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Tim Hecker was #8 on my ballot. Oren Ambarchi, surprisingly even to me, was #15. If I was to do the list now, he'd be top 4 easily. I guess it took that much more time to really get into and appreciate just *how* good it is.

Was I really the only person who voted for Prince? Shit. And not one vote for Destiny's Child!

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:08 (nineteen years ago) link

I've got some top tunes I've never heard of off this list, but what's going on with Fennesz? Jesus wept. It's unlistenable noise. It sounds like an untuned radio with a mobile phone recieving a text next to it. Is it used as some sort of psychological torture in Abu Ghraib?

― Moston (Moston), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:14 (nineteen years ago) link

Wuss.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:16 (nineteen years ago) link

Speaking of, I just got Live in Japan recently and it's wonderful, a fine explanation of his process as you can hear it unfolding live. Venice is pretty cool, but I didn't vote for it.

― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link

First number is points
Second is number of votes
Third (if there) is number of #1 votes

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:29 (nineteen years ago) link

I voted for Oren Ambarchi too.

Here's my list:

Birchville Cat Motel – Beautiful Speck Triumph
Xiu Xiu – Fabulous Muscles
Tim Hecker – Mirages
Ghost – Hypnotic Underworld
Michael Mayer – Touch
Kevin Drumm – Impish Tyrant
Mitch Akiyama – If Night is a Weed and Day Grows Less
Wolf Eyes – Burned Mind
Sagan – Unseen Forces
Zeena Parkins & Ikue Mori – Phantom Orchard
Max Richter – The Blue Notebooks
Arve Henriksen - Chiaroscuro
Annie – Annimal
Oren Ambarchi – Grapes From the Estate
Skygreen Leopards – One Thousand Bird Ceremony
Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat
Fennesz – Venice
Junior Boys – Last Exit
Animal Collective – Sung Tongs
Phoenix – Alphabetical

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Thursday, 20 January 2005 21:38 (nineteen years ago) link

so it was me the only one who voted for the beta band...
brilliant.

― zeus, Thursday, 20 January 2005 22:33 (nineteen years ago) link

Was it anything like The Three EPs?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 21 January 2005 02:20 (nineteen years ago) link

Is it just me, or is it pretty pathetic that only 62 people voted for albums? Considering how many people read ILM...I guess this poll was really done at the worst time.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 21 January 2005 03:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Sundar, I voted for Kesto.

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 21 January 2005 13:12 (nineteen years ago) link

Who other than me voted for the Yellow Swans? Holla!

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 21 January 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link

I dont get the love for bloated/skit heavy hip hop on ILM. Outkast last year, Kanye this year..

Maybe because, you know, there were great songs on the album too?

― deej., Friday, 21 January 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link

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