The Top 5 List Thread

[Talos of Atmora]

@Phylactery There are weirder lists though. I saw one that had Night on Brocken at number 1.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Top five outlandish predictions I've read on Facebook about a Trump presidency:

1. There will be a holocaust in which every single non-white and non-Christian person in the US is exterminated
2. All the progress of the civil rights movements of the 20th century will be reversed
3. People will be jailed for defacing the American flag
4. There will be a new baby boom because abortion will become illegal
   
5. Republicans will decide it's okay to say "n i g g e r" in public again within a year

 

[CiG]

Ironic considering tons of people predicted that the left would act like total spastic crybabies if Trump won.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Just noticed the Fates posting on the previous page. The correct ranking is:

1. The Spectre Within
2. A Pleasant Shade of Grey
3. Perfect Symmetry
4. Inside Out
5. Disconnected

 

[EspaDa]

Where's Night on Brocken

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Somewhere in the bottom three, along with the two new ones. One of the worst albums from an esteemed metal band in 1984, although still not bad, just really generic and bland with only three good/great songs.

 

[CiG]

Surprised to see Awaken The Guardian not included. I still haven't heard Inside Out and Disconnected.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Awaken the Guardian goes up and down for me quite a bit, but I've recently discovered that it's a surprisingly strong driving album, so it's probably #6 right now for me.

Inside Out gets a lot of shit for being a second-rate Parallels, and for a couple songs that's true, but the strong stuff easily makes up for it. Disconnected is Fates Warning doing a weird kind of dark electronic-tinged thing that's kinda alt rock-y but not really. I used to put it as high as #2 but for whatever reason I don't quite adore it anymore, but it still has a neat sound (although you'd probably hate it, very processed guitar tone and generally slick production) and a couple of their very best songs.

 

[CiG]

Could you post a strong example of Disconnected?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The album doesn't really have a single representative track (seven total, two are intro/outro, two are 10+ minute songs, and one is some kind of trance/metal hybrid). Here's the intro+opener, the chorus is actually pretty catchy and vaguely Maiden-y in an odd way (maybe just the bassline I dunno)



The best one is Still Remains, but it's 16 minutes long

 

[King Richard]

Is there something wrong with 16 minute long songs? pff

 

[HamburgerBoy]

No, but if someone wants an example song before checking out an album, they might not want a song that's a third of the entire album's duration.

TOP 5 VOIVOD

1. Missing Sequences
2. Overreaction
3. Brain Scan
4. Forgotten in Space
5. Into My Hypercube

TOP 5 CORONER

1. Pale Sister
2. Serpent Moves
3. Last Entertainment
4. Mistress of Deception
5. Shifter

 

[CiG]

Checking out "Still Remains" now. Digging it so far, the first minute.

 

[Satanstoenail]

TOP 5 CORONER

1. Pale Sister
2. Serpent Moves
3. Last Entertainment
4. Mistress of Deception
5. Shifter

1. Serpent Moves
2. Paralyzed, Mesmerized
3. Pale Sister
4. Read My Scars
5. Semtex Revolution

 

[EspaDa]

Top 5 Witchfinder General

1. Shadowed Images
2. Death Penalty
3. Burning Sinner
4. Love On Smack
5. I Lost You

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Top 5 Alice Cooper songs

1. Generation Landslide
2. Dead Babies
3. Former Lee Warmer
4. Black Juju
5. Some Folks

 

[Baroque]

Green Day albums

1. American Idiot
2. Dookie
3. Nimrod
4. 21st century breakdown
5. Insomniac

 

[CiG]

American Idiot for real? I only know the title track but boy that shit was bad.

 

[EspaDa]

Thought Dookie was their best. They weren't really sellouts back then (yet).

 

[Baroque]

American Idiot for real? I only know the title track but boy that shit was bad.

The title track by itself sure, if you see the musical you'll get it