The Stuart Price Trilogy rank-off

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The albums of Stuart Price trilogy are best ranked as follows...

Electric, Super, Hotspot
16
38%
Electric, Hotspot, Super
8
19%
Super, Electric, Hotspot
10
24%
Super, Hotspot, Electric
1
2%
Hotspot, Electric, Super
6
14%
Hotspot, Super, Electric
1
2%
 
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The Stuart Price Trilogy rank-off

#1 Post by retrofuturist »

Greetings,

Inspired by another recent topic, I thought I'd start a poll to find out which "ranking" of the three Stuart Price produced albums was most popular.

Feel free to explain your selection, discuss the results, and if someone wants to deconstruct the results and come up with a definitive Gold, Silver, Bronze placing at the end, by all means please do.

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Making the assumption that favourite (#1) is first…

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#3 Post by retrofuturist »

Greetings,
df118junkie wrote: Thu 02 Oct 2025, 11:33 pm Making the assumption that favourite (#1) is first…
Yes, that is the intention. Thanks for clarifying.

I allowed re-voting so if anyone did interpret it otherwise, they can amend their vote accordingly.

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#4 Post by lalolalo »

Average, Low, Worst in the PSB discography.
Super, Hotspot, Electric.

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Electric is one of their best albums - really re-invigorated them after the below par Elysium. A real ‘hit the reset button’ moment.
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#6 Post by Gabby »

I really like "Elysium" but "Electric" NEEDED to happen and also as quickly as it did.

I sort of feel like that chalk and cheese double whammy is good evidence of PSB's diversity in their later career. If you had to ignore Imperial Phase (up to Very) I think you could do worse than use those two albums as clear examples of their excellent work.

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#7 Post by PSBForTheMasses »

ELECTRIC- Super (no pun intended)
SUPER- Ehhh pass (Twenty Something and Inner Sanctum are glorious exceptions).
HOTSPOT- Better than Super but not as exciting as ELECTRIC; that said, Will of the Wisp alone is worth its price and I really love Monkey Business video; it somehow manages to elevate the song.

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