The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (fandorin) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:22:51 GMT

yes, kevin -

ULTC and HOB - each album contains a song that means very very much to me. HOB has Anaesthesia, which is of stunning perfection, exciting, slightly evil, a grandiose sweep - while ULTC has Day 5 which has been IMO the most beautiful song they've ever written (ok, now I have Operetta). It's so funny ULTC sounds like a collection of diverse outtakes, while BW2B is like a coherent album...

i think i'll listen to ULTC and HOB tomorrow.

...

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (Sleepycat) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:53:49 GMT

Probably the thing that surprised me most was HOB being so far in front of ULTC. I regard both of these in quite a similar way - as patchy albums that contain some songs that are brilliant and others that are lacklustre and in some cases lyrically not up to scratch. Also I regard both as lacking coherence, ULTC perhaps slightly more so. Yet on the voting here, ULTC is a clunker while HOB is a very good album. Frankly I'd rather listen to SA than either of them (it is also uneven but there...

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (fandorin) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:56:48 GMT

P=A
SF
HEY
U23
BC
FY
SSRLP
GAF
AENT
BW2B
OSAH

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (ynnpar) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:35:14 GMT

Like you guys, I thought the results were just about correct. Of course they could have been more correct, but what can you do! My favorites (theorder of which continues to shift) remain:

Heyday
BC
FY
After Everything
P=A

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (chrome3D) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:11:29 GMT

Personally I of course had different kind of top 5 but I must say that all my favourites are in top10. The order just changes every day.

The top3 was pretty clearly the one I expected it to be, maybe I thought Heyday could have been #2. U#23 as the best of the rest was a lot stronger than I expected and that was a welcome surprise. HOB was also a bit of a mystery where it would land and #6 is the highest I expected it to get. BW2B was also lot stronger than expected.

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (Altres) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:28:25 GMT

Thanks Chromie, that was a seriously interesting competition. It pretty much rings true to me, apart from Starfish, that I feel most hold dear because it was their first entry into the Church's music, rather than being a stunning album. The top ten would have held a different order. I'd have gone for the top five being:

Untitled #23
Heyday
Forget Yourself
Priest=Aura
The Blurred Crusade

Thanks again for all your hard work, I appreciate it....

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (chrome3D) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:19:16 GMT

RESULTS, round 23, November 12-16

Untitled #23 10 - Uninvited Like The Clouds 3
A Box Of Birds 2 - The Blurred Crusade 11
Starfish 7 - After Everything Now This 5 (-1)
Back With Two Beasts 9 - Sometime Anywhere 4
Sing-Songs Remote Luxury Persia 7 - Beside Yourself 5 (-1)
El Momento Descuidado 13 - Shriek 0
Seance 10 - El Momento Siguiente 3
Forget Yourself 4 - Priest=Aura 9
...

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (gpchem) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:36:59 GMT

Uninvited Like The Clouds
The Blurred Crusade
Starfish
Back With Two Beasts
Beside Yourself
El Momento Descuidado
El Momento Siguiente
Priest=Aura
Gold Afternoon Fix
Heyday
Hologram Of Baal
Magician Among The Spirits

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (Hanani) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:47:09 GMT

Chrome, this has been a lot of fun and its certainly changed how I saw albums. I mean, a box of birds?

Untitled #23
The Blurred Crusade
After Everything Now This
Sometime Anywhere
Sing-Songs Remote Luxury Persia
El Momento Descuidado
Seance
Priest=Aura
Gold Afternoon Fix
Heyday
Hologram Of Baal
Magician Among The Spirits

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (fandorin) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:15:50 GMT

the difference between the perception of ULTC and U23 is almost frightening. in the ranks, ULTC seems, in comparison, an unmitigated disaster, while U23 is up in the heavens...(where it belongs, btw)...

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (day fiver) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:33:19 GMT

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (Sleepycat) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:41:32 GMT

Untitled #23
The Blurred Crusade
After Everything Now This
Sometime Anywhere
El Momento Descuidado
Seance
Priest=Aura
Gold Afternoon Fix
Heyday
Magician Among The Spirits

Thanks for running this and sorry I only came aboard late!

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (ynnpar) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:23:19 GMT

Untitled #23
The Blurred Crusade
Starfish
Back With Two Beasts
Sing-Songs Remote Luxury Persia
El Momento Descuidado
Seance
Forget Yourself
Gold Afternoon Fix
Heyday
Hologram Of Baal
Magician Among The Spirits

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (Torn n Frayed) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:59:59 GMT

Untitled #23
The Blurred Crusade
Starfish
Back With Two Beasts
Beside Yourself
El Momento Descuidado
El Momento Siguiente
Forget Yourself
Parallel Universe
Heyday
Hologram Of Baal
Magician Among The Spirits

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (Dugster) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:39:47 GMT

Untitled #23
The Blurred Crusade
Starfish
Back With Two Beasts
Sing-Songs Remote Luxury Persia
El Momento Descuidado
Seance
Priest=Aura
Gold Afternoon Fix
Heyday
Hologram Of Baal
Magician Among The Spirits

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (fandorin) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:48:34 GMT

Untitled #23
The Blurred Crusade
Starfish
Back With Two Beasts
Sing-Songs Remote Luxury Persia
El Momento Descuidado
Seance
Priest=Aura
Gold Afternoon Fix
Heyday
Of Skins And Heart
Jammed

A very easy round. Made me reconsider some albums. Some grew (BOB, BC, SSRLP), some didn't (MATS, HOB)!!

Thanks for the great fun I had with that game, Chromey! Everyone stuck to it!!

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (Altres) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:09:33 GMT

Untitled #23
The Blurred Crusade
After Everything Now This
Back With Two Beasts
Sing-Songs Remote Luxury Persia
El Momento Descuidado
Seance
Forget Yourself
Gold Afternoon Fix
Heyday
Of Skins And Heart
Magician Among The Spirits

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (vitrack) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:57:35 GMT

Uninvited Like The Clouds
A Box Of Birds
After Everything Now This
Sometime Anywhere
Beside Yourself
El Momento Descuidado
Seance
Forget Yourself
Gold Afternoon Fix
Heyday
Hologram Of Baal
Magician Among The Spirits

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (davem2) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:10:05 GMT

Untitled #23
The Blurred Crusade
Starfish
Sometime Anywhere
Sing-Songs Remote Luxury Persia
El Momento Descuidado
Seance
Priest=Aura
Gold Afternoon Fix
Heyday
Of Skins And Heart
Magician Among The Spirits

Huge thanks for organising this. It's been great fun.
I'm up for any games...oooeeeerrr.

Re: The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (lotus) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:25:13 GMT

Uninvited Like The Clouds
A Box Of Birds
Starfish - After Everything Now This -- tie
Back With Two Beasts
Beside Yourself
El Momento Descuidado
El Momento Siguiente
Priest=Aura
Gold Afternoon Fix
Heyday
Hologram Of Baal
Magician Among The Spirits

...and so the tension builds.....

The Church Album Championship League, CLOSED

feeds@yuku.com (chrome3D) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:34:08 GMT

The Church Album Championship [FINAL Standings]

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