ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS

xp yeah i was hoping for alex moulton on here but i think it was in the bottom half of my ballot so i barely did my part

oh yeah. there he is

LOVE that its full title is love me all summer, hate me all winter

also lol @ none of the terius fan club on ilm realising that for like a year and then not getting it when brainwasher referred to its full title - shows how many of us owned the actual cd

LOVE that its full title is love me all summer, hate me all winter

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:47 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

yes it's too bad that they chopped this down

interesting that Love Vs. Money will apparently place higher, didn't really expect that (I prefer it, but voted for neither)

also lol @ none of the terius fan club on ilm realising that for like a year and then not getting it when brainwasher referred to its full title - shows how many of us owned the actual cd

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:48 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

this was actually the name of the album when press about it was just coming out, but then they shortened it -- i for one own all three CDs!

I'm going to give Love/Hate another go, see if I like it more in light of the new one.

Yeah the consensus album I was talking about was Untrue, although I like most of the dance albums mentioned above loads more. West Coast is not dance music in any sense of the word.

i think LVM has always grabbed a wider swath of ppl on ilm even tho there was always a really monolithic and loud contingent of L/H disciples on the board

the first terius song i heard was "ditch that...", in rich four four's end-of-year mix of 4x4 house beats in r&b and hip-hop at the end of 07. it was one of the few i didn't recognise, and for a few weeks i genuinely assumed he was an amazing new deep-voiced dyke rapper. i STILL think that if missy elliott had any balls left by then she'd have done "ditch that..." as a comeback single.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HhwavyWyhM

okay, the album coming up is tied with the #1 placing album for the most number of #1 votes

― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 9:43 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this means that erykah rightfully won, right?

I assume my Alex Moulton pick isn't gonna place? :(

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 9:45 AM Bookmark

i echo yr :(

19. LINDSTRØM Where You Go I Go Too (2008) [465 points, 24 votes]

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/12125-where-you-go-i-go-too.jpeg

GREAT ALBUM CHEERS OK

lex you are a smart guy but you basically become like the glam version of alex in NYC when you talk about any kind of rock music.

You say that like it's a bad thing. :::sniff::::

― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:41 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

aw alex! i didn't mean it like that....just you used to get all vitriol about pop stuff just like lex does about rock stuff is all

Yay Lindstrom! I loved the poll that asked what time of day ILMers enjoy listening to Lindstrom.

eh

Hoped this would be higher but good to see it anyway.

I'm totally torn as to this vs West Coast. On the one hand this doesn't have Out There or Indo on it, but on the other, it does flow like a motherfucker, and take you on a coherently awesome journey...

― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 01:17 (6 months ago)

what a turn of phrase this dude had

good start today

Yay Lindstrom! I loved the poll that asked what time of day ILMers enjoy listening to Lindstrom.

― skip, Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:59 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is one of my favorite polls that i ever started

WYGIGT is a fun album -- i rarely have time to listen to the whole thing, and i'm not sure where i rate it amongst lindstrom albums -- i guess behind feedlity & real life is no cool but ahead of II, at least in terms of stuff i'm really familiar with

when do you like to lindstrom? :)

I guess I should check this out again, didn't do much for me at the time. I really love the Lindstrom and Christabelle album from earlier this year so will give this a second chance.

I liked WYGIGT immediately; it's warm and squishy. Wish the tracks had more of the power of Aeroplane's remixes though.

that was my #2 and i'd probably vote it #1 if i redid my ballot today

the title track is just beyond incredible to me, like i can't even explain how difficult it is to layer sound that effectively

I liked WYGIGT immediately; it's warm and squishy. Wish the tracks had more of the power of Aeroplane's remixes though.

― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 1:05 PM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark

i love this post

i kinda think rlinc might be the only lindstrom i need at the end of the day, i find that all the spacey stuff (moulton aside) i admire more than adore

Haven't hear this solo Lindstrom but almost bought it on a whim yesterday at the record store. Wish I had now, might go back and get it.

*heard

also he looks like my uncle on the album cover

18. KANYE WEST Late Registration (2005) [467 points, 21 votes]

http://www.dance-lyrics.com/ama/late_registration_b0009wpky0.jpg

pedobear?

there's really not much left to say about that one

Except that it should've been top ten.

eh eh

definitely thought it'd be higher and it's my favorite of his albums, but for now i'm cool with the idea of a Kanye-free top 10 (until i see what horseshit IS in the top 10)

still love "Gold Digger" to death

this album seems to have his most coherent, least corny lyrics (aside from 1 or 2 808s tracks)

i've said this before -- it's not his best album, but it's his opus, it's the overblown and bloated and yet still totally awesome and idiosyncratic album that kanye was manifested to make -- a lot of the collaborations are inspired and it's still a great listen

actually I should get this

What is going to be top 10?

17. VAMPIRE WEEKEND Vampire Weekend (2008) [476.5 points, 21 votes]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/VampireWeekendCD2.jpg

I just got that VW album 2 weeks ago and it's kind of a downer when compared to Contra. It's still good but it would never have made my ballot.

Not Vampire Weekend, apparently.

xxp

"A-Punk" is a ton of fun tho

preemptive http://www.shacknews.com/extras/faylor/haters-gonna-hate.gif

VW >>> Contra

contra was so disappointing compared to the debut

they're both good but i like the more spare sound of the debut

they are better minimalists than maximalists

i think the final three songs on 'contra' is my fav stretch of VW songs, because it's actually an instance of a band building on an already great songwriting template and still feeling organic and not like a frustrated reach