ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS

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)

okay everyone ready?

50. THE FIELD From Here We Go Sublime (2007) [280 votes, 14 points]

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hahhahahahahaha

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.

lol

50. THE FIELD From Here We Go Sublime (2007) [280 votes, 14 points]

whoops!

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 :(

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.

and maybe ellen's thrills?

can prob give up on scsi-9 tho :(

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

(well, no, the last song gets unpleasantly mushy and creepy)

????

what's mushy or creepy about "what's the matter?"

the album coming up concludes a mini run on dance music (if pantha/field could be considered such)

(well, no, the last song gets unpleasantly mushy and creepy)

????

what's mushy or creepy about "what's the matter?"

The last song on YOTG is "Stop This World."

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

YESSSSSSS

A+ job everyone

The last song on YOTG is "Stop This World."

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

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

omigod that MacLean album sucks. I was so excited after "Happy House" too.

The second half of Future Will Come is awesome. Another album I voted for, this is a lot better than the track poll.

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.

and maybe ellen's thrills?

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

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

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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.

oh ffs PLEASE do not get started on AnCo

i really really like the first field single

48. HOLD STEADY Separation Sunday (2005) [282.5 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]

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yeah save the AnCo talk when their albums start stinking up the joint eventually.

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.

we already had one AnCo album at 87

I kind of want to retract my vote for the Hold Steady after listening to it a couple days ago.

we already had one AnCo album at 87

Don't worry -- we have a few more to go.

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.

lyrically, most YYYs songs are nonsense; the charm is in how she sings them and the way they're arranged IMO

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.

This is soooooo OTM. I don't think I'll ever love this band as much as I did that year.

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.

She can be an affecting lyricist when she remembers: "Hysteric" and "Cheated Hearts," for ex.

hell, "maps", that's pretty affecting, imo

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

xx: yeah, hysteric is lovely

did it get nominated for trax? why didn't i vote for it?

you guys, "most" does not and has never meant "all"

No one said it did! We just mentioned our favorite YYY lyrics.

air france! not a big fan or anything (wd rather jam my dlx etienne reissues) but wow high placing.

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

46. ROISIN MURPHY Overpowered (2007) [288.5 points, 13 votes]

http://matty03.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/overal02.jpg

GOD I LOVE THAT RECORD

The other day I started singing the hook to "Let Me Know" in Target.