The ILX Readers Poll 2002 - RECORDS OF THE YEAR

What does surprise me is that I think I may have contributed one-third of the points that Neko got, and a good three-quarters of the points that Nina Nastasia got too.

I have eight of the total albums listed (nine if you include Kik Off), of which I voted for four.

But still. Eleventh. Coom on :)

No, Starbox is four previously released 12-inch records packaged together; Textstar picks and chooses from among those releases, and has about six (?) fewer tracks. All of the tracks on Textstar are on Starbox, I think, but they aren't the same thing.

(see how I hate you now Sean? ;))

But darn it, I actually meant to vote in this one, but then I got that horrible flu. The Delgados would have placed - you can blame me!

Shit.

The fuckin' Streets!

Shit!

(jumps up and down going 'woo')

(msp: How would you compare the Xiu Xiu EP to the full-length from earlier in the year? I loved the full-length at first but fatigue set in after a few listens.)

I bet simon would've too.

I was on holiday so I couldn't!

james- we'll try and sabotage the list next year OK.

I'm the other voter for that one. It's actually one of the few records I voted for that anyone else liked as well.

(I'm the sap that wasted most of my votes on Lewis Taylor and Solomon Burke. Also, nobody else went for Cinematic Orchestra, The Boggs or the Rough Trade electronic compilation.)

it's way better than the full length. perhaps it's length is a factor, but i think the ep shows them much more raw, and the production is much more bombastic, so the emotion is more pronounced.

m.

ilm hurts me deep in my heart.

the paulina rubio thing almost makes up for it though, except i think that's just kogan and me.

Don't worry I stuffed the ballot for you. I'm geniunely surprised it did so well too. w00t.

As for Boards of Canada, I was hoping that Twoism, even though it's a reissue, would sneak in there instead of Geogaddi, which played more like an extended EP (an EEP?) for me.

I think Ballboy being placed top 40 is my favourite moment of that list, to be honest. House music never meant anything at all to me.

Who else voted for One Beat? I'm taking yall out to drink (all both of you).

B) Leee, the two of us were responsible for 79% of S-K's points.

Never heard of Farben.

hehe the streets won this. the good old days?

This would be a really interesting year to re-poll, if anyone's game.

Shit that comes to mind:

El-P - Fantastic Damage
Low - Trust
Peter Murphy - Dust
Oneida - Each One Teach One
mclusky - Do Dallas
Talib Kweli - Quality
Nas - God's Son
Amerie - All I Need
Chemical Bros - Come with Us
Wm Basinski - The River
Primal Scream - Evil Heat
Black Dice - Beaches and Canyons
Merzbow - Merzbeat
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi
Notwist - Neon Golden
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Clipse - Lord Willin'
Missy - Under Construction
Isis - Oceanic
Comets on Fire - Field Recordings from the Sun
Raveonettes - Whip It On
Wire - Read and Burn 01 / 02
Tom Waits - Alice
Tom Waits - Blood Money
Sonic Youth - Murray St
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
Wolf Eyes - Dead Hills
Mr Lif - I Phantom
Interpol - Bright Lights
Secret Machines - September 000
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Sunn O))) - Flight of the Behemoth
Mtn Goats - All Hail West Texas
Mtn Goats - Tallahassee
Streets - Original Pirate Material
Boris - Heavy Rocks
Madlib - Blunted in the Bomb Shelter
Roots - Phrenology
Dalek - From Filthy Tongues (eat yr heart out LJ)
Six Organs - Dark Noontide

didn't even get to the end of that list before i knew who's post that was

Not sure whether to be pleased or bummed tbh.

im guessing it was an insult

Yeah but it's an insult from Whiney, it's almost an honor to have him recognize that, apparently, my tastes are different enough from his that it's worth pointing out. Glad to have my differences!

Also, I'd love to see him ru down my list of albums with his opinions. I'm guessing we have at least some crossover in our tastes (hip hop, metal and whatever else), he's just not keen to admit it publicly and would rather hurl off a one-liner at me.

run down*

i've heard like 3 of the albums in ilxor's list

i was just sayin ilxor is the type of poster to list a bunch of albums without prompting

i mean, and tbf it was a "zing" not an insult. it's all love.

and yes, I will admit our tastes are shockingly similar! save the few lolindie records peppering that list its a lot like my best of 02 for sure!

i can't believe thats the same guy who was dissing the Patton/Melvins ATP

ha yeah i was gonna say pot meet kettle, it looks like one of your lists

that OP list is pure crape.

Textstar was great! Farben is Jan Jelinek.

Lolindie = Wilco, Spoon, Flaming Lips, Notwist, Interpol... Raveonettes? What else?