Rank Ten Bloody Liberties

[King Hoarse]

Due to popular opinion (well, wardo seems popular) I'm jumping back a little chronologically so we can wait for the new reissue to rank KoA.

I've never owned Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers or Taking Liberties because I had the tracks on singles and CD reissues, but going back to listen to them in a row now I can see how impressive these records were on their first releases. Maybe they don't flow as well as the original 'proper' LP's, but song for song they're pretty much on a par.

I'm sure not that many will give this a shot, but those who do probably know all the songs on both comps anyway, so I'm not favoring one. Here goes:

1. Hoover Factory
2. Radio Sweetheart (I wish the Imposters would play this, maybe even with Jackie Wilson Said)
3. Big Tears
4. Watching The Detectives
5. Just A Memory
6. Getting Mighty Crowded
7. Black & White World (better than the Get Happy!! version methinks)
8. Night Rally
9. Peace, Love & Understanding (he should sing more songs in an inebriated low register; this sounds great)
10. Chelsea
11. Radio Radio (excellent, but I prefer faster live versions)
12. Tiny Steps
13. My Funny Valentine
14. Ghost Train
15. Wednesday Week
16. Clowntime Is Over no. 2
17. Clean Money
18. Girls Talk
19. Talking In The Dark
20. Crawling To The USA
21. Stranger In The House
22. Dr Luther's Assistant
23. Sunday's Best (annoying vocal)

[wardo68]

Due to popular opinion (well, wardo seems popular)

Thanks! Now I just have to clean my screen of the coffee I just sprayed on it. That said...

1. Big Tears
2. Tiny Steps
3. Clowntime Is Over No. 2
4. Night Rally
5. Just A Memory
6. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
7. Peace, Love & Understanding
8. Radio Radio
9. My Funny Valentine
10. Radio Sweetheart
11. Watching The Detectives
12. Black & White World
13. Stranger In The House
14. Hoover Factory
15. Clean Money
16. Girls Talk
17. Talking In The Dark
18. Crawling To The USA
19. Dr. Luther's Assistant
20. Wednesday Week
21. Ghost Train
22. Getting Mighty Crowded
23. Sunday's Best (possibly my absolute least favorite EC song ever)

Footnote: this is based on Taking Liberties.

[invisible Pole]

01. Peace, Love & Understanding
02. Chelsea
03. Watching The Detectives
04. Hoover Factory
05. Stranger In The House
06. Radio Radio
07. Girls Talk
08. Big Tears
09. Night Rally
10. Just A Memory
11. Clowntime Is Over no. 2
12. My Funny Valentine
13. Getting Mighty Crowded
14. Sunday's Best
15. Radio Sweetheart
16. Black & White World
17. Tiny Steps
18. Wednesday Week
19. Crawling To The USA
20. Talking In The Dark
21. Clean Money
22. Dr Luther's Assistant
23. Ghost Train

[randrew]

Looking back at this one, I think it's highly underrated. Songs 1-12 are interchangeable for me, as are 13-19. I think the only clunker is "Night Rally".

1 Hoover Factory
2 Just A Memory
3 Ghost Train
4 Crawling To the USA
5 Tiny Steps
6 My Funny Valentine
7 Wednesday Week
8 Radio Sweetheart
9 Chelsea
10 Black & White World (I much prefer this version)
11 Girls Talk
12 Sunday's Best
13 Dr. Luther's Assistant
14 Getting Mighty Crowded
15 Big Tears
16 Clowntime Is Over 2 (I like this one better too)
17 Clean Money
18 Stranger In the House
19 Talking In the Dark
20 Night Rally

(current music: Charlie Don't Surf - The Clash)