ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS

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I'll 'fess up: I voted for this AC track. And no others.

Animal Collective kind of makes me want to remove my eardrums just in case.

a 7-minute animal collective track is a brand new circle of hell all in itself

UGH that band need beheading

Good news is AC probably won't hit Top 5-10 in this poll, simply due to what's likely to be an insane amount of vote splitting btw eight individual tracks (if I recall correctly).

the albums list otoh...

if the US military had been aware of AC, they'd have found it ideal torturing music imo, and they wouldn't even have needed to turn it up. or even play it on loop.

I only managed 20 tracks. I wish I had just voted for all of the AC for the lulz. So be grateful ilm!

Still love Fireworks, didn't vote for it or any of their well-known tracks though...in a giddy rush of non-tactical voting, I gave 38 and 37 points to Animal Collective-related obscurities which won't be troubling HI DERE or the other horrible haters.

Was surprised by the xx there - I expected them to sound more interesting than that. People should just listen to New Order instead.

Never heard Animal Collective before, but that tune sounds like a folk song that should've been accompanied only by some acoustic guitar strumming only. Why did they add those awful cymbal clashes and other crap on the background?

66. JUNIOR BOYS "In the Morning" (2006) [240.5 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiI-3uRfaSc

Okay, why does the singer's voice keep getting more and more whiny? Was someone squeezing his balls in the studio?

(That was about the Animal Collection song.)

Tuomas what kind of singer does a band have to have for you to like them?

wish i could have used my picks 30-40 to take points away from Animal Collection

"in the morning" is solid A+

yeah it's a total jam

I wish I had just voted for all of the AC for the lulz.

Srsly almost did this myself...

Tuomas what kind of singer does a band have to have for you to like them?

basic competence would be a start? idk i like loads of "weird-sounding" singers, but the voices i object to are just amateurish, where it's clear the singer has no idea what they're doing or how to communicate whatever they're trying to

<3 "in the morning", though not my fav off so this is goodbye

Tuomas what kind of singer does a band have to have for you to like them?

Basically, I like singers who can sing well. Sometimes a vocalist can have a cool trick that makes up for lack of skills, such as with Grace Jones, but I don't think irritating nasal whining or drunken mumbling is such a trick. I like ODB and mumbling is okay in rap, but that's because it's not about singing.

(haha, x-post with Lex)

I like ODB and mumbling is okay in rap, but that's because it's not about singing.

How is AC any more so "about singing" than rap??

Well, clearly they've written a tune with a melody that the vocalist tries to reproduce with his voice. That's not what rappers do.

Junior Boys is nice, but maybe the only reason I prefer it to MGMT is that I haven't heard it as often.

staying well out of this AnCo debate btw

Though to be honest, I don't like whiny rapping that much either, that's why Ghostface is often a bit too much for me.

65. OF MONTREAL "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal" (2007) [241.5 points, 10 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2p9fDJsHNo

Junior Boys doesn't sound at all like MGMT, thank god xpost

^^^ Would have voted high for this had I got my tracks ballot in.

Also, is it just me or is Tuomas turning into Geir somewhat?

wow. what a goddamn song.

I stopped listening to of Montreal about 9 or 10 years ago, but I'm pleasantly surprised by this. I'll have to look fer Hissing Fauna now.

^yes this song (and album) was the first thing I've really liked by them in a long time

Voted for Of Montreal, absolutely relentless track that still feels like it could go on for 10 more minutes. The subtle rhythms and little gaps he uses in the vocals are great--"the passsst is a grotes....que animal" for some lines then he's right on top of the beat on others. They put on an amazingly tight live show too.

really great lyrics too

Curious what all the AnCo are too long/can't sing crowd will say about this. Not that there aren't differences here, but...

well i don't like of montreal either so

Also, is it just me or is Tuomas turning into Geir somewhat?

― emil.y,

In this thread its been the lex who he has been agreeing with. I even asked Tuomas a question and the lex answered! lol

I like ODB and mumbling is okay in rap

worst geir ever

well, cuz it was a point i'd made too!

don't like of montreal either

xp

64. FEVER RAY "When I Grow Up" (2009) [243 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F-CpE73o2M

(^ one of my favorite videos in years. Martin de Thurah can't create enough things, imo.)

clearly they've written a tune with a melody that the vocalist tries to reproduce with his voice. That's not what rappers do.

I find this sentiment almost completely insupportable, tbh.

I know , Lex. It was just funny!

Voted for this Fever Ray track. Incredible.

^ pitchfork hipster

Very nice. warming up to Fever Ray--I think i found it to be genuinely too unsettling at first.

booming post imo xp

love this fever ray track.

(just a reminder, HI DERE didnt vote so the low placing for this is also his fault)

man no pussy blues is so heavy :)

63. NELLY FURTADO "Maneater" (2006) [243.5 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLolag3YSYU