Is it wrong that I've reached an age where I feel like it's impossible for me to take a band named "Fuck Buttons" seriously?
My insurmountable Animal-Collective-Grizzly Bear-Deerhoof-Xiu-Xiu probem.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
let's all just lol at this for a second
when i've complained about the field receiving undue critical love in the past, it's albums like this bliss and orchestra of bubbles that i'm negatively comparing it top
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
i thought this year's pantha du p album was a bit of a letdown, haven't got into it at all (or at least, i think it comes off as unnecessary compared to this bliss)
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
okay everyone ready?
50. THE FIELD From Here We Go Sublime (2007) [280 votes, 14 points]
http://lineout.thestranger.com/files/2007/04/B000NQDDO6.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V43710541_.jpg
hahhahahahahaha
― "Don't forget to bring a juggalo towel!" (HI DERE), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm late to this party, but am pleased with the placement of Year of the Gentleman, Ne-Yo's only great long player from start to finish (well, no, the last song gets unpleasantly mushy and creepy). I'm one of the bigger Ne-Yo stans on the board yet can't love In My Own Words beyond the three singles and "Mirror." The second one is awful.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
― orakle-krake (Gukbe), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
whoops!
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i seriously had done that like 40 times while typing this out and then corrected it
lol and still the boring, one-dimensional field places above ellen allien and pantha du prince :(
booka shade had better place higher, i don't want the field to be the top techno album :(
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:21 (fourteen years ago) link
to be fair they actually got the same number of points
For all the incessant blah-blahing about The Field making minimal indie-friendly via P4k etc... it's still a really great album. And I loved them live last year.
― orakle-krake (Gukbe), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link
and maybe ellen's thrills?
can prob give up on scsi-9 tho :(
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm sad deerhoof gets lumped in with that stuff, they have been grinding forever and in my mind do an amazing job of creating a unique and really odd musical identity within the confines of a rock band lineup. amazing live as well. they are a zillion times better than animal collective
― peel ya frap back (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link
(well, no, the last song gets unpleasantly mushy and creepy)
????
what's mushy or creepy about "what's the matter?"
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link
the album coming up concludes a mini run on dance music (if pantha/field could be considered such)
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link
The last song on YOTG is "Stop This World."
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link
49. THE JUAN MACLEAN The Future Will Come (2009) [280.5 points, 12 votes]
http://electropopy.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/the-juan-maclean.jpg
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
YESSSSSSS
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
A+ job everyone
― orakle-krake (Gukbe), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i didn't realise until now that "what's the matter?" is an international bonus track! it's really good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voiA-7D11T8
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
like i said upthread, that field album was a really strange pick for crossover success since it's mostly a one-trick album, that trick being the skipping-record sampling. for a genre which i've seen a lot of friends take a pass on getting into due to perceived 'repetetiveness' of the music, it's odd that one of its most monotonous albums gets the crossover appeal.
it is pleasant though and i like the first track but i rarely want to listen to the whole thing
― ciderpress, Friday, 9 July 2010 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
omigod that MacLean album sucks. I was so excited after "Happy House" too.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
The second half of Future Will Come is awesome. Another album I voted for, this is a lot better than the track poll.
― skip, Friday, 9 July 2010 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
One trick pony... perhaps, From Here We Go Sublime seems to remain the only good album The Field will release (good single releases before that, though) and I can't say I look forward to more from him anymore. But yes, he's infinitely better than the one dimensional muzak meister Pantha du Prince. Pure cheese, that.
― abcfsk, Friday, 9 July 2010 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
i placed it higher than OEB on my ballot, but seeing as how OEB already made it (and it being more of a crossover album), i don't see it happening
― hobbes, Friday, 9 July 2010 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
― peel ya frap back (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, July 9, 2010 12:22 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark
yeah, along with oneida, a brilliant and genuinely distinctive contemporary indie rock band that doesn't get half enough credit. and don't get me started on anco.
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link
oh ffs PLEASE do not get started on AnCo
― "Don't forget to bring a juggalo towel!" (HI DERE), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i really really like the first field single
― hobbes, Friday, 9 July 2010 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
48. HOLD STEADY Separation Sunday (2005) [282.5 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
http://www.musicemissions.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/51xuvywuh4l_ss500_.jpg
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah save the AnCo talk when their albums start stinking up the joint eventually.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Hooray for the Hold Steady, although the last two albums have ensured that it'll take many years for me to love Separation Sunday like I did in 2005 when it was my AOTY.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
we already had one AnCo album at 87
― "Don't forget to bring a juggalo towel!" (HI DERE), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I kind of want to retract my vote for the Hold Steady after listening to it a couple days ago.
― skip, Friday, 9 July 2010 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't worry -- we have a few more to go.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
never got around to hearing that juan maclean. LOVED the first album but i was much of a sad sack of mopey shit for the past few years to even give the new one a listen.
yeah yeah yeahs are a group i want to like. i love where they've taken their sound, but a lot of their vocal hooks just sound awkward and corny to me, despite her A++ voice. should probably just cave in and buy the damn thing.
― hobbes, Friday, 9 July 2010 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
lyrically, most YYYs songs are nonsense; the charm is in how she sings them and the way they're arranged IMO
― "Don't forget to bring a juggalo towel!" (HI DERE), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
This is soooooo OTM. I don't think I'll ever love this band as much as I did that year.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
YYYs lyrics were probably better in their early days, when karen o just threw out bratty slogans - "as a fuck, son, you suck!" is such an a+ chorus - but their lyrics never bother me; individual lines are still pretty evocative even if they don't really hang together.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
She can be an affecting lyricist when she remembers: "Hysteric" and "Cheated Hearts," for ex.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
hell, "maps", that's pretty affecting, imo
― hobbes, Friday, 9 July 2010 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
47. AIR FRANCE No Way Down EP (2008) [286 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/NoWayDown.jpg
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
xx: yeah, hysteric is lovely
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
did it get nominated for trax? why didn't i vote for it?
you guys, "most" does not and has never meant "all"
― "Don't forget to bring a juggalo towel!" (HI DERE), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
No one said it did! We just mentioned our favorite YYY lyrics.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
air france! not a big fan or anything (wd rather jam my dlx etienne reissues) but wow high placing.
― hobbes, Friday, 9 July 2010 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
i didn't vote for that album but i still play it a lot and it's really great for bedtime listening
surprised at how high it placed tho yeah
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
46. ROISIN MURPHY Overpowered (2007) [288.5 points, 13 votes]
http://matty03.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/overal02.jpg
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link