listened to the actress a record a lot more than some of the more instant dance albums this year, like talabot etc.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
i listened to it a few times and it didn't do a lot for me. it was more obviously accessible than before, which you'd think would make it better but for me a lot of it sounded like interludes from a late-90s IDM album - "pleasant" but nothing special. splaszh on the other hand was trance-inducing; totally stripped back and skewed vision of dance and pop music. i loved the whole "studies on a theme" method that album evoked (the first track is a "study" on Prince's Erotic City, apparently).
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
Splazsh was in my '10 top ten and RIP is in my '12 top ten -- still making up for hearing Hazyville a whole week after it was released.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
This is from Classic Rock magazine:
1. Rush - Clockwork Angels2. Rival Sons - Head Down3. ZZ Top - La Futura4. Howlin Rain - The Russian Wilds5. Jake White - Blunderbuss6. Joe Bonamassa - Driving Towards The Daylight7. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball8. The Darkness - Hot Cakes9. Cory Branan - Mutt10. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Last Of A Dyin' Breed11. Ginger - 100%12. Slash - Apocalyptic Love13. The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten14. Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth15. Walking Papers - Walking Papers16. Europe - Bay Of Bones17. Muse - The 2nd Law18. Anathema - Weather Systems19. Kiss - Monster20. Soundgarden - King Animal21. Phantom Lamb - The Pines22. Tame Impala - Lonerism23. UFO - Seven Deadly24. Black Country Coummunion - Afterglow25. Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension!26. Squackett - A Life Within A Day27. The Cult - Choice Of Weapon28. Band Of Skulls - Sweet Sour29. Shooter Jennings - Family Man30. Marillion - Sounds That Can' Be Made31. The Jim Jones Revue - The Savage Heart32. Brad - United We Stand33. The Heavy - The Glorious Dead34. Flying Colours - Flying Colours35. Crippled Black Phoenix - (Mankind) The Crafty Ape36. Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Big Moon Ritual37. Heart - Fanatic38. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas39. Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion40. Tremonti - All I Was41. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat & Bone42. Killing Joke - MMXXII43. Baroness - Yellow & Green44. Alabama Shakes - Girls & Boys45. Gravelroad - Psychedelta46. Ian Anderson - Thick As A Brick 247. Bob Dylan - Tempest48. Paul Weller - Sonic Kicks49. Hawk Eyes - Ideas50. Patti Smith - Banga
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
Squackett is Chris Squire of Yes and Steve Hackett of Genesis fyi
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
hello classic rock magazine, way to fill the list with ageing white males
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
fart rock magazine
― Spectrum, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
Wait is this a different Classic Rock magazine from the other one?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, that was Ultimate Classic Rock
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
Classic Ultimate Rock list is next week
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
Joe Bonamassa - Driving Towards The Daylight
^^^ had an argument with white dude last week about this one; said Joe is the next Jeff Beck, therefore "would have nothing to do with those fucking American Idol princesses fucking up music"
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
30. Marillion - Sounds That Can' Be Made
^ I love this typo
32. Brad - United We Stand
this is easily my favourite album made by a schizophrenic this year
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
The xx is #8 in the Guardian list so maybe DJP is right and I've mistakenly projected my own huge disappointment on to other critics.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not trying to be all "xx street team" but the thread here is the only place I've seen people outright moaning about Coexist is terrible
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
let's have an ilx office pool on who's gonna be the first person to do the "ennngh i wish we could see what pitchfork writers INDIVIDUAL BALLOTS are" or "ennnngghh its EDITORIAL MASSAGING and not what THE WRITERS WANT" arguments this year,
― is that my hand, dolphin? (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:54 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol having seen both joe bonamassa and jeff beck i can say with certainty that joe bonamassa is not the next jeff beck
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
xp It wouldn't be the first time I'd mistakenly equated the prevailing wind on ILX with wider opinion. It just seemed so lacklustre to me after the debut. I couldn't see people loving it.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
well, it's in my top 10 of the year pretty easily
would have been a contender solely based on "Chains", "Missing" and "Swept Away" but, as I said on the thread, an xx album based off of the blueprint of "Shelter" is exactly what I wanted from them
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
Wire List is always weird due to the disparate nature of the writers. The genre lists and conributers favourite albums at the end are always more interesting reading. Left my sub details at home so cant check them at the mo
― straightola, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
and also no KTL? Boo
i saw a lot of pre-release excitement on twitter from UK critics about the xx which pretty much all turned swiftly into mild disappointment once people had heard it
it's basically the first album but...less. i don't really have any complaints about its sound or direction as such, it's a nice background album if you need it like that, but the songs are just not there apart from "angels"
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
you keep saying that as if it isn't a meaningless criticism
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
the hooks aren't there, then
a lot of things aren't there
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
There was so little there in the first place that all it really took was a tiny drop off in quality to feel massive.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
Yes. When your sound is that minimal you can't afford to get anything wrong. It's a classic "same but worse" second album.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
the only thing I think they got wrong was not giving Romy a few more takes at vocals on some songs (esp. "Tides")
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
dan i think you're the only one that likes the album in the entire world. all these list placements are payola.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
isn't that what the P stands for in DJP?
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
Despicably Juicy Payola
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
dj purée
― flopson, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
dion's sharp puncture-marks
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
Stereogum Top 50 Albums:
http://stereogum.com/1210661/stereogums-top-50-albums-of-2012/franchises/listomania/
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
No XX, no Animal Collectors
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
nice to see a number one i love!
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
cool to see the swearin' album on a list, that thing rocks
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
a+ list format (1 page and a sample for every album)
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
ahaha the commenters are all despairing about the presence of taylor swift and the absence of father john misty and death grips
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
more like father john mimsy amirite
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
"No Alt-J? No Polica? No Death Grips? No respect."
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
Could someone please explain to me how Red is a better album than R.A.P. Music? Or Sweet Heart Sweet Life? Or Habits and Contradictions? Or Bloom or Sun or Ocean Roar?
SO MUCH BETTER
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
wonderful explanation.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
Yes and no. Art is subjective, yet anyone can tell that, in terms of craft, theme, subtext, etc, Van Gogh’s art is objectively better than your 3-year old’s stick drawings. On that note, was Taylor Swift’s album better than Sharon Van Etten, Beach House, Killer Mike, or a crapload of artists who didn’t make the list (Father John Misty??)? No way.
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
YES
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
i remember thinking we'd genuinely stamped out rockism by means of LOGIC in the 00s and yet it seems to be more rampant than ever
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
just gonna type father john misty like "Father John Misty??" from now on
that is his name now
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
haha dude maybe among a circle of critics but never among people who care about animal collective
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
Commenters never seem to understand the ballot-tallying aspect. You see them saying "OK, maybe that should be 15-20 but it's not good enough for the Top 10", which is basically saying that seven voters could like it but not ten. I think they really believe that a list is drawn up and painstakingly sequenced by a central committee weighing up, say, Taylor Swift vs Killer Mike, using a whiteboard and flipcharts.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
you would think that people that care enough about stereogum to get worked up over this list and comment on it would have seen this coming based on what stereogum's coverage has evolved into, but alas
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.cafwd.org/page/-/images/blog/florida_hanging_chad_recount.jpeg
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link