i love that it is awesome
tuneful and dancey and funny and funky and holy shit actually ocassionally moving which is more than i can say for most of what i heard in 07 unfortunately
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 7 March 2008 07:00 (sixteen years ago) link
if you're gonna get heated over ppl voting for lcd in an 07 albums poll don't waste your time opening this thread
― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 March 2008 07:06 (sixteen years ago) link
the sky is blue... i don't see what everyone loves
accept it and move on
― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 March 2008 07:07 (sixteen years ago) link
that said hoos generally otm
39 down, 11 to go...
11. Field - From Here We Go Sublime (170 points, 16 votes, 1 number one vote)
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Like a lot of people who liked The Field, I don't know too much about the context from which Axel Willner's music arises. But I do know gorgeousness when I hear it, and the analog warmth and human-touched live mixing of _Sublime_ makes it an easy pick for year-end lists. Willner's love of his source material is matched by his ability to transform it, and the way he works with sound as something close to a physical object is special. From pleasant background to up-front scrutiny, the multipurpose album of the year. -call all destroyer
― musically, Friday, 7 March 2008 15:49 (sixteen years ago) link
10. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (189 points, 14 votes, 2 number one votes)
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I really did not give a shit about this band until I heard 'The Past is a Grotesque Animal,' but I loved that song a lot so I figured I should investigate further. Their back catalog still doesn't do much for me but this album is great, one of the best album-length portraits of depression I've heard in a long time, all dressed up in neon-lights and filled with hooks on top of hooks. -Maciej
― musically, Friday, 7 March 2008 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I've spent the whole end-of-year poll season just assuming that the Of Montreal album is shit judging purely by the title.
― Matt DC, Friday, 7 March 2008 17:12 (sixteen years ago) link
That useful and incisive post was bought to you by the Wilful Blind Prejudices in Indie Society.
― Matt DC, Friday, 7 March 2008 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
to hell with everyone who thinks The Field album is better than SMD's
― blueski, Friday, 7 March 2008 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
9. Panda Bear - Person Pitch (191 points, 15 votes, 3 number one votes)
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3976/pandabearpersonpitchcs0fa7.jpg
― musically, Friday, 7 March 2008 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link
SMD is a decent album, y'know, but the Field (which was my #1) is the most beautiful record in, like, forever, works just as well on the dancefloor as SMD, in my experience, and has gotten those little loops stuck in my head more than probably any non-"ella ella, ey ey ey" thing all year.
― maciej recognizing trill, Friday, 7 March 2008 17:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I still don't really see why Person Pitch is so highly rated. It's okay, but it's a bit of a snooze compared to, well, most other AC stuff. Maybe I don't get it?
― the next grozart, Friday, 7 March 2008 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link
But I am thrilled Of Montreal got in the top ten at least. Absolutely brilliant, super-realised pop that actually sounds new and interesting and like it genuinely comes from the future.
― the next grozart, Friday, 7 March 2008 17:58 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry, what's SMD??
― the next grozart, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:00 (sixteen years ago) link
simian mobile disco, the other dance record not by justice people liked this year
― deej, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't really see how people could really compare Justice and SMD with the Field other than the fact that they were high profile dance albums this year... They are really completely different.
And SMD and Justice are lame and The Field rules.
― jonathan - stl, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:12 (sixteen years ago) link
its a bizarre comparison but i like smd the most of the three, if anyone is updating deej.xls
― deej, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Although its possible I'm just being reactionary.
― jonathan - stl, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I have no idea how some of these beat the High on Fire.
― Bill Magill, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:16 (sixteen years ago) link
the field is way better than simian mobile disco, but the field isn't nearly as good as pantha du prince.
and listening to of montreal makes me feel physically ill
― later arpeggiator, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:17 (sixteen years ago) link
The Field album is kind of magical for a few tracks and then my attention wanes. The Simian Mobile Disco is rubbish bar a couple of tracks.
― Matt DC, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:18 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Bill Magill, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:16 (2 minutes ago) Link
lolololololololololololololol <3 magill
― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 March 2008 18:20 (sixteen years ago) link
But yeah, comparing them is like comparing Low to Andrew WK or something.
― Matt DC, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:21 (sixteen years ago) link
the comparison is just based on them both being among the most hyped predominantly dancey LPs in blogsville - kind of a reference to this
― blueski, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
i like smd most out of the 3 (and i like all 3 a lot-- haven't hear pantha). i really loved the field album a few times this year, both were when i was flying (window seat)and slipping in and out of consciousness/sleep with the sunlight shining onto me, really abstract bs i know but it happened to be pretty perfect
― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 March 2008 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
like I THOUGHT IT WAS OBVIOUS, my bads (xp)
This album received the highest number of #1 votes...
8. Studio - West Coast (198 points, 13 votes, 5 number one votes) http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6416/749205bv6.jpg
It's now impossible for me to hear the word 'Balearic' without thinking of the moment about 8mins into Out There, when the sound drops out almost entirely, leaving nothing but those impossibly warm, beach-at-sunset chords drifting through before everything builds back up again. Or the bit during West Coast where the inebriated bloke-rock drawl of "solid good times" is drenched in girly Ibiza pads. Or just the phrase... Life's A Beach! Rarely have I heard an album that sounded so... content.
The real joy in this record is how unexpected it felt amid 2007's rock landscape, the sound of a million bland chillout comps reclaimed and reworked into exciting new and old shapes. The aura of faint thuggishness, never far away, but tamed by sunshine and ecstasy and glorious second summer of love vibes. I played this record far more than anything else last year, and true to form it sounds fucking wonderful while drinking beer, by the sea, as the sun goes down. Which is exactly as it's meant to be. -Matt DC
― musically, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:26 (sixteen years ago) link
was my #2 so almost 6! love this and am listening right now (actually prefer yearbook 1 because the two extra songs are pretty good)
― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 March 2008 18:29 (sixteen years ago) link
i didn't get to 'west coast' soon enough to vote for it - i'll be the only dude making it top 5 THIS year...
― blueski, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:30 (sixteen years ago) link
i hope future consensus on albums of 2007 is west coast obvs = best by far
― later arpeggiator, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link
i've only heard a couple tunes, but i don't really get studio.
― Jordan, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Pardon my ignorance on the subject:
West Coast is just Yearbook 1 without two tracks, right? Are the mixes different? Should I listen to Yearbook 1 minus No Comply and Radio Edit to get a better "album" experience?
― Gukbe, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:43 (sixteen years ago) link
5 number ones holy hell
― gman, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:46 (sixteen years ago) link
No Comply and Radio Edit are my 2 faves by them so i keep wanting to think of WC and YB1 as the same album
― blueski, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:48 (sixteen years ago) link
The #7 is going to seriously blow your minds y'all
― musically, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
blackout right?
― Roz, Friday, 7 March 2008 18:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Was the "y'all" a clue? I didn't really mean for that. I just like using it online because I sound like an idiot when I say it out loud.
7. Britney Spears - Blackout (201 points, 15 votes, 3 number one votes)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Blackout_-_Album.PNG
― musically, Friday, 7 March 2008 19:08 (sixteen years ago) link
8. Studio - West Coast (198 points, 13 votes, 5 number one votes)
THIS IS A VICTORY FOR SOMETHING OR OTHER.
I think West Coast works better as an album mostly because of the ordering, it feels complete already without the extra two tracks. Also Out There is just such an amazing opener.
So, hands up who else was surprised DJ Martian forgot about Britney?
― Matt DC, Friday, 7 March 2008 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
you guys still listening to britney, huh?
― the next grozart, Friday, 7 March 2008 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Britney Spears - what is this celebrity pop nonsense !
― djmartian, Friday, 7 March 2008 19:42 (sixteen years ago) link
pop album of the year, fwiw
-- blueski, Monday, 26 November 2007 20:39 (3 months ago)
oh shut up
-- r|t|c, Monday, 26 November 2007 21:35 (3 months ago)
great days
― blueski, Friday, 7 March 2008 19:44 (sixteen years ago) link
great album but still maybe the worst cover of the decade
― blueski, Friday, 7 March 2008 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
YOU try making an album cover with MS Paint.
― musically, Friday, 7 March 2008 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
6. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (203 points, 17 votes)
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― musically, Friday, 7 March 2008 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
5 left:
Radiohead MIA Burial LCD Soundsystem Robyn or Battles ?
― djmartian, Friday, 7 March 2008 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link
The Field album is kind of magical for a few tracks and then my attention wanes.
yeah about half i'm totally enraptured, the other half its like "oh, is this still playing?"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 7 March 2008 20:42 (sixteen years ago) link
hooray spoon, fuck the haters
money says battles xxp
are there more popists than math-rockists on ilm these days?
― djmartian, Friday, 7 March 2008 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm thinking enough people here championed the same Robyn album in years past that that's the one that didn't get many votes.
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 7 March 2008 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link