I dunno. I didn't hear "Throw Some D's" until it was too late to make my Stylus list and will be including it on my Idolator ballot this year and I'm pretty sure I didn't hear "You" until later. Fwiw, all those songs peaked on the Hot 100 this year.
― The Reverend, Monday, 10 December 2007 05:09 (sixteen years ago) link
"You" peaked Feb. 17th. (Seems like it should have been much later than that.) "Icebox" peaked March 10th. "Throw Some D's" and "Lost Without U" peaked March 31st.
― The Reverend, Monday, 10 December 2007 05:13 (sixteen years ago) link
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I forgot about "You" and "Throw Some D's"
Some more contenders for the number ten slot on my Idolator ballot (currently occupied by "Way I Are")
― Tape Store, Monday, 10 December 2007 05:39 (sixteen years ago) link
eh, songs are typically out for at least 2-3 months before their chart peaks, and all those were on my 06 singles list (except "Ice Box," which I don't like) this time last year.
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 10 December 2007 05:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Why am I even arguing this? I'm going to vote for a song that came out in 2005 and three or four from last year. I figure as long as I associate them with this year, that's good enough.
― The Reverend, Monday, 10 December 2007 05:48 (sixteen years ago) link
were they songs that placed in those years' polls? not to be all "you're throwing your vote away" but that seems kinda pointless to me, unless you really can't think of enough songs from this year that you liked.
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 10 December 2007 05:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Did people vote for "With Every Heartbeat" last year? I gave it an honorable mention.
― Tape Store, Monday, 10 December 2007 05:57 (sixteen years ago) link
No they weren't. And I imagine (except for the one I'll likely be the only one to vote for, a bit obscure) that they'll do better this year than past years they were eligible. All of them reached their peak of popularity this year, in any case.
― The Reverend, Monday, 10 December 2007 05:58 (sixteen years ago) link
2 votes last year for "With Every Heartbeat" I imagine it will place quite highly.
― The Reverend, Monday, 10 December 2007 06:00 (sixteen years ago) link
ah, yeah, that kind of thing makes sense. I usually don't do that, but sometimes I make an exception if it's a song like "Since U Been Gone" (which was in my top 20 the year barely anyone listed it, and then top 3 the next year when everyone else listed it).
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 10 December 2007 06:01 (sixteen years ago) link
And I can think of enough songs from this year that I love to agonize over cutting songs I consider perfect from my list. I just consider these songs of 2007 whether they were technically released this year or not.
― The Reverend, Monday, 10 December 2007 06:02 (sixteen years ago) link
I didn't hear any of the songs I'll be voting for before mid-December, fwiw.
― The Reverend, Monday, 10 December 2007 06:03 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm with alex on this one. i wanna vote for studio's yearbook 1 but since west coast came out this year i figure more people will vote for that so that's what i'm going to go with. likewise i'm voting big doe rehab this year even though i'm a bit tentative about it's slotting since i'll only have had it for about 2 weeks when the idolator deadline comes around.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 10 December 2007 06:04 (sixteen years ago) link
I just consider these songs of 2007 whether they were technically released this year or not/
i think this is dumb, but this is a ridiculous argument nonetheless.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 10 December 2007 06:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Why is it dumb? As I said, all of them peaked in popularity this year and I only heard one of them like two weeks before the end of the year, too late to make the eoy list I submitted for Stylus and the rest not until this year.
― The Reverend, Monday, 10 December 2007 06:08 (sixteen years ago) link
It is a ridiculous argument, but I'm not sure why there has to be some hard and fast deadline. Why nitpick?
― The Reverend, Monday, 10 December 2007 06:09 (sixteen years ago) link
i guess if they came out at the end of the year after deadlines were due it makes sense if you can anticipate that everyone who would vote for the song is going to do it in the next year. like are there going to be a lot of ppl voting for "throw some d's" this year? i think f3nn3ss3y was the only person who voted for it in p&j last year.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 10 December 2007 06:10 (sixteen years ago) link
The P&J ballots are all messed up, so it's difficult to check. It got 3 votes in JP.
― The Reverend, Monday, 10 December 2007 06:13 (sixteen years ago) link
songs that broke this year but aren't from this year are eligible, FWIW. take "Rehab"--got some UK votes last year, will likely get non-UK votes this year. perfectly OK.
― Matos W.K., Monday, 10 December 2007 06:13 (sixteen years ago) link
ditto the songs the Rev mentions
― Matos W.K., Monday, 10 December 2007 06:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Someone told me that Nelson George had to get a whole crew of bodyguards after he voted for a Kelis album two years straight.
― Andy K, Monday, 10 December 2007 10:54 (sixteen years ago) link
vibe list is weird as fuck
― deej, Monday, 10 December 2007 10:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i think this is dumb
No, it's smart. And it's been an explicit Pazz & Jop (and now Idolator poll) rule for years -- singles and albums not technically released in a given year are eligible if they made more impact with voters in the current year. It makes perfect sense, since not all voters hear every song on the exact release date, obviously, and since (for instance) songs hit on different radio formats at different times -- they don't all get released then die the next month. So, if they do well, they carry over votes from the previous year. Being anal about release dates is what's dumb. (I'm voting for "You" this year myself.)
― xhuxk, Monday, 10 December 2007 11:30 (sixteen years ago) link
That makes sense xhuxk. It also gets rid of my confusion as to why "Boys and Girls in America" is showing up on some lists this year.
― three handclaps, Monday, 10 December 2007 15:56 (sixteen years ago) link
It also probably only saw a UK release this year?
― JN$OT, Monday, 10 December 2007 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah I think it was mainly British/Euro publications that put it on 07 lists.
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 10 December 2007 16:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I can't find any information on what the UK release date was, but I'm sure you're both right.
― three handclaps, Monday, 10 December 2007 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Haha I am going to vote for an album that never actually came out in 06 when it was supposed to and will never see the light of day.
― Dimension 5ive, Monday, 10 December 2007 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Haha, I have been wondering all year whether I should include "Icebox" on my 2007 list and justifying doing so by the fact that it peaked in March. But I don't think I will, just because it had its biggest impact ON ME in late 2006.
― jaymc, Monday, 10 December 2007 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
take "Rehab"--got some UK votes last year, will likely get non-UK votes this year. perfectly OK.
Similarly, take "Young Folks"--got some indie votes last year, will likely get non-indie votes this year.
― jaymc, Monday, 10 December 2007 17:21 (sixteen years ago) link
not a critics poll or even all that interesting but anyway
ITUNES BEST-SELLING ALBUMS OF 2007
1. Maroon 5 It Won't Be Soon Before Long 2. Amy Winehouse Back To Black 3. Kanye West Graduation 4. Daughtry Daughtry 5. Colbie Caillat Coco 6. Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight 7. Various Artists High School Musical 2 (Original Soundtrack) 8. Timbaland Shock Value 9. John Mayer Continuum 10. Various Artists Hairspray (Soundtrack to the Motion Picture)
ITUNES BEST-SELLING SONGS OF 2007
1. Fergie "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)" 2. Gwen Stefani "The Sweet Escape" 3. Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah" 4. Avril Lavigne "Girlfriend" 5. Fergie "Glamorous" 6. Kanye West "Stronger" 7. Maroon 5 "Makes Me Wonder" 8. Akon "Don't Matter" 9. Timbaland "The Way I Are (feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E.) 10. Shop Boyz "Party Like a Rock Star"
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Me!
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Is this the first time ever NME have done a TOP 100 Writer's Poll for a Year?
More choices for the NME = more rubbish to laugh at?
http://upload.imgspot.com/u/07/344/13/NMETop100.php.jpg
Who will publish this list on the web first? probably at Acclaimed Music?
― djmartian, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.nme.com/images/84_aoymagbits_01.jpg
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Why "Albums Tracks" instead of "Album Tracks"? The way they wrote it doesn't make sense. (Though England is also the land of "Records Stores," right? They are so wacky over there.)
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i think it means albums/tracks
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I think it's just a sloppy copy editor that forgot & between Albums - Tracks - thinking separate lines was OK with the the NME youth
― djmartian, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:21 (sixteen years ago) link
REISSUES AND ARCHIVE 1. Miles Davis, The Complete On the Corner Sessions (Columbia) 2. Andrew Hill, Compulsion!!! (Blue Note) 3. Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM) 4. Joe Harriott, Free Form (Gott) 5. v/a, Mike Taylor Remembered (Dusk Fire) 6. Noah Howard, The Black Ark (Bo' Weavil) 7. Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy, Cornell 64 (Blue Note) 8. John Handy, Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival (Jazz Beat) 9. Max Roach, We Insist! Freedom Now Suite (Candid) TIE Duke Ellington, The Duke Box (Storyville)
jazz lists won't get much outrage but daaaaamn son, no Mingus - Cornell 64 on the reissues? that's cold homie.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
can't read he1ges0n? that's cold homie!
Or they hope to publish a singles one this week and a albums one the next week to get 2 bumper sellers and the xmas special? And wrap it in cellophane so no one knows until they get home! It's the only NME I ever buy so they better not do that!
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:05 (sixteen years ago) link
an 007 metal overview, if anyone wants one, by one of the best music writers right now
http://www.emusic.com/features/spotlight/293_200712-year-in-metal.html
― kamerad, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Remaining lists and their top 5 last year:
NME - Arctic Monkeys, YYYs, Muse, Hot Chip, CSS Spin - TVOTR, Gnarls Barkley, Arctic Monkeys, Ghostface Killah, My Chemical Romance Rolling Stone - Dylan, RHCP, Sonic Youth, TVOTR, Ghostface MusicOMH - Arctic Monkeys, Howling Bells, Muse, Campbell/Lanegan, Hot Chip Prefix - Clipse, TVOTR, Herbert, Liars, Newsom Playlouder - Jarvis, Cat Power, CSS, Flaming Lips, Lily Allen Pop Matters - Gnarls Barkley, Hold Steady, Arctic Monkeys, Ghostface, The Ark Cokemachineglow - Subtle, Clipse, Califone, Case, Sunset Rubdown Delusions of Adequacy - Acid Mothers Temple, Sonic Youth, Kayo Dot, Long Winters, Band of Horses Dusted - Walker, Concretes, Dilla, Newsom, Burial Onion - Hold Steady, TVOTR, Midlake, Jenny Lewis, Belle & Seb Mixmag - Hot Chip, Nathan Fake, Allen, Plan B, Burial Pitchfork - Knife, TVOTR, Newsom, Ghostface, Hold Steady The Wire - Burial, Walker, Newsom, Carla Bozulich, Wolf Eyes
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 04:35 (sixteen years ago) link
What year is this?
― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 12:03 (sixteen years ago) link
2001 and everyone's waiting for the next Roses/Oasis/Mondays to come along.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 12:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Playlouder - Jarvis, Cat Power, CSS, Flaming Lips, Lily Allen
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 12:11 (sixteen years ago) link
NME Albums
50 Beirut - The Flying Club Cup 49 Interpol - Our Love TO Admire 48 The View - Hats Off To The Buskers 47 Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies 46 Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly Angry Mob 45 !!! - Myth Takes 44 Gruff Ryhs - Candylion 43 Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence Patience and Grace 42 Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position 41 Menomena - Friend and Foe 40 EL-P - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 39 Jeffery Lewis - 12 Crass Songs 38 Justice - †37 Jamie T - Panic Prevention 36 Holy Fuck - s/t 35 Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus! 34 New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom 33 Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release 32 Grinderman - s/t 31 The Pigeon Detectives - Wait For Me 30 QOTSA - Era Vulgaris 29 Lethal Bizzle - Back To Bizznizz 28 Bright Eyes - Cassadaga 27 The Horrors - Strange House 26 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks 25 The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls In America 24 The Maccabees - Colour It In 23 Maps - We Can Create 22 Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil 21 The Enemy - We'll Live and Die In These Towns 20 Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City 19 Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge 18 ? - The Good, The Bad & The Queen 17 Future of The Left - Curses 16 The Coral - Roots and Echoes 15 The White Stripes - Icky Thump 14 Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation 13 PJ Harvey - White Chalk 12 The Shins - Wincing The Night Away 11 LCD Soundsytem - Sound Of Silver 10 Battles - Mirrored 9 The Cribs - Man's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever 8 Biffy Clyro - Puzzle 7 MIA - Kala 6 Kings of Leon - Because Of The Times 5 Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends 4 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 3 Radiohead - In Rainbows 2 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 1 Klaxons - Myths of The Near Future
Tracks
50 Biffy Clyro - Living Is A problem Because Everything Dies 49 Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing! 48 QOTSA - Sick, Sick, Sick 47 Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position 46 Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours 45 Black Lips - Bad Kids 44 CSS - Off The Hook 43 Kate Nash - Foundations 42 The Enemy - It's Not OK 41 MIA - Boyz 40 The Horrors - She Is The New Thing 39 Late of The Pier - Bathroom Gurgle 38 Lightspeed Champion - Galaxy Of The Lost 37 The White Stripes - Icky Thump 36 The Hives - Tick Tick Boom 35 Bloc Party - The Prayer 34 XX Teens - Darlin' 33 Cold War Kids - Hang Me Out To Dry 32 Those Dancing Days - Those Dancing Days 31 Gallows - Abandon Ship 30 Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Let's Make Out 29 Jarvis - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time 28 Björk Earth Intruders 27 Howling Bells - Low Happening 26 Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running 25 Kings of Leon - Charmer 24 The Gossip - Standing In The Way of Control 23 Justice - D.A.N.C.E. 22 Klaxons - It's Not Over Yet 21 SFA - Run Away 20 Dizzee Rascal - Sirens 19 Santogold - LES Artistes 18 Hadouken! - That Boy That Girl 17 MIA - Jimmy 16 Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent 15 Battles - Atlas 14 Black Lips - O Katrina! 13 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 12 Foals - Hummer 11 Grinderman - No Pussy Blues 10 LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum 9 Arcade Fire - Intervention 8 Foals - Mathletics 7 Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm 6 The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name 5 Rihanna - Umbrella 4 The Teenagers - Homecoming 3 The Cribs's - Men's Needs 2 Glasvegas - Daddy's Gone 1 Klaxons - Golden Skans
― Mitchell Stirling, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 13:03 (sixteen years ago) link
They really are going to regret Biffy Clyro at number eight in years to come in a Carter/Wonder Stuff type of way.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 13:15 (sixteen years ago) link
won't be an nme in eight years.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 13:16 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 13:15 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
As opposed to being really proud of listing The Horrors, Hadouken, and Justice.
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 13:19 (sixteen years ago) link