ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS

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)

third is being v. slightly overrated

i had to wear a mask

does anyone else feel like they absolutely can't listen to silent shout or fever ray in the summertime?

Yes -- for which reason, I appreciate having Deep Cuts around as well.

I belatedly came around to Fever Ray but as a gay man I feel l don't need to pay attention to the kohl-eyed moaning of a nuevo Goth girl (the beats on the Portishead album were thicker and more attractive).

i can totally listen to silent shout in the summer though there's plenty of seasonal music for me

Love KALA to death, but I'm with Rev on this one. The ideas might be bigger and broader and more engaged on KALA, but ARULAR bangs so much harder, front to back. I like to think about KALA, but I love listening to ARULAR.

Posting on this thread is fucking DIFFICULT.

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)

Yes although today doesn't count because it's currently chucking it down and grey.

Refreshing every 1 minute waiting for a WINNAR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi76L5kW_f4

xp: I have no winter association with either Fever Ray or Silent Shout

btw I am kind of obsessed with 1:15 of that routine

i think i agree that silent shout is being overrated a bit itt. i mean it sounds great and all, but i found myself growing a bit bored of it, and haven't listened to it in some time. every time i hear it again i enjoy it, though; same thing holds true for fever ray.

okay is everyone ready??

trentemøller remix of "we share our mothers' health" is so u&k. pitch-shifting vox! <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjrs7e1O-_A

also this has nothing to do w/silent shout but it inexplicably failed to place on the trax poll and it has karin dreijer andersson singing on it and it bangs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1JFJ5yWE3Y

do it!!!

BRING IT

The Knife - cold and icy, like my heart

Love KALA to death, but I'm with Rev on this one. The ideas might be bigger and broader and more engaged on KALA, but ARULAR bangs so much harder, front to back. I like to think about KALA, but I love listening to ARULAR.

I think this is 100% wrong, especially in light of how anemic "Bucky Done Gun" actually is and the eternally sopophoric "Bingo" that doesn't even have aimless mood painting to use as an excuse (yes that was about "The Turn")

Calling Erykah as winnar with 4 first-place votes. Can't see Portishead garnering the #1 marks to make it happen.

2. PORTISHEAD Third (2008) [967 points, 40 votes, 1 first place vote]

http://musicforyoursoulandears.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/third1.jpg

1. ERYKAH BADU New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) [1,029.5 points, 36 votes, 4 first place votes]

http://diggin88nine.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/ebad-new-amerykah-okp.jpg

I can live with this top two.

nice

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not even close, wow ILM.

YES!!!!! fatbellybella ilu <3

world's greatest top 5 IMO

god damn you all, that is what i have to say about this.

huh I guess I need to hear this Erykah album. I liked the single I heard

hard to complain about either of those

YES!!! My number 1 was number 1. V v v happy with that.

it's sooo sooo sooo good Shakey.

making up for its shock non-no 1 placing in the 08 poll imo

100. LIL WAYNE Tha Carter III (2008) [181 points, 8 votes]
99. SPOON Gimme Fiction (2005) [181 points, 9 votes]
98. CAMERA OBSCURA Let's Get Out of This Country (2006) [183 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
97. RHYTHM & SOUND See Mi Yah (2005) [185 points, 9 votes]
96. CARIBOU Andorra (2007) [187.5 points, 9 votes]
95. BATTLES Mirrored (2007) [190.5 points, 11 votes]
94. BOARDS OF CANADA The Campfire Headphase (2005) [192 points, 9 votes]
93. NE-YO Year of the Gentleman (2008) [195.5 points, 10 votes]
92. NEKO CASE Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006) [196 points, 8 votes]
91. LOS CAMPESINOS! Hold On Now, Youngster... (2008) [197 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote]
90. SLEATER-KINNEY The Woods (2005) [198.5 points, 8 votes]
89. VITALIC OK Cowboy (2005) [200 points, 10 votes]
88. ART BRUT Bang Bang Rock & Roll (2005) [200.5 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote]
87. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Strawberry Jam (2007) [203 points, 9 votes]
86. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN The Life Pursuit (2006) [204.5 points, 8 votes]
85. BAT FOR LASHES Two Suns (2009) [205 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
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]
81. DJ SPRINKLES Midtown 120 Blues (2009) [208.5 points, 10 points]

80. LOW Drums and Guns (2007) [209.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
79. WOLF PARADE Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005) [210.5 points, 10 votes]
78. FUTURE OF THE LEFT Travels With Myself and Another (2009) [211 points, 8 votes]
78. MADONNA Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005) [211 points, 8 votes]
76. ELLEN ALLIEN & APPARAT Orchestra of Bubbles (2006) [212 points, 12 votes]
75. YOUNG JEEZY The Recession (2008) [214.5 points, 9 votes]
74. DAFT PUNK Alive 2007 (2007) [219 points, 10 votes]
73. VON SUDENFED Tromatic Reflexxions (2007) [220.5 points, 9 votes]
72. AMY WINEHOUSE Back to Black (2006) [223 points, 9 votes]
71. RACHEL STEVENS Come and Get It (2005) [223 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
70. KANYE WEST Graduation (2007) [225 points, 11 votes]
69. KELLEY POLAR Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens (2005) [225.5 points, 11 votes]
68. LIARS Drum’s Not Dead (2006) [234 votes, 15 votes]
67. TV ON THE RADIO Dear Science (2008) [233 points, 13 votes]
66. ISOLEE We Are Monster (2005) (233.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
65. SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS Alpinisms (2008) [234 points, 15 votes]
64. ROBYN Robyn (2005) [234.5 points, 9 votes]
63. Antony and the Johnsons I Am a Bird Now (2005) [235.5 points, 8 votes]
62. The Flaming Lips Embryonic (2009) [236 points, 11 votes]
61. Girl Talk Night Ripper (2006) [236 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]

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]
58. THE NATIONAL Alligator (2005) [258.5 votes, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
57. LADY GAGA The Fame Monster (2009) [261.6 votes, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]
56. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz! (2009) [262 points, 14 votes]
55. SUNN O))) Monoliths & Dimensions (2009) [263 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
54. PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009) [265.5 points, 12 votes]
53. GIRLS ALOUD Chemistry (2005) [271 votes, 8 points]
52. HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR Hercules and Love Affair (2008) [272.5 points, 14 votes]
51. PANTHA DU PRINCE This Bliss (2007) [280 points, 13 votes]
50. THE FIELD From Here We Go Sublime (2007) [280 votes, 14 points]
49. THE JUAN MACLEAN The Future Will Come (2009) [280.5 points, 12 votes]
48. THE HOLD STEADY Separation Sunday (2005) [282.5 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
47. AIR FRANCE No Way Down EP (2008) [286 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
46. ROISIN MURPHY Overpowered (2007) [288.5 points, 13 votes]
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]
43. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM LCD Soundsystem (2005) [308.5 points, 17 votes]
42. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Twin Cinema (2005) [309.5 points, 13 votes]
41. CUT COPY In Ghost Colours (2008) [311.5 points, 13 votes]

40. DJ QUIK & KURUPT Blaqkout (2009) [313 points, 17 votes]
39. THE MOUNTAIN GOATS The Sunset Tree (2005) [314.5 points, 13 votes]
38. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Feels (2005) [317 points, 14 votes]
37. SCOTT WALKER The Drift (2006) [320 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes]
36. BROADCAST Tender Buttons (2005) [322.5 points, 15 votes]
35. JOANNA NEWSOM Ys (2006) [332.5 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote]
34. GANG GANG DANCE Saint Dymphna (2008) [333 points, 15 votes]
33. THE HOLD STEADY Boys and Girls in America (2006) [344.5 points, 15 votes]
32. BLOC PARTY Silent Alarm (2005) [352 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
31. T.I. King (2006) [352.5 points, 16 votes]
30. BRITNEY SPEARS Blackout (2007) [363 points, 13 votes]
29. SUFJAN STEVENS Illinois (2005) [364.5 points, 17 votes]
28. KATE BUSH Aerial (2005) [368.5 points, 13 votes]
27. DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca (2009) [374.5 points, 18 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]
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]
22. CLIPSE Hell Hath No Fury (2006) [441.5 points, 18 votes]
21. TAYLOR SWIFT Fearless (2009) [444 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]

20. THE-DREAM Love/Hate (2007) [456.5 points, 17 votes, 4 first place votes]
19. LINDSTRØM Where You Go I Go Too (2008) [465 points, 24 votes]
18. KANYE WEST Late Registration (2005) [467 points, 21 votes]
17. VAMPIRE WEEKEND Vampire Weekend (2008) [476.5 points, 21 votes]
16. JUNIOR BOYS So This is Goodbye (2006) [478.5 points, 25 votes]
15. J DILLA Donuts (2006) [492 points, 22 votes, 1 first place vote]
14. STUDIO West Coast (2007) [517 points, 23 votes, 2 first place votes]
13. M.I.A. Arular (2005) [517.5 points, 17 votes]
12. THE XX xx (2009) [517.5 points, 27 votes, 1 first place vote]
11. ELECTRIK RED How to Be a Lady: Volume 1 (2009) [532 points, 1 first place vote, 17 votes]
10. PANDA BEAR Person Pitch (2007) [576 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote]
9. BURIAL Untrue (2007) [590 points, 24 votes, 1 first place vote]
8. RADIOHEAD In Rainbows (2007) [600 points, 27 votes]
7. THE-DREAM Love vs. Money (2009) [649 points, 22 votes, 2 first place vote]
6. FEVER RAY Fever Ray (2009) [661.5 points, 29 votes]
5. M.I.A. Kala (2007) [767.5 points, 30 votes]
4. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Sound of Silver (2007) [880.5 points, 34 votes, 1 first place vote]
3. THE KNIFE Silent Shout (2006) [915 points, 33 votes, 1 first place vote]
2. PORTISHEAD Third (2008) [967 points, 40 votes, 1 first place vote]
1. ERYKAH BADU New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008) [1,029.5 points, 36 votes, 4 first place votes]