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
we already had one AnCo album at 87
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
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.
― 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
GOD I LOVE THAT RECORD
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
The other day I started singing the hook to "Let Me Know" in Target.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
hurrah róisín - was gonna say "good to see her this high" but i pretty much assumed she'd place. was it a lady gaga or m.i.a. thread that got derailed amazingly into a ton of americans discovering her?
these are my fav deep cuts on her album =>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osVJYUISFOY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppDzHE4zY_I
i love that beneath the electronics and eccentricity she has a really affecting trad soul voice
it still galls that la roux and florence & the machine are so successful when murphy's solo career is commercially one giant flop :(
(her "momma's place" single from this year is AMAZING btw, as is "royal t", her track on the otherwise-terrible crookers album)
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
She has everything I could want in a disco-pop diva: voice, lyrics, amazing presence, shrewd choice of collaborators.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
wow, "Tell Everybody" is amazing. shame about that album cover.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 9 July 2010 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
45. SPOON GA GA GA GA GA (2007) [299.5 points, 14 votes]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/GaGaGaGaGa.jpg
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
i've never heard spoon but i like to imagine that thinking about that album will just get "bad romance" stuck in everyone's heads
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
ha
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
that is a spoon album that i loved more over time and then eventually became easily my favorite album of theirs
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Spoon is an economical indie band that consistently delivers catchy songs without any pretentious BS to deal with. they're often accused of being boring, which is not inaccurate imo, but at least they don't come across as complete twats. the last album i listened to by them was Gimme Fiction, which i liked at the time.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 9 July 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
44. BEYONCE B'Day (2007) [304.5 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
http://www.duckykuek.com/DKMA/images/2006/B%27Day.jpg
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
idk why i took it upon myself to say something about Spoon
SUGA MAMA
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
44. BEYONCE (I'd Cheerfully Use Mark Ronson's Face As A) B'Day (2007) [304.5 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
― "Don't forget to bring a juggalo towel!" (HI DERE), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it seriously took all my will power not to write BEYONCE [/i]Bidet[/i]
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
whoops
I've never heard Overpowered, but "Let Me Know" is such a jam
― exit through the (Tape Store), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
b'day is the highest placing album with 11 votes or less
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
this is a very good album
― young monet (samosa gibreel), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
god i love this song. the way she hollers over the outro is just... YES-AH!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riE0N0yJBgU
I'LL GIVE YOU ALL MY MONEY BABYTURN ME ON BOY SOMETHIN CRAZYTAKE MY CREDIT CARD, KEYS TO MY HOUSETAKE MY CAAAAAR!
i'm so pleased this placed, wasn't sure about it at all!
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
beyonce is a very beautiful human being
"Suga Mama" is my favorite jam; really, this is her best album, and it's so short!
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
SHOULDA BEEN HIGHER. Who doesn't love Beyonce?
― abcfsk, Friday, 9 July 2010 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
(ILM) - 11, apparently
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
also, those two girls from the original destiny's child
― elephant rob, Friday, 9 July 2010 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
HOLD UP!...bring the beat backSTOP!...i ain't ready yetWAIT!...now let me fix my hairnow pass me my dress
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
What's she hiding in that bee hive?
― skip, Friday, 9 July 2010 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
ROISIN AT 46!!! FUCK THE REST!!!
― rennavate, Friday, 9 July 2010 20:23 (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, July 9, 2010 12:33 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark
o_O Wow, really? I voted for both, and even sort of agree with you about The Field (his follow-up had some gorgeous, if slightly redundant cuts). But I strongly recommend that you give Pantha du Prince a few more listens. I, too, wasn't terribly impressed the first time I heard This Bliss. It took me quite a few listens to grasp what he was doing. But once it clicked, I could confidently say it's one of the most exquisitely crafted electronic music records that exists. Period. Use a good pair of headphones, crank it up, whatever. It's brilliant. My #3 pick of the decade.
― untrue pitch, Friday, 9 July 2010 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
43. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM LCD Soundsystem (2005) [308.5 points, 17 votes]
http://dkpresents.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/1106783199.jpeg
― the resulting pussy stubble (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i wish i had put this higher up on my ballot, but i felt guilty since i only heard it for the first time recently
― young monet (samosa gibreel), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
disc 2 of this album (the bonus disc of all their early 12"s inc "yeah", "beat connection", "losing my edge") >>>>>>>> any other full-length james murphy has released by MILES AND MILES
too bad disc 1 is mostly boring! apart from "daft punk..." and "tribulations" tho even w/the latter i prefer the lindstrøm remix - amazing break midway thru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuQLxjL3Db8
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I never play disc two, sorry -- those songs bored me.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 July 2010 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link