went with Salad Days
Benji was a revelation for me, but haven't heard in a while
not many stone cold classics for me here
wonder if the War on Drugs will take it, lurkerwise
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 9 June 2022 10:41 (one year ago) link
Wouldn't be surprised. A better timeline has Black Messiah take it, which I do at least need to revisit
― imago, Thursday, 9 June 2022 11:34 (one year ago) link
do you like shabazz palaces? seems like the kind of rap album youd be into
― Spottie, Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:09 (one year ago) link
gonna revisit that, black messiah and run the jewels. i'm really unenthusiastic about my choices here, tbh.
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:20 (one year ago) link
Black Messiah dropping like the last week of the year really gave it some last-minute heft.
― Chris L, Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:31 (one year ago) link
I love Black Messiah. I remember thinking this was the kind of album I wish Prince would release - musically, it sounded like something Prince could have theoretically done if he was still putting out rock solid, A quality albums on a regular basis.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 9 June 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
Xpost meaning the album gave the year some heft.
― Chris L, Thursday, 9 June 2022 19:01 (one year ago) link
(three songs in and sweet jesus black messiah is just as dreadful as i remember. so many amazing guitarists on this and none of them decided to show up to the sessions with any semblance of good taste. this album is a fucking joke. smh, sorry to be the loudmouth negative, but fuck me this isn't good ya'll.)
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Thursday, 9 June 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link
my favorite record of 2014 besides Lese Majesty and Syro - and it is not at all an ilx thing, is Michael Pisaro’s Continuum Unbound
― Dan S, Friday, 10 June 2022 01:21 (one year ago) link
Went with Spoon.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 10 June 2022 01:33 (one year ago) link
As stated uptrend, I went and listened to Mr Twin Sister for the first time. Album is great and right up my alley, are their other albums this good?
Now to pick another album to play for the first time from this year.
― Bee OK, Friday, 10 June 2022 17:00 (one year ago) link
Going to give Grouper - Ruins a shot tonight
― Bee OK, Friday, 10 June 2022 17:02 (one year ago) link
their other albums are, by and large, just as good
mileage may vary on which is best, but all the post name change albums are great
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 10 June 2022 18:59 (one year ago) link
I like the pre-name change stuff too. Good band.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 10 June 2022 19:52 (one year ago) link
xxxp their 2018 album Salt is just a notch below the self-titled but still really good! And its high points are just as high
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Friday, 10 June 2022 20:45 (one year ago) link
SYRO - one of his best albums
― kraudive, Friday, 10 June 2022 20:50 (one year ago) link
it was
― Dan S, Friday, 10 June 2022 23:16 (one year ago) link
the other two mr. twin sister albums are as good or even better
their previous albums under the name twin sister are not particularly memorable though
― ufo, Friday, 10 June 2022 23:46 (one year ago) link
I was very surprised on how much I liked it, tho it still won't get my vote. Thanks everyone for the recommendations as it's always fun discovering a new band.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 11 June 2022 00:34 (one year ago) link
I really need to revisit Syro. At the time I thought it was completely forgettable and easily the worst of his “normal” albums.
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 11 June 2022 23:55 (one year ago) link
Syro was a possibility.
Maybe I’ll give that a spin tonight, been a minute
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 11 June 2022 23:59 (one year ago) link
As I have stated, going through some of these that I have never heard before. Last night was Ruins and I just wasn't in the mood for that amount of mellowness. Next is Mac DeMarco.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 12 June 2022 23:14 (one year ago) link
there are a lot of great Aphex Twin albums but I think Syro maybe is the best of them
― Dan S, Monday, 13 June 2022 01:59 (one year ago) link
xps Austin I bought Black Messiah on release and it is def in my top 5 albums I tried very hard to get into but just couldn't, it's not that it's bland or whatever it's almost aggresively unlistenable to my ears, really an emperor's new clothes/feel like I'm taking crazy pills moment in music for me
but I am ofc happy that it brings joy to others
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 13 June 2022 11:01 (one year ago) link
First Twin Sister LP from 2011 on Domino is the only real letdown in their discography, however the preceding EPs from 2009/2010 are excellent.
― Portrait Of A Dissolvi Ng Drea M (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 13 June 2022 11:43 (one year ago) link
I loved Salad Days as it sounded like a lost Wilco record on first listen. Next is 1989 but unlike some of the others I have heard this one before but just making sure it's not quite good enough to get my vote here.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 19:51 (one year ago) link
Neneh Cherry
― sloop johnnin' skater (geoffreyess), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 02:03 (one year ago) link
the preceding EPs from 2009/2010 are excellent.
I still haven't loved anything they've done quite as much as Color Your Life
― sloop johnnin' skater (geoffreyess), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 02:04 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 16 June 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
i don't really care about against me! one way or another but half the trans women i know (including me) can trace our transitions back, in one way or another, to that album
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 16 June 2022 00:06 (one year ago) link
I was enthralled by punk rock in the late 70s/early 80s, but I think that I'm too old now to really appreciate a punk revival. It feels like something that has been/is geared toward a younger generation
― Dan S, Thursday, 16 June 2022 01:55 (one year ago) link
same with indie music that goes back hard on the mid-late 80s and 90s. that was an absolute peak time for college rock and there's no replicating it really ever again
― Dan S, Thursday, 16 June 2022 02:05 (one year ago) link
Transgender Dysphoria Blues is a wonderfully melodic jam but I could never really get into the album
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 16 June 2022 07:21 (one year ago) link
I did see Spoon just two weeks back, still on that high and had to vote for it here. I just think the first side is solid gold. The run is "Rent I Pay," "Inside Out," "Rainy Taxi," "Do You" and then ends with "Knock Knock Knock" which might not be toped. Yes, the second side does slow down and din't get "I Just Don't Understand" until I saw it live with Dale Watson on this tour. Then the whole things ends with maybe Spoon's best pop moment "New York Kiss."
― Bee OK, Thursday, 16 June 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 17 June 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
Almost eight years since Black Messiah came out...I can't think of anyone else of D'Angelo's stature who has had a similar output (only three albums - all major works - over a very long period of time). It's like Terrence Malick before he got prolific.
― birdistheword, Friday, 17 June 2022 00:40 (one year ago) link
will put up the 2010s nominations thread soon
― ufo, Friday, 17 June 2022 00:40 (one year ago) link
8 837 Sun Kil Moon - Benji 0
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Friday, 17 June 2022 02:17 (one year ago) link
nice
Benji was a great dog. He deserves better than having his name besmirched.
― birdistheword, Friday, 17 June 2022 02:23 (one year ago) link
I see I was the only voter for Salad Days
oh well, nice turnout, rather enjoying the split, so many 1-vote albums
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 17 June 2022 10:24 (one year ago) link
Curious who else voted for Ultraviolence.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 17 June 2022 12:14 (one year ago) link
black messiah was my actual favorite record of 2014, then and now, fwiw
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 17 June 2022 13:47 (one year ago) link
Ultraviolence
Me, though I didn’t have anything in particular to say about it. The first seven tracks are great and the last four are nothing special.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 17 June 2022 14:19 (one year ago) link
Ultraviolence finishing below rape shocker
― Armenian Idol (Noodle Vague), Friday, 17 June 2022 14:47 (one year ago) link