As Requested, The FLOOD-Produced Albums Poll

omg this is impossible

For the record, I voted for best Flood production (as opposed to best overall album): To Bring You My Love.

a-ha - Analogue

never heard this but im obsessed w/ their first two recs - good y/n??

I dunno, the first third of that list is more engineering works IIRC. I don't think ahe actually produced any Nick Cave album.

Easy choice though, both for quality and for the production itself: Violator

Same here, except that it's To Bring You My Love for me.

I dunno, the first third of that list is more engineering works IIRC. I don't think ahe actually produced any Nick Cave album.
-- baaderonixx, Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12:07 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

"Vote for your favorite Flood-produced or -engineered album."

I don't think any of the Cave albums are going to be major contenders anyway in the poll; if anything, the Cave voters will split among the six albums up there as there's no consensus "best" early Cave album (to my knowledge).

Errr, I think 'Tender Prey' and maybe to a lesser extent 'Your Funeral...' are pretty widely considered his best.

Anyway, nice to see that Duke Spirits album in there. I was sad it didn't get more attention.

"your funeral, my trial" or "the first born is dead" is my favourite album on the list but i'll vote for "to bring you my love" as the production blows me away.

Glad to see a couple of you agree re: To Bring You My Love. god the production is just stunning, from the first track immediately onward - the way that guitar comes in just blows my mind. and her voice resonates just so. great headphones record as luck would have it.

re: Cave, my favorites have always been Let Love In, The Boatman's Call, and the newest double-disc record. don't really care for the older material on the same level...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sET1lhBMNiU

I probably should have voted for To Bring You My Love but whatever

I thought Movement was Martin Hannett- wasn't Flood just an engineer on those sessions?

yes, which is why the poll says, at the very top:

"Vote for your favorite Flood-produced or -engineered album."

forgot to change the thread title i guess

What did he do on Downward Spiral? Engineer?

er, he didn't produce The Joshua Tree.

Also voted for To Bring You My Love.

This should be a poll for how many people actually read the poll question.

flood didn't produce the unforgettable fire, it was always burning since the world was turning.

What about the records where Flood made the tea, or changed the light bulbs? Or phoned the producer or engineer who was nominally on the job?

I mean, this guy is CRUCIAL, right?

You don't get to call yourself 'Flood' for over 20 years if you're not.

D'oh. That'll learn me to skip straight to the poll options.

This should be a poll for how many people actually read the poll question.
-- HI DERE, Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:42 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

actual lols ^^

Yes, I tried to get away with being called Flood, but I was soon rumbled......

xpost etc.

What about the records where Flood made the tea, or changed the light bulbs? Or phoned the producer or engineer who was nominally on the job?

IIRC, his poor tea-pouring skills are the reason for his being nicknamed "Flood."

he drinks so much tea that he's constantly using the toilet. Hence, "Flood."

Gotta be "Violator". But those first two Erasure albums are way better than the Canon claims.

probable winner: JJ72

I prefer the They Might Be Giants album Flood to any of these.

I kind of hate Flood but I adore the production on PJ Harvey's "Is this Desire?"

lol jj72

that could have been a great album.. if the songs were any cop

curve or placebo. what was his involvement with "movement"??

he did a not very good Frank and Walters album as well.

I voted for Your Funeral...My Trial. It's the band's high-water mark and it is marked by a certain franticness that Flood managed to capture nicely.

what was his involvement with "movement"??

Engineer. Two more of his earliest efforts aren't listed here -- Untitled and Torment and Toreros by Marc Almond, both excellent, over the top albums.

So "Wonderland" was, in reality, his first production job then?

I think I'm going to be contrary here, and say "The Good Son". Although the production on "To Bring You My Love" is incredible.

So "Wonderland" was, in reality, his first production job then?

No -- Torment was a full coproduction credit with Marc and the Mambas.

There is also a Gary Numan album missing from this list (Hybrid).

Which I would have voted for in a heartbeat. So I'll vote for Violator instead I guess.

this thread belongs to meds

off that list i go pretty hate machine, but it's kind of hard to call that a flood album. to bring you my love is probably the best representation of his thing.

pretty hate machine has *awful* production, though..!

I voted for The Charlatans (easily their best record)

Didn't he produce at least one of Cabaret Voltaire's Virgin albums?

I voted for Violator, as that seems to be the point where what Flood does really started to come through. The guy seems to work with groups to incorporate these really dirty sounds in the middle of very lush and expensively detailed mixes. Adding that kind of dirt to Depeche Mode's pristine synth pop sound and having it work so well was pretty amazing and quite different.

That dirty sound is a big part of the huge hits NIN and U2's made with Flood.

I agree that the PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love showcase's Flood's audio tricks well, but Violator's sound was a bit more unexpected.

no love for Downward Spiral?

I likeit, but it doesnt feel like a Flood thing to me, you know?

The Curve album is the most Floodish to my mind. But I like Violator better by miles.

"Violator" - no contest for me.

xxpost fantastic record

downward spiral - no questions asked. for me the only competitor is violator. i do love that album, but...

rj

"I voted for The Charlatans (easily their best record)"

This is so untrue.

Was going with To Bring you My Love, then saw it had lots of support, same with Violator, so I gave my one small vote to Your Funeral... My Trial, which is my favourite Cave album. This was an almost ridiculously impossible poll though.

I'll burn in hell for voting Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie, but allow me to surf that lake of fire.

Love "pretty hate machine" but like it was said, he hardly brought anything to the table on that one - you can listen to Trent's 4-track demo tapes and pretty much hear everything on the album nearly realized, minus some lo-fi crunch.

I like "Mellon Collie". And Flood did an excellent job on "Porcelina...." in particular. But "Violator" remains my pick, of course.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Didn't he produce at least one of Cabaret Voltaire's Virgin albums?

yup. he co-produced "the crackdown" and "micro-phonies"

this thread belongs to meds

-- Charlie Howard, Thursday, November 1, 2007 5:28 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Link

it really does, though not to the record of that name.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

i notice charlie didn't actually vote for meds

surprised there's so much ILM love for The Downward Spiral (though i think it's a great album, mind - it's just not something i'd expect to be an ILM favorite)

bugger. how did i miss this thread?

haha, no i didn't actually vote for meds. never got round to hearing it. though i recall i was in paris at the time of it's release and the french were getting pretty excited about it. strange that the band's stayed so popular in france (and nowhere else?)

interesting set of results, and a pretty good poll, mainly due to the diversity of the records listed

The top 3 is exactly right.

Didn't he produce the Balloon record? Came up random on my mp3 the other day, actually a lovely record.

A tie??? BOOOOoooooo

Going into the studio with Flood next week: http://sigur-ros.co.uk/news/

My top ten.