ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS

Charles Burns + Fever Ray is so perfect I'm almost surprised it actually happened...if that makes any sense.

otm - this album's aesthetic, not just design-wise, but its concept and its whole feel is possibly even more awesome than the music

Did Charles Burns do the Fever Ray cover?

I believe it was ILX poster max.

5. M.I.A. Kala (2007) [767.5 points, 30 votes]

http://snuhzone.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/images17.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jU5riJNrQQ

Martin Ander did the FR album cover

ROAD RUNNA ROAD RUNNA

charles burns didnt do the artwork for fever ray iirc, was just some dude copying his style xpost

oops - sorry

it's still a great aesthetic!

somalia angola ghana ghana ghana
india sri lanka burma bamboo banga

this song is still the SHIT and fuiud

bamboo banger is def a banger

I love this album. I saw this tour and she killed.

First half >>>> second half (minus "Paper Planes").

barbarella look like she my dead ringah
when i'm doggin on the bonnet of your red hondah

don't count out 20 Dollar, Alfred

would not listen to this out of choice but it has something pretty cool going for it (ooh a BEAT just dropped!) inna throbbing relentless style which Paper Planes lacks for me

Oh right! Scratch what I said.

First half = Second half.

"hussel" is definitely the pinnacle of m.i.a.'s career imo - she's great at character studies ("10 dollar", too)

yeah this was pretty damn high on my ballot...just discovered it too. Great album!

Love "Hussel" tons but I think "$20" and "XR2" get shorted; both of those tracks are leagues more amazing than they have any right to be (the former in its menacing rolling stomp talking about kid soldiers and the latter in its minimal celebration of rave culture)

man i get so excited every time we get some album that isn't New Amerykah out of its way

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also her deadpan delivery in "XR2" on top of that skeletal beat = luv

some dude, i have a feeling 4th world war might be #1...

HOW MANY HOW MANY HOW MANY HOW MANY HOW MANY

i hope so, but this list has dealt me too much disappointment already to feel assured of that happening (xpost)

i like "xr2" b/c of the line "brick lane massive, we all like grime" <= been there

honestly i dare not hope that new amerykah might be no 1 - i thought it'd top the 08 EOY poll and was severely disappointed

4. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Sound of Silver (2007) [880.5 points, 34 votes, 1 first place vote]

http://fuzzythoughts.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/soundofsilver.jpg

YAY ERYKAH, FUK U LCD

(4xpost)i can't be sure either, but my hunch has a bit of math'n'science in it...

i wz very disappointed too lex...

erykah wins then? I thought lcd would boringly win

don't hate that LCD album, it's also fantastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vz_01o6Nao

there's still three places left!

C'MON ERYKAH

cant be sure but right now my prediction is:

3 Silent Shout
2 Third
1 Nu Amerykah

Thirty-four of you.

Dan that is like the only good track apart from Someone Great

it's like you guys are watching a horse race that is gonna end in 30 mins

I'd reverse drugs' prediction

also if you hate this song, you have no heart:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iW5U4i-Z74&feature=related

xp lol LJ, also "North American Scum" is fantastic

granted "All My Friends" is a big ball of suck but I always skip it

i predicted portishead #1 before the poll started, i guess i'll stick with that

j0rdan it's totally OK if you wanna speed up this process at the end when there's a lil less suspense imo

really it says a lot for the strength of the great songs on SOS that there are tracks on it that I absolutely abhor ("All My Friends", "I Love You New York But I Can't Be Bothered To Write A Decent Final Song So Here's a Piece Of Shit I Tossed Off While Masturbating") and it still ranked #6 on my ballot

well i'm gonna post #2 & #1 in the same post, for obv reasons

charles burns didnt do the artwork for fever ray iirc, was just some dude copying his style xpost

!!! that is bonkers. what a shameless rip.

that doesnt leave room for the joke #1 entries then...

or it leaves room for two joke entries

Guys come on, "Kid A" will win again, it always does

... OH, WAIT ...