The 2008 ILX0R ALBUMS POLL Annex

Voters, present your lists for perusal.

ALBUMS (ordered)

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Beyoncé - I Am...Sasha Fierce
Young Jeezy - The Recession
Mariah Carey - E=Mc2
Bug, The - London Zoo
Dream, The - Love/Hate
Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
Geeneus - Volumes One
Nappy Roots - The Humdinger
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
Anthony Hamilton - The Point Of It All
Wiley - Grime Wave
Solange - Sol Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams
Danity Kane - Welcome To The Dollhouse
School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Trus'me - Working Nights
Brandy - Human
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter Iii

argh you beat me

Torche - Meanderthal
Grouper - Dragging A Dead Dear Up The Hill
Portishead - Third
Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game In Town
Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
Bug, The - London Zoo
Lau Nau - Nukkuu
Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista
Woods Family Creeps - Woods Family Creeps
Growing - All The Way
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Untitled (Gnarled Forest)
James Blackshaw - Litany Of Echoes
Josephine Foster - This Coming Gladness
Goslings - Occasion
Marnie Stern - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It
Melvins - Nude With Boots
Sunn 0))) - Domkirke
Cave - Hunt Like Devil

hahahaha SIX out of my top EIGHT received NO other votes, beat that!!

― there's no antivote to (country matters), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 01:17 (0 seconds ago) Bookmark

Thomas White - I Dream Of Black
Youthmovies - Good Nature
Late Of The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
Volcano - Paperwork
Silvery - Thunderer & Excelsior
Half Man Half Biscuit - Csi: Ambleside
Chap, The - Mega Breakfast
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
Hold Steady, The - Stay Positive
Portishead - Third
Torche - Meanderthal
Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
Opeth - Watershed
Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Caïna - Temporary Antennae
Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game In Town
M83 - Saturdays=Youth
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

Albums (Ordered)

Portishead - Third
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Santogold - Santogold
Week That Was, The - The Week That Was
Arms - Kids Aflame
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Envelopes - Here Comes The Wind
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Coldplay - Viva La Vida (Or Death And All His Friends)
M83 - Saturdays=Youth
Nneka - No Longer At Ease
Times New Viking - Rip It Off
Baïkonour - Your Ear Knows Future
Future Islands - Wave Like Home
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Metronomy - Nights Out
Shearwater - Rook
El Guincho - Alegranza
Hidrogenesse - Bestiola
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too

I was kinda reaching by the end there. Having now heard GGD and half of Erykah, regretting Elbow in spadefuls.

(oh and mine's ordered, obv)

awww you should keep posting at the main thread, it was almost reaching "Dave Matthews Band : Name Your Reasons Why They Are So Bad & Hated." numbers!

After my top 5, the order's all really pretty arbitrary. And changes would be made if compiling it now.

People had browser probs on it.
The full list should have been posted here 1st before individual lists I think so there's easy access to it.

w/mine, GGD and lil' wayne were shoved down the list deliberately in a vague concession to strategy

awww you should keep posting at the main thread, it was almost reaching "Dave Matthews Band : Name Your Reasons Why They Are So Bad & Hated." numbers!

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Monday, February 16, 2009 8:19 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i know i was thinking of DMB before!

U.S. Girls - Introducing…
Lau Nau - Nukkuu
Charlie Parker - Bird In Time 1940 - 1947
Grouper - Dragging A Dead Dear Up The Hill
Woods Family Creeps - Woods Family Creeps
Endless Boogie - Focus Level
Country Teasers/Ezee Tiger - W.O.A.R./W.A.R.
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
Gavin Bryars/Philip Jeck/Alter Ego - The Sinking Of The Titanic
Harry Pussy - You'll Never Play This Town Again
James Blackshaw - Litany Of Echoes
Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol.8
Jenny Lewis- Acid Tongue
Tom Carter - Shots At Infinity 1&2
Cloudland Canyon - Lie In Light
George Jones - The Hits...Then 'Til Now
Portishead - Third
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue / Bambu
Times New Viking - Rip It Off
Nnck - Clomeim

Sunn 0))) - Domkirke , Cave - Hunt Like Devil got their only votes from me it seems.

I find Sunn 0))) scary.

Didn't realize I voted for Kanye. Thought I voted for Ne-Yo.

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Foreign Exchange, The - Leave It All Behind (DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS I POSTED SOME YOUTUBES IN THE OTHER THREAD)
Solange - Sol Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams
Kelley Polar - I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling
Calle 13 - Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo
Dream, The - Love/Hate
Nappy Roots - The Humdinger
Portishead - Third
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
Bug, The - London Zoo
Hercules & Love Affair - S/T
Robin Thicke - Something Else
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality
T.I. - Paper Trail
Labelle - Back To Now
J*Davey - The Beauty In Distortion/The Land Of The Lost
Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza
Santogold - Santogold
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak

that was ordered, btw

we have 2 albums in common

link to post w/ Foreign Exchange vids. Their sound, as I put it there: ntimate/introspective electronic r&b w/ lots of duet vocals. Sounds kind of like a cross between Air's Pocket Symphony and Aaliyah's self-titled.

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"Intimate" haha

awww you should keep posting at the main thread, it was almost reaching "Dave Matthews Band : Name Your Reasons Why They Are So Bad & Hated." numbers!

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― lil waynes babymama (musically), Monday, February 16, 2009 5:19 PM Bookmark

I was v. happy with the amount of arguing in the thread. A lot of the past results threads have been rather passive.

Some had barely any posts

i second the encouragement to check out the foreign exchange, especially the gorgeously aqueous 'daykeeper' - i think i heard it way too late for it to sink in before voting time, but it's a v.g. album

(in retrospect i'd probably sub fennesz for fuck buttons, not that the 1 point would make much difference)

Marnie Stern - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It
Young Jeezy - The Recession
Taylor Swift - Fearless

Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna

Amandititita - La Reina De La Anarcumbia

Times New Viking - Rip It Off
Torche - Meanderthal

Very Best, The - Esau Mwamwaya And Radioclit Are The Very Best

Sprengjuhollin - Bestu Kveojur
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

Glass Candy - Beat Box

Mountain Goats, The - Heretic Pride

Boris – Smile

Santogold – Santogold

Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark

Paul Westerberg – 49:00

El Guincho – Alegranza

T.I. - Paper Trail
Kasai Allstars - In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish And Ate The Head Of His
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing


and hey where were the other mountain goats voters? that's a good album.

Dear everybody, sorry for being occasionally a bit snarky and bitchy, there have been some real discoveries here, especially within the top 6, and perhaps further down (when I get round to checking them) and I mean you no ill feeling. Perhaps I will even grow to love The-Dream, whoever he is. At least, I think it's a he. Don't wanna repeat my Danity Kane faux-pas.

:)

So psyched to see votes for Woods disc

ALBUMS (NO ORDER)

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Dolores
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light
Boris - Smile
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
Eluveitie - Slania
Firewater - The Golden Hour
Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game In Town
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter Iii
Man Man - Rabbit Habits
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Mountain Goats, The - Heretic Pride
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Ocean - Pantheon Of The Lesser
Parts & Labor - Receivers
Presets, The - Apocalypso
Steinski - What Does It All Mean? 1983 - 2006 Retrospective
Wetnurse - Invisible City

Yeah, I wish I would've voted, because I probably would've put the mountain goats album at one or two and that would have put it into the top fifty

(Ordered)

Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista
Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too
Shearwater - Rook
Portishead - Third
M83 - Saturdays=Youth
Times New Viking - Rip It Off
Fennesz - Black Sea
Santogold - Santogold
Amadou & Mariam - Welcome To Mali
Torche - Meanderthal
Fucked Up - Chemistry Of Common Life
Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers
Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Lau Nau - Nukkuu
Toumani Diabaté - The Mande Variations
Air France - No Way Down
Constantines, The - Kensington Heights
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
Glass Candy - Beat Box

Given a do-over, I'd have The-Dream in there -- probably in my top ten or even five -- and from what I've heard (which isn't a lot yet) the GGD would probably have featured too. But I'm still mostly happy with my list.

where is the LOVE for u.s. girls LP, guys?

i totally spaced on the nominations for this, but I think both Pigeons "Virgin Spectacle" and D Charles Speer & The Helix "After Hours" are really great LPs. Different. The latter is a psychedelicized country rock LP that doesn't play like an alt.country snoozer.

looks like im the only one who voted for firewater and genghis tron. i thought i might get the coveted "least of my picks making the top 50" but ian has me beat xpost

where is the LOVE for u.s. girls LP, guys?

i like her springsteen cover, but i haven't heard the album.

(Ordered)

Willie Nelson - One Hell Of A Ride
Notwist, The - The Devil You & Me
Made Out Of Babies - The Ruiner
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
Kid Creole - Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1976 - 1983
Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game In Town
Wetnurse - Invisible City
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Goslings - Occasion
Va - Nigeria '70: Lagos Jump: Original Heavyweight Afrobeat, Highlife & Afro-Funk
Caïna - Temporary Antennae
Bug, The - London Zoo
Ocean - Pantheon Of The Lesser
School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - We Brave Bee Stings And All
Dolly Parton - Backwoods Barbie
Torche - Meanderthal
Opeth - Watershed
Paul Westerberg - 49:00
Randy Newman - Harps And Angels

My actual #1 album I thought had been nominated but was not, and I have no noe to blame but myself: Lambchop - OH (Ohio)

ALBUMS (not ordered):

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Jaguar Love - Take Me To The Sea
Young Jeezy - The Recession
Parts & Labor - Receivers
Gaslight Anthem, The - The '59 Sound
Evangelista - Hello, Voyager
Robin Thicke - Something Else
Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux
Jonathan Richman - Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild
Raconteurs, The - Consolers Of The Lonely
A.B.N. - It Is What It Is
Pink - Funhouse
Scarface - Emeritus
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter Iii
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Raheem Devaughn - Love Behind The Melody
Coldplay - Viva La Vida (Or Death And All His Friends)
Anthony Hamilton - The Point Of It All
Q-Tip - The Renaissance
Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It

Evangelista - Hello, Voyager

Oh crap, I forgot all about this album. Gonna fire it up again right now.

ALBUMS (not ordered)

Betty Botox - Mmm… Betty
Blank Dogs - On Two Sides
Eric Copeland - Alien In A Garbage Dump
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
Gas - Nah Und Fern
Gavin Bryars/Philip Jeck/Alter Ego - The Sinking Of The Titanic
Hercules & Love Affair - S/T
Indian Jewelry - Free Gold!
John Maus - Love Is Real
Lau Nau - Nukkuu
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
Rod Modell - Incense & Black Light
Studio - Yearbook 2
Syclops - I’ve Got My Eye On You
Toumani Diabaté - The Mande Variations
U.S. Girls - Introducing…
Va - Nigeria '70: Lagos Jump: Original Heavyweight Afrobeat, Highlife & Afro-Funk
Va - Computer Incarnations For World Peace Ii
Zomby - Where Were U In 92?

ordered:

Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
Noisia - Fabriclive 40
Autechre - Quaristice
Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs From The Beehive
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
Tv On The Radio - Dear Science
Week That Was, The - The Week That Was
Zomby - Where Were U In 92?
Snd - 4, 5, 6
High Places - High Places
Air France - No Way Down
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Fennesz - Black Sea
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
Portishead - Third
School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Deerhunter - Microcastle <----- I don't remember voting for this, but that's what my ballot says.
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

Albums, not ordered:

Boris - Smile
Deerhunter - Microcastle
DJ /Rupture - Uproot
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Fennesz - Black Sea
Four Tet - Ringer
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
Hercules & Love Affair - S/T
Jamie Lidell - Jim
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter Iii
M83 - Saturdays=Youth
Melvins - Nude With Boots
Portishead - Third
Raveonettes, The - Lust Lust Lust
School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Stereolab - Chemical Chords
Tv On The Radio - Dear Science

ordered

Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster
Young Jeezy - The Recession
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Bug, The - London Zoo
Portishead - Third
Hercules & Love Affair - S/T
Mole, The - As High As The Sky
Dream, The - Love/Hate
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
Bun B - Ii Trill
Dave Aju - Open Wide
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter Iii
Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
Mountain Goats, The - Heretic Pride
Shed - Shedding The Past
Beyoncé - I Am...Sasha Fierce
El Guincho - Alegranza
Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Deerhunter - Microcastle

sent in unordered but will, for now on, be ordered:

Portishead - Third
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Deerhunter - Microcastle
The Dodos - Visiter
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
The Cure - 4:13 Dream
Fleet Foxes- s/t
Delays - Everything's The Rush
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
Shearwater - Rook
Black Mountain - In The Future
Vampire Weekend- s/t
Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too
Conor Oberst - s/t
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

all these were bought on CD this last year expect Lindstrom.

wow, i think i only bought one of the 20 on my list on cd.

i bought of montreal and erykah on vinyl, but i'm not home at my record player at all parts of the year. i'll buy more once the semester's done

The Erykah Badu and Portishead cds were the only music I bought all year, but I was mad broke for the whole motherfucker.

ordered with confusing strategy. i thought i would place the stuff that would get the most votes the lowest and then my favorites of the overlooked (imo) at the top. the middle is all abstract electronics. bummed i didn't vote badu higher (like at number 1 where it should've been). damn.

Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Newworldaquarium - The Dead Bears
Glass Candy - Beat Box
Kelley Polar - I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling
Morgan Geist - Double Night Time
Betty Botox - Mmm… Betty
Wighnomy Bros - Metawuffmischfelge
Snd - 4, 5, 6
Autechre - Quaristice
Byetone - Death Of A Typographer
Quiet Village - Silent Movie
Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs From The Beehive
Carl Craig & Moritz Von Oswald - Recomposed
Peter Dundov - Escapements
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
Theo Parrish - Sound Sculptures Vol 1
Portishead - Third
Hercules & Love Affair - S/T

i didn't vote. bullshit, illegal lazily ordered list of too many records i didn't vote for:

nobunny - love visions
hammers of misfortune - fields/church of broken glass
no age - nouns
erykah badu - new amerykah
nachtmystium - black meddle
santogold - santogold
blank dogs - on two sides
fucked up - chemistry of common life
broken strings - super true panther indie rock record!
earth - beez makin honey
harvey milk - life…and all her friends
the GZA - pro tools
goslings - occasion
dutchess & the duke - she's the dutchess and he's some dude
indian jewelry - free glod
love tan - misc. night feelings
sex vid - communal living
torche - meanderthal
cave - HUNT LKE DEVIL! (2007, but if other folks are listing it, i will too)
glass candy - BEATBOX (hooray for more 2007s!)
lil wayne - tha (short for "the") carter
blue sabbath black cheer - sickly weaklings/untitled
skull defekts - the drone drug
james blackshaw - litany of echoes
harlem - free drugs ;-)
crystal castles - we hide r faces
wetnurse - invisible city
kanye west - 808s & c
oh sees - a night in the mashter's bdrom
hospitals - hairdryer peace

Albums (ordered)
Dream, The - Love/Hate
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles 08
Scarface - Emeritus
Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster
Kelley Polar - I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling
Jerusalem And The Starbaskets - The Howling
Young Jeezy - The Recession
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
Mahjongg - Kontpab
Bug, The - London Zoo
Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
Kleerup - S/T
Mariah Carey - E=Mc2
Va - Ost Step Up 2: The Streets
Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
Solange - Sol Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams
Beyoncé - I Am...Sasha Fierce

(Ordered)

Grace Jones - Hurricane
Gas - Nah Und Fern
Asa - Loppuasukas
Alex Moulton - Exodus
Theo Parrish - Sound Sculptures Vol 1
Fous De La Mer - Ipanema
Calle 13 - Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo
Hercules & Love Affair - S/T
Estelle - Shine
Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit - Secret Rhythms 3
Santogold - Santogold

(I didn't listen to much new music in 2008, except for some Finnish stuff which would've been pointless to nominate.)

I didn't keep a copy of my ballot but I probably voted like this:

The-Dream - Love/Hate
Luomo - Convivial
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna (this is vaguely in order but GGD are equal second place for me)
V/A: Wighnomy Brothers - Metawuffmischfelge
Air France - No Way Down
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues
Young Jeezy - The Recession
Shy Child - Noise Won't Stop
Gucci Mane - Back To The Traphouse

ordered:

Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Magnetic Fields, The - Distortion
Young Jeezy - The Recession
Breeders, The - Mountain Battles
Black Milk - Tronic
She & Him - Volume One
Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Portishead - Third
No Age - Nouns
Guilty Simpson - Ode To The Ghetto
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter Iii
T.I. - Paper Trail
Mountain Goats, The - Heretic Pride
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Roots, The - Rising Down
Marnie Stern - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It
Hercules & Love Affair - S/T
Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward

ordered - i would sub in some stuff (other los camp! album top 12 or something for sure)

ALBUMS
Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster
Dream, The - Love/Hate
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
T-Pain - Thr33 Ringz
Young Jeezy - The Recession
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles 08
Deerhunter - Microcastle
G-Side - Starshipz And Rocketz
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux
Hercules & Love Affair - S/T
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Scarface - Emeritus
Alex Moulton - Exodus
Air France - No Way Down
Gucci Mane - Back To The Traphouse
A.B.N. - It Is What It Is
Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Tv On The Radio - Dear Science

los camp's 3 first place voters have been outed

me, tape store and maceij on the los camp/dream train

Los Campesinos are totally unbearable. What is it with indie pop and cramming everything into the mid-range?

the production doesn't bother me, you can still make out what all the instruments are doing. it makes me appreciate spoon more i guess but it's not a huge deal to me personally

Yeah, something like Spoon I can deal with because there's actually some highs and lows and most of all space and it doesn't sound like total ass.

Albums

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter Iii
Steinski - What Does It All Mean? 1983 - 2006 Retrospective
T.I. - Paper Trail
Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
Franco – Francophonic
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
K'naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher
Orchestra Baobab - Made In Dakar
Tv On The Radio - Dear Science
Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
Va - Nigeria '70: Lagos Jump: Original Heavyweight Afrobeat, Highlife & Afro-Funk
Franco - African Classics
Santogold - Santogold
Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster
El Guincho - Alegranza
Cat Power - Jukebox
Randy Newman - Harps And Angels
Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
Robert Forster - The Evangelist

Tracks

MIA - Paper Planes
Ne-Yo - Closer
T.I. - No Matter What
Santogold - Say Aha
Lil Wayne Feat. Static Major - Lollipop
T.I. Feat. Rihanna - Live Your Life
Steinski - Number Three On Flight Eleven
Rihanna - Disturbia
T-Pain Ft. Teddy Verseti - Church
Very Best Feat. MIA And Santogold, The - Get It Up
Drive-By Truckers - Bob
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
Lil Wayne - A Milli
TV On The Radio - Halfway Home
Bug F/ Killa P & Flowdan, The - Skeng
Rihanna - Please Don't Stop The Music (Wideboys Bassline Mix)
T.I. - Swagga Like Us
Drive-By Truckers - That Man I Shot
Al Green - Lay It Down

dang it, i had meant to vote for "75 Bars"! oh well.

would place Kanye 3rd, Franco 4th and T.I. down a couple in retrospect. also, would cut out the last three to make space for METAL.

scarface, gucci mane and ashlee simpson are the only albums i'm feeling active regret about not voting for

I am listening to the Alex Moulton for the first time right now and so far, so awesome.

only 5 tracks in right now but HOLY FUCK THIS ALBUM IS GOOD

(not ordered, except alphabetically)

Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
Ashlee Simpson - Bittersweet World
Eine Kleine Nacht Musik - s/t
Estelle – Shine
Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP
Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
Jean-Jacques Perrey & Dana Countryman - Destination Space
Lil Mama - VYP: Voice Of The Young People
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
Opeth – Watershed
Portishead – Third
Raconteurs, The - Consolers Of The Lonely
Solange - Sol Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams
Steinski - What Does It All Mean? 1983 - 2006 Retrospective
Stereolab - Chemical Chords
Ting Tings, The - We Started Nothing
V/A - OST Step Up 2: The Streets
Young Jeezy - The Recession

only 5 tracks in right now but HOLY FUCK THIS ALBUM IS GOOD

― I would much rather listen to hard bop jazz and stfu (The Reverend), Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:48 AM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark

right?

RIGHT

would bump the fuck out of all this prog-disco

1-20:

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Hercules & Love Affair - S/T
Annie - Don't Stop
Air France - No Way Down
D. Lissvik - 7 Trx + Intermission
Grace Jones - Hurricane
Portishead - Third
Santogold - Santogold
Solange - Sol Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
Lone - Lemurian
M83 - Saturdays=Youth
Booka Shade - The Sun And The Neon Light
Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

8 of my (unordered) votes placed inside the Top 50: The Bug, Elbow, Erykah Badu, Hercules & Love Affair, The Hold Steady, Lindstrom, Portishead, Solange.

4 of my votes received no further support: Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir, Barry Adamson, Bellowhead, Lau.

My other 8: Amadou & Mariam, The Dodos, Geeneus, Grace Jones, Jamie Lidell, Late of the Pier, Laura Marling, Lone.

Ordered.

Dream, The - Love/Hate
Luomo - Convivial
Mariah Carey - E=Mc2
Mole, The - As High As The Sky
Rod Modell - Incense & Black Light
Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
Justus Kohncke - Safe And Sound
Morgan Geist - Double Night Time
Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
Gas - Nah Und Fern
Theo Parrish - Sound Sculptures Vol 1
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
Kelley Polar - I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling
Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs From The Beehive
Syclops - I've Got My Eye On You
Q-Tip - The Renaissance
Danity Kane - Welcome To The Dollhouse
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter Iii
Glass Candy - Beat Box

Gas is one of my favorite things ever, but I wasn't going to vote for it because it's a reissue. But then I couldn't find a full 20 albums on the noms list that I was crazy about, so I stuck it at #10.

Thought more people would have voted for The Gutter Twins album.

I can't find my list anywhere. Would have posted it up so we could dissect exactly what would have come where had I got it in on time. Bugger.

awww you need to find it

didn't vote, but... (ordered)

GGD, St. Dymphna
Air France, No Way Down EP
Deerhunter, Microcastle
Atlas Sound, Let the Blind Lead
Dungen, 4
Lindstrom, Where I Go You Go Too
Crystal Castles, s/t
Beach House, Devotion
Vampire Weekend, s/t
Studio, Yearbook 2
Sebastien Tellier, Sexuality
Animal Collective, Water Curses EP
The Hospitals, Hairdryer Peace
Crystal Stilts, Alight of Night
Windsurf, Windsurf EP
Kelley Polar, I Need You...
Portishead, Third
Boris, Smile
Hot Chip, Made in the Dark
Little Joy, s/t

Ordered:

Portishead - Third
Half Man Half Biscuit - Csi: Ambleside
Deerhunter - Microcastle
No Age - Nouns
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
Stereolab - Chemical Chords
El Guincho - Alegranza
Notwist, The - The Devil You & Me
D. Lissvik - 7 Trx + Intermission
Studio - Yearbook 2
Air France - No Way Down
Bug, The - London Zoo
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Saint Etienne - Boxette
Gutter Twins - Gutter Twins
Shearwater - Rook

That's Gutter Twins votes there, and it wouldn't even have got that if I'd heard a lot of other stuff before voting (Grouper, Torche, Lindstrom, School of Seven Bells should really have got something from me).

unordered

Asian Kung-Fu Generation - World World World
Bob Mould - District Line
Brave - Monuments
Cynic - Traced In Air
Delays - Everything's The Rush
Dir En Grey - Uroboros
Eluveitie - Slania
Enslaved - Vertebrae
Everon - North
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Ida - Lover's Prayers
In Flames - A Sense Of Purpose
In This Moment - The Dream
Katy Perry - One Of The Boys
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
M83 - Saturdays=Youth
Moonspell - Night Eternal
Septicflesh - Communion
Shearwater - Rook
Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust

M83 placed, but otherwise I was at least half the point-support for all of these except Katy Perry (barely), Shearwater and Sigur Ros. I'm truly dumbfounded that Frightened Rabbit got only 3 points beyond my 10.5.

Ordered:

Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Errors - It's Not Something But It Is Like Whatever
Remember Remember - Remember Remember
* Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Johann Johannson - Fordlandia
Tv On The Radio - Dear Science
Portishead - Third
Ladytron - Velocifero
Fall, The - Imperial Wax Solvent
Mountain Goats, The - Heretic Pride
Roots Manuva - Slime And Reason
De Salvo - Mood Poisoner
Bug, The - London Zoo
M83 - Saturdays=Youth
Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
James Blackshaw - Litany Of Echoes
David Byrne/Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
5ive - Hesperus
Cure, The - 4:13 Dream

* This was disallowed, obviously: Musically was kind enough to e-mail and see if I had a sub, but I didn't have time to think about it.

Notes, comments etc: I know nobody loved the Fuck Buttons album even half as much as I did, so I'm actually delighted it bubbled under where it did. Johann Johannson was more of a surprise -- really thought that would place.

Hermann: did DeSalvo make an appearance in the metal poll at all? (Yes, I'm too lazy to look.) Great little album, that.

I know A Hoy Hoy suggested the Roots Manuva album "wasn't loved" but I thought it had been well acclaimed enough round these parts to garner a lot more than 38 paltry points.

The ones I'd really urge people to check out are RememberRemember (sample-driven pastoral pop meandering) and Errors (it sounds like Errors, only over the course of an album).

Glenn: to my shame, I've not heard that second FR album yet (I'm sure this is the second time I've typed almost exactly those words in the past month or so) and I'm pretty sure that, if I had, I'd have placed it very highly indeed.

(Also: I'd sort-of forgotten including The Cure on there. I guess it goes to show that your state of mind when you submit your poll counts for a lot. Although not in terms of the Cure's total points, obviously.)

you coulda got harvey milk or grails in with your sub!

Albums

Mae Shi - Hlllyh
Love Is All - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night
Man Man - Rabbit Habits
Dodos, The - Visiter
Johann Johannson - Fordlandia
Tape - Luminarium
Air France - No Way Down
Dungen - 4
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Blood On The Wall - Liferz
Q-Tip - The Renaissance
Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol.8
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Friendly Fires - Self-Titled
Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster
Luomo - Convivial
Girl Talk - Feed The Animals

Tracks:

MGMT - Time To Pretend
Air France - June Evenings
Gang Gang Dance Feat. Tinchy Stryder - Princes
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Lil Wayne - A Milli
TV On The Radio - Family Tree
Bob Dylan - Red River Shore*
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Drive-By Truckers - That Man I Shot
Air France - Collapsing At Your Doorstep
Cut Copy - Far Away
Friendly Fires - Paris
Fleet Foxes - Your Protector
Dungen - Satt Att Se
Q-Tip - Gettin' Up
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em - Donk
Bug, The - Murder We (Featuring Ricky Ranking)
Crystal Castles - Crimewave
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
Late Of The Pier - The Enemy Are The Future

some strategic voting, hoping to shoehorn a few things into the back of the top 50, didn't work

(ordered)

Let's see. In order:

Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
Torche - Meanderthal
Zomby - Where Were U In 92?
Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game In Town
High Places - High Places
Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
Hold Steady, The - Stay Positive
No Age - Nouns
Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
Racoo-Oo-Oon - Self Titled
Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Glass Candy - Beat Box
Studio - Yearbook 2
Runhild Gammelsaeter - Amplicon
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Atavist / Nadja - Ii: Points At Infinity
Gavin Bryars/Philip Jeck/Alter Ego - The Sinking Of The Titanic
Porn And Merzbow - And The Devil Makes Three

I would have put Sunn0))) in there somewhere if I had heard it before I submitted the ballot. Not sure why Grails is so high - not into that so much on reflection. Can't believe more people didn't vote for Zomby (maybe it came out too late in the year?).

Ordered, but still pretty slapdash:
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
M83 - Saturdays=Youth
Hercules & Love Affair - S/T
Quiet Village - Silent Movie
Studio - Yearbook 2
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
David Byrne/Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Kleerup - S/T
Half Man Half Biscuit - Csi: Ambleside
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
Remember Remember - Remember Remember
D. Lissvik - 7 Trx + Intermission
Betty Botox - Mmm… Betty
Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
Âme - Fabric 42
Sun Kil Moon - April

If I were to do it again now, Fleet Foxes would be way lower or gone completely (that album was the constant salvation at work, but on it's own, it gets really dull after about 5 songs). Obviously would have put stuff I just heard on the list (i.e. Grouper) as well Zomby (which I didn't notice on the list...thought it was 2009 actually, I don't know why other than that is when I first heard it).

My ballot, ordered:

Caretaker, The – Persistent Repetition of Phrases
Arthur Russell – Love Is Overtaking Me
Runhild Gammelsæter – Amplicon
Fennesz – Black Sea
Jacaszek – Treny
Deerhunter – Microcastle
Peter Broderick – Float
Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
Grouper – Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill
Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti - Oddities Sodomies Vol.1
Patti Smith & Kevin Shields – The Coral Sea
Air France – No Way Down
Cloudland Canyon – Lie In Light
Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Mountain Goats, The – Heretic Pride
M83 – Saturdays=Youth
Portishead – Third
Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
Max Richter - 24 Postcards In Full Colour
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down In The Light

Hey someone else liked the Runhild Gammelsaeter record! It sounded so unlike anything else I've heard I had to put it in somewhere. I really need to hear that Caretaker record.

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I'm pretty sure the Zomby record came out in December as I have a distinct memory of being out record shopping for Christmas and seeing a big stack of them in Rough Trade.

The mister *really* likes the Runhild Gammelsaeter record, but I just can't get into it. There are glimpses of something I'd like here and there, and glimpses of things I'd enjoy just because they're funny, but overall it just doesn't work for me.

Can't remember if Zomby was on my list, think I only listened to it a couple of times before (failing to meet) the deadline.

It's definitely a weird record; I don't think it will be an all-time classic or anything, but it's interesting when it works.

I love 'Amplicon'. I don't know if it will every be a classic - probably not - but it should be! Despite what you may experience first time around - especially after the first track, which is the most Diamanda Galas-y one - the disorientating sounds slowly make room for something 'united'. Towards the end of the record it suddenly all makes sense.

Runhild Gammelsaeter

my ordered ballot. Surprised there were so few votes for Marit Larsen; to me the new album is right up there w/ her first, which I thought was pretty popular around here.

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
Mountain Goats, The - Heretic Pride
Randy Newman - Harps And Angels
Lindstrom - Where You Go I Go Too
Marit Larsen - The Chase
Lil Mama - Vyp: Voice Of The Young People
Studio - Yearbook 2
David Byrne/Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Hercules & Love Affair - S/T
Taylor Swift - Fearless
Luomo - Convivial
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Tape - Luminarium
Kleerup - S/T
Labelle - Back To Now
Dolly Parton - Backwoods Barbie
Solange - Sol Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams

I think this was the ballot I sent. Looks like I ran out of steam halfway through.

Portishead - Third
School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Headless Heroes - The Silence Of Love
Hold Steady, The - Stay Positive
Q-Tip - The Renaissance
Half Man Half Biscuit - CSI: Ambleside
Air France - No Way Down
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Santogold - Santogold
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
El Perro Del Mar - From The Valley To The Stars
Emiliani Torrini - Me And Armini
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
Fall, The - Imperial Wax Solvent
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Wiley - Grime Wave
Joan As Police Woman - To Survive

Good to see at least a couple of others voted for Q-Tip.

Badu #1s: Myself, Lex, Ari, Blueski, ????

Can't believe more people didn't vote for Zomby (maybe it came out too late in the year?).

i think the hype for this record came around early this year, even if it was released before then. also, there were some people visibly hating on this record and recommending old hardcore records on the dubstep and bobbins threads. still it's nice to see other people voted for it

i haven't heard the whole zomby record b/c what i did hear sounded kinda gimmicky and throwaway - isn't it just meant to be a curio anyway?

Badu #1s: Myself, Lex, Ari, Blueski, ????

― The Reverend (rev), Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:34 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

my ballot wasn't ordered but it was at the top, i guess that doesn't count though?

zomby may be gimmicky but there are very few electronic records last year that sound even remotely that fun.

Syclops - I've Got My Eye On You - 15.5

also why is ilm so anti-syclops? i thought everyone loved maurice fulton around here, and he goes and makes an incredible solo album and people aren't into it. i remember reading that some people found it sorta boring, but the album is a total grower.

It is sorta boring. I gave it several chances, but it never took.

some of the singles are pretty old, so maybe that had something to do with it as well

i mean, the record isn't littered with his wife shrieking about art and violence this time. which was great, don't get me wrong, but this one's just much smoother. and certainly no more boring than that lindstrom album (which i also dug)

The only thing I'd heard by him coming in was "Where's Jason's K?" so I didn't really have much in the way of expectations not to be lived up to. And yeah, more boring than the Lindstrom album, although I don't quite love that one either.

I really like the Syclops record.

forgot to vote this year, but might have voted for

The Week That Was - The Week That Was
Sun Kil Moon - April
Cynic - Traced in Air
Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You
Tape - Luminarium
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
Portishead - Third
Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
Why? - Alopecia
Shearwater - Rook

in roughly that order, plus a few other things that escape me at the moment

Albums - ordered

Morgan Geist - Double Night Time
Belong - Colorloss
Hercules & Love Affair - S/T
Franco - Francophonic
David Byrne/Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You
Kelley Polar - I Need You to Hold On While the Sky Is Falling
Les Savy Fav - After the Balls Drop
The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue / Bambu
Va - Nigeria '70: Lagos Jump: Original Heavyweight Afrobeat, Highlife
& Afro-Funk
Fucked Up - Chemistry Of Common Life
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
TV On the Radio - Dear Science
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

would have included alpinisms if i had heard it in time.

did DeSalvo make an appearance in the metal poll at all?

it did not. great album, that. one of my favourites of last year. it's so creamy.

Badu #1s: Myself, Lex, Ari, Blueski, ????

― The Reverend (rev), Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:34 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

my ballot wasn't ordered but it was at the top, i guess that doesn't count though?

― brainless popcorn (some dude), Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:57 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This was me btw

yay!