Vital stats:
-274 albums received votes out of 516 nominated -75 ballots cast -1 tie -Ranking determined by number of points received, number of votes received, then number of number one votes received
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 17:44 (seventeen years ago)
50. High On Fire - Death Is This Communion (74 points, 5 votes, 1 number one vote)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/Image-Death_Is_This_Communion.jpg
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 17:48 (seventeen years ago)
49. White Stripes - Icky Thump (74 points, 7 votes, 1 number one vote)
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9745/thewhitestripesickythumca7.jpg
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 18:07 (seventeen years ago)
damn i already like this poll
― gman, Monday, 3 March 2008 18:26 (seventeen years ago)
Please everyone, contain your excitement!
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 18:58 (seventeen years ago)
48. Caribou - Andorra (77 points, 7 votes, 1 number one vote)
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8200/caribouandorract7ec4.jpg
It's gonna make me kinda sad when Spoon ends up like 30 places higher than Caribou.
― maciej recognizing trill, Monday, 3 March 2008 19:09 (seventeen years ago)
Wow, a number one vote for each so far! And two out of three ain't bad for a start -- I couldn't care less about the Stripes album, but the High on Fire and Caribou albums are both excellent.
― stephen, Monday, 3 March 2008 19:15 (seventeen years ago)
that high on fire rec is awesome
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 3 March 2008 19:20 (seventeen years ago)
47. Jesu - Conqueror (77 points, 8 votes)
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5760/jesuconquerordm1gv7.jpg
The greatest one-trick pony of 2007. Justin Broadrick has been honing in on one sound since Jesu's inception, and Conqueror indicates that that sound has arrived. The low, low guitars, endless layering, and repetitive, start-stop beats are as impressively deep on the record as they not in a live setting, where I tend to think that most PA systems are simply not built for what Broadrick is trying to do. As it appeals to one very specific part of my musical palette, Jesu's fusion is beautiful and beautifully limited. The limitations aren't going anywhere, but as far as execution against goals goes, this band is tops. -call all destroyer
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 20:05 (seventeen years ago)
Here is an "up-and-comer" with lots of "buzz":
46. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (78 points, 8 votes, #39 in 2006)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Amy_Winehouse_-_Back_To_Black_US.jpg
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 20:34 (seventeen years ago)
Whoa.. I was randomly handed that High On Fire CD last night and it's currently in my bad unlistened. I will listen to it right now.
― billstevejim, Monday, 3 March 2008 21:03 (seventeen years ago)
in my **BAG**!!!
45. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (79 points, 6 votes)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/3_c86c2c75f4dd5cfa2361959701f93205.jpg
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 21:31 (seventeen years ago)
well that caribou album was pretty good...
― Gukbe, Monday, 3 March 2008 21:36 (seventeen years ago)
Awesome that High On Fire made it. I had hoped my no1 choice Electric Wizard would make it along with Alcest. Probably wont but I'm hoping Om might.
― Herman G. Neuname, Monday, 3 March 2008 21:49 (seventeen years ago)
44. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (79 points, 10 votes) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/Gggbrihanna.jpg
The best thing I can say about Good Girl Gone Bad is this: its first song is the consensus best pop song of last year, and the rest manages not to pale in comparison. -J0rdan S
Ella, ella, ella. Biggest brelly single since The Hollies kicked off the most fun first half of an album this year; "Push up on Me," "Don't Stop the Music" (with that Dibango-by-way-of-Jackson "Mukassa" sample) and "Breakin' Dishes" are undeniable. Second half may be slow down, but damn, those harmonies. Too bad about Ne-Yo though. Hate on this and be prepared to surrender your poptimist card. -i eat cannibals
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:09 (seventeen years ago)
lol most backhanded compliment ever :/
i really really like this album tho
― J0rdan S., Monday, 3 March 2008 22:10 (seventeen years ago)
i like that the past 2 years have kicked off the list with a metal album. awesome
― gman, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:22 (seventeen years ago)
I get the feeling that this could be a very schizophrenic list.
― Billy Dods, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:38 (seventeen years ago)
=43. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (80 points, 6 votes)
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/6663/strawberryjamhighrescovzy8.jpg
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:44 (seventeen years ago)
=43. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered (80 points, 6 votes)
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7296/roisinmurphyoverpoweredsm3.jpg
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:45 (seventeen years ago)
Glad AC didn't get a higher placig.
― W4LTER, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:45 (seventeen years ago)
strawberry jam was great. my first to make it so far.
― gman, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:51 (seventeen years ago)
The album cover is so gross.
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:52 (seventeen years ago)
^^^
― Jordan, Monday, 3 March 2008 22:53 (seventeen years ago)
41. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala (80 points, 7 votes)
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9550/jenslekamnnightfallsxi5zw7.jpg
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 23:25 (seventeen years ago)
And I think I speak for everyone when I say FINALLY SOME LCD SOUNDSYSTEM IN AN ILM POLL!!
40. LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 (82 points, 7 votes, #7 in 2006)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/45-33_album_cover.jpg
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 23:54 (seventeen years ago)
(that's it for today, tune in tomorrow for a result that will both shock and awe)
(PS: I still need a Waffles invite...I'm not threatening to hold the rest of the poll hostage or anything, but I am putting that option on the table)
― musically, Monday, 3 March 2008 23:55 (seventeen years ago)
strawberry jam was awesome
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 00:28 (seventeen years ago)
shocked it didn't place higher, but i guess it's pretty "conventional" for an AC record? don't really know their oevure, can some1 educate a hoos
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 00:29 (seventeen years ago)
i still have not heard the electric wizard album!! :( :(
Electric Wizard album is awes.
― W4LTER, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 00:31 (seventeen years ago)
Yeah it's their best yet. I never thought they would top Dopethrone.
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 00:49 (seventeen years ago)
Gah there's only like four good songs on the Jens album!
― Simon H., Tuesday, 4 March 2008 00:53 (seventeen years ago)
Hoos re: AC start with Sung Tongs, then listen to Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished/Danse Manatee, or actually start with the Panda Bear but I imagine you've heard that already, believe the hype on that one. I had this weird handmade EP or something called Campfire Collective but it was boring so I got rid of it. Feels is really boring, although maybe not if you haven't heard too much else, I dunno.
― tremendoid, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 01:32 (seventeen years ago)
I thought we only liked Campfire Songs.
― W4LTER, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 01:34 (seventeen years ago)
oh yeah campfire songs. i only don't like it. and feels. so far.
― tremendoid, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 01:35 (seventeen years ago)
When I saw them live they played a heap of stuff from Feels and it sounded really great!1
― W4LTER, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 01:37 (seventeen years ago)
feels was awesome. jam is my second favorite to it. glad it placed but deserved a lot higher. im surprised that there was only 6 of us.
― gman, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 02:28 (seventeen years ago)
don't blame me, i gave that bitch 17 points. and re: Feels, yeah it's less than compelling in places, but it also has some of their best material. don't sleep on it hoos.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 02:49 (seventeen years ago)
I thought Campfire Songs was one of their best, along with Sung Tongs. I haven't really been able to get into the new one, though.
― Dan S, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 04:04 (seventeen years ago)
V. happy to see Rihanna.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 05:24 (seventeen years ago)
17 pts here too...sung tongs was great too. i actually like everything i've heard from them except for the live album.
― gman, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 07:31 (seventeen years ago)
39. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity (82 points, 7 votes, 1 number one vote)
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4808/deerhooffriendopportunigl0.jpg
― musically, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 16:26 (seventeen years ago)
38. PJ Harvey - White Chalk (83 points, 10 votes)
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6227/wccoverwm4mg4.jpg
― musically, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 17:02 (seventeen years ago)
White Chalk: the party record of 2007
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 17:03 (seventeen years ago)
37. Patrick Wolf - Magic Position (84 points, 6 votes, 1 number one vote)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/The_Magic_Position_cover.jpg
― musically, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 17:53 (seventeen years ago)
Kinda surprised the White Stripes and PJ Harvey are so low. I suppose they're the sort of albums that several ppl vote around the 9th or 10th mark.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 17:55 (seventeen years ago)
More surprised by Patrick Wolf being #37, figured this would be a lock for the top 20.
― Billy Dods, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 18:00 (seventeen years ago)
kornrulez6969, please enlighten us with 5 or 10 albums that should be in the top 50.
Dig the true top ten, people!
1. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna... 2. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver 3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 4. Bruce Springsteen - Magic 5. Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder 6. Against Me! - New Wave 7. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 8. No Age - Weirdo Rippers 9. M.I.A. - Kala 10. National - Boxer
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 8 March 2008 01:13 (seventeen years ago)
This was actually a pretty good and interesting list, much less predictable than the singles.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 8 March 2008 01:17 (seventeen years ago)
did andrew antone play Brad on Home Improvement? If so, then he needs a new haircut.
― Drugs A. Money, Saturday, 8 March 2008 01:42 (seventeen years ago)
lol raising sand
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 8 March 2008 01:44 (seventeen years ago)
And here's everything else:
73 points Liars - Liars 71 points Dinosaur Jr - Beyond 70 points Grinderman – st
69 points Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand 69 points Fiery Furnaces - Widow City 68 points Angels Of Light - We Are Him 66 points New Pornographers - Challengers 66 points Matthew Dear - Asa Breed 65 points Map of Africa - Map of Africa 64 points Björk - Volta 64 points Apparat - Walls 62 points Prodigy - Return Of The Mac 61 points Cornelius - Sensuous 61 points Pole - Steingarten
58 points Good, The Bad & The Queen - st 56 points Okkervil River - The Stage Names 56 points Girls Aloud - Tangled Up 56 points Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today 56 points Parts & Labor - Mapmaker 55 points Chromatics - Night Drive 55 points Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals 55 points Ghostface Killah - Big Doe Rehab 54 points Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36 54 points Rhys Chatham - A Crimson Grail 52 points Boris w/ Michio Kurihara - Rainbow 52 points Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta 51 points Klaxons - Myths of The Near Future 51 points Tokyo Jihen - Variety 50 points Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis 50 points Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus 50 points Ewan Pearson - Piece Work 50 points Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing 50 points Iron And Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
49 points Tinariwen - Aman Iman (Water Is Life) 49 points Shackleton/Appleblim - Soundboy Punishments 48 points Wilco - Sky Blue Sky 48 points Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha 47 points Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 47 points Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder 46 points Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Trip The Light Fantastic 45 points Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends 44 points A Place To Bury Strangers - st 44 points Freeway - Free At Last 44 points Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil 43 points Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams 42 points Pharoahe Monch - Desire 42 points Ulver - Shadows Of The Sun 42 points Paramore - Riot! 41 points No Age - Weirdo Rippers 40 points Baroness - Red Album 40 points Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
39 points Ned Rothenberg - Inner Diaspora 39 points Bird And the Bee - st 39 points Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum 38 points Kathy Diamond - Miss Diamond To You 38 points Go! Team - Proof Of Youth 37 points va - Hyphy Hitz 36 points Sloan - Never Hear The End Of It 36 points Calle 13 - Residente O Visitante 36 points Talib Kweli - Eardrum 36 points Melchior Productions Ltd. - No Disco Future 35 points Nina Nastasia And Jim White - You Follow Me 34 points Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird On The Water 34 points Sir Richard Bishop - While My Guitar Violently Bleeds 34 points Neurosis - Given To The Rising 33 points Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works 32 points Deerhunter - Cryptograms 31 points September - Dancing Shoes 30 points Field Music - Tones Of Town 30 points Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey EP 30 points Working For A Nuclear Free City - Businessmen And Ghosts 30 points Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings 30 points Trans Am - Sex Change 30 points Six Organs Of Admittance - Shelter From The Ash 30 points Against Me! - New Wave
29 points Colleen - Les Ondes Silencieuses 29 points Ghost - In Stormy Nights 29 points Sir Richard Bishop - Polytheistic Fragments 29 points Islaja - Ulual Yyy 29 points Bruce Springsteen - Magic 29 points Grails - Burning Off Impurities 28 points Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound 28 points Boxcutter - Glyphic 28 points Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge 28 points Glass Candy - B/E/A/T/B/O/X 27 points Bat For Lashes - Fur And Gold 27 points M83 - Digital Shades, Vol 1 27 points Sean Price - Jesus Price Superstar 27 points Robyn - st 27 points Italians Do It Better - After Dark 26 points T-Pain - Epiphany 26 points Future Conditional - We Don't Just Disappear 25 points Charalambides - Likeness 25 points Bottomless Pit - Hammer Of The Gods 25 points Witchcraft - The Alchemist 25 points Menomena - Friend And Foe 25 points Efdemin - Efdemin 25 points Harmonia - Live 1974 24 points Sugababes - Change 24 points Muscles - Guns Babes And Lemonade 24 points Reverend Bizarre - III: So Long Suckers 24 points Holy Fuck - LP 24 points Lucky Soul - The Great Unwanted 24 points Times New Viking - Presents The Paisley Reich 23 points Maximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures 23 points Club 8 - The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming 23 points Clientele - God Save The Clientele 23 points Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War 21 points White Rainbow - Prism Of Eternal Now 21 points Scarface - Made 21 points Underworld - Oblivion with Bells 21 points Nels Cline Singers - Draw Breath 20 points Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land 20 points Mala Rodriguez - Malamarismo 20 points Thee Majesty - Vitruvian Pan 20 points Aly & AJ - Insomniatic 20 points Kubichek! - Not Enough Night 20 points Ashley Tisdale - Headstrong 20 points Laura Veirs - Saltbreakers 20 points Lucky Pierre - Dip 20 points Melt-Banana - Bambi's Dilemma 20 points Kevin Ayers - The Unfairground 20 points Ray Davies - Working man's cafe 20 points Caina - Mourner 20 points Group Doueh - Guitar Music From The Western Sahara 20 points Sorcerer - White Magic 20 points Freemasons - Shakedown
19 points Nellie McKay - Obligatory Villagers 19 points Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye 19 points Dirty Projectors - Rise Above 19 points Marc Almond - Stardom Road 19 points Apartment - The Dreamer Evasive 19 points Dälek - Abandoned Language 19 points Interpol - Our Love To Admire 19 points Keke Palmer - So Uncool 19 points DJ Spooky - Creation Rebel 19 points Balkan Beat Box - Nu Med 19 points Odious Mortem - Cryptic Implosion 18 points Chromeo - Fancy Footwork 18 points Rachel Unthank & The Winterset - The Bairns 18 points Boris with Merzbow - Rock Dream 18 points Clutch - From Beale St. To Oblivion 18 points Hand Hell - Phonography 18 points Prins Thomas - Cosmo Galactic Prism 18 points va - Grand Cru 2007 18 points Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters 18 points Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High 18 points Afrirampo - Suuto Breakor 18 points Tough Alliance - A New Chance 18 points Blues Control - Puff 17 points Pearlfishers - Up With The Larks 17 points James Murphy - FabricLive 36 17 points Tuk - Shallow Water Blackout 17 points Murcof - Cosmos 17 points Pink Reason - Cleaning the Mirror 17 points Ted Leo - Living With The Living 17 points Echospace - The Coldest Season 17 points Magik Markers - Boss 17 points Twilight Sad - Fourteen Summers And Fifteen Winters 17 points Yellow Swans - At All Ends 17 points Blues Control - st 17 points Mira Calix - Eyes Set Against the Sun 17 points Trelldom - Til Minne 16 points Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass 16 points Citywide Vacuum – Pact 16 points Hue Blanc?s Joyless Ones - Arriere Garde 16 points Oxbow - The Narcotic Story 16 points Pissed Jeans - Hope For Men 16 points Cave - Hunt Lke Devil/Jamz 16 points Cloudland Canyon - Silvertongued Sisyphus 16 points Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full 15 points Horrors: Strange House 15 points Aereogramme - My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Go On 15 points Johan Ess - Govern Yourself Accordingly 15 points Torche - In Return 15 points Nadja - Touched 15 points Focus Group - We Are Pan's People 15 points Yakuza Heart Attack - st 15 points Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars 15 points Birchville Cat Motel - Astro Catastrophies 15 points Will.I.Am - Songs About Girls 14 points Bubonic Plague - Instant Coma 14 points William Basinski - El Camino Real 14 points Pinch - Underwater Dancehall 14 points Voice Of The Seven Woods - st 14 points Crowded House - Time On Earth 14 points Jordan Pruitt - No Ordinary Girl 14 points Marnie Stern - In Advance of a Broken Arm 14 points New Buffalo - Somewhere, Anywhere 14 points Black Francis - Bluefinger 14 points Charlotte Hatherley - The Deep Blue 14 points Dj A-Trak - Dirty South Dance 14 points OST - I'm Not There 14 points nsi. - Plays Non Standards 14 points Casa De Leones - st 13 points Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - Tongues 13 points Zoroaster - Dog Magic 13 points Boyz Noize - Oi Oi Oi 13 points Pelican - City Of Echoes 13 points Daniel Pemberton - Tvpopmuzik 13 points Lost In Hildurness - Mount A 13 points Oscillation - Out Of Phase 13 points Owls - Suns and Daughters 13 points Raz Mesinai's Badawi - Unit Of Resistance 12 points Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake - From The Ocean To The River 12 points A Mountain Of One - Collected Works 12 points Eleni Mandell - Miracle Of Five 12 points Modeselektor - Happy Birthday 12 points Rumskib - Rumskib 12 points Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone 12 points Even As We Speak - A Three Minute Song Is One Minute Too Long 12 points Cloaks - A Crystal Skull In Peru 12 points Aliens – Astronomy For Dogs 12 points Future Of The Left - Curses 11 points Merzbow + Carlos Giffoni - Synth Destruction 11 points Kings Of Leon - Because of the Times 11 points Big Business - Here Come The Waterworks 11 points Skeletonwitch - Beyond the Permafrost 11 points Donnacha Costello - Colorseries 11 points Warhammer 48K - An Ethereal Oracle 11 points Strategy - Future Rock 11 points Bang Gang Deejays - Light Sound Dance 11 points Original Silence - First Original Silence 11 points Avett Brothers - Emotionalism 11 points Built to Spill - They Got Away EP 10 points va - ILX HAS A BUCKET!!! 10 points El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead 10 points Alchemist - Tripsis 10 points Burning Star Core - Operator Dead ... Post Abandoned 10 points Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs - You Can't Buy A Gun When You're Crying 10 points Meshell Ndegeocello - The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams 10 points Andy Palacio - Watina 10 points Dir En Grey - THE MARROW OF A BONE 10 points Max Mohr - Trickmixer's Revenge 10 points Dark Tranquillity - Fiction 10 points Supermayer - Save the World 10 points Manic Street Preachers - Send Away the Tigers 10 points Earth - Hibernaculum 10 points Health - Health 10 points Nightwish - Dark Passion Play 10 points Tori Amos - American Doll Posse 10 points Kuniyuki Takahashi - We Are Together 10 points In This Moment - Beautiful Tragedy 10 points Young Gods - Super Ready/Fragmenté 10 points Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light 10 points Oh Sees - Sucks Blood 10 points Amiina - Kurr 10 points Mary Weiss & Reigning Sound - Dangerous Game 10 points Asrai - Pearls In Dirt 10 points Arp - In Light 10 points Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday 10 points Secrets Of The Moon - Antithesis 10 points Sunn o))) - Oracle 10 points Runrig - Everything You See 10 points Tuss - Rushup Edge 10 points Rotting Christ - Theogonia
9 points Mary Onettes - The Mary Onettes 9 points Cherry Blossoms - Cherry Blossoms 9 points Kenna - Make Sure They See My Face 9 points Wooden Shjips - Wooden Shjips 9 points David Torn - Prezens 9 points White Rabbits - Fort Nightly 9 points Onur Ozer - Kasmir 9 points Unsane - Visqueen 9 points Mendoza Line - 30 Year Low 8 points Kalabrese - Rumpelzirkus 8 points Agnes - Dumbles Debuts 8 points Queens Of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris 8 points Digitalism - Idealism 8 points Swimmer One - The Regional Variations 7 points Jason Isbell - Sirens Of The Ditch 7 points False - 2007 7 points Kinski - Down Below It's Chaos 7 points James Blackshaw - Cloud Of Unknowing 6 points Beanie Sigel - The Solution 6 points Tracey Thorn - Out of the Woods 6 points A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Scribble Comic Music Journal 6 points Polyphonic Spree - The Fragile Army 6 points Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation 5 points Say Anything - In Defense Of The Genre 5 points Life Without Buildings - Live At The Annandale Hotel 5 points Petre Inspirescu - Tips 5 points Jesu - Pale Sketches 5 points Brothers Martin - The Brothers Martin 5 points Fennesz Sakamoto - Cendre 5 points Susanna - Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos 5 points June Tabor - Apples 4 points Stooges - The Weirdness 4 points Instituto Mexicano Del Sonido - Piñata 4 points Prince Fatty - Survival of the fattest 4 points Hives: The Black And White Album 4 points Bright Eyes - Cassadaga 4 points Strange Death of Liberal England - Forward March! 4 points Vic Chesnutt - North Star Deserter 3 points Clockcleaner - Babylon Rules 3 points va - Basic Replay CD (Basic Replay) 3 points Signal - Robotron 3 points Janet Feder/Fred Frith - Ironic Universe 3 points Dungen - Tio Bitar 3 points Bertrand Burgalat - Chéri BB 2 points Bamboos - Rawville 2 points Maria Mckee - Late December 2 points Dethklok - The Dethalbum 2 points Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum 2 points Porn Sword Tobacco - New Exclusive Olympic Heights 1 points Bonde Do Role - With Lasers 1 points Githead - Art Pop 1 points Booka Shade - DJ Kicks 1 points Souvenir's Young America - An Ocean Without Water
― musically, Saturday, 8 March 2008 03:24 (seventeen years ago)
surprised to see no age so far down
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 8 March 2008 03:29 (seventeen years ago)
I think that means I contributed 12 of the 31 10-pointers. I understand how I could be the only person who voted for both Rotting Christ and Amiina, but the only one who voted for either?! Hmph.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 8 March 2008 03:46 (seventeen years ago)
No Little Big Town, No...
― mulla atari, Saturday, 8 March 2008 03:58 (seventeen years ago)
...Big Little Town?
― The Reverend, Saturday, 8 March 2008 04:01 (seventeen years ago)
Clever.
― mulla atari, Saturday, 8 March 2008 04:05 (seventeen years ago)
i didnt vote in this but big ups to you dorks for rating Studio so high.
― gr8080, Saturday, 8 March 2008 04:40 (seventeen years ago)
27 points Sean Price - Jesus Price Superstar
;_;
― ciderpress, Saturday, 8 March 2008 05:16 (seventeen years ago)
10 points El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
this is so sad ^
album is fantastic
― stephen, Saturday, 8 March 2008 07:26 (seventeen years ago)
61 points Pole - Steingarten
I'm glad to see someone else voted for this too. It's one of the best electronic albums I've heard in ages, and an absolute return to form after the rather boring previous album with rapping. Plus he manages to expand his signature into new and exciting dimensions. Too bad Pole hasn't been trendy for years (if he ever was), so Steingarten was mostly ignored.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 8 March 2008 10:32 (seventeen years ago)
y'know out of boredom i was doing an image search of castles last year, stumbled upon neuschwanstein, and decided it was my fave; wiki'd it, talked some b.s. with my girl about visiting etc. THE VERY NEXT DAY p4k reviewed Steingarten, with MY CASTLE plastered all over the cover. I still haven't listened to this, but i probably should.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Saturday, 8 March 2008 10:49 (seventeen years ago)
2 points Dethklok - The Dethalbum
:)
― Emily Bjurnhjam, Saturday, 8 March 2008 12:51 (seventeen years ago)
24 points Reverend Bizarre - III: So Long Suckers
Awesome
― Herman G. Neuname, Saturday, 8 March 2008 14:29 (seventeen years ago)
1 points Souvenir's Young America - An Ocean Without Water That was me!
― Herman G. Neuname, Saturday, 8 March 2008 17:03 (seventeen years ago)
Thanks to musically for compiling all this.
― Herman G. Neuname, Saturday, 8 March 2008 19:47 (seventeen years ago)
Yes! Very much so!
― The Reverend, Saturday, 8 March 2008 20:11 (seventeen years ago)
cheers musically!
― whatever, Sunday, 9 March 2008 01:07 (seventeen years ago)
This top 50 makes more sense to me if #1 is actually #50, and vice versa.
― stephen, Sunday, 9 March 2008 03:39 (seventeen years ago)
aka, read the list in reverse order: LCD #50, MIA #49, etc.
...okay nevermind, that puts the White Stripes at #2, fuck that.
― stephen, Sunday, 9 March 2008 03:40 (seventeen years ago)
haha
― The Reverend, Sunday, 9 March 2008 08:55 (seventeen years ago)
lol ilm
― DavidM, Sunday, 9 March 2008 09:11 (seventeen years ago)
Thanks musically!
― Spencer Chow, Sunday, 9 March 2008 13:26 (seventeen years ago)
lol
yes thanks very much to musically for putting this together!!
― Mark Clemente, Sunday, 9 March 2008 13:28 (seventeen years ago)
thanks musically, i didn't even vote for albums out of respeck, i heard like maybe a dozen. My pick was Lee Burridge's Balance but that could change I guess. The LCD Soundsystem album exceeded my expectations, I don't know enough of these albums to tell whether the results are a tragedy or not.
― tremendoid, Sunday, 9 March 2008 13:56 (seventeen years ago)
10 points va - ILX HAS A BUCKET!!!
I say yay for the appreciation. And no sadness for it not making the chartie.
― Mark G, Monday, 10 March 2008 01:45 (seventeen years ago)
Based on this thread, I bought the Miranda Lambert and checked Deerhoof out of the library today. There are a few other records on here that escaped my attention in 2007 and will have to check out. Thanks to musically and the people who contributed.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, 10 March 2008 01:55 (seventeen years ago)
I checked out Studio because of this poll. Kudos to musically!
― o. nate, Monday, 10 March 2008 03:01 (seventeen years ago)
talked some b.s. with my girl about visiting etc.
This is tangential, but I just want to advise against this - it's hot, RIDICULOUSLY crowded with shoulder-to-shoulder grumblers, and the tour is actually pretty brief. But OTOH I've never been that interested in the building, so if you really really love it you might be more impressed. For my brother it was like a religious experience...
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 10 March 2008 04:03 (seventeen years ago)
OK, I have to admit, this was a lot more useful for me than the Plan B end of year list, in terms of finding missed gems I actually liked.
― Masonic Boom, Monday, 10 March 2008 09:36 (seventeen years ago)
Glad everyone (kornrulez6969 excepted) enjoyed this one...and I think this poll was a lot easier to tabulate and post than last year. By 2010 I'll be able to crank these mfs out!
― musically, Monday, 10 March 2008 15:19 (seventeen years ago)
Re: "the Kala blurb couldn't be straight-up praise, could it"
Nope. I really liked the album, but I didn't like all of it. And it's hard to blurb the album without mentioning the hype/backlash. Maybe I coulda done it better, but hell, you coulda done it.
― I eat cannibals, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 02:43 (seventeen years ago)
all in all, a pretty bizarre list that struck boring predictability come the top 10. can't complain with a lot of the choices, though :)
next year i'll vote
― Charlie Howard, Sunday, 16 March 2008 14:14 (seventeen years ago)
Your vote could have changed the whole thing!
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Sunday, 16 March 2008 14:52 (seventeen years ago)
ok anything i may have said about sound of silver i completely take back. after spending time with it all weekend and hearing i see why it is so loved. "new york i love you" is one of the best ending songs ive heard in a while.
i love the album and it definately deserves to be at the top.
― gman, Sunday, 16 March 2008 20:29 (seventeen years ago)
i used to read ILM a lot a few years ago and only check in every so often now to keep an eye on whats going,but my god its depressing to find people complaining about the britney album being in the album polls,and calling it "ilx irony"
have things really changed that much?
― robin l, Sunday, 16 March 2008 23:00 (seventeen years ago)
I wouldnt say it's near the top but it turned me around also xp.
― tremendoid, Sunday, 16 March 2008 23:15 (seventeen years ago)
Things haven't changed. Read ILX : What is The Genre Of Music You Dislike/Hate Most? for proof.
― Herman G. Neuname, Sunday, 16 March 2008 23:23 (seventeen years ago)
uh huh rockist, my vote may well have inched the deerhoof and blonde redhead closer to top spot glory. maybe even the jens and jesu records. but maybe not
― Charlie Howard, Monday, 17 March 2008 02:42 (seventeen years ago)
massive lol at radiohead beating 'blackout'
― prego, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 20:26 (thirteen years ago)
is the worst ilm eoy list??
― Lamp, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 01:22 (thirteen years ago)
most of them are pretty lol but i think the earliest ones moreso
― some dude, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 01:34 (thirteen years ago)
yeah i guess all the lists ive seen are filled w/garbage this one just seemed particularly lulz-y
― memories of c-murder (Lamp), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 01:39 (thirteen years ago)
Maybe Lamp and prego covered this but does anyone else think this list hews paricularly close to critical consensus/"P4k"? Maybe it was a banner year for trendiness?
― don't quixote me on that (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 04:55 (thirteen years ago)
I think this year was a record low for voting iirc?
― sasha and maliaweed (The Reverend), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 05:01 (thirteen years ago)
I actually like some of these albums
― don't quixote me on that (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 05:04 (thirteen years ago)