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BleuPanda wrote:The basic idea is to rank the tracks off the album each week to see how each track compares to each other. It's an excuse to go back to classic albums and a way to gauge the best and worst tracks of the most acclaimed albums. Simply rank all the tracks from your favorite to your least.

I plan to go in cycles of decades with the 1950s and 2010s once every other cycle. I will go with the top album of each respective decade, but I might skip questionable albums (I doubt anyone wants to rank the tracks of 69 Love Songs, no matter how great the album is).


Also, if you missed an album that you want to rank, you can do so in this thread. Please keep it to 1 old album per week. I will update the results. Please don't bump previous threads. I'd like to keep everything in the current topic and the result topic.
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Elvis Presley (1956) track listing:

01 | Blue Suede Shoes
02 | I'm Counting on You
03 | I Got a Woman
04 | One-Sided Love Affair
05 | I Love You Because
06 | Just Because
07 | Tutti Frutti
08 | Tryin' to Get to You
09 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
10 | I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
11 | Blue Moon
12 | Money Honey

I'll upload the overall ranks so far in two weeks, and start the new album then.

And sorry Bleu - I stole your introduction, but it's a great introduction.
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I'm not a big fan of Elvis Presley's music.

01 | Blue Suede Shoes
02 | One-Sided Love Affair
03 | Just Because
04 | Tutti Frutti
05 | Money Honey
06 | Trying to Get to You
07 | Blue Moon
08 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
09 | I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin')
10 | I Love You Because
11 | I'm Counting on You
12 | I Got a Woman
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ordinaryperson wrote:I'm not a big fan of Elvis Presley's music.
It was the one originally schedule after "Channel Orange", so I just chose this as the first one.
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babydoll wrote:
ordinaryperson wrote:I'm not a big fan of Elvis Presley's music.
It was the one originally schedule after "Channel Orange", so I just chose this as the first one.
No, I knew that (and if I'm correct Sgt. Peppers will be the next album) I was just stating that so people will know my general opinion about the album.
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01 | Blue Moon
02 | Blue Suede Shoes
03 | One-Sided Love Affair
04 | Tutti Frutti
05 | Just Because
06 | Money Honey
07 | I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
08 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
09 | I've Got a Woman
10 | I Love You Because
11 | Trying to Get to You
12 | I'm Countin' on You

And for Revolver:
01 | Eleanor Rigby
02 | Tomorrow Never Knows
03 | Taxman
04 | Yellow Submarine
05 | She Said She Said
06 | For No One
07 | And Your Bird Can Sing
08 | Here, There and Everywhere
09 | Got to Get You Into My Life
10 | I Want to Tell You
11 | Love You To
12 | I'm Only Sleeping
13 | Doctor Robert
14 | Good Day Sunshine
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11. Blue Moon
6. Just Because
1. Blue Suede Shoes
12. Money Honey
4. One-Sided Love Affair
7. Tutti Frutti
3. I Got a Woman
10. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
9. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
8. Tryin' to Get to You
5. I Love You Because
2. I'm Counting on You

To my knowledge nobody counted the votes for "Channel Orange" so far. I was posting at the end of every round the correlations between our votes and the critics' ones but the results of "Channel Orange" (that closed the third round) were never posted.
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Honorio wrote:To my knowledge nobody counted the votes for "Channel Orange" so far. I was posting at the end of every round the correlations between our votes and the critics' ones but the results of "Channel Orange" (that closed the third round) were never posted.
I was going to do this along with Elvis.
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Come on... Let's vote for this so we can get to "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"!
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01 | Blue Suede Shoes
11 | Blue Moon
12 | Money Honey
03 | I Got a Woman
07 | Tutti Frutti
04 | One-Sided Love Affair
06 | Just Because
05 | I Love You Because
08 | Tryin' to Get to You
09 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
10 | I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
02 | I'm Counting on You
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Hard to give a score for the songs when they are all (almost all?) covers.

To be honest, I really like only one song, the first one.

01 | Blue Suede Shoes
08 | Tryin' to Get to You
12 | Money Honey
10 | I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
11 | Blue Moon
07 | Tutti Frutti
06 | Just Because
09 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
04 | One-Sided Love Affair
03 | I Got a Woman
05 | I Love You Because
02 | I'm Counting on You


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Just reminding you to listen to the album and rank the tracks. Its tracks are widely available on the internet.
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I think you'll have a lot more luck with "Sgt. Pepper's" next week, babydoll. As with many threads, the number of participants will vary greatly depending upon how many fans there are of the artist/album/song. Unfortunately, I don't think there are a lot of big Elvis fans on the forum. (I think I can say with some confidence that I'm probably the biggest, since he's my all-time favorite artist and I love his moody seventies output as much - if not more - than his legendary fifties music.)

My rankings:
11 | Blue Moon
04 | One-Sided Love Affair
08 | Tryin' to Get to You
01 | Blue Suede Shoes
12 | Money Honey
05 | I Love You Because
10 | I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
02 | I'm Counting on You
06 | Just Because
03 | I Got a Woman
09 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
07 | Tutti Frutti
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babydoll wrote:Just reminding you to listen to the album and rank the tracks. Its tracks are widely available on the internet.
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Blue Moon
Blue Suede Shoes
One-Sided Love Affair
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
Money Honey
I Got a Woman
Just Because
I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
Trying to Get to You
I Love you Because
I'm Counting on You
Tutti Frutti--A white guy covering "Tutti Frutti" is high on the list of things that should never be.
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whuntva wrote:Blue Moon
Blue Suede Shoes
One-Sided Love Affair
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
Money Honey
I Got a Woman
Just Because
I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
Trying to Get to You
I Love you Because
I'm Counting on You
Tutti Frutti--A white guy covering "Tutti Frutti" is high on the list of things that should never be.
In the King's defense, his cover was better than Pat Boone's. Granted, that is a low bar to surmount.
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Plus why can't a white guy cover "Tutti Frutti"?
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1. Blue Moon
2. Just Because
3. I'm Counting on You
4. Money Honey
5. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
6. Blue Suede Shoes
7. I Got a Woman One-Sided Love Affair
8. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
9. I Got a Woman
10. Tryin' to Get to You
11. I Love You Because
12. Tutti Frutti
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Um, tieb, is #7 "I Got a Woman" or "One-Sided Love Affair"? Sorry, I didn't catch this error until now.
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11 | Blue Moon
01 | Blue Suede Shoes
07 | Tutti Frutti
09 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
12 | Money Honey
08 | Tryin' to Get to You
05 | I Love You Because
03 | I Got a Woman
06 | Just Because
10 | I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
04 | One-Sided Love Affair
02 | I'm Counting on You
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11 | Blue Moon
01 | Blue Suede Shoes
04 | One-Sided Love Affair
03 | I Got a Woman
06 | Just Because
09 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
08 | Tryin' to Get to You
12 | Money Honey
10 | I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
07 | Tutti Frutti
02 | I'm Counting on You
05 | I Love You Because
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01 | Blue Suede Shoes
04 | One-Sided Love Affair
06 | Just Because
12 | Money Honey
03 | I Got a Woman
05 | I Love You Because
07 | Tutti Frutti
11 | Blue Moon
09 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
02 | I'm Counting on You
08 | Tryin' to Get to You
10 | I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
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01 | Blue Suede Shoes
11 | Blue Moon
07 | Tutti Frutti
03 | I Got a Woman
08 | Tryin' to Get to You
05 | I Love You Because
12 | Money Honey
06 | Just Because
10 | I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
04 | One-Sided Love Affair
09 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
02 | I'm Counting on You
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06| Just Because
11| Blue Moon
10| I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
12| Money Honey
01| Blue Suede Shoes
04| One-Sided Love Affair
08| Tryin' to Get to You
09| I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
07| Tutti Frutti
02| I'm Counting on You
03| I Got a Woman
05| I Love You Because
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stone37 wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:49 pm
whuntva wrote:Blue Moon
Blue Suede Shoes
One-Sided Love Affair
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
Money Honey
I Got a Woman
Just Because
I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
Trying to Get to You
I Love you Because
I'm Counting on You
Tutti Frutti--A white guy covering "Tutti Frutti" is high on the list of things that should never be.
In the King's defense, his cover was better than Pat Boone's. Granted, that is a low bar to surmount.
Here is my second favorite version of "Tutti-Frutti." Another white guy.

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01 | Blue Suede Shoes
03 | I Got a Woman
04 | One-Sided Love Affair
06 | Just Because
11 | Blue Moon
02 | I'm Counting on You
09 | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
08 | Tryin' to Get to You
12 | Money Honey
05 | I Love You Because
07 | Tutti Frutti
10 | I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')

This was a tough listen. I don't like Elvis. These songs sound like cheap imitations.
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1. Blue Suede Shoes
2. Tryin' to Get to You
3. Blue Moon
4. Just Because
5. Money Honey
6. I Got a Woman
7. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
8. I Love You Because
9. I'm Counting On You
10. One-Sided Love Affair
11. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
12. Tutti Frutti
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