Kala without question, but I like these as well:
2 120 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver5 284 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago11 633 Battles - Mirrored15 875 Kanye West - Graduation
― Don't boo, vote (DJP), Thursday, 11 August 2016 13:53 (seven years ago) link
The first half of that MGMT album was good. Really good. They were going to be massive!
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Thursday, 11 August 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
I often make weird mistakes like that when I'm trying to surreptitiously post things at work xxxp
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 11 August 2016 14:30 (seven years ago) link
― TARANTINO! (dog latin)
The second album is so much better.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 11 August 2016 14:53 (seven years ago) link
I voted for Graduation because Austin called it "manure." Also, it's probably the Kanye record I have the most emotional attachment to, and the last one before he became the fame monster he is today.
― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Thursday, 11 August 2016 14:58 (seven years ago) link
C R A Z Y
E X
G I R L F R I E N D
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 August 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link
^^^
― dc, Thursday, 11 August 2016 15:12 (seven years ago) link
This stuff seems better than 05 and 06.
The Field for me, though at the time I would have chosen Of Montreal.
― skip, Thursday, 11 August 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
1 89 Radiohead - In Rainbows2 120 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver3 146 Burial - Untrue5 284 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago6 310 The National - Boxer28 1718 Okkervil River - The Stage Names^^all classics
voting Okkervil
― niels, Thursday, 11 August 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
also cld we maybe somehow enough w the "waaaw these records peopel love are so shite"
― niels, Thursday, 11 August 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link
but those records you love
― imago, Thursday, 11 August 2016 18:07 (seven years ago) link
those records
they do not please me
would've voted for mirrored but prefer the earlier stuff on the eps (lol)
voted person pitch, although it's pretty (actually very )frontloaded.
I have listened to in rainbows multiple times and can't remember anything about it.
strawberry jam is a very bad ac record
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 11 August 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link
xp I'm cool w you not liking those records and I know that "oh those records are so shite" means "I don't like them" just feel like perhaps it's not the best way of discussing
― niels, Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:32 (seven years ago) link
ya i was really into battles at the time of its release but their eps were just way better -- tonto!
person pitch is another decent one
there's actually quite a few decent releases here
voted radiohead tho
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:36 (seven years ago) link
voted the field over miranda
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:47 (seven years ago) link
Crazy Ex Girlfriend
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
my answer is hissing fauna but i voted okkervil river because i figured no one else would
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
15 875 Kanye West - GraduationMore aural manure from one of the most offensive human beings in existence.15 875 Kanye West - GraduationMore aural manure from one of the most offensive human beings in existence.15 875 Kanye West - GraduationMore aural manure from one of the most offensive human beings in existence.15 875 Kanye West - GraduationMore aural manure from one of the most offensive human beings in existence.15 875 Kanye West - GraduationMore aural manure from one of the most offensive human beings in existence.15 875 Kanye West - GraduationMore aural manure from one of the most offensive human beings in existence.
― brimstead, Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
Ha, I wonder what brimstead thinks of Kahne West?
― Bee OK, Thursday, 11 August 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
Stupid auto correct
21 1355 Wilco - Sky Blue SkyHated it with a passion. Thought it was a cynical attempt by the band to abandon all the new fans gained by Yankee Hotel Foxtrot/A Ghost is Born by going soft rock. I was put off by what I perceived as a bland and "safe" sounding album. It would not have been a very uncommon thing for me to say that Wilco was my favorite band in the expectations leading up this album. When it was finally released, it just sounded so anti-climactic and faceless. It was one of the most disappointing things I remember feeling as a music fan. Over the years, though, I did give it another chance and now I find it to be melodically fantastic, sublimely moody and probably the band's most personal work. It now stands as a personal classic and my favorite Wilco album.
Yes yes yes ten times yes to that.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 August 2016 22:44 (seven years ago) link
i think a lot of us were excited to see what nels cline would add to the music and how he would influence the music writing
in concert, wilco were sounding much more lively and were totally rocking out, so when they recorded such a bland album, it was pretty surprising
the lyrics are also really plain and direct
i like a couple tracks but it's not an album i really listen to
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 11 August 2016 22:53 (seven years ago) link
i like kanye i was just singling that quote out for its awfulness
― brimstead, Thursday, 11 August 2016 23:23 (seven years ago) link
I see.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 11 August 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
brimstead, you're a smart guy, what the hell are you doing defending Kanye?
― Austin, Friday, 12 August 2016 00:37 (seven years ago) link
i like his music? what a strange question!
― brimstead, Friday, 12 August 2016 00:59 (seven years ago) link
you like his music? well, it seems austin was mistaken, he thought you were a smart guy! you see, only stupid people like the music of kanye west.
sorry brimstead, don't kill the messenger, but you must be some kind of stupid guy.
if you'd like to try to be a smart guy, please try to wrap your mind around the sea and cake. it will be hard at first, but you may get there eventually, I'll be pulling for you
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Friday, 12 August 2016 01:06 (seven years ago) link
the funny thing is aural manure is actually a real good thing, so is being offensive. so considering that kaney is deservedly Acclaimed
― bagging area (map), Friday, 12 August 2016 01:10 (seven years ago) link
hating kanye is such a challenging and idiosyncratic position
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 12 August 2016 01:13 (seven years ago) link
ga ga ga ga ga
― ciderpress, Friday, 12 August 2016 01:16 (seven years ago) link
here my garbage dump of riveting opinions
1 89 Radiohead - In Rainbows - good album, last few songs are the best iirc2 120 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver - i can get down with this, a couple songs excepted. much prefer 45:33. 3 146 Burial - Untrue - i can get down with this too! better than the first one4 223 M.I.A. - Kala - never heard this album which is absurd because i <3 paper planes very much7 349 Panda Bear - Person Pitch - i like this a lot8 414 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible - the singing is really really bad. but these guys were rad on SNL at the time, iirc, it was like dexys or something 9 503 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular - "electric feel" is p dope10 597 Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? - this is pretty epic, iirc. respect.11 633 Battles - Mirrored - great chops, bad vocals iirc (or maybe they're instrumental? idk something just didn't sit right)12 670 Justice - † - "waters of nazareth" is dope, not feeling the rest of this. ed banger sucks, mostly.15 875 Kanye West - Graduation - it pleases meh16 976 Feist - The Reminder - the bee gees cover owns19 1170 The Field - From Here We Go Sublime - prefer the earlier eps (yeah yeah).. too much filler here. love track three and the one that samples fleetwood mac.21 1355 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky - nels kline is a boss! he sounds like john cipolina on this album! it's kinda boring but does have some fun guitar stuff.
― brimstead, Friday, 12 August 2016 02:58 (seven years ago) link
16 976 Feist - The Reminder - the bee gees cover owns
Isn't that on her previous album?
― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Friday, 12 August 2016 03:20 (seven years ago) link
re: feist, i've had the privilege of watching a shit-ton of sesame street the last couple years, if you haven't tuned in lately or at all, popular musicians will often come round to cover their own songs, twisting the lyrics 'round for the toddler set (goo goo doll's "slide" becomes "pride", it's about elmo feeling good about himself for tying his shoes, among other things) anyway feist's re-imagining of "1 2 3 4" is the only instance I can think of where the artist actually managed to improve their own song, for the children
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Friday, 12 August 2016 06:36 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ9WiuJPnNA
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Friday, 12 August 2016 06:37 (seven years ago) link
probably should have voted feist over battles, ah well
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Friday, 12 August 2016 06:38 (seven years ago) link
I won't clutter this thread further with a youtube embed of the goo goo dolls but "pride" is fantastic, well worth seeking out, it starts out:
elmo whisper in my earI really want to hearthe things you did todaythat satisfied you
and then elmo takes over! it's a duet.
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Friday, 12 August 2016 06:59 (seven years ago) link
just occurred to me that elmo does not whisper the next, or any verse, wasted opportunity
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Friday, 12 August 2016 07:10 (seven years ago) link
voted the field
― nxd, Friday, 12 August 2016 09:03 (seven years ago) link
Just got off the toilet, yet another lyst that gave me dysentery. Maybe a mild case of Beri Beri too.
Hissing Fauna.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 12 August 2016 18:00 (seven years ago) link
Ha, yeah go ahead and make fun of my picks. I've just always figured Kanye was music for thirteen year olds and his longevity has always confounded me. So, yes, you could say I'm a bit upset about the whole thing.
Voted In Rainbows.
― Austin, Friday, 12 August 2016 18:12 (seven years ago) link
Kala. Other good stuff not on this list: Ulver "Shadows of the Sun", Nellie McKay "Obligatory Villagers", Mihaly Dresch Quartet "Argyelus" (just listened to it yesterday), Fiery Furnaces "Widow City", and Kevin Ayers "The Unfairground".
― o. nate, Friday, 12 August 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is going to get my vote in this one. Good list, much better than the last few.
― the future is now, Saturday, 13 August 2016 00:02 (seven years ago) link
also agree with all the Sky Blue Sky love, it happens to be my favorite by them. defended that album a lot on this board.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 13 August 2016 22:14 (seven years ago) link
To be fair, I've yet to hear anything by Wilco that's made me sit up and go "ah, so this is what the fuss is about!"
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Saturday, 13 August 2016 22:39 (seven years ago) link
I've never heard of any of these bands. Are they good?
― esempiu (crüt), Sunday, 14 August 2016 01:29 (seven years ago) link
Person Pitch, or Untrue. Probably the latter for the impact it had on me at the time, even though far more likely to listen to Person Pitch.
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Sunday, 14 August 2016 13:52 (seven years ago) link
Is there going to be a 'quite National' vote? I loved Boxer at the time, but it seems the 'oldest' on that list, somehow.
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Sunday, 14 August 2016 13:53 (seven years ago) link
had to give it to jens
― j. winters (josh), Sunday, 14 August 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
between kanye, spoon and jens for me
― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, August 10, 2016 8:47 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ok, there are a few more albums that are pretty great on the list that don't quite reach the heights of those three:
In RainbowsKalaFeistOkkervilOf Montreal
I even like that Beirut album--Nantes holds up
― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Monday, 15 August 2016 21:47 (seven years ago) link
Frobisher, that one is, by far, their best.
― Bee OK, Monday, 15 August 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link
you'd think Strawberry Jam and Person Pitch would split the AC vote, but i'll bet Person Pitch is in the top three. I can't wait for the biography/oral history of AC to be written so I can know what it was like within the band when Person Pitch placed higher on every year end list in 2007.
― flappy bird, Monday, 15 August 2016 22:14 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
poor Arcade Fire
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 00:47 (seven years ago) link
Neon Bible might be the most disliked album they made so no big surprises there?
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 02:21 (seven years ago) link
really? i know people prefer funeral but neon bible is better than reflektor and the suburbs, yea?
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 02:29 (seven years ago) link
I think they're all crud.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 02:34 (seven years ago) link
I think they got worse with each album. There's some good stuff on Neon Bible but it was a big step down from Funeral. The latest two albums were so dull I can barely remember anything about them.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 02:41 (seven years ago) link
High five to the other three Jens voters.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 02:42 (seven years ago) link
'No Cars Go' is probably the only Arcade Fire song I ever liked.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 02:59 (seven years ago) link
the title track is one of my favorites by them. i think it's a strong album, and it's more fun to go back to it now because Funeral has been overplayed and overexposed rotten.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 03:06 (seven years ago) link
High five to the zero Bon Iver voters, thank god.
― the european nikon is here (grauschleier), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 10:01 (seven years ago) link
Eh, it has their best song ("Antichrist Television Blues") but otherwise its pretty dull.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 21:30 (seven years ago) link
― flappy bird, Monday, August 15, 2016 6:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I always wonder if bands care about year end list placings.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 00:24 (seven years ago) link
I'm sure there was a lot of tense noodling going on
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 15:13 (seven years ago) link
Acclaimed Music Top 30 Albums from 2008 poll
― Bee OK, Thursday, 18 August 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link