Battle Of The Track Numbers: Track 08 (The Real One)

[The Plotblocker]

Winner of Track 07: Calm The Fire (Fortress)


The Last Blackbird Fortress Remains III.5
(what a stupid album name.)

01. Cry Of Achilles
02. One Day Remains
03. Brand New Start
04. Burn It Down
05. Metalingus
06. Broken Wings
07. Calm The Fire
08. -
09. -
10. -
11. -
12. -
13. -
14. -
15. -
16. -
17. -

PLEASE DO NOT VOTE "THE LAST HERO" SONGS JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE FRESH IN YOUR MEMORY. PLEASE CONSIDER ALL SONGS AND HOW MUCH YOU LOVED THEM WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD THEM. TAKE YOUR TIME VOTING.


I have obviously gone with Blackbird. I did nearly go for Down To My Last, but just couldn't.

[Blackbird]

Yeah, Blackbird. Best rock song in music history. It's a shame though, because TSOF is one of their greatest songs and could've easily won most other battles, same with Waters Rising. And I Know It Hurts is amazing as well.

[Arctic]

Blackbird obviously, but TSoF is up there too. Sucks it had to go against BB.

[The Plotblocker]

In all fairness, all 5 here are top quality songs, 3 are in my current AB top 10.

[CallumC94]

I voted DTML because I've loved it since the first time I heard it whereas BB took me more time to appreciate and, even though I know have a blackbird tattooed on my wrist, DTML is simply my personal favourite.

[SHEAKENBAKEN]

Blackbird. 2nd choice would have been This Side of Fate

[Ubik]

This Side of Fate.

[The Plotblocker]

I voted DTML because I've loved it since the first time I heard it whereas BB took me more time to appreciate and, even though I know have a blackbird tattooed on my wrist, DTML is simply my personal favourite.

I too adored DTML from first listen, but Blackbird blew my mind! Not many songs that give my chills multiple times. In fact I can think of just 4 right now. Blackbird (Intro, chorus, entire middle section, both solo's, outro) Sultans of Swing live at Hammersmith (various points during end solo), Man In The Mirror Grammy's 88 (intro, choir joining, key change, entire end section, oh the ad libs!) and November Rain (intro, bass line, solo and oh that epic end section!).

[One Drew Remains]

Blackbird. But against any other song, I would have chosen Waters Rising.

[WaywardOne]

Blackbird Wins. NEXT.

[Andy92]

Would've voted for This Side of Fate if not for Blackbird.

[AllC392Was]

Blackbird is the epic but I went with Waters Rising because its on my top 5 and I wish they incorporated more Mark vocals

[Kreuger33]

God that song is so over rated. TSOF for me.

[gbruin]

What an amazing group of 5 songs. Each of these could win at many other spots. But...Blackbird (followed by DTML, 8), TSOF, and Waters Rising)

[MuffinMcFluffin]

Oh boy. I'm so sorry, DTML and TSOF.

Blackbird.

[AB23]

It's funny how people will die on the hill that ABIII is the best album, but then you run an exercise like this and it shows otherwise. I mean, even the people in this thread are like "damn... I hate to not vote for Down to My Last and This Side of Fate... but Blackbird wins."

Looks like the only ABIII song that'll win is WDTTW, and deservedly so. But still.

[Blackbird]

It's funny how people will die on the hill that ABIII is the best album, but then you run an exercise like this and it shows otherwise. I mean, even the people in this thread are like "damn... I hate to not vote for Down to My Last and This Side of Fate... but Blackbird wins."

Looks like the only ABIII song that'll win is WDTTW, and deservedly so. But still.

From what I've seen, AB III is the most unpopular album on this forum by far. I didn't really expect any song from it to win (besides Show Me A Sign, but that's mostly because the other songs with that track number are considered "even worse"), but I'm kinda shocked how many songs from ODRm win these votes...

[nildiven]

Tsof is top notch AB and would have won most other spots. But unfortunately it's fate is on the side of going up against what is pretty much considered the best song of the guys' careers in Blackbird

[Lotha]

It's funny how people will die on the hill that ABIII is the best album, but then you run an exercise like this and it shows otherwise. I mean, even the people in this thread are like "damn... I hate to not vote for Down to My Last and This Side of Fate... but Blackbird wins."

Looks like the only ABIII song that'll win is WDTTW, and deservedly so. But still.

I think I voted for more than a few ABIII songs in these polls, even though it's not the best album for me (probably shares second place with Blackbird).

Voted for BB, this is the second time I'm voting for a winning song.

[antiwal]

If not for Blackbird this one would be legitimately tough!