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

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.

Oh noes! Dan has thrown a cog in my game. He's either 3rd or else he's in a three-way tie for 1st depending on how I define the rules.

And so on that note, I give up. It sure has been an interesting (and mostly disappointing) game, though.

Awesome list, too, (and the right RH album at the top.) But our tastes have been slowly converging over the years in a kinda scary way.

I remember when that Portishead album came out, I bought it, listened to it once, and couldn't bear to try it again! It was just so oppressive and relentlessly grim! I've still got the album on my shelf, but I've never listened to it again after that one time. Who knows, maybe it's actually a good record, but I'm not the sort of person to find out.

(x-post to Dan)

In Sides is exceptional because it's an electronic album that even 16 years later still has the power to blow people's minds for the first listen round. It really hasn't aged all that much at all. Rather than simply being appreciated as a necessary step in the onward march for electronica, it can still be very much appreciated as a "current" record.

It sounded pretty dated seven or eight years ago but strangely less so now.

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

Cheers Alfred - our work computers are all IE, will try that at home.

oh shit, In Sides

maybe I will be editing this

I'd love to see a WCC list.

also: But our tastes have been slowly converging over the years in a kinda scary way.

Haha you've noticed this too! It's definitely at a point where when you start talking about a band/artist I think "there is a very good chance I will love that" these days.

http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/65e95a70/

Scrolling records into order on here sucks. It took like 15 minutes to 'make' my top 10 and kinda move some things around a small amount, so I'm giving up there. I'm sure its not so out of character.

oh fuck Baduizm is eligible

I should just not look at other people's lists

http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/1e02e0e0/

only the top 15 are in anything like order.

argh just looked at Tom's list and Dig Your Own Hole!

I am not getting any work done today

My list: https://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/2113a36f/

As usual, the more interesting picks are toward the end.

Fuck I forgot 'Reasonable Doubt'!

Uptown Saturday Night
Camp Lo

how the shit did i forget this???? damn you rennavate, i might have to go back and edit mine.

I have been assuming WCC has been operating some sort of gothometer but I've no idea really.

Nice to see "The Drift" turnin up on lists. What an album.

― mr.raffles, Friday, August 17, 2012 8:48 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Is Tilt eligible (by taking the US release year rather than the UK one?)

I have been assuming WCC has been operating some sort of gothometer but I've no idea really.

― Matt DC, Friday, 17 August 2012

women artists no?

yeah

1. Denny Vertigo - Hanging On The Edge
2. Denny Lethargy - Can't Be Arsed

It's all about "Solar Cock" imo.

I need to stop looking at other people's lists so I stop adding albums to mine

Oh come on. Given I'm such a single-issue poster in most people's eyes, what's my big chain-jerking issue like compression is to Sick and...

coal got it. Just start at the top and count until you hit a female artist. (I was trying to figure out if 1/3 of Portishead counted, I'd say they do if she's co-songwriter.)

I would love to put a Missy or TLC album on my list but, at this point, I honestly wouldn't remove any of the albums I have there for either; I feel them more as singles artists anyway

Mya's Moodring would have had a shot had I not relistened to it recently; parts of it just don't hold up (although the great songs are still great, luv u "Late" now and forever)

And now I've just started randomly checking Spodify for artists that DJP namedrops and nodding. Dude, what is your spodify username so I can just cut out the middleman and subscribe to your stream?

Tim: Have you written about Iron Flag anywhere? What makes it yr #2/highest 96+ Wu record?

I spent over an hour on my list, might as well share it.

http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/6260cf0b/

without that much thought. order is kinda irrelevant : http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/f2a3948c/

djperry1973

also I should probably swap out Santogold Top Ranking for Piracy Funds Terrorism, shouldn't I

If someone makes a massive Spotify list of all these Ilxorz' picks it might just get me back into pop music...

i am making a list of things ive not heard/am interested in but its not v poppy

http://open.spotify.com/user/sutrarama/playlist/39V9l2MXcBS1t19OF22QBn

oh shit Unwound

man I can't in good conscience put that album on my list because I haven't played it in like 10 years but I remember it being amazing

If someone makes a massive Spotify list of all these Ilxorz' picks it might just get me back into pop music...

― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Friday, August 17, 2012 12:24 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'd check that playlist.

man i guess eventually i'll order this thing and add a few more albums at the bottom but this is basically it

https://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/1b34d33d/

oh shit New Order

ARGH

Wonder is it's possible to guess list-makers' ages by their selections:

via
a)importance given to their entry points into genres
b)slack given to lesser works by artists that meant much to them while young
c - z) ?

Contest!

https://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/3e922c58/

not very accurate or thought out (outside of the top 9), but w/e.

i didn't take this very seriously.

http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/a8a3acc8/

Oddly, I think the Brand New album might be the one I've seen the most write-ins for. (It made mine, too.)

the kind of (ridiculous) authority this thing aspires to is amusing at best but I guess the data mining should improve the music they cover. I am daydreaming that with enough techno votes they will give sherburne back his column or something? anyways, couldn't resist.

http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/55fbbef4/

sweet list, wolves!

i regret leaving off aerial; i just didn't think to add it. i spent a lot of time with that record when it came out. it's better than 50 words for snow.

here's mine just for fun: http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/ee2058a1/

items after #20 or so are unsorted more or less

FYI my list is absolutely sorted 1 - 100, which is why things keep dropping off the bottom as I remember other albums I love (sorry Spiritualized, Beta Band, TV on the Radio, Santogold mix tape)