(TOP 5 TODAY, MOFOS!) Yo P&J, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but ILX had the greatest 2009 poll of all time! All time! (2009 ILX Albums Poll Results)

regardless of the 'preachy' aspect of the mix (which has been overstated on ilx imo) this is a well-mixed, amazing collection of music

yeah, i did enjoy the grandfather paradox, but it did seem that angle got it a lot more attention compared to say, dixon's own temporary secretary mix, which i thought was way superior

It got more attention because it had Heinrik Schwarz's name on it, that probably helped. He looms pretty large over Innervisions.

grandfather paradox didn't really do much for me to begin with cos i was trying to listen to it like a dance mix, which it isn't, but over the year it impressed me more and more with the way it builds and sustains a mood and just the seamless seamless flow of it. it became my default hangover music for a while - high praise imo.

So what exactly is on Grandfather Paradox?

CD1: Mixed
01. Steve Reich & Pat Metheny - Electric Counterpoint - Fast (Movement 3)
02. Etienne Jaumet - Repeat After Me (Âme Mix)
03. Kenneth Bager - Fragment Eleven… The Day After Yesterday Pt.1
04. Liquid Liquid - Lock Groove (Out)
05. Cymande - For Baby Oh
06. Patrick Moraz - Metamorphoses 1st Movement (Live)
07. To Rococo Rot - Testfeld
08. Mathematics - Blue Water
09. I:Cube - Acid Tablet
10. Ø - Atomit
11. Conrad Schnitzler - Electrocon 11
12. Green Pickles feat. Billy Lo & M. Pittman - Feedback
13. La Funk Mob - Motor Bass Gets Phunked Up (Richie Hawtin's Electrophunk Mix)
14. John Carpenter - The President Is Gone
15. Yusef Lateef - The Three Faces Of Bala
16. Robert Hood - Minus
17. Raymond Scott - Bass-Line Generator
18. Moondog - Invocation

CD2: Unmixed
01. Conrad Schnitzler - Elektrocon 11
02. Steve Reich & Pat Metheny - Electric Counterpoint - Fast (Movement 3)
03. Liquid Liquid - Lock Groove (Out)
04. To Rococo Rot - Testfeld
05. Patrick Moraz - Metamorphoses 1st Movement (Live)
06. Young Marble Giants - N.i.t.a
07. Kenneth Bager - Fragment Eleven… The Day After Yesterday Pt.1
08. Arthur Russell - Make 1, 2
09. John Carpenter - The President Is Gone
10. Robert Hood - Minus
11. Raymond Scott - Bass-Line Generator
12. Pyrolator - November Mühlheim
13. Cymande - For Baby Oh
14. Can - Sunday Jam

Oh thanks - that looks great

I just got this... its lovely so far.

I'm not a Grizzly hater, it's just whenever I've sat down to listen to an album it's been so washy and dull. There literally isn't anythign going on. It's hard to have an opinion on something that just goes straight over my head. The first Gullemots, save maybe two tracks, was like this as well.

'Washy and dull' is a better fit for Yellow House than it is for Veckatimest imo, cos that was my initial response to it. But then I noticed how the songs were all pulled taut in strange places like beds made wrong, and then it started having this weird fascination for me. Veckatimest was a lot more instant for me.

The low positioning of both Grizzly Bear and Girls gives me some hope that Merriweather Post Pavilion won't actually be number one here.

Hey remember last year when the Fleet Foxes came up and everyone was all 'oi, Grizzly Bear are so much better'?

Not sure how much of an intersect there is between Girls fans and Animal Collectors.

Animal Collective wont be no1

I deliberately left MPP off my ballot. CONTROVERSY.

1,2,3 of The XX, AnCo and Phoenix, though I hope I'm wrong.

1,2,3 of The Cold War, though I hope I'm right.

Fever Ray will be higher than Phoenix says I.

I deliberately left GPDY off my ballot, even though I think they're all basically okay to some extent.

(to be clear, those would have been vying for 20th place or something)

Fever Ray will definitely be higher than Phoenix, maybe higher than the XX as well.

I can see the Electrik Red album going top three, possibly the Yeah Yeah Yeahs as well.

Is that Electrik Red album really that popular? I know it's got its boosters (Hi Lex) but I thought it was a little under the radar to poll so highly. Fevr Ray, yup, must admit that slipped my mind.

It only takes five or so people to vote something really highly for it to hit really high in one of these - the Electrik Red thread is pretty long and the people who like that album really love it. That said there might be some vote splitting as a result of the Dream album.

Can see The-Dream being top 3, ER around 15th or so.

It's between fever ray, the xx and phoenix for top spot. Wont be surprised if its in that order. Possibly Phoenix will suffer from gapdy backlash. Maybe Taylor Swift, elektrik red or The-Dream will complete the top 5 if phoenix places lower.

Can see The-Dream being top 3, ER around 15th or so.

This.

Top five prediction, not ordered:

Animal Collective (sorry)
The-Dream
Fever Ray
Phoenix
The xx

If I had to order it...

1) Fever Ray
2) The-Dream
3) The xx
4) Animal Collective
5) Phoenix

Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be higher than Phoenix.

Taylor Swift and YYYs will be lower half of top ten, Electrik Red top twenty.

Tonetta better be on here somewhere

I hope the real results aren't so boringly predictable obviously.

need to pick up Grandfather Paradox - kept meaning to check it out last year and forgetting.

F.D.X.A.P.

the thinking man's G.A.P.D.Y.

Grandfather Paradox is great, one of my fave mixes of the last decade. It compares well with Optimo's Walkabout from a few years back.

grandfather paradox is the only pick of mine to show up so far. i really like the idea of it, but even more than that how well it works -- and how idiosyncratic it is too, there's some obvious things in there but there's also stuff like cymande and yusef lateef that works and fits but that sort of expands the idea of the minimalist lineage. unmixed disc is great too.

40 -- El Perro Del Mar - Love Is Not Pop (104.5 points, 8 votes, 2 #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 1558 in p&j)

http://evilmonito.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/el-perro-del-mar-love-is-not-pop.jpg

huh

awesome! but wrong cover!

(my #1)

lol i hope that means meanderthals is higher

oh...then someone else please post the right one, I just google them and use the first ones that show up

http://trimaran.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/el-perro.jpg

pretty album but still want her to expand her songs more

I've edited the message to put the right album cover there. I really love that El Perro Del Mar album incidentally, gorgeous stuff... the soundtrack to the early summer for me.

Not sure how much of an intersect there is between Girls fans and Animal Collectors.

― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:17 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

about 40% of P&J's Girls voters also voted for AC:
https://pub.needlebase.com/actions/visualizer/V2Visualizer.do?domain=Pazz-Jop-2009&query=Top-10+Voter+Overlap

grandfather paradox didn't really do much for me to begin with cos i was trying to listen to it like a dance mix, which it isn't, but over the year it impressed me more and more with the way it builds and sustains a mood and just the seamless seamless flow of it. it became my default hangover music for a while - high praise imo.

haha it really is dope early morning music and "seamless" is a good way to describe it. and while its okay mood music i do think the mix has a clarity and tension that really rewards close listening.

v interested in el perro del mar

hated the production on that camera obscura album--way too much reverb and soft-focus orchestration that makes it sound like no actual instruments are being played.

I really liked the production for much the same reason.

kinda fitting that the ilx equivalent of GAPDY is FAPDY

those Studio guys are like catnip for ILX. I voted for El Perro Del Mar.