!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~FINALLY - 2009 ILX Albums 'n' Trax Poll voting thread ahoy~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (VOTING CLOSED: lol Whiney)

were there really not enough tracks + albums from 2009 that you like that you need to pick stuff from a 2010 album?

^ this! c'mon people.

did i not say i'd love to make some room on my list?

those tracks leaked in like september or something, and "keep it up" is genuinely one of my favorite songs i heard this year

plus it IS on the ballot.

err, list of noms rather

"baby can't stop" would be a defensible choice, can't see any scenario where a freaking album track from an officially 2010 album would be ok

Hey, is it cool if I vote for Contra? (jk)

Just voted!

I have 83 submissions so far, I checked and last year I got about 95 total submissions, and since about 10 people didn't do a tracks or albums it equated to about 85 or so each. There's usually a rush last day so I'm sure we'll beat last year by a bit.

Hey musically, I'm going to compile & submit my lists tonight, but is it OK if send you a few blurbs separately, in the days to come? If not, it's cool.. I'd meant to write a few things, but I forgot about the deadline I don't know if I'll have the chance to do it tonight.

were there really not enough tracks + albums from 2009 that you like that you need to pick stuff from a 2010 album?

so how are folks handling things from 2008 albums like Taylor Swift? she didn't get much love in last years list iirc.

Album isn't eligible imo, but singles released this year (You Belong With Me + Fifteen) are.

i'm gonna feel bad when Fearless places on neither 2008 or 2009, because it could be top ten in either imo, but it's a 2008 album and i'm not going to vote for it in a 2009 poll. the singles are totally fair game imo tho, i voted for "you belong with me"

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well Fearless was nominated but i'm guessing most people will pass on it bc of the release date

I'd like to start posting tracks on Monday, so if you can get me your blurbs by then, I'll add them.

i'm pretty excited to see these results, could be a good palate-cleanser after P&J

I'm cross-checking my lists vs. the noms & am surprised to see that neither the Clipse or Royce da 5'9" albums were nominated.

I voted for Fearless because it had no real traction in the UK until 2009. Also Love Story was released in 2009 over here as well, so that got my vote. Thought You Belong to Me would be the strategic choice, but gave up on that and just went with what I preferred. Same goes for Fuck Buttons and The-Dream tracks.

voted

yeah, fearless had a UK 2009 release date, plus the platinum edition was 2009. though my vote is really for the US original version - UK version screws it up with "pop remixes" ugh, platinum edition screws up the track sequencing - so i guess it's cheating somewhat but whatever

and yeah genuinely enthused about seeing these results

our results will shit on this year's P&J from a very GRATE height, i predict!

Sorry if this has already been said, but can I just send a top 10 for tracks? I'm stuck staring at the list and I know if I try to do all 20 it'll never be finished, whereas if I can just chuck 10 in there it'll be fine.

And for some reason I was operating under the impression it was 30 slots each, so now I'm going to have to get rid of 10 albums. Gah.

Oh no shit I only voted for fifteen of each, oops duh! Does that screw things up? Only my albums were ranked btw.

I am taking Wicked Witch off my ballot, even though it was initially quite high, as it isn't technically an album from this year. I am very sorry. It deserves to place anyway.

(As in, it's a reissue... which means it's still eligible, just not for my ruthless cutting purposes.)

emil.y, you can vote for as few as you like - just no more than 20 apiece

my trax are way faggier than my albums, half of which im kinda only eh abt which surprised me.

Thanks, Kevin. It looks like I'm voting for 12 tracks in the end. AND putting Wicked Witch back on my albums, just docking it some points. It needs to be there.

ballots due today!

It looks like I'm voting for 12 tracks in the end

tell you what, emil.y, I'll give you 8 tracks to vote for and you give me 8 albums. I'm struggling to get to 20 albums especially now that RLINC has been cruelly and vindictively booted off the noms list ;)

Aw, I've sent mine in now. But in case you want to do some last minute listening, have you considered the Trembling Bells, Belbury Poly or Position Normal albums? Note that these are not the top 3 of my poll, but ones that I think may be overlooked and could do with extra votes. I've kind of reconciled myself with the fact that I'll be the only person to vote for Arthur & Martha, otherwise I'd be pushing for them, too.

Also, if you want something rockier, I didn't vote for Lovvers in the end, but they're good guys and could do with some lovve.

Belbury Poly may well feature somewhere on my ballot :)

I've only heard one track from the position normal cassette, but I liked it.

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btw if a mod is reading this please change title to "ballots due TODAY," my mod request is still open

I have 95 in now, get crackin if you haven't submitted already...

When are you closing submissions?

end of the day for the person's time zone

i told jacob about it and he's doing it now

Wait, I just assumed it was 11:59 pm PST (so 2:59 am EST)?

End of the day for wherever, I guess, with the absolute latest ballots being counted if received before 11:59 PST.

i didn't want people to have to convert PST to their time, so just submit it while it's the 22nd where you are. I won't be doing the calculations at midnight anyway so i don't care.

Agreed about the Major Lazer "Pon de floor" omission, also "Hold the Line"

Easy for me to run stats for you, if you'd like, musically. Drop me a note (glenn at furia dot com) if you're interested...

which stats are you referring to?

start reading here !!!!!!!! ILX METAL ALBUMS of 2009 POLL RESULTS!!!!!! (TOP TEN! LAST CHANCE TO DECRY FALSE METAL m/!)

i personally think it's awesome

So… I only paid money (which I consider the base level of actual YES! interest in music anymore) for 18 albums out of the list, but at least I got a ballot in. A thin, lonely ballot that won't change anything, but hey, I voted for Nader.

Sorry, Oneida and Sunn O)))! Too many good albums in 2009 and more than 20 I still want to hear.

Oneida is top ten, though... :'(