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

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pointless request but can we talk about music instead of each other because frankly this bullshit meta sniping is what makes you all incredibly tedious and useless

oh look the sniping police

Pop Matters singles list includes the title track from the Roots' How I Got Over. the album was released in June 2010 but that song was released as a single in June 2009.

had a good run for awhile there

can you all just keep insulting each other cuz i'd actually prefer that to talk of the arcade fire and kanye.

let's all talk about Vampire Weekend instead. i like 'em.

xp Rock-A-Rolla wrote back and said Reckless carries it. I've looked there before with no luck. I had 'em hold the Oct/Nov issue for me. I assume the one with the year-end list is Dec/Jan? It isn't there yet.

aQ might get it?

They said the Young Gods cover with the list should be in U.S. stores in 2 wks. Does it have some good write-ups with each album?

Picked up Decibel last night, and both Ivar and Grutle of Enslaved put Motorpsycho in their top 5 (both also had Iron Maiden and Shining). It's not for everyone, but if you're into psych 'n' prog, I recommend it.

I gotta have respect for anyone who listens to more stuff than me (which seems to max out at 500 a year lately). I'd imagine if I had to listen to more than 1,000 new albums a year my habits would change and I would be less patient for growers, and more into stuff that spreads immediately with the hooks and the melodies.

oh look the sniping police

― maher shalal hash tagz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, December 9, 2010 12:03 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i lolled. can al weigh in on this one too

that's not an actual request, is it

Via the Awl:

Nearly 100 People Choose Their #1 Album of 2010

omg where is strongo

NICE thanks!!

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Charles Aaron

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Antiquiet

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Zach Baron

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—John Brodeur

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Dave Bry

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Zoe Chace

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Caryn Ganz

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Dan Gibson

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—J. Edward Keyes

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Amy Phillips

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Chris Richards

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Simon Vozick-Levinson

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
—Jonah Weiner

O_O

popular record is popular

whiney g. is whiney

Ned's choice not particularly surprising. ;)

is it loveless?

yes

Arp: The Soft Wave
—Scott Tennent

Ciara: Basic Instinct
—Alex Macpherson

Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part 2
—Seth Colter Walls

Harvey Milk: A Small Turn of Human Kindness
—Christopher R. Weingarten

Jack Rose: Luck in the Valley
—Bill Meyer

Kylesa: Spiral Shadow
—Gillian Reagan

Lindstrøm & Christabelle: Real Life Is No Cool
—Kate Silver

Rangda: False Flag
—Marc Masters

School of Seven Bells: Disconnect From Desire
—Ned Raggett

would love to see more love for these ^^ in year-end polls

Destroyer: Streethawk – A Seduction
—Ryan Catbird

lol wasn't this released 10-11 years ago?

Insane Clown Posse: Bang! Pow! Boom! (Nuclear Edition)
—Camille Dodero

uhhhhh... really??

James Blake: (“My iTunes playlist of James Blake’s 2010 collected works”)
—Scott Plagenhoef

loving this choice!

(whiney if u want i can give u color commentary on all 100+ choices, y/n)

"MY COMPUTER is the album of the year" wasn't even clever when Spin did it 10 years ago

there are plenty of artists at this point for whom 'the collected eps by...' has been replaced by 'the collected mp3s by'

I think Cam1ll3 D0der0 is on some ironic ish with that. She's a Village Voice web editor and she calls herself a "Juggalo expert" on her twitter bio. She also wrote one of those big pieces about "lol look at the juggalos gathering".

there are plenty of artists at this point for whom 'the collected eps by...' has been replaced by 'the collected mp3s by'

― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Thursday, December 9, 2010 6:06 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

did people ever refer to "the collected EPs by" an artist as an album or are you talking about stuff that actually was compiled/reissued on one release?

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fyi, camille's piece was really good in that it was one of the few that wasn't all condescendingly "lol juggalos"

That is true Whiney, I had her piece mixed up with another one until I looked at it again.

it was still basically "lol juggalos" but not terribly condescending in the process

everyone has terrible taste in music except for me

Pop Matters list if full of non-singles. Sloppy.

juno top 50 tracks - http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2010/12/09/juno-plus-top-50-tracks-of-2010/

Makes the FACT list look like Q and makes me feel about 108.

wowee zowee that juno thing is my kinda list! have no idea what any of it sounds like. gonna investigate. cheers!

:)

already digging the kevin gorman track. sounds awesome.

is there any list out there that includes "miami 2 ibiza" aside from mine? like, is there any dance crit site that takes populist dance music seriously whatsoever? it seems like theres some wild double standard w/ rap where everyone takes Drake soooo seriously, and dance music where we're only reviewing obscure german 12"

James Blake aside, that Juno list is great. The Midnight Magic/Jacques Renault record is a jam and the whole Permanent Vacation comp it comes from is ace.

Virtually every other song with Tinie Tempah on this year is better than Miami 2 Ibiza.

miami 2 ibiza rules wtf

im not concerned w/ tinie tempah im concerned w/ big populist dance music that critics pretend doesnt exist

like taio cruz?

I think dance music criticism and populist dance music do sometimes stray closer to one another but they're very far apart indeed at the moment, if only because the David Guetta/Swedish House Mafia school is so awful. They were much closer when people like Mylo or Felix or Zombie Nation were having huge hits.

& i dont mean 'populist' as in popular with fools gold fans who are willing to put up w/ 4th rate strictly rhythm bites but 'populist' as in, crosses over to huge dance audiences

I think dance music criticism and populist dance music do sometimes stray closer to one another but they're very far apart indeed at the moment, if only because the David Guetta/Swedish House Mafia school is so awful. They were much closer when people like Mylo or Felix or Zombie Nation were having huge hits.

― Matt DC, Thursday, December 9, 2010 6:36 PM (8 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you could say the same thing about rap right now, except that for some reason, (and im not saying this is true on ilx), critics at certain places that i might even write for are still repping for some super lame pop rap

Yeah but a significant number of rap writers have spent the best part of the decade fighting the corner for mainstream/commercial rap whereas in dance music its more about crate digging and highlighting the best stuff for DJs. The critical landscape is totally different.

Mostly amateur DJs I think...