Welcome to week two, where it's Stevie Wonder vs. Michael Jackson. Here are Week 1's results: http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=3172289350&frmid=10&msgid=1027102&cmd=show
1. Blue - 38 points (9 out of 11 votes)
2. To Bring You My Love - 35 (10)
3. Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea - 23 (6)
4. Court and Spark - 19 (7)
5. Rid of Me - 17 (6)
Re: 5 for 2 Week 2 (Blind as a Bat, Dead as a Dodo)
1. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
2. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
3. Michael Jackson - Thriller
4. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
5. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
Despite the obvious parallels between the two, I don't really think this is a fair match at all.
Re: 5 for 2 Week 2 (Blind as a Bat, Dead as a Dodo)
1. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (#6 all time)
2. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall (#74 all time)
3. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life (#85 all time)
4. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (#105 all time)
5. Michael Jackson - Thriller (#111 all time)
I added the all time position to illustrate just how close I think 2-5 are.
Re: 5 for 2 Week 2 (Blind as a Bat, Dead as a Dodo)
1. Innervisions
2. Thriller
3. Off the Wall
4. Songs in the Key of Life
5. Talking Book
I'm tempted to put Thriller at the top, but here's the problem...I don't do ratings, but let's call Innervisions a 9.6. About half of Thriller is 10.0, but the other half is 4.4.
Re: 5 for 2 Week 2 (Blind as a Bat, Dead as a Dodo)
1. Innervisions
2. Songs In the Key of Life
3. Talking Book
4. Fullfillingness' First Finale (featuring a vocal assist from... "Jackson 5 join along with me say/Doo doo wop")
5. Off the Wall
(My caveat... I understand that we are limited to albums, and to MJ's solo work. If that was not the case, I would have put "I Want You Back" in at #4, because it alone is better than any of MJ's solo albums.)
