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At last Strict Time is out! (Though Neil's post makes a great case for it!) It's had my vote since the first round. Not that it is a bad song at all, simply that at the beginning it was one of four or five I might have chosen and I've kept with it. As other more wonderful songs (at least in my opini...

Something odd going on! The link in round 6 takes you to the round 5 poll. With only 30 votes in round 6 I suspect more than 28 voters were disenfranchised!

Poll link is to Round 5.

Looking at the casualties so far I do wonder if I'm listening to the same album!

Thanks kosi for turning off the current votes situation, it makes it more interesting for me, and removes any unwittingly suggestion to what the jury will choose in the following round. I consider Trust as one of EC's most even albums, so it'll get harder to vote off tracks earlier than usual. Still...

I'm not too bothered about what is next, but I'd prefer if it didn't end on Goodbye Cruel World.

This looks like a repeat from round 3? Chemistry Class seems to have gone? Shame, but losing the first 5 or 6 tracks on this one is nowhere near the same pain as Imperial Bedroom or This Year’s Model, for instance. Aha! Thank you, I was confused, I didn't expect Chemistry Class to go this early, it...

No, that's not my style! For me this is an interesting bit of fun that has caused me to listen to each LP several times with different ears as the contest develops. But judging from the results you posted on the reddit page, my suspicions are raised that, unfortunately others might not have :cry: Ra...

Sad to see that there was a noticeable decrease in the number of votes cast as Strawpoll doesn't allow multiple votes to be cast.

Oof! What a bloodbath this is turning out to be!

File under Very Relatively Insignificant : It appears that there is an Italian wireless station which shares the same name as an EC UK single from 1978 - Radio Radio : https://www.radioradio.it/2020/06/ancelotti-allenare-la-roma-lasciamo-lavorare-fonseca-kean-grande-talento/?cn-reloaded=1 Closer to...

Thanks for running this Kosi. As with previous rounds it has provided the opportunity (as if anyone on this forum should need it) to listen anew to the LP. I'm excited too to hear that we are on a long haul to a 'winners' survivor at some point in the future. Do you have a run down of the results o...

Thanks for running this Kosi. As with previous rounds it has provided the opportunity (as if anyone on this forum should need it) to listen anew to the LP. I'm excited too to hear that we are on a long haul to a 'winners' survivor at some point in the future. Do you have a run down of the results of...

I'm one of those who voted Alison out. My choices as the rounds have progressed have been increasingly decided by asking myself 'Is the MAIT version better than the song is usually when played live?' Songs such as Alison, great as it is on the LP, have generally been superior live -incrementally pol...

jardine wrote:doesn't lead back to the poll list

I'm having problems too

Are we agreed that Detectives should be included in this? It certainly alters the feeling of the album compared to the “original” Stiff issue in August 1977 ! If this was a 'Vote for your favourite' type of poll comp I'd agree wholeheartedly. However, in this 'least favourite' scenario (which maybe...

Ah! I thought you might torture us with King of America next!
This should be relatively straightforward until about Round 6 or 7 - then it's circles of hell I fear!

Like every round a tortuous choice for the final.
Really enjoyed this kosi, thanks for running it.

Looking at the 10 tracks left there's not much love for Side 2 is there?

B-Movie is out! I swear you get a kick out of this, Kosi! Okay, I attempted to assassinate 'Temptation' once again. People either love that song inordinately or are tactically voting to thwart me at every turn! 'Temptation' is the fingernail on my left pinkie! Can't believe 'Motel Matches' is still...

The lying. Going to Tory donors like Dyson to make ventilators when actual ventilator makers were ignored. <snip> Luckily we still have the NHS, but the Tories have been chipping away at it for years. To see them clapping the nurses has been disgusting - they cheered when nurses' pay was capped bac...

Nyyaarghhh!!!

This is going to be a torment!

It's almost like Kosi599 is standing there, grinning and pliers in hand, asking me which fingernail do I like least!

King of America
North
Trust

I quite like the Secret, Profane & Sugarcane and National Ransom covers too.

Clever idea!
However, your form seems to accept multiple responses

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With my 5 note improvisation suggestion being played as well!

Two and an half hours, set much the same as other nights. Voice ropey for the first few songs before a sip of the magic juice and got into gear on Tokyo Storm Warning. Many highlights, but Detectives was sublime! American without Tears, Whisper to a scream, all the Get Happy track and PL&U all f...