4th BPB Poll results

 

The fourth BPB poll was one I was looking forward to running for a long time...reader's favourite King Crimson album.  KC is a band that means so very much to me, as anyone who knows me closely can attest.  Even though I (grumble grumble stupidbloodycarin2003grrhate) never got to see the band live in concert, I've probably listened to more King Crimson than any other band (if you add in all the concert recordings I've been lucky enough to acquire over the years).

Usually with polls I have some preconceived notions how they'll go.  Much the same is true here...I had a feeling the top albums would be Red and In the Court, and I was not at all mistaken.  Until the final day, the two were tied for total votes...and they nearly ended up tied too.

There were some surprises though.

I expected Discipline to end up polling higher.  4th isn't a disappointment, but I figured for sure it'd have come in above Larks.  The other huge surprise for me was how low The Power to Believe came in.  I know a lot of people who find that album to be a modern KC classic, so to finish with only 3 votes out of over 200 cast was a complete shock to me.

In any event...213 votes total, which I believe is tops for a poll on this site to date.

And a new poll to follow this weekend...be ready!


Red  50 (23%)
In the Court of the Crimson King  49 (23%)
Larks Tongues in Aspic  29 (13%)
Discipline  24 (11%)
Lizard  17 (7%)
Islands  12 (5%)
Starless and Bible Black  12 (5%)
Three of a Perfect Pair  5 (2%)
THRaK  5 (2%)
In the Wake of Poseidon  3 (1%)
The Power to Believe  3 (1%)
The ConstruKCtion of Light  2 (0%)
Beat  2 (0%)



Votes : 213
Closed 2 October 2010 11:59 PM
Poll Length: 14 days

POLL #2 RESULTS: favourite 'Big Six' band

To say I was thrilled with the response to this poll would be the understatement of the year. I figured I’d be happy with 100 votes…to blow past 150 was insane beyond my wildest dreams. And it was close the whole way, too; while Crimson and Floyd pulled away quickly, it was neck and neck for them the entire run of the poll, with neither group getting more than 1 or 2 votes ahead at any point.

Thanks to everyone who took part…a new poll will be posted later this evening!

King Crimson 43 (25%)
Pink Floyd 42 (25%)
Genesis 29 (17%)
Yes 25 (15%)
Emerson Lake and Palmer 14 (8%)
Jethro Tull 13 (7%)

Total votes: 166

The State of the Blog, 3 August 2010

You will have noticed, perhaps, that there was no State of the Blog post on Saturday last week.

This was perhaps less than intentional, yet I will admit that there was a bit of relief in not writing one, and instead simply posting some release news.

Tonight's SotB post will likely be a brief one, but I did want to draw your attention to the right hand side of the site, where I have a series of links to other pages on my blog. It's right there, under where the poll was, and above the Google Search box. See it now? Well, there's a new page there.

As polls complete, I'll be archiving the results on a new page, creatively entitled "Past Poll Archives." Pretty witty, huh? I thought so too, actually. Seriously now, any polls I run from here on out will have their results posted there, with the newest poll posted at the top. This way it will be easy to see what we've voted on in the past, and have a record of those results.

For those too busy to hit the page to see the final results of the first poll, I'll copy and paste them below just for you. But this will be the last time. Next time, click the link, OK?

Anyway...

Who was your favourite band at NEARfest 2010:

Steve Hackett 20 (47%)
The Enid 19 (45%)
Iona 11 (26%)
Three Friends 10 (23%)
Forgas Band Phenomenon 8 (19%)
Riverside 7 (16%)
Eddie Jobson/U-Z Project 7 (16%)
Astra 6 (14%)
Moraine 5 (11%)
The Pineapple Thief 1 (2%)

As always, I want to thank you for stopping by, for reading, for voting, for taking part. There's a lot of very cool stuff coming up, including some more insightful interviews, some great albums and reviews, and hopefully a contest or two in the not so distant future. Keep your eyes peeled, and keep visiting!

Thanks, and have a proggy night!