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I'll have the pleasure to host and manage the next AM all-time album poll
I first intended to do it in january, but then I realized it was a very busy month, according to the the schedule below :
oct 09 : 1978 poll
nov 09 : 1979
dec 09 : 1970s final poll
jan 10 : 2009 poll and (possibly) 50s and 60s poll
So the question is
In what month do you think the coming all-time albums poll should take place ?
1. october 1-31 2009 (results the following month)
2. nov 1-30 2009
3. dec 1-31 2009
4. jan 1-31 2010
Please vote before sept 25
As in 2007, the album poll will not include compilations.
I guess I'll keep the same point system, unless someone provides a better one (I'm not good at that);
I'm also thinking of extending the number of albums which will be taken into account to 200 or 250.
100 is very few in my opinion, and if I look at my all-time list, the first 250 are really relevant.
Thanks in advance muchachos for your participation
My 100 albums list is ready whenever you want it !
If it is a 200 albums list I will need to wait until November I guess.
I'm down with whatever is decided. My lists are more or less ready and I can update them as necessary prior to any deadline!
I suppose I should take this opportunity to ask about who is running a similar songs and artists poll. I believe I was on deck again for the artists poll, although I'd be happy to let someone else have a turn.
Sorry for acting as the wet blanket but if we do an album poll every 2 years (we did it in 2005 and in 2007) and we don’t get a radical increase of participants all of our final lists are going to look more or less the same. So my vote goes to… 2011!! Or even 2012, 5 years after the last, although it may seem an eternity for all you youngsters.
I guess there are newcomers who'd love to participate
So, please, anybody who's interested, please vote and advertise the poll everywhere
I didn't participate last time, but I would love to this time. Anytime would be fine (all of us probably have our lists lined up anyway).
Anytime is good for me, start now and turn em in next month would be fun...
I have my top 250 albums list ready to go, and I'm pretty sure of all it's rankings. I'd like to go either October or November, but the sooner the better.
I'll be voting but in the songs poll. I don't have enough albums.
i'm one of those newcomers on that list and i would LOVE to have the poll as soon as possible. my list is already ready as well so i would very much prefer october but i could wait too because i still have a lot of albums lined up to buy.
Great post Honorio!
I vote the 1.st option (poll in October). After our last poll I have heard more than 500 new albums. So my lists have changed at least a bit.
Wonderful post, Honorio!
If there's not a lot of newcomers in our poll, I'm the one to blame, as I'm not very good at advertising our polls on the AM home page.
Would anyone be interested in making such an "ad" for the all-time albums poll? Perhaps even be responsible for regular updates of what goes on in the forum? It's not a huge task, but I prefer working on the site updates, so I would be very grateful for some help here as well.
Wow!!! I second Moonbeam about Honorio's post! This is one of the things that makes this my #1 favorite site ever!
It's a pity that I'm not being able to participate much here since maybe March or April: I'm finishing college now, and am preparing for the exams for what we call "residencia" in about 1 month and a half from now (oh, no, it's almost there!). Continue reading all the threads, but no time to reply or participate in games...
But anyways I've been currently updating my all time favorite albums list for the poll, and will surely participate in this! A personal list of 100 albums would be enough for me, cause if I make one with 250 I'll have to put some average material... But, like in nicolas' case, many of you would find hard to cut the lists to only 100, so maybe we could accept lists form 100 to 250 albums!
great post, Honorio !
So for the moment there's a big majority for octobrt
Keep on posting !
Ya, I am a one-night stand guy... And Ill be back for the next albums poll :)
I voted in the 2007 poll, but I might as well be a different person this time around, because my picks will be substantially different (assuming I find time to do it correctly). Thanks partly to this site, I've discovered a lot of "new" music since then and changed my mind about some old favorites.
If it's an album poll, I'm afraid I may have to respectfully decline participation. I just don't feel comfortable voting on albums, when I just haven't listened to very many. Er... very many AM-respected albums. A song poll would be a better bet for me, as that's more my forte.
“In what month do you think the coming all-time albums poll should take place ? “
2. nov 1-30 2009
“Miguel, you’re participating on the 70s poll and… what happened with the movie poll?”
Well, I actually participated in the movie poll: I sent my list the last day of term, but with a document display error. Then I sent it again correctly, but after the deadline.
“Dumbangel, our beloved pop connoisseur, is participating in less and less games. Anyway, why don’t you come back at least for posting more of these pure pop delights?”
I know I'm a selfish, but I'm especially interested in the return of Dumbangel, because in this way, Greg Rumpf and I would not be voting alone albums and songs by The Beach Boys.
BTW: It would be great if Damosuzuki participate in this poll.
I'm defintely going to participate in the albums poll. My list isn't exactly ready, but I would be willing to vote anytime (the sooner the better, as far as I'm concerned).
But it's the songs poll that I'm really excited for, as the 05 and 08 song polls helped introduce me to many of my current all-time favorite songs, and I honestly think those are the two best all-time song lists I've ever seen. Honestly, if someone provided me with a points system, I would be more than willing to host the poll and tabulate the results.
I'm up for voting anyway, anyhow, anywhere! (And anytime, too.)
(Actually, I'm much more interested in the next songs list, as there's so much more to choose from there I'm guessing the results will be more variable. And maybe we'll get a new #1?)
Wonderful post Honorio. I would definitely be in favour of an October poll. I,m hoping (vowing) to have a piece of site update work finished for Henrik by the end of this month. Its taking up a fair bit of my free time right now along with a return to running training after a 9 month injury lay off. I,ve got 10 days holidays in October (amsterdam, brussels and berlin) if anyone is wondering and then hopefully, fresh as a daisy, I will be able to launch into my list.
I suppose I could have a list ready by the end of October, if I hunkered down and really sorted it out, but I would prefer November.
Big majority for october
any other votes ?
Final decision in 5 days, friday sept 25th
I vote for October.
October is good for me.
btw, can anyone remind me which points calculation system is used for these big polls ?