worry, though i nearly went for shrines of paralysis
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 6 February 2017 15:19 (seven years ago) link
Best would have been a more fun poll?
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Monday, 6 February 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link
(most of what I've heard of this list is actually pretty listenable, but i'll probably vote for DEP as the worst - what the hell is that doing here in 2017?)
― Siegbran, Monday, 6 February 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
Yes.xp
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 6 February 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
I don't know which is worst. It's not like this is a terrible list. I love the Jeff Rosenstock, Vektor, Cult of Luna, and Wormrot albums.
― jmm, Monday, 6 February 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
oh lol i voted for the best accidentally? whoops
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 6 February 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
worst i've heard on this is car seat headrest
DEP album is great and one of their best ffs
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Monday, 6 February 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
I'm glad that Worry is getting RYM love
actual worst I've heard is maybe the swans record? I found it boring idk (I liked the other two super epic albums a lot)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 6 February 2017 15:35 (seven years ago) link
I'm listening to Car Seat Headrest now and are we sure this isn't a Paul Westerberg side project?
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Monday, 6 February 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
King Gizzard etc etc is a strong worst candidate based on what I've heard buy don't rule out any of the animal collective shit
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Monday, 6 February 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
Car Seat Headrest in a walk
― flappy bird, Monday, 6 February 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
xp I'm so tired of hearing about Car Seat Headrest that I should probably listen to them soon, just so I can laugh knowingly at jokes like DJP's
― bernard snowy, Monday, 6 February 2017 15:40 (seven years ago) link
honestly a "neo-psych" record called Sleep Cycle by him out of animal collective doesn't sound like the worst thing anyone's tried to sell me lately
― bernard snowy, Monday, 6 February 2017 15:42 (seven years ago) link
nonagon infinity is really fun
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 6 February 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
things young rym types fucking love: swans, animal collective, frank ocean
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Monday, 6 February 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
For anyone who hasn't heard it, Worry is a free download and is really worth checking out. http://www.quoteunquoterecords.com/qur088.htm
― jmm, Monday, 6 February 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link
frank ocean is the one that gets me. if you're between 15 and 25 and on RYM you have to think it's the most profound, affecting music in the world. it's the law. but why
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Monday, 6 February 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
Can anyone explain why Wardruna is on this list? Very niche-y to have such a following; it sounds like medieval swords&sorcery video game music (many top comments are jokes about playing Skyrim) - - predictably, anything to do with norse paganism draws the interest & ire of the white nationalist contingent (in the words of one particularly toxic youtube commenter, "Only Faggot LARPers listen to music like this without being an Ethno-Centrist") but I can't imagine that's a very large market ... although perhaps a very vocal one that is over-represented on RYM?
― bernard snowy, Monday, 6 February 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
oh apparently I was listening to the old Wardruna record -- the new one seems more song-oriented, there's a weird whispery chorus of very robed-sounding people singing lyrics (in Norwegian) and now I guess some children are chanting a poem? (again, in Norwegian)
― bernard snowy, Monday, 6 February 2017 15:56 (seven years ago) link
the multiple layers of irony coating Car Seat Headrest's "Drunk Drivers" are almost refreshing after the deathly earnestness of the Wardruna comments section rune feuds
― bernard snowy, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:02 (seven years ago) link
when he sings "It doesn't have to be like this," I nod my exaggerated agreement and then, like the singer's parents, fall asleep on the floor, which I think was intentional
― bernard snowy, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:04 (seven years ago) link
the better albums seem diminished by being included in this list, which overall seems like the thanatos to the ilm shambhala eros
― ogmor, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:07 (seven years ago) link
I'm looking at the ratings on that Warduna album, and lot of them seem to be coming from RYM's strong Polish contingent. I'm not sure if that explains things more, or confuses them.
― MarkoP, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link
The Fantanotos
― jmm, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link
This Rosenstock stuff...
These are the Amazon days.We are the binge watching age and we’ll be stuck in a screen until our phones fall asleep.
― devvvine, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:11 (seven years ago) link
This list is fine, quite a few things I like on there. Worst is either Car Seat Head Rest or Swans, DEP are a decent band that I don't really feel the need to listen to any more (I was a big fan from ages 17-24 or thereabouts).
Tempted to vote for King Gizzard etc because of the name but I haven't actually listened to them so probably shouldn't.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:11 (seven years ago) link
I blame the Fantano/4Chan crowd for stuff like Death Grips, Swans, and Car Seat Headrest, but I'm not sure if they are to blame for some of RYM's obsessions with Prog, Metal, and Nordic Folk music. I think that's a different crowd in RYM's userbase.
― MarkoP, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:15 (seven years ago) link
And then there's the small but vocal group of AOR fans, that boost up middling albums from time to time.
― MarkoP, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:17 (seven years ago) link
I'm not gonna go on a quoting rampage but Rosentock's lyrics are largely excellent
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 6 February 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
The Fantanotos― jmm, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:09 (twelve minutes ago)
― jmm, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:09 (twelve minutes ago)
kudos
― ogmor, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:23 (seven years ago) link
Are we looking at different lists? I see two King Crimson albums and one Frank Zappa in RYM's top albums of 2016.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Monday, 6 February 2017 16:34 (seven years ago) link
Be'lakor and Trees of Eternity didn't make the ILM list, did they?
Anyway, there's as much or more that I'd want to check out from the RYM list as from the ILM one.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Monday, 6 February 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
A new Keith Rowe!
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Monday, 6 February 2017 16:36 (seven years ago) link
Trees of Eternity weren't even nominated on the ILM metal poll (great album I discovered too late)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 6 February 2017 16:36 (seven years ago) link
Car Seat Headrest no contest. It will go down as one of the most overrated records of the decade in 3 years.
Swans is also terrible to my ears but the average rym user always seems to give them good scores whenever they release anything.
Oops, I like King Gizzard.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Monday, 6 February 2017 16:46 (seven years ago) link
I must point out that the Niechęć album's a really good jazz-rock sort of thing
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:48 (seven years ago) link
Meta Meta and Shabaka are the two I'd recommend not on the ilm list, they're not perfect but they have some interesting moments.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Monday, 6 February 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link
There are way more albums I like in this list than in the whole ILM 77, so...
― Dinsdale, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:55 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 9 February 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
This lost is really intriguing to me. That Death Spell Omega is super tight and I didn't hate what I heard from Sleep Cycle. Plus that Shambaka guy was behind one of my favorite albums of the year. Lots of stuff to check out. Is the RTJ worth the trouble though?
― gaznevada coombes (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 9 February 2017 03:31 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 10 February 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
I'm going to assume/hope at least 2 of the JR voters misread the read title
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 February 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link
Ok I'm loving this Niechec album.
― the underground is pass-agg (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 27 July 2017 05:47 (six years ago) link
The strange thing about the RYM charts is that you could look at the charts from the 1960s up to the 2000s and think "hmm, that's pretty accurate", but the 2010s charts are bizarr
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 27 July 2017 06:59 (six years ago) link
*bizarre
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 27 July 2017 07:00 (six years ago) link