ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS

i somehow knew new amerykah would win, usually when i listen to that album i am overwhelmed with feelings of "holy shit this is the best music ever." it would have been my number one if it weren't for love vs money, which is responsible for blowing my mind and changing the course of my life pretty drastically.

can i just say that portishead album can seriously go fuck itself imo

yay, two other people voted for ES - Sateenkaarisuudelma!

One of them was me. Who was the other vote for Volcano the Bear?

Paavoharju not even close. I'm going off to cry in a corner.

― emil.y, Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:28 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

aight emily i'll bite--what the hell is paavoharju

paavoharju had like 8 albums in this poll tho so

at least it felt that way

I guess it's time for yet another attempt at working out why people love The-Dream so much. Apart from that, Junior Boys and Electrik Red, the top 20 mirrors my own pretty closely.

1. ERYKAH BADU New Amerykah Part One

Her?

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

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:10 PM (9 seconds ago) Bookmark

^ this is why i wz willing to call it...i know i gave it #1, and somedude did too, but then i saw john/via/chi do the whole '^^^^^^^^^^' thing & figured maybe he did too...

― please sb me (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:13 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

actually it was my #3, but by far my favorite that actually made the list

Should we post our ballots here or wait for another thread?

I am getting distracted and confused by the spreadsheet comments...

Everyone forgot about White Chalk then?

I voted for White Chalk. Low. But I voted for it.

Paavoharju only have two albums! Though I imagine variant spellings might have been tough to input.

And cad, they're crazy Finns (and we know ilx loves those). They do, uh, I guess it's experimental folk music?

i love faux-shocked poll reactions

huh ok the only crazy finn folk record i have is the lau nau record which is decent

I feel like Final Fantasy was robbed

also lol my highest vote to not place on my hypothetical ballot was... Thom Yorke's The Eraser

i voted for white chalk too, tho i didn't really think it'd make the list - it was one of those that only people who already cared about pj harvey would have checked i think

I voted for Laulu Laakson Kukista. Low. But I voted for it.

I feel like Final Fantasy was robbed

I didn't vote; it probably would've been in my top 10.

Sounds like the crazy Finn vote was split really wide

White Chalk and Amerie (both of which I voted for) were the only two albums to get 10 votes and still not place in the top 100. I don't know what point I'm making but there it is.

my ballot, in descending order:

001 ERYKAH BADU, Nu Amerykah Pt 1: 4th World War
162 HIGH ON FIRE, Blessed Black Wings
005 MIA, Kala
034 GANG GANG DANCE, St. Dymphna
027 DIRTY PROJECTORS, Bitte Orca
121 EARTH, The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
127 THE WHITE STRIPES, Get Behind Me Satan
023 OF MONTREAL, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
148 THE FALL, Imperial Wax Solvent
170 NELLY FURTADO, Loose
012 THE XX, xx
157 BORIS, Pink
024 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, Merriweather Post Pavilion
290 WITCH
221 MF DOOM, Born Like This
302 THE BREEDERS, Mountain Battles
120 ONEIDA, Rated O
073 VON SUDENFED, Traumatic Reflexxions
199 YO LA TENGO, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

still a lot of stuff i should prolley check out on this list...i'm slow about new stuff :/

put 'er on the post your ballot for the ILM Top 100 2005-2009: ALBUMS poll here thread, drugz

I haven't heard that Erykah album, is it like radically different from her 90s albums? Because I remember those being kinda nice, but a bit too smooth and coffee shoppish for my tastes, and I haven't really paid attention to her ever since.

I actually bought the Portishead album a couple of years ago, but I've only managed to listen to it once or twice. What I remember of it was that everything was so COLD COLD COLD, no variation or dynamics, no room to breath, just all-embracing ANGST. I guess it's sorta admirable as an artistic statement, but it's way too goth for me, I just can't bring myself to listen to that album all the way.

yes it is radically different

who all voted Erykah as #1???

(I got into Erykah in 2000 when one of my fraternity housemates put Mama's Gun on heavy rotation...just explaining how a corny indie fux0r like me could get into this so hardcore...)

One of my votes wasn't counted! It would have placed 762nd.

Maybe I should give it a try then... I like her as a singer, so if she's gotten over the coffee shop syndrome I might dig that album.

I really tried to love NU AMERYKAH, but it was ultimately an album I ended up admiring more than enjoying. Still, it was an album that I found compelling enough that its placement at the top of the poll pleases me, and I look forward to giving it another listen to see if it clicks this time.

Based on the old type of soul/r&b you mentioned often in the alt 70s poll, I think you would eat this album up! xp

johnny fever, where's my missing Yellow Magic Orchestra vote?!?!?!

;)

Yeah, I think I'll give it a listen. Those Youtube songs posted here are pretty cool.

IN YO ASS xp

:D

I love Mama's Gun...like every time I listen to it, I feel like Erykah is one of my best friends...

and every time I listen to Nu Amerykah pt. 1 I feel like one of my best friends got elected to Speaker of the House or something...

I love Mama's Gun...like every time I listen to it, I feel like Erykah is one of my best friends...

and every time I listen to Nu Amerykah pt. 1 I feel like one of my best friends got elected to Speaker of the House or something...

― please sb me (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 8:58 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

i love this way of putting it!

Hey lex, all recent email polls on ILX means you are the hivemind ;)

very entertaining! thx J0rdan & Johnny!

Thanks for all the votes and the comments in the threads, people! Meet us back here in five years for the next one!

thanks to both of you for running this! Hurrah for JF & JS!

nah i'm gonna do a first 7 months of the decade poll in august son

you'll have to take that fight to musically's door, son.

Thanks gents. Well done.

^^

As I mentioned in the other thread, surprised Be Your Own Pet didn't place in the top 100.

Also as mentioned, I was one of the Erykah #1 voters.

very happy with the top 3!

lex i probably would've voted for 'paris' also but i never vote in these things

I voted for ES, Volcano The Bear, AND Paavoharju. love u folks, too bad we ain't even close.

Thanks gents, great fun was had by me.