From: kevinmoore@cruz.com (Kevin Moore) Albums: People were asked to name their 3 favorite albums, in order. The first choice received 3 points, the seconds received 2 pts. and the third received 1 point. Last place was dominated by Goodbye Cruel World which pulled in 0 votes. Slightly outpacing it were: 1 Ten Bloody Mary's 2 Live at El Mocambo 3 Mighty Like a Rose 3 Punch the Clock A little more well received were: 7.5 Spike 9 Juliet Letters Next came: 16 Brutal Youth 17 Blood & Chocolate 17.5 Armed Forces Then: 21 My Aim is True 22 Trust and, by itself in 4th place, the ever-controversial, loved and hated: 30 This Year's Model There was a tie for 2nd place: * * * * 47 King of America * * * * and * * * * 47 Get Happy! * * * * (so much for suspense) * * * the number one Elvis Costello album, at least of the last two weeks, is... * * * * 50 Imperial Bedroom Another way to look at it would be to simply assign one unweighted vote per choice. This yields surprisingly similar results 25 Imperial Bedroom 21 King Of America 20 Get Happy! 14 This Year's Model 12 Trust 10 Blood and Chocolate 10 My Aim Is True 9 Armed Forces 9 Brutal Youth 5 Spike 4 The Juliet Letters 2 Mighty Like A Rose 2 Punch The Clock 1 Live at El Mocambo 1 Ten Bloody Marys The top 5 remain the same except King of America breaks the tie and edges out Get Happy! for #2. Subject: ***POLL RESULTS: Songs*** Amazingly, there were 198 different songs that made it into the top 20 list of at least one person. Here is the entire list in ascending order (to increase the suspense). (I was thinking of having a second poll for people to guess the results of the first.) drum roll please... 1 St. Stephen Day Murders 1 13 Steps Lead Down 1 After the Fall 1 Any King's Shilling 1 Big Sister 1 Charm School 1 Chemistry Class 1 Chewing gum 1 Clean Money 1 Damnation's Cellar 1 Dr. Luther's Assistant 1 Expert Rites 1 Favourite Hour 1 For Other Eyes 1 From Head to Toe 1 Georgie and Her Rival 1 Glitter Gulch 1 He's Got You 1 Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head 1 Honey Are You Straight Or Are You Blind 1 Human Touch 1 Hurry Down Doomsday 1 Imagination 1 Imperial Bedroom 1 Just About Glad 1 Living in Paradise 1 Lovable 1 Love Went Mad 1 Pads Paws and Claws 1 Painting the Town Red 1 Pay It Back 1 Peace in Our Time 1 Romeo's Seance 1 Room With No Number 1 Running Out of Angels 1 Sad Burlesque 1 Science Fiction Twin 1 Shoes Without Heels 1 So Young 1 Still Too Soon to Know 1 Sweet Dreams 1 Swine 1 The Big Light 1 The Birds Will Still Be Singing 1 The Deportee's Club 1 The Next Time Around 1 The People's Limousine 1 This Offer Is Unrepeatable 1 This Sad Burlesque 1 TKO 1 We Despise You 2 All Grown Up 2 Big Tears 2 Busy Bodies 2 Coal Train Robberies 2 Getting Mighty Crowded 2 Ghost Train 2 Good Year For the Roses 2 Little Fool 2 Little Triggers 2 Love Field 2 Miss MacBeth 2 Next Time Round 2 Red Shoes 2 Secondary Modern 2 Seconds of Pleasure 2 Senior Service 2 Stranger in the House 2 Sunday's Best 2 Tears Before Bedtime 2 The Invisible Man 2 This is Hell 2 Tiny Steps 2 Tokyo Storm Warning 2 Turning the Town Red 3 20% Amnesia 3 5ive Gears in Reverse 3 Baby Plays Around 3 Blame it on Cain 3 Clowntime is Over 3 CrawlingtotheU.S.A. 3 Fish 'N' Chip Paper 3 From a Whisper To a Scream 3 How To Be Dumb 3 I Almost Had a Weakness 3 I'm Not Angry 3 Jacksons, Monk & Rowe 3 Kid About It 3 LipService 3 No Dancing 3 Satellite 3 Shot With His Own Gun 3 Sneaky Feelings 3 Sweet Pear 3 The Comedians 3 This Town 3 Town Cryer 3 Uncomplicated 3 Welcome to the Working Week 3 You Belong to Me 3 You'll Never Be a Man 4 GirlsTalk 4 I HopeYou're Happy Now 4 Just a Memory 4 Lovers' Walk 4 Miracle Man 4 Motel Matches 4 Night Rally 4 Opportunity 4 Poor Napoleon 4 Psycho 4 Radio Sweetheart 4 Tempatation 4 The Beat 4 The Element Within Her 4 The Other Side of Summer 4 White Knuckles 5 And in Every Home 5 Battered Old Bird 5 Big Sister's Clothes 5 Black Sails 5 CrimesOfParis 5 Goon Squad 5 Indoor Fireworks 5 Our Little Angel 5 Pills & Soap 5 Pony St. 5 Sleep Of The Just 5 Taking My Life in Your Hands 5 The Imposter 5 The Loved Ones 5 What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, & Understanding 6 Big Boys 6 Couldn't Call it Unexpected 6 HeathenTown 6 Let Him Dangle 6 Let All Them Talk 6 Men Called Uncle 6 Poisoned Rose 6 Possession 6 ShabbyDoll 6 The Greatest Thing 6 Tramp The Dirt Down 6 Veronica 6 Waiting For The End of The World 6 You Little Fool 6 You Tripped at Every Step 7 All the Rage 7 Almost Blue 7 Clown Strike 7 I'll Wear It Proudly 7 Kinder Murder 7 King Horse 7 LittlePalaces 7 Pidgin English 7 Strict Time 7 Suit of Lights 7 This Year's Girl 8 Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes 8 Blue Chair 8 Greenshirt 8 Human Hands 8 Love for Tender 9 Black & White World 9 Deep Dark Truthful Mirror 9 High Fidelity 9 Jack of All Parades 9 London's Brilliant Parade 9 Radio Radio 9 Rocking Horse Road 10 American Without Tears 10 Hand in Hand 10 Pump It up 10 Two Little Hitlers 11 Lipstick Vogue 11 No Action 11 Party girl and now... the top 20 (actually 21 because of the tie) 12 Everyday I Write the Book 12 God's Comic 12 Hoover Factory 12 I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea 12 Less Than Zero 12 Shipbuilding 12 Watch Your Step 13 Clubland 14 Alison 14 Brilliant Mistake 15 I Want You 15 New Amsterdam 15 Sulky Girl 16 So Like Candy 17 Riot Act 17 Watching the Detectives #5 19 New Lace Sleeves #4 19 Oliver's Army #3 20 Man Out of Time #2 22 Accidents Will Happen and last, but not least...the greatest Elvis Costello song of all time you guessed it * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 27 Beyond Belief