ILM Top 100 2000-2004: ALBUMS

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Thanks, Rockist. I've always liked you quite a lot. :)

― Salvador Saca (Mr. Xolotl), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 18:54 (twenty-one years ago)

BTW, Rockist. You're aware I'm Arabic, right? My friend in LA is going to bring me a BUNCH of Oum Kalthoum records I wasn't aware of, in Sept. Maybe we could trade in the future?

― Salvador Saca (Mr. Xolotl), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

(It looked to me like Battenburg was apologising.)

I think it likely that FITEs will arise from this list but it would be nice if they weren't bitter.

Do The New Pornographers still sound like The Wonderstuff?

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Stevem, how many albums and tracks were nominated overall????!!!

btw, you must have put an awe-inspiring amount of work into researching the archives for intelligent comments and recommended tracks. Great work!

― Symplistic (shmuel), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 20:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Do The New Pornographers still sound like The Wonderstuff?

More like the dBs, I think, but I haven't heard a lot of the Wonderstuff.

― artdamages (artdamages), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

(Salvador, yes, and I really did mean to get in touch some time. Unfortunately, as I've said before, I don't have a burner or any other working way to copy anything. I think that will probably change some time in the next half year, but that's not definite.)

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought Junior Senior would be on the top 30 at least

― fernando, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)

It got more votes easily than anything else so far, but they were all pretty low votes obviously (mine was fairly high, dont remember exactly where)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it me or has there been a fuck of a lot of obscure indie shit on this list so far?

Plus Junior Senior's album was total ephemeral pop thrill = people will remember it but only vaguelly = liek Tom said, low votes and lots.

― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Symplistic: 191 albums, 193 tracks

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, I'm not greedy, Rockist. I can just burn all of 'em for you and send them.

― Salvador Saca (Mr. Xolotl), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Let me know what you have before you burn them for me, because I already have a lot and there might be some duplication unless these are extremely rare (like live recordings from her 67ish tour of Arab/North African countries).

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

i didn't vote for any of these choices. i knew my choice wouldn't get on but new order 'get ready'? come on.

― keith m (keithmcl), Thursday, 19 August 2004 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

So far my only pick that's made it's the Dylan. Grr.

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 19 August 2004 00:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Keith - you and Scott P were my only hopes for backing up How I Long To Feel That Smmmer In My Heart but I am concerned you have let me down.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 19 August 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)

junior senior kind of reminds me of black grape

― artiste, Thursday, 19 August 2004 01:48 (twenty-one years ago)

is that good or bad?

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Thursday, 19 August 2004 01:57 (twenty-one years ago)

im not sure

― artiste, Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)

hey Alba, I backed you on that one, not sure how many points I gave it though

― Porkpie (porkpie), Thursday, 19 August 2004 07:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Alba - I voted for "How I Long..." I think.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 19 August 2004 07:44 (twenty-one years ago)

No. 74

Points: 218
No. of votes: 11
No. of #1 votes: 0

Artist: SONIC YOUTH
Title: SONIC NURSE
Label: Geffen
Year: 2004

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Comments: ...this thing's so BIG and the guitar's so FLUID and lovely and Thurston's lost a little of his more obnoxious hippy tendencies and Kim's following up on "Sympathy for the Strawberry" w/an even better version of allowing BEAUTY into her voice and songs w/"I Love You Golden Blue" and Steve's caught a dose of FUNK or something (that impression got pretty confirmed live in Ak, I've never found myself unable to refrain from semidancing at an Sy show before), this is just so so good. ONE LISTEN IN, however. Still, for a record a lot of people have called a "grower" (here at least, like I read anyone elses' reviews anyway), that's NOT A BAD THING. Hoohah. Andrew Thames

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 19 August 2004 09:01 (twenty-one years ago)

http://base58.com/ilx/ilm/top100/20002004/albums/sonicnurse.jpg

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 19 August 2004 09:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Recommended tracks: Unmade Bed, I Love You Golden Blue

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 19 August 2004 09:06 (twenty-one years ago)

As good as the Kim songs are on Sonic Nurse, and they're pretty good, "Sympathy for the Strawb" is still better. I'm guessing Murray Street is going to make an appearance later on.

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 19 August 2004 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I forget what I nominated, do you remember?

― cºzen (Cozen), Thursday, 19 August 2004 09:41 (twenty-one years ago)

yes, for i have the e-mail you sent

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 19 August 2004 09:43 (twenty-one years ago)

can you tell me, please, stevem? I think my album ws 'scary world theory'?

― cºzen (Cozen), Thursday, 19 August 2004 09:52 (twenty-one years ago)

No. 73

Points: 221
No. of votes: 16
No. of #1 votes: 1

Artist: SPOON
Title: KILL THE MOONLIGHT
Label: 12xu
Year: 2002

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Comments: Spoon is one of my favourite bands from the last few years. The band manages to merge (no pun intended) melodic pop with a spare rhythmic sensibility. Britt Danie's voice is a great rock 'n' roll instrument ? expressive and affecting. I don't find him whiny at all. The band used to wear its influences too plainly on its collective sleeves, borrowing from Wire and the Pixies on its earlier albums, but Spoon has sublimated these touchstones with its last two albums. Bruce Urquhart

Recommended tracks: The Way We Get, You Gotta Feel It

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Hi I'm new here!!! What is the difference between you guys and Pitchfork?

― Eager Young Thing, Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:06 (twenty-one years ago)

i can't find it now cozen, won't it be in your 'sent mail'?

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Hi I'm new here!!! What is the difference between you guys and Pitchfork?

So far? Emma Bunton.

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm undecided about that album and Spoon in general. They've done two tracks I really like - Everything Hits At Once and the new one I Summon You. I can't see how people can get so very excited about them though - maybe they have fairly good songs but it's not as if they're any more exciting than that. Even Wilco manage to out-weird them.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Hi I'm new here!!! What is the difference between you guys and Pitchfork?

So far? Emma Bunton.

Ha ha.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Another American indie band with no cultural impact over here whatsoever - I've never felt in the slightest bit inclined to listen to them on the basis of anything I've read. I think Steve was right with the 'British people need to vote more' thing because I'm finding most of this a bit alienating, like its another subculture from which I'm completely excluded.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

That should be the ILM catchline:

"What's the difference between us guys and Pitchfork? The odd Emma Bunton track"

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:22 (twenty-one years ago)

You tell 'em Matt - overindied, overearnest and over here.

(joke)

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually I counted the other day that I own 46 of the albums on the original nominations list and so far about four of them have appeared, I think. I might have everything in the top 20!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't mean to put down anybody, least of all steve's awesome effort in putting this list together, but i'm not feeling this list at all in the slightest!! (and i am an american too)

i am kicking myself for not participating in the voting. how american is that???

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:25 (twenty-one years ago)

The tracks list is much less US indie so far. I don't know if this is because all the indie is yet to come, or because tracks are more important in the worlds of r&b, dance and hiphop.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:33 (twenty-one years ago)

people keep complaining about how none of their picks have made it yet, but we're only in the 70s...don't you want your picks to be higher, etc etc.

― jess, Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:39 (twenty-one years ago)

jess OTM. Two albums from my top 5 (Trust and The Glow: Pt2) have already appeared, which gives me the ph34r I am hugely out of step with ilXors.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:43 (twenty-one years ago)

given the nature of the nominations list, i think there was a core of about 20-30 albums that ALL of the UK & europe pop/dance/rap fans pretty much had to vote for, and i fully expect to see all of these towards the top of the list. i am optimist!

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:49 (twenty-one years ago)

fuck pop.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:55 (twenty-one years ago)

MUAHAHAHAHA!

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 19 August 2004 10:55 (twenty-one years ago)

so far this is an atrocity. but bravo stevem!!
-- jess (hah...), August 17th, 2004 12:29 PM.

This was jess complaining that Low and The Microphones didn't come higher.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 19 August 2004 11:17 (twenty-one years ago)

alba - have you heard m83's 'dead seas, cities, ghosts, thingies' album? heads up holla!

― cºzen (Cozen), Thursday, 19 August 2004 12:28 (twenty-one years ago)

No! Where's my CD?

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 19 August 2004 12:34 (twenty-one years ago)

oh my. oops. making it to-day. need to download some good ipod->hard-drive recovery software first.

― cºzen (Cozen), Thursday, 19 August 2004 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)

No. 72

Points: 227
No. of votes: 10
No. of #1 votes: 2

Artist: SHELLAC
Title: 1000 HURTS
Label: Touch & Go
Year: 2003

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Comments: A return to form after the disappointing 'Terraform'. Shellac experiment with other things here (there's a slightly confused jazz fusion part in 'Canaveral'), but ultimately don't deviate too much from the sound that people expect. It's very possibly their funniest album too - who could listen to 'Squirrel Song', and after hearing "And there were squirrels...real squirrels... and there were thousands... this ain't some kind of metaphor, this is real..." not wonder exactly what kind of event was behind it? Essential for all the non-rockist rockists out there. aldo cowpat

Recommended tracks: Squirrel Song, A Prayer To God, Watch Song

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 19 August 2004 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I've not even listened to more than four albums on the list, three of which are the rap LPs that have made it so far. This is hardly surprising, considering both my tastes and those of ILM. I'm a bit surprised by the lack of electronic music, though, both on the nominee list and on the top 100 thus far.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 19 August 2004 13:01 (twenty-one years ago)

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