Your Years of Refusal Top 12

[Thewlis]

So how would you order the songs after living with them for a week.

Here's mine:

1) It's Not Your Birthday Anymore 9/10
2) Something Is Squeezing My Skull 8,5/10
3) Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed 8,5/10
4) You Were Good in Your Time 8,5/10
5) I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 8/10
6) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell 8/10
7) When Last I Spoke to Carol 7,5/10
8) All You Need Is Me 7,5/10
9) Black Cloud 7/10
10) That's How People Grow Up 6,5/10
11) I'm OK By Myself 6,5/10
12) Sorry Doesn't Help 6/10

A good Moz-album, but he shouldn't have included last year's singles and the album could have done with a better ending.

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/S3-1.jpg

[stux]

1) Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed
2) Something Is Squeezing My Skull
3) Black Cloud
4) You Were Good in Your Time
5) I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
6) When Last I Spoke to Carol
7) It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
8) All You Need Is Me
9) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
10) That's How People Grow Up
11) I'm OK By Myself
12) Sorry Doesn't Help

[Life_Is_A_Pigsty]

1) Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed
2) It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
3) Something Is Squeezing My Skull
4) You Were Good in Your Time
5) I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
6) When Last I Spoke to Carol
7) All You Need Is Me
8) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
9) I'm OK By Myself
10) Black Cloud
11) That's How People Grow Up
12) Sorry Doesn't Help

[nugz]

we need two of these threads?

[Black Eyed]

1. Its Not Your Birthday Anymore
2. Something Is Squeezing My Skull
3. Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
4. I'm Ok By Myself
5. All You Need Is Me
6. Sorry Dosn't Help
7. When Last I Spoke To Carol
8. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
9. Black Cloud
10. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
11. You Were Good In Your Time
12. Thats How People Grow Up

[Flax]

we need two of these threads?

Yes. We're into knitting:

http://www.stitchdiva.com/images/tutorials/crochet/chainparts.jpg

[TheBaines]

1) Something is Squeezing My Skull 10/10
2) It's not your Birthday Anymore 9.5/10
3) Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed 8.5/10
4) I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 8.5/10
5) All You Need is Me 8/10
6) One day Goodbye will be Farewell 7.5/10
7) Thats How People Grow Up 7/10
8) Black Cloud 6.5/10
9) When Last I spoke to Carol 6.5/10
10) Sorry Doesn't Help 6/10
11) I'm OK by Myself 6/10
12) You were Good in your Time 5/10

[Mr Reynolds]

1) Something Is Squeezing My Skull
2) I'm OK By Myself
3) Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
4) It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
5) I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
6) When Last I spoke To Carol
7) All You Need Is Me
8) Black Cloud
9) One day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
10) You were Good In Your Time
12) Thats How People Grow Up
11) Sorry Doesn't Help

[somebody loved me]

I love them all. But if I must:

1/ That's How People Grow Up
2/ I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
3/ One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
4/ Black Cloud
5/ I'm Ok By Myself
6/ All You Need Is Me
7/ It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
8/ When Last I Spoke To Carol
9/ You Were Good In Your Time
10/ Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
11/ Smething Is Squeezing My Skull
12/ Sorry Doesn't Help

M

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

we need two of these threads?

nope http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/icon_lol.gif

[Chartres]

1) When Last I Spoke To Carol
2) Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
3) Something Is Squeezing My Skull
4) You Were Good In Your Time
5) I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris
6) Black Cloud
7) I’m OK By Myself
8) It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore
9) All You Need Is Me
10) Sorry Doesn’t Help
11) That’s How People Grow Up
12) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell

[Comtesse]

After another 20 or so listens, here's my list. The surprising thing to me is that "It's Not Your Birthday Anymore" has moved up considerably - that one is a wicked little grower. And "Carol" has slumped downward. I love the lyrics but it's hindered by that Latin music, which I don't particularly care for. 11 and 12 have been taken off my version of the album and replaced with "My Dearest Love" and "Children In Pieces". "My Dearest Love" would be #1 and "Children In Pieces" would be #5 if this list reflected what I'm actually listening to.

1) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
2) I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
3) Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
4) It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
5) Something Is Squeezing My Skull
6) When Last I Spoke To Carol
7) I'm OK By Myself
8) Sorry Doesn't Help
9) You Were Good In Your Time
10) Black Cloud
11) All You Need Is Me
12,421) That's How People Grow Up

[gaz217]

1. Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed
2. It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
3. When Last I Spoke to Carol
4. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
5. Something is Squeezing My Skull
6. Black Cloud
7. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
8. You Were Good in Your Time
9. I'm OK By Myself
10. Sorry Doesn't Help
11. All You Need Is Me
12. That's How People Grow UP

[jm26]

1. Something Is Squeezing My Skull
2. It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
3. Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
4. Black Cloud
5. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
6. I'm OK By Myself
7. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
8. When Last I Spoke To Carol
8. Thats How People Grow Up
10. All You Need Is Me
11. Sorry Doesn't Help
12. You Were Good In Your Time

[Your Arsenal]

1) Mammy Lay Softly
2) You Were Good In Your Time
3) Something Is Squeezing My Skull
4) Black Cloud
5) All You Need Is Me
6) When Last I spoke To Carol


I haven't really gotten much into the rest of them, so they're all at the same level to me.

[GlasgowChivas]

1. It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
2. Black Cloud
3. I'm OK By Myself
4. Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
5. Something Is Squeezing My Skull
6. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
7. When Last I Spoke To Carol
8. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
9. All You Need Is Me
10. Thats How People Grow Up
11. You Were Good In Your Time
12. Sorry Doesn't Help

GC

[Suedebread]

1. Something Is Squeezing My Skull
2. I'm Ok By Myself
3. Black Cloud
4. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
5. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
6. When Last I Spoke To Carol
7. Sorry Doesn't Help
8. It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
9. You Were Good In Your Time
10. Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed

Wasn't able to fit the two older songs in, as they're just too familiar, and still just feel like singles rather than 'Years Of Refusal songs'.

[filipesm]

1. Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
2. I'm OK By Myself
3. Something Is Squeezing My Skull
4. One day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
5. When Last I spoke To Carol
6. It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
7. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
8. All You Need Is Me
9. Black Cloud
10. Thats How People Grow Up
11. You were Good In Your Time
12. Sorry Doesn't Help

[Iam2people]

"My Dearest Love" would be #1

absolutly

[Jamie]

11 and 12 have been taken off my version of the album and replaced with "My Dearest Love" and "Children In Pieces". "My Dearest Love" would be #1 and "Children In Pieces" would be #5 if this list reflected what I'm actually listening to.

Comtesse, you beat my placing for THPGU by ONE chart position--I ranked it at 12,422. ;) Truly, My Dearest Love would have been better than the new Tobias tunes - I even concede Children in Pieces would be better than the filler at the end.

1) It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
2) You Were Good In Your Time
3) Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed
4) Something Is Squeezing My Skull
5) I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
6) When Last I Spoke to Carol
7) All You Need Is Me
8) Black Cloud
9) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
10) Sorry Doesn't Help
11) I'm OK By Myself
12) That's How People Grow Up

Roll on Because of My Poor Education, Shame is the Name, Teresa, Teresa, I Was Bully, Do Not Forget Me, and I'm Looking Forward to Going Back!

Cheers,
Jamie

[Pokey]

1. Something is squeezing my skull
2. I'm OK by myself
3. It's not your birthday anymore
4. Mama lay softly on the riverbed
5. All you need is me
6. When last i spoke to carol
7. One day goodbye will be farewell
8. Sorry doesn't help us
9. I'm throwing my arms around paris
10. Black Cloud
11. You were good in your time
12. Thats how people grow up

[Theo]

By no means final:

It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
When Last I Spoke To Carol
I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
All You Need Is Me
I'm OK By Myself
One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
Sorry Doesn't Help
Something Is Squeezing My Skull
Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
You Were Good In Your Time
Black Cloud
That's How People Grow Up

[Sven68]

1. I'm OK By Myself
2. It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
3. When Last I Spoke to Carol
4. Black Cloud
5. Something is Squeezing My Skull
6. Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed
7. Sorry Doesn't Help
8. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
9. That's How People Grow Up
10. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
11. All You Need Is Me
12. You Were Good in Your Time

[Orson Swells]

1) It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
2) When Last I Spoke to Carol
3) I'm OK By Myself
4) I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
5) Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
6) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
7) Black Cloud
8) Something Is Squeezing My Skull
9) Sorry Doesn't Help
10) That's How People Grow Up
11) All You Need Is Me
12) You Were Good In Your Time

[Stanley Ogden]

1. It`s not you birthday anymore
2. I`m throwing my arms around Paris
3. Something is squeezing my skull
4. When I last spoke to Carol
5. Mama lay softly on the riverbed
6. One day goodbye will be farewell
7. You were good in your time
8. I`m ok by myself
9. Sorry doesn`t help
10. All you need is me
11. That`s how people grow up
12. Black Cloud

[Harsh Truth]

I'm surprised at at low "I'm OK BY Myself" rates on many people's list. I think that is easily the best of the bunch.

[Yann]

1. It`s not you birthday anymore
2. I`m ok by myself
3. Something is squeezing my skull
4. When I last spoke to Carol
5. Mama lay softly on the riverbed
6. One day goodbye will be farewell
7. You were good in your time
8. Who reads this post anyway
9. Sorry doesn`t help
10. All you need is me
11. That`s how people grow up
12. Black Cloud

[Comtesse]

Comtesse, you beat my placing for THPGU by ONE chart position--I ranked it at 12,422. ;) Truly, My Dearest Love would have been better than the new Tobias tunes - I even concede Children in Pieces would be better than the filler at the end.

Well, I never thought that anyone could rank that unmentionable song lower than me, but I should have known you'd come through, Jamie!

[Thewlis]

Some interesting results after 21 people have submitted their lists.
Giving 12 points for a number 1 to 1 point for a number 12,
these are the results after 21 votes:

1) It's Not Your Birthday Anymore 206
2) Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed 196
3) Something Is Squeezing My Skull 190
4) I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 165
5) When Last I Spoke to Carol 163
6) I'm OK By Myself 142
7) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell 129
8) Black Cloud 113
9) All You Need Is Me 108
10) You Were Good in Your Time 97
11) That's How People Grow Up 65
12) Sorry Doesn't Help 64

[Skinner]

1) Sorry Doesn’t Help :guitar:
2) I’m OK By Myself
3) Black Cloud
4) Something Is Squeezing My Skull
5) Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
6) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
7) All You Need Is Me
8) I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris
9) It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore
10) That’s How People Grow Up
11) You Were Good In Your Time
12) When Last I Spoke To Carol

[nowherefast944]

1) Mama
2) Something Is Squeezing My Skull
3) You Were Good In Your Time
4) It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
5) Sorry Doesn't Help Us
6) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
7) Black Cloud
8) I'm OK By Myself
9) I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris
10) All You Need is Me
11) When I Last Spoke to Carol
12) That's How People Grow Up

that was harder than i thought.

[Skinner]

1) Mama
2) Something Is Squeezing My Skull
3) You Were Good In Your Time
4) It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
5) You Were Good In Your Time
6) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
7) Black Cloud
8) I'm OK By Myself
9) I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris
10) All You Need is Me
11) When I Last Spoke to Carol
12) That's How People Grow Up

that was harder than i thought.

You listed You were good in your time twice, and forgot Sorry Doesn't Help :tears: Am I the only person who likes that song? haha

[nowherefast944]

You listed You were good in your time twice, and forgot Sorry Doesn't Help :tears: Am I the only person who likes that song? haha

ah! fixed!

[Skinner]

ah! fixed!

Didn't mean to correct you, just curious to see where you ranked "Sorry". Glad to see it's in your top half.

Tell me soloers...Where's the love for Sorry Doesn't Help??? :o

[hectorisdead]

after about a week, many of the songs have improved in my opinion.

1) Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed (9, up from 8.5 initially)
2) I'm OK By Myself (9, 8.5)
3) It's Not Your Birthday Anymore (8.5, 8.5)
4) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell (8.5, 8.5)
5) Something is Squeezing My Skull (8.5, 8.5)
6) All You Need Is Me (8.5, 8)
7) I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris (8.5, 8)
8) Sorry Doesn't Help (8, 7)
9) Black Cloud (7.5, 8)
10) You Were Good In Your Time (7.5, 8)
11) When Last I Spoke To Carol (7, 7)
12) That's How People Grow Up (7, 6.5)

[Roseangellight]

1) It's Not Your Birthday Anymore 10/10:tears:
2) That's How People Grow Up 9/10
3) When Last I Spoke to Carol 8/10
4) I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 7/10:)
5) All You Need Is Me 7/10;)
6) Black Cloud 7/10
7) Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed 6,5/10
8) You Were Good in Your Time 6,5/10
9) Something Is Squeezing My Skull 6/10:guitar:
10) I'm OK By Myself 6/10
11) Sorry Doesn't Help 6/10
12) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell 5,5/10

http://img4.orkut.com/images/milieu/1231609255/1231634741521/13656914/ln/Z1shng15.jpg?sig=1pyh0xd

[Johan de Witt]

1) One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell 9/10
2) Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed 9/10
3) Something Is Squeezing My Skull 8,5/10
4) You Were Good in Your Time 8,5/10
5) It's Not Your Birthday Anymore 8/10
6) I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 7,5/10
7) When Last I Spoke to Carol 7,5/10
8) I'm OK By Myself 7,5/10
9) All You Need Is Me 7,5/10
10) That's How People Grow Up 7/10
11) Black Cloud 6,5/10
12) Sorry Doesn't Help 6/10