I'm guessing that The Bug probably got a few number ones.
― Frank Sumatra (NickB), Monday, 9 February 2009 23:39 (fifteen years ago) link
West Coast was structured and realised in a manner that really sparked my imagination, regardless of how Balearic/stoner-psych it was.
― Robin van Injury (country matters), Monday, 9 February 2009 23:40 (fifteen years ago) link
It was also a really varied-yet-cohesive record, the sort that covers loads of ground effortlessly
― Robin van Injury (country matters), Monday, 9 February 2009 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Kerr, Paavoharju may well have snuck in if I'd got my ballot in, as it was ordered and they were number 3 or 4, can't remember exactly what I fixed it as. Doubt they will now, though.
― emil.y, Monday, 9 February 2009 23:43 (fifteen years ago) link
emil.y, you said you'd have given The Chap 19 points but forgot to send it in, how can I forgive you ;-)
― Robin van Injury (country matters), Monday, 9 February 2009 23:44 (fifteen years ago) link
also there are some things that didn't make the top 50 that made me go omgwtf, like, search my spam folder to make sure that i didn't lose some ballots kind of omgwtf.
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Monday, February 9, 2009 5:08 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^this intrigues me! i am hoping it refers to vampire weekend
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 February 2009 23:45 (fifteen years ago) link
the two i'm hoping to place which i genuinely have no idea about are solange and jazmine sullivan - pretty consensus R&B picks but no one's No 1 or anything, so it'll depend on whether they picked up floating voters from outside the R&B thread
i doubt anthony hamilton will place but if he'd released it a month or two earlier it would've been a shoe-in.
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 February 2009 23:47 (fifteen years ago) link
If Earth,Harvey Milk,Grails ,James Blackshaw and Torche and The Bug chart and Portishead win it i'll be very happy really.
I would bet the mansion on Portishead being top five.
Pretty sure The Bug will get a mention. Maybe Torche, but not counting on it.
Anything more would be a stretch... unfortunately.
― ilxor, Monday, 9 February 2009 23:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I wish too... not gonna happen, though.
It's a lock for the top ten.
― ilxor, Monday, 9 February 2009 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
there should be a mention of where merriweather pavvy would have placed had those votes counted. for anger-lols, mostly.
― Gukbe, Monday, 9 February 2009 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
stoked for the '09 madness with Pavvy :(
but then the end-of-the-Kid A'd poll will outshine it :D
(seewhatididthere)
― Robin van Injury (country matters), Monday, 9 February 2009 23:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I wish emil.y had been allowed to vote now. I think that if any of those albums were going to chart it wouldve been in the 50-45 range. But you never know.Torche will chart. Om were 31 last year and Alcest 26 so id hope Torche,Harvey Milk and Earth place. The others I mentioned probably not.
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 9 February 2009 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Aww, you made a Pablo Funny! xpost
― ilxor, Monday, 9 February 2009 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Om were 31 last year and Alcest 26
?!
Forgot about those. Damn.
Herman, I wish I'd voted for James Blackshaw. Saw him on Saturday night - I was totally burnt out on the whole Takoma revival thing, but that guy was a fucking champ.
― Frank Sumatra (NickB), Monday, 9 February 2009 23:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm pretty convinced The Bug will place comfortably in the 25-40 range.
― ilxor, Monday, 9 February 2009 23:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh I know the bug will chart high. I meant the other bands i mentioned. Id hope the bug is top 10 or close
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Certainly expect it to be top 20. If it was only no41 id be shocked
maybe louis was right. on the trax poll, i knew about 45 out of the 50. i don't know most of the stuff ya'llz are talkin about. i didn't even know alcest released an album in 2008!
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:02 (fifteen years ago) link
oh wait, misread. scrap the alcest comment. feel a bit better.
43 - Alex Moulton - Exodus88 points, 6 votes, 2 #1 votes
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8139/exodusdigitalcovervg6.jpg
Full album streaming: http://www.last.fm/music/Alex+Moulton/Exodus
ilx I kiss you for introducing me to this album. the packaging is amazing amazing amazing but somehow the music manages to be EVEN BETTER ― jamescobo
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Huh?
― ilxor, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:08 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, there was a massive clusterfuck around this for a while
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I left it off mine (just barely), but I'm glad to see it getting repped. This + results of kraftwerk/radiohead and madonna polls = a very good 10 minutes on ILM
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Didn't vote for it, but it totally deserves it! Jamescobo OTM
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I need to check that out.
― I cut my hand on a low-hanging disco ball (The Reverend), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:14 (fifteen years ago) link
So with Gubke and my vote that one could have ended up five places higher, possibly. Sorry Alex
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:15 (fifteen years ago) link
woo hoo two records i voted for finally. :)
― Disco/Very (Roz), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:17 (fifteen years ago) link
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:09 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
Not only that, Alex Moulton was also kind enough to fill ILM in on the details of it's release (which was way behind the hype around this album here).
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:17 (fifteen years ago) link
ahhh alex moulton! i remember loving that for about a month, but it didn't stick. i will return to it.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:20 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah it's definitely one of those records where you binge on it for weeks and then never feel like playing again.
― Disco/Very (Roz), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I honestly can't get past the cover.
― ilxor, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:25 (fifteen years ago) link
You sure that's not a Dragonforce cover? ;)
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link
OK, so the disappointing Sebastien Tellier and Girl Talk albums were starting to worry me - but I'm now totally sold on the Alex Moulton. (That's "sold" as in "just paid money for".)
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:30 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.drivenfaroff.com/wp-content/2007/09/no-world-for-tomorrow.jpg http://profile.ak.facebook.com/object3/955/95/l7708518682_9470.jpg
― ilxor, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Not as good as http://i39.tinypic.com/24g7rm0.jpg
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:43 (fifteen years ago) link
i must be crazy, i swear i had posted #42 already
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:05 (fifteen years ago) link
42 - Stephen Malkmus and Jicks - Real Emotional Trash88 points, 7 votes, 2 number ones43 in P&J, 48 in p4k
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5913/stephenmalkmusrealemotitk7.jpg
this shit rules. he's just getting better with age. i'm sort of in awe. there's guitar magic toward the end of the title song that gives quicksilver messenger service's "calvary" a run for the money. i'm probably mental but i'm starting to think of pavement as his buffalo springfield ― kamerad
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice, this was a great album from a guy who i thought might not have one of those in him anymore.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Holy fucking poop on a stick that is hilarious! xxxpost
― ilxor, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah the Malkmus album was pretty good. Two #1 votes! Impressive.
― ilxor, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I had given up on him. Maybe I need to check this out (still not raising my hopes too high though)
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Don't. It's still hippie jamz.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:28 (fifteen years ago) link
I can dig that if it's good hippie jamz
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:42 (fifteen years ago) link
i only voted for three albums. i don't understand the people who vote for 20 albums but don't vote for tracks, that is insane
OK that makes more sense the second time I read it, but I just wanna note that I mostly listen to albums. I had to narrow my list down from 45 of the nominations that I at least liked! Working in radio helps with this a lot, I think.
Also a note to Mr. Neuname, I placed Paavoharju very high, it should show up later I hope. Listened to it again just after dinner tonight, fucking fantastic.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:55 (fifteen years ago) link
last one for today:
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 02:01 (fifteen years ago) link
41 - Solange - Sol Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams88 points, 8 votes129 in P&J
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2918/solangel5b15dfz1.jpg
Album streaming link: http://www.last.fm/music/Solange/Sol-Angel%2B%2526%2BThe%2BHadley%2BSt.%2BDreams
SOLANGE KNOWLES, omg the return of
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 02:02 (fifteen years ago) link
anyhoo that's it for today, tune in tomorrow!
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 02:15 (fifteen years ago) link
You're doing the lord's work, musically. Bless you child.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 02:17 (fifteen years ago) link
malkmus and solange!!!!!
im really surprised malkmus made this, and it was about in the middle of my list iirc. i really love the way the guy is growing up on record - songs like 'out of reaches' are so direct and affecting by his standards, i can't imagine him writing them ten years ago. i was in love with this back when it came out (best since 'wowee' etc) when it came out, overlistened, and then got back into it around voting time. i didnt post to ilx when this was released, but i dont really recall a lot of people stanning for this, so i'm glad it's getting some recognition. also, i'm rather certain this was not the 48th album in p4k's list (dont think it was on it at all)
solange's album was really solid, but wasn't packed with knockouts; like lex said, it's not going to be anyone's #1 (which apparently it wasn't). TONY was the first song i loved on it--the overall emotional ambivalence (while maintaining self-faith) really echoed what i was going through at the time, and it was exactly what i wanted to hear. of course, 'sandcastle disco' is the best song on this by a mile, as i found out later. totally forgot about it...top ten song of the year IMO
― jammed hymen (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 03:46 (fifteen years ago) link