ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS

like there are probably some dope verses on HHNF but there are NO good beats imo

Too low!

Here's a question: Is Dilla going to make this list?

― Parenthetical Grillz

idk, i'd be kinda surprised if Donuts didn't make it.

OB4CL2 is great. so solid. I think Alfred's criticism that its lone weakness is that it's pretty humorless is OTM, but that doesn't bother me really.

xp

Too low? It's the last thing before the top 20, ffs!

did C2 really come in at 101 right behind C3? funny stuff, wish they both made the poll in reverse order

― some dude, Monday, July 12, 2010 6:07 PM (43 seconds ago) Bookmark

actually it didn't -- it was until the end and i forgot that it got bumped down a bit by a few things, but it's in the first 10 out

Donuts is boring guys

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

NO FUCKING TOP TEN FOR YOU, YOU USELESS TONE DEAF DEAD-BEHIND-THE-EYES AUTOMATON

XDDDDDDD

T-SWIFT!

woah. my number 2. glad it's here but I was thinking top 10 for sure.

this album had more of an emotional effect on me than any other maybe in the entire decade.

like there are probably some dope verses on HHNF but there are NO good beats imo

― some dude, Monday, July 12, 2010 6:08 PM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest

^this, pretty much

if id done a full list C2 wouldve made the TOP 100 alol

theres still a couple of rap albums i put really high on my list idk if they have ringtone support tho

h8 u t.swift & ur homemade guitars

i thought 21 was a pretty great placement for swift tbh

lamp, i don't think goons support 2 pistols

see, I have reached the point in my life where I will reliably tear up at iPhone commercials, so the fact that every Taylor Swift song has had about the same emotional impact on me as a ham sandwich makes me think it's about as emotionally vacant and wholly unsuccessful at pandering to heart strings as you can be and still qualify as music

the thing i always hated about HHNF press was how people were like "the beats are so cold and unforgiving, just like the rapping!" which means that everything was just kind of boring

That Taylor Swift album is ridiculously high compared to really good dead behind the eyes automatons like Britney and even more ridiculously high when you consider that MIRANDA LAMBERT is not even in this list at all.

i like some of the beats on HHNF

"ride around shinin", "mama i'm so sorry" beats are endearing to me in their strangeness

lamp, i don't think goons support 2 pistols

:-( should probably cheer myself up w/ a ride in truck tbh

'dead-behind-eyes' and 'automaton'?

I'd accept various exclamations of hate, but those descriptions aren't very fitting.

Anyway it would've been my #1 had I voted.

the ones that are equally as sparse but with less interesting sounds are zzz though

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 Santogold (2008) [206.5 votes, 10 points]
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]
78. FUTURE OF THE LEFT Travels With Myself and Another (2009) [211 points, 8 votes]
78. 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 SUDENFED 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) [234 votes, 15 votes]
67. TV ON THE RADIO Dear Science (2008) [233 points, 13 votes]
66. ISOLEE 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 votes, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
57. LADY GAGA The Fame Monster (2009) [261.6 votes, 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 & 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 votes, 14 points]
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. ROISIN MURPHY Overpowered (2007) [288.5 points, 13 votes]
45. SPOON GA GA GA GA GA (2007) [299.5 points, 14 votes]
44. BEYONCE B'Day (2007) [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]
39. THE MOUNTAIN GOATS The Sunset Tree (2005) [314.5 points, 13 votes]
38. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Feels (2005) [317 points, 14 votes]
37. SCOTT WALKER The Drift (2006) [320 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes]
36. BROADCAST Tender Buttons (2005) [322.5 points, 15 votes]
35. JOANNA NEWSOM Ys (2006) [332.5 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote]
34. GANG GANG DANCE Saint Dymphna (2008) [333 points, 15 votes]
33. THE HOLD STEADY Boys and Girls in America (2006) [344.5 points, 15 votes]
32. BLOC PARTY Silent Alarm (2005) [352 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
31. T.I. King (2006) [352.5 points, 16 votes]
30. BRITNEY SPEARS Blackout (2007) [363 points, 13 votes]
29. SUFJAN STEVENS Illinois (2005) [364.5 points, 17 votes]
28. KATE BUSH Aerial (2005) [368.5 points, 13 points]
27. DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca (2009) [374.5 points, 18 votes]
26. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Futuresex/Lovesounds (2006) [410.5 points, 16 votes, 1 first place vote]
25. GHOSTFACE KILLAH Fishscale (2006) [420 points, 21 votes]
24. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) [426 points, 18 votes]
23. OF MONTREAL Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) [428 points, 18 votes, 2 first place votes]
22. CLIPSE Hell Hath No Fury (2006) [441.5 points, 18 votes]
21. TAYLOR SWIFT Fearless (2009) [444 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]

'dead-behind-eyes' and 'automaton'?

I'd accept various exclamations of hate, but those descriptions aren't very fitting.

um, you also thought Blackout was seminal, so I am going to go out on a limb and say our worldviews are verging on a matter/antimatter relationship

Maybe Alex in NYC just forgot to log Dan out of his computer?

Not too different from any list ever released in the last year thus far.

Donuts aint boring and say what you want about t-swift but the bitch gets relationships. yall can go to hell. and yeah Miranda should be up on this

Many (most) of my good friends don't really get Taylor, which is fine, but I get angry when people actively hate her and could never have a relationship with any such person.

I could see "Damn Girl" and "Summer Love" maybe being annoying with other pop singers, but I think Justin's vocals are incredibly compelling on both--dripping with (sorry) swagger

Didn't vote for Taylor, but I should revisit the album. Demi's debut was the only teenpop on my list, I think...

If Miranda doesn't make it, I'll be annoyed. Surely she will, though!

NO FUCKING TOP TEN FOR YOU, YOU USELESS TONE DEAF DEAD-BEHIND-THE-EYES AUTOMATON

Applies much more so to Britney (that album is LIFELESS, I even played the two YouTube'd songs posted here and UGH) than to Taylor, which is a vibrant, three-dimensional album and a great instance of the popular and critical stars aligning, for once.

it's true that taylor can't really sing, but all the other criticisms are wrong

her inability to sing completely ruins her songs for me, which on balance range from harmless to pretty

She sings well enough to accomplish what she's set out to do. I mean, her album's not fucking Celine Dion, people.

It isn't Shane McGowan, either.

(Dan, don't you DARE reply to my Celine Dion quip or else we're likely to rehash our Bocelli argument...)

too late XD

Demi's debut was the only teenpop on my list, I think...

kicking myself for not even nominating the second ashlee simpson album, that would've been in my top 20 easily

enh her music p objectively corny garbage but its w/e if ppl get something out of it good for them, i guess

the melody from "hey stephen" wld be a p great theme song on abc drama about pretty sisters that dont always get along but also love each other, no matter what

Poor analogy.

the blind guy?

she sounds great. she sounds very every-girl which is incredibly appropriate given her every-girl topics. you can sing along to every song and if it were overly showy it would completely take away what is so great about the album. fuck it i'm out of here. no need to defend this. 21 is great.

40. DJ QUIK & KURUPT Blaqkout (2009) [313 points, 17 votes]
39. THE MOUNTAIN GOATS The Sunset Tree (2005) [314.5 points, 13 votes]
38. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Feels (2005) [317 points, 14 votes]
37. SCOTT WALKER The Drift (2006) [320 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes]
36. BROADCAST Tender Buttons (2005) [322.5 points, 15 votes]
35. JOANNA NEWSOM Ys (2006) [332.5 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote]
34. GANG GANG DANCE Saint Dymphna (2008) [333 points, 15 votes]

This is a really, really great run of albums. The only one I don't completely fucking love is Joanna, whom I can't help but admit is talented even though she's not my thing. The other six absolutely kill.

While I'm not a big fan of Britney, I'll take the freakiness of Blackout over the mundanity of Taylor Swift's Fearless, no hesitation.

Applies much more so to Britney (that album is LIFELESS, I even played the two YouTube'd songs posted here and UGH)

kindof hilair how much this misses the point btw

Good haul today: voted for 2*Animal Collective, Scott Walker, Gang Gang Dance, Sufjan Stevens. I assume Burial, Panda Bear and maybe Studio will be in the top 20 so I'll end up with about twice as many hits as in the tracks ballot.

currently back to rocking Blackout - Piece Of Me is pretty good, Heaven On Earth really good, and Get Naked flipping brilliant - the rest is kinda ok but it'll presumably grow on me

love "Heaven on Earth."

also the ILM thread on the album is all kinds of amazing/diabolical/can't-actually-look

Heaven On Earth mines a really standard thudding electro pulse but does so in a way I can't place - it's kinda really cool to hear that being done in a bubblegum pop discourse maybe

a great instance of the popular and critical stars aligning, for once.

what taylor stans want to think

shocked at some of the indie rock albums that placed today. illinois is a weird mix of jams and duds which is funny given how polarizing it is. it's better than bitte orca which is sooooo overrated and of montreal who aren't very good, but none of these should be in the top 100.