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Creator of the popular #5albums music polls. Family, friends, music obsessive, real ale / craft beer, Potters / Bears, whippets #MDANT 🏅 #musicsky 🎶 ‘In 1984 I was hospitalised for approaching perfection’ 🎶
@richards7370.bsky.social PinnedHi folks, please find to follow the list of 100 albums making up the 3rd semi final of our debut albums competition. Voting commences Friday 14th August, your challenge will be to determine your top 5 in order of preference. In the meantime please use #5DebutAlbumsSF3 to recommend your favourites.
@richards7370.bsky.socialI’d love to read the article mate 👍
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@richards7370.bsky.socialthe stories and the music that we’ve shared over the years. For nowI’m taking a short social media break. Thanks once again to everyone who voted, commented, debated, shared recommendations and helped make the 5 Albums polls so successful. It’s been an absolute blast 🎵 Final results chart follows..
@richards7370.bsky.socialWhilst I’ve now officially hung up my polling boots, I can confirm that I’ll be coming out of retirement one last time for #5albums26 at year end. More details on that later!
Beyond that, I’m giving serious thought to writing a book as my next project, it would be a nice way to document the journey…
@richards7370.bsky.socialI’d like to thank everyone who has sent kind messages over the past three weeks. I’ve been genuinely touched by the warmth, support and appreciation shown. The whole thing became a much bigger part of my life than I ever imagined, entirely down to the fantastic community that formed around it…
@richards7370.bsky.socialWell, that’s wrap!
A huge thank you to everyone who took part in #5DebutAlbumsFinal Around 500 voted, fittingly making it one of the best supported polls for some time.
The final top three were:-
1) The Stone Roses - S/T
2) Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
3) The Velvet Underground & Nico - S/T..
@richards7370.bsky.socialAfraid so, all good things come to an end 👍
@richards7370.bsky.socialThank you 🙏
@richards7370.bsky.socialThanks very much mate, comments really appreciated 👍
@richards7370.bsky.socialThanks for the kind words Earl, much appreciated 👍
@richards7370.bsky.socialThanks Dermot, that might well be my next project 👍
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@richards7370.bsky.socialIn the time honoured tradition the voting will close at midday on Sunday (UK time), I’ll give my spreadsheet one final outing and hopefully we’ll have a result later that day and we can crown the greatest debut album of all time. Please include the #5DebutAlbumsFinal hashtag with replies. The list..
@richards7370.bsky.social1) Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Rattlesnakes (5pts) 2) Sugar - Copper Blue 3) Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted 4) Sisters Of Mercy - First And Last And Always 5) Kate Bush - The Kick Inside It’s an impossible task really, as so many of these polls have been, but great fun nonetheless…
@richards7370.bsky.socialHi folks, for the last time (apart from the year end poll 😉) it’s time to vote, it’s the big one, #5DebutAlbumsFinal We’ve whittled the albums down to a final 100 (see list to follow), a veritable treat to the eardrums each and every one. Your task, pick your top 5 in order of preference, mine are..
@willmcalpine.bsky.socialReposted by @richards7370.bsky.socialOn this momentous date in history 25 years ago, I packed my Nissan Bluebird with most of my worldly possessions (records) and set out from Corby to begin what turned out to be a new life in Hull. It's certainly been eventful. #5DebutAlbumsFinal
@wizball50.bsky.socialReposted by @richards7370.bsky.socialPod—Breeders
I may be wrong, but it looks like Kim is the only artist to appear on two albums from this illustrious list. If so, it's an honour well deserved. Pod is an album closer to SR than Doolittle; equal parts divine and profane. It's glorious
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