Music RedCafe's Favourite Albums Of All Time Contest (Round 1)

Dirty Schwein

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The final 'RedCafe's Favourite...' contest. We got some great results on games, movies and TV shows, now let's see how it goes for music.

Here's how it will work:

Going forward, each Monday, I will set up a new round for the contest.
Each round will represent a different decade of albums (I can't check the dates for each album so please make sure yourself).

The decades are below (BOLDED IS THE CURRENT ROUND FOR THIS THREAD):

Round 1 - Up to 1969
Round 2 - 1970-1979
Round 3 - 1980-1989
Round 4 - 1990-1999
Round 5 - 2000-2010
Round 6 - 2010-Present Day
Round 7 - The Finals

For each round, please list your top 5 music albums from the decade in list view (album name first, followed by artist).
Please do this by Friday 11:59pm BST (no votes beyond this will be counted).
5th = 2 pts, 4th = 4 pts, 3rd = 6 pts, 2nd = 8 pts, 1st = 10 pts.
The top 7 albums from round 1, the top 5 albums from rounds 2-5 and the top 7 from round 6 will go through to the finals.
In the event of a tie, I will refer to their Metacritic scores.
If you have voted, then changed your vote, please don't edit your vote... instead, reply to it and let me know by tagging me, otherwise I may miss your vote by accident.
I will try to start each new round on the Monday after a vote round has finished.
At the opening post of each round, I will put in the results from the previous round and start the voting of the current round.
Once rounds 1-6 are complete, we head into the final round with 34 albums on the shortlist.
Then once that voting is done, I will post the top 34 in order from last to first and crown the overall winner.

Remember, I have 2 kids and a full time job so there may be times where I miss deadlines or post later than anticipated. Apologies in advance.

I hope this is fun and you guys enjoy it.

P.S. Happy to bribe people for some Craig David votes in round 4.
 
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1. In The Groove - Marvin Gaye
2. Aretha Now - Aretha Franklin
3. Pastel Blues - Nina Simone
4. Electric Ladyland - Jimmy Hendrix
5. Together - The Temptations
 
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1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
2. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
3. Abbey Road - The Beatles
4. Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
5. The Doors - The Doors
 
1. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (released 1959)

I don't really listen to albums. My playlists are just a mishmash of songs within the same genres and eras. I would be surprised if I could find an artist or group with more than 3 songs from the a single album. The album above is an exception though.

It's OK to just cast one vote right?
 
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1. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
2. Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Let it Bleed - The Rolling Stones
4. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
5. Live in Las Vegas - Tom Jones


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1 - Another Green World (Brian Eno)
2 - Low (David Bowie)
3 - Heroes (David Bowie)
4 - Here Come the Warm Jets (Brian Eno)
5 - Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)

Answering for 70s decade. 60s needs separated.
 
altodevil said:
Not putting 60s as its own bracket? Come on DS.
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1973 needs it's own bracket. Dark Side of the Moon, Innervsions, Let's Get It On, Burnin', Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, For Your Pleasure, Closing Time, Berlin, The Wild The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle ...
 
Solius said:
Might be a common theme for you until we reach the decade they released Now That’s What I Call Music 57.
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You might be right :lol:
Scandi Red said:
1. Kind of Blue (Miles Davis)

I don't really listen to albums. My playlists are just a mishmash of songs within the same genres and eras. I would be surprised if I could find an artist or group with more than 3 songs from the a single album. The album above is an exception though.

It's OK to just cast one vote right?
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One is fine.
altodevil said:
Not putting 60s as its own bracket? Come on DS.
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That was the original plan but I couldn't get it to 30 total.

I can change it so we have 60s if there's consensus? I didn't think people listened to music that far back.
 
Ok ok everyone chill, I'll change it so there's a 60s.

Please check back later and update your lists.
 
1. Abbey Road - The Beatles
2. Stand Up - Jethro Tull
3. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
4. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
5. Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Henrdrix Experience
 
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moses said:
1973 needs it's own bracket. Dark Side of the Moon, Innervsions, Let's Get It On, Burnin', Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, For Your Pleasure, Closing Time, Berlin, The Wild The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle ...
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For Your Pleasure is top 10 for the decade for sure.
 
Dirty Schwein said:
You might be right :lol:

One is fine.

That was the original plan but I couldn't get it to 30 total.

I can change it so we have 60s if there's consensus? I didn't think people listened to music that far back.
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Adding the 60‘s would be great.
And thanks for doing this. Really enjoy threads like this one.

Just realised you already did. Again, thank you. :+1:
 
Solius said:
1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
2. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
3. Abbey Road - The Beatles
4. Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
5. The Doors - The Doors
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1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
2. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
3. Abbey Road - The Beatles
4. The Doors - The Doors
5. Revolver - The Beatles
 
HTG said:
Adding the 60‘s would be great.
And thanks for doing this. Really enjoy threads like this one.

Just realised you already did. Again, thank you. :+1:
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No worries mate. Hope you enjoy it. I don't really listen to much music/good music so I'm a useless host this time round :lol:
 
Dirty Schwein said:
No worries mate. Hope you enjoy it. I don't really listen to much music/good music so I'm a useless host this time round :lol:
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I’m sure you got good recco’s out of the last few contests so you could here as well. Thanks for hosting!
 
Solius said:
Updated @Dirty Schwein

1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
2. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
3. Abbey Road - The Beatles
4. The Doors - The Doors
5. Revolver - The Beatles
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Already the first list that gets me irrationally mad. God do I love these things. Almost as much as I hate the Beach Boys.
 
Solius said:
I’m sure you got good recco’s out of the last few contests so you could here as well. Thanks for hosting!
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Yeah, especially the gaming one, that was great. I'll be adding the top 5 from each round into my rotation.
 
Solius said:
10/10 album :D
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I think it’s completely inconsequential. It doesn’t even annoy me. That’s how boring it is. Will never understand how that album gets rated so highly.
Dennis Wilson‘s solo work for example is just far better. Pacific Ocean Blue is a vastly superior album.
 
1. The Doors - The Doors
2. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
3. Miles Davis - A Kind of Blue
4. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
 
HTG said:
I think it’s completely inconsequential. It doesn’t even annoy me. That’s how boring it is. Will never understand how that album gets rated so highly.
Dennis Wilson‘s solo work for example is just far better. Pacific Ocean Blue is a vastly superior album.
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That’s all good. I love it. Maybe because my dad always played it when I was growing up but even as an adult I think it’s quality. Great songwriting.
 
The 60s in no order.

Abbey Road
Blonde on Blonde
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Astral Weeks
Highway 61

So tricky to make it just 5

Edit - I see an order is required ... I'll think.
 
Solius said:
10/10 album :D
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Technically perfect but the songs are average apart from God Only Knows which is definitely a form or perfection.

That and Sgt Peppers were deservedly acclaimed at the time for how amazing they sounded, technically groundbreaking but as a listening experience, not all that great to me.
 
altodevil said:
1 - Another Green World (Brian Eno)
2 - Low (David Bowie)
3 - Heroes (David Bowie)
4 - Here Come the Warm Jets (Brian Eno)
5 - Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)

Answering for 70s decade. 60s needs separated.
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Amending for 60s

1 - Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan)
2 - The Doors (The Doors)
3 - The Stooges (The Stooges)
4 - The Velvet Underground and Nico (The Velvet Underground and Nico)
5 - Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)

Turns out the 60s wasn't a very interesting time for album titles.
 
altodevil said:
Amending for 60s

1 - Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan)
2 - The Doors (The Doors)
3 - The Stooges (The Stooges)
4 - The Velvet Underground and Nico (The Velvet Underground and Nico)
5 - Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)

Turns out the 60s wasn't a very interesting time for album titles.
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You fecking tit. Tag me next time please.
 
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