ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS

Fame Monster is deffo better than The Fame, and solid enougha but so many better pop albums in the same vein from the same periode and I hope we'll see them further up the list.

I'm curious, like what? We've already seen Robyn place. As far as pure pop goes ... hmmm ... does M83's Saturdays = Youth count? Junior Boys? How about Britney's Blackout?

oh fuck, I should have voted because YYYs should be way way WAY higher

man, she really squeezed the shit outta that egg

808s - it's an "interesting" and i guess admirable album that when it works, really works, but a few years on i think the moments when it doesn't work, when it's actually sort of terrible, outweigh the good stuff. it's easily the weakest of his albums, though in its defence it's one of those albums where a purely qualitative judgement feels limited - it's an album that kept me interested in talking/thinking/paying attention to kanye and his career, which is better than falling into the diminishing returns cycle of retreading his usual aesthetic that so many artists do.

arthur russell - i love his electronic work but honestly i found love is overtaking me to be a total bore. i'm obv not against acoustic folky stuff but that's not really what i want from russell - my favourite album by him is calling out of context (can't remember if that's eligible or not, maybe it'll show up!)

gaga - yup i had to vote for this really given how much i've caned it since i caved into her. i love "monster" most right now - i love how she both diminishes and elevates the dude by calling him a monster; the male voice is this comical frankenstein lumbering thing, but goddamnit she's obsessed with him and he thus has power over her - the climax of "he ate my heart and then he ate my braaaain" is amazing. basically she thinks he's a dumb jock but she can't get him out of her head/bed.

yyys - great album tho think it just missed my ballot. i never realised that was an egg until today!

wait, really?

It's Blitz! would probably have been #2 or #3 on my list.

re: pop, i'm pretty sure britney's blackout will place, as well as one or both taylor swift and the electrik red. mariah's emancipation in with a good shout. beyoncé...dunno, maaaaybe b'day? solange and rihanna are probably only faint possibilities at this point tho.

i've never seen the YYYs cover in anything larger than like 100x100! i think i assumed it was a bunch of flowers :/

calling out of context was '04 iirc xp to lex

lol @ lex talking about this cover

xp - Calling out of Context was 2004 I think, otherwise it would have been my first place vote.

55. SUNN O))) Monoliths & Dimensions (2009) [263 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]

http://abandonedcars.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/cover3.jpg

i guess that should be SUNN O))) huh? never remember how to spell their name

you missed an "N"

nm

The 2009 effect is still present in the albums poll too, it appears.

2009 was an excellent year for music, is the thing; I think really only 2007 challenges it

lol, wow

maybe 2006 just because of Silent Shout

Didn't vote for this but I approve.

Love the high placement of that SUNN O))) record!

Last years winner of the ILM 2009 Metal Poll.

much to the disgust of the metallers I may add.

jon their name is SUN O)))

another 2009 album coming up btw

i only voted for 3 2009 albums iirc, its been long enough that i'm not hyped up about any of em still

the confusing thing about sunnnnn000))) is that you don't even pronounce the o, apparently it's just "sun"

54. PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009) [265.5 points, 12 votes]

http://everydaymusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/phoenix-wolfgang-amadeus-phoenix-1.jpg

It is, just like the amps the name comes from.

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wow i've never actually spoken their name but apparently i've been reading it in my head incorrectly this whole time

aren't they named after an amp, and 0))) is the logo?
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you don't pronounce the parenthesis

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microsoft sam begs to differ

the only good thing about the WAP cover is that it looks like they're dropping bombs on arizona

i love phx but did not vote for that album

http://www.ad-bazaar.com/uploads/amp/13/220137151052-1.jpg

haha I was going to edit the band name to SUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN O))) but figured that would be a dick move

lol @ arizona

Never knew that about Sunn O))), will file that away in the "quiz knowledge" part of my brain.

Sunn O))) is pronounced ZZzzzzzz....

Not sure exactly how Phoenix managed to turn themselves into an arena rock band but that album did it. First one I've voted for from today's albums.

53. GIRLS ALOUD Chemistry (2005) [271 votes, 8 points]

http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/covers/00667.jpg

*crickets*

808s - it's an "interesting" and i guess admirable album that when it works, really works, but a few years on i think the moments when it doesn't work, when it's actually sort of terrible, outweigh the good stuff. it's easily the weakest of his albums, though in its defence it's one of those albums where a purely qualitative judgement feels limited - it's an album that kept me interested in talking/thinking/paying attention to kanye and his career, which is better than falling into the diminishing returns cycle of retreading his usual aesthetic that so many artists do.

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, July 9, 2010 11:27 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark

this. well said.

^^opening track [of flaming lips embryonic] and Powerless are awesome, but rest hasn't really grown on me too much - what am I missing? apparently this is one of the great art-pop statements of recent years...

― so you want Mark Ronson to cry into your ass (acoleuthic), Thursday, July 8, 2010 5:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

and this. was buried in embryonic for the two weeks or so it took me to explore and sort it out. since then i've rarely wanted to hear it and haven't enjoyed it much when i do. kind of a bummer, though i would't call it a bad album by any means.

j0rdan doesn't like sunnO)))) iirc :(

The only thing that's really AWFUL on 808s is "Pinocchio Story" and fortunately that's the last song on the album and easily skipped

poor arthur, 10 people love him and 1 person REALLY loves him, but no one's talking about him. I never listened to this, or else I'd say something.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, July 9, 2010 10:51 AM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark

love is overtaking me was my #1. not sure i can defend that choice, as i don't think it's anywhere near as consistent or sui generis brilliant as world of echo & calling out of context, but i find it incredibly moving. i relate to it more like a friend than a work of art. and it reminds me of my dad.

glad to see the arthur russell make it, such a lovely folk record

and yay for sunn

The only thing that's really AWFUL on 808s is "Pinocchio Story" and fortunately that's the last song on the album and easily skipped

― "Don't forget to bring a juggalo towel!" (HI DERE), Friday, July 9, 2010 11:57 AM (35 seconds ago) Bookmark

robocop

52. HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR Hercules and Love Affair (2008) [272.5 points, 14 votes]

http://graveyardshiftshane.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/hercules-love-affair.jpg