Voting Skylarking; even though it's only like my 4th or 5th favorite XTC record,it's the one I've played most from this list.
― While My Guitar Gently Wheedly-Wheedly-Wheedly-Weeps (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 30 May 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
It's not often that I find myself torn between Graceland and Reign in Blood.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 30 May 2019 00:43 (four years ago) link
I’m torn between Control and Rapture (ha!) myself. Should I give it up and just give in?
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 30 May 2019 00:58 (four years ago) link
Old person here: I look at that list and wonder to myself, huh, in 30 years will someone have just as much trouble picking their favorite record of 2019 from 10/15/20+ serious legit candidates for Favorite Album of All Time that they've been listening to regularly for the previous 30 years?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 30 May 2019 01:13 (four years ago) link
would be nice to think so
― Dan S, Thursday, 30 May 2019 02:13 (four years ago) link
not so sure though
― Dan S, Thursday, 30 May 2019 02:17 (four years ago) link
All you need to know:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soZl5t30Lhc
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 May 2019 02:23 (four years ago) link
As much as I hate to say it, I can't lie to myself and vote for anything other than The Queen is Dead.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 May 2019 02:34 (four years ago) link
Oh yes, Alfred, that is an all-time performance, and Rapture is a glorious album, but I decided to go with Control in the end for all the joy it’s given me over the years, and again when I played it this week, remixes and all.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 30 May 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
Meanwhile in Turkey, after 1984’s Sen Ağlama album, Sezen Aksu continues to remake Turkish pop music in her image with Git.(not a million miles removed from Anita Baker at times, if I may be so bold.)
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 30 May 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
Also, İbrahim Tatlıses releases one of the best of his mega-selling collections of popified arabesk and East Anatolian folk songs, Gülüm Benim/Gülümse Biraz......and in exile from Turkey, Kurdish troubadour Şivan Perwer releases his Lê Dilberê album.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 30 May 2019 17:04 (four years ago) link
I cant believe Mike forgot to include them
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 30 May 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
Oh dear, pointless sarcasm, the best kind.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 30 May 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
for the 12" version of 'Sweet Bird of Truth' alone (its on the original cd edition of the album), it has to be Infected.
― mark e, Thursday, 30 May 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
But please, do update me about the guidelines on what kinds of music we are allowed to post about on ILM, so I (and everyone else) can behave accordingly.xp
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 30 May 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
xp
lol
i had 10 weeks of people complaining i had left out their faves in the 69-79 polls so it does get a tad annoying but cheer up i was only joking
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 30 May 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
Well, you see, I wasn’t complaining about this stuff being left out. One of the things I like most about these polls is people listing additional favourites of their own from that particular year. There always tend to be some things there that intrigue me, and the rest I ignore. Same as with the main list, basically. I don’t think in general this kind of thing is meant as a slight against the compiler. Everyone, including I’d hope the compiler themselves, understands that no selection of 50 albums will do a year justice. So it’s a form of crowdsourcing, to get a fuller picture of the year in question. I don’t really get why anyone would find this annoying, unless they somehow think everyone should adhere to the same limited canon.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 30 May 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 31 May 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
You be you, Beastie. I love reading people's lists of what they feel was left out, often quite surprised (and informed by) how they differ from mine.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 31 May 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Oh look, XTC won. More power to my fellow Chameleons voter as well as the sole voters for The Fall and C86!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 31 May 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
Depeche Mode – Black Celebration 0
*record scratch noise*
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 31 May 2019 00:19 (four years ago) link
I'd say Skylarking by a significant margin is just as (or even more) surprising!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 31 May 2019 00:34 (four years ago) link
yes that surprises me too
― Dan S, Friday, 31 May 2019 01:23 (four years ago) link
Just one vote for So it seems — I am an album ILM de-ser-ted...
Don't give up — it's not the only poll
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Friday, 31 May 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
The results are fair. Several of the finalists are among the best albums in history. So too.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 May 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link
Slightly disappointed to see I was the only vote for Cameo, but overall some great results. XTC winning is a nice surprise. Nice turnout for The Go-Betweens too.
― kitchen person, Friday, 31 May 2019 03:18 (four years ago) link
wow, pleasantly surprised to see throwing muses do so well
― J. Sam, Friday, 31 May 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
Yep.
― pomenitul, Friday, 31 May 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
I hate consensus
― campreverb, Friday, 31 May 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link
I'm glad Throwing Muses scored highly, not XTC.
Happy now?
― pomenitul, Friday, 31 May 2019 15:05 (four years ago) link
Late call: Various Artists - The House Sound of Chicago, the very first (I think) Chicago House compilation.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 31 May 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
my vote wasn't counted. the poll is invalid. xtc winning is a joke anyways.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 31 May 2019 22:21 (four years ago) link
If you're one of the five other people who voted for The Colour of Spring and you're on Facebook, hmu for a friend invite! Same for the two of you who voted for Gone to Earth. You are all my very, very good friends.
― The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Saturday, 1 June 2019 02:10 (four years ago) link
I rank Pazz & Jop this year. Voters sure loved Elvis C, T-Bone Burnett, and Richard Thompson.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 November 2019 02:58 (four years ago) link
Man I hope I was present to record a vote for Parade on this one. Great year though. Thanks for the Pazz & Jop link. True Stories was an unbelievable disgrace, though Little Creatures did warn us.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Monday, 4 November 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
"City of Dreams" keeps True Stories from being a total bust, for me.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Monday, 4 November 2019 18:54 (four years ago) link
The hype around True Stories may have been my first feeling of New Jersey crestfalleness.
― file of unknown origin (bendy), Monday, 4 November 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
City of Dreams is not bad, I agree. It's just amazing that it's the same band that recorded Remain in Light. Is there any band that got so radically conservative so fast? I mean, Sonic Youth's Dirty is not even in the same category.
Love the BOC ref, Bendy.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Monday, 4 November 2019 23:16 (four years ago) link
Hahahahahahaha fuckin’ Robert Cray.
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 01:07 (four years ago) link