2010 Magazine's Albums Of The Year Thread For Posting Lists and Discussion

he calls drake the "king of hashtag rappers" and means it as a compliment

oh, well to be fair he did say that diggy simmons sounded better on the beat

i like the ramadanman track but so far nothing else i haven't heard already that sounds interesting to me

it's weird tho -- i liked the beat at first, though now i find it pretty repulsive, but in any event it doesn't strike me as the type of beat like "miss me" or something where you can just totally vibe to the thing while ignoring the rapping -- it seems more, purposefully, like a backdrop beat that's really meant to emphasize the lyrics

talking about "over" obv

damn, i always forget how good that alicia joint is

"over" beat is dope in a heatmade in '04 kinda way but that just makes me wish i could hear some roc dudes in their prime spit gully shit on it

also i thought his point about t-pain was bizarre & didn't really make sense in the context of what he said about drake? like, i guess the idea of rap/r&b being "slash & burn" or w/e was sorta right, but it seems off to me to say that drake has avoided the fate of being cast off due to self-parody because he put out a "cogent" debut album by using the example of t-pain, who was actually a really coherent album artist

also i fail to see the connection b/w putting out a "cogent" album & not randomly losing favor w/in the industry & public

the alicia joint is def very good -- would actually like to see drake put more time into writing r&b for other artists

yeah otm. also t-pain was never really taken as a rapper like drake usually is, just as a dude who raps sometimes like lil jon or pharrell or something xp

yeah, the example of lil wayne wouldn't fit for brandon's thesis because wayne hasn't fallen off, but he's clearly the direct lineage for drake's sing/rap thing, and more importantly, being ubiquitous all over other ppl's singles in both fashions

as for singles, t-pain raps on "kiss kiss" & "shawty get loose" but most of his rapping was on like random remixes that only nerds heard

i guess there are a few others that he raps on ("go girl" etc) but i think he's still classified more like ne-yo, the-dream or akon than wayne or kanye

They did this last year but Vice's albums of the year chart is usually as funny as their tips of the year spoof.

Would be funnier if it were more accurate I think. Also they've actually reused, almost word for word, some of the jokes from last year.

http://www.viceland.com/music/2009/12/the-vice-albums-of-the-year/

They've re-used word for word more than just the jokes afaict. But that is the joke right?

100. These New Puritans - "We Want War"
94. Kelis - "Acapella"
91. Liars - "Scarecrows on a Killer Slant"
74. Sade - "Soldier of Love"
64. Alicia Keys - "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)"
58. Oneohtrix Point Never [ft. Antony] - "Returnal"
52. Lindstrøm & Christabelle - "Lovesick"

happy to see all these on the pfork list

I think that's partly the joke. They reused their tips one word for word.

Funny

9. A rapper moving hip-hop into ‘uncharted territories’. i.e.: Has the same neon cyberdog aesthetic as a Joel Schumacher Batman film.

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Soon going to have to do a list of my top 101 albums of the year, many of which are unsurprisingly not here. LOL do people still read blogs?

― T Bone Streep (Cave17Matt)

You'll have to put it on a tumblr or tweet it, like all the cool kidzzzz

the "over" writeup is shameless & embarassing but so is everything they've ever written about drake. this list is pretty hot so far, though. i always appreciate their eoy trax lists most in years when i wasn't really paying attention to p4k goings on during the year

Pop Matters albums

70. Massive Attack - Heligoland
69. Robyn - Body Talk, Pt. 1
68. Vijay Iyer - Solo
67. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
66. Cee-Lo Green - The Lady Killer
65. The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme
64. The Nels Cline Singers - Initiate
63. Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirits
62. Roky Erickson with Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
61. Bilal - Airtight’s Revenge
60. The Walkmen - Lisbon
59. Underworld - Barking
58. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I’m Here?
57. Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring
56. Women - Public Strain
55. Jónsi - Go
54. MGMT - Congratulations
53. Belle and Sebastian - Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
52. Robert Plant - Band of Joy
51. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
50. School of Seven Bells - Disconnect from Desire
49. Owen Pallett - Heartland
48. Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
47. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
46. Josh Ritter - So Runs the World Away
45. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
44. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Part Two: Return of the Ankh
43. Autechre - Oversteps
42. Midlake - The Courage of Others
41. Christian Scott - Yesterday You Said Tomorrow
40. Vampire Weekend - Contra
39. Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
38. Patty Griffin - Downtown Church
37. Twin Shadow - Forget
36. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
35. Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses - Junky Star
34. Drive-By Truckers - The Big To-Do
33. The New Pornographers - Together
32. The Roots - How I Got Over
31. Neil Young - Le Noise
30. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way
29. John Grant - Queen of Denmark
28. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
27. Caribou - Swim
26. Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
25. Spoon - Transference
24. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
23. Konono No. 1 - Assume Crash Position
22. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
21. Four Tet - There Is Love in You
20. Das Racist - Sit Down, Man
19. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
18. Best Coast - Crazy for You
17. The Black Keys - Brothers
16. Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone
15. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
14. Galactic - Ya-Ka-May
13. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
12. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
11. Sleigh Bells - Treats
10. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
9. Gogol Bordello - Trans-Continental Hustle
8. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
7. Beach House - Teen Dream
6. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
5. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
4. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
3. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
2. The National - High Violet
1. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid

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That's a decent list if you ignore most of the top 10.

First list to feature Autechre if Ctrl+F is to be believed.

pop matters, just not as much as indie rock

oops bad joke

*blush*

popmatters: they are shuffling other mag's lists arcade fire lcd soundsystem the national are boring blah blah blah anyways, here are two interesting lists from dustedmagazine as in ie. I have no idea who most of those artists are:

http://dustedmagazine.com/features/936
http://dustedmagazine.com/features/941

5. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
4. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

an improvement; at least they're shifted down a few places?

pop matters, just not as much as indie rock

― flopson, Monday, December 13, 2010 12:20 PM (6 minutes ago)

oops bad joke

*blush*

― flopson, Monday, December 13, 2010 12:20 PM (6 minutes ago)

i lol'd

I mean, the first guy has Thomas Koner, Kevin Drumm and Keith Fullerton Williams which are pretty cool so the other ones should be interesting. As for the second one, I can't fucking stand Joanna Newsom but she has plenty of never-heard-of japanese stuff that looks rad. Kinda like reading volcanictongue or The Wire EOY lists.

21. Four Tet - There Is Love in You

this is about as high as four tet's been all year; a fucking shame, as it's his best album, and one of my top 5 or so of the year :(

btw, Brainwashed has begun the nominations process for its year-end readers poll; one of the better polls out there!

http://brainwashed.com/2010

This is a pretty funny thread though, with everyone bitching and bitching about how boring and similar these lists are, but when presented with one that really looks completely different from the rest (the Classic Rock), its all, "lol that is an awful list full of awful music". No pleasing you guys at all, is there? "Different" lists only count if they have the records you like?

i was praising it for being different

Ha, I posted that just before I noticed your comment.

21. Four Tet - There Is Love in You
this is about as high as four tet's been all year; a fucking shame, as it's his best album, and one of my top 5 or so of the year :(

― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Monday, December 13, 2010 12:30 PM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Same. Might not be as groundbreaking as many others, but it's one of the few that I never got tired of after months and months of replays.

Pitchfork tracks 50-1

50. Cults - "Go Outside"
49. ceo - "Come With Me"
48. Best Coast - "When I'm With You"
47. Beach House - "Walk in the Park"
46. The Knife [ft. Mt. Sims and Planningtorock] - "Colouring of Pigeons"
45. Gorillaz - "On Melancholy Hill" - "hahahaha jk?"
43. Waka Flocka Flame - "Hard in Da Paint"
42. Japandroids - "Younger Us"
41. Deerhunter - "Helicopter"
40. Janelle Monáe - "Cold War"
39. No Age - "Fever Dreaming"
38. Hot Chip - "One Life Stand"
37. Jay Electronica - "Exhibit C"
36. Arcade Fire - "Ready to Start"
35. Rihanna - "Rude Boy"
34. Gold Panda - "You"
33. Zola Jesus - "Night"
32. Robyn - "Hang With Me"
31. Girls - "Carolina"
30. The-Dream - "Yamaha"
29. James Blake - "CMYK"
28. Yeasayer - "O.N.E"
27. Four Tet - "Angel Echoes"
26. Cee-Lo - "Fuck You"
25. The Walkmen - "Angela Surf City"
24. Teengirl Fantasy - "Cheaters"
23. Vampire Weekend - "Giving Up the Gun"
22. Rick Ross [ft. Styles P] - "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"
21. Azari & III - "Reckless (With Your Love) (Tensnake Remix)"
20. Erykah Badu - "Window Seat"
19. How to Dress Well - "Decisions (feat. Yüksel Arslan)"
18. Titus Andronicus - "A More Perfect Union"
17. Girl Unit - "Wut"
16. Beach House - "Norway"
15. Crystal Castles [ft. Robert Smith] - "Not in Love"
14. Sleigh Bells - "Rill Rill"
13. Caribou - "Odessa"
12. LCD Soundsystem - "All I Want"
11. Deerhunter - "Desire Lines"
10. Janelle Monáe [ft. Big Boi] - "Tightrope"
09. Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"
08. James Blake - "I Only Know (What I Know Now)"
07. Joanna Newsom - "Good Intentions Paving Company"
06. Kanye West [ft. Dwele] - "POWER"
05. Big Boi [ft. Cutty] - "Shutterbugg"
04. Robyn - "Dancing on My Own"
03. LCD Soundsystem - "I Can Change"
02. Kanye West [ft. Pusha T] - "Runaway"
01. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Round and Round"

glad to see Round and Round at #1

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Resident Advisor
20 Compilations of 2010

20. Various Artists - The Minimal Wave
19. Deadbeat - Radio Rothko
18. Various Artists - Mandarinen Traume
17. Surgeon - Fabric 53
16. Tensnake - In The House
15. Martyn - Fabric 50
14. Apparat - DJ-Kicks
13. Various Artists - Ninja Tune XX
12. Shackleton - Fabric 55
11. Scuba - Sub:Stance [Ostgut Ton]
10. Thomas Hamann & Gerd Janson - Live at Robert Johnson
09. Seth Troxler - Boogybytes Vol. 5
08. James Holden - DJ Kicks
07. Various Artists - Fünf
06. Anthony "Shake" Shakir - Frictionalism: 1994-2009
05. Optimo - Fabric 52
04. Ewan Pearson - We Are Proud of Our Choices
03. DBridge & Instra:Mental - Autonomic - FabricLive.50
02. Michael Mayer - Immer 3
01. Ben Klock - Berghain 04

random thoughts on pfork traxxx list:

don't get the big deal w/r/t "round and round" -- i mean it's okay, but.....?

worst song on the LCD album at #3 = looool

can't believe "fuck you" is stuck at #26, that is CRIMINAL

think "CMYK" is the better james blake track..

worst sleigh bells song at #14, there's a reason the album is awesome but none of the other songs sound like fucking "rill rill"

oh, and wasn't "exhibit c" from '09?

p4k list has a lot right on it!

but i'm shocked about the placement of "i can change"

and "rill rill" is beautiful (my no. 1 last year!)

worst sleigh bells song at #14, there's a reason the album is awesome but none of the other songs sound like fucking "rill rill"

If this is true maybe I might actually give that album a chance.

I didn't think that SB album would stick with me as well as it has

re: I can change, do you think there's a better track on the album, Tape Store?

i don't think i would label any song from that album a "standout," but at least I see how p4k could (stupidly) think "'All I Want' = our '"Heroes"'!!!

that entire lcd album is boring

yes

concur

IMO this is the best P4k EOY Track list in years. The last two or three had some real garbage, but this one seems pretty OTM for their audience and taste.