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We're a pretty lively bunch over at the Cabs Club. I thought the results of our little poll might be worth a wider audience, especially for anyone thinking of exploring the Cab's back-catalogue or looking to plug those gaps in their collection. Thanks to Jay D for compiling the votes.
So here we go...
1. The Crackdown - 91 points
2. The Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord - 78 points
3. Micro-phonies - 71 points
4. Code - 46 points
5. Red Mecca - 44 points
6. Drinking Gasoline - 43 points
7. Plasticity - 36 points
8. 2X45 - 35 points
9. International Language - 31 points
10.Eight Crepuscule Tracks - 30 points
11.Groovy, Laidback and Nasty - 27 points
12.The Voice of America - 25 points
13.The Conversation - 20 points
14.Mix-Up - 16 points
15.Drain Train/Pressure Company - 14 points
16.Body and Soul - 11 points
17.Original Sound of Sheffield 83/87 - 10 points
18.Listen Up with CV - 8 points
19.Hai - 5 points
>20.Methodology - 4 points
>20.Live at the Hacienda - 4 points
>22.Colours - 3 points
>22.Living Legends - 3 points
>22.Technology: Western Reworks - 3 points
>25.Original Sound of Sheffield 78/82 - 1 point
>25.1974-1976 - 1 point
No points for 'Live at the YMCA', 'Live at the Lyceum', 'Percussion
Force' or 'Conform to Deform'.
For anyone who's interested, my own Top 10 votes were thus:
1. THE CRACKDOWN (the first CV album I ever bought - and my
introduction to underground electronic music c. 1984. All roads
lead from here...)
2. THE COVENANT, THE SWORD...(impacted on my psyche with such brutal force - don't think I'll ever recover)
3. THE VOICE OF AMERICA (the greatest Watson-era album imho.
Paranoia never sounded as good as this)
4. PLASTICITY (the first of the 'ambient trilogy' still the best - a high-watermark of '90s IDM)
5. CODE (side 1 is PERFECTION. Can you believe those journos slagged it off at the time? wankers!)
6. 8 CREPESCULE TRAX (I've tried to avoid comps/anthologies, but
this is just too good to miss out.)
7. DRINKING GASOLINE (maxi-single? double-EP? mini-album? who
cares - 'Big Funk' rocks!)
8. MIX-UP (easy listening for the hard of hearing)
9. RED MECCA (a great album only let down by the mixing in places)
10. 2x45 (would've scored higher, but 'Get Out of My face' outstays
it's welcome)
