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Post by orioles70 on Feb 23, 2020 16:47:34 GMT
Pete Pardo has a running YouTube thing where he ranks albums, each time from a different category. Usually, it's a broader category like "prog rock" or "metal". But this time ...
he ranks the ELO albums!
his last place choice is Zoom From Out of Nowhere and AITU come in next working his way up to #1
do you agree with his take? how do you rank them?
ok, with 26 answers (as opposed to "No Answer"), here is the consensus forum opinion so far:
A) #1 Favorite 6 different albums got at least one vote for #1 (Eldorado, ANWR, OOTB, Discovery, Time & Secret Messages) 3 of these dominated the others and there is a bit of a split decision
by mathematical average, A New World Record comes in first, with an average rank of 2.81 (1 point for #1 vote, 2 points for #2, ... 15 pts for 15) coming in second on this basis was Time with an average rank of 3.12 and in 3rd place was Out of the Blue with a score of 3.27
but ... the album getting the most #1 votes was not ANWR (which had 7) or OOTB (with 6), but Time with (9) #1 votes
so you decide which is more important, average score or most #1 votes
B) least favorite not sure if this one matters much since even a "bad" ELO album is worth listening to there was a group of 6 albums which scored below the rest of the pack: the first 2, the last 3 and Xanadu (which some did not include in their rankings) Zoom and Xanadu scored a little better than the rest coming in dead last in the rankings was the 1st album: ELO / No Answer
C) steady improvement a statistical trend that feels right to me each album ranked higher than the last for the first 6 - peaking with ANWR
D) the album with the most divided opinion if I look at the range of rankings (lowest vote - highest vote), then one album clearly has the widest range of opinion, and it makes complete sense to me since this album represented a sharp change in style to a genre that had already become rather controversial Discovery was ranked as high as #1 and as low as #15 (last place) disco lovers really like it; prog rock fans despise it; symphonic pop fans kind of like it but wish it had more "natural" strings
E) the complete rankings, by average score
1) ANWR 2.81 2) Time 3.12 3) OOTB 3.27 4) FTM 4.58 5) Eldorado 5.62 6) Discovery 5.92 7) Secret Messages 6.19 8) OTTD 8.58 (clear drop off from the top 7) 9) BOP 9.12 10) Zoom 10.35 (Pete Pardo voted it dead last, but forum members disagree) 11) Xanadu 11.46 (this one ranked higher with many, with one vote as high as #5) 12) ELO II 11.69 (not enough prog rock fans on the forum?) 13) FOON 11.81 (perhaps the benefit of some "recency bias", some put it last, some genuinely like it) 14) AITU 11.92 15) No Answer 13.42 (clearly the least favorite, despite many viewing 10538 Overture as a truly great song - blame it on Battle of Marston Moor)
Thanks for taking the Time to vote! (I wonder how the rankings will hold up in 2095?)
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Post by finberty on Feb 23, 2020 17:52:30 GMT
1. Time 2. A New World Record 3. Eldorado 4. Out of the Blue 5. Secret Messages 6. Face the Music 7. Discovery 8. From Out of Nowhere 9. On the Third Day 10. Alone in the Universe 11. Zoom 12. Balance of Power 13. ELO II 14. ELO
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Post by orioles70 on Feb 23, 2020 18:16:17 GMT
for me, they rank
1. A New World Record 2. Out of the Blue 3. Discovery 4. Face the Music 5. Time 6. Eldorado 7. Armchair Theatre 8. On the Third Day 9. ELOII 10. Zoom 11. ELO 1 12. Secret Messages 13. From Out of Nowhere 14. Balance of Power 15. Alone in the Universe 15.5 Xanadu
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Post by Timeblue on Feb 23, 2020 19:21:14 GMT
1. Time 2. Eldorado 3. Out Of The Blue 4. Face The Music 5. Balance Of Power 6. A New World Record 7. Discovery 8. Secret Messages 9. On The Third Day 10. Alone In The Universe 11. From Out Of Nowhere 12. Zoom 13. ELO2 14. ELO
There you go,my choices!
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Post by Mattster-Vinyl on Feb 23, 2020 19:56:26 GMT
1. Time 2. Secret Messages (2018 double) 3. Out Of The Blue 4. A New World Record 5. Discovery
6. Face The Music 7. Eldorado 8. Xanadu (side 2) 9. From Out Of Nowhere 10. Balance Of Power
11. Alone In The Universe 12. On The Third Day 13. ELO II 14. Zoom 15. ELO (No Answer)
This hard, but fun. Being only 10 when ANRW came out, I hadn’t fully developed my music taste till around 1980 and how it impacted on my life and the person I am now.
So I would say that my choices within sections 1-5 & 6-10 are almost interchangeable within the 5 places of each other, depending on my mood and how I feel. ELO (No Answer) and Zoom will always be bottom to me, sorry.
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Post by Horacewimp on Feb 23, 2020 19:57:56 GMT
1) A New World Record 2) Out of the Blue 3) Time 4) Face the Musuc 5) On the Third Day 6) Eldorado 7) Discovery 8) Xanadu 9) Balance of Power 10) Secret Messages 11) From Out of Nowhere 12) Zoom 13) ELO2 14) Alone in the Universe 15) ELO
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Post by BSJ on Feb 23, 2020 20:24:07 GMT
1 – Eldorado 2 – Face The Music 3 – Secret Messages 4 – Time 5 – A New World Record 6 – Out Of The Blue 7 – Armchair Theatre 8 – On The Third Day 9 – Zoom 10 – Balance Of Power 11 – Alone In the Universe 12 - No Answer 13 – ELO II 14 – Discovery 15 – Xanadu 16 – From Out Of Nowhere
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Post by soonerorlater on Feb 23, 2020 20:51:28 GMT
1) Out Of The Blue 2) Secret Messages (2018 Double Album Version) 3) A New World Record 4) Face The Music 5) Time
6) Eldorado 7) Zoom 8) Balance Of Power 9) On The Third Day 10) ELO 2
11) From Out Of Nowhere 12) Xanadu (Side 2) 13) Alone In The Universe 14) Electric Light Orchestra/No Answer 15) Discovery
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Post by lasttrain929 on Feb 23, 2020 21:18:45 GMT
Not easy but here goes
1 - Out of the blue 2 - A new world record 3 - Discovery 4 - Time 5 - Secret messages 6 - Face the music 7 - Eldorado 8 - Balance of power 9 - Zoom 10 - On the third day 11 - From out of nowhere 12 - Alone in the universe 13 - ELO 2 14 - ELO
Out of the blue a double album of perfect music. ( Concerto for a rainy day) Pure genius
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Post by starlight on Feb 23, 2020 21:29:54 GMT
1- discovery 2- out of the blue 3- a new world record 4- face the music 5-secret messages 2018 6- zoom 7- time 8-Xanadu 9-on the third day 10-eldorado 11-out of nowhere 12-balance of power 13-alone in the universe 14-elo 2 15-elo 1
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Post by jackpunch on Feb 23, 2020 21:56:18 GMT
Time ANWR Secret Messages Discovery Out of the blue On the 3rd day ELO2 Face the music Eldorado Balance of Power Zoom Alone in the universe From out of nowhere ELO
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Post by eloneen on Feb 23, 2020 22:15:22 GMT
1. Out Of The Blue 2. A New World Record 3. Time 4. Face The Music 5. Eldorado 6. On The Third Day 7. Discovery 8. Xanadu 9. Secret Messages 10. Balance of Power 11. ELO II 12. From Out Of Nowhere 13. Alone in the Universe 14. Zoom 15. ELO - No Answer It's a close call between 1 and 2, among 4/5/6, and between 7 and 8. The earliest material and the latest material is the least appealing to me, like for Pete Pardo in the video. The biggest surprises for me when they were released were Time and Discovery, and the biggest disappointments were Zoom and AITU.
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Post by dillwyn on Feb 23, 2020 22:32:29 GMT
1. New World Record 2. Eldorado 3. Time 4. Face the Music 5. Out of The Blue 6. On the Third Day 7. Discovery 8. Xanadu 9. Secret Messages 10. Zoom 11. Balance Of Power 12. From out of Nowhere 13. Alone in the Universe 14. ELO 2 15. Electric Light Orchestra
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2020 23:08:14 GMT
Wow this is tough. But the way I feel today is:
1. Secret Messages the way it should have been. 2. Time. 3. Face The Music. 4. Out Of The Blue. 5. A New World Record. 6. Eldorado. 7. Discovery. 8. From Out Of Nowhere. 9. Alone In The Universe. 10. Zoom. 11. On The Third Day. 12. Balance Of Power. 13. Xanadu side 2. 14. ELO II. 15. No Answer.
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Post by Timeblue on Feb 23, 2020 23:19:47 GMT
So, when this thread cools down, will someone on here take an 'average' and make a definitive top 10? (or 11 or 12 or 13.....etc...)
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