Wigwam Poll 2000: Results


Between 14.11.2000 and 31.12.2000, ninety-five voters choosed their favourite albums and/or tracks & album covers by Wigwam, Jim Pembroke, Jukka Gustavson, Pekka Pohjola, and Blues Section by filling in and submitting an electronic form. Three points were awarded to the album/track/cover in first place, two points to second place and one point to third place. Actually, not every selection fit in the category given, but I have accepted all the votes.

Wigwam Albums

1. Being144
2. Nuclear Nightclub138
3. Fairyport87
4. Fresh Garbage - Rarities 1969-197744
5. The Lucky Golden Stripes And Starpose42
6. Live Music From The Twilight Zone31
7. Tombstone Valentine26
8. Dark Album23
9. Hard'n'Horny19
10. Rumours On The Rebound8
11. Light Ages4
12. Wigwam2
12. Highlights2

Wigwam Tracks

1. Losing Hold103
2. Fairyport35
3. Do Or Die28
4. Bless Your Lucky Stars26
5. Luulosairas24
6. Freddie, Are You Ready?23
7. Marvelry Skimmer (Friend From The Fields)22
8. Häätö19
9. Kite18
10. Eddie And The Boys17
11. Lost Without A Trace16
12. Colossus14
12. En aio paeta14
12. Grass For Blades14
15. The Big Farewell13
16. Pedagogue11
17. Nuclear Nightclub10
17. Planetist10
19. Lucky Golden Stripes And Starpose9
19. Tramdriver9
21. Nipistys8
22. Henry's suite6
22. Prophet6
22. Save My Money & Name6

5 points: Daemon Duncetan's Request - May Your Will Be Done Dear Lord - Pedagogi - Tombstone Valentine
4 points: Petty-Bourgeois - Pigstorm
3 points: Absalom - Every Fold - Henry's Highway Code - InspiRed Machine - June May Be Too Late - Just My Situation - Prophet/Marvelry Skimmer - The Vegetable Rumble - Wishful Thinker
2 points: Do The Pigworm - Frederick & Bill - Guardian Angel, The Future - Henry's Geographical And Astronomical Mistakes - Henry's Milk-Round In The Morning - The Item Is The Totem - Let The World Ramble On - Pidän sinusta - Proletarian - Sane Again
1 point: Cheap Evening Return - Dance Of The Anthropoids - Greasy Kids' Stuff - Hard Top Lincoln - Hot Mice - International Disaster - No New Games To Play - Planetstar

Worst Wigwam Tracks

1. Rave-up For The Roadies8
2. In A Nutshell6
2. Neron muistolle, hyvää yötä6
4. Helsinki Nights5
5. 633 Jesu fåglar4
6. Dance Of The Anthropoids3
6. Pigstorm3
6. Tramdriver3

2 points: Autograph - False Alarm - Nuclear Nightclub - Oh Marlene - Pedagogi - Timedance
1 point: Bless Your Lucky Stars - Do The Pigworm - For America - Freddie, Are You Ready? - Hard Top Lincoln - How To Make It Big In Hospital - Häätö - Imagine - In Gratitude - InspiRed Machine - The Item Is The Totem - The Moon Struck One - Pride Of The Biosphere - Sane Again - Skyscraper - Tombstone Valentine

Wigwam Album Covers

1. Being130
2. Fairyport121
3. Nuclear Nightclub105
4. Fresh Garbage - Rarities 1969-197747
5. The Lucky Golden Stripes And Starpose (Love)31
5. Tombstone Valentine (Love)31
7. Live Music From The Twilight Zone29
8. Hard'n'Horny25
9. Light Ages13
10. Dark Album6
10. Wigwam6
12. Rumours On The Rebound5
13. Highlights4
13. Tombstone Valentine (Verve)4
15. The Lucky Golden Stripes And Starpose (Virgin)2


Jim Pembroke Albums

1. Pigworm145
2. Wicked Ivory93
3. Corporal Cauliflowers' Mental Function88
4. Flat Broke60
5. Party Upstairs30

Jim Pembroke Tracks

1. Grass For Blades96
2. Just My Situation81
3. No New Games To Play37
4. A Better Hold (And A Little View)20
5. Do The Pigworm15
6. Wide Sea14
7. Goddammaddog10
7. Long Lost Cousin10
9. Beyond The Waves7
9. A Grim Affair7
9. Just My Situation/Sweet Marie7
12. Bertha Come Back6
12. Party Upstairs6
12. Warm Rumours6

5 points: All Over Too Soon - Sweet Marie - The White Suspenders
4 points: The Decline Of The House Of Lords
3 points: Down Old Woody - Island Town - Lost Without A Trace - No More Terra Firma - Nuku pommiin - Wicked Ivory
2 points: Another Telephone Call/Resigned To Surrender - Corporal Punishment - Cosmic Rot - Daemon Duncetan's Request - Dust My Shovel - Emma - Four Million Telephones - Reggae OK - Time To Make A Stand
1 point: Another Telephone Call - Flagships On The Sun - Golden Days - The Happiest Days Of Our Lives - Harmless Vibration - Insects - Knockknockknock - Masquerade At The White Palace - Minstrelmental - Skobiit Party Civilised Session - Talking Brought Me Here


Jukka Gustavson Albums

1. ...jaloa ylpeyttä yletän... ylevää nöyryyttä nousen108
2. Toden toistoa85
3. Moments51
4. Kadonnut häviämättömiin38
5. Valon vuoksi28
6. Bluesion14


Pekka Pohjola Albums

1. Pihkasilmä kaarnakorva129
2. Harakka Bialoipokku (B The Magpie)97
3. Keesojen lehto (Mathematician's Air Display)83
4. Kätkävaaran lohikäärme42
5. Urban Tango29
6. Visitation26
7. Pewit16
8. Heavy Jazz15
9. Space Waltz10
10. Jokamies (Everyman)4
11. Changing Waters3
11. New Impressionist3
13. Flight Of The Angel2
14. Live In Japan1
14. Sinfonia no 11


Blues Section Tracks

1. Semi-circle Solitude67
2. Hey Hey Hey64
3. Answer To Life41
4. End Of A Poem34
5. Call Me On Your Telephone21
6. Wolf At The Door14
7. Once More For The Road13
8. Only Dreaming10
9. Apartment 51 (End Of The Party)8
9. Carpets And Bags And Balls8
11. Kun yö hyväilee7

5 points: Cherry Cup-Cake Twist - Football - Paint It Michael And Others, Maybe
4 points: Pääskytorni - Shivers Of Pleasure
3 points: Lucy Jane - Please Mr Wilson
2 points: East Is Red - Hei vaan
1 point: Kuka kertoisi minulle


The following people won a Wigwam poster donated by Siboney:
Simo Ekholm, Ulla Elomäki, Pertti Hakala, Janne Hämäläinen, Jari Kalpio, Mikko Käyhkö, Samuel Leminen, Eero Markelin, Petri Maskulin, Petteri Mäkiniemi, Markku Mälkki, Lea Nyberg, Juha Palotie, Vesa Pynnönen, Jenni Riihelä, Pekka Räsänen, Teijo Salminen, Eero Savolainen, Daniel Tkach, Gaius Turunen