ILM Top 100 2000-2004: ALBUMS

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If it was my Real Actual top 15 rather than top 15 from the poll only one BJ album would get in I think.

Looking at the top 10 my comments on bloc votes have rather boomeranged.

I think an interesting qn is - 'what does an album need to do/be in order to get into the ILM superhits'

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:21 (twenty-one years ago)

anyhow i was gonna tie it into nina sky and lumidee and inoj queen of my heart (and dear god did nina sky not rank either????)(reminder to 12 ft lizards: no ilx year end poll this year. for reals.)

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

o tom that's an easy one - 'appeal to anglophile americans'

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)

can't wait until the 90s poll. TWO RADIOHEAD ALBUMS ION TH E TOP TEN?!??!? TEHERE IS NO GOD!!!!!!1!

I think I might even nominate Pablo Honey just for fun.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

There are greater horrors lurking in the 90s poll I think.

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i wish i'd done the 90s poll first (and the 80s poll before that!). perhaps by then i would not have had the time and energy for this crapola...

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yeah, no one seems to be bothered to point out the awesomeness of VCN making top 20, so I'll do it.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it's because everyone automatically assumed it was the Noise Dudez bloc vote!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

i assumed it would go higher!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)

it was top 10 for quite a while!

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean, it's still Japanese nosie-kraut-trance-psychedelic-chantn'bass ranking higher than The White Stripes. Pretty cool.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

This is true...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I voted for Kish Kash and I haven't got Rooty!

Me too! Color me daft!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I may have missed the announcement, but WHEN DO WE GET THE TOP 10?

Shall I just leave work now, or will the action start tonight?

― Jamie (Jamie T Smith), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Neurotic S is I very much hope DJing at a club night tonight rather than putting up more records.

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

top 10 tomorrow, hopefully all over by teatime (BST)

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Well can't he get a laptop behind the decks and spin 'em as he posts 'em? The tension is unbearable.

Is Club FT on tonight then? I might come along.

― Jamie T Smith (Jamie T Smith), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

you should. bring one hundred girls.

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 26 August 2004 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Melissa, did you give Amnesiac the other #1 vote?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 26 August 2004 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

that would be me

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Thursday, 26 August 2004 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Do Wilco's records sound like this show? If so, I think they're great. "Spiders" roolz.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

"(Forgive me for just turning the two records into some sort of science-fiction epic, in which our heroes travel across the bog to the cathedral and the crystal city beyond. But these are my gut reactions, really: Kid A = mud, Amnesiac = crystal.)"

Speaking of which, here are the entries for the two albums on Wikipedia's concept albums page:

"Kid A - Radiohead (2000) - Homicidal genetically-engineered monstrosities (which represent capitalist exploitation) are let loose upon a complacent and denial-filled society."

"Amnesiac - Radiohead (2001) - Kid A narrator returns from death, and puts together his past life piece by piece"

Eh?

― Wooden (Wooden), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Gosh, I just realized that I missed the Sisters's album when it was posted. Bummer. It should've been higher.

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Thursday, 26 August 2004 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

x^152-post: every PJH album has filler. Stories is jangly and therefore great.

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Thursday, 26 August 2004 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Melissa, did you give Amnesiac the other #1 vote?

Of course.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Thursday, 26 August 2004 21:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I forgot Stars of the Lid! Sorry, Amnesiac was #2 and GYBE was #3.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 26 August 2004 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

when i met sundar in 2001 he was totally dissing on GYBE! you are so busted.

― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 26 August 2004 22:41 (twenty-one years ago)

He also used to hate Radiohead.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Thursday, 26 August 2004 22:45 (twenty-one years ago)

JUDAS!

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 26 August 2004 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Both bands got better.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 26 August 2004 23:49 (twenty-one years ago)

More seriously, I don't think I'd heard very much GYBE when I met you and what I had heard (in the background at someone's house one night) was from F#A#oo, which I still don't like very much. I do remember that I was drunk enough that that might not have stopped me from totally dissing on them.

I don't think I ever hated Radiohead. I actually liked OK Computer a lot for a while before I burnt out on it later, but just took my time to hear the next two. When I actually gave them a good listen I liked them.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 27 August 2004 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)

have you heard a silver mt.zion sundar? (GYBE side-project thing which is way better than any GYBE)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 27 August 2004 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I only voted for Kish Kash, but Rooty was like my #17 or 18 album. Fifteen isn't very many, you know! I really can't believe I completely forgot about Cannibal Ox. That would have been really high on my list and should've been way higher than #41 overall. I shoulda voted for Boredoms (it was my #16), but it did well enough without my vote, and I didn't even realize Kanye West was nominated, but again, he did well enough without my support.

― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Friday, 27 August 2004 00:04 (twenty-one years ago)

"Set Fire To Flames" is superior to G!BYE too.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 27 August 2004 00:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm genuinely excited to see the top ten.
I'll be using this list to govern some buying for the next year, no doubt.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 August 2004 00:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh maybe you're talking about the thread where I dissed "High and Dry" or "Fake Plastic Trees". I still don't have much use for the first two Radiohead albums.

Haven't heard ASMZ or SFtF. Is Shalabi in SFTF?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 27 August 2004 01:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think he is. There are about a dozen members, including a few of GYBE. Personally, I find them a bit dull. ASMZ are great, though. Their second album is by far the best IMO, although that's the one that sounds the most like GYBE. So if you're looking to get away from that, go for the first (a bare, contemplative sound -- they were just a trio at that time) or the third (a series of extremely long movements with large emphasis on vocals).

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 27 August 2004 01:40 (twenty-one years ago)

No. 10

Points: 830
No. of votes: 38
No. of #1 votes: 1

Artist: BASEMENT JAXX
Title: ROOTY
Label: XL
Year: 2001

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It seems that I really do believe there's no such thing as a bad Basement Jaxx track. They're either gobsmackingly phenomenal or 'still kinda cool' y'know. Rooty has tracks that fit both those descriptions, the thing being that everyone has a totally different opinion on which are which. I don't think there is any filler on this album - it rises and dips in the way a rollercoaster would, snaking in and out of impeccably crafted yet chaotic loops of inspired brilliance. More importantly it's quite possibly the most out and out FUN album on this entire list. You get the best of both worlds with Basement Jaxx in that respect. As the 'middle act' of what could be classed as a trilogy of dance music designed for this decade (and beyond) it retains a distinct formula albeit one so potent and loaded with (JAX)X factor that it's effects last longer than anything else out there for me. Viagrasonic.

Recommended tracks: Romeo, Breakaway, Where's Your Head At?, Broken Dreams

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 27 August 2004 09:38 (twenty-one years ago)

No. 9

Points: 904
No. of votes: 44
No. of #1 votes: 3

Artist: INTERPOL
Title: TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
Label: Matador
Year: 2003

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Dark and mournful and emotional and overwrought (not a criticism) and, yes, hugely reminiscent of *certain* bands in the same way Placebo's Without You I'm Nothing is all about The Cure and Jane's Addiction and SY but still has its own footprint at the end of it. Charlie

Recommended tracks: Roland, NYC, PDA, Obstacle#1

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 27 August 2004 10:03 (twenty-one years ago)

guh

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 27 August 2004 10:03 (twenty-one years ago)

midway through voting they were 5th

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 27 August 2004 10:05 (twenty-one years ago)

haha i'm gonna have to leave for work half-way through as per usual and come home to heartbreak again, aren't i?

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 27 August 2004 10:06 (twenty-one years ago)

yay the most out and out fun album on the list was my nomination! boo interpol!

― m. (mitchlnw), Friday, 27 August 2004 10:10 (twenty-one years ago)

i was gonna say Andrew WK is probably just as out and out fun, but I haven't heard it

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 27 August 2004 10:31 (twenty-one years ago)

and Junior Senior i guess

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 27 August 2004 10:31 (twenty-one years ago)

gimme my fix

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 27 August 2004 10:32 (twenty-one years ago)

and don't forget Hail To The Thief

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 27 August 2004 10:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm genuinely surprised by Interpol. I hardly remember reading anything positive about them here. Maybe I just filtered it out. (I don't think they are awful, just not top ten album material.)

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Friday, 27 August 2004 10:34 (twenty-one years ago)

dont discount the silent majority.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 27 August 2004 10:35 (twenty-one years ago)

but be sure to mock them.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 27 August 2004 10:35 (twenty-one years ago)

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