TOP 10 NOW: \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\shawty got poll poll poll poll poll poll poll (part II: 2008 ALBUMS)/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

Kerr, Paavoharju may well have snuck in if I'd got my ballot in, as it was ordered and they were number 3 or 4, can't remember exactly what I fixed it as. Doubt they will now, though.

emil.y, you said you'd have given The Chap 19 points but forgot to send it in, how can I forgive you ;-)

also there are some things that didn't make the top 50 that made me go omgwtf, like, search my spam folder to make sure that i didn't lose some ballots kind of omgwtf.

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Monday, February 9, 2009 5:08 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^this intrigues me! i am hoping it refers to vampire weekend

the two i'm hoping to place which i genuinely have no idea about are solange and jazmine sullivan - pretty consensus R&B picks but no one's No 1 or anything, so it'll depend on whether they picked up floating voters from outside the R&B thread

i doubt anthony hamilton will place but if he'd released it a month or two earlier it would've been a shoe-in.

If Earth,Harvey Milk,Grails ,James Blackshaw and Torche and The Bug chart and Portishead win it i'll be very happy really.

I would bet the mansion on Portishead being top five.

Pretty sure The Bug will get a mention. Maybe Torche, but not counting on it.

Anything more would be a stretch... unfortunately.

^^this intrigues me! i am hoping it refers to vampire weekend

Yeah, I wish too... not gonna happen, though.

It's a lock for the top ten.

there should be a mention of where merriweather pavvy would have placed had those votes counted. for anger-lols, mostly.

stoked for the '09 madness with Pavvy :(

but then the end-of-the-Kid A'd poll will outshine it :D

(seewhatididthere)

I wish emil.y had been allowed to vote now. I think that if any of those albums were going to chart it wouldve been in the 50-45 range. But you never know.
Torche will chart. Om were 31 last year and Alcest 26 so id hope Torche,Harvey Milk and Earth place. The others I mentioned probably not.

Aww, you made a Pablo Funny! xpost

Om were 31 last year and Alcest 26

?!

Forgot about those. Damn.

Herman, I wish I'd voted for James Blackshaw. Saw him on Saturday night - I was totally burnt out on the whole Takoma revival thing, but that guy was a fucking champ.

I'm pretty convinced The Bug will place comfortably in the 25-40 range.

Oh I know the bug will chart high. I meant the other bands i mentioned. Id hope the bug is top 10 or close

Certainly expect it to be top 20. If it was only no41 id be shocked

maybe louis was right. on the trax poll, i knew about 45 out of the 50. i don't know most of the stuff ya'llz are talkin about. i didn't even know alcest released an album in 2008!

oh wait, misread. scrap the alcest comment. feel a bit better.

43 - Alex Moulton - Exodus
88 points, 6 votes, 2 #1 votes

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8139/exodusdigitalcovervg6.jpg

Full album streaming: http://www.last.fm/music/Alex+Moulton/Exodus

ilx I kiss you for introducing me to this album. the packaging is amazing amazing amazing but somehow the music manages to be EVEN BETTER
― jamescobo

Huh?

yeah, there was a massive clusterfuck around this for a while

I left it off mine (just barely), but I'm glad to see it getting repped. This + results of kraftwerk/radiohead and madonna polls = a very good 10 minutes on ILM

Didn't vote for it, but it totally deserves it! Jamescobo OTM

I need to check that out.

So with Gubke and my vote that one could have ended up five places higher, possibly. Sorry Alex

woo hoo two records i voted for finally. :)

yeah, there was a massive clusterfuck around this for a while

― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:09 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

Not only that, Alex Moulton was also kind enough to fill ILM in on the details of it's release (which was way behind the hype around this album here).

ahhh alex moulton! i remember loving that for about a month, but it didn't stick. i will return to it.

yeah it's definitely one of those records where you binge on it for weeks and then never feel like playing again.

I honestly can't get past the cover.

You sure that's not a Dragonforce cover? ;)

OK, so the disappointing Sebastien Tellier and Girl Talk albums were starting to worry me - but I'm now totally sold on the Alex Moulton. (That's "sold" as in "just paid money for".)

http://www.drivenfaroff.com/wp-content/2007/09/no-world-for-tomorrow.jpg http://profile.ak.facebook.com/object3/955/95/l7708518682_9470.jpg

Not as good as
http://i39.tinypic.com/24g7rm0.jpg

i must be crazy, i swear i had posted #42 already

42 - Stephen Malkmus and Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
88 points, 7 votes, 2 number ones
43 in P&J, 48 in p4k

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5913/stephenmalkmusrealemotitk7.jpg

this shit rules. he's just getting better with age. i'm sort of in awe. there's guitar magic toward the end of the title song that gives quicksilver messenger service's "calvary" a run for the money. i'm probably mental but i'm starting to think of pavement as his buffalo springfield
― kamerad

Nice, this was a great album from a guy who i thought might not have one of those in him anymore.

Holy fucking poop on a stick that is hilarious! xxxpost

Yeah the Malkmus album was pretty good. Two #1 votes! Impressive.

I had given up on him. Maybe I need to check this out (still not raising my hopes too high though)

Don't. It's still hippie jamz.

I can dig that if it's good hippie jamz

i only voted for three albums. i don't understand the people who vote for 20 albums but don't vote for tracks, that is insane

OK that makes more sense the second time I read it, but I just wanna note that I mostly listen to albums. I had to narrow my list down from 45 of the nominations that I at least liked! Working in radio helps with this a lot, I think.

Also a note to Mr. Neuname, I placed Paavoharju very high, it should show up later I hope. Listened to it again just after dinner tonight, fucking fantastic.

last one for today:

41 - Solange - Sol Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams
88 points, 8 votes
129 in P&J

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2918/solangel5b15dfz1.jpg

Album streaming link: http://www.last.fm/music/Solange/Sol-Angel%2B%2526%2BThe%2BHadley%2BSt.%2BDreams

SOLANGE KNOWLES, omg the return of

anyhoo that's it for today, tune in tomorrow!

You're doing the lord's work, musically. Bless you child.

malkmus and solange!!!!!

im really surprised malkmus made this, and it was about in the middle of my list iirc. i really love the way the guy is growing up on record - songs like 'out of reaches' are so direct and affecting by his standards, i can't imagine him writing them ten years ago. i was in love with this back when it came out (best since 'wowee' etc) when it came out, overlistened, and then got back into it around voting time. i didnt post to ilx when this was released, but i dont really recall a lot of people stanning for this, so i'm glad it's getting some recognition. also, i'm rather certain this was not the 48th album in p4k's list (dont think it was on it at all)

solange's album was really solid, but wasn't packed with knockouts; like lex said, it's not going to be anyone's #1 (which apparently it wasn't). TONY was the first song i loved on it--the overall emotional ambivalence (while maintaining self-faith) really echoed what i was going through at the time, and it was exactly what i wanted to hear. of course, 'sandcastle disco' is the best song on this by a mile, as i found out later. totally forgot about it...top ten song of the year IMO

I used to love guitar noodling, but I've felt estranged from the form for some years. Hippie Jamz criticism aside, is it really worth trying out the Malkmus album? I could do with the re-engagement with shredding.

More Paavoharju love from me, too -- in fact I voted it my No.1, so it will do pretty well I think.

xposts

I'm listening to it now, and damn I wish I heard this a few months ago.