This Delicate Rate We've Made: The Darren Hayes / Savage Garden Rate - WINNER announced
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Bye bye Strange Relationship! You fought valiantly til the end!
Strange Relationship is great. He just has so many 10s in his discography that a solid 8 being this high just feels weird to me.
Yeah, none of them are bad songs, but I’m struggling to get my head around this top 5. I mean, I handed out an insane amount of 10s and yet only two of them made the top 5???
Strange Relationship is incredible and easily Spin’s finest moment.
I have an 11, 9, 8, 8 and 7,5 left. And I do not think I have handed out more 10's ever in a rate. Aside from my 11 there are barely tracks I actively listen. The fact we have a Secret Codes track in the top 3 is wrong in my mind by default. I will riot however if either our losses at 4 and 5 are non-Secret Codes tracks... Not finally a Darren rate happening and it turning into this anticlimax.
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londonrain
Staff member
Muffy, sis, the lack of taste...
5.
…1x11…
Bloodstained Heart
Second single from ‘Secret Codes and Battleships’
Average: 9,36
Highest score: 1x11 (@Remorque), 5x10 (@phoenix123, @berserkboi, @funkyg, @Eric, @jtm)
Lowest score: 2x8 (@londonrain, @Sprockrooster), 1x8,3 (@Untouchable Ace)
Calm down everyone, it’s not going to be a fully Secret Codes top 3! The first of those three singles to leave is ‘Bloodstained Heart’. It’s the 11 of @Remorque who will surely explain this excellent choice in the thread.
‘Bloodstained Heart’ was released as the second single in Australia (due to a performance slot on X Factor and it being used in the X Factor promos) as well as the third single in the UK, where it got quite some airplay on radio 2. It charted lowly, as expected, but certainly contributed to the album promotion.
It’s not only part of maybe the best singles run in Darren’s solo career but the Bloodstained Heart EP is an excellent release in and of itself.
But let’s hear from the rest of you:
@londonrain: ‘My husband absolutely adores this one. I really like it but it says a lot about the standard of the album that I think this is the weakest single from it.’ (8)
@berserkboi: ‘Another stunning discovery!’ (10)
@Sprockrooster: ‘A strong sounding ballad with great vocals was exactly what I needed at this point in the album. To bad it's lyrics are a bit of a kii. You hit me like a subwaytrain. I mean is there a depth to that compared to a regular train?’ (8)
@Eric: ‘I will try and give a score less than 10 on this album, promise. The love behind the lyrics is just beautiful.’ (10)
@jtm: ‘I have some of the lyrics on a picture made and signed by Darren that I won during the album promotion. Probably slightly biased because of this, but I just love this song, even though I usually don't much care for too much falsetto. This really should have been a bigger hit than it was, but it just wasn't possible at that point anymore and definitely not because he didn't try. Because he really went full Savage Garden here and in a good way!’ (10)
Music video:
…1x11…
Bloodstained Heart
Second single from ‘Secret Codes and Battleships’
Average: 9,36
Highest score: 1x11 (@Remorque), 5x10 (@phoenix123, @berserkboi, @funkyg, @Eric, @jtm)
Lowest score: 2x8 (@londonrain, @Sprockrooster), 1x8,3 (@Untouchable Ace)
Calm down everyone, it’s not going to be a fully Secret Codes top 3! The first of those three singles to leave is ‘Bloodstained Heart’. It’s the 11 of @Remorque who will surely explain this excellent choice in the thread.
‘Bloodstained Heart’ was released as the second single in Australia (due to a performance slot on X Factor and it being used in the X Factor promos) as well as the third single in the UK, where it got quite some airplay on radio 2. It charted lowly, as expected, but certainly contributed to the album promotion.
It’s not only part of maybe the best singles run in Darren’s solo career but the Bloodstained Heart EP is an excellent release in and of itself.
But let’s hear from the rest of you:
@londonrain: ‘My husband absolutely adores this one. I really like it but it says a lot about the standard of the album that I think this is the weakest single from it.’ (8)
@berserkboi: ‘Another stunning discovery!’ (10)
@Sprockrooster: ‘A strong sounding ballad with great vocals was exactly what I needed at this point in the album. To bad it's lyrics are a bit of a kii. You hit me like a subwaytrain. I mean is there a depth to that compared to a regular train?’ (8)
@Eric: ‘I will try and give a score less than 10 on this album, promise. The love behind the lyrics is just beautiful.’ (10)
@jtm: ‘I have some of the lyrics on a picture made and signed by Darren that I won during the album promotion. Probably slightly biased because of this, but I just love this song, even though I usually don't much care for too much falsetto. This really should have been a bigger hit than it was, but it just wasn't possible at that point anymore and definitely not because he didn't try. Because he really went full Savage Garden here and in a good way!’ (10)
Music video:
Surprised at this. Obviously he was never going to have a hit at this stage of his career if he couldn’t with this. It’s very listenable though. If One Direction / Coldplay had done this it would have been massive.
I’m surprised Black Out The Sun has done so well.
I’m surprised Black Out The Sun has done so well.
londonrain
Staff member
A 9.36 average? Wow.
I have three 10s and an 11 left, so I’m quite happy to see any of the top four win.
I have three 10s and an 11 left, so I’m quite happy to see any of the top four win.
I just don’t want my 11 to leave before my 6 but I have a horrible feeling it’s going to win the whole thing.
Urgh.
Urgh.
Yeah wtf. I clearly overscored this because the preceding tracks were far from amazing...
The preceding tracks are Talk Talk Talk and Black Out The Sun..
Oh. A late rate controversy.