The Pitchfork People's List - top albums 1996-2012

I'm conflicted I don't really like record sleeves but the ones with no picture just look wrong going to have to pass on the whole thing

Wasn't going to bother with this but, eh, then I did:
http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/16b8d1d5/

Hmmm, didn't think to add In Sides by Orbital; it was early 96 and I kind of think of it as being pre-P4K.

yeah, i added it after seeing tim's list.

Finished it for now http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/d173f3ce/

they really should have used someone else's database. I guess they wanted to discourage people from adding too much non-Pitchforky stuff though

Well it is an exercise in brand reinforcement, pretty much. I think it's a great step to allow people to add their own albums; what'd be even better is if they had someone trawling the database for added albums and consolidating them into proper entries.

Quite fun, this.

http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/c0498b19/

ok i have to say i really like how nike and adh's list have a 'sound' to them. when i make a list it will be all over the shop, whereas i feel i could make a playlist of their choices and learn something about a type of music i kinda half like/am half interested in. this thread could work wonders for me.

It was easy to add albums -- their catalog is deep -- but the "edit" function hasn't worked so far. It says "Loading" forever. Any cures?

No clue how to help you Alfred. Seemed pretty fast for me.

My list, with the top pretty set and the rest based mainly on a list from a few years ago:

http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/01bce74f/

I like Tim's list a lot - gutted I forgot about Platinum Breakz!

This is fun!

http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/090a03f3/

Even tho it's so new, gonna rep hard for DJ Rashad... and gotta have those Sparks records in there. What an Indian Summer they've had.

Nice to see "The Drift" turnin up on lists. What an album.

it's supposed to be to 2011 !

oh drat!

this is actually a lot of fun. I have liberal anxiety & aging-dude sadness that there's no rap in my top 25 tho :(

My list!

http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/188fd797/

The top twenty more or less accurately reflects the last thirteen years.

The Drift and Discovery'll do well if ILX has anything to do with it.

Argh shit Fugazi!

haha, now Tom and Alfred are tied on my "Pitchfork People's List Game."

Where's Tom's?

Oh, he posted it on Twitter this morning.

The Drift and Discovery'll do well if ILX has anything to do with it.

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And "White Bread, Black Beer," it seems.

Nice to see "Oceans Apart" poppin up too!

Apart from the distinct lack of Yorke, there's a lot to love on Tom E's list

http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/2eecd8bc/

(Apologies if he didn't want that posted here, but I did enjoy reading it this morning.)

Radiohead barely sneaked into mine.

What's the game then?

Radiohead were on mine originally but fell off as i remembered other stuff i listen to more that I'd forgotten to include.

I'd probably put the solo Yorke album on before a ~Radiohead album~ at number 100 just to be ornery.

It would just take me too long. And my list would be too all over the place and "Sugababes! School of Seven Bells! Ellen Allien! Missy E!" maybe I'll give it a try later tonight.

yeah i want to know what the game is too.

i'm terrified i've missed something off mine. it's funny when i do lists like this because around the 30-50 mark I start thinking "There must be at least some other OUTSTANDING albums I can think of from the last 15 years" but no, it's like your Facebook friendslist, you might have 600 of them, but only about 10 you might consider to be true friends.

You lot have known me for 12 years and you can't figure out what the game is?

I think OK Computer would probably be top 10 in any list I put together but any other Radiohead is unlikely. It feels really weird to be comparing anything that old to, say, the Katy B album and putting them in the same list.

Yeah, I mean Katy B is so obviously completely superior it would be an insult to her to stick something as stale as OK Computer next to her.

Also there's like four albums from 1996 that I'd put in there but that might has well be prehistoric.

It does. I can appreciate an "albums of all time" type thing, but these are records that came out within my lifetime. That said I had very different tastes in 1996 as I did in 2004 as I do now, and trying to work out where Pearl Jam's Yield fits in compared to Nicolas Jaar is just o_O

Just put'em side by side.

1996 stuff like Reasonable Doubt and ATLiens is missing from the list but it's probably because p4k didn't review that kind of thing back then

I was just about to post my list and then I refreshed this thread.

Just given mine another edit after reminding myself of some more stuff via old lists. The sins of fading memory.

I am having big cognitive dissonance putting late 90s favourites on a list with stuff from last year. The world is different. I am different. Magical World of The Strands!

In Rainbows has totally cemented itself as my favourite Radiohead over the last 2 years.

i can't find my old lists/ballots for some reason

The past does not exist.

It's a different country.

if i have to look something up then it isn't a current fav

This isn't saying "what are your ten favourite records right now" though, it's asking what are your 100 from the last 16 years... I'm vaguely trying to weight long-term affection alongside 'just this minute' excitement.

it isn't what are you fav records right now that were released in the last 16 years?

i have to make a composite of me at different stages of my life?

if i liked something a lot for 18 months in 2006 but don't like now, what percentage weighting should that be given?

is this thing on

you asked if people on ilm would have fun making lists around arbitrary guidelines. the answer seemed too obvious to supply.

ILM polled the 80s and the 90s relatively recently, not sure what an 81-96 poll would add if that's what you're suggesting.

There hasn't been a proper 00s poll but idk how excited people would be about that.

True, I figured it may not be far enough off from other recent lists, but was curious if this thread made anyone else besides me interested in trying it out.

Many excellent albums on Rudipherous's list that I don't see on other lists: e.s.t., Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, Derek Bailey, Matthew Shipp, Sunny Jaim Collective, Dave Fox, Ned Rothenberg, Rahim Al Haj, Feder/Frith. Those first two are especially stunning.

Evan there is this poll Nominations for an 80s Albums That Rock Poll(inc indie/Alt,punk,metal,heavy/glam etc) CLOSES SUNDAY NIGHT MIDNIGHT UK

But its not quite what you're after. But everyone's welcome to nominate and vote.

Thanks! I appreciate the heads up.

I don't see how it wasn't obvious ahead of time that if everyone's list was combined, the consensus would seem to be praising albums that are entirely predictable.. which is always what happens when combining a large number of submissions.. But it doesn't necessarily mean that the majority of submissions looked identical to the results.

It's too bad Pitchfork didn't decide to place the most emphasis on the "more lists from the people" section which is infinitely more interesting.

68.

you can just post your singles list, you don't have to wait for them, you know

― Fareed Zaireeka (Whiney G. Weingarten)

Fine.

1. Archigram, "Carnaval"
2. Gui Boratto, "Beautiful Life"
3. The Avalanches, "Since I Left You (Cornelius Remix)"
4. Daft Punk, "One More Time"
5. Do While, "Balloons (Alternate Version)"
6. The New Pornographers, "Letter From an Occupant"
7. Ghostface Killah, "All That I Got Is You"
8. Frightened Rabbit, "The Modern Leper"
9. Efdemin, "Jean"
10. R. Kelly, "Step In The Name Of Love"
11. Mercury Rev, "Holes"
12. Madonna: "Ray of Light"
13. Ada, "Maps (Michael Mayer & Tobias Thomas Mix)"
14. Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre, "No Diggity"
15. Lil Wayne, "A Milli"
16. All Saints, "Pure Shores"
17. Alphabeat, "Fascination"
18. Kelly Clarkson, "Since U Been Gone"
19. Amerie, "That's What U R"
20. Julianna Barwick, "The Magic Place"
21. Freelance Hellraiser, "A Stroke Of Genius"
22. Underworld, "Two Months Off"
23. T.I., "Rubber Band Man"
24. M83, "Run Into Flowers"
25. LCD Soundsystem, "All My Friends"
26. Botany, "Beach Wail"
27. Beyoncé, "Single Ladies"
28. The Streets, "Blinded by the Lights"
29. Sebastian Tellier, "La Ritournelle"
30. Tim Hecker, "Hatred of Music I"
31. The Whitest Boy Alive, "Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)"
32. Big Boi ft. Gucci Mane, "Shine Blockas"
33. Yo La Tengo, "Deeper into Movies"
34. The Mountain Goats, "Love Love Love"
35. Robyn, "Call Your Girlfriend"
36. Jürgen Paape, "So Weit Wie Noch Nie"
37. Sweet Female Attitude, "Flowers"
38. Radiohead, "Pyramid Song"
39. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Maps"
40. United State of Electronica, "IT IS ON!"
41. Wayne Wonder, "No Letting Go"
42. Snow Patrol, "Spitting Games"
43. Lil Mo feat. Fabolous, "4 Ever"
44. Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra, "Eureka"
45. The Magnetic Fields, "Take Ecstasy with Me"
46. Jay-Z and Kanye West, "Otis"
47. Neutral Milk Hotel, "Holland, 1945"
48. Erase Errata, "Another Genius Idea From Our Government"
49. Missy Elliott, "Pass That Dutch"
50. Girls Aloud, "Biology"
51. Massive Attack, "Teardrop"
52. Quad City DJs, "C'Mon 'N Ride It (The Train)"
53. Smashing Pumpkins, "1979"
54. Arcade Fire, "We Used To Wait"
55. Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack
56. Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull, "I Like It"
57. Tori Alamaze feat. The Clipse, "Don't Cha"
58. Bassment Jaxx, "Romeo"
59. Eluvium, "Taken"
60. Janet Jackson, "Love Me For A Little While"
61. Osymyso, "Intro-Inspection"
62. The Clientele, "Since K Got Over Me"
63. Chemical Brothers, "Hold Tight London"
64. DJ Lady Dana, "Ladies First"
65. Stanton Warriors, "Dooms Night Revisited (Dub)"
66. Tori Amos, "Professional Widow (Armand Van Helden Remix)"
67. Gant, "Sound Bwoy Burial (187 Lockdown Remix)"
68. Hot Toddy feat. Ron Basejam, "I Need Love"
69. Mat Kearney, "Nothing Left to Lose"
70. Spoon, "The Mystery Zone"
71. Black Dice, "Trip Dude Delay"
72. Donaeo, "I'm Fly"
73. The Dismemberment Plan, "You Are Invited"
74. Conway, "Lisa's Got Hives"
75. Joe feat. Mystikal, "Stutter"
76. Brian McKnight, "Anytime"
77. Dizzee Rascal, “I Luv U”
78. Radio Slave, "Grindhouse Tool"
79. How to Dress Well feat. Yuksel Arslan, "Decisions"
80. Blink 182, "All the Small Things"
81. Bonnie Pink, "Evil and Flowers"
82. Ekkehard Ehlers, "Plays John Cassavettes, Pt. 2"
83. DJ Koze, "Gekloppel B2"
84. Kenny Chesney, "There Goes My Life"
85. Gas, "Untitled" (Königsforst, Track 5)
86. Kammerflimmer Kollektief, "Unstet (Fr Jeffrey Lee Pierce)"
87. Spiritualized, "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space"
88. Destroyer, "Hey, Snow White"
89. Portabella, "Covered in Punk"
90. The Notorious B.I.G., "Hypnotize"
91. The Killers, "Mr. Brightside"
92. Camera Obscura, "French Navy"
93. Annie, "Heartbeat"
94. Joy Orbison, "Hyph Mngo"
95. Pulp, "Cocaine Socialism"
96. Sisqo: "Thong Song"
97. Moodymann, "I Cant Kick This Feeling When It Hits"
98. Together, "So Much Love to Give"
99. Ida Maria, "Oh My God"
100. Parts & Labor, "The Gold We're Digging"

Good list

67.

I shoulda stuck this in there, somewhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-7tnOra_40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmXux7Ul9yI

did pitchfork weigh the #1's and the #100's all the same or differently? just wondering

differently? like one person's #1 would count for more than someone else's? how would that even work?

michael, that is a serious fucking list.

no i mean like, when they tallied up the submissions, did the people's #1's count more than their #2's and so on? or did the placements not matter? so like if someone had OK Computer at #1 it would count just as much as someone who had the same record at #99..

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they did - number 1 gets 100 points, 2 99, etc etc etc.

if only that question had been adressed in the info

kind of curious what other lists i&others wld have devised if this had been framed differently: 'top 100 albums 96-11 selected after you've gone for a run /when yr watching Transformers 3/when yr v cold and need the toilet'

my week of listening to 100% women (mb 98% in practice) has been pretty banging though! v pleased to discover lena platonos