Hedging and throwing my vote to Songs in the Key of Life.
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Sunday, 15 November 2020 00:02 (three years ago) link
Ramones
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Sunday, 15 November 2020 00:36 (three years ago) link
"Pastime Paradise" rules.
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Sunday, 15 November 2020 01:38 (three years ago) link
that album side: i wish, knocks me off my feet, pastime paradise, summer soft, ordinary pain. i could write books about that album side. if i could write symphonies, i could write symphonies about that album side. if i had any idea what string theory is, i could probably explain string theory based on that album side. etc.
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 15 November 2020 01:46 (three years ago) link
(i can even double post about that album side!)
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 15 November 2020 01:48 (three years ago) link
i love "Knocks Me Off My Feet". it's just an immaculate transition from that verse to that chorus.
"Ordinary Pain" also awesome. it's just funny that i heard the album so late that after the first side I was sitting htere counting how many hip hop songs had jacked beats from/interpolated songs from that album
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Sunday, 15 November 2020 01:49 (three years ago) link
an immaculate transition from that verse to that chorus
yes
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 15 November 2020 01:51 (three years ago) link
i used to sing that at karaoke night but only if I was a little tipsy cos the high note would only be there then
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Sunday, 15 November 2020 01:52 (three years ago) link
remember fifteen years ago when we were all hating on this list
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 15 November 2020 02:32 (three years ago) link
that list of 2010s albums jaymc posted on 9/22 bugs me.
not the albums themselves; there are lots of good ones on there
but am i crazy for wishing RS could at least squeeze a couple of smaller artists in there?
smallest artists on that list are, who, Rosalia and Isbell? both of whom are pretty big!
are we to believe that out of the 40ish best albums of the 2010s, not a single one was made by an artist who plays venues with capacities under 1,000?
i realize this is a niche thing, i just hate that, idk, like The Beths (just as an example) basically have no shot at being on this list.
― alpine static, Sunday, 15 November 2020 06:15 (three years ago) link
No “Light Up Gold,” no credibility.
― it's AG in your faaaace.... (morrisp), Sunday, 15 November 2020 06:32 (three years ago) link
literally all I'd have wished for in an updated RS list is for Pet Sounds to drop 20 places, but here we are
― cerebral halsey (rip van wanko), Sunday, 15 November 2020 10:43 (three years ago) link
Haha, this was the thread that sparked the Xenakis listening project.
I voted for Kind of Blue in the end, btw.
― I guess I'd be lonesome (Sund4r), Sunday, 15 November 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link
RS didn't game the results, 500 some odd people voted
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Sunday, 15 November 2020 17:00 (three years ago) link
I fell in love with songs in the key of life around the same age as my uncle did, i remember my grandmother telling me how she knew the album by heart because he played it all the freakin time when he was around 14
― brimstead, Sunday, 15 November 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
xpost alright, fine ... ppl like popular artists, turns out
― alpine static, Monday, 16 November 2020 05:33 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 21 November 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Don’t forget to vote in this historical poll that will determine the fate of ILM’s Tacit Canon for the next twenty years.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 21 November 2020 00:03 (three years ago) link
Screw the canon revisionists - I'm voting Sgt Peppers.
― o. nate, Saturday, 21 November 2020 03:33 (three years ago) link
Could have been my choice on another day
― actually-very-convincing (Sund4r), Saturday, 21 November 2020 03:36 (three years ago) link
I surprised myself and went with VU & Nico.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 21 November 2020 11:34 (three years ago) link
Couldn’t choose between VU, Ramones, or T Heads, so went for Miles.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 21 November 2020 15:52 (three years ago) link
I voted for the VU too. Exile would be second for me...bold picks!
― clemenza, Saturday, 21 November 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
Pretty sure I voted for Nation of Millions, obviously, but as the years go by I think the first Ramones LP might be overtaking it
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 21 November 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
NYC bias makes me wonder about whether other people more or less unconsciously voted based on geographical proximity.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 21 November 2020 18:21 (three years ago) link
I voted for Nation of Millions. I was 16 when it came out and I can't even describe how hard it hit me. I listened to that record basically every day that summer, and through most of my junior year of high school. Saw them live that year, too, with Stetsasonic, EPMD and Big Daddy Kane opening. What a time to be alive, as old people say.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 21 November 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 22 November 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
I prefer the original order tbh.
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Sunday, 22 November 2020 00:20 (three years ago) link
I can't object to any of the albums with 0 votes.
― Advanced Doomscroller (Sanpaku), Sunday, 22 November 2020 00:32 (three years ago) link
I object to 2 of the 3 that won.
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Sunday, 22 November 2020 00:35 (three years ago) link
Great three-way tie!
― down like 6:30 (morrisp), Sunday, 22 November 2020 00:44 (three years ago) link
Putting To Pimp a Butterfly over The Chronic, Low End Theory, Enter the Wu-Tang and Illmatic is such a hilarious decision
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 22 November 2020 00:51 (three years ago) link
1. Marvin Gaye, 'What's Going On' 0
Take that, Rolling Stone.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 22 November 2020 02:01 (three years ago) link
Butterfly not even my favorite Kendrick album lol
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 22 November 2020 02:07 (three years ago) link
ilm list is an improvement. 5 votes for Ramones as GOAT was the biggest surprise.
― Indexed, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
the write-in vote for Bathtub Shitter was surprising
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 24 November 2020 15:31 (three years ago) link