The ILX Readers Poll 2002 - RECORDS OF THE YEAR

btw, don't complain below if you didn't vote ;-)

11. THE DELGADOS - Hate (54 points)
12. FLAMING LIPS - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (52)
13. THE BOOKS - Thought For Food (50)
14. INTERPOL - Turn On The Bright Lights (48)
15. DJ SHADOW - The Private Press (47)
16. METRO AREA - Metro Area (44)
17. TOM WAITS - Alice (43)
18. BLACKALICIOUS - Blazing Arrow (42)
19. SAINT ETIENNE - Finisterre (38)
20. SIGUR ROS - () (37)
21. MY COMPUTER - Vulnerabilia (35)
22. BEACHWOOD SPARKS - Make The Cowboy Robots Cry (32)

23=. IMMORTAL - Sons Of Northern Darkness
MAX TUNDRA - Mastered By Guy At The Exchange
NEKO CASE - Blacklisted
PAULINA RUBIO - Border Girl (30 each)

27. VARIOUS ARTISTS - The Best Bootlegs In The World...Ever (29)

28= BLACK DICE - Beaches And Canyons
ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS - The Day The Earth Met The Rocket From The Tombs (26 each)

30=. ANDREW WK - I Get Wet
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Hustle! (25 each)

32=. AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD - Source Tags And Codes
THE BEES - Sunshine Hit Me (23 each)

34=. BETH GIBBONS AND RUSTIN MAN - Out of Season
RECLOOSE - Cardiology
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Total 4 (22 each)

37=. BALLBOY - A Guide For The Daylight Hours
EKKHARD EHLERS - Plays
GOLDEN BOY/MISS KITTIN - Or
MEKONS - Oooh!
NINA NASTASIA - The Blackened Air
PRIMAL SCREAM - Evil Heat
SPOON - Kill The Moonlight
THE NOTWIST - Neon Golden (20 each)

45=. DJ YODA - How To Cut And Paste Vol.2
MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS - The World Is Flat
UNDERWORD - 100 Days Off (18 each)

48=. A CERTAIN RATIO - Early
ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM - Arryhthmia
ASTROBOTNIA - Part 1
BRYAN FERRY - Frantic
DEERHOOF - Reveille
NERD - In Search Of...
OUTHUD - S.T.R.E.E.T.D.A.D.
PREFUSE 73 - 92 vs 02
SUGABABES - Angels With Dirty Faces (15 each)

57. DAVID HOLMES - Come Get It I Got It (14)

58=. DIGITAL - Dubzilla
LADYTRON - Light And Magic
ROYSKOPP - Melody AM (12 each)

61. CLIPSE - Lord Willin' (11)

62=. ELVIS COSTELLO - When I Was Cruel
WIRE - Read And Burn 01 (10)

Phew!

The ILX Readers Poll 2002 - Singles of the Year!

heh heh! Me and one other person, but WHICH other person?

These are the records which people heroically sacrificed large numbers (20+) of points for but which didn't get a second vote:

30 points:
Lewis Taylor - Stoned part one
Okkervil River -Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See

25 points:
hrvatski - swarm and dither
RJD2 - Deadringer: 25
walkmen- everyone who pretended to like me is gone - 25 pts

22 points:
Puerto Muerto - Your Bloated Corpse Has Drifted Ashore - Puerto Muerto

20 points:
8 Mile OST
Aarktica - Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life And Be Happy Anyway
Blak Twang - Kik Off
Buddy Holly: What You Been A-Missin'
Derek Bailey - Ballads
DJ SPEC - The Vexed Episode
DJ SPEC - Yellowmix
V/A - Electrolife: Pop For The Electro Age
Keith Fullerton Whitman – Playthroughs
Mastodon - Remission
Solomon Burke - Don't give up on me
Stockholm Monsters - Alma Mater
Talib Kweli 'Quality'
V/A - The Alchemist of Pop (Joe Meek)
U2 - Best Of 1990-2002
Xiu Xiu "The Chapel of the Chimes" EP
Youssou N'Dour - Nothing's in Vain

What does surprise me is that I think I may have contributed one-third of the points that Neko got, and a good three-quarters of the points that Nina Nastasia got too.

I have eight of the total albums listed (nine if you include Kik Off), of which I voted for four.

But still. Eleventh. Coom on :)

No, Starbox is four previously released 12-inch records packaged together; Textstar picks and chooses from among those releases, and has about six (?) fewer tracks. All of the tracks on Textstar are on Starbox, I think, but they aren't the same thing.

(see how I hate you now Sean? ;))

But darn it, I actually meant to vote in this one, but then I got that horrible flu. The Delgados would have placed - you can blame me!

Shit.

The fuckin' Streets!

Shit!

(jumps up and down going 'woo')

(msp: How would you compare the Xiu Xiu EP to the full-length from earlier in the year? I loved the full-length at first but fatigue set in after a few listens.)

I bet simon would've too.

I was on holiday so I couldn't!

james- we'll try and sabotage the list next year OK.

it's way better than the full length. perhaps it's length is a factor, but i think the ep shows them much more raw, and the production is much more bombastic, so the emotion is more pronounced.

m.

ilm hurts me deep in my heart.

the paulina rubio thing almost makes up for it though, except i think that's just kogan and me.

Don't worry I stuffed the ballot for you. I'm geniunely surprised it did so well too. w00t.

As for Boards of Canada, I was hoping that Twoism, even though it's a reissue, would sneak in there instead of Geogaddi, which played more like an extended EP (an EEP?) for me.

I think Ballboy being placed top 40 is my favourite moment of that list, to be honest. House music never meant anything at all to me.

other mark: dunno about elsewhere, but you couldn't move on ILM for BoC threads when 'Geo-doggi-do' was released

1 The Streets - OPM
2 2 Many DJ’s: As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2
3 farben - textstar
4 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
5 Low- trust
6 BOC - 'geogaddi'
7 The Delgados - Hate
8 Books - Thought for Food
9 Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
10 Sonic Youth - Murray Street

1. The Streets - OPM
2. Sleater-Kinney: One Beat
3. 2 Many DJ’s: As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2
4. Boom Selection_Issue 01
5. Paulina Rubio – Border Girl
6. Missy Elliot - Under Construction
7. Golden Boy with Miss Kittin – Or
8. Mekons – Oooh!
9. Prefuse 73 - 92 vs 02
10. Sugababes – Angels With Dirty Faces

farben - textstar
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Low- trust
Books - Thought for Food
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Saint Etienne - Finisterre
Beachwood Sparks - Make the cowboy robots cry
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
max tundra - mastered by the guy at the exchange
Black Dice, Beaches & Canyons (DFA)
The Bees - Sunshine Hit Me

Top Records (and indeed only charting records) which nobody from ILM voted for:

Paulina Rubio – Border Girl
Golden Boy with Miss Kittin – Or
Mekons – Oooh!
Prefuse 73 - 92 vs 02
Sugababes – Angels With Dirty Faces
Clipse: Lord Willin’

i forgot to vote :(

Who else voted for One Beat? I'm taking yall out to drink (all both of you).

B) Leee, the two of us were responsible for 79% of S-K's points.

Never heard of Farben.

hehe the streets won this. the good old days?

This would be a really interesting year to re-poll, if anyone's game.

Shit that comes to mind:

El-P - Fantastic Damage
Low - Trust
Peter Murphy - Dust
Oneida - Each One Teach One
mclusky - Do Dallas
Talib Kweli - Quality
Nas - God's Son
Amerie - All I Need
Chemical Bros - Come with Us
Wm Basinski - The River
Primal Scream - Evil Heat
Black Dice - Beaches and Canyons
Merzbow - Merzbeat
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi
Notwist - Neon Golden
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Clipse - Lord Willin'
Missy - Under Construction
Isis - Oceanic
Comets on Fire - Field Recordings from the Sun
Raveonettes - Whip It On
Wire - Read and Burn 01 / 02
Tom Waits - Alice
Tom Waits - Blood Money
Sonic Youth - Murray St
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
Wolf Eyes - Dead Hills
Mr Lif - I Phantom
Interpol - Bright Lights
Secret Machines - September 000
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Sunn O))) - Flight of the Behemoth
Mtn Goats - All Hail West Texas
Mtn Goats - Tallahassee
Streets - Original Pirate Material
Boris - Heavy Rocks
Madlib - Blunted in the Bomb Shelter
Roots - Phrenology
Dalek - From Filthy Tongues (eat yr heart out LJ)
Six Organs - Dark Noontide

didn't even get to the end of that list before i knew who's post that was

Not sure whether to be pleased or bummed tbh.

im guessing it was an insult

Yeah but it's an insult from Whiney, it's almost an honor to have him recognize that, apparently, my tastes are different enough from his that it's worth pointing out. Glad to have my differences!

Also, I'd love to see him ru down my list of albums with his opinions. I'm guessing we have at least some crossover in our tastes (hip hop, metal and whatever else), he's just not keen to admit it publicly and would rather hurl off a one-liner at me.

run down*

i've heard like 3 of the albums in ilxor's list

i was just sayin ilxor is the type of poster to list a bunch of albums without prompting

i mean, and tbf it was a "zing" not an insult. it's all love.

and yes, I will admit our tastes are shockingly similar! save the few lolindie records peppering that list its a lot like my best of 02 for sure!

i can't believe thats the same guy who was dissing the Patton/Melvins ATP

ha yeah i was gonna say pot meet kettle, it looks like one of your lists

that OP list is pure crape.

Textstar was great! Farben is Jan Jelinek.

Lolindie = Wilco, Spoon, Flaming Lips, Notwist, Interpol... Raveonettes? What else?