Artist of the Month - April '21 - The Velvet Underground - Results!
Artist of the Month - April '21 - The Velvet Underground - Results!
Hello and welcome to the results for April 2021! First up I'm going to show the six albums ranked, and tomorrow start on the songs.
"The better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying."
Re: Artist of the Month - April '21 - The Velvet Underground - Results!
6. Squeeze (1973)
192.726 Points | 14 Votes
Biggest Fans: Father2TheMan (#5)
5. VU (1985)
409.019 Points | 21 Votes
AM Rank: 5 (1595)
2020 AMF Rank: 5 (921)
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#2)
4. White Light/White Heat (1968)
489.625 Points | 24 Votes
AM Rank: 3 (199)
2020 AMF Rank: 3 (214)
Biggest Fans: Holden, Live in Phoenix, ordinaryperson (#2)
3. Loaded (1970)
577.239 Points | 24 Votes
AM Rank: 4 (268)
2020 AMF Rank: 4 (232)
Biggest Fans: andyd1010 (#1)
2. The Velvet Underground (1969)
694.851 Points | 24 Votes
AM Rank: 2 (188)
2020 AMF Rank: 2 (65)
Biggest Fans: Chris K., Fred, griffo, Madzong, Schüttelbirne (#1)
1. The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
890.208 Points | 24 Votes
AM Rank: 1 (4)
2020 AMF Rank: 1 (2)
Biggest Fans: aalamar, antonius, carlos74, DaveC, Father2TheMan, FrankLotion, griffo, Holden, Honorio, Jackson, Live in Phoenix, Miguel, mileswide, Nassim, ordinaryperson, Rocky Raccoon, StyleItTakes, Vinceluka (#1)
"The better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying."
Re: Artist of the Month - April '21 - The Velvet Underground - Results!
50. "Friends" (1973)
35.492 Points | 6 Votes
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#19)
49. "Little Jack" (1973)
38.533 Points | 5 Votes
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#14)
48. "Train Round the Bend" (1970)
41.320 Points | 7 Votes
Biggest Fans: Jackson (#32)
47. "Ride Into the Sun" (1986)
46.544 Points | 5 Votes
Biggest Fans: Madzong (#11)
46. "Lonesome Cowboy Bill" (1970)
52.448 Points | 9 Votes
Biggest Fans: aalamar (#19)
45. "One of These Days" (1985)
64.649 Points | 10 Votes
Biggest Fans: Madzong (#21)
44. "She's My Best Friend" (1985)
70.930 Points | 10 Votes
Biggest Fans: Vinceluka (#16)
43. "The Murder Mystery" (1969)
72.416 Points | 10 Votes
Biggest Fans: Schüttelbirne (#13)
42. "Andy's Chest" (1985)
75.326 Points | 9 Votes
Biggest Fans: aalamar (#8), mileswide (#9)
41. "The Gift" (1968)
76.517 Points | 10 Votes
Biggest Fans: antonius, Father2TheMan, Schüttelbirne (#17)
40. "Head Held High" (1970)
77.275 Points | 13 Votes
Biggest Fans: Fred (#19)
39. "Some Kinda Love" (1969)
77.487 Points | 12 Votes
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#18)
38. "Cool It Down" (1970)
81.439 Points | 11 Votes
Biggest Fans: aalamar (#12)
37. "European Son" (1967)
82.713 Points | 12 Votes
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#17)
36. "That's the Story of My Life" (1969)
86.796 Points | 13 Votes
Biggest Fans: Nassim (#15)
35. "Lisa Says" (1974)
90.309 Points | 12 Votes
Biggest Fans: Holden (#11)
34. "Temptation Inside Your Heart" (1985)
92.696 Points | 14 Votes
Biggest Fans: Honorio (#16)
33. "Here She Comes Now" (1967)
92.706 Points | 11 Votes
Biggest Fans: Nassim (#9)
32. "New Age" (1970)
93.288 Points | 13 Votes
Biggest Fans: Fred (#14)
31. "I'm Sticking With You" (1985)
97.230 Points | 13 Votes
Biggest Fans: Father2TheMan (#18)
35.492 Points | 6 Votes
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#19)
49. "Little Jack" (1973)
38.533 Points | 5 Votes
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#14)
48. "Train Round the Bend" (1970)
41.320 Points | 7 Votes
Biggest Fans: Jackson (#32)
47. "Ride Into the Sun" (1986)
46.544 Points | 5 Votes
Biggest Fans: Madzong (#11)
46. "Lonesome Cowboy Bill" (1970)
52.448 Points | 9 Votes
Biggest Fans: aalamar (#19)
45. "One of These Days" (1985)
64.649 Points | 10 Votes
Biggest Fans: Madzong (#21)
44. "She's My Best Friend" (1985)
70.930 Points | 10 Votes
Biggest Fans: Vinceluka (#16)
43. "The Murder Mystery" (1969)
72.416 Points | 10 Votes
Biggest Fans: Schüttelbirne (#13)
42. "Andy's Chest" (1985)
75.326 Points | 9 Votes
Biggest Fans: aalamar (#8), mileswide (#9)
41. "The Gift" (1968)
76.517 Points | 10 Votes
Biggest Fans: antonius, Father2TheMan, Schüttelbirne (#17)
40. "Head Held High" (1970)
77.275 Points | 13 Votes
Biggest Fans: Fred (#19)
39. "Some Kinda Love" (1969)
77.487 Points | 12 Votes
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#18)
38. "Cool It Down" (1970)
81.439 Points | 11 Votes
Biggest Fans: aalamar (#12)
37. "European Son" (1967)
82.713 Points | 12 Votes
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#17)
36. "That's the Story of My Life" (1969)
86.796 Points | 13 Votes
Biggest Fans: Nassim (#15)
35. "Lisa Says" (1974)
90.309 Points | 12 Votes
Biggest Fans: Holden (#11)
34. "Temptation Inside Your Heart" (1985)
92.696 Points | 14 Votes
Biggest Fans: Honorio (#16)
33. "Here She Comes Now" (1967)
92.706 Points | 11 Votes
Biggest Fans: Nassim (#9)
32. "New Age" (1970)
93.288 Points | 13 Votes
Biggest Fans: Fred (#14)
31. "I'm Sticking With You" (1985)
97.230 Points | 13 Votes
Biggest Fans: Father2TheMan (#18)
"The better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying."
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30. "Lady Godiva's Operation" (1968)Dressed in silk, latin lace and envy
Pride and joy of the latest penny fare
Pretty passing care
Hair today now dipped in the water
Making love to every poor daughter's son
Isn't it fun?
109.880 Points | 12 Votes
Biggest Fans: ordinaryperson (#7)
29. "The Black Angel's Death Song" (1967)Myriad had choice of his fate
Set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose
What had he to lose?
Not a ghost bloodied country all covered with sleep
Where the Black Angel did weep not an old city street in the east
Gone to choose
110.583 Points | 14 Votes
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#6)
28. "Foggy Notion" (1985)She's over by the corner
Got her hands by her sides
They hit her harder, harder, harder
'Til they thought she might die
113.468 Points | 14 Votes
AM Rank: 13 (4694)
Biggest Fans: ordinaryperson, Vinceluka (#14)
27. "I'm Set Free" (1969)I've been blinded but now I can see
What in the world has happened to me
The prince of stories who walks right by me
119.669 Points | 13 Votes
Biggest Fans: DaveC (#7), andyd1010, Chris K. (#10)
26. "I Heard Her Call My Name" (1968)Ever since I was on cripple Monday
Got my eyeballs on my knees, aww baby, walkin'
I rapped for hours with Mad Mary Williams
Said she never understood a word from me
124.599 Points | 12 Votes
AM Rank: 14 (4868)
Biggest Fans: Fred (#2), mileswide (#7), Jackson (#8), Honorio (#10)
25. "I Found a Reason" (1970)Honey, I found a reason to keep living
And you know the reason, dear, it's you
And I've walked down life's lonely highways
Hand in hand with myself
124.897 Points | 14 Votes
2018 AMF Rank: 10 (1319)
Biggest Fans: FrankLotion (#3), ,andyd1010 (#8)
24. "Ocean" (1974)Earth is a hollow hair, part of a bigger head
It nearly drives me crazy
In the harmoniums
They have small rubber ducks
Recording all our actions
125.818 Points | 14 Votes
Biggest Fans: Fred (#3), Chris K. (#8)
23. "I Can't Stand It" (1985)It's hard being a man
Living in a garbage pail
My landlady called me up
She tried to hit me with a mop
129.050 Points | 15 Votes
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#4), Live in Phoenix (#10)
22. "Run Run Run" (1967)Marguerita Passion, I had to get her fixed
She wasn't well, she was getting sick
Went to sell her soul, she wasn't high
Didn't know, thinks she could buy it
141.211 Points | 14 Votes
Biggest Fans: griffo (#9)
21. "Jesus" (1969)Jesus, help me find my proper place
Jesus, help me find my proper place
Help me in my weakness
'Cause I'm falling out of grace
142.701 Points | 13 Votes
Biggest Fans: Schüttelbirne (#1), Chris K. (#2)
20. "Stephanie Says" (1985)But she's not afraid to die
The people all call her Alaska
Between worlds so the people ask her
'Cause it's all in her mind
It's all in her mind
144.772 Points | 15 Votes
AM Rank: 17 (8736)
Biggest Fans: Honorio (#6), andyd1010 (#9)
19. "After Hours" (1969)Dark party bars, shiny Cadillac cars
And the people on subways and trains
Looking gray in the rain as they stand disarrayed
Oh, but people look well in the dark
149.447 Points | 12 Votes
Biggest Fans: Schüttelbirne (#3), Nassim (#6), mileswide (#8), Jackson (#9), Father2TheMan (#10)
18. "I'll Be Your Mirror" (1966)When you think the night has seen your mind
That inside you're twisted and unkind
Let me stand to show that you are blind
Please put down your hands
'Cause I see you
155.823 Points | 13 Votes
Biggest Fans: Miguel (#4), antonius (#6), Fred (#8)
17. "Beginning to See the Light" (1969)Hey, now, baby I'm beginning to see the light
I met myself in a dream
And I just want to tell you, everything was alright
Hey now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light
158.985 Points | 17 Votes
Biggest Fans: Madzong (#9)
16. "White Light/White Heat" (1967)Aw, I surely do love watching that stuff shoot itself in
Hmm, hmm, white light
Watch that side, watch that side
Don't you know it's gonna be dead in the drive?
183.500 Points | 17 Votes
AM Rank: 11 (3242)
Biggest Fans: Holden, Vinceluka (#7), griffo (#8), Madzong, ordinaryperson (#10)
15. "Sister Ray" (1968)Rosey and Miss Rayon
They're busy waiting for her booster
Who just got back from Carolina
She said she didn't like the weather
201.270 Points | 17 Votes
AM Rank: 7 (1057)
2018 AMF Rank: 12 (1755)
Biggest Fans: Live in Phoenix (#2), Holden, Jackson, ordinaryperson (#6), Neil (#7), Schüttelbirne (#8)
14. "Who Loves the Sun" (1970)Who loves the rain
Who cares that it makes flowers
Who cares that it makes showers
Since you broke my heart
202.509 Points | 17 Votes
AM Rank: 12 (4041)
Biggest Fans: andyd1010, Madzong (#7), aalamar, DaveC (#9)
13. "There She Goes Again" (1967)There she goes again
She's knocked out on her feet again
She's down on her knees, my friend
But you know she'll never ask you please again
215.008 Points | 18 Votes
AM Rank: 16 (5481)
Biggest Fans: Live in Phoenix (#4), Miguel (#5), Vinceluka (#6), aalamar, Holden (#10)
12. "Candy Says" (1969)"I'm going to watch the blue birds fly
Over my shoulder
I'm going to watch them pass me by
Maybe when I'm older
What do you think I'd see
If I could walk away from me?"
221.618 Points | 17 Votes
2018 AMF Rank: 13 (1776)
Biggest Fans: Honorio (#2), Gillingham (#3), Miguel, Nassim (#7), Chris K., FrankLotion (#9), DaveC, Schüttelbirne (#10)
11. "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" (1970)Say a word for Pearly May
She can't tell the night from the day
They threw her out in the street
Just like a cat she landed on her feet
255.389 Points | 18 Votes
2018 AMF Rank: 11 (1513)
Biggest Fans: mileswide (#1), Madzong (#2), Nassim (#5), aalamar, Chris K., FrankLotion (#7), Gillingham (#9)
"The better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying."
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I'm going up, and I'm going down
I'm going to fly from side to side
See the bells up in the sky
Somebody's cut the string in two
10. "What Goes On" (1969)
259.022 Points | 20 Votes
AM Rank: 15 (5448)
Biggest Fans: Miguel (#3), andyd1010, Chris K. (#5)
You're written in her book
You're number thirty seven, have a look
She's going to smile to make you frown, what a clown
Little boy, she's from the street
Before you start, you're already beat
She's going to play you for a fool, yes it's true
9. "Femme Fatale" (1966)
280.667 Points | 20 Votes
AM Rank: 10 (2231)
2018 AMF Rank: 9 (1096)
Biggest Fans: Miguel (#2), aalamar, antonius (#3), DaveC (#6), Father2TheMan (#8), Live in Phoenix, ordinaryperson (#9), Nassim, Neil (#10)
A blackened shroud, a hand-me-down gown
Of rags and silks, a costume
Fit for one who sits and cries
For all tomorrow's parties
8. "All Tomorrow's Parties" (1966)
316.282 Points | 20 Votes
AM Rank: 9 (1493)
2018 AMF Rank: 7 (613)
Biggest Fans: Vinceluka (#1), Live in Phoenix (#3), Father2TheMan, Nassim (#4), ordinaryperson, Schüttelbirne (#5), Miguel (#6), griffo (#7), antonius, Honorio (#8), Neil (#9), Fred, mileswide (#10)
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
You know she don't believe what she heard at all
She started shakin' to that fine, fine music
You know her life was saved by rock 'n' roll
7. "Rock and Roll" (1970)
343.665 Points | 20 Votes
AM Rank: 4 (497)
2018 AMF Rank: 8 (785)
Biggest Fans: Fred (#1), Father2TheMan (#3), aalamar, Neil (#4), FrankLotion, Holden, mileswide (#5), andyd1010, Madzong (#6), Gillingham (#7), ordinaryperson (#8), griffo, Jackson, Miguel, Vinceluka (#10)
If I could make the world as pure
And strange as what I see
I'd put you in the mirror
I put in front of me
6. "Pale Blue Eyes" (1969)
427.440 Points | 21 Votes
AM Rank: 8 (1206)
2018 AMF Rank: 5 (366)
Biggest Fans: Nassim (#1), Gillingham, griffo (#2), Chris K., DaveC, Madzong (#3), andyd1010, Honorio, Schüttelbirne (#4), Father2TheMan, Live in Phoenix, Vinceluka (#5), Neil (#6), antonius, Jackson (#7), Miguel (#8), FrankLotion (#10)
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant, don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
5. "Venus in Furs" (1967)
434.605 Points | 21 Votes
AM Rank: 5 (505)
2018 AMF Rank: 2 (129)
Biggest Fans: Chris K., DaveC, Jackson (#1), Nassim, Schüttelbirne (#2), Holden, Honorio (#3), ordinaryperson (#4), antonius (#5), Father2TheMan, Fred, Gillingham, griffo (#6), FrankLotion, Live in Phoenix, Neil (#8)
Here he comes, he's all dressed in black
PR shoes and a big straw hat
He's never early, he's always late
First thing you learn is that you always gotta wait
4. "I'm Waiting for the Man" (1967)
435.975 Points | 21 Votes
AM Rank: 2 (105)
2018 AMF Rank: 4 (222)
Biggest Fans: antonius, Holden (#1), DaveC, Father2TheMan, Neil (#2), ordinaryperson (#3), FrankLotion, griffo, Jackson, Vinceluka (#4), Fred, Honorio, Madzong (#5), aalamar (#6), Gillingham (#10)
Some people, they like to go out dancin'
And other peoples, they have to work, just watch me now
And there's even some evil mothers
Well, they're gonna tell you that everything is just dirt
3. "Sweet Jane" (1970)
494.300 Points | 22 Votes
AM Rank: 3 (261)
2018 AMF Rank: 6 (385)
Biggest Fans: aalamar, andyd1010, Madzong, Neil, ordinaryperson (#1), antonius, FrankLotion, Holden (#2), Fred (#4), Gillingham, griffo, Jackson (#5), Chris K. (#6), Honorio, Schüttelbirne (#7), DaveC (#8), Father2TheMan, Miguel, Vinceluka (#9)
When I put a spike into my vein
And I tell you things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushin' on my run
And I feel just like Jesus' son
2. "Heroin" (1967)
496.450 Points | 22 Votes
AM Rank: 1 (101)
2018 AMF Rank: Father2TheMan, FrankLotion, griffo (#1), aalamar, andyd1010, ordinaryperson (#2), Jackson, mileswide, Nassim, Neil (#3), antonius, Gillingham, Holden (#4), DaveC (#5), Live in Phoenix, Schüttelbirne (#6), Vinceluka (#8), Fred, Honorio (#9)
Biggest Fans:
Sunday morning and I'm falling
I've got a feeling I don't want to know
Early dawning, Sunday morning
It's all the streets you crossed not so long ago
1. "Sunday Morning" (1966)
544.836 Points | 22 Votes
AM Rank: 6 (894)
2018 AMF Rank: 3 (175)
Biggest Fans: Gillingham, Honorio, Live in Phoenix, Miguel (#1), Jackson, mileswide, Vinceluka (#2), andyd1010, griffo (#3), Chris K., DaveC, Madzong (#4), aalamar, Neil (#5), FrankLotion (#6), Father2TheMan, Fred (#7), Holden, Nassim (#8), antonius, Schüttelbirne (#9)
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Re: Artist of the Month - April '21 - The Velvet Underground - Results!
Another coup! Happy, of course, that Sunday Morning took the #1 spot.