ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS

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.

i think the of montreal absolutely deserves a spot on the list but the others in this stretch are all questionable yeah

^

dream, dream, er, badu, maxwell?, knife, fever ray, mia, lcd, kanye, lindstrom, rae, radiohead...

ok i could only guess 13 of the 20 and i'm not even sure of them. colour me excited.

I'm sad I've seen the spreadsheet, because I don't get to guess about the top 20. ;_;

Though, tbh, I really only remember what #1 and #2 are.

though i would have voted patrick wolf - the magic position at #1 if it had been nominated so what do i know

sound of silver
kala
arular
the xx
lindstrom
erykah badu
love hate
love v money
silent shout
fever ray
miranda lambert
burial
west coast
portishead
late registration
elektrik red
in rainbows
panda bear
mariah?
cuban linx 2?

that's 20

what taylor stans want to think

It's funny how haters are so especially caught up on people liking Taylor. Britney, Gaga, fine, they just mumble something about "overrated", but with Taylor? No, we're fooling ourselves, we're deluded, there are alien motivations behind the support.

maybe no miranda lambert at this point?
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I know Sound Of Silver won't win, but it had BETTER NOT FUCKING WIN

xp

Well I voted for Illinois so I guess I should stand up for it...I'd say there are far more classics than duds (assuming you like maximalist folk-indie in the first place) and songs like Decatur, Casimir Pulaski Day and They Are Night Zombies conjure with swelling arrangements and wistful personal/local narratives in a way that I love.

All that said, I don't listen to it very often these days and I think its placing does overrate it a bit.

I know Sound Of Silver won't win, but it had BETTER NOT FUCKING WIN

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^times 1000

did sound of silver win the 07 year-end poll? i can't find that one from search

it won by a mile

i probably voted for it too, shame on me

For reference: Best ILX end-of-year albums poll winner (2002-09)

1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (460 points, 30 votes, 3 number one votes)

**********Hot damn it's THE ILX 2007 POLL RESULTS, part 2**********

wow looks like a good chunk of the 07 poll is likely to still be coming in this one

460 points, 30 votes, 3 number one votes

and you fuckers wonder why I get angry

:D

tbf, if something you liked got that amount of votes, chances are people would be just as angry as you.

try replacing LCD Soundsystem 460 points, 30 votes, 3 number one votes
with Oceansize 460 points, 30 votes, 3 number one votes

;)

SNSD 460 points, 30 votes, 3 number one votes

red circle dp is so WS.

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most otm in this thread. angel d is blap blap blap blap blap on a scale of 1 to 5 blaps.

remember a few months ago when ilm collectively thought dj quik & kurupt were better than fucking animal collective? i miss a few months ago. btw blaqkout is the best rap album of the past 5 years fuiud

11 of mine have placed so far:

80. LOW Drums and Guns (2007) [209.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
76. ELLEN ALLIEN & APPARAT Orchestra of Bubbles (2006) [212 points, 12 votes]
73. VON SUDENFED Tromatic Reflexxions (2007) [220.5 points, 9 votes]
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]
55. SUNN O))) Monoliths & Dimensions (2009) [263 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
37. SCOTT WALKER The Drift (2006) [320 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes]
36. BROADCAST Tender Buttons (2005) [322.5 points, 15 votes]
27. DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca (2009) [374.5 points, 18 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]

No apologies for DP/AC. Of Montreal was my #2. I have one left that's a definite. And it's looking increasingly likely that Paavoharju won't make it (surprise number 1, anyone?).

strangely it is the two before OM that are making me tilt my head quizzically, OM itself and all the others are A-OK-to-flipping-awesome

:P

oh wait, in my sleep-avoiding haze I missed what you said between 'No apologies for' and 'Of Montreal'

consider me shamed

my votes:

72. AMY WINEHOUSE Back to Black (2006) [223 points, 9 votes]
70. KANYE WEST Graduation (2007) [225 points, 11 votes]
64. ROBYN Robyn (2005) [234.5 points, 9 votes]
61. Girl Talk Night Ripper (2006) [236 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
57. LADY GAGA The Fame Monster (2009) [261.6 votes, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]
52. HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR Hercules and Love Affair (2008) [272.5 points, 14 votes]
50. THE FIELD From Here We Go Sublime (2007) [280 votes, 14 points]
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]
40. DJ QUIK & KURUPT Blaqkout (2009) [313 points, 17 votes]
31. T.I. King (2006) [352.5 points, 16 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]