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CL's Favourite Albums: The Semis - Revolver v Bridge Over Troubled Water

Addick in SW16
Addick in SW16 Posts: 1,421
edited November 2017 in Not Sports Related
The Semi Finals are here. Each semi-finalist has been ranked based on the amount of votes each received in the previous two rounds.

Revolver: 63
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: 61
Nevermind: 53
Bridge Over Troubled Water: 44
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SEMI FINAL 1

Album Name: Revolver
Atrist: The Beatles
Release Year: 1966

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Track Listing:

1. Taxman
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. I'm Only Sleeping
4. Love You To
5. Here, There and Everywhere
6. Yellow Submarine
7. She Said She Said
8. Good Day Sunshine
9. And Your Bird Can Sing
10. For No One
11. Doctor Robert
12. I Want To Tell You
13. Got To Get You Into My Life
14. Tomorrow Never Knows

Revolver eased past Pet Sounds 26 - 9 in the first knock out round and scraped past Dark Side of the Moon 35 - 31 in the quarters.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0PYyrqs9NXtxPhf0CZkq2L

Album Name: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Atrist: Simon & Garfunkel
Release Year: 1970

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Track Listing:

1. Bridge over Troubled Water
2. El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
3. Cecilia
4. Keep the Customer Satisfied
5. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
6. The Boxer
7. Baby Driver
8. The Only Living Boy in New York
9. Why Don't You Write Me
10. Bye Bye Love
11. Song for the Asking

Bridge saw off Rumours 22 -13 in the round of 16 and overcame Blue 20 - 13 in the quarters, much to the shock and outrage of many.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0JwHz5SSvpYWuuCNbtYZoV

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Comments

  • StreekDerek
    StreekDerek Posts: 352
    Bridge for me.
  • Nadou
    Nadou Posts: 1,725
    Revolver for me. I love S & G (Simon especially) but there are a few slightly iffy saccharine tracks on Bridge Over Troubled Water. On Revolver even the potentially sentimental Eleanor Rigby has a cutting edge. Only Yellow Submarine nearly sinks the Revolver ship.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    Should have been Blue

    Should have been Blue

    Should have been Blue

    Should have been Blue

    Should have been Blue

    Should have been Blue

    Should have been Blue

    Should have been Blue


    Both great collections of songs but Revolver for me.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Revolver. By a fine margin
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    Revolver. Listened to it the other day and probably my favourite Beatles album
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    Revolver
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Revolver
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Revolver. Said it from day one will probably win. But it doesn't win this round by much
  • addickfanatic
    addickfanatic Posts: 1,113
    Revolver
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    Revolver
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  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,912
    BOTW
  • 3blokes
    3blokes Posts: 4,610
    Revolver from here
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,805
    Revolver
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    Revolver
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,624
    Revolver.
  • Harry Gregory
    Harry Gregory Posts: 869
    I have not voted in this before. In my opinion Revolver is the best Beatles album, it is not just of its day but still is a great album now. BOTW is also a great album but not as diverse in sound.

    Revolver it is by a country mile.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Revolver
  • Shrew
    Shrew Posts: 5,749
    On the 'which album I would prefer to be stuck with on a desert island test' its BOTW.
  • RalphMilnesgut
    RalphMilnesgut Posts: 1,751
    Revolver for me
  • 24 Red
    24 Red Posts: 578
    Yep, Revolver for me too. Gonna be a landslide.
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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    There are some great bits of music on Bridge Over Troubled Water, but, for me, Revolver wins this by a country mile.

    Any other group releasing songs like Eleanor Rigby, And Your Bird Can Sing or Tomorrow Never Knows could rest well, knowing they'd reached a nirvana. The Beatles didn't. This album is a work of almost unimaginable genius.
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,195
    Bridge OTW by a mile for me, but then I can't stand the Beatles.
  • LennyLowrent
    LennyLowrent Posts: 2,705
    Revolver for me I suppose...
    Paul Simon at that time was just warming up. What he did on his own later (and still does) is pure gold.
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Revolver. I heard it for the first time in the 90s.

    It was called Revolver because the LP revolves (you already know that I’m sure).

    BOTW is a great album, but I hate the title track.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    Revolver

    Much as I love the Beatles, the prospect of an all Beatles final is like then 2 English teams reach the Champions League final, somehow it loses a bit of excitement
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,295
    Revolver
  • johnny73
    johnny73 Posts: 4,567
    Revolver wins by quality of songs and as an album.
  • CharltonKerry
    CharltonKerry Posts: 2,958
    Same as U boats comments, not a Beatles fan, and I always thought bridge over troubled waters was a great Album, so despite the voting above and hoping for a miracle it’s Bridge for me.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    BOTW for me.
  • Missed It
    Missed It Posts: 2,733
    Should have had a 4 way royal rumble to finish. This one is no contest

    Revolver

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