ILM Top 100 2000-2004: ALBUMS

(homework is def rub really)

Obviously, there's a balance that should be struck somehow (not like I have any bright ideas right now on how to do it better if there is a next time, but still).

(xposts)

Well if a record isn't a single person's #1 fave then I don't think people can be begrudge its non-appearance too much. You all had the chance to nominate them folks!

Points: 1467
No. of votes: 55
No. of #1 votes: 10

Artist: DAFT PUNK
Title: DISCOVERY
Label: Virgin
Year: 2001

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This record means a lot to me. My strongest memory of it is linked to
this board, oddly enough. It was summer 2001, the big rooftop party at
Suzy's block of flats where London ILX really got going. It was a
fantastic day. As the afternoon lazed on and we all got drunk we
decided to go and put Daft Punk on the stereo - about half of us
danced around like wallies and sung "One More Time" as loudly as we
could. Every time I play that song it reminds me not to give up on
pop, people, stuff. Bad times are cyclical: the beat will come back,
the dance will go on. That sounds corny - well, the song sounds corny.
But I honestly believe it, and I love Daft Punk for catching that
feeling.

There are lots of rational reasons to like Discovery. It is elegant.
It is playful. It is a sketchbook of most of the possibilities
remaining to house music (my original draft expanded at some boring
length on this). It is full of noises you knew were beautiful and
noises you didn't know were beautiful. It has the best love song of
the decade on it (and "Something About Us" is pretty fucking amazing
too). Thomas and Guy-Manuel look fantastic in their robot suits. Also
I'd be lying if I didn't admit I like how they baffle and even annoy
some people. But the main thing I love about Discovery is its
optimism, its love of life in all its bathetic, glorious, cheesy,
beautiful diversity.

(In the context of this list I am hugely tempted to contrast that
optimism with - well, you can probably guess, and do it yourself.)

I think you either hear that optimism in Daft Punk or you don't. If
you don't, you probably hear it somewhere else. People listen to music
- and sorry if this bit gets embarrassing - to make their lives
better. People talk about that music, discuss it and share it to make
each others' lives better. And so here we are. I have not lived up to
this philosophy that much on ILM. ILM in general has not lived up to
that philosophy much. But it's done a better job than almost anywhere
else I can think of on the Internet. What I'm trying to say is
thankyou Daft Punk, and thankyou ILM, and even if sometimes I'd
happily see this place deleted I think in ten years time I'll be
really proud of having started it. Now go and listen to this record
again you fuckers. Tom Ewing

Recommended tracks: Digital Love, One More Time, Harder Better Faster Stronger, Something About Us

No. 1

Points: 1619
No. of votes: 55
No. of #1 votes: 10

Artist: RADIOHEAD
Title: KID A
Label: Parlophone
Year: 2000

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Recommended tracks: Idioteque, Everything In it's Right Place, Optimistic, Morning Bell

The margin! Misery beats fun! There's enough you can say about the result and what it says about ILM. I will leave that up to you What about the album though....?

Kid A made it safe for the indie kids to actually think about how music is constructed and how it is \"art\" without being too wank about it all. Mattson Carlhew

I have a feeling I\'m not alone in putting Radiohead at the top of the list. What else could (almost) everyone agree on from the past 4 years? Radiohead practically gets the crown by default, simply because nothing else remotely iconic was released. Remember all the press attention and word of mouth about this album? I remember when it came out I lived with a kid who had voted for Bush, and Radiohead was virtually the only thing we had in common. We drove to the next town to get our copies at midnight, and listened to the whole thing as soon as we got back. Our respective reactions were irrelevant--what matters is that no other release has mattered that much since then. If KID A had come out in 1991, would it have been overshadowed? Probably, but who knows. It doesn\'t matter. What works in the music worlds makes as little sense as what works in politics. Back when the biggest threat to the world seemed to be boy bands, Radiohead instilled the kind of hope in us white college kids that John Kerry wishes he could instill now. Richard Killiam

Actually, yes.

I actually voted Radiohead #2 (behind Mclusky), but yeah, first thing that came to mind as well.

Kid A

Taking Sides - Amnesiac vs. Kid A

What artists would you like to see go through a Kid A-ish period of experimental excess?

Ten Words Or Less: Kid A

And one of the first ILM threads ever -- from Tom!

Radiohead Album Cover: What Are They Thinking?

this is why I hate radiohead so much...

the nom process was good because to burn your one nom you had to really love something. i believe every record on this list is beloved by somebody and i respect that even if i hate some of them.

and thats why this is a good list

and tom's comments made me sad and happy just like the album

sorry im getting emo

im gonna go now

unless i drink myself into oblivion tonight which may be slightly more fun...

later

(and Kid A aint much better)

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