How it works:
You can vote for up 20 albums AND 20 tracks. That's 40 total. They are not transferable, so you cannot vote for 1 album and 39 tracks.
You may vote in one of two ways: ordered and non-ordered. You can order your list, and I will give 20 points to your #1 ranked item and 1 point to your #20th ranked item. Be sure when sending me your ballot that your top-ranked item is at the top of the list. If you can't be bothered, you can submit an unranked list and each item will receive 10 points.
Blurbs, anecdotes, etc are welcomed...please put an asterisk by anything you voted for that you wouldn't mind contributing a piece about, or if there's something you didn't nominate but would still like to write about, you're welcome to mention it.
How to format your ballot
This may seem like an odd request, but as you read the list and pick which albums and tracks you wish to nominate, please COPY the text of it directly from the site and PASTE it to your email ballot. Consistent formatting will shave off countless hours of work on my part. With the way I use Excel to count the votes, even one uncapitalized letter can throw things off. And don't affix numbers/points to your votes either. Just tell me whether it's ordered or not, and if it's ordered make sure that its highest placing is at the top, lowest placing at the bottom, etc.
Finally, you're welcome to nominate the worst songs of the year...if there's any consensus I'll name and shame a few of them.
The list of nominations is here. Email address is seattleDOTmaryATgmailDOTcom. Sample ballot is below.
― musically, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link
sample ballot:
My albums list is ordered, but my tracks list is not.
ALBUMS
!!! - Myth Takes 1900s - Cold & Kind 65DOS - The Destruction Of Small Ideas A Mountain Of One - Collected Works A Place To Bury Strangers - st A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Scribble Comic Music Journal Acid Eater - Virulent Fuzz Punk ACID* Adult. - Why Bother? Aereogramme - My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Go On Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass Afrirampo - Suuto Breakor Against Me! - New Wave*
TRACKS
T.I. - Big Shit Poppin (Do It) T2 Ft Jodie Aysha - Heartbroken Take That - Shine* Talib Kweli Feat. Sizzla - Hostile Gospel Pt. 2 (Deliver Me) Tay Zonday - Chocolate Rain* Telepathe - Chromes On It TEPR - Minuit Jacuzzi (Data Remix) The Pierces - Boring Thomas Fehlmann - TRNTTF Timbaland - The Way I Are Times New Viking - Teenage Lust! Tinariwen - Matadjem Yinmixan Tokyo Jihen - Kaban No Nakami Tokyo Jihen - Metro Tokyo Jihen - Osca Tom Middleton - Sea Of Glass Tony Allen - Ole (Moritz Von Oswald Remix) T-Pain - Buy U A Drank Tracey Thorn - It's All True Trae/Z-Ro - No Help
WORST TRACKS
Mistah F.A.B. - Ghost Ride It* Mason Vs Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder)*
Also, I'd like to write about Any Winehouse - Rehab if it places.
― musically, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Are all music poll organizers based in Seattle? first Matos @ Idolator, now musically !
― djmartian, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks in advance! I'm excited to see the results...
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 23:08 (sixteen years ago) link
not a bad list, there
― wanko ergo sum, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 23:08 (sixteen years ago) link
i ignored the nomination process, so most of the stuff i would vote for isn't on there. :(
― Jordan, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 23:09 (sixteen years ago) link
thx for doing this dude
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 23:09 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm psyched, thanks Musically.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 23:36 (sixteen years ago) link
What if someone submits an ordered list of only 10 albums? Will the top album still receive 20 points?
What if someone submits an unordered list of only 10 albums? Will they still all receive 10 points?
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes & yes.
― musically, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 23:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Albums
Pantha Du Prince - This Bliss
Songs Pantha Du Prince - Saturn Strobe Animal Collective - Fireworks
All I need to say.
― mehlt, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 00:02 (sixteen years ago) link
could u do more than 10 each?
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 00:18 (sixteen years ago) link
seems like it?
You can vote for up 20 albums AND 20 tracks. That's 40 total.
Lemme know if I did it wrong, musically.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 00:21 (sixteen years ago) link
UGK - Underground Kingz Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English Battles - Mirrored LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
tracks:
Amerie - Take Control Dude 'N Nem - Watch My Feet Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around... Comes Around UGK - International Players Anthem (Feat Outkast) LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum Battles - Atlas Dizzee Rascal - Where's Da G's Lil' Mama - Lip Gloss Radiohead - 15 Step Timbaland - The Way I Are
― Jordan, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 00:21 (sixteen years ago) link
how did i miss throw some d's do'h
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 00:22 (sixteen years ago) link
ah i didn't even read i just assumed 10 oh well sorry to all the artists that were left off my HIGHLY IMPORTANT and INFLUENTIAL year-end list
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 00:23 (sixteen years ago) link
lol i know right was gonna write blurbs then was like "why?"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 00:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Not to dissuade anyone else from writing blurbs, just don't think I have anything especially insightful to say.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 00:25 (sixteen years ago) link
(Anthony "Cuz," jesus christ, how did I miss that typo? Too late now and it doesn't matter, but that should be Cruz.)
― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 00:30 (sixteen years ago) link
um, don't post your ballots here! That's why I said EMAIL ballot. You can post your ballots after voting is over and results have been posted.
― musically, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 00:32 (sixteen years ago) link
abort abort abort! sorry!
jesus i've really made a mess of this, i just wasn't cut out for the rock criticisin' business.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 00:34 (sixteen years ago) link
mod delete that ballot!
lol same here i spose
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 02:28 (sixteen years ago) link
there you go
― electricsound, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 02:29 (sixteen years ago) link
you can delete mine too if you want, whatever. i e-mailed mine but i thought we were just posting ballots why because its intrstng.
― Jordan, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 02:31 (sixteen years ago) link
aw I totally slacked on nominations. No Volcano The Bear, no Faust/NWW, no Fall.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 03:35 (sixteen years ago) link
any predictions?
― gman, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 06:03 (sixteen years ago) link
in no order: burial, studio, m.i.a., britney, lcd
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 16 January 2008 06:24 (sixteen years ago) link
i guess it all depends on which sects of ilx vote
i just voted for bland indie sect so better not slack or it's gonna be 2007: the year of animal collective (again).
― Cosmo Vitelli, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 07:31 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe that will motivate ppls
― Cosmo Vitelli, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 07:32 (sixteen years ago) link
ohno only 2 t-pain/featuring singles.... gah
― nervous, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 14:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Is the ILX comp online?
― Sundar, Thursday, 17 January 2008 02:12 (sixteen years ago) link
big big applause for allowing 20 albums/singles instead of the usual 10, musically.
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 17 January 2008 02:22 (sixteen years ago) link
if i have 12 ordered albums nominated, will the one at the bottom still get only one point? how does that all work?
― winston, Thursday, 17 January 2008 02:29 (sixteen years ago) link
45:33 on tracks and album lists??
― winston, Thursday, 17 January 2008 02:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I pol'd (during lunch break):
1. Group Doueh - Guitar Music From The Western Sahara 2. Von Sudenfed - Tromatic Reflexions 3. Blues Control - Puff 4. Blues Control - st 5. Sir Richard Bishop - Polytheistic Fragments 6. Sir Richard Bishop - While My Guitar Violently Bleeds 7. Six Organs Of Admittance - Shelter From The Ash 8. Dinosaur Jr - Beyond 9. Cloaks - A Crystal Skull In Peru 10. Angels Of Light - We Are Him 11. Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand 12. Cherry Blossoms - Cherry Blossoms 13. Boris w/ Michio Kurihara - Rainbow 14. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity 15. James Blackshaw - Cloud Of Unknowing 16. Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound 17. Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today 18. Clockcleaner - Babylon Rules 19. Porn Sword Tobacco - New Exclusive Olympic Heights 20. Low - Drums And Guns
But my realy real fave album is this:http://www.softabuse.com/images/SAB022.jpg
― W4LTER, Thursday, 17 January 2008 02:34 (sixteen years ago) link
and best song of year is obvs either +81 or Almost Ready
― W4LTER, Thursday, 17 January 2008 02:36 (sixteen years ago) link
..The End of Radio & Rhinohead r also sweet.
― W4LTER, Thursday, 17 January 2008 02:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Toward the end of the nominating process, I used my nominations to cover anything on my year-end list not already covered up through 15th place in albums and 12th place in tracks. When voting in this, I had to go down to #27 on my albums list to get 20 nominated options, and would've had to go down to #40 if I hadn't slipped in one album I hadn't heard in time for my original list a few weeks ago (Amerie), with only 2 more nominated in my top 50. And I had to go to #32 on my singles list to get 20 nominated options. Not saying this to complain or criticize the poll, in a way I like the challenging of whittling down the options, I just want to note an example of the ways the nominations process can shape ballots.
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 17 January 2008 03:04 (sixteen years ago) link
No, if you only nominate two ordered things, they would receive 20 and 19 points respectively. Alternatively, if you nominate fewer than 20 unordered things, they would all receive 10 points regardless (so you can't nominate two things only and bank points to give them both 100 pts).
― musically, Thursday, 17 January 2008 21:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Made some minor changes to the list of noms...some spelling changes and took 45:33 off the trax list and left it on the albums list. I swear we had the exact same problem last year. I've received lots of ballots so far, keep it up!
― musically, Monday, 21 January 2008 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
To be honest, I'd only vote for two new albums, the "Voice of the Seven Woods" one and the good ol' "ILX Vol 3: ILX Has a Bucket" compilation.
So, go you lot!
― Mark G, Monday, 21 January 2008 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Four Seasons/Pilooski - Beggin'
should really be:
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - "Beggin' (Pilooski re-edit)"
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 01:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Bump! One week left!
― musically, Friday, 25 January 2008 21:51 (sixteen years ago) link
bump
VOTE!
― Bee OK, Monday, 28 January 2008 05:00 (sixteen years ago) link
lol i fucking love the title of this thread
― gman, Monday, 28 January 2008 17:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey musically, how many have voted so far?
― Billy Dods, Monday, 28 January 2008 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link
I really should get around to this.
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 January 2008 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
can i ask you all to vote for that Fantasia remix, k thanks. for those unawares, click here
― danzig, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 01:25 (sixteen years ago) link
There are about 50 so far, there's usually a big rush near the end so I won't be surprised when it jumps. And yes, definitely get around to voting!! Only a few days left!!
― musically, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 02:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I voted for the Fantasia remix (I put the original "When I See U" on my Pazz & Jop and Idolator ballots, and just substituted the remix for it in this poll since that was what was already nominated).
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 03:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Were there any good emo releases at all that someone might like if they love Decemberunderground, Three Cheers.., and A Fever... and quite like From Under the Cork Tree, Beautiful Lie, and What to Do When You Are Dead but were crushingly disappointed by Black Parade? I'm really hesitant to give Infinity On High a chance.
― Sundar, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 05:26 (sixteen years ago) link
the deadline is way too early. 2007 isn't going anywhere.
― tremendoid, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 05:32 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Sundar, Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:26 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
I liked the Paramore album, Say Anything's In Defense Of The Genre, and Infinity On High, in that order (and I liked Infinity more than the previous Fall Out Boy album, and was also really disappointed by MCR).
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 05:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Infinity goes in kind of an entirely different direction than The Black Parade. Full out guitar pop rather than classic rock posturing. They aren't really comparable. I like both, but the former moreso.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 13:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I've done a preliminary count, and so far there are lots of little ties within the top 50, so please vote if you haven't, as your contribution might shape who makes the short list and who doesn't. Exciting!
― musically, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 19:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Say Anything sounds like it may be good. I guess I'll give Infinity On High a chance but R&B/pop-pop crossover efforts aren't really what I look for when it comes to this stuff. (Maybe I've got the wrong impression of what it sounds like.) I want emo that sounds like, you know, emo, just gothed-out and radio-friendly. Well-crafted high-energy melodic guitar melodrama with strained tenors. Sunny Day Real Estate with stylists and (over-)producers or something. Someone's got to be able to milk the formula successfully for a couple albums!
I did like the Billy Talent album, which wasn't nominated, unfortunately.
― Sundar, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 23:02 (sixteen years ago) link
(I am more open-minded than that sounds, and I did kind of like "This Ain't a Scene..." I just worry about these bands losing what I found interesting about them when they 'diversify'.)
― Sundar, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link
I wish I'd waited for my Amazon order to turn up before I voted, Spoon would definitely have made my top 3 albums.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 23:26 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd say "This Ain't A Scene" and the Jay-Z cameo are kind of red herrings, Sunday, for the most part the album is straight up guitar pop like The Reverend said, with a welcome little bit of piano and bells and whistles here and there.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 23:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Decisions being made
― zaxxon25, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
fuck, fuck: i forgot all about this. won't get a chance to do it before feb 1 itself: assume that'll be okay? :)
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 22:17 (sixteen years ago) link
(i remembered, in fact, listening to polly scattergood on the bus on the way home. i'm going to be the ONE-VOTE WONDER KID here, i can tell.)
I'll accept ballots on Feb 1 but not after, so if you want to email me on Friday you can.
― musically, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 23:18 (sixteen years ago) link
excellent. i shall. thank you.
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
only ONE more day, VOTE!
― Bee OK, Thursday, 31 January 2008 08:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Album: Radiohead - In Rainbows
Songs: Radiohead - Reckoner Radiohead - 15 Step Radiohead - All I Need
― Turangalila, Thursday, 31 January 2008 08:33 (sixteen years ago) link
high on cough syrup right now. accidentally posted unfinished list instead of emailing it. :(
― Turangalila, Thursday, 31 January 2008 08:48 (sixteen years ago) link
hurrah! done. sent.
― grimly fiendish, Friday, 1 February 2008 13:27 (sixteen years ago) link
done and done. thanks for doing this, musically!
― Mark Clemente, Friday, 1 February 2008 16:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Your email has been successfully sent.
― contenderizer, Friday, 1 February 2008 16:47 (sixteen years ago) link
MusicAlly, what's the deadline for today/tonight?
― Leee, Friday, 1 February 2008 17:05 (sixteen years ago) link
midnight pacific time plz. app. 15 hrs. from now.
― tremendoid, Friday, 1 February 2008 17:18 (sixteen years ago) link
musically is based in the pacific time zone - pacific standard time = 8 hours behind GMT
― djmartian, Friday, 1 February 2008 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
oh shAIT
― The Macallan 18 Year, Friday, 1 February 2008 18:16 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, I'm not really as picky as that this time around...just send it within 24 hours.
― musically, Friday, 1 February 2008 18:53 (sixteen years ago) link
(Sent.)
― Sundar, Saturday, 2 February 2008 00:19 (sixteen years ago) link
There are officially twice the number of last year's ballots cast, and I expect the total to go even higher as you lazy bastards tend to send these things in at the last minute. Keep it up...the more, the better.
― musically, Saturday, 2 February 2008 05:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Voting is closed, thanks to everyone who participated! If you offered to blurb about something, you may or may not receive an email from me in the next few days. I will try to post the results in one week.
― musically, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 01:21 (sixteen years ago) link
damn forgot to blurb
― winston, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 02:51 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah I totally missed the whole thing about blurbs in the announcement, probably would've asterisked all over the place, dag.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 03:24 (sixteen years ago) link
It's not too late...if you contact me with the names of the tracks/albums you'd like to write about in the next few days, before I start sending out the requests for blurbs, that will be okay.
― musically, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 04:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Did anyone vote for Kylie - Two Hearts (Studio Version) thinking that it was the single version? I'm thinking definitely yes!!
― musically, Friday, 8 February 2008 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
"Did anyone vote for Kylie - Two Hearts (Studio Version) thinking that it was the single version? I'm thinking definitely yes!!"
I presumed it was the album version and voted for it on that basis. Does the "Studio Version" differ from the album version? Does the album version differ from the single version?
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 9 February 2008 08:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Are you going to treat the different versions as separate entries or will you lump them together, like the SOMB singles poll?
― Billy Dods, Saturday, 9 February 2008 09:46 (sixteen years ago) link
looking forward to results
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 9 February 2008 10:10 (sixteen years ago) link
"Studio" is actually a remix outfit. The album and single version are the same AFAIK. There's really nothing to combine vote-wise as the single edit of the song was not nominated (presumably because people thought it had already been nominated) but I think I will call it just "2 Hearts" and treat it as a combination of votes for the two. To make it fair, I'll go through the rest of the list and do it for any other song pairings.
― musically, Saturday, 9 February 2008 18:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Did I miss the results, or have they not happened yet?
― Jamie T Smith, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Did I miss the requests for blurbs, or have they not happened yet?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 16:31 (sixteen years ago) link
They are being sent out today. My manager, in his infinite wisdom, has been giving me lots and lots of work, which has effectively messed up my "work on the poll during my free time at work" plan.
― musically, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
HOW DARE HE.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
ik,r?
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link