* Haven Factor 12: Round 5 (non-single) (Results P3)*

[Earl Purple]

The famous "non-single" round, which was actually first introduced in Haven Factor 4 by Haven's departed poster who used multiple names during his time here and has been a feature ever since.

So these are the 10 songs, and there is a longer voting window, 8 days, closing 5pm on Thursday 25 April with a reveal at 7pm the same day. This is a standard elimination round and the bottom 2 go into a sing-off.

All the tracks below were not released as singles in the UK.

1. Marvin Gaye - Midnight Lady

2. Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley

3. Curve - Lillies Dying

4. Taylor Swift - Betty

5. The Jam - Thick As Thieves

6. Embrace - No Use Crying

7. Bloc Party - Blue

8. Super Furry Animals - Receptacle For The Respectable

9. Meat Loaf - For Crying Out Loud

10. Ash - Walking Barefoot

The voting scoring will be 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1

Spotify playlist:

[-Big Dan-]

At first glance, the only song I know from the list is the one I entered.

[Whitneyfan]

I know 4, I think, including my own!

[-Big Dan-]

The link to the YouTube playlist I have created for this round is here.

[TheThorne]

Apart from my one I only know one by title but there is probably at least 3 more that I will have heard at some point

[Roo.]

I only know one of these (no surprise which).

[Mic1812]

i know 3 songs as well as my own

im quite shocked as well as album tracks go one mentor has chosen not to go
epic epic for an album track given their choice here.

[greendemon]

I think 3 I know here, including my own.

[greendemon]

Minor point Earl Purple but there's a typo in the name of the SFA entry in your post.

[greendemon]

Maybe this is my attention-deficit-millennial self talking, but about half of these songs are minimum 50% longer than they need to be. That said on first play I was impressed by a couple of the ones I didn't know.

Will need several more listens before voting.

[Earl Purple]

Apr 18, 2024 11:11:33 GMT 1 greendemon said:

Minor point Earl Purple but there's a typo in the name of the SFA entry in your post.

Fixed but Spotify search worked out which song I meant

[rubcale]

I managed to get through to the end of these.

[Razzle Dazzle]

Obscure round, I will be home 21st so plenty of time to listen when I get home

[Smurfie]

Votes in. Only one I wasn't keen on, and one underwhelmed - but the rest were good.

[darkstar79]

My votes are in.

[Shireblogger]

What a strange round. Several inspired choices, and three which are utterly bewildering.

[raliverpool]

Voted, after a third run through. One of these tracks is definitely a grower; and another has left me scratching my head at why it was played.

[-Big Dan-]

My votes are in. A generally great round.

[Dave]

I'll take those extra few days and wait to Wednesday before voting.

[smokeyb]

voted