i was thinking that suuuurely the U2 and springsteen albums this year were too shitty to warrant the usual automatic top of the list billing for RS, but apparently not.
Charli XCX - not released for 2 weeks - in its top 10 is pretty odd.
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Monday, 1 December 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
Maybe the label took out a lot of advertising?
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 1 December 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
i'm sure they have an advanced copy and liked it
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 December 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
It was originally supposed to be out in September, so advance copies have been out there for forever.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 December 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
then why cant i find a leak of sucker :[
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, 1 December 2014 21:54 (nine years ago) link
(i'm sure its somewhere but havent had the time for a deep dive)
Oh, I don't think it's leaked anywhere. People with copies have held on tightly it appears.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 December 2014 21:55 (nine years ago) link
so no succour for you
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Monday, 1 December 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link
ugh whatever ill wait two weeks like a normal person
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, 1 December 2014 21:58 (nine years ago) link
I've been enjoying the Kemper Norton and Maruice Louca albums recently, glad to see them hit the big time on the (vmic) Quietus list.
― death in Skegness (seandalai), Monday, 1 December 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link
http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/uncut-editors-diary/the-154-best-albums-of-2014-a-very-personal-list
Huge list of stuff. I usually look up a lot of the things on Mulvey's lists, but I'm noticing a fair bit of shit I know I don't like.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 1 December 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
The only uncut is Robbie unkut
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 1 December 2014 22:56 (nine years ago) link
Consensus watch:
14 polls:The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
13 polls:Caribou - Our LoveFKA Twigs - LP1
12 polls:Mac De Marco - Salad Days
11 polls:Future Islands - SinglesSharon Van Etten - Are We ThereSt Vincent - St VincentAphex Twin - Syro
10 polls:Swans - To Be KindJack White - LazarettoDamon Albarn - Everyday Robots
9 polls:Temples - Sun StructuresReal Estate - AtlasAngel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No WitnessBeck - Morning Phase
8 polls:East India Youth - Total Strife ForeverSun Kil Moon - BenjiTy Segall - Manipulator
(poll placings below #50 are discounted, as are single-voter polls)
― mike t-diva, Monday, 1 December 2014 23:29 (nine years ago) link
the consensus list is the worst of the lot!
― lex pretend, Monday, 1 December 2014 23:32 (nine years ago) link
You forgot U2... It's album of the year?
― Evan, Monday, 1 December 2014 23:32 (nine years ago) link
i have listened to and enjoyed three albums on the consensus list (aphex and twigs and beck) and need to get around to caribou and new swans.i tried and disliked the jack white album.i tried and had little interest in the van etten album.The rest is all stuff that i haven't even cracked.
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 December 2014 23:38 (nine years ago) link
Of the ones you didn't mention, I'd probably steer you towards the St. Vincent...but even that is an "if you get around it" recommendation.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 December 2014 23:41 (nine years ago) link
is it substantially different than her earlier work?
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 December 2014 23:51 (nine years ago) link
i'm listening to war on drugs now and it's agreeable i-am-indie-i-am-sad stuff; not entirely clear why this gets to be standard bearer but whatever
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 December 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
cuz it sounds like 80s stuff that hasn't been updated before.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Monday, 1 December 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
(don't get me wrong; i like the record)
Substantially? Nah. There's a bigger interest in cold robotic-ness, though, which surprisingly works in her favor.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 00:04 (nine years ago) link
The internet was a fun place to be after her SNL performance last May. "WTF was THAT?" said people who weren't expecting it.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 00:05 (nine years ago) link
lol, i just found the kozelek beef for WOD
i'm unlikely to ever connect with annie's work i think
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 00:05 (nine years ago) link
That Horse Lords track on the WaPo list is pretty great.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 03:45 (nine years ago) link
Stereogum: http://www.stereogum.com/1721100/the-50-best-albums-of-2014/list/
50. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal (What's Your Rupture?)49. St. Vincent - St. Vincent48. TOPS - Picture You Staring47. Thou - Heathen46. Spoon - They Want My Soul45. You Blew It! - Keep Doing What You're Doing44. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music43. LVL Up - Hoodwink'd42. Triptykon - Melana Chasmata41. Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait40. Tinashe - Aquarius39. Caribou - Our Love38. Horrendous - Ecdysis37. Mitski - Bury Me At Makeout Creek36. The Men - Tomorrow's Hits35. Flying Lotus - You're Dead34. How To Dress Well - "What Is This Heart?"33. Aphex Twin - SYRO32. Future Islands - Singles31. Ty Segall - Manipulator30. Todd Terje - It's Album Time29. Ariel Pink - pom pom28. Fucked Up - Glass Boys27. Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else26. Jessie Ware - Tough Love25. Woods Of Desolation - As The Stars24. Chumped - Teenage Retirement23. Perfume Genius - Too Bright22. Taylor Swift - 198921. Young Thug, Birdman, & Rich Homie Quan - Rich Gang: Tha Tour Part 120. Strand Of Oaks - Heal19. Real Estate - Atlas18. Eric Church - The Outsiders17. Jenny Lewis - The Voyager16. EMA - The Future's Void15. YG - My Krazy Life14. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues13. Swans - To Be Kind12. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence11. YOB - Clearing The Path To Ascend10. Merchandise - After The End09. FKA Twigs - LP108. Nux Vomica - Nux Vomica07. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There06. White Lung - Deep Fantasy05. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness04. Wye Oak - Shriek03. Sun Kil Moon - Benji02. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream01. Run The Jewels - RTJ2
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link
20. Strand Of Oaks - Heal
^don't really know this band but i heard one song on the radio and it really irritated me because the song COMPLETELY bit the "ah ha ha ha ha ha" end riff from "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" by Morrissey
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link
Nice to see the Wye Oak album so high. That was in my Top 10 for a while.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
also nice to see another Against Me placing, the RS list is LOL but at least they had AM at #15
― sleeve, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
noticeable dearth of britishes on that list
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
why does stereogum hate bloodsausage
Nux Vomica is a cool pick for the top 10.
― jmm, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
this is the first list that i have few quibbles with throughout, def gotta check out the metal albums i overlooked & glad vince got some love
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
I salute them for having a top 50 list that's at least more interesting than most of the others so far.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
(Thus far LDR is the only album in my Top Ten that shows up on any lists whatsoever)
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
LDR is 40% tolerable, 60% abominable though
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
stereogum list has more albums i like on it than most but it's hardly interesting, it just skews indie and indie-friendly versions of other genres. it's got a bit of pop and a bit of r&b and a bit of rap but you KNOW the sort of pop, r&b and rap that would never show up there in a million years, it's all preset values
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
my entire use of LDR these days is as raw material for amazing house remixes
<i>Broke With Expensive Taste</i> needs more love
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link
lex could you give some examples? i def can see what you mean, am just curious
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
pop - one direction, cher lloyd (in the same way the equivalent list a few years ago would never have countenanced t-swift; the reason she's there isn't because she's magically improved but because her popularity and positioning have changed)
r&b - toni braxton, mjb, k michelle (yes i know it's only just out but it's the type of r&b not specific albums as such)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
But is Eric Church appearing at 18 a typical Indie-friendly choice? I haven't been paying enough attention to his stuff to know.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
basically when indie sites throw a sop to other genres it's less about quality and more how examples of those genres are positioned vis-à-vis the indie audience and as such very boring and mildly offensive
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
i would push back a bit on tay - red made some best-of lists that you wouldn't expect IIRC - but can def agree re: their treatment of r&b. eric church is an interesting case as well tho. i haven't listened to the whole album but listened to the singles; happened to like them but did not expect him to be the critics' darling he's become outside of nashville
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
that eric church album sucks. any list that includes it especially as the highest placing country record is suspect/playing catch-up imo
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
cool to see nux vomica in a top 10 but weird to see it place several orders higher than triptykon
Yeah, the Church album is terrible. (I admit, my experience with him is limited to that one and the one before it, but holy shit what a dropoff in quality between the two.)
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
Stereogum has strong feelings about Deafheaven and Marrow of the Spirit, I can see how Nux Vomica would appeal.
― jmm, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
i don't see a connection beyond long-ass songs
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link
I don't honestly see the difference between the stereogum list and most of the other lists in this thread.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― emil.y, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link