Spin is.. well, Spin. Tension is very electro / minimal. Delicate is flamboyant and all over the place. Secret Codes is very straightforward pop. I was VERY surprised by the scores it got but if you think about it it actually makes sense. From the comments people like either Tension or Delicate the most and sometimes not so much the other one of the two (especially the ‚lesser‘ album tracks - if we can even call them that), but everyone apparently quite likes Secret Codes. It‘s just very easy to listen to.
This Delicate Rate We've Made: The Darren Hayes / Savage Garden Rate - WINNER announced
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Yeah, Dublin Sky was, for me, definitely the hardest track on Tension to get into. I guess others felt the same way? It grew on me over the years, though.
Secret Codes easily feels like the most middling and the least essential (and therefore the least divisive?) album in the rate. It’s not that I don’t like it, but it was the first album without any real surprises on it. My own scores for it were neither very high nor very low, so I’m sure I haven’t tanked it, but since we’re losing so many better songs from the other albums we really should be calling for its head now.
Tears of Pearls is great.
londonrain
Staff member
52.
The Tuning of Violins
Album track from ‘This Delicate Thing We’ve Made’
Average: 7,546
Highest score: 2x10 (@phoenix123, @marie_05)
Lowest score: 1x2,5 (@jtm)
Oops. Not me being by far the lowest scorer on this after having complained about unfair eliminations the whole week. And I still don’t remember how this song goes even though I know almost every other song in the discography by heart.
Anyway, this brings down the number of songs on side 2 of Delicate to three. Let’s hope they stay around for a bit.
Comments:
@londonrain: ‘Gorgeous. I love the reference to bluebells and Blackheath!’ (8)
@berserkboi: ‘Beautiful!’ (8)
@rawkey: ‘A strong way to finish the album.’ (8.2)
@Sprockrooster: ‘I always forget how this goes. But when I hear it I am overjoyed. After so much pain this fluffy ending in lyrics and upbeat melody is the perfect cure to end this album full of emotions.’ (9)
@Eric: ‘I moved to London shortly after this album came out so this has major nostalgia. This is a perfect album ending.’ (9)
@jtm: ‘A disappointing ending to a meandering mess of an album’ (2.5)
Listen here:
The Tuning of Violins
Album track from ‘This Delicate Thing We’ve Made’
Average: 7,546
Highest score: 2x10 (@phoenix123, @marie_05)
Lowest score: 1x2,5 (@jtm)
Oops. Not me being by far the lowest scorer on this after having complained about unfair eliminations the whole week. And I still don’t remember how this song goes even though I know almost every other song in the discography by heart.
Anyway, this brings down the number of songs on side 2 of Delicate to three. Let’s hope they stay around for a bit.
Comments:
@londonrain: ‘Gorgeous. I love the reference to bluebells and Blackheath!’ (8)
@berserkboi: ‘Beautiful!’ (8)
@rawkey: ‘A strong way to finish the album.’ (8.2)
@Sprockrooster: ‘I always forget how this goes. But when I hear it I am overjoyed. After so much pain this fluffy ending in lyrics and upbeat melody is the perfect cure to end this album full of emotions.’ (9)
@Eric: ‘I moved to London shortly after this album came out so this has major nostalgia. This is a perfect album ending.’ (9)
@jtm: ‘A disappointing ending to a meandering mess of an album’ (2.5)
Listen here:
londonrain
Staff member
Lovely song.
51.
The Sun Is Always Blinding Me
Album track from ‘This Delicate Thing We’ve Made’
Average: 7,554
Highest score: 1x10 (@marie_05)
Lowest score: 1x5,9 (@jtm), 2x6 (@Robert, @Eric)
Unfortunately, we end the week with another cut from This Delicate We’ve Made, but this time it’s an album track from side 1 leaving. It’s also unfortunate that of all of Darren’s albums it’s Delicate that is the most difficult to find information about. I spent hours searching for song-specific interviews and commentary but to no avail. If anyone has a lead, let me know and I’ll update this and other posts with a bit more insight.
And sorry @marie_05 for today. Hopefully next week’s eliminations will be more to your taste. I’ll post the top 50 in a minute. For the moment I propose to continue with 2 eliminations a day as it works pretty well. Once we get to the top 20 or maybe top 10 I might switch to one song a day. Let’s see when we get there.
But first your verdict on ‘The Sun Is Always Blinding Me’:
@londonrain: ‘One of the most straightforward pop songs on a not very straightforward album.’ (7)
@berserkboi: ‘Very enjoyable!’ (9)
@Sprockrooster: ‘An instant fave at the time, but it lost a bit of it's shine in time.’ (8)
@jtm: ‘This was the biggest let down from the previews which had the verse and the bridge but not the chorus. I was hoping for a massive chorus but then it was just.. okay. I never really liked the song after that.’ (5.9)
Listen here:
Next week: The song that was number 1 for quite some time early on in the rate leaves. And before we hit the top 40 we lose an album lead single!
The Sun Is Always Blinding Me
Album track from ‘This Delicate Thing We’ve Made’
Average: 7,554
Highest score: 1x10 (@marie_05)
Lowest score: 1x5,9 (@jtm), 2x6 (@Robert, @Eric)
Unfortunately, we end the week with another cut from This Delicate We’ve Made, but this time it’s an album track from side 1 leaving. It’s also unfortunate that of all of Darren’s albums it’s Delicate that is the most difficult to find information about. I spent hours searching for song-specific interviews and commentary but to no avail. If anyone has a lead, let me know and I’ll update this and other posts with a bit more insight.
And sorry @marie_05 for today. Hopefully next week’s eliminations will be more to your taste. I’ll post the top 50 in a minute. For the moment I propose to continue with 2 eliminations a day as it works pretty well. Once we get to the top 20 or maybe top 10 I might switch to one song a day. Let’s see when we get there.
But first your verdict on ‘The Sun Is Always Blinding Me’:
@londonrain: ‘One of the most straightforward pop songs on a not very straightforward album.’ (7)
@berserkboi: ‘Very enjoyable!’ (9)
@Sprockrooster: ‘An instant fave at the time, but it lost a bit of it's shine in time.’ (8)
@jtm: ‘This was the biggest let down from the previews which had the verse and the bridge but not the chorus. I was hoping for a massive chorus but then it was just.. okay. I never really liked the song after that.’ (5.9)
Listen here:
Next week: The song that was number 1 for quite some time early on in the rate leaves. And before we hit the top 40 we lose an album lead single!
Top 50
SAVAGE GARDEN
To The Moon & Back
Carry On Dancing
I Want You
Truly Madly Deeply
Break Me Shake Me
AFFIRMATION
Affirmation
Hold Me
I Knew I Loved You
The Best Thing
Crash And Burn
The Lover After Me
Two Beds And A Coffee Machine
You Can Still Be Free
Gunning Down Romance
I Don't Know You Anymore
SPIN
Strange Relationship
Insatiable
Heart Attack
Crush (1980 Me)
Spin
So Bad
THE TENSION & THE SPARK
Darkness
I Like The Way
Light
Pop!Ular
Hero
Unlovable
Void
Love and Attraction
Ego
THIS DELICATE THING WE’VE MADE
A Fear of Falling Under
Who Would Have Thought
How To Build A Time Machine
Casey
Step Into The Light
Sing To Me
A Conversation With God
Listen All You People
The Only One
The Future Holds A Lion's Heart
On the Verge of Something Wonderful
Words
SECRET CODES AND BATTLESHIPS
Taken By The Sea
Don't Give Up
Black Out The Sun
Talk Talk Talk
Bloodstained Heart
God Walking Into The Room
Stupid Mistake
The Siren's Call
SAVAGE GARDEN
To The Moon & Back
Carry On Dancing
I Want You
Truly Madly Deeply
Break Me Shake Me
AFFIRMATION
Affirmation
Hold Me
I Knew I Loved You
The Best Thing
Crash And Burn
The Lover After Me
Two Beds And A Coffee Machine
You Can Still Be Free
Gunning Down Romance
I Don't Know You Anymore
SPIN
Strange Relationship
Insatiable
Heart Attack
Crush (1980 Me)
Spin
So Bad
THE TENSION & THE SPARK
Darkness
I Like The Way
Light
Pop!Ular
Hero
Unlovable
Void
Love and Attraction
Ego
THIS DELICATE THING WE’VE MADE
A Fear of Falling Under
Who Would Have Thought
How To Build A Time Machine
Casey
Step Into The Light
Sing To Me
A Conversation With God
Listen All You People
The Only One
The Future Holds A Lion's Heart
On the Verge of Something Wonderful
Words
SECRET CODES AND BATTLESHIPS
Taken By The Sea
Don't Give Up
Black Out The Sun
Talk Talk Talk
Bloodstained Heart
God Walking Into The Room
Stupid Mistake
The Siren's Call
I would love balanced cuts for top 40 (2 per era and 1 for Selftitled/Spin). But if there is a cull coming it is time for Affirmation.
As long as it isn’t Talk Talk Talk.
What even was the lead for Delicate? Step Into The Light? Who Would Have Thought? On The Verge?
Why even bother to figure that out if none of those need to go before top 10.
Whenever I get tagged in this thread lately it’s because I’m the lowest scorer (sorry!). I felt like I gave out loads of 7+s though, so my ballot was hopefully fairly balanced out. Plus I guess it’s better (for me) that I’m being tagged for being the lowest scorer rather than the highest. I was sad to see Tears of Pearls go so soon though. I hope that album is left alone for a bit now.
I noticed that Tears of Pearls was the first time that album lost a song in almost 50 eliminations (since A Thousand Words at number 100), that‘s pretty nice. But I agree there‘s not much left that should go out before top 30/20.
Regarding lead singles I would consider I Knew I Loved You and On The Verge Of Something Wonderful the ‚official’ leads for their respective album.
londonrain
Staff member
Let’s hope it’s I Knew I Loved You, then.
He/Him
Agreed - Insatiable should not be going anywhere anytime soon!
In other news - my 11 made the Top 50!! Yippeeee!!