Rank and Rate: '9'
 

Just rank, order the songs off 9 from the one you like the most to the one you like the least... and at the same time rate them from 0-10!!! I KNOW IT'S HARD!!!!!!!

MINE:

1. Elephant [10]
2. Grey room [10]
3. Accidental Babies [10]
4. Rootless tree [10]
5. The animals were gone [9.5]
6. Sleep don't weep [9]
7. 9 Crimes [9]
8. Me, my yoke & I [9]
9. Dogs [8.5]
10. Coconut skins [8]

1. Dogs (10)
2. Elephant (10)
3. Grey Room (10)
4. 9 Crimes (9.5)
5. The Animals Were Gone (9)
6. Accidental Babies (9)
7. Sleep Don't Weep (8.5)
8. Coconut Skins (8)
9. Rootless Tree (6.5)
10. Me, My Yoke And I (4)

Average = 8.45

MINE:

1. Elephant [10]
2. Grey room [10]
(these two are interchangeable)
3. The animals were gone (9.9)
4. Accidental Babies (9.5)
5. Me my yoke and I [9]
6. Coconut Skins (9)
7. Rootless Tree (8.5)
8. 9 crimes (8- thought live version was a 9)
9- Dogs (7.5- also like live version better)

im not sure yet where I put sleep dont weep yet- maybe 7th or 8th

1.Elephant (10)
2.Accidental Babies (10)
3.9 crimes (9.5)
4.Coconut skins (9.5)
5.Grey Room (9)
6. Rootless tree (8.5)
7. Dogs (8.5)
8. Sleep don't weep (8)
9. The animals were gone (8)
10. Me, my yoke and I (4)

Wow impressed with Elephant... so far 4 x 10 (out of 4), 100%!!

1. Rootless Tree [10]
2. Eccidental Babies [10]
3. 9 Crimes [9,5]
4. Elephant [9,5]
5. Grey Room [9,5]
6. The Animals where gone [9,5]
7. Sleep dont weep [9]
8. Me my Joke and I [9]
9. Dogs [8,5]
10. Cocounut Skins [8,5]

1. Elephant
2. Grey room
3. 9 Crimes
4. Accidental Babies
5. Dogs
6. The animals were gone
7. Sleep don't weep
8. Rootless Tree
9. Me,my yoke &I
10. Coconut skins

can't do the number thing for each song. but the album as a whole on a scale of 0-10 zero being really crappy and 11 being "O" i give the album a 9.5.

11 is off the scale. thats just not on

1. Accidental Babies
2. Elephant
3. Grey Room
4. Animals
5. 9 Crimes
6. Rootless Tree
7. Dogs
8. Coconut Skins
9. Me, My Yoke, and I
10. Sleep, Don't Weep

i'm not doing the numbers thing... if i did, i think #1-5 would get 10's. #6-10 would get 8-9's.

'9'
1. sleep don't weep
2. accidental babies
3. elephant
4. 9 crimes
5. grey room
10. rootless tree
10. me my yoke and i
10. the animals were gone
10. dogs
10. coconut skins

'O'
1. Older Chests
1. Cold Water
1. Eskimo
1. I remember
1. Amie
1. Blower's Daughter
1. Delicate
1. Prague
1. Volcano
1. Cheers Darlin'
2. Cannonball

oh yeah all of them are 12 on the 0-10 scale.

At the moment I feel:

Grey Room (10)
Rootless Tree (9.5)
Elephant (9.5)
9 crimes (9)
Animals (9)
Accidental Babies (9)
Sleep Don't Weep (8.5)
Dogs (8.5)
Me, my yoke & I (7.5)
Coconut Skins (6)

wow, it's really out there, isn't it?

no one seems to like coconut skins..? interesting.

for now:
1. Coconut Skins
2. Rootless Tree
3. Grey Room
4. Elephant
5. 9 Crimes
6. Animals were gone
7. Accidental Babies
8. Sleep Don't Weep
9. Me My Yoke and I
10. Dogs

1. Animals Were Gone
2. Coconut Skins
3. 9 Crimes
4. Elephant
5. Sleep Don't Weep
6. Grey Room
7. Accidental Babies
8. My, My Yoke and I
9. Dogs
10. Rootless Tree

Im not understanding the general dislike of Coconut Skins either. Its so different to anything he's ever done.

1. Elephant [10]
2. Rootless Tree [9]
3. Coconut Skins [8]
4. Grey Room [9.5]
5. Me, My Yoke and I [8]
6. Accidental Babies[9]
7. Dogs [7.5]
8. Sleep Don't Weep[7.5]
9. Nine Crimes[7.5]
10. Animals Were Gone[6.5]

Just because they're my favorites doesn't mean I think they are a better song! Which is why some rankings are out of order.

I can't separate them all yet...

Top 3 (alphabetical order only):
Coconut Skins
Dogs
The Animals Were Gone

All the rest are great too... very hard to put any above the others.

For now, everything can change later. My favourite was Me My Yoke and I yesterday, today is Rootless Tree.

01. 10 Rootles Tree
02. 10 Me, My Yoke, and I
03. 10 Accidental Babies
04. 10 9 Crimes
05. 9.5 Elephant
06. 10 Sleep don't weep
07. 9.5 Grey Room
08. 9.5 Animals Were Gone
09. 9.0 Coconut Skin
10. 8.5 Dogs

10 - Animals Were Gone
10 - Elephant
10 - Rootless Tree
10 - Grey Room
9.5 - Sleep Don't Weep
9.5 - Dogs
9.5 - Coconut Skins
9 - 9 Crimes
8.5 - Accidental Babies
8.5 - Me My Yoke And I

I'm not up for the rating but I'll rank them :p

1 Rootless Tree
1 Elephant
1 The Animals were Gone
4 Grey Room
5 Me, My Yoke & I
6 Dogs (I really didn't like it at first listen, but...)
7 Coconut Skins
7 Sleep, Don't Weep
9 Accidental Babies
10 Nine Crimes

and that does not mean I don't like Nine Crimes... it's just that I prefer the others over it. And the top three, I really love them all the same.

it's always hard to play the ranking game, but here it is mine...
Needless to say that it will be changed within few minutes.

1. Accidental Babies 9,5
2. Elephant 9
3. Nine Crimes 8,5
4. Rootlss Tree 8
5. Me My Yoke And I 7,5
6. Grey Room 7,5
7. Sleep don't weep 7,5
8. The animals were gone 7
9.Coconut Skin 6,5
10. Dogs 6,5

Great album indeed, even if it takes more time to catch you than O, that was a very immediate record in my opinion...
Many lovely songs, but you have to give them time.
I'm a bit surprised by the minor presence and emphasys of the cello... or is it just an impression of mine?

Why did he record Accidental babies so slow? It's like "Ok, say it... say it!" there is like a 5 seconds gap between each of the sentences...
I probably would have liked this version if I didn't hear the live version first... Ahh I'm so pissed off that I was expecting so much.

Thanks for Sleep don't weep Damien... Cold Water-like, it's worth buying the CD.

A search on 'AOL' might do the trick.

listening party. aol...:)

http://music.aol.com/songs/new_relea...s?defaultTab=7


I could never rank and rate, why?
I Just enjoy all the fruits of Damiens Labor, ranking them seems odd to me.
just my opinion though.

:smiley36:

The clock went back an hour last night! Is it Nov 6th yet?

1. 9 crimes (10)
2. Grey Room (8.5)
3. Rootless Tree (8)
4. Accidental Babies (8)
5. Sleep Don't Weep (7.5)
6. My, My Yoke and I (6.5)
7. Elephant (6.5)
8. Dogs (6)
9. The Animals Were Gone (5)
10. Coconut Skins (5)

Average: 7.1

O would have an average of 9.3.

I wonder if Damien would have become that huge if '9' was his first album...

You make it sound like this record is complete crap :)

No! It's not crap at all. I just wonder if we all like the songs because we love Damien and we're already sold...
Seriously, I don't think I would still be on this forum 4 years after the release of his only album if this album was '9'... I mean, there's only one artist I follow and it's Damien, because 'O' touches me deep inside even 3 years after I knew him. But with '9'... I think he might have stayed a songwriter amongst others. I might be wrong.