Marching On Together

NorfolkWhite wrote:The Courage Of Others
The Trials Of Van Occupanther

Voted by the Midlake convert, had Trials on today, really wanted that v Ziggy as the final but hey I’d rather let Mrs 64 deal with the balls!

Good man

What a band, two cracking albums

Courage is my favourite, sheer essence :luv:

Courage
Trials

I love August & Van Occupanther so it's a real toss-up for me

Bowie is a legend in my eyes, so many memories relating to the Ziggy album however I play Courage much more these days so my choices are :

The Trials Of Van Occupanther
The Courage Of Others

August
Ziggy

Fairly sure I won't be voting in the final...

faaip wrote:Fairly sure I won't be voting in the final...

Don't be premature Faaip

Could all still change

Refreshing to see underdogs/modern artists doing so well imo!

August
Ziggy

How on earth did two Midlake albums get to the Semis.

Gandalf wrote:August
Ziggy

How on earth did two Midlake albums get to the Semis.

You might have 2 in the final yet! Most of my faves fell at the first hurdle

Gandalf wrote:August
Ziggy

How on earth did two Midlake albums get to the Semis.

Because they are two great albums

Van Occupanther has very much a 70's feel

Courage is much more folky & requires at least 7 or 8 listens, a real grower & once it grabs you you're hooked !

50 reviewers on Amazon reckon Van Occupanther is 5 star
42 reviewers on Amazon reckon Courage is 5 star

So we're not the only ones whom love the Midlake sound

Disregard at your peril !

1964white wrote:Because they are two great albums

Van Occupanther has very much a 70's feel

Courage is much more folky & requires at least 7 or 8 listens, a real grower & once it grabs you you're hooked !

50 reviewers on Amazon reckon Van Occupanther is 5 star
42 reviewers on Amazon reckon Courage is 5 star

So we're not the only ones whom love the Midlake sound

Disregard at your peril !

I'm with Riot on Midlake, and it is not often that I agreed with him.

Gandalf wrote:I'm with Riot on Midlake, and it is not often that I agreed with him.

Well I don't agree with him on this one

Don't get the anti-Midlake thing as they have been compared to the likes of Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, America, Neil Young, Fairport Convention, all artists enjoyed by the majority of us on here

It's not as if they are a total different genre such as R&B/Soul/Rap/Reggae/Punk/Grunge/etc

August
Trials
Only recently learned that Midlake were formed about 10 miles from where I live.

BobHirst wrote:August
Trials
Only recently learned that Midlake were formed about 10 miles from where I live.

One of the best bands to come out of America in the last decade Bob

Tough this. I have a soft spot for all 4 of these albums for different reasons. Was never a big fan of Counting Crows but when I met my (then future) wife, she had this album on almost constant rotation and I grew to really like it. Midlake, I have loved since Van Occupanther and this and Courage are their best two albums by a country mile. I'm hugely surprised they've got this far mind. ............and Ziggy is (probably) my favourite album and one of the best albums ever, in my humble opinion..........but it's up against one of my favourite albums of the last 10-15 years.

Sooo.................I'm going.........

The Courage Of Others
The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust

But, to be honest, it could just have easily gone the other way.

looks like an all Midlake final as we've already had one voter more than the Quarters...

Durly wrote:Tough this. I have a soft spot for all 4 of these albums for different reasons. Was never a big fan of Counting Crows but when I met my (then future) wife, she had this album on almost constant rotation and I grew to really like it. Midlake, I have loved since Van Occupanther and this and Courage are their best two albums by a country mile. I'm hugely surprised they've got this far mind. ............and Ziggy is (probably) my favourite album and one of the best albums ever, in my humble opinion..........but it's up against one of my favourite albums of the last 10-15 years.

Sooo.................I'm going.........

The Courage Of Others
The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust

But, to be honest, it could just have easily gone the other way.

Agree with you Durly all four albums are superb in their own right, never tire of any of them tbh

I'm also surprised how well Midlake/Crows have done but the majority of our players obviously rate them which is very refreshing to see quality beyond the great albums that were released 50 years ago. In a way although I'm probably Bowie's biggest fan on here apart from your good self I'm so pleased that a different album is about to win one of our contests

SEMI-FINALS

FINAL SCORES

August & Everything After 4-5 The Courage Of Others
The Trials Of Van Occupanther 5-4 The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust

Voted - Bob, Durly, Faaip, Gandi, Ges, John, Norfolk, Mrs 64, 64

I might be wrong but if either of the semi's had gone to a tie I'd have asked BB to cast the decisive vote, I reckon our young lady would have voted for the Midlake albums too !

GRAND FINAL

VOTE NOW

The Courage Of Others v The Trials Of Van Occupanther

Voted -

The Courage Of Others :luv:

The Courage of Others, but only just!