NOUGHT BUT THE TRUTH: 2000-2009 albums & tracks VOTING (and campaigning) thread DEADLINE OCTOBER 11

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wait why is Blueberry Boat not in the pastebin link?

sleeve, Thursday, 26 September 2019 02:35 (five years ago) link

cuz it's in the Spotify playlist and I am sure as hell voting for it

sleeve, Thursday, 26 September 2019 02:36 (five years ago) link

checking and imago himself nominated it as the very first nomination so i think it's safe to vote for it

ufo, Thursday, 26 September 2019 02:45 (five years ago) link

aw, Darkspace I and III, but no II? II is the best!

beard papa, Thursday, 26 September 2019 02:48 (five years ago) link

xp oh it's under "The Fiery Furnaces" along with Gallowsbird's Bark, carry on

sleeve, Thursday, 26 September 2019 02:49 (five years ago) link

hey my first pass through the albums got me just under 100, not bad

sleeve, Thursday, 26 September 2019 02:55 (five years ago) link

imago at 2:46 25 Sep 19

I'm sure it is.
Ok, I resent my ballot with a fixed album list, sorry about the mistake.

Tuomas, Thursday, 26 September 2019 06:45 (five years ago) link

I think I'll vote for The Meadowlands too.

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, September 25, 2019 10:06 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Alfred!!!!

Simon H., Thursday, 26 September 2019 07:36 (five years ago) link

voted

lethal bizzle 'pow' has so many feat artists that it takes up 2 lines on the ballot is this gonna be a problem for tabulation or no?

poll worth it for making me dig out 'run the road' comp for the first time in years.

oscar bravo, Thursday, 26 September 2019 10:08 (five years ago) link

I nearly nominated Wiley ft. "England 10"'s 'She Likes To' and not that it would've made the 77 but crediting all the MCs featured on tbe track on an image might've been a 'fun' headache too.

nashwan, Thursday, 26 September 2019 10:11 (five years ago) link

Two things:

1. Don't forget to vote for Gravenhurst. 'Hollow Men', his only nominated track, is not his most representative song, but it's awesome. The two nominated albums are undeniable masterpieces.

2. Please pay attention to three late-career / career-ending albums that are very much overlooked and/or underrated: In Prism by Polvo, My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go by Aereogramme and The Rising Tide by Sunny Day Real Estate.

All three contain some of their very best songs:

Polvo:
'Beggar's Bowl'
'Lucia'

Aereogramme:
'A Life Worth Living'
'The Running Man'

Sunny Day Real Estate:
'Snibe'
'The Rising Tide'

ArchCarrier, Thursday, 26 September 2019 12:50 (five years ago) link

will certainly be voting for the rising tide

imago, Thursday, 26 September 2019 13:13 (five years ago) link

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ArchCarrier, Thursday, 26 September 2019 13:45 (five years ago) link

I also voted for The Rising Tide. I'm not sure when people started to come around on it but it seemed like it was completely ignored for years

Vinnie, Thursday, 26 September 2019 14:12 (five years ago) link

so much to choose from yet I'm still thinking of stuff I forgot to nominate like Lil Kim's "The Jump Off", Kelis' "Caught Out There", the Emancipation of Mimi, and Kylie's Body Language. :(

The Utada Hikaru track "Hikari" should be this one by the way: https://open.spotify.com/track/7CVug9n4FomAqQV4RCunYv?si=JL-bX5eIS8yL8qzrTPR4dg
Or its English version, "Simple and Clean": https://open.spotify.com/track/74ZhWPdUHlVjFmXFD2JOVv?si=fGJ0T9ldQ-KoWzqUxc3Rdw

Roz, Thursday, 26 September 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link

amended!

imago, Thursday, 26 September 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link

Kelis' "Caught Out There"

1999

american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 September 2019 14:32 (five years ago) link

thanks lj xp

cheers Brad, one less song to feel bad about lol

Roz, Thursday, 26 September 2019 14:34 (five years ago) link

if nominations were prevented by mischance rather than negligence i suppose i can be lenient. check the nominations list later (or tomorrow) perhaps...

― imago, Wednesday, September 25, 2019 11:21 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

do we have a verdict here?

flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 September 2019 14:58 (five years ago) link

ready to vote, just waiting for this one judgment from the almighty poll-runner

flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 September 2019 14:58 (five years ago) link

check the nominations list!

imago, Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:03 (five years ago) link

I still think its wrong Dopesmoker was denied as its different to Jersusalem, nobody in their right mind would vote for the 1996 version of Jersusalem and most people hadn't heard it. but hey I was ill in bed so couldn't argue its case

Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:21 (five years ago) link

Everybody vote Dopethrone instead

Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:23 (five years ago) link

Can't remember the last time I've felt dumber for letting something pass me by for so damn long as the Life Without Buildings album. An incredible, mysterious gem.

Chris L, Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:24 (five years ago) link

I still think its wrong Dopesmoker was denied as its different to Jersusalem, nobody in their right mind would vote for the 1996 version of Jersusalem and most people hadn't heard it. but hey I was ill in bed so couldn't argue its case

― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, September 26, 2019 8:21 AM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i'm sure everyone can use their imagination

american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:26 (five years ago) link

oh wait dopesmoker was denied bc it's technically from the '90s? yeah i think that's fair

american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:27 (five years ago) link

check the nominations list!

― imago, Thursday, September 26, 2019 10:03 AM (twenty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

sweeeeet

flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:34 (five years ago) link

I would like to remind everyone to vote for Asa Chang & Junray - Hana.

And Sheets of Easter.

Also La Ritournelle.

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:39 (five years ago) link

Both wouldn't place but am now noticing the 'Progress Reform' EP by I Like Trains and This Will Destroy You's s/t aren't nominated, two records I'd vote for if possible.

Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:41 (five years ago) link

Following on from Roz' Utada Hikaru recommendation, some of the Japanese / HK stuff I’ll be voting for:

Puffy – Spike (Japanese Version): Famous in the West for their Cartoon Network show but their English-language songs never came close to doing them justice. Spike was mostly produced by Andy Sturmer from Jellyfish and there’s a strong jangle-pop influence to some of the album but it’s vastly better than his own band’s records. Asia No Junshin and Sumire are particular highlights but the whole thing’s a delight.

Faye Wong – Fable: Grand, sweeping, cinematic pop from HK’s greatest superstar. New Tenant and Chanel

Tommy February6 – Tommy Airline: When Tomoko Kawase left the (very pleasant) indie-pop group The Brilliant Green, she started parallel solo careers as Tommy February6, a jovial, alcoholic J-Pop star and Tommy Heavenly6, her goth counterpart / nemesis. None of this made any sense but the records were superb. Sepia Memory and Je t’aime Je t’aime.

Ayumi Hamasaki – Duty: A huge star, and fashion icon, in Japan for twenty years, it’s easy to overlook how amazing her opening run of albums with Max Matsuura’s Avex Trax label was. She could never really sing but they worked around that with anthemic Eurodance and dramatic, noisy pop. Surreal and Vogue.

Utada Hikaru – Exodus: Although I do like Simple & Clean a lot, I was never a fan of Utada Hikaru until her big attempt to extend her Japanese mega-stardom to the US with Exodus. Exodus 04, produced by Timbaland, and the intricate Kremlin Dusk are two of the best.

ShariVari, Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:41 (five years ago) link

just voted and am already filled with regret. (no more regret than usual, i guess).

looking forward to the results.

flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:49 (five years ago) link

I've concluded that since paring down to 50 and sorting within those 50 is pretty much impossible it's best to just wing it and embrace the chaos.

justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Thursday, 26 September 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link

Just voted and I literally got a headache after doing so.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 26 September 2019 17:03 (five years ago) link

i have a lawyer

imago, Thursday, 26 September 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link

hahaha

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 26 September 2019 17:11 (five years ago) link

I suspect no-one (esp the poll runner) is in favour of allowing three *add your non-nominated albums/tracks here*? It's not usance in these polls with a decade spanning poll, with stakes so high (lol), would it be a too hard a breach of etiquette to allow, say, three non-nominated entries on the ballot?

(I know a majority probably detests it but I had to try and ask, regardless)

Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 26 September 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link

Down to 109 albums. What a decade.

In terms of errors, someone seems to have nominated U2.

Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Thursday, 26 September 2019 20:24 (five years ago) link

omar little is an ilx institution and we all have our reasons iirc

imago, Thursday, 26 September 2019 20:31 (five years ago) link

Since we're allowed to post youtubes here I'd like ilxors to give a listen to this title track (its not metal, honest) its synthy goodness that I'm sure a lot of ilxors would like if they were introduced to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjXlNSlAMXI

Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 26 September 2019 23:14 (five years ago) link

There’s a terrible Coldplay album somewhere on the noms too.

Surprised that indie folk popular acts from the 00’s like Bon Iver, Devendra Banhart and Sufjan Stevens were almost completely ignored. I know this is ILM but still.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 26 September 2019 23:26 (five years ago) link

Oh wait I see the Sufjan albums are all in there, still he’s very underrepresented in the tracks poll. I don’t think I even voted for him, not huge on the songs from Chicago which were the couple of noms. I think his best songs are in seven swans and michigan.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 26 September 2019 23:29 (five years ago) link

sent! hope i didn't fuck up!

I'm a board man. Board man gets paid (Will M.), Friday, 27 September 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link

There’s a terrible Coldplay album somewhere on the noms too.

viva la vida is the best coldplay album and i may vote for it

american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 27 September 2019 17:44 (five years ago) link

I would have voted for Parachutes had I nominated it or found it on the noms list.

Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Friday, 27 September 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link

you never meant to cause us trouble

imago, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link

I'd sort kidded myself that Martin became progressively duller, lyric-wise, but christ, I just looked at some of the Parachutes lyrics and that's a slough of despond right there.

Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Friday, 27 September 2019 18:45 (five years ago) link

In terms of errors, someone seems to have nominated U2

The error was nominating the wrong hated U2 album. I think How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb would make my top 50, maybe All That You Can't Leave Behind in the right mood, but even I can't get behind No Line on the Horizon

Vinnie, Saturday, 28 September 2019 03:06 (five years ago) link

viva la vida is easily the best coldplay album but there's no chance it'll make my top 50

htdaab and nloth are both pretty dreadful, easily some of the worst u2 albums, but of the two nloth is at least kinda interesting in places and there's the general feeling of maybe it could have been something worthwhile if they hadn't gotten scared and changed paths halfway through recording

ufo, Saturday, 28 September 2019 03:14 (five years ago) link

voted.

albums ballot turned out to be relatively painless in the end, but I chickened out and didn't do a weighted ballot for tracks - it was hard enough to compile, let alone rank.

Roz, Saturday, 28 September 2019 09:46 (five years ago) link

It might be Coldplay’s best but I can’t think of a single reason I’d like to listen to it, let alone vote for it, over 500+ of the noms.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 28 September 2019 22:24 (five years ago) link


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