The Pitchfork People's List - top albums 1996-2012

xpost to Nick It's not that for me I think - and anyways there was heaps of R&B on my list (Missy and Kelis and Aaliyah and The-Dream and really Timberlake is in the category and so on).

If I had to guess I'd say it's that I'm so wired to receive Pop on a singles basis that even when you get these really solid and/or ambitious albums I don't end up connecting with them that way emotionally... e.g. ironically (given it's the kind of reaction one typically reserves for difficult rock canon albums) 'Chemistry' is an album I probably respect more than I listen to.

Even though I listen to 'Whole Lotta History' and 'Long Hot Summer' and (especially) b-side 'Singapore' a fair amount.

I'd love a glenn mcdonald style stats breakdown for similarity between lists etc.

You think anyone really listens to any tracks off e.g. Urban Hymns except the singles any more?

I heard the whole fucking thing in the pub the other night. Interminable.

xpost Yeah but the difference is that 'Urban Hymns' isn't even a great album (obv 'A Storm In Heaven' is amazing).

Obv Storm in Heaven >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urban Hymns but the latter is the one that tends to turn up on "greatest albums of the 90s" lists.

The Verve are weird because they were so obviously and consciously going for instant canonisation around 1997 and people were on board with that but they just sort of faded and there was so little excitement around their reunion compared to, well, nearly every other big Britpop-era reunion.

I guess a lot of those big tentpole rock albums aren't on my list either.

I've never heard a whole Verve album.

I agree So Addictive hangs together; it's on my list - Under Construction is the one I thing of as Work It + Gossip Folks + some other stuff I don't really care about.

You're lucky, DL.

Bits of A Northern Soul still do it for me. The really fucking harsh bits.

http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/c1289cbf/

Pretend I never posted this.

I ended up leaving off Under Construction just b/c 4 Missy albums seemed excessive but actually it's very strong throughout I reckon - esp. 'Bring The Pain' and 'Play That Beat'.

I like how you couldn't put TKOL in the top 10 but couldn't bear to leave it out. ;-) x-post

^^^ I at least 'quite like' most of that list with the exception of Joanna Newsom, a lot of it is really great. (xpost)

xpost Love how Melissa's list is basically a very ILM list with the entire recorded work of Radiohead and bandmembers dropped at the beginning.

This is Not a Test! made my list

I don't want to be "that privacy guy" but what access exactly would I be giving it to my Google/FB account? Why can't I just make a list?

Heard a bit of Sonnet the other day and it was still fucking horrible.

I should probably revisit the Missy albums. I think I kind of took the best of as an end point with regards looking back at the albums.

man I'm listening to the '08 CeCe Winans record that came in at #18 in mine - it's been a while. So fucking great.

This is Not a Test! made my list

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, August 17, 2012 2:27 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah but you already know this is fucked up.

The access thing is presumably mainly about ease of accessing the system, rather than making everyone make yet another account that needs another username and password just for one tiny system. I've give it Twitter access; there's no 'data' in that account other than my tweets (and geolocation when I make them, I guess).

noticing Rounds by Four Tet on a lot of these ilm lists so far. was always more into the last record.

It asked for fewer permissions than standard apps do, really commendable imo

yeah but you already know this is fucked up.

It and SDF are the only ones that work as albums imo.

I much prefer the last record. Have you heard the Ringer EP?

Can't believe you've not heard In Sides before! Do you know other Orbital?

What does 'work as an album' mean?

I know that's a fucking horrible question to ask on a friday afternoon in the middle of a thread.

xpost Love how Melissa's list is basically a very ILM list with the entire recorded work of Radiohead and bandmembers dropped at the beginning.

I was going to try to lie and space them all out for cool points, but I went with honesty instead.

I skip hardly any tracks; it's got a gestalt.

xpost

Fave Missy is def "Da Real World." Kinda seemed like she could do anything at that point.
Better singles later on, for sure... but the next two didn't connect for me, as albums.

"This Is Not a Test" was neat though. Fun (sometimes) hearing Tim flailing around for a new sound in that couple years before Danja got him (commercially) back on track.

I don't even think I've listened to enough music to do one of these things.

I mean, obviously I've listened to quite a bit. But I've wasted so much time on albums that do nothing for me any more. And then I look at a list like Melissa's, and I have to google half the people in the post-RH bit (not a dis in any way) and I just think "man, I've heard nothing."

No! I think I may have heard... something in passing before to actually sit down and listen to Orbital this seems like the first time. It really is blowing my mind :D If I wasn't already half busy flicking through these lists/spotify/supposedly job hunting/making arrangements with friends, i'd be picking through an old orbital thread right now.

How am I doing in your game, btw? x-post

So great: Love vs Money beside Stop Your Nonsense in Tom E's list.

Yeah, our collection has been boxed up fro a fortnight - handily I had my Stylus Decade ballot list to consult, which covers a big chunk of the same time. Fear there may be late 90s stuff that fell through the cracks, though.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, August 17, 2012 4:26 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Like Amelia?

Man, you need Snivilisation and Brown and Middle of Nowhere.

AMELIA!!!!! FUCK!!!!

OMG yes 'Amelia'! (though even more so for Nick haha)

I would like to add Position Normal to my list as well, somehow. It's all so hard.

Nick you can go back and edit them though you know.

You came in 4th, Melissa!

Another edit done...

Oh I'm going back every 30 minutes, Tim!

Loving KitchenPerson's list. Also it reminded me I need Muddy Waters on mine.

When I was doing the list I considered 'Cassidy' but it didn't quite make the cut, but I simply forgot about 'Amelia' entirely. I keep forgetting the list includes the late 90s.

Yeah, 'internet music' starts for me in about 2001 really.

It was easy to add albums -- their catalog is deep -- but the "edit" function hasn't worked so far. It says "Loading" forever. Any cures?

This is happening for me too, hoping it works on my laptop at home so I can take out my sole 2012 album and add Platinum Breakz in properly.

Wonder when "internet music" starts for people. Because I was a late downloader, but the first album I can remember discussing on the internet around the time of its release was probably Pure Phase (I'd guess I have Elvis Telecom to thank for that.)

http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/a9f386e6/

probably not going to go back and edit this

"Internet music" for me starts with Kid A (first album I downloaded before its release date) or possibly with Since I Left You, which I checked out purely on the basis of internet buzz and got it months before it was released in the UK.

Gavin, I switched from Explorer to Firefox and it worked.