2010 Magazine's Albums Of The Year Thread For Posting Lists and Discussion

xp Btw, wackiest things about those Mojo lists have to be Cyndi Lauper with the #9 blues album (which might good, who knows) and Carolina Chocolate Drops with the #2 world music album. (Though I guess North Carolina is in the world, technically.)

Mojo lists are usually more varied than most mags tbh.

all the old fart middlebrow critics will vote for her in their droves

Yeah, old fart middlebrow guys all love teen-pop country. (Still, hope they do. Assuming they're still voting these days.)

smh = shaking my head, yes
kmt = kissing my teeth, for future ref, because that will assuredly be a reaction to this thread

haha kmt is most definitely a new one. No idea what it means but thanks for the heads up!

Kissing my teeth only works if you can take them out first imo.

haven't seen sun city girls on any of these lists, either

― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, November 30, 2010 6:13 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark

this, and no marnie stern, are the biggest WTFs so far

Kissing my teeth only works if you can take them out first imo.

what? idk whether you're serious about not knowing what kissing one's teeth is

Hadn't decided whether to put Taylor #1, 2, or 3, but now I think I'm gonna give her #1 just because.

xp: Marnie Stern doesn't surprise me. I loved her first two records, and I like this one, but not quite as much. It's probably not a top-10 for me, and I had her last one as my #1 that year.

what? idk whether you're serious about not knowing what kissing one's teeth is

Genuinely have no idea on this. Eager to be schooled.

xpost
never heard this expression before tonight too. Thank goodness for urban dictionary.

My immediate thought was that it was similar to A Partridge's "kiss my face" exclamation.

I assumed it was the noise plumbers make when they give you an estimate on a bill

yeah it's hard to actually describe but clearly none of you have ever talked to any caribbean women, lol

I'm not sure i've ever seen one round here tbh nevermind spoke to one , lol.

xp I know what you mean Lex, African women use the same expression to punctuate conversation.

Trisha on Bo Selcta! was fond of saying kiss my teeth.

that was a terrible terrible program!

kmt = kissing my teeth, for future ref, because that will assuredly be a reaction to this thread

― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:09 (1 hour ago)

feelin this

'kissing your teeth' is actually more like sucking air through your teeth, or tutting with more... Attitude..?
It's generally used to make a sound of disapproval. It is stereotypically said that black people use it, but other people use it too... It's just known more as a black thing, because mostly Jamaicans use it.
Kmt is an abbreviation, just like lol is an abbreviation for 'laugh out loud'
and it's not as stupid as some of you non british/english make out.
Just because you don't use the slang, doesn't give you the right to insult other ways of speaking. Every country has their list of slang words, and so do we...

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lol @ that whole exchange

I never heard it called "kissing" teeth, we say "sucking your teeth," same difference tho

lol

cooly g's twitter and fbook feeds are veritable feasts of KMT

http://twitter.com/COOLYGuk/status/9398538496638976

over here we say kmg, i.e. "kissing my grits"

Yup, third or fourth year in a row where NME list was more interesting than Uncut/MOJO.

NME Tracks

75. Jam City, 'Ecstasy Refix'
74. Eminem Feat. Rihanna, 'Love The Way You Lie'
73. Addison Groove, 'Footcrab'
72. Active Child, 'She Was A Vision'
71. The Futureheads, ‘The Heartbeat Song’
70. DJ Nate, ‘Call Me When You’re Sober’
69. Egyptian Hip Hop, 'Moon Crooner'
68. Foals, ‘Miami’
67. New Young Pony Club, ‘Lost A Girl'
66. Les Savy Fav, 'Let's Get Out Of Here'
65. Beach House, ‘Zebra'
64. Joy Orbison, ‘The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow’
63. Islet, ‘Ringerz’
62. Caribou, ‘Odessa’
61. Salem, 'King Night'
60. Dead Skeletons, 'Dead Mantra'
59. Willow Smith, 'Whip My Hair'
58. Frankie & The Heartstrings, 'Tender'
57. Interpol, 'Lights'
56. Sleigh Bells, 'Tell 'Em'
55. Gaggle, 'I Hear Flies'
54. Vampire Weekend, 'Giving Up The Gun'
53. Warpaint, 'Elephants'
52. Klaxons, 'Echoes'
51. Kelis, '4th Of July (Fireworks)'
50. Summer Camp, 'Ghost Train'
49. Crocodiles, 'Sleep Forever'
48. Mystery Jets, 'Dreaming Of Another World'
47. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, 'Round And Round'
46. Manic Street Preachers, '(It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love'
45. Liars, 'Scissor'
44. Biffy Clyro, 'Bubbles'
43. Darwin Deez, 'Constellations'
42. Robyn, 'Dancing On My Own'
41. Foals, 'This Orient'
40. Kele, 'Tenderoni'
39. Arcade Fire, 'Ready To Start'
38. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl, 'Bang Bang Bang'
37. Glasser, 'Home'
36. Les Savy Fav, 'Sleepless In Silverlake'
35. The Knife, 'Colouring Of Pigeons'
34. Katy Perry Feat. Snoop Dogg, 'California Gurls'
33. Big Boi, 'Shutterbugg'
32. Klaxons, 'Flashover'
31. Cee Lo Green, 'Fuck You'
30. Yeasayer, 'O.N.E.'
29. My Chemical Romance, 'Na Na Na'
28. The Drums, 'Forever And Ever, Amen'
27. Tinie Tempah, 'Pass Out'
26. Magnetic Man Feat. Katy B, 'Perfect Stranger'
25. Lady Gaga Feat. Beyonce, 'Telephone'.
24. Everything Everything, 'Schoolin''
23. LCD Soundsystem, 'I Can Change'
22. Yeasayer, 'Ambling Alp'
21. Avi Buffalo, 'What’s In It For?'
20. Kelis, 'Acapella'
19. Crystal Castles, 'Celestica'
18. Egyptian Hip Hop, 'Rad Pitt'
17. The National, 'Bloodbuzz Ohio'
16. Best Coast, 'Boyfriend'
15. Warpaint, 'Undertow'
14. These New Puritans, 'We Want War'
13. LCD Soundsystem, 'Drunk Girls'.
12. Factory Floor, 'Lying'
11. MIA, 'Born Free'
10. The Fall, 'Bury Pts 2+4'
9. Zola Jesus, 'Night'
8. Grinderman, 'Heathen Child'
7. Surfer Blood, 'Swim (To Reach The End)'
6. Gorillaz, 'Stylo'
5. Arcade Fire, 'We Used To Wait'
4. Kanye West, 'Power'
3. Janelle Monae, 'Tightrope'
2. MIA, 'XXXO'
1. Foals, 'Spanish Sahara'

75. Jam City, 'Ecstasy Refix'

WOW serious respect for this one actually ("arpjam" is better but we'll give them a pass seeing as it was only released this week)

there are quite a few really good songs elsewhere in the list but tbh there's a lot of total bullshit as well, and like the albums it gets worse and worse the higher you go, because the nme fundamentally has shitty taste

Slam dunking in at no. 35, it's the Knife...

34. Katy Perry Feat. Snoop Dogg, 'California Gurls'

serious respect for this one...

NAH

That NME top 10 is fucking awful and I am totally unsurprised to see them repping for Jam City.

I *am* surprised to see DJ Nate in there.

oh nos. 6, 8 are damn good songs.

tho i would have chosen a different grinderman song (worm tamer), and a different zola jesus song (poor animals)

70. DJ Nate, ‘Call Me When You’re Sober’
65. Beach House, ‘Zebra'
64. Joy Orbison, ‘The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow’
59. Willow Smith, 'Whip My Hair'
56. Sleigh Bells, 'Tell 'Em'
51. Kelis, '4th Of July (Fireworks)'
37. Glasser, 'Home'
33. Big Boi, 'Shutterbugg'
27. Tinie Tempah, 'Pass Out'
26. Magnetic Man Feat. Katy B, 'Perfect Stranger'
15. Warpaint, 'Undertow'
14. These New Puritans, 'We Want War'
5. Arcade Fire, 'We Used To Wait'
3. Janelle Monae, 'Tightrope'

Will rep for these, but that's it.

That NME top 10 is fucking awful and I am totally unsurprised to see them repping for Jam City.

i wonder if it will ever be possible to mention a night slugs related thing on ilx without one of you, tim or rtc snarking.

i'm surprised at kelis being the token r&b diva (not that those songs are r&b but ygm), surprised at anyone remembering that knife opera (and choosing to rep for it in the tracks list?!) and surprised in a bad way at that eminem/rihanna song showing up. why would anyone vote for that, why.

3. Janelle Monae, 'Tightrope'

she's r&b(-ish), no?

tracks from that in my own top 100

xxxo - but the SBTRKT remix
tightrope
stylo (maybe)
undertow (maybe)
celestica (srs grower)
i can change (ditto)
telephone (and again)
pass out
shutterbugg
round and round
the shrew...

i'm surprised at kelis being the token r&b diva (not that those songs are r&b but ygm)

Nah they've been pro-Kelis since the first album, she is very much the r&b diva it's okay for indie kids to like. Janelle Monae too now, but she's almost as much rock as she is r&b (in the way that, say, Prince was).

surprised at anyone remembering that knife opera (and choosing to rep for it in the tracks list?!)

I've gone back to it and it's growing on me the second time around. But yeah, opting for individual tracks off it is a bit of a cop out.

the only actual r&b song in the list is, like, "whip my hair" anyway

we know that "call me when you're sober" is based around an evanescence sample, of all things, right? it's such an amazing track though not as stupendous as "poetry" imo

the only actual r&b song in the list is, like, "whip my hair" anyway

Come on, Tightrope totally counts, it's virtually a Rich Harrison production.

I don't like the Foals record but it's obviously in their demographic, but it's just utterly incomprehensible to me that anyone could make a credible argument for XXXO being the second-best song of the year.

yeah "tightrope" is obv retro-r&b, i should've put modern r&b

prefer 'seeds' to 'colouring of pigeons' but i will probably like the remixes more

Zola Jesus: cool name, unfuckingbelievably boring

Eh, 'I Can't Stand' is one of the stand-out gloom anthems for these miserable times imo.

Agree with blueski re. 'Seeds' too.

I'm kind of curious now to see if Paul Weller makes *any* US lists...

The guy is a total pissflap, I'd be pleased not to see his name much anywhere

Let me guess which country you're from...

First time in years that I haven't heard the NME's top single/track. Listening now. it just sounds like one of Bloc Party's big, moody, faintly electronic numbers. Is acclaim for Foals (number one album in The Fly) the manifestation of a desperate desire for a 20something Radiohead?

people actually listen to more of bloc party than banquet? guys are definition one hit wonders, the rest of their songs have zero imagination.

same applies to kaiser chiefs, who apparently are (for whatever reason) still popular