[gsmacleod]

Finally M@W bites the dust!

10 - Music @ Work
11 - World Container
12 - Now For Plan A
13 - We Are The Same

Vote for the album that you feel is the weakest overall and after 24 hours we will remove the album with the most votes. In the event of a tie, both (or more) albums will be removed.

The poll will end Wednesday at 11:08am Eastern.

Happy voting,

Shane

[direwolf74]

I'm currently torn between IVL and IBE for this round. Personally I look at these albums as equals. IBE has the better production for sure, but IVL arguably has better songs. Overall they're both strong in their own ways.

[gsmacleod]

It is painful for me to say, but I'm leaning toward UTH this round. I love the album and there are some great songs but there are some that just don't stack up against the song writing to come later.

Shane

[SRK]

Look, we can talk historical revisionism and recency bias all we want but there is no way that up to here is worse than in between evolution. Come on now.

[Chris Tanz]

It is painful for me to say, but I'm leaning toward UTH this round. I love the album and there are some great songs but there are some that just don't stack up against the song writing to come later.

Shane

Yup. Looking at the list of remaining albums, UTH got my vote too.

Blow, NOIS, and Opiated are the good songs. Boots and 38YO are overrated (especially Boots). And the rest don't stack up to later album tracks.

ct

[Chris Tanz]

Look, we can talk historical revisionism and recency bias all we want but there is no way that up to here is worse than in between evolution. Come on now.

You posted this at the same time I posted mine. I read it immediately after and thought "this might be right". But I already voted.

[gsmacleod]

Here are my thoughts based on how the songs got ranked in the individual album polls:

NOIS > Josephine
Blow > Vaccination Scar
38 < NOIB
Opiated > Are We Family
Boots < Gus
Believe < Nashville
Weight < Makeshift
Didn't Know < Everywhere
Trickle Down < Mean Streak
Everytime < Cophenhagen
Midnight < Heart

Obviously completely subjective but for me, even including Summertime and Heaven, overall IBE is stronger than UTH. I love UTH and it was the first Hip album I bought and have listened to the most; but I think IBE is better front to back than UTH.

Shane

[direwolf74]

I love UTH and it was the first Hip album I bought and have listened to the most; but I think IBE is better front to back than UTH.

Shane

I respectfully disagree. Up to Here is a bonafide Canadian classic. IBE is decent and certainly one of the better Hip albums post-2000, but I wouldn't call it a classic by any means.

[potsie]

There was no way I was voting for UTH. I love IBE but if I had to live the rest of my life without either it or UTH, I can make that decision in a nanosecond. It's the deep cuts on UTH that I really love. Weight, Everytime, Opiated, She Didn't Know... I think at least the first two are underrated.

[loach]

Here are my thoughts based on how the songs got ranked in the individual album polls:

NOIS > Josephine
Blow > Vaccination Scar
38 < NOIB
Opiated > Are We Family
Boots < Gus
Believe < Nashville
Weight < Makeshift
Didn't Know < Everywhere
Trickle Down < Mean Streak
Everytime < Cophenhagen
Midnight < Heart

Obviously completely subjective but for me, even including Summertime and Heaven, overall IBE is stronger than UTH. I love UTH and it was the first Hip album I bought and have listened to the most; but I think IBE is better front to back than UTH.

Shane

Agree with this completely scientific analysis.

NOIS and Blow are total monster songs that really helped the Hip get their footing - they still impress me even though they suffer a bit from 'listening fatigue' of being heard so many times. However, the bottom half of this album doesn't stack up well lyrically with later releases. UTH has my vote and has had it for a couple of rounds already.