Jake.

Damn, you're right. My mistake for nominating it though (I recall being rather tired when I did them, so it's no surprise that I nominated this and a Muse song from 2000 in error.) I can't think of another Eels song from their first two albums to replace it (at least not one that I'd want to nominate). As a substitute Colm, I'll settle for Depeche Mode's 'World In My Eyes' (I'll edit it into my original nominations post).

They're albums. Sorry, I probably should've made that a bit clearer... :lol:

Georgia Ruth - Fossil Scale - 7th October Warpaint - Head's Up - 23rd September Factory Floor - 25 25 - 19th August Boys Forever - Boys Forever - 5th August Banks & Steelz - Anything But Words - 26th August Merchandise - A Corpse Wired for Sound - 23rd September

Out of ones that haven't been mentioned yet, Minor Victories and Yak have released great debuts this year which I think could maybe get nominated. Second albums from Eagulls and Teleman, whose debuts weren't nominated, were also pretty good as well.

Albums Viola Beach - Viola Beach Nao - For All We Know Puro Instinct - Autodrama Death Grips - Bottomless Pit CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye (Extended Edition) Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (Super Deluxe Boxset) Tegan and Sara - Love You To Death (White Vinyl) Downloads Regina Spektor - Bleeding Heart The Divine Comedy - Catherine the Great Kaiser Chiefs - Parachute Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Come With Us Jenny Hval - Female Vampire Jenny Hval - Conceptual Romance White Lies - Take It Out On Me Deap Vally - Smile More Singles New Order - People On The High Line (CD) I received quite a few vouchers etc for my birthday (which paid for the T&S vinyl, New Gold Dream box and the downloads) hence purchasing way more than usual...

'Soundcheck' has ended up being my favourite track on the album. And it actually took me a while to get into them too, mostly because I found them at first to be a slightly below-average indie band ("Think of Razorlight if they were a bit more middle-of-the-road", was how I described the album to someone around the time of its release). Said description is something I still agree with to a certain extent, and it does slightly baffle me as to how they've ended up selling so many albums when there's been far superior releases by Mystery Jets, The Vaccines, The Cribs, et al in the time since 'The Balcony' was released, which perhaps deserve more attention. But still, they're far from terrible and I tend to be a sucker for most indie bands, so that's probably why I've ended up liking them :lol:

Question 1 -> Predict the Official Top 10 Singles of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ - Cold Water 02. Jonas Blue/JP Cooper - Perfect Strangers 03. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance 04. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down 05. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better 06. Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own 07. Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl 08. Drake/Rihanna - Too Good 09. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For 10. Kent Jones - Don't Mind Question 2 -> Predict the Official Top 5 Albums of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Viola Beach - Viola Beach 02. Christine and the Queens - Chaleur Humaine 03. Electric Light Orchestra - All Over the World: The Very Best Of 04. Adele - 25 05. Drake - Views Question 3 -> Predict the sales (including streaming) of the #1 single to the nearest thousand [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 114k Question 4 -> Bonii [all questions worth 5 points for a correct answer and 0 points for an incorrect answer] • Predict the highest new entry in the top 40 Bastille - Fake It • Predict the biggest climber within the top 40 M.O - Who Do You Think Of? • Predict the fastest faller within the top 40 Desiigner - Panda • Predict the number of entries (new or re-entries) in the UK Top 40 3

Ah, I knew I'd end up nominating something that wasn't eligible without realising... I'll settle for 'Cave' ^_^

Singles Pet Shop Boys - Inner Sanctum (12" Vinyl) For the first week in ages, there aren't any new release albums I have any interest in buying. I'll be streaming Bear's Den and MSTRKRFT's albums though.

Question 1 -> Predict the Official Top 10 Singles of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ - Cold Water 02. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance 03. Jonas Blue/JP Cooper - Perfect Strangers 04. Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own 05. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down 06. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better 07. Drake/Rihanna - Too Good 08. Kungs vs Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl 09. Clean Bandit/Louisa Johnson - Tears 10. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For Question 2 -> Predict the Official Top 5 Albums of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Adele - 25 02. Christine and the Queens - Chaleur Humaine 03. Drake - Views 04. Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis 05. Bear's Den - Red Earth and Pouring Rain Question 3 -> Predict the sales (including streaming) of the #1 single to the nearest thousand [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 75k Question 4 -> Bonii [all questions worth 5 points for a correct answer and 0 points for an incorrect answer] • Predict the highest new entry in the top 40 Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ - Cold Water • Predict the biggest climber within the top 40 Christine and the Queens - Tilted • Predict the fastest faller within the top 40 Coldplay - Hymn For The Weekend • Predict the number of entries (new or re-entries) in the UK Top 40 4

Beth Orton - She Cries Your Name Beth Orton - Touch Me With Your Love Blur - Charmless Man The Breeders - Cannonball The Cardigans - My Favourite Game Curve - Horror Head Death In Vegas feat Iggy Pop - Aisha Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes The Divine Comedy - Generation Sex Elastica - Connection Garbage - Vow Hole - Celebrity Skin Lush - Nothing Natural Manic Street Preachers - Revol Manic Street Preachers - She Is Suffering Massive Attack - Karmacoma Muse - Cave Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand The Orb - Blue Room PJ Harvey - Down By The Water Primal Scream - Swastika Eyes Portishead - All Mine Pulp - Help the Aged Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kiss Them For Me Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station The Smashing Pumpkins - Zero Sonic Youth - Kool Thing Suede - We Are The Pigs Super Furry Animals - Hermann Loves Pauline

Albums Bright Light Bright Light - Choreography (Recordstore.co.uk Signed Edition) Björk - Vulnicura Live Michael Kiwanuka - Love and Hate I'll probably stream Good Charlotte and Jeff Beck. Might get round to downloading the Banks and Britney singles later...

Albums Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis (Deluxe) Shura - Nothing's Real The Avalanches - Wildflower Róisín Murphy - Take Her Up to Monto Aphex Twin - Cheetah (EP)

Question 1 -> Predict the Official Top 10 Singles of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance 02. Kungs/Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl 03. Drake/Rihanna - Too Good 04. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down 05. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For 06. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) 07. Jonas Blue/JP Cooper - Perfect Strangers 08. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling 09. Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own 10. Clean Bandit/Louisa - Tears Question 2 -> Predict the Official Top 5 Albums of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis 02. Adele - 25 03. Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams 04. Beyoncé - Lemonade 05. The Avalanches - Wildflower Question 3 -> Predict the sales (including streaming) of the #1 single to the nearest thousand [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 55k Question 4 -> Bonii [all questions worth 5 points for a correct answer and 0 points for an incorrect answer] • Predict the highest new entry in the top 40 Olly Murs - You Don't Know Love • Predict the biggest climber within the top 40 Jonas Blue/JP Cooper - Perfect Strangers • Predict the fastest faller within the top 40 Sigala/John Newman/Nile Rodgers - Give Me Your Love • Predict the number of entries (new or re-entries) in the UK Top 40 4

I don't think it's that bad tbh, but then again it's hardly as great as the artwork from the 'Overpowered' era is it? Still, this GIF of her is one of my favourite things at the moment... It certainly is, though I probably should've mentioned that in the first post actually. Moloko were actually pretty good, though I personally prefer the two albums from the mid/late '90s that were released prior to their period of bigger commercial success.