Top 10 albums, top 10 tracks...

[Freeze]

Welcome To My Nightmare (Steven)
Killer (Halo Of Flies)
From The Inside (Nurse Rozetta)
Billion Dollar Babies (I Love The Dead)
Love It To Death (Ballad of Dwight Fry)
DaDa (Former Lee Warmer)
Welcome 2 My Nightmare (I Am Made Of You)
School's Out (Gutter Cats vs The Jets)
The Last Temptation (Cleansed By Fire)
Goes to Hell (Go to Hell)

[AlongCameASpider27]

10. Dirty Diamonds/Dirty Diamonds
9. The Last Temptation/Cleansed By Fire
8. School's Out/Luney Tune
7. Hey Stoopid/Might as Well be on Mars
6. Welcome 2 My Nightmare/Something to Remember Me By
5. Dragontown/Triggerman
4. Welcome to My Nightmare/Steven
3. Brutal Planet/Cold Machines
2. Killer/Halo of Flies
1. Raise Your Fist and Yell/Freedom

[Conspiracy]

Conspiracy,

First welcome to the board. I agree with what you have said concerning Alice fans. I don't want to get into an original band vs solo Alice debate but I agree it does often revolve around what age you are. I like all eras of Alice personally with my favorite overall period from 1986-2000.

Anyway:

1) From the Inside-Nurse Rozetta
2) The Last Temptation-Nothing's Free/ You're My Temptation (tie)
3) Love It To Death-Caught in a Dream
4) Brutal Planet-Pick Up the Bones
5) Welcome To My Nightmare-Steven
6) Billion Dollar Babies-Generation Landslide
7) Hey Stoopid-Wind Up Toy/Love's a Loaded Gun (tie)
8) Dada-Former Lee Warmer
9) Raise Your Fist and Yell-Freedom
10) W2MN-When Hell Comes Home

cooperrocks, nice. It's definitely hard to find an agreeable clear pattern of preferences. Even making the statement that the pre-Ezrin albums or the early 80s albums are universally lower rated than others is not possible, looking at the various lists in this thread. Perhaps it's interesting to see which albums rarely up show in the favorites lists. Along Came a Spider is one of them. It seems that it was nearly universally perceived to be bad. I can't think of a second album this would apply to.

[AlongCameASpider27]

Conspiracy,

First welcome to the board. I agree with what you have said concerning Alice fans. I don't want to get into an original band vs solo Alice debate but I agree it does often revolve around what age you are. I like all eras of Alice personally with my favorite overall period from 1986-2000.

Anyway:

1) From the Inside-Nurse Rozetta
2) The Last Temptation-Nothing's Free/ You're My Temptation (tie)
3) Love It To Death-Caught in a Dream
4) Brutal Planet-Pick Up the Bones
5) Welcome To My Nightmare-Steven
6) Billion Dollar Babies-Generation Landslide
7) Hey Stoopid-Wind Up Toy/Love's a Loaded Gun (tie)
8) Dada-Former Lee Warmer
9) Raise Your Fist and Yell-Freedom
10) W2MN-When Hell Comes Home

cooperrocks, nice. It's definitely hard to find an agreeable clear pattern of preferences. Even making the statement that the pre-Ezrin albums or the early 80s albums are universally lower rated than others is not possible, looking at the various lists in this thread. Perhaps it's interesting to see which albums rarely up show in the favorites lists. Along Came a Spider is one of them. It seems that it was nearly universally perceived to be bad. I can't think of a second album this would apply to.

I must be in the minority...I've always liked ACAS...favorite songs include I know where you live, vengeance is mine, catch me if you can, in touch with your feminine side, killed by love, the one that got away, salvation, and I am the spider....

[tuneylune]

KILLER-"Halo of Flies"
LOVE IT TO DEATH-"Caught in a Dream"
SCHOOL'S OUT-"Luney Tune"
BILLION DOLLAR BABIES-"Unfinished Sweet"
MUSCLE OF LOVE-"Never Been Sold Before"
WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE-"The Awakening"
FLUSH THE FASHION-"Clones (we're All)"
BRUTAL PLANET-"Wicked Young Man"
THE LAST TEMPTATION-"Sideshow"
DIRTY DIAMONDS-"Perfect"

[Shoesalesman]

In order...

Welcome To My Nightmare (Escape)
From The Inside (Jackknife Johnny)
Love It To Death (Caught In A Dream)
Dada (Former Lee Warmer)
Killer (Halo Of Flies)
Billion Dollar Babies (Raped & Freezin)
Goes To Hell (Give The Kid A Break)
School's Out (Public Animal #9)
The Last Temptation (Stolen Prayer)
Brutal Planet (Gimme)

[Saint&Sinner]

cooperrocks, nice. It's definitely hard to find an agreeable clear pattern of preferences. Even making the statement that the pre-Ezrin albums or the early 80s albums are universally lower rated than others is not possible, looking at the various lists in this thread. Perhaps it's interesting to see which albums rarely up show in the favorites lists. Along Came a Spider is one of them. It seems that it was nearly universally perceived to be bad. I can't think of a second album this would apply to.

Very valid, although I enjoy a good 4 songs off ALCAS I think it would be a stretch for most people to mention it in any top ten lists (unless it was top ten worst, it might feature very highly in that list !) The only other I would say is L&W - even defenders of this album struggle with large parts of it. (or have I missed the entries in the lists?)

[padre_sliprat]

cooperrocks, nice. It's definitely hard to find an agreeable clear pattern of preferences. Even making the statement that the pre-Ezrin albums or the early 80s albums are universally lower rated than others is not possible, looking at the various lists in this thread. Perhaps it's interesting to see which albums rarely up show in the favorites lists. Along Came a Spider is one of them. It seems that it was nearly universally perceived to be bad. I can't think of a second album this would apply to.

Very valid, although I enjoy a good 4 songs off ALCAS I think it would be a stretch for most people to mention it in any top ten lists (unless it was top ten worst, it might feature very highly in that list !) The only other I would say is L&W - even defenders of this album struggle with large parts of it. (or have I missed the entries in the lists?)

Some days, I can't find ten better songs than those on Zipper Catches Skin.

[Si]

1. Billion Dollar Babies - Elected
2. Welcome To My Nightmare - Steven
3. School's Out - My Stars
4. Love It To Death - Black Juju
5. Killer - Halo Of Flies
6. From The Inside - Inmates
7. Dada - Former Lee Warmer
8. Muscle Of Love - Big Apple Dreaming
9. Lace And Whiskey - King Of The Silver Screen
10. Goes To Hell - Go To Hell

Bubbling Under:

11. Welcome 2 My Nightmare - I Am Made Of You
12. Dragontown - Sister Sara
13. The Last Temptation - Cleansed By Fire

[pitkin88]

Someone please start the worst top 10 tracks from 10 separate albums

[kevinuk81]

Well half of them would be from DaDa.

[Saint&Sinner]

12. Dragontown - Sister Sara

That's an interesting one, I love the first half of dragontown (triggerman/deeper/dragontwon/sex,death,money is a brutal opening salvo like few others - a masterful piece of work) I just wish the rest of the album kept up the pace, it always felt like an album recorded in separate parts and there was a change of style/personnel half way through,sister sara is a track that has never gelled with me. Always seemed very forced to me.
It is mad how different peoples opinions are. Its impressive alice can cover so many bases let alone retain such a large fan base.

[padre_sliprat]

12. Dragontown - Sister Sara

That's an interesting one, I love the first half of dragontown (triggerman/deeper/dragontwon/sex,death,money is a brutal opening salvo like few others - a masterful piece of work) I just wish the rest of the album kept up the pace, it always felt like an album recorded in separate parts and there was a change of style/personnel half way through,sister sara is a track that has never gelled with me. Always seemed very forced to me.
It is mad how different peoples opinions are. Its impressive alice can cover so many bases let alone retain such a large fan base.

I remember having this conversation on the old From The Inside/Talking Coop site. My thoughts were that if you took the best of BP and DT, you'd have a mega album. I enjoyed the Brutal Planet concert more than Descent Into Dragontown 2002.

[Shoesalesman]

Someone please start the worst top 10 tracks from 10 separate albums

Dragontown (Deeper)

X10

[Saint&Sinner]

pitkin88 wrote:
Someone please start the worst top 10 tracks from 10 separate albums


Dragontown (Deeper)

X10

I love Deeper

[pitkin88]

pitkin88 wrote:
Someone please start the worst top 10 tracks from 10 separate albums


Dragontown (Deeper)

X10

I love Deeper

i'm with Shoey.

[padre_sliprat]

Great American Success Story (Constrictor)

[I'm Pain]

1. Love it to Death - Second Coming
2. School's Out - Luney Tune
3 Killer - Halo of Flies
4. Billion Dollar Babies - Billion Dollar Babies
5. Muscle of Love - Hard Hearted Alice
6 Easy Action - Return of the Spiders
7. DADA - Pass the gun around
8. Last Temptation - Stolen Prayer
9. Special Forces - You Look Good in Rags
10. Flush the Fashion - I'm Pain