ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS

untrue pitch lemme check your ballot and tell you about when to check back

great the indiepop gestapo all coming out

I rather like indiepop, but something about Camera Obscura (and it's not just limited to their packaging) rubs me wrong.

great the indiepop gestapo all coming out

we wouldn't need to if indiepop would just die out

that album cover bothers me every time i see it, to the point where i've never even considered listening to the album

same here, except i had previously decided to avoid camera obscura. funny how much consensus there is on this.

I love indiepop but Camera Obscura is not a good band. They have a few good songs and that's it.

we wouldn't need to if indiepop would just die out

bbbbbut its POP!

way to run with the gestapo analogy lex!

97. RHYTHM & SOUND See Mi Yah (2005) [185 points, 9 votes]
http://www.discogs.com/image/R-361829-1248548401.jpeg

That Carter III thing is in last place and is still somehow way way way way way way too high. Way too high.

alright guys i'm gonna run to the bank real quick before this soccer game, i'll be back in 25 mins or so

welll i like the camob cover lets u know that the music will be cool & fun but also emotional

Can anyone else see that Discogs img link? I can't.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61BE4r0AstL._SS500_.jpg

Discogs doesn't allow direct picture linking, you shouldn't use it.

see mi yah is one of those albums that i really should have got round to hearing in the past half decade. all i have are scattered remixes (carl craig's "poor people must work" sticks out)...

what is this record?

there's a remix album lex, i really like it

i hate reading these threads at work because i want to go running to youtube every time something i haven't heard pops up

Rhythm & Sound have always sounded better as a concept than what the actual music is like. The only tune by them I think is an absolute classic is "What a Mistry" with Tikiman.

see mi yah looks like it might be worth listening to, anyone wanna say more about it.

my maudlin career >>> lets get out of this country

see mi yah is one of those albums that i really should have got round to hearing in the past half decade. [x2]

I like this, but not nearly as much as "With The Artists"

actually i think i've ONLY heard the see mi yah remixes, not the originals.

when it was a big thing i was only just getting into mnml techno, so i think it passed me by. possibly because 10 versions of the same riddim seems a bit much even for me.

i don't know R&S, but the cover is great (reverse camera obscura effect)

alright i'm back, queuing up the next one

96. CARIBOU Andorra (2007) [187.5 points, 9 votes]
http://lapiscinavacia.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/caribou1.jpg

hahaha ok this is way weirder than the start of the tracks poll

what an ugly cover.

i love 'up in flames' and his newest one but i kind of slept through everything in between

Really? I think it's awesome.

xp

alright no one seems quite inspired by caribou, so on to the next one

Never heard of See Mi Yah before but it sounds kind of an interesting idea. Gimme Fiction is by no means a great Spoon album; Carter III is ok but I can't say I've listened to it loads since it came out.

That Carter III thing is in last place and is still somehow way way way way way way too high. Way too high.

― Born too beguiled (DavidM), Wednesday, July 7, 2010 2:03 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

true but i'm kinda happy to have it out the way and not know it's gonna show up later. really hoping Carter II does well.

The best part about this is going to be critiquing the album covers!

95. BATTLES Mirrored (2007) [190.5 points, 11 votes]
http://dynowright.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/battles-500.jpg

was my #1 of 2007, but 2007 was a weird year.

ha didn't want this just to become album cover critique but the battles cover >>>>> battles music.

i listened to this a decent amount in 2007, and they're one of the best live bands i've ever seen, but i didn't really consider voting for it in this poll

i loved that album at the time but in the end i only ever listen to atlas so they got relegated to tracks-poll-only for me

I voted for the Caribou album, it's a really relaxing piece of summery psych-pop that deserves a listen from all ears.

am pretty interested in hearing their new material tho -- i am willing to submit to battlesmania once again

race in and atlas kind of summarized battles so well that the rest of the album, while not bad at all, got dwarfed.

It's already clear to me how much I've devalued the album as a steadfast go-to in my own listening based on the results thus far. I have vague memories of hearing most of these, but it all comes down to a song or two for me. And I don't mind that at all.

Like I posted in the tracks thread, Mirrored has aged horribly. It sounded so exciting back in 2007 but I listened against recently and it felt obvious and plodding.

94. BOARDS OF CANADA The Campfire Headphase (2005) [192 points, 9 votes]
http://centripetalnotion.com/images/boc.jpg

Ha! I forgot that album was recent enough to qualify.

wow. Great. I didn't vote for this but I'm really glad it showed up. I didn't realize how old it was either or Dayvan Cowboy would have shown up on my tracks list.

yeah boards of canada feel like ancient history right now to me

i've been meaning to listen to my ancient copy of music has the right for like a year now

starting to remember how much further from my taste these album polls are compared to the tracks polls.