ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS

say it right >>> no hay igual >>> promiscuous >>> maneater

but i still really like "maneater"! that grinding bass. the verses are better than the chorus.

Voted for this Fever Ray track as well. Such a great slow burn. Unlike with some artists, who wear their influences on their sleeves (e.g. Gaga, LCD, The-Dream), I enjoy hearing subtle allusions to other work on this track; KDA really doesn't sound like anyone else. The intro synth chords sort of recall George Michael's Father Figure to me; and some of her melodies bring to mind Kate Bush or an introverted Cyndi Lauper (especially on Seven).

?! The chorus is an explosion of cyborg sex awesomeness! xp

xxp i don't know...i also love the grinding bass on the verses (actually it kinda reminds me of The Fall), but that's a killer chorus, and I love how the verses and chorus are subtly out-of-sync with each other...it's a thrilling track!!!

Maneater is definitely the song that made me get into that album...and then she dropped Say It Right, and it was all over...

there was a better "when i grow up" that was released b/w 05-09 but i don't htink it was nominated

oh i like the chorus, i just LOVE the verses - they feel so taut and tense, about to pounce

xps

xp not true! i voted for it

and i think nom'd it

"Maneater" didn't even place in the 2006 poll! "Sexyback" was #11.

62. KANYE WEST "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (2007) [249.5 points, 15 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSpCf8-AE94

Catching up - that Jackie Chain song is wonderful, going to be my song of the summer I suspect.

Never really agreed with the drunken mumbling thing on MES, yes he does that, but he also does crisp-as-a-poppadom stuff, flow very much like ODB imo, can hold up a rhythm and then dive down in to it, smear all over it and then give it a kick up the backside. Anyhow, mustn't go on. (popularit of anco is a mystery to me, mind).

many xposts.

xp Loose>>>>>>>>>>>>the stuff I've heard from FutureSex/LoveSounds...I mean, I voted for four Nelly Furtado tracks, and no Timberlake tracks, and that's slightly bogus...I SHOULD have voted for What Goes Around and Love Stoned, but still, to these ears, Nelly's stuff with Timbaland is way cooler than Justin's.

ugh we're going to get every nominated Kanye track in this list aren't we

I only voted for one, and not either of the tracks that have shown. (Only artists I voted for two tracks from were Beyonce and Lil Wayne.)

that's a well-placed 'ugh', some dude...

Would probably have voted for both of the Kanyes that have shown up and none of the others. But there'll be at least one more to come, I bet.

i don't think i voted for "can't tell me nothing" but it's hold up really well imo

it has one of the weakest sloppiest lamest most poorly assembled beats i've ever heard on a hit rap song, it's just so ungainly and awkward

the MIDI organ, the choppy vocal sample with the cheap-sounding filter, the way the ride cymbal hits are practically louder than the snare, it's an unlistenable mess

That Kanye is ok (Love Lockdown is ugh) but it sounds completely obvious in 2010. Lol at Will Oldham though.

i actually voted for it, i like it for some reason. also my bonnie prince billy stanism probably figured into it but i can't help it.

haha i totally forgot about the 2nd video for that song.

is "flashing lights" gonna place?

i actually like the goofiness of can't tell me nothing

i hope so, it's the only one of his solo tracks i voted for (xpost)

best part is when galafinakis says "can he stay faithful in a roomful of hoes" and gestures to the cows standing behind him

I just want to publicly apologize for not including "Shine Blockas" in my ballot...I hadn't heard it, but that's no excuse; y'all were frothing about it in 2009 Tracks poll...I'm truly and deeply sorry.

flashing lights is the only kanye i voted for, too

61. AMY WINEHOUSE "Rehab" (2006) [250.5 points, 12 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUmZp8pR1uc

still hate that song.

ok the poll is def tipping away from me at this point

way too low for rehab imo

no

no no

LOVE "rehab", especially now enough time has passed since its ubiquity that i can appreciate it again. such a classic pop single. (didn't vote for it though! this is becoming a pattern, this is how tough the trax ballot was for me. nearly voted "back to black" but again, er, didn't. i mean all these songs i didn't vote for are still easy 10/10s.)

man amy used to be such a fox ;_;

Wednesday's results:

100. NE-YO "Because of You" (2007) [195.5 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
99. DAMIAN "JR. GONG" MARLEY "Welcome to Jamrock" (2005) [197 points, 11 votes]
98. CHAMILLIONAIRE ft. KRAYZIE BONE "Ridin'" (2005) [198.5 points, 10 votes]
97. RÓISÍN MURPHY "Overpowered" (2007) [199.5 points, 10 votes]
96. THE KNIFE "Marble House" (2006) [204.5 points, 10 votes]
95. CAMERA OBSCURA "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" (2006) [204.5 points, 11 votes]
94. THE-DREAM "Fancy" (2009) [205.5 points, 8 votes]
93. BIG BOI ft. GUCCI MANE "Shine Blockas" (2009) [206 points, 8 votes]
92. CORTNEY TIDWELL "Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson Objects in Space Remix)" (2007) [207.5 points, 10 votes]
91. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "45:33" (2006) [208 points, 10 votes]
90. WASHED OUT "Feel it All Around" (2009) [208.5 points, 10 votes]
89. GIRLS "Lust for Life" (2008) [209 points, 8 votes]
88. LADY GAGA "Paparazzi" (2009) [209 points, 10 votes]
87. ROBYN "Be Mine" (2005) [209 points, 12 votes]
86. THE HOLD STEADY "Stuck Between Stations" (2007) [210.5 points, 8 votes]
85. JACKIE CHAIN ft. JHI ALI "Rollin'" (2008) [212.5 points, 7 votes]
84. FEVER RAY "Seven" (2009) [212.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
83. FUTURE OF THE LEFT "Arming Eritrea" (2009) [213.5 points, 10 votes]
82. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE "SexyBack" (2006) [216 points, 9 votes]
81. JOY ORBISON "Hyph Mngo" (2009) [219.5 points, 9 votes]

Today's results:

80. YEAH YEAH YEAHS "Zero" (2009) [221.5 points, 9 votes]
79. CHROMATICS "In the City" (2006) [223.5 points, 8 votes]
78. THE FALL "Blindness" (2005) [225.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
77. MAXWELL "Pretty Wings" (2009) [227 points, 9 votes]
76. ÂME "Rej" (2005) [228 points, 10 votes]
75. GHOSTFACE KILLAH "Shakey Dog" (2006) [228 points, 11 votes]
74. MGMT "Time to Pretend" (2007) [228 points, 13 votes]
73. DJ QUIK & KURUPT "9x Outta Ten" (2009) [229.5 points, 10 votes]
72. GANG GANG DANCE "House Jam" (2008) [230.5 points, 11 votes]
71. KANYE WEST "Love Lockdown" (2008) [230.5 points, 12 votes]
70. GRINDERMAN "No Pussy Blues" (2007) [232 points, 9 votes]
69. HOT CHIP "Ready for the Floor" (2008) [237.5 points, 11 votes]
68. THE XX "Crystalised" (2009) [239 points, 12 votes]
67. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE "Fireworks" (2007) [240 points, 11 votes]
66. JUNIOR BOYS "In the Morning" (2006) [240.5 points, 12 votes]
65. OF MONTREAL "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal" (2007) [241.5 points, 10 votes]
64. FEVER RAY "When I Grow Up" (2009) [243 points, 11 votes]
63. NELLY FURTADO "Maneater" (2006) [243.5 points, 13 votes]
62. KANYE WEST "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (2007) [249.5 points, 15 votes]
61. AMY WINEHOUSE "Rehab" (2006) [250.5 points, 12 votes]

Tomorrow's results:

Come back and see.

oh man if id just made a ranked ballot i could have gotten arming aritrea up to #70. and i didnt even do a full list of 40, so it wouldnt have hurt any of the other choices i really cared about. stupid stupid me.

rehab is horseshit btw

love "Rehab" but prefer "You Know I'm No Good", voted for the album instead of either

ok to be fair my reaction to amy winehouse in general goes along with my irritable response to the whole "look its faux-motown soul, but NEW and FRESH for the kids" marketing thing that was going on there for a while with her a several others.

i am so pleased arming eritrea got on the list...so pleased. the last minute and a half of that song is the greatest thing ever.

the whole "look its faux-motown soul, but NEW and FRESH for the kids" marketing thing that was going on there for a while

I would've preferred Adele be the representative of that stuff on this poll, but she wasn't even nommed.

winehouse's songwriting slant and vocal delivery are singular (and emotionally affecting) enough to sidestep the marketing angle - though the marketing does epitomise adele, who's basically the cut-price, "safe" amy sans scary crack or ink

spotify list btw, will update, (without Jackie Chain and DJ Quik and Kurupt, sadly, two of my favourite songs so far, outside of The Fall - I fact I wouldn't be at all surprised if I played 9x outta 10 more than any other track last year).

good post lex

i don't know why "rehab" was the one that got so much critical and commercial adoration at the time. i liked a lot of amy's other singles better.

glad to see "when i grow up" made it. i nom'd it but didn't end up actually voting for it, weirdly enough.

man rehab is such a goddam great song, can't imagine what horrible anti-plane you all are dwelling on

xposts

yeah, a while back matos and i were talking about back to black and he was like "the thing about it that no one ever says is that it's one of the best singer-songwriter albums EVER", which i am inclined to agree with

winehouse's songwriting slant and vocal delivery are singular (and emotionally affecting) enough to sidestep the marketing angle

This is true, and I like Winehouse...don't get me wrong... but Adele is an easier fit into my own personal desire to have a modern-day Dusty Springfield.