Author Topic: Porcupine Tree Survivor - In Absentia - Round 9 (Read 980 times)

RoeDent · « **on:** January 03, 2015, 07:17:50 AM »

ROUND 8 RESULTS

Blackest Eyes - 1
Trains - 6
Gravity Eyelids - 12
Heartattack in a Layby - 3

Gravity Eyelids is eliminated, just missing out on a Consolation spot.

Ranking

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4. Gravity Eyelids
5. Prodigal
6. Collapse the Light Into Earth
7. Lips of Ashes
8. The Sound of Muzak
9. Strip the Soul
10. .3
11= Wedding Nails
= The Creator Has a Mastertape

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We have our Top 3. Interesting that the two shortest songs are still alive. This round will determine which way the remaining songs will go. The song with most votes will go to Consolation, and the two that remain will compete in the Finals. 24 hours to vote.

A reminder that we are set to start the Deadwing tournament on Monday.

BlackInk · « **Reply #1 on:** January 03, 2015, 07:28:16 AM »

Heartattack In a Layby.

? · « **Reply #2 on:** January 03, 2015, 07:30:04 AM »

Time for Trains to go...

Now Heartattack is the only remaining song out of my 5 favorites on this album.

Elite · « **Reply #3 on:** January 03, 2015, 08:06:54 AM »

Quote from: ? on January 03, 2015, 07:30:04 AM

Time for Trains to go...

Now Heartattack is the only remaining song out of my 5 favorites on this album.

Heartattack and Blackest Eyes.. Trains can indeed go away. A couple of rounds ago.

Zantera · « **Reply #4 on:** January 03, 2015, 10:53:44 AM »

Heartattack. Trains is easily a top3 PT song, and Blackest Eyes and Heartattack ain't even top30 PT songs material.

bout to crash · « **Reply #5 on:** January 03, 2015, 11:14:00 AM »

I think Trains and Heartattack are top-of-the-album material, but I'm not sure why Blackest Eyes is going to win this. I love it and it's catchy, but really?

Buddyhunter1 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 03, 2015, 11:33:17 AM »

Quote from: BlackInk on January 03, 2015, 07:28:16 AM

Heartattack In a Layby.

Evermind · « **Reply #7 on:** January 03, 2015, 12:07:55 PM »

Blackest Eyes

I know I've said this before, but anyway, Heartattack in a Layby is my favourite PT song.

Elite · « **Reply #8 on:** January 03, 2015, 12:26:23 PM »

People are never going to agree about which songs are best here.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2015, 02:06:52 PM »

Kinda shocked that Blackest Eyes is still in this.

Zantera · « **Reply #10 on:** January 03, 2015, 02:32:04 PM »

The only angle I could sort of understand is a nostalgic angle. To me, and I assume many others, Blackest Eyes was the first PT-experience. I started with In Absentia, and I know a lot of others did as well. That powerful opening metal riff, the beautiful melody during the verse, and of course the catchy chorus really got me hooked right away. I think there's no question about Trains being a better song than Blackest Eyes, but Blackest Eyes might have been the very first a lot of people heard of PT, and first experiences are always nostalgic and nice.

Elite · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2015, 02:47:45 PM »

Well, to me Blackest Etes is a far better song than Trains, and In Absentia was not my first PT album. That dubious honour goes to The Incident, followed by Coma Divine. The latter is - to this day - still my favourite PT album, followed by both Signify and In Absentia. The funny thing about In Absentia being that none of the songs (apart from Heartattack) truly stand out to me, but the whole thing is just so consistent. A ranking of this album is nigh impossible to do, but would be *something* like this:

1. Heartattack in a Layby
2. Strip the Soul
3. Blackest Eyes
4. Gravity Eyelids
5. The Creator Has a Mastertape
6. Prodigal
7. Trains
8. Lips of Ashes
9. .3
10. Collapse the Light Into Earth
11. Wedding Nails
12. The Sound of Muzak

But keep in mind I love every song.

RoeDent · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2015, 02:57:57 PM »

Of the 12, my favourite is The Sound of Muzak, followed by .3. However, my favourite from this era is Drown With Me.

Zantera · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2015, 02:58:05 PM »

Alright. I'm pretty much the other way around. I think IA is one of their most inconsistent albums, but it has a few songs that are so good, that they make up for the meh.

Buddyhunter1 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2015, 03:03:50 PM »

Trains is not only the best song on this album for me, but my favorite PT song ever. Blackest Eyes would probably be the 2nd best from this album, so I'm glad it's here.

Ranking because why not:
1: Trains
2: Blackest Eyes
3: Collapse The Light Into Earth
4: Strip The Soul
5: Heartattack In A Layby
6: .3
7: Prodigal
8: The Sound Of Muzak
9: Gravity Eyelids
10: Lips Of Ashes
11: The Creator Has A Mastertape
12: Wedding Nails

Lolzeez · « **Reply #15 on:** January 03, 2015, 06:10:21 PM »

Blackest Eyes

Crow · « **Reply #16 on:** January 03, 2015, 08:33:58 PM »

Blackest Eyes here, I think. Heartattack and Trains are just too damn good for anything else to compare.

Mladen · « **Reply #17 on:** January 04, 2015, 03:47:25 AM »

Trains

Here's how I would rank the songs:

1. The Sound of muzak
2. Blackest eyes
3. Wedding nails
4. Collapse the light into earth
5. The Creator has a mastertape
6. Heartattack in a layby
7. Trains
8. Gravity eyelids
9. Lips of ashes

10. Strip the soul

11. Prodigal

12. .3

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 04, 2015, 03:48:56 AM »

Quote from: BlackInk on January 03, 2015, 07:28:16 AM

Heartattack In a Layby.

BlackInk · « **Reply #19 on:** January 04, 2015, 06:13:28 AM »

'.3' is one of my favorites from this album.

Zantera · « **Reply #20 on:** January 04, 2015, 06:38:18 AM »

.3 is one of their more beautiful tracks

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