| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Don Eduardo |
Posted - 07/29/2005 : 05:23:27
Well why not, I gather most of us have heard it by now.....
Selkie Bride 10
I Burn Today 8
Lone Child - 9
Another Velvet Nightmare - 6
Dark End Of The Street - 6
Go Find Your Saint - 6
Song Of The Shrimp - 9
Strange Goodbye - 5
SSMVGD - 7
Honeycomb - 9
My Life Is In Storage - 9
Atom In My Heart - 10
Violet - 5
Sing For Joy - 10
3rd Annual Australian Frank Black Countdown August 2003 - all involved parties rank EVERY released FB song from FB self/titled to the present - average ranks are calculated - beer (or suitable substitute) is added (mostly in drinking-game form - ie. rate a song well below its average and you drink a punishing amount), then sit back and enjoy a day of frank black....the only problem is quite often memory of the top songs is somewhat limited the next day |
| 35 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 10/23/2005 : 15:40:57
Erm...I,ve just edited my original post because I've given this a few more listens and it's now one of my favourite albums.
I guess it just takes time to grow fond of certain stuff, but now I am enlightened to the joys of Honeycomb.
"The arc of triumph" |
| VoVat |
Posted - 10/01/2005 : 13:25:06
Selkie Bride - 9
I Burn Today - 10
Lone Child - 6
Another Velvet Nightmare - 8
Dark End Of The Street - 7
Go Find Your Saint - 8
Song Of The Shrimp - 7
Strange Goodbye - 6
Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day - 10
Honeycomb - 9
My Life Is In Storage - 8
Atom In My Heart - 8
Violet - 5
Sing For Joy - 8
If I were to rank them from best to worst, it would be:
1. I Burn Today
2. Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day
3. Selkie Bride
4. Honeycomb
5. Another Velvet Nightmare
6. My Life Is In Storage
7. Atom In My Heart
8. Sing For Joy
9. Go Find Your Saint
10. Dark End Of The Street
11. Song Of The Shrimp
12. Strange Goodbye
13. Lone Child
14. Violet
And yes, Pixiestu, I do think SFJ is quite similar to "Everything Is New." I think I actually like it better, though.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
| Blackhead |
Posted - 09/30/2005 : 18:16:50
selkie bride - 5
i burn today - 9
lone child - 5
dark end of the street - 2
another velvet nightmare - 5
go find your saint - 7
song of the shrimp - 3
strange goodbye - 6
sunday sunny mill valley groove day - 5
honeycomb - 2
my life in storage - 9
atom in my heart - 9
violet - 3
sing for joy - 8
In this ranking, I'm holding up the honeycomb songs only to other FB songs |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 09/26/2005 : 11:46:45
Selkie Bride- 8
I Burn Today- 8
Lone Child- 6
Another Velvet Nightmare- 8
Dark End Of The Street- 4
Go Find Your Saint- 7
Song Of The Shrimp- 9
Strange Goodbye- 9
SSMVGD- 10
Honeycomb- 7
My Life Is In Storage- 7
Atom In My Heart- 10
Violet- 6
Sing For Joy- 10(Is it just me or is this really similar to "Everything is New")
"The arc of triumph" |
| kingphilbert |
Posted - 09/26/2005 : 11:16:40
Selkie Bride - 7
I Burn Today- 9
Lone Child - 8
Another Velvet Nightmare - 4
Dark End Of The Street - 5
Go Find Your Saint - 8
Song Of The Shrimp - 7
Strange Goodbye - 7
SSMVGD - 7
Honeycomb - 4
My Life Is In Storage - 7
Atom In My Heart - 6
Violet - 5
Sing For Joy - 10
"I mix twinkie's and ding-dong's all the time. In Europe, they call it a Dinkie!" |
| freakin phreak |
Posted - 09/25/2005 : 20:36:44
Selkie Bride: 8
I Burn Today: 10
Lone Child: 6
Another Velvet Nightmare: 6
Dark End of the Street: 7
Go Find Your Saint: 5
Song of the Shrimp: 8
Strange Goodbye: 9
Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day: 8
Honeycomb: 6
My Life is in Storage: 7
Atom in My Heart: 7
Violet: 5
Sing for Joy: 6
a day late, a dollar short |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 09/25/2005 : 19:18:24
:) Still working on this!! All the sudden things got way to busy... even for my fbf. I never thought that would be possible!!   
"I ain't goin to be what I ain't" |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 09/21/2005 : 20:24:00
quote:
Originally posted by lonely persuader
Hi Daisy Girl,
is there any correlation between where they are on the disc and their score (does'nt look like it). This might indicate if people tend to get sick of songs that are placed in certain positions on dics? I also agree that the sample size is very small. hard to draw any conclusions.
You know, that's a really good question lonley persuader. I will have to check into it in the next week or so. It will be definately interesting to find out.
By the way, if you have already responded above, can you please give me your top two FB albums?
Thanks!
Thanks
"I ain't goin to be what I ain't" |
| lonely persuader |
Posted - 09/19/2005 : 06:57:21
Hi Daisy Girl,
is there any correlation between where they are on the disc and their score (does'nt look like it). This might indicate if people tend to get sick of songs that are placed in certain positions on dics? I also agree that the sample size is very small. hard to draw any conclusions. |
| Mister Dog |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 11:12:45
Selkie Bride: 10/10
I Burn Today: 10/10
Lone Child: 8/10
Another Velvet Nightmare: 8/10
Dark End of the Street: 0/10
Go Find Your Saint: 8/10
Song of the Shrimp: 9/10
Strange Goodbye: 9/10
Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day: 4/10
Honeycomb: 10/10
My Life is in Storage: 10/10
Atom in My Heart: 9/10
Violet: 6/10
Sing for Joy: 11/10
Are you lookin' for the motherlode? |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 09/15/2005 : 18:27:18
Hi I tabulated the results. Sorry it took so long!
Here you go:
8.6 Selkie Bride
8.5 Honeycomb
8.3 Sing For Joy
8.0 Lone Child
7.8 My Life Is In Storage
7.8 Song Of The Shrimp
7.5 Atom In My Heart
7.5 I Burn Today
7.4 Strange Goodbye
6.8 SSMVGD
6.8 Go Find Your Saint
5.8 Another Velvet Nightmare
5.3 Dark End Of The Street
5.0 Violet
There were 14 votes for all but one song, which had 13. Typically, most votes were high, but each song had a few low votes that brought it down.
Since the sample size was so small, this survey isn't statistically significant. What this means is that these represent the thoughts of those that responded. It doesn't represent the whole fan base. It also means if for example, we had 30 responses the average results could be very different. But it definately was fun to see what us board members think!
If anyone wants to take a look at the spreadsheet and how I did this let me know :)
"I ain't goin to be what I ain't" |
| Chris Fabulous |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 01:12:01
quote:
Originally posted by Blank_Frackis
[Strange Goodbye] was the first song I got stuck in my head after listening to the album...
Me too, but I got tired of it while the "less accessible" material on the album began to reveal itself to me.
CF
www.chrisfabulous.com |
| Blank_Frackis |
Posted - 09/02/2005 : 17:49:57
Selkie Bride 9
I Burn Today 7
Lone Child - 10
Another Velvet Nightmare - 6
Dark End Of The Street - 6
Go Find Your Saint - 6
Song Of The Shrimp - 9
Strange Goodbye - 10
SSMVGD - 9
Honeycomb - 8
My Life Is In Storage - 7
Atom In My Heart - 7
Violet - 6
Sing For Joy - 8
I see Strange Goodbye has divided us! I love it, I think the singing from his ex is clearly weak in parts and I also don't think the song is particularly suited to Frank's voice, but the song itself is excellent - once we work it out properly my band's going to cover it. It was the first song I got stuck in my head after listening to the album and I still love it so it gets a 10 from me (perhaps only deserves a 9 but I want to prove a point).
If time's a drug then Big Ben's a giant needle injecting it into the sky. |
| tt |
Posted - 08/27/2005 : 18:53:27
Selkie Bride 9
I Burn Today - 9
Lone Child - 10
Another Velvet Nightmare - 6
Dark End Of The Street - 6
Go Find Your Saint - 7
Song Of The Shrimp - 8
Strange Goodbye - 5
SSMVGD - 8
Honeycomb - 10
My Life Is In Storage - 8
Atom In My Heart - 7
Violet - 5
Sing For Joy - 9
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| NimrodsSon |
Posted - 08/27/2005 : 18:49:17
Selkie Bride - 9
I Burn Today - 5.5
Lone Child - 10
Another Velvet Nightmare - 7.5
Dark End Of The Street - 6
Go Find Your Saint - 8
Song Of The Shrimp - 7.5
Strange Goodbye - 9
SSMVGD - 7.7
Honeycomb - 10
My Life Is In Storage - 8
Atom In My Heart - 10
Violet - 5.5
Sing For Joy - 8
ˇViva los Católicos! http://adrianfoster.dmusic.com/ |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 08/27/2005 : 03:09:45
Selkie Bride - 9
I Burn Today - 9
Lone Child - 7
Another Velvet Nightmare - 5
Dark End Of The Street - 6
Go Find Your Saint - 6
Song Of The Shrimp - 7
Strange Goodbye - 8
SSMVGD - 6
Honeycomb - 10
My Life Is In Storage - 9 then 5
Atom In My Heart - 8
Violet - 3
Sing For Joy - 6
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When will Lyle Workman find Frank again? |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 08/26/2005 : 21:28:07
quote:
Originally posted by therewererumours
Is someone going to correlate all these numbers to give us a definative rating?
Join the Cult of 
I can work on it... but it might not be for 2 or three weeks! it's kinda busy right now... but it would be my pleasure if no one's in a hurry!
Just stick with that same format like everyone's been sticking to started by Don Eduardo and I'll tally em up!
"I ain't goin to be what I ain't" |
| Chris Fabulous |
Posted - 08/26/2005 : 18:42:49
Selkie Bride - 8
I Burn Today - 6
Lone Child - 2
Another Velvet Nightmare - 8
Dark End Of The Street - 9
Go Find Your Saint - 10
Song Of The Shrimp - 7
Strange Goodbye - 5
SSMVGD - 3
Honeycomb - 4
My Life Is In Storage - 5
Atom In My Heart - 8
Violet - 3
Sing For Joy - 10
www.chrisfabulous.com |
| therewererumours |
Posted - 08/26/2005 : 15:43:21
Is someone going to correlate all these numbers to give us a definative rating?
Join the Cult of |
| cellar_door |
Posted - 08/26/2005 : 13:39:49
Oh man I find Atom in My Heart to be anything but boring. 10 for sure ! |
| toeknee |
Posted - 08/26/2005 : 11:38:34
Selkie Bride - 8
I Burn Today - 4
Lone Child - 7
Another Velvet Nightmare - 9
Dark End Of The Street - 3
Go Find Your Saint - 0
Song Of The Shrimp - 4
Strange Goodbye - 10
SSMVGD - 2
Honeycomb - 9
My Life Is In Storage - 7
Atom In My Heart - 5
Violet - 4
Sing For Joy - 8
Assuming 0 is the worst song and 10 the best. |
| Lester Bangs |
Posted - 08/26/2005 : 10:20:27
quote:
Originally posted by Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo
Selkie Bride - Great
I burn today - nice
Lone Child - A classic
Another Velvet Nightmare - A Heartbreaker
Dark end of the street - nice but not tip-top
Go find your saint - Kinda boring
SSMVGD - Good song, but the Catholics Version is WAY hotter
Honeycomb - Great intro, timeless song
My life in a storage - Nice, good outro
The Shrimp Song - Very good, very sad...
Atom in my heart - kinda boring
Violet - Great Song
Strange Goodbye - great concept, good little song
Sing for Joy - That's what it is all about...
****
I agree |
| cassandra is |
Posted - 08/07/2005 : 12:38:24
Selkie Bride - 7
I Burn Today - 8
Lone Child - 6.5
Another Velvet Nightmare - 5
Dark End Of The Street - 4
Go Find Your Saint - 4.5
Song Of The Shrimp - 8.5
Strange Goodbye - 8
SSMVGD - 8
Honeycomb - 8
My Life Is In Storage - 6.5
Atom In My Heart - 7.5
Violet - 7
Sing For Joy - 7
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| The Holiday Son |
Posted - 08/07/2005 : 03:22:05
Selkie Bride - 6
I Burn Today - 6
Lone Child - 9
Another Velvet Nightmare - 1
Dark End Of The Street - 1
Go Find Your Saint - 6
Song Of The Shrimp - 7
Strange Goodbye - 10
SSMVGD - 8
Honeycomb - 8
My Life Is In Storage - 5
Atom In My Heart - 6
Violet - 1
Sing For Joy - 6 |
| Brackish Heart |
Posted - 08/06/2005 : 22:49:39
Selkie Bride - 9
I Burn Today - 10
Lone Child - 8
Another Velvet Nightmare - 4
Dark End Of The Street - 5
Go Find Your Saint - 7
Song Of The Shrimp - 6
Strange Goodbye - 8
SSMVGD - 7
Honeycomb - 7
My Life Is In Storage - 9
Atom In My Heart - 9
Violet - 5
Sing For Joy - 9
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| starmekitten |
Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:25:46
Selkie Bride 8
I Burn Today 8
Lone Child - 8
Another Velvet Nightmare - 7
Dark End Of The Street - 6
Go Find Your Saint - 10
Song Of The Shrimp - 8
Strange Goodbye - 3
SSMVGD - 9
Honeycomb - 9
My Life Is In Storage -9
Atom In My Heart - 7
Violet - 3
Sing For Joy - 8
If you invite people who all have the same blood type to a party, but you don't tell them, they'll talk about something else |
| FrequencyOfGlow |
Posted - 08/01/2005 : 12:12:10
Selkie Bride 10
I Burn Today 7
Lone Child - 8
Another Velvet Nightmare - 1
Dark End Of The Street - 5
Go Find Your Saint - 7
Song Of The Shrimp - 9
Strange Goodbye - 8
SSMVGD - 8
Honeycomb - 8
My Life Is In Storage -8
Atom In My Heart - 10
Violet -6
Sing For Joy - 9
I think the winter is going to be a real whirligig |
| Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo |
Posted - 08/01/2005 : 05:59:15
Selkie Bride - Great
I burn today - nice
Lone Child - A classic
Another Velvet Nightmare - A Heartbreaker
Dark end of the street - nice but not tip-top
Go find your saint - Kinda boring
SSMVGD - Good song, but the Catholics Version is WAY hotter
Honeycomb - Great intro, timeless song
My life in a storage - Nice, good outro
The Shrimp Song - Very good, very sad...
Atom in my heart - kinda boring
Violet - Great Song
Strange Goodbye - great concept, good little song
Sing for Joy - That's what it is all about...
**** |
| spook |
Posted - 07/31/2005 : 17:44:14
Song Of the Shrimp is great but so feckin sad! "Papa shake my hand" for God's sake! Damn, I'm welling up here! :-( Sometimes I just have to skip it but 10 for sure.
What's with Strange Goodbye? Is that Frank's mother singing? Tell her to take her walkman off!! Just kidding, it's his ex-wife Jean isn't it? - 6
Selkie Bride - 9
I burn today - 8
Lone Child - 10
Another velvet nightmare - 8
Dark end of the street - 8
Go find your saint - 9
SSMVGD - 6
Honeycomb - 10
My life is in storage - 10
Atom in my heart - 10
Violet - 10
Sing For Joy is the best song on it - 10+
Well, that's my 2 cents. Scores will all be differant next week I'm sure.
 "I joined the Cult Of Ray / after I read the FAQ"
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| PixieSteve |
Posted - 07/31/2005 : 10:35:09
i like it more now. i like the waltzness of it, the drums etc... it's groovy.
 Oh let it linger |
| Aurora-borealis |
Posted - 07/31/2005 : 07:55:35
In my opinion, there's only one song that doesn't deserve a 10: Violet. The lyrics are kind of corny, as far as i'm concerned. |
| The Marsist |
Posted - 07/29/2005 : 19:45:24
this thread goes to 11
"To be known as an underdog - that can only be a good thing. It's better than sucking."
- Frank Black
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| kathryn |
Posted - 07/29/2005 : 19:22:22
Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not 10.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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| floop |
Posted - 07/29/2005 : 19:18:24
quote:
Originally posted by PixieSteve
or all songs ever? whatever you want dude. 10 is always the best, 0 is always the worst.
how can 10 be better than 11? |
| PixieSteve |
Posted - 07/29/2005 : 17:21:46
or all songs ever? whatever you want dude. 10 is always the best, 0 is always the worst.
Oh let it linger |
