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REM

Rem

REM have the best body of work of everyone remaining on that list and I'm not even that big an REM fan.

Chemical Brothers

REM

Rex Kramer wrote:REM have the best body of work of everyone remaining on that list and I'm not even that big an REM fan.

lmao no

Green is a brilliant album, but some of their later work is a bit MOR. Still, would make my top 5 of the remaining acts.

Chem Bros.

Corazon de Leon

I don’t especially dislike REM beyond finding them a bit dull at times but I’d say that they are one of my least favourite left on the list. I’d really like Blur and Pulp to get strawberry floated next though. Probably time for Prodigy shortly as well.

Regarding REM, anyone who lived within the Exeter 'Gemini FM' catchment area back in the day will know that they were obsessed with REM, every time i turned on the radio, one of their hits would be playing.

Chemical Brothers

REM's output upto and including Green is absolutely top notch. It gets a little flaky in places after that but still contains some stellar tracks. You'd struggle to say any of the other acts had had more than 2 classic albums (aside from Pink Floyd).

Rex Kramer wrote:REM's output upto and including Green is absolutely top notch. It gets a little flaky in places after that but still contains some stellar tracks. You'd struggle to say any of the other acts had had more than 2 classic albums (aside from Pink Floyd).

I'd argue that Blur have four (Modern Life Is Rubbish, Parklife, Blur and 13).

Every one of those blur albums is also considerably better than anything REM have ever done.

Corazon de Leon

Rex Kramer wrote:REM's output upto and including Green is absolutely top notch. It gets a little flaky in places after that but still contains some stellar tracks. You'd struggle to say any of the other acts had had more than 2 classic albums (aside from Pink Floyd).

Nirvana have had three plus several seminal live albums. Chemical Brothers have released Exit Planet Dust, Dig Your Own Hole, Surrender, Come With Us and Push the Button. Blur’s already covered.

Pixies have got Surfer Rosa, Doolittle and Bossa Nova. Maniac have three or four with long titles that I can’t be arsed typing, and you already covered Floyd.

Hell, I’d argue that Prodigy have three absolute bangers in Jilted Generation, Fat of the Land and Invaders Must Die(I also love Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned but I realise I’m in the minority.

So yeah, I don’t agree with that. :slol:

Saigon Slick wrote:
Rex Kramer wrote:REM's output upto and including Green is absolutely top notch. It gets a little flaky in places after that but still contains some stellar tracks. You'd struggle to say any of the other acts had had more than 2 classic albums (aside from Pink Floyd).

Nirvana have had three plus several seminal live albums. Chemical Brothers have released Exit Planet Dust, Dig Your Own Hole, Surrender, Come With Us and Push the Button. Blur’s already covered.

Pixies have got Surfer Rosa, Doolittle and Bossa Nova. Maniac have three or four with long titles that I can’t be arsed typing, and you already covered Floyd.

Hell, I’d argue that Prodigy have three absolute bangers in Jilted Generation, Fat of the Land and Invaders Must Die(I also love Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned but I realise I’m in the minority.

So yeah, I don’t agree with that.

Ok, fair point (though I'd argue to Manics output mirrors REMs in that the earlier albums are significantly better than the later stuff but on a smaller scale due to less releases). But I feel my original point still stands, REM have at least 5-6 absolute classic albums in their back catalogue (maybe more depending on your opinion of Out of Time) and enough good stuff spread across the remaining 7 (that's a guess) albums.

They're all terrible

Ash

Saigon Slick wrote:Hell, I’d argue that Prodigy have three absolute bangers in Jilted Generation, Fat of the Land and Invaders Must Die(I also love Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned but I realise I’m in the minority.

So yeah, I don’t agree with that.

I love that album too, much prefer it to Invaders must die.

You also forgot the first album, there's some absolute classic tunes on there.

Anyway, my choice this round is REM

Also

Chemical Brothers have released Exit Planet Dust, Dig Your Own Hole, Surrender, Come With Us and Push the Button.

Push the Button is probably my least favourite Chems album, We are the Night and Further are better as are the last two albums (Born in the Echoes and No Geography).

The top 10 begins...

REM - 6
Chemical Bros - 4
Ash - 1

...and so, the bane of everyone who listened to radio in the Exeter area has gone, yes, REM HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED!

Leaderboard

10th: REM
11th: Nine Inch Nails
12th: The Rolling Stones
13th: Foo Fighters
14th: Bruce Springsteen
15th: Radiohead
=16th: Soundgarden
=16th: The Stone Roses
18th: Depeche Mode
19th: Arctic Monkeys
20th: Rage Against The Machine
21st: Oasis
22nd: Queens of the Stone Age
23rd: Queen
24th: Marvin Gaye
25th: Black Sabbath
26th: System of a Down
27th: Metallica
28th: Weezer
29th: Alice in Chains
30th: The Strokes
31st: Faith No More
=32nd: Arcade Fire
=32nd: Public Enemy
34th: Thin Lizzy
35th: The National
36th: Bloc Party
37th: Tears for Fears
38th: Slayer
39th: Deadmau5
40th: Tool
41st: Suede
42nd: Feeder
=43rd: Basement Jaxx
=43rd: 2Pac
45th: Simon & Garfunkel
46th: Dire Straits
=47th: The Beatles
=47th: Sigur Ros
49th: Sufjan Stevens
50th: Mew
51st: Tame Impala
52nd: Mogwai
53rd: Barenaked Ladies
54th: Divine Comedy
55th: Eminem
56th: Ladytron
57th: Royksopp
58th: Adam and the Ants
59th: Rory Gallagher
60th: The Who
61st: Led Zeppelin
62nd: Porcupine Tree
=63rd: John Martyn
=63rd: David Bowie
65th: Stone Sour
66th: Notorious BIG
67th: Motion City Soundtrack
68th: Billy Joel
69th: The Cat Empire
70th: Aesop Rock
71st: Bon Iver
72nd: Status Quo
73rd: Poets of the Fall
74th: Shiny Toy Guns
75th: Lemon Jelly
=76th: Therapy?
=76th: Burial
78th: Steve Vai
79th: Don Broco
80th: Explosions in the Sky
81st: Joe Satriani
82nd: Breaking Benjamin
=83rd: The Temper Trap
=83rd: MF Doom
85th: Chvrches
86th: Tenacious D
87th: Kasabian
88th: Keane
89th: Blue October
90th: Nightwish
91st: Avicii
92nd: Weird Al Yankovic
93rd: Kent
94th: Kendrick Lamar
95th: Blink 182
96th: Michael Jackson
97th: The Libertines
98th: Taylor Swift
99th: Avril Lavigne
100th: Shawn Mendes

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Right then, on with the next round...

The Grand GRcade Music Eliminator: Round 85

6. Nirvana
10. The Prodigy
26. Blur
27. Pulp
29. Manic Street Preachers
35. The Chemical Brothers
61. Pixies
62. Ash
71. Pink Floyd
~~91. REM~~

Right then, the next vote will conclude tomorrow evening, so happy voting, and remember...

DON'T LET YOUR FAVOURITE BE ELIMINATED!

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