Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // WINNER

[Deleted member 312]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // TOP TEN

Radioactive has grown on me immensely since release, but it's still vastly overrated on here and nowhere near deserving of being the last remaining Marina song in the rate. Fear and Loathing going in the last round was painful. I'm ecstatic that Teen Idle has finally left though. So mediocre!!!

Figure 8 is clearly the best song left, but I'll settle for that or My Blood winning at this point. They're both light years ahead of the other two songs.

1: Figure 8
2: My Blood
3: Radioactive
4: Only You

This would be the ideal scenario. I suspect Radioactive will take it though, with Figure 8 coming in fourth.

 

[ladygagaogaga]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // TOP TEN

Like it or not - Figure 8 is a great song but a terrible single choice...

 

[P'NutButter]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // TOP TEN

The only two songs remaining that deserve their spots, are 'Only You' and 'Radioactive' the other two are undeserving of such high rankings.

 

[swim]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

So, number four is:

4. Ellie Goulding - Only You
Average score: 8.9074
Highest score: 10 x 8 // HeartSwells, Aester, NecessaryVoodoo, Alwaystoolate9, MiChiMadNesS, ClockworkNovak, Vikeyeol, rdp.
Lowest score: 7 // FutureLover
My score: 7.5
What a great result for this song. I am impressed.
Number three goes to the fantastic...:

3. Ellie Goulding - My Blood
Average score: 9.0185
Highest score: 10 x 8 // Jordananan, Dodoriazarbon, Jonathan27, RJF, MrBlonde, AlwaysTooLate9, FutureLover, NecessaryVoodoo, KamikazeHeart
Lowest score: 6 // Vikeyeol
My score: 10
What a bloody song.

The final two are RADIOACTIVE and FIGURE 8
Interesting fact: Number one took the lead very early on and held it. This was the obvious winner quite early and stands quite a margin higher than number two. Number two and number three constantly switched places throughout the rate until settling on this position.
TOMORROW IS THE FINAL ROUND. I will post about this exact time tomorrow. WHO DO YOU THINK WILL TAKE THE CROWN?
Here are our results minus the final two:
49. How Long Will I Love You
48. Flashlight (With DJ Fresh)
47. Hanging On (Ft. Tinie Tempah)
46. Midas Touch (x Burns)
45. High for This
44. I Need Your Love (ft. Calvin Harris)
43. Tesselate
42. Hypocrates
41. Just Desserts (ft. Charli XCX)
40. Burn
39. The Ending
38. In My City
37. Under Control
36. Hearts Without Chains
35. Without Your Love
34. Living Dead
33. Electra Heart
32. Explosions
31. Valley of the Dolls
30. Bubblegum Bitch
29. Ritual
28. I Know You Care
27. How to Be a Heartbreaker
26. You My Everything
25. E.V.O.L
24. Goodness Gracious
23. Lonely Hearts Club
22. Homewrecker
21. Stay Awake (With Madeon)
20. Joy
19. Don't Say a Word
18. Buy the Stars
17. Lies
16. Sex Yeah
15. The State of Dreaming
14. Halcyon
13. Anything Could Happen
12. Hanging On
11. Dead in the Water
10. Starring Role
09. Atlantis
08. Power and Control
07. Primadonna
06. Fear and Loathing
05. Teen Idle
04. Only You
03. My Blood

 

[K94]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

Brilliant - would have been my top 2.

 

[P'NutButter]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

'Radioactive' has to win.

(I scored an 8 for both the final two)

 

[Jonathan27]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

Radioactive is almost certainly going to win.

 

[Aester]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

Well, "Only You" was my last 10. I'm slightly baffled by the final two--I gave "Radioactive" an 8 and "Figure 8" a 6.5. I guess I'm rooting for "Radioactive," which seemed amazing to me initially but has lost its luster over time.

 

[KamikazeHeart]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

Radioactive is obviously going to win, but the final chorus of Figure 8 is something out of the ordinary.

 

[Mushroom]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

I believe I gave them both 10, though I'd much rather 'Radioactive' takes the crown.

 

[TeenIdle]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

I didn't vote, but Radioactive must win, if only for 'In the night your heart is full and, by the morning, empty".

 

[RJF]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

I didn't vote, but Radioactive must win, if only for 'In the night your heart is full and, by the morning, empty".

"My heart is nuclear
Love is all that I fear
Ready to be let down
Now I'm heading for a meltdown."

Truly epic in the ancient sense of the word. Clobbers basically every other song in the rate.

 

[Jwentz]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

I had no idea this forum was so attached to Only You, I do like it but I find 'Atlantis' and 'Dead In The Water' far superior.

Figure 8 is brilliant, but Radioactive has to take this.

 

[ladygagaogaga]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

This rate has made me realise how many amazing songs are on both of these albums. The 2 totally can do both bombastic and vulnerable.

 

[Deleted member 312]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

Figure 8 is brilliant, but Radioactive has to take this.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Radioactive will win.

 

[D_ni]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

Fuck yes, both of my 10s in the final! What a bloody amazing result, regardless of what actually wins.

 

[swim]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

It's coming...

 

[swim]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

Thank you to everyone that participated in the rate. I've thoroughly enjoyed hosting it and the placement of songs has been fairly fantastic overall, I think! I hope that you enjoyed the rate, and I hope it helped you rediscover just how fantastic these two albums can be.
Here are the final results:


Halcyon Days

Average score: 6.52
Highest average: 8.75 // clockworknovak
Lowest average: 3.7 // imaduck



Halcyon

Average score: 7.43
Highest average: 9.2 // Jouis
Lowest average: 6.1 // imaduck



Electra Heart

Average score: 7.69
Highest average: 9 x 2 // Jordananan, Clockworknovak
Lowest average: 6.5 // HeartSwells
















and the second place goes to...















chasing your love
















heading for a meltdown...

















like neon gold...

2. Ellie Goulding - Figure 8
Average score: 9.0556
Highest score: 10 x 10 // Jordananan, rdp, jonathan27, tylerc904, clockworknovak, Michimadness, bichard, NecessaryVoodoo, Jouis, D_ni
Lowest score: 6.5 // Aester
My score: 10

Which means the win goes to MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS - RADIOACTIVE

1. Marina and the Diamonds - Radioactive
Average score: 9.3704
Highest score: 10 x 17 // D_ni, Heartswells, KamikazeHeart, Jouis, NecessaryVoodoo, Michimadness, Ladygagaogaga, clockworknovak, mrblonde, tylerc904, imaduck, RJF, MayQueen, Mushroom3, rdp, Dodoriazarbon, Jordananan
Lowest score: 6 // alwaystoolate9
My score: 10

 

[clockworknovak]

Re: Marina and the Diamonds VS Ellie Goulding // Electra Heart VS Halcyon Days Rate // FINAL ROUND

I love that I gave the highest average to both Halcyon Days and Electra Heart. I love both of these girls!

 

[P'NutButter]

Yes, all ends well!

and get them averages - peeps too generous with the tens?

Thanks for this rate Jordan, it's been an 'experience'.