Round 1: Heat 12: Astral Weeks vs Nevermind

[BLUEBLOOD]

Last up today should really be a landslide IMO .. i've never got into Barcelona Blues Van the Man, wheras Nevermind is an album that burned into the very souls of teens and 20somethings everywhere, and i'm sure AS will have PLENTY to say on the matter ;)

 

[Mad Cyril]

I hate Kurt Kobain for killing the baggy scene just as I moved to Manchester in '91.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Nevermind, yet another genre defining album where every track is a killer.

 

[pickledseal]

AW is near on a perfect album. I love it so much (Madame George being my fav).

N is good and genre defining and all that, but AW is just lovely and perfect and wonderful :D

 

[Hotman]

i'm voting for the little mans pick, great album

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

I very nearly mis-read that carl :stunned:

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Nevermind, yet another genre defining album where every track is a killer.

Nevermind: The only Nirvana album I don't own. Seriously. I am weird. In Utero is their finest work for me, raw reacting against the monster he'd created, it still takes my breath away.

But it still gets my vote as I've never been a fan of The Van Man.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Nevermind: The only Nirvana album I don't own. Seriously. I am weird. In Utero is their finest work for me, raw reacting against the monster he'd created, it still takes my breath away.

But it still gets my vote as I've never been a fan of The Van Man.

Yes. Yes you are (in a nice way :D)

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

I agree with Jonny regarding In Utero but Nevermind is still a gem. However stained it may be by overplaying and commercial misuse, the opening bars of 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' still make me want to throw a student off a stage.

 

[Rob Noxious]

'Astral Weeks' is out there on its own.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

I like Van Morrison, don't get me wrong. But Nevermind is surely one of the greatest albums of all time - raw, angry, energetic, genre-defining, hairs on the back of your neck stuff. It is utterly, utterly amazing.

Come As You Are
Smells Like Teen Spirit
In Bloom
Breed
Lithium
Stay Away
On a Plain

...each one of them is visceral, roaring, pure and thrilling. It is a work of comprehensive genius, and never mind what happened to Cobain after that. It is a masterpiece in its own right.

 

[Nobby Snide]

'Astral Weeks' is out there on its own.

cos it stinks like a huge pile of poo?


actually.not listened to it, so cant comment....but Nevermind.....gets my vote

 

[Mad Cyril]

Am I alone in thinking the MTV Unplugged album is a million times better than any of the studio albums?

 

[pickledseal]

actually.not listened to it, so cant comment....

Do it, your life will be better for the effort!

 

[BrettieAngell]

Nevermind, yet another genre defining album where every track is a killer.

Not Nirvana's best though.

 

[SUFC Forever]

Nevermind for me. Superb album.

 

[Ron Manager]

Not Nirvana's best but the album that made the world realise their genius. No contest for me.

 

[BrettieAngell]

Not Nirvana's best but the album that made the world realise their genius. No contest for me.

In Utero??

 

[Ron Manager]

In Utero??

No - great album though it is I prefer Bleach. To be fair though I think all three of them are classics, even the Unplugged one is pretty amazing.

 

[Mad Cyril]

It's a shame this wasn't Van McCoy against Nirvana because I know who would have got my vote.

Like Kurt Kobain he was also tragically taken from us when he still had so much to offer.

And he looked like Apollo Creed.

Van McCoy