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

If you mean Mark, I don't see it -- altho maybe he has blocked me from seeing his posts.

check Weisb@rd's page.

running track in All-Stars was like strapping thin planks of balsam wood to the soles of your feet and then binding your ankles with duct tape

I had actual track spikes for meets though

The NMH album is the one that baffles me most. A lot of these records I don't get the way other people obviously do - Arcade Fire, The National, Modest Mouse, etc etc - but I quite like a little bit of some of them. The NMH, though, is just fucking catastrophically awful to my ears.

Here's the thing with me: I saw NMH completely by chance back in...'97, maybe? opening for Superchunk when I barely knew they existed, and it remains maybe the best show I've ever seen. At least top 3. And I got the records, which were kinda disappointing in comparison but I still kinda loved them for the imperfect copies they were. That said, I vastly prefer On Avery Island to In The Aeroplane... and would've voted for the former instead if it had been eligible.

xxp Ah I see, thx!

the distinction list for my age group is essentially a long list of "waht" with Get Ready and Beaucoup Fish mixed in

omg the blurbs

I like Amnesiac, really I do (it was #88 on my list), but I don't see how anyone could call it "the most cohesive Radiohead album" with a straight face

Going by age group, my taste is about 5 years younger than my physical age. :-/

So does the distinction index really mean "this was unpopular with everyone outside this group" rather than "this was popular with people in this group"?

That said, I vastly prefer On Avery Island to In The Aeroplane... and would've voted for the former instead if it had been eligible.

Ha, the funny thing for me is that I bought On Avery Island in late '96/early '97, was mostly let down by it (except for "Song About Sex"), and so never even bothered with NMH after that. I didn't hear Aeroplane until like 2005, after it was already being spoken about with reverence by a good number of my friends.

So does the distinction index really mean "this was unpopular with everyone outside this group" rather than "this was popular with people in this group"?

― Tim F, Wednesday, August 22, 2012 10:17 AM (13 seconds ago) Bookmark

i think so, yeah, like in contrast to the 'points' lists that just show every age group liking OK Computer more than anything else

I could see the inflexibility at the ankle would be a problem, thinking the shoes would be heaps better for running than the hi-top ones

I would love to see what type of list the ILXors who submitted ballots would generate

Mash together the results of the 90s/2000-2004/2005-2009/EOY albums polls? I guess we could run a "lifetime of ILM" poll.

Can't imagine running in converse, the soles must be horribly unforgiving for a start.

mashing them with the eoy metal album polls would give some total lols, seandalai.

More protection than something like Vibrams surely

I don't want a separate poll, I want to take the ballots submitted by ILXors and generate a list from that to compare to the overall Pitchfork list. I don't think it would be that dissimilar!

And yes, the soles were a nightmare, like getting slapped on the bottom of the foot with a paddle; imagine my relief when my dad found out what I'd been running in and went "okay dumbass, I'm buying you some running shoes" (he was on a 4x100 relay team in college that still holds the school record, which I've just realized is now 50 years old)

Yeah, I would also like to see the ILX0r only ballots for this poll - mainly because I've never in my life voted in an ILX EOY poll.

based on the ballots posted on here i kinda thing the results would be different in some pretty significant respects

yeah they would be pretty different -- when we did 05-09 the-dream & electrik red were in the top 5 i think, iirc

old lunch, please can you email the text file to --> the guild of further art (at symbol) yahoo dot co dot uk <-- with no spaces in it? I have a pretty slow afternoon today and I might be able to chop it up and do a bit of analysis.

am waiting for the ILX groundswell for Lee Ann Womack!

I'm not sure the weighting that P4k used, but so many people said their lists were hurried or out of order due to site issues I might not weight it at all.

Weighted vs not-weighted would be good to see, actually.

ilx 05-09

100. LIL WAYNE Tha Carter III (2008) [181 points, 8 votes]
99. SPOON Gimme Fiction (2005) [181 points, 9 votes]
98. CAMERA OBSCURA Let's Get Out of This Country (2006) [183 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
97. RHYTHM & SOUND See Mi Yah (2005) [185 points, 9 votes]
96. CARIBOU Andorra (2007) [187.5 points, 9 votes]
95. BATTLES Mirrored (2007) [190.5 points, 11 votes]
94. BOARDS OF CANADA The Campfire Headphase (2005) [192 points, 9 votes]
93. NE-YO Year of the Gentleman (2008) [195.5 points, 10 votes]
92. NEKO CASE Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006) [196 points, 8 votes]
91. LOS CAMPESINOS! Hold On Now, Youngster... (2008) [197 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote]
90. SLEATER-KINNEY The Woods (2005) [198.5 points, 8 votes]
89. VITALIC OK Cowboy (2005) [200 points, 10 votes]
88. ART BRUT Bang Bang Rock & Roll (2005) [200.5 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote]
87. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Strawberry Jam (2007) [203 points, 9 votes]
86. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN The Life Pursuit (2006) [204.5 points, 8 votes]
85. BAT FOR LASHES Two Suns (2009) [205 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
84. FUCK BUTTONS Tarot Sport (2009) [206 points, 12 votes]
83. SANTIGOLD Santogold (2008) [206.5 votes, 10 points]
82. HOT CHIP The Warning (2006) [206.5 points, 12 votes]
81. DJ SPRINKLES Midtown 120 Blues (2009) [208.5 points, 10 points]

80. LOW Drums and Guns (2007) [209.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
79. WOLF PARADE Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005) [210.5 points, 10 votes]
78. FUTURE OF THE LEFT Travels With Myself and Another (2009) [211 points, 8 votes]
78. MADONNA Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005) [211 points, 8 votes]
76. ELLEN ALLIEN & APPARAT Orchestra of Bubbles (2006) [212 points, 12 votes]
75. YOUNG JEEZY The Recession (2008) [214.5 points, 9 votes]
74. DAFT PUNK Alive 2007 (2007) [219 points, 10 votes]
73. VON SUDENFED Tromatic Reflexxions (2007) [220.5 points, 9 votes]
72. AMY WINEHOUSE Back to Black (2006) [223 points, 9 votes]
71. RACHEL STEVENS Come and Get It (2005) [223 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
70. KANYE WEST Graduation (2007) [225 points, 11 votes]
69. KELLEY POLAR Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens (2005) [225.5 points, 11 votes]
68. LIARS Drum’s Not Dead (2006) [234 votes, 15 votes]
67. TV ON THE RADIO Dear Science (2008) [233 points, 13 votes]
66. ISOLEE We Are Monster (2005) (233.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
65. SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS Alpinisms (2008) [234 points, 15 votes]
64. ROBYN Robyn (2005) [234.5 points, 9 votes]
63. ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS I Am a Bird Now (2005) [235.5 points, 8 votes]
62. THE FLAMING LIPS Embryonic (2009) [236 points, 11 votes]
61. GIRL TALK Night Ripper (2006) [236 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]

60. KANYE WEST 808s & Heartbreak (2008) [247.5 points, 12 votes]
59. ARTHUR RUSSELL Love is Overtaking Me (2008) [249 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote]
58. THE NATIONAL Alligator (2005) [258.5 votes, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
57. LADY GAGA The Fame Monster (2009) [261.6 votes, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]
56. YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz! (2009) [262 points, 14 votes]
55. SUNN O))) Monoliths & Dimensions (2009) [263 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
54. PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009) [265.5 points, 12 votes]
53. GIRLS ALOUD Chemistry (2005) [271 votes, 8 points]
52. HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR Hercules and Love Affair (2008) [272.5 points, 14 votes]
51. PANTHA DU PRINCE This Bliss (2007) [280 points, 13 votes]
50. THE FIELD From Here We Go Sublime (2007) [280 votes, 14 points]
49. THE JUAN MACLEAN The Future Will Come (2009) [280.5 points, 12 votes]
48. THE HOLD STEADY Separation Sunday (2005) [282.5 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
47. AIR FRANCE No Way Down EP (2008) [286 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
46. ROISIN MURPHY Overpowered (2007) [288.5 points, 13 votes]
45. SPOON Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007) [299.5 points, 14 votes]
44. BEYONCE B'Day (2007) [304.5 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
43. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM LCD Soundsystem (2005) [308.5 points, 17 votes]
42. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Twin Cinema (2005) [309.5 points, 13 votes]
41. CUT COPY In Ghost Colours (2008) [311.5 points, 13 votes]

40. DJ QUIK & KURUPT Blaqkout (2009) [313 points, 17 votes]
39. THE MOUNTAIN GOATS The Sunset Tree (2005) [314.5 points, 13 votes]
38. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Feels (2005) [317 points, 14 votes]
37. SCOTT WALKER The Drift (2006) [320 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes]
36. BROADCAST Tender Buttons (2005) [322.5 points, 15 votes]
35. JOANNA NEWSOM Ys (2006) [332.5 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote]
34. GANG GANG DANCE Saint Dymphna (2008) [333 points, 15 votes]
33. THE HOLD STEADY Boys and Girls in America (2006) [344.5 points, 15 votes]
32. BLOC PARTY Silent Alarm (2005) [352 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
31. T.I. King (2006) [352.5 points, 16 votes]
30. BRITNEY SPEARS Blackout (2007) [363 points, 13 votes]
29. SUFJAN STEVENS Illinois (2005) [364.5 points, 17 votes]
28. KATE BUSH Aerial (2005) [368.5 points, 13 votes]
27. DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca (2009) [374.5 points, 18 votes]
26. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Futuresex/Lovesounds (2006) [410.5 points, 16 votes, 1 first place vote]
25. GHOSTFACE KILLAH Fishscale (2006) [420 points, 21 votes]
24. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) [426 points, 18 votes]
23. OF MONTREAL Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007) [428 points, 18 votes, 2 first place votes]
22. CLIPSE Hell Hath No Fury (2006) [441.5 points, 18 votes]
21. TAYLOR SWIFT Fearless (2009) [444 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]

20. THE-DREAM Love/Hate (2007) [456.5 points, 17 votes, 4 first place votes]
19. LINDSTRØM Where You Go I Go Too (2008) [465 points, 24 votes]
18. KANYE WEST Late Registration (2005) [467 points, 21 votes]
17. VAMPIRE WEEKEND Vampire Weekend (2008) [476.5 points, 21 votes]
16. JUNIOR BOYS So This is Goodbye (2006) [478.5 points, 25 votes]
15. J DILLA Donuts (2006) [492 points, 22 votes, 1 first place vote]
14. STUDIO West Coast (2007) [517 points, 23 votes, 2 first place votes]
13. M.I.A. Arular (2005) [517.5 points, 17 votes]
12. THE XX xx (2009) [517.5 points, 27 votes, 1 first place vote]
11. ELECTRIK RED How to Be a Lady: Volume 1 (2009) [532 points, 1 first place vote, 17 votes]
10. PANDA BEAR Person Pitch (2007) [576 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote]
9. BURIAL Untrue (2007) [590 points, 24 votes, 1 first place vote]
8. RADIOHEAD In Rainbows (2007) [600 points, 27 votes]
7. THE-DREAM Love vs. Money (2009) [649 points, 22 votes, 2 first place vote]
6. FEVER RAY Fever Ray (2009) [661.5 points, 29 votes]
5. M.I.A. Kala (2007) [767.5 points, 30 votes]
4. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Sound of Silver (2007) [880.5 points, 34 votes, 1 first place vote]
3. THE KNIFE Silent Shout (2006) [915 points, 33 votes, 1 first place vote]
2. PORTISHEAD Third (2008) [967 points, 40 votes, 1 first place vote]
1. ERYKAH BADU New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008) [1,029.5 points, 36 votes, 4 first place votes]

― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:58 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

btw did half-done lists count? i ask b/c i started to make one on the last day, got bored 20 albums in but couldn't find a way to delete it. no idea what order those were in but LOL if it was counted

SHOES ARE BORING WEAR SNEAKERS

I forgot about that list! I didn't remember Electrik Red finishing so high.

afaict they just counted your ballot however it was left on the site by the deadline, since there wasn't any 'submit' button or anything after you saved your changes

LOL. so technically i submitted a list and i have no idea what's even on it. i think some of it was just seeing whether random albums that popped into my head were in the database

Anything with more than 20 entries was counted.

Sent, WCC. Lemme know if you didn't get it!

Nothing yet but I'll keep an eye on my inbox (and spam folder - where other ILX0rs have been ending up lately for some reason.)

results suck and make me happy i haven't read pitchfork in ages. thanks for confirming my biases, ryan.

I think it would be fun to do the 15 years prior as well

results suck and make me happy i haven't read pitchfork in ages.

tbf, a majority of the albums in the top 200 received high praise from most music review outlets and really don't accurately portray what Pitchfork reviews day to day for the last several years. Not to be capn-save-a-fork, but voters appear to have championed the same albums they would've had Spin or Rolling Stone run an identical poll.

Got it, cheers!

Johnny F otm

tbf, a majority of the albums in the top 200 received high praise from most music review outlets and really don't accurately portray what Pitchfork reviews day to day for the last several years. Not to be capn-save-a-fork, but voters appear to have championed the same albums they would've had Spin or Rolling Stone run an identical poll.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, August 22, 2012 11:07 AM (1 minute ago)

I always saw Spin and Rolling Stone start talking about bands merely because the buzz generated by Pitchfork.

ehhh if Spin or RS did a poll with similar results people would talk about how Pitchfork-y the list was (xpost)

Which makes sense. We've seen more cross-pollination since 2007.

http://lindsayzoladz.tumblr.com/post/29966963774/dont-blame-us-four-women-talk-about-why-they-didnt

Friend #1: “Yes, make sure that you leave in that I hate Spoon though.”

HAHA!

haha the end of that is fantastic

xp!

Honestly I think it takes some things to have the energy to make one of those: a) some degree of narcissism to assume that literally anyone cares what albums you like b) enough self esteem to believe your choices are correct or to not care if people disagree with you or think less of you because of which albums you like c) the fastidious patience to actually complete a task that is based mainly in narcissism.

I have some of these things, and there are many women who also have these things, but I would say in general that men are more apt to have all of them.

Top 50 from the ILM 2000-2004 poll (conducted in mid-2004):

1. Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
2. Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)
3. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002)
4. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner (2003)
5. The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2001)
6. Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash (1008)
7. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free (983)
8. Jay-Z - The Blueprint (948)
9. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (904)
10. Basement Jaxx - Rooty (830)
11. Radiohead - Amnesiac (804)
12. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (751)
13. Kanye West - The College Dropout (703)
14. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (682)
15. Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (681)
16. Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (679)
17. Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive (573)
18. Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi (566)
19. The Rapture - Echoes (554)
20. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City Stories From The Sea (545)
21. The Junior Boys - Last Exit (536)
22. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (529)
23. The White Stripes - Elephant (517)
24. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun (513)
25. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (494)
26. N.E.R.D. - In Search Of... (486)
27. The Notwist - Neon Golden (479)
28. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People (469)
29. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (466)
30. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat (465)
31. The Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird Bark (440)
32. Justin Timberlake - Justified (437)
33. Le Tigre - Le Tigre (436)
34. Fugazi - The Argument (403)
35. Broadcast - Haha Sound (401)
36. Lambchop - Nixon (398)
37. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR (398)
38. Fennesz - Endless Summer (394)
39. The Scissor Sisters - The Scissor Sisters (381)
40. Cat Power - You Are Free (365)
41. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein (364)
42. The Clientele - Suburban Light (3??)
43. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (352)
44. Richard X presents - X-Factor Vol. 1 (337)
45. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (337)
46. Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance (335)
47. Luomo - Vocalcity (327)
48. Ladytron - Light And Magic (326)
49. Life Without Buildings - Any Other City (321)
50. Felix Da Housecat - Kittenz And Thee Glitz (311)

The RS analogue to this poll would probably be pretty similar except that it would have a lot of late-period Dylan and Young albums sprinkled throughout.

and Goddess in the Doorway.

love that the #1 album in the distinction index for my age group is NO FUCKIN CODE!

er wait no it isn't, i'm a few months shy of that age group. but still!

Pearl Jam - The Distinction Index