I thought Sweetener would be top 10!
― ⅋ (crüt), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:42 (five years ago) link
nb I didn’t vote for it.
If the other 10 ppl who did vote for it will reveal themselves, I'll buy them each a donut, lol
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 23:09 (five years ago) link
Reviewing everything, I showed tt the GGD album being all 'yeah there are some good ideas but it's all a bit gloopy' and she was like 'no this is actually great' and now we are reevaluating GGD
― imago, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 23:12 (five years ago) link
I shouldn't have started with Young Boy, it's actually rly good even I have to admit that
I'm really bad at getting ppl to hate things is the lesson here
― imago, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 23:13 (five years ago) link
tt is correct
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 23:13 (five years ago) link
come to think of it it is quite good, idk what was up my ass about it before. probably not playing loud enough
― imago, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link
somebody mentioned idris ackamoor and i'd never heard it so i checked it out, and now i've been playing warrior dance on a loop for 3 hours. i doubt it places but what a great record.
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 23:27 (five years ago) link
I just want to reiterate that it's a crying shame FACS won't pop up on this list for more people to check them out because their album Negative Houses is a masterpiece of modern post-punk, basically everything I wanted Interpol to be but just weren't.
― GDPR vs GAPDY (DJP), Thursday, 7 February 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
a brian case band? yeah, i'll check that out.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 7 February 2019 01:26 (five years ago) link
No idea what FACS and Interpol have in common but I do like that record
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 01:28 (five years ago) link
Morris: I am an Ariana voter
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 7 February 2019 02:48 (five years ago) link
🙏 🍩
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Thursday, 7 February 2019 03:15 (five years ago) link
I had Sweetener at #7! I wasn’t a fan of it at first but it grew on me
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 7 February 2019 05:42 (five years ago) link
like mold on a licked donut
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 05:45 (five years ago) link
it's fairly comfortably my least favourite ariana record - that might change tomorrow though lol
― monotony, Thursday, 7 February 2019 05:45 (five years ago) link
6/25
― Bee OK, Thursday, 7 February 2019 06:04 (five years ago) link
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― i stan corrected (morrisp), Thursday, 7 February 2019 06:12 (five years ago) link
GGD is a great return album and I regret not voting for it, didn’t think there would be enough for it in here so preferred to cast votes on something more likely to make it... ironically I don’t think half of my list made it... was my ballot unweighted? I have no idea what my number one was if it was weighted, I would have bet it was Tirzah.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 7 February 2019 06:50 (five years ago) link
GGD were like top 10 in 2011 (thought that's before i was here) and i figured they'd be like top 20 this year too with an almost-as-good album
― ufo, Thursday, 7 February 2019 06:57 (five years ago) link
gang gang dance, if you're reading this - making the 42nd best album of the year is still pretty good
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 February 2019 07:06 (five years ago) link
morrisp: I had outed myself upthread as a Sweetener voter even before you asked. Do I get a double donut now?voodoo chili: “Warrior Dance” was my Amazing Discovery too, just last week. What an awesome track. I’m loving the rest of the album too.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 7 February 2019 08:53 (five years ago) link
Oh wow the Eiko Ishibashi album really opens up on headphones. A Ghost In A Train Thinking is incredible.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 7 February 2019 09:09 (five years ago) link
this against all logic is quite fun. I think it wld be more enjoyable if it were less familiar
― ogmor, Thursday, 7 February 2019 09:16 (five years ago) link
Enjoying the Laurel Halo. Not sure why but never really checked out much of her work before
And looking forward to listening to Universal Beings based on comments upthread
― groovypanda, Thursday, 7 February 2019 10:40 (five years ago) link
I really loved Laurel Halo's "Quarantine" album from '12 but everything shes released since has been unappealing
― . (Michael B), Thursday, 7 February 2019 11:43 (five years ago) link
me = Sweetener voter
― Jeff W, Thursday, 7 February 2019 11:45 (five years ago) link
Random thought I had overnight: could Khruangbin yet place? I didn't vote for it, but I thought the record was well liked round here.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 7 February 2019 11:50 (five years ago) link
Universal Beings is, along with Neneh Cherry and Saba (thx Pom!), the best discovery for me so far this rollout.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 7 February 2019 11:59 (five years ago) link
For me it's the opposite, I hated the vocals on that record, but her subsequent instrumental releases have been more appealing, with Raw Silk being the best.
I didn't check out Dust in 2017 cos I heard it has vocals too... Are they as grating as on Quarantine?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 February 2019 12:09 (five years ago) link
dust is my least favourite laurel halo record and you'd probably find it grating
― ogmor, Thursday, 7 February 2019 12:21 (five years ago) link
If you heard Laurel Halo's earlier stuff (Hour Logic, King Felix) before later stuff you'd know she was a decent singer (when choosing to be). RSUW is the first thing I've liked by her in years either way.
― nashwan, Thursday, 7 February 2019 12:40 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I've no doubt the vocal style she chose for Quarantine was intentional, but that doesn't change the fact it sounds awful.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 February 2019 12:44 (five years ago) link
her vocals *are* more pleasing on dust
it’s kind of a v fractured pop record tuomas. took me forever to like it but i sure like it now
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 February 2019 12:50 (five years ago) link
I liked Quarantine but on the whole there's something about Halo's productions that don't jibe so well with me
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:15 (five years ago) link
Is the poll finishing today as usual?
― Oor Neechy, Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:27 (five years ago) link
Yes.
I'm......quite enjoying the Ariana Grande album?
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:28 (five years ago) link
Until Breathin comes along and shits all over everything
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:33 (five years ago) link
But hey - the title track is GREAT!
it's kind of sad that the Keith Emerson/Robert Berry album isn't gonna place, way to respect a deceased legend guys
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:40 (five years ago) link
lol
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:43 (five years ago) link
it surprises me 0 percent that you like the awful pharrell tracks
(the title track is p good given the circumstances)
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:44 (five years ago) link
lol I was gonna say, calling 'breathin' the nadir appears, from a perusal of reviews, to be a massive challop
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:46 (five years ago) link
call it as i hear it yo
the title track is one of the better pharrell tracks and i liked "successful" a fair bit too because it sounded like animal crossing music. "breathin" is way better though even though it's basically just a dangerous woman leftover
― ufo, Thursday, 7 February 2019 13:48 (five years ago) link
Shame not to see Szun Waves place. It's probably the one I've most often foisted on people this year. And I'm guessing I'm largely alone with my Good, the Bad & the Queen love. God, I feel old.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:13 (five years ago) link
I also voted for TGTBATQ
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:25 (five years ago) link
And Sweetener
I liked TGTBATQ! But didn't vote for it. But it's good Albarn (as opposed to most Albarn these days)
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:26 (five years ago) link