ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS

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

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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.

― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Monday, July 12, 2010 2:12 PM Bookmark

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]

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

― MOATY I'M HERE (HI DERE), Monday, 12 July 2010 22:12 (1 hour ago)

This is beautiful. ILU.

Seriously, I don't even feel shame-faced and self-deprecating about being a corny indie fuxxor with those two, I genuinely think they're great albums.

emil.y you like dirty projectors? :(

Deerhunter will probably place somewhere, right?

I was hoping Kurt Vile would crack the top 100, but I'm guessing those that did split their votes across his albums

More of a casual rap fan here fwiw... I'd be seriously hard pressed to come up with 15 rap albums that belong on this list. Not only is the album format not a particular forte of the genre, but the past 5 years have seen relatively few truly solid rap LPs.

― untrue pitch, Wednesday, July 7, 2010 4:26 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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/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.

No one has said anything remotely like this; what people have said is "wow Taylor Swift sux" with varying degrees of emphasis

sry just catching up ^___^

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I don't like them, I think they're awesome.

I need to listen to that DJ Quik & Kurupt, it's been recommended to me in ways that suggest I would really like it. And I should've listened to Cuban Links, too. I have no rap albums on my ballot, which is pretty balls. No proper rap albums, anyway.

xposts well y'know nobody's perfect, see my unrepentant Dandy Warhols fandom ;)

do not not not not get taylor swift - this is coming from someone who was digging britney spears earlier

there are TWO rap albums on my ballot :D

Finally a couple albums I voted for showed up (Aerial and Fearless).

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

I can't see her placing above Taylor Swift. I would love to see her show up, but I don't think it will happen. Keep in mind that "Kerosene" didn't make the tracks poll (and probably by now most people, like me, who first heard Crazy Ex-Girlfriend have also heard "Kerosene").

acoleuthic, what have you been doing over the last five years instead of listening to Aerial?

Well, I did specify PROPER rap albums. I have albums... with rapping on.

(Also, Linx, dammit)

I mean, serious kudos to you for liking her nondescript album; you were much happier during that period when she was inescapable on pop radio than I was! Congrats, you win good times and all I get is impotent frustration that everyone and their mom is going bananas for something I find offensively boring performed by someone with the singing talent of a bottle of Toulet Duck! You're coming out on top here, not me; pointing out that the emperor is naked doesn't save you from seeing his backfat.

96. CARIBOU Andorra (2007) [187.5 points, 9 votes]
95. BATTLES Mirrored (2007) [190.5 points, 11 votes]
73. VON SUDENFED Tromatic Reflexxions (2007) [220.5 points, 9 votes]
55. SUNN O))) Monoliths & Dimensions (2009) [263 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
23. OF MONTREAL Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) [428 points, 18 votes, 2 first place votes]

are my votes so far - three more will show

also the two hip-hop albums I voted for are actual real genuine hip-hop albums

also I feel bad for missing out on Aerial first time round - it's great

do not not not not get taylor swift - this is coming from someone who was digging britney spears earlier

― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 00:57 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this two sound totally fucking different lj. not all genres sound exactly the same.

i thought id voted for a lot of stuff that was bound to make the top 100 but all thats shown up so far are:

93. NE-YO Year of the Gentleman (2008) [195.5 points, 10 votes]
75. YOUNG JEEZY The Recession (2008) [214.5 points, 9 votes]
58. THE NATIONAL Alligator (2005) [258.5 votes, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
31. T.I. King (2006) [352.5 points, 16 votes]

if the pattern holds then ugk shld show up somehwhere around #16

also the two hip-hop albums I voted for are actual real genuine hip-hop albums

One of mine has a song about hip-hop on it. Hint hint.

My votes so far:

95. BATTLES Mirrored (2007) [190.5 points, 11 votes]
94. BOARDS OF CANADA The Campfire Headphase (2005) [192 points, 9 votes]
84. FUCK BUTTONS Tarot Sport (2009) [206 points, 12 votes]
76. ELLEN ALLIEN & APPARAT Orchestra of Bubbles (2006) [212 points, 12 votes]
68. LIARS Drum’s Not Dead (2006) [234 votes, 15 votes]
66. ISOLEE We Are Monster (2005) (233.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote] <<my 1st place, <3 this album
36. BROADCAST Tender Buttons (2005) [322.5 points, 15 votes]

I'm assuming that Stars of the Lid didn't make it, and that sorta bums me out because I thought half of ILM were total SOTL-stans. Also, imo Caribou's Milk of Human Kindness is waaaay better than Andorra, but that's just me. Ditto Of Montreal's Sunlandic Twins vs Hissing Fauna

this two sound totally fucking different lj. not all genres sound exactly the same.

my point entirely - you can do bubblegum pop in remarkably different ways

I'm assuming that Stars of the Lid didn't make it, and that sorta bums me out because I thought half of ILM were total SOTL-stans. Also, imo Caribou's Milk of Human Kindness is waaaay better than Andorra, but that's just me. Ditto Of Montreal's Sunlandic Twins vs Hissing Fauna

― 1967 Dragnet episode (Z S), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:12 AM (13 minutes ago)

all of this (well i dont really care about caribou) is 100% true.

btw re: blackout the thread with the most/best discussion is actually Britney Spears - Circus

blackout is 1 of the last cds i remember physically buying before i heard it and while i think it's ok, it really does very little for me esp. compared 2 her previous songs

i voted for

75. YOUNG JEEZY The Recession (2008) [214.5 points, 9 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]

and that's IT :(

I voted for:

97. RHYTHM & SOUND See Mi Yah (2005) [185 points, 9 votes]
81. DJ SPRINKLES Midtown 120 Blues (2009) [208.5 points, 10 points]
76. ELLEN ALLIEN & APPARAT Orchestra of Bubbles (2006) [212 points, 12 votes]
74. DAFT PUNK Alive 2007 (2007) [219 points, 10 votes]
68. LIARS Drum’s Not Dead (2006) [234 votes, 15 votes]
28. KATE BUSH Aerial (2005) [368.5 points, 13 points]

inexplicably forgot to vote for:
Robyn, Isolee

75. YOUNG JEEZY The Recession (2008) [214.5 points, 9 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]

looool. the blaqkout came out after id mostly stopped listening to rap music and so far its the one album from this list that i hadnt heard much that i really like

wait did you vote for the same albums as me or are you commenting on my post

no i voted for 2/4 the same albums (see like ten posts upthread) just thought it was looool that so far your list looks so much like mine

would have voted for if i'd known how amazing it is: Roisin Murphy - Overpowered (gotdamn "Let Me Know" is sooooo good)