ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS

I dropped the Rachel Stevens album from my ballot at the last second. Looking at it now I'm wondering why I did. Good to see it here though.

Two of my noms that did make it: Amy and Madonna. The only two pop albums I voted for in the end.

make sure jjj doesn't notice that post :)

also lol at the idea of hell hath no fury making it.

― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Thursday, July 8, 2010 5:32 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark

:( It got my vote at least, but if it was gonna appear I would have thought it would've been by now. 'Trill' would be up there with my most played songs of the last 5 years I think.

yeah if trill made the singles list then maybe the suggestion would be less lol. that song is dope.

Just dropped in, really happy to see Kelley Polar make it - I rate that album way over Hercules and Love Affair, The Juan Maclean or any of the other big indie synthdisco albums of the past few years. I guess we won't get "I Need You to Hold on While the Sky Is Falling" then?

That makes me 1/40 so far then.

Listening to Orchestra of Bubbles now; I've previously been unsuccessful at really getting into "crossover" minimal techno that everyone else loves, like The Field or Donncha Costello, but this is really nice. Or does this even still count as minimal?

the field was kind of a weird thing to cross over since it was basically a one-trick album

We Are Monster worked a lot better as a crossover mnml album i think since it really showed off the variety of sound that's possible while staying mostly within the bounds of a genre that your average rock/pop music fan might have assumed was all samey

Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out.

i wouldn't call Orchestra of Bubbles minimal, idk how to categorize it really. soft-techno?

you should give Donnacha Costello another chance, Colorseries is all-time classic imo.

so far the first real gem that this poll has exposed to me are these come and get it youtubes. people calling her boring makes perfect sense imo, i mean her name is rachel stevens ffs.

Davek's gushing over Max Tundra/Parallax is totally warranted, and I did my part as a voter, but yeah, it's looking unlikely at this point. ¯\(°_0)/¯

The fact that I couldn't get into Colorseries was what made me conclude that minimal maybe just isn't my genre. I can tell it's well-composed and sometimes I get into it a bit but I find it very difficult to engage on a pleasurable level. Oh well, anyway...let's get back to moaning about Daft Punk.

Okay, never heard 'Orchestra Of Bubbles' before. It is stupendous!!! Thank you ILM<3

glad to see love songs of the hanging gardens made it. impeccably crafted grooves. i can see how the dude's voice might put some people off, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnICKJIcMoU&feature=related

I haven't had internet access over the last few days so missed the start of this. I am so delighted that Art Brut made the list. It's by far my favourite album of the last decade.

impeccably crafted grooves.

Those handclaps would work on almost anything, but this track is made all the more awesome in the way you can pick apart each element. It almost feels like a live performance.

I just scrolled through ILM Top 100 2000-2004: ALBUMS and all that shit seems A MILLION YEARS OLD!

1 ILM Year = 14,285 Dog Years

No wait, that's the wrong way round.

14,285 ILM Years = 1 Dog Year more like

'Trill' would be up there with my most played songs of the last 5 years I think.

i'm lukewarm on that clipse album but "trill" is incredible, yes

i wouldn't call Orchestra of Bubbles minimal, idk how to categorize it really. soft-techno?

it's pretty sui generis, though it comes from two producers who basically work within the micro/mnml field. colorseries is definitely a very pure form of mnml tho.

orchestra of bubbles >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the field (insert many more >s in there)

yeah, Colorseries is one of the best album length examples of minimal that i recommend when friends want to get into it. Studio 1 also comes to mind but i think its harder to get into.

I just scrolled through ILM Top 100 2000-2004: ALBUMS and all that shit seems A MILLION YEARS OLD!

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, July 8, 2010 5:30 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I've contemplated doing an alt 00-04 once all this is over. maybe after the metal/hard rock polls.

yeah i read through the 00-04 and wow different world of o_O, unless you dudes are still rocking both those streets albums hardcore

i think i was here around then but still askeered of ILM so didnt vote.

i was on ilm by 2001 but never voted in polls . how times change.

That Streets album is hardcore garbage and always has been.

i've been treating it as a given that Hell Hath No Fury will place -- Pitchfork has way more relevance in this poll than the rolling rap thread crew that didn't even all vote (tempted to count the Best New Music selections when the poll is over). assuming we'll also see Underground Kingz, BlaQKout, King, Fischscale, maybe a few others in addition to the Kanyes.

i was on ilm by 2001 but never voted in polls . how times change.

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, July 8, 2010 6:21 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ditto, not really sure how i missed out on em at the time

iirc they weren't really a big thing. Hardly any chat, just a rundown of the results and that was about it (the eoy polls)

im not "rolling rap thread crew" but i voted 4 a bunch of (erm mb some) rap fwiw

lol @ all my votes having placed so far also getting votes from the lex :/

voted for recession over thug motivation just cuz i still listen to the former on the reg not sure/dont care if its "better" or w/e garbage both bang

a lot more albums i dont really like placing 2day ohhhhhh welllll

I dont even remember the half decade poll.

alright i'm home, let's run through the final 8

hurrah

67. TV ON THE RADIO Dear Science (2008) [233 points, 13 votes]

http://cookingtomusic.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/cover.jpg

dær science

does bol post here?

hahaha

the album after tvotr has been one of MUCH DEBATE

as opposed to the barely spoken about tvotr

dear science: not as bad as I said at the time, not as good as it could have been - opening track and Shout Me Down are great

I have a tendency to avoid ubiquitous indie albums so I've never heard this.

(not saying it's an admirable tendency, it just one I have)

I sometimes have it too but then I end up listening out of curiosity and then moaning about it on ILM to the detriment of my SB count

next album is MIA maybe?

nah what am I talking about she has two top-10 spots in the bag, because ILM is THAT cool ;-)

66. ISOLEE We Are Monster (2005) (233.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]

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love rest but never could connect w/ most of we are monster.

what is isolee? is it DANCE MUSIC?

ayyy isolée. apparently i didn't vote for it but i should've done. love this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SVyV_fqei4

yeah madchen mit hase is one of my fav tracks in all of dance music