ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS

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 ...

"North American Scum" and "Get Innocuous" are terrific too.

haha wait

I just looked at my ballot again and it's all fucked up because Silent Shout isn't on it

1. Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography (600000 points, 23)

http://cm1.theinsider.com/media/0/0/73/Album_ashlee_simpson_autobiography.0.0.0x0.475x475.jpeg

goodbye Crystal Castles, I felt kind of uncomfortable having you on my ballot anyone because according to all reports circa your first album, you were thieving cocks

3. THE KNIFE Silent Shout (2006) [915 points, 33 votes, 1 first place vote]

http://housevibe.cn/en/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/4590-silent-shout.jpg

trees, there will be
apples, fruits maybe

what is the points difference between #2 & #1?

Points/vote for the Knife are ridic, I guess that means everyone who voted for it put it in their top ten.

the one thing i'm genuinely kicking myself for is not nominating/voting for ashlee's i am me (autobiography is amazing but 2004)

xp C'MON ERYKAH

voted silent shout but not fever ray; in the event that turned out to be a no-brainer

xp it was my no 23!

a cracked smile and a silent shout

I was pretty much in love with that album from the first three notes of "Silent Shout" but the long soaring intro of "The Captain" blew me away and by the time I hit "Marble House" I had a new favorite band. Every song on here is at least great; most are amazing.

the points per vote average for silent shout is actually only 27, so just outside the top 10

glad silent show defeated fever ray tbh

also it is the PERFECT soundtrack to WipeoutHD

While we wait for the results, lets watch an ILXOR at work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmZQyY-g4z4

which ilxor is this in 10/20 years time?

LOL @ Silent Show...reminds me of "Animal Collection"...

this list makes me feel deeply alienated

would rank them T,IAY > Fever Ray > Silent Shout > the others but then I am a certified baboon. I'm also going out now, but great top 2! Backing Portishead but either a worthy winner. Special shout-out to 'Twinkle' which someone shd have nommed in the trax poll

does anyone else feel like they absolutely can't listen to silent shout or fever ray in the summertime? like i can't even think about them (goes without saying that the reverse is true in the winter)