Best albums (and tracks) of YOUR favourite albums (and tracks) of the ENTIRE NOUGHTIES: 2000-2009 Ballot Poll Nominations + Campaigning Thread

ALBUMS:
Sonic Youth - Murray Street
Fugazi - The Argument
The For Carnation - The For Carnation
Broadcast - Ha Ha Sound
Junior Boys - Last Goodbye
Terre Thaemlitz - Fagjazz
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion- Routes Not Roots
The Radio Dept. - Pet Grief
Studio - West Coast
Burial - Untrue
Portishead - Third
Skull Disco - Soundboy Punishments
DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Demdike Stare - Symbiosis
Bark Psychosis - Codename Dustsucker
At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Stereolab - First of the Microbe Hunters
Outkast - Stankonia
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi

22/30

ALBUM

Various Artists - Run The Road

TRACKS

Cannibal Ox - Iron Galaxy
Cooly G - Narst
D1 - Crack Bong
Damian Marley - Welcome To Jamrock
Digital Mystikz - Give Jah Glory
Dizzee Rascal - Brand New Day
Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up, Look Sharp
Dizzee Rascal - Stop Dat
Essentials feat Jendor, Kano, K Dot, Shizzle, Bruza, Crazy Titch, D Double E, Bonzley, Stormin and Remerdee - State Your Name
Hard House Banton - Sirens
Jammer feat Wiley, D Double E, Kano and Durrty Goodz - Destruction VIP
Lethal Bizzle feat Fumin, D Double E, Jamakabi, Flow Dan, Demon, Forcer, Neeko, Napper, Ozzie B - Pow (Forward Riddim)
Loefah - Ruffage
Mala - Left Leg Out
Mala - Miracles
More Fire Crew - Oi
Peverelist - Roll With The Punches
Pinch - Qawwali
Roll Deep - When I'm Ere
Ruff Sqwad - R U Double F
Skepta feat Bear Man, Bossman Birdie, Footsie, JME, Jammer, MC Creed, Trim and Wiley - Doin it Again (Duppy riddim)
Tempa T - Next Hype
The Bug feat Killa P and Flow Dan - Skeng
The Knife - Pass This On
Wiley - Bow E3
Wiley - Ice Rink
Wiley - WD25
Wiley - Wot Do U Call It?
Youngstar - Pulse X

30/30. Oh god that was so hard

chewy, a lot of those albums have been nominated already (and deservedly so).

I spotted Sonic Youth, Fugazi, The For Carnation, Portishead, Burial, At The Drive In and Outkast for starters.

Probably the Boards of Canada too.

Dang sorry folks. My control f wasn't working I guess.

It’s easy to forget to expand the whole thread before searching.

Yep, that's exactly what happened. I thought it was weird that some of those weren't nominated yet. I'm hungover and feel super slow today...here's my list with all of the duplicates taken out:

ALBUMS
Terre Thaemlitz - Fagjazz
Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion- Routes Not Roots
Various Artists - Skull Disco - Soundboy Punishments
Demdike Stare - Symbiosis
Stereolab - First of the Microbe Hunters
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse

6/30

Ok yay...now I can nominate even more!

Realized I forgot a few key traxx (I blew it with Lifehouse, etc.); hope we do get those xtras later! :P

Botch - We Are The Romans
Les Savy Fav - Go Forth
Manitoba - Up In Flames
Deftones - Deftones
Seely - Winter Birds
Trans Am- Red Line
Tomahawk - Tomahawk
Kinski - Airs Above Your Station
Massive Attack - 100th Window
Comets On Fire - Blue Cathedral
Autolux - Future Perfect
Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld
Black Mountain - Black Mountain
The Black Angels - Passover
Pinch - Underwater Dancehall
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound

23/30

Sorry!! ALBUMS...ok I'm done for the day!

some thoughts about what's being left out so far.

R. Kelly is missing, although he got a few high placings in the previous polls. hardly surprising. beyond his personal reputation, i don't think his songs after the 90s have held up.

No tracks from The Blueprint have been nominated. a lot of hip hop missing in general. partially due to ilm's current demographics.

the G of GAPDY isn't nominated. the worst of the 5 in my opinion.

TRACKS

Kode9 & The Spaceape - 9 Samurai
Vivian Girls - When I'm Gone
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Mint Royale feat. Lauren Laverne - Don't Falter

[22/30]

Was the G for Grizzly Bear? I can't even remember.

XP: Actually "Don't Falter" might strictly be 1999. The single was late January 2000, but the corresponding album apparently came at least 2+ months before that in the UK.

xp yes

TRACKS

Freaky Chakra - Come Back Here

5/30

I always thought that was a 90s record. I also had no idea there was an album and not just a 12, will check that out!

TRACKS:

Franz Ferdinand - Michael
Interpol - NYC
The Strokes - New York City Cops
Sonic Youth - The Empty Page
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
LCD Soundsystem - Beat Connection
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
Life Without Buildings - PS Exclusive
Maybe It's Reno - Baby's Lost in Tracks
Glass Candy - Rolling Down the Hills
Farah - Law of Life
Ladytron - International Dateline
New Order - Here to Stay
New Order - Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Lily Allen - The Fear
Soulwax - NY Excuse
Noze - Love Affair
!!! - Me and Guiliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)
New Pants - Being Together
Yo La Tengo - Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
Madonna - Hung Up
The Cure - Underneath The Stars
Nancy Sinatra - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time

ALBUMS:

!!! - Louden Up Now
Maybe It's Reno - Maybe It's Reno

(25/30)

For those unaware, Maybe It's Reno is basically an Unrest album where Bridget writes/sings all the songs. Mark and Phil play on most of the album.

WHAT

dear god how have I never heard of that!

(just ordered)

a lot of hip hop missing in general

will pick at least a few when i get around to my noms tomorrow or tues

ALBUMS (classical excepted & provided EPs count as well)

Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
Akira Rabelais - Spellewauerynsherde
Alim Qasimov & Fargana Qasimova - Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan (Music of Central Asia, Vol. 6)
Amon Tobin - Supermodified
Anders Ilar - Nightwidth
Anouar Brahem - Astrakan Café
Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
Celer - Engaged Touches
Dean Roberts - Be Mine Tonight
Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells
Frode Haltli - Passing Images
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Hossein Alizadeh & Djivan Gasparyan - Endless Vision
Jackie-O Motherfucker - Fig. 5
Jon Hassell - Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street
Lost in Hildurness - Mount A
Masada - Live at Tonic 2001
Murcof - Remembranza
Necks, The - Chemist
Negură Bunget - OM
Nina Nastasia - Run to Ruin
Pan Sonic - Kesto (234.48:4)
raison d’être - The Empty Hollow Unfolds
Ricardo Villalobos - Thé au harem d’Archimède
Robert Rich - Humidity
Ruins of Beverast, The - Rain Upon the Impure
Steven R. Smith - Antinomy
Uusitalo - Karhunainen
Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade

(30/30)

Should be 'Antimony' rather than 'Antinomy', my bad.

Why exclude classical?

Would take way too much time.

Part of the problem (and this is why I haven't gotten started on the series of classical polls, incidentally) is that it's hard to find a reliable master database of classical releases sorted by year.

Makes sense. I often have a hard time with classical music when it comes to this kind of thing since it's by and large not a music built around the recorded medium. Not only do I often enjoy it live (or by actually playing it) but even with albums themselves, I often listen to individual pieces as opposed to albums as a whole - and don't necessarily think the recording I have is definitive.

Most definitely. I'll do those polls regardless but it's going to take a while for me to cross that bridge.

That said:

ALBUMS
John Cage/Margaret Leng Tan/American Composers Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies - The Seasons
Angela Hewitt - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier

15/30

Love both.

That Angela Hewitt one is great, probably my favourite recording of the Well-Tempered Clavier. I couldn't fit it in my nominations but will probably vote for it, so thanks!

Same. I saw her do all of Book 1 last year!

Tracks

Soul Capsule - Beauty and the beat

6/30

TRACKS

Bracket ft. P-Square - No Time
VIP - Ahomka Womu

(12/30)

TRACKS

Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own
Beyoncé - Freakum Dress
Camera Obscura - French Navy
Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
Mariah Carey - Shake It Off
Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
Phoenix - 1901
Rihanna - Rude Boy
Teedra Moses - Be Your Girl

ALBUMS

Actress - Hazyville
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad

(27/30)

ALBUMS

Air France - On Trade Winds
Jeremih - Jeremih

(15/30)

ah fuck this is happening while i'm on an accidental ilx break on account of disemployment! good thing i caught it on one of my "look at a computer" moments so i can focus on this instead of the myriad unanswered pleas for employment i've applied into the void LET'S DO THIS

god my dn is so OLD

and painfully INACCURATE

a fine board man such as yourself gets paid in compliments

fyi gyac I can't accept NIN - Into The Void; it was 1999 both in its album and single release

ALBUMS
Desaparecidos - Read Music/Speak Spanish
Mayhem - Ordo ad Chao

TRACKS
Ciara - Oh (f/ Ludacris)
The Game - Hate It or Love It (f/ 50 Cent)
The Twilight Singers - Bonnie Brae
Toby Keith - I Love This Bar
The Darkness - Love Is Only A Feeling
Big & Rich - Real World
Teedra Moses - Backstroke
Mandoza - 50/50
Douk Saga - Douk Saga en Fete

(30/30)

TRACK:
Belle & Sebastian - I'm a Cuckoo
[23/30]
(Having established by rigorous scientific inquiry that this is the best 20th century track by ILM's most hated band, or something...)

surprised this hasn't been nominated yet:

ALBUMS
Aphex Twin - Drukqs

Also, can I nominate the Analord series as an album? It has some of his best stuff in my opinion

Ack, I shoulda nommed “Nanou 2”

*cough*

pastebin link?