I still maintain that Human After All is one of the '00s best albums and an absolute monstrous beast of insanely great tracks. It's their best album. Homework is the blueprint; Discovery is the fun side project; Human After All is the masterpiece.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Thursday, July 8, 2010 1:09 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
sorry but LOL
― blap...tremendo (deej), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 02:00 (fourteen years ago) link
re: roisin 'footprints' came up on shuffle the other day, song is super dope
― blap...tremendo (deej), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I feel out of ILM because I excitedly went and listened to these Roisin Murphy tracks and, I dunno, expected more. "Let Me Know" sounded good but I found myself wanting to listen to old Black Box records instead. And "Overpowered" I thought was corny (e.g. when she sings "BRAIN" followed by echoing "brain..... brain....") and I was distracted by the costume from "One Night In Bangkok" she wore for the video. I mean, I know I am wrong! I'm just feeling bad about the fact that I don't know how to do the hard work necessary to listen to these songs and hear what they're doing.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
'let me know' sounds not at all like black box
― blap...tremendo (deej), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
that said i do think the order of this list is super wacky sometimes, some really really average records leapfrogging ahead of great ones, but lol consensus i guess
― blap...tremendo (deej), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Is the ultimate white people fitting in album "Fishcale"?
― JohnQuincyAdams, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:19 (fourteen years ago) link
That's what you said in the "Amistad" case.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:21 (fourteen years ago) link
― JohnQuincyAdams, Monday, July 12, 2010 8:19 PM Bookmark
lol. could just as well apply to hhnf.
― nutz OO)))) (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:41 (fourteen years ago) link
it's def HHNF, white people have been jocking wu for decades now
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:41 (fourteen years ago) link
still nothing in this list that pisses me off more than Hold Steady, the ultimate hipster runoff scarequotes band. heeeeey guys we're a 'bar band,' we're writing songs about 'the kids,' check out our 'riffs'!
― plax r (some dude), Monday, July 12, 2010 4:56 PM (6 hours ago)
this post is so out of character
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:46 (fourteen years ago) link
so bummed i work evenings this week and missed all the fun
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link
thought it was pretty funny when MPP placed and no one acknowledged it
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:52 (fourteen years ago) link
hold steady arguments tired us out
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Lol @ JQ Adams joke.
― JohnQuincyAdams, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link
most of those who voted for it wont post about it because of the abuse they perceive they will get.
xps
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link
The only reason I joined ILX was to abuse MPP fans. And to vote in Jordan's New York Knicks poll last winter.
― JohnQuincyAdams, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
your work here is done
― SAIL HATIN' (jjjusten), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link
i voted for these
65. SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS Alpinisms (2008) [234 points, 15 votes]56. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz! (2009) [262 points, 14 votes]47. AIR FRANCE No Way Down EP (2008) [286 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]44. BEYONCE B'Day (2007) [304.5 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]40. DJ QUIK & KURUPT Blaqkout (2009) [313 points, 17 votes]38. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Feels (2005) [317 points, 14 votes]33. THE HOLD STEADY Boys and Girls in America (2006) [344.5 points, 15 votes]31. T.I. King (2006) [352.5 points, 16 votes]27. DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca (2009) [374.5 points, 18 votes]23. OF MONTREAL Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) [428 points, 18 votes, 2 first place votes]21. TAYLOR SWIFT Fearless (2009) [444 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty much gave up hope on gaslight anthem after day 2 - we needed hoos
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:00 (fourteen years ago) link
^_^ @ deej's return of course
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
You're right. I've taken JQAdams as far as it will go.
― JohnQuincyAdams, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:06 (fourteen years ago) link
do not not not not get taylor swift - this is coming from someone who was digging britney spears earlier
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Monday, July 12, 2010 7:57 PM (Yesterday)
LJ this is retarded, there is literally nothing in common between the music of britney spears and taylor swift
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:08 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― MOATY I'M HERE (HI DERE), Monday, July 12, 2010 8:01 PM (Yesterday)
where's that deej gif
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:09 (fourteen years ago) link
do not not not not get clipse - this is coming from someone who was digging young jeezy earlier
― goth (crüt), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:10 (fourteen years ago) link
my point entirely - you can do bubblegum pop in remarkably different ways
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 01:16 (3 hours ago)
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:12 (fourteen years ago) link
but yeah that was pretty retarded :(
still rong, and omg what time is it go to bed!
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link
look we almost got Hissing Fauna into the top 20, pax imo
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link
yes hi-5 for that - skeletal lamping wasn't that much further down on my list either
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? was my number 1.
― Boo Radley (Bee OK), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:16 (fourteen years ago) link
the past is a grotesque animal > second half of skeletal lamping > rest of hissing fauna = nonpareil of favor, touched something's hollow, an eluardian instance >>>>>>> rest of skeletal lamping
imo
the stuff from the new record sounds dope
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I think Sir Luscious Left Foot is fast taking up Fishscale's mantle.
― JohnQuincyAdams, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:36 (fourteen years ago) link
haha
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:37 (fourteen years ago) link
voted for:
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]63. Antony and the Johnsons I Am a Bird Now (2005) [235.5 points, 8 votes]\61. Girl Talk Night Ripper (2006) [236 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]59. ARTHUR RUSSELL Love is Overtaking Me (2008) [249 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote]43. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM LCD Soundsystem (2005) [308.5 points, 17 votes]25. GHOSTFACE KILLAH Fishscale (2006) [420 points, 21 votes]22. CLIPSE Hell Hath No Fury (2006) [441.5 points, 18 votes]
looking back, i can't imagine why i didn't spare room for gaga, justin timberlake, t.i. and at least a couple others. too busy wasting points on agalloch & the oh sees...
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:37 (fourteen years ago) link
hhnf vitriol is weird to me--it is overrated and there are some forgettable tracks but 1-5 on it are killer for both beats and rapping. tbh wamp wamp might be my favorite beat ever so to hear ppl say it has no good beats seems like overstating the case imo.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 04:40 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean the back end of fishscale kinda sucks too
most annoying thread of 2010
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 05:07 (fourteen years ago) link
quite an achievement
― goth (crüt), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 05:08 (fourteen years ago) link
what CAD said. agree that HHNF is uneven, but the best tracks are good enough to make me like the album as a whole: wamp wamp, trill, mr. me too, keys open doors.
otoh, i'm kinda biased in favor of the clipse, and yeah, maybe that makes me overrate them.
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 05:09 (fourteen years ago) link
u like crit-rap & girltalk
― blap...tremendo (deej), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 05:09 (fourteen years ago) link
im not saying im just saying
wait i am saying!!
― blap...tremendo (deej), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 05:10 (fourteen years ago) link
and i do. [shrug]
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 05:23 (fourteen years ago) link
might have voted for other things (like roisin murphy) had i heard them prior to voting
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 07:55 (fourteen years ago) link
my votes:
93. NE-YO Year of the Gentleman (2008) [195.5 points, 10 votes]89. VITALIC OK Cowboy (2005) [200 points, 10 votes]76. ELLEN ALLIEN & APPARAT Orchestra of Bubbles (2006) [212 points, 12 votes]75. YOUNG JEEZY The Recession (2008) [214.5 points, 9 votes]72. AMY WINEHOUSE Back to Black (2006) [223 points, 9 votes]65. SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS Alpinisms (2008) [234 points, 15 votes]57. LADY GAGA The Fame Monster (2009) [261.6 votes, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]51. PANTHA DU PRINCE This Bliss (2007) [280 points, 13 votes]46. ROISIN MURPHY Overpowered (2007) [288.5 points, 13 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]34. GANG GANG DANCE Saint Dymphna (2008) [333 points, 15 votes]31. T.I. King (2006) [352.5 points, 16 votes]30. BRITNEY SPEARS Blackout (2007) [363 points, 13 votes]28. KATE BUSH Aerial (2005) [368.5 points, 13 points]21. TAYLOR SWIFT Fearless (2009) [444 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 08:19 (fourteen years ago) link
the one i'm really hoping will turn up that i have no idea about is booka shade. it was pretty much a consensus techno album when it came out, but top 20 in this era might be pushing it a bit :/
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 08:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd have liked to have seen more dance on the poll, but not b/c I'm a dance partisan; more b/c I typically love the consensus dance albums but have no idea how to find out about excellent dance music on my own. The dance press reads like Greek to me because I don't know all their touchpoints & because I can't distinguish between trendy hyperbole & sober assessment. & I don't have the lifestyle to discover it through clubbing. So those are the recommendations I look for most on ILM poll threads.
― Euler, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 08:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Booka Shade are not going to turn up in the top 20, dudes.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 08:49 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost -- that is laughable. If there was any consensus techno album from 2005-9, it was Isolee's "Wearemonster" (which was only #66 on this poll). Not a single critic gave even a single vote to Booka Shade's "Movements" on P&J.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 08:56 (fourteen years ago) link
If Miranda doesn't make it, I'll be annoyed. Surely she will, though!
I think we're out of luck. "Kerosene" was my #1 pick on the singles poll & it didn't crack the top 100. ( Kerosene the album would have been my #1 here but it wasn't nominated.)
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 09:08 (fourteen years ago) link