why is there no love for taylor swift?
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 07:06 (eleven years ago) link
didn't seem like this one got as much enthusiasm as in the past? her last album hit #26 on Pazz & Jop, that's prob as high as she'll get anytime soon
― some dude, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 07:09 (eleven years ago) link
also "i knew you were trouble" is really only the second single to get a major push and it came out after most YE list deadlines
― salute me or crut me (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 07:18 (eleven years ago) link
I thought WANEGBT would place in a few lists considering it was released around the third quarter of 2012
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 07:24 (eleven years ago) link
"You Belong With Me" was #10 on P&J, again I don't see the new one getting that kind of traction.
― some dude, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 07:40 (eleven years ago) link
It came out before the album as a standalone single
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 09:21 (eleven years ago) link
RA didn't feel the need to make token non-dance gestures in their eoy lists this year
They voted for Jeremih and fucking Jai Paul, which is surely this year's most bewildering critical pick.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 10:13 (eleven years ago) link
Like there's the merest whiff of greatness somewhere in 'Jasmine' but unless there's a version out there that doesn't sound like a tossed off demo I don't really get it.
I finally listened to the Andres track last night and it's pretty great, it's nothing revolutionary but I can see perfectly well how those strings would sound amazing at the right point in a set.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 10:15 (eleven years ago) link
been listening to pitchfork track picks and came across lotus plaza's monolith. has indie declined this low or what...
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 10:16 (eleven years ago) link
Jai Paul, which is surely this year's most bewildering critical pick.
Yup
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 10:38 (eleven years ago) link
I think that record is pretty great actually. Though it's just Jasmine, there isn't really anything else to get excited about.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 10:46 (eleven years ago) link
Going through the tracks I haven't heard on the RA list has been a bit hit and miss so far but that Factory Floor remix is massive.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 10:52 (eleven years ago) link
Agreed
― Tim F, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 11:25 (eleven years ago) link
the ra list is very ineffectual as a case for the year in music.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 11:27 (eleven years ago) link
and i don't think it's been a bad year for house/techno of the ra variety.
Like that Barnt track is a bit of serviceable if unexciting dancefloor filler but I'm not sure why anyone would vote it one of the tracks of the year or how it could end up so high in any list.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 11:31 (eleven years ago) link
that track is HUGE. i agree with you, it sounds v unexciting to the laptop listener, but i think it's one of those "symbol" records a bit, plus i reckon at very loud volumes it takes on a new life.
all the big djs apparently played it incessantly all year. i only know this based on being in berlin in the summer. to me it sounds like a m_nus record from a few years back or something.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 11:34 (eleven years ago) link
gah really want to read these spin lists but the website just doesn't work on my firefox. i click next but nothing happens
― tpp, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 11:52 (eleven years ago) link
I was listening to it pretty loudly on decent headphones but it didn't do much for me, maybe it does work in a club setting but it also feels like you could slot it into almost any kind of set which explains why it's so big.
http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/3477/the-20-best-club-songs-of-2012
^^^ Kinda schizophrenic Time Out Clubbing list, chiefly notable because one of these lists has finally acknowledged that 'Oliver Twist' a) exists and b) is one of the best tracks of the year.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 11:53 (eleven years ago) link
otm re: oliver twist
― tpp, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 11:56 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.splicetoday.com/music/the-2012-splice-today-albums-poll
WE IN THIS BREH
― Raymond Cummings, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 12:43 (eleven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Wednesday, December 19, 2012 4:21 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
welllll they released like handful of other songs as well. that's not really my point.
― salute me or crut me (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
re: oliver twist, i saw it on the guardian top 40 tracks playlist but yeah it hasnt shown up in enough places
― just sayin, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
Xp you said it came out too late for EOY lists but it obv didn't
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.flavorwire.com/357103/stereotyping-you-by-your-favorite-album-of-2012
dozens of swings, a few hits, lots of misses
― Sounds like something Maria Carey would of rejected (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
he said it was "the second single to get a major push and it came out after most YE list deadlines" so obviously he was talking about it going to radio and getting a video
― some dude, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:36 (eleven years ago) link
in any event the idea that every critic in the world should've stood up and done their duty the moment TAYSTEP interested the world is lol
don't know how "entered" became "interested" in my brain there ugh
― some dude, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:37 (eleven years ago) link
Rhapsody Top 50 Albums (Selection by committee, not really a poll; I had some input for this, though not a lot):
50) Motion Sickness of Time Travel, Motion Sickness of Time Travel49) Santigold, Master of My Make-Believe48) Jason Aldean, Night Train47) Samuel Yirga, Guzo46) TobyMac, Eye on It45) Ke$ha, Warrior44) Spoek Mathambo, Father Creeper43) Prince Royce, Phase II42) Henry Threadgill, Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp41) Pink, The Truth About Love40) Alan Jackson, 30 Miles West39) Lukid, Lonely at the Top38) The Very Best, MTMTMK37) Gary Clark Jr., Blak & Blu36) Ana Tijoux, La Bala35) Treponem Pal, Survival Sounds34) Ellie Goulding, Halcyon33) Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Psychedelic Pill32) Dev, The Night the Sun Came Up31) Laurie Spiegel, The Expanding Universe30) Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded29) Cloud Nothings, Attack on Memory28) Grizzly Bear, Shields27) Elle Varner, Perfectly Imperfect26) Kellie Pickler, 100 Proof25) Matthew Dear, Beams24) METZ, METZ23) Nas, Life Is Good22) Alt-J, An Awesome Wave21) Blackberry Smoke, The Whippoorwill20) Robert Glasper, Black Radio19) Dr. John, Locked Down18) Beach House, Bloom17) El-P, Cancer 4 Cure16) Dwight Yoakam, 3 Pears15) Alabama Shakes, Boys and Girls14) The Lumineers, The Lumineers13) John Talabot, Fin12) Jack White, Blunderbuss11) Swans, The Seer10) Baroness, Yellow & Green9) Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music8) Grimes, Visions7) Daphni, Jiaolong6) Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel...5) Daughn Gibson, All Hell4) Miguel, Kaleidoscope Dream3) Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city2) Japandroids, Celebration Rock1) Frank Ocean, Channel Orange
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
Here's that link:
http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/post/top-50-albums-of-2012
Rhapsody Top 50 singles (same deal -- not a poll per se', and I had some minor input.)
http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/post/top-50-singles-of-2012
50) Skrillex, "Bangarang"49) Scissor Sisters, "Let's Have a Kiki"48) TobyMac, "Me Without You"47) Bruce Springsteen, "We Take Care of Our Own"46) Michel Teló, "Ai Se Eu Te Pego"45) Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend"44) King Tuff, "Keep on Movin'"43) Miranda Lambert, "Fastest Girl in Town"42) Plan B, "Ill Manors"41) Alt-J, "Something Good"40) El-P, "The Full Retard"39) Eric Church, "Springsteen"38) Daphni, "Ye Ye"37) Wisin y Yandel ft. T-Pain & Chris Brown, "Algo Me Gusta De Ti"36) Meek Mill, "Amen"35) Elle Varner, "Refill"34) METZ, "Headache"33) Swans, "The Seer"32) M.I.A., "Bad Girls"31) 2 Chainz, "Birthday Song"30) Carrie Underwood, "Blown Away"29) Of Monsters and Men, "Little Talks"28) fun., "Some Nights"27) Juicy J, "Bandz a Make Her Dance"26) Alex Clare, "Too Close"25) Baroness, "Take My Bones Away"24) Rush, "Headlong Flight"23) Rihanna, "Diamonds"22) Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"21) The Lumineers, "Ho Hey"20) Psy, "Gangnam Style"19) Phillip Phillips, "Home"18) Little Big Town, "Pontoon"17) Grimes, "Genesis"16) Mumford & Sons, "I Will Wait"15) Solange, "Losing You"14) Fiona Apple, "Every Single Night"13) Nas, "Daughters"12) Usher, "Climax"11) Bat for Lashes, "Laura"10) Kanye West, "Mercy"9) Gotye, "Somebody That I Used to Know"8) Taylor Swift, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"7) Nicki Minaj ft. 2 Chainz, "Beez in the Trap"6) Dev, "In My Trunk"5) Kendrick Lamar, "Swimming Pools (Drank)"4) Miguel, "Adorn"3) ZZ Top, "I Gotsa Get Paid"2) Frank Ocean, "Thinkin' Bout You"1) Alabama Shakes, "Hold On"
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
fun list, it was a good year for mainstream female vocal pop albums and it's nice to see those Dev and Pink and Ellie Goulding albums all get their due on one list (xp)
― some dude, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
Critics need to wait til a song has a video to be alerted to it? Hardly being very on it.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
we're talking about a song having significant traction on year-end lists. the only time Swift had a song do well on critics' lists was when it was a huge hit for months and months throughout the year.
― some dude, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
yeah wtf are you even talking about
― salute me or crut me (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
can't believe critics didn't all magically rally behind some album track, why are they so bad at job
― epic album: the pluto (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
HARDLY BEING VERY ON IT
― epic album: the pluto (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
Making a list, checking it twice Gonna find out if you been naughty or nice
http://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-12/
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
Rhapsody genre lists here (Indie, Electronic, Latin, Rock, Christian, Pop, Classical, Country, R&B, Jazz, Hip-Hop, World, Metal Albums -- the last of which is my own list; if you poke around on the site you can find singles lists for a few of those genres, too.)
http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/post/rhapsodys-best-of-2012
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
EOY lists always contain several album tracks, and in any case this WASN'T an album track
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
is that even gonna be the highest ranked TS track on a Swift-friendly place like the ilx poll? why are we talking about this one song like it means anything?
― some dude, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
jesus
the point is that on an album like red where most people have a different favorite song, it's usually important if there's a track for people to rally around (i.e. "swimming pools" or maybe even "pyramids"). taylor dropped one big single that most people agree isn't her best work & then a handful of "digital singles" before the album came out. this is a very simple thing.
― salute me or crut me (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
no, dubswift shall not be denied
― some dude, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
lex consistently has the most misguided, fractured views on how the world actually works
― epic album: the pluto (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
not for lack of competition, too!
― some dude, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
DIDNT EVERYONE KEEP UP WITH SINGLES JUKEBOX THIS YEAR?!?!?!?! HOW DARE CRITICS DENY INVY DA TRUTH
― epic album: the pluto (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
talking about taylor swift sincerely on the internet = eternal lol
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
the taylor swift thread has some of the creepiest ILX posts of all time outside of the "i made her my little meatball sub" guy
― epic album: the pluto (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
Could we not do this?
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
Who wants a fight?
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:29 (eleven years ago) link