Swell Maps - Jane from Occupied Europe poll

The Raincoats - s/t poll

Now i feel like I'm overcompensating for leaving off "Fairytale in the Supermarket" in the last poll by including all these extra songs.

I feel like some of these choices are, of course. Of course Swell Maps comes after The Raincoats...

Going to have re-listen but I can confidently state, even at this stage, I won't be voting for "Mining Villages".

o shit did i vote for the wrong secret island

Ooooh. They made it a bit hard. Some of the instrumental tracks do feel like part of integrated suites, etc. Might end up falling back on a relatively poptastic early track.

Sleeping in a cave beats any kind of tree...

"helicopter spies" is always amazing to me — how is that song from 1980?!

Always liked how they spelled "drums" as "drumns" on their records.

I like about half of this but it's a kind of bewildered enjoyment. I guess "Border Country".

The version I heard only had two of these bonus tracks, "The Stairs are Like an Avalanche" and "New York".

I've wondered in another thread why all four of their 45s haven't been re-released in a single package, or placed as bonus tracks, instead of being scattered within a bunch of records containing demos, alternate takes etc, with some of the singles completely unavailable.

ha yes their discog is an insane mess before you even get into the mastering differences among reissues

I cheated and voted for "Let's Build A Car" although it was from a 45

I've wondered in another thread why all four of their 45s haven't been re-released in a single package

they have https://www.discogs.com/release/543070-Swell-Maps-Swell-Maps but now even that's expensive

I voted for Border Country because I disapprove of bonus tracks on album polls, don't see the point. yes yes what's the point of polls in the first place

my LP proper vote would prob be for Big Maz

they have

OK, but that's a box of actual 45 rpm discs released in Spain twenty years ago, I may as well try to collect the originals if I were that motivated.

Don't even want to think when I first heard this album, played it hundreds of times but probably not heard it for over a decade but it all came rushing back to me! I really like the bass playing on this album! Helicopter Spies and Secret Island are sheer class. They picked the wrong Big Maz, In the Country is much better than Desert From the Trolley. Collision With a Frogman is a total banger, love the drumming on that track. Blenheim Shots ----> A Raincoat's Room is a great way to end an album. Still not sure what to vote for.

Big Empty Field is by far the one for me--funky sevens FTW.

border country is the one i used to get stuck in my head all the time, solid choice

Blenheim Shots ----> A Raincoat's Room is a great way to end an album.

secret island always my clear favorite tho just hope i didn’t vote for the bonus track (instrumental) by mistake

The version I heard only had two of these bonus tracks, "The Stairs are Like an Avalanche" and "New York".

Mine too, I went down the rabbit hole a bit on the track listing and it gets very confusing. I will have to youtube the rest before voting.

This album is mind boggling, glad to get to know it.

+ that album cover picture is all-time