The chart is split 4 ways. Don't worry if you're not sure of which time period your fave tracks came from, if you just send in one Top Ten list I'll pick the tracks to go with the relevant chart:-
- A: Stuff up to and including Sulk.
- B: Post Sulk.
- C: 'Bootleg' stuff, ie. anything not included on official releases. This seemed to cause a bit of confusion. I'll let this chart include the Radio One Sessions album, any duet type stuff ie. Yello, Apollo 440 etc, live stuff, Glamour Chase AND B-sides but please state which version of the track if necessary.
- D: Worst stuff. This one is just for fun.
Here's how the results are calculated. Each voter's top 10 list is given a score from 10 for their number one down to just 1 point for tenth place. If you specify only a top 5 list then the scores run from 5 to 1 and if your list isn't in order then each track gets 5 votes. So you can see that voting for your favourite can have a dramatic effect on the final outcome!
Here finally are the results of the 4 way chart!
Up to and including Sulk (1982)
Pos Track Votes 1
2
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4
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7
8
8
10Party Fears Two
Skipping
Paper House
Gloomy Sunday
A Girl Named Property
Club Country
Even Dogs In The Wild
18 Carat Love Affair
Would I Bounce Back
The Associate54
44
36
34
30
29
16
15
15
13
No surprises in the top 2 with 'Skipping' and 'Party Fears Two' the runaway winners, this time round swapping places.
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Breakfast |
54 |
Wow! 'Breakfast' was the clear winner but this time reduced from 27 points to 19. 'In Windows All' jumps from number 9 up to number 2! A surprise to see Her Only Wish in there,
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1 |
Pain In Any Language |
28 |
It's good to see Empires Of Your Heart well up there, THE standout track from the unreleased Glamour Chase album.
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1 |
Helicopter |
24 |
With apologies to you sensitive souls out there! Helicopter taking over from Calling All Around The World' this time. The Rhythm Divine is still there and again voted by one... ahem, fan who is still a fugitive from the taste police :-)
Billy's Favourite Records Billy's 10 Favourite Albums:
Artist Title 1 Patti Smith
Horses
2 Sparks
Kimono My House
3 Average White Band
Average White Band
4 Deee-Lite
World Clique
5 Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story
6 Django Reinhardt
Collective Work
7 Paul Haig
The Warp Of Pure Fun
8 David Bowie
Low
9 Roxy Music
For Your Pleasure
10 k.d.lang
Ingenue
Billy's 10 Favourite Singles:
Artist Track 1 Billie Holiday
You've Changed
2 Sparks
Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
3 Melina Mercouri
Never On A Sunday
4 Average White Band
Pick Up The Pieces
5 David Bowie
Drive-In Saturday
6 Nat 'King' Cole
Dance Ballerina Dance
7 Dusty Springfield
Son Of A Preacher Man
8 The Orb
Little Fluffy Clouds
9 Outerpol
Stone The Memory Place
10 Josef K
It's Kinda Funny
I must say the Sparks album is excellent if you like soaring operatic vocals.