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d.sound 11.18.2016 01:05 PM

rank evol songs
 
i'm sure threads like these are done ad nauseum, but it was playing in my car and the thought crossed my mind.

1) expressway
2) starpower
3) shadow of a doubt
4) marilyn moore
5) green light
6) tom violence
7) secret girl
8) in the kingdom
9) death to our friends

Mortte Jousimo 11.19.2016 01:37 AM

1. Expressway
2. Starpower
3. Tom Violence
4. Shadow Of a Doubt
5. Secret Girl
6. Marilyn Moore
7. Green Light
8. In the Kingdom
9. Death To Our Friends

All of those are just so great!

Hereīs also Sisterīs songs in order:
1. Pipeline/Kill Time
2. White Kross
3. Beaty Lies In the Eye
4. Schizopherenia
5. Catholic Block
6. Stereo Sanctity
7. PCH
8. Kotton Crown
9. Tuff Gnarl
10. Hotwire

d.sound 11.19.2016 08:12 AM

ooh sister would be hard. 100% agree with pipeline.

Severian 11.20.2016 02:49 PM

Wow. This is a hard one. I actually think EVOL is harder to rank for me than Sister or Daydream would be. Certainly harder than Bad Moon. But I will give it a whirl...

1. Tom Violence
2. Expressway...
3. Shadow of a Doubt
4. Starpower
5. In the Kingdom #19
6. Secret Girl
7. Green Light
8. Marilyn Monroe
9. Death to our Friends
10. Bubblegum

... I think.

Severian 11.23.2016 11:02 AM

Wonder why it was so hard to do EVOL.
Hard but fun.

Should we do Sister next?
Don't everybody chime in at once.

Toxa 12.08.2016 07:12 PM

evol really grew on me over the years. great record.

1. shadow of a doubt
2. marilyn moore
3. green light
4. tv
5. expressway
6. starpower
7. secret girl
8. death to our friends
9. kingdom 19

_slavo_ 12.09.2016 03:12 AM

1. shadow of a doubt
2. secret girl
3. death to our friends (really underrated, fantastic track!)
4. tom violence
5. expressway to yr skull
6. starpower
7. green light
8.-9. don't like the two remaining

Mortte Jousimo 12.10.2016 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _slavo_
8.-9. don't like the two remaining

Why?

shallow27 12.10.2016 12:46 PM

Bah.. In the Kingdom #19 rules, Lee's delirium tremens ;)

pepper_green 12.11.2016 12:22 AM

In the Kingdom #19 can't be matched. Evol is like Unknown PLeasures.. the production is just as good as the songs so they all add up to one. to pick one would be like picking a favorite child.

greenlight 12.11.2016 02:27 PM

1. Green Light / Shadow Of A Doubt / Death To Our Friends / Express Way To Yr. Skull

2. In The Kingdom #19 / Marilyn Moore / Tom Violence / Secret Girl

3. Starpower

4. Bubblegum

zelocia 12.12.2016 06:33 PM

1. Tom Violence
2. Express Way To Yr. Skull
3. Green Light
4. Shadow Of A Doubt
5. Death To Our Friends
6. Secret Girl
7. Marilyn Moore
8. Starpower (Overrated)
9. In The Kingdom #19

I am not going to count "Bubblegum" because it was a CD reissue bonus track and a cover.

_slavo_ 12.14.2016 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mortte Jousimo
Why?


Why do you like the things you like and don't like the things you don't like?

Diesel 12.14.2016 12:35 PM

I agree; they're all rank.

Signed pun cunt.

Diesel 12.14.2016 12:47 PM

If I had to place the songs into a ranking list of my personal taste (signed grammar cunt) then it would be summit like: Greenlight, Tom V, Shadow and xpress. The rest can do one innit.

Toilet & Bowels 12.14.2016 05:09 PM

This is impossible to decide. Bubblegum is the worst though and Xpressway is sort of overrated (but still very good)

shallow27 12.15.2016 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels
This is impossible to decide. Bubblegum is the worst though and Xpressway is sort of overrated (but still very good)


Surely 'Expressway...' is overrated but has become iconic through the years due to live perfomances, we can say it's the first song they used to make long-bizarre improvisations live and that's been a singularity in their forthcoming career as a rock band... well, not the first ('Satan Is Boring' was crazy live for example) but the first staple in their setlists or the first commercial one... you know what I mean ;)

zelocia 12.15.2016 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shallow27
Surely 'Expressway...' is overrated but has become iconic through the years due to live performances, we can say it's the first song they used to make long-bizarre improvisations live and that's been a singularity in their forthcoming career as a rock band... well, not the first ('Satan Is Boring' was crazy live for example) but the first staple in their setlists or the first commercial one... you know what I mean ;)


I would not say "Expressway" is overrated but I think all of the other songs on EVOL get overlooked because of that one song. Personally I love "Tom Violence" almost as much if not more than "Expressway" but "Tom Violence" is one of their greatest opening songs on an album and "Expressway" is one of their greatest album closers.

Mortte Jousimo 12.19.2016 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _slavo_
Why do you like the things you like and don't like the things you don't like?

Well for example in music I donīt like mediocre music. and to me it means music that has made a lot (just havenīt got enough time to listen all the music thatīs ok), also music that didnīt cause me strong feelings. In SY music I like the most their sad melodies. Itīs bit hard to understand why someone not like Marilyn Moore, if he likes Secret Girl (both are quite melodic songs). But I wasnīt upset about your opinion, just interest why you donīt like those songs.

And youīre right, sometimes I canīt explain why I like some music and some not. And even I should like some music (for example most SY fans like it) I just canīt like it if I donīt like it.

EVOLghost 12.19.2016 03:16 PM

1 tom violence
2 expressway
3 shadow of a doubt
4 green light
5 secret girl
6 death to our friends
7 in the kingdom
8 marilyn moore
9 starpower

aside from starpower, every song on this album is damn near perfect.


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