This is just wrong.
What I meant was, with Orbital we had a few people praising them to the heavens, and when they finished lower those people expected, we were WTF'ing up and down the thread. That's the ILM equivalent of "Blueberry Boat" at #18. Some people on ILM adore them, but lots of others don't see what the fuss is about, so voila, "only" #18.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:23 (nineteen years ago) link
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Phoenix - Alphabetical
More French pop. This one’s got hooks, though. Like, major hooks. -The Good Dr. Bill
Other ILXors Say:
"i absolutely love the record. it wasn't what i'd call a grower. first listen i hated it, second listen, i loved it. not sure how that worked, there was nothing gradual about it." -pitwithspikes
"think it is a good record, almost too good - a lot of the songs seem like they were produced in some factory where pop melodies/arrangements are made to sound as if I've heard them a hundred times before." -dleone
"CLASSIC. I listen to it almost every day lately, and I never get sick of it." -Matthew Perpetua
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:27 (nineteen years ago) link
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Madvillain - Madillainy
There's little left to say about the chemistry between producer Madlib's dense lo-fi collage of jazz club beats, forgotten movie dialogue, soul hooks, and comic book KA-POW when coupled with the hilarious, fantastic, vaguely psychedelic ramblings and raspy, cyclic delivery of chief rhymesayer MF Doom. It's all in a constant state of juxtaposition: Doom's knack for clever, comedic twists and his equal aptitude for flooring realism; Madlib's arrangements of jumpy horns and melting organs are combined with speaker panning detritus and daring mixing in a way that makes his tracks sound simultaneously familiar and alien. It's blunted hip hop that rewards the careful listener, cartoonish enough that we can keep our distance and human enough in its curiosity to pull us in and keep us there. -DOPESMOKER
"this is the weakest thing i have ever heard." -tOph
"I think it works in a totally different way than say Vik Vaughn or Doomsday. This is sort of like late night doom--it IS more mellow, less hyper, but the rhymes work surprising well in that conext, and some of the tracks are just brilliant, especially ALLCAPS and Raid." -Scott
"He is ridiculously clever, has a very unique personality, and sounds like no one else in hip-hop. Plus I just think he sounds good." -DJDee2005
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:29 (nineteen years ago) link
Your flippant comment notwithstanding, I am surprised, considering how much love it's been getting on ILM threads.
I don't know if the people on those threads voted here, though. Perhaps not.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Robin Geurts (Hyperdog), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:43 (nineteen years ago) link
10. Dungen9. Squarepusher8. Mastodon7. Tv on the Radio6. Stina Nordenstam5. Diplo4. Beta Band3. Isis2. Annie1. Junior Boys
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:47 (nineteen years ago) link
1. Junior Boys, Last Exit2. Kanye West, The College Dropout3. Annie, Anniemal4. The Streets, A Grand Don't Come for Free5. M.I.A./Diplo, Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 16. Dizzee Rascal, Showtime7. Brian Wilson, Smile8. Arcade Fire, Funeral9. Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender10. Ghostface, The Pretty Toney Album
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 17 January 2005 23:59 (nineteen years ago) link
For a multitude of reasons, that sentence is perhaps my favorite thing that I've ever read.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 00:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 00:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Robin Geurts (Hyperdog), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 00:02 (nineteen years ago) link
http://rateyourmusic.com/
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 00:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 00:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 00:07 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't expect there to be the exact same references, however it is a useful comparative link for reference.
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 00:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Will do, thanks.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 00:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 00:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 00:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 00:41 (nineteen years ago) link
Thanks.
― hi. a question., Tuesday, 18 January 2005 01:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 01:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shane (Shane), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 02:05 (nineteen years ago) link
On ILM? Are you joking?
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 02:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― zeus, Tuesday, 18 January 2005 07:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 08:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Robin Goad (rgoad), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 08:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 08:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― zeus, Tuesday, 18 January 2005 08:22 (nineteen years ago) link
Martian you are insane. If you seriously believe Squarepusher, Dungen and Isis will be in the Top 10 and not Dizzee, The Streets and Kanye then you clearly have not been reading ILM properly.
I'm going with A Grand Don't Come For Free at #1 though.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 09:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 12:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 12:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 12:16 (nineteen years ago) link
any more predictions?
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 15:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 15:54 (nineteen years ago) link
SOMB TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 2004, Official Listhttp://www.soundopinions.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=5900
87 Lists Submitted421 Albums Voted For189 Albums Receiving More than One Vote
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 16:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― zebedee (zebedee), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 16:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 16:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Wilco = dull, bland and boring - i never understood the appeal of this bandInterpol 2nd album = more trad songs approach that lacked substance
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 16:45 (nineteen years ago) link