**********Hot damn it's THE ILX 2007 POLL RESULTS, part 2**********

stuff like OM always sounds great when i read about it, and then way boring when i check it out.

26. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde (103 points, 8 votes, 2 number one votes)

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9020/alcestkg2py1.jpg

I feel like music has gotten away from me

what is that

never heard of it.

Me neither, but apparently Shoegazer Metal : Search & Destroy

Wow, mega-showing for Alcest. People really likin' this better than Jesu?

HURRAH FOR ALCEST!!!

Alcest are popular with metal niche on ILM, however that album is more shoegazer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcest

Alcest currently ranked 29th for 2007 albums on rateyourmusic at the mo - so no shock
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/alcest/souvenirs_dun_autre_monde/

Wow, really surprised about Alcest being so high. Not complaining though...

That's the most surprising entry here, by far...

neige for Alcest has another band AMESOEURS - joy division / the cure meets Life Without Buildings meets shoegazer tinted black metal - check the track Faiblesse Des Sens on myspace

Amesoeurs
http://www.myspace.com/amesoeurs

25. Lily Allen - Alright, Still… (103 points, 9 votes, #9 in 2006)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/Alrightstill.jpg

rly>?

I'm finding this list surprisingly interesting so far (in some cases just because of where certain albums are showing up on the list).

Alcest currently ranked 29th for 2007 albums on rateyourmusic at the mo - so no shock
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/alcest/souvenirs_dun_autre_monde/

-- djmartian, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 4:39 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing some Porcupine Tree and Pearl Jam show up later.

Rateryourmusic vs. Metacritic uselessness challenge! It's a toss-up.

alcest, nice

Yeah Alcest! One of those number one votes is mine. Absolutely fell in love with this album.

Thanks again Adrien!

i'm not sure why people bother with albums anymore, unless it's to get hold of a particular song. i don't know if that's a good or a bad thing.

24. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera (104 points, 8 votes)

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7378/wyattcomicoperacoverwp3pk3.jpg

Because some people enjoy whole albums?
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Awesome, Robert Wyatt made it too!

i've only heard a few of these

considered picking up the alcest but didn't

now i will

Robert Wyatt yesyesyes

23. Blonde Redhead - 23 (105 points, 8 votes)

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6408/blonderedhead23bb0dt1.jpg

hahaha nice!

woo. my second album to make it.

happy to see jens in there. if i'd actually heard the album last year i would have voted for it

This list is rad so far.

this list sucks!

Still waiting for my two noms...

I'm sort of happy that the Alcest record made it, despite never having heard it, heard of it, or held any opinion of it, because I was kinda worried the albums poll would be boringly predictable.

Still Lily Allen at 25 in 2007 = WTF?

Nice one on the Blonde Redhead making it

22. Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English (110 points, 9 votes)

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7739/mathsandenglishph0cm5.jpg

In which Dizzee 'went pop' in the best manner possible, eschewing the Primark Kanye West stylings and focus-grouped crossover attempts of grime's underachieving former leading lights, and instead delved into the last 15 years of UK High Street sounds. A fresher take on 'just-out-of-fashion' dance music, familiar enough to be easy to latch onto without sounding self-consciously revivalist, Dizzee's sheer force of personality enough to save even the more prosaic tracks from sounding like half-arsed knock-offs.

If it lacks the initial power of Boy In Da Corner, Maths & English serves as a timely reminder that grime didn't just come from nowhere, and possibly presented a few pointers as to where it went wrong. It helped that, for the first nine tracks at least, Maths & English is utterly unstoppable. Kudos as well for giving me the opportunity to shout 'Pussy'ole!' at whoever I happened to be dancing with at the time.
-Matt DC

21. Feist - The Reminder (110 points, 10 votes)

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8198/thereminderjv6no5.jpg

GAH

something i prepared last night

ilm 2007 top 20 albums poll guess

are these in the top 20:

Radiohead
MIA
Panda Bear
Burial
LCD Soundsystem
Robyn
Battles
Arcade Fire
Kanye West
Spoon
The National
Beirut
Studio
The Field
Pharoahe Monch
Justice
Deerhunter
Yeasayer
Liars
Bruce Springsteen

are these outside the top 50? or could some be in the top 20?

The Angelic Process
A Place To Bury Strangers
Band of Horses
The Besnard Lakes
Andrew Bird
The Clientele
Matthew Dear
Digitalism
Dirty Projectors
Efterklang
Gogol Bordello
Grinderman
Richard Hawley
Iron & Wine
Klaxons
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Les Savy Fav
Low
Modest Mouse
The New Pornographers
Okkervil River
The Shins
St. Vincent
Underworld
Siouxsie
Stars of the Lid
Sunset Rubdown
Wilco
Wooden Shjips

Feist album is suprisingly low!

I love the title of the Dizzee album.

20. Kanye West - Graduation (111 points, 10 votes, 1 number one vote)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/Graduation_%28album%29.jpg

ilm 2007 top 20 albums poll guess

are these in the top 20:

You forgot Of Montreal.

i'm still listening to the dizzee album.

19. Low - Drums And Guns (115 points, 12 votes)

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5954/lowdrumsandgunses2se9.jpg

wau @ low > kanye, awesome

i loved that low album.
its definately up there with the best stuff they have ever done.
glad to see it get some recognition.

I keep checking incase Electric Wizard were gonna sneak in but I think all hope has been lost :(

18. !!! - Myth Takes (117 points, 8 votes)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Warp154.jpg

Myth Takes was a huge surprise to me, and that's a result of how rare it is for a band to so completely correct their biggest flaw. !!! always had the sound and the attitude, but were often lacking memorable songwriting that would elevate them to classic status. No more: Myth Takes is bursting with huge, memorable hooks, singable choruses and (as always) fun lyrics. Happily, the band's noisy, post-punk-referencing guitars remained intact through this transformation, giving the album's best songs a dark edge that makes them absolutely club-worthy. If that wasn't enough, Myth Takes works as an LP too, with exceptional track-to-track flow right down to the quiet, weirdly affecting closer "Infinifold."
-call all destroyer

forgot that album existed

i don't even remember ppl talking about it