#82

*4th (maybe joint 3rd)

#83

Nope. No. Incorrect.

#84

I think this is actually a bit of an easy choice. Mclusky were great and Do Dallas has a fucking great energy about it, but Future of The Left (even from Curses) have just always felt like the more accomplished band. Saying ā€œaccomplishedā€ really doesnā€™t mean much at all but Iā€™m not sure how to articulate myself on this.

I got into Future of The Left first though, and maybe thatā€™s influenced me a bit but I would rate all of the FOTL albums above Do Dallas, apart from maybe The Plot Against Common Sense.

#85

Tell me moreā€¦

Actually Iā€™m thinking

Travels with Myself and Another
Curses/The Peace and Truce of Future of the Left
How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident
The Plot Against Common Sense

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#86

I sort of know what you mean by the accomplished thing. The first two FOTL records are easily my favorite of theirs, but even during the period where these were the only two records they had released I still preferred McLusky. As theyā€™ve grown as a band I just feel that they are so much better live now and and have that slight edge over McLusky.

I do miss Kelson though.

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#87

Werenā€™t we stood next to that guy?

I definitely was. In my memory you were there as well. Classic.

#88

I think so! i remember meeting up with you and Jamie Summers. Was joeymahone there as well? Canā€™t remember. We were right near the edge of the pit (if I remember correctly).

#89

I think Iā€™d agree with this list completely. How To Stop is a really great album and I was happy it was such a big improvement over Plot when I was worried they were starting a decline. But it still has to end up near the bottom of the list purely because the others are better.

Peace & Truce is a funny one for me in that for the first time there arenā€™t any massive standouts on it and the ā€˜singlesā€™ and first listen left me underwhelmed. But now as a whole album I just think itā€™s really great and reminds me so much of Curses, which was a sound I always sort of missed.

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#90

I got into both bands at the same time which makes it a bit harder - bought Curses and Mclusky Do Dallas in like the same week or something (might have bought Mcluskyism slightly before). At the time I definitely preferred Mclusky and so Iā€™ve always stuck to that preference but with FOTLā€™s body of work now itā€™s a little bit harder to separate.

#91

A little late but hereā€™s my effort at a top 13. Sooo many great songs had to be cut, tough to get it down to 13.

1.Adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood
2.Failed Olympic Bid
3.The Bi-Sexuality of Distance
4.Small Bones, Small Bodies
5.50 Days Before the Hun
6.The Fibre Provider
7.Polymers are Forever
8.The Male Gaze
9.Back When I was Brilliant
10.Cosmoā€™s Ladder
11.Arming Eritrea
12.You Need Satan
13. Notes On Achieving Orbit

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#92

I would have to say FOTL, due to being a nipper in McLuskyā€™s day.

#94

Iā€™ll be watching Forest-Barnsley next door in the royal park before the gig.

#96

Yay! Great news! :smiley:

Donā€™t know why, but the line ā€œwith what we assume is a human babyā€ is cracking me up.

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#98

This is what I was thinking of!

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#99

FOTL on Riley on 6 music right now. Switch your radio on right now and youā€™ll get the end of Arming Eritrea (or just listen on catch up later).

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#100

Good racket they make

#101

Caught a bit of the chat and Minerā€™s Gruel. Hopefully find some time to catch up on the rest tomorrow.

#102

They played:
Reference Point Zero
Arming Eritrea
Miners Gruel

#103

I thought I heard his dulcet tones on 6 music as I was cooking my tea, I managed to catch the whole thing in the end. They proper ripped through Arming Eritrea.

#104

you can listen again hereā€¦ they start about 25 mins inā€¦

they were great

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