ILM'S TOP 77 ALBUMS of 2010 (NOW COUNTING DOWN THE TOP TEN)

I usually can't stand more than 10 minutes of guy-and-an-acoustic-guitar stuff but happily listened through this entire album multiple times. King of Spain was my fave.

never heard of it.

i like the tallest man on earth. though i am taller than him iirc

you linked the wrong album, jf!

we reviewed one of the songs off that tallest man on earth album on the jukebox, it was the WORST. his VOICE, intolerable.

xps yes it was "king of spain" :/

Oops! Maybe someone can link the right one? I'm just linking what seandalai sent me.

Whiny-voiced acoustica herein

I think I heard this guy's first album, but it didn't make an impression. "King of Spain" sounds like a more Starbucks-friendly Devendra Banhart.

'Closure' off that Third Eye Foundation album sounds a lot like someone's put some beats over 'The Sinking of the Titanic'.

― seminal fuiud (NickB), Monday, January 31, 2011 9:11 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

hate to disappoint a jagger, but this ^^^

surprised this needs to be said but obv i dont have anything against lj

a more Starbucks-friendly Devendra Banhart

apparently you haven't heard recent devendra banhart albums? already v much sbux friendly

surprised this needs to be said but obv i dont have anything against lj

ilxor, on the other hand

and I wouldn't have anything against you if you didn't single people out - and I know it's normally not me - but single people out for 'real talk' treatment!

weird mix of emotions so far itp

king of spain guy isn't awful but isn't will oldham and he cleeeeeearly wants to be

will oldham isnt even will oldham anymore

"king of spain" - shit, dude can play. endorse the fingers on strings aspect... but fuck! that voice. wtf, tall man? sticking with it. and it's okay, once you allow for the fact that dude's gonna be sneezing all over the track like that. it's better than okay, really. not my thing by any stretch, but i'd be lying if i said i hated it. i mean, i want to hate it, but can't quite.

i don't think TMOE guy wants to be oldham at all, not on that "king of spain" track anyway. he wants to be some kind of dylan/jens leckman midpoint.

i don't think he wants to be will oldham so much as dylan if dylan only wrote songs like "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" etc

dylan hongro

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(TIE) 71. KYLIE MINOGUE — Aphrodite (250 points, 8 votes)
P&J: 193rd
Pitchfork: DNP
Spotify: listen

I kinda like this. Its unashamedly "Dylan-y"

Blimey. Kylie had an album out last year? I'm so out of touch.

Close to taking a screenshot of Kylie and "unashamedly 'Dylan-y'" in the next post.

Tallest Man is emulating what Dylan haters claim Bob's voice sounds like.

Guessing it's not "unashamedly Dylan-y" tho.

"a lion's heart" similarly evokes 60s/70s singer-songwriter folkies, primarily dylan. with, yeah, lots of devendra in the vocal. am coming to terms with the fact that i actually like this shit.

multiple xps: could think of a lot worse things to say about a piece of music than "someone's put some beats over 'The Sinking of the Titanic'" tbf

Tallest Man is emulating what Dylan haters claim Bob's voice sounds like.

― EZ Snappin, Monday, January 31, 2011 9:25 AM (20 seconds ago) Bookmark

^^^

his voice is dylanesque but his playing is quite will oldham imo

anyway he's a folky dude, can write songs, not bad

Got 3 tracks into Zola Jesus. Okay at first then started to wear on me tbh.

I liked that one Kylie single and then never got around to checking the album out.

^^^

that is the worst kylie album i've heard, it sounds like she's on autopilot (and i'm speaking having heard everything from Light Years on fwd)

lion's heart is probably my favorite on there yeah

he's obv channeling dylan with the vocals but he's way more interested in melody/harmony than dylan ever was, most of his songs are downright pretty if you ignore the vocal timbre

Listening to "All The Lovers" off the Kylie and it's good. I'm pretty Kylie ambivalent, but at least this is a good cut. Next one I should play, Kylie voters?

guitar on "a lion's heart" started out reminding me of fahey (for like 10 seconds), wound up sounding hella like arlo guthrie circa hobo's lulabye.

'Get Outta My Way' is good (but I'm not a Kylie voter) xp

If I want modern folkie with tunes and skillz I'd pick Johnny Flynn over Tallest Man.

his voice is dylanesque but his playing is quite will oldham imo

I'm an Oldham fan and all, but will can barely play at all and TMOE is really very proficient. I don't see any connection here at all.

that is the worst kylie album i've heard, it sounds like she's on autopilot (and i'm speaking having heard everything from Light Years on fwd)

yeah i forgot kylie even released an album this year. she's obviously in the stage of her career where she's just making music for her fans, the people who are into her for whatever qualities they think she possesses, and i was never one of those.

I voted for this one. Unjustly ignored album by American gays - assume the straights are a lost cause, though obviously she had her moment with Fever - is it that she's too old? Too eurodance? Get Outta My Way and Put Your Hands Up should have been huge. I love how the instrumentation and vocals move back and forth across each other in the verse--not sure exactly which part of the track you're supposed to pay attention to because they are both so catchy. God knows an occasional spin of this would be better than the continued perpetuation of the Katy Perry/Kesha/Gaga three-headed monster that has dominated clubs the last year.

The Kylie album is nice enough but X was such a more varied and interesting album even if though it was a little patchy. I think she was aiming to do what Madonna did with Confessions, making a straight forward dance record that her loyal fans would go crazy for.

though obviously she had her moment with Fever

For a split second, I thought you were referring to ME. But, it's true...she did have her moment with me. Many times. I might have voted for Aphrodite, but I can't remember. And if I did, it was probably well down my ballot. Would've given "All the Lovers" big points if it had been nominated, tho.

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70. WARPAINT — The Fool (250 points, 9 votes)
P&J: 102nd
Pitchfork: DNP
Spotify: listen

re, kylie's question in "get outta my way": the worst thing that could happen to me would be if i were skinned alive and then set on fire probably. drowning seems bad too, but less painful.

song is okayish dance pop, but sadly generic

Fever is pretty much the only Kylie that casual fans need; after that, i'd say explore fwd or backward 1-2 albums in her oeuvre if yr still curious. the new one is nowhere near Confessions-level ecstasy.

warpaint album never really "clicked" w/ me but i like it when it's playing

Pitchfork: DNP

:O

xpost me neither, for all the hype it just sounded like music.

Yet to see anything I feel strongly about.

enjoy the sound of warpaint while it's on but it never sticks with me - in isolation each cut flops slightly, i think the songs just aren't there? i guess they could make a better album in the future.

I really like that Warpaint art but I once saw them on the cover of the NME - who to trust????

Would've given "All the Lovers" big points if it had been nominated, tho.

If I had heard it before 10 minutes ago I would have too. Great song. "Get Outta My Way" didn't hit me at all on first listen mere moments ago.