ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS

also LOL at Dan's new screen name

Can't help reading it as a Nitzer Ebb tribute name.

ha I made that same joke on the spree shooting thread

40. DJ QUIK & KURUPT Blaqkout (2009) [313 points, 17 votes]

http://hiphopmvp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/quikkuruptblaqkout.jpg

to recap...

100. LIL WAYNE Tha Carter III (2008) [181 points, 8 votes]
99. SPOON Gimme Fiction (2005) [181 points, 9 votes]
98. CAMERA OBSCURA Let's Get Out of This Country (2006) [183 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
97. RHYTHM & SOUND See Mi Yah (2005) [185 points, 9 votes]
96. CARIBOU Andorra (2007) [187.5 points, 9 votes]
95. BATTLES Mirrored (2007) [190.5 points, 11 votes]
94. BOARDS OF CANADA The Campfire Headphase (2005) [192 points, 9 votes]
93. NE-YO Year of the Gentleman (2008) [195.5 points, 10 votes]
92. NEKO CASE Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006) [196 points, 8 votes]
91. LOS CAMPESINOS! Hold On Now, Youngster... (2008) [197 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote]
90. SLEATER-KINNEY The Woods (2005) [198.5 points, 8 votes]
89. VITALIC OK Cowboy (2005) [200 points, 10 votes]
88. ART BRUT Bang Bang Rock & Roll (2005) [200.5 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote]
87. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Strawberry Jam (2007) [203 points, 9 votes]
86. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN The Life Pursuit (2006) [204.5 points, 8 votes]
85. BAT FOR LASHES Two Suns (2009) [205 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
84. FUCK BUTTONS Tarot Sport (2009) [206 points, 12 votes]
83. SANTIGOLD Santigold (2008) [206.5 points, 10 votes]
82. HOT CHIP The Warning (2006) (206.5 points, 12 votes)
81. DJ SPRINKLES Midtown 120 Blues (2009) [208.5 points, 10 points]

80. LOW Drums and Guns (2007) [209.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
79. WOLF PARADE Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005) [210.5 points, 10 votes]
TIE 77. FUTURE OF THE LEFT Travels With Myself and Another (2009) [211 points, 8 votes]
TIE 77. MADONNA Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005) [211 points, 8 votes]
76. ELLEN ALLIEN & APPARAT Orchestra of Bubbles (2006) [212 points, 12 votes]
75. YOUNG JEEZY The Recession (2008) [214.5 points, 9 votes]
74. DAFT PUNK Alive 2007 (2007) [219 points, 10 votes]
73. VON SÜDENFED Tromatic Reflexxions (2007) [220.5 points, 9 votes]
72. AMY WINEHOUSE Back to Black (2006) [223 points, 9 votes]
71. RACHEL STEVENS Come and Get It (2005) [223 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
70. KANYE WEST Graduation (2007) [225 points, 11 votes]
69. KELLEY POLAR Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens (2005) [225.5 points, 11 votes]
68. LIARS Drum's Not Dead (2006) [229.5 points, 14 votes]
67. TV ON THE RADIO Dear Science (2008) [233 points, 13 votes]
66. ISOLÉE We Are Monster (2005) (233.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
65. SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS Alpinisms (2008) [234 points, 15 votes]
64. ROBYN Robyn (2005) [234.5 points, 9 votes]
63. ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS I Am a Bird Now (2005) [235.5 points, 8 votes]
62. THE FLAMING LIPS Embryonic (2009) [236 points, 11 votes]
61. GIRL TALK Night Ripper (2006) [236 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]

60. KANYE WEST 808s & Heartbreak (2008) [247.5 points, 12 votes]
59. ARTHUR RUSSELL Love Is Overtaking Me (2008) [249 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote]
58. THE NATIONAL Alligator (2005) [258.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
57. LADY GAGA The Fame Monster (2009) [261.5 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]
56. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz! (2009) [262 points, 14 votes]
55. SUNN O))) Monoliths & Dimensions (2009) [263 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
54. PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009) [265.5 points, 12 votes]
53. GIRLS ALOUD Chemistry (2005) [271 votes, 8 points]
52. HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR Hercules and Love Affair (2008) [272.5 points, 14 votes]
51. PANTHA DU PRINCE This Bliss (2007) [280 points, 13 votes]
50. THE FIELD From Here We Go Sublime (2007) [280 points, 14 votes]
49. THE JUAN MACLEAN The Future Will Come (2009) [280.5 points, 12 votes]
48. THE HOLD STEADY Separation Sunday (2005) [282.5 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
47. AIR FRANCE No Way Down EP (2008) [286 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
46. RÓISÍN MURPHY Overpowered (2007) [288.5 points, 13 votes]
45. SPOON Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007) [299.5 points, 14 votes]
44. BEYONCÉ B'Day (2006) [304.5 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
43. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM LCD Soundsystem (2005) [308.5 points, 17 votes]
42. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Twin Cinema (2005) [309.5 points, 13 votes]
41. CUT COPY In Ghost Colours (2008) [311.5 points, 13 votes]

40. DJ QUIK & KURUPT Blaqkout (2009) [313 points, 17 votes]

I think I will be lucky to get one more of my picks in

really thought blaqkout would've been higher - was actually rooting for some kind of blaqkout/blackout tie, somewhere in the top 10

ha

it would also be awesome, though less likely, if taylor swift's fearless and jazmine sullivan's fearless tied

blaqkout = a lot of votes but not a high average... there isn't an album with 17 votes or more until #30

spoiler alert but sufjan stevens and justin timberlake actually tied with their 'futersex/lovesounds' albums

man a yearly Justin album based on the lives of the four other members of N'Sync would be awesome.

the Chris Kirkpatrick album will be a snooze and a half

39. THE MOUNTAIN GOATS The Sunset Tree (2005) [314.5 points, 13 votes]

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/5456-the-sunset-tree.jpg

au contraire, dude was livin it up:

In 2000, Kirkpatrick was in the music video "A.M. Radio" by Everclear.

xpost

xp: local boy done good IMO

haha I only voted for the latest one (which is rad and whose songs work exceedingly well in concert) - need to give TST a good listen at some point too

it's rad

(newest one is super rad too, tho)

I like The Sunset Tree but I've no idea why it's the consensus Mountain Goats pick. Get Lonely is leaps and bounds better. So's the one with the big gray mushroom cloud on the cover, whatever it's called.

yeah i think i like heretic pride better most days but apparently i liked sunset tree better the day i voted for this

Prefer Tallahassee and We Shall All Be Healed; the first one you hear is generally the one you like best.

i find j0hn's music to be ridic. consistent though, i like or love all of his albums since 2000ish and it's really hard for me to pick a favorite

38. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Feels (2005) [317 points, 14 votes]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/Feels_Cover.jpg

I had a hard time picking which Mountain Goats album to vote for. Chose this one probably because its been with me the longest. Love for all those mentioned though.

http://www.lolblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/facepalm.jpg

well, at least early animal collective is less annoying than late animal collective.

yes

i find j0hn's music to be ridic. consistent though, i like or love all of his albums since 2000ish and it's really hard for me to pick a favorite

truthbomb to the max; I'm not even really an indie singer/songwriter type and pretty much all of the MG albums slay not only me but my pop-entrenched opera-singing wife

early stuff was really good

feels is actually the next 37 albums, it got so many votes that i had to spread them out over the top 38 spots

think The Sunset Tree would've been my top Goats choice too, but ya ridiculously consistent.

out of place non-negative Animal Collective comment: Feels is ten times the album that Merriweather Post Pavilion is, ya bawbags.

So where are the AnCo lovers hiding??? I mean, they keep popping up in all these polls but all the comments seem to be overwhelmingly filled with hate. I voted for two of their albums.

out of place non-negative Animal Collective comment: Feels is ten times the album that Merriweather Post Pavilion is, ya bawbags.

that may be true, but MPP is so terrible that I will never intentionally find out

dude totally sold out when he stopped recording on boomboxes imo

(j/k)

feels IS late ac

yeah probably my biggest beef w/ this list is that when it DOES throw in an indie/rock/art record, it's freakin' Animal Collective or Dirty Projectors :|

but Feels...what I've heard from it isn't totally offensive, I guess. I have the album, never listened to it straight through

my final word on The Mountain Goats: in concert last autumn, our fella managed to seamlessly blend 20 years of recording into one 2-hour set without anything seeming out of place or sub-par

i always think feels is more beautiful more interesting and more accessible than MPP

tiarnan isn't Sung Tongs the one you say is partic. good? that one at least has an airiness and a strangeness to it

why is your screen name "rest in peace, orgasms"

feels was the template that ac have been working from ever since

that may be true, but MPP is so terrible that I will never intentionally find out

^^^^

yeah sung tongs is the one people should listen to but hollindagain is my favourite

i liked sung tongs except for that 10+ minutes of tuneless strumming in the middle

Quik & Kurupt is a smiley fun time summer album everyone should rock.

Feels gets kinda dull halfway thru.

J0hn makes killer music but Heretic Pride is his best 05-09 imo. San Bernadino slays me dead dead dead.

AmCo's harmonies are like ten thousand sugar crystals shoved into my ears.

yeah probably my biggest beef w/ this list is that when it DOES throw in an indie/rock/art record, it's freakin' Animal Collective or Dirty Projectors :|

by my count roughly half of the 60 albums so far are indie/rock/art records by any reasonable definition of those terms.

37. SCOTT WALKER The Drift (2006) [320 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Scott_Walker_-_The_Drift.jpg

continuing the stretch of indie/rock/art records...

well I got 2 albums in after all.

AmCo's harmonies are like ten thousand sugar crystals shoved into my ears.

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