http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/singles/2011/U3VyZSBUaGluZ3x8fE1pZ3VlbCAoZnQuIEouIENvbGUp/
Most of the votes for Miguel (featuring J Cole) "Sure Thing" on the singles ballot came from ilxors
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 07:16 (twelve years ago) link
ha who of those are ilxors, besides lex, ship, and soto?
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 07:19 (twelve years ago) link
all three votes for "drumz" were unsurprisingly from ilxors
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 07:20 (twelve years ago) link
that song is wack anyway imo
"my city" and "weed shoes" >>>
― The Brainwasher, Tuesday, January 17, 2012 9:48 PM Bookmark
otm
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 07:26 (twelve years ago) link
u ppl shore seem to like this Joy ForMIDable
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:31 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
can't even tell what wrinkleballs is trying to say here
― Reginald "Bono" Dwight (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Wednesda
Me, and then Maura is sometimes here
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:17 (twelve years ago) link
NY Times critics back when used to participate in this, but not anymore. So my vote for Orchestre Poly-Rythmo -Cotonou Club (Strut) is the only one, although Jon Pareles of the Times had it in his top 10 also.
Tim F*nney did not vote this year, I don't think.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:21 (twelve years ago) link
haha i hate the tune-yards album but it's such an unexpected winner i can't hate.
surprised the beyoncé album was so low (beneath pistol annies!)
lulz, tom waits is my 2nd fav album in the top 10
it must be so embarrassing to be in the top 10 centricity list
i would have thought twice about voting for 'sure thing" had i known it would be credited with a j cole feature urgh
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:23 (twelve years ago) link
i worked this out when i saw that NO ONE else voted for the dawn richard mixtape ;_;
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:25 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know how close "countdown" was to "rolling in the deep" but i'm really hoping it wasn't close enough that an extra vote would have enabled it to be no 1 - "countdown" was pretty much my song of the year but i never put artists on my trax ballot that i've put on my albums ballot
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:26 (twelve years ago) link
so weird to find another critic with whom you share two votes, and one of those is pistol annies and the other is danny daze o_0
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
1 Adele, "Rolling in the Deep" * **Columbia/XL Mentions: 1162 Beyoncé, "Countdown" **Columbia Mentions: 98
http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/singles/2011/
― maura, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
also that miguel thing is an oversight on my part and is being fixed, fret not
― maura, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
Jeremy D. Larson is my new best friend
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:31 (twelve years ago) link
ok i doubt even a 1st place vote would've been enough to overcome 18 extra voters so my mind is at ease
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
i think the most annoying thing is how many critics i know didn't bother voting.
"till the world ends" is such a weird pop rallying point. i mean, i like the remix, but...top 10? huh.
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:34 (twelve years ago) link
yeah singles are counted by mention, not weighted.
and lex help me get those people to vote next year!!
― maura, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:38 (twelve years ago) link
I wish Daddy B Nice, Southern soul guru had voted. I don't think he did
http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2012.cfm
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
lex - another reason for you to be ok with the tUnE-yArDs win
“tuneyards?!?!?!?! are you fucking kidding me?!?!?! I’m starting to wonder if they only polled female music critics?Posted by Anonymous | January 17, 2012 10:10 PM”
- Brooklyn Vegan comment thread
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
lulz
it's a terrible album though
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
I was under the impression for months that 4 was generally considered to be a hit-free disappointment. It was only toward the end of the year that I saw people arguing otherwise.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
it's been beyonce's least popular album with the masses and most popular album with critics since the moment it was released
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
^^ otm
But I was in such an ilm bubble that I didn't realize how much the masses didn't like it until I heard the Sound Opinions show where several callers called in to bitch about how awful it was. I was just smh.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
that's interesting, i haven't gotten the impression that the pop/R&B fans that DID buy the album disliked it
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
i know that the "point" of commercial music is to generate hits but it never fails to surprise me that so many people equate an album's quality with how successful its singles are
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music2/voice_pazz.jpg
― 誤 means 訳. 訳 means 侮辱. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
what the
― this is funny u bitter dork (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
4 currently has three songs in the top 20 of the R&B chart so it eventually did generate hits, if not big pop crossover hits
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
To be fair, the woman that called into Sound Opinions thought it was a bad album because there weren't any songs she could add to her workout mix.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
it's pretty lousy by that yardstick, i suppose
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
Thats how she started out, but then she summed up that the whole thing was a disappointment.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
yup it definitely fails on that count
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
i guess B figured that Michelle Obama-comissioned remix of "Get Me Bodied" covered her workout jam quota for the year (xpost)
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
I could add "I Care", "Countdown", "Love On Top", "End of Time" and "Girls (Run the World)" to any hypothetical mix
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
I made a Spotify playlist of tracks receiving two mentions because I thought it might be interesting to listen to while I'm at work and figured I might as well share it here.
Around 200 of the 260 tracks matched when I loaded it up. If I get bored I might see if I can add more manually.
― fffv, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
"I Care" is pushing it (xpost)
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
haha @ the pitchforkreviewsreviews guy:
Bon Iver, James Blake, M83, and Girls. Why aren't our heroes pissing more people off? Why are they so polite?David ShapiroBrooklyn, New York
David ShapiroBrooklyn, New York
i'm just gonna assume he thought these were gonna be the top 4
― occupy the A train (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
Mary Lou Retton could sweat into her leg warmers while jamming to "Love on Top."
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
"I Care" is the same tempo as "Countdown"!
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
Bon Iver, James Blake, M83, and Girls. Why aren't our heroes pissing more people off? Why are they so polite?
Our Hero will find adulthood a real chore.
so whoever does @Discographies apparently needs to protect their anonymity and vote under their twitter handle?
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
"I Care", "Countdown", "End of Time" and "Girls (Run the World)" ARE on my gym mix.
― this is funny u bitter dork (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
why do we care what someone who called into "sound opinions" had to say about a beyonce album
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
The only reason I brought it up was because it was the first time I was aware of the public's relative dislike of the album. I was all warm and cozy in the ilm lovefest for the album.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe David Shapiro can start a homage blog called Unsound Onions.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
it was either this or have opinions on Lana Del Rey
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
ban opinions
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
NY Times critics back when used to participate in this, but not anymore
They hardly ever filed actual ballots, but we used to be allowed to just pull their votes straight from the Times year-end page, and give the albums 10 points each. Maybe Maura isn't aware of that though.
Anyway, a question for Glenn: How do voters find out their own metalism scores? Mine should be higher than it's ever been no matter what, but I'm curious whether Gentleman's Pistols and Nazareth counted as metal.
And where do we find out which voters were most similar to us? Didn't seem to be in Glenn's ratings last night, but maybe I missed it.
Also curious why Whiney left #10-finishing Shabazz Palaces off his middlebrow rap list way up above. (Are they not considered rap, or did he just miss it? I sort of like that album, but I'm guessing it supports his thesis, either way.)
And finally, does Gunplay live in Ontario, Arizona, or Leeds? "Local" metal bands I voted from all those places each got two votes!
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
I could not agree with this more, this is such depressing logic.
― Seriously, who votes for Drake? (Nicole), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link