Dave Matthews Band-Busted Stuff (2002)
Maroon 5-Songs About Jane (2002)
Ryan Adams-Demolition (2002)
System Of A Down-Steal This Album! (2002)
Vanessa Carlton-Be Not Nobody (2002)
Various Artists-Chicago: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture (2002)
Plenty of great albums here. Wish more than 8 selections!
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 08/20/2021 @ 16:05pm

Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (2002)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
Maroon 5 - Songs about Jane (2002)
N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2002)
Nas - God's Son (2002)
Sparks - Lil' Beethoven (2002)
The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002)
Various Artists - Chicago: Music from The Miramax Motion Picture (2002)

Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pira (1995)
Yo La Tengo - Fade (2013)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing with You (1992)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs (2009)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 08/20/2021 @ 16:48pm

My 2002 Albums Votes:

1: Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
2: Disturbed - Believe (2002)
3: Faith Hill - Cry (2002)
4: George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
5: Meshuggah - Nothing (2002)
6: Oasis - Heathen Chemistry (2002)
7: System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002)
8: Various Artists - Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 08/20/2021 @ 17:00pm

My Yo La Tengo Album Votes:

1: Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pira (1995)
2: Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
3: Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992)
4: Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)
5: Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs (2009)
6: Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 08/20/2021 @ 17:37pm

Clinic - Walking With Thee (2002)
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002)
Dirty Vegas - Dirty Vegas (2002)
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2002)
Nas - God's Son (2002)
Various Artists - Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 08/20/2021 @ 23:54pm

Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura (1995)
Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003)

Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept (2002)
N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2002)
Nas - God's Son (2002)
Oasis - Heathen Chemistry (2002)
Sheryl Crow – C'mon, C'mon (2002)
Suicide - American Supreme (2002)
Tom Waits - Alice (2002)
Various Artists - Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 08/21/2021 @ 14:46pm

1Ashanti - Ashanti (2002)
2Busta Rhymes - It Ain't Safe No More (2002)
3Faith Hill - Cry (2002)
4N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2002)
5Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
6Ryan Adams - Demolition (2002)
7Sean Paul - Dutty Rock (2002)
8Sheryl Crow – C'mon, C'mon (2002)

Posted by nIceGuYrYgUy on Saturday, 08/21/2021 @ 22:38pm

Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (2002)
Clinic - Walking With Thee (2002)
ISIS - Oceanic (2002)
Nightwish - Century Child (2002)
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)
Sparks - Lil' Beethoven (2002)
The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002)
Tom Waits - Alice (2002)

Apologies to the Counting Crows, Doves, Frou Frou, Meshuggah, Nas, Peter Wolf, Phish, Ryan Adams, Sheryl Crow, SoaD, and others.

Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura (1995)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs (2009)
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 08/24/2021 @ 10:58am

Here are my ballots for these special elections.

2002 Albums

Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)
Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept (2002)
N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2002)
Nas - God's Son (2002)
Oasis - Heathen Chemistry (2002)
Sparks - Lil' Beethoven (2002)
Suicide - American Supreme (2002)
Tom Waits - Alice (2002)

Artist Vote

Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pira (1995)
Yo La Tengo - Fade (2013)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)
Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003)

Hope this helps,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Tuesday, 08/24/2021 @ 12:17pm

Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (2002)
Dave Matthews Band- Busted Stuff (2002)
Foo Fighters- One by One (2002)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
Phish- Round Room (2002)
System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002)

Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura (1995)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992)
Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/24/2021 @ 12:29pm

Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)
Foo Fighters - One by One (2002)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2002)
System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002)
The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002)
Various Artists - Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/24/2021 @ 12:41pm

Ashanti - Ashanti (2002)
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Faith Hill - Cry (2002)
Foo Fighters - One by One (2002)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
Nas - God's Son (2002)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
Sheryl Crow – C'mon, C'mon (2002)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 08/24/2021 @ 16:40pm

KING YO LA TENGO ALBUMS (5)
Yo La Tengo-Fade (2013)
Yo La Tengo-May I Sing With Me (1992)
Yo La Tengo-New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)
Yo La Tengo-Painful (1993)
Yo La Tengo-Summer Sun (2003)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 08/24/2021 @ 20:06pm

Ashanti - Ashanti (2002)
Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Disturbed - Believe (2002)
Foo Fighters - One by One (2002)
N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2002)
Nas - God's Son (2002)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 08/24/2021 @ 21:01pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2002) - 7

Nas - God's Son (2002) - 6
Various Artists - Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002) - 6

Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002) - 5
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002) - 5
____________________________

Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002) - 4
Foo Fighters - One by One (2002) - 4
Nelly - Nellyville (2002) - 4
System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002) - 4
____________________________

Ashanti - Ashanti (2002) - 3
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (2002) - 3
Faith Hill - Cry (2002) - 3
Oasis - Heathen Chemistry (2002) - 3
Sheryl Crow - C'mon, C'mon (2002) - 3
Sparks - Lil' Beethoven (2002) - 3
The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002) - 3
Tom Waits - Alice (2002) - 3

Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept (2002) - 2
Clinic - Walking With Thee (2002) - 2
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002) - 2
Disturbed - Believe (2002) - 2
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002) - 2
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002) - 2
Ryan Adams - Demolition (2002) - 2
Suicide - American Supreme (2002) - 2

Busta Rhymes - It Ain't Safe No More (2002) - 1
Dirty Vegas - Dirty Vegas (2002) - 1
Frou Frou - Details (2002) - 1
ISIS - Oceanic (2002) - 1
Meshuggah - Nothing (2002) - 1
Nightwish - Century Child (2002) - 1
Phish - Round Room (2002) - 1
Sean Paul - Dutty Rock (2002) - 1
Vanessa Carlton - Be Not Nobody (2002) - 1

Cody ChesnuTT - The Headphone Masterpiece (2002) - 0
Peter Wolf - Sleepless (2002) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Greg F
Johnny
jtrichey
MichaelEU
NiceGuyRyGuy
Ray
Lax38
Tom H.
Darren
Nick
BSLO

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2002)
Nas - God's Son (2002)
Various Artists - Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Foo Fighters - One by One (2002)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/24/2021 @ 23:22pm

Foo Fighters - One by One (2002) - 4
System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002) - 3
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002) - 2
Nelly - Nellyville (2002) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/24/2021 @ 23:24pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura (1995) - 6
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993) - 6
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Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997) - 5
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992) - 5
Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987) - 5
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003) - 5
______________________________

Yo La Tengo - Fade (2013) - 3
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs (2009) - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F.
Johnny
MichaelEU
Ray
Lax38
Tom H.
KING

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura (1995)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992)
Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 08/24/2021 @ 23:26pm

KING AUGUST 25 2021 ALBUM TIEBREAKER YEAR 2002 (4)
Dave Matthews Band-Busted Stuff (2002)-4 PTS
Foo Fighters-One By One (2002)-3
System Of A Down-Steal This Album! (2002)-2
Nelly-Nellyville (2002)-1 PT

YO LA TENGO ALBUM TIEBREAKER (4)
Yo La Tengo-May I Sing With Me (1992)-4 PTS
Yo La Tengo-Summer Sun (2003)-3
Yo La Tengo-New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)-2
Yo La Tengo-I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 08/25/2021 @ 03:21am

Dave Matthews Band- Busted Stuff (2002)-4
Foo Fighters- One by One (2002)-3
System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002)-2
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)-1

Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)-4
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)-3
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992)-2
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 08/25/2021 @ 14:52pm

My Tiebreaker Vote:

4 points: System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002)
3 points: Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
2 points: Foo Fighters - One by One (2002)
1 point: Nelly - Nellyville (2002)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 08/25/2021 @ 17:24pm

Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987) - 4
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003) - 3
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997) - 2
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992) - 1

Foo Fighters - One by One (2002) - 4
Nelly - Nellyville (2002) - 3
System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002) - 2
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 08/26/2021 @ 12:54pm

My Yo La Tengo Album Tiebreaker Vote:

4 points: Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
3 points: Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)
2 points: Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003)
1 point: Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 08/26/2021 @ 16:02pm

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997) - 4
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003) - 3
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992) - 2
Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987) - 1

System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002) - 4
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002) - 3
Foo Fighters - One by One (2002) - 2
Nelly - Nellyville (2002) - 1

Posted by Ray on Friday, 08/27/2021 @ 10:23am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Foo Fighters - One by One (2002) - 18
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002) - 17
System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002) - 17
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Nelly - Nellyville (2002) - 8

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Genre vote:

Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (2002)
Foo Fighters - One by One (2002)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (2002)
N.E.R.D. - In Search of... (2002)
Nas - God's Son (2002)
System of a Down - Steal This Album! (2002)
Various Artists - Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2002)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/27/2021 @ 23:30pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987) - 14 (2 Highest Rankings, 3 Higher Rankings versus "I Can Hear...")
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Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997) - 14 (2 Highest Rankings, 2 Higher Rankings versus "New Wave Hot Dogs")

Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003) - 12
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992) - 10

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Artist vote:

Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura (1995)
Yo La Tengo - Painful (1993)
Yo La Tengo - New Wave Hot Dogs (1987)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/27/2021 @ 23:31pm

Rule Changes In 2021:

Nominations posted prior to the monthly opening announcement of the start of new projects (or Midnight Central time on the 1st if the announcement is delayed) must be re-posted during the nomination window to be included in nomination lists (with exceptions when absolutely necessary).

All polls will now end at 9 PM Central.
__________________________________________

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 9 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2020. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Hikaru Utada - First Love (2000)
Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003)
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

There will be 5 days of voting, ending at 9 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks
Gospel Albums
Latin
Alternative Country
Power Metal
Doom Metal
1990's Hip-Hop/Rap
Sophisti-pop
Progressive Metal
Progressive Soul
Jazz
Japanese Music

"1990's R&B" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

There will be 5 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 9 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kylie Minogue
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

5 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Song Project. In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1940-1945.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1940-1945. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1940-1945.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 2002 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Lead Belly & The Golden Gate Quartet - The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs
Original Broadway Cast - Oklahoma!
Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1940-1945, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/29/2021 @ 22:43pm

My nominations for September 2021 induction into The Album Project...

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Kelly Groucutt - Kelly (1982)
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979)

Artist

Electric Light Orchestra

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 08/30/2021 @ 09:34am

General Vote

Danny Brown - XXX (2011)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)

Genre: Indietronica (2000-2020)

Artist: Mogwai

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/30/2021 @ 10:36am

Year Vote:

Django Reinhardt - Paris 1945 (1945)
Elvira Rìos - Tropic Nights (1940)
Judy Garland - Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 08/30/2021 @ 11:08am

My September Album Nominations:

1: Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
2: King Crimson - Beat (1982)
3: DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)

Genre Nomination: Gothic Metal

Artist Nomination: DragonForce

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 08/30/2021 @ 21:47pm

KING SEPT 2021 Album General Nominations (3)
Chris Issak-Baja Sessions (1996)
Duran Duran-Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
L.A. GUNS-L.A.GUNS (1988)

ARTIST: Wishbone Ash
GENRE: 1970's Singers And Songwriters

KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 08/31/2021 @ 01:53am

Year nominations

Bing Crosby- Song Hits from Holiday Inn (1942)
Glenn Miller- Glenn Miller (1945)
Mary Lou Williams- The Zodiac suite (1945)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/31/2021 @ 05:52am

General nominations

Jerry Garcia- Garcia (1972)
Petula Clark- Downtown (1965)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Genre Nomination:

Progressive Rock

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/31/2021 @ 07:08am

General nominations:

Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
Ramones - Pleasant Dreams (1981)

Year nominations:

Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1944)
Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1943)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 08/31/2021 @ 11:42am

Here are my nominations for this Album Vote general election:

The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
James Taylor - That's Why I'm Here (1985)

My 1940-1945 nominations are:

Bing Crosby - Going My Way (1944)
Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige (1943)
Bing Crosby - Crosbyana (1941)

My Genre nomination this month is:

Kraut Rock

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Carly Simon

Happy early Labor Day!,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Wednesday, 09/1/2021 @ 19:10pm

General noms:

The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days (1993)
School of Fish - School of Fish (1991)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 09/1/2021 @ 21:40pm

My Chemical Romance – Helena (2005)
The Notorious B.I.G. - Party and Bullshit (1993)
Rodriguez - Sugar Man (1970)

Posted by (niceguyryguy) on Thursday, 09/2/2021 @ 19:42pm

…I've made a huge mistake

Posted by Nice Guy Ry Guy on Thursday, 09/2/2021 @ 19:43pm

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/2/2021 @ 23:02pm

Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface (2015)

1980's R&B

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 09/3/2021 @ 00:13am

General noms:

Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
In Flames - The Jester Race (1996)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)

Genre nom:

Black Metal

Artist nom:

Nightwish

Posted by Ray on Friday, 09/3/2021 @ 17:13pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees (let me know ASAP if I've missed any):

Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)
Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days (1993)
Chris Issak - Baja Sessions (1996)
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
Danny Brown - XXX (2011)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Hikaru Utada - First Love (2000)
In Flames - The Jester Race (1996)
James Taylor - That's Why I'm Here (1985)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
Kelly Groucutt - Kelly (1982)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
L.A. GUNS - L.A.GUNS (1988)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987)
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
My Chemical Romance - Helena (2005)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Ramones - Pleasant Dreams (1981)
Rodriguez - Sugar Man (1970)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
School of Fish - School of Fish (1991)
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)
The Notorious B.I.G. - Party and Bullshit (1993)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface (2015)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992)
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/3/2021 @ 22:46pm

Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days (1993)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
My Chemical Romance - Helena (2005)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
School of Fish - School of Fish (1991)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 09/3/2021 @ 22:53pm

Darren, you didn't miss any albums. However, the following "albums" actually shouldn't be on the list:

My Chemical Romance - Helena (2005)
The Notorious B.I.G. - Party and Bullshit (1993)
Rodriguez - Sugar Man (1970)

Those are songs that Nice Guy Ry Guy accidentally nominated as albums. Therefore, they shouldn't be on the list.

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 09/3/2021 @ 22:56pm

KING SEPTEMBER 2021 Album Vote (8)
Blondie-Autoamerican (1980)
Chris Isaak-Baja Sessions (1996)
Chris Isaak-San Francisco Days (1993)
Duran Duran-Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
L.A. GUNS-L.A. GUNS (1988)
My Chemical Romance-Helena (2005)
Rainbow-Long Live Rock N' Roll (1978)
The Toadies-Rubberneck (1994)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 09/4/2021 @ 00:30am

My September Album Votes:

1: Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
2: Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
3: Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days (1993)
4: DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)
5: Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
6: King Crimson - Beat (1982)
7: The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)
8: Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 09/4/2021 @ 15:46pm

Darren, by the way, you never announced what the Genre Nomination Winner was, or who the Artist Nomination Winner was, as far as the Album Project was concerned.

Do you know when you'll be announcing who the winners are?

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 09/4/2021 @ 16:03pm

September General Albums:
1. Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
2. Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
3. Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
4. Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
5. Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
6. King Crimson - Beat (1982)
7. Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)
8. The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Treasure in particular is the most glaring omission. How this isn't in yet is beyond me

Posted by Quam on Saturday, 09/4/2021 @ 18:35pm

My votes

Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
Danny Brown - XXX (2011)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
Van Dar Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am The Only One (1970)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/4/2021 @ 18:38pm

1: Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
2: Bruce Springsteen - Letter to You (2020)
3: Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
4: Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
5: James Taylor - That's Why I'm Here (1985)
6: Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
7: King Crimson - Beat (1982)
8: The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Saturday, 09/4/2021 @ 23:36pm

Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Ramones - Pleasant Dreams (1981)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 09/4/2021 @ 23:59pm

Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface (2015)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 09/5/2021 @ 11:53am

Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Jerry Garcia- Garcia (1972)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
Petula Clark- Downtown (1965)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/5/2021 @ 15:42pm

Here is my ballot, before the announced winner of the Genre Vote selection.

Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
James Taylor - That's Why I'm Here (1985)

Discovery or Disco Very?,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Sunday, 09/5/2021 @ 19:57pm

Sorry for the delay.

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970's Singers And Songwriters
1980's R&B
Black Metal
Gothic Metal
Indietronica (2000-2020)
Kraut Rock
Progressive Rock
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There were 7 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 2.

This month's selected genre is "1980's R&B".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close and voting will begin at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 09/7/2021 @ 23:58pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Davis, Miles
DragonForce
Electric Light Orchestra
Mogwai
Nightwish
Simon, Carly
Wishbone Ash
Young, Neil

There were 8 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 3.

This month's selected artist is Electric Light Orchestra.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Electric Light Orchestra.

Here's the list of Electric Light Orchestra albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

On the Third Day [US] (1973)
Eldorado, A Symphony (1974)
Face the Music (1975)
A New World Record (1976)
Out of the Blue (1977)
Time (1981)
Alone in the Universe (2015)

Any voter can nominate one album by Electric Light Orchestra released from 1900-2020 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Electric Light Orchestra discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra_discography

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 00:03am

Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 01:24am

Artist nomination

Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 (1973)

Genre nominations

Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose (1982)
Teena Marie - It Must be Magic (1981)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 06:29am

And now, my friends, here are my 1980s R&B Album Nominations:

1: The Gap Band - The Gap Band III (1980)
2: The Pointer Sisters - Black & White (1981)
3: Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love (1985)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 11:24am

Genre Nominations

Diana Ross- diana (1980)
Teddy Pendergrass- TP (1980)
The Isley Brothers- Between the Sheets (1983)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 12:30pm

KING SEPT 2021 ELO Album Nomination (1)
ELO-Live At Wembeley '78 (1998)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 12:34pm

Tom H. Diana Ross - diana is already inducted. You have another nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 12:39pm

Oops in that case I'll nominate

Freddie Jackson- Rock Me Tonight (1985)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 13:10pm

Artist Nomination

Electric Light Orchestra- Secret Messages (1983)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 13:19pm

My artist nomination...

Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages

I think that we should have a secondary choice if this album appears on someone's ballot...

1983 edited single album
2018 35th Anniversary originally intended double album minus "Beatles Forever"!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Messages

'Secret Messages' was the first and last time I ever used a digital multi-track tape recorder. We tried out a different place to record. It was Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Holland. The sound of the room was just how I liked it. I enjoyed recording there so much, I wrote enough tunes for a double album! Anyway, this will be the first time 'Secret Messages' has escaped intact. Thanks to all you great fans who've been asking to hear the original double album for a very long time. — Jeff Lynne

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 13:19pm

Zoom (2001)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 13:21pm

Rick Vendl II-

As ELO seems to be your favorite group I'll pick a different album to nominate

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 13:22pm

1980s Sept 2021 R&B Album Nominations (3)
Johnny Gill-Chemistry (1985)
Surface-2nd Wave (1988)
The Jets-Magic (1987)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 13:23pm

Rick-

Never mind

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 13:23pm

Rick we seem to b e posting within seconds of each other. Since you just nominated Zoom I'll keep my nomination of ELO- Secret Passages (1983). Congrats on getting ELO picked for the Artist Vote. You must feel the same way I did when Grateful Dead got picked

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 13:26pm

^
ELO- Secret Messages (1983)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 13:30pm

Tom H,

Thanks, yeah, ELO are my all-time favorite band and I feel like you did when Grateful Dead got picked!

I still think that we should have a secondary choice if this album appears on someone's ballot...

1983 edited single album
2018 35th Anniversary originally intended double album 2 LP reissue of 1983 recordings minus "Beatles Forever"!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 13:36pm

Some suggestions for the genre vote.

Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got (1988)
Chic - Real People (1980)
Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Michael Cooper - Just What I Like (1989)
Roger - Unlimited! (1987)
Sade - Stronger Than Pride (1986)
Stephanie Mills - Sweet Sensation (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 14:17pm

Cocteau Twins- Treasure (1984)
Duran Duran- Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
Harry Nilsson- The Point! (1971)
Lee "Scratch" Perry- Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Ludacris- Back for the First Time (2000)
Nelly- Nellyville (2002)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan- Ask Rufus (1977)
The Everly Brothers- Roots (1968)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 18:20pm

Genre Noms
Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got (1988)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Millie Jackson - I Just Had to Say It (1980)

Some previous nominees of mine that maybe could make it in!

And Johnny beat me to the punch nominating a Pointer Sisters album! That will automatically get a vote no matter what!

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 18:26pm

Quam: I know, right? It's crazy what slips through the cracks sometimes. Nice picks over in the Song Project, btw. "Little Fury Things" is one that I've been wanting to nominate for a while, and was just waiting for the right moment. Great song.

Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
In Flames - The Jester Race (1996)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)

Apologies to Benny Goodman, Chris Isaak, Danny Brown, DragonForce, ELO, Harry Nilsson, King Crimson, Ramones, Rufus, The Everly Brothers, The Toadies, Yo La Tengo, and others.

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 20:54pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Blondie - Autoamerican (1980) - 7

Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984) - 6
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977) - 6

King Crimson - Beat (1982) - 5
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978) - 5
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Death Grips - The Money Store (2012) - 4
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983) - 4
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 4
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 4
Nelly - Nellyville (2002) - 4
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968) - 4
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 4
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997) - 4
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Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 3
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - 3
Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days (1993) - 3
Doves - Lost Souls (2000) - 3
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 3
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 3
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 3

Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020) - 2
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006) - 2
James Taylor - That's Why I'm Here (1985) - 2
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 2
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965) - 2

Chris Isaak - Baja Sessions (1996) - 1
Danny Brown - XXX (2011) - 1
In Flames - The Jester Race (1996) - 1
L.A. GUNS - L.A.GUNS (1988) - 1
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018) - 1
Ramones - Pleasant Dreams (1981) - 1
School of Fish - School of Fish (1991) - 1
Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface (2015) - 1
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me (1992) - 1
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (2003) - 1

Hikaru Utada - First Love (2000) - 0
Kelly Groucutt - Kelly (1982) - 0
Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (1987) - 0
Louis Clark - (per-spek-tiv) n. (1979) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
KING
Johnny
Quam
Greg F.
Doo-Wop Phil
MichaelEU
BSLO
Tom H.
Lax38
Darren
Nick
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 8 albums in order of preference.

The 3 album that get the most points will be inducted. The other 5 albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "1980's R&B", Artist Vote (Electric Light Orchestra) or Year Vote (1940-1945).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 21:54pm

The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 8
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012) - 7
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983) - 6
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997) - 5
Nelly - Nellyville (2002) - 4
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968) - 3
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 2
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 21:56pm

Death Grips - The Money Store (2012) 8
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997) 7
Duran Duran - Seven and The Ragged Tiger (1983) 6
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) 5
The Every Brothers - Roots (1968) 4
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) 3
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) 2
Nelly - Nellyville (2002) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 22:19pm

Darren, just so you know: Electric Light Orchestra's 1979 album, Discovery, would qualify for this month's Artist Vote. If nobody minds, I'll go ahead and nominate it to make it official:

My Electric Light Orchestra Album Nomination:
Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 09/8/2021 @ 23:11pm

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997) - 8
Nelly - Nellyville (2002) - 7
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 6
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968) - 5
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012) - 4
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 3
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 2
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983) - 1

Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
Babyface - Tender Lover (1989)
Lisa Stansfield - Affection (1989)

The Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 09/9/2021 @ 02:10am

Jerry Garcia- Garcia (1972)-8
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)-7
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)-6
Duran Duran-Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)-5
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)-4
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)-3
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)-2
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/9/2021 @ 09:01am

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/9/2021 @ 09:02am

This probably will not happen, but as Electric Light Orchestra are my all-time favorite band, I'd like to personally see their artist vote that's an eclectic class of albums for them, like one 1970's album, Secret Messages from 1983/2018 & 2001's Zoom, that's just me since there won't be another ELO LP inducted into this project.

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 09/9/2021 @ 18:05pm

1. The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
2. Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
3. Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
4. The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)
5. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)
6. Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
7. Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
8. Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 09/9/2021 @ 21:46pm

KING SEPT 2021 Monster Album Tiebreaker (8)
Duran Duran-Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)- 8 PTS
The Everly Brothers-Roots (1968)-7
The Toadies-Rubberneck (1994)-6
Harry Nilsson-The Point! (1971)-5
Jerry Garcia-Garcia (1972)-4
Yo La Tengo-I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)-3
Death Grips-The Money Store (2012)-2
Nelly-Nellyville (2002)-1 PT.

Posted by KING on Thursday, 09/9/2021 @ 22:46pm

My MONSTER Album Tiebreaker Vote:

8 points: The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)
7 points: Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
6 points: Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
5 points: Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
4 points: Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
3 points: Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
2 points: Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
1 point: The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 09/10/2021 @ 16:09pm

Here are my tiebreaker votes for this recent ballot.

The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968) - 8
Harry Nilsson - The Point!(1971) - 7
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983) - 6
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 5
Nelly - Nellyville (2002) - 4
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997) - 3
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012) - 2
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 1

And here are my 1980's R&B nominees:

Chic - Real People (1980)
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984)
Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason (1986)

Consider without prejudice,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Friday, 09/10/2021 @ 20:29pm

Lax38 Chaka Khan - I Feel for You is already inducted. You have one more nomination if you want to use it.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 09/10/2021 @ 21:28pm

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997) - 8
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 7
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968) - 6
Nelly - Nellyville (2002) - 5
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 4
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983) - 3
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 2
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012) - 1

Genre nominees:
Billy Ocean - Suddenly (1984)
Kool & The Gang - Celebrate! (1980)
Womack & Womack - Conscience (1988)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 09/11/2021 @ 01:11am

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997) - 8
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 7
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012) - 6
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 5
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968) - 4
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 3
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983) - 2
Nelly - Nellyville (2002) - 1

Genre noms:

Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti - Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti (1982)
The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon (1989)
William Onyeabor - Good Name (1983)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 09/11/2021 @ 20:25pm

My Last Second Tiebreaker Vote:

8 points: The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)
7 points: Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
6 points: Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
5 points: Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
4 points: Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
3 points: The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
2 points: Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
1 point: Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Saturday, 09/11/2021 @ 21:01pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968) - 61
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997) - 56

Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983) - 54 (1 Highest Overall Ranking)
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Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 54 (0 Overall Highest Rankings)

The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 51
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 43
Nelly - Nellyville (2002) - 41
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012) - 36

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
King Crimson - Beat (1982)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus (1977)
The Everly Brothers - Roots (1968)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (1997)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/11/2021 @ 22:58pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got (1988)
Babyface - Tender Lover (1989)
Billy Ocean - Suddenly (1984)
Chic - Real People (1980)
Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose (1982)
Freddie Jackson - Rock Me Tonight (1985)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Johnny Gill - Chemistry (1985)
Kool & The Gang - Celebrate! (1980)
Lisa Stansfield - Affection (1989)
Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason (1986)
Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love (1985)
Millie Jackson - I Just Had to Say It (1980)
Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti - Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti (1982)
Surface - 2nd Wave (1988)
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980)
Teena Marie - It Must be Magic (1981)
The Gap Band - The Gap Band III (1980)
The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets (1983)
The Jets - Magic (1987)
The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon (1989)
The Pointer Sisters - Black & White (1981)
William Onyeabor - Good Name (1983)
Womack & Womack - Conscience (1988)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted. Ballots accidentally cast with less than 8 nominated albums will be counted and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots accidentally cast with more than 8 nominated albums can't be counted, though the voter will be allowed to correct them.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 16th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/11/2021 @ 23:01pm

Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got (1988)
Chic - Real People (1980)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Kool & The Gang - Celebrate! (1980)
Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love (1985)
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980)
The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets (1983)
The Pointer Sisters - Black & White (1981)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 09/11/2021 @ 23:08pm

Billy Ocean - Suddenly (1984)
Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Kool & The Gang - Celebrate! (1980)
Millie Jackson - I Just Had to Say It (1980)
Teena Marie - It Must be Magic (1981)
The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon (1989)
Womack & Womack - Conscience (1988)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 09/12/2021 @ 00:29am

KING SEPT 2021 1980's R&B Albums (8)
Anita Baker-Giving You The Best That I Got (1988)
Billy Ocean-Suddenly (1984)
Chic-Real People (1980)
Donna Summer-She Works Hard For The Money (1983)
Johnny Gill-Chemistry (1985)
Kool & The Gang-Celebrate! (1980)
Luther Vandross-The Night I Fell In Love (1985)
The Pointer Sisters-Black & White (1981)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 09/12/2021 @ 03:41am

And now, my friends, my 1980s R&B Album Votes!

1: Billy Ocean - Suddenly (1984)
2: Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
3: Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose (1982)
4: Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
5: Kool & the Gang - Celebrate! (1980)
6: Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love (1985)
7: The Gap Band - The Gap Band III (1980)
8: The Pointer Sisters - Black & White (1981)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 09/12/2021 @ 13:20pm

My apologies for one of my nominees having actually gotten inducted. An error on my part. Here then is my ballot for the 1980s R&B special election.

Chic - Real People (1980)
The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets (1983)
Kool & the Gang - Celebrate! (1980)
The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon (1989)
The Pointer Sisters - Black & White (1981)
Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love (1985)
Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason (1986)

A genre that needs more consideration,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Monday, 09/13/2021 @ 18:42pm

Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got (1988)
Chic - Real People (1980)
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose (1982)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Teena Marie - It Must be Magic (1981)
The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets (1983)
The Pointer Sisters - Black & White (1981)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 09/13/2021 @ 19:26pm

1: Billy Ocean - Suddenly (1984)
2: Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
3: Kool & the Gang - Celebrate! (1980)
4: Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love (1985)
5: Millie Jackson - I Just Had to Say It (1980)
6: The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets (1983)
7: The Jets - Magic (1987)
8: The Pointer Sisters - Black & White (1981)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Monday, 09/13/2021 @ 21:04pm

Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
Freddie Jackson- Rock Me Tonight (1985)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason (1986)
Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love (1985)
Teddy Pendergrass- TP (1980)
The Isley Brothers- Between the Sheets (1983)
The Pointer Sisters - Black & White (1981)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/16/2021 @ 07:28am

Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose (1982)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason (1986)
Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love (1985)
Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti - Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti (1982)
Teena Marie - It Must be Magic (1981)
The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon (1989)
William Onyeabor - Good Name (1983)

Apologies to Anita Baker, Chic, Donna Summer, Freddie Jackson, Johnny Gill, Lisa Stansfield, Surface, The Isley Brothers, Womack & Womack, Zapp, and others.

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 09/16/2021 @ 15:59pm

Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got (1988)
Babyface - Tender Lover (1989)
Chic - Real People (1980)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason (1986)
Millie Jackson - I Just Had to Say It (1980)
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980)
The Pointer Sisters - Black & White (1981)

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 09/16/2021 @ 17:28pm

Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got (1988)
Babyface - Tender Lover (1989)
Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Lisa Stansfield - Affection (1989)
Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love (1985)
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980)
The Gap Band - The Gap Band III (1980)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 09/16/2021 @ 19:11pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980) - 8
Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love (1985) - 8
The Pointer Sisters - Black & White (1981) - 8

Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money (1983) - 7

Kool & The Gang - Celebrate! (1980) - 6

Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got (1988) - 5
Chic - Real People (1980) - 5
The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets (1983) - 5
____________________________

Billy Ocean - Suddenly (1984) - 4
Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason (1986) - 4
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980) - 4

Evelyn "Champagne" King - Get Loose (1982) - 3
Millie Jackson - I Just Had to Say It (1980) - 3
Teena Marie - It Must be Magic (1981) - 3
The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon (1989) - 3

Babyface - Tender Lover (1989) - 2
The Gap Band - The Gap Band III (1980) - 2

Freddie Jackson - Rock Me Tonight (1985) - 1
Johnny Gill - Chemistry (1985) - 1
Lisa Stansfield - Affection (1989) - 1
Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti - Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti (1982) - 1
The Jets - Magic (1987) - 1
William Onyeabor - Good Name (1983) - 1
Womack & Womack - Conscience (1988) - 1
Zapp - Zapp (1980) - 1

Surface - 2nd Wave (1988) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
MichaelEU
KING
Johnny
Lax38
Greg F
Doo-Wop Phil
Tom H.
Ray
Nick
BSLO

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got (1988)
Chic - Real People (1980)
Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money (1983)
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (1980)
Kool & The Gang - Celebrate! (1980)
Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell in Love (1985)
The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets (1983)
The Pointer Sisters - Black & White (1981)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/17/2021 @ 00:38am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Electric Light Orchestra) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1940-1945) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/17/2021 @ 00:39am

Year noms:

The King Cole Trio - The King Cole Trio (1944)
Josh White - Southern Exposure: An Album of Jim Crow Blues Sung by Joshua White (1941)
Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet (1944)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 09/19/2021 @ 16:52pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet (1944)
Bing Crosby - Crosbyana (1941)
Bing Crosby - Going My Way (1944)
Bing Crosby - Song Hits from Holiday Inn (1942)
Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1943)
Django Reinhardt - Paris 1945 (1945)
Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige (1943)
Elvira Rìos - Tropic Nights (1940)
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (1945)
Josh White - Southern Exposure: An Album of Jim Crow Blues Sung by Joshua White (1941)
Judy Garland - Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Mary Lou Williams - The Zodiac Suite (1945)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1944)
The King Cole Trio - The King Cole Trio (1944)

Voters must vote for exactly 8 albums for their ballots to be valid. Ballots with less than 8 albums will be included and voters will be given the chance to complete their ballot. Ballots with more than 8 albums can't be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/19/2021 @ 23:28pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominated albums (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Live At Wembeley '78 (1998)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001)

Voters can vote for as many as 6 nominated albums. Voters must vote for at least 2 nominated albums for their ballot to be counted.

There will be 5 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/19/2021 @ 23:30pm

As Nick explained on the Song Project messageboard, we're currently planning to have the Song / Album Project, Genre Project and Artists Project votes be conducted via Google Polls starting in October.

As it currently stands, we'll continue to do nominations and tiebreaker votes on the respective Song and Album Project message boards as before. We tried to figure out a good way to do tiebreakers in Google Polls, but it didn't work out.

Later in the week (probably on Wednesday or Thursday), I'll post a request that anyone wishing to participate in the Album Project in October (and any other month going forward) send me an email to the email address that I will provide. This email will be from the address that you post with on FRL and will include the Name / handle that you post on FRL with. This will be done in an effort to create a list of voters for the Album project votes.

Any new voters will need to register their FRL information using this process at a later time as well because any voters that aren't on the list will not be counted. This is being done in an effort to duplicate voting.

Other than voting on the Google poll instead of posting your votes on FRL, the main difference in the process will be that after the 3 day nomination period, I will post the list of nominees here so that we can have one day for review before the poll is created. This will be followed by 4 days of voting (the links will be posted here when voting opens) instead of the previous 5 days of voting.

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this change.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/19/2021 @ 23:40pm

Shoot, forgot to come up with noms for the Artist Vote in both projects. Ah well, good picks already.

Posted by Ray on Monday, 09/20/2021 @ 01:02am

Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1943)
Django Reinhardt - Paris 1945 (1945)
Elvira Rìos - Tropic Nights (1940)
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (1945)
Mary Lou Williams - The Zodiac Suite (1945)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1944)
The King Cole Trio - The King Cole Trio (1944)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 09/20/2021 @ 13:37pm

This will not happen, yet as Electric Light Orchestra are my all-time favorite band, I'd personally like to see their artist vote that's an eclectic class of albums for them, one 1970's album, Secret Messages from 1983/2018 & 2001's Zoom, but that's just me since there probably won't be another ELO LP inducted into this project, so whatever happens.

PS-I still think that there should be a secondary choice if Secret Messages appears on someone's ballot...

1983 edited single album
2018 35th Anniversary originally intended double album minus "Beatles Forever"

https://www.discogs.com/Electric-Light-Orchestra-Secret-Messages/master/21720

Notes

Originally conceived by Jeff Lynne as a double LP, 18-track album, but finally released as a single one. Vinyl releases consisted only of 10 tracks: song "Time After Time" was included as track 5 (of 11) only in Cassette and CD releases. Remastered re-releases from 2001 added 3 more tracks as bonus. In 2018 the album was released as originally intended (double LP), although omitting the track "Beatles Forever" (this release is a NEW and separate remaster, the same one that found its way on HD Tracks). A year later, Japan saw a CD release of the same album (the same sound source), identical tracks with no differences.

https://www.discogs.com/Electric-Light-Orchestra-Secret-Messages/release/12356583

Tracklist
A1 Secret Messages 4:43
A2 Loser Gone Wild 5:27
A3 Bluebird 4:13
A4 Take Me On And On 4:59

B1 Stranger 4:27
B2 No Way Out 3:23
B3 Letter From Spain 2:51
B4 Danger Ahead 3:52

C1 Four Little Diamonds 4:05
C2 Train Of Gold 4:20
C3 Endless Lies 3:24
C4 Buildings Have Eyes 4:04
C5 Motor Factory/Rock 'N' Roll Is King 3:10

D1 Mandalay 5:20
D2 Time After Time 4:01
D3 After All 0:41
D4 Hello My Old Friend 7:50

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Messages

'Secret Messages' was the first and last time I ever used a digital multi-track tape recorder. We tried out a different place to record. It was Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Holland. The sound of the room was just how I liked it. I enjoyed recording there so much, I wrote enough tunes for a double album! Anyway, this will be the first time 'Secret Messages' has escaped intact. Thanks to all you great fans who've been asking to hear the original double album for a very long time. — Jeff Lynne

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 09/21/2021 @ 10:14am

Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1943)
Django Reinhardt - Paris 1945 (1945)
Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige (1943)
Elvira Rìos - Tropic Nights (1940)
Josh White - Southern Exposure: An Album of Jim Crow Blues Sung by Joshua White (1941)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1944)

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 09/21/2021 @ 11:16am

Bing Crosby- Song Hits from Holiday Inn (1942)
Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)
Django Reinhardt - Paris 1945 (1945)
Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige (1943)
Glenn Miller- Glenn Miller (1945)
Mary Lou Williams- The Zodiac suite (1945)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1944)
The King Cole Trio - The King Cole Trio (1944)

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 09/21/2021 @ 14:35pm

My Electric Light Orchestra Album Votes:

1: Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
2: Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 (1973)
3: Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
4: Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 09/21/2021 @ 15:16pm

Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet (1944)
Bing Crosby - Going My Way (1944)
Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1943)
Django Reinhardt - Paris 1945 (1945)
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (1945)
Judy Garland - Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
The King Cole Trio - The King Cole Trio (1944)

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 09/22/2021 @ 09:15am

KING SEPT 2021 ALBUM Vote 1940-1945 Block (8)
Benny Goodman-Benny Goodman Sextet (1944)
Bing Crosby-Going My Way (1944)
Bing Crosby-Song Hits From Holiday Inn (1942)
Duke Ellington-Black, Brown And Beige (1943)
Glenn Miller-Glenn Miller (1945)
Judy Garland-Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra-Artistry In Rhythm (1944)
The King Cole Trio-The King Cole Trio (1944)

ELO Selected Artist Album Vote (4)
ELO-Discovery (1979)
ELO-ELO 2 (1973)
ELO-Live At Wembeley '78 (1998)
ELO-The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 09/22/2021 @ 12:24pm

Now for my 1940-1945 Album Votes (World War II Era)

1: Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet (1944)
2: Bing Crosby - Song Hits from Holiday Inn (1942)
3: Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1943)
4: Django Reinhardt - Paris 1945 (1945)
5: Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige (1943)
6: Elvira Rìos - Tropic Nights (1940)
7: Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1944)
8: The King Cole Trio - The King Cole Trio (1944)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 09/22/2021 @ 15:20pm

Here is my 1940 - 1945 Albums ballot.

Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1943)
Bing Crosby - Song Hits from Holiday Inn (1942)
Bing Crosby-Going My Way (1944)
Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige (1943)
Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet (1944)
The King Cole Trio - The King Cole Trio (1944)
Glenn Miller-Glenn Miller (1944)
Django Reinhardt - Paris 1945 (1945)

And here is my Artist vote ballot:

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)

Name the one ELO song impossible to perform live,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Wednesday, 09/22/2021 @ 19:54pm

My Electric Light Orchestra Album Votes:

1: Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
2: Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 (1973)
3: Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Wednesday, 09/22/2021 @ 21:05pm

My Electric Light Orchestra Artist Album Project vote ballot...

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 09/24/2021 @ 20:59pm

Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet (1944)
Django Reinhardt - Paris 1945 (1945)
Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige (1943)
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (1945)
Josh White - Southern Exposure: An Album of Jim Crow Blues Sung by Joshua White (1941)
Judy Garland - Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1944)
The King Cole Trio - The King Cole Trio (1944)

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Live At Wembeley '78 (1998)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)
Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 09/24/2021 @ 21:00pm

By the way, and FYI, "Wembeley" is actually spelled "Wembley"!

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 09/24/2021 @ 21:17pm

Reposting from the song project:

As Darren and I have mentioned earlier in the week, we will be transitioning the voting for the song and album projects to Google Forms polls.

As a way to verify voters, please send an email to rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com (aka my podcast's email address) and mention your FRL username and continuing interest in these projects. This is done to authenticate and match the email addresses you use on FRL. Once we confirm you, I will provide a password that will be used to vote in the Google Forms Poll (which will be the same password every time for the general, genre, year and artist votes).

Please try to do this as soon as you can. I am usually quick to reply to email but expect up to 24-hour delay. If I don't respond to it after a day, please post it here and I will look into it.

If you participate in both the song and album projects, you only need to send one email.

If you are coming here for the first time and/or want to participate in future projects, please send an email to the address listed above and mention your interest to participate in the projects.

If you have any questions about this and/or need clarification, please send an email to me.

- Nick

Posted by Nick on Friday, 09/24/2021 @ 21:37pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Django Reinhardt - Paris 1945 (1945) - 7
The King Cole Trio - The King Cole Trio (1944) - 7

Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige (1943) - 6
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (1945) - 6
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1944) - 6

Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet (1944) - 5
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1943) - 5
____________________________

Bing Crosby - Song Hits from Holiday Inn (1942) - 4
Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944) - 4
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Bing Crosby - Going My Way (1944) - 3
Elvira Rìos - Tropic Nights (1940) - 3
Judy Garland - Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) - 3

Josh White - Southern Exposure: An Album of Jim Crow Blues Sung by Joshua White (1941) - 2
Mary Lou Williams - The Zodiac Suite (1945) - 2

Bing Crosby - Crosbyana (1941) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

MichaelEU
Greg F
Tom H.
dmg
KING
Johnny
Lax38
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet (1944)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1943)
Django Reinhardt - Paris 1945 (1945)
Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige (1943)
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (1945)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1944)
The King Cole Trio - The King Cole Trio (1944)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bing Crosby - Song Hits from Holiday Inn (1942)
Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, select your preferred album.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/24/2021 @ 22:36pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) - 9
Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 (1973) - 9

Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983) - 8
______________________________

Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971) - 7

Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom (2001) - 4

Electric Light Orchestra - Live At Wembley '78 (1998) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Tom H.
Johnny
dmg
KING
Lax38
Doo-Wop Phil
Rick Vendl II
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages (1983)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 09/24/2021 @ 23:33pm

Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 09/25/2021 @ 01:12am

Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/25/2021 @ 09:21am

My 1940-1945 Album Tiebreaker Vote:

Bing Crosby - Song Hits from Holiday Inn (1942)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 09/25/2021 @ 19:23pm

KING SEPT 2021 The 1940-1945 Year Block Of Albums Tiebreaker (1).
Bing Crosby-Song Hits From Holiday Inn (1942)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 09/25/2021 @ 21:18pm

My tiebreaker vote goes to:

Bing Crosby - Song Hits from Holiday Inn (1942)

Hope this is decent,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Sunday, 09/26/2021 @ 20:03pm

Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 09/27/2021 @ 11:43am

My tiebreaker vote goes to:

Bing Crosby - Song Hits from Holiday Inn (1942)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 09/27/2021 @ 13:06pm

Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)

Posted by Ray on Monday, 09/27/2021 @ 21:00pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Bing Crosby - Song Hits from Holiday Inn (1942) - 4
__________________

Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944) - 4

Ray's vote for Burl Ives was the last vote cast, so Bing Crosby wins the tiebreaker.

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Year vote:

Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet (1944)
Bing Crosby - Song Hits from Holiday Inn (1942)
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1943)
Django Reinhardt - Paris 1945 (1945)
Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige (1943)
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller (1945)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1944)
The King Cole Trio - The King Cole Trio (1944)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 09/27/2021 @ 22:29pm

This is a reminder to participants in the Song and Album Projects that we will be transitioning the voting from the FRL message boards to Google Form Polls. You will still post your nominations on these boards but the actual voting is what is changing. If you haven't done so already, please email me at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to confirm your continued participation in these projects. In the email, please state your name and preferred email address.

I have heard from the following voters (thank you in advance for reaching out already):
Rick Vendl II
Nick
Carol Sue
Darren
Greg F
Jtrichey
KING
Johnny
MichaelEU
J.W.
Doo-Wop Phil

Please try to contact me as soon as you can. I am usually fast to reply to emails but (to be safe) please give me a 24-hour window to respond. If you tried to contact me but haven't gotten a response, please let me know on either the song or album project boards.

- Nick

Posted by Nick on Monday, 09/27/2021 @ 23:54pm

Rule Changes In 2021:

Nominations posted prior to the monthly opening announcement of the start of new projects (or Midnight Central time on the 1st if the announcement is delayed) must be re-posted during the nomination window to be included in nomination lists (with exceptions when absolutely necessary).

All polls will now end at 9 PM Central.

Starting in October 2021, there will be one day of review after nominations have completed, followed by a google polls link for the respective poll being posted on the message board. Registered voters will have four days to vote in the polls, which will end at 9 PM Central.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
__________________________________________

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 9 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2020. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 8th. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 9th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 9 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Gospel Albums
Latin
Alternative Country
Power Metal
Doom Metal
1990's Hip-Hop/Rap
Sophisti-pop
Progressive Metal
Progressive Soul
Jazz
Japanese Music
1980's R&B

"Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 15th. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 15th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 9 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kylie Minogue
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 24th. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 24th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Alubm Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 2016.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 2016. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 2016.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 2016 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
Beyoncé - Lemonade
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
Danny Brown - Attrocity Exhibition
David Bowie - Blackstar
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums
Frank Ocean - Blonde
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
Megadeth - Dystopia
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Opeth - Sorceress
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
The Monkees - Good Times!

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 2016, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 24th. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 24th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/30/2021 @ 15:41pm

Correction due to incorrect dates in previous post:

Rule Changes In 2021:

Nominations posted prior to the monthly opening announcement of the start of new projects (or Midnight Central time on the 1st if the announcement is delayed) must be re-posted during the nomination window to be included in nomination lists (with exceptions when absolutely necessary).

All polls will now end at 9 PM Central.

Starting in October 2021, there will be one day of review after nominations have completed, followed by a google polls link for the respective poll being posted on the message board. Registered voters will have four days to vote in the polls, which will end at 9 PM Central.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 9 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2020. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 9 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Gospel Albums
Latin
Alternative Country
Power Metal
Doom Metal
1990's Hip-Hop/Rap
Sophisti-pop
Progressive Metal
Progressive Soul
Jazz
Japanese Music
1980's R&B

"Broadway Cast Recordings and Soundtracks" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 11th. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 12th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 9 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kylie Minogue
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 19th. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 20th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Alubm Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 2016.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 2016. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 2016.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 2016 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
Beyoncé - Lemonade
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
Danny Brown - Attrocity Exhibition
David Bowie - Blackstar
Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
Fitz & The Tantrums - Fitz & The Tantrums
Frank Ocean - Blonde
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
Megadeth - Dystopia
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Opeth - Sorceress
Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
The Monkees - Good Times!

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 2016, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 19th. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 20th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/30/2021 @ 15:45pm

General Vote

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974)
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
Orbital - Blue Album (2004)

Genre: Electronica, 2000-2009

Artist: KMFDM

Year Vote:

Corinne Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks in Whispers (2016)
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 09/30/2021 @ 16:32pm

I know it's a little bit early, but 2016 was a great year for music. So, after careful consideration, here are my 2016 Album Nominations:

1: Drive-By Truckers - American Band (2016)
2: Bonnie Raitt - Dig In Deep (2016)
3: The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Monolith of Phobos (2016)

I'll try to squeeze in my General Album Nominations later on.

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 09/30/2021 @ 17:15pm

This is my first time voting in the projects, so here are my album nominations.

General Vote:

Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On (1974)
U2 - Zooropa (1993)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)

Genre: Funk, 1970-1979

Artist: Ohio Players

Year Vote:

Bon Jovi - This House Is Not For Sale (2016)
Mac Miller - The Divine Feminine
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 09/30/2021 @ 17:54pm

OCTOBER 2021 General Album Selections (3)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Nuno Bettencourt-Schizophonic (1997)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
Genre: Singers And Songwriters 1980's
Artist: Wishbone Ash
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 09/30/2021 @ 17:57pm

KING OCTOBER 2021 Year 2016 Albums (3)
Alter Bridge-The Last Hero (2016)
Blink-182-California (2016)
Testament-Brotherhood Of The Snake (2016)
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 09/30/2021 @ 18:10pm

General noms:

EMF - Schubert Dip (1991)
Seal - Seal II (1994)
Muse - Simulation Theory (2018)

year nom:
Bastille - Wild World (2016)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 09/30/2021 @ 21:01pm

OK. Here are my October Album Project Nominations: (The General Vote)

1: Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
2: Amhad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
3: Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 09/30/2021 @ 21:09pm

J.W. - If you'd like to vote in this project's votes or the Song Project's votes, you need to email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that you use when you post on FRL, since we're going to be using Google Polls starting this month.

This also goes for anyone who hasn't emailed Nick already.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/1/2021 @ 00:01am

Thank you Darren,

I emailed Nick on 9/25 about voting in the Album/Song Project and I am confirmed to be a voter for the projects.

Posted by J.W. on Friday, 10/1/2021 @ 00:32am

Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk (1970)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
My Bloody Valentine - mbv (2013)

Rihanna - ANTI (2016)
The Weeknd - Starboy (2016)
Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings (2016)

1960's Garage Rock

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 10/1/2021 @ 03:16am

Petula Clark- Downtown (1965)
Teddy Pendergrass- TP (1980)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Artist: Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 10/1/2021 @ 07:56am

General nominations:

The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)
Martha and the Vandellas - Watchout! (1966)
Leon Russell - Carney (1972)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 10/1/2021 @ 08:42am

Here are my nominations for this month, after clearing the way for me to continue my participation.

General Vote

Alan Parsons/Eric Woolfson/The Alan Parsons Project - Freudiana (1990)
The Pointer Sisters - Break Out (1983)
Diana Ross - Swept Away (1984)

Here are my 2016 nominees

Nine Inch Nails - Not The Actual Events (2016)
Neil Young - Peace Trail (2016)
Sting - 57th and 9th (2016)

My Genre vote nomination is:

Broadway original cast albums and soundtracks

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

The Pointer Sisters

Awaiting the next moves,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Friday, 10/1/2021 @ 18:53pm

Lax38 - Good choices, buddy, but just one thing: Break Out by The Pointer Sisters is already on the Important Albums List. Don't worry, though. You've still got one nomination left.

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 10/1/2021 @ 19:19pm

Here are my Genre & Artist Nominations:

Genre: 21st Century Folk, 2000-2020

Artist: DragonForce

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 10/1/2021 @ 20:08pm

MichaelEU, it looks like The Breeders' Last Splash is already in the project.

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 10/1/2021 @ 22:11pm

Thank you, jtrichey. My third nomination is

INXS - X (1990)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 10/2/2021 @ 00:22am

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/3/2021 @ 18:54pm

Gil Scott-Heron - Winter in America (1974)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
The Spinners - Pick of the Litter (1975)

Sparks

Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 10/3/2021 @ 20:48pm

KING: Funny, I had half a thought about picking Wishbone Ash for the artist vote...guess I settled for nominating Pilgrimage again instead.

General noms:

Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)

Genre nom:

Black Metal

Artist nom:

Nightwish

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 10/3/2021 @ 20:49pm

Nominations are now closed and voting is now open.

Here are the nominees:

Alan Parsons/Eric Woolfson/The Alan Parsons Project - Freudiana (1990)
Amhad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)
Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944)
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002)
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)
Diana Ross - Swept Away (1984)
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
EMF - Schubert Dip (1991)
Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On (1974)
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974)
Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk (1970)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
INXS - X (1990)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
Leon Russell - Carney (1972)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Martha and the Vandellas - Watchout! (1966)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Muse - Simulation Theory (2018)
My Bloody Valentine - mbv (2013)
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
Nelly - Nellyville (2002)
Nuno Bettencourt - Schizophonic (1997)
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)
Orbital - Blue Album (2004)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Seal - Seal II (1994)
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Spinners - Pick of the Litter (1975)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
U2 - Zooropa (1993)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 9 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Printthelegends
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/3/2021 @ 21:12pm

Year Nominations

Dream Theater- The Astonishing (2016)
Tedeschi Trucks Band- Let Me Get By (2016)
The Avett Brothers- True Sadness (2016)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 10/3/2021 @ 21:13pm

Correction - Voting is not currently open and votes posted on the Song and Album project votes will not be counted. Only votes cast on the Google Poll (which will be posted tomorrow after 9 PM Central) will be counted.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/3/2021 @ 21:53pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's Garage Rock
21st Century Folk, 2000-2020
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart
Black Metal
Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks
Electronica, 2000-2009
Funk, 1970-1979
Singers And Songwriters 1980's
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There were 8 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 5.

This month's selected genre is "Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/3/2021 @ 21:54pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Davis, Miles
DragonForce
KMFDM
Nightwish
Ohio Players
Pointer Sisters, The
Sparks
Wishbone Ash
Young, Neil

There were 9 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 4.

This month's selected artist is Nightwish.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Nightwish.

Here's the list of Nightwish albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Dark Passion Play (2007)

Any voter can nominate one album by Nightwish released from 1900-2020 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Nightwish discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwish_discography

Nominations will close at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/3/2021 @ 21:56pm

Artist Vote:

Nightwish - Imaginaerum (2011)

Genre Vote:

Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Lil' Abner (1956)
Original Broadway Cast - Sugar (1972)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/3/2021 @ 22:24pm

Correction it should be spelled as Li'l Abner.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/3/2021 @ 22:53pm

Artist Nomination

Nightwish- Endless Forms More Beautiful (2015)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/4/2021 @ 08:11am

Artist Nomination:

Nightwish - Once (2004)

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 10/4/2021 @ 08:52am

FRL Voters,
Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdm7iC_EGph3rBsrBVh98ahHgkI4IAaHk3CYY7TOnsUFz0GgA/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone. If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 8th at 9 PM Central.

Posted by Nick on Monday, 10/4/2021 @ 21:22pm

Here are my nominations for the special elections.

Broadway Genre Vote:

Original Broadway Cast - Pippin (1972)
Original Broadway Cast - Be More Chill (2015)
Original Broadway Cast - Chess (1984)

And here is my Artist Vote nomination:

Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998)

Thanks for the links to vote,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Tuesday, 10/5/2021 @ 18:35pm

Genre Vote:

Original Broadway Cast - The Sound of Music (1959)
Original Broadway Cast - Into the Woods (1988)
Original Broadway Cast - In the Heights (2007)

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 10/5/2021 @ 19:45pm

Here's my Nightwish Album Nomination:

Nightwish - Century Child (2002)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 10/6/2021 @ 08:51am

Original Broadway Cast – Dreamgirls (1982)
Original Broadway Cast – La Cage Aux Folles (1983)
Original Broadway Cast – The Music Man (1958)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 10/6/2021 @ 17:38pm

Recommendations for this upcoming genre vote:
Original Broadway Cast - A Chorus Line (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Aida (2000)
Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - Flower Drum Song (1958)
Original Broadway Cast - Godspell (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1990)
Original Broadway Cast - Oliver! (1962)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 10/6/2021 @ 17:45pm

Genre nomination

Original Broadway Cast - A Chorus Line (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Godspell (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - Oliver! (1962)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 10/6/2021 @ 20:24pm

Nick, thank you so much for the much needed recommendations. Thanks to you, I finally know what my choices will be. Here it goes:

1: Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1979)
2: Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1990)
3: Original Broadway Cast - 1776 (1969)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 10/6/2021 @ 23:18pm

Original Broadway Cast - The King and I (1951)
Original Broadway Cast - Kinky Boots (2013)
Original Broadway Cast - The Threepenny Opera (1954)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 10/7/2021 @ 11:37am

Voting for the General Vote ends tonight at 9pm CST and I have votes from the following voters so far:

jtrichey
Lax38
Darren
Tom H.
MichaelEU
J.W.
Johnny
dmg
BSLO
Nick
Greg F.

Please refer to the link above to vote before tonight's deadline. If you are a new voter and want to participate, please send an email to rockinretropsectpodcast@gmail.com.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/8/2021 @ 10:24am

Darren, don't forget about Doo-Wop Phil. He also voted in the Album Project. His votes should count, too.

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 10/8/2021 @ 11:02am

Johnny - Doo-Wop Phil's vote isn't registered on the poll.

Those 11 votes are the only ones that were received.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/8/2021 @ 22:51pm

Never mind. I refreshed the poll and it included votes from Doo-Wop Phil, Ray and KING.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/8/2021 @ 22:54pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

INXS - X (1990) - 8

Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983) - 5
U2 - Zooropa (1993) - 5
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Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974) - 4
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 4
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991) - 4
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995) - 4
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) - 4
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980) - 4
________________________________

Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On (1974) - 3
Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk (1970) - 3
Leon Russell - Carney (1972) - 3
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 3
Martha and the Vandellas - Watchout! (1966) - 3
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974) - 3
Nelly - Nellyville (2002) - 3
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996) - 3
Seal - Seal II (1994) - 3
The Spinners - Pick of the Litter (1975) - 3
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 3
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 3
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971) - 3

Amhad Jamal - Poinciana (1963) - 2
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - 2
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020) - 2
Burl Ives - The Wayfaring Stranger (1944) - 2
Death Grips - The Money Store (2012) - 2
Diana Ross - Swept Away (1984) - 2
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 2
My Bloody Valentine - mbv (2013) - 2
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005) - 2
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965) - 2
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993) - 2
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 2

Alan Parsons/Eric Woolfson/The Alan Parsons Project - Freudiana (1990) - 1
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002) - 1
EMF - Schubert Dip (1991) - 1
Muse - Simulation Theory (2018) - 1
Nuno Bettencourt - Schizophonic (1997) - 1
Orbital - Blue Album (2004) - 1
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Doo-Wop Phil
KING
jtrichey
Lax38
Ray
Darren
Tom H.
MichaelEU
J.W.
Johnny
dmg
BSLO
Nick
Greg F.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
INXS - X (1990)
U2 - Zooropa (1993)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 5 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks", Artist Vote (Nightwish) or Year Vote (2016).

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/8/2021 @ 23:02pm

Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991) - 6
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) - 5
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980) - 4
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995) - 3
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974) - 2
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/8/2021 @ 23:03pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (Nightwish) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (2016) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 10/8/2021 @ 23:06pm

Tiebreaker Vote:

Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980) - 6
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974) - 5
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) - 4
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 3
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991) -2
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Friday, 10/8/2021 @ 23:29pm

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974) - 6
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995) - 5
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980) - 4
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) - 3
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991) - 2
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 1

Posted by Nick on Friday, 10/8/2021 @ 23:59pm

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974) - 6
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 5
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995) - 4
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980) - 3
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) - 2
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 10/9/2021 @ 00:25am

Tiebreaker:

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974) -6
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995) -5
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991) -4
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980) -3
Pat Benatar - In Heat of the Night (1979) -2
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) -1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/9/2021 @ 06:13am

Tiebreaker Time:

6 points: Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
5 points: Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980)
4 points: Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
3 points: Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974)
2 points: Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
1 point: Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 10/9/2021 @ 08:53am

KING OCTOBER 2021 ALBUM TIEBREAKER (6)
Natalie Merchant-Tigerlily (1995)-6 PTS
Pat Benatar-In The Heat Of The Night (1979)-5
Teddy Pendergrass-TP (1980)-4
Harry Nilsson-The Point! (1971)-3
Ice Cube-Death Certificate (1991)-2
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson -Winter In America (1974)-1 PT

I've always been a Natalie Merchant Fan and was very impressed hearing Tigerlily in the mid 1990's. Still have the CD somewhere. Pat Benatar is a FAV too. Feel better about this Tiebreaker with 5/6 being inducted. You don't feel as guilty as the losing album stands a great chance of Induction in November.

KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 10/9/2021 @ 12:14pm

OCTOBER 2021 Selected Artist Nomination (1)
Nightwish-From Wishes To Eternity (2001)

Broadway Original Cast Albums & Soundtracks Genre Nomination (1)
Orginal Broadway Cast-Candide (1956)

KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 10/9/2021 @ 12:43pm

My Album Tiebreaker Votes:

6 points: Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
5 points: Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
4 points: Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
3 points: Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980)
2 points: Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974)
1 point: Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Saturday, 10/9/2021 @ 19:19pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot.

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974) - 6
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 5
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) - 4
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991) - 3
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995) - 2
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980) - 1

Thanks to all who voted,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Sunday, 10/10/2021 @ 20:56pm

Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980)-6
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974)-5
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)-4
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)-3
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)-2
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/11/2021 @ 14:48pm

Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995) (6 Points)
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) (1 Point)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 10/11/2021 @ 16:56pm

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974) - 6
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 5
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991) - 4
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995) - 3
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) - 2
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980) - 1

Genre noms:

Original Broadway Cast - Follies (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly! (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Pacific Overtures (1976)

Posted by Ray on Monday, 10/11/2021 @ 20:54pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974) - 51
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995) - 45
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980) - 45
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) - 42
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991) - 35
__________________

Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 34

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger (1983)
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America (1974)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
INXS - X (1990)
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
Teddy Pendergrass - TP (1980)
U2 - Zooropa (1993)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/11/2021 @ 21:55pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominated albums:

Original Broadway Cast - 1776 (1969)
Original Broadway Cast - A Chorus Line (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Be More Chill (2015)
Original Broadway Cast - Candide (1956)
Original Broadway Cast - Chess (1984)
Original Broadway Cast - Dreamgirls (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - Follies (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Godspell (1971)
Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly! (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - In the Heights (2007)
Original Broadway Cast - Into the Woods (1988)
Original Broadway Cast - Kinky Boots (2013)
Original Broadway Cast - La Cage Aux Folles (1983)
Original Broadway Cast - Li'l Abner (1956)
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1990)
Original Broadway Cast - Oliver! (1962)
Original Broadway Cast - Pacific Overtures (1976)
Original Broadway Cast - Pippin (1972)
Original Broadway Cast - Sugar (1972)
Original Broadway Cast - The King and I (1951)
Original Broadway Cast - The Music Man (1958)
Original Broadway Cast - The Sound of Music (1959)
Original Broadway Cast - The Threepenny Opera (1954)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 9 PM Central on the 12th.

The poll will end at 9 PM Central on the 16th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Printthelegends
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/11/2021 @ 22:05pm

FRL Voters,
Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dTIVVgeAjHBcEVHygodaTOS51Mo6ZTnAzp5cTz8JSN0/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 16th at 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/12/2021 @ 22:42pm

For the ongoing genre vote, I have votes from the following voters so far:

Darren
dmg
J.W.
Greg F
KING
MichaelEU
Johnny
Lax38
Tom H.
Doo-Wop Phil
Nick B.

Voting closes tomorrow at 9pm Central tonight.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/16/2021 @ 10:40am

Darren, I'm sorry, but you confused me just now. Is voting closing TODAY or TOMORROW???

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 10/16/2021 @ 17:03pm

Today (Saturday).

Unless otherwise noted in the nomination announcements or a specific update, deadlines are always at 9 PM Central on the 8th, 16th or 24th. I always include the date (for example "the 16th") if a deadline has been changed.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/16/2021 @ 23:47pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Original Broadway Cast - A Chorus Line (1977) - 9

Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1979) - 8

Original Broadway Cast - Oliver! (1962) - 7
Original Broadway Cast - The Sound of Music (1959) - 7

Original Broadway Cast - 1776 (1969) - 6
Original Broadway Cast - Dreamgirls (1982) - 6
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964) - 6
Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly! (1964) - 6
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Original Broadway Cast - In the Heights (2007) - 5
Original Broadway Cast - The Music Man (1958) - 5

Original Broadway Cast - Into the Woods (1988) - 4
Original Broadway Cast - The King and I (1951) - 4

Original Broadway Cast - La Cage Aux Folles (1983) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - Miss Saigon (1990) - 3

Original Broadway Cast - Chess (1984) - 2
Original Broadway Cast - Follies (1971) - 2
Original Broadway Cast - Godspell (1971) - 2
Original Broadway Cast - Kinky Boots (2013) - 2
Original Broadway Cast - Li'l Abner (1956) - 2
Original Broadway Cast - The Threepenny Opera (1954) - 2

Original Broadway Cast - Be More Chill (2015) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Candide (1956) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Pacific Overtures (1976) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Pippin (1972) - 1
Original Broadway Cast - Sugar (1972) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
dmg
J.W.
Greg F
KING
MichaelEU
Johnny
Lax38
Tom H.
Doo-Wop Phil
Nick B
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Original Broadway Cast - A Chorus Line (1977)
Original Broadway Cast - Evita (1979)
Original Broadway Cast - Oliver! (1962)
Original Broadway Cast - The Sound of Music (1959)
Original Broadway Cast - 1776 (1969)
Original Broadway Cast - Dreamgirls (1982)
Original Broadway Cast - Funny Girl (1964)
Original Broadway Cast - Hello, Dolly! (1964)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/16/2021 @ 23:52pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Nightwish) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (2016) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/16/2021 @ 23:53pm

FYI - Voting is now open for this year's FRL Revisited / Projected Project Inductee Class on the Projected board:

https://futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected.php

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on Thursday the 21st.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/17/2021 @ 17:47pm

Year noms:

Swans - The Glowing Man (2016)
Furia - Księżyc milczy luty (2016)
Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä (2016)

Not sure that two offbeat black metal albums in foreign languages (Polish and Finnish, respectively) will necessarily be popular choices, but I thought I'd give them a shot, anyhow. The first one by Furia is more conventionally black metal with a heavy Swans influence, while the second by Oranssi Pazuzu has made waves for its blend of black metal with psychedelic rock. If any of that strikes your fancy, they're both well worth checking out, though as for Furia, I actually found 2012's Marzannie, Królowej Polski and 2014's Nocel to be easier jumping off points into the band, if this one doesn't click at first (which it didn't quite for me).

Artist nom:

Glad to see that Nightwish got picked, and there's a lot of great noms already (like the offbeat live album pick, btw, KING), so I'll just add this great early studio album.

Nightwish - Wishmaster (2001)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 10/19/2021 @ 15:59pm

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the list of nominees:

Alter Bridge - The Last Hero (2016)
Bastille - Wild World (2016)
Blink-182 - California (2016)
Bon Jovi - This House Is Not For Sale (2016)
Bonnie Raitt - Dig In Deep (2016)
Corinne Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks in Whispers (2016)
Dream Theater- The Astonishing (2016)
Drive-By Truckers - American Band (2016)
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Furia - Księżyc milczy luty (2016)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Mac Miller - The Divine Feminine
Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings (2016)
Neil Young - Peace Trail (2016)
Nine Inch Nails - Not The Actual Events (2016)
Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä (2016)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Rihanna - ANTI (2016)
Sting - 57th and 9th (2016)
Swans - The Glowing Man (2016)
Tedeschi Trucks Band- Let Me Get By (2016)
Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake (2016)
The Avett Brothers- True Sadness (2016)
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Monolith of Phobos (2016)
The Weeknd - Starboy (2016)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/19/2021 @ 22:09pm

Nominations are now closed for the Artist Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Nightwish - Century Child (2002)
Nightwish - Endless Forms More Beautiful (2015)
Nightwish - From Wishes To Eternity (2001)
Nightwish - Imaginaerum (2011)
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Nightwish - Wishmaster (2001)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/19/2021 @ 22:10pm

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaRP9xgM-BjErkacEyuQKlmzbHs7AGbYWgb39362Lx-m1ang/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 24th at 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/20/2021 @ 21:37pm

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnbHKzRSve1O22Rk0qcWg_UnlTRXfQD_Y0U7DXEUon-Qx87A/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 24th at 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/20/2021 @ 21:38pm

These are the albums I'm nominating next month. I'll repost when it's time.

En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
Poco - Crazy Eyes (1973)
The Pointer Sisters - Energy (1978)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 10/23/2021 @ 15:20pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Avett Brothers - True Sadness (2016) - 8

Drive-By Truckers - American Band (2016) - 7

Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) - 6
The Weeknd - Starboy (2016) - 6

Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) - 5
Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings (2016) - 5
Rihanna - ANTI (2016) - 5
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Monolith of Phobos (2016) - 5
____________________________

Bon Jovi - This House Is Not For Sale (2016) - 4
Mac Miller - The Divine Feminine - 4
Nine Inch Nails - Not The Actual Events (2016) - 4
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Let Me Get By (2016) - 4
Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake (2016) - 4

Bonnie Raitt - Dig In Deep (2016) - 3
Corinne Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks in Whispers (2016) - 3
Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2016) - 3
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016) - 3
Sting - 57th and 9th (2016) - 3
Swans - The Glowing Man (2016) - 3

Alter Bridge - The Last Hero (2016) - 2
Blink-182 - California (2016) - 2
Furia - Księżyc milczy luty (2016) - 2
Neil Young - Peace Trail (2016) - 2
Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä (2016) - 2

Bastille - Wild World (2016) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Nick B
jtrichey
Greg F
J.W.
Johnny
MichaelEU
KING
Tom H.
Lax38
BSLO
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Drive-By Truckers - American Band (2016)
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings (2016)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016)
Rihanna - ANTI (2016)
The Avett Brothers - True Sadness (2016)
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Monolith of Phobos (2016)
The Weeknd - Starboy (2016)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/24/2021 @ 22:53pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Nightwish - Wishmaster (2001) - 9
______________________________

Nightwish - Century Child (2002) - 8
Nightwish - From Wishes To Eternity (2001) - 8
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998) - 8
______________________________

Nightwish - Imaginaerum (2011) - 7
Nightwish - Once (2004) - 7

Nightwish - Endless Forms More Beautiful (2015) - 5

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
Darren
Johnny
KING
Ray
Lax38
Nick B
Greg F.
J.W.
dmg

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Nightwish - Wishmaster (2001)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Nightwish - Century Child (2002)
Nightwish - From Wishes To Eternity (2001)
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 7 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/24/2021 @ 22:57pm

Please note that the tiebreaker will be ending at 7 PM Central on Wednesday the 27th rather than 9 PM Central. This is not a typo. The tiebreaker is ending earlier than usual because I have a very early flight on Thursday the 28th, as I'll be heading to Cleveland for the Rock Hall Induction ceremony. I apologize for any inconvenience.

Also, the 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted as a result of this tiebreaker.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/24/2021 @ 22:59pm

Nightwish - From Wishes To Eternity (2001) - 3
Nightwish - Century Child (2002) - 2
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/25/2021 @ 00:23am

Tiebreaker Vote:

Nightwish - Century Child (2002) - 3
Nightwish - From Wishes To Eternity (2001) - 2
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 10/25/2021 @ 04:51am

My Nightwish Album Tiebreaker Votes:

3 points: Nightwish - Century Child (2002)
2 points: Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998)
1 point: Nightwish - From Wishes to Eternity (2001)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 10/25/2021 @ 13:27pm

Nightwish - Century Child (2002) 3
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998) 2
Nightwish - From Wishes to Eternity (2001) 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 10/25/2021 @ 13:45pm

Nightwish - From Wishes To Eternity (2001) - 3
Nightwish - Century Child (2002) - 2
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998) - 1

Posted by Nick B on Monday, 10/25/2021 @ 17:30pm

KING OCT 2021 Nightwish Album Tiebreaker (3)
Nightwish-Century Child (2002)-3 PTS
Nightwish-From Wishes To Eternity (2001)-2
Nightwish-Oceanborn (1998)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 10/25/2021 @ 19:59pm

Nightwish - Century Child (2002)-3
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998)-2
Nightwish - From Wishes to Eternity (2001)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/26/2021 @ 07:19am

Here is my tiebreaker ranking ballot.

Nightwish - Century Child (2002) - 3
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998) - 2
Nightwish - From Wishes to Eternity (2001) - 1

Happy early Halloween,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Wednesday, 10/27/2021 @ 08:20am

Man, it's hard to choose here. It almost goes without saying that I wish I could induct all three. Gonna get some great stuff in, though, either way.

Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998) - 3
Nightwish - From Wishes to Eternity (2001) - 2
Nightwish - Century Child (2002) - 1

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 10/27/2021 @ 17:59pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Nightwish - Century Child (2002) - 23
Nightwish - From Wishes To Eternity (2001) - 16
__________________

Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998) - 15

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Artist vote:

Nightwish - Century Child (2002)
Nightwish - From Wishes To Eternity (2001)
Nightwish - Wishmaster (2001)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/27/2021 @ 19:53pm

Rule Changes In 2021:

Nominations posted prior to the monthly opening announcement of the start of new projects (or Midnight Central time on the 1st if the announcement is delayed) must be re-posted during the nomination window to be included in nomination lists (with exceptions when absolutely necessary).

All polls will now end at 9 PM Central.

Starting in October 2021, there will be one day of review after nominations have completed, followed by a google polls link for the respective poll being posted on the message board. Registered voters will have four days to vote in the polls, which will end at 9 PM Central.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
__________________________________________

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 9 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2020. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 9 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Latin
Alternative Country
Power Metal
Doom Metal
1990's Hip-Hop/Rap
Sophisti-pop
Progressive Metal
Progressive Soul
Jazz
Japanese Music
1980's R&B
Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks

"Gospel Albums" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 11th. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 12th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 9 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kylie Minogue
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 19th. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 20th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1983.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1983. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1983.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1983 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Bad Brains - Rock for Light
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife
Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
Culture Club - Colour by Numbers
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Dio - Holy Diver
Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money
Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger
Eddie Murphy - Comedian
Einstürzende Neubauten - Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages
Elton John - Too Low For Zero
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Genesis - Genesis
Huey Lewis and the News - Sports
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Jimmy Cliff - The Power and the Glory
John Mellencamp - Uh Huh
Journey - Frontiers
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Minor Threat - Out Of Step
New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
Original Broadway Cast - Cats
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
R.E.M. - Murmur
Spandau Ballet - TRUE
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Texas Flood
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
Tears For Fears - The Hurting
The B-52's - Whammy!
The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets
The Pointer Sisters - Break Out
The Police - Synchronicity
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
U2 - War
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky
Various Artists - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Yes - 90125
ZZ Top - Eliminator

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1983, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 19th. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 20th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/27/2021 @ 19:55pm

General Vote:

En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
Poco - Crazy Eyes (1973)
The Pointer Sisters - Energy (1978)

Genre: Pilly Soul

Artist: Joan Armatrading

Year Vote:

Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983)
Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/27/2021 @ 20:21pm

On my genre nomination I meant Philly Soul.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 10/27/2021 @ 20:25pm

KING NOVEMBER 2021 ALBUMS (3)
AC/DC-Flick Of The Switch (1983)
Marillion-Script For A Jester's Tear (1983)
Rick Springfield-Living In Oz (1983)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 10/27/2021 @ 20:48pm

General Vote:

Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (1972)
Tower of Power - Tower of Power (1973)
Gin Blossoms - Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996)

Genre: Jangle pop

Artist: Iron Maiden

Year Vote:

Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (1983)
Big Country - The Crossing (1983)
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon (1983)

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 10/27/2021 @ 21:23pm

Here are some album nominations I wanna submit for the Album Project.

November Album Nominations:
1: King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)
2: DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)
3: The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019)

1983 Album Nominations:
1: Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again (1983)
2: Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983)
3: Randy Newman - Trouble in Paradise (1983)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 10/27/2021 @ 22:16pm

Before I forget — my Genre & Artist Nominations:

Genre: 21st Century Heavy Metal, 2000-2020

Artist: DragonForce

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 10/27/2021 @ 22:36pm

Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (1968)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
Jack White - Lazaretto (2014)

UB40 - Labour Of Love (1983)
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies (1983)
Whodini - Whodini (1983)

1960's Garage Rock

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 10/28/2021 @ 00:46am

General nominations:
The Small Faces - Small Faces (1966)
The xx - Coexist (2012)
Billy Paul - 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (1972)

Year nominations:
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Confrontation (1983)
John Hiatt - Riding With the King (1983)
Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy (1983)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 10/29/2021 @ 13:07pm

KING NOVEMBER 2021 General Nomination Albums & 1983 Year Albums.
L.A. Guns-Hollywood Vampires (1991)
Maggie's Dream-Maggie's Dream (1990)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)

1983 Year Albums (3)
AC/DC-Flick Of The Switch (1983)
Marillion-Script For A Jester's Tear (1983)
Rick Springfield-Living in Oz (1983)

ARTIST-L.A. GUNS

GENRE: 1990's Heavy Metal

I like Greg F and J.W.s album choices for 1983. Find myself quite jealous of how good these Nominations are. Especially The The and Ozzy Bark At The Moon. KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 11/1/2021 @ 00:51am

Jerry Garcia- Garcia (1972)
Petula Clark- Downtown (1965)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Artist: Miles Davis

Genre: Progressive Rock

Year:

Bad Religion- Into the Unknown (1983)
Luther Vandross- Busy Body (1983)
Marillion- Script for a Jester's Tear (1983)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/1/2021 @ 17:31pm

Tom H. KING nominated the Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear. Either you or him need to replace it with something else.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/1/2021 @ 17:56pm

replace my Marillion nomination with

"Weird Al" Yankovic- "Wierd Al" Yankovic (1983)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/1/2021 @ 21:18pm

I love Tom H's Weird Al Yankovic album nomination, but it should read like this:

"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)

Weird was accidentally spelled incorrectly.

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 11/1/2021 @ 21:43pm

Here's a few 1983 album suggestions.

Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
Sparks - In Outer Space (1983)
Joan Armatrading - The Key (1983)
The Motels - Little Robbers (1983)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/1/2021 @ 22:33pm

general noms:

Various Artists - Singles:The Motion Picture Soundtrack
Bis - Social Dancing (2002)
Sarah McLachlan - Solace (1991)

1983 noms:

Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
Sparks - Sparks In Outer Space (1983)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 11/2/2021 @ 21:55pm

For the record: The Singles Motion Picture Soundtrack album was released in 1992. That should be included in jtrichey's nomination.

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 11/2/2021 @ 22:07pm

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/3/2021 @ 10:11am

General -
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Original Broadway Cast - The Music Man (1958)
Shania Twain - Up! (2002)

Artist -
Simple Minds

Genre -
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart

Year
Bauhaus - Burning from the Inside (1983)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Porcupine (1983)
Herbie Hancock- Future Shock (1983)

Posted by Nick on Wednesday, 11/3/2021 @ 11:33am

I am sorry this took me a while to post. The elections got in the way a bit. Now, here is my nomination ballot this month.

Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987)
Jaco Pastorious - Word Of Mouth (1981)
King Crimson - The ConstruKKtion of Light (2000)

My 1983 Albums nominees are:

Todd Rundgren - The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1983)
Chic - Believer (1983)
Peter Tosh - Mama Africa (1983)

My genre vote nomination is:

New Age

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

The Neptunes/N.E.R.D/Pharrell Williams

Hope this helps,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Wednesday, 11/3/2021 @ 17:29pm

I love Lax38's King Crimson album nomination. However, the album should actually read as follows:

King Crimson - The ConstruKction of Light (2000)

Good choice again, Lax38

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 11/3/2021 @ 18:55pm

General noms:

Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)

Genre nom:

Symphonic Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 11/3/2021 @ 20:59pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominees:

Billy Paul - 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (1972)
Bis - Social Dancing (2002)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987)
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)
En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (1972)
Gin Blossoms - Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Jack White - Lazaretto (2014)
Jaco Pastorious - Word Of Mouth (1981)
Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (1968)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
King Crimson - The ConstruKction of Light (2000)
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)
L.A. Guns - Hollywood Vampires (1991)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Maggie's Dream - Maggie's Dream (1990)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998)
Original Broadway Cast - The Music Man (1958)
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)
Poco - Crazy Eyes (1973)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Sarah McLachlan - Solace (1991)
Shania Twain - Up! (2002)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019)
The Pointer Sisters - Energy (1978)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
The Small Faces - Small Faces (1966)
The xx - Coexist (2012)
Tower of Power - Tower of Power (1973)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Various Artists - Singles: The Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 9 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
Johnny
joker
jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Printthelegends
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 00:43am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's Garage Rock
1990's Heavy Metal
21st Century Heavy Metal, 2000-2020
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart
Jangle Pop
New Age
Philly Soul
Progressive Rock
Symphonic Metal
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There were 9 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 4.

This month's selected genre is "Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 00:46am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Armatrading, Joan
Davis, Miles
DragonForce
Iron Maiden
L.A. Guns
Neil Young
Neptunes, The/N.E.R.D/Pharrell Williams
Simple Minds
Swans

There were 9 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 5.

This month's selected artist is L.A. Guns.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is L.A. Guns.

Here's the list of L.A. Guns albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

NONE

Any voter can nominate one album by L.A. Guns released from 1900-2020 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's L.A. Guns discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Guns_discography

Nominations will close at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 00:49am

KING NOVEMBER 2021 Selected Artist L.A. GUNS!!!!
L.A. Guns-Hollywood Vampires (1991).
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 00:56am

Artist Nomination:

L.A. Guns - L.A. Guns (1988)

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 00:59am

KING NOVEMBER 2021 #1 Albums Billboard 200 Chart (3)
Blink-182 California (2016)
Live-Secret Samadhi (1997)
Skid Row-Slave To The Grind (1991)
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 01:23am

Artist Vote:

L.A. GUNS - Cocked and Loaded (1989)

Genre Vote;

Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind (1991)
Nelly Furtado - Loose (2006)
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. (1967)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 05:57am

Folks, I'd like to submit my first "Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart" Nomination:

1: Bon Jovi - This House Is Not for Sale (2016)

I'm still working on #2 & #3. I promise I'll check back with you later.

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 08:01am

Genre Nomination:

Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown (1974)
Nas - It Was Written (1996)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 08:56am

Genre:

Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe (1967)
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 12:28pm

And now, here are 2 more albums I wanna nominate for the Billboard 200 #1 Vote (P.S. Am I saying that right???)

2: AC/DC - For Those About to Rock, We Salute You (1981)
3: Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 13:19pm

There's one slight title edit I wanna make with one of my nominations, and then I'll be done. The AC/DC album should read as follows:

AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (1981)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 15:03pm

Genre Vote:

Snoop Dogg- The Doggfather (1996)
Taylor Swift- Evermore (2020)
Wings- Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 21:36pm

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDKTr4L1JQCIn5UW-CQwaZVAYMUo2yUB_ZkeB_HiteQ9b_Hw/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 8th at 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 21:57pm

John R.C. and GothGuy are also authorized voters and will be added to future lists.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/4/2021 @ 23:29pm

MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
Creed - Human Clay (1999)
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (2009)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 11/6/2021 @ 10:01am

Some other albums I considered for the genre vote (some pretty big snubs, especially toward the end of the 2010s):

Prince - 3121 (2006)
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Beyoncé - 4 (2011)
Drake - Nothing Was the Same (2013)
Alabama Shakes - Sound and Color (2015)
Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface (2015)
Drake - Views (2016)
Ed Sheeran - Divide (2017)
Ariana Grande - Sweetener (2018)
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy (2018)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 11/6/2021 @ 10:18am

Artist Nomination:

L.A. Guns- Vicious Circle (1994)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/8/2021 @ 15:07pm

Here's my L.A. Guns Album Nomination:

L.A. Guns - Waking the Dead (2002)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 11/8/2021 @ 15:57pm

Genre Nominees
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
Patti LaBelle - Winner in You (1986)

Artist Nominee
L.A. Guns - Shrinking Guns (1999)

Posted by Nick B. on Monday, 11/8/2021 @ 17:46pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992) - 8

The Pointer Sisters - Energy (1978) - 7

Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971) - 6
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - 6

Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974) - 5
Sarah McLachlan - Solace (1991) - 5
The Small Faces - Small Faces (1966) - 5
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971) - 5
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Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020) - 4
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006) - 4
Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (1968) - 4
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 4
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965) - 4

Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987) - 3
Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (1972) - 3
Jack White - Lazaretto (2014) - 3
King Crimson - The ConstruKction of Light (2000) - 3
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - The Music Man (1958) - 3
Shania Twain - Up! (2002) - 3
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 3
The xx - Coexist (2012) - 3
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 3
Various Artists - Singles: The Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 3

Billy Paul - 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (1972) - 2
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - 2
Gin Blossoms - Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996) - 2
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998) - 2
Poco - Crazy Eyes (1973) - 2
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) - 2

Bis - Social Dancing (2002) - 1
Jaco Pastorious - Word Of Mouth (1981) - 1
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 1
L.A. Guns - Hollywood Vampires (1991) - 1
Maggie's Dream - Maggie's Dream (1990) - 1
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993) - 1
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019) - 1
Tower of Power - Tower of Power (1973) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Lax38
BSLO
Johnny
Greg F
KING
jtrichey
Ray
MichaelEU
Darren
Tom H.
Nick B
Doo-Wop Phil
dmg
John R.C.
J.W.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

En Vogue - Funky Divas (1992)
Harry Nilsson - The Point! (1971)
Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978)
Sarah McLachlan - Solace (1991)
The Pointer Sisters - Energy (1978)
The Small Faces - Small Faces (1966)
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (1971)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/8/2021 @ 21:25pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (L.A. Guns) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1983) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/8/2021 @ 21:25pm

Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart:

If you're looking for insight on the state of the universe, Ashlee Simpson isn't who you would turn to. She's a cute girl with cute songs. Maybe if you've heard any of her songs you might think there's Nothing New as far as the sound goes. To a large extent I think that's true. But she was only 19 years old when she recorded Autobiography which sold 5 million copies and debuted at #1. So I don't think she should be faulted too much for borrowing from other artists like Courtney Love, Fiona Apple and Alanis. It's too bad the incident on SNL distracted people from her music which for many is still Undiscovered. I think Autobiography was a really good little pop album. I truly believe The Album Project will be Better Off with this album in than without it. I know this particular group of voters may be Unreachable, but if Autobiography is inducted it will make me wanna La La in the kitchen on the floor, La La out the window and the door.......

Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography (2004)

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 11/9/2021 @ 21:25pm

Here are my Genre Vote nominations:

Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Beyoncé - 4 (2011)
Prince - 3121 (2006)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

L.A. Guns - Tales from The Strip (2005)

Thanks for the suggestions,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Wednesday, 11/10/2021 @ 17:43pm

Genre noms:

Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006)
Evanescence - The Open Door (2006)
AFI - Decemberunderground (2006)

Didn't mean to pick three albums from 2006, but couldn't bring myself to be dissuaded from any of them.

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 11/11/2021 @ 20:57pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominated albums:

AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (1981)
AFI - Decemberunderground (2006)
Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography (2004)
Beyoncé - 4 (2011)
Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989)
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (2009)
Blink - 182 California (2016)
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe (1967)
Bon Jovi - This House Is Not for Sale (2016)
Creed - Human Clay (1999)
Evanescence - The Open Door (2006)
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999)
Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind (1991)
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968)
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown (1974)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
Live - Secret Samadhi (1997)
MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
Nas - It Was Written (1996)
Nelly Furtado - Loose (2006)
Patti LaBelle - Winner in You (1986)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)
Prince - 3121 (2006)
Skid Row - Slave To The Grind (1991)
Snoop Dogg - The Doggfather (1996)
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. (1967)
Wings - Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 7 PM Central on the 12th.

***Please note that the poll will be posted a few hours earlier than usual, as I have early morning travel plans on Saturday.***

The poll will end at 9 PM Central on the 16th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
GothGuy
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
John R.C.
Joe S.
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Printthelegends
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/11/2021 @ 22:03pm

Billy Joel - Storm Front (1989) has already been inducted!

https://futurerocklegends.com/Artist/Billy_Joel/
https://futurerocklegends.com/Best_Music/1989/

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 11/12/2021 @ 03:32am

Snoop Dogg - The Doggfather (1996) should read like this:

Snoop Dogg - Tha Doggfather (1996).

"The" was used instead of "Tha."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Doggfather

https://www.allmusic.com/album/tha-doggfather-mw0000181997

Posted by J.W. on Friday, 11/12/2021 @ 07:14am

Since Billy Joel's Storm Front has already been inducted, I'd like to substitute this album as my 3rd and final nomination -- if there's time remaining, of course.

Hootie & the Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson (1996)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 11/12/2021 @ 07:43am

Yeah Johnny it's too late to submit your replacement. They don't add anymore nominations on review.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/12/2021 @ 10:21am

OK, sure. That's fine. As long as everyone knows that Storm Front by Billy Joel is already inducted, and that nobody needs to vote for it, I can live with that.

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 11/12/2021 @ 13:04pm

Storm Front has been removed from the final poll.

I've updated the name of the Snoop Dogg album.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/12/2021 @ 13:41pm

Here is the link for the Genre Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-IjuUHu5fDj5cQXrHBu5McvphG60Gro-AagQUZownVvunew/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 16th at 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/12/2021 @ 19:11pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992) - 1992 - 11

AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (1981) - 1981 - 9

Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind (1991) - 1991 - 7
Nas - It Was Written (1996) - 1996 - 7
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. (1967) - 1967 - 7
____________________________

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968) - 1968 - 6
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 2009 - 6
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) - 2006 - 6
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 1977 - 6
____________________________

Beyoncé - 4 (2011) - 2011 - 5
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe (1967) - 1967 - 5
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown (1974) - 1974 - 5
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996) - 1996 - 5
Skid Row - Slave To The Grind (1991) - 1991 - 5

Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 2020 - 4

AFI - Decemberunderground (2006) - 2006 - 3
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (2009) - 2009 - 3
Creed - Human Clay (1999) - 1999 - 3
Evanescence - The Open Door (2006) - 2006 - 3
Faith Hill - Breathe (1999) - 1999 - 3
MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990) - 1990 - 3
Prince - 3121 (2006) - 2006 - 3
Snoop Dogg - The Doggfather (1996) - 1996 - 3
Wings - Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976) - 1976 - 3

Live - Secret Samadhi (1997) - 1997 - 2
Nelly Furtado - Loose (2006) - 2006 - 2

Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography (2004) - 2004 - 1
Bon Jovi - This House Is Not for Sale (2016) - 2016 - 1
Patti LaBelle - Winner in You (1986) - 1986 - 1

Blink - 182 California (2016) - 2016 - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

J.W.
Lax38
BSLO
Greg F
Tom H.
Doo-Wop Phil
Ray
KING
Nick B.
joker
Darren
jtrichey
dmg
Johnny
John R.C.
MichaelEU

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (1981)
Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind (1991)
Nas - It Was Written (1996)
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. (1967)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/16/2021 @ 21:49pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (L.A. Guns) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1983) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/16/2021 @ 21:49pm

Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) - 4
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 3
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968) - 2
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/16/2021 @ 21:50pm

Tiebreaker Vote:

Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 4
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) - 3
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 2
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 11/17/2021 @ 02:54am

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968) (4 points)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Wednesday, 11/17/2021 @ 10:39am

Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 4
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968) - 3
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 2
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 11/17/2021 @ 11:49am

KING NOV 2021 Album Tiebreaker (4)
Glen Campbell-Wichita Lineman (1968)-4 PTS
Johnny Cash-American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) -3
Linda Ronstadt-Simple Dreams (1977)-2
Jay-Z-The Blueprint 3 (2009)-1 PT.

An interesting tiebreaker here but I decided on Glen Campbell. He could use some more representation in the projects. KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 11/17/2021 @ 14:57pm

KING, with over 60 albums released and 1 album inducted so far Glen Campbell could be the artist vote for a year and little more than half his catalog would be inducted. Talk about UNDERREPRESENTED!

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968) - 4
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) - 3
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 2
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 1

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 11/17/2021 @ 16:32pm

Here are my tiebreaker votes.

Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 4
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2003) - 3
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 2
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968) - 1

Should be interesting to see who advances,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Wednesday, 11/17/2021 @ 17:52pm

Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) 4
Glen Campbell - Witchita Lineman (1968) 3
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) 2
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/17/2021 @ 20:12pm

4 points: Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
3 points: Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006)
2 points: Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2009)
1 point: Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968)

Darn. What a tough decision this was…

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 11/17/2021 @ 20:18pm

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968)-4
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)-3
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)-2
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 11/18/2021 @ 15:13pm

Tiebreaker:

Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 4
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968) - 3
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 2
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2003) - 1

On a side note...after I realized how out of touch I was with recent music when we did the 2016 vote, I decided to listen to a bunch of pop music from the past 5 years over the last week or so to get myself more up to speed. There was definitely a clear standout out of the artists that I was less familiar with...Dua Lipa! Man is her music ever awesome! I will absolutely be nominating Future Nostalgia in the next general vote.

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 11/18/2021 @ 19:42pm

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968) - 4
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) - 3
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 2
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 11/19/2021 @ 19:38pm

Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, 11/19/2021 @ 20:12pm

Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2003) - 4
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 3
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968) - 2
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 1

Year noms:

Manilla Road - Crystal Logic (1983)
The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge (1983)
Wipers - Over the Edge (1983)

Whoa, did not realize that we haven't inducted anything by the Wipers in this project yet.

Posted by Ray on Friday, 11/19/2021 @ 20:59pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968) - 36
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977) - 34
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) - 31
__________________

Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 29

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Genre vote:

AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (1981)
Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind (1991)
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968)
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006)
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)
Nas - It Was Written (1996)
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. (1967)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/19/2021 @ 22:25pm

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

L.A. Guns - Cocked and Loaded (1989)
L.A. Guns - Hollywood Vampires (1991)
L.A. Guns - L.A. Guns (1988)
L.A. Guns - Shrinking Guns (1999)
L.A. Guns - Tales from The Strip (2005)
L.A. Guns - Vicious Circle (1994)
L.A. Guns - Waking the Dead (2002)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/19/2021 @ 22:26pm

FYI - Those are the nominees for the Artist Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/19/2021 @ 22:27pm

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch (1983)
Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (1983)
Bad Religion - Into the Unknown (1983)
Bauhaus - Burning from the Inside (1983)
Big Country - The Crossing (1983)
Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy (1983)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Confrontation (1983)
Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983)
Chic - Believer (1983)
Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again (1983)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Porcupine (1983)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
John Hiatt - Riding With the King (1983)
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983)
Manilla Road - Crystal Logic (1983)
Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear (1983)
Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983)
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon (1983)
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983)
Peter Tosh - Mama Africa (1983)
Randy Newman - Trouble in Paradise (1983)
Rick Springfield - Living In Oz (1983)
Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983)
Sparks - Sparks In Outer Space (1983)
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983)
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies (1983)
The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge (1983)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)
Todd Rundgren - The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1983)
UB40 - Labour Of Love (1983)
Weird Al Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)
Whodini - Whodini (1983)
Wipers - Over the Edge (1983)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/19/2021 @ 22:28pm

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wn86MQHCes29xnfuKwaLp5rBJxaUgxnWNFKAKfHusB0/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 24th at 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/20/2021 @ 23:25pm

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1D-H6PX6j0mxYmUNM8C2RezZub7YoMsqqVTaj4CYkY58/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 24th at 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/20/2021 @ 23:26pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon (1983) - 10

Echo & The Bunnymen - Porcupine (1983) - 9

Bauhaus - Burning from the Inside (1983) - 7

Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983) - 6

Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983) - 5
____________________________

AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch (1983) - 4
Big Country - The Crossing (1983) - 4
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983) - 4
Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983) - 4
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 4
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983) - 4
____________________________

Bad Religion - Into the Unknown (1983) - 3
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Confrontation (1983) - 3
Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983) - 3
Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again (1983) - 3
John Hiatt - Riding With the King (1983) - 3
Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear (1983) - 3
Peter Tosh - Mama Africa (1983) - 3
Sparks - Sparks In Outer Space (1983) - 3
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (1983) - 3
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies (1983) - 3
Todd Rundgren - The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1983) - 3
UB40 - Labour Of Love (1983) - 3

Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (1983) - 2
Randy Newman - Trouble in Paradise (1983) - 2
Rick Springfield - Living In Oz (1983) - 2
The The - Soul Mining (1983) - 2

Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy (1983) - 1
Chic - Believer (1983) - 1
Manilla Road - Crystal Logic (1983) - 1
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace (1983) - 1
The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge (1983) - 1
Whodini - Whodini (1983) - 1
Wipers - Over the Edge (1983) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
MichaelEU
Greg F
BSLO
J.W.
Johnny
dmg
Tom H.
jtrichey
Nick B.
Doo-Wop Phil
KING
Ray
Lax38

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bauhaus - Burning from the Inside (1983)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Porcupine (1983)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon (1983)
Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch (1983)
Big Country - The Crossing (1983)
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983)
Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/24/2021 @ 23:28pm

Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983) - 6
AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch (1983) - 5
Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983) - 4
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983) - 3
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 2
Big Country - The Crossing (1983) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/24/2021 @ 23:29pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

L.A. Guns - Hollywood Vampires (1991) - 9
L.A. Guns - Cocked and Loaded (1989) - 9
L.A. Guns - L.A. Guns (1988) - 9
______________________________

L.A. Guns - Vicious Circle (1994) - 6

L.A. Guns - Waking the Dead (2002) - 5

L.A. Guns - Tales from The Strip (2005) - 4

L.A. Guns - Shrinking Guns (1999) - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Nick B.
J.W.
Ray
Lax38
Greg F
KING
Johnny
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

L.A. Guns - Cocked and Loaded (1989)
L.A. Guns - Hollywood Vampires (1991)
L.A. Guns - L.A. Guns (1988)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 11/24/2021 @ 23:33pm

Big Country - The Crossing (1983): 6
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983): 5
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983): 4
Mercyful Street - Melissa (1983): 3
AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch (1983): 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983): 1

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 11/25/2021 @ 01:01am

The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 6
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983) - 5
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983) - 4
Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983) - 3
Big Country - The Crossing (1983) - 2
AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch (1983) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 11/25/2021 @ 07:21am

AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch (1983) - 6
Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983) - 5
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 4
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983) - 3
Big Country - The Crossing (1983) - 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 11/25/2021 @ 11:53am

Tiebreaker Vote:

Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983) - 6
Big Country - The Crossing (1983) - 5
AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch (1983) - 4
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983) - 3
Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983) - 2
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 11/25/2021 @ 13:03pm

Thanksgiving Tiebreaker Time

6 points: Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983)
5 points: Big Country - The Crossing (1983)
4 points: Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983)
3 points: AC/DC - Flick of the Switch (1983)
2 points: The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
1 point: Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 11/25/2021 @ 13:19pm

Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983) 6
Big Country - The Crossing (1983) 5
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) 4
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983) 3
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983) 2
AC/DC - Flick of the Switch (1983) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/25/2021 @ 13:42pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot.

Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983) - 6
AC/DC - Flick of The Switch (1983) - 5
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983) - 4
Big Country - The Crossing (1983) - 3
Merciful Fate - Melissa (1983) - 2
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 1

Please do not attempt to go shopping on Black Friday at midnight,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Thursday, 11/25/2021 @ 19:42pm

1. The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)
2. Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983)
3. Big Country - The Crossing (1983)
4. AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch (1983)
5. Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983)
6. Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 11/25/2021 @ 21:05pm

KING NOV 27, 2021 Album Tiebreaker Year 1983 (6).
The Fixx-Reach The Beach (1983)-6 PTS
Big Country-The Crossing (1983)-5
AC/DC-Flick Of The Switch (1983)-4
Mercyful Fate-Melissa (1983)-3
Luther Vandross-Busy Body (1983)-2
Weird Al Yankovic-Weird Al Yankovic (1983)-1
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 11/27/2021 @ 15:09pm

Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983) - 6
Big Country - The Crossing (1983) - 5
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983) - 4
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983) - 3
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983) - 2
AC/DC - Flick of the Switch (1983) - 1

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 11/27/2021 @ 17:20pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Big Country - The Crossing - 43
The Fixx - Reach the Beach - 40
Mercyful Fate - Melissa - 39
__________________

Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic - 38
Luther Vandross - Busy Body - 36
AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch - 35

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Year Genre vote:

Bauhaus - Burning from the Inside (1983)
Big Country - The Crossing (1983)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Porcupine (1983)
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983)
Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1983)
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon (1983)
Slayer - Show No Mercy (1983)
The Fixx - Reach the Beach (1983)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 11/27/2021 @ 23:31pm

Rule Changes In 2021:

Nominations posted prior to the monthly opening announcement of the start of new projects (or Midnight Central time on the 1st if the announcement is delayed) must be re-posted during the nomination window to be included in nomination lists (with exceptions when absolutely necessary).

All polls will now end at 9 PM Central.

Starting in October 2021, there will be one day of review after nominations have completed, followed by a google polls link for the respective poll being posted on the message board. Registered voters will have four days to vote in the polls, which will end at 9 PM Central.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
__________________________________________

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 9 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2020. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch (1983)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983)
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 9 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Alternative Country
Power Metal
Doom Metal
1990's Hip-Hop/Rap
Sophisti-pop
Progressive Metal
Progressive Soul
Jazz
Japanese Music
1980's R&B
Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart

"Latin" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 11th. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 12th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 9 PM Central on the 16th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 19th. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 20th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Alubm Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1951.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1951. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1951.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1951 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

NONE

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1951, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 19th. The review period will close at 9 PM Central on the 20th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/29/2021 @ 11:40am

General Vote:

Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Robert Palmer - Clues (1980)
Trans Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)

Genre: Christmas Music

Artist: Dan Fogelberg

Year Vote:

Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (1951)
Les Baxter & His Orchestra - Ritual of the Savage (1951)
Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music (Volume 1) (1951)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/29/2021 @ 12:15pm

My nominations for December 2021 induction into The Album Project...

The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 11/29/2021 @ 12:59pm

General

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim (1971)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philarmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics (1981)

Posted by Carol Sue on Monday, 11/29/2021 @ 13:17pm

General Vote Nominations:

Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (1972)
Iron Maiden - Killers (1981)
Gin Blossoms - Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996)

Artist: Tower of Power

Genre: Artists with No Albums in The Album Project

Year Vote Nominations:

Bing Crosby - Beloved Hymns (1951)
Original Broadway Cast - The King and I (1951)
Patti Page - Christmas with Patti Page (1951)

Just a quick note: James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim (1971) should be read as: James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971).

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 11/29/2021 @ 19:26pm

Year Vote

Gerry Mulligan- Historically Speaking (1951)
Miles Davis- The New Sounds (1951)
Various Artists- Porgy and Bess (1951)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 11/29/2021 @ 20:32pm

KING DECEMBER 2021 Album Nominations (3).
Nuno Bettencourt-Schizophonic (1997)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
Tesla-Mechanical Resonance (1986)

ARTIST: Blue Rodeo
GENRE: 1990's Grunge

KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 11/30/2021 @ 01:17am

KING December 2021 The Year 1951 Album Nominations (1).
The Ames Brothers-Sentimental Me (1951)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 11/30/2021 @ 01:30am

My December Album Project Nominations:

1: Hootie & the Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson (1996)
2: George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
3: King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 11/30/2021 @ 07:52am

My Genre & Artist Nominations:

Genre: 21st Century Heavy Metal, 2000-2020

Artist: DragonForce

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 11/30/2021 @ 09:05am

general noms:

Doves - Some Cities (2005)
Fuel - Something Like Human (2000)
Belly - Star (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 12/1/2021 @ 21:50pm

Chuck Berry - Rockin' At The Hops (1960)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)

1960's Garage Rock

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 12/2/2021 @ 03:49am

Jerry Garcia- Garcia (1972)
Petula Clark- Downtown (1965)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Artist: Miles Davis

Genre: Holiday Albums

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/2/2021 @ 21:14pm

Tom I nominated a genre that's the same thing under a different name as Christmas Music. You have another genre nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/2/2021 @ 22:03pm

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/2/2021 @ 23:46pm

You can disregard my previous comment to you. I can switch my genre nomination which will be: 2000's Electronica.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 06:35am

General:
Chuck Berry - After School Session (1957)
Portishead - Third (2008)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)

Year:
Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou Williams (1951)
Red Foley - Red Foley Souvenir Album (1951)
Lester Young - The Lester Young Trio (1951)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 07:57am

I'm switching my genre nomination to 2000's Electronica.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 08:58am

General
Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming (1981)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Sheryl Crow - C'mon C'mon (2002)

Genre
Artists Who Won the Best New Artist Grammy

Artist
Simple Minds

Posted by Nick B. on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 16:04pm

Here, though perhaps a bit later than usual, are my nominees for this month's Album Project.

Utopia - Ra (1977)
The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986)
Cher - Heart of Stone (1989)

My 1951 Nominations are as follows:

Miles Davis - Blue Period (1951)
Bing Crosby - Down Memory Lane (1951)
Bing Crosby - Bing and The Dixieland Bands (1951)

My Genre nomination is:

1980s College Rock

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Adrian Belew (solo and bands)

Stay safe this month and avoid matters which could cause problems for all of us,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 18:27pm

Lax38, Cher - Heart of Stone (1989) is already inducted. You have another nomination. May I suggest nominating Cher - Believe (1998) in its place?

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 18:55pm

General noms:

Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)

Genre nom:

Symphonic Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 21:00pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominees:

AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch (1983)
Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming (1981)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Belly - Star (1993)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
Chuck Berry - After School Session (1957)
Chuck Berry - Rockin' At The Hops (1960)
Doves - Some Cities (2005)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)
Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (1972)
Fuel - Something Like Human (2000)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Gin Blossoms - Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996)
Hootie & the Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson (1996)
Iron Maiden - Killers (1981)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philarmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics (1981)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Nuno Bettencourt - Schizophonic (1997)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)
Portishead - Third (2008)
Robert Palmer - Clues (1980)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Sheryl Crow - C'mon C'mon (2002)
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986)
Trans Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)
Utopia - Ra (1977)
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Weird Al Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 9 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
GothGuy
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John R.C.
Johnny
joker
jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Raichu
Printthelegends
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 21:58pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1960's Garage Rock
1980s College Rock
1990's Grunge
2000's Electronica
21st Century Heavy Metal, 2000-2020
Artists Who Won the Best New Artist Grammy
Artists with No Albums in The Album Project
Christmas Music
Symphonic Metal
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There were 9 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 1.

This month's selected genre is "1960's Garage Rock".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 22:02pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Belew (solo and bands), Adrian
Blue Rodeo
Davis, Miles
DragonForce
Fogelberg, Dan
Simple Minds
Swans
Tower of Power
Young, Neil

There were 9 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 6.

This month's selected artist is Simple Minds.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Simple Minds.

Here's the list of Simple Minds albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Once Upon a Time (1985)

Any voter can nominate one album by Simple Minds released from 1900-2020 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Simple Minds discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Minds_discography

Nominations will close at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 22:04pm

Rule change propositions are now open for the 2022 Song and Album Projects.

If you have any idea that you'd like to propose for discussion and potential vote, please post them on the Song Project messageboard at this time.

When proposing a rule change, please do your best to describe the initial proposal as simply and directly as possible in an opening paragraph / summary of what you'd like us to discuss. If further clarification is required, please form a new paragraph(s) and elaborate, but be sure to have an "executive summary" that could be easily converted into a discussion / vote.

Whenever possible, rule changes will be applied to both the Song and Album Projects starting in January 2022. If a rule change is specific to either the Song or Album project exclusively, please state that in your initial proposal.

All discussions and votes for rule changes in either project will be conducted on the Song Project board.

The initial round of Song / Album Project rule change discussions will end at 9 PM Central on Wednesday the 8th, after 5 days. At that time, the first round of rule change votes will take place. There may be subsequent rule change votes or follow-up votes after the conclusion of that round of voting, depending on the situation.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 22:05pm

Genre nominations

Love - Love (1966)
The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love (1969)
The Yardbirds - Little Games (1967)

Artist nomination

Simple Minds - Empires and Dance (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 22:28pm

December 2021 Simple Minds Album Nomination.
Simple Minds-Real Life (1991)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 23:04pm

KING DECEMBER 2021 The 1960's Garage Rock Nominations (3)
The Pretty Things-Emotions (1967)
The Small Faces-Small Faces (1967)
The Sonics-Introducing The Sonics (1967)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 23:50pm

Genre:
The Sonics - Boom (1966)
The Kingsmen - The Kingsmen In Person (1963)
The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird (1964)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 12/3/2021 @ 23:52pm

Genre Nomination Vote:

Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966)
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966)
The Electric Prunes - The Electric Prunes (1967)

Artist Nomination Vote:

Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call (1981)

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 12/4/2021 @ 02:20am

My 1st 1960s Garage Rock Album Nomination:

1: Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (1966)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 12/4/2021 @ 05:34am

I finally found 2 more 1960s Garage Rock Albums I wanna pick, and they are as follows…

2: The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
3: The 13th Floor Elevators - Bull of the Woods (1969)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 12/4/2021 @ 05:46am

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GalEHH_Pe-kMTuwBMRE9oABWOPWyuZTHTWJcdfpNIKc/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 8th at 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/4/2021 @ 21:21pm

Here are my 1960s Garage Rock nominations:

The Blues Project - Projections (1966)
Nazz - Nazz (1968)
The McCoys - Hang on Sloppy (1965)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84

Surprised none of these have been considered yet,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Sunday, 12/5/2021 @ 19:18pm

1960s Garage Rock :

The Easybeats - Good Friday (1967)
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966)
The Troggs - Wild Thing (1966)

Posted by joker on Sunday, 12/5/2021 @ 19:33pm

Sorry to be a nuisance, but I spotted a slight correction that's needed on one of Lax38's album nominations. The McCoys album is actually titled this:

The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy (1965)

Great choices, though, Lax38! Hope you do well!

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 12/5/2021 @ 20:06pm

Genre Vote:

? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966)
Chad Allan & The Expressions - Shakin' All Over (1965)
The Music Machine - (Turn On) The Music Machine (1966)

Artist Vote:

Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony (1979)

Loving the genre nominations so far! I think that this will be a really good vote.

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 12/7/2021 @ 19:11pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Chuck Berry - After School Session (1957) - 6
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002) - 6

Iron Maiden - Killers (1981) - 5
Weird Al Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984) - 5
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Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 4
Chuck Berry - Rockin' At The Hops (1960) - 4
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971) - 4
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 4
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 4
Robert Palmer - Clues (1980) - 4
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AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch (1983) - 3
Belly - Star (1993) - 3
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020) - 3
Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (1972) - 3
Gin Blossoms - Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996) - 3
Hootie & the Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson (1996) - 3
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971) - 3
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003) - 3
Luther Vandross - Busy Body (1983) - 3
Portishead - Third (2008) - 3
Sheryl Crow - C'mon C'mon (2002) - 3
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 3
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 3
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 3

Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming (1981) - 2
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 2
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - 2
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020) - 2
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 2
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 2
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philarmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics (1981) - 2
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 2
The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986) - 2
Trans Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) - 2
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic (1983) - 2

Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) - 1
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971) - 1
Doves - Some Cities (2005) - 1
Fuel - Something Like Human (2000) - 1
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997) - 1
Nuno Bettencourt - Schizophonic (1997) - 1
Petula Clark - Downtown (1965) - 1
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993) - 1
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986) - 1
Utopia - Ra (1977) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Nick B.
Darren
Greg F
KING
J.W.
jtrichey
MichaelEU
Johnny
Tom H.
Rick Vendl II
Carol Sue
Lax38
Doo-Wop Phil
BSLO
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Chuck Berry - After School Session (1957)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Iron Maiden - Killers (1981)
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Chuck Berry - Rockin' At The Hops (1960)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Robert Palmer - Clues (1980)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "1960's Garage Rock", Artist Vote (Simple Minds) or Year Vote (1951).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/8/2021 @ 21:34pm

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 6
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 5
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 4
Chuck Berry - Rockin' At The Hops (1960) - 3
Robert Palmer - Clues (1980) - 2
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/8/2021 @ 21:42pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (1960's Garage Rock) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 11th.

Artist Vote (Simple Minds) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1951) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/8/2021 @ 21:43pm

Tiebreaker Vote:

Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 6
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 5
Chuck Berry - Rockin' At The Hops (1960) - 4
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971) - 3
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 2
Robert Palmer - Clues (1980) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 12/8/2021 @ 21:54pm

My December Album Tiebreaker Votes:

6 points: Chuck Berry - Rockin' at the Hops (1960)
5 points: Robert Palmer - Clues (1980)
4 points: Ludacris - Back for the First Time (2000)
3 points: J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)
2 points: Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
1 point: Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 12/8/2021 @ 22:16pm

Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 6
Chuck Berry - Rockin' At The Hops (1960) - 5
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 4
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 3
Robert Palmer - Clues (1980) - 2
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 12/9/2021 @ 04:37am

Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)-6
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)-5
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)-4
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)-3
Robert Palmer - Clues (1980)-2
Chuck Berry - Rockin' At The Hops (1960)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/9/2021 @ 08:33am

Robert Palmer - Clues (1980) 6
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) 5
Chuck Berry - Rockin' at the Hops (1960) 4
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) 3
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971) 2
Ludacris - Back for the First Time (2000) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/9/2021 @ 08:39am

Genre Nomination:

Only two nominations

Paul Revere & the Raiders- Midnight Ride (1967)
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs- Wooly Bully (1965)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/9/2021 @ 10:53am

J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971) - 6
Robert Palmer - Clues (1980) - 5
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 4
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 3
Chuck Berry - Rockin' At The Hops (1960) - 2
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 12/9/2021 @ 15:00pm

KING DEC 2021 ALBUM Tiebreaker Vote (6)
Chuck Berry-Rockin' At The Hops (1960)-6 PTS
J.J. Cale-Naturally (1971)-5
Robert Palmer-Clues (1980)-4
Pet Shop Boys-Behaviour (1990)-3
Cake-Fashion Nugget (1996)-2
Ludacris-Back For The First Time (2000)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 12/9/2021 @ 16:09pm

Here is my tiebreaker vote:

Pet Shop Boys - Behavior (1990) - 6
Chuck Berry - Rocking' At the Hops (1960) - 5
Robert Palmer - Clues (1980) - 4
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971) - 3
Ludacris - Back for The First Time (2000) - 2
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 1

1 misfire in the grouping,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Thursday, 12/9/2021 @ 19:26pm

My Album Tiebreaker Votes:

6 points: Robert Palmer - Clues (1980)
5 points: Chuck Berry - Rockin' at the Hops (1960)
4 points: Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
3 points: J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)
2 points: Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
1 point: Ludacris - Back for the First Time (2000)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Friday, 12/10/2021 @ 22:59pm

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 6
Robert Palmer - Clues (1980) - 5
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 4
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 3
Chuck Berry - Rockin' At The Hops (1960) - 2
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971) - 1

Moby Grape - Wow/Grape Jam (1968)
Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (1969)
The Human Beinz - Nobody but Me (1968)

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 12/11/2021 @ 20:19pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990) - 44
Chuck Berry - Rockin' At The Hops (1960) - 43
Robert Palmer - Clues (1980) - 42
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000) - 38
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Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 32
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971) - 32

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Chuck Berry - After School Session (1957)
Chuck Berry - Rockin' At The Hops (1960)
George Harrison - Brainwashed (2002)
Iron Maiden - Killers (1981)
Ludacris - Back For The First Time (2000)
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Robert Palmer - Clues (1980)
Weird Al Yankovic - Weird Al Yankovic in 3-D (1984)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/12/2021 @ 00:19am

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominated albums:

? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966)
Chad Allan & The Expressions - Shakin' All Over (1965)
Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (1966)
Love - Love (1966)
Moby Grape - Wow/Grape Jam (1968)
Nazz - Nazz (1968)
Paul Revere & the Raiders - Midnight Ride (1967)
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966)
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965)
Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (1969)
The 13th Floor Elevators - Bull of the Woods (1969)
The Blues Project - Projections (1966)
The Easybeats - Good Friday (1967)
The Electric Prunes - The Electric Prunes (1967)
The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love (1969)
The Human Beinz - Nobody but Me (1968)
The Kingsmen - The Kingsmen In Person (1963)
The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy (1965)
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
The Music Machine - (Turn On) The Music Machine (1966)
The Pretty Things - Emotions (1967)
The Small Faces - Small Faces (1967)
The Sonics - Boom (1966)
The Sonics - Introducing The Sonics (1967)
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966)
The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird (1964)
The Troggs - Wild Thing (1966)
The Yardbirds - Little Games (1967)
Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 9 PM Central on the 12th.

The poll will end at 9 PM Central on the 16th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
GothGuy
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John R.C.
Johnny
joker
jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Raichu
Printthelegends
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/12/2021 @ 00:28am

Here is the link for the Genre Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MNlZk0t_WRtF70LFGqf2VWKQyfrSdaGA71F7fT1opTU//viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 16th at 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/12/2021 @ 21:57pm

Not sure if it's just an issue on my end but I clicked on the Google Forms link for the Genre Vote ballot and the site said: "Sorry, unable to open the file at this time.Please check the address and try again."

Did anyone else have the same issue?

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 12/13/2021 @ 16:00pm

I had this problem as well

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 12/13/2021 @ 16:30pm

There's an error in the link. While it does work when opened in Firefox, it appears to not work correctly in other browsers due to the double backslashes before "viewform".

Here's a corrected link that should work on all browsers:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeo0P5WPpnslZJyGx30pdeGMuj5627J-jdvzXAo3QrNrG_l_Q/viewform

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/13/2021 @ 16:51pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Love - Love (1966) - 8
The Sonics - Boom (1966) - 8
The Yardbirds - Little Games (1967) - 8

The Small Faces - Small Faces (1967) - 6

Nazz - Nazz (1968) - 5
Paul Revere & the Raiders - Midnight Ride (1967) - 5
The Troggs - Wild Thing (1966) - 5
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? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966) - 4
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965) - 4
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966) - 4
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966) - 4
Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966) - 4
____________________________

Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (1966) - 3
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966) - 3
Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (1969) - 3
The 13th Floor Elevators - Bull of the Woods (1969) - 3
The Kingsmen - The Kingsmen In Person (1963) - 3
The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy (1965) - 3
The Music Machine - (Turn On) The Music Machine (1966) - 3
The Sonics - Introducing The Sonics (1967) - 3

Moby Grape - Wow/Grape Jam (1968) - 2
The Blues Project - Projections (1966) - 2
The Feminine Complex - Livin' Love (1969) - 2
The Human Beinz - Nobody but Me (1968) - 2
The Pretty Things - Emotions (1967) - 2
The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird (1964) - 2

Chad Allan & The Expressions - Shakin' All Over (1965) - 1
The Easybeats - Good Friday (1967) - 1
The Electric Prunes - The Electric Prunes (1967) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
KING
Johnny
Raichu
Darren
J.W.
Lax38
Tom H.
BSLO
Doo-Wop Phil
MichaelEU
joker
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Love - Love (1966)
Nazz - Nazz (1968)
Paul Revere & the Raiders - Midnight Ride (1967)
The Small Faces - Small Faces (1967)
The Sonics - Boom (1966)
The Troggs - Wild Thing (1966)
The Yardbirds - Little Games (1967)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966)
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965)
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966)
Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 4 albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/16/2021 @ 22:41pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Simple Minds) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Year Vote (1951) - Ending at 9 PM Central on the 19th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/16/2021 @ 22:41pm

The Standells - Dirty Water (1966) - 5
Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966) - 4
? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966) - 3
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965) - 2
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/16/2021 @ 22:42pm

KING DEC 2021 Album Tiebreaker 1960's Garage Rock (5)
Tommy James & The Shondells-Hanky Panky (1966)- 5 PTS
The Standells-Dirty Water (1966)-4
? & The Mysterians-96 Tears (1966)-3
The Monks-Black Monk Time (1966)-2
Sam The Sham And The Pharoahs-Wooly Bully (1965)-1 PT

Congrats on another excellent round of selections. 1960's Garage Rock. I'm happy to see The Sonics inducted. 1 of my FAVS. The Love album jumped out as an album needed to be inducted. Excellent group! Was able to have Small Faces inducted. I'll try to vote for Moby Grape next time. Underrated group to be sure.
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 12/16/2021 @ 23:47pm

Tiebreaker Vote:

Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966) - 5
? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966) - 4
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966) - 3
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965) - 2
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Friday, 12/17/2021 @ 01:06am

My 1960s Garage Rock Album Tiebreaker Votes:

5 points: The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
4 points: The Standells - Dirty Water (1966)
3 points: Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965)
2 points: ? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966)
1 point: Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 12/17/2021 @ 15:42pm

The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966) 5
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966) 4
? And The Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966) 3
Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965) 2
Tommy James and The Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 12/17/2021 @ 16:20pm

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965) - 5
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966) - 4
Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966) - 3
? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966) - 2
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 12/18/2021 @ 05:06am

The Standells - Dirty Water (1966) - 5
? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966) - 4
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966) - 3
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965) - 2
Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 12/18/2021 @ 05:49am

Posted by joker on Saturday, 12/18/2021 @ 10:51am

Simple Minds (!)

Simple Minds - Sparkle In the Rain (1984)

Some recommended Simple Minds albums for those who haven't nominated yet -
Street Fighting Years (1989)
Good News from the Next World (1995)
Black & White 050505 (2005)
Graffiti Soul (2009)
Big Music (2014)
Walk Between Worlds (2018)

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 12/19/2021 @ 12:36pm

Year Nominations
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings (1951)
Various Artists - An American in Paris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1951)
Various Artists - Royal Wedding (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1951)

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 12/19/2021 @ 13:35pm

If nobody else objects, here's my Simple Minds Album Nomination:

Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years (1989)

Thanks for the help, Nick B.! You're the man!

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 12/19/2021 @ 15:38pm

My tiebreaker ballot:

Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Pankey (1966) - 5
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965) - 4
? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966) - 3
The Stand ells - Dirty Water (1966) - 2
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966) - 1

Sorry it is a bit late,

Lax38

Posted by Lax38 on Sunday, 12/19/2021 @ 18:49pm

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965)-5
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)-4
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966)-3
? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966)-2
Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966)-1

Artist nomination

Simple Minds- Good News from the Next World (1995)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 12/19/2021 @ 20:21pm

The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966) - 5
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966) - 4
? And The Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966) - 3
Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965) - 2
Tommy James and The Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966) - 1

Year noms:

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington (1951)
Erroll Garner - Gems (1951)
Lee Konitz - The New Sound (1951)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 12/19/2021 @ 21:01pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Note: Ray's tiebreaker vote was posted late, but will be included in the final results because it didn't change the induction results.

Here are the final results:

The Standells - Dirty Water (1966) - 43
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? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966) - 33
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966) - 31
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965) - 30
Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966) - 28

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Genre vote:

Love - Love (1966)
Nazz - Nazz (1968)
Paul Revere & the Raiders - Midnight Ride (1967)
The Small Faces - Small Faces (1967)
The Sonics - Boom (1966)
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966)
The Troggs - Wild Thing (1966)
The Yardbirds - Little Games (1967)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/19/2021 @ 21:25pm

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Bing Crosby - Beloved Hymns (1951)
Bing Crosby - Bing and The Dixieland Bands (1951)
Bing Crosby - Down Memory Lane (1951)
Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (1951)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington (1951)
Erroll Garner - Gems (1951)
Gerry Mulligan - Historically Speaking (1951)
Lee Konitz - The New Sound (1951)
Les Baxter & His Orchestra - Ritual of the Savage (1951)
Lester Young - The Lester Young Trio (1951)
Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou Williams (1951)
Miles Davis - Blue Period (1951)
Miles Davis - The New Sounds (1951)
Original Broadway Cast - The King and I (1951)
Patti Page - Christmas with Patti Page (1951)
Red Foley - Red Foley Souvenir Album (1951)
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings (1951)
The Ames Brothers - Sentimental Me (1951)
Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music (Volume 1) (1951)
Various Artists - An American in Paris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1951)
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (1951)
Various Artists - Royal Wedding (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1951)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/19/2021 @ 21:28pm

Nominations are now closed for the Artist Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Simple Minds - Empires and Dance (1980)
Simple Minds - Good News from the Next World (1995)
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84 (1982)
Simple Minds - Real Life (1991)
Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony (1979)
Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call (1981)
Simple Minds - Sparkle In the Rain (1984)
Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years (1989)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/19/2021 @ 21:34pm

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zoYkF2kZv33_TXup-FQH3W9TNGDxYlzCGpAaXRLp8lw/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 24th at 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/20/2021 @ 22:00pm

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Yhrh7vIqQk_B-_J2tTdbZUB1gRhYek1tW2AplI3GVco/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 24th at 9 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/20/2021 @ 22:02pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington (1951) - 9

Original Broadway Cast - The King and I (1951) - 7
Various Artists - An American in Paris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1951) - 7

Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings (1951) - 6
Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music (Volume 1) (1951) - 6

Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (1951) - 5
Miles Davis - Blue Period (1951) - 5
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (1951) - 5
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Lester Young - The Lester Young Trio (1951) - 4
Patti Page - Christmas with Patti Page (1951) - 4

Erroll Garner - Gems (1951) - 3
Lee Konitz - The New Sound (1951) - 3
Les Baxter & His Orchestra - Ritual of the Savage (1951) - 3
Miles Davis - The New Sounds (1951) - 3

Bing Crosby - Bing and The Dixieland Bands (1951) - 2
Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou Williams (1951) - 2

Bing Crosby - Beloved Hymns (1951) - 1
Bing Crosby - Down Memory Lane (1951) - 1
Gerry Mulligan - Historically Speaking (1951) - 1
Red Foley - Red Foley Souvenir Album (1951) - 1
The Ames Brothers - Sentimental Me (1951) - 1
Various Artists - Royal Wedding (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1951) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Johnny
MichaelEU
J.W.
Darren
KING
Nick B.
Tom H.
Doo-Wop Phil
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (1951)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington (1951)
Miles Davis - Blue Period (1951)
Original Broadway Cast - The King and I (1951)
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings (1951)
Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music (Volume 1) (1951)
Various Artists - An American in Paris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1951)
Various Artists - Porgy and Bess (1951)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/24/2021 @ 23:54pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Simple Minds - Sparkle In the Rain (1984) - 8
Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years (1989) - 8
______________________________

Simple Minds - Empires and Dance (1980) - 6
Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony (1979) - 6
______________________________

Simple Minds - Real Life (1991) - 5
Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call (1981) - 5

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84 (1982) - 4

Simple Minds - Good News from the Next World (1995) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
Johnny
J.W.
Darren
KING
Nick B.
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Simple Minds - Sparkle In the Rain (1984)
Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years (1989)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Simple Minds - Empires and Dance (1980)
Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony (1979)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank both albums in order of preference.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 7 PM Central on the 27th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/24/2021 @ 23:57pm

Empires And Dance (1980)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/24/2021 @ 23:59pm

KING DEC 25, 2021 Simple Minds Album Tiebreaker (2)
Simple Minds-Empires and Dance (1980)- 2 PTS
Simple Minds-Real To Real Cacophony- (1979)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 12/25/2021 @ 01:59am

Tiebreaker Vote:

Simple Minds-Real To Real Cacophony- (1979) - 2
Simple Minds - Empires and Dance (1980) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 12/25/2021 @ 08:19am

Simple Minds Album Tiebreaker Votes:

2 points: Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony (1979)
1 point: Simple Minds - Empires and Dance (1980)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 12/25/2021 @ 11:46am

Simple Minds - Empires and Dance (1980) 2
Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony (1979) 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 12/25/2021 @ 19:04pm

Tiebreaker -
Simple Minds - Empires and Dance (1980)

Posted by Nick on Sunday, 12/26/2021 @ 09:09am

Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony (1979)

Posted by Ray on Monday, 12/27/2021 @ 17:48pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Simple Minds - Empires and Dance (1980) - 4
__________________

Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony (1979) - 3

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Genre vote:

Simple Minds - Empires and Dance (1980)
Simple Minds - Sparkle In the Rain (1984)
Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years (1989)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/27/2021 @ 23:15pm

Rule Changes In 2022:

Tiebreaker votes will now be two days in length, rather than three. The schedule will be adjusted accordingly, as noted in the intro.

All polls will now end at 8 PM Central.

Voters will be allowed to nominate twice as many songs or albums in their birthday month. This will apply to the Song / Album Project, as well as the Genre, Year and Artist votes and the Genre and Artist selection processes.

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song lost in a tiebreaker. joker will post a list of eligible voters and songs / albums at the end of each quarter.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
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Birthdays this month:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate double the normal number of nominees in each category in the Song And Album project, including for genre and artist selection:

J.W.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2021. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965)
Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony (1979)
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Power Metal
Doom Metal
1990's Hip-Hop/Rap
Sophisti-pop
Progressive Metal
Progressive Soul
Jazz
Japanese Music
1980's R&B
Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart
1960's Garage Rock

"Alternative Country" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Simple Mindss
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 18th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 19th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Alubm Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1996.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1996. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1996.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1996 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

2pac - All Eyez on Me
Aaliyah - One in a Million
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
Beck - Odelay
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Celine Dion - Falling Into You
Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites
Dave Matthews Band - Crash
De La Soul - Stakes Is High
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
Fiona Apple - Tidal
Fishmans - Long Season
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained
Lil' Kim - Hard Cor
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
Matchbox Twenty - Yourself Or Someone Like You
Nas - It Was Written
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
Orbital - In Sides
Original Broadway Cast - Rent
OutKast - ATLiens
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
Sublime - Sublime
Suede - Coming Up
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
The Fugees - The Score
The Misfits - Static Age
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
Tool - Aenima
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories
Type O Negative - October Rust
Weezer - Pinkerton
Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1996, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 19th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/27/2021 @ 23:23pm

General Vote:

Tower of Power - East Bay Grease (1970)
Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Raitt (1971)
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games (1971)
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs (1974)
Rory Gallagher - Calling Card (1976)
Bobby Womack - The Poet (1981)

Genre: Albums Not in The FRL Album Project

Live Albums, 1970-1979

Artist: Dire Straits

The Pretenders

Year Vote:

George Michael - Older (1996)
Ghostface Killah - Ironman (1996)
Gin Blossoms - Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996)
Korn - Life Is Peachy (1996)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)
Wilco - Being There (1996)

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 06:57am

General Vote

Bon Jovi - Crush (2000)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008)

Genre: African Music

Artist: Jean-Michel Jarre

Year Vote:

Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (1996)
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996)
Spice Girls - Spice (1996)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 07:15am

General Vote:
AC/DC- The Razors Edge (1990)
Prince- The Gold Experience (1995)
Jack Stauber- Pop Food (2017)

Genre Vote: Industrial

Artist Vote- The Flys

Year Vote:
Nine Inch Nails- Quake (1996) (Not sure if soundtracks count but I cant think of much right now)
Wilco- Being There (1996)
Cardigans- First Band on the Moon (1996)

Posted by Raichu on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 11:28am

And now, here are my Album Project Nominations:

General Vote:
1: King Crimson - Islands (1971)
2: Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
3: St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)

1996 Albums Vote:
1: Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)
2: Opeth - Morningrise (1996)
3: Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)

Genre: Progressive Rock

Artist: DragonForce

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 11:36am

Raichu,

Wilco - Being There (1996) was nominated. You can nominate another album for the Year Vote.

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 11:48am

J.W,
Thanks for notifying me about that. Change it to Screaming Trees- Dust (1996)

Also does the NIN Quake album actually count? Its a video game soundtrack, but it was released in 1996.

Posted by Raichu on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 12:53pm

Quake does count. We can nominate soundtracks as long as at least 50 percent is original material. As far as soundtracks with previously released we only allow it if it's from before 1965. That includes video game soundtracks Which are not nominated often.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 13:20pm

KING JANUARY 2022 General Album Nominations (3)
Blue Rodeo-5 Days In July (1993)
Cinderella-Heartbreak Station (1990)
Tesla-Mechanical Resonance (1986)

1996 Year Albums (3)
Brooks & Dunn-Borderline (1996)
John Mellencamp-Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996)
Stone Temple Pilots-Tiny Music....Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996)

ARTIST: Rick Springfield
GENRE: Deceased Music Artists

KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 13:28pm

Is this the first time a video game soundtrack has been nominated?

Posted by Raichu on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 14:26pm

It's not the first time a video game soundtrack got nominated but it they rarely do get nominated. It happened one other time that I can remember.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 15:02pm

Greg F,

Do remember what the last one was?

Posted by Raichu on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 15:21pm

Zelda: Breath of the Wild and it was about 6 months ago.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 15:33pm

Year Nominees
Gloria Estefan - Destiny (1996)
Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs (1996)
Toni Braxton - Secrets (1996)

Posted by Nick B. on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 15:52pm

Al Green - Al Green Gets Next to You (1971)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)

Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996)
Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving (1996)
Sepultura - Roots (1996)

21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop

Neil Young

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 12/29/2021 @ 00:18am

J.W. your genre nomination albums not inducted in the album project would basically be like another general vote. I don't get the point of this genre. Would you consider changing it?

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/29/2021 @ 09:43am

Thank you, Greg F.,

I'd like to change my Albums Not in the FRL Album Project genre nomination to 1970s Philly Soul.

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 12/29/2021 @ 10:37am

Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Jerry Garcia- Garcia (1972)
Mastodon -Hushed and Grim (2021)

Genre Nomination

Progressive Rock

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/30/2021 @ 09:27am

Year Nominations

Busta Rhymes- The Coming (1996)
Cannibal Corpse -Cole (1996)
Phish- Billy Breathes (1996)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/30/2021 @ 09:49am

Tom H., I don't mean to rain on your parade, but I already nominated Progressive Rock for the January Genre Vote.

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 12/30/2021 @ 14:23pm

One other thing I just realized: The Cannibal Corpse album that Tom H. nominated for the 1996 Album Vote should actually read like this:

Cannibal Corpse - Vile (1996)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 12/30/2021 @ 20:12pm

oops in that case my new genre nomination will be

Movie Soundtracks

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 12/30/2021 @ 22:02pm

General:
La Roux - La Roux (2009)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Madonna - American Life (2003)

Year:
Lush - Lovelife (1996)
Madonna & Various Artists - "Evita" Soundtrack (1996)
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996)

Genre - Electropop

Artist - Britney Spears

Posted by Christian on Friday, 12/31/2021 @ 12:54pm

General:

Adele - 30 (2021)
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever (2021)
Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days (2021)

Year:

Eels - Beautiful Freak (1996)
Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996)
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 01/1/2022 @ 12:43pm

general noms:

Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)
Fuel - Sunburn (1998)
Seal - System (2007)

1996 noms:

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Semisonic - Great Divide (1996)
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack (1996)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 01/1/2022 @ 23:19pm

General:
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen (1997)
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (2017)
Ween - Quebec (2003)

Year:
Blind Melon - Nico (1996)
Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (1996)
Ween - 12 Golden Country Greats (1996)

Artist:
Butthole Surfers

Genre:
21st Century Industrial

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Sunday, 01/2/2022 @ 17:31pm

Chvrches - Screen Violence (2021)
Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (2021)
Goat Girl - On All Fours (2021)

Posted by dmg on Sunday, 01/2/2022 @ 19:46pm

Happy New Year everyone! To start the year in posting on this website right, here are my nominations for this month.

General ballot

Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhil low (1976)
Carly Simon - Letters Never Sent (1995)
Adrian Belew - Young Lions (1990)

my 1996 Album nominations are:

Diana Ross - Voice of Love (1996)
Richard Wright - Broken China (1996)
Yes - Keys to Ascension (1996)

My Genre vote nomination is:

Band members who went solo.

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Martha Wash (solo and collaborations)

Hope this is okay with all and do not mind the numerical change,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Sunday, 01/2/2022 @ 20:11pm

General
Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight (2021)
Iron Maiden - Senjutsu (2021)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raise the Roof (2021)

Genre
Country Music, 1970-1979

Artist
Rob Zombie

For both his solo career and with White Zombie

Posted by Dave on Monday, 01/3/2022 @ 11:20am

Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021)
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021)
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/3/2022 @ 15:39pm

General noms:

Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)

Genre nom:

Symphonic Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Monday, 01/3/2022 @ 18:09pm

General
Doja Cat - Planet Her (2021)
Mickey Guyton - Remember Her Name (2021)
Yola - Stand for Myself (2021)

Genre
R&B, 2000s

Artist
The Tragically Hip

Posted by Nick B. on Monday, 01/3/2022 @ 18:55pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominees:

? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966)
AC/DC - The Razors Edge (1990)
Adele - 30 (2021)
Adrian Belew - Young Lions (1990)
Al Green - Al Green Gets Next to You (1971)
Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen (1997)
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever (2021)
Blue Rodeo - 5 Days In July (1993)
Bobby Womack - The Poet (1981)
Bon Jovi - Crush (2000)
Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Raitt (1971)
Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days (2021)
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
Carly Simon - Letters Never Sent (1995)
Chvrches - Screen Violence (2021)
Cinderella - Heartbreak Station (1990)
Doja Cat - Planet Her (2021)
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (2017)
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games (1971)
Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight (2021)
Fuel - Sunburn (1998)
Goat Girl - On All Fours (2021)
Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (2021)
Iron Maiden - Senjutsu (2021)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)
Jack Stauber - Pop Food (2017)
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhil low (1976)
King Crimson - Islands (1971)
La Roux - La Roux (2009)
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016)
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021)
Madonna - American Life (2003)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Mickey Guyton - Remember Her Name (2021)
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008)
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021)
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
Prince - The Gold Experience (1995)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raise the Roof (2021)
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs (1974)
Rory Gallagher - Calling Card (1976)
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
Seal - System (2007)
Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony (1979)
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966)
Tower of Power - East Bay Grease (1970)
Ween - Quebec (2003)
Yola - Stand for Myself (2021)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 9 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
GothGuy
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John R.C.
Johnny
joker
jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
SkylanderLord3
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/3/2022 @ 23:21pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970s Philly Soul
21st Century Industrial
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
African Music
Band members who went solo
Country Music, 1970-1979
Deceased Music Artists
Electropop
Industrial
Live Albums, 1970-1979
Movie Soundtracks
Progressive Rock
R&B, 2000s
Symphonic Metal
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There were 14 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 14.

This month's selected genre is "Symphonic Metal".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/3/2022 @ 23:23pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Butthole Surfers
Davis, Miles
Dire Straits
DragonForce
Flys, The
Jarre, Jean-Michel
Pretenders, The
Spears, Britney
Springfield, Rick
Swans
Tragically Hip, The
Wash, Martha (solo and collaborations)
Young, Neil
Zombie, Rob (solo) / White Zombie

There were 14 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 11.

This month's selected artist is The Tragically Hip.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is The Tragically Hip.

Here's the list of The Tragically Hip albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

NONE

Any voter can nominate one album by The Tragically Hip released from 1900-2021 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's The Tragically Hip discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tragically_Hip_discography

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 19th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 01/3/2022 @ 23:27pm

KING JAN 2022 Selected Artist The Tragically Hip Album Nomination (1)
The Tragically Hip-Day For Night (1994)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 01/3/2022 @ 23:51pm

Here's my Tragically Hip Album Nomination:

The Tragically Hip - Fully Completely (1992)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 01/3/2022 @ 23:53pm

KING JANUARY 2022 Symphonic Metal Album (1)
Xandria-Theatre Of Dimensions (2017)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 01/4/2022 @ 00:02am

Corrections:

Genre Project Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Nominations for the Artist Project and Year Project will close at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/4/2022 @ 00:18am

Artist vote nomination

The Tragically Hip - Road Apples (1991)

Genre vote nominations

Damnation Angels - The Valiant Fire (2015)
Nemesea - Mana (2004)
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving (2014)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 01/4/2022 @ 03:19am

Artist Vote Nomination:

The Tragically Hip - Up To Here (1989)

Genre Vote Nomination:

Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2000)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)

It's also worth noting that: Within Temptation - The Unforgiving was released in 2011 so it should read as: Within Temptation - The Unforgiving (2011).

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 01/4/2022 @ 05:30am

Genre:
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)
Omega - Epica (2021)
Rhapsody - Legendary Tales (1997)

Don't know enough about the TH to nominate something, so I'll leave that up to you guys and explore their discog until the vote comes up.

Posted by Skylanderlord3 on Tuesday, 01/4/2022 @ 06:58am

My Symphonic Metal Album Nominations:

1: Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998)
2: Therion - Gothic Kabbalah (2007)
3: Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011)

I have to say, I'm pretty psyched about Symphonic Metal being chosen! Let me know if these acceptable nominations. Thanks!

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 01/4/2022 @ 10:08am

Genre Nominations

Apocalyptica- Worlds Collide (2007)
Opera IX- The Call of Wood (1995)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra- The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)

I realize two of my picks may be a bit unorthodox but I decided to really lean into the classical side of the genre

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 01/4/2022 @ 20:11pm

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dhg2XSTfL-rFSXNwqTwfdavzZlLb26xUi1MTqBfag2E/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 8th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/4/2022 @ 23:28pm

After giving it some thought, here are my Symphonic Metal nominations.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night (2000)
Malice Mizer - Merveilles (1998)
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)

And my Artist vote nomination goes to:

The Tragically Hip - Trouble at The Henhouse (1996)

A little different in nominating albums than before,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Saturday, 01/8/2022 @ 18:13pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever (2021) - 7

AC/DC - The Razors Edge (1990) - 6
Adele - 30 (2021) - 6
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959) - 6
King Crimson - Islands (1971) - 6

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020) - 5
________________________________

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 4
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021) - 4
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021) - 4
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 4
________________________________

Al Green - Al Green Gets Next to You (1971) - 3
Bon Jovi - Crush (2000) - 3
Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Raitt (1971) - 3
Chvrches - Screen Violence (2021) - 3
Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (2021) - 3
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971) - 3
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021) - 3
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 3
Prince - The Gold Experience (1995) - 3

? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966) - 2
Bobby Womack - The Poet (1981) - 2
Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days (2021) - 2
Cinderella - Heartbreak Station (1990) - 2
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021) - 2
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games (1971) - 2
Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight (2021) - 2
Iron Maiden - Senjutsu (2021) - 2
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 2
Lady Gaga - Joanne (2016) - 2
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021) - 2
Madonna - American Life (2003) - 2
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raise the Roof (2021) - 2
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs (1974) - 2
Rory Gallagher - Calling Card (1976) - 2
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965) - 2
Ween - Quebec (2003) - 2

Adrian Belew - Young Lions (1990) - 1
Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998) - 1
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen (1997) - 1
Blue Rodeo - 5 Days In July (1993) - 1
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) - 1
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971) - 1
Carly Simon - Letters Never Sent (1995) - 1
Doja Cat - Planet Her (2021) - 1
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (2017) - 1
Fuel - Sunburn (1998) - 1
Goat Girl - On All Fours (2021) - 1
Jack Stauber - Pop Food (2017) - 1
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhil low (1976) - 1
La Roux - La Roux (2009) - 1
Mickey Guyton - Remember Her Name (2021) - 1
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (2008) - 1
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997) - 1
Seal - System (2007) - 1
Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony (1979) - 1
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986) - 1
The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966) - 1
Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1966) - 1
Yola - Stand for Myself (2021) - 1

Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021) - 0
Tower of Power - East Bay Grease (1970) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Nick B.
J.W.
Raichu
Johnny
Greg F
Tom H.
Skylanderlord3
MichaelEU
BSLO
dmg
Lax39
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Christian
KING
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

AC/DC - The Razors Edge (1990)
Adele - 30 (2021)
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever (2021)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
King Crimson - Islands (1971)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021)
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)
Testament - The New Order (1988)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote. Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Symphonic Metal", Artist Vote (The Tragically Hip) or Year Vote (1996).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/8/2022 @ 23:30pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Symphonic Metal) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Artist Vote (The Tragically Hip) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1996) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/8/2022 @ 23:33pm

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 4
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021) - 3
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021) - 2
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/8/2022 @ 23:33pm

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 4
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021) - 3
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021) - 2
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 01/8/2022 @ 23:37pm

St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021) - 4
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 3
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021) - 2
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 01/8/2022 @ 23:45pm

KING JANUARY 2022 Album Tiebreaker (4)
Testament-The New Order (1988)-4 PTS
St. Vincent-Daddy's Home (2021)-3
Olivia Rodrigo-Sour (2021)-2
Cake-Fashion Nugget (1996)-1 PT

KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 01/8/2022 @ 23:49pm

Tiebreaker Vote:

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 4
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021) - 3
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 2
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 01/9/2022 @ 00:02am

Tiebreaker Time:

4 points: St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)
3 points: Testament - The New Order (1988)
2 points: Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
1 point: Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 01/9/2022 @ 07:54am

KING JANUARY 2022 SYMPHONIC ALBUM Nominations (3)
Imperia-Queen Of Light (2007)
Emperor-In The Nightside Eclipse (1994)
Xandria-Theatre Of Dimensions (2017)

KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 01/9/2022 @ 18:39pm

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) 4
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021) 3
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021) 2
Testament - The New Order (1988) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/9/2022 @ 19:36pm

Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021)-4
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)-3
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)-2
Testament - The New Order (1988)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 01/9/2022 @ 20:39pm

1. Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
2. Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021)
3. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)
4. Testament - The New Order (1988)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 01/9/2022 @ 22:40pm

Testament - The New Order (1988) (4 points)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021) (1 point)

Posted by dmg on Monday, 01/10/2022 @ 19:30pm

Testament - The New Order (1988) - 4
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021) - 3
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 2
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021) - 1

Genre noms:

After Forever - Decipher (2001)
Tristania - Beyond the Veil (1999)
Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011)

Posted by Ray on Monday, 01/10/2022 @ 19:49pm

Here are my tiebreaker votes:

Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021)-4
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)-3
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 2
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 1

From fab to drab,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Monday, 01/10/2022 @ 19:58pm

Johnny: Great picks! Not the most obvious of choices, but I think they still fit. And I'm also excited that it got picked, heh. To think that I almost chose Black Metal this month…

Lots of great picks all around! Good mix of some more obvious and some more atypical picks. Should be a pretty good round.

Posted by Ray on Monday, 01/10/2022 @ 20:12pm

Hey there, Ray! Thank you so much for the shoutout, buddy! And congratulations on getting Symphonic Metal picked. I'm truly happy for you.

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 01/10/2022 @ 20:39pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) - 34
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021) - 32
__________________

St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021) - 29
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 25

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project General vote:

AC/DC - The Razors Edge (1990)
Adele - 30 (2021)
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever (2021)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
King Crimson - Islands (1971)
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (2021)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/11/2022 @ 00:08am

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominated albums:

After Forever - Decipher (2001)
Apocalyptica- Worlds Collide (2007)
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998)
Damnation Angels - The Valiant Fire (2015)
Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011)
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse (1994)
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
Imperia - Queen Of Light (2007)
Nemesea - Mana (2004)
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Omega - Epica (2021)
Opera IX- The Call of Wood (1995)
Rhapsody - Legendary Tales (1997)
Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011)
Therion - Gothic Kabbalah (2007)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra- The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)
Tristania - Beyond the Veil (1999)
Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2000)
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving (2014)
Xandria - Theatre Of Dimensions (2017)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 11th.

The poll will end at 8 PM Central on the 15th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
GothGuy2021
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John RC
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Skylanderlord3
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/11/2022 @ 00:20am

Darren you missed LAX nominations which were:

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night (2000)
Malice Mizer - Merveilles (1998)
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)

Also Within Temptation - The Unforgiving was released in 2011.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 01/11/2022 @ 07:25am

Here is the link for the Genre Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fYCZku6qDYJtIWWB2jl2t7spwl43FZuWCiGjPeyvw_U/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 15th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/12/2022 @ 01:09am

Artist Nomination

The Tragically Hip- Phantom Power (1998)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 01/12/2022 @ 14:35pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Nightwish - Once (2004) - 7

Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) - 5
Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011) - 5
____________________________

Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011) - 4
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007) - 4
Imperia - Queen Of Light (2007) - 4
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) - 4
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) - 4
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night (2000) - 4
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) - 4
Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2000) - 4
____________________________

Apocalyptica - Worlds Collide (2007) - 3
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse (1994) - 3
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving (2011) - 3

Nemesea - Mana (2004) - 2
Opera IX - The Call of Wood (1995) - 2
Rhapsody - Legendary Tales (1997) - 2
Tristania - Beyond the Veil (1999) - 2

After Forever - Decipher (2001) - 1
Damnation Angels - The Valiant Fire (2015) - 1
Malice Mizer - Merveilles (1998) - 1
Omega - Epica (2021) - 1
Therion - Gothic Kabbalah (2007) - 1
Xandria - Theatre Of Dimensions (2017) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
J.W.
Johnny
Tom H.
KING
Lax39
jtrichey
MichaelEU
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011)
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
Imperia - Queen Of Light (2007)
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night (2000)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)
Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2000)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 8 albums in order of preference.

The 5 album that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/15/2022 @ 22:50pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (The Tragically Hip) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1996) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/15/2022 @ 22:50pm

KING JAN 2022 Symphonic Album MONSTER Tiebreaker (8).
Imperia-Queen Of Light (2007)-8 PTS
Epica-The Divine Conspiracy (2007)-7
Within Temptation-Mother Earth (2000)-6
Savatage-Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)-5
Trans-Siberian Orchestra-Beethoven's Last Night (2000)-4
Trans-Siberian Orchestra-The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)-3
Dragonland-Under The Grey Banner (2011)-2
Nightwish-Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 01/16/2022 @ 01:13am

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)-8
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night (2000)-7
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)-6
Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011)-5
Imperia - Queen Of Light (2007)-4
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)-3
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)-2
Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2000)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 01/16/2022 @ 09:43am

Tiebreaker Vote:

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night (2000) - 8
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) - 7
Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011) - 6
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) - 5
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) - 4
Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2000) - 3
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007) - 2
Imperia - Queen Of Light (2007) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 01/16/2022 @ 11:43am

Symphonic Metal Album Tiebreaker Votes:

8 points: Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night (2000)
7 points: Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)
6 points: Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)
5 points: Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2000)
4 points: Imperia - Queen of Light (2007)
3 points: Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)
2 points: Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
1 point: Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 01/16/2022 @ 18:15pm

Artist Nominee -
The Tragically Hip - Phantom Power (1998)

Other highly recommended Tragically Hip albums –
Music @ Work (2000)
In Violet Light (2002)
In Between Evolution (2004)
World Container (2007)
Now for Plan A (2012)
Man Machine Poem (2016)

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 01/16/2022 @ 22:17pm

Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2000) 8
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007) 7
Imperia - Queen of Light (2007) 6
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) 5
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night (2000) 4
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) 3
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) 2
Dragonland - Under the Gray Banner (2011) 1

Nick, Phantom Power has been nominated by someone else. You need to pick another album.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/16/2022 @ 22:48pm

Isn't that just Tragic Greg?

Thanks for letting me know.

I'll replace it with -
The Tragically Hip - In Between Evolution (2004)

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 01/16/2022 @ 23:52pm

Artist nom:
The Tragically Hip - In Violet Light (2002)

Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2000) - 8
Imperia - Queen Of Light (2007) - 7
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) - 6
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007) - 5
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) - 4
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night (2000) - 3
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) - 2
Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 01/17/2022 @ 12:17pm

The Tragically Hip - Music @ Work (2000)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 01/17/2022 @ 19:05pm

My tiebreaker ballot before time runs out.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night (2000) - 8
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) - 7
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) - 6
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) - 5
Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2000) - 4
imperia - Queen of Light (2007) - 3
Dragon land - Under the Grey Banner (2011) - 2
Epical - The Divine Conspiracy (2007) - 1

Sorry for the delay,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Monday, 01/17/2022 @ 19:52pm

Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011) - 8
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007) - 7
Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2000) - 6
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) - 5
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night (2000) - 4
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) - 3
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) - 2
Imperia - Queen Of Light (2007) - 1

Tough tiebreaker. No bad choices here.

Year noms:

In Flames - The Jester Race (1996)
Burzum - Filosofem (1996)
Sixteen Horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' Ashes (1996)

Artist nom:

The Tragically Hip - World Container (2007)

Posted by Ray on Monday, 01/17/2022 @ 20:00pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night (2000) - 46
Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2000) - 41
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) - 39
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) - 36
Imperia - Queen Of Light (2007) - 34
__________________

Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007) - 33
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) - 33
Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011) - 26

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Genre vote:

Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998)
Imperia - Queen Of Light (2007)
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)
Nightwish - Once (2004)
Symphony X - Iconoclast (2011)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night (2000)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)
Within Temptation - Mother Earth (2000)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/18/2022 @ 02:07am

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996)
Blind Melon - Nico (1996)
Brooks & Dunn - Borderline (1996)
Burzum - Filosofem (1996)
Busta Rhymes - The Coming (1996)
Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (1996)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Cannibal Corpse - Vile (1996)
Cardigans - First Band on the Moon (1996)
Diana Ross - Voice of Love (1996)
Eels - Beautiful Freak (1996)
George Michael - Older (1996)
Ghostface Killah - Ironman (1996)
Gin Blossoms - Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996)
Gloria Estefan - Destiny (1996)
In Flames - The Jester Race (1996)
Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving (1996)
John Mellencamp - Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996)
Korn - Life Is Peachy (1996)
Lush - Lovelife (1996)
Madonna & Various Artists - "Evita" Soundtrack (1996)
Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (1996)
Nine Inch Nails - Quake (1996)
Opeth - Morningrise (1996)
Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996)
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996)
Richard Wright - Broken China (1996)
Screaming Trees - Dust (1996)
Semisonic - Great Divide (1996)
Sepultura - Roots (1996)
Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs (1996)
Sixteen Horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' Ashes (1996)
Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996)
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996)
Spice Girls - Spice (1996)
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music....Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996)
Toni Braxton - Secrets (1996)
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack (1996)
Ween - 12 Golden Country Greats (1996)
Wilco - Being There (1996)
Yes - Keys to Ascension (1996)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/18/2022 @ 02:07am

Nominations are now closed for the Artist Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

The Tragically Hip - Day For Night (1994)
The Tragically Hip - Fully Completely (1992)
The Tragically Hip - In Between Evolution (2004)
The Tragically Hip - In Violet Light (2002)
The Tragically Hip - Music @ Work (2000)
The Tragically Hip - Phantom Power (1998)
The Tragically Hip - Road Apples (1991)
The Tragically Hip - Trouble at The Henhouse (1996)
The Tragically Hip - Up To Here (1989)
The Tragically Hip - World Container (2007)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/18/2022 @ 02:07am

Didn't Cake - Fashion Nugget get in through the general vote tiebreaker?

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 01/18/2022 @ 08:26am

Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996) was indeed inducted via the General Vote tiebreaker on 1/11/22.

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 01/18/2022 @ 15:44pm

Yes, "Fashion Nugget" will be removed from the poll before it's posted.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/19/2022 @ 07:32am

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZUr9Teu7Uynqjoo9Df4AqWaDuT2GLpZUWHHd0D5A97w/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/19/2022 @ 07:38am

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wStnPmKJ1DYgiYcBo1XCQjKt9T6N6cb7zZ-x4-mV7S0/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01/19/2022 @ 07:39am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Pearl Jam - No Code (1996) - 6
Spice Girls - Spice (1996) - 6

Korn - Life Is Peachy (1996) - 5
Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (1996) - 5
____________________________

Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996) - 4
Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996) - 4
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music....Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996) - 4
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996) - 4
Wilco - Being There (1996) - 4
____________________________

Eels - Beautiful Freak (1996) - 3
Gin Blossoms - Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996) - 3
Nine Inch Nails - Quake (1996) - 3
Opeth - Morningrise (1996) - 3
Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) - 3
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996) - 3
Porcupine Tree - Signify (1996) - 3
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) - 3

Brooks & Dunn - Borderline (1996) - 2
Busta Rhymes - The Coming (1996) - 2
Diana Ross - Voice of Love (1996) - 2
George Michael - Older (1996) - 2
Ghostface Killah - Ironman (1996) - 2
Gloria Estefan - Destiny (1996) - 2
Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving (1996) - 2
Screaming Trees - Dust (1996) - 2
Semisonic - Great Divide (1996) - 2
Sepultura - Roots (1996) - 2
Toni Braxton - Secrets (1996) - 2
Yes - Keys to Ascension (1996) - 2

Burzum - Filosofem (1996) - 1
Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (1996) - 1
Cannibal Corpse - Vile (1996) - 1
Cardigans - First Band on the Moon (1996) - 1
In Flames - The Jester Race (1996) - 1
John Mellencamp - Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996) - 1
Lush - Lovelife (1996) - 1
Madonna & Various Artists - Evita Soundtrack (1996) - 1
Richard Wright - Broken China (1996) - 1
Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs (1996) - 1
Sixteen Horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' Ashes (1996) - 1
Sleeper - The It Girl (1996) - 1
Various Artists - Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack (1996) - 1
Ween - 12 Golden Country Greats (1996) - 1

Blind Melon - Nico (1996) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
J.W.
Johnny
Greg F
Raichu
Nick B,
Tom H.
KING
MichaelEU
jtrichey
BSLO
Lax39
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Korn - Life Is Peachy (1996)
Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (1996)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)
Spice Girls - Spice (1996)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996)
Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996)
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music....Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996)
Wilco - Being There (1996)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/22/2022 @ 23:27pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

The Tragically Hip - Road Apples (1991) - 11

The Tragically Hip - Day For Night (1994) - 9
The Tragically Hip - Fully Completely (1992) - 9
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The Tragically Hip - Phantom Power (1998) - 8
The Tragically Hip - Up To Here (1989) - 8

The Tragically Hip - In Between Evolution (2004) - 6

The Tragically Hip - In Violet Light (2002) - 5

The Tragically Hip - Trouble at The Henhouse (1996) - 4

The Tragically Hip - World Container (2007) - 1

The Tragically Hip - Music @ Work (2000) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
J.W.
Johnny
Greg F
Raichu
Nick B.
Tom H.
KING
MichaelEU
jtrichey
BSLO
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

The Tragically Hip - Day For Night (1994)
The Tragically Hip - Fully Completely (1992)
The Tragically Hip - Road Apples (1991)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/22/2022 @ 23:31pm

Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music....Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996) - 5
Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996) - 4
Wilco - Being There (1996) - 3
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996) - 2
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 01/22/2022 @ 23:33pm

KING JAN 2022 Album Tiebreaker (1996) Selected Year (5)
Stone Temple Pilots-Tiny Music....Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996)- 5 PTS
The Cranberries-To The Faithful Departed (1996)-4
Backstreet Boys-Backstreet Boys (1996)-3
Sleater-Kinney-Call The Doctor (1996)-2
Wilco-Being There (1996)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 01/22/2022 @ 23:59pm

Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996) - 5
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996) - 4
Wilco - Being There (1996) - 3
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music....Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996) - 2
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 01/23/2022 @ 02:45am

Tiebreaker Vote:

Wilco - Being There - 5
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music....Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996) - 4
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996) - 3
Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996) - 2
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 01/23/2022 @ 06:57am

Tiebreaker Correction: Wilco - Being There should be read as: Wilco - Being There (1996) - 5

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 01/23/2022 @ 08:11am

1996 Album Tiebreaker Vote:

5 points: Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996)
4 points: The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996)
3 points: Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music….Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
2 points: Wilco - Being There (1996)
1 point: Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 01/23/2022 @ 08:54am

The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996)-5
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996)-4
Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996)-3
Wilco - Being There (1996)-2
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music....Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 01/23/2022 @ 18:53pm

Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996) - 5
Wilco - Being There (1996) - 4
Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996) - 3
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996) - 2
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music....Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 01/23/2022 @ 21:11pm

Wilco - Being There (1996) 5
Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996) 4
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music....Music From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996) 3
The Cranberries - To The Faithful Departed (1996) 2
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996) 1

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/24/2022 @ 10:03am

Wilco - Being There (1996) - 5
Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996) - 4
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music....Music From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996) - 3
The Cranberries - To The Faithful Departed (1996) - 2
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996) - 1

Posted by Ray on Monday, 01/24/2022 @ 19:11pm

Here is my tiebreaker ballot.

Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996) - 5
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music....Music from The Vatican Gift Shop (1996) - 4
Wilco - Being There (1996) -3 3
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996) - 2
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996) - 1

Ranked from indie legitimacy to manufactured pop,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Monday, 01/24/2022 @ 19:16pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996) - 37
Wilco - Being There (1996) - 33
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music....Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996) - 31
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996) - 30
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Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996) - 19

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the February Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Year vote:

Korn - Life Is Peachy (1996)
Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (1996)
Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)
Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor (1996)
Spice Girls - Spice (1996)
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music....Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (1996)
Wilco - Being There (1996)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01/25/2022 @ 11:00am

Rule Changes In 2022:

Tiebreaker votes will now be two days in length, rather than three. The schedule will be adjusted accordingly, as noted in the intro.

All polls will now end at 8 PM Central.

Voters will be allowed to nominate twice as many songs or albums in their birthday month. This will apply to the Song / Album Project, as well as the Genre, Year and Artist votes and the Genre and Artist selection processes.

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song lost in a tiebreaker. joker will post a list of eligible voters and songs / albums at the end of each quarter.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
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Birthdays this month:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate double the normal number of nominees in each category in the Song And Album project, including for genre and artist selection:

Lax39
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2021. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996)
Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011)
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)
Testament - The New Order (1988)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Doom Metal
1990's Hip-Hop/Rap
Sophisti-pop
Progressive Metal
Progressive Soul
Jazz
Japanese Music
1980's R&B
Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart
1960's Garage Rock
Symphonic Metal

"Power Metal" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Simple Minds
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
The Tragically Hip
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 2009.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 2009. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 2009.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 2009 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Florence & The Machine - Lungs
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Mumford And Sons - Sigh No More
Muse - The Resistance
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Slayer - World Painted Blood
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 2009, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01/30/2022 @ 21:46pm

My nominations for February 2022 induction into The Album Project...

Mike and The Mechanics - Mike + The Mechanics (1985)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 01/30/2022 @ 22:18pm

General Vote:

Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (1972)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships (1983)
The Human League - Reproduction (1979)

Genre: Video Game Soundtracks

Artist: The Jayhawks

Year Vote:

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01/30/2022 @ 22:52pm

General Vote:

Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)
INXS - Shabooh Shoobah (1982)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)

Genre: Art pop

Artist: Earth, Wind & Fire

Year Vote:

Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King (2009)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (2009)

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 01/30/2022 @ 23:25pm

KING FEBRUARY 2022 ALBUMS General Nominations (3)
Cinderella-Heartbreak Station (1990)
KISS-Unmasked (1980)
Tesla-Mechanical Resonance (1986)

2009 Year Albums (3)
Ace Frehley-Anomaly (2009)
Megadeth-Endgame (2009)
Three Days Grace-Life Starts Now (2009)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 01/31/2022 @ 00:23am

My February Album Project Nominations:

1: Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
2: King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)
3: Mannheim Steamroller - The Music of the Spheres (2013)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 01/31/2022 @ 07:57am

General:
AC/DC- Ballbreaker (1995)
Eminem- Kamikaze (2018)
Queen- Made in Heaven (1995)

Genre: 1990's electronic music

Artist: The Chemical Brothers

Year Vote:
MF Doom- Born Like This (2009)
Rihanna- Rated R (2009)
Dinosaur Jr.- Farm (2009)

Posted by Raichu on Monday, 01/31/2022 @ 07:58am

Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Jerry Garcia- Garcia (1972)
Mastodon -Hushed and Grim (2021)

Genre Nomination

Progressive Rock

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/31/2022 @ 08:11am

My 2009 Album Nominations (so far):

1: Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009)
2: Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk (2009)

I hope to have a 3rd nomination shortly.

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 01/31/2022 @ 14:00pm

KING FEBRUARY 2022 Album Nominations (2)
ARTIST: Rick Springfield
GENRE: California Rock
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 01/31/2022 @ 14:07pm

My 3rd 2009 Album Nomination is as follows:

U2 - No Line on the Horizon (2009)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 01/31/2022 @ 15:07pm

I'm in a Metal Mood on Monday. Thus, my Genre & Artist Nominations are as follows…

Genre: Melodic Death Metal

Artist: Meshuggah

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 01/31/2022 @ 15:31pm

Raichu we already did an artist vote on The Chemical Brothers. You can nominate someone else.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 01/31/2022 @ 17:29pm

Greg,
Change my artist nom to Jack Stauber

Posted by Raichu on Monday, 01/31/2022 @ 17:59pm

Year Nominations

Alicia Keys- The Element of Freedom (2009)
Michael Giacchino- Up: OST (2009)
Phish- Joy (2009)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 01/31/2022 @ 21:03pm

Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (2009)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009)

The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)

Neil Young

21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 02/1/2022 @ 04:07am

General:
Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)

Genre:
1970's Country

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 02/1/2022 @ 12:04pm

It looks like I get to double the number of nominees this month. My thanks to FRL for allowing me this venture, as well as allowing all of us the chance to do this throughout the course of the year. So, here are my nominations.

General Vote

Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987)
Chic - Believer (1983)
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982)
Tears For Fears - Elemental (1993)

Here are my 2009 Albums:

Mary J. Blige - Stronger with Each Tear (2009)
Bon Jovi - The Circle (2009)
Weezer - Raditude (2009)
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)
Kiss - Sonic Boom (2009)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)

My genre nominations are:

Original motion picture scores
Autobiographical songs

And my Artist vote nominations are:

Richard Thompson
Bill Withers

Looking forward to tomorrow's announcements,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Tuesday, 02/1/2022 @ 19:32pm

general noms:
Royal Blood - Typhoons (2021)
Bleachers - Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night (2021)
Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops (2006)

Year noms:
Doves - Kingdom of Rust (2009)
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)

Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 02/1/2022 @ 20:50pm

Lax39, just a quick note, Backspacer by Pearl Jam has been nominated. You have one album nomination left for the Year Vote.

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 02/2/2022 @ 00:21am

Lil Nas X - Montero (2021)
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/2/2022 @ 12:41pm

General
General Public - All the Rage (1984)
Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019)
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)

Artist
Teddy Pendergrass

Genre
Albums Released in the Last Ten Years (2011-2021)

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 02/2/2022 @ 22:51pm

Lax38,
Your genre nominations were meant for the song project - Autobiographical Songs and Original Motion Picture Scores.

Can you clarify this?

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 02/2/2022 @ 22:52pm

General noms:

Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
Swans - White Light From the Mouth of Infinity (1991)

Genre nom:

Black Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 02/3/2022 @ 14:20pm

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philarmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics (1981)

Posted by Carol Sue on Thursday, 02/3/2022 @ 19:41pm

Hello all. I did mean to put the genre nominations as being part of the Song Project considerations. If it pleases you fellow posters, I can update my Genre nominations. They would be:

Lo-Fi
Garage Rock

And with that in mind, my replacement 2009 Album nomination is:

Chris Cornell - Scream (2009)

Sorry about the delay,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Thursday, 02/3/2022 @ 19:48pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominees:

AC/DC - Ballbreaker (1995)
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (1972)
Bleachers - Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night (2021)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987)
Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)
Chic - Believer (1983)
Cinderella - Heartbreak Station (1990)
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982)
Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011)
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Eminem - Kamikaze (2018)
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
General Public - All the Rage (1984)
Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019)
INXS - Shabooh Shoobah (1982)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)
KISS - Unmasked (1980)
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021)
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philarmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics (1981)
Mannheim Steamroller - The Music of the Spheres (2013)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Mike and The Mechanics - Mike + The Mechanics (1985)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships (1983)
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
Queen - Made in Heaven (1995)
Royal Blood - Typhoons (2021)
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)
Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops (2006)
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
Swans - White Light From the Mouth of Infinity (1991)
Tears For Fears - Elemental (1993)
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Human League - Reproduction (1979)
The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
GothGuy
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John R.C.
Johnny
joker
jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
SkylanderLord3
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/3/2022 @ 23:32pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970's Country
1990's Electronic Music
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Albums Released in the Last Ten Years (2011-2021)
Art Pop
Black Metal
California Rock
Garage Rock
Lo-Fi
Melodic Death Metal
Progressive Rock
Video Game Soundtracks
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There were 12 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 5.

This month's selected genre is "Art Pop".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/3/2022 @ 23:34pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Davis, Miles
Earth, Wind & Fire
Jayhawks, The
Meshuggah
Pendergrass, Teddy
Springfield, Rick
Stauber, Jack
Swans
Thompson, Richard
Withers, Bill
Young, Neil

There were 11 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 11.

This month's selected artist is Neil Young (take that, Spotify!).
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Neil Young.

Here's the list of Neil Young albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

After the Gold Rush (1970)
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (1969)
Freedom (1989)
Harvest (1972)
Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
Tonight's The Night (1975)

Any voter can nominate one album by Neil Young released from 1900-2021 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Neil Young discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young_discography

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/3/2022 @ 23:39pm

KING FEBRUARY 2022 Art Pop Album Nominations (3)
David Byrne-Grown Backwards (2004)
Duran Duran-Pop Trash (2000)
Suzanne Vega-99.9 F° (1992)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 02/4/2022 @ 00:02am

KING February 2022 Album Nomination Selected Artist Neil Young (1)
Neil Young-Silver & Gold (2000)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 02/4/2022 @ 00:10am

Genre Vote Nomination:

Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon (2015)
FKA Twigs - Magdalene (2019)
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)

Artist Vote Nomination:

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma (1975)

Posted by J.W. on Friday, 02/4/2022 @ 00:21am

Genre vote nominations

Kate Bush - Aerial (2005)
Owen Pallett - Heartland (2010)
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)

Artist vote nomination

Neil Young - On the Beach (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/4/2022 @ 01:25am

I'm surprised nobody's nominated this Neil Young album yet, but if nobody objects, here's my choice…

Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 02/4/2022 @ 08:31am

Artist

Neil Young & the Bluenotes - This Note's for You (1988)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 02/4/2022 @ 20:45pm

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

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There will be 4 days of voting.

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Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/4/2022 @ 23:12pm

Björk - Medulla (2004)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Split Enz - Time and Tide (1982)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)

Pretty excited that Neil Young finally got chosen! I must have nominated him at least 20 times for the artist vote.

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 02/5/2022 @ 10:08am

BSLO
Congrats on your Neil Young selection. Young is finally the selected artist February 2022. I know that has been nominated many months. Neil Young has a large discography and should be 1 of the best Artist Votes. I decided on Silver & Gold but several other outstanding albums. Working on 2 more selections for the Artists On Independent Labels.
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 02/5/2022 @ 12:51pm

Artist:
Neil Young - Comes a Time (1978)

Genre:
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
Lorde - Solar Power (2021)
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 02/7/2022 @ 11:42am

And now, after a lot of deliberation, here are my Art Pop Album Nominations:

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
Beck - The Information (2006)
Björk - Utopia (2017)

Keep in mind that I'm going by what my good buddy, Captain Wikipedia, told me about Art Pop. Enjoy your day.

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 02/8/2022 @ 09:59am

Genre Nominations
Goyte - Making Mirrors (2011)
Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969)
Sparks - Indiscreet (1975)

Posted by Nick B. on Tuesday, 02/8/2022 @ 21:12pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (1972) - 10

James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971) - 6

Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987) - 5
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978) - 5
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986) - 5
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships (1983) - 5
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021) - 5
________________________________

Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - 4
Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007) - 4
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982) - 4
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 4
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 4
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003) - 4
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021) - 4
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 4
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993) - 4
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) - 4
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 4
________________________________

AC/DC - Ballbreaker (1995) - 3
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996) - 3
Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974) - 3
Cinderella - Heartbreak Station (1990) - 3
INXS - Shabooh Shoobah (1982) - 3
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021) - 3
Mike and The Mechanics - Mike + The Mechanics (1985) - 3
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992) - 3
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 3
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 3

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 2
Eminem - Kamikaze (2018) - 2
Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019) - 2
KISS - Unmasked (1980) - 2
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philarmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics (1981) - 2
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002) - 2
Queen - Made in Heaven (1995) - 2
Swans - White Light From the Mouth of Infinity (1991) - 2
Tears For Fears - Elemental (1993) - 2
The Human League - Reproduction (1979) - 2
The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965) - 2
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 2

Bleachers - Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night (2021) - 1
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 1
Chic - Believer (1983) - 1
Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011) - 1
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021) - 1
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007) - 1
General Public - All the Rage (1984) - 1
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021) - 1
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 1
Mannheim Steamroller - The Music of the Spheres (2013) - 1
Royal Blood - Typhoons (2021) - 1
Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops (2006) - 1
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986) - 1

Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Dr. W
MichaelEU
KING
Rick Vendl II
Greg F
Tom H.
Raichu
Johnny
J.W.
Carol Sue
BSLO
dmg
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Lax39
Ray
Nick B.
Dave

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (1972)
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships (1983)
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007)
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021)
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 11 albums in order of preference.

The album that gets the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Art Pop", Artist Vote (Neil Young) or Year Vote (2009).

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/8/2022 @ 21:25pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Art Pop) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Artist Vote (Neil Young) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (2009) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/8/2022 @ 21:26pm

Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982) would qualify for the Art Pop genre vote if it loses the tiebreaker.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/8/2022 @ 21:56pm

Tiebreaker Vote:

Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007) - 11
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 10
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 9
Devo - Oh No!, It's Devo (1982) - 8
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993) - 7
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - 6
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 5
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021) - 4
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) - 3
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 2
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 02/8/2022 @ 22:20pm

KING Feb 2022 Monster Album Tiebreaker (11)
Jackson Browne-For Everyman (1973)- 11 PTS
Jane's Addiction-Strays (2003)-10
Pat Benatar-Precious Time (1981)-9
Devo-Oh No! It's Devo (1982)-8
Sade-Soldier Of Love (2010)-7
Brandi Carlile-The Story (2007)-6
Porcupine Tree-Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)-5
Lil Nas X-Montero (2021)-4
King Crimson-The Power To Believe (2003)-3
Phil Collins-Both Sides (1993)-2
Bob Dylan-Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) -1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 02/9/2022 @ 03:49am

Monster Tiebreaker Vote!

11 points: King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)
10 points: Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
9 points: Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
8 points: Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)
7 points: Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
6 points: Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
5 points: Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)
4 points: Lil Nas X - Montero (2021)
3 points: Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007)
2 points: Devo - Oh No! It's Devo (1982)
1 point: Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 02/9/2022 @ 14:33pm

Before I give the tiebreaker vote, here are my Art Pop album nominees.

Devo - Shout (1984)
Sparks - The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman (2009)
Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter (1984)

My Artist vote nomination is:

Neil Young - Prairie Wind (2005)

And now my tiebreaker votes:

Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993) - 10
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 9
Devo - Oh No! It's Devo (1982) - 8
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 7
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003) - 6
Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020) - 5
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 4
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 3
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) - 2
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021) - 1

Hope this helps,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Wednesday, 02/9/2022 @ 21:01pm

Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007) - 11
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 10
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - 9
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 8
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982) - 7
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 6
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021) - 5
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993) - 4
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) - 3
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 2
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 02/10/2022 @ 12:24pm

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) - 11
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 10
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003) - 9
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982) - 8
Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007) - 7
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - 6
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 5
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 4
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 3
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021) - 2
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993) - 1

Genre noms:

David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive (1987)
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis (1998)
Arthur Russell - Another Thought (1994)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 02/10/2022 @ 14:17pm

Florence + The Machine - High as Hope (2018)
Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak (1984)
Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood (1980)

Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 11
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993) - 10
Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007) - 9
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 8
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - 7
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982) - 6
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 5
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 4
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003) - 3
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021) - 2
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) - 1

Posted by Dave on Thursday, 02/10/2022 @ 15:09pm

Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 11
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 10
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021) - 9
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) - 8
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 7
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 6
Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007) - 5
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982) - 4
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993) - 3
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - 2
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/10/2022 @ 20:23pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973) - 76
__________________

Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 55
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 53
Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007) - 52
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982) - 52
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 46
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993) - 44
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) - 43
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - 38
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003) - 36
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021) - 32

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

The Devo album will be nominated for this month's genre vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (1972)
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships (1983)
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/10/2022 @ 23:22pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominated albums:

Arthur Russell - Another Thought (1994)
Beck - The Information (2006)
Björk - Utopia (2017)
Björk - Medulla (2004)
David Byrne - Grown Backwards (2004)
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive (1987)
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982)
Devo - Shout (1984)
Duran Duran - Pop Trash (2000)
FKA Twigs - Magdalene (2019)
Florence + The Machine - High as Hope (2018)
Goyte - Making Mirrors (2011)
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Kate Bush - Aerial (2005)
Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon (2015)
Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak (1984)
Lorde - Solar Power (2021)
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis (1998)
Owen Pallett - Heartland (2010)
Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood (1980)
Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter (1984)
Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969)
Sparks - Indiscreet (1975)
Sparks - The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman (2009)
Split Enz - Time and Tide (1982)
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992)
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 11th.

The poll will end at 8 PM Central on the 15th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Dr. W
GothGuy2021
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John RC
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Skylanderlord3
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/10/2022 @ 23:25pm

Everyone I'm currently running a album snub list project on the rankings page. If you have any albums you'd like to submit for the snub list come on over.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02/11/2022 @ 09:34am

Here is the link for the Genre Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RN4d0CKZCuqU2n2tztAg4MUYGHosJU-ae8VWVuZDXRc/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 15th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02/12/2022 @ 00:48am

Artist Nomination

Neil Young- On the Beach (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/14/2022 @ 15:44pm

Artist Nomination

Neil Young- On the Beach (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/14/2022 @ 15:47pm

Tom I already nominated Neil Young - On the Beach (1974). You have another nomination if you want it.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02/14/2022 @ 20:25pm

Artist Nomination
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Sleeps with Angels (1994)

Posted by Nick B. on Monday, 02/14/2022 @ 22:44pm

new Artist nomination:

Neil Young- Barn (2021)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 02/15/2022 @ 13:22pm

Folks, I'd like to make a last second change to one of my nominations for the upcoming 2009 Album Vote.

Please take OUT:
Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk (2009)

Please put IN:
Joe Bonamassa - The Ballad of John Henry (2009)

I know I'm cutting it pretty darn close, but I wanna do it before it's too late.

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 02/15/2022 @ 19:42pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Beck - The Information (2006) 6
Björk - Medulla (2004) 6
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982) 6
Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood (1980) 6
Sparks - Indiscreet (1975) 6
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011) 6
____________________________

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) 5
Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969) 5
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992) 5
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002) 5
____________________________

Florence + The Machine - High as Hope (2018) 4
Grimes - Art Angels (2015) 4
Kate Bush - Aerial (2005) 4
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) 4

Devo - Shout (1984) 3
FKA Twigs - Magdalene (2019) 3
Goyte - Making Mirrors (2011) 3
Split Enz - Time and Tide (1982) 3

Björk - Utopia (2017) 2
Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon (2015) 2
Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak (1984) 2
Lorde - Solar Power (2021) 2
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis (1998) 2
Sparks - The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman (2009) 2
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (2019) 2

Arthur Russell - Another Thought (1994) 1
David Byrne - Grown Backwards (2004) 1
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive (1987) 1
Duran Duran - Pop Trash (2000) 1
Owen Pallett - Heartland (2010) 1
Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter (1984) 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Nick B.
MichaelEU
Greg F
Johnny
BSLO
J.W.
KING
jtrichey
Lax39
Tom H.
dmg
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Beck - The Information (2006)
Björk - Medulla (2004)
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982)
Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood (1980)
Sparks - Indiscreet (1975)
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969)
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992)
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/15/2022 @ 21:56pm

Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002) - 4
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 3
Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969) - 2
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/15/2022 @ 21:57pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Neil Young) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (2009) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/15/2022 @ 21:59pm

KING FEB 2022 Album Tiebreaker Vote (4).
Suzanne Vega-99.9 F° (1992)-4 PTS
Tori Amos-Scarlet's Walk (1985)-3
Scott Walker-Scott 3 (1969)-2
Grace Jones-Slave To The Rhythm (1985)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 02/15/2022 @ 22:16pm

Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969) - 4
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 3
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002) - 2
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992) - 1

Year Nominations
Carrie Underwood - Play On (2009)
Drake - So Far Gone (2009)
Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted (2009)

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 02/16/2022 @ 01:14am

Genre Tiebreaker Vote:

Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992) - 4
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002) - 3
Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969) - 2
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 02/16/2022 @ 02:59am

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)-4
Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969)-3
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)-2
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 02/16/2022 @ 07:34am

Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002) 4
Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969) 3
Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm (1985) 2
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F⁰ (1992) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02/16/2022 @ 08:25am

Art Pop Album Tiebreaker Vote:

4 points: Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
3 points: Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992)
2 points: Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)
1 point: Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 02/16/2022 @ 15:42pm

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 4
Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969) - 3
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002) - 2
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992) - 1

Year nominations:
Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009)
The xx - xx (2009)
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life (2009)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 02/17/2022 @ 11:43am

Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969) - 4
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992) - 3
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002) - 2
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 1

Year nom:

Be'lakor - Stone's Reach (2009)
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition (2009)
Thy Cataflaque - Róka Hasa Rádió (2009)

Artist nom:

Neil Young - Mirror Ball (1995)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 02/17/2022 @ 19:18pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969) - 24
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002) - 24
__________________

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 23
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992) - 19

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Genre vote:

Beck - The Information (2006)
Björk - Medulla (2004)
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982)
Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood (1980)
Scott Walker - Scott 3 (1969)
Sparks - Indiscreet (1975)
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/17/2022 @ 23:53pm

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Ace Frehley - Anomaly (2009)
Alicia Keys - The Element of Freedom (2009)
Be'lakor - Stone's Reach (2009)
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (2009)
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life (2009)
Bon Jovi - The Circle (2009)
Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009)
Carrie Underwood - Play On (2009)
Chris Cornell - Scream (2009)
Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King (2009)
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm (2009)
Doves - Kingdom of Rust (2009)
Drake - So Far Gone (2009)
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009)
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Joe Bonamassa - The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted (2009)
Kiss - Sonic Boom (2009)
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)
Mary J. Blige - Stronger with Each Tear (2009)
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009)
Megadeth - Endgame (2009)
MF Doom - Born Like This (2009)
Michael Giacchino - Up: OST (2009)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
Phish - Joy (2009)
Rihanna - Rated R (2009)
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition (2009)
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)
The xx - xx (2009)
Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now (2009)
Thy Cataflaque - Róka Hasa Rádió (2009)
U2 - No Line on the Horizon (2009)
Weezer - Raditude (2009)
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (2009)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02/17/2022 @ 23:59pm

Nominations are now closed for the Artist Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Neil Young - Barn (2021)
Neil Young - Comes a Time (1978)
Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992)
Neil Young - Mirror Ball (1995)
Neil Young - On the Beach (1974)
Neil Young - Prairie Wind (2005)
Neil Young - Silver & Gold (2000)
Neil Young - This Note's for You (1988)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Sleeps with Angels (1994)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma (1975)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/18/2022 @ 22:46pm

It looks like the artist list didn't get posted last night and only went through when I refreshed the page. I'll start this poll tomorrow and have it run through the 23rd, instead of the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/18/2022 @ 22:47pm

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GQUpn0_t052hUYKWUwQmGTA9tjt2G2RXTRFy9b-pKcI/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/18/2022 @ 22:54pm

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HtxR0JZ2ZHz2QOwIr1kgIs57OyAJqo_rAi-G4C-UaD0/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 23rd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/20/2022 @ 00:41am

Which of these two Jean-Michel Jarre albums would you like to see nominated for next months general vote Equinoxe (1978) or Zoolook (1984)?

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/22/2022 @ 08:35am

Greg F., to answer your question, here's the album I want to see you nominate for the March General Album Vote:

Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook (1984)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 02/22/2022 @ 09:46am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King (2009) - 6
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009) - 6

Rihanna - Rated R (2009) - 5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (2009) - 5
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Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009) - 4
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009) - 4
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 4
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009) - 4
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009) - 4
The xx - xx (2009) - 4
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009) - 4
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Alicia Keys - The Element of Freedom (2009) - 3
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (2009) - 3
Drake - So Far Gone (2009) - 3
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009) - 3
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009) - 3
Weezer - Raditude (2009) - 3

Bob Dylan - Together Through Life (2009) - 2
Bon Jovi - The Circle (2009) - 2
Chris Cornell - Scream (2009) - 2
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm (2009) - 2
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009) - 2
Mary J. Blige - Stronger with Each Tear (2009) - 2
U2 - No Line on the Horizon (2009) - 2

Ace Frehley - Anomaly (2009) - 1
Be'lakor - Stone's Reach (2009) - 1
Carrie Underwood - Play On (2009) - 1
Doves - Kingdom of Rust (2009) - 1
Joe Bonamassa - The Ballad of John Henry (2009) - 1
Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted (2009) - 1
Kiss - Sonic Boom (2009) - 1
Megadeth - Endgame (2009) - 1
MF Doom - Born Like This (2009) - 1
Michael Giacchino - Up: OST (2009) - 1
Phish - Joy (2009) - 1
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition (2009) - 1
Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now (2009) - 1
Thy Cataflaque - Róka Hasa Rádió (2009) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Johnny
Nick B.
J.W.
KING
Greg F
MichaelEU
Tom H.
BSLO
Lax39
jtrichey
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King (2009)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
Rihanna - Rated R (2009)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (2009)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009)
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)
The xx - xx (2009)
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 7 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/22/2022 @ 23:18pm

Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009) - 7
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009) - 6
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 5
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009) - 4
The xx - xx (2009) - 3
Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009) - 2
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02/22/2022 @ 23:21pm

Album Year Tiebreaker Vote:

Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009) - 7
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 6
The Flaming Lips Embryonic (2009) - 5 Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009) - 4
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009) -3
The xx - xx (2009) - 2
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 02/22/2022 @ 23:25pm

Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009) - 7
Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009) - 6
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 5
The xx - xx (2009) - 4
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009) - 3
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009) - 2
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Tuesday, 02/22/2022 @ 23:33pm

Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009) 7
Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009) 6
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009) 5
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009) 4
The xx - xx (2009) 3
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009) 2
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02/22/2022 @ 23:38pm

Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009) - 7
The xx - xx (2009) - 6
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 5
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009) - 4
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009) - 3
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009) - 2
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 02/23/2022 @ 10:59am

KING FEB 2022 Tiebreaker Album Year Tiebreaker Vote.
Jay-Z-The Blueprint 3 (2009)-7 PTS
The Flaming Lips-Embryonic (2009)-6
Brandi Carlile-Give Up The Ghost (2009)-5
Lily Allen-It's Not Me, It's You (2009)-4
Wolfmother-Cosmic Egg (2009)-3
The xx-xx (2009)-2
Franz Ferdinand-Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 02/23/2022 @ 16:41pm

2009 Album Tiebreaker Vote:

7 points: Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009)
6 points: Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
5 points: Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)
4 points: Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)
3 points: The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)
2 points: Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009)
1 point: The xx - The xx (2009)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 02/23/2022 @ 18:08pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992) - 12
Neil Young - Comes a Time (1978) - 10
Neil Young - On the Beach (1974) - 10
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma (1975) - 9

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990) - 6

Neil Young - Mirror Ball (1995) - 5
Neil Young - This Note's for You (1988) - 5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Sleeps with Angels (1994) - 5

Neil Young - Prairie Wind (2005) - 4

Neil Young - Barn (2021) - 3

Neil Young - Silver & Gold (2000) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Nick B.
KING
MichaelEU
Tom H.
Johnny
Greg F
BSLO
J.W.
Lax39
jtrichey
Ray
Doo-Wop Phil

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Neil Young - Comes a Time (1978)
Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992)
Neil Young - On the Beach (1974)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02/23/2022 @ 21:54pm

1. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)
2. The xx - xx (2009)
3. Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009)
4. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
5. Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009)
6. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)
7. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 02/23/2022 @ 22:10pm

Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009)-7
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)-6
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)-5
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)-4
The xx - xx (2009)-3
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)-2
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 02/24/2022 @ 06:36am

The xx - xx (2009) - 7
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009) - 6
Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009) - 5
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009) - 4
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009) - 3
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009) - 2
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 1

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 02/24/2022 @ 09:50am

Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) - 7
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009) - 6
The xx - xx (2009) - 5
Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009) - 4
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009) - 3
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009) - 2
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 02/24/2022 @ 17:36pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009) 56
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) 52
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009) 49
The xx - xx (2009) 42
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Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009) 40
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009) 37
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009) 32

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Year vote:

Brandi Carlile - Give Up the Ghost (2009)
Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King (2009)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009)
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (2009)
Pearl Jam - Backspacer (2009)
Rihanna - Rated R (2009)
The xx - xx (2009)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (2009)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 02/25/2022 @ 00:06am

Looks like I forgot to post this:

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992) - 12
Neil Young - Comes a Time (1978) - 10
Neil Young - On the Beach (1974) - 10
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma (1975) - 9

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990) - 6

Neil Young - Mirror Ball (1995) - 5
Neil Young - This Note's for You (1988) - 5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Sleeps with Angels (1994) - 5

Neil Young - Prairie Wind (2005) - 4

Neil Young - Barn (2021) - 3

Neil Young - Silver & Gold (2000) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Nick B.
KING
MichaelEU
Tom H.
Johnny
Greg F
BSLO
J.W.
Lax39
jtrichey
Ray
Doo-Wop Phil

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Neil Young - Comes a Time (1978)
Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992)
Neil Young - On the Beach (1974)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/27/2022 @ 18:01pm

Rule Changes In 2022:

Tiebreaker votes will now be two days in length, rather than three. The schedule will be adjusted accordingly, as noted in the intro.

All polls will now end at 8 PM Central.

Voters will be allowed to nominate twice as many songs or albums in their birthday month. This will apply to the Song / Album Project, as well as the Genre, Year and Artist votes and the Genre and Artist selection processes.

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song lost in a tiebreaker. joker will post a list of eligible voters and songs / albums at the end of each quarter.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
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Birthdays this month:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate double the normal number of nominees in each category in the Song And Album project, including for genre and artist selection:

None
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2021. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007)
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021)
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992)
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

1990's Hip-Hop/Rap
Sophisti-pop
Progressive Metal
Progressive Soul
Jazz
Japanese Music
1980's R&B
Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart
1960's Garage Rock
Symphonic Metal
Art Pop

"Doom Metal" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Simple Minds
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
The Tragically Hip
Thelonious Monk
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Alubm Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1980.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1980. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1980.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1980 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

AC/DC - Back In Black
Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
Air Supply - Lost in Love
Barbra Streisand - Guilty
Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
Billy Joel - Glass Houses
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Blondie - Autoamerican
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising
Bruce Springsteen - The River
Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America
Chic - Real People
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Devo - Freedom Of Choice
Diana Ross - Diana
Dire Straits - Making Movies
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
Donna Summer - The Wanderer
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!!
Emmylou Harris - Roses in the Snow
English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette
Hall & Oates - Voices
Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Joan Jett - Joan Jett (Bad Reputation)
John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy
John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: OST
Joy Division - Closer
Judas Priest - British Steel
Kate Bush - Never For Ever
Killing Joke - Killing Joke
Kool & The Gang - Celebrate!
Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance
Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer
Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion
Peter Gabriel - Gabriel (III) (Melt)
Prince - Dirty Mind
Queen - The Game
REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
Robert Palmer - Clues
Rush - Permanent Waves
Simple Minds - Empires and Dance
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kaleidoscope
Squeeze - Argybargy
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
Suicide - Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time
Teddy Pendergrass - TP
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card
The B-52's - Wild Planet
The Buggles - The Age of Plastic
The Circle Jerks - Group Sex
The Clash - Sandinista!
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
The Jam - Sound Affects
The Pointer Sisters - Special Things
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
The Pretenders - Pretenders
The Romantics - The Romantics
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
The Specials - More Specials
U2 - Boy
X - Los Angeles

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1980, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02/27/2022 @ 19:04pm

KING MARCH 2022 General Album Nominations (3).
Bryan Adams-Bryan Adams (1980)
KISS-Unmasked (1980)
Sammy Hagar-Danger Zone (1980)

ARTIST: Kool & The Gang
GENRE: 1990's Alternative

KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 02/27/2022 @ 19:26pm

KING MARCH 2022 General Album Nominations (3)
Duran Duran-Pop Trash (2000)
Gene Loves Jezebel-The House Of Dolls (1987)
Handsome-Handsome (1997)

1980 Year Vote (3)
Bryan Adams-Bryan Adams (1980)
KISS- Unmasked (1980)
Sammy Hagar-Danger Zone (1980)

ARTIST: Kool & The Gang
GENRE: 1990's Alternative

Disregard my earlier post. My mistake should have put 1980 Year Vote.
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 02/27/2022 @ 19:36pm

General Vote

Beck - Mutations (1998)
George Jones - The Grand Tour (1974)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook (1984)

Artist: Tim Buckley

Genre: Albums featured in the Robert Dimery book 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions)

Here's a link to a complete list I found on rate your music.

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/kavikovi/1001-albums-you-must-hear-before-you-die-all-editions-combined/

Year:

ABBA - Super Trouper (1980)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980)
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02/27/2022 @ 20:06pm

Here now are my March Album Project Nominations:

1: Al Di Meola - Land of the Midnight Sun (1976)
2: Phish - Billy Breathes (1996)
3: Rush - Snakes & Arrows (2007)

I'll try to have my 1980 Album Nominations as soon as possible.

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 02/27/2022 @ 20:12pm

And now for my 1980 Album Nominations:

Van Halen - Women and Children First (1980)
Steely Dan - Gaucho (1980)
Journey - Departure (1980)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 02/27/2022 @ 20:25pm

And now, my Genre & Artist Nominations:

Genre: Industrial Metal

Artist: Opeth

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 02/27/2022 @ 20:38pm

Year Nominations
George Jones- I Am What I Am (1980)
Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow (1980)
The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs (1980)

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 02/27/2022 @ 23:44pm

General Vote Nominations:

Billy Joel - Streetlife Serenade (1974)
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (1976)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)

Artist Vote Nomination: Los Lobos

Genre Vote Nomination: New wave of British heavy metal, 1975-1985

1980 Year Vote Nominations:

Genesis - Duke (1980)
Ry Cooder - Borderline (1980)
Scorpions - Animal Magnetism (1980)

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 02/28/2022 @ 09:15am

General noms:
Jack Stauber- Pop Food (2017)
The Jam- Setting Sons (1979)
Slade- In Flame (1975)

Artist Nom: Ween

Year Votes:
Bob Dylan- Saved (1980)
Genesis- Duke (1980)
Bob Seger- Against The Wind (1980)

Also I'll be making Youtube playlists for this and the Song project once the nominees are announced so that way people who haven't heard some of the stuff on the nominee lists can listen to them.

Posted by Raichu on Monday, 02/28/2022 @ 09:22am

Forgot to post my genre nomination:
Mashup albums. Does this count? Mashup albums do exist but idk whether it counts as a genre or not.

Posted by Raichu on Monday, 02/28/2022 @ 09:27am

Raichu,

Just a heads up, I nominated Genesis - Duke (1980) for the Year Vote. You have one more album to nominate.

One Year Vote nomination should read as: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against the Wind (1980).

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 02/28/2022 @ 09:31am

J.W,
Thank you for telling me this,
gonna change it to XTC- Black Sea (1980)

Posted by Raichu on Monday, 02/28/2022 @ 09:39am

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Huey Lewis and the News - Fore! (1986)
Mike and the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985)

Posted by Carol Sue on Monday, 02/28/2022 @ 12:42pm

Dream Theater- A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Jerry Garcia- Garcia (1972)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)

Artist Vote:
Miles Davis

Genre
Progressive Rock

Year Nominations

Herbie Hancock- Mr. Hands (1980)
Jethro Tull- A (1980)
Yes- Drama (1980)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 02/28/2022 @ 18:46pm

Here's a list of album suggestions for the 1980 Year Vote that haven't been nominated yet:

999 - The Biggest Prize in Sport (1980)
Aretha Franklin - Aretha (1980)
Billy Squier - The Tale of the Tape (1980)
Blue Öyster Cult - Cultösaurus Erectus (1980)
Boz Scaggs - Middle Man (1980)
Cheap Trick - All Shook Up (1980)
Def Leppard - On Through the Night (1980)
Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980)
Pete Townshend - Empty Glass (1980)
Sparks - Terminal Jive (1980)
The Blasters - American Music (1980)
The Damned - The Black Album (1980)

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 03/1/2022 @ 17:48pm

Other 1980 albums I would suggest.

Spyro Gyra - Carnival (1980)
Teena Marie - Irons in the Fire (1980)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/1/2022 @ 19:18pm

2 more albums I suggest that qualifies for the 1980 Year Vote:

Warren Zevon - Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School  (1980)

Warren Zevon - Stand in the Fire (1980)

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 03/1/2022 @ 22:58pm

R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy (2018)

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Pete Townshend - Empty Glass (1980)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)

21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop

Al Green

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 03/2/2022 @ 01:24am

General:
The Buzzcocks - A Different Kind of Tension (1979)
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown (1974)
Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 03/2/2022 @ 11:56am

My nominations for March 2022 induction into The Album Project...

The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre (1990)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 03/2/2022 @ 13:14pm

Here are my nominations for the Album Project elections this month. In the general vote, my nominees are:

Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973)
The Carpenters - Passages (1977)
The Kinks - Think Visual (1986)

My 1980 nominations are:

Sparks - Terminal Jive (1980)
Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980)
Aretha Franklin - Aretha (1980)

My genre vote nomination is:

Folk

And my Artist vote nomination is:

Carly Simon

Looking forward to voting,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Wednesday, 03/2/2022 @ 18:24pm

Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)
Fleet Foxes - Shore (2020)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/2/2022 @ 23:25pm

Year nominations:
Waylon Jennings - Music Man (1980)
Outlaws - Ghost Riders (1980)
Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine (1980)

Genre:
Americana

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 03/3/2022 @ 12:16pm

General noms:

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)

Genre nom:

Black Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 03/3/2022 @ 13:38pm

RAY
Thanks for selecting Testament The New Order. I know it's been close and hopefully it's inducted this time around. I vividly remembering listening to this on CD with my sister. It's 1 of our FAV albums. Testament has to be 1 of the most underrated bands in my lifetime.
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 03/3/2022 @ 15:58pm

General -
General Public - All the Rage (1984)
Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019)
Merle Haggard - Big City (1981)

Genre -
Albums Released in the Last Ten Years (2011-2021)

Artist -
Merle Haggard

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 03/3/2022 @ 19:31pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominees:

Al Di Meola - Land of the Midnight Sun (1976)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Beck - Mutations (1998)
Billy Joel - Streetlife Serenade (1974)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007)
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020)
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy (2018)
Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Duran Duran - Pop Trash (2000)
Fleet Foxes - Shore (2020)
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)
Gene Loves Jezebel - The House Of Dolls (1987)
General Public - All the Rage (1984)
George Jones - The Grand Tour (1974)
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown (1974)
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
Handsome - Handsome (1997)
Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019)
Huey Lewis and the News - Fore! (1986)
Jack Stauber - Pop Food (2017)
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook (1984)
Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre (1990)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Merle Haggard - Big City (1981)
Mike and the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985)
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973)
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984)
Rush - Snakes & Arrows (2007)
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)
Slade - In Flame (1975)
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (1976)
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Buzzcocks - A Different Kind of Tension (1979)
The Carpenters - Passages (1977)
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968)
The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)
The Kinks - Think Visual (1986)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Dr. W
GothGuy2021
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John RC
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Skylanderlord3
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/3/2022 @ 22:00pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1990's Alternative
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Albums Released in the Last Ten Years (2011-2021)
Americana
Black Metal
Folk
Industrial Metal
Mashup Albums
New Wave of British Heavy Metal, 1975-1985
Progressive Rock
________________________________________

There were 10 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 1.

This month's selected genre is "1990s Alternative".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/3/2022 @ 22:01pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Buckley, Tim
Davis, Miles
Green, Al
Haggard, Merle
Kool & The Gang
Los Lobos
Opeth
Simon, Carly
Swans

There were 9 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 1.

This month's selected artist is Tim Buckley.
__________________________________

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Tim Buckley.

Here's the list of Tim Buckley albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

NONE

Any voter can nominate one album by Tim Buckley released from 1900-2021 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Tim Buckley discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Buckley#Studio_albums

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03/3/2022 @ 22:06pm

Genre vote:

Chumbawamba - Tubthumper (1997)
Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow (1997)
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)

Artist vote:

Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello (1967)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03/3/2022 @ 22:10pm

KING MARCH 2022 Selected Artist Tim Buckley (1)
Tim Buckley-Blue Afternoon (1969)
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 03/3/2022 @ 23:06pm

KING MARCH 2022 1990's Alternative Albums (3)
Concrete Blonde-Bloodletting (1990)
The Lemonheads-Car Button Cloth (1996)
Eve 6-Eve 6 (1998)
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 03/3/2022 @ 23:19pm

Artist Vote Nomination:

Tim Buckley - Greetings from L.A. (1972)

Genre Vote Nominations:

Veruca Salt - American Thighs (1994)
Everclear - Sparkle and Fade (1995)
Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999)

Posted by J.W. on Friday, 03/4/2022 @ 00:47am

This probably won't change the outcome but my genre nomination was missing from the genre list which was Albums featured in the Robert Dimery book 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions).

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/4/2022 @ 10:48am

My 1990s Alternative Album Nominations:

Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996)
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)

Now in the interest of honesty…I'm not 100% sure if these albums fall perfectly into the category of Alternative Rock.

First of all, I'm nominating these albums purely by name recognition. Second of all, many of the '90s Alternative albums I wanted to pick are probably being chosen by someone else OR already on the Important Albums List. Still, I hope my choices are acceptable. Thank you.

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 03/4/2022 @ 15:22pm

My Tim Buckley Album Nomination:

Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 03/4/2022 @ 15:57pm

genre noms:

Live - Mental Jewelry (1991)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 03/4/2022 @ 21:44pm

Genre Vote

Fugazi- In on the Kill Taker (1993)
Pavement- Wowee Zowee (1995)
The Jesus and Mary Chain- Honey's Dead (1992)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/4/2022 @ 22:02pm

Artist Vote

Tim Buckley- Happy Sad (1969)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 03/4/2022 @ 22:10pm

Genre:

Screaming Trees - Dust (1996)
Creed - Human Clay (1999)
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy (1992)

Artist

Tim Buckley - Tim Buckley (1966)

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 03/4/2022 @ 23:53pm

Genre nominations:
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk (1996)
The Cure - Wish (1992)

Artist nomination:
Tim Buckley - Lorca (1970)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 03/5/2022 @ 00:47am

The link to the poll isn't up yet. Is it going up anytime soon?

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/5/2022 @ 21:07pm

^ Wondering about this as well.

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 03/6/2022 @ 11:02am

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XbW20BQi6ezpLa6YEO482U6_QnAA_1t-Brwjgsyspls/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 11th at 8 PM Central.
______________________________________________

My apologies for the late post, but I didn't post this poll on the 4th when it was supposed to go up.

This poll will end at 8 PM Central on the 11th.

Otherwise, the Album Project will stay on the usual schedule for the rest of the month.

If an Album Project tiebreaker loser would have been eligible for the Genre Project vote, they'll instead be automatically eligible for the April Album Project vote, as the Genre Project vote will begin prior to the resolution of the Album Project vote.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/7/2022 @ 12:24pm

Darren,

If the Carpenters album from 1977 is inducted, it's Passage, not Passages.

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 03/7/2022 @ 19:29pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (1990s Alternative) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Artist Vote (Tim Buckley) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1980) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/9/2022 @ 02:05am

Here are my nominations in the 1990s Alternative election ballot.

Alex Chilton - A Man Called Destruction (1995)
Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Rapture (1995)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Tim Buckley - Look at The Fool (1974)

Hope this helps,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Wednesday, 03/9/2022 @ 20:16pm

Lax39 Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998) is already inducted. You have another nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/9/2022 @ 20:43pm

KING: Cool! Yeah, hopefully this round will be the charm. My favorite thrash band after the Bay Area 4--actually, I might like them even more than Megadeth. Definitely underrated.

Genre noms:

Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On (1997)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 03/10/2022 @ 19:20pm

Genre Noms
Bush - Razorblade Suitcase (1996)
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)
Third Eye Blind - Blue (1999)

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 03/10/2022 @ 19:43pm

Greg F - Adding your nominee to the genre nominees list wouldn't have changed the results, as the selected number was 1 and that would have been before your genre alphabetically.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/11/2022 @ 01:40am

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominated albums:

Alex Chilton - A Man Called Destruction (1995)
Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk (1996)
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On (1997)
Bush - Razorblade Suitcase (1996)
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)
Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
Chumbawamba - Tubthumper (1997)
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (1990)
Creed - Human Clay (1999)
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)
Eve 6 - Eve 6 (1998)
Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow (1997)
Everclear - Sparkle and Fade (1995)
Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999)
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker (1993)
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy (1992)
Live - Mental Jewelry (1991)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Lush - Lovelife (1995)
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)
Pavement - Wowee Zowee (1995)
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996)
Screaming Trees - Dust (1996)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Rapture (1995)
The Cure - Wish (1992)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead (1992)
The Lemonheads - Car Button Cloth (1996)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
Third Eye Blind - Blue (1999)
Veruca Salt - American Thighs (1994)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 11th.

The poll will end at 8 PM Central on the 15th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Dr. W
GothGuy2021
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John RC
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Skylanderlord3
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/11/2022 @ 03:28am

Darren that's what I thought however I thought you might have done a re-draw with my nominee included. It's fine though I'll just nominate it again next month.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/11/2022 @ 09:25am

Greg F. - If I had seen your notification in time, I probably would have, but I didn't see it until last night.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/11/2022 @ 17:57pm

Here is the link for the Genre Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1T1OYfs3RwFiWH0_6qVZQXvRqJN9yTbFDROnFkg_fA24/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 15th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/11/2022 @ 20:00pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Huey Lewis and the News - Fore! (1986) - 7

Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007) - 6
Mike and the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985) - 6
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993) - 6
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (1976) - 6
________________________________

Beck - Mutations (1998) - 5
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 5
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 5
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973) - 5
________________________________

Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown (1974) - 4
Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019) - 4
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021) - 4
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 4
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 4
The Carpenters - Passage (1977) - 4
The Jam - Setting Sons (1979) - 4

Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy (2018) - 3
Cat Stevens - Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974) - 3
Merle Haggard - Big City (1981) - 3
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996) - 3
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 3
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) - 3
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 3
The Buzzcocks - A Different Kind of Tension (1979) - 3
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968) - 3

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 2
Billy Joel - Streetlife Serenade (1974) - 2
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - 2
George Jones - The Grand Tour (1974) - 2
Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre (1990) - 2
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 2
Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976) - 2
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021) - 2
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) - 2
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 2
The Kinks - Think Visual (1986) - 2

Al Di Meola - Land of the Midnight Sun (1976) - 1
Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You (2020) - 1
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982) - 1
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021) - 1
Duran Duran - Pop Trash (2000) - 1
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009) - 1
Gene Loves Jezebel - The House Of Dolls (1987) - 1
General Public - All the Rage (1984) - 1
Handsome - Handsome (1997) - 1
Jack Stauber - Pop Food (2017) - 1
Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook (1984) - 1
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003) - 1
Slade - In Flame (1975) - 1
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992) - 1
Travis - The Man Who (1999) - 1
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009) - 1

Fleet Foxes - Shore (2020) - 0
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021) - 0
Rush - Snakes & Arrows (2007) - 0
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Doo-Wop Phil
Nick B.
Carol Sue
Raichu
Lax39
Greg F
Tom H.
Dave
Rick Vendl II
BSLO
KING
Ray
MichaelEU
jtrichey
J.W.
Johnny
dmg
Darren

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007)
Huey Lewis and the News - Fore! (1986)
Mike and the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985)
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (1976)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Beck - Mutations (1998)
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's Artist Vote (Tim Buckley) or Year Vote (1980) (the genre vote this month has already begun).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 13th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/11/2022 @ 20:02pm

Beck - Mutations (1998) - 4
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 3
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973) - 2
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 1

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/11/2022 @ 20:02pm

Album Tiebreaker Vote:

4 points: Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
3 points: Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)
2 points: Beck - Mutations (1998)
1 point: Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 03/11/2022 @ 20:41pm

Beck - Mutations (1998) 4
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973) 3
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) 2
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/11/2022 @ 20:59pm

MARCH 2022 ALBUM TIEBREAKER VOTE (4)
Procol Harum-Grand Hotel (1973)-4 PTS
Beck-Mutations (1998)-3
Grace Jones-Slave To The Rhythm (1985)-2
Jane's Addiction-Strays (2003)-1 PT

Easy 1 for a change. It would be a great honor to see Grand Hotel inducted. Legendary Procol Harum singer Gary Brooker recently died. Procol Harum deserves more representation in the projects for their exquisite work. Gary Brooker & Procol Harum FAN.
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 03/11/2022 @ 23:23pm

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 4
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 3
Beck - Mutations (1998) - 2
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 03/11/2022 @ 23:27pm

Album Tiebreaker Vote:

Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 4
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973) - 3
Beck - Mutations (1998) - 2
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 03/12/2022 @ 04:45am

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 4
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 3
Beck - Mutations (1998) - 2
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 03/12/2022 @ 09:07am

Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 4
Beck - Mutations (1998) - 3
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 2
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973) - 1

Posted by Dave on Saturday, 03/12/2022 @ 15:37pm

Beck - Mutations (1998) - 4
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 3
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 2
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 03/12/2022 @ 16:31pm

My Tiebreaker Votes:

4 points: Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
3 points: Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973)
2 points: Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)
1 point: Beck - Mutations (1998)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Saturday, 03/12/2022 @ 23:08pm

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)-4
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973)-3
Beck - Mutations (1998)-2
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 03/13/2022 @ 16:51pm

Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973) - 4
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 3
Beck - Mutations (1998) - 2
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 1

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 03/13/2022 @ 18:59pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985) - 36
Beck - Mutations (1998) - 31
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973) - 27
__________________

Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 26

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Beck - Mutations (1998)
Brandi Carlile - The Story (2007)
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (1985)
Huey Lewis and the News - Fore! (1986)
Mike and the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985)
Phil Collins - Both Sides (1993)
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973)
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (1976)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 03/14/2022 @ 01:16am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Pavement - Wowee Zowee (1995) - 5

Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk (1996) - 4
Candlebox - Candlebox (1993) - 4
____________________________

Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998) - 3
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997) - 3
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker (1993) - 3
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995) - 3
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996) - 3
The Cure - Wish (1992) - 3
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead (1992) - 3
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 3
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 3
____________________________

Alex Chilton - A Man Called Destruction (1995) - 2
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On (1997) - 2
Bush - Razorblade Suitcase (1996) - 2
Creed - Human Clay (1999) - 2
Eve 6 - Eve 6 (1998) - 2
Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow (1997) - 2
Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999) - 2
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy (1992) - 2
Live - Mental Jewelry (1991) - 2
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994) - 2
Screaming Trees - Dust (1996) - 2
Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Rapture (1995) - 2
Veruca Salt - American Thighs (1994) - 2

Chumbawamba - Tubthumper (1997) - 1
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (1990) - 1
Everclear - Sparkle and Fade (1995) - 1
Lush - Lovelife (1995) - 1
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998) - 1
Third Eye Blind - Blue (1999) - 1

The Lemonheads - Car Button Cloth (1996) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
jtrichey
Johnny
KING
BSLO
Lax39
MichaelEU
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk (1996)
Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
Pavement - Wowee Zowee (1995)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker (1993)
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996)
The Cure - Wish (1992)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead (1992)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 9 albums in order of preference.

The 5 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other 4 albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/15/2022 @ 23:51pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Tim Buckley) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1980) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/15/2022 @ 23:53pm

Genre Tiebreaker Vote:

Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998) - 9
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead (1992) - 8
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker (1993) - 7
The Cure - Wish (1992) - 6
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996) - 5
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995) - 4
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 3
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 2
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 03/16/2022 @ 00:02am

KING MARCH 2022 ALBUM TIEBREAKER (9)
The Cure-Wish (1992)-9 PTS
The Toadies-Rubberneck (1994)-8
The Jesus And Mary Chain-Honey's Dead (1992)-7
Depeche Mode-Ultra (1997)-6
The Magnetic Fields-69 Love Songs (1999)-5
Phish-Billy Breathes (1996)-4
Fugazi-In On The Kill Taker (1993)-3
Guided By Voices-Alien Lanes (1995)-2
Cake-Prolonging The Magic (1998)- 1 PT

KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 03/16/2022 @ 00:22am

Phish - Billy Breathes (1996)-9
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)-8
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead (1992)-7
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker (1993)-6
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)-5
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)-4
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)-3
The Cure - Wish (1992)-2
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/16/2022 @ 06:59am

Monster Album Tiebreaker Time:

9 points: Phish - Billy Breathes (1996)
8 points: The Cure - Wish (1992)
7 points: Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)
6 points: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead (1992)
5 points: Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)
4 points: The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
3 points: Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker (1993)
2: Guided by Voices - Allen Lanes (1995)
1: The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 03/16/2022 @ 07:37am

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead (1992) 9
Fugazi - In on the Killer Taker (1993) 8
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) 7
Guided by Voices - Allen Lanes (1995) 6
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997) 5
The Cure - Wish (1992) 4
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996) 3
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998) 2
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) 1

It's just Toadies there's no The in their name.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/16/2022 @ 11:30am

1. The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)
2. Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)
3. Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)
4. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead (1992)
5. The Cure - Wish (1992)
6. Phish - Billy Breathes (1996)
7. Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker (1993)
8. Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
9. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 03/16/2022 @ 21:13pm

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 9
The Cure - Wish (1992) - 8
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead (1992) - 7
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995) - 6
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996) - 5
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker (1993) - 4
The Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 3
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998) - 2
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 03/17/2022 @ 11:54am

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 9
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead (1992) - 8
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker (1993) - 7
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995) - 6
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996) - 5
The Cure - Wish (1992) - 4
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997) - 3
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 2
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 03/17/2022 @ 18:41pm

Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995) - 9
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker (1993) - 8
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997) - 7
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 6
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 5
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead (1992) - 4
The Cure - Wish (1992) - 3
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996) - 2
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998) - 1

Particularly strong tiebreaker this time. Any which don't make the cut should be contenders for my ballot next month.

Year noms:

Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (1980)
Wipers - Is This Real? (1980)
Colin Newman - A-Z (1980)

Artist nom:

Tim Buckley - Dream Letter: Live in London 1968 (1990)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 03/17/2022 @ 19:56pm

J.W. - Your tiebreaker wasn't counted because you didn't vote in the genre poll this month, according to the poll results.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/18/2022 @ 01:15am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead (1992) - 54
The Cure - Wish (1992) - 43
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker (1993) - 42
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996) - 41
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994) - 41
__________________

Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997) - 40
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) - 38
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995) - 36
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998) - 25

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Genre Project vote:

Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk (1996)
Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker (1993)
Pavement - Wowee Zowee (1995)
Phish - Billy Breathes (1996)
The Cure - Wish (1992)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead (1992)
Toadies - Rubberneck (1994)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/18/2022 @ 01:29am

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

ABBA - Super Trouper (1980)
Aretha Franklin - Aretha (1980)
Bob Dylan - Saved (1980)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against the Wind (1980)
Bryan Adams - Bryan Adams (1980)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980)
Colin Newman - A-Z (1980)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (1980)
Genesis - Duke (1980)
George Jones - I Am What I Am (1980)
Herbie Hancock - Mr. Hands (1980)
Jethro Tull - A (1980)
Journey - Departure (1980)
KISS - Unmasked (1980)
Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow (1980)
Outlaws - Ghost Riders (1980)
Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980)
Pete Townshend - Empty Glass (1980)
Ry Cooder - Borderline (1980)
Sammy Hagar - Danger Zone (1980)
Scorpions - Animal Magnetism (1980)
Sparks - Terminal Jive (1980)
Steely Dan - Gaucho (1980)
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980)
The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs (1980)
Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine (1980)
Van Halen - Women and Children First (1980)
Waylon Jennings - Music Man (1980)
Wipers - Is This Real? (1980)
XTC - Black Sea (1980)
Yes - Drama (1980)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/18/2022 @ 01:35am

Nominations are now closed for the Artist Vote.

Here are the nominated songs:

Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969)
Tim Buckley - Dream Letter: Live in London 1968 (1990)
Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello (1967)
Tim Buckley - Greetings from L.A. (1972)
Tim Buckley - Happy Sad (1969)
Tim Buckley - Look at The Fool (1974)
Tim Buckley - Lorca (1970)
Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970)
Tim Buckley - Tim Buckley (1966)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/18/2022 @ 01:39am

Hopefully "The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)" gets a bit more consideration when it's up for the next general vote. I'm not an indie pop fan by any means, but this is an album that often gets mentioned in the same category as The Queen is Dead and Illinois when talking about the best albums of the genre.

It's been on the last 2 iterations of Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums list, and if we're speaking from a critical acclaim perspective, it's arguably the biggest snub we currently have from the 1990s in the Album Project.

From a personal taste perspective, this album isn't one I would listen to repeatedly, but I'll give credit where credit is due.

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 03/18/2022 @ 12:19pm

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14k2uLDhBkaNZKij__VcM0u-PYl2PDqPYU4UByW8bYNI/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/19/2022 @ 00:35am

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XC4NnjHUAjNE5EcZIZSAOKQSK4M9V4Y__XG8jVqIRnw/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03/19/2022 @ 00:36am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against the Wind (1980) - 7
ABBA - Super Trouper (1980) - 6
Genesis - Duke (1980) - 6
Steely Dan - Gaucho (1980) - 6
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980) - 6

Van Halen - Women and Children First (1980) - 5
XTC - Black Sea (1980) - 5
____________________________

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980) - 4
Journey - Departure (1980) - 4
Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980) - 4
____________________________

Aretha Franklin - Aretha (1980) - 3
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For Young Soul Rebels (1980) - 3
Herbie Hancock - Mr. Hands (1980) - 3
Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow (1980) - 3
Pete Townshend - Empty Glass (1980) - 3
Scorpions - Animal Magnetism (1980) - 3
The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs (1980) - 3
Zapp - Zapp (1980) - 3

Bryan Adams - Bryan Adams (1980) - 2
George Jones - I Am What I Am (1980) - 2
KISS - Unmasked (1980) - 2
Ry Cooder - Borderline (1980) - 2
Sammy Hagar - Danger Zone (1980) - 2
Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine (1980) - 2

Colin Newman - A-Z (1980) - 1
Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (1980) - 1
Jethro Tull - A (1980) - 1
Outlaws - Ghost Riders (1980) - 1
Waylon Jennings - Music Man (1980) - 1
Wipers - Is This Real? (1980) - 1
Yes - Drama (1980) - 1

Bob Dylan - Saved (1980) - 0
Sparks - Terminal Jive (1980) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
MichaelEU
J.W.
KING
BSLO
Greg F
Johnny
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Tom H.
Lax39
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

ABBA - Super Trouper (1980)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against the Wind (1980)
Genesis - Duke (1980)
Steely Dan - Gaucho (1980)
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980)
Van Halen - Women and Children First (1980)
XTC - Black Sea (1980)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980)
Journey - Departure (1980)
Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 7 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the March Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/23/2022 @ 01:40am

Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980) - 3
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980) - 2
Journey - Departure (1980) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/23/2022 @ 01:41am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Tim Buckley - Happy Sad (1969) - 10

Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello (1967) - 9
_____________________________

Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969) - 8
Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970) - 8

Tim Buckley - Greetings from L.A. (1972) - 6

Tim Buckley - Lorca (1970) - 5

Tim Buckley - Tim Buckley (1966) - 3

Tim Buckley - Look at The Fool (1974) - 2

Tim Buckley - Dream Letter: Live in London 1968 (1990) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

MichaelEU
J.W.
KING
BSLO
Greg F
Johnny
jtrichey
Tom H.
Lax39
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello (1967)
Tim Buckley - Happy Sad (1969)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969)
Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank both albums in order of preference.

The album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03/23/2022 @ 01:49am

KING MARCH 2022 The Year 1980 Album Mini Tiebreaker (3).
Journey-Departure (1980)-3 PTS
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band-Doc At The Radar Station (1980)-2
Paul Simon-One Trick Pony (1980)-1

KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 03/23/2022 @ 01:52am

KING MARCH 2022 Selected Artist Tim Buckley Album Tiebreaker (2)
Tim Buckley-Blue Afternoon (1969)-2 PTS
Tim Buckley-Starsailor (1970)-1 PT

KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 03/23/2022 @ 02:00am

Year Tiebreaker Vote:

Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980) - 3
Journey - Departure (1980) - 2
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980) - 1

Artist Tiebreaker Vote:

Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970) - 2
Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 03/23/2022 @ 02:44am

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980) 3
Paul Simon - One- Trick Pony (1980) 2
Journey - Departure (1980) 1

Tim Buckley - Starsailer (1970) 2
Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969) 1

Posted by Greg Fe on Wednesday, 03/23/2022 @ 05:46am

My 1980 Album Tiebreaker Votes:

3 points: Journey - Departure (1980)
2 points: Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980)
1 point: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 03/23/2022 @ 07:55am

My Tim Buckley Album Tiebreaker Votes:

2 points: Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970)
1 point: Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 03/23/2022 @ 09:04am

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980)- 3
Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980)- 2
Journey - Departure (1980)- 1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/23/2022 @ 16:13pm

1. Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980)
2. Journey - Departure (1980)
3. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980)

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 03/23/2022 @ 20:53pm

My 1980 Album Tiebreaker Votes:

3 points: Journey - Departure (1980)
2 points: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980)
1 point: Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Wednesday, 03/23/2022 @ 23:14pm

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980)
Journey - Departure (1980)
Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980)

Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970) - 2
Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 03/24/2022 @ 11:55am

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980) - 3
Paul Simon - One- Trick Pony (1980) - 2
Journey - Departure (1980) - 1

Tim Buckley - Starsailer (1970) - 2
Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969) - 1

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 03/24/2022 @ 18:06pm

Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970) - 2
Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969) - 1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 03/24/2022 @ 19:15pm

OK, good morning, folks. 2 questions for you today:

1: When are the Tiebreaker Vote Results gonna be posted?

2: Will anyone be eligible for an Album Project Participation Bonus? I know Joker can better answer that question, but I'm anxious to see the results.

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 03/25/2022 @ 10:00am

The tiebreaker results will up whenever Darren gets a chance to post them. Joker had said he is not doing the partipation bonus for album project since he doesn't follow it or partipate in it. Someone else cod moderate it if they the time to do it.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/25/2022 @ 10:40am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980) 21
___________________________

Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980) 20
Journey - Departure (1980) 19

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Year Project vote:

ABBA - Super Trouper (1980)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against the Wind (1980)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station (1980)
Genesis - Duke (1980)
Steely Dan - Gaucho (1980)
Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980)
Van Halen - Women and Children First (1980)
XTC - Black Sea (1980)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/25/2022 @ 12:43pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970) - 13
___________________________

Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969) - 8

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the April Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Artist Project vote:

Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello (1967)
Tim Buckley - Happy Sad (1969)
Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/25/2022 @ 12:44pm

I didn't agree to keep track of the participation bonus. If someone else wants to determine that and post the results, that would be fine.

I'm often busy and I don't get a chance to post the results exactly on schedule. I'll do my best to keep up, but if they're less than a day overdue, please be patient.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 03/25/2022 @ 12:51pm

I'll moderate the partipation bonus for the album project. I'll post the results tonight or sometime tomorrow.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/25/2022 @ 14:08pm

Participation Bonus

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre and Year vote for the previous 3 months will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that album lost in a tiebreaker.

Here is a list of everyone who participated in all 9 of the required votes:

Greg F
Johnny
jtrichey
KING
Lax39
Ray
Tom H.
MichaelEU

The following albums were tiebreaker losers that are eligible with the nominators name.

Testament - The New Order (1988) - Ray
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007) - J.W.
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) - Lax39
Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011) - Ray
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996) - BSLO
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - MichaelEU
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - Johnny
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - BSLO
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) - Ray
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020) - Darren
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003) - Johnny
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021) - Darren
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992) -KING
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009) jtrichey
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009) Lax39
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009) Greg F
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997) Johnny
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) MichaelEU
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995) Ray
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998) Nick B.
Journey - Departure (1980) Johnny
Paul Simon - One - Trick Pony (1980) Lax39

The following voters have been rewarded the partipation bonus.

Greg F for Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009)
Johnny
jtrichey for Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)
KING for Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992)
Lax39
MichaelEU
Ray

Johnny you have a choice between these four albums.

Journey - Departure (1980)
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)
King Crimson - The Power of Believe (2003)
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)

MichaelEU you have a choice between these two albums.

Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Ray you have a choice between these four albums.

Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
Dragonland - Under the Gray Banner (2011)
Testament - The New Order (1989)

Lax39 you have a choice between these three albums.

Paul Simon - One- Trick Pony (1980)
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)

Johnny, Lax39, MichaelEU and Ray choose which one album you want inducted so it can be added to the list.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03/25/2022 @ 21:32pm

Greg F., my Album Participation Bonus Choice goes to…

King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 03/25/2022 @ 22:50pm

GREG F.
Thanks for the participation bonus on the Suzanne Vega album. It's good to see some of these songs and albums find a way to be inducted. Just heard the news about Taylor Hawkins Foo Fighters. A real shocker. Thanks again!
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 03/26/2022 @ 00:13am

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Thank you.

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 03/26/2022 @ 01:04am

Here's the list so far.

Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)
King Crimson - The Power of Believe (2003)
Suzanne Vega - 99.9F° (1992)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009)

Still waiting on Lax39 and Ray to make their choices.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03/26/2022 @ 07:35am

Mmm, tough choice, but I think I'm going to go with Dragonland.

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 03/26/2022 @ 19:41pm

Here's the list so far.

Dragonland - Under the Gray Banner (2011)
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009)

Lax39 get back to me with your pick one of the three tiebreakers losers you nominated in the past three months.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 03/27/2022 @ 18:25pm

Sorry for the delay. I will be choosing:

Paul Simon - One Trick Pony (1980)

Hope this helps,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Monday, 03/28/2022 @ 19:40pm

Here's the complete list of albums inducted via the partipation bonus.

Dragonland - Under the Gray Banner (2011)
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)
Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980)
Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F° (1992)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (2009)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03/28/2022 @ 20:48pm

That should be Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner (2011).

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03/28/2022 @ 23:58pm

Rule Changes In 2022:

Tiebreaker votes will now be two days in length, rather than three. The schedule will be adjusted accordingly, as noted in the intro.

All polls will now end at 8 PM Central.

Voters will be allowed to nominate twice as many songs or albums in their birthday month. This will apply to the Song / Album Project, as well as the Genre, Year and Artist votes and the Genre and Artist selection processes.

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song / album lost in a tiebreaker. joker will post a list of eligible voters and songs / albums at the end of each quarter.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
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Birthdays this month:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate double the normal number of nominees in each category in the Song And Album project, including for genre and artist selection:

Doo-Wop Phil
Greg F
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2021. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)
Journey - Departure (1980)
Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony (1980)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Sophisti-pop
Progressive Metal
Progressive Soul
Jazz
Japanese Music
1980's R&B
Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart
1960's Garage Rock
Symphonic Metal
Art Pop
1990's Alternative

"1990's Hip-Hop/Rap" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Simple Minds
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
The Tragically Hip
Thelonious Monk
Tim Buckley
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Alubm Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1990.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1990. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1990.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1990 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
AC/DC - The Razors Edge
Alice In Chains - Facelift
Bad Religion - Against the Grain
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Death - Spiritual Healing
Depeche Mode - Violator
Fugazi - Repeater
Garth Brooks - No Fences
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted
INXS - X
Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jellyfish - Bellybutton
Judas Priest - Painkiller
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Mother Love Bone - Apple
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
Pixies - Bossanova
Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
Queensryche - Empire
Reba McEntire - Rumor Has It
Ride - Nowhere
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not What What I Haven't Got
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Social Distortion - Social Distortion
Sonic Youth - Goo
The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
The Flatlanders - More A Legend Than A Band
The KLF - Chill Out
The La's - The La's
They Might Be Giants - Flood
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1990, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03/29/2022 @ 09:50am

Year Nominations
Living Colour - Time's Up (1990)
MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)

Posted by Nick B. on Tuesday, 03/29/2022 @ 09:52am

General Vote

Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976)
k.d. lang - Ingénue (1992)
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy! (1975)

Genres: Albums featured in the book 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions)

Indietronica (2000-2021)

Artists: Dan Fogelberg
UFO

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/29/2022 @ 10:23am

General Vote:

Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse (1971)
The Black Crowes - Amorica (1994)
Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl (1995)

Year Vote Nominations:

Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler - Neck and Neck (1990)
Los Lobos - The Neighborhood (1990)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)

Artist Vote Nomination:

Duane Eddy

Genre Vote Nomination:

1970s Funk

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 03/29/2022 @ 11:14am

Year Vote

Anita Baker - Compositions (1990)
Digital Underground - Sex Packets (1990)
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990)
KMFDM - Naïve (1990)
Rosanne Cash - Interiors (1990)
The Shamen - En-Tact (1990)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/29/2022 @ 11:38am

General:
The Bangles - Everything (1988)
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (2010)
Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart (1994)

Year:
Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990)
Maxi Priest - Bonafide (1990)
Monie Love - Down to Earth (1990)

Genre:
Outlaw Country

Artist:
Townes Van Zandt

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 03/29/2022 @ 11:39am

KING APRIL 2022 General Album Nominations (3)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Nuno-Schizophonic (1997)
Third Eye Blind-Out Of The Vein (2003)
ARTIST: APRIL WINE
GENRE: 1980's Country Western
1990 Year Albums (3)
Cinderella-Heartbreak Station (1990)
Concrete Blonde-Bloodletting (1990)
Maggie's Dream-Maggie's Dream (1990)

KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 03/29/2022 @ 14:03pm

Darren, Paul Simon - One- Trick Pony (1980) and The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999) we're inducted through the partipation bonus.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03/29/2022 @ 14:59pm

My nominations for the April Album Project are as follows:

Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Rush - Snakes & Arrows (2007)
Whitechapel - The Valley (2019)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 03/29/2022 @ 15:51pm

Here are my Genre & Artist Nominations:

Genre: 21st Century Heavy Metal, 2000-2021

Artist: DragonForce

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 03/29/2022 @ 18:51pm

Carly Simon - Have You Seen Me Lately? (1990)
Eric B. & Rakim- Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (1990)
Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/29/2022 @ 21:43pm

Just for clarification the nominations I just posted are for the year vote.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 03/29/2022 @ 21:44pm

The Everly Brothers - It's Everly Time (1960)
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
Alabama Shakes - Sound and Color (2015)

Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990)
Queensryche - Empire (1990)
Primus - Frizzle Fry (1990)

Al Green

21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 03/29/2022 @ 23:11pm

BSLO,

Queensryche - Empire (1990) has been inducted into the Album Project. You have one more Album nomination left.

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 03/30/2022 @ 00:07am

General Noms:
Prince- The Gold Experience (1995)
Queen- Jazz (1976)
Quiet Riot- Alive and Well (1999)

Artist: Ice-T

Genre: 1990s Britpop

Year Vote:
Digital Underground- Sex Packets (1990)
Iggy Pop- Brick by Brick (1990)
The Replacements- All Shook Down (1990)

Posted by Raichu on Wednesday, 03/30/2022 @ 05:31am

Raichu I already nominated Digital Underground - Sex Packets (1990).

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 03/30/2022 @ 05:43am

Greg,
Ok. Change it to The Breeders- Pod then.

Posted by Raichu on Wednesday, 03/30/2022 @ 06:21am

Raichu,

Just a heads up, Queen - Jazz was released in 1978 not 1976. It should read as Queen - Jazz (1978).

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 03/30/2022 @ 07:07am

My 1990 Album Vote Nominations:

Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare (1990)
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom (1990)
Anthrax - Persistence of Time (1990)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 03/30/2022 @ 07:41am

Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Sarah Vaughan - Sassy Swings Again (1967)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 03/30/2022 @ 14:47pm

Dream Theater- A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Jerry Garcia- Garcia (1972)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)

Artist Vote:
Miles Davis

Genre
Progressive Rock

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 03/30/2022 @ 18:25pm

Oops. Replace my year nomination of Queensryche - Empire (1990) with:

Bell Biv Devoe - Poison (1990)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 03/31/2022 @ 03:12am

My nominations for April 2022 induction into The Album Project...

The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Year

ELO Part II - Electric Light Orchestra Part Two (1990)
Fleetwood Mac - Behind the Mask (1990)
Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre (1990)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 03/31/2022 @ 12:03pm

Year nomination:

World Party - Goodbye Jumbo (1990)

Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 03/31/2022 @ 23:02pm

April Albums 2022

General

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - The Lonely Bull (1962)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
The album was nominated for a 1982 Grammy Award in the category Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Posted by Carol Sue on Thursday, 03/31/2022 @ 23:40pm

Here are my April Album Project Nominations:

Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974)
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Jonny Lang - Lie to Me (1997)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Sunday, 04/3/2022 @ 00:05am

BSLO,

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (2015) was inducted into the Album Project. You have one more General Vote nomination left.

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 04/3/2022 @ 10:35am

Replace my General Vote nomination of Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl (1995) with: Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (2000)

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 04/3/2022 @ 10:39am

General noms:

Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On (1997)
Testament - The New Order (1988)

Genre nom:

Post-Rock / Post-Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 04/3/2022 @ 11:37am

General -
Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019)
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga - Love for Sale (2021)
Jon Batiste - We Are (2021)

Genre -
Albums Released in the Last Ten Years (2011-2021)

Artist -
Merle Haggard

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 04/3/2022 @ 12:19pm

I wouldn't mind seeing Albums released in the last 10 years (2011-2021) be selected by the random generator. Starting to see more recent albums and songs being nominated and some getting inducted here. Another strong month of nominations here in April. FRL Regulars bringing it again.
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 04/3/2022 @ 17:32pm

King I wouldn't mind seeing albums released in the last ten years being selected as well. I have quite a few albums in mind for it.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 04/3/2022 @ 19:41pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominees:

Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On (1997)
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002)
Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse (1971)
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart (1994)
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (2010)
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019)
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - The Lonely Bull (1962)
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976)
Jon Batiste - We Are (2021)
Jonny Lang - Lie to Me (1997)
Journey - Departure (1980)
k.d. lang - Ingénue (1992)
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Nuno - Schizophonic (1997)
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Prince - The Gold Experience (1995)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
Quiet Riot - Alive and Well (1999)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Rush - Snakes & Arrows (2007)
Sarah Vaughan - Sassy Swings Again (1967)
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (2000)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Bangles - Everything (1988)
The Black Crowes - Amorica (1994)
The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy! (1975)
The Everly Brothers - It's Everly Time (1960)
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968)
The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974)
Third Eye Blind - Out Of The Vein (2003)
Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969)
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga - Love for Sale (2021)
Whitechapel - The Valley (2019)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Dr. W
GothGuy2021
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John RC
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Skylanderlord3
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/4/2022 @ 01:06am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970s Funk
1980's Country Western
1990s Britpop
21st Century Heavy Metal, 2000-2021
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Albums featured in the book 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions)
Albums Released in the Last Ten Years (2011-2021)
Indietronica (2000-2021)
Outlaw Country
Post-Rock / Post-Metal
Progressive Rock
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There were 11 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 8.

This month's selected genre is "Indietronica (2000-2021)".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/4/2022 @ 01:08am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

April Wine
Davis, Miles
DragonForce
Eddy, Duane
Fogelberg, Dan
Green, Al
Haggard, Merle
Ice-T
Swans
UFO
Van Zandt, Townes

There were 11 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 2.

This month's selected artist is Miles Davis.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Miles Davis.

Here's the list of Miles Davis albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Birth of the Cool (compilation) (1957)
Bitches Brew (1970)
Blue Moods (1955)
Blue Period (1951)
In a Silent Way (1969)
Jack Johnson (1971)
Kind of Blue (1959)
Milestones (1958)
Sketches of Spain (1960)
Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)
Sorcerer (1967)

Any voter can nominate one album by Miles Davis released from 1900-2021 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Miles Davis discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis_discography

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/4/2022 @ 01:11am

KING April 2022 Miles Davis Selected Artist Album Nomination (1).
Miles Davis-My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis In Concert (1965)
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 04/4/2022 @ 07:23am

Genre nominations:

Caribou - Our Love (2014)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark (2008)
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005)
MGMT - Congratulations (2010)
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015)

Artist vote nominations

Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972)
Miles Davis - Miles in the Sky (1964)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04/4/2022 @ 08:02am

Artist Nomination -
Miles Davis - Miles Davis Quartet (1954)

Posted by Nick B. on Monday, 04/4/2022 @ 09:33am

Genre Vote Nominations:

Broadcast - Tender Buttons (2005)
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz (2012)
MGMT - MGMT (2013)

Artist Vote Nomination:

Miles Davis -Tutu (1986)

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 04/4/2022 @ 11:17am

My Indietronica Album Nominations:

Animal Collective - Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished (2000)
Broadcast - Berberian Sound Studio (2013)
Chvrches - Screen Violence (2021)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 04/4/2022 @ 11:47am

Artist:

Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958)

Genre:

The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018)
The xx - Coexist (2012)
Caribou - Andorra (2007)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 04/4/2022 @ 12:15pm

KING APRIL 2022 Indietronica 2000-2021 Album Nominations (3)
Ratatat-LP3 (2008)
Ratatat-LP4 (2010)
Yacht-See Mystery Lights (2009)

KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 04/4/2022 @ 13:19pm

Super excited that Miles Davis got picked as I've been nominating him for months. I know he's got a lot of albums in but with such a prolific output he definitely deserves a few more. Here's a few album suggestions in case anyone is still looking for a nomination:

Young Man with a Horn (1952)
Miles Ahead (1957)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Workin' (1959)
Steamin' (1961)
Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
E.S.P (1965)
Miles Smiles (1967)
Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968)
You're Under Arrest (1985)

I'll see what other albums get nominated before I make my selection.

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 04/4/2022 @ 13:32pm

My Miles Davis Album Nomination:

Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957)

Thank you very much for the help and inspiration, Tom H.!

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 04/4/2022 @ 14:16pm

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/167DWxWTGTVJpVySBWOseram-tLdvsxBrHGTz0xA-2bI/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 8th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/5/2022 @ 01:04am

Artist Nomination

Miles Davis- E.S.P (1965)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/5/2022 @ 05:43am

I want to change my genre vote nomination for MGMT - Congratulations (2010) to Fitz and The Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream (2013).

My updated nominations

Caribou - Our Love (2014)
Fitz and The Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream (2013)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark (2008)
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005)
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/5/2022 @ 10:09am

If it's alright with everyone else, I'd like to make a change with one of my Indietronica Album Nominations.

Please take OUT:
Broadcast - Berberian Sound Studio (2013)

Please put IN:
MGMT - Congratulations (2010)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 04/5/2022 @ 10:19am

can anyone give me some nomination recommendations for the genre vote?

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/5/2022 @ 10:47am

Here you go some suggestions.

Capital Cities - In A Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013)
Tycho - Dive (2011)
The Rapture - Pieces of the People We Love (2006)
Miike Snow - Miike Snow (2009)
Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream (2008)
Phantogram - Voices (2014)
The Notwist - Neon Golden (2002)
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz (2010)
Stereolab - Sound-Dust (2001)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/5/2022 @ 12:48pm

What's happening, Tom H.? If you're reading this, I've got some Indietronica Album recommendations for you to choose from. This is what I call my "Prime 9," in chronological order:

1: The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me (2008)
2: Passion Pit - Manners (2009)
3: Electric President - The Violent Blue (2010)
4: Broadcast - Berberian Sound Studio (2013)
5: MGMT - MGMT (2013)
6: Chvrches - Every Open Eye (2015)
7: Hot Chip - Why Make Sense? (2015)
8: Animal Collective - Painting With (2016)
9: The xx - I See You (2017)

Feel free to pick any of these Indietronica albums you want, Tom H. And by the way, thank you again for the Miles Davis album suggestions. You were a lifesaver. Have a good day, buddy!

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 04/5/2022 @ 12:51pm

Greg F and Johnny- thanks for the genre recommendations I'll nominate a few albums from groups that haven't been nominated yet:

Passion Pit - Manners (2009)
Stereolab - Sound-Dust (2001)
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me (2008)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 04/5/2022 @ 13:12pm

Just a heads up MGMT - MGMT (2013) is already nominated by JW. Hopefully our suggestions are helpful for you.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04/5/2022 @ 13:13pm

Here are my Miles Davis album nominations:

Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957)
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles (1967)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Tuesday, 04/5/2022 @ 22:18pm

A small correction regarding one of my nominees for the artist. I got the year wrong it.
Miles Davis - Miles in the Sky (1968).

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04/6/2022 @ 09:24am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Jon Batiste - We Are (2021) - 6
The Everly Brothers - It's Everly Time (1960) - 6
The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974) - 6

Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981) - 5
Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019) - 5
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003) - 5
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992) - 5
The Black Crowes - Amorica (1994) - 5
________________________________

Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998) - 4
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - The Lonely Bull (1962) - 4
Journey - Departure (1980) - 4
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997) - 4
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 4
Queen - Jazz (1978) - 4
The Bangles - Everything (1988) - 4

Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 3
Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart (1994) - 3
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995) - 3
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994) - 3
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000) - 3
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 3

Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963) - 2
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 2
Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse (1971) - 2
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997) - 2
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (2010) - 2
Jonny Lang - Lie to Me (1997) - 2
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011) - 2
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981) - 2
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021) - 2
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 2
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981) - 2
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 2
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968) - 2
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga - Love for Sale (2021) - 2
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 2

Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On (1997) - 1
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002) - 1
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021) - 1
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000) - 1
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 1
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976) - 1
k.d. lang - Ingénue (1992) - 1
Nuno - Schizophonic (1997) - 1
Prince - The Gold Experience (1995) - 1
Quiet Riot - Alive and Well (1999) - 1
Rush - Snakes & Arrows (2007) - 1
Sarah Vaughan - Sassy Swings Again (1967) - 1
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (2000) - 1
The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy! (1975) - 1
Third Eye Blind - Out Of The Vein (2003) - 1
Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969) - 1
Whitechapel - The Valley (2019) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
J.W.
John R.C.
Rick Vendl II
Carol Sue
Raichu
Tom H.
Greg F
Johnny
MichaelEU
KING
jtrichey
Nick B.
Doo-Wop Phil
Dave
BSLO
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age (1981)
Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019)
Jane's Addiction - Strays (2003)
Jon Batiste - We Are (2021)
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
The Black Crowes - Amorica (1994)
The Everly Brothers - It's Everly Time (1960)
The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/9/2022 @ 00:17am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Indietronica (2000-2021)) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Artist Vote (Miles Davis) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1990) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/9/2022 @ 00:18am

Genre noms:

múm - Finally We Are No One (2002)
Working for a Nuclear Free City - Businessmen & Ghosts (2007)
Low - Double Negative (2018)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 04/10/2022 @ 19:56pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominated albums:

Animal Collective - Centipede Hz (2012)
Animal Collective - Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished (2000)
Broadcast - Tender Buttons (2005)
Caribou - Andorra (2007)
Caribou - Our Love (2014)
Chvrches - Screen Violence (2021)
Fitz and The Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream (2013)
Frou Frou - Details (2002)
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark (2008)
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005)
Low - Double Negative (2018)
MGMT - Congratulations (2010)
MGMT - MGMT (2013)
múm - Finally We Are No One (2002)
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015)
Passion Pit - Manners (2009)
Ratatat - LP3 (2008)
Ratatat - LP4 (2010)
Stereolab - Sound-Dust (2001)
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018)
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me (2008)
The xx - Coexist (2012)
Working for a Nuclear Free City - Businessmen & Ghosts (2007)
Yacht - See Mystery Lights (2009)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 11th.

The poll will end at 8 PM Central on the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/11/2022 @ 01:31am

Here is the link for the Genre Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YoWRZGn--3HcFJjFJpMw4VDKmZR6YsDwnu8rqXkEE08/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 15th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/11/2022 @ 23:33pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Fitz and The Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream (2013) - 7
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark (2008) - 7

Animal Collective - Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished (2000) - 6
Stereolab - Sound-Dust (2001) - 6
The xx - Coexist (2012) - 6
____________________________

MGMT - Congratulations (2010) - 5
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015) - 5
Passion Pit - Manners (2009) - 5
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 5
____________________________

Animal Collective - Centipede Hz (2012) - 4
Chvrches - Screen Violence (2021) - 4
Frou Frou - Details (2002) - 4

Broadcast - Tender Buttons (2005) - 3
Caribou - Andorra (2007) - 3
Caribou - Our Love (2014) - 3
MGMT - MGMT (2013) - 3

Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005) - 2
Low - Double Negative (2018) - 2
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me (2008) - 2
Working for a Nuclear Free City - Businessmen & Ghosts (2007) - 2

múm - Finally We Are No One (2002) - 1
Ratatat - LP3 (2008) - 1
Ratatat - LP4 (2010) - 1
Yacht - See Mystery Lights (2009) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Ray
Dave
Nick B.
Johnny
Tom H.
KING
Darren
J.W.
MichaelEU
Greg F
jtrichey

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Animal Collective - Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished (2000)
Fitz and The Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream (2013)
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark (2008)
Stereolab - Sound-Dust (2001)
The xx - Coexist (2012)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

MGMT - Congratulations (2010)
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015)
Passion Pit - Manners (2009)
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/16/2022 @ 03:36am

Passion Pit - Manners (2009) - 4
MGMT - Congratulations (2010) - 3
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 2
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/16/2022 @ 03:37am

My Indietronica Album Tiebreaker Vote:

4 points: MGMT - Congratulations (2010)
3 points: Passion Pit - Manners (2009)
2 points: The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018)
1 point: Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 04/16/2022 @ 08:00am

Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015) - 4
MGMT - Congratulations (2010) - 3
Passion Pit - Manners (2009) - 2
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/16/2022 @ 08:25am

The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 4
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015) - 3
MGMT - Congratulations (2010) - 2
Passion Pit - Manners (2009) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 04/16/2022 @ 09:32am

Genre Tiebreaker Vote:

MGMT - Congratulations (2010) - 4
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 3
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015) - 2
Passion Pit - Manners (2009) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 04/16/2022 @ 11:10am

Passion Pit - Manners (2009)-4
MGMT - Congratulations (2010)-3
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015)-2
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 04/16/2022 @ 13:23pm

If anyone is still looking to nominate a Miles Davis album for the album vote here are some suggestions that are still available.

Young Man with a Horn (1952)
The Musings of Miles (1955)
Walkin' (1957)
Cookin' (1957)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Workin' (1959)
Steamin' (1961)
Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
Nefertiti (1968)
Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968)
Live-Evil (1971)
You're Under Arrest (1985)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 04/16/2022 @ 13:28pm

The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 4
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015) - 3
Passion Pit - Manners (2009) - 2
MGMT - Congratulations (2010) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 04/17/2022 @ 02:50am

Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015) - 4
MGMT - Congratulations (2010) - 3
Passion Pit - Manners (2009) - 2
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 1

Genre noms:

Bathory - Hammerheart (1990)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990)
Soda Stereo - Canción animal (1990)

Artist nom:

Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 04/17/2022 @ 17:07pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

MGMT - Congratulations (2010) - 23
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015) - 20
Passion Pit - Manners (2009) - 19
___________________________

The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 18

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Genre Project vote:

Animal Collective - Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished (2000)
Fitz and The Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream (2013)
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark (2008)
MGMT - Congratulations (2010)
Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School (2015)
Passion Pit - Manners (2009)
Stereolab - Sound-Dust (2001)
The xx - Coexist (2012)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/18/2022 @ 02:53am

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Anita Baker - Compositions (1990)
Anthrax - Persistence of Time (1990)
Bathory - Hammerheart (1990)
Bell Biv Devoe - Poison (1990)
Carly Simon - Have You Seen Me Lately? (1990)
Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler - Neck and Neck (1990)
Cinderella - Heartbreak Station (1990)
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (1990)
Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990)
Digital Underground - Sex Packets (1990)
ELO Part II - Electric Light Orchestra Part Two (1990)
Eric B. & Rakim - Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (1990)
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom (1990)
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990)
Fleetwood Mac - Behind the Mask (1990)
Iggy Pop - Brick by Brick (1990)
Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre (1990)
KMFDM - Naïve (1990)
Living Colour - Time's Up (1990)
Los Lobos - The Neighborhood (1990)
Maggie's Dream - Maggie's Dream (1990)
Maxi Priest - Bonafide (1990)
MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Monie Love - Down to Earth (1990)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990)
Primus - Frizzle Fry (1990)
Rosanne Cash - Interiors (1990)
Soda Stereo - Canción animal (1990)
Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare (1990)
The Breeders - Pod (1990)
The Replacements - All Shook Down (1990)
The Shamen - En-Tact (1990)
Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990)
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990)
World Party - Goodbye Jumbo (1990)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/18/2022 @ 02:57am

Nominations are now closed for the Artist Vote.

Here are the nominated songs:

Miles Davis - E.S.P (1965)
Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957)
Miles Davis - Miles Davis Quartet (1954)
Miles Davis - Miles in the Sky (1964)
Miles Davis - Miles in the Sky (1968)
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles (1967)
Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis In Concert (1965)
Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972)
Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959)
Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958)
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957)
Miles Davis - Tutu (1986)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/18/2022 @ 02:58am

Darren, as far as the Miles Davis Album Nominations are considered, you don't need to have Miles in the Sky listed twice. Miles in the Sky was released in 1968, not 1964.

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 04/18/2022 @ 07:58am

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bdDrIkZDDGp6QeR-Vxhd7OTPh0Yz7Iimy0zEYadz2VI/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/19/2022 @ 02:55am

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Kw7tCDu8dzbxAFe8iObuK8Ul8ErYi0j21fYZNq6Ei3c/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04/19/2022 @ 02:59am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Anthrax - Persistence of Time (1990) - 8

Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990) - 7

Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990) - 6
The Replacements - All Shook Down (1990) - 6

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990) - 5
____________________________

Anita Baker - Compositions (1990) - 4
Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990) - 4
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990) - 4
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990) - 4
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990) - 4
____________________________

Carly Simon - Have You Seen Me Lately? (1990) - 3
Cinderella - Heartbreak Station (1990) - 3
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (1990) - 3
Eric B. & Rakim - Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (1990) - 3
Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre (1990) - 3
Los Lobos - The Neighborhood (1990) - 3
Maggie's Dream - Maggie's Dream (1990) - 3
MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990) - 3
Rosanne Cash - Interiors (1990) - 3
Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare (1990) - 3
The Breeders - Pod (1990) - 3
World Party - Goodbye Jumbo (1990) - 3

Bell Biv Devoe - Poison (1990) - 2
Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler - Neck and Neck (1990) - 2
Digital Underground - Sex Packets (1990) - 2
ELO Part II - Electric Light Orchestra Part Two (1990) - 2
Fleetwood Mac - Behind the Mask (1990) - 2
Iggy Pop - Brick by Brick (1990) - 2
Living Colour - Time's Up (1990) - 2
Primus - Frizzle Fry (1990) - 2
Soda Stereo - Canción animal (1990) - 2

Bathory - Hammerheart (1990) - 1
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom (1990) - 1
KMFDM - Naïve (1990) - 1
Maxi Priest - Bonafide (1990) - 1
Monie Love - Down to Earth (1990) - 1
The Shamen - En-Tact (1990) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Nick B.
Darren
Tom H.
Doo-Wop Phil
KING
Johnny
Carol Sue
jtrichey
Ray
J.W.
Rick Vendl II
BSLO
MichaelEU
Greg F

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Anthrax - Persistence of Time (1990)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990)
The Replacements - All Shook Down (1990)
Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Anita Baker - Compositions (1990)
Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990)
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 01:31am

Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990) - 5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990) - 4
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990) - 3
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990) - 2
Anita Baker - Compositions (1990) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 01:32am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Miles Davis - Miles in the Sky (1968) - 8
_____________________________

Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957) - 7
Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959) - 7
Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958) - 7
_____________________________

Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957) - 6

Miles Davis - Miles Smiles (1967) - 5

Miles Davis - E.S.P (1965) - 4
Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis In Concert (1965) - 4

Miles Davis - Miles Davis Quartet (1954) - 2
Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972) - 2
Miles Davis - Tutu (1986) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

jtrichey
Johnny
Nick B.
Greg F
KING
Tom H.
J.W.
Ray
MichaelEU
Doo-Wop Phil

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Miles Davis - Miles in the Sky (1968)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957)
Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959)
Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 3 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be disqualified to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darrem on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 01:35am

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)-5
Anita Baker - Compositions (1990)-4
Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990)-3
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990)-2
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990)-1

Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957)-3
Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959)-2
Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958)-1

No wrong choice in the artist vote tiebreaker. Since Miles in the Sky is a good example of Miles Davis in the process of veering towards the fusion jazz he'd be making in a few year time (Bit**es Brew being the prime example), the three albums that made the tiebreaker are great examples of Miles hard bop period (Relaxin) and his cool jazz collaborations with arranger Gil Evans (Miles Ahead and Porgy and Bess) laying the groundwork for his later masterpieces Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain in 1959 and 1960.

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 07:08am

Year Vote Tiebreaker:

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990) - 5
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990) - 4
Anita Baker - Compositions (1990) - 3
Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990) - 2
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990) - 1

Artist Vote Tiebreaker:

Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959) - 3
Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957) - 2
Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 08:15am

My Miles Davis Album Tiebreaker Votes:

3 points: Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957)
2 points: Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958)
1 point: Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 08:53am

KING APRIL 2022 ALBUM TIEBREAKER (5). Year 1990.
Extreme-Extreme II:Pornogriffiti (1990)-5 PTS
Wilson Phillips-Wilson Phillips (1990)-4
Neil Young & Crazy Horse-Ragged Glory (1990)-3
Daniel Johnston-Daniel Johnston (1990)-2
Anita Baker-Compositions (1990) - 1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 08:57am

Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990) - 5
Anita Baker - Compositions (1990) - 4
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990) - 3
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990) - 2
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990) - 1

Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958) - 3
Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957) - 2
Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 09:02am

KING APRIL 2022 Miles Davis Tiebreaker (3).
Miles Davis-Miles Ahead (1957)-3 PTS
Miles Davis-Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quartet (1958)-2
Miles Davis-Porgy And Bess (1959)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 09:35am

My 1990 Album Tiebreaker Votes:

5 points: Anita Baker - Compositions (1990)
4 points: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rugged Glory (1990)
3 points: Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990)
2 points: Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990)
1 point: Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 19:45pm

Anita Baker - Compositions (1990) 5
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornograffitti (1990) 4
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1992) 3
Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990) 2
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990) 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 22:06pm

Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958) - 3
Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957) - 2
Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959) - 1

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 22:53pm

Miles Davis Tiebreaker Time!

3 points: Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957)
2 points: Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959)
1 point: Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 23:33pm

1990 Album Tiebreaker Votes:

5 points: Anita Baker - Compositions (1990)
4 points: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rugged Glory (1990)
3 points: Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990)
2 points: Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990)
1 point: Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Saturday, 04/23/2022 @ 23:40pm

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990) - 5
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990) - 4
Anita Baker - Compositions (1990) - 3
Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990) - 2
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 04/24/2022 @ 07:19am

Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990) - 5
Anita Baker - Compositions (1990) - 4
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990) - 3
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990) - 2
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990) - 1

Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957) - 3
Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959) - 2
Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 04/24/2022 @ 18:03pm

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990) - 5
Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990) - 4
Anita Baker - Compositions (1990) - 3
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990) - 2
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990) - 1

Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959) - 3
Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958) - 2
Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957) - 1

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 04/24/2022 @ 19:53pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990) - 42
Anita Baker - Compositions (1990) - 38
Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990) - 33
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Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990) - 28
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990) - 24

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Year Project vote:

Anita Baker - Compositions (1990)
Anthrax - Persistence of Time (1990)
Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining (1990)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990)
The Replacements - All Shook Down (1990)
Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/25/2022 @ 00:15am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957) - 22

Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959) - 16 (2 Highest Possible Rankings, 5 Higher Rankings)
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Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958) - 16 (2 Highest Possible Rankings, 4 Higher Rankings)

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Artist Project vote:

Miles Davis - Miles in the Sky (1968)
Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (1957)
Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1959)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 04/25/2022 @ 00:22am

Rule Changes In 2022:

Tiebreaker votes will now be two days in length, rather than three. The schedule will be adjusted accordingly, as noted in the intro.

All polls will now end at 8 PM Central.

Voters will be allowed to nominate twice as many songs or albums in their birthday month. This will apply to the Song / Album Project, as well as the Genre, Year and Artist votes and the Genre and Artist selection processes.

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song / album lost in a tiebreaker. joker will post a list of eligible voters and songs / albums at the end of each quarter.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
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Birthdays this month:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate double the normal number of nominees in each category in the Song And Album project, including for genre and artist selection:

KING
MichaelEU
Paul K.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2021. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990)
Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958)
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018)
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Progressive Metal
Progressive Soul
Jazz
Japanese Music
1980's R&B
Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart
1960's Garage Rock
Symphonic Metal
Art Pop
1990's Alternative
Indietronica (2000-2021)

"Sophisti-pop" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Simple Minds
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
The Tragically Hip
Thelonious Monk
Tim Buckley
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Alubm Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 2005.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 2005. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 2005.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 2005 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Animal Collective - Feels
Beck - Guero
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of
Coldplay - X&Y
Common - Be
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Kanye West - Late Registration
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II
M.I.A. - Arular
Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene
My Morning Jacket - Z
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
OK Go - Oh No
Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Robyn - Robyn
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses
Shakira - Oral Fixation, Vol. 2
Sigur Ros - Takk
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
System Of A Down - Mesmerize
System of a Down - Hypnotize
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Wolfmother - Wolfmother

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 2005, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04/30/2022 @ 21:18pm

General Vote:

Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (1995)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)

Genre:

Avant Garde/Experimental

Artist:

Tangerine Dream

Year:

Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005)
Cartel - Chroma (2005)
Feist - Let It Die (2005)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 04/30/2022 @ 22:13pm

KING MAY 2022 ALBUMS Nominations (3)
Cinderella-Heartbreak Station (1990)
Duran Duran-Pop Trash (2000)
Queensryche-Rage For Order (1986)
MAY Birthday Album Bonus (3)
Concrete Blonde-Bloodletting (1990)
KISS-Dynasty (1979)
Maggie's Dream-Maggie's Dream (1990)

ARTIST: APRIL WINE & KING'S X
GENRE: 1980's Country Music & December Born Music Artists.

2005 Year Albums (3)
George Strait-Somewhere Down In Texas (2005)
L.A. Guns-Tales From The Strip (2005)
Three Doors Down-Seventeen Days (2005)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 04/30/2022 @ 22:35pm

General Vote Nominations:

Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970)
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1982)
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)

Genre Nomination: Tex-Mex

Artist: Los Lobos

Year Vote Nominations:

30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005)
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005)
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (2005)

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 04/30/2022 @ 22:38pm

Forgot my KISS Dynasty album was inducted sometime back.
Will switch out....
KISS-Dynasty (1979) to
KISS-Dressed To Kill (1975).

KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 04/30/2022 @ 23:09pm

KING,

Queensryche - Rage for Order (1986) has been previously inducted.

You have one more General Album nomination left.

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 04/30/2022 @ 23:38pm

Here are my nominations for the May Album Project Vote:

Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966)
UFO - Lights Out (1977)
The Notwist - Neon Golden (2002)

And now, my nominations for the 2005 Album Vote:

DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2005)
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 05/1/2022 @ 06:05am

Now for my Genre & Artist Nominations:

Genre: 21st Century Heavy Metal, 2000-2021

Artist: Opeth

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 05/1/2022 @ 06:17am

General:
Toto - Toto (1978)
The Pretty Things - Emotions (1967)
The Pretenders - Pretenders II (1981)
Lauryn Hill - MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 (2002)
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte (1956)
Eric Clapton - Journeyman (1989)

Year:
Adam Green - Gemstones (2005)
The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005)
Goldfrapp - Supernature (2005)
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005)
Babyshambles - Down in Albion (2005)
Nada Surf - The Weight Is a Gift (2005)

Genre:
1970s Singer/Songwriters
Blues Rock

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 05/1/2022 @ 07:14am

J.W.
Thanks for the heads up on Queensryche Rage For Order. Had no idea it had been inducted.
I'll change out Queensryche-Rage For Order (1986).
In it's place, Blue Rodeo-Lost Together (1992).
Already some strong Nominations. Going to be difficult to narrow it down to 15.
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 05/1/2022 @ 10:35am

KING MAY 2022 Birthday Bonus Year 2005 Album Nominations (3)
John Fogerty-The Long Road Home (2005)
Per Gessle-Son Of A Plumber (2005)
Ryan Adams-29 (2005)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 05/1/2022 @ 11:46am

General noms:

Filter - Title of Record (1999)
Live - V (2001)
Clinic - Walking With Thee (2002)

2005 noms:
The Bravery - The Bravery (2005)
Doves - Some Cities (2005)
New Order - Waiting for the Siren's Call (2005)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 05/1/2022 @ 20:52pm

Dream Theater- A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Jerry Garcia- Garcia (1972)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)

Artist Vote:
Hans Zimmer

Genre
Progressive Rock

Year Vote

John Williams- Memoirs of a Geisha: OST (2005)
Kate Bush - Aeriel (2005)
Tori Amos - The Beekeeper (2005)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 05/1/2022 @ 20:55pm

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969)
Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company (2004)
Beyoncé - 4 (2011)

21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop

Al Green

Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
Weezer - Make Believe (2005)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 05/1/2022 @ 22:06pm

I'd like to submit some album nominations for the May Album Project Vote:

Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957)
Ike & Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Monday, 05/2/2022 @ 23:52pm

General noms:

Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
Testament - The New Order (1988)

Genre nom:

Post-Rock / Post-Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 05/3/2022 @ 18:49pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominees:

Beyoncé - 4 (2011)
Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (1995)
Blue Rodeo - Lost Together (1992)
Cinderella - Heartbreak Station (1990)
Clinic - Walking With Thee (2002)
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (1990)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969)
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1982)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Duran Duran - Pop Trash (2000)
Eric Clapton - Journeyman (1989)
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990)
Filter - Title of Record (1999)
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte (1956)
Ike & Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970)
KISS - Dressed To Kill (1975)
Lauryn Hill - MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 (2002)
Live - V (2001)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Maggie's Dream - Maggie's Dream (1990)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958)
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957)
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966)
Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company (2004)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018)
The Notwist - Neon Golden (2002)
The Pretenders - Pretenders II (1981)
The Pretty Things - Emotions (1967)
Toto - Toto (1978)
UFO - Lights Out (1977)
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Dr. W
GothGuy2021
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John RC
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Skylanderlord3
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 10:54am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970s Singer/Songwriters
1980's Country Music
21st Century Heavy Metal, 2000-2021
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
Avant Garde/Experimental
Blues Rock
Post-Rock / Post-Metal
Progressive Rock
Tex-Mex
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There were 9 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 4.

This month's selected genre is "21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 10:54am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

April Wine
Green, Al
King's X
Los Lobos
Opeth
Swans
Tangerine Dream
Zimmer, Hans

There were 8 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 3.

This month's selected artist is King's X.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is King's X.

Here's the list of King's X albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)

Any voter can nominate one album by King's X released from 1900-2021 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's King's X discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_X#Discography

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 10:57am

Artist Vote Nomination:

King's X - Dogman (1994)

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 11:14am

Genre:

Danny Brown - XXX (2011)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)

Artist:

King's X - Out of the Silent Planet (1988)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 11:24am

Genre Vote Nominations:

Snoop Dogg - The Last Meal (2000)
Lil' Kim - La Bella Mafia (2003)
Eminem - Recovery (2010)

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 11:52am

Correction:

Snoop Dogg - The Last Meal (2000) should read as: Snoop Dogg - Tha Last Meal (2000)

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 12:27pm

My 21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop Album Nominations are as follows:

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (2006)
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)
Drake - Nothing Was the Same (2013)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 14:05pm

Johnny, The Roots - Game Theory (2006) is already inducted. You have one more nomination for the genre vote.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 14:20pm

Thanks, Greg F. In this case, instead of Game Theory, let me pick a different album by The Roots for my 3rd nomination:

The Roots - …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 14:33pm

Here's my King's X Album Nomination:

King's X - Faith Hope Love (1990)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 16:50pm

KING MAY 2022 KING'S X Selected Artist Album Nomination (1).
King's X-Manic Moonlight (2001)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 17:01pm

KING MAY 2022 Album Nominations (3). Rap/Hip Hop 21st Century.
Naughty By Nature-Anthem Inc. (2011)
Snow-Two Hands Clapping (2002)
Too Short-No Trespassing (2012)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 17:20pm

Artist nomination

King's X- King's X (1992)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 19:14pm

Genre Nominations

Dr. Dre - Compton (2015)
Lil' Kim - The Notorious K.I.M. (2000)
Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag (2001)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 19:21pm

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

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Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 23:17pm

CORRECTED:

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmoesz2dm51TsB8pn9qCkHYvQt1I9aZ9ROhHogy2Zo3lNEtA/viewform

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There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 8th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/4/2022 @ 23:20pm

Genre:

Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000)
Cody ChesnuTT - The Headphone Masterpiece (2002)
Ludacris - Chicken-N-Beer (2003)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 05/7/2022 @ 19:34pm

Genre -
Eve - Scorpion (2001)
Future - Pluto (2012)
Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint (2014)

Artist -
King's X - Ear Candy (1996)

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 05/8/2022 @ 12:17pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Harry Belafonte - Belafonte (1956) - 7
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Beyoncé - 4 (2011) - 5
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969) - 5
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957) - 5
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 5
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966) - 5
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 5
Toto - Toto (1978) - 5
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991) - 5
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Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1982) - 4
Ike & Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962) - 4
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021) - 4

Blue Rodeo - Lost Together (1992) - 3
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995) - 3
Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970) - 3
KISS - Dressed To Kill (1975) - 3
Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958) - 3
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987) - 3
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 3
The Pretenders - Pretenders II (1981) - 3

Cinderella - Heartbreak Station (1990) - 2
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (1990) - 2
Disclosure - Settle (2013) - 2
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021) - 2
Duran Duran - Pop Trash (2000) - 2
Eric Clapton - Journeyman (1989) - 2
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990) - 2
Filter - Title of Record (1999) - 2
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) - 2
Lauryn Hill - MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 (2002) - 2
Live - V (2001) - 2
Maggie's Dream - Maggie's Dream (1990) - 2
Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company (2004) - 2
The Notwist - Neon Golden (2002) - 2
The Pretty Things - Emotions (1967) - 2
UFO - Lights Out (1977) - 2
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990) - 2

Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (1995) - 1
Clinic - Walking With Thee (2002) - 1
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
Doo-Wop Phil
Nick B.
Darren
Raichu
Greg F
Johnny
Dr. W
BSLO
MichaelEU
Ray
Tom H.
Dave
jtrichey
J.W.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Harry Belafonte - Belafonte (1956)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Beyoncé - 4 (2011)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969)
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957)
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966)
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018)
Toto - Toto (1978)
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 8 albums in order of preference.

The 7 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other album will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop", Artist Vote (King's X) or Year Vote (2005).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/9/2022 @ 02:13am

Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991) - 8
Beyoncé - 4 (2011) - 7
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 6
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969) - 5
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957) - 4
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 3
Toto - Toto (1978) - 2
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 05/9/2022 @ 02:16am

Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966)-8
Beyoncé - 4 (2011)-7
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957)-6
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)-5
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969)-4
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018)-3
Toto - Toto (1978)-2
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/9/2022 @ 07:28am

KING MAY 2022 Monster Album Tiebreaker (8).
Van Halen-For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)-8 PTS
Pat Benatar-Precious Time (1981)-7
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Bayou Country (1969)-6
Beyonce-4 (2011)-5
Paul Revere & The Raiders-The Spirit Of '67 (1966)-4
Toto-Toto (1978)-3
Miles Davis-'Round About Midnight (1957)-2
The 1975-A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (1975)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 05/9/2022 @ 08:56am

Monster Album Tiebreaker Vote:

8 points: Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966)
7 points: Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
6 points: Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957)
5 points: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969)
4 points: Beyoncé - 4 (2011)
3 points: Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1981)
2 points: Toto - Toto (1978)
1 point: The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 05/9/2022 @ 09:04am

Tiebreaker Vote:

Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991) - 8
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 7
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969) - 6
Toto - Toto (1978) - 5
Beyoncé - 4 (2011) - 4
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957) - 3
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966) - 2
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 05/9/2022 @ 09:18am

The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 8
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 7
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969) - 6
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957) - 5
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966) - 4
Beyoncé - 4 (2011) - 3
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991) - 2
Toto - Toto (1978) - 1

Posted by Dave on Monday, 05/9/2022 @ 11:48am

A$AP Rocky - Long. Live. ASAP (2013)
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
Post Malone - Stoney (2016)

Posted by Dave on Monday, 05/9/2022 @ 12:01pm

My Album Tiebreaker Votes:

8 points: Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
7 points: Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966)
6 points: Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957)
5 points: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969)
4 points: Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)
3 points: Beyoncé - 4 (2011)
2 points: Toto - Toto (1978)
1 point: The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Monday, 05/9/2022 @ 22:38pm

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969) - 8
Beyoncé - 4 (2011) - 7
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991) - 6
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 5
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957) - 4
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966) - 3
Toto - Toto (1978) - 2
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 05/10/2022 @ 07:12am

The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018) - 8
Beyoncé - 4 (2011) - 7
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966) - 6
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969) - 5
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 4
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957) - 3
Toto - Toto (1978) - 2
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Tuesday, 05/10/2022 @ 07:54am

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969) - 8
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018) - 7
Beyoncé - 4 (2011) -6
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 5
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957) - 4
Toto - Toto (1978) - 3
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966) - 2
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991) - 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 05/10/2022 @ 08:21am

The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 8
Toto - Toto (1978) - 7
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969) - 6
Beyoncé - 4 (2011) - 5
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966) - 4
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957) - 3
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 2
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991) - 1

Genre nominations:
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008)
N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds (2008)
Lizzo - Lizzobangers (2013)
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021)
J Dilla - Donuts (2006)
M.I.A. - Maya (2010)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 05/10/2022 @ 11:25am

Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957) - 8
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969) - 7
Toto - Toto (1978) - 6
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991) - 5
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 4
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 3
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966) - 2
Beyoncé - 4 (2011) - 1

Genre noms:

Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
Nujabes - Modal Soul (2005)
Farazi V Kayra - Hayalet Islığı (2013)

Decided to go a little more out there with one of my noms, going with one from Turkey that I discovered in the process of researching my picks. Definitely has a little different vibe, but I'm rather liking it so far on first listen. Definitely worth checking out, at least.

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 05/10/2022 @ 13:41pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969) - 71
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981) - 67
Beyoncé - 4 (2011) - 59
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957) - 54
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966) - 51
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991) - 48
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018) - 45
___________________________

Toto - Toto (1978) - 37

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Beyoncé - 4 (2011)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969)
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte (1956)
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957)
Pat Benatar - Precious Time (1981)
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Spirit of '67 (1966)
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018)
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/10/2022 @ 23:44pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominated albums:

A$AP Rocky - Long. Live. ASAP (2013)
Cody ChesnuTT - The Headphone Masterpiece (2002)
Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000)
Danny Brown - XXX (2011)
Dr. Dre - Compton (2015)
Drake - Nothing Was the Same (2013)
Eminem - Recovery (2010)
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008)
Eve - Scorpion (2001)
Farazi V Kayra - Hayalet Islığı (2013)
Future - Pluto (2012)
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (2006)
J Dilla - Donuts (2006)
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
Lil' Kim - La Bella Mafia (2003)
Lil' Kim - The Notorious K.I.M. (2000)
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021)
Lizzo - Lizzobangers (2013)
Ludacris - Chicken-N-Beer (2003)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006)
M.I.A. - Maya (2010)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds (2008)
Naughty By Nature - Anthem Inc. (2011)
Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint (2014)
Nujabes - Modal Soul (2005)
Post Malone - Stoney (2016)
Snoop Dogg - Tha Last Meal (2000)
Snow - Two Hands Clapping (2002)
The Roots - …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014)
Too Short - No Trespassing (2012)
Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag (2001)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 11th.

The poll will end at 8 PM Central on the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/10/2022 @ 23:46pm

Here is the link for the Genre Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1inpQ4jVEdBuYIOXbHAJODlAJ2nyTHnc7uSi4K7ZR5uc/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 15th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 05/11/2022 @ 21:38pm

If it's not too late, I'd like to submit my nominations for the upcoming 2005 Album Vote:

Bon Jovi - Have a Nice Day (2005)
Toby Keith - Honkytonk University (2005)
Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel (2005)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Saturday, 05/14/2022 @ 23:29pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Lil' Kim - The Notorious K.I.M. (2000) 7

Eminem - Recovery (2010) 5
J Dilla - Donuts (2006) 5
Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag (2001) 5

Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000) 4
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021) 4
Ludacris - Chicken-N-Beer (2003) 4
Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint (2014) 4
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Danny Brown - XXX (2011) 3
Dr. Dre - Compton (2015) 3
Drake - Nothing Was the Same (2013) 3
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (2006) 3
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006) 3
M.I.A. - Maya (2010) 3
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018) 3
Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004) 3
N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds (2008) 3
Snoop Dogg - Tha Last Meal (2000) 3
The Roots - …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014) 3

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008) 2
Eve - Scorpion (2001) 2
Lil' Kim - La Bella Mafia (2003) 2
Lizzo - Lizzobangers (2013) 2

A$AP Rocky - Long. Live. ASAP (2013) 1
Cody ChesnuTT - The Headphone Masterpiece (2002) 1
Farazi V Kayra - Hayalet Islığı (2013) 1
Future - Pluto (2012) 1
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011) 1
Naughty By Nature - Anthem Inc. (2011) 1
Nujabes - Modal Soul (2005) 1
Post Malone - Stoney (2016) 1
Too Short - No Trespassing (2012) 1

Snow - Two Hands Clapping (2002) 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

J.W.
Johnny
MichaelEU
Tom H.
Ray
BSLO
KING
jtrichey
Darren
Greg F
Nick B.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000)
Eminem - Recovery (2010)
J Dilla - Donuts (2006)
Lil' Kim - The Notorious K.I.M. (2000)
Lil Nas X - Montero (2021)
Ludacris - Chicken-N-Beer (2003)
Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint (2014)
Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag (2001)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/15/2022 @ 22:52pm

Nominations for the Year Project and Artist Project remain open until 8 PM Central on Tuesday the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/15/2022 @ 22:53pm

Year noms:

Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal (2005)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome (2005)

Artist nom:

King's X - Tape Head (1998)

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 05/17/2022 @ 19:24pm

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005)
A$AP Rocky - Long. Live. ASAP (2013)
Adam Green - Gemstones (2005)
Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005)
Babyshambles - Down in Albion (2005)
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal (2005)
Bon Jovi - Have a Nice Day (2005)
Cartel - Chroma (2005)
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005)
Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel (2005)
Doves - Some Cities (2005)
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2005)
Feist - Let It Die (2005)
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (2005)
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
George Strait - Somewhere Down In Texas (2005)
Goldfrapp - Supernature (2005)
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011)
John Fogerty - The Long Road Home (2005)
John Williams - Memoirs of a Geisha: OST (2005)
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005)
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Kate Bush - Aeriel (2005)
L.A. Guns - Tales From The Strip (2005)
Nada Surf - The Weight Is a Gift (2005)
New Order - Waiting for the Siren's Call (2005)
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)
Per Gessle - Son Of A Plumber (2005)
Post Malone - Stoney (2016)
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome (2005)
Ryan Adams - 29 (2005)
The Bravery - The Bravery (2005)
The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005)
Three Doors Down - Seventeen Days (2005)
Toby Keith - Honkytonk University (2005)
Tori Amos - The Beekeeper (2005)
Weezer - Make Believe (2005)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/17/2022 @ 20:00pm

Nominations are now closed for the Artist Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

King's X - Dogman (1994)
King's X - Ear Candy (1996)
King's X - Faith Hope Love (1990)
King's X - King's X (1992)
King's X - Manic Moonlight (2001)
King's X - Out of the Silent Planet (1988)
King's X - Tape Head (1998)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/17/2022 @ 20:00pm

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13oSrTtzuCJwLwVZ06P5EdRnaL1NbNPYiru2hsVcNCPU/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/19/2022 @ 00:07am

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sIhNUA6gEw5WDn1eFJ7D3bI4LNaJSPmhq1Vuq6ZjUYo/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 05/19/2022 @ 00:08am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel (2005) - 7

Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (2005) - 6
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze (2005) - 6
The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005) - 6
____________________________

30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005) - 5
Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005) - 5
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005) - 5
Feist - Let It Die (2005) - 5
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 5
George Strait - Somewhere Down In Texas (2005) - 5
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005) - 5
____________________________

Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (2005) - 4
Kate Bush - Aeriel (2005) - 4
Toby Keith - Honkytonk University (2005) - 4
Tori Amos - The Beekeeper (2005) - 4
Weezer - Make Believe (2005) - 4

John Williams - Memoirs of a Geisha: OST (2005) - 3
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005) - 3
Three Doors Down - Seventeen Days (2005) - 3

Bon Jovi - Have a Nice Day (2005) - 2
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2005) - 2
Goldfrapp - Supernature (2005) - 2
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005) - 2
Nada Surf - The Weight Is a Gift (2005) - 2
New Order - Waiting for the Siren's Call (2005) - 2
The Bravery - The Bravery (2005) - 2

Adam Green - Gemstones (2005) - 1
Babyshambles - Down in Albion (2005) - 1
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal (2005) - 1
Cartel - Chroma (2005) - 1
Doves - Some Cities (2005) - 1
John Fogerty - The Long Road Home (2005) - 1
L.A. Guns - Tales From The Strip (2005) - 1
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome (2005) - 1
Ryan Adams - 29 (2005) - 1

Per Gessle - Son Of A Plumber (2005) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Greg F
Tom H.
Raichu
Johnny
KING
J.W.
MichaelEU
BSLO
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Dave
Nick B.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel (2005)
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (2005)
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)
The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005)
Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005)
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005)
Feist - Let It Die (2005)
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
George Strait - Somewhere Down In Texas (2005)
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 7 albums in order of preference.

The 4 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/22/2022 @ 22:36pm

Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 7
30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005) - 6
Feist - Let It Die (2005) - 5
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005) - 4
Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005) - 3
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005) - 2
George Strait - Somewhere Down In Texas (2005) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/22/2022 @ 22:39pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

King's X - Dogman (1994) - 9
King's X - Faith Hope Love (1990) - 9
King's X - King's X (1992) - 9
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King's X - Out of the Silent Planet (1988) - 6

King's X - Ear Candy (1996) - 5

King's X - Tape Head (1998) - 4

King's X - Manic Moonlight (2001) - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Greg F
Tom H.
Raichu
Johnny
KING
J.W.
jtrichey
Dave
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

King's X - Dogman (1994)
King's X - Faith Hope Love (1990)
King's X - King's X (1992)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 05/22/2022 @ 22:45pm

Feist - Let It Die (2005) 7
Antony and The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now (2005) 6
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) 5
30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005) 4
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005) 3
George Strait - Somewhere Down in Texas (2005) 2
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 05/22/2022 @ 23:01pm

George Strait - Somewhere Down in Texas (2005) - 7
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005) - 6
Feist - Let It Die (2005) - 5
30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005) - 4
Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005) - 3
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 2
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 05/22/2022 @ 23:58pm

KING MAY 2022 Album Tiebreaker 2005 Year (7).
George Strait-Somewhere Down In Texas (2005)- 7 PTS
Judas Priest-Angel Of Retribution (2005)-6
30 Seconds To Mars-A Beautiful Lie (2005)-5
Feist-Let It Die (2005)-4
Dave Matthews Band-Stand Up (2005)-3
Garbage-Bleed Like Me (2005)-2
Antony And The Johnsons- I Am A Bird Now (2005)- 1 PT

Posted by KING on Monday, 05/23/2022 @ 06:41am

Album Year Tiebreaker Vote:

Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005) - 7
30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005) - 6
George Strait - Somewhere Down in Texas (2005) - 5
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 4
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005) - 3
Feist - Let It Die (2005) - 2
Antony and The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now (2005) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 05/23/2022 @ 09:49am

Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005) - 7
George Strait - Somewhere Down In Texas (2005) - 6
Feist - Let It Die (2005) - 5
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 4
30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005) - 3
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005) -2
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 05/23/2022 @ 12:24pm

George Strait - Somewhere Down In Texas (2005) - 7
Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005) - 6
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005) - 5
30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005) - 4
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005) - 3
Feist - Let It Die (2005) - 2
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 1

Posted by Dave on Monday, 05/23/2022 @ 13:12pm

Monster Album Tiebreaker Time. Again.

7 points: George Strait - Somewhere Down in Texas (2005)
6 points: Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005)
5 points: Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005)
4 points: Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005)
3 points: 30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005)
2 points: Feist - Let It Die (2005)
1 point: Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 05/23/2022 @ 15:29pm

Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005)-7
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005)-6
Feist - Let It Die (2005)-5
30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005)-4
Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005)-3
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)-2
George Strait - Somewhere Down In Texas (2005)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/23/2022 @ 15:42pm

My 2005 Album Tiebreaker Votes:

7 points: George Strait - Somewhere Down in Texas (2005)
6 points: Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005)
5 points: Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005)
4 points: 30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005)
3 points: Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
2 points: Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005)
1 point: Feist - Let It Die (2005)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Tuesday, 05/24/2022 @ 15:22pm

Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005) - 7
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005) - 6
Feist - Let It Die (2005) - 5
George Strait - Somewhere Down In Texas (2005) - 4
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 3
30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005) - 2
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005) - 1

Posted by Ray on Tuesday, 05/24/2022 @ 19:00pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

George Strait - Somewhere Down In Texas (2005) - 54
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005) - 46
30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005) - 45

Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005) - 43 (2 Highest Overall Rankings)
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Feist - Let It Die (2005) - 43 (1 Highest Overall Rankings)
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005) - 43 (0 Highest Overall Rankings)

Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 34

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the June Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie (2005)
Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005)
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up (2005)
Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel (2005)
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (2005)
George Strait - Somewhere Down In Texas (2005)
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)
The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/24/2022 @ 22:53pm

Rule Changes In 2022:

Tiebreaker votes will now be two days in length, rather than three. The schedule will be adjusted accordingly, as noted in the intro.

All polls will now end at 8 PM Central.

Voters will be allowed to nominate twice as many songs or albums in their birthday month. This will apply to the Song / Album Project, as well as the Genre, Year and Artist votes and the Genre and Artist selection processes.

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song / album lost in a tiebreaker. joker will post a list of eligible voters and songs / albums at the end of each quarter.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
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Birthdays this month:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate double the normal number of nominees in each category in the Song And Album project, including for genre and artist selection:

Raichu
Tom H.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2021. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Feist - Let It Die (2005)
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005)
Toto - Toto (1978)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Progressive Soul
Jazz
Japanese Music
1980's R&B
Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart
1960's Garage Rock
Symphonic Metal
Art Pop
1990's Alternative
Indietronica (2000-2021)
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop

"Progressive Metal" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
King's X
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Simple Minds
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
The Tragically Hip
Thelonious Monk
Tim Buckley
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1991.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1991. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1991.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1991 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe
Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony
Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbors
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind
Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind
Genesis - We Can't Dance
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster
L.A. Guns - Hollywood Vampires
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Metallica - Metallica (The Black Album)
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
N.W.A - Niggaz4Life
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature
Nirvana - Nevermind
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pixies - Trompe le Monde
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Prince & the New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
Reba McEntire - For My Broken Heart
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Rush - Roll the Bones
Sarah McLachlan - Solace
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Seal - Seal
Sepultura - Arise
Slint - Spiderland
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Sting - The Soul Cages
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
The KLF - The White Room
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
The Tragically Hip - Road Apples
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open
U2 - Achtung Baby
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 2
Various Artists - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1991, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 05/24/2022 @ 23:25pm

General Vote:

My Morning Jacket - Circuital (2011)
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz (2010)
Yuck - Yuck (2011)

Genre: Albums in French

Artist: deadmau5

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/25/2022 @ 06:29am

Year Vote:

Crowded House - Woodface (1991)
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said (1991)
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind (1991)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 05/25/2022 @ 07:29am

General Vote Nominations:

Alice Cooper - School's Out (1972)
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)

Genre Nomination: 1970s Funk

Artist Nomination: Little Feat

Year Vote Nominations:

Blur - Leisure (1991)
Dire Straits - On Every Street (1991)
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (1991)

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 05/25/2022 @ 09:10am

KING JUNE 2022 General Album Nominations (3).
John Mellencamp-Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996)
Rick Springfield-Hard To Hold (1984)
Saigon Kick-Water (1993)

1991 Year Albums (3)
INXS-Live Baby Live (1991)
John Mellencamp-Whenever We Wanted (1991)
Saigon Kick-Saigon Kick (1991)

ARTIST: Rick Springfield
GENRE: 1980's Rock Albums
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 05/25/2022 @ 12:20pm

General:
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957)
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
Solomon Burke - Rock 'n Soul (1964)

Year:
Hole - Pretty on the Inside (1991)
Roxette - Joyride (1991)
Orbital - Orbital (1991)

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 05/25/2022 @ 14:15pm

My June Album Project Nominations are as follows:

The Rolling Stones - Black and Blue (1976)
Phish - Rift (1993)
Rush - Snakes & Arrows (2007)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 05/25/2022 @ 14:24pm

My 1991 Album Nominations are all heavy metal albums, but still, they are as follows:

Carcass - Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991)
Death - Human (1991)
Motörhead - 1916 (1991)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 05/25/2022 @ 15:36pm

Here now are my Genre & Artist Nominations:

Genre: 21st Century Heavy Metal, 2000-2021

Artist: Benny Goodman

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 05/25/2022 @ 18:53pm

Birthday Nominations

Bob Weir - Ace (1972)
Herbie Hancock- Crossings (1972)
Jerry Garcia- Garcia (1972)
Sonny Rollins- Tenor Madness (1956)
The Kingston Trio- Here We Go Again! (1959)
Thelonious Monk- Solo Monk (1964)

Year Nominations

Enya - Shepherd Moons (1991)
Juliana Hatfield - Hey Babe (1991)
Martika-Martika's Kitchen (1991)
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick (1991)
Paradise Lost - Gothic (1991)
Swans - White Light From the Mouth of Infinity (1991)

Artist Nomination

Phish

Genre Nomination

Progressive Rock

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 05/25/2022 @ 21:21pm

Here are my nominations for the upcoming June Album Project Vote:

Benny Goodman - B. G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Ike & Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1982)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Thursday, 05/26/2022 @ 23:34pm

Just a quick note, the Benny Goodman album should read as: B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954).

There was an extra space between "B" & "G."

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 05/28/2022 @ 09:10am

My nominations for June 2022 induction into The Album Project...

REO Speedwagon - You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish (1978)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) RIP Rick Price

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 05/29/2022 @ 20:54pm

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Lynda Carter - Portrait (1978)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)

Posted by Carol Sue on Sunday, 05/29/2022 @ 21:15pm

Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 05/30/2022 @ 02:25am

Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)
The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004)
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014)

British Invasion

Al Green

Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991)
Mariah Carey - Emotions (1991)

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 05/30/2022 @ 10:27am

I'm guessing I'm allowed a second nomination for both genre and artist since it is my birthday month. With that in mind my second genre nomination will be Blues. My second Artist nomination will be Opeth

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 05/30/2022 @ 21:20pm

General noms:
Bad Brains- Black Dots (1996)
Danny Elfman- Big Mess (2021)
Eminem- Kamikaze (2018)
Queen- Made In Heaven (1995)
AC/DC- Ballbreaker (1995(

Posted by Raichu on Tuesday, 05/31/2022 @ 06:59am

After some time off, I would like to return to the Album Project. Here are my nominations for June:

Jon and Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo (1981)
Yes - The Ladder (1999)
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)

My 1991 nominations are:

Green Day - Kerplunk (1991)
Robert Wyatt - Donde stan (1991)
Warren Zevon - Mr. Bad Example (1991)

My Genre vote nomination is:

New Age

And my Artist vote is:

Robert Wyatt

Hope this is sufficient and helpful:

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Tuesday, 05/31/2022 @ 20:45pm

Genre -
2010s Alternative Rock

Artist -
Barbra Streisand

Posted by Nick B. on Friday, 06/3/2022 @ 20:00pm

General -
Lloyd Price - The Exciting Lloyd Price (1959)
Merle Haggard - Big City (1981)
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)

Posted by Nick B. on Friday, 06/3/2022 @ 20:04pm

General noms:

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
Testament - The New Order (1988)

Genre nom:

Post-Rock / Post-Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Friday, 06/3/2022 @ 20:10pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominees:

AC/DC - Ballbreaker (1995)
Alice Cooper - School's Out (1972)
Bad Brains - Black Dots (1996)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Bob Weir - Ace (1972)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
Danny Elfman - Big Mess (2021)
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1982)
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957)
Eminem - Kamikaze (2018)
Feist - Let It Die (2005)
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)
Ike & Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962)
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972)
John Mellencamp - Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996)
Jon and Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo (1981)
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005)
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)
Lloyd Price - The Exciting Lloyd Price (1959)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
Lynda Carter - Portrait (1978)
Merle Haggard - Big City (1981)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
My Morning Jacket - Circuital (2011)
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002)
Phish - Rift (1993)
Queen - Made In Heaven (1995)
REO Speedwagon - You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish (1978)
Rick Springfield - Hard To Hold (1984)
Rush - Snakes & Arrows (2007)
Saigon Kick - Water (1993)
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014)
Solomon Burke - Rock 'n Soul (1964)
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz (2010)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Kingston Trio - Here We Go Again! (1959)
The Rolling Stones - Black and Blue (1976)
The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1964)
Toto - Toto (1978)
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Yes - The Ladder (1999)
Yuck - Yuck (2011)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 9 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Dr. W
GothGuy2021
Greg F
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John RC
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
KING
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick
Paul K.
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Skylanderlord3
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/3/2022 @ 23:19pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970s Funk
1980's Rock Albums
2010s Alternative Rock
21st Century Heavy Metal, 2000-2021
Albums in French
Blues
British Invasion
New Age
Post-Rock / Post-Metal
Progressive Rock
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There were 10 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 1.

This month's selected genre is "1970s Funk".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/3/2022 @ 23:24pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

deadmau5
Goodman, Benny
Green, Al
Little Feat
Opeth
Phish
Springfield, Rick
Streisand, Barbra
Swans
Wyatt, Robert

There were 10 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 3.

This month's selected artist is Al Green.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Al Green.

Here's the list of Al Green albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Call Me (1973)
I'm Still In Love With You (1972)

Any voter can nominate one album by Al Green released from 1900-2021 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Al Green discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Green_discography

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/3/2022 @ 23:30pm

KING June 2022 1970s Funk Albums Nomination (1)
Lakeside-Lakeside (1977)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 06/3/2022 @ 23:42pm

KING June 2022 Al Green Album Selected Artist Nomination (1).
Al Green-Green Is Blues (1969).
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 06/3/2022 @ 23:46pm

Artist:

Al Green - Let's Stay Together (1972)

Genre:

Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different (1974)
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Ain't That a Bitch (1976)
Average White Band - AWB (1974)

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 06/4/2022 @ 00:53am

Genre Nominations

James Brown - Day it Loud- I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)
Kool and the Gang - Light of Worlds (1974)
Ohio Players- Fire (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 06/4/2022 @ 05:25am

Artist Nomination

Al Green- Al Green Gets Next to You (1971)
Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 06/4/2022 @ 05:35am

Genre:

LaBelle - Pressure Cookin' (1973)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rags to Rufus (1974)
Teena Marie - Wild and Peaceful (1979)

Artist:

Al Green - Al Green Explores Your Mind (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/4/2022 @ 06:07am

Artist Nomination:

Al Green - The Belle Album (1977)

Genre Nominations:

Ohio Players - Pain (1972)
Funkadelic - Standing On the Verge of Getting It On (1974)
Parliament - Chocolate City (1975)

Tom H., Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972) has been inducted into the Album Project. You can nominate another Al Green album.

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 06/4/2022 @ 08:41am

The James Brown album Tom H. nominated should read like this:

James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 06/4/2022 @ 09:04am

Tom H the James Brown album you nominated isn't eligible for the genre vote since the vote 1970's funk.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 06/4/2022 @ 09:13am

My 1970s Funk Album choices are as follows:

Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976)
Heatwave - Too Hot to Handle (1976)
The Isley Brothers - Go for Your Guns (1977)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 06/4/2022 @ 13:51pm

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

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There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 8th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/5/2022 @ 04:12am

Oops in that case my replacement nomination for the genre vote is

Earth, Wind, & Fire- All 'n All (1977)

and an extra nomination for my birthday month

Billy Cobham- A Funky Thide of Sings (1975)

might throw in two more later

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 06/5/2022 @ 12:13pm

Replacement Artist nomination

Al Green- Livin' for You (1973)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 06/5/2022 @ 12:18pm

last two Funk nominations

James Brown- Get on the Good Foot (1972)
The Commodores- Machine Gun (1974)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 06/5/2022 @ 12:41pm

Here are my nominations for the special election categories.

Funk albums

Earth, Wind and Fire - Touch the World (1987)
C + C Music Factory - Gona Make You Sweat (1990)
MFSB - Love Is the Message (1973)

And my Artist vote nomination is:

Al Green - Lay It Down (2008)

Hope this helps,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Monday, 06/6/2022 @ 20:27pm

Lax39 the Earth, Wind and Fire and C + C Music Factory albums you nominated aren't eligible for the genre vote since it's 1970's Funk. You have two more nominations.

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 06/6/2022 @ 21:49pm

Genre Noms
Bar-Kays - Flying High on Your Love (1977)
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose (1979)
Millie Jackson - Live & Uncensored (1979)

All undeniable classics and it would be baffling if we didn't include at least one Chuck Brown album on this funk ballot. And oh, if you've never listened 'Live & Uncensored,' you're in for a treat. IMO, one of the most entertaining live albums ever recorded.

Artist Nom
Al Green - Al Green Is Love (1975)

Posted by Nick B. on Tuesday, 06/7/2022 @ 00:30am

I sincerely appreciate the need to correct my nominations. In that case, my replacement nominees are:

Kool and The Gang - Wild and Peaceful (1973)
The Pointer Sisters - Energy (1978)

Hope this is sufficient,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Tuesday, 06/7/2022 @ 20:01pm

Lax39 Kool and The Gang - Wild and Peaceful and The Pointer Sisters - Energy are already inducted. You have two more nominations.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 06/7/2022 @ 20:52pm

Lax39, if you're reading this, I wanna give you some 1970's Funk Album options for you to choose from before you make any selections. Here are some suggestions...

Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974)
Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On (1974)
The Brothers Johnson - Right on Time (1977)
Heatwave - Central Heating (1978)
Maze - Inspiration (1979)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 06/7/2022 @ 21:37pm

Lax39 I have 1970's funk albums I'd like to suggest from artists that don't have an album nominated yet.

The Pointer Sisters - Steppin' (1975)
Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/8/2022 @ 08:52am

Greg F and Johnny
I have 2 albums spots open left for 70's Funk. I'll take 1 from each.
KING JUNE 2022 70's FUNK Album Nominations (3).
Lakeside-Lakeside (1977)
Parliament-Up For The Down Stroke (1974)
The Pointer Sisters-Steppin' (1975)
KING

KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 06/8/2022 @ 09:14am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Alice Cooper - School's Out (1972) 6

Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1982) 5
REO Speedwagon - You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish (1978) 5
Solomon Burke - Rock 'n Soul (1964) 5
The Kingston Trio - Here We Go Again! (1959) 5
Toto - Toto (1978) 5
________________________________

Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) 4
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) 4
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957) 4
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) 4
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) 4
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) 4
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) 4
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) 4
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) 4
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966) 4
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) 4
________________________________

AC/DC - Ballbreaker (1995) 3
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995) 3
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) 3
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981) 3
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) 3
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1964) 3

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) 2
Bob Weir - Ace (1972) 2
Eminem - Kamikaze (2018) 2
Feist - Let It Die (2005) 2
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) 2
Ike & Tina Turner - Dynamite! (1962) 2
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005) 2
Lloyd Price - The Exciting Lloyd Price (1959) 2
Lynda Carter - Portrait (1978) 2
Merle Haggard - Big City (1981) 2
Peter Gabriel - Up (2002) 2
Phish - Rift (1993) 2
Queen - Made In Heaven (1995) 2
Rick Springfield - Hard To Hold (1984) 2
Rush - Snakes & Arrows (2007) 2
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014) 2
Testament - The New Order (1988) 2
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) 2
The Rolling Stones - Black and Blue (1976) 2
The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004) 2

Bad Brains - Black Dots (1996) 1
Danny Elfman - Big Mess (2021) 1
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972) 1
John Mellencamp - Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996) 1
Jon and Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo (1981) 1
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011) 1
My Morning Jacket - Circuital (2011) 1
Saigon Kick - Water (1993) 1
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz (2010) 1
Yes - The Ladder (1999) 1
Yuck - Yuck (2011) 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

John R.C.
MichaelEU
BSLO
Johnny
Greg F
KING
Nick B.
Rick Vendl II
Carol Sue
J.W.
Tom H.
Dave
jtrichey
Lax39
Doo-Wop Phil
Darren
Raichu
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Alice Cooper - School's Out (1972)
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1982)
REO Speedwagon - You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish (1978)
Solomon Burke - Rock 'n Soul (1964)
The Kingston Trio - Here We Go Again! (1959)
Toto - Toto (1978)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957)
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 11 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other 9 albums will automatically be nominated for the May Album Project vote.

Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "1970s Funk", Artist Vote (Al Green) or Year Vote (1991).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/8/2022 @ 23:44pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (1970s Funk) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Artist Vote (Al Green) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1991) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/8/2022 @ 23:44pm

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) - 11
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 10
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) - 9
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 8
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 7
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966) - 6
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 5
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 4
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 3
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957) - 2
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 1

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/8/2022 @ 23:49pm

KING JUNE 2022 MONSTER ALBUM TIEBREAKER VOTE (11)
Warrant-Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)-11 PTS
Herbie Hancock-Crossings (1972)-10
Van Halen-Fair Warning (1981)-9
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble-Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)-8
Elizabeth Cotton-Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes (1957)-7
Benny Goodman-B.G. In Hi-Fi (1954)-6
Wizzard-Wizzard Brew (1973)-5
Wilson Pickett-The Wicked Pickett (1966)-4
Sonny Rollins-Tenor Madness (1956)-3
Mitski-Be The Cowboy (2018)-2
Childish Gambino-"Awaken, My Love!" (2016)- 1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 06/9/2022 @ 01:02am

Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 11
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 10
Elizabeth Cotton-Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes (1957) - 9
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 8
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 7
Wilson Pickett-The Wicked Pickett (1966) - 6
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) - 5
Sonny Rollins-Tenor Madness (1956) - 4
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 3
Wizzard-Wizzard Brew (1973) - 2
Warrant-Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 06/9/2022 @ 02:15am

Tiebreaker Vote:

Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 11
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) - 10
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 9
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 8
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966) - 7
Elizabeth Cotton - Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957) - 6
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 5
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 4
Wizzard-Wizzard Brew (1973) - 3
Warrant-Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) - 2
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 06/9/2022 @ 06:06am

Correction: one tiebreaker vote should be read as:

Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957) - 6

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 06/9/2022 @ 06:29am

Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957)-11
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)-10
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)-9
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)-8
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)-7
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)-6
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)-5
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)-4
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)-3
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)-2
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/9/2022 @ 07:12am

I haven't really looked at past votes as a comparison, but the lack of consensus on this month's general vote seems crazy.

18 voters, and just 1 album got a third of the vote...

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 06/9/2022 @ 10:12am

Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957) - 11
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 10
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 9
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966) - 8
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 7
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 6
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 5
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) - 4
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 3
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) - 2
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 06/9/2022 @ 10:59am

Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs (1957) 11
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) 10
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) 9
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) 8
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) 7
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966) 6
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love!" (2016) 5
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) 4
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) 3
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) 2
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1972) 1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/9/2022 @ 21:21pm

Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) - 11
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957) - 10
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966) - 9
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 8
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 7
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 6
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 5
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) - 4
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 3
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 2
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 1

There is a case to be made that the Herbie Hancock album could be added to the 70s Funk genre vote if it loses the tiebreaker. It is Jazz Fusion but with lots of funk elements.

Posted by Nick B. on Friday, 06/10/2022 @ 00:46am

Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 11
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) - 10
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 9
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) - 8
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966) - 7
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 6
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 5
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 4
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 3
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957) - 2
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 1

Posted by Dave on Friday, 06/10/2022 @ 13:43pm

Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966) - 11
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 10
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 9
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 8
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957) - 7
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 6
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) - 5
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 4
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 3
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) - 2
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Friday, 06/10/2022 @ 14:42pm

11 points: Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
10 points: Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)
9 points: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)
8 points: Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)
7 points: Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)
6 points: Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957)
5 points: Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)
4 points: Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
3 points: Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
2 points: Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)
1 point: Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 06/10/2022 @ 16:01pm

Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966) - 11
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) - 10
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 9
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 8
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957) - 7
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 6
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 5
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 4
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 3
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 2
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) - 1

This is my tiebreaker ballot,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Friday, 06/10/2022 @ 21:17pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966) - 91
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957) - 89
___________________________

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) - 87
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 85
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 81
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 77
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 69
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 66
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 60
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) - 53
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 34

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the July Album Project vote.

The Herbie Hancock album will be nominated for this month's genre vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Alice Cooper - School's Out (1972)
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1982)
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (1957)
REO Speedwagon - You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish (1978)
Solomon Burke - Rock 'n Soul (1964)
The Kingston Trio - Here We Go Again! (1959)
Toto - Toto (1978)
Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (1966)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/10/2022 @ 23:01pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominated albums:

Average White Band - AWB (1974)
Bar-Kays - Flying High on Your Love (1977)
Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different (1974)
Billy Cobham - A Funky Thide of Sings (1975)
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose (1979)
Earth, Wind, & Fire - All 'n All (1977)
Funkadelic - Standing On the Verge of Getting It On (1974)
Heatwave - Too Hot to Handle (1976)
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)
James Brown - Get on the Good Foot (1972)
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Ain't That a Bitch (1976)
Kool and the Gang - Light of Worlds (1974)
LaBelle - Pressure Cookin' (1973)
Lakeside - Lakeside (1977)
MFSB - Love Is the Message (1973)
Millie Jackson - Live & Uncensored (1979)
Ohio Players - Fire (1974)
Ohio Players - Pain (1972)
Parliament - Chocolate City (1975)
Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976)
Parliament - Up For The Down Stroke (1974)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rags to Rufus (1974)
Teena Marie - Wild and Peaceful (1979)
The Commodores - Machine Gun (1974)
The Isley Brothers - Go for Your Guns (1977)
The Pointer Sisters - Steppin' (1975)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 11th.

The poll will end at 8 PM Central on the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 06/10/2022 @ 23:03pm

Here is the link for the Genre Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tRekGauKcJ-u0kZQfZ8hs0xrB3FecHVDHdLttgr5EHA/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 15th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/12/2022 @ 00:11am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Earth, Wind, & Fire - All 'n All (1977) - 7
Ohio Players - Fire (1974) - 7
Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976) - 7
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rags to Rufus (1974) - 7
The Pointer Sisters - Steppin' (1975) - 7

Average White Band - AWB (1974) - 6
LaBelle - Pressure Cookin' (1973) - 6
Millie Jackson - Live & Uncensored (1979) - 6
____________________________

The Commodores - Machine Gun (1974) - 5
The Isley Brothers - Go for Your Guns (1977) - 5

Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different (1974) - 4
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - 4
James Brown - Get on the Good Foot (1972) - 4
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Ain't That a Bitch (1976) - 4
Kool and the Gang - Light of Worlds (1974) - 4

Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose (1979) - 3
MFSB - Love Is the Message (1973) - 3
Parliament - Up For The Down Stroke (1974) - 3
Teena Marie - Wild and Peaceful (1979) - 3
Funkadelic - Standing On the Verge of Getting It On (1974) - 2
Heatwave - Too Hot to Handle (1976) - 2
Parliament - Chocolate City (1975) - 2

Bar-Kays - Flying High on Your Love (1977) - 1
Billy Cobham - A Funky Thide of Sings (1975) - 1
Lakeside - Lakeside (1977) - 1

Ohio Players - Pain (1972) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Nick B.
Lax39
J.W.
MichaelEU
Darren
Johnny
jtrichey
Tom H.
Greg F
Ray
Dave
Doo-Wop Phil
KING

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Average White Band - AWB (1974)
Earth, Wind, & Fire - All 'n All (1977)
LaBelle - Pressure Cookin' (1973)
Millie Jackson - Live & Uncensored (1979)
Ohio Players - Fire (1974)
Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976)
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Rags to Rufus (1974)
The Pointer Sisters - Steppin' (1975)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/15/2022 @ 21:31pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Al Green) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1991) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/15/2022 @ 21:35pm

The first round of nominations have begun for the 2022 Re-Visited / Projected Hall Of Fame Project on the FRL Projected Project messageboard at https://futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected/

Anyone interested is invited to participate.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/15/2022 @ 23:58pm

Any chance that we might be able to see the results of the genre vote soon?

Year noms:

Slowdive - Just for a Day (1991)
Autopsy - Mental Funeral (1991)
Solitude Aeturnus - Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 06/17/2022 @ 20:00pm

Artist nom:

Al Green - Full of Fire (1976)

Posted by Ray on Friday, 06/17/2022 @ 20:02pm

Ray, Darren actually did reveal the list of inductees for the 1970s Funk Album Vote. You may have just missed it, because there was no need for a tiebreaker vote.

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 06/17/2022 @ 20:25pm

Lol, whoops! I have no idea how I missed that. Thanks, Johnny.

Posted by Ray on Friday, 06/17/2022 @ 21:47pm

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991)
Autopsy - Mental Funeral (1991)
Blur - Leisure (1991)
Carcass - Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991)
Crowded House - Woodface (1991)
Death - Human (1991)
Dire Straits - On Every Street (1991)
Enya - Shepherd Moons (1991)
Green Day - Kerplunk (1991)
Hole - Pretty on the Inside (1991)
INXS - Live Baby Live (1991)
John Mellencamp - Whenever We Wanted (1991)
Juliana Hatfield - Hey Babe (1991)
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said (1991)
Mariah Carey - Emotions (1991)
Martika - Martika's Kitchen (1991)
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick (1991)
Motörhead - 1916 (1991)
Orbital - Orbital (1991)
Paradise Lost - Gothic (1991)
Queen - Innuendo (1991)
Robert Wyatt - Donde stan (1991)
Roxette - Joyride (1991)
Saigon Kick - Saigon Kick (1991)
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind (1991)
Slowdive - Just for a Day (1991)
Solitude Aeturnus - Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991)
Swans - White Light From the Mouth of Infinity (1991)
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (1991)
Warren Zevon - Mr. Bad Example (1991)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/18/2022 @ 11:01am

Nominations are now closed for the Artist Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Al Green - Al Green Explores Your Mind (1974)
Al Green - Al Green Gets Next to You (1971)
Al Green - Al Green Is Love (1975)
Al Green - Full of Fire (1976)
Al Green - Green Is Blues (1969)
Al Green - Lay It Down (2008)
Al Green - Let's Stay Together (1972)
Al Green - Livin' for You (1973)
Al Green - The Belle Album (1977)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 06/18/2022 @ 11:02am

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10DV6DhdRr50omn3rfh1CKfWtGsEN0JcKo0WOQ4BEPsw/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/19/2022 @ 00:42am

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IdlS0TDSauvYa76KVvzX8_bSSRAWRZHJ9zHvnUkuA6U/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 06/19/2022 @ 00:42am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Crowded House - Woodface (1991) - 6
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said (1991) - 6
Mariah Carey - Emotions (1991) - 6
Roxette - Joyride (1991) - 6
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind (1991) - 6

Blur - Leisure (1991) - 5
Motörhead - 1916 (1991) - 5
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (1991) - 5
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Dire Straits - On Every Street (1991) - 4
Green Day - Kerplunk (1991) - 4
Hole - Pretty on the Inside (1991) - 4
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick (1991) - 4
Queen - Innuendo (1991) - 4

Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991) - 3
Carcass - Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) - 3
Death - Human (1991) - 3
Enya - Shepherd Moons (1991) - 3
Orbital - Orbital (1991) - 3

Autopsy - Mental Funeral (1991) - 2
INXS - Live Baby Live (1991) - 2
Juliana Hatfield - Hey Babe (1991) - 2
Paradise Lost - Gothic (1991) - 2
Warren Zevon - Mr. Bad Example (1991) - 2

John Mellencamp - Whenever We Wanted (1991) - 1
Martika - Martika's Kitchen (1991) - 1
Robert Wyatt - Donde stan (1991) - 1
Slowdive - Just for a Day (1991) - 1
Solitude Aeturnus - Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991) - 1
Swans - White Light From the Mouth of Infinity (1991) - 1

Saigon Kick - Saigon Kick (1991) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Nick B.
Tom H.
BSLO
Johnny
J.W.
Greg F
KING
jtrichey
MichaelEU
Lax39
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Blur - Leisure (1991)
Crowded House - Woodface (1991)
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said (1991)
Mariah Carey - Emotions (1991)
Motörhead - 1916 (1991)
Roxette - Joyride (1991)
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind (1991)
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (1991)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/22/2022 @ 22:20pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Al Green - Let's Stay Together (1972) 13

Al Green - Al Green Gets Next to You (1971) 12

Al Green - Livin' for You (1973) 11
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Al Green - Al Green Explores Your Mind (1974) 10
Al Green - Al Green Is Love (1975) 10

Al Green - The Belle Album (1977) 7

Al Green - Full of Fire (1976) 5

Al Green - Green Is Blues (1969) 3

Al Green - Lay It Down (2008) 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Nick B.
Tom H.
Raichu
BSLO
J.W.
Johnny
Greg F
KING
jtrichey
MichaelEU
Lax39
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Al Green - Al Green Gets Next to You (1971)
Al Green - Let's Stay Together (1972)
Al Green - Livin' for You (1973)

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/22/2022 @ 22:21pm

Participation Bonus:

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song / album lost in a tiebreaker.

The Following voters are eligible for the bonus.

Darren
Greg F (me)
J.W.
Johnny
jtrichey
KING
MichaelEU
Nick B.
Ray
Tom H.

The following albums are eligible for the bonus.

Extreme - Extreme II: Pornograffitti (1990) - Greg F
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990) - BSLO
Feist - Let It Die (2005) - Greg F
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - BSLO
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005) - Johnny
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) J.W.
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) - Tom H.
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - Doo-Wop Phil
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - Tom H.
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - John R.C.
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - J.W.
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - John R.C.
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) - Nick B.
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - Rick Vendl II
Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958) - MichaelEU

Nick B. gets Warrent - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)
MichaelEU gets Miles Davis - Relaxin'with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958)
Johnny gets Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005)

The following voters have two albums to choose from.

Greg F (me): Extreme - Extreme II: Pornograffitti (1990) or Feist - Let It Die (2005).
I choose Feist - Let It Die (2005)

J.W.: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) or Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)

Tom H.: Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) or Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)

J.W. and Tom H. get back to me with your choices as soon as possible.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/23/2022 @ 12:08pm

For the June 2022 Participation Bonus, I choose:

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 06/23/2022 @ 15:46pm

Since Sonny Rollins is automatically nominated for July, I'll choose Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 06/23/2022 @ 18:40pm

Here's the list of albums inducted through the quarter 2 Participation Bonus.

Feist - Let It Die (2005)
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005)
Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 06/23/2022 @ 18:53pm

Rule Changes In 2022:

Tiebreaker votes will now be two days in length, rather than three. The schedule will be adjusted accordingly, as noted in the intro.

All polls will now end at 8 PM Central.

Voters will be allowed to nominate twice as many songs or albums in their birthday month. This will apply to the Song / Album Project, as well as the Genre, Year and Artist votes and the Genre and Artist selection processes.

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song / album lost in a tiebreaker. joker will post a list of eligible voters and songs / albums at the end of each quarter.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
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Birthdays this month:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate double the normal number of nominees in each category in the Song And Album project, including for genre and artist selection:

Darren
jtrichey
Ray
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2021. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Jazz
Japanese Music
1980's R&B
Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart
1960's Garage Rock
Symphonic Metal
Art Pop
1990's Alternative
Indietronica (2000-2021)
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
1970s Funk

"Progressive Soul" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Al Green
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
King's X
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Simple Minds
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
The Tragically Hip
Thelonious Monk
Tim Buckley
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Alubm Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1946.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1946. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1946.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1946 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

NONE

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1946, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 06/29/2022 @ 11:54am

General Vote:

Freddie Mercury - Mr. Bad Guy (1985)
Janis Ian - Between the Lines (1975)
John Mayall - The Turning Point (1969)

Genre: Bluegrass

Artist: Loudon Wainwright III

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/29/2022 @ 12:08pm

General Vote Nominations:

Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (1972)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea (1994)
Wilco - Summerteeth (1999)

Genre Nomination: 1970s Singer-Songwriters

Artist Nomination: Leonard Cohen

Year Vote Nominations:

Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946)
Lead Belly - Negro Folk Songs (1946)
Nat King Cole - The King Cole Trio, Volume 2 (1946)

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 06/29/2022 @ 12:13pm

Year Vote Nominations:

Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire - Blue Skies (1946)
Gorden Jenkins - Manhattan Tower (1946)
Leadbelly - Negro Folk Songs (1946)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/29/2022 @ 12:23pm

Greg F,

I nominated Lead Belly - Negro Folk Songs (1946). You have one more Year Vote nomination left.

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 06/29/2022 @ 12:37pm

Since J.W. nominated Leadbelly - Negro Folk Songs I'll change my nomination to:

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1946)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 06/29/2022 @ 12:39pm

KING JULY 2022 General Album Nominations (3).
Deep Purple-Come Taste The Band (1975)
Gene Loves Jezebel-The House Of Dolls (1987)
Rick Springfield-Hard To Hold (1984)

ARTIST: Rick Springfield
GENRE: 1980's Singer/Songwriters

KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 06/29/2022 @ 17:16pm

Year Vote

Original Broadway Cast- Annie Get Your Gun (1946)
Louis Jordan- Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five (1946)
Perry Como- Merry Christmas Music (1946)

General Vote

Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972)
Dream Theater- A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)

Genre Vote

21st Century Metal

Artist Vote

Phish

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 06/29/2022 @ 20:05pm

Here are my nominations for the upcoming July Album Project Vote:

King Crimson - Lizard (1970)
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974)
Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You (1979)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 06/29/2022 @ 20:32pm

Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION (2015)
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 06/29/2022 @ 20:34pm

Jeff Beck Group - Beck-Ola (1969)
John Mayer - Continuum (2006)
Bruno Mars - Doo Wops and Hooligans (2010)

British Invasion

Elvis Presley

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 06/30/2022 @ 07:17am

KING JULY 2022 The Year 1946 Album Nominations (3)
Gene Krupa-Drummin' With Krupa (1946)
Jo Stafford-Songs By Jo Stafford (1946)
Woody Guthrie-Ballads From The Dust Bowl (1946)
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 06/30/2022 @ 11:44am

General:
Portishead - Portishead (1997)
Canned Heat - Living the Blues (1968)
Guns N' Roses - The Spaghetti Incident? (1993)

Year:
Mary Lou Williams - Piano Solos (1946)
Paul Robeson - Spirituals (1946)
The Andrews Sisters - The Andrews Sisters (1946)

Artist:
Townes Van Zandt

Genre:
Americana

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 06/30/2022 @ 13:05pm

And now, my nominations for the July Album Project Vote:

James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)
ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud (1972)
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Thursday, 06/30/2022 @ 23:10pm

The first round of nomination voting for this year's FRL Re-Visited / Projected has begun on the Projected messageboard:

https://futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected/

Anyone interested is welcome to participate!

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/2/2022 @ 15:11pm

My nominees for July 2022 induction into The Album Project...

Gerry Rafferty - City to City (1978)
Julian Lennon - Valotte (1984)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 07/2/2022 @ 16:11pm

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)

Posted by Carol Sue on Saturday, 07/2/2022 @ 19:10pm

My nomination selection albums for the month are as follows:

Paul McCartney - Press to Play (1986)
Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch (1978)
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)

My 1946 nomination selection album choices are as follows:

Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Conducts the Music of Alec Wilder (1946)
Bing Crosby - Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. 1 (1946)
Bing Crosby - Favorite Hawaiian Songs Vol. 2 (1946)

My genre vote nomination is:

Bollywood

And my Artist vote nomination is:

Paul Carrack

Hope this helps and happy fourth (I presume),

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Saturday, 07/2/2022 @ 20:58pm

Just a quick note, the Rick Wakeman album was released in 1973. So it should be read as:

Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 07/3/2022 @ 10:00am

General noms:

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)

Genre nom:

Black Metal
Post-Rock / Post-Metal

Artist nom:

Kamelot
Swans

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 07/3/2022 @ 19:32pm

General noms (birthday bonus):

Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots (2006)
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985)
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992)
Foals - What Went Down (2015)
Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Stabbing Westward - Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 07/3/2022 @ 21:55pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominees:

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972)
Bruno Mars - Doo Wops and Hooligans (2010)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Canned Heat - Living the Blues (1968)
Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION (2015)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975)
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009)
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (1972)
Foals - What Went Down (2015)
Freddie Mercury - Mr. Bad Guy (1985)
Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You (1979)
Gene Loves Jezebel - The House Of Dolls (1987)
Gerry Rafferty - City to City (1978)
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
Guns N' Roses - The Spaghetti Incident? (1993)
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992)
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)
James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)
Janis Ian - Between the Lines (1975)
Jeff Beck Group - Beck-Ola (1969)
John Mayall - The Turning Point (1969)
John Mayer - Continuum (2006)
Julian Lennon - Valotte (1984)
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)
King Crimson - Lizard (1970)
Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985)
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974)
Paul McCartney - Press to Play (1986)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
Portishead - Portishead (1997)
Rick Springfield - Hard To Hold (1984)
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)
Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots (2006)
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)
Stabbing Westward - Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996)
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch (1978)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea (1994)
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)
Wilco - Summerteeth (1999)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud (1972)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 8 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Dr. W
GothGuy2021
Greg F
Ian W.
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John RC
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
Kenmil
KING
Kurtal
Lax38
MichaelEU
Nick B.
ntndeacon
Ozma
Paul K.
Philip
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Skylanderlord3
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/3/2022 @ 23:05pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970s Singer-Songwriters
1980's Singer/Songwriters
21st Century Metal
Americana
Black Metal
Bluegrass
Bollywood
British Invasion
Post-Rock / Post-Metal
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There were 9 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 2.

This month's selected genre is "1980's Singer/Songwriters".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/3/2022 @ 23:07pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Carrack, Paul
Cohen, Leonard
Kamelot
Phish
Presley, Elvis
Springfield, Rick
Swans
Van Zandt, Townes
Wainwright III, Loudon

There were 9 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 9.

This month's selected artist is Loudon Wainwright III.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Loudon Wainwright III.

Here's the list of Loudon Wainwright III albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

NONE

Any voter can nominate one album by Loudon Wainwright III released from 1900-2021 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Loudon Wainwright III discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudon_Wainwright_III_discography

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/3/2022 @ 23:11pm

Genre vote:

Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I (1980)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)

Artist Vote:

Loudon Wainwright III - Unrequited (1975)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/3/2022 @ 23:18pm

KING JULY 2022 Selected Artist Loudon Wainwright III. Album Nomination (1).
Loudon Wainwright III-Fame And Wealth (1983).

KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 07/4/2022 @ 02:01am

KING JULY 2022 1980's Singer/Songwriters (3).
Robert Plant-The Principle Of Moments (1983)
Sammy Hagar-Three Lock Box (1982)
Chris Isaak-Heart Shaped World (1989)

KING

Posted by KING on Monday, 07/4/2022 @ 02:36am

Artist Nomination

Loudon Wainwright III- Album III (1972)

Genre Nominations

Enya- Watermark (1988)
James Taylor- That's Why I'm Here (1985)
Loudon Wainwright III- More Love Songs (1986)

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 07/4/2022 @ 07:41am

Genre Vote:

Carly Simon - Come Upstairs (1980)
James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (1981)
Joni Mitchell - Dog Eat Dog (1985)

Artist Vote:

Loudon Wainwright III - Album II (1971)

A heads up for Darren, Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998) was previously inducted into the Album Project.

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 07/4/2022 @ 09:06am

Genre:
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions (1984)
John Hiatt - Riding With the King (1983)
Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy (1983)

Artist:
Loudon Wainwright III - History (1992)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 07/4/2022 @ 13:27pm

J.W. - Thanks! I've removed the Liz Phair album from the poll.

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1S4PYEqqt-Sz6eknBuG-rzn0oLCzZCSggQZ4N9MkrJ8c/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 8th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/4/2022 @ 23:14pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Drake - 11
Lorde - 11
The Weeknd - 11
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Florence + The Machine - 9
Lana Del Rey - 9

Bruno Mars - 8

Mumford & Sons - 7
Tame Impala - 7

Ariana Grande - 6

Alabama Shakes - 5
Frank Ocean - 5

Nicki Minaj - 4

Jack White - 3

Chance the Rapper - 2
Haim - 2
José James - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
MichaelEU
Kenmil
Ian
Ozma
KING
Greg F
Raichu
kurtal
Johnny
Tom H
Lax39
John R.C.
Nick B.
jtrichey
Ray
Philip

The following performers will be involved in a tie-breaker vote:

Drake
Lorde
The Weeknd

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote, select one of the performers in the tiebreaker.

The 2 performers that receives the most votes will be nominated. In the event of a tie in the tiebreaker, the last vote cast will be eliminated to determine the winner.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 11 PM Central on Thursday the 7th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/4/2022 @ 23:50pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Clarence Avant - 13

Max Martin - 10
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Toni Basil - 9

D.A. Pennebaker - 8
Sean "Diddy" Combs - 8

Jimmy Webb - 5
Kurt Loder - 5

Florence Greenberg - 4
P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri - 4

Eddie Trunk - 3
Godley and Creme - 3

Kool DJ Red Alert - 2

Michael Omartian - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
MichaelEU
Kenmil
Ian
Ozma
KING
Greg F
Raichu
kurtal
Tom H.
Lax39
Johnny
Nick B.
Ray
Philip

As a result of this round of voting, Clarence Avant and Max Martin have been nominated to the 2022 FRL Non-Performers ballot.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/4/2022 @ 23:50pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Elizabeth Cotten - 13
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Fats Waller - 7
Son House - 7
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Buck Owens - 6
Celia Cruz - 6
Johnnie Ray - 6

Blind Willie Johnson - 5

Blind Willie McTell - 4
Terry Riley - 4
The Last Poets - 4

Al Jolson - 3
Sugarhill Gang - 3
Turiyasangitananda (aka Alice Coltrane) - 3

Barbara Mandrell - 2
John Williams - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
MichaelEU
Kenmil
Ian
Ozma
KING
Greg F
Raichu
kurtal
Tom H.
Lax39
Johnny
Nick B.
Ray
Philip

As a result of this round of voting, Elizabeth Cotten has been nominated to the 2021 FRL Influences ballot.

The following influences will be involved in a tie-breaker vote:

Fats Waller
Son House

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote, select one of the influences in the tiebreaker.

The influence that receives the most votes will be nominated. In the event of a tie in the tiebreaker, the last vote cast will be eliminated to determine the winner.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on Thursday the 7th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/5/2022 @ 00:00am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Larry Carlton - 9
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Jennifer Batten - 8
The Applejacks - 8
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Lesley Duncan - 7
Paulinho Da Costa - 7

Biz Markie - 6

Dean Parks - 5
Doris Troy - 5

James Booker - 4
Nate Dogg - 4
Tony Thompson - 4

Michael Brecker - 3
Patrick Moraz - 3

Rudy Sarzo - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
MichaelEU
Kenmil
Ian
Ozma
KING
Greg F
Raichu
kurtal
Tom H.
Lax39
Nick B.
Johnny
Ray
Philip

As a result of this round of voting, Larry Carlton has been nominated to the 2022 FRL Sidemen Ballot.

The following sidemen will be involved in a tie-breaker vote:

Jennifer Batten
The Applejacks

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote, select one of the sidemen in the tiebreaker.

The performer that receives the most votes will be nominated. In the event of a tie in the tiebreaker, the last vote cast will be eliminated to determine the winner.

There will be three days of tiebreaker voting.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on Thursday the 7th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/5/2022 @ 00:02am

Nominations are now open for this week's Genre Re-visited / Projected Ballot Qualification Vote.

Here is the list of genre votes that we'll be having every other week as part of this project:

CURRENT - GENRE #1 - Classic Rock/Metal
GENRE #2 - Classic Alternative/Punk
GENRE #3 - Modern Rock/Alternative/Indie
GENRE #4 - Folk/Country Rock
GENRE #5 - R'n'B
GENRE #6 - Electronica
GENRE #7 - Hip Hop
GENRE #8 - Pop
GENRE #9 - World Music

The following artists have already been nominated for the 2022 ballot, either by automatically being nominated as a result of the 2021 vote or by winning a genre vote this year, and don't need to be nominated for this qualifying genre vote:

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

This week's genre vote is Classic Rock/Metal.

The sub-genres are independent of one another. It is not required for a nominated artist to be described accurately as belonging to all sub-genres to be considered for this genre.

Any voter that's interested in participating can nominate one eligible Performer.

There will be three days of nominations and four days of voting.

Genre nominations will not automatically carry over from one genre to another, nor will eligible nominations from the general vote. All genre nominations will need to be newly nominated during the nomination period.

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on Thursday the 7th.

I will be posting an updated list of nominees on Thursday the 7th. If you see any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

The link to the poll will be posted at approximately 8 PM Central on Friday the 8th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/5/2022 @ 00:04am

Please ignore all of these updates, as they were supposed to be posted on the Re-visited messageboard.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/5/2022 @ 00:05am

I'll re-post this, so that it doesn't get buried under the erroneous posts:

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1S4PYEqqt-Sz6eknBuG-rzn0oLCzZCSggQZ4N9MkrJ8c/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 8th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 07/5/2022 @ 00:41am

Genre Nominations
Bruce Cockburn - Humans (1980)
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)
Lyle Lovett - Lyle Lovett (1986)

Posted by Nick B. on Tuesday, 07/5/2022 @ 09:32am

Nick B.,

KING nominated Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989). You have one more genre nomination left.

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 07/5/2022 @ 09:47am

That's weird; I checked and didn't see it, at least first.

Replace that with -
Rick Springfield - Working Class Dog (1981)

Posted by Nick B. on Tuesday, 07/5/2022 @ 10:04am

Here are my nominations for 1980s Singer-Songwriters.

Jackson Browne - Lives in The Balance (1986)
Christine McVie - Christine McVie (1984)
James Taylor - That's Why I'm Here (1985)

And my nomination for the artist vote is:

Loudon Wainwright III - Attempted Mustache (1973)

Hope this helps,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Tuesday, 07/5/2022 @ 20:49pm

Since Lax also nominated James Taylor - That's Why I'm Here (1985) I'll change my nomination from that to Boz Scaggs - Middle Man (1980).

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 07/6/2022 @ 07:19am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION (2015) - 5
James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969) - 5
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974) - 5

Bruno Mars - Doo Wops and Hooligans (2010) - 4
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995) - 4
King Crimson - Lizard (1970) - 4
ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud (1972) - 4
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Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 3
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 3
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) - 3
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009) - 3
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992) - 3
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 3
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) - 3
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 3
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Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972) - 2
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 2
Canned Heat - Living the Blues (1968) - 2
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016) - 2
Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band (1975) - 2
Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (1972) - 2
Freddie Mercury - Mr. Bad Guy (1985) - 2
Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You (1979) - 2
Gerry Rafferty - City to City (1978) - 2
Guns N' Roses - The Spaghetti Incident? (1993) - 2
John Mayer - Continuum (2006) - 2
Julian Lennon - Valotte (1984) - 2
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981) - 2
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994) - 2
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) - 2
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) - 2
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 2
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 2
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 2
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea (1994) - 2
Wilco - Summerteeth (1999) - 2
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 2

Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021) - 1
Gene Loves Jezebel - The House Of Dolls (1987) - 1
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014) - 1
Janis Ian - Between the Lines (1975) - 1
Jeff Beck Group - Beck-Ola (1969) - 1
John Mayall - The Turning Point (1969) - 1
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011) - 1
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021) - 1
Mr. Mister - Welcome To the Real World (1985) - 1
Paul McCartney - Press to Play (1986) - 1
Portishead - Portishead (1997) - 1
Rick Springfield - Hard To Hold (1984) - 1
Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch (1978) - 1

Foals - What Went Down (2015) - 0
Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots (2006) - 0
Stabbing Westward - Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

John R.C.
BSLO
J.W.
Darren
Greg F
Tom H.
Johnny
Rick Vendl II
Carol Sue
MichaelEU
KING
Lax39
Doo-Wop Phil
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bruno Mars - Doo Wops and Hooligans (2010)
Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION (2015)
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)
King Crimson - Lizard (1970)
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974)
ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud (1972)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009)
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 8 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that get the most points will be inducted. The other 7 albums will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "1980's Singer/Songwriters", Artist Vote (Loudon Wainwright III) or Year Vote (1946).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/9/2022 @ 00:58am

Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)-8
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)-7
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)-6
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)-5
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009)-4
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992)-3
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)-2
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 07/9/2022 @ 05:46am

Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 8
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe - 7
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 6
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 5
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992) - 4
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) - 3
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) - 2
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 07/9/2022 @ 07:23am

Tiebreaker Vote:

Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) - 8
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 7
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 6
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992) - 5
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) - 4
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 3
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 2
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe - 1

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 07/9/2022 @ 07:56am

For the Depeche Mode tiebreaker vote, it was missing the year so it should read as:

Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 07/9/2022 @ 09:06am

KING JULY 2022 Monster Album Tiebreaker (8).
INXS-Welcome To Wherever You Are (1992)-8 PTS
Van Halen-Fair Warning (1981)-7
Dan Fogelberg-Phoenix (1979)-6
Stereolab-Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)-5
Benny Goodman-B.G. In Hi-Fi (1954)-4
Depeche Mode-Sounds Of The Universe (2009)-3
Barry DeVorzon And Perry Botkin Jr.-Bless The Beasts & Children (1971)-2
Mitski-Be The Cowboy (2018)-1 PT

KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 07/9/2022 @ 11:17am

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) - 8
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 7
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 6
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) - 5
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992) - 4
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009) - 3
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 2
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 07/10/2022 @ 00:10am

INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992) - 8
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 7
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) - 6
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 5
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009) - 4
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) - 3
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 2
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/10/2022 @ 00:28am

Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 8
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 7
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) - 6
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992) - 5
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009) - 4
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) - 3
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 2
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 07/10/2022 @ 05:26am

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) 8
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992) 7
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) 6
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) 5
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) 4
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) 3
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009) 2
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts and the Children (1971) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/10/2022 @ 12:25pm

My tiebreaker ballot is as follows:

Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) 8
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992) 7
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009) 6
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) 5
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) 4
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) 3
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) 2
Barry De Voron and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts and the Children (1971) 1

Will need to see if this changes the outcome of the vote,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Sunday, 07/10/2022 @ 19:10pm

Genre noms:

Bob Theil - So Far (1982)
David Kauffman and Eric Caboor - Songs From Suicide Bridge (1984)
Dan Johnson - Songs of Pain (1981)
Luis Alberto Spinetta - Kamikaze (1982)
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America (1988)
Roky Erickson - Gremlins Have Pictures (1986)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 07/10/2022 @ 20:00pm

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) - 8
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 7
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 6
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 5
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) - 4
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 3
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992) - 2
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009) - 1

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 07/10/2022 @ 20:06pm

Whoops, that should be Dan Johnston, not Dan Johnson.

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 07/10/2022 @ 20:13pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) - 55
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INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992) - 53
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 52
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) - 50
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 49
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 43
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009) - 35
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 23

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Bruno Mars - Doo Wops and Hooligans (2010)
Carly Rae Jepsen - E.MO.TION (2015)
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (1995)
James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)
King Crimson - Lizard (1970)
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke (1974)
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud (1972)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/10/2022 @ 22:55pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominated albums:

Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy (1983)
Bob Theil - So Far (1982)
Boz Scaggs - Middle Man (1980)
Bruce Cockburn - Humans (1980)
Carly Simon - Come Upstairs (1980)
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)
Christine McVie - Christine McVie (1984)
Dan Johnson - Songs of Pain (1981)
David Kauffman and Eric Caboor - Songs From Suicide Bridge (1984)
Enya - Watermark (1988)
Jackson Browne - Lives in The Balance (1986)
James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (1981)
James Taylor - That's Why I'm Here (1985)
Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I (1980)
John Hiatt - Riding With the King (1983)
Joni Mitchell - Dog Eat Dog (1985)
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions (1984)
Loudon Wainwright III - More Love Songs (1986)
Luis Alberto Spinetta - Kamikaze (1982)
Lyle Lovett - Lyle Lovett (1986)
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America (1988)
Rick Springfield - Working Class Dog (1981)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Robert Plant - The Principle Of Moments (1983)
Roky Erickson - Gremlins Have Pictures (1986)
Sammy Hagar - Three Lock Box (1982)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing albums on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 11th.

The poll will end at 8 PM Central on the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/10/2022 @ 23:13pm

FYI - Nick B. will be posting the genre poll link and genre vote results this month, as I'll be away from my computer on a trip next weekend.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/10/2022 @ 23:14pm

Here is the Google Forms poll link for the genre vote (1980s Singer-Songwriters).

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevw_P-d4dIcioxdgGhB2saKE4pShmvHTNgkB6jXTPZ0fO3sw/viewform

Voters must vote for exactly 8 Albums.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 15th.

Posted by Nick B. on Monday, 07/11/2022 @ 20:48pm

The genre vote is now closed.

Here are the results:

Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987) - 9

Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989) - 8
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981) - 8

Carly Simon - Come Upstairs (1980) - 7
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions (1984) - 7
Rick Springfield - Working Class Dog (1981) - 7

Boz Scaggs - Middle Man (1980) - 6

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Jackson Browne - Lives in The Balance (1986) - 5
James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (1981) - 5

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Enya - Watermark (1988) - 4
Lyle Lovett - Lyle Lovett (1986) - 4
Robert Plant - The Principle Of Moments (1983) - 4

Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy (1983) - 3
Christine McVie - Christine McVie (1984) - 3
Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I (1980) - 3
John Hiatt - Riding With the King (1983) - 3
Joni Mitchell - Dog Eat Dog (1985) - 3
Loudon Wainwright III - More Love Songs (1986) - 3
Sammy Hagar - Three Lock Box (1982) - 3

James Taylor - That's Why I'm Here (1985) - 2

Bob Theil - So Far (1982) - 1
Bruce Cockburn - Humans (1980) - 1
Dan Johnson - Songs of Pain (1981) - 1
David Kauffman and Eric Caboor - Songs From Suicide Bridge (1984) - 1
Luis Alberto Spinetta - Kamikaze (1982) - 1
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America (1988) - 1
Roky Erickson - Gremlins Have Pictures (1986) - 1

The following voters voted this round:
Darren
Dave
Doo-Wop Phil
Greg F
J.W.
Johnny
jtrichey
KING
Lax39
MichaelEU
Nick B.
Ray
Tom H.

The following albums were inducted this round:
Boz Scaggs - Middle Man (1980)
Carly Simon - Come Upstairs (1980)
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions (1984)
Rick Springfield - Working Class Dog (1981)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:
Jackson Browne - Lives in The Balance (1986)
James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (1981)

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Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 2 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that get the most points will be inducted. The 1 losing album will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's Artist Vote (Loudon Wainwright III) or Year Vote (1946).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Nick B. on Friday, 07/15/2022 @ 21:55pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Loudon Wainwright III) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1946) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Nick B. on Friday, 07/15/2022 @ 22:07pm

Genre Tiebreaker Vote:

James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (1981) - 2
Jackson Browne - Lives in The Balance (1986) - 1

Loudon Wainwright III - More Love Songs (1986) could qualify for this month's Album Project Artist Vote.

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 07/16/2022 @ 01:10am

James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (1981) - 2
Jackson Browne - Lives in The Balance (1986) - 1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 07/16/2022 @ 07:41am

KING JULY 2022 Album Tiebreaker Vote 80's Singer/Songwriters (2).
Jackson Browne-Lives In The Balance (1986)-2
James Taylor-Dad Loves His Work (1981)-1
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 07/16/2022 @ 11:32am

James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (1981) - 2
Jackson Browne - Lives in The Balance (1986) - 1

Artist -
Loudon Wainwright III - I'm Alright (1985)

Posted by Dave on Sunday, 07/17/2022 @ 13:51pm

Jackson Browne-Lives In The Balance (1986)-2
James Taylor-Dad Loves His Work (1981)-1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 07/17/2022 @ 16:08pm

James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (1981) - 2
Jackson Browne - Lives in The Balance (1986) - 1

I'll go ahead and nominate -
Loudon Wainwright III - More Love Songs (1986)

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 07/17/2022 @ 16:58pm

Singer-Songwriter Album Tiebreaker Time:

2 points: Jackson Browne - Lives in the Balance (1986)
1 point: James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (1981)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 07/17/2022 @ 18:00pm

Jackson Browne - Lives in The Balance (1986) - 2
James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (1981) - 1

Year noms:

Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946)
Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra - Innovations by Boyd Raeburn (1946)
Erroll Garner - Piano Memories (1946)
Ike Quebec - Tenor Sax (1946)
Josh White - Ballads and Blues (1946)
The Mills Brothers - Famous Barber Shop Ballads - Volume One (1946)

J.W.: Gotcha covered...

Artist noms:

Loudon Wainwright III - More Love Songs (1986)
Loudon Wainwright III - Last Man on Earth (2001)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 07/17/2022 @ 19:29pm

Whoops, didn't see Nick's pick at first, so instead I'll go with:

Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up (2007)

Posted by Ray on Sunday, 07/17/2022 @ 19:43pm

The genre vote tiebreaker is now closed.

Here are the results:
James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (1981) - 12*

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Jackson Browne - Lives in The Balance (1986) - 12

James Taylor's album had the highest votes first and thus won the tiebreaker vote. Ray's ballot had to be tossed as a result.

Here is the final list of inductees this round:
Boz Scaggs - Middle Man (1980)
Carly Simon - Come Upstairs (1980)
Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World (1989)
James Taylor - Dad Loves His Work (1981)
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions (1984)
Rick Springfield - Working Class Dog (1981)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (1987)

The Jackson Browne album will be nominated in next month's General Vote.

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 07/17/2022 @ 20:23pm

We will be having a one-day review for the Year Vote (1946). Please point out any albums that are missing and/or miswritten ASAP. The Google Forms poll will be posted sometime tomorrow night.

Bing Crosby - Favorite Hawaiian Songs Vol. 2 (1946)
Bing Crosby - Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. 1 (1946)
Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire - Blue Skies (1946)
Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Conducts the Music of Alec Wilder (1946)
Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946)
Gene Krupa - Drummin' With Krupa (1946)
Gorden Jenkins - Manhattan Tower (1946)
Jo Stafford - Songs By Jo Stafford (1946)
Lead Belly - Negro Folk Songs (1946)
Louis Jordan- Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five (1946)
Mary Lou Williams - Piano Solos (1946)
Nat King Cole - The King Cole Trio, Volume 2 (1946)
Original Broadway Cast- Annie Get Your Gun (1946)
Paul Robeson - Spirituals (1946)
Perry Como- Merry Christmas Music (1946)
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1946)
The Andrews Sisters - The Andrews Sisters (1946)
Woody Guthrie - Ballads From The Dust Bowl (1946)

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 07/17/2022 @ 20:24pm

We will be having a one-day review for the Artist Vote (Loudon Wainwright III). Please point out any albums that are missing and/or miswritten ASAP. The Google Forms poll will be posted sometime tomorrow night.

Loudon Wainwright III - Album II (1971)
Loudon Wainwright III - Attempted Mustache (1973)
Loudon Wainwright III - Fame And Wealth (1983)
Loudon Wainwright III - I'm Alright (1985)
Loudon Wainwright III - Last Man on Earth (2001)
Loudon Wainwright III - More Love Songs (1986)
Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up (2007)
Loudon Wainwright III - Unrequited (1975)
Loudon Wainwright III- Album III (1972)

Posted by Nick B on Sunday, 07/17/2022 @ 20:26pm

Darren should be back to post the Google Forms poll tomorrow night. If he is not able to do so, I will take care of that.

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 07/17/2022 @ 20:27pm

Ah Nick, looks looks like you missed my picks for the year vote.

Posted by Ray on Monday, 07/18/2022 @ 01:15am

My artist nomination is missing.

Loudon Wainwright III - History (1992)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 07/18/2022 @ 12:53pm

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YwHnY8p1q8pZnVOGL7AnoooeeuDuWedUHYI0bg07fTQ/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/18/2022 @ 23:17pm

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gw2byAxweyfdaUwWMtUB3VYTvmuFxCOQQrXYnVJ7z5U/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 07/18/2022 @ 23:18pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Gene Krupa - Drummin' With Krupa (1946) - 7
Lead Belly - Negro Folk Songs (1946) - 7
Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five (1946) - 7
Nat King Cole - The King Cole Trio, Volume 2 (1946) - 7

The Andrews Sisters - The Andrews Sisters (1946) - 6

Paul Robeson - Spirituals (1946) - 5
Woody Guthrie - Ballads From The Dust Bowl (1946) - 5
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Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946) - 4
Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946) - 4
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1946) - 4
The Mills Brothers - Famous Barber Shop Ballads - Volume One (1946) - 4
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Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire - Blue Skies (1946) - 3
Erroll Garner - Piano Memories (1946) - 3
Jo Stafford - Songs By Jo Stafford (1946) - 3
Josh White - Ballads and Blues (1946) - 3
Mary Lou Williams - Piano Solos (1946) - 3
Original Broadway Cast - Annie Get Your Gun (1946) - 3
Perry Como - Merry Christmas Music (1946) - 3

Bing Crosby - Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. 1 (1946) - 2

Bing Crosby - Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. 2 (1946) - 1
Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra - Innovations by Boyd Raeburn (1946) - 1
Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Conducts the Music of Alec Wilder (1946) - 1
Gorden Jenkins - Manhattan Tower (1946) - 1
Ike Quebec - Tenor Sax (1946) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
J.W.
Johnny
Greg F
MichaelEU
Tom H.
Lax39
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Ray
Nick B.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Gene Krupa - Drummin' With Krupa (1946)
Lead Belly - Negro Folk Songs (1946)
Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five (1946)
Nat King Cole - The King Cole Trio, Volume 2 (1946)
Paul Robeson - Spirituals (1946)
The Andrews Sisters - The Andrews Sisters (1946)
Woody Guthrie - Ballads From The Dust Bowl (1946)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946)
Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946)
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1946)
The Mills Brothers - Famous Barber Shop Ballads - Volume One (1946)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/23/2022 @ 00:01am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Loudon Wainwright III - Album II (1971) - 9

Loudon Wainwright III - Album III (1972) - 8
Loudon Wainwright III - Attempted Mustache (1973) - 8
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Loudon Wainwright III - Unrequited (1975) - 7

Loudon Wainwright III - More Love Songs (1986) - 6
Loudon Wainwright III - Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up (2007) - 6

Loudon Wainwright III - History (1992) - 5

Loudon Wainwright III - I'm Alright (1985) - 4

Loudon Wainwright III - Fame And Wealth (1983) - 3
Loudon Wainwright III - Last Man on Earth (2001) - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
J.W.
Johnny
Greg F
MichaelEU
Tom H.
Lax39
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Ray
Nick B.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Loudon Wainwright III - Album II (1971)
Loudon Wainwright III - Album III (1972)
Loudon Wainwright III - Attempted Mustache (1973)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/23/2022 @ 00:04am

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 07/23/2022 @ 06:35am

Genre Tiebreaker Vote:

Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946) - 4
The Mills Brothers - Famous Barber Shop Ballads - Volume One (1946) - 3
Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946) - 2
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1946) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 07/23/2022 @ 11:57am

The Mills Brothers - Famous Barber Shop Ballads - Volume One (1946) - 4
Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946) - 3
Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946) - 2

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1946) - 1

I just realized that the Stan Kenton album was inducted already as 1944. Looks like I got the release date wrong back then when we voted this period, the single was released in 1944, not the album. Sorry for this confusion, it would have had highest points from me anytime, but to avoid double induction, it's just one.

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 07/23/2022 @ 15:00pm

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/23/2022 @ 16:55pm

KING JULY 2022 The 1946 Year Album Tiebreaker (4).
Frank Sinatra-The Voice Of Frank Sinatra (1946)-4 PTS
Benny Goodman-Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946)-3
The Mills Brothers-Famous Barber Shop Ballads-Volume One (1946)-2
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra-Artistry In Rhythm (1946)-1 PT

Thanks to the intelligent and knowledgeable FRL regulars and new voters. I was able to have 2 of my 1946 albums earn induction. Gene Krupa and Woody Guthrie. Another strong month of Nominations And Voting as we move closer to August.
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 07/23/2022 @ 18:22pm

1946 Album Tiebreaker Vote:

4 points: The Mills Brothers - Famous Barber Shop Ballads - Volume 1 (1946)
3 points: Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946)
2 points: Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946)
1 point: Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1946)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 07/24/2022 @ 17:27pm

The Mills Brothers - Famous Barber Shop Ballads - Volume One (1946) - 3
Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946) - 4
Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946) - 2
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1946) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 07/24/2022 @ 19:38pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

The Mills Brothers - Famous Barber Shop Ballads - Volume One (1946) - 24
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Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946) - 20
Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946) - 19
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PREVIOUSLY INDUCTED - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1946) - 7

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Year vote:

Gene Krupa - Drummin' With Krupa (1946)
Lead Belly - Negro Folk Songs (1946)
Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five (1946)
Nat King Cole - The King Cole Trio, Volume 2 (1946)
Paul Robeson - Spirituals (1946)
The Andrews Sisters - The Andrews Sisters (1946)
The Mills Brothers - Famous Barber Shop Ballads - Volume One (1946)
Woody Guthrie - Ballads From The Dust Bowl (1946)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 07/24/2022 @ 22:43pm

Rule Changes In 2022:

Tiebreaker votes will now be two days in length, rather than three. The schedule will be adjusted accordingly, as noted in the intro.

All polls will now end at 8 PM Central.

Voters will be allowed to nominate twice as many songs or albums in their birthday month. This will apply to the Song / Album Project, as well as the Genre, Year and Artist votes and the Genre and Artist selection processes.

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song / album lost in a tiebreaker. joker will post a list of eligible voters and songs / albums at the end of each quarter.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
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Birthdays this month:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate double the normal number of nominees in each category in the Song And Album project, including for genre and artist selection:

NONE
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2021. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946)
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009)
Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946)
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992)
Jackson Browne - Lives in The Balance (1986)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Japanese Music
1980's R&B
Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart
1960's Garage Rock
Symphonic Metal
Art Pop
1990's Alternative
Indietronica (2000-2021)
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
1970s Funk
1980's Singer/Songwriters

"Jazz" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Al Green
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
King's X
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Louden Wainwright III
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Simple Minds
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
The Tragically Hip
Thelonious Monk
Tim Buckley
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Alubm Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1981.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1981. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1981.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1981 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

ABBA - The Visitors
AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
Air Supply - The One That You Love
Bauhaus - Mask
Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic
Black Flag - Damaged
Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin
Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Cluster - Curiosum
Dan Fogelberg - The Innocent Age
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell
Duran Duran - Duran Duran
Earth, Wind & Fire - Raise!
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps
Electric Light Orchestra - Time
Foreigner - 4
Genesis - Abacab
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes
Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement
Iron Maiden - Killers
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n Roll
John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Journey - Escape
King Crimson - Discipline
Kraftwerk - Computer World
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
Men at Work - Business as Usual
Minor Threat - Minor Threat
Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Pat Benatar - Precious Time
Phil Collins - Face Value
Prince - Controversy
Rick James - Street Songs
Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - Exit...Stage Left
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
Soft Cell - Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
Squeeze - East Side Story
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna
Styx - Paradise Theater
The Cars - Shake It Up
The Human League - Dare
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame
The Kinks - Give the People What They Want
The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager
The Pointer Sisters - Black & White
The Police - Ghost in the Machine
The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out the Trash
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises
Venom - Welcome to Hell
X - Wild Gift

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1981, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 00:49am

Year Nominations -
Gang of Four - Solid Gold (1981)
Smokey Robinson - Being with You (1981)
The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk (1981)

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 01:11am

KING AUGUST 2022 General Album Nominations (3).
Chris Isaak-Forever Blue (1995)
Robert Plant-Fate Of Nations (1993)
Stryper-To Hell With The Devil (1986)

ARTIST: Rick Springfield
GENRE: 1970's British Rock Artists
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 02:08am

KING AUGUST 2022 The Year 1981 Albums (3).
April Wine-The Nature Of The Beast (1981)
KISS-Music From "The Elder" (1981)
Olivia Newton-John-Physical (1981)
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 02:17am

General vote:
Autechre - Tri Repetae ++ (1995)
Bruce Haack - The Electric Lucifer (1970)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)

Yearly vote:
D.A.F. - Alles Ist Gud (1981)
Jon and Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo (1981)
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981)

I'll hold on Artist and Genre vote nominees for this round!

Posted by SotN on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 02:32am

KING Notice: Van Halen's Fair Warning (1981) rolled over in this August Month's Tiebreaker also would qualify for the 1981 Year Vote.
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 02:33am

Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016)
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (2010)
Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind (1966)

Artist Nomination:

Frank Sinatra

Genre Nomination:

Indie Folk

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 06:03am

General nominations:
José James - No Beginning No End (2013)
Bruce Cockburn - Humans (1980)
Peter Himmelman - From Strength To Strength (1991)

Year nominations (1981):
Bruce Cockburn – Inner City Front (1981)
Gino Vannelli – Nightwalker (1981)
Lee Ritenour – Rit (1981)

Artist nomination:
Phil Keaggy

Genre nomination:
Acid Jazz

Posted by Kenmil on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 07:08am

General Vote

Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)
The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life (1956)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)

Genre: 2010's Indie

Artist: Ween

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 07:08am

Year Vote

Chilliwack - Wanna Be A Star (1981)
Jim Steinman - Bad for Good (1981)
Quincy Jones - The Dude (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 08:11am

General Vote Nominations:

Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (1976)
AC/DC - Powerage (1978)
Iron Maiden - Live After Death (1985)

Artist Nomination: Al Stewart

Genre: 2000s Indie

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 09:37am

Year Vote Nominations:

Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981)
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (1981)
The Cramps - Psychedelic Jungle (1981)

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 09:44am

Here are my August Album Vote Nominations:

Phish - Rift (1993)
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Machine Head - The Blackening (2007)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 20:45pm

And now for my Genre & Artist Nominations:

Genre: 21st Century Folk, 2000-2021

Artist: Slipknot

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 22:53pm

My nominations for August 2022 induction into The Album Project...

Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Year

Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 07/31/2022 @ 16:55pm

Here are my nominations for the 1981 Album Vote:

Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
ZZ Top - El Loco (1981)
Marvin Gaye - In Our Lifetime (1981)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 07/31/2022 @ 18:45pm

Johnny
I'm happy the Random Generator decided on 1981. Plenty of quality albums and songs from 1981. Point Of Entry, Don't Say No, and Physical are 3 albums that stand out. I'm still amazed Don't Say No has not been inducted. Amazing album! J.W. has 2 albums Don't Say No by Billy Squier and Mob Rules by Black Sabbath that should do well. Doo Wop Phil had some of his Nominations inducted. I thought the Doo Wop was another great selection by the random number. KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 07/31/2022 @ 20:04pm

general noms:

Len - You Can't Stop the Bumrush (1999)
Black Lab - Your Body Above Me (1997)
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)

1981 nom:
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1981)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 07/31/2022 @ 20:47pm

Year Nominations

Bobby Womack - The Poet (1981)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Grateful Dead- Reckoning (1981)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 07/31/2022 @ 21:27pm

General -
Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991)
Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time (1999)
Shania Twain - Up! (2002)

Genre Nomination -
2010s Pop (2010-2021)

Artist Nomination -
Cher

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 07/31/2022 @ 22:27pm

Here are my nominations for the upcoming August Album Vote:

The Rolling Stones - Black and Blue (1976)
ZZ Top - ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Sunday, 07/31/2022 @ 23:39pm

1981

Lindsey Buckingham - Law and Order (1981)

Posted by Frank on Monday, 08/1/2022 @ 04:32am

General Vote

Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972)
Dream Theater- A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)

Genre Vote

21st Century Metal

Artist Vote

Phish

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 08/1/2022 @ 11:30am

Augustus Generale

Lindsey Buckingham - Law and Order (1981)

Posted by Frank on Monday, 08/1/2022 @ 12:31pm

Here are my nominations for the FRL project inducting albums.

General vote

Pete Townshend - White City: A Novel (1985)
Lorde - Solar Power (2021)
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhil low (1976)

Here are my 1981 album nominations:

Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Re-actor (1981)
Earth, Wind and Fire - Raise! (1981)
Herbie Hancock - Magic Windows (1981)

My genre vote nomination goes to:

Post-Rock

And my Artist vote nomination goes to:

Tom Lehrer

Hope this helps,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Monday, 08/1/2022 @ 20:09pm

Lax39,

Earth, Wind and Fire - Raise! (1981) was previously inducted into the Album Project. You have one more Year Vote nomination left.

The Jon Anderson album nomination, Olias of Sunhil low (1976) should be read as:

Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow (1976)

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 08/1/2022 @ 21:58pm

General:
Television - Adventure (1978)
L'Rain - Fatigue (2021)
Snail Mail - Valentine (2021)

Year:
Kim Wilde - Kim Wilde (1981)
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981)
The Time - The Time (1981)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 08/2/2022 @ 12:08pm

MichaelEU, Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates got inducted last month in the genre vote. You have one more year vote nomination if you want to use it.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/2/2022 @ 13:21pm

Thank you, I missed that somehow.

New year nomination:

Killing Joke - What's THIS For...! (1981)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 08/2/2022 @ 14:52pm

If you're looking for insight on the state of the universe, Ashlee Simpson isn't who you would turn to. She's a cute girl with cute songs. Maybe if you've heard any of her songs you might think there's Nothing New as far as the sound goes. To a large extent I think that's true. But she was only 19 years old when she recorded Autobiography which sold 5 million copies and debuted at #1. So I don't think she should be faulted too much for borrowing from other artists like Courtney Love, Fiona Apple and Alanis. It's too bad the incident on SNL distracted people from her music which for many is still Undiscovered. I think Autobiography was a really good little pop album. I truly believe The Album Project will be Better Off with this album in than without it. I know this particular group of voters may be Unreachable, but if Autobiography is inducted it will make me wanna La La in the kitchen on the floor, La La out the window and the door.......

Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography (2004)

Posted by joker on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 15:32pm

The Beatles - Meet The Beatles! (1964)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Bad Bunny - X 100pre (2018)

British Invasion

Elvis Presley

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 16:02pm

General
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
Sheena Easton - A Private Heaven (1984)
The Hooters - Nervous Night (1985)

Genre
2010s Country Music

Artist
Alabama

Year
Alabama - Feels So Right (1981)
George Strait - Strait Country (1981)
Juice Newton - Juice (1981)

Posted by Dave on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 17:04pm

Small correction it's just Hooters - Nervous Night (1985) there's no the in the bands name.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 17:31pm

Excited to see all of the Canadian content in the year vote! I am going to go all Canuck this time around:

Loverboy - Get Lucky (1981)
Saga - Worlds Apart (1981)
Triumph - Allied Forces (1981)

I rarely ever see an album by a Canadian band that jumps out as a snub to me, but I'd put Get Lucky in that category.

Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 17:56pm

BSLO
Saga Worlds Apart is an inspired choice. I think Saga is very underrated when you think about the quality of their songs and musicanship. A few of us have nominated Saga-On The Loose over the years. It's a great song and story video. I wish it would be inducted. I'm amazed at the amount of quality 1981 albums and songs still out there awaiting induction. Billy Squier-Don't Say No should have been inducted years ago. It has another opportunity this time. I find myself admiring the other FRL Regulars choices and it will be difficult to narrow it down. Loverboy had a good run in the early 1980's to the later 1980's. I might vote for that. Dave nominated 2 KING FAVS in Alabama & George Strait. This 1981 year Nominations have been impressive. Also shout-out to the random generator. Another outstanding selection in 1981. KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 19:17pm

Whew, looking like a stacked group of noms in both the General and Year votes...

General noms:

Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)

Genre nom:

Black Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 19:53pm

"KING Notice: Van Halen's Fair Warning (1981) rolled over in this August Month's Tiebreaker also would qualify for the 1981 Year Vote.
KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 07/30/2022 @ 02:33am"

King - That's not a correct representation of how automatic nomination works. Since "Fair Warning" was involved in a tiebreaker in July, it will automatically be nominated for the General vote in August. It will need to lose a tiebreaker in the August General Vote to qualify for the August Year Vote, as the General vote occurs before the Year Vote.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 23:05pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominees:

AC/DC - Powerage (1978)
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (1976)
Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991)
Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography (2004)
Autechre - Tri Repetae ++ (1995)
Bad Bunny - X 100pre (2018)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946)
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972)
Black Lab - Your Body Above Me (1997)
Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time (1999)
Bruce Cockburn - Humans (1980)
Bruce Haack - The Electric Lucifer (1970)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016)
Chris Isaak - Forever Blue (1995)
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009)
Dream Theater- A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946)
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (2010)
Hooters - Nervous Night (1985)
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992)
Iron Maiden - Live After Death (1985)
Jackson Browne - Lives in The Balance (1986)
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow (1976)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
José James - No Beginning No End (2013)
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
Len - You Can't Stop the Bumrush (1999)
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998)
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)
Lorde - Solar Power (2021)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
L'Rain - Fatigue (2021)
Machine Head - The Blackening (2007)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind (1966)
Pete Townshend - White City: A Novel (1985)
Peter Himmelman - From Strength To Strength (1991)
Phish - Rift (1993)
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993)
Shania Twain - Up! (2002)
Sheena Easton - A Private Heaven (1984)
Snail Mail - Valentine (2021)
Stryper - To Hell With The Devil (1986)
Television - Adventure (1978)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Beatles - Meet The Beatles! (1964)
The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life (1956)
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)
The Rolling Stones - Black and Blue (1976)
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
Zapp - Zapp (1980)
ZZ Top - ZZ Top's First Album (1971)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 8 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Dr. W
GothGuy2021
Greg F
Ian W.
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John RC
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
Kenmil
KING
Kurtal
Lax38
Michael W.
MichaelEU
Nick B.
ntndeacon
Ozma
Paul in KY
Paul K.
Philip
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Skylanderlord3
SotN
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 23:07pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970's British Rock Artists
2000s Indie
2010s Country Music
2010's Indie
2010s Pop (2010-2021)
21st Century Folk, 2000-2021
21st Century Metal
Acid Jazz
Black Metal
British Invasion
Indie Folk
Post-Rock
________________________________________

There were 12 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 9.

This month's selected genre is "Black Metal".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 23:10pm

The Billy Cobham album was released in 1973 so it should read as:

Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1973)

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 23:11pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Alabama
Cher
Keaggy, Phil
Lehrer, Tom
Phish
Presley, Elvis
Sinatra, Frank
Slipknot
Springfield, Rick
Stewart, Al
Swans
Ween

There were 12 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 6.

This month's selected artist is Elvis Presley.
__________________________________

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Elvis Presley.

Here's the list of Elvis Presley albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Elvis (1956)
Elvis Presley (1956)
Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
How Great Thou Art (1967)
From Elvis In Memphis (1969)
The Sun Sessions (1976)

Any voter can nominate one album by Elvis Presley released from 1900-2021 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Elvis Presley discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley_albums_discography

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 23:13pm

KING AUGUST 2022 Album Elvis Presley Selected Artist Nomination (1)
Elvis Presley-That's The Way It Is (1970).
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 23:23pm

Artist nomination –
Elvis Presley – That's the Way It Is (1970)

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 23:24pm

Elvis Presley Artist Vote Album Nomination:

Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960)

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 23:28pm

I posted my artist operation the same time as king so I will replace it with this –

Artist nomination –
Elvis Presley – Today (1975)

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 23:28pm

Augustus Generale

Lindsey Buckingham - Law and Order (1981)

Posted by Frank on Monday, 08/1/2022 @ 12:31pm

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Darren,

You forgot my nominee.

Posted by Frank on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 23:35pm

Artist nomination

Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 23:35pm

KING AUGUST 2022 Black Metal Album Nomination (1).
Summoning-Oath Bound (2006)
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 08/3/2022 @ 23:41pm

Black Metal nominations

Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane (1995)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Venom - Possessed (1985)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 08/4/2022 @ 00:10am

Black Metal Album Nomination:

Venom - At War with Satan (1984)

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 08/4/2022 @ 00:14am

I'm guessing that soundtrack albums count for the artist vote so my nomination is

Elvis Presley- Blue Hawaii (1961)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 08/4/2022 @ 08:24am

Artist
Elvis Presley - Promised Land (1975)

Posted by Dave on Thursday, 08/4/2022 @ 10:14am

genre nominations

Bathory- Blood Fire Death (1988)
Burzum- Filosofem (1996)
Darkthrone- Under a Funeral Moon (1993)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 08/4/2022 @ 11:27am

Artist nomination:

Elvis Presley - From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis (1969)

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 08/4/2022 @ 11:57am

Black Metal Album Nominations:

Bathory - Under the Sign of a Black Mark (1987)
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse (1994)
Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace (1997)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 08/4/2022 @ 13:31pm

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10DtMW9pbHja6_qGBXjNK4A1rekoFr3t0VVzu2oHctwE/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 8th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/4/2022 @ 22:29pm

genre nominations:
Horde - Hellig Usvart (1994)
Crowley - Nocturne (2017)
Crimson Moonlight - The Covenant Progress (2003)

artist nomination:
Elvis Presley - He Touched Me (1972)

Posted by Kenmil on Thursday, 08/4/2022 @ 22:38pm

Folks, here's my Elvis Presley Album Nomination:

Elvis Presley - For LP Fans Only (1959)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Friday, 08/5/2022 @ 23:33pm

Genre:

Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997)
Satyricon - Nemesis Divina (1996)
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 08/5/2022 @ 23:38pm

Hopefully it's not too late to meantion this. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns is already inducted. If anyone sees this there's no need to vote for it.

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 08/6/2022 @ 09:45am

In regards to "The Hissing of Summer Lawns", which has previously been inducted, if you haven't voted yet, please don't vote for it. If you have already voted and voted for it, you can re-cast your ballot if you like and I'll delete the previous ballot. If not, I'll just ignore its votes in the final totals.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 08/6/2022 @ 12:59pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Television - Adventure (1978) - 6

Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time (1999) - 5
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (2010) - 5
Hooters - Nervous Night (1985) - 5
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992) - 5
The Beatles - Meet The Beatles! (1964) - 5
________________________________

Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991) - 4
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 4
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016) - 4
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 4
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963) - 4
Phish - Rift (1993) - 4
________________________________

AC/DC - Powerage (1978) - 3
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 3
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1973) - 3
Bruce Cockburn - Humans (1980) - 3
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 3
Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind (1966) - 3
Shania Twain - Up! (2002) - 3
The Rolling Stones - Black and Blue (1976) - 3
ZZ Top - ZZ Top's First Album (1971) - 3

Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (1976) - 2
Autechre - Tri Repetae ++ (1995) - 2
Bad Bunny - X 100pre (2018) - 2
Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946) - 2
Bruce Haack - The Electric Lucifer (1970) - 2
Chris Isaak - Forever Blue (1995) - 2
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) - 2
Iron Maiden - Live After Death (1985) - 2
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow (1976) - 2
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - 2
Lenny Kravitz - 5 (1998) - 2
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994) - 2
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000) - 2
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 2
The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life (1956) - 2
The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974) - 2
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 2

Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography (2004) - 1
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 1
Black Lab - Your Body Above Me (1997) - 1
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009) - 1
Dream Theater- A View from the Top of the World (2021) - 1
Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946) - 1
Jackson Browne - Lives in The Balance (1986) - 1
José James - No Beginning No End (2013) - 1
Len - You Can't Stop the Bumrush (1999) - 1
Lindsey Buckingham - Law and Order (1981) - 1
Lorde - Solar Power (2021) - 1
L'Rain - Fatigue (2021) - 1
Machine Head - The Blackening (2007) - 1
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021) - 1
Pete Townshend - White City: A Novel (1985) - 1
Peter Himmelman - From Strength To Strength (1991) - 1
Robert Plant - Fate Of Nations (1993) - 1
Sheena Easton - A Private Heaven (1984) - 1
Snail Mail - Valentine (2021) - 1
Stryper - To Hell With The Devil (1986) - 1
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 1
Zapp - Zapp (1980) - 1

Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981) - 0
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
BSLO
jtrichey
Johnny
Dave
KING
Greg F
John R.C.
J.W.
MichaelEU
SotN
Lax39
joker
Nick B.
Doo-Wop Phil
Kenmil
Tom H.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time (1999)
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (2010)
Hooters - Nervous Night (1985)
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992)
Television - Adventure (1978)
The Beatles - Meet The Beatles! (1964)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016)
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
Phish - Rift (1993)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other 4 albums will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Black Metal", Artist Vote (Elvis Presley) or Year Vote (1981).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/8/2022 @ 23:18pm

General Album Tiebreaker Vote:

Phish - Rift (1993) - 6
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 5
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963) - 4
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016) - 3
Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991) - 2
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 08/8/2022 @ 23:43pm

KING AUGUST 2022 Album Tiebreaker (6)
Amy Grant-Heart In Motion (1991)-6 PTS
Link Wray-Link Wray (1971)-5
Phish-Rift (1993)-4
Camel-Moonmadness (1976)-3
Miles Davis-Seven Steps To Heaven (1963)-2
Childish Gambino- "Awaken My Love" (2016)- 1 PT
1 of the most eclectic tiebreakers I've seen. Good round again for the FRL Regulars and new voters.
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 08/9/2022 @ 00:45am

Tiebreaker:
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 6 pts.
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963) - 5 pts
Phish - Rift (1993) - 4 pts
Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991) - 3 pts
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 2 pts
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016) - 1 pt

Posted by Kenmil on Tuesday, 08/9/2022 @ 05:09am

Tiebreaker:

Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016) - 6
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963) - 5
Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991) - 4
Phish - Rift (1993) - 3
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 2
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 08/9/2022 @ 06:22am

Phish - Rift (1993)-6
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)-5
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016)-4
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)-3
Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991)-2
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/9/2022 @ 06:40am

If it's not too much trouble, I would like to replace one of my year album nominations.
Instead of Lee Ritenour – Rit (1981).

I would like to nominate:
Akira Terao - Reflections (1981)

I know it is highly unlikely that a record from Japan in Japanese will be inducted in this category, with so many strong albums released in 1981, but I wanted to honor one of the greatest albums in Japanese history, as someone who grew up in Japan, and who graduated from high school in Japan in 1981. Reflections is an unbelievable album of jazzy pop songs mostly about breaking up, released by a guy who was primarily known as a second-tier television actor who had never put out a record before. It spawned three singles that were in the top ten SIMULTANEOUSLY (!), and the first single, "Ruby no Yubiwa" ("The Ruby Ring"), broke the record of consecutive weeks at #1 on the Japanese charts, at the time. It ended up being the best-selling Japanese record of the 80's. It had a profound impact on me, and it is still one of my favorite albums. If you have any interest in Japanese music, and don't know this album, you should definitely check it out.
Cheers!
Kenmil

Posted by Kenmil on Tuesday, 08/9/2022 @ 08:26am

Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991) - 6
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016) - 5
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 4
Phish - Rift (1993) - 3
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963) - 2
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Tuesday, 08/9/2022 @ 09:49am

Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) would qualify for the 1981 August Album Year Vote.

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 08/9/2022 @ 11:00am

Tiebreaker Time:

6 points: Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
5 points: Phish - Rift (1993)
4 points: Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
3 points: Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016)
2 points: Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)
1 point: Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 08/9/2022 @ 11:03am

Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) 6
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) 5
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2018) 4
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963) 3
Phish - Rift (1993) 2
Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991) 1

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 08/9/2022 @ 11:08am

Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016) - 6
Phish - Rift (1993) - 5
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963) - 4
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 3
Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991) - 2
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 08/9/2022 @ 11:23am

Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991) - 6
Phish - Rift (1993) - 5
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 4
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963) - 3
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016) - 2
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 1

How would Van Halen's 'Fair Warning' qualify for the Year Vote if it's not involved in this tiebreaker? Someone would have to nominate it to be on that ballot.

Posted by Dave on Tuesday, 08/9/2022 @ 11:24am

My Album Tiebreaker Votes:

6 points: Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)
5 points: Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
4 points: Phish - Rift (1993)
3 points: Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
2 points: Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991)
1 point: Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Tuesday, 08/9/2022 @ 23:16pm

Kenmil: Tbh, not sure that I'd heard of it, so thanks for putting it in the spotlight. It's going to be a tough round already with what's been nominated, but I'll be sure to give it a good, hard look. And we could certainly stand to have more Japanese/Asian recordings in the projects.

Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 6
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 5
Phish - Rift (1993) - 4
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963) - 3
Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991) - 2
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016) - 1

Wow, great tiebreaker, coming from a strong set of selections this round. It'll be good to be able to reconsider whatever doesn't make it next month.

Genre noms:

Great set of selections all around so far. I know the genre might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it is one of my favorite metal subgenres, and it's definitely something tat's gone underrepresented so far in the projects. I decided to lean towards more modern picks for my noms this time.

Alcest - Écailles de Lune (2010)
Mgła - Exercises in Futility (2015)
Ulver - Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 08/10/2022 @ 20:00pm

Alcest are the progenitors of the blackgaze subgenre, with their pioneering mix of shoegaze, dream pop, and black metal, and this remains one of their strongest releases, as well as having probably the most black metal elements of their LPs. Mgła are one of my favorite contemporary bands and one of the standard bearers for the thriving Polish black metal scene, and I could've gone with any of their last three albums. This is probably their most popular one so far, though, with "Exercises in Futility V" having given their drummer Darkside some notoriety after a live drum cam recording started making the rounds. Ulver have had a pretty varied and eclectic career so far, to say the least, but their early releases were definitely part of the black metal scene, and their debut, with its mix of folk music and atmospheric black metal elements, not only ended up proving pretty influential (including being a strong influence on the aforementioned Alcest), but might still be the strongest release of their career so far.

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 08/10/2022 @ 20:13pm

J.W. - "Fair Warning" didn't qualify for the Year Vote because it didn't finish in a tiebreaker in the August General Vote. It lost a tiebreaker in one of the votes in July.

When an album or song loses a tiebreaker, it is only automatically nominated for the next vote that it's eligible for. It's not automatically nominated for any future votes that it's eligible for or any and all votes that it's qualified for in the next month of voting.

"Fair Warning" was automatically nominated for the August General vote and needed to lose that tiebreaker to be eligible for automatic nomination for another vote, which it was not.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/11/2022 @ 01:53am

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Phish - Rift (1993) - 51
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963) - 47
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Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 45
Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991) - 37
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016) - 37
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 35

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Year vote:

Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time (1999)
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (2010)
Hooters - Nervous Night (1985)
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992)
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
Phish - Rift (1993)
Television - Adventure (1978)
The Beatles - Meet The Beatles! (1964)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/11/2022 @ 02:00am

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominated albums:

Alcest - Écailles de Lune (2010)
Bathory - Blood Fire Death (1988)
Bathory - Under the Sign of a Black Mark (1987)
Burzum - Filosofem (1996)
Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace (1997)
Crimson Moonlight - The Covenant Progress (2003)
Crowley - Nocturne (2017)
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992)
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon (1993)
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane (1995)
Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997)
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse (1994)
Horde - Hellig Usvart (1994)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Mgła - Exercises in Futility (2015)
Satyricon - Nemesis Divina (1996)
Summoning - Oath Bound (2006)
Ulver - Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995)
Venom - At War with Satan (1984)
Venom - Possessed (1985)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing albums on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 11th.

The poll will end at 8 PM Central on the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/11/2022 @ 02:02am

Thank you for the clarification, Darren. Sorry for the confusion.

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 08/11/2022 @ 03:12am

Ray, thank you!
For you (and anyone else who is interested), here is a youtube link to the whole album.
I would love to see it inducted, but have no pretense that it will. I decided to nominate it because, for me in my world, it is the album that most defines 1981, with a combination of musical excellence, popularity, and unprecedented record-breaking on the Japanese music charts at the time. Tatsuro Yamashita (who I love, and have been a big fan of since high school in Japan) is much more famous outside of Japan, but none of his albums got close to accomplishing what this record did in Japan.
Cheers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMtkvWg2TM

Posted by Kenmil on Thursday, 08/11/2022 @ 07:15am

Regarding the above YouTube link. For some reason, the uploader decided to have video of a train ride on it (doesn't make sense to me), but the music is the complete "Reflections" album by Akira Terao.
Cheers

Posted by Kenmil on Thursday, 08/11/2022 @ 08:27am

Ray, you display such an impressive amount of knowledge of Metal I could see you teaching a course on the subject at a community college or arts center. Seriously.....

Posted by joker on Thursday, 08/11/2022 @ 18:03pm

Here is the link for the Genre Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FJwdSOHOfS5nVQJLtwNY1hT19DKB0XHYPs6Yn9YLj6k/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 15th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/11/2022 @ 22:03pm

Folks, if it's not too late, I'd like to send in some nominations for the 1981 Album Vote.

George Harrison - Somewhere in England (1981)
Hank Williams Jr. - The Pressure Is On (1981)
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Friday, 08/12/2022 @ 23:36pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) - 6
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon (1993) - 6
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994) - 6

Alcest - Écailles de Lune (2010) - 5
Burzum - Filosofem (1996) - 5
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) - 5
Ulver - Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) - 5
Venom - At War with Satan (1984) - 5
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Bathory - Under the Sign of a Black Mark (1987) - 4
Crimson Moonlight - The Covenant Progress (2003) - 4
Crowley - Nocturne (2017) - 4
Mgła - Exercises in Futility (2015) - 4
Satyricon - Nemesis Divina (1996) - 4
Venom - Possessed (1985) - 4

Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997) - 3

Bathory - Blood Fire Death (1988) - 2
Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace (1997) - 2
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) - 2
Horde - Hellig Usvart (1994) - 2
Summoning - Oath Bound (2006) - 2

This vote count includes the following votes:

Greg F
MichaelEU
KING
J.W.
Johnny
Kenmil
Tom H.
jtrichey
joker
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Alcest - Écailles de Lune (2010)
Burzum - Filosofem (1996)
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992)
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon (1993)
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse (1994)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Ulver - Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995)
Venom - At War with Satan (1984)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/15/2022 @ 23:09pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Elvis Presley) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1981) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/15/2022 @ 23:10pm

Can someone put these on the album spreadsheet for me?

Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King (2013)
Billy Preston - Music Is My Life (1972)
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (1981)
Bob Weir - Ace (1972)
Bobby Womack - The Poet (1981)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
Carly Simon - Anticipation (1971)
Carly Simon - Carly Simon (1971)
Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (1966)
Death - Scream Bloody Gore (1987)
Dream Theater- A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Eagles - On the Border (1974)
Eagles - One of These Nights (1975)
Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Elton John - Rock of the Westies (1975)
Frank Zappa- One Size Fits All (1975)
Frank Zappa- Waka/Jawaka (1972)
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974)
Grateful Dead- From the Mars Hotel (1974)
Grateful Dead- Terrapin Station (1977)
Jerry Garcia- Garcia (1972)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave (1987)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Jimmy Buffett- Son of a Son of a Sailor (1978)
John Coltrane- Ascension (1965)
John Coltrane- Coltrane (1962)
Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now (1974)
Los Lobos - By the Light of the Moon (1987)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun (2014)
Mastodon - The Hunter (2011)
Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson- Pancho & Lefty (1983)
Motörhead - Motörhead (1977)
Nightwish - Oceanborn (1998)
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)
Opeth - Morningrise (1996)
Opeth - Pale Communion (2014)
Phish- Hoist (1994)
Phish- Rift (1993)
Poco - Poco (1970)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Sonny Rollins- Tenor Madness (1956)
The 13th Floor Elevators - Bull of the Woods (1969)
Thelonious Monk- 5 by Monk by 5 (1959)
Thelonious Monk- Solo Monk (1964)
Thelonious Monk- Thelonious Himself (1957)
Triumvirat - Spartacus (1975)
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Wendy Carlos - A Clockwork Orange: Wendy Carlos' Complete Original Score (1972)
Willie Nelson- Always on My Mind (1982)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/16/2022 @ 06:46am

Hi, Tom H.! If you're reading this, I put all your album requests on the Album section of the FRL Project Snubs Master List. The only album that didn't need to be added was Rift by Phish, which recently earned induction onto the Important Albums List. But other than that, great choices, buddy! Have a good day!

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 08/17/2022 @ 15:39pm

Wow, what a great class, not just for the quality, but also for the variety. And what a pleasant surprise to see Alcest and Ulver make the cut, heh. Is this the first time that we've inducted recordings representing at least two different foreign languages in a single class in either of the projects?

joker: Heh, thanks! I still feel like I plenty of blind spots, but I guess I've picked up quite a bit over the years. And I wouldn't mind having a job like that someday, tbh. I feel like a number of us could teach classes like that, from whatever genres we're really knowledgeable in.

Kenmil: Yeah, weird choice of visuals, heh. And I've given it a listen, and I like it so far. I think I actually prefer Side B to Side A at this point.

Year noms:

Wipers - Youth of America (1981)
The Sound - From the Lion's Mouth (1981)
Agent Orange - Living in Darkness (1981)

Artist nom:

Elvis Presley - Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971)

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 08/17/2022 @ 19:02pm

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Agent Orange - Living in Darkness (1981)
Akira Terao - Reflections (1981)
Alabama - Feels So Right (1981)
April Wine - The Nature Of The Beast (1981)
Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981)
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (1981)
Bobby Womack - The Poet (1981)
Bruce Cockburn – Inner City Front (1981)
Chilliwack - Wanna Be A Star (1981)
D.A.F. - Alles Ist Gud (1981)
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981)
Gang of Four - Solid Gold (1981)
George Harrison - Somewhere in England (1981)
George Strait - Strait Country (1981)
Gino Vannelli – Nightwalker (1981)
Grateful Dead- Reckoning (1981)
Hank Williams Jr. - The Pressure Is On (1981)
Herbie Hancock - Magic Windows (1981)
Jim Steinman - Bad for Good (1981)
Jon and Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo (1981)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Juice Newton - Juice (1981)
Killing Joke - What's THIS For...! (1981)
Kim Wilde - Kim Wilde (1981)
KISS - Music From "The Elder" (1981)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
Loverboy - Get Lucky (1981)
Marvin Gaye - In Our Lifetime (1981)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Re-actor (1981)
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)
Quincy Jones - The Dude (1981)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1981)
Saga - Worlds Apart (1981)
Smokey Robinson - Being with You (1981)
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981)
The Cramps - Psychedelic Jungle (1981)
The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk (1981)
The Sound - From the Lion's Mouth (1981)
The Time - The Time (1981)
Triumph - Allied Forces (1981)
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)
Wipers - Youth of America (1981)
ZZ Top - El Loco (1981)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/17/2022 @ 22:39pm

Nominations are now closed for the Artist Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961)
Elvis Presley - Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971)
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960)
Elvis Presley - For LP Fans Only (1959)
Elvis Presley - From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis (1969)
Elvis Presley - He Touched Me (1972)
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960)
Elvis Presley - Promised Land (1975)
Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is (1970)
Elvis Presley - Today (1975)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 08/17/2022 @ 22:42pm

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ld4ObNQNUehUEnBZWbOX9SF2J_yTSIhCZVl74pfj2Y8/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/18/2022 @ 22:57pm

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dqwWuuTDZLBlLTVOnDQsiyuytdnuRYW10wkKX5JIHgg/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 08/18/2022 @ 22:57pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981) - 9

Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) - 6

Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (1981) - 5
Gang of Four - Solid Gold (1981) - 5
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981) - 5
Quincy Jones - The Dude (1981) - 5
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1981) - 5
ZZ Top - El Loco (1981) - 5
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Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981) - 4
Chilliwack - Wanna Be A Star (1981) - 4
Jim Steinman - Bad for Good (1981) - 4
Juice Newton - Juice (1981) - 4
Killing Joke - What's THIS For...! (1981) - 4
The Cramps - Psychedelic Jungle (1981) - 4

Akira Terao - Reflections (1981) - 3
Alabama - Feels So Right (1981) - 3
April Wine - The Nature Of The Beast (1981) - 3
Devo - New Traditionalists (1981) - 3
George Harrison - Somewhere in England (1981) - 3
George Strait - Strait Country (1981) - 3
Gino Vannelli – Nightwalker (1981) - 3
Kim Wilde - Kim Wilde (1981) - 3
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire (1981) - 3
The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk (1981) - 3
Triumph - Allied Forces (1981) - 3

Bobby Womack - The Poet (1981) - 2
D.A.F. - Alles Ist Gud (1981) - 2
Hank Williams Jr. - The Pressure Is On (1981) - 2
Herbie Hancock - Magic Windows (1981) - 2
Jon and Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo (1981) - 2
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981) - 2
Loverboy - Get Lucky (1981) - 2
Saga - Worlds Apart (1981) - 2
Smokey Robinson - Being with You (1981) - 2
The Time - The Time (1981) - 2

Agent Orange - Living in Darkness (1981) - 1
Bruce Cockburn – Inner City Front (1981) - 1
Grateful Dead- Reckoning (1981) - 1
Marvin Gaye - In Our Lifetime (1981) - 1
The Sound - From the Lion's Mouth (1981) - 1
Wipers - Youth of America (1981) - 1

KISS - Music From "The Elder" (1981) - 0
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Re-actor (1981) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
KING
Greg F
Nick B.
SotN
Johnny
Kenmil
Tom H.
MichaelEU
J.W.
BSLO
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Carol Sue

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (1981)
Gang of Four - Solid Gold (1981)
Judas Priest - Point of Entry (1981)
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)
Quincy Jones - The Dude (1981)
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1981)
Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)
ZZ Top - El Loco (1981)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/22/2022 @ 22:32pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Elvis Presley - From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis (1969) - 9
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Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961) - 8
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960) - 8
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960) - 8
Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is (1970) - 8
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Elvis Presley - Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971) - 6
Elvis Presley - For LP Fans Only (1959) - 6
Elvis Presley - Promised Land (1975) - 6
Elvis Presley - Today (1975) - 6

Elvis Presley - He Touched Me (1972) - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
KING
Greg F
Nick B.
Johnny
Kenmil
Tom H.
MichaelEU
J.W.
BSLO
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Elvis Presley - From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis (1969)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961)
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960)
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960)
Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is (1970)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/22/2022 @ 22:37pm

Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961) - 4
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960) - 3
Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is (1970) - 2
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960) - 1

Posted by Darren on Monday, 08/22/2022 @ 22:41pm

Artist Tiebreaker Vote:

Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960) - 4
Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961) - 3
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960) - 2
Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is (1970) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 08/22/2022 @ 23:45pm

KING AUGUST 2022 ELVIS Selected Artist Album Tiebreaker (4).
Elvis Presley-That's The Way It Is (1970)-4 PTS
Elvis Presley-Blue Hawaii (1961)-3
Elvis Presley-Elvis Is Back! (1960)-2
Elvis Presley-His Hand In Mine (1960)-1 PT
Happy to see my Olivia Newton-John Physical album selection earn induction. Also, it earned top vote honors with 9. I had nominated Physical a few days before the news broke about her passing. Olivia was an incredible talent. Gifted singer and was magical. Smile and presence lighting up the room. I try and watch Grease with my Sister once a year. What a Classic! She should be in the RRHOF sooner than later. Finally, Fair Warning earned Induction. I didn't vote for Judas Priest Point Of Entry...It was 1 of my last cuts. Glad it was pushed over the induction threshold. Surprised Billy Squier Don't Say No did not earn induction but getting closer now. A KING salute to the FRL Regulars and new voters who participated this month. Another excellent month of album and song inductions.
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 08/23/2022 @ 00:06am

My tiebreaker vote:
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960) - 4 pts.
Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is (1970) - 3 pts.
Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961) - 2 pts.
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960) - 1 pts.

Posted by Kenmil on Tuesday, 08/23/2022 @ 05:43am

Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961)-4
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960)-3
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960)-2
Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is (1970)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 08/23/2022 @ 18:43pm

Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960) 4
Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961) 3
Elvis Presley - That's the Way It is (1970) 2
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/24/2022 @ 06:23am

Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is (1970) - 4
Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961) - 3
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960) - 2
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 08/24/2022 @ 10:25am

Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961) - 4
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960) - 3
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960) - 2
Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is (1970) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 08/24/2022 @ 14:17pm

Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is (1970) - 4
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960) - 3
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960) - 2
Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961) - 1

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 08/24/2022 @ 19:51pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961) - 27

Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is (1970) - 22 (3 highest overall rankings)
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Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960) - 22 (1 highest overall ranking)

Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960) - 19

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the September Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Artist vote:

Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (1961)
Elvis Presley - From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis (1969)
Elvis Presley - That's The Way It Is (1970)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 08/26/2022 @ 21:18pm

Rule Changes In 2022:

Tiebreaker votes will now be two days in length, rather than three. The schedule will be adjusted accordingly, as noted in the intro.

All polls will now end at 8 PM Central.

Voters will be allowed to nominate twice as many songs or albums in their birthday month. This will apply to the Song / Album Project, as well as the Genre, Year and Artist votes and the Genre and Artist selection processes.

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song / album lost in a tiebreaker. joker will post a list of eligible voters and songs / albums at the end of each quarter.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
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Birthdays this month:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate double the normal number of nominees in each category in the Song And Album project, including for genre and artist selection:

DMG
Skylanderlord3
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2021. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016)
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960)
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960)
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

1980's R&B
Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart
1960's Garage Rock
Symphonic Metal
Art Pop
1990's Alternative
Indietronica (2000-2021)
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
1970s Funk
1980's Singer/Songwriters
Black Metal

"Japanese Music" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Al Green
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
King's X
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Louden Wainwright III
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Simple Minds
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
The Tragically Hip
Thelonious Monk
Tim Buckley
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Alubm Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1963.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1963. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1963.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1963 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Andy Williams - The Andy Williams Christmas Album
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Lady Sinner
James Brown - Live At The Apollo
Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall (Live)
Phil Spector / Various Artists - A Christmas Gift For You From Phillies Records
Roy Orbison - In Dreams
Sam Cooke - Live at Harlem Square Club
The Beatles - Please Please Me
The Beatles - With The Beatles

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1963, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 08/28/2022 @ 20:50pm

Year Nominations

Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1963)
The Beach Boys- Surfin' U.S.A. (1963)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 08/28/2022 @ 21:42pm

General Vote

Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972)
Dream Theater- A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)

Genre Vote

21st Century Metal

Artist Vote

Phish

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 08/28/2022 @ 21:43pm

General Vote

Jennifer Lopez - J.Lo (2001)
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
Shakira - Laundry Service (2001)

Genre: Electronica 2000-2021

Artist: UFO

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 08/28/2022 @ 22:06pm

KING SEPTEMBER 2022 General Album Nominations (3).
Cinderella-Heartbreak Station (1990)
Tesla-Mechanical Resonance (1986)
X-Caliber-Warriors Of The Night (1986)
1963 Year Albums Nominations (3).
Al Martino-I Love You Because (1963)
Barbra Streisand-The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
Dion-Dion Sings To Sandy (1963)

ARTIST: April Wine
GENRE: Deceased Rock Music Artists
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 08/28/2022 @ 22:16pm

KING SEPTEMBER 2022 Album Change (1) Year 1963. Ray Charles-Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963).
The Barbra Streisand Album had already been inducted. Barbra Streisand-The Barbra Streisand Album (1963).
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 08/28/2022 @ 22:26pm

Year Vote

Ray Price - Night Life (1963)
Sam Cooke - Night Beat (1963)
The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack (1963)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 08/28/2022 @ 22:27pm

General Vote Nominations:

Renaissance - A Song For All Seasons (1978)
Def Leppard - On Through The Night (1980)
Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981)

Year Vote Nominations:

Allan Sherman - My Son, the Nut (1963)
Billy Preston - 16 Yr. Old Soul (1963)
Dick Dale - Checkered Flag (1963)

Artist Nomination: INXS

Genre: Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 08/29/2022 @ 05:13am

General Nomination:

FKA twigs - MAGDALENE (2019)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)

Genre Nomination:

2010s Indie Folk

Artist Nomination:

Frank Sinatra

Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 08/29/2022 @ 06:04am

General nominations:
Gino Vannelli - Brother To Brother (1978)
Santana - Borboletta (1974)
Peter Himmelman - From Strength To Strength (1991)

Year nominations:
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (1963)
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1963)
Peter, Paul and Mary - "In the Wind" (1963)

Artist nomination:
Phil Keaggy

Genre nomination:
Jazz Fusion

Posted by Kenmil on Monday, 08/29/2022 @ 07:53am

Here are my nominations for the 1963 Album Vote:

Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963)
Stevie Wonder - With a Song in My Heart (1963)
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 08/29/2022 @ 13:17pm

Seeing that Johnny has also nominated a Peter, Paul and Mary album for the year (1963), I don't want to put two albums by the same artist up against each other, even though they were released in the same year, so I would like to withdraw my nomination of Peter, Paul and Mary - In the Wind.
Instead, I would like to nominate the following for my third year nomination:

Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog (1963)

Cheers.

By the way, I don't know if I had mentioned this yet, but, since there are perks on your birthday month, my birthday is in December.

Posted by Kenmil on Monday, 08/29/2022 @ 13:56pm

Now, my nominations for the upcoming September Album Vote:

George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974)
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965)
Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind (1982)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 08/29/2022 @ 15:41pm

Replace my Renaissance nomination with:

XTC - Nonsuch (1992)

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 08/30/2022 @ 08:56am

My nominees for September 2022 induction into The Album Project...

Andy Williams - Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes (1962)
George Harrison - Thirty Three & 1/3 (1976)
John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 08/30/2022 @ 12:37pm

Here are my nominations for the upcoming September Album Vote:

Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)
Elton John - Caribou (1974)
The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Tuesday, 08/30/2022 @ 23:14pm

Here are my Genre & Artist Album Nominations:

Genre: Power Metal
Artist: Slipknot

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 08/31/2022 @ 09:08am

Here are my nominations for the Project:

The Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (1977)
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981)
Adrian Belew - Young Lions (1990)

My 1963 Album nominations are:

The Kingston Trio - Time to Think (1963)
Peter, Paul & Mary - In the Wind (1963)
Sam Cooke - Night Beat (1963)

My Genre vote nomination is:

Power Pop

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Todd Rundgren

Hoping for a genre vote that I am a little more familiar with,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Wednesday, 08/31/2022 @ 20:35pm

Lax39- I nominated Sam Cooke - Night Beat. You have another year vote nomination.

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 08/31/2022 @ 22:18pm

General:
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
King Sunny Adé - Juju Music (1982)
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011)

Year:
Ian & Sylvia - Four Strong Winds (1963)
The Impressions - The Impressions (1963)
The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry and 12 Other Hits (1963)

Artist:
Jerry Lee Lewis

Genre:
Rock'n'Roll & Rockabilly 1954-1964

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 09/1/2022 @ 09:32am

General Album Vote (9/22)

Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno (1987)
City Boy - Book Early (1978)
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)

Posted by Carol Sue on Thursday, 09/1/2022 @ 11:17am

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006)
Ariana Grande - Sweetener (2018)

British Invasion

Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder - The 12 Year Old Genius (1963)
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)
The Surfaris - Wipe Out (1963)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 09/1/2022 @ 12:27pm

Lax39- nevermind you don't have to replace Sam Cooke - Night Beat. I'm replacing my nomination with Lesley Gore - Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-up Hearts (1963).

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 09/1/2022 @ 19:12pm

general noms:

Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow (2003)
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
The Temptations - All Directions (1972)

Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 09/2/2022 @ 20:15pm

General
Natalie Cole - Natalie (1976)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
Shania Twain - Up! (2002)

Artist -
Barbra Streisand

Genre -
2010s Country Music

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 09/3/2022 @ 09:54am

General noms:

Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
Fear - The Record (1982)

Genre nom:

Ethereal Wave / Darkwave

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 09/3/2022 @ 19:33pm

I'd like to submit some nominations for the 1963 Album Vote:

Dick Dale - King of the Surf Guitar (1963)
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)
Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins - Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1963)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Saturday, 09/3/2022 @ 23:08pm

Doo-Wop Phil,

The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963) was nominated by BSLO for the 1963 Year Vote. You have one more Year Vote nomination left.

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 09/3/2022 @ 23:21pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominees:

Adrian Belew - Young Lions (1990)
Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991)
Andy Williams - Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes (1962)
Ariana Grande - Sweetener (2018)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972)
Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981)
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011)
Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno (1987)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016)
Cinderella - Heartbreak Station (1990)
City Boy - Book Early (1978)
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Def Leppard - On Through The Night (1980)
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Elton John - Caribou (1974)
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960)
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960)
Fear - The Record (1982)
FKA twigs - MAGDALENE (2019)
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974)
George Harrison - Thirty Three & 1/3 (1976)
Gino Vannelli - Brother To Brother (1978)
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)
Jennifer Lopez - J.Lo (2001)
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965)
John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985)
King Sunny Adé - Juju Music (1982)
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Natalie Cole - Natalie (1976)
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Peter Himmelman - From Strength To Strength (1991)
Santana - Borboletta (1974)
Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow (2003)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
Shakira - Laundry Service (2001)
Shania Twain - Up! (2002)
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006)
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)
The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975)
The Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (1977)
The Temptations - All Directions (1972)
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981)
Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind (1982)
X-Caliber - Warriors Of The Night (1986)
XTC - Nonsuch (1992)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 8 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

BSLO
Carol Sue
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Dr. W
GothGuy2021
Greg F
Ian W.
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John RC
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
Kenmil
KING
Kurtal
Lax38
Michael W.
MichaelEU
Nick B.
ntndeacon
Ozma
Paul in KY
Paul K.
Philip
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Skylanderlord3
SotN
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 01:14am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

2010s Country Music
2010s Indie Folk
21st Century Metal
Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
British Invasion
Deceased Rock Music Artists
Electronica 2000-2021
Ethereal Wave / Darkwave
Jazz Fusion
Power Metal
Power Pop
Rock'n'Roll & Rockabilly 1954-1964
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There were 12 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 11.

This month's selected genre is "Power Pop".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 01:16am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

April Wine
INXS
Keaggy, Phil
Lewis, Jerry Lee
Phish
Rundgren, Todd
Sinatra, Frank
Slipknot
Streisand, Barbra
Swans
UFO
Wonder, Stevie

There were 12 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 6.

This month's selected artist is Todd Rundgren.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Todd Rundgren.

Here's the list of Todd Rundgren albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Something / Anything? (1972)
A Wizard, a True Star (1973)

Any voter can nominate one album by Todd Rundgren released from 1900-2021 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Todd Rundgren discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Rundgren_albums_discography

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 01:19am

Artist:
Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 01:32am

Genre:
Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (1976)
Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust (1979)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 01:45am

Genre nominations:

Marshall Crenshaw - Good Evening (1989)
Raspberries - Starting Over (1974)
Shoes - Tongue Twister (1981)

Artist nomination:

Todd Rundgren - Todd (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 01:56am

KING SEPTEMBER 2022 Todd Rundgren Album Nomination (1)
Todd Rundgren-The Individualist (1995).
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 03:29am

KING SEPTEMBER 2022 Todd Rundgren Album Nomination (1)
Todd Rundgren-The Individualist (1995).
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 03:29am

KING SEPTEMBER 2022 Power Pop Album Nominations (3).
Rick Springfield-Hard To Hold (1984)
The Posies-Dear 23 (1990)
The Romantics-The Romantics (1980)
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 03:48am

KING SEPT 2022 Power Pop Album Nominations (3).
Rick Springfield-Hard To Hold (1984)
The Posies-Dear 23 (1990)
The Romantics-In Heat (1983).

The Romantics-The Romantics (1980) has already been inducted. Changing it out with The Romantics-In Heat (1983).
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 03:58am

I had a quick question . . . Can albums by Todd Rundgren's Utopia be included in this month's Artist albums nominations? Utopia was essentially Todd's band with fluid membership.
Kenmil

Posted by Kenmil on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 04:26am

Genre Vote Nominations:

Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977)
The Cars - Panorama (1980)
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993)

Artist Vote Nomination:

Todd Rundgren - The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1983)

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 06:10am

Artist Nomination:

Todd Rundgren- Faithful (1976)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 07:36am

Artist Nomination:

Todd Rundgren- Faithful (1976)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 07:53am

Since Duke Ellington has two different albums nominated for the year vote I'm going to make a change. Please switch out Duke Ellington and John Coltrane- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1963) for Thelonious Monk- Criss-Cross (1963).

Out of curiosity...is anyone else not seeing the most recent song project or album project comments show up on the Project comments page?

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 19:44pm

I didn't get an answer, so I'm going to go forward with it, anyway. I hope that's OK.

My artist album nomination:

Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Oops! Wrong Planet (1977)

This album includes what is considered one of Rundgren's most famous songs (Love is the Answer), so it seems fitting to include it here.

Please let me know if this is not acceptable.

Cheers!

Posted by Kenmil on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 20:01pm

Tom H.,

I also noticed not seeing the recent comments on The Album Project-Song Project pages under the Project Comments section.

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 20:21pm

Power Pop Nominations

Badfinger- Straight Up (1971)
Nazz- Nazz Nazz (1969)
The Outfield- Play Deep (1985)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 21:04pm

Kenmil - I don't mind if you nominate a Utopia album for the Todd Rundgren vote. If anyone opposes this idea, please bring it to our attention.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 21:55pm

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UYB3FX-n5BRKBC2KFtwX8ZTuHWSSlZk1VVmkncdxXGE/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 8th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 09/4/2022 @ 21:56pm

Genre (Power Pop) nominations:
Touch - Touch (1980)
Kansas - Drastic Measures (1983)
Toto - Hydra (1979)

Posted by Kenmil on Monday, 09/5/2022 @ 09:21am

My thanks to Future Rock Legends for deciding to put forth both my Artist Vote pick and my Genre Vote pick as the selection for the month! What are the odds of this happening? In any case, here are my nominations.

Power Pop

Bob Mould - Workbook (1989)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Green Day - Uno (2012)

And my Artist Vote pick is:

Todd Rundgren/Utopia - POV (1985)

Hope this is sufficient,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Monday, 09/5/2022 @ 20:22pm

I want to switch out Marshall Crenshaw - Good Evening (1989) to Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw (1982).

My updated genre nominations:

Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw (1982)
Raspberries - Starting Over (1974)
Shoes - Tongue Twister (1981)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 09/6/2022 @ 09:50am

Artist -
Todd Rundgren - Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971)

So if we do a Phil Collins or Peter Gabriel Artist Vote, are we including their work with Genesis then? The answer is probably no. There needs to some sort of separation between an artist's solo work and their bands/groups.

Posted by Dave on Tuesday, 09/6/2022 @ 13:21pm

Dave,
I would never want to include Genesis in a Phil Collins or Peter Gabriel artist vote.
However, I see this to be more like the Jeff Beck Group. If Jeff Beck was the artist vote, I would obviously not include what he did with the Yardbirds, however, I would include what he did with the Jeff Beck Group. Like that, Utopia started out as Todd Rundgren's Utopia, and, even after his name was dropped off of the title of the group, there was no question whose group it was. He was in control. So, I, personally, think it is fair to include them in this vote.
Ultimately, though, I think we should consider the intention of the person who nominated Todd Rundgren for the Artist category, which was Lax39. By Lax39 nominating a Utopia album for the Todd Rundgren vote (see above), it clearly shows the intention to include Rundgren's work with Utopia in the artist vote.
I guess, in my mind, it's up to us to vote our conscience, in the end. If we don't like Utopia albums included, we don't have to vote for them, right?
Anyway, sorry for my "two cents".
Cheers!

Posted by Kenmil on Wednesday, 09/7/2022 @ 06:09am

Kenmil,
It seems like a slippery slope to include other bands/side-projects when just Todd Rundgren was nominated. If the person who nominated Rundgren mentioned Utopia in their nomination, I would be more okay with it. But it seems like a false pretension to include anything beyond his solo career. And Artist Votes are meant to focus on one single artist and it shouldn't be this interpretive.

Maybe the admins should step in and make a final decision on this matter.

Posted by Dave on Wednesday, 09/7/2022 @ 13:29pm

This has come up before and including something like Utopia has been frowned upon.

The example I remember is when Van Morrison was the artist we could not nominate a song by Them, Morrison's band.

Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 09/7/2022 @ 21:07pm

jtrichey,
Thanks for the comment. I would actually be opposed to including Them with a Van Morrison artist vote, because it was the group he came from, not one that he started to enhance his own music. It is exactly the same as the Yardbirds and Jeff Beck. For me, Todd Rundgren's Utopia was a band he created (initially including his own name) to do ensemble music he wasn't doing in his solo work, and it falls into the same category as the Jeff Beck Group.
At any rate, I think there are only two albums by Utopia nominated so far in this round, one by the person who had initially nominated Todd Rundgren for the artist vote. It feels like we're making a big deal about something that could be ultimately settled by how we vote.
Cheers.

Posted by Kenmil on Thursday, 09/8/2022 @ 06:54am

Darren and I have talked about whether to include Utopia in this month's Artist Vote. We *will* allow it this time but in the future, when you nominate an artist for the Artist Vote, you *must* specify that your nomination includes other bands and side projects. If you don't, we will *only* go with however/whatever the nomination states.

Examples -
Todd Rundgren/Utopia/Nazz

Todd Rundgren (All Related Bands)

This way it's clear to us, aka the people who run these projects, that it includes those other bands as well.

I hope this clarified things regarding the Artist Vote.

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 09/8/2022 @ 08:29am

Nick B. and Darren,

Thank you for all the work you do for these projects.

We really appreciate it!

Cheers!

Kenmil

Posted by Kenmil on Thursday, 09/8/2022 @ 17:19pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985) - 6

XTC - Nonsuch (1992) - 5
________________________________

Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972) - 4
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011) - 4
Elton John - Caribou (1974) - 4
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974) - 4
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965) - 4
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 4
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 4
The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975) - 4
________________________________

Ariana Grande - Sweetener (2018) - 3
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998) - 3
Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981) - 3
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love" (2016) - 3
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 3
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 3
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) - 3
The Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (1977) - 3
Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind (1982) - 3

Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991) - 2
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 2
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) - 2
FKA twigs - MAGDALENE (2019) - 2
Jennifer Lopez - J.Lo (2001) - 2
King Sunny Adé - Juju Music (1982) - 2
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994) - 2
Natalie Cole - Natalie (1976) - 2
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997) - 2
Shakira - Laundry Service (2001) - 2
Shania Twain - Up! (2002) - 2
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006) - 2
The Temptations - All Directions (1972) - 2
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981) - 2

Adrian Belew - Young Lions (1990) - 1
Def Leppard - On Through The Night (1980) - 1
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021) - 1
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960) - 1
Fear - The Record (1982) - 1
George Harrison - Thirty Three & 1/3 (1976) - 1
Gino Vannelli - Brother To Brother (1978) - 1
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021) - 1
Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978) - 1
Peter Himmelman - From Strength To Strength (1991) - 1
Santana - Borboletta (1974) - 1
Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow (2003) - 1
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 1
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008) - 1

Andy Williams - Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes (1962) - 0
Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno (1987) - 0
Cinderella - Heartbreak Station (1990) - 0
City Boy - Book Early (1978) - 0
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960) - 0
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986) - 0
X-Caliber - Warriors Of The Night (1986) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Tom H.
Kenmil
Darren
Johnny
J.W.
Greg F
MichaelEU
John R.C.
BSLO
Lax39
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Nick B.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985)
XTC - Nonsuch (1992)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972)
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011)
Elton John - Caribou (1974)
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974)
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965)
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)
The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 8 albums in order of preference.

The 6 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "Power Pop", Artist Vote (Todd Rundgren) or Year Vote (1963).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/8/2022 @ 23:03pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (Power Pop) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Artist Vote (Todd Rundgren) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1963) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/8/2022 @ 23:04pm

The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975) - 8
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011) - 7
Elton John - Caribou (1974) - 6
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 5
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974) - 4
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 3
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965) - 2
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/8/2022 @ 23:05pm

General Tiebreaker Vote:

Elton John - Caribou (1974) - 8
The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975) - 7
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974) - 6
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 5
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011) - 4
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1973) - 3
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965) - 2
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 09/8/2022 @ 23:25pm

KING SEPTEMBER 2022 Monster Album Tiebreaker (8).
The Eagles-One Of These Nights (1975)-8 PTS
Elton John-Caribou (1974)-7
Link Wray- Link Wray (1971)-6
George Harrison-Dark Horse (1974)-5
John Coltrane-Ascension (1965)-4
Billy Cobham-Spectrum (1973)-3
Bon Iver-Bon Iver (2011)-2
Taylor Swift-Evermore (2020)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 09/8/2022 @ 23:33pm

tiebreaker vote:

Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972) - 8 votes
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011) - 7 votes
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965) - 6 votes
The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975) - 5 votes
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 4 votes
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 3 votes
Elton John - Caribou (1974) - 2 votes
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974) - 1 vote

Posted by Kenmil on Friday, 09/9/2022 @ 05:57am

I'm going to switch out one of genre (power pop) nominations.
Instead of: Touch - Touch (1980)
I will nominate: Fotomaker - Vis-à-Vis (1978)

Posted by Kenmil on Friday, 09/9/2022 @ 06:03am

Tiebreaker Votes:

John Coltrane - Ascension (1965) - 8
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 7
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011) - 6
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 5
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974) - 4
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972) - 3
Elton John - Caribou (1974) - 2
The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 09/9/2022 @ 06:19am

Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011) - 8
The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975) - 7
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965) - 6
Elton John - Caribou (1974) - 5
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 4
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 3
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972) - 2
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 09/9/2022 @ 07:07am

Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972)-8
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965)-7
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974)-6
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)-5
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011)-4
Elton John - Caribou (1974)-3
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)-2
The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 09/9/2022 @ 07:21am

Tiebreaker Time. Again.

8 points: George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974)
7 points: John Coltrane - Ascension (1965)
6 points: The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975)
5 points: Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)
4 points: Elton John - Caribou (1974)
3 points: Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)
2 points: Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011)
1 point: Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 09/9/2022 @ 07:56am

Genre Nominations
Rockpile - Seconds of Pleasure (1980)
Starz - Starz (1976)
The dB's - Stands for Decibels (1981)

Posted by Dave on Friday, 09/9/2022 @ 09:50am

Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) 8
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972) 7
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965) 6
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011) 5
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) 4
Elton John - Caribou (1974) 3
Eagles - One of These Nights (1975) 2
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974) 1

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 09/9/2022 @ 10:04am

Tiebreaker
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 8
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972) - 7
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011) - 6
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 5
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965) - 4
Eagles - One of These Nights (1975) - 3
Elton John - Caribou (1974) - 2
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974) - 1

Power Pop Nominations
OK Go - Hungry Ghosts (2014)
The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia (2000)
The Plimsouls - Everywhere at Once (1983)

An as FYI - I'm gonna take over and post the tiebreaker results and genre nominations tomorrow night. Darren will be unavailable so I'm stepping in. He'll be back to post the Google Forms poll on Sunday night.

And thank you for the kind word Kenmil!!

Posted by Nick B. on Friday, 09/9/2022 @ 14:07pm

Here is my vote for the tiebreaker.

George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974) - 8
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965) - 7
Elton John - Caribou (1974) - 6
Eagles - One of These Nights (1975) - 5
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 4
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 3
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011) - 2
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972) - 1

Sorry for the delay,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Friday, 09/9/2022 @ 20:26pm

Here now is my Album Tiebreaker Vote:

8 points: Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)
7 points: The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975)
6 points: John Coltrane - Ascension (1965)
5 points: George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974)
4 points: Elton John - Caribou (1974)
3 points: Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)
2 points: Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972)
1 point: Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Friday, 09/9/2022 @ 23:21pm

Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972) - 8
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 7
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965) - 6
Elton John - Caribou (1974) - 5
Eagles - One of These Nights (1975) - 4
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011) - 3
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974) - 2
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 1

Genre noms:

Sugar - Copper Blue (1992)
Jason Faulkner - Presents Author Unknown (1996)
Kleenex Girl Wonder - Ponyoak (1999)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 09/10/2022 @ 20:33pm

Tiebreaker Voting is now closed.

Here are the results:

John Coltrane - Ascension (1965) - 69
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971) - 59
Eagles - One of These Nights (1975) - 57
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011) - 53
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972) - 51
Elton John - Caribou (1974) - 49

_________

Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 48
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974) - 46

The following albums received induction this round:
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1972)
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (2011)
Eagles - One of These Nights (1975)
Elton John - Caribou (1974)
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965)
John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985)
Link Wray - Link Wray (1971)
XTC - Nonsuch (1992)

The Taylor Swift and George Harrison albums will automatically be nominated in the October General Vote.

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 09/10/2022 @ 21:02pm

Nominations are closed for the Genre Vote.

We will be having a 1-day review of nominations. Please point out any songs that are missing and/or missing ASAP.

The Google Forms poll link will be posted sometime tomorrow night.

Badfinger - Straight Up (1971)
Bob Mould - Workbook (1989)
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977)
Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (1976)
Fotomaker - Vis-à-Vis (1978)
Green Day - Uno (2012)
Jason Faulkner - Presents Author Unknown (1996)
Kansas - Drastic Measures (1983)
Kleenex Girl Wonder - Ponyoak (1999)
Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw (1982)
Nazz - Nazz Nazz (1969)
Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust (1979)
OK Go - Hungry Ghosts (2014)
Raspberries - Starting Over (1974)
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986)
Rick Springfield - Hard To Hold (1984)
Rockpile - Seconds of Pleasure (1980)
Shoes - Tongue Twister (1981)
Starz - Starz (1976)
Sugar - Copper Blue (1992)
The Cars - Panorama (1980)
The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia (2000)
The dB's - Stands for Decibels (1981)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993)
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985)
The Plimsouls - Everywhere at Once (1983)
The Posies - Dear 23 (1990)
The Romantics - In Heat (1983).
Toto - Hydra (1979)

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 09/10/2022 @ 21:06pm

Here is the link for the Genre Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxzLTcKWUHmkCHC05R_ScCucbHiTUz-6q4MPp_oDKTCc7gIw/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 15th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Nick B. on Monday, 09/12/2022 @ 16:01pm

^ Ballots will still be due on the 15th by 8pm Central.

Apologies for the delay.

Posted by Nick B. on Monday, 09/12/2022 @ 16:03pm

The Genre Vote is now closed.

Here are the results:

Badfinger - Straight Up (1971) - 10
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977) - 10

Raspberries - Starting Over (1974) - 9

Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust (1979) - 7
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982) - 7

Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw (1982) - 6
Rick Springfield - Hard to Hold (1984) - 6
The Romantics - In Heat (1983) - 6

_____________

Sugar - Copper Blue (1992) - 5
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993) - 5
Toto - Hydra (1979) - 5

Nazz - Nazz Nazz (1969) - 4
Rockpile - Seconds of Pleasure (1980) - 4
The Cars - Panorama (1980) - 4
The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia (2000) - 4
The Outfield - Play Deep (1985) - 4
The Plimsouls - Everywhere at Once (1983) - 4

Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (1976) - 3
Kansas - Drastic Measures (1983) - 3

OK Go - Hungry Ghosts (2014) - 2
Shoes - Tongue Twister (1981) - 2
Starz - Starz (1976) - 2
The dB's - Stands for Decibels (1981) - 2

Bob Mould - Workbook (1989) - 1
Fotomaker - Vis-à-Vis (1978) - 1
Green Day - Uno (2012) - 1
Jason Faulkner - Presents Author Unknown (1996) - 1
Kleenex Girl Wonder - Ponyoak (1999) - 1
Ric Ocasek - This Side of Paradise (1986) - 1

The Posies - Dear 23 (1990) - 0

_____________

The following voters voted this round:
BSLO
Darren
Dave
Doo-Wop Phil
Greg F
J.W.
Johnny
jtrichey
Kenmil
KING
Lax39
MichaelEU
Nick B.
Ray
Tom H.

The following albums received induction this round:
Badfinger - Straight Up (1971)
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977)
Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw (1982)
Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust (1979)
Raspberries - Starting Over (1974)
Rick Springfield - Hard to Hold (1984)
The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)
The Romantics - In Heat (1983)

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 09/15/2022 @ 20:10pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Todd Rundgren) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1963) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 09/15/2022 @ 20:23pm

Artist Nomination -
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981)

Year Nominations -
Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963)
The Miracles - The Fabulous Miracles (1963)
Marvin Gaye - That Stubborn Kinda Fellow (1963)

Posted by Nick B. on Friday, 09/16/2022 @ 16:04pm

Year noms:

Dexter Gordon - Our Man in Paris (1963)
Grant Green - Feelin' the Spirit (1963)
Ike Quebec - Blue & Sentimental (1963)

Artist nom:

Todd Rundgren - Liars (2004)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 09/17/2022 @ 19:56pm

Nominations are closed for the Year Vote.

We will be having a 1-day review of nominations. Please point out any songs that are missing and/or missing ASAP.

The Google Forms poll link will be posted sometime tomorrow night.

Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
Al Martino - I Love You Because (1963)
Allan Sherman - My Son, the Nut (1963)
Billy Preston - 16 Yr. Old Soul (1963)
Dexter Gordon - Our Man in Paris (1963)
Dick Dale - Checkered Flag (1963)
Dick Dale - King of the Surf Guitar (1963)
Dion - Dion Sings To Sandy (1963)
Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins - Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1963)
Grant Green - Feelin' the Spirit (1963)
Ian & Sylvia - Four Strong Winds (1963)
Ike Quebec - Blue & Sentimental (1963)
Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963)
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1963)
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963)
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (1963)
Lesley Gore - Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-up Hearts (1963)
Marvin Gaye - That Stubborn Kinda Fellow (1963)
Peter, Paul and Mary - In the Wind (1963)
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963)
Ray Charles - Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963)
Ray Price - Night Life (1963)
Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog (1963)
Sam Cooke - Night Beat (1963)
Stevie Wonder - The 12 Year Old Genius (1963)
Stevie Wonder - With a Song in My Heart (1963)
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)
The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A. (1963)
The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry and 12 Other Hits (1963)
The Impressions - The Impressions (1963)
The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack (1963)
The Kingston Trio - Time to Think (1963)
The Miracles - The Fabulous Miracles (1963)
The Surfaris - Wipe Out (1963)
Thelonious Monk - Criss-Cross (1963)

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 09/17/2022 @ 20:11pm

Nominations are closed for the Artist Vote.

We will be having a 1-day review of nominations. Please point out any songs that are missing and/or missing ASAP.

The Google Forms poll link will be posted sometime tomorrow night.

Todd Rundgren - Faithful (1976)
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981)
Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978)
Todd Rundgren - Liars (2004)
Todd Rundgren - Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971)
Todd Rundgren - The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1983)
Todd Rundgren - The Individualist (1995)
Todd Rundgren - Todd (1974)
Utopia - Oops! Wrong Planet (1977)
Utopia - POV (1985)

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 09/17/2022 @ 20:12pm

Here is the Google Forms poll for the Artist and Year Votes.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEPZ9k73qvzSntF-ZpjreQ_4kzbwRlKzy064DNZsCUDemTQw/viewform

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 09/18/2022 @ 17:58pm

Voting for the Year Vote has closed.

Here are the results:

Dick Dale - King of the Surf Guitar (1963) - 7

Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963) - 6
Peter, Paul and Mary - In the Wind (1963) - 6
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963) - 6
The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A. (1963) - 6

_________

Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963) - 5
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963) - 5
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963) - 5
Sam Cooke - Night Beat (1963) - 5
Thelonious Monk - Criss-Cross (1963) - 5

_________

Allan Sherman - My Son, the Nut (1963) - 4
Billy Preston - 16 Yr. Old Soul (1963) - 4
Ray Charles - Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963) - 4
Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog (1963) - 4
Stevie Wonder - The 12 Year Old Genius (1963) - 4
The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry and 12 Other Hits (1963) - 4
The Impressions - The Impressions (1963) - 4
The Miracles - The Fabulous Miracles (1963) - 4

Lesley Gore - Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-up Hearts (1963) - 3
Marvin Gaye - That Stubborn Kinda Fellow (1963) - 3
Stevie Wonder - With a Song in My Heart (1963) - 3

Dion - Dion Sings To Sandy (1963) - 2
Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins - Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1963) - 2
The Kingston Trio - Time to Think (1963) - 2

Al Martino - I Love You Because (1963) - 1
Dick Dale - Checkered Flag (1963) - 1
Grant Green - Feelin' the Spirit (1963) - 1
Ian & Sylvia - Four Strong Winds (1963) - 1
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1963) - 1
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (1963) - 1
Ray Price - Night Life (1963) - 1
The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack (1963) - 1
The Surfaris - Wipe Out (1963) - 1

Dexter Gordon - Our Man in Paris (1963) - 0
Ike Quebec - Blue & Sentimental (1963) - 0

The following voters voted this round:
BSLO
Darren
Dave
Doo-Wop Phil
Greg F
J.W.
Johnny
jtrichey
Kenmil
KING
Lax39
MichaelEU
Nick B.
Tom H.

The following albums received induction this round:
Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
Dick Dale - King of the Surf Guitar (1963)
Peter, Paul and Mary - In the Wind (1963)
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)
The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A. (1963)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:
Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963)
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963)
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963)
Sam Cooke - Night Beat (1963)
Thelonious Monk - Criss-Cross (1963)

Anyone who voted in this month's Year Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 5 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted. The 2 losing albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 09/22/2022 @ 20:13pm

Disregard the post above. These are the correct results.

___________

Voting for the Year Vote has closed.

Here are the results:

Dick Dale - King of the Surf Guitar (1963) - 7

Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963) - 6
Peter, Paul and Mary - In the Wind (1963) - 6
Sam Cooke - Night Beat (1963) - 6
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963) - 6
The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A. (1963) - 6
Thelonious Monk - Criss-Cross (1963) - 6

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Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963) - 5
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963) - 5
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963) - 5
Ray Charles - Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963) - 5

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Allan Sherman - My Son, the Nut (1963) - 4
Billy Preston - 16 Yr. Old Soul (1963) - 4
Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog (1963) - 4
Stevie Wonder - The 12 Year Old Genius (1963) - 4
The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry and 12 Other Hits (1963) - 4
The Impressions - The Impressions (1963) - 4
The Miracles - The Fabulous Miracles (1963) - 4

Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins - Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1963) - 3
Lesley Gore - Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-up Hearts (1963) - 3
Marvin Gaye - That Stubborn Kinda Fellow (1963) - 3
Stevie Wonder - With a Song in My Heart (1963) - 3

Dion - Dion Sings To Sandy (1963) - 2
Grant Green - Feelin' the Spirit (1963) - 2
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (1963) - 2
The Kingston Trio - Time to Think (1963) - 2

Al Martino - I Love You Because (1963) - 1
Dexter Gordon - Our Man in Paris (1963) - 1
Dick Dale - Checkered Flag (1963) - 1
Ian & Sylvia - Four Strong Winds (1963) - 1
Ike Quebec - Blue & Sentimental (1963) - 1
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1963) - 1
Ray Price - Night Life (1963) - 1
The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack (1963) - 1
The Surfaris - Wipe Out (1963) - 1

The following voters voted this round:
BSLO
Darren
Dave
Doo-Wop Phil
Greg F
J.W.
Johnny
jtrichey
Kenmil
KING
Lax39
MichaelEU
Nick B.
Ray
Tom H.

The following albums received induction this round:
Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
Dick Dale - King of the Surf Guitar (1963)
Peter, Paul and Mary - In the Wind (1963)
Sam Cooke - Night Beat (1963)
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)
The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A. (1963)
Thelonious Monk - Criss-Cross (1963)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:
Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963)
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963)
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963)
Ray Charles - Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963)

Anyone who voted in this month's Year Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The 3 losing albums will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 09/22/2022 @ 20:23pm

Voting for the Artist Vote has closed.

Here are the results:

Todd Rundgren - Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971) - 13

Todd Rundgren - Todd (1974) - 11

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Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981) - 10
Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) - 10

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Todd Rundgren - Faithful (1976) - 8

Todd Rundgren - The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1983) - 4
Utopia - Oops! Wrong Planet (1977) - 4

Todd Rundgren - The Individualist (1995) - 2

Todd Rundgren - Liars (2004) - 1
Utopia - POV (1985) - 1

The following voters voted this round:
Darren
Dave
Doo-Wop Phil
Greg F
J.W.
Johnny
jtrichey
Kenmil
KING
Lax39
MichaelEU
Nick B.
Ray
Tom H.

The following albums received induction this round:
Todd Rundgren – Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971)
Todd Rundgren – Todd (1974)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981)
Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978)

Anyone who voted in this month's Artist Project vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 2 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receives the most votes will be inducted. The 1 losing album will automatically be nominated for the October Album Project vote.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 09/22/2022 @ 20:27pm

Can't believe I went 3 for 3 in year vote nominations getting inducted!

Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978)-2
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981)-1

Ray Charles - Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963)-4
Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963)-3
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963)-2
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/22/2022 @ 20:40pm

Year tiebreaker:

Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963) - 4 pts.
Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963) - 3 pts.
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963) - 2 pts.
Ray Charles - Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963) - 1 pt.

Posted by Kenmil on Thursday, 09/22/2022 @ 21:22pm

Artist tiebreaker:

Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981) - 2 pts.
Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) - 1 pt.

Posted by Kenmil on Thursday, 09/22/2022 @ 21:25pm

KING SEPT 2022 Todd Rundgren Album Tiebreaker (2).
Todd Rundgren-Hermit Of Mink Hollow (1978)-2 PTS
Todd Rundgren-Healing (1981)-1 PT

Year 1963 Album Tiebreaker (4).
Ray Charles-Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963)-4 PTS
Peter, Paul And Mary-Moving (1963)-3
Johnny Cash-Blood, Sweat And Tears (1963)-2
Jackie Wilson-Baby Workout (1963)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 09/22/2022 @ 23:16pm

Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963) - 4
Ray Charles - Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963) - 3
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963) - 2
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963) - 1

Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981) - 2
Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) - 1

Posted by Dave on Friday, 09/23/2022 @ 09:29am

Artist Vote Tiebreaker:

Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) - 2
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981) - 1

Year Vote Tiebreaker:

Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963) - 4
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963) - 3
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963) - 2
Ray Charles - Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Friday, 09/23/2022 @ 10:04am

1963 Album Tiebreaker Votes:

4 points: Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963)
3 points: Ray Charles - Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul (1963)
2 points: Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963)
1 point: Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 09/23/2022 @ 11:04am

Ray Charles - Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963) - 4
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963) - 3
Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963) - 2
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963) - 1

Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) - 2
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 09/24/2022 @ 02:11am

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/24/2022 @ 07:26am

Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963) - 4
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963) - 3
Ray Charles - Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963) - 2
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963) - 1

Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981) - 2
Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 09/24/2022 @ 15:10pm

Tiebreaker Voting for the Year Vote is closed.

Here are the results:

Ray Charles - Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963) - 26

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Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963) - 24
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963) - 21
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963) - 19

The following albums received induction this round:
Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana (1963)
Dick Dale - King of the Surf Guitar (1963)
Peter, Paul and Mary - In the Wind (1963)
Ray Charles - Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul (1963)
Sam Cooke - Night Beat (1963)
The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)
The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A. (1963)
Thelonious Monk - Criss-Cross (1963)

The 3 losing albums will automatically receive a nomination in next year's General Vote.

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 09/24/2022 @ 20:18pm

Tiebreaker Voting for the Artist Vote is closed.

Here are the results:
Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) - 12*

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Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981) - 12

*"Hermit of Mink Hollow" receive the highest number of 1st-place votes first, so that makes it the winner of the tiebreaker vote.

The following albums received induction this round:
Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978)
Todd Rundgren - Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971)
Todd Rundgren - Todd (1974)

"Healing" will automatically receive a nomination in next year's General Vote.

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 09/24/2022 @ 20:22pm

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/24/2022 @ 21:13pm

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 09/24/2022 @ 21:17pm

Friends, this is my Participation Bonus Album Choice:

George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974)

This is because I'm a lifelong Beatles fan. I simply can't go against George Harrison.

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 09/25/2022 @ 00:30am

For the Participation Bonus, I pick:

Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960)

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 09/25/2022 @ 08:54am

Ray-
You still have a tiebreaker choice for your participation bonus between

Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 09/28/2022 @ 06:48am

A new "rule" going forward in regards to the participation bonus each quarter -

If you voted in all of that quarter's project votes and you have a selection between multiple songs and/or albums, you have 48 hours to post your selection. If you do not, then Greg (Album Project) or Joker (Song Project) select it for you. This bonus should not drag on for days on end and sometimes you just have to move on.

Darren and I have the Project write ups all ready to go but we cannot post it until we get an answer from those who haven't responded to the participation bonus yet. This bonus shouldn't drag on for days on end and sometimes you have to move on. Please take into consideration our busy schedules with this new rule.

If we don't hear back from the remaining participant bonus voters by 9pm EST tonight, Greg (Album) or Joker (Song) will select it for them. We wanna post the announcements tonight.

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 09/28/2022 @ 08:20am

Sorry guys for the late pick. It's been a little busy on my end lately. Just came back from a wedding this weekend.

Tough call, but I think I'm going to go with Benny Goodman on this one.

Posted by Ray on Wednesday, 09/28/2022 @ 13:57pm

Here's the list of albums inducted through this quarters participation bonus.

Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946)
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back! (1960)
Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine (1960)
George Harrison - Dark Horse (1974)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/28/2022 @ 15:25pm

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 09/28/2022 @ 15:33pm

Rule Changes In 2022:

Tiebreaker votes will now be two days in length, rather than three. The schedule will be adjusted accordingly, as noted in the intro.

All polls will now end at 8 PM Central.

Voters will be allowed to nominate twice as many songs or albums in their birthday month. This will apply to the Song / Album Project, as well as the Genre, Year and Artist votes and the Genre and Artist selection processes.

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song lost in a tiebreaker. Joker will post a list of eligible voters and songs / albums at the end of each quarter.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
__________________________________________

Birthdays:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate double the normal number of nominees in each category in the Song and Album project, including for genre, year and artist selection:

Johnny
Joker

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The Song Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three songs from 1900-2021. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following songs are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Song Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (1993)
Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) (2010)
Todd Rundgren - Just One Victory (1973)
Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer (2001)

Each voter must vote for exactly 15 songs to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 12 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Emo & Post-Hardcore
Britpop
Post-Rock/Post-Metal
Reggae, Ska, Rocksteady
Artists on Independent Labels
Original Movie Songs
1990s Hip-Hop/Rap
Tex Mex
Jazz
Doo-Wop, 1955-1964
Cover Songs
Female Pop Singers, 2000-2021

" Billboard Hot 100 #1's" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on http://random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

2Pac
Aerosmith
Aimee Mann
Aretha Franklin
Beyonce
Billy Joel
Blink-182
Bob Seger
Britney Spears
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Springsteen
Celine Dion
Chris Cornell (Solo Career and Bands)
David Bowie
Drake
Echo & The Bunnymen
Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton
Esther Phillips
Fats Domino
Fleetwood Mac
Foo Fighters
Frank Zappa
Genesis
Garth Brooks
Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine
Grateful Dead
Imagine Dragons
James Taylor
Joan Armatrading
John Prine
Johnny Cash
King Crimson
Kris Kristofferson
Kylie Minogue
Led Zeppelin
Leonard Cohen
Lenny Kravitz
Little Feat
Louis Armstrong
Luther Vandross
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Mary J. Blige
Merle Haggard
Motörhead
Muddy Waters
Nancy Sinatra
Neil Diamond
Nicki Minaj
Nine Inch Nails
Otis Redding
Outkast
PJ Harvey
Peter Gabriel
Prince
Ramones
Randy Newman
Ray Charles
Ricky Nelson
Rihanna
Roxy Music
Roy Brown
Sade
Scorpions
Siouxsie and The Banshees
Sonic Youth
Steely Dan
Sufjan Stevens
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Black Crowes
The Coasters
The Decemberists
The Doors
The Four Seasons
The Kinks
The Pointer Sisters
The Rolling Stones
The Who
Todd Rundgren
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Train
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Whitney Houston
Willie Nelson
X

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on http://random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 18th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 19th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two-day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Song Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on http://random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1992.

Any voter can nominate as many as three songs first released in 1992.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1992 have already been inducted into the Song Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Smells Like Nirvana
10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days
2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This
4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
Ace of Base - All That She Wants
Alan Jackson - Chattahoochee
Alice In Chains - Rooster
Alice In Chains - Would?
Alice In Chains - Them Bones
Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole
Alice in Chains - Angry Chair
Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass
Arrested Development - Tennessee
Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal
Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want
Blind Melon - No Rain
Body Count - Cop Killer
Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Dr. Dre feat. Jewell and Snoop Doggy Dogg - Let Me Ride
Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang
Dream Theater - Pull Me Under
En Vogue - My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)
En Vogue - Free Your Mind
Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
Garth Brooks - We Shall Be Free
Geto Boys - Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta
Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
Gin Blossoms - Found Out About You
House Of Pain - Jump Around
Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day
k.d. lang - Constant Craving
L7 - Pretend We're Dead
Los Lobos - Angels With Dirty Faces
Los Lobos - Kiko and the Lavender Moon
Madonna - Erotica
Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Passionate Kisses
Mary J. Blige - Real Love
Megadeth - Symphony Of Destruction
Mr. Big - To Be With You
Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray
Nine Inch Nails - Last
Nine Inch Nails - Wish
NOFX - Stickin' in My Eye
Pantera - Walk
Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle - A Whole New World
Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
Peter Gabriel - Steam
Prince and the New Power Generation - 7
R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
R.E.M. - Man On The Moon
R.E.M. - Drive
R.E.M. - Nightswimming
Radiohead - Creep
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine - Wake Up
Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy
RuPaul - Supermodel (You Better Work)
Sade - No Ordinary Love
Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
Shakespears Sister - Stay
Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back
Snap! - Rhythm Is a Dancer
Sonic Youth - 100%
Sophie B. Hawkins - Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
Stereo MC's - Connected
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing
Stone Temple Pilots - Creep
The Black Crowes - Remedy
The Black Crowes - Thorn in My Pride
The Cranberries - Dreams
The Cure - Friday, I'm in Love
Tori Amos - Silent All These Years
White Zombie - Thunder Kiss '65
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing
Whitney Houston - I'm Every Woman
Wreckx-N-Effect - Rump Shaker
XTC - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead

If you see a nominated song that wasn't released in 1992, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 09/28/2022 @ 21:14pm

Ooops....I didn't mean to post the Song Project announcement here.

Please discard that post above.

Please wait until Darren posts the announcement to post nominees for the Album Project.

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 09/28/2022 @ 21:19pm

OCTOBER 2022 General Album Nominations (3).
Grant Lee Buffalo-Mighty Joe Moon (1994)
Love And Rockets-Earth, Sun, Moon (1987)
Spandau Ballet-Parade (1984)

1992 Year Album Nominations (3).
George Strait-Pure Country (1992)
Soul Asylum-Grave Dancers Union (1992)
W.A.S.P.-The Crimson Idol (1992)

ARTIST: ALABAMA

GENRE: 1990s Pop Music

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 09/28/2022 @ 23:14pm

Rule Changes In 2022:

Tiebreaker votes will now be two days in length, rather than three. The schedule will be adjusted accordingly, as noted in the intro.

All polls will now end at 8 PM Central.

Voters will be allowed to nominate twice as many songs or albums in their birthday month. This will apply to the Song / Album Project, as well as the Genre, Year and Artist votes and the Genre and Artist selection processes.

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song / album lost in a tiebreaker. joker will post a list of eligible voters and songs / albums at the end of each quarter.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
__________________________________________

Birthdays this month:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate double the normal number of nominees in each category in the Song And Album project, including for genre and artist selection:

Johnny
joker

__________________________________________

The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2021. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963)
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963)
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963)
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
_______________________________________________________

The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks
Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart
1960's Garage Rock
Symphonic Metal
Art Pop
1990's Alternative
Indietronica (2000-2021)
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
1970s Funk
1980's Singer/Songwriters
Black Metal
Power Pop

"1980's R&B" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
_______________________________________________________

The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Al Green
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
King's X
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Loudon Wainwright III
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Simple Minds
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
The Tragically Hip
Thelonious Monk
Tim Buckley
Todd Rundgren
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Alubm Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1992.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1992. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1992.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1992 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Annie Lennox - Diva
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of...
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Bill Hicks - Relentless
Blind Melon - Blind Melon
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Dream Theater - Images and Words
En Vogue - Funky Divas
Eric B. And Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
Ice Cube - The Predator
INXS - Welcome to Wherever You Are
King's X - King's X
Los Lobos - Kiko
Madonna - Erotica
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On
Mary J. Blige - What's the 411?
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
Ministry - Psalm 69
Moby - Moby
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Peter Gabriel - Us
Phish - A Picture of Nectar
PJ Harvey - Dry
R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Sade - Love Deluxe
Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Suzanne Vega - 99.9F
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
The Cure - Wish
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead
The Tragically Hip - Fully Completely
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Various Artists - Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Whitney Houston and Various - The Bodyguard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1992, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 00:02am

KING - I've added your nominations, so there's no need to re-post them this month.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 00:09am

General Vote

George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
The Explorers Club - Grand Hotel (2012)
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)

Genre: Smooth Jazz

Artist: Paul McCartney (Solo, Wings, & The Fireman)

Year Vote

Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)
k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992)
The Sundays - Blind (1992)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 00:16am

General Vote Nominations:

The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)

Artist Nomination: Ohio Players

Genre Nomination: Movie Soundtracks

Year Vote Nominations:

The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992)
Chaka Khan - The Woman I Am (1992)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 02:23am

General Nomination:

Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love!" (2016)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)

Artist Nomination:

Frank Sinatra

Genre Nominatio:

2010s Indie Folk

Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 06:20am

Year Nominations

Bad Religion- Generator (1992)
The Offspring- Ignition (1992)
Ugly Kid Joe- America's Least Wanted (1992)

Tough choices for nominations since so many of the big albums from 1992 are already inducted

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 06:59am

General Vote

Frank Zappa- One Size Fits All (1975)
Dream Theater- A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)

Genre Vote

21st Century Metal

Artist Vote

Sonny Rollins

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 07:09am

General
Bad Bunny - X 100pre (2018)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)

^ All 3 appear on the most recent edition of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. If it's good enough to appear on that list, then it's most than worthy for induction in this project.

Artist Vote -
Barbra Streisand

Genre -
2010s Pop

Year
Body Count - Body Count (1992)
TLC - Oooh... On the TLC Tip (1992)
White Zombie- La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992)

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 07:45am

^ "then it's more than worthy for induction in this project."

But these are huge snubs from the 2010s that really deserve induction and we're very weak when it comes to inducting contemporary artists.

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 07:55am

Here are my 6 nominations for the October Album Vote:

Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)
John Coltrane - Coltrane (1962)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
AC/DC - Blow Up Your Video (1988)
Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs for Drella (1990)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 09:28am

Replace my Chaka Khan Year Vote nomination with:

4 Non Blondes - Bigger, Better, Faster, More! (1992)

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 11:42am

General nominations:
Guy Clark - Old No. 1 (1975)
Rory Gallagher - Blueprint (1973)
Fishbone - Truth and Soul (1988)

Year:
Pulp - Separations (1992)
The Prodigy - Experience (1992)
Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over (1992)

Artist:
Jerry Lee Lewis

Genre:
Folk

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 14:30pm

Ashley Monroe - Sparrow (2018)
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter (2016)
Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway (2017)

1980s Country Music

Loretta Lynn

Iris DeMent - Infamous Angel (1992)
Trisha Yearwood - Hearts in Armor (1992)
Vince Gill - I Still Believe in You (1992)

Posted by Dave on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 16:24pm

Here are my 1992 Album Nominations:

Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992)
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992)
k.d. lang - Ingénue (1992)
Jon Secada - Jon Secada (1992)
Wynonna Judd - Wynonna (1992)
Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith (1992)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 17:15pm

My Genre & Artist Nominations are as follows:

Genres:
Power Metal
Progressive Metal

Artists:
DragonForce
Slipknot

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 17:24pm

Johnny I nominated k.d. lang - Ingénue (1992). You have one more year vote nomination.

If you need them here are a few suggestions.

Danzig - Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992)
Extreme - III Sides to Every Story (1992)
Reba McEntire - It's Your Call (1992)
Suzy Bogguss - Voices in the Wind (1992)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 18:04pm

Hey there, Greg F.! Thanks for the tip and sorry about the mix-up. Here's my replacement nomination.

Extreme - III Sides to Every Story

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 19:03pm

Just so I'm clear, the Extreme nomination was for the 1992 Album Vote. Sorry if I was misunderstood.

Extreme - III Sides to Every Story (1992)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 09/29/2022 @ 19:46pm

Here are my nominations for the October Album Vote:

Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)
The Cars - Panorama (1980)

Also, here are my choices for the 1992 Album Vote:

Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All (1992)
Tanya Tucker - Can't Run from Yourself (1992)
They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18 (1992)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Saturday, 10/1/2022 @ 15:39pm

General nominations:
Gino Vannelli - Brother To Brother (1978)
The Jeff Lorber Fusion - Soft Space (1978)
Toto - Hydra (1979)

Year nominations:
The Brand New Heavies - Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 (1992)
Peter Himmelman - Flown This Acid World (1992)
George Duke - Snapshot (1992)

Artist nomination:
Phil Keaggy (not including Glass Harp)

Genre nomination:
Tribute Albums (when one artist or a group of artists come together to record songs by an artist they are paying tribute to).

Posted by Kenmil on Saturday, 10/1/2022 @ 23:39pm

general noms:

Phoenix - Alphabetical (2004)
Hall & Oates - Big Bam Boom (1984)
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)

1992 noms:

Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
(There are like 5 songs from this album in our song project and this album is one of the most deserving soundtracks to get into this project)
Moon Whistlers - Another Soundcheck (1992)

1992 is pretty well picked over from what I can tell.

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 10/2/2022 @ 22:26pm

Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966)
The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004)
Bruno Mars - 24k Magic (2016)

Stevie Wonder

British Invasion

The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992) (Note: This is on the latest Rolling Stone Top 500 Album List)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy (1992)

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 10/2/2022 @ 22:28pm

Voting is now open for the 2022 FRL Re-visited / Projected Project on the Projected board.

https://futurerocklegends.com/Rock_Hall_Projected/

Voting will close at 8 PM Central on Friday the 7th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/3/2022 @ 00:49am

I'm going to make one change to my nominations for the year vote.

Instead of: George Duke - Snapshot (1992)

I will nominate:
Rabih Abou-Khalil - Blue Camel (1992)

I'm exchanging what is generally considered a mediocre George Duke album for an album mixing traditional Arabic music with jazz that is considered by many in jazz circles to be a "masterpiece".

Cheers!

Posted by Kenmil on Monday, 10/3/2022 @ 08:08am

Replace my Year Vote nomination of Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) with:

Danzig - Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992)

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 10/3/2022 @ 12:01pm

My nominations for October 2022 induction into The Album Project...

George Harrison - 33 & 1/3 (1976)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
Trickster - Find the Lady (1977)
Produced by Martin Rushent of United Artists (UA)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 10/3/2022 @ 12:10pm

Here are my nominations for the October Project of inducting Albums.

General Vote

U.K. - U.K. (1978)
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Love You (1977)

1992 Vote

Keith Richards - Main Offender (1992)
Joan Baez - The Future (1992)
Thomas Dolby - Astronauts and Heretics (1992)

My Genre nomination is:

Standards/ Great American Songbook/Traditional Pop

And my artist nomination is:

Weather Report

Hopefully this is sufficient:

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Monday, 10/3/2022 @ 18:39pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominees:

AC/DC - Blow Up Your Video (1988)
Ashley Monroe - Sparrow (2018)
Bad Bunny - X 100pre (2018)
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Bruno Mars - 24k Magic (2016)
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love!" (2016)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Fishbone - Truth and Soul (1988)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975)
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
George Harrison - 33 & 1/3 (1976)
Gino Vannelli - Brother To Brother (1978)
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (1994)
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)
Guy Clark - Old No. 1 (1975)
Hall & Oates - Big Bam Boom (1984)
Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
John Coltrane - Coltrane (1962)
Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963)
Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs for Drella (1990)
Love And Rockets - Earth, Sun, Moon (1987)
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter (2016)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966)
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963)
Phoenix - Alphabetical (2004)
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway (2017)
Rory Gallagher - Blueprint (1973)
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)
Spandau Ballet - Parade (1984)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Love You (1977)
The Cars - Panorama (1980)
The Explorers Club - Grand Hotel (2012)
The Jeff Lorber Fusion - Soft Space (1978)
The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)
The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981)
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)
Toto - Hydra (1979)
Trickster - Find the Lady (1977)
U.K. - U.K. (1978)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 8 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

Alex Voltaire
BSLO
Christian
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Dr. W
GothGuy2021
Greg F
Ian W.
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John RC
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
Kenmil
KING
Kurtal
Lax38
Michael W.
MichaelEU
Nick B.
ntndeacon
Ozma
Paul in KY
Paul K.
Philip
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Skylanderlord3
SotN
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 00:49am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1980s Country Music
1990s Pop Music
2010s Indie Folk
2010s Pop
21st Century Metal
British Invasion
Folk
Movie Soundtracks
Power Metal
Progressive Metal
Smooth Jazz
Standards/ Great American Songbook/Traditional Pop
Tribute Albums
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There were 13 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 5.

This month's selected genre is "21st Century Metal".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 00:51am

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Alabama
DragonForce
Keaggy (not including Glass Harp), Phil
Lewis, Jerry Lee
Lynn, Loretta
McCartney (Solo, Wings & The Fireman), Paul
Ohio Players
Rollins, Sonny
Sinatra, Frank
Slipknot
Streisand, Barbra
Weather Report
Wonder, Stevie

There were 13 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 4.

This month's selected artist is Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Jerry Lee Lewis.

Here's the list of Jerry Lee Lewis albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Live at the Star Club (1964)

Any voter can nominate one album by Todd Rundgren released from 1900-2021 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Jerry Lee Lewis discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis_discography

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 00:53am

Genre vote

Baroness - Purple (2015)
Static-X - Machine (2001)
Stone Sour - Come What(ever) May (2006)

Artist vote

Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis (1958)

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 06:36am

Artist Nomination

Jerry Lee Lewis- Jerry Lee's Greatest (1961)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 07:02am

Genre Nominations

Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)

I've nominated the Dream Theater and Mastodon albums quite a bit this year so I want to give them an extra shot this month. If either of them get in during the regular vote I'll nominate a replacement.

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 07:13am

Genre:

Slipknot - Iowa (2001)
Avenged Sevenfold – Waking The Fallen (2003)
Lamb Of God – Ashes Of The Wake (2004)

Artist:

Jerry Lee Lewis - She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye (1970)

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 08:56am

Friends, it's time for my 21st Century Metal Album Nominations. (AWESOME!!)

Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil (2005)
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)
Machine Head - The Blackening (2007)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 09:42am

And here's my Jerry Lee Lewis Album Nomination:

Jerry Lee Lewis - Another Place, Another Time (1968)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 09:48am

Johnny, you can use your birthday bonus nominations for the genre and artist vote as well.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 10:16am

Artist:
Jerry Lee Lewis - She Still Comes Around (1969)

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 12:11pm

Genre Nominations:

Slayer - God Hates Us All (2001)
Korn - Untouchables (2002)
Megadeth - The System Has Failed (2004)

Artist Nomination:

Jerry Lee Lewis - The Golden Hits of Jerry Lee Lewis (1964)

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 12:29pm

KING OCTOBER 2022 Jerry Lee Lewis Selected Artist Album Nomination (1).
Jerry Lee Lewis-Young Blood (1995).
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 12:51pm

KING OCTOBER 2022 21ST CENTURY METAL ALBUM NOMINATIONS (3).
L.A. Guns-The Missing Peace (2017)
Manowar-Warriors Of The World (2002)
Overkill-The Electric Age (2012)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 13:20pm

Here are my revised Genre & Artist Album Nominations, since I can use my Birthday Bonus.

First, my 21st Century Metal album noms:

Slipknot - Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2004)
Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil (2005)
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2003)
Machine Head - Unto the Locust (2011)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon

Now, my Jerry Lee Lewis album noms:

Jerry Lee Lewis - Another Place, Another Time (1968)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough (1973)

As far as my 21st Century Metal choices are concerned: I originally nominated Machine Head's 2007 album, The Blackening. But I've changed my mind since. Instead, I wanna nominate Machine Head's 2011 album, Unto the Locust.

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 14:38pm

That Trivium album I nominated, by the way, should read like this:

Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon (2021)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 14:40pm

One last thing before I go:

DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)

I'm so sorry, folks. I don't know where my head is today, it's just one of them days...

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 14:44pm

My artist nomination:
Jerry Lee Lewis - Memphis Beat (1966)

Posted by Kenmil on Tuesday, 10/4/2022 @ 22:13pm

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jkJXT3LYdA5SBvGy_ge4n6uSY_9kqhdyWp6ff8gxENQ/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 8th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/5/2022 @ 00:43am

Genre nominations (21st Century Metal):
Disciple - Attack (2014)
Crowley – Evil Bride (2020)
Skillet - Awake (2009)

Posted by Kenmil on Wednesday, 10/5/2022 @ 05:45am

Here are my nominations for the 21st Century Metal Album Vote:

Black Sabbath - 13 (2013)
Slayer - Christ Illusion (2006)
Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls (2015)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Wednesday, 10/5/2022 @ 23:21pm

Genre Nominations
Alien Ant Farm - Anthology (2001)
P.O.D. - Satellite (2001)
Rob Zombie- The Sinister Urge (2001)

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 10/6/2022 @ 21:05pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Bruno Mars - 24k Magic (2016) - 7
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973) - 7

Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love!" (2016) - 5
Hall & Oates - Big Bam Boom (1984) - 5
John Coltrane - Coltrane (1962) - 5
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (1985) - 5
________________________________

Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 4
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 4
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 4
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 4
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 4
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 4
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966) - 4
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 4
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 4
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 4
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 4
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AC/DC - Blow Up Your Video (1988) - 3
Bad Bunny - X 100pre (2018) - 3
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954) - 3
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (1985) - 3
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 3
Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs for Drella (1990) - 3
Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway (2017) - 3
Rory Gallagher - Blueprint (1973) - 3
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 3
The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971) - 3
Toto - Hydra (1979) - 3

Fishbone - Truth and Soul (1988) - 2
George Harrison - 33 & 1/3 (1976) - 2
Gino Vannelli - Brother To Brother (1978) - 2
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (1994) - 2
Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout (1963) - 2
Love And Rockets - Earth, Sun, Moon (1987) - 2
Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving (1963) - 2
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 2
U.K. - U.K. (1978) - 2

Ashley Monroe - Sparrow (2018) - 1
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021) - 1
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975) - 1
Guy Clark - Old No. 1 (1975) - 1
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter (2016) - 1
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021) - 1
Phoenix - Alphabetical (2004) - 1
Spandau Ballet - Parade (1984) - 1
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Love You (1977) - 1
The Cars - Panorama (1980) - 1
The Explorers Club - Grand Hotel (2012) - 1
The Jeff Lorber Fusion - Soft Space (1978) - 1
The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004) - 1
Todd Rundgren - Healing (1981) - 1
Trickster - Find the Lady (1977) - 1

Johnny Cash - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
J.W.
Kenmil
Tom H.
BSLO
Raichu
Greg F
Johnny
KING
MichaelEU
Dave
Lax39
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
John R.C.
Nick B.
Ray
Rick Vendl II

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bruno Mars - 24k Magic (2016)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love!" (2016)
Hall & Oates - Big Bam Boom (1984)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
John Coltrane - Coltrane (1962)
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 11 albums in order of preference.

The 2 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other 9 albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "21st Century Metal", Artist Vote (Jerry Lee Lewis) or Year Vote (1992).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 03:01am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (21st Century Metal) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Artist Vote (Jerry Lee Lewis) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1992) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 03:04am

SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 11
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966) - 10
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 9
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 8
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 7
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 6
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 5
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 4
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 3
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 2
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 03:21am

tiebreaker rank:

Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 11 pts.
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 10 pts.
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966) - 9 pts.
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 8 pts.
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 7 pts.
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 6 pts.
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 5 pts.
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 4 pts.
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 3 pts.
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 2 pts.
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 1 pts.

Posted by Kenmil on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 03:35am

KING OCTOBER 2022 MONSTER ALBUM TIEBREAKER!!! (11).
Tommy Bolin-Teaser (1975)-11 PTS
Fleetwood Mac-Mirage (1982)-10
George Benson-Breezin' (1976)-9
Garbage-Bleed Like Me (2005)-8
Eric Church-Chief (2011)-7
Nina Simone-Wild Is The Wind (1966)-6
Thelonious Monk-Solo Monk (1965)-5
Coolio-Gangsta's Paradise (1995)-4
Taylor Swift-Evermore (2020)-3
Mitski-Be The Cowboy (2018)-2
SZA-Ctrl (2017)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 04:14am

Tiebreaker Votes:

Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 11
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966) - 10
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 9
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 8
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 7
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 6
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 5
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 4
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 3
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 2
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 06:09am

General Tiebreaker Vote:

Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 11
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 10
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 9
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 8
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 7
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966) - 6
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 5
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 4
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 3
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 2
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 07:44am

Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) 11
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) 10
SZA - Ctrl (2017) 9
Eric Church - Chief (2011) 8
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) 7
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) 6
Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind (1966) 5
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) 4
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) 3
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) 2
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) 1

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 08:10am

Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 11
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966) - 10
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 9
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 8
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 7
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 6
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 5
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 4
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 3
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 2
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 09:41am

Genre nominations:

Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer (2013)
Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 09:58am

Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)-11
George Benson - Breezin' (1976)-10
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)-9
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)-8
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)-7
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)-6
Eric Church - Chief (2011)-5
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)-4
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)-3
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966)-2
SZA - Ctrl (2017)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 15:10pm

SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 11
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 10
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 9
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 8
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 7
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966) - 6
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 5
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 4
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 3
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 2
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 16:20pm

Here are my nominees for the 21st Century Metal ballot:

Serj Tankian - Imperfect Harmonies (2010)
Anthrax - For All Kings (2016)
Bad Brains - Into the Future (2012)

My Artist vote nomination is:

Jerry Lee Lewis - The Killer Rocks On (1972)

And here is my tiebreaker vote:

Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 11
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966) - 10
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 9
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 8
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 7
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 6
Coolio - Gangster's Paradise (1995) - 5
George Benson - Breezing' (1976) - 4
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 3
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 2
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 1

Made it with time to spare,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 18:08pm

1. Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
2. Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
3. SZA - Ctrl (2017)
4. Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966)
5. Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
6. Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
7. George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
8. Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)
9. Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
10. Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)
11. Eric Church - Chief (2011)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 10/9/2022 @ 20:12pm

Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 11
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 10
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 9
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 8
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 7
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 6
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966) - 5
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 4
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 3
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 2
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 1

Posted by Dave on Monday, 10/10/2022 @ 09:53am

A few ideas for album not yet nominated for the Year Vote if anyone is having trouble:

Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark (1992)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)
Afghan Whigs - Congregation (1992)
Del Amitri - Change Everything (1992)
Chaka Khan - The Woman I Am (1992)
Dr. John - Goin' Back to New Orleans (1992)
Gang Starr - Daily Operation (1992)
Fishmans - King Master George (1992)
Front Line Assembly - Tactical Neural Implant (1992)
Ani DiFranco - Imperfectly (1992)

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 10/10/2022 @ 11:53am

COLOSSAL Album Tiebreaker Vote:

11 points: Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
10 points: George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
9 points: Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind (1966)
8 points: Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
7 points: Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)
6 points: Eric Church - Chief (2011)
5 points: Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
4 points: SZA - Ctrl (2017)
3 points: Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
2 points: Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)
1 point: Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 10/10/2022 @ 15:53pm

Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966) - 11
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 10
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 9
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 8
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 7
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 6
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 5
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 4
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 3
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 2
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Monday, 10/10/2022 @ 18:31pm

Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 11
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 10
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 9
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966) - 8
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 7
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 6
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 5
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 4
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 3
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 2
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 1

Genre noms:

Elder - Dead Roots Stirring (2011)
Mgła - Exercises in Futility (2015)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)

Posted by Ray on Monday, 10/10/2022 @ 20:06pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966) - 115
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020) - 106
___________________________

George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 100
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 99
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 91
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 91
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 82
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 81
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 79
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 76
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 70

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Bruno Mars - 24k Magic (2016)
Childish Gambino - "Awaken My Love!" (2016)
Hall & Oates - Big Bam Boom (1984)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
John Coltrane - Coltrane (1962)
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966)
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/10/2022 @ 23:50pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominated albums:

Alien Ant Farm - Anthology (2001)
Anthrax - For All Kings (2016)
Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil (2005)
Avenged Sevenfold – Waking The Fallen (2003)
Bad Brains - Into the Future (2012)
Baroness - Purple (2015)
Black Sabbath - 13 (2013)
Crowley – Evil Bride (2020)
Disciple - Attack (2014)
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Elder - Dead Roots Stirring (2011)
Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls (2015)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005)
Korn - Untouchables (2002)
L.A. Guns - The Missing Peace (2017)
Lamb Of God – Ashes Of The Wake (2004)
Machine Head - Unto the Locust (2011)
Manowar - Warriors Of The World (2002)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Megadeth - The System Has Failed (2004)
Mgła - Exercises in Futility (2015)
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)
Overkill - The Electric Age (2012)
P.O.D. - Satellite (2001)
Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Rob Zombie- The Sinister Urge (2001)
Serj Tankian - Imperfect Harmonies (2010)
Skillet - Awake (2009)
Slayer - Christ Illusion (2006)
Slayer - God Hates Us All (2001)
Slipknot - Iowa (2001)
Slipknot - Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2004)
Static-X - Machine (2001)
Stone Sour - Come What(ever) May (2006)
The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer (2013)
Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon (2021)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing albums on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 11th.

The poll will end at 8 PM Central on the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/10/2022 @ 23:51pm

Here is the link for the Genre Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10Wgg1p46sqQOaGB_8H4B3dQCrU79S4oGbAYwJWEKgyg/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 15th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 10/12/2022 @ 01:19am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Machine Head - Unto the Locust (2011) - 8
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017) - 8

DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006) - 7

Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls (2015) - 6
Rammstein - Mutter (2001) - 6

Avenged Sevenfold – Waking The Fallen (2003) - 5
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021) - 5
Rob Zombie- The Sinister Urge (2001) - 5
____________________________

Alien Ant Farm - Anthology (2001) - 4
Lamb Of God – Ashes Of The Wake (2004) - 4
Slipknot - Iowa (2001) - 4

Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil (2005) - 3
Baroness - Purple (2015) - 3
Black Sabbath - 13 (2013) - 3
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005) - 3
P.O.D. - Satellite (2001) - 3
Slayer - Christ Illusion (2006) - 3
Slayer - God Hates Us All (2001) - 3
Slipknot - Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2004) - 3
Stone Sour - Come What(ever) May (2006) - 3
The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer (2013) - 3

Anthrax - For All Kings (2016) - 2
Crowley – Evil Bride (2020) - 2
Disciple - Attack (2014) - 2
Elder - Dead Roots Stirring (2011) - 2
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021) - 2
Megadeth - The System Has Failed (2004) - 2
Overkill - The Electric Age (2012) - 2
Serj Tankian - Imperfect Harmonies (2010) - 2
Static-X - Machine (2001) - 2
Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon (2021) - 2

Bad Brains - Into the Future (2012) - 1
Kamelot - The Black Halo (2005) - 1
Korn - Untouchables (2002) - 1
L.A. Guns - The Missing Peace (2017) - 1
Manowar - Warriors Of The World (2002) - 1
Mgła - Exercises in Futility (2015) - 1
Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) - 1
Skillet - Awake (2009) - 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
Dave
Greg F
BSLO
J.W.
Johnny
KING
Nick B.
Tom H.
MichaelEU
Kenmil
Lax39
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Avenged Sevenfold – Waking The Fallen (2003)
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (2006)
Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls (2015)
Machine Head - Unto the Locust (2011)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (2017)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
Rob Zombie- The Sinister Urge (2001)

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/15/2022 @ 21:56pm

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Jerry Lee Lewis) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1992) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 10/15/2022 @ 21:57pm

Artist Nomination
Jerry Lee Lewis - Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 1 (1969)

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 10/16/2022 @ 15:46pm

Jerry Lee Lewis - There Must Be More to Love Than This (1971)

Posted by Dave on Monday, 10/17/2022 @ 09:41am

Year noms:

Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (1992)
Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill (1992)
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond (1992)

Artist noms:

Jerry Lee Lewis - The Session (1973)

Posted by Ray on Monday, 10/17/2022 @ 19:55pm

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

4 Non Blondes - Bigger, Better, Faster, More! (1992)
Bad Religion - Generator (1992)
Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All (1992)
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond (1992)
Body Count - Body Count (1992)
Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith (1992)
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992)
Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over (1992)
Danzig - Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992)
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992)
Extreme - III Sides to Every Story (1992)
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)
George Strait - Pure Country (1992)
Iris DeMent - Infamous Angel (1992)
Joan Baez - The Future (1992)
Jon Secada - Jon Secada (1992)
k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992)
Keith Richards - Main Offender (1992)
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (1992)
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy (1992)
Moon Whistlers - Another Soundcheck (1992)
Peter Himmelman - Flown This Acid World (1992)
Pulp - Separations (1992)
Rabih Abou-Khalil - Blue Camel (1992)
Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill (1992)
Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union (1992)
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992)
Tanya Tucker - Can't Run from Yourself (1992)
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992)
The Brand New Heavies - Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 (1992)
The Offspring - Ignition (1992)
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)
The Prodigy - Experience (1992)
The Sundays - Blind (1992)
They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18 (1992)
Thomas Dolby - Astronauts and Heretics (1992)
TLC - Oooh... On the TLC Tip (1992)
Trisha Yearwood - Hearts in Armor (1992)
Ugly Kid Joe - America's Least Wanted (1992)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
Vince Gill - I Still Believe in You (1992)
W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol (1992)
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992)
Wynonna Judd - Wynonna (1992)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/17/2022 @ 23:34pm

Nominations are now closed for the Artist Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Jerry Lee Lewis - Another Place, Another Time (1968)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis (1958)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee's Greatest (1961)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Memphis Beat (1966)
Jerry Lee Lewis - She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye (1970)
Jerry Lee Lewis - She Still Comes Around (1969)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 1 (1969)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough (1973)
Jerry Lee Lewis - The Golden Hits of Jerry Lee Lewis (1964)
Jerry Lee Lewis - The Killer Rocks On (1972)
Jerry Lee Lewis - The Session (1973)
Jerry Lee Lewis - There Must Be More to Love Than This (1971)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Young Blood (1995)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/17/2022 @ 23:35pm

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fljWb0YANqxqKtXcKrlmkGlUL3ZLFLkuu57bCh4Vwds/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/18/2022 @ 22:35pm

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HZoJDO4VMhVg7iqLvTl6e_TKjOkskph9IVOyrQhMIWE/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 10/18/2022 @ 22:36pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith (1992) 6
TLC - Oooh... On the TLC Tip (1992) 6
____________________________

Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992) 5
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992) 5
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992) 5
George Strait - Pure Country (1992) 5
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992) 5
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) 5
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992) 5
____________________________

k.d. lang - Ingenue (1992) 4
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy (1992) 4
Sublime - 40oz. to Freedom (1992) 4
Tanya Tucker - Can't Run from Yourself (1992) 4

Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All (1992) 3
Jon Secada - Jon Secada (1992) 3
Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union (1992) 3
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992) 3
Ugly Kid Joe - America's Least Wanted (1992) 3
Wynonna Judd - Wynonna (1992) 3

Bad Religion - Generator (1992) 2
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) 2
Body Count - Body Count (1992) 2
Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over (1992) 2
Danzig - Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992) 2
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (1992) 2
Peter Himmelman - Flown This Acid World (1992) 2
Pulp - Separations (1992) 2
Rabih Abou-Khalil - Blue Camel (1992) 2
The Offspring - Ignition (1992) 2
The Prodigy - Experience (1992) 2
They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18 (1992) 2
Vince Gill - I Still Believe in You (1992) 2
W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol (1992) 2

4 Non Blondes - Bigger, Better, Faster, More! (1992) 1
Extreme - III Sides to Every Story (1992) 1
Iris DeMent - Infamous Angel (1992) 1
Joan Baez - The Future (1992) 1
Keith Richards - Main Offender (1992) 1
Moon Whistlers - Another Soundcheck (1992) 1
Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill (1992) 1
The Brand New Heavies - Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 (1992) 1
The Sundays - Blind (1992) 1
Thomas Dolby - Astronauts and Heretics (1992) 1
Trisha Yearwood - Hearts in Armor (1992) 1

This vote count includes the following votes:

BSLO
Darren
Johnny
KING
Kenmil
Tom H.
Greg F
J.W.
MichaelEU
Dave
jtrichey
Lax39
Doo-Wop Phil
Nick B.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith (1992)
TLC - Oooh... On the TLC Tip (1992)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992)
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992)
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)
George Strait - Pure Country (1992)
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 4 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other 3 albums will automatically be nominated for the August Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/23/2022 @ 03:24am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Jerry Lee Lewis - Another Place, Another Time (1968) - 10
Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis (1958) - 10

Jerry Lee Lewis - Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 1 (1969) - 9
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Jerry Lee Lewis - She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye (1970) - 8
Jerry Lee Lewis - The Killer Rocks On (1972) - 8
Jerry Lee Lewis - There Must Be More to Love Than This (1971) - 8

Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee's Greatest (1961) - 7
Jerry Lee Lewis - Memphis Beat (1966) - 7

Jerry Lee Lewis - She Still Comes Around (1969) - 5

Jerry Lee Lewis - The Session (1973) - 4

Jerry Lee Lewis - The Golden Hits of Jerry Lee Lewis (1964) - 3

Jerry Lee Lewis - Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough (1973) - 2

Jerry Lee Lewis - Young Blood (1995) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
BSLO
Johnny
KING
Kenmil
Tom H.
Greg F
J.W.
MichaelEU
Dave
jtrichey
Lax39
Doo-Wop Phil
Nick B.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Jerry Lee Lewis - Another Place, Another Time (1968)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis (1958)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 1 (1969)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Jerry Lee Lewis - Another Place, Another Time (1968)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis (1958)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 1 (1969)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/23/2022 @ 03:28am

Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 7
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992) - 6
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992) - 5
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992) - 4
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992) - 3
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992) - 2
George Strait - Pure Country (1992) - 1

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/23/2022 @ 03:29am

Corrected instructions:

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992)
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992)
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)
George Strait - Pure Country (1992)
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 7 albums in order of preference.

The 6 album that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other 1 album will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 10/23/2022 @ 03:30am

KING OCTOBER 2022 Monster Tiebreaker. 1992 Year Albums (7).
George Strait-Pure Country (1992)-7 PTS
Def Leppard-Adrenalize (1992)-6
Garth Brooks-The Chase (1992)-5
Various Artists-Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)-4
Bruce Springsteen-Human Touch (1992)-3
White Zombie-La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992)-2
The B-52's-Good Stuff (1992)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 10/23/2022 @ 04:36am

tiebreaker vote:

Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) 7 pts.
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992) 6 pts.
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992) 5 pts.
George Strait - Pure Country (1992) 4 pts.
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992) 3 pts.
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992) 2 pts.
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992) 1 pts.

Posted by Kenmil on Sunday, 10/23/2022 @ 04:38am

Year Tiebreaker Vote:

Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 7
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992) - 6
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992) - 5
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992) - 4
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992) - 3
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992) - 2
George Strait - Pure Country (1992) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 10/23/2022 @ 06:59am

My 1992 Album Tiebreaker Votes:

7 points: Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992)
6 points: George Strait - Pure Country (1992)
5 points: Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992)
4 points: Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
3 points: Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)
2 points: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992)
1 point: The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 10/23/2022 @ 07:51am

Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992) - 7
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992) - 6
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992) - 5
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 4
George Strait - Pure Country (1992) - 3
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992) - 2
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 10/23/2022 @ 09:43am

White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992) - 7
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992) - 6
George Strait - Pure Country (1992) - 5
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992) - 4
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 3
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992) - 2
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 10/23/2022 @ 12:07pm

1. Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
2. Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992)
3. The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992)
4. Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)
5. White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992)
6. Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992)
7. George Strait - Pure Country (1992)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 10/23/2022 @ 22:19pm

Here are my 1992 Album Tiebreaker Votes:

7 points: George Strait - Pure Country (1992)
6 points: Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992)
5 points: Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
4 points: Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992)
3 points: The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992)
2 points: Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)
1 point: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Sunday, 10/23/2022 @ 23:30pm

White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992) - 7
George Strait - Pure Country (1992) - 6
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 5
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992) - 4
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992) - 3
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992) - 2
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992) - 1

Posted by Dave on Monday, 10/24/2022 @ 14:38pm

White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992)-7
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992)-6
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)-5
George Strait - Pure Country (1992)-4
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992)-3
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)-2
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Monday, 10/24/2022 @ 14:44pm

White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992) - 7
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 6
George Strait - Pure Country (1992) - 5
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992) - 4
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992) - 3
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992) - 2
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992) - 1

Posted by Ray on Monday, 10/24/2022 @ 19:33pm

Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992) - 7
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992) - 6
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992) - 5
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 4
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992) - 3
White Zombie - La Exorcists: Devil Music Volume One (1992) - 2
George Strait - Pure Country (1992) - 1

This is my tiebreaker vote,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Monday, 10/24/2022 @ 19:53pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) - 65
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992) - 60
George Strait - Pure Country (1992) - 51
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992) - 50
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992) - 48
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992) - 47
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Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992) - 43

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the November Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Year vote:

Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith (1992)
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch (1992)
Garth Brooks - The Chase (1992)
George Strait - Pure Country (1992)
The B-52's - Good Stuff (1992)
TLC - Oooh... On the TLC Tip (1992)
Various Artists - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992)

Posted by Darren on Monday, 10/24/2022 @ 23:29pm

Rule Changes In 2022:

Tiebreaker votes will now be two days in length, rather than three. The schedule will be adjusted accordingly, as noted in the intro.

All polls will now end at 8 PM Central.

Voters will be allowed to nominate twice as many songs or albums in their birthday month. This will apply to the Song / Album Project, as well as the Genre, Year and Artist votes and the Genre and Artist selection processes.

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song / album lost in a tiebreaker. joker will post a list of eligible voters and songs / albums at the end of each quarter.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
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Birthdays this month:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate double the normal number of nominees in each category in the Song And Album project, including for genre and artist selection:

BSLO
Dave

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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2021. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart
1960's Garage Rock
Symphonic Metal
Art Pop
1990's Alternative
Indietronica (2000-2021)
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
1970s Funk
1980's Singer/Songwriters
Black Metal
Power Pop
21st Century Metal

"Broadway Original Cast Albums And Soundtracks" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Al Green
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
King's X
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Loudon Wainwright III
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Simple Minds
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
The Tragically Hip
Thelonious Monk
Tim Buckley
Todd Rundgren
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1957.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1957. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1957.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1957 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Buddy Holly & The Crickets - The "Chirping" Crickets
Carl Perkins - Dance Album
Charles Mingus - The Clown
Chuck Berry - After School Session
Dinah Washington - The Swingin' Miss 'D'
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album
Fats Domino - This is Fats
Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Johnny Cash - With His Hot and Blue Guitar
Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool (compilation)
Miles Davis - Miles Ahead
Miles Davis - Round About Midnight
Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story
Patsy Cline - Patsy Cline
Ray Charles - Ray Charles
Sarah Vaughan - Swingin' Easy
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1957, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 11:12am

General Nominations:

Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview (1972)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)

Year Vote Nominations:

Eddie Cochran - Singin' to My Baby (1957)
Elvis Presley - Loving You (1957)
John Coltrane - Coltrane (1957)

Artist Nomination: America

Genre Nomination: Movie Soundtracks

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 11:35am

General Vote

Boz Scaggs - Slow Dancer (1974)
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001)
Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day (1985)

Genre: Albums featured in the book 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions)

Artist: Juliana Hatfield/ The Juliana Hatfield Three

I've got a list of what would eligible if my genre were selected that I can post later on.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 11:49am

KING NOVEMBER 2022 General Album Nominations (3).
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Maggie's Dream-Maggie's Dream (1990)
Soul Asylum-Grave Dancers Union (1992)

ARTIST: Kool & The Gang
GENRE: 1980's British New Wave
KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 12:54pm

Nominations:

General:
Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess (1974)
Bruce Cockburn - Humans (1980)
Toto - Hydra (1979)

Year:
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' With the Miles Davis Quintet (1957)
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957)
Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (1957)

Artist:
Phil Keaggy (not including Glass Harp or collaborations)

Genre:
Japanese Jazz Fusion

Cheers!
Kenmil

Posted by Kenmil on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 13:13pm

Here are my nominations for the upcoming November Album Vote:

Los Lobos - By the Light of the Moon (1987)
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)
k.d. lang - Ingénue (1992)

I'll decide on my Genre & Artist Nominations a little later.

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 13:21pm

Year Vote nominations:

Ferrante & Teicher - Heavenly Sounds in Hi-Fi (1957)
Martin Denny - Exotica (1957)
Sabu - Palo Congo (1957)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 13:46pm

General Vote

Frank Zappa- One Size Fits All (1975)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Sonny Rollins- Tenor Madness (1956)

Genre Vote

Jazz

Artist Vote

Phish

Year Nominations

Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)
Perry Como- We Get Letters (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Himself (1957)

Posted by Tom H. on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 14:26pm

Here's a list of what would be eligible for my genre Albums featured in the book 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) gets selected.

The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life (1956)
Sabu - Palo Congo (1957)
Machito - Kenya (1958)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Jack Takes the Floor (1958)
Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio - At Mister Kelly's (1958)
Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba (1961)
The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack (1963)
Bill Evens Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)
Ray Price - Night Life (1963)
Jacques Brel - Olympia 64 (1964)
Solomon Burke - Rock 'n Soul (1964)
Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty (1964)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (1964)
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - I Got the Tiger by the Tail (1965)
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)
Fred Neil - Fred Neil (1967)
Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
Astrud Gilberto - Beach Samba (1967)
The Beau Brummels - Triangle (1967)
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim (1967)
Merle Haggard and The Strangers - I'm a Lonesome Fugitive (1967)
The Electric Prunes - The Electric Prunes (1967)
Shivkumar Sharma, Brji Bhushan & Hariprasad Chaurasia - Call of the Valley (1968)
Traffic - Traffic (1968)
The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1968)
Ravi Shankar - The Sounds of India (1958)
The United States of America - The United States of America (1968)
Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso (1968)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1969)
Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
The Pentangle - Basket of Light (1969)
Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking (1969)
The Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain (1969)
Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room (1969)
Alexander Spence - Oar (1969)
Steven Stills - Steven Stills (1970)
Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar (1970)
Soft Machine - Third (1970)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)
David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971)
Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)
Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker - Live! (1971)
Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Wink... To a Blind Horse (1971)
The Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head (1971)
Gene Clark - White Light (1971)
Hugh Masekela - Home is Where the Music is (1972)
Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - Clube da Esquina (1972)
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle be Unbroken (1972)
Steven Stills & Manassas - Manassas (1972)
David Ackles - American Gothic (1972)
Tim Buckley - Greetings from L.A. (1972)
The Temptations - All Directions (1972)
The Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock (1973)
John Martyn - Solid Air (1973)
Faust - Faust IV (1973)
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next... (1973)
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information (1974)
10cc - Sheet Music (1974)
George Jones - The Grand Tour (1974)
Gene Clark - No Other (1974)
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy! (1975)
Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert (1975)
Dion - Born to be with You (1975)
Rahul Dev Burman - Shalimar (1978)
Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner (1975)
Jorge Ben - África Brazil (1976)
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976)
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Music from the Penguin Cafe (1976)
The Stranglers - Stranglers IV (Rattus Norvegicus) (1977)
John Martyn - One World (1977)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (1978)
The Only Ones - The Only Ones (1978)
Joe Eloy - Honky Tonk Masquerade (1978)
The Adverts - Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts (1978)
The Residents - Duck Stab/ Buster & Glen (1978)
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image (1978)
Magazine - Real Life (1978)
Throbbing Gristle - D.o.A: The Third and Final Report (1978)
Willie Colón and Rubén Blades - Siemba (1978)
The Saints - Eternally Yours (1978)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - The Scream (1978)
Sister Sledge - We are Family (1979)
The Crusaders - Street Life (1979)
Holger Czukay - Movies (1979)
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials (1979)
Japan - Quiet Life (1980)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
The Undertones - Hypnotized (1980)
Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine (1980)
UB40 - Signing Off (1980)
The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro (1980)
The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk (1981)
The Gun Club - Fire of Love (1981)
Bobby Womack - The Poet (1981)
Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club (1981)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay (1982)
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (1982)
Madness - The Rise and Fall (1982)
Orange Juice - Rip It Up (1982)
The Birthday Party - Junkyard (1982)
Associates - Sulk (1982)
Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock (1983)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)
The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops (1984)
Hanoi Rocks - Back to Mystery City (1983)
Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones (1983)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984)
Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - Rattlesnakes (1984)
Youssou N'Dour et le Super Étoile de Dakar - Immigrés / Bitim Rew (1984)
Abdullah Ibrahim - Water from an Ancient Well (1986)
Mekons - Fear and Whiskey (1985)
Big Black - Atomizer (1986)
Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega (1985)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down (1985)
Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blood and Chocolate (1986)
The The - Infected (1986)
Nanci Griffith - The Last of the True Believers (1986)
Billy Bragg - Talking to the Taxman About Poetry (1986)
Sonic Youth - Evol (1986)
Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses (1986)
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (1987)
Astor Piazzolla & Gary Burton - The New Tango: Recorded at the Montreux Festival (1987)
Lady Blacksmith Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
Laibach - Opus Dei (1987)
Napalm Death - Scum (1987)
The Triffids - Calenture (1987)
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (1988)
Fishbone - Truth and Soul (1988)
Everything But the Girl - Idlewild (1988)
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988)
Happy Mondays - Bummed (1988)
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988)
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session (1988)
Dagmar Krause - Tank Battles: The Songs of Hanns Eisler (1988)
k.d. lang - Shadowland (1988)
American Music Club - California (1988)
The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (1988)
Dwight Yoakam - Buenas noches From a Lonely Room (1988)
Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule (1989)
John Lee Hooker - The Healer (1989)
Spaceman 3 - Playing with Fire (1989)
fIREHOSE - fROMOHIO (1989)
The Young Gods - L'eau rogue (1989)
John Zorn - Spy vs. Spy (1989)
Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi (1989)
Baaba Mael & Mansour Sour - Djam Leelii (1989)
808 State - 90 (1989)
Coldcut - What's that Noise? (1989)
Barry Adamson - Moss Side Story (1989)
Jungle Brothers - Done by the Forces of Nature (1989)
The Shamen - En-Tact (1990)
Deee-Lite - World Clique (1990)
Digital Underground - Sex Packets (1990)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)
Julian Cope - Peggy Suicide (1991)
MC Solaar - Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo (1991)
Gang Starr - Step in the Arena (1991)
Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart - Rising Above Bedlam (1991)
Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (1991)
Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha (1991)
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (1991)
Koffi Olomidé - Haut de gamme tcha-tcho "Echelon Ngomba" - Koweït, rive gauche (1992)
Morrissey - Your Arsenal (1992)
Baaba Mael - Lam Toro (1992)
Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray (1992)
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury (1992)
k.d. lang - Ingénue (1992)
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)
Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies (1992)
Sugar - Copper Blue (1992)
Stereo MC'S - Connected (1992)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream (1992)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party - Devotional Songs (1992)
Paul Weller - Wild Wood (1993)
The Auteurs - New Wave (1993)
The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993)
Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993)
Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy (1993)
Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth (1993)
The Fall - The Infotainment Scan (1993)
Sebadoh - Bubble & Scrape (1993)
The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps (1993)
William Orbit - Strange Cargo III (1993)
Method Man - Tical (1994)
Frank Black - Teenager of the Year (1994)
Girls Against Boys - Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby (1993)
Jeru the Damaja - The Sun that Rises in the East (1994)
The Sabres of Paradise - Haunted Dancehall (1994)
Elvis Costello - Brutal Youth (1994)
Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime (1994)
G. Love and The Special Sauce - G. Love and The Special Sauce (1994)
Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder - Talking Timbuktu (1994)
Nightmares on Wax - Smoker's Delight (1995)
Rocket from the Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream! (1995)
Femi Kuti - Femi Kuti (1995)
Goldie - Timeless (1995)
Screaming Trees - Dust (1996)
Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic (1996)
Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry (1996)
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagon (1996)
Eels - Beautiful Freak (1996)
The Devine Comedy - Casanova (1996)
Sepultara - Roots (1996)
Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmoedipus (1996)
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself (1996)
Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)
The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories (1997)
Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded (1996)
LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression (1996)
Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants (1996)
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Now I Got Worry (1996)
The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon (1996)
Ash - 1977 (1996)
Finley Quaye - Maverick a Strike (1997)
Primal Scream - Vanishing Point (1997)
Robert Wyatt - Shleep (1997)
David Holmes - Let's Get Killed (1997)
The Devine Comedy - A Short Album About Love (1997)
Cornershop - When I Was Born for the 7th Time (1997)
Robbie Williams - Life Throu a Lens (1997)
Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Supergrass - In It For the Money (1997)
Roni Size & Reprazent - New Forms (1997)
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen we are Floating in Space (1997)
Manu Chao - Clandestino (1998)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes (1998)
David Grey - White Ladder (1998)
The Dandy Warhols - ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down (1997)
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)
Talvin Singh - Ok (1998)
Suba - São Paulo Confessions (2000)
Khaled - Kenza (1999)
XTC - Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999)
Incubus - Make Yourself (1999)
Skunk Anansie - Post Oragasmic Chill (1999)
Travis - The Man Who (1999)
Slipknot - Slipknot (1999)
Beth Orton - Central Reservation (1999)
Nitin Sawhney - Beyond Skin (1999)
Death in Vegas - The Contino Sessions (1999)
Les Rythmes Digitales - Darkdancer (1999)
Le Tigre - Le Tigre (1999)
Metallica - S&M (1999)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness (1999)
Shack - H.M.S. Fable (1999)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Bebel Gilberto - Tanto tempo (2000)
MJ Cole - Sincere (2000)
Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and The Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000)
Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl (2000)
Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of the Bewilderbeast (2000)
Mike Ladd - Welcome to the Afterfuture (2000)
Lambchop - Nixon (2000)
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (2000)
Red Snapper - Our Aim is to Satisfy Red Snapper (2000)
Ute Lemper - Punishing Kiss (2000)
Common - Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
Silver Jews - Bright Flight (2001)
Giant Sand - Chore of Enchantment (2000)
Gotan Project - La revancha del tango (2001)
The Beta Band - Hot Shots II (2001)
Röyksopp - Melody A.M. (2001)
Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World (2001)
The Vines - Highly Evolved (2002)
Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers (2002)
Ms Dynamite - A Little Deeper (2002)
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)
The Bees - Sunshine Hit Me (2002)
The Coral - The Coral (2002)
Calexico - Feast of Wire (2003)
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner (2003)
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow (2003)
Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood (2003)
Rufus Wainwright - Want One (2003)
The Thrills - So Much for the City (2003)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Devandra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands (2004)
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (2004)
N*E*R*D - Fly or Die (2004)
Cee-Lo Green - Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine (2004)
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004)
Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll (2004)
Ozomatli - Street Signs (2004)
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free (2004)
The Beta Band - Heroes to Zeros (2004)
Rufus Wainwright - Want Two (2004)
Liars - They were Wrong, So We Drowned (2004)
The Zutons - Who Killed The Zutons? (2004)
The Icarus Line - Penance Soirée (2004)
Morrissey - You are the Quarry (2004)
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (2005)
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (2006)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006)
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (2006)
Ali Farka Touré - Savane (2006)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future (2007)
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen (2007)
Justice - † (Cross) (2007)
Q-Tip - The Renaissance (2008)
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement (2008)
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
Portishead - Third (2008)
Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree (2008)
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers (2009)
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle (2009)
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (2009)
Fever Ray - Fever Ray (2009)
Beach House - Teen Dream (2010)
John Grant - Queen of Denmark (2010)
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest (2010)
White Denim - D (2011)
Hot Chip - In Our Heads (2012)
My Bloody Valentine - m b v (2013)
FKA Twigs - LP1 (2014)
Songhoy Blues - Music in Exile (2015)
Skepta - Konnichiwa (2016)
The xx - I See You (2017)
Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology (2017)
Thundercat - Drunk (2017)
Kelela - Take Me Apart (2017)
SZA - CTRL (2017)
Hookworms - Microshift (2018)
Christine and The Queens - Chris (2018)
Little Simz - GREY Area (2019)
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka (2019)
Sault - Untitled (Black Is) (2020)
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)
Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club (2021)
Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales (2021)

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 14:26pm

Here are my 1957 Album Nominations:

Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957)
Nat King Cole - After Midnight (1957)
Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1957)

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 15:25pm

Greg,
If selected, can you post that list in alphabetical order (artists' names) because it's sorta confusing to read it as is.

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 16:09pm

Yes I can do that if it's selected. I can just run it through an alphabetizer.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 16:25pm

KING NOVEMBER 2022 Year 1957 Albums (3).
Gogi Grant-The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Jackie Gleason-Music For Love Hours (1957)
The Platters-The Platters, Volume Two (1957)

KING

Posted by KING on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 16:55pm

Before I forget, here are my Genre & Artist Album Nominations, as promised:

Genre: Power Metal
Artist: DragonForce

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 17:10pm

I'm going to make one change on my year nomination.

Instead of:
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' With the Miles Davis Quintet (1957)

I will nominate:
Kenny Dorham - Jazz Contrasts (1957)

Posted by Kenmil on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 18:02pm

Folks, here are the nominations I wanna submit for the upcoming November Album Vote:

Link Wray - Beans and Fatback (1973)
Jerry Lee Lewis - There Must Be More to Love Than This (1971)
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)

And now, my choices for the 1957 Album Vote:

Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957)
Duke Ellington - Such Sweet Thunder (1957)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky (1957)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Thursday, 10/27/2022 @ 22:47pm

General Nomination:

Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021)
Kendrick Lamar - section.80 (2011)
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)

Artist Nomination:

Bjork

Genre Nomination:

2010s Indie Folk

Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 10/28/2022 @ 06:18am

General:
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)
Stevie Wonder - Up-Tight (1966)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Cow Fingers And Mosquito Pie (1956)

Year:
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)
Lonnie Donegan - Donegan on Stage (Lonnie Donegan at Conway Hall) (1957)
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957)

Artist:
Waylon Jennings

Genre:
Punk (1970s & 1980s)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 10/28/2022 @ 11:31am

Please switch out my Harry Belafonte nomination as it has been nominated already. My new nominee is

Gene Vincent - Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps (1957)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 10/28/2022 @ 11:42am

Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (1966)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984)
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (2004)
My Bloody Valentine - mbv (2013)

British Invasion
Indie Rock

Stevie Wonder
Jefferson Airplane

The Spaniels - Goodnite, It's Time To Go (1957)
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957)
The Five Satins - The 5 Satins Sing (1957)
The Del-Vikings - Come Go With The Del-Vikings (1957)
Buddy Knox - Buddy Knox (1957)
The Five Keys - On Stage! (1957)

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 10/29/2022 @ 22:01pm

general noms:

Johnny Marr & The Healers - Boomslang (2003)
The Bravery - The Bravery (2005)
Rod Stewart - Camouflage (1984)

Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 10/30/2022 @ 20:36pm

Year
Anita O'Day - Anita Sings the Most (1957)
Art Pepper - Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)
Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957)
Count Basie - April in Paris (1957)
Ella Fitzgerald - Like Someone in Love (1957)
Henry "Red" Allen - Ride, Red, Ride in Hi-Fi (1957)

Posted by Dave on Tuesday, 11/1/2022 @ 16:39pm

General
Dolly Parton - White Limozeen (1989)
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
Loretta Lynn - One's on the Way (1972)
Marty Stuart - Hillbilly Rock (1989)
Randy Travis - Storms of Life (1986)
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987)

Genre
1980s Country Music
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Artist
George Jones
Tanya Tucker

Posted by Dave on Tuesday, 11/1/2022 @ 17:00pm

Here are my nominees for this month's election cycle.

General Vote

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
XTC - Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999)
Taylor Swift - Evermore (2020)

1957 Vote:

Frank Sinatra - Where are You? (1957)
Barney Kessel - The Poll Winners (1957)
Bing Crosby - Bing with a Beat (1957)

My genre nomination is:

Concept Albums

And my Artist vote is:

Sade

Hope this will be sufficient,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Tuesday, 11/1/2022 @ 19:03pm

Lax 39 Taylor Swift Evermore got inducted recently. I assume you got ideas from the list I posted of what would be eligible if my genre got selected. I forgot to remove it before posting it here.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/1/2022 @ 19:39pm

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
John Mayer - Continuum (2006)
Kelis - Kaleidoscope (1999)

Barbra Streisand

2010s Pop

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 11/2/2022 @ 01:51am

General noms:

Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
Sugar - Copper Blue (1992)

Genre nom:

Folk Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 11/3/2022 @ 18:03pm

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 11/3/2022 @ 20:02pm

Genre Vote nominations are now closed.

Here are the genres nominated:

1. 1980s British New Wave
2. 1980s Country Music
3. 2010s Indie Folk
4. 2010s Pop
5. Albums Featured in the Book 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (All Editions)
6. British Invasion
7. Concept Albums
8. Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
9. Folk Metal
10. Indie Rock
11. Japanese Jazz Fusion
12. Jazz
13. Movie Soundtracks
14. Power Metal
15. Punk, 1970s and 1980s

There are 15 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Song Project Artist Vote is 4.

This month's selected genre is 2010s Pop.

Nominations are now open.

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Posted by Nick B. on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 02:31am

Artist Vote nominations are now closed.

Here are the artists nominated:

1. America
2. Bjork
3. DragonForce
4. Hatfield, Julana / The Juilana Hatfield Three
5. Jefferson Airplane
6. Jennings, Waylon
7. Jones, George
8. Keaggy, Phil
9. Kool & The Gang
10. Phish
11. Sade
12. Streisand, Barbra
13. Swans
14. Tucker, Tanya
15. Wonder, Stevie

There are 15 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote is 10.

This month's selected artist is Phish.

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate one album by Phish. that hasn't already been inducted into the Song Project. According to their FRL page, the following songs have been previously inducted:

A Picture of Nectar (1992)
Rift (1993)
Billy Breathes (1996)

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Nick B. on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 02:32am

General Vote Nominations are closed.

Please let me know if something's miswritten and/or missing ASAP.

I'll post the Google Forms link tomorrow.

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Boz Scaggs - Slow Dancer (1974)
Bruce Cockburn - Humans (1980)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (1966)
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002)
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992)
Dolly Parton - White Limozeen (1989)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Frank Zappa- One Size Fits All (1975)
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021)
Jerry Lee Lewis - There Must Be More to Love Than This (1971)
John Mayer - Continuum (2006)
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
Johnny Marr & The Healers - Boomslang (2003)
k.d. lang - Ingénue (1992)
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
Kelis - Kaleidoscope (1999)
Kendrick Lamar - section.80 (2011)
Link Wray - Beans and Fatback (1973)
Loretta Lynn - One's On the Way (1972)
Los Lobos - By the Light of the Moon (1987)
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Maggie's Dream - Maggie's Dream (1990)
Marty Stuart - Hillbilly Rock (1989)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
My Bloody Valentine - mbv (2013)
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978)
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)
Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day (1985)
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984)
Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess (1974)
Randy Travis - Storms of Life (1986)
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
Rod Stewart - Camouflage (1984)
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (2004)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Cow Fingers And Mosquito Pie (1956)
Sonny Rollins- Tenor Madness (1956)
Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union (1992)
Stevie Wonder - Up-Tight (1966)
Sugar - Copper Blue (1992)
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979)
The Bravery - The Bravery (2005)
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)
Toto - Hydra (1979)
Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview (1972)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)
XTC - Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999)

Posted by Nick B. on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 02:39am

KING NOVEMBER 2022 Phish Selected Artist Album (1).
Phish-Farmhouse (2000)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 03:18am

KING NOVEMBER 2022 2010s Pop Albums (3)
Hilary Duff-Breathe In. Breathe Out. (2015)
Bruno Mars-24K Magic (2016)
Ariana Grande-Sweetener (2018)
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 03:30am

Genre 2010's Pop

Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated (2019)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Robyn - Honey (2018)

Artist

Phish - Joy (2009)

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 06:26am

Genre nominations:
Owl City - All Things Bright and Beautiful (2011)
for King & Country - Crave (2012)
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (2011)

Artist nomination:
Phish - A Live One (1995)

Posted by Kenmil on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 07:14am

Here's my Phish Album Nomination:

Phish - Fuego (2014)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 07:50am

Artist Nomination

Phish- Hoist (1994)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 08:20am

Genre Nomination

Sara Bareilles- Kaleidoscope Heart (2010)

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 08:25am

Genre:
Charli XCX - Charli (2017)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels (2010)

Artist:
Phish - Junta (1989)

Posted by MichaelEU on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 08:44am

KING NOV 2022 2010s Pop Correction (1).
Changing Bruno Mars-24K Magic (2016) out with Katy Perry-Prism (2013). The Bruno Mars album was already inducted.
Katy Perry-Prism (2013).
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 10:32am

Genre Nominations:

Miley Cyrus - Bangerz (2013)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Justin Bieber - Purpose (2015)

Artist Nomination:

Phish - The Story of the Ghost (1998)

Posted by J.W. on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 12:12pm

J.W. Grimes - Art Angels (2015) has been nominated already. You have one more nomination for the genre vote.

Posted by Greg F on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 15:33pm

My 2010s Pop Album Choices:

Chvrches - Every Open Eye (2015)
John Legend - The Future of Love (2013)
Animal Collective - Tangerine Reef (2018)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 16:24pm

Thank you Greg F,

Replace my Grimes nomination with:

Katy Perry - Witness (2017)

The John Legend album should be read as:

John Legend - Love in the Future (2013)

Posted by J.W. on Friday, 11/4/2022 @ 16:54pm

Voting is now open for this month's General Vote.

Here is the Google Forms ballot to cast your vote:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgipzM_HQUxF4FacbrhFQ7lyRtIus-WEEoOTb0wIQ53Y3gvA/viewform

There are four days to vote.

The ballot expires at 8pm Central Time Zone on the 8th.

Here is the list of registered voters:

Alex Voltaire
BSLO
Christian
Darren
Dave
DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
Dr. W
GothGuy2021
Greg F
Ian W.
J.W.
Jennifer
Joe S.
John RC
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
Kenmil
KING
Kurtal
Lax38
Michael W.
MichaelEU
Nick B.
ntndeacon
Ozma
Paul in KY
Paul K.
Philip
Printthelegends
Raichu
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Skylanderlord3
SotN
Tom H.
Zechariah

If you would like to participate in any of FRL's projects (Song, Album or Projected), please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com.

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 11/5/2022 @ 02:32am

Here are my pop albums of the 2010s to be nominated:

Madonna - Rebel Heart (2015)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)

And my Artist Vote nomination is:

Phish - Big Boat (2016)

Do not forget to vote when it matters,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Monday, 11/7/2022 @ 18:51pm

Genre
Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (2016)
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017)
Ellie Goulding - Halcyon (2012)
Maroon 5 - Hands All Over (2010)
Selena Gomez - Stars Dance (2013)
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (2014)

Artist
Phish - Hampton Comes Alive (1999)
Phish - Undermind (2004)

Posted by Dave on Tuesday, 11/8/2022 @ 16:49pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the results:

John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) - 5
SZA - Ctrl (2017) - 5

Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992) - 4
Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day (1985) - 4
Stevie Wonder - Up-Tight (1966) - 4

___________

Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 3
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975) - 3
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 3
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 3
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - 3
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) - 3
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 3
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 3
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987) - 3
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 3
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 3

___________

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971) - 2
Boz Scaggs - Slow Dancer (1974) - 2
Bruce Cockburn - Humans (1980) - 2
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - 2
Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (1966) - 2
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979) - 2
Jerry Lee Lewis - There Must Be More to Love Than This (1971) - 2
John Mayer - Continuum (2006) - 2
k.d. lang - Ingénue (1992) - 2
Kendrick Lamar - section.80 (2011) - 2
Link Wray - Beans and Fatback (1973) - 2
Loretta Lynn - One's On the Way (1972) - 2
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994) - 2
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 2
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 2
Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor (1978) - 2
Randy Travis - Storms of Life (1986) - 2
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974) - 2
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970) - 2
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 2
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - 2
Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview (1972) - 2
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973) - 2

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 1
Counting Crows - Hard Candy (2002) - 1
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992) - 1
Dolly Parton - White Limozeen (1989) - 1
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - 1
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - 1
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021) - 1
Johnny Marr & The Healers - Boomslang (2003) - 1
Kelis - Kaleidoscope (1999) - 1
Los Lobos - By the Light of the Moon (1987) - 1
Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (1981) - 1
Maggie's Dream - Maggie's Dream (1990) - 1
Marty Stuart - Hillbilly Rock (1989) - 1
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021) - 1
My Bloody Valentine - mbv (2013) - 1
Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess (1974) - 1
Rod Stewart - Camouflage (1984) - 1
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (2004) - 1
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Cow Fingers And Mosquito Pie (1956) - 1
Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union (1992) - 1
Sugar - Copper Blue (1992) - 1
The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) - 1
The Bravery - The Bravery (2005) - 1
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (1968) - 1
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979) - 1
Toto - Hydra (1979) - 1
XTC - Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999) - 1

The following voters voted this round:
BSLO
Dave
Doo-Wop Phil
Greg F
J.W.
John R.C.
Johnny
jtrichey
Kenmil
KING
Lax39
MichaelEU
Nick B.
Ray
Rick Vendl II
Tom H.

The following albums have been inducted this round:

John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)
Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day (1985)
Stevie Wonder - Up-Tight (1966)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975)
George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001)
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984)
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987)
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)

Anyone who voted this round is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 11 albums in order of preference.

The 3 albums that receives the most votes will be inducted. The 8 losing albums will automatically be nominated for the Deember General vote, unless they're eligible for this month's genre vote, "2010s Pop", this month's Artist Project vote (Phish) or this month's Year Project vote (1957). Please point out any albums in the tiebreaker that are qualified for any of this month's other votes.

There will be 2 days of tiebreaker voting.

Please post your tiebreaker votes here on this forum.

Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Posted by Nick B. on Tuesday, 11/8/2022 @ 20:22pm

General Tiebreaker Vote:

Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 11
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 10
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 9
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975) - 8
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 7
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 6
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 5
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - 4
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 3
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) - 2
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 11/8/2022 @ 20:50pm

KING NOVEMBER 8, 2022 MONSTER! Album Tiebreaker (11).
Fleetwood Mac-Mirage (1982)-11 PTS
The Eagles-On The Border (1974)-10
Keith Whitley-Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)-9
George Benson-Breezin' (1976)-8
R.E.M.-Reckoning (1984)-7
Michael Jackson-Invincible (2001)-6
Thelonious Monk-Solo Monk (1965)-5
Tanya Tucker-Love Me Like You Used To (1987)-4
Grateful Dead-From The Mars Hotel (1974)-3
Frank Zappa-One Size Fits All (1975)-2
Sonny Rollins-Tenor Madness (1956)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 11/8/2022 @ 22:00pm

Tiebreaker vote:

George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 11 pts.
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 10 pts.
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 9 pts.
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975) - 8 pts.
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987) 7 pts.
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 6 pts.
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 5 pts.
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 4 pts.
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 3 pts.
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - 2 pts.
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) - 1 pts.

Posted by Kenmil on Tuesday, 11/8/2022 @ 22:08pm

2010s Pop Genre Nomination:

Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Maggie Rogers - Heard It in a Past Life (2019)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 11/9/2022 @ 06:13am

Actually, replace my Maggie Rogers nomination with:

Charli XCX - Pop 2 (2017)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 11/9/2022 @ 06:17am

Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)-11
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)-10
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975)-9
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)-8
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)-7
George Benson - Breezin' (1976)-6
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)-5
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)-4
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001)-3
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984)-2
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/9/2022 @ 07:38am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (2010s Pop) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Artist Vote (Phish) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1957) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 11/9/2022 @ 08:05am

MONSTER Album Tiebreaker Time:

11 points: Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
10 points: Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)
9 points: George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
8 points: Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)
7 points: The Eagles - On the Border (1974)
6 points: Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
5 points: R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984)
4 points: Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987)
3 points: Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001)
2 points: Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
1 point: Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 11/9/2022 @ 09:01am

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - One Size Fits All (1975) 11
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) 10
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) 9
R.E.M. - The Reckoning (1984) 8
The Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) 7
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) 6
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) 5
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) 4
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used to (1987) 3
Eagles - On the Border (1974) 2
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/9/2022 @ 10:45am

Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - 11
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 10
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 9
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 8
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 7
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 6
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975) - 5
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 4
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987) - 3
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 2
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 11/9/2022 @ 13:29pm

Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - 11
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987) - 10
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) - 9
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 8
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 7
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975) - 6
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 4
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 3
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 2
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 1

Camilla Cabello - Camilla (2017)
DNCE - DNCE (2016)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 11/9/2022 @ 20:03pm

Here is my tiebreaker vote:

Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 11
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) - 10
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 9
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975) - 8
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 7
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 6
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 5
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 4
George Benson - Breezing' (1976) - 3
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987) - 2
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - 1

We need more voters,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Wednesday, 11/9/2022 @ 20:18pm

That should *read*

Camila Cabello - Camila (2017)

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 11/9/2022 @ 20:31pm

Nick B., if you're reading this — in your Album Tiebreaker Vote, did you intend to give 5 points to Thelonious Monk's 1965 album, Solo Monk? You forgot to mention it in your rankings.

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 11/9/2022 @ 20:53pm

Let me repost it -

Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - 11
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987) - 10
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) - 9
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 8
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 7
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975) - 6
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 5
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 4
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 3
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 2
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 11/9/2022 @ 20:55pm

Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - 11
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987) - 10
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 9
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 8
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 7
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975) - 6
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 5
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 4
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) - 3
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 2
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 1

Posted by Dave on Thursday, 11/10/2022 @ 09:22am

R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 11
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 10
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - 9
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 8
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) -7
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 6
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975) - 5
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 4
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 3
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987) - 2
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 11/10/2022 @ 16:40pm

Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 11
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 10
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 9
George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 8
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 7
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975) - 6
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 5
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 4
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - 3
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) - 2
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987) - 1

Genre noms:

Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean (2014)
Snail Mail - Lush (2018)
Ariel Pink - Dedicated to Bobby Jameson (2017)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 11/10/2022 @ 19:59pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the results:

George Benson - Breezin' (1976) - 91
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) - 84
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975) - 80

__________

Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 77
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 76
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 73
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 73
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - 71
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 69
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) - 50
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987) - 48

Here is the final list of inductees this round:
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975)
George Benson - Breezin' (1976)
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)
Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day (1985)
R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984)
Stevie Wonder - Up-Tight (1966)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)

The losing albums will automatically be nominated in the December General Vote.

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 11/10/2022 @ 20:13pm

We will be having a 1-day review for the upcoming genre vote. If any albums are missing and/or miswritten, please point it out ASAP.

Darren will be posting the Google Forms poll sometime tomorrow night.

Animal Collective - Tangerine Reef (2018)
Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (2016)
Ariana Grande - Sweetener (2018)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Ariel Pink - Dedicated to Bobby Jameson (2017)
Camila Cabello - Camila (2017)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated (2019)
Charli XCX - Charli (2017)
Charli XCX - Pop 2 (2017)
Chvrches - Every Open Eye (2015)
DNCE - DNCE (2016)
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017)
Ellie Goulding - Halcyon (2012)
Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean (2014)
for King & Country - Crave (2012)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Hilary Duff - Breathe In. Breathe Out. (2015)
John Legend - Love in the Future (2013)
Justin Bieber - Purpose (2015)
Katy Perry - Prism (2013)
Katy Perry - Witness (2017)
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (2011)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Madonna - Rebel Heart (2015)
Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels (2010)
Maroon 5 - Hands All Over (2010)
Miley Cyrus - Bangerz (2013)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Owl City - All Things Bright and Beautiful (2011)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Robyn - Honey (2018)
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)
Sara Bareilles- Kaleidoscope Heart (2010)
Selena Gomez - Stars Dance (2013)
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (2014)
Snail Mail - Lush (2018)

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 11/10/2022 @ 20:15pm

Here is the link for the Genre Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BemEwkbsHNnM67udyXUflirfUeZKdNIYbueGN2Wszo4/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 15th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/11/2022 @ 22:27pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019) - 7

Rihanna - Loud (2010) - 6
Robyn - Honey (2018) - 6
Sara Bareilles - Kaleidoscope Heart (2010) - 6
____________________________

Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) - 5
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 5
Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 5
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 5
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 5
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 5
____________________________

Ariana Grande - Sweetener (2018) - 4
Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated (2019) - 4
Chvrches - Every Open Eye (2015) - 4
Ellie Goulding - Halcyon (2012) - 4
Miley Cyrus - Bangerz (2013) - 4

Charli XCX - Charli (2017) - 3
Charli XCX - Pop 2 (2017) - 3
Justin Bieber - Purpose (2015) - 3
Katy Perry - Prism (2013) - 3
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (2011) - 3
Owl City - All Things Bright and Beautiful (2011) - 3
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (2014) - 3
Snail Mail - Lush (2018) - 3

Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (2016) - 2
Ariel Pink - Dedicated to Bobby Jameson (2017) - 2
Camila Cabello - Camila (2017) - 2
DNCE - DNCE (2016) - 2
for King & Country - Crave (2012) - 2
John Legend - Love in the Future (2013) - 2
Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels (2010) - 2
Maroon 5 - Hands All Over (2010) - 2

Animal Collective - Tangerine Reef (2018) - 1
Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean (2014) - 1
Hilary Duff - Breathe In. Breathe Out. (2015) - 1
Madonna - Rebel Heart (2015) - 1
Selena Gomez - Stars Dance (2013) - 1

Katy Perry - Witness (2017) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

KING
John R.C.
Greg F
Dave
MichaelEU
Johnny
Kenmil
BSLO
Darren
J.W.
Lax39
Tom H.
jtrichey
Nick B.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Robyn - Honey (2018)
Sara Bareilles - Kaleidoscope Heart (2010)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 5 albums that receive the most votes will be inducted.

The other album will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be two days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/15/2022 @ 22:19pm

Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 6
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 5
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 4
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 3
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) - 2
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/15/2022 @ 22:20pm

Tiebreaker votes:

Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 6
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 5
Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 4
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 3
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) - 2
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 1

Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 11/15/2022 @ 22:53pm

Tiebreaker vote:

Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 6 pts.
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 5 pts.
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 4 pts.
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) - 3 pts.
Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 2 pts.
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 1 pt.

Posted by Kenmil on Tuesday, 11/15/2022 @ 23:19pm

KING NOV 2022 MINI MONSTER ALBUM TIEBREAKER (6).
Sade-Soldier Of Love (2010)-6 PTS
Grimes-Art Angels (2015)-5
Kesha-Rainbow (2017)-4
Mitski-Be The Cowboy (2018)-3
Ed Sheeran- ÷ (2017)-2
Gotye-Making Mirrors (2011)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 11/16/2022 @ 00:26am

Genre Tiebreaker Vote:

Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 6
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) - 5
Mitski - Be The Cowboy (2018) - 4
Gotye-Making Mirrors (2011) - 3
Sade - Soldier Of Love (2010) - 2
Kesha-Rainbow (2017) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 11/16/2022 @ 03:53am

Kesha - Rainbow (2017) 6
Grimes - Art Angels (2015) 5
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) 4
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) 3
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) 2
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) 1

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 11/16/2022 @ 06:07am

Kesha - Rainbow (2017)-6
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)-5
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)-4
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)-3
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)-2
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/16/2022 @ 07:52am

My 2010s Pop Album Tiebreaker Votes:

6 points: Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)
5 points: Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
4 points: Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
3 points: Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
2 points: Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017)
1 point: Grimes - Art Angels (2015)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 11/16/2022 @ 07:54am

Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) - 6
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 5
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 4
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 3
Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 2
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 1

Posted by Dave on Wednesday, 11/16/2022 @ 09:25am

Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 6
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 5
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 4
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 3
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 2
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 11/16/2022 @ 11:00am

Here is my list for the tiebreaker:

Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 6
Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 5
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 4
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) - 3
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 2
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 1

Five artists with just one name only and one with two,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Wednesday, 11/16/2022 @ 21:19pm

Tiebreaker -
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 6
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) - 5
Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 4
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 3
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 2
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 11/16/2022 @ 23:40pm

Artist Nomination
Phish - Slip Stitch and Pass (1997)

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 11/16/2022 @ 23:45pm

Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 6
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 5
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 4
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) - 3
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 2
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 11/17/2022 @ 00:04am

Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 6
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 5
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 4
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 3
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 2
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) - 1

Year noms:

The Red Garland Trio - Red Garland's Piano (1957)
Horace Silver Quintet - 6 Pieces of Silver (1957)
Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies High (1957)

Artist nom:

Phish - Lawn Boy (1990)

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 11/17/2022 @ 17:56pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Grimes - Art Angels (2015) - 62
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - 56
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010) - 53
Kesha - Rainbow (2017) - 43 (2 Highest Rankings)
___________________________

Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 43 (1 Highest Ranking)
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) - 37

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Genre vote:

Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Kesha - Rainbow (2017)
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Robyn - Honey (2018)
Sade - Soldier of Love (2010)
Sara Bareilles - Kaleidoscope Heart (2010)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/17/2022 @ 23:10pm

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Anita O'Day - Anita Sings the Most (1957)
Art Pepper - Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)
Barney Kessel - The Poll Winners (1957)
Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957)
Bing Crosby - Bing with a Beat (1957)
Buddy Knox - Buddy Knox (1957)
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957)
Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies High (1957)
Count Basie - April in Paris (1957)
Duke Ellington - Such Sweet Thunder (1957)
Eddie Cochran - Singin' to My Baby (1957)
Ella Fitzgerald - Like Someone in Love (1957)
Elvis Presley - Loving You (1957)
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957)
Ferrante & Teicher - Heavenly Sounds in Hi-Fi (1957)
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957)
Frank Sinatra - Where are You? (1957)
Gene Vincent - Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps (1957)
Gogi Grant - The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)
Henry "Red" Allen - Ride, Red, Ride in Hi-Fi (1957)
Horace Silver Quintet - 6 Pieces of Silver (1957)
Jackie Gleason - Music For Love Hours (1957)
John Coltrane - Coltrane (1957)
Kenny Dorham - Jazz Contrasts (1957)
Lonnie Donegan - Donegan on Stage (Lonnie Donegan at Conway Hall) (1957)
Martin Denny - Exotica (1957)
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957)
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957)
Nat King Cole - After Midnight (1957)
Perry Como- We Get Letters (1957)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky (1957)
Sabu - Palo Congo (1957)
Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (1957)
The Del-Vikings - Come Go With The Del-Vikings (1957)
The Five Keys - On Stage! (1957)
The Five Satins - The 5 Satins Sing (1957)
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957)
The Red Garland Trio - Red Garland's Piano (1957)
The Spaniels - Goodnite, It's Time To Go (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Himself (1957)
Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1957)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/17/2022 @ 23:14pm

Nominations are now closed for the Artist Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Phish - A Live One (1995)
Phish - Big Boat (2016)
Phish - Farmhouse (2000)
Phish - Fuego (2014)
Phish - Hampton Comes Alive (1999)
Phish - Hoist (1994)
Phish - Joy (2009)
Phish - Junta (1989)
Phish - Lawn Boy (1990)
Phish - Slip Stitch and Pass (1997)
Phish - The Story of the Ghost (1998)
Phish - Undermind (2004)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 11/17/2022 @ 23:15pm

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14WPKzZmPLmK0DrUWHZj4PY9efxXiDE_0jL4Ix9upNrk/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/18/2022 @ 23:04pm

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1paao4_98JwuhsI_CobfvKseCFFctq3P3eyBYD5aI95k/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/18/2022 @ 23:05pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Count Basie - April in Paris (1957) - 7

Ricky Nelson - Ricky (1957) - 6
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Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957) - 5
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957) - 5
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957) - 5
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957) - 5
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) - 5
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957) - 5
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957) - 5
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957) - 5
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Barney Kessel - The Poll Winners (1957) - 4
Duke Ellington - Such Sweet Thunder (1957) - 4
Eddie Cochran - Singin' to My Baby (1957) - 4
Elvis Presley - Loving You (1957) - 4
Gene Vincent - Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps (1957) - 4
John Coltrane - Coltrane (1957) - 4
Nat King Cole - After Midnight (1957) - 4

Art Pepper - Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957) - 3
Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies High (1957) - 3
Horace Silver Quintet - 6 Pieces of Silver (1957) - 3
Jackie Gleason - Music For Love Hours (1957) - 3
Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1957) - 3

Ella Fitzgerald - Like Someone in Love (1957) - 2
Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (1957) - 2
The Del-Vikings - Come Go With The Del-Vikings (1957) - 2
The Five Satins - The 5 Satins Sing (1957) - 2
The Red Garland Trio - Red Garland's Piano (1957) - 2
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Himself (1957) - 2

Anita O'Day - Anita Sings the Most (1957) - 1
Bing Crosby - Bing with a Beat (1957) - 1
Ferrante & Teicher - Heavenly Sounds in Hi-Fi (1957) - 1
Frank Sinatra - Where are You? (1957) - 1
Gogi Grant - The Helen Morgan Story (1957) - 1
Henry "Red" Allen - Ride, Red, Ride in Hi-Fi (1957) - 1
Kenny Dorham - Jazz Contrasts (1957) - 1
Lonnie Donegan - Donegan on Stage (Lonnie Donegan at Conway Hall) (1957) - 1
Martin Denny - Exotica (1957) - 1
Perry Como- We Get Letters (1957) - 1
Sabu - Palo Congo (1957) - 1
The Five Keys - On Stage! (1957) - 1

Buddy Knox - Buddy Knox (1957) - 0
The Spaniels - Goodnite, It's Time To Go (1957) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
MichaelEU
KING
Johnny
Greg F
Kenmil
J.W.
Tom H.
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Lax39
Dave
Nick B.
Ray
BSLO

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Count Basie - April in Paris (1957)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky (1957)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957)
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957)
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957)
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957)
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957)
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957)
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 8 albums in order of preference.

The 6 album that receives the most votes will be inducted.

The other 2 albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/22/2022 @ 21:43pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Phish - Farmhouse (2000) - 10

Phish - Junta (1989) - 9
Phish - The Story of the Ghost (1998) - 9
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Phish - Hoist (1994) - 8
Phish - Slip Stitch and Pass (1997) - 8

Phish - A Live One (1995) - 7
Phish - Joy (2009) - 7

Phish - Fuego (2014) - 6
Phish - Hampton Comes Alive (1999) - 6

Phish - Lawn Boy (1990) - 5

Phish - Big Boat (2016) - 3
Phish - Undermind (2004) - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
MichaelEU
KING
Johnny
Greg F
Kenmil
J.W.
Tom H.
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Lax39
Dave
Nick B.
Ray
BSLO

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Phish - Farmhouse (2000)
Phish - Junta (1989)
Phish - The Story of the Ghost (1998)

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/22/2022 @ 21:45pm

Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957) - 8
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957) - 7
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957) - 6
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957) - 5
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) - 4
Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957) - 3
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957) - 2
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957) - 1

Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 11/22/2022 @ 21:46pm

tiebreaker:

Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957) - 8 pts.
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957) - 7 pts.
Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957) - 6pts.
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957) - 5 pts.
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957) - 4 pts.
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957) - 2 pts.
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) - 2 pts.
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957) - 1 pt.

Posted by Kenmil on Tuesday, 11/22/2022 @ 22:16pm

Oops.
for the above, I meant the Fats Domino album to get 3 pts.
That's what happens when I do stuff late at night.

Cheers!
Kenmil

Posted by Kenmil on Tuesday, 11/22/2022 @ 22:18pm

1957 Album Tiebreaker Votes:

8 points: Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957)
7 points: Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957)
6 points: Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957)
5 points: Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957)
4 points: Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)
3 points: Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957)
2 points: The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957)
1 point: Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair (1957)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 11/23/2022 @ 06:52am

Genre Tiebreaker Vote:

Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) - 8
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957) - 7
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957) - 6
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957) - 5
Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957) - 4
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957) - 3
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957) - 2
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 11/23/2022 @ 07:00am

Correction: I meant to say Year Tiebreaker Vote.

Posted by J.W. on Wednesday, 11/23/2022 @ 07:04am

Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)-8
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957)-7
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957)-6
Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957)-5
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957)-4
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957)-3
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957)-2
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 11/23/2022 @ 08:02am

Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957) - 8
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) - 7
Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957) - 6
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957) - 5
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957) - 4
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957) - 3
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957) - 2
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Wednesday, 11/23/2022 @ 14:23pm

KING NOVEMBER 2022 The 1957 Year Album Monster Tiebreaker (8)
Fats Domino-Here Stands Fats Domino (1957)-8 PTS
The Platters-The Platters, Volume Two (1957)-7
Frank Sinatra-A Swingin' Affair! (1957)-6
Billie Holiday- Songs For Distingue Lovers (1957)-5
Harry Belafonte-Belafonte Sings Of The Caribbean (1957)-4
Cannonball Adderley-Sophisticated Swing (1957)-3
Mickey & Silvia-New Sounds (1957)-2
Miles Davis Quintet-Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet (1957)-1 PT
KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 11/23/2022 @ 14:36pm

My Tiebreaker Votes:

8 points: Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957)
7 points: Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957)
6 points: Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957)
5 points: The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957)
4 points: Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957)
3 points: Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957)
2 points: Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)
1 point: Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Wednesday, 11/23/2022 @ 22:52pm

Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)-8
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957)-7
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957)-6
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957)-5
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957)-4
Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957)-3
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957)-2
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957)-1

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 11/24/2022 @ 08:06am

The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957) - 8
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957) - 7
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) - 6
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957) - 5
Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957) - 4
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957) - 3
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957) - 2
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Thursday, 11/24/2022 @ 16:01pm

Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957) - 8
Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957) - 7
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957) - 6
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957) - 5
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957) - 4
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957) - 3
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) - 2
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957) - 1

Posted by Ray on Thursday, 11/24/2022 @ 16:15pm

Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957) - 8
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957) - 7
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957) - 6
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) - 5
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957) - 4
Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957) - 3
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957) - 2
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 11/24/2022 @ 18:16pm

Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957) - 8
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957) - 7
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957) - 6
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957) - 5
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) - 4
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957) - 3
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957) - 2
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957) - 1

Posted by Dave on Thursday, 11/24/2022 @ 20:05pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957) - 71
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) - 64
Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957) - 62
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957) - 58
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957) - 55
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957) - 55
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The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957) - 54
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957) - 49

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Year vote:

Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957)
Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing (1957)
Count Basie - April in Paris (1957)
Fats Domino - Here Stands Fats Domino (1957)
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957)
Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)
Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957)
Ricky Nelson - Ricky (1957)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 11/25/2022 @ 00:50am

Rule Changes In 2022:

Tiebreaker votes will now be two days in length, rather than three. The schedule will be adjusted accordingly, as noted in the intro.

All polls will now end at 8 PM Central.

Voters will be allowed to nominate twice as many songs or albums in their birthday month. This will apply to the Song / Album Project, as well as the Genre, Year and Artist votes and the Genre and Artist selection processes.

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre, Year and Artist vote for the previous 3 months (in either the song or album projects) will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE song / album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that song / album lost in a tiebreaker. joker will post a list of eligible voters and songs / albums at the end of each quarter.

If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.
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Birthdays this month:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate double the normal number of nominees in each category in the Song And Album project, including for genre and artist selection:

Jennifer
Joe S.
Nick B.

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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2021. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following albums are automatically nominated as the result of losing the tiebreaker in last month's Album Project Vote, Artist Vote or Genre Project Votes:

Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001)
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957)
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987)
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

1960's Garage Rock
Symphonic Metal
Art Pop
1990's Alternative
Indietronica (2000-2021)
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
1970s Funk
1980's Singer/Songwriters
Black Metal
Power Pop
21st Century Metal
2010s Pop

"Albums That Hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Al Green
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
King's X
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Loudon Wainwright III
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Phish
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Simple Minds
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
The Tragically Hip
Thelonious Monk
Tim Buckley
Todd Rundgren
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1971.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1971. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1971.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1971 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Al Green - Al Green Gets Next to You
Alice Cooper - Love it to Death
Alice Cooper - Killer
Badfinger - Straight Up
Bill Withers - Just As I Am
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Can - Tago Mago
Carole King - Tapestry
Carole King - Music
Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat
Chicago - Chicago III
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
Don McLean - American Pie
Elton John - Madman Across the Water
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition
Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
George Harrison - The Concert for Bangladesh
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson - The Point!
Isaac Hayes - Shaft
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon
Janis Joplin - Pearl
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jimmy Cliff - Goodbye Yesterday
John Lennon - Imagine
John Prine - John Prine
Joni Mitchell - Blue
King Crimson - Islands
Led Zeppelin - Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV/ZOSO)
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate
Link Wray - Link Wray
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
Loudon Wainwright III - Album II
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
MC5 - High Time
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
Santana - Santana III
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On
Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind
T. Rex - Electric Warrior
The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
The Doors - L.A. Woman
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Move - Message From The Country
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Who - Who's Next
Todd Rundgren - Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
War - All Day Music
Weather Report - Weather Report
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage
Yes - Fragile
Yes - The Yes Album

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1971, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 11/28/2022 @ 21:17pm

General Vote:

Barbra Streisand - A Christmas Album (1967)
The Anita Kerr Singers - Spend This Holiday with Me (1969)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)

Genre: Christmas/Holiday Music

Artist: Joan Armatrading

Year Vote

Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Wink... To a Blind Horse (1971)
Gene Clark - White Light (1971)
New Riders of the Purple Sage - New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971)

Posted by Greg F on Monday, 11/28/2022 @ 21:44pm

KING DECEMBER 2022 1971 Year Album Nominations (3).
April Wine-April Wine (1971)
Steve Winwood-Winwood (1971)
Ten Years After-A Space In Time (1971)

ARTIST: Rick Springfield
GENRE: December Born Music Artists
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 00:03am

KING DECEMBER 2022 General Album Nominations (3).
Cinderella-Heartbreak Station (1990)
Saigon Kick-Water (1993)
Wishbone Ash-New England (1976)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 03:18am

Hi Darren!
I'm a December birthday (December 12, to be exact). May I nominate double, as well?
Cheers!
Kenmil

Posted by Kenmil on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 05:57am

King Steve Winwood - Winwood is a compilation album previously released material and we don't allow those kind of compilations unless the bulk of material was from before 1965 or was never released on an album previously.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 06:23am

General Vote Nominations:

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991)
Various Artists - Judgement Night: Music From The Motion Picture (1993)

Artist Nomination: Little Feat

Genre Nomination: Movie Soundtracks

Year Vote Nominations:

The Band - Cahoots (1971)
Genesis - Nursery Cryme (1971)
Little Feat - Little Feat (1971)

Posted by J.W. on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 06:46am

Frank Zappa- One Size Fits All (1975)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Sonny Rollins- Tenor Madness (1956)

Genre Nomination

Holiday Albums

Artist Nomination

Opeth

Year Nominations

Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971)
Various Artists - Godspell: Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording (1971)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 08:29am

Tom H. I nominated a genre that's similar to yours. I called it Christmas/Holiday Music. You can nominate another genre.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 08:53am

New genre nomination

Progressive Rock

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 09:36am

Also Tom H. Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All got inducted last month.

Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 09:38am

Here are my nominations for the December Album Vote:

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)
Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls (2014)
John Legend - Darkness and Light (2016)

And now, my nominations for the 1971 Album Vote:

Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
Curtis Mayfield - Roots (1971)
Waylon Jennings - Cedartown, Georgia (1971)

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 09:59am

Wow definitely forgot that got inducted. For that matter I also missed that Sonny Rollins- Saxophone Colossus (1956) was automatically nominated.

New nominations

Billy Preston - Music Is My Life (1972)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Posted by Tom H. on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 10:00am

General:
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)

Year:
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971)
Kris Kristofferson - The Silver Tongued Devil and I (1971)

Artist:
Waylon Jennings

Genre:
1970s & 1980s Alternative

Posted by MichaelEU on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 11:04am

Here are my nominations for the December Album Vote:

Link Wray - Beans and Fatback (1973)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind (1982)

And now, my choices for the 1971 Album Vote:

Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971)
Carly Simon - Carly Simon (1971)
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 11:37am

As far as the Album Project goes, here are my Genre & Artist nominations:

Genre: 21st Century Folk, 2000-2021
Artist: Machine Head

Posted by Johnny on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 13:44pm

General Vote:
Gerry Rafferty- City to City (1978)
The Flys- Holiday Man (1998)
Queen- Made in Heaven (1995)

Posted by Raichu on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 15:06pm

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966)
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016)

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
The Stylistics - The Stylistics (1971)
Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse (1971)

Jefferson Airplane

British Invasion

Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 19:27pm

KING DECEMBER 2022 1971 Album Change.
Changing out Winwood-Steve Winwood (1971) to Quicksilver Messenger Service-Quicksilver (1971). Greg F made a good catch and salient point as a Compilation Album.
Quicksilver Messenger Service-Quicksilver (1971).
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 19:49pm

Year

Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)
The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (1971)

Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 11/29/2022 @ 22:15pm

General
Connie Smith - Connie Smith (1965)
Loretta Lynn - One's on the Way (1972)
Vince Gill - When I Call Your Name (1989)

Year
Barbara Mandrell - Treat Him Right (1971)
Charley Pride - Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs (1971)
George Jones and Tammy Wynette - We Go Together (1971)

Genre
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Artist
Tanya Tucker

Posted by Dave on Wednesday, 11/30/2022 @ 11:11am

Here are my nominations for this, my birthday month.

General nominations. I decided to go with two sets of albums.
The first set of albums are what I consider the best, most complete albums by three of my favorite singer-songwriters. I especially am fond of artists that write deep and profound lyrics. That is why I am such a fan of people like Bruce Cockburn and Joni Mitchell. Today, I am nominating albums by one famous singer-songwriter, one who is perhaps known only by name (and I have nominated before), and one (more recent) that may be unfamiliar to many of you. I believe all of these albums are worthy of consideration for induction, even if some are not as well known.

1) Peter Himmelman - From Strength to Strength (1991)
I have been a fan of Peter Himmelman since he went solo back in the mid 80's. My wife and I just saw him in concert earlier this month, and he was phenomenal. In my view, From Strength to Strength is almost a perfect singer-songwriter album. From my standpoint, it is clearly Himmelman's best, though many of his albums are great. If you haven't heard it yet, give it a try. Here is a link to the whole album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg2oqvgCzfw&list=PLMJjVUFWhY9hUhlJmd7-caTMtC99OeE5i

2) Josh Garrels - Love & War & The Sea in Between (2011)
I discovered Josh Garrels shortly after this album came out, and I have had the opportunity to see him in concert since (pre-pandemic). All of his music is wonderful, but this album is especially powerful as a unit. Someday, I will probably nominate the first song, "White Owl", on the Song Project. Here is a link to the whole album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DluEvQhK3vA&list=PLsVoIP7pW8g9R5fagxB6YkEHR8Cb37m73

3) Dan Fogelberg – Nether Lands (1977)
For me, Dan Fogelberg's Nether Lands is a perfect album. I was shocked to find that it hadn't been inducted, yet. I would love to see it and other Fogelberg albums inducted soon. Since Fogelberg is well-known, I won't post a link for this one.

For my second set, I have decided to nominate three of my favorite Christmas/Holiday albums. I won't post links for these, but please check them out, if you are not familiar with them.

4) Bruce Cockburn – Christmas (1993).
Cockburn is my favorite singer-songwriter, and I have been a big fan since college days. When I first heard that he was going to put out a Christmas album, I was sad, thinking he was kind of selling out. However, I should have never doubted his artistry. It is a great album.

5) Larry Carlton – Christmas at My House (1989)
I love guitar, especially jazz guitar, and Larry Carlton has been one of my favorite guitarist for many years. This album, released just over a year after he had been shot in a break-in, is a great blend of jazzy classic carols and popular Christmas songs and a nice original, sung by his wife at the time, Michele Pillar. Of course the guitar work if phenomenal throughout. My wife and I listen to this every year at this time.

6) George Winston – December (1982)
Winston's December is always a must for us each year, as well. It is also one of the best and most famous albums in the "New Age" (how I despise that name!) genre. Definately worthy of induction, in my view.

My Artist nominations:
1) Phil Keaggy (not including Glass Harp or collaborations)

2) Kimiko Kasai

My Genre nominations:
1) Japanese Jazz Fusion

2) Jesus Music (inc. early CCM), 1969 - 1980.
(excluding Gospel/Christian albums by mainstream artists like Elvis, Aretha, Dylan, Billy Preston, B.J. Thomas, Al Green, etc.).

I will post year nominations later.

Cheers!
Kenmil

Posted by Kenmil on Wednesday, 11/30/2022 @ 11:38am

Here are my nominations for the General election and main Album Project subcategories.

General Vote

Sparks - Lil Beethoven (2002)
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987)
Blue Oyster Cult - The Revolution at Night (1983)

1971 Vote

The Supreme and The Four Tops - Dynamite! (1971)
Steppenwolf - For Ladies Only (1971)
Curtis Mayfield - Roots (1971)

My Genre nomination is:

Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees

And my Artist nomination is:

Odetta

Let me know if there needs to be changes,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Wednesday, 11/30/2022 @ 19:00pm

Lax39, 2 things you should know:

1: I already nominated Roots by Curtis Mayfield for the 1971 Album Vote. You've still got one nomination left.

2: There was a slight spelling error in your Supremes/ Four Tops album nomination. It should read like this:

The Supremes and the Four Tops - Dynamite (1971)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 11/30/2022 @ 19:36pm

Year Nominations (1971):

Harlem River Drive - Harlem River Drive (1971)
Stanley Turrentine - Salt Song (1971)
Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971)
Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend (1971)
The Exkursions - The Exkursions (1971)
Donald Byrd - Ethiopean Knights (1971)

Posted by Kenmil on Thursday, 12/1/2022 @ 05:49am

My replacement 1971 nomination, which seems appropriate today, is:

Fleetwood Mac - Future Games (1971)

Again, very appropriate,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Thursday, 12/1/2022 @ 19:40pm

My Donald Byrd nomination for the year (1971) had a spelling mistake. It should read:

Donald Byrd - Ethiopian Knights (1971)

Sorry about that.

Kenmil

Posted by Kenmil on Thursday, 12/1/2022 @ 21:20pm

General Nomination:

Brandie Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)

Genre Nomination:

2010s Indie Folk

Artist Nomination:

Sparks

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 12/3/2022 @ 05:46am

General noms:

Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)

Genre nom:

Folk Metal

Artist nom:

Swans

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 12/3/2022 @ 12:19pm

General
Ashford & Simpson - Solid (1984)
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972)
Rick James - Come Get It! (1978)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
Shania Twain - Up! (2002)
Teddy Pendergrass- Teddy (1979)

Genre
2010s Alternative Rock
2010s Country Music

Artists
Barbra Streisand
Barry White

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 12/3/2022 @ 15:42pm

Year Nominations
Cher - Chér (1971)
Donny Hathaway - Donny Hathaway (1971)
Diana Ross - Surrender (1971)
Honey Cone - Soulful Tapestry (1971)
Merle Haggard and The Strangers - Someday We'll Look Back (1971)
Roberta Flack - Quiet Fire (1971)

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 12/3/2022 @ 15:59pm

Whoops! Brandi Carlile's name should be spelled as "Brandi" in my nomination.

Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 12/3/2022 @ 17:49pm

general noms:

Jim Carroll Band - Catholic Boy (1980)
Lightning Seeds - Cloudcuckooland (1989)
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel the Lemonheads (1993)

Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 12/3/2022 @ 20:56pm

Nominations are now closed and the list of nominees is now up for review.

Here are the nominees:

Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Ashford & Simpson - Solid (1984)
Barbra Streisand - A Christmas Album (1967)
Billy Preston - Music Is My Life (1972)
Blue Oyster Cult - The Revolution at Night (1983)
Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Bruce Cockburn – Christmas (1993)
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Cinderella - Heartbreak Station (1990)
Connie Smith - Connie Smith (1965)
Dan Fogelberg – Nether Lands (1977)
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987)
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
George Winston – December (1982)
Gerry Rafferty - City to City (1978)
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)
Jim Carroll Band - Catholic Boy (1980)
John Legend - Darkness and Light (2016)
Josh Garrels - Love & War & The Sea in Between (2011)
Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls (2014)
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016)
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)
Larry Carlton – Christmas at My House (1989)
Lightning Seeds - Cloudcuckooland (1989)
Link Wray - Beans and Fatback (1973)
Loretta Lynn - One's on the Way (1972)
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001)
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957)
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)
Peter Himmelman - From Strength to Strength (1991)
Queen - Made in Heaven (1995)
Rick James - Come Get It! (1978)
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972)
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970)
Saigon Kick - Water (1993)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)
Shania Twain - Up! (2002)
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)
Sparks - Lil Beethoven (2002)
Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991)
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987)
Teddy Pendergrass- Teddy (1979)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Anita Kerr Singers - Spend This Holiday with Me (1969)
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)
The Flys - Holiday Man (1998)
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960)
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel the Lemonheads (1993)
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998)
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Various Artists - Judgement Night: Music From The Motion Picture (1993)
Vince Gill - When I Call Your Name (1989)
Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind (1982)
Wishbone Ash - New England (1976)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing songs on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 4th.

The poll will close at 8 PM Central on the 8th.

Here is the current list of registered voters:

Alex Voltaire
BSLO
Christian
Darren
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DMG
Doo-Wop Phil
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GothGuy2021
Greg F
Ian W.
J.W.
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Joe S.
John RC
Johnny
Joker
Jtrichey
Kenmil
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If you're not on this list, please email Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com from the email address that use on FRL to register your FRL user name as a voter.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 14:36pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated genres (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

1970s & 1980s Alternative
2010s Alternative Rock
2010s Country Music
2010s Indie Folk
21st Century Folk, 2000-2021
British Invasion
Christmas/Holiday Music
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
December Born Music Artists
Folk Metal
Japanese Jazz Fusion
Jesus Music (inc. early CCM), 1969 - 1980.
Movie Soundtracks
Progressive Rock
Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees
________________________________________

There were 15 genres nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Genre Vote this month is 5.

This month's selected genre is "21st Century Folk, 2000-2021".

Nominations are now open.

Any voter can nominate three albums that they feel belongs in this genre.

If you feel that an album has been inappropriately nominated for this genre, please lodge a protest and explain why. Any album that receives three protests will be disqualified from this genre vote.

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 14:37pm

Nominations are now closed.

Here are the nominated artists (let me know ASAP if there are any missing):

Armatrading, Joan
Jefferson Airplane
Jennings, Waylon
Kasai, Kimiki
Keaggy (not including Glass Harp or Collaborations), Phil
Little Feat
Machine Head
Odetta
Opeth
Sparks
Springfield, Rick
Streisand, Barbra
Swans
Tucker, Tanya
White, Barry

There were 15 artists nominated this month.

The randomly selected number for the Album Project Artist Vote this month is 3.

This month's selected artist is Waylon Jennings.
__________________________________

Nominations are now open for this month's Artist Project vote. This month's selected artist is Waylon Jennings.

Here's the list of Waylon Jennings albums that have already been inducted into our Album Project (let me know if I've missed any):

Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

Any voter can nominate one album by Waylon Jennings released from 1900-2021 that hasn't been inducted already.

Here's a link to wikipedia's Waylon Jennings discography page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Jennings_discography

Nominations will close at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

There will be 1 day of review followed by 4 days of voting on the posted Google Poll.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 14:39pm

Artist:

Waylon Jennings - Ol' Waylon (1977)

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 15:06pm

Artist Nomination

Waylon Jennings- Good Hearted Woman (1972)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 15:16pm

Here's my Waylon Jennings Album Nomination:

Waylon Jennings - Lonesome, On'ry and Mean (1973)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 15:51pm

And now, here are my 21st Century Folk Album Nominations:

The Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse (2001)
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006)
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (2008)

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 16:09pm

Genre Vote:

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011)
Iron & Wine - The Creek Frank The Cradle (2002)
Patty Griffin - 1,000 Kisses (2002)

Artist Vote

Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams (1975)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 16:38pm

Typo correction on my Iron & Wine nomination. It should be: Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle (2002).

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 16:52pm

Artist nomination:
Waylon Jennings - Music Man (1980)

Posted by Kenmil on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 17:10pm

I forgot I had a second nomination for birthday month, so here it is:
Waylon Jennings - The Ramblin' Man (1974)

Posted by Kenmil on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 17:18pm

Genre Nominations

Brandi Carlile- In These Silent Days (2021)
Rising Appalachia- Filthy Dirty South (2012)
The Avett Brothers- Emotionalism (2007)

Posted by Tom H. on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 18:09pm

Genre nominations:
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow (2011)
Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up (2017)
Josh Garrels – Over Oceans (2006)
Alec Lytle & Them Rounders - The Remains of Sunday (2020)
Noel Paul Stookey and Michael Kelly Blanchard - There Is Love - A Holiday Music Celebration (2001)
Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (2011)

Posted by Kenmil on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 18:46pm

Genre Nomination:

Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown (2010)
Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Maggie Rogers - Heard It in a Past Life (2019)

My Brandi Carlile nomination is in case it doesn't make it past the General Vote.

Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 18:54pm

KING DEC 2022 Waylon Jennings Album Selected Artist (1).
Waylon Jennings-Hangin' On (1968).
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 20:50pm

KING DECEMBER 2022 Albums 2000s Folk.
The Decemberists-The Hazards Of Love (2009).
KING

Posted by KING on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 23:14pm

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kCY2P0lCzXSkJV2oeDeLH4Ds3SlD06bq3JnN-TkFRtg/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 8th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 23:32pm

Artist Nomination:

Waylon Jennings - Are You Ready for the Country (1976)

Genre Nominations:

Badly Drawn Boy - One Plus One Is One (2004)
Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong (2011)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 12/5/2022 @ 05:42am

Folks, has anyone tried to vote in the General Vote for the Album Project? Because I clicked on the link that Darren sent us just now, and it said that the form is no longer accepting responses. What's wrong with the link?

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 12/5/2022 @ 08:11am

It appears as though the form limit functionality that automatically closes the polls when they end was set up wrong on this form, causing it to appear as though voting as already closed.

This has been resolved and as a result of the delay, I'm going to leave voting open until 8 PM Central on the 9th. Everything else will stay on schedule for the remaining polls, though a potential tiebreaker in this vote will only be one day rather than two.

Here is the link for the General Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kCY2P0lCzXSkJV2oeDeLH4Ds3SlD06bq3JnN-TkFRtg/viewform

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/5/2022 @ 09:48am

Johnny,

Bon Iver - "For Emma, Forever Ago" has been inducted already (and deservingly, as it is one of the great albums of the 21st century). You have another nomination available.

Genre nominations:
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & the Harvest (2011)
Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl (2000)
Guy Clark - My Favourite Picture of You (2013)

Posted by MichaelEU on Monday, 12/5/2022 @ 10:47am

Here's my NEW 3rd nomination for the 21st Century Folk Album Vote:

Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk (2009)

Posted by Johnny on Monday, 12/5/2022 @ 11:09am

KING DEC 2022 21st Century Folk Album (3)
John Mellencamp-Plain Spoken (2014)
The Chieftains-Voice Of Ages (2012)
The Decemberists-The Hazards Of Love (2009)
KING

Posted by KING on Tuesday, 12/6/2022 @ 10:54am

My nomination in 21st century folk albums are:

James Taylor - Before This World (2015)
Richard Thompson - Still (2015)
Joan Baez - Whistle Down the Wind (2018)

And my artist vote nomination is:

Waylon Jennings - Will the Wolf Survive (1986)

Easier to decide this time,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Tuesday, 12/6/2022 @ 18:16pm

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me (2017)
Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors (2000)
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)

Waylon Jennings - This Time (1974)

Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 12/8/2022 @ 22:24pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind (1982) - 6

Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003) - 5
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - 5
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - 5

Billy Preston - Music Is My Life (1972) - 4
Camel - Moonmadness (1976) - 4
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - 4
________________________________

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966) - 3
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987) - 3
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000) - 3
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 3
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 3
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009) - 3
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016) - 3
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011) - 3
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977) - 3
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 3
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 3
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998) - 3
________________________________

Ashford & Simpson - Solid (1984) - 2
Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You (2018) - 2
Cinderella - Heartbreak Station (1990) - 2
Dan Fogelberg – Nether Lands (1977) - 2
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) - 2
Gerry Rafferty - City to City (1978) - 2
Link Wray - Beans and Fatback (1973) - 2
Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001) - 2
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) - 2
Queen - Made in Heaven (1995) - 2
Rick James - Come Get It! (1978) - 2
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972) - 2
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970) - 2
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997) - 2
Shania Twain - Up! (2002) - 2
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956) - 2
Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991) - 2
Testament - The New Order (1988) - 2
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel the Lemonheads (1993) - 2
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970) - 2
Wishbone Ash - New England (1976) - 2

Barbra Streisand - A Christmas Album (1967) - 1
Blue Oyster Cult - The Revolution at Night (1983) - 1
Bruce Cockburn – Christmas (1993) - 1
Connie Smith - Connie Smith (1965) - 1
George Winston – December (1982) - 1
Jim Carroll Band - Catholic Boy (1980) - 1
John Legend - Darkness and Light (2016) - 1
Josh Garrels - Love & War & The Sea in Between (2011) - 1
Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls (2014) - 1
Larry Carlton – Christmas at My House (1989) - 1
Lightning Seeds - Cloudcuckooland (1989) - 1
Loretta Lynn - One's on the Way (1972) - 1
Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994) - 1
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021) - 1
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957) - 1
Peter Himmelman - From Strength to Strength (1991) - 1
Saigon Kick - Water (1993) - 1
Sparks - Lil Beethoven (2002) - 1
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987) - 1
Teddy Pendergrass- Teddy (1979) - 1
The Anita Kerr Singers - Spend This Holiday with Me (1969) - 1
The Flys - Holiday Man (1998) - 1
The Kingston Trio - The Last Month of the Year (1960) - 1
Various Artists - Judgement Night: Music From The Motion Picture (1993) - 1
Vince Gill - When I Call Your Name (1989) - 1

The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

MichaelEU
Johnny
Tom H.
Greg F
J.W.
Kenmil
Darren
BSLO
John R.C.
KING
Lax39
Raichu
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Dave
Nick B.
Ray

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Billy Preston - Music Is My Life (1972)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind (1982)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966)
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987)
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016)
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998)

Anyone who voted in this vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 12 albums in order of preference.

The 1 albums that get the most points will be inducted. The other 11 albums will automatically be nominated for the January Album Project vote.

Please point out if any albums should qualify for this month's genre vote, which is "21st Century Folk, 2000-2021", Artist Vote (Waylon Jennings) or Year Vote (1971).

In the event of a tie vote, the last vote cast will be eliminated to break the tie.

There will be one day of tiebreaker voting. Tiebreaker voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 01:22am

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977) - 12
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009) - 11
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 10
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011) - 9
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966) - 8
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998) - 7
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 6
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 5
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016) - 4
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987) - 3
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000) - 2
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 1

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 01:28am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Genre Vote (21st Century Folk, 2000-2021) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 10th.

Artist Vote (Waylon Jennings) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1971) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 01:31am

Rule change propositions are now open for the 2023 Song and Album Projects.

If you have any idea that you'd like to propose for discussion and potential vote, please post them on the Song Project messageboard at this time.

When proposing a rule change, please do your best to describe the initial proposal as simply and directly as possible in an opening paragraph / summary of what you'd like us to discuss. If further clarification is required, please form a new paragraph(s) and elaborate, but be sure to have an "executive summary" that could be easily converted into a discussion / vote.

Whenever possible, rule changes will be applied to both the Song and Album Projects starting in January 2023. If a rule change is specific to either the Song or Album project exclusively, please state that in your initial proposal.

All discussions and votes for rule changes in either project will be conducted on the Song Project board.

The initial round of Song / Album Project rule change discussions will end at 8 PM Central on Wednesday the 14th, after 5 days. At that time, the first round of rule change votes will take place. There may be subsequent rule change votes or follow-up votes after the conclusion of that round of voting, depending on the situation.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 01:34am

Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998) - 12
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987) - 11
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966) - 10
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011) - 9
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977) - 8
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 7
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 6
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 5
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009) - 4
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016) - 3
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000) - 2
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 02:40am

tiebreaker vote:

Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016) - 12 pts.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977) - 11 pts.
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 10 pts.
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011) - 9 pts.
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966) - 8 pts.
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987) - 7 pts.
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 6 pts.
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009) - 5 pts.
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 4 pts.
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 3 pts.
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998) - 2 pts.
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000) -1 pts.

Posted by Kenmil on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 03:45am

General Tiebreaker Vote:

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977) - 12
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 11
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 10
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000) - 9
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987) - 8
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966) - 7
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 6
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998) - 5
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011) - 4
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 3
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016) - 2
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 05:44am

Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)-11
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)-10
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987)-9
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)-8
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)-7
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)-6
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)-5
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016)-4
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)-3
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966)-2
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)-1

Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998)

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 06:19am

Realized I botched my first rankings so let's try this again

Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)-12
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)-11
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987)-10
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)-9
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)-8
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)-7
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)-6
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016)-5
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)-4
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998)-3
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966)-2
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 06:50am

KING DECEMBER 2022 MONSTER ALBUM TIEBREAKER (12).
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Street Survivors (1977)-12 PTS
The Eagles-On The Border (1974)-11
Paul McCartney-McCartney (1970)-10
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris-Trio (1987)-9
Kendrick Lamar-Section.80 (2011)-8
Buffalo Springfield-Buffalo Springfield (1966)-7
Kate Bush-Before The Dawn (2016)-6
Gotye-Making Mirrors (2011)-5
Grateful Dead-From The Mars Hotel (1974)-4
Tricky-Angels With Dirty Faces (1998)-3
Grizzly Bear-Veckatimest (2009)-2
Ghostface Killah-Supreme Clientele (2000)-1 PT

Incredible eclectic monster Tiebreaker. Will be interested how it shakes out. KING

Posted by KING on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 07:18am

Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 12
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966) - 11
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987) - 10
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977) - 9
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016) - 8
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011) - 7
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000) - 6
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009) - 5
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 4
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 3
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 2
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 13:08pm

Big Thief - Capacity (2017)
Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain (2018)
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011)
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me (2010)
Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle (2015)
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle (2013)

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 13:21pm

Since Nick nominated Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues I'm going to switch my nomination to Amos Lee - Mission Bell (2011).

Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 13:54pm

MONSTER Tiebreaker Votes: (AGAIN!)

12 points: Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)
11 points: Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)
10 points: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
9 points: Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)
8 points: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987)
7 points: Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)
6 points: Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
5 points: The Eagles - On the Border (1974)
4 points: Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
3 points: Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016)
2 points: Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966)
1 point: Tricky - Angels with Dirty Faces (1998)

Posted by Johnny on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 15:00pm

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987) - 12
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 11
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016) - 10
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011) - 9
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 8
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 7
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966) - 6
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977) - 5
Tricky - Angels with Dirty Faces (1998) - 4
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000) - 3
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 2
Grizzly Bear - Venkatesh (2009) - 1

This is the list for the tiebreaker vote,

Lax39

Posted by Lax39 on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 18:14pm

***Nominations remain open until 8 PM Central tonight. Any nominations that come in between then and now will be added to the final ballot.***

Here are the nominated albums:

Alec Lytle & Them Rounders - The Remains of Sunday (2020)
Amos Lee - Mission Bell (2011
Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown (2010)
Badly Drawn Boy - One Plus One Is One (2004)
Big Thief - Capacity (2017)
Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days (2021)
Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors (2000)
Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain (2018)
Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong (2011)
Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl (2000)
Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up (2017)
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011)
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & the Harvest (2011)
Guy Clark - My Favourite Picture of You (2013)
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle (2002)
James Taylor - Before This World (2015)
Joan Baez - Whistle Down the Wind (2018)
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me (2010)
John Mellencamp - Plain Spoken (2014)
Josh Garrels – Over Oceans (2006)
Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle (2015)
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle (2013)
Maggie Rogers - Heard It in a Past Life (2019)
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006)
Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk (2009)
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me (2017)
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015)
Noel Paul Stookey and Michael Kelly Blanchard - There Is Love - A Holiday Music Celebration (2001)
Patty Griffin - 1,000 Kisses (2002)
Richard Thompson - Still (2015)
Rising Appalachia - Filthy Dirty South (2012)
Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (2011)
The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism (2007)
The Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse (2001)
The Chieftains - Voice Of Ages (2012)
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow (2011)
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love (2009)

There will be 1 day of review. If there are any errors or missing albums on this list, please point them out ASAP.

The link to the google poll for this month's ballot will be posted after 8 PM Central on the 11th.

The poll will end at 8 PM Central on the 15th.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 19:10pm

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977) - 12
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016) - 11
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966) - 10
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000) - 9
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009) - 8
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 7
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011) - 6
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987) - 5
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 4
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998) - 3
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 2
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 1

Genre noms:

Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011)
Matt Elliott - Drinking Songs (2005)
Woven Hand - Blush Music (2003)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 19:39pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977) - 92
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Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987) - 83
The Eagles - On the Border (1974) - 73
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011) - 72
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966) - 71
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - 69
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - 65
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016) - 64
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009) - 54
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - 49
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000) - 47
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998) - 41

Losing albums will automatically be nominated for the December Album Project vote.

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project vote:

Amy Winehouse - Frank (2003)
Billy Preston - Music Is My Life (1972)
Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)
Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind (1982)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/11/2022 @ 02:37am

Here is the link for the Genre Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qJCNj9Ue48t2QI2S0C9TSCWRMrGL4WuFuOOitQvFodM/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 15th at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Monday, 12/12/2022 @ 00:49am

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love (2009) - 10

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011) - 9

The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism (2007) - 7

Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days (2021) - 5
Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors (2000) - 5
Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl (2000) - 5
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & the Harvest (2011) - 5
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me (2010) - 5
____________________________

Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You (2018) - 4
John Mellencamp - Plain Spoken (2014) - 4
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow (2011) - 4

Amos Lee - Mission Bell (2011 - 3
Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up (2017) - 3
Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle (2002) - 3
Joan Baez - Whistle Down the Wind (2018) - 3
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006) - 3
Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk (2009) - 3
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind (2015) - 3
Patty Griffin - 1,000 Kisses (2002) - 3
Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (2011) - 3
The Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse (2001) - 3

Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown (2010) - 2
Badly Drawn Boy - One Plus One Is One (2004) - 2
Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong (2011) - 2
Guy Clark - My Favourite Picture of You (2013) - 2
James Taylor - Before This World (2015) - 2
Josh Garrels – Over Oceans (2006) - 2
Maggie Rogers - Heard It in a Past Life (2019) - 2
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me (2017) - 2
Noel Paul Stookey and Michael Kelly Blanchard - There Is Love - A Holiday Music Celebration (2001) - 2

Alec Lytle & Them Rounders - The Remains of Sunday (2020) - 1
Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011) - 1
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days (2004) - 1
Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle (2015) - 1
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle (2013) - 1
Matt Elliott - Drinking Songs (2005) - 1
Richard Thompson - Still (2015) - 1
Rising Appalachia - Filthy Dirty South (2012) - 1
Woven Hand - Blush Music (2003) - 1

Big Thief - Capacity (2017) - 0
Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain (2018) - 0
The Chieftains - Voice Of Ages (2012) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

Darren
John R.C.
KING
Johnny
Kenmil
Greg F
Tom H.
BSLO
J.W.
Lax39
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
MichaelEU
Ray
Nick B.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days (2021)
Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors (2000)
Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl (2000)
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011)
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & the Harvest (2011)
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me (2010)
The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism (2007)
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love (2009)

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/16/2022 @ 01:09am

Nominations remain open for the following projects:

Artist Vote (Waylon Jennings) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Year Vote (1971) - Ending at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

Posted by Darren on Friday, 12/16/2022 @ 01:09am

I am going to change one of my year nominations.
Instead of, Stanley Turrentine - Salt Song (1971),
I will nominate the following:

Various Artists - The Everlastin' Living Jesus Music Concert (1971)

I just saw the recent documentary movie, "The Jesus Music", on Hulu, and was reminded about how crucial this record was for the future development of CCM stars like Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith, among many others, to get into music. It is a major milestone, kind of like the Woodstock soundtrack, for CCM.

Cheers!
Kenmil

Posted by Kenmil on Saturday, 12/17/2022 @ 06:23am

Waylon Jennings - The Eagle (1990)
Waylon Jennings - Waylon Live (1976)

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 12/17/2022 @ 13:52pm

Year noms:

Bert Jansch - Rosemary Lane (1971)
Roy Harper - Stormcock (1971)
Uriah Heep - Salisbury (1971)

Artist nom:

Waylon Jennings - I've Always Been Crazy (1978)

Posted by Ray on Saturday, 12/17/2022 @ 16:22pm

I'll be posting the list of nominations early tonight. Any nominations posted between now and 8 PM Central will be included on the final ballot.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/17/2022 @ 17:11pm

Nominations are now closed for the Year Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
April Wine - April Wine (1971)
Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend (1971)
Barbara Mandrell - Treat Him Right (1971)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Bert Jansch - Rosemary Lane (1971)
Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
Carly Simon - Carly Simon (1971)
Charley Pride - Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs (1971)
Cher - Chér (1971)
Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse (1971)
Curtis Mayfield - Roots (1971)
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971)
Diana Ross - Surrender (1971)
Donald Byrd - Ethiopian Knights (1971)
Donny Hathaway - Donny Hathaway (1971)
Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971)
Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)
Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Wink... To a Blind Horse (1971)
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games (1971)
Gene Clark - White Light (1971)
Genesis - Nursery Cryme (1971)
George Jones and Tammy Wynette - We Go Together (1971)
Harlem River Drive - Harlem River Drive (1971)
Honey Cone - Soulful Tapestry (1971)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)
Kris Kristofferson - The Silver Tongued Devil and I (1971)
Little Feat - Little Feat (1971)
Merle Haggard and The Strangers - Someday We'll Look Back (1971)
New Riders of the Purple Sage - New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver (1971)
Roberta Flack - Quiet Fire (1971)
Roy Harper - Stormcock (1971)
Steppenwolf - For Ladies Only (1971)
Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971)
Ten Years After - A Space In Time (1971)
The Band - Cahoots (1971)
The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (1971)
The Exkursions - The Exkursions (1971)
The Stylistics - The Stylistics (1971)
The Supremes and the Four Tops - Dynamite (1971)
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971)
Uriah Heep - Salisbury (1971)
Various Artists - Godspell: Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording (1971)
Various Artists - The Everlastin' Living Jesus Music Concert (1971)
Waylon Jennings - Cedartown, Georgia (1971)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/17/2022 @ 17:12pm

Nominations are now closed for the Artist Vote.

Here are the nominated albums:

Waylon Jennings - Are You Ready for the Country (1976)
Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams (1975)
Waylon Jennings - Good Hearted Woman (1972)
Waylon Jennings - Hangin' On (1968)
Waylon Jennings - I've Always Been Crazy (1978)
Waylon Jennings - Lonesome, On'ry and Mean (1973)
Waylon Jennings - Music Man (1980)
Waylon Jennings - Ol' Waylon (1977)
Waylon Jennings - The Eagle (1990)
Waylon Jennings - The Ramblin' Man (1974)
Waylon Jennings - This Time (1974)
Waylon Jennings - Waylon Live (1976)
Waylon Jennings - Will the Wolf Survive (1986)

There will be one day of review.

If there are any nominees missing, please let me know ASAP.

I will post the Google Forms poll link tomorrow night after 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Saturday, 12/17/2022 @ 17:13pm

Here is the link for the Year Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/133gJZasKzgXWnh_AWEqKV1DqXqD9gg-nb6kChCfsWUU/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/18/2022 @ 21:33pm

Here is the link for the Artist Vote via Google Form Polls.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15iiiOnSiJdMCBtOiPIV-Wv3OPwVRFjlFZ9Gmn0jxgHA/viewform

A password is required and was sent to verified voters over the past week. Do not share that password with anyone.

If you are new to the project and/or haven't been verified yet, please contact Nick at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com

Please let me know if you run into any issues submitting your ballots.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting ends on the 22nd at 8 PM Central.

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/18/2022 @ 21:34pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know ASAP if there are any errors):

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971) - 7
Carly Simon - Carly Simon (1971) - 7
Genesis - Nursery Cryme (1971) - 7

Curtis Mayfield - Roots (1971) - 5
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971) - 5
Little Feat - Little Feat (1971) - 5
Uriah Heep - Salisbury (1971) - 5
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Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971) - 4
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971) - 4
Cher - Chér (1971) - 4
Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971) - 4
Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971) - 4
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971) - 4
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Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971) - 3
Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971) - 3
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games (1971) - 3
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971) - 3
Roberta Flack - Quiet Fire (1971) - 3
Steppenwolf - For Ladies Only (1971) - 3
The Band - Cahoots (1971) - 3
The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (1971) - 3
The Stylistics - The Stylistics (1971) - 3

Diana Ross - Surrender (1971) - 2
Donny Hathaway - Donny Hathaway (1971) - 2
Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Wink... To a Blind Horse (1971) - 2
Gene Clark - White Light (1971) - 2
George Jones and Tammy Wynette - We Go Together (1971) - 2
Kris Kristofferson - The Silver Tongued Devil and I (1971) - 2
New Riders of the Purple Sage - New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971) - 2
Roy Harper - Stormcock (1971) - 2
Ten Years After - A Space In Time (1971) - 2
Various Artists - Godspell: Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording (1971) - 2
Waylon Jennings - Cedartown, Georgia (1971) - 2

April Wine - April Wine (1971) - 1
Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend (1971) - 1
Barbara Mandrell - Treat Him Right (1971) - 1
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) - 1
Bert Jansch - Rosemary Lane (1971) - 1
Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse (1971) - 1
Donald Byrd - Ethiopian Knights (1971) - 1
Harlem River Drive - Harlem River Drive (1971) - 1
Honey Cone - Soulful Tapestry (1971) - 1
Merle Haggard and The Strangers - Someday We'll Look Back (1971) - 1
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver (1971) - 1
The Exkursions - The Exkursions (1971) - 1
The Supremes and the Four Tops - Dynamite (1971) - 1
Various Artists - The Everlastin' Living Jesus Music Concert (1971) - 1

Charley Pride - Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs (1971) - 0

This vote count includes the following votes:

BSLO
Darren
Kenmil
KING
Johnny
Greg F
MichaelEU
J.W.
jtrichey
Doo-Wop Phil
Tom H.
Lax39
Dave
Ray
Nick B.
Rick Vendl II

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
Carly Simon - Carly Simon (1971)
Genesis - Nursery Cryme (1971)
Curtis Mayfield - Roots (1971)
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971)
Little Feat - Little Feat (1971)
Uriah Heep - Salisbury (1971)

The following albums will be involved in a tiebreaker vote:

Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971)
Cher - Chér (1971)
Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971)
Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971)
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971)

Anyone who voted in this genre vote is eligible to vote in the tiebreaker.

To vote in the tiebreaker, rank all 6 albums in order of preference.

The 1 album that receives the most votes will be inducted.

There will be three days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 24th.

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/22/2022 @ 22:27pm

Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971) - 6
Cher - Chér (1971) - 5
Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971) - 4
Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971) - 3
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971) - 2
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971) - 1

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/22/2022 @ 22:28pm

Voting is now closed.

Here are the final results (let me know if there are any errors):

Waylon Jennings - Good Hearted Woman (1972) - 10

Waylon Jennings - Music Man (1980) - 8
Waylon Jennings - The Ramblin' Man (1974) - 8
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Waylon Jennings - Are You Ready for the Country (1976) - 7

Waylon Jennings - I've Always Been Crazy (1978) - 6
Waylon Jennings - This Time (1974) - 6

Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams (1975) - 5
Waylon Jennings - Hangin' On (1968) - 5
Waylon Jennings - Ol' Waylon (1977) - 5

Waylon Jennings - Lonesome, On'ry and Mean (1973) - 4
Waylon Jennings - Will the Wolf Survive (1986) - 4

Waylon Jennings - The Eagle (1990) - 3
Waylon Jennings - Waylon Live (1976) - 3

This vote count includes the following votes:

BSLO
Darren
Kenmil
KING
Johnny
Greg F
MichaelEU
J.W.
jtrichey
Tom H.
Lax39
Dave
Ray
Nick B.

The following albums have been inducted as a result of this vote:

Waylon Jennings - Good Hearted Woman (1972)
Waylon Jennings - Music Man (1980)
Waylon Jennings - The Ramblin' Man (1974)

Posted by Darren on Thursday, 12/22/2022 @ 22:31pm

year vote tiebreaker:

Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971) - 6 pts.
Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971) - 5 pts.
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971) - 4 pts.
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971) - 3 pts.
Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971) - 2 pts.
Cher - Chér (1971) - 1 pt.

Posted by Kenmil on Thursday, 12/22/2022 @ 23:12pm

Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971) - 6
Cher - Chér (1971) - 5
Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971) - 4
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971) - 3
Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971) - 2
Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971) - 1

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 12/22/2022 @ 23:12pm

KING DEC 2022 Year 1971 Monster Album Tiebreaker (6).
Stevie Wonder-Where I'm Coming From (1971)- 6 PTS
Earth, Wind And Fire-The Need Of Love (1971)-5
Booker T. & The M.G.'s-Melting Pot (1971)-4
Townes Van Zandt-Delta Momma Blues (1971)-3
Cher-Chér (1971)-2
Billy Joel-Cold Spring Harbor (1971)-1 PT

Good electic group of albums inducted. Should be some solid Tiebreaker Albums left over. Very interested how it turns out. I could see 5 of the albums earning induction. Don't know which one it will be. The Waylon Jennings selection was another super pick by the Random Generator. Great to see Waylon earn some more inductions.
KING

Posted by KING on Friday, 12/23/2022 @ 01:16am

Year Vote Tiebreaker:

Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971) - 6
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971) - 5
Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971) - 4
Cher - Chér (1971) - 3
Stevie Wonder-Where I'm Coming From (1971) - 2
Earth, Wind & Fire - The Need Of Love (1971) - 1

Posted by J.W. on Friday, 12/23/2022 @ 04:56am

Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971)-6
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971)-5
Cher - Chér (1971)-4
Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971)-3
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971)-2
Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971)-1

Posted by Tom H. on Friday, 12/23/2022 @ 05:54am

1971 Album Tiebreaker Votes:

6 points: Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971)
5 points: Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971)
4 points: Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971)
3 points: Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
2 points: Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971)
1 point: Cher - Chér (1971)

Posted by Johnny on Friday, 12/23/2022 @ 09:09am

My 1971 Album Tiebreaker Votes:

6 points: Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971)
5 points: Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971)
4 points: Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
3 points: Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971)
2 points: Cher - Chér (1971)
1 point: Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Friday, 12/23/2022 @ 23:34pm

Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971) - 6
Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971) - 5
Earth, Wind & Fire - The Need Of Love (1971) - 4
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971) - 3
Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971) - 2
Cher - Chér (1971) - 1

Posted by BSLO on Saturday, 12/24/2022 @ 00:39am

Cher - Chér (1971) - 6
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971) - 5
Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971) - 4
Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971) - 3
Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971) - 2
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971) - 1

Posted by Dave on Saturday, 12/24/2022 @ 10:48am

Cher - Chér (1971) - 6
Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971) - 5
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971) - 4
Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971) - 3
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971) - 2
Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971) - 1

Posted by Nick B. on Saturday, 12/24/2022 @ 15:56pm

Tiebreaker voting is now closed.

Here are the final results:

Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971) - 46
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971) - 45
Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971) - 37
Cher - Chér (1971) - 36
Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971) - 34
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971) - 33

Here is the final class of inductees for the Album Project Year vote:

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
Carly Simon - Carly Simon (1971)
Curtis Mayfield - Roots (1971)
Deep Purple - Fireball (1971)
Genesis - Nursery Cryme (1971)
Little Feat - Little Feat (1971)
Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From (1971)
Uriah Heep - Salisbury (1971)

Posted by Darren on Sunday, 12/25/2022 @ 00:38am

Participation Bonus:

At the end of every quarter (March, June, September, December) anyone who voted in EVERY General, Genre and Year vote for the previous 3 months will be allowed to induct ONE AND ONLY ONE album that they nominated during this time IF AND ONLY IF that album lost in a tiebreaker.

Here is a list of everyone who participated in all 9 of the required votes:

BSLO
Darren
Greg F
J.W.
Johnny
jtrichey
Kenmil
KING
Lax39
MichaelEU
Nick B.
Ray
Tom H.

Here is a list of the albums nominated during the past 3 months for General, Genre and Year votes that lost a tiebreaker and were not subsequently inducted after being renominated along with the name of the nominator:

Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965) - Johnny
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995) - John R.C.
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) - Greg F
Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018) - John R.C.
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005) - jtrichey
Eric Church - Chief (2011) - Nick B.
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982) - J.W.
Def Leppard - Aderenalize (1992) - Johnny
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974) - Doo-Wop Phil
Eagles - On the Border (1974) - Johnny
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988) - Dave
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001) - Greg F
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used to (1987) - Dave
The Platters - The Platters, Volume Two (1957) - King
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957) - MichaelEU
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987) - Lax39
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011) - John R.C.
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966) - BSLO
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970) - John R.C.
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016) - BSLO
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009) - Johnny
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011) - Nick B.
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017) Dave
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000) - BSLO
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998) - MichaelEU
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971) - Doo-Wop Phil
Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971) - Kenmil
Cher - Chér (1971) - Nick B.
Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971) - Johnny
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971) - MichaelEU

The following voters will be awarded the participation Bonus.

KING for The Platters - The Platters Volume Two (1957)
J.W. for Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
jtrichey for Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
Kenmil for Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971)
Lax39 for Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987)

I have a choice between Michael Jackson - Invisible (2001) and Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975) and I Choose Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975).

BSLO has a choice between the following the albums:

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966)
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016)

Johnny has a choice between the following albums:

Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
Def Leppard - Aderenalize (1992)
Eagles - On the Border (1974)
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk (1965)

MichaelEU has a choice between the following albums:

Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957)
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971)
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998)

Nick B. has a choice between the following albums:

Cher - Chér (1971)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)

If anyone has a choice of two or more albums get back to me by Tuesday 12/27 or I'll choose it for you.

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/25/2022 @ 07:52am

My Participation Bonus Album Choice is:
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)

By the way, I saw that Thelonious Monk's 1965 album, Solo Monk, actually earned induction during the December General Album Vote.

Posted by Johnny on Sunday, 12/25/2022 @ 08:33am

I'll go with Eric Church - Chief (2011).

Thanks Greg!

Posted by Nick B. on Sunday, 12/25/2022 @ 08:45am

I choose Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998).

Thanks to all the admins, Nick and Darren as well as joker and Greg F. for your dedication and to all the participants who keep the projects vital. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

Posted by MichaelEU on Sunday, 12/25/2022 @ 08:50am

Thanks Greg F! I choose Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)

Happy Holidays everyone!

Posted by BSLO on Sunday, 12/25/2022 @ 20:28pm

Here's the complete list of albums inducted via the participation bonus.

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987)
Earth, Wind and Fire - The Need of Love (1971)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Garbage - Bleed Like Me (2005)
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)
The Platters - The Platters Volume Two (1957)
Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces (1998)

Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 12/25/2022 @ 21:41pm

Rule Changes In 2023:

Voters are required to vote for 10 albums in the Album General, Genre and Year votes.

Unverified voters will no longer be allowed to nominate songs or albums. If you are not currently registered to vote in the polls, please email Nick from the email address that you use on FRL at rockinretrospectpodcast@gmail.com to vote and include your FRL user name in your email.

Songs and albums that lose tiebreakers will no longer be automatically nominated for their next eligible vote.

Tiebreaker votes will be conducted via Google Poll, with voters voting for the exact number of songs or albums that can be inducted as a result of the tiebreaker.

All songs / albums that were involved in tiebreakers in the previous year, but failed to gain eventual induction will be involved in a special induction vote in January.

During their birthday month, voters will be allowed to nominate one extra song or album for each ballot category (General, Genre, Year, Artist).
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The following albums lost tiebreaker votes in 2022 and haven't been inducted into the Album Project as of yet:

Amy Grant - Heart in Motion (1991)
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996)
Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. - Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Benny Goodman - B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954)
Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot (1971)
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1966)
Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)
Cher - Chér (1971)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix (1979)
Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992)
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe (2009)
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo (1982)
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017)
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
Extreme - Extreme II: Pornogriffitti (1990)
Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946)
Gotye - Making Mirrors (2011)
Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel (1974)
Journey - Departure (1980)
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn (2016)
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001)
Mickey & Sylvia - New Sounds (1957)
Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (1946)
Tanya Tucker - Love Me Like You Used To (1987)
Testament - The New Order (1988)
The Eagles - On the Border (1974)
The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975)
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)
Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1969)
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma Blues (1971)
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips (1990)
Wizzard - Wizzard Brew (1973)

These albums will be involved in an induction vote that takes place at the same time as the General vote.

Please review these albums and let me know if any are missing or if there are any albums that have been inducted.

The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.
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Birthdays this month:

The following voters have a birthday this month and are eligible to nominate one extra nominee in each category in the Song And Album project, including general, genre, year and artist votes:

J.W.
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The Album Project:

Nominations for this month will begin at 8 PM Central (though nominations before that will be accepted). Every voter can nominate three albums from 1900-2022. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

Each voter must vote for exactly 8 albums to have their ballot count.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 3rd. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 4th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting, ending at 8 PM Central on the 8th. The top 8 vote-getters will be inducted, with a tiebreaker taking place if necessary.
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The Genre Vote:

Each voter will be allowed to nominate one genre this month if they choose to do so. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 3rd.

The following genres are ineligible, as they were selected in the last 12 months:

Symphonic Metal
Art Pop
1990's Alternative
Indietronica (2000-2021)
21st Century Rap/Hip-Hop
1970s Funk
1980's Singer/Songwriters
Black Metal
Power Pop
21st Century Metal
2010s Pop
21st Century Folk, 2000-2021

"1960's Garage Rock" is once again eligible for the genre selection vote, having been banned for 12 months.

On the 4th, this month's selected Genre will be randomly selected among the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected genre will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 10th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 3 albums from the selected genre.

There will be 3 days of nominations for the genre vote. Any voter can lodge a protest against a nominated album, but only if they feel that the album is being nominated inappropriately. Any album that receives 3 protests will be disqualified from the genre vote.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 10th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 11th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting with the same rules as the Album Project vote, ending at 8 PM Central on the 15th.
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The Artist Vote:

The 1st through the 3rd (3 days) - Nominations for the Artist Vote will take place. Any voter can nominate one Artist that hasn't already been selected for the Artist Vote.

The following artists are ineligible because they have been previously selected:

Air Supply
Al Green
Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bonnie Raitt
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Carole King
Chicago
David Bowie
Dead Can Dance
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dinah Washington
Dinosaur Jr.
Dion
Dolly Parton
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
George Strait
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
Jay-Z
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Cliff
John Williams
Joni Mitchell
Judas Priest
Kenny Loggins
King Crimson
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
King's X
Kylie Minogue
L.A. Guns
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
Lou Reed (Solo)
Loudon Wainwright III
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Miles Davis
Motorhead
Neil Diamond
Neil Young
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nightwish
Nina Simone
Of Montreal
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Phish
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Prince
Queen
Randy Newman
Rod Stewart
Santana
Simple Minds
Sonic Youth
Sting
The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Chemical Brothers
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
The Temptations
The Tragically Hip
Thelonious Monk
Tim Buckley
Todd Rundgren
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Waylon Jennings
Yes
Yo La Tengo

On the 4th, this month's selected Artist will be randomly selected amongst the nominees using the random number generator on random.org.

Nominations for the selected artist will take place starting on the 4th. Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th. Everyone will be allowed to nominate 1 song by the selected artist.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

4 days of voting will take place. Voters can vote for exactly six nominated songs. Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd. The three songs that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Album Project.

In the event of a tie, there will be a two day tiebreaker vote. Tiebreaker losers will be automatically nominated for the next month's Album Project vote.
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The Year Vote:

Each month's year will be randomly selected using the True Random Number Generator on www.random.org. I will assign a value of 1-X (with X being the number of remaining years and year groupings eligible for the project) to each year (sorted chronologically) and the year that corresponds to the randomly selected number will be used for the month's genre vote. The same year will be used in the Song and Album Project.

This month's selected year is 1997.

Nominations are now open for this month's Year Vote. This month's selected year is 1997. Any voter can nominate as many as three albums first released in 1997.

According to the latest FRL site update, the following albums from 1997 have already been inducted into the Album Project (there may be more that have been inducted since the last update):

Björk - Homogenic
Blur - Blur
Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
Crystal Method - Vegas
Daft Punk - Homework
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines
Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Erykah Badu - Baduizm
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
Oasis - Be Here Now
of Montreal - Cherry Peel
Primus - The Brown Album
Radiohead - OK Computer
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing
Shania Twain - Come On Over
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
The Verve - Urban Hymns
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
Ween - The Mollusk
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One

If you see a nominated album that wasn't released in 1997, please post a notification and it will be removed from the ballot.

Nominations will end at 8 PM Central on the 17th.

The list of nominees will be posted after nominations close on the 17th. The review period will close at 8 PM Central on the 18th, at which point the poll link will be sent out to registered voters.

There will be 4 days of voting.

Voting will end at 8 PM Central on the 22nd.

Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 12/28/2022 @ 17:24pm

Hey there, folks. If it's not too early, I'd like to submit my nominations for the January Album Vote:

Miles Davis - Young Man With a Horn (1953)
Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room (1969)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Blood & Chocolate (1986)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 12/28/2022 @ 17:55pm

General Vote

Hookworms - Microshift (2018)
Luxury Elite - World Class (2015)
Mandy Moore - Mandy Moore (2001)

Genre: R&B (2000-2022)

Artist: Ryan Adams

Year Vote:

Mariah Carey - Butterfly (1997)
Morphine - Like Swimming (1997)
Will Smith - Big Willie Style (1997)

Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 12/28/2022 @ 18:06pm

And to make things a lot easier and less confusing for Darren and myself, please do not nominate the songs and albums involved in the upcoming tiebreakers ballot. They are already nominated and there's probably no need to nominate them for the January General Vote.

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 12/28/2022 @ 19:03pm

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)

Artist

Opeth

Genre

Progressive Rock

Year

Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)
Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (1997)
Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997)

Posted by Tom H. on Wednesday, 12/28/2022 @ 20:10pm

General Vote Nomination:

Beyonce - Renaissance (2022)
Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (2022)
Taylor Swift - Midnights (2022)

Artist Nomination:

Björk

Genre Nomination:

2010s Indie Folk

Year Nomination:

Green Day - Nimrod (1997)
James Horner - Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture (1997)
Portishead - Portishead (1997)

Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 12/28/2022 @ 20:29pm

General
Harry Styles - Harry's House (2022)
Lizzo - Special (2022)
Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights (2022)

Posted by Nick B. on Wednesday, 12/28/2022 @ 20:46pm

Here now are my 1997 Album Nominations:

Steve Earle - El Corazón (1997)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - Trouble Is… (1997)
Rollins Band - Come In and Burn (1997)

Posted by Johnny on Wednesday, 12/28/2022 @ 22:26pm

KING JANUARY 2023 General Album Nominations (3).
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Howl (2005)
Counting Crows-Hard Candy (2002)
Tesla-Mechanical Resonance (1986)

1997 Year Album Nominations (3).
Handsome-Handsome (1997)
John Fogerty-Blue Moon Swamp (1997)
Nuno Bettencourt-Schizophonic (1997)

ARTIST: Rick Springfield
GENRE: Women Country Artists

KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 12/28/2022 @ 22:27pm

General Vote Nominations:

The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)
The Who - The Who by Numbers (1973)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Soul to Soul (1985)
Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (1991)
Matchbox Twenty - More Than You Think You Are (2002)

Year Vote Nominations:

Ben Harper - The Will to Live (1997)
Boyz II Men - Evolution (1997)
Brad - Interiors (1997)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Art of War (1997)
Megadeth - Cryptic Writings (1997)
Metallica - Reload (1997)
Primal Scream - Vanishing Point (1997)

Artist Vote Nomination: Little Feat

Genre Vote Nomination: Movie Soundtracks

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 12/29/2022 @ 07:18am

J.W we changed the birthday bonus rule. You're only allowed to have one extra nomination which means you can have up to four on your birthday. You need cut your nominations down and you can still nominate an extra genre and artist if you want.

Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 12/29/2022 @ 08:12am

Thank you, Greg F,

Here are my revised nominations.

General Vote Nominations:

The Who - The Who by Numbers (1973)
Queen - Jazz (1978)
Billy Squier - Don't Say No (1981)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Soul to Soul (1985)

Year Vote Nominations:

Ben Harper - The Will to Live (1997)
Boyz II Men - Evolution (1997)
Metallica - Reload (1997)
Primal Scream - Vanishing Point (1997)

Artist Vote Nomination: Little Feat

Genre Vote Nomination: Movie Soundtracks

Posted by J.W. on Thursday, 12/29/2022 @ 08:17am

General Noms:
Gary Numan- I, Assassin (1982)
Arctic Monkeys- The Car (2022)
Prince- The Gold Experience (1995)

Genre- Nu-Metal

Artist: Gerry Rafferty

Posted by Raichu on Thursday, 12/29/2022 @ 08:23am

Darren, just so you know: One of These Nights by The Eagles and Daddy's Home by St. Vincent are already on the Important Albums List. So you don't need to have them on the Album Tiebreaker Vote. I'll try to let you know if any more albums need to be removed as soon as possible.

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 12/29/2022 @ 08:37am

General nominations:
Kansas - Vinyl Confessions (1982)
José James - No Beginning No End (2013)
Bruce Cockburn - Humans (1980)

Artist:
Kimiko Kasai

Genre:
Jesus Music (inc. early CCM), 1969 - 1980.
(excluding Gospel/Christian albums by mainstream artists like Elvis, Aretha, Dylan, Billy Preston, B.J. Thomas, Al Green, etc.).

Year nominations - 1997:
Sixpence None the Richer - Sixpence None the Richer (1997)
Chris Botti - Midnight Without You (1997)
Zachary Breaux - Uptown Groove (1997)

Cheers!

Posted by Kenmil on Thursday, 12/29/2022 @ 09:05am

General:
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993)
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008)
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind! (1967)

Year:
Guided By Voices - Mag Earwhig! (1997)
Rammstein - Sehnsucht (1997)
The Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon (1997)

Artist:
Billy Bragg

Genre:
1980s Alternative

Posted by MichaelEU on Thursday, 12/29/2022 @ 13:44pm

And here are my Genre & Artist Nominations for the Album Vote:

Genre: Power Metal
Artist: Avenged Sevenfold

Posted by Johnny on Thursday, 12/29/2022 @ 14:02pm

Here are my nominations for the January Album Vote:

The Rolling Stones - Black and Blue (1976)
Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (1977)
Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule (1989)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Thursday, 12/29/2022 @ 22:46pm

Correction: The Who by Numbers was released in 1975, so my nomination should read as:

The Who - The Who by Numbers (1975)

Posted by J.W. on Friday, 12/30/2022 @ 06:52am

Genre - 2000s Country

Artist - Barbra Streisand

Year Nominations
Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes... (1997)
NSYNC - 'N Sync (1997)
Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)

Not sure which verification of the term "NSYNC" we wanna go with but it all works for me.

Posted by Nick B. on Friday, 12/30/2022 @ 14:07pm

Here now are my nominations for the 1997 Album Vote:

George Strait - Carrying Your Love with Me (1997)
Jonny Lang - Lie to Me (1997)
Pat Benatar - Innamorata (1997)

Posted by Doo-Wop Phil on Friday, 12/30/2022 @ 23:16pm

Nick B.

The way you have the artist and album title listed is the way that it seems to be handled in most cases, from what I have seen online: NSYNC - 'N Sync

Cheers!

Kenmil

Posted by Kenmil on Saturday, 12/31/2022 @ 14:06pm