Magazine/website/record store BEST OF 2011 end-of-year list pile-up

Not to play cap'n save the NME here, but this year's Arctic Monkeys album is actually better than their last couple. Still nowhere near top-ten worthy though.

They put Alex Turner's Submarine soundtrack on there as well though. Which was actually quite pleasant in the film but having it as an album of the year is indicative of a dearth of ideas.

i guess they're still actually popular in the uk, it'd just been like 3 years since i'd even been reminded they exist

Oh I'm not arguing that the NME doesn't have a dearth of ideas, just saying that the Arctic Monkeys album appearance probably isn't the worst offense on the list. Actually I'm kind of surprised they didn't toss in the other Gallagher bro's album too.

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Surprised because lol NME, not because it is any good or anything.

yeah I quite like the Monkeys record.

I thought those Alex Turner songs had the effect of killing the emotional moments in Submarine stone dead actually.

from a personal aversion to Turner? his voice?

Nah while I'm not particularly into him I don't have much of a problem with Turner or his voice either. It's just that it was an emotional enough movie anyway, and it really didn't need sensitive acoustic busker ballads indicating when the viewer should feel sad.

Yeah, it was a good movie, but when he started singing it suddenly killed it because y'know, "oh, it's the Arctic Monkeys guy singing". So many US indie films have been guilty of doing this - crowbarring music from some indie act and it feels like you're being force-fed these acts in a kind of "Of course you like Moldy Peaches, don't you?" kind of way. I felt similar about Submarine, so I hope it's not a trend the UKers will continue.

Wire put Lulu at #9

James Ferraro at #1 apparently.

Is it out today?

I have to say that, despite FACT's best attempts to make it seem horrible, that Loops Haunt track is outstanding

Looks like it, Sean xp

Yeah i got my digital edition today. Will try to type some of it out when I can.

Oh damn, we don't have a Wire thread on the sandbox, do we? I'm excited as they should be using my photos for the CooS review.

even with Kreayshawn, this section of the FACT list is so so sooooooo much better than what they posted yesterday

I'm excited as they should be using my photos for the CooS review

Aw, congrats on that!

Hmm...I thought that all print subscribers could now access the digital edition but I can't see how to make it work (I don't have an exact editions account). I guess I'll have to wait and see if it has been delivered at home.

Complete lack of love for the DJ Quik album in these lists. Should we be surprised?

No. With the exception of Jeff Weiss, the only people who've loved that record post here.

was there much love for blaqkout in that year's non-ILM lists?

this applies to like...at least 3/4 of all my favourite albums this year. i don't know whether people didn't like them or just didn't bother hearing them despite all my repping.

Wire
1. James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual
2. Rustie - Glass Swords
3. Eliane Radigue - Transamorem - Transmortem
4. Hype Williams - One Motion
5. The Beach Boys - The SMiLE Sessions
6. Michael Chapman - The Resurrection And Revenge Of The Clayton Peacock
7. DJ Rashad - Just A Taste
8. Laurel Halo - Hour Logic
9. Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu
10. John Wall & Alex Rogers - Work 2006-2011
11. Keiji Haino / Jim O'Rourke / Oren Ambarchi - In a Flash Everything Comes Together As One There Is No Need For A Subject
12. Sun Araw - Ancient Romans
13. Bill Orcutt - How TheThing Sings
14. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
15. Peaking Lights - 936
16. Corrupted - Garten Der Unberwusstheit
17. Balam Acab - Wander/Wonder
18. Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer - Re: ECM
19. Anti G - Presents 'Kentje'sz Beatsz'
20. Thomas Ankersmit & Valerio Tricoli - Forma II
21. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
22. Cornelius Cardew - The Great Learning
23. Thundercat - The Golden Age of Apocalypse
24. Hecker - Speculative Solution
25. Andy Stott - We Stay Together
26. Rinse 16: Mixed By Ben UFO
27. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
28. Margaret Dygas - Margaret Dygas
29. Jim O'Rourke - Old News #5
30. Bangs And Works Vol 2: The Best of Chicago Footwork
31. Ekoplekz - Intrusive Incidentalz Vol 1
32. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
33. The Advisory Circle - As The Crow Flies
34. Miles Davis - Live In Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol 1
35. Alexander Tucker - Dorwytch
36. Helm - Cryptography
37. John Chantler - The Luminous Ground
38. Ectoplasm Girls - TxN
39. Cindytalk - Hold Everything Dear
40. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra
41. Kuedo - Severant
42. Structure - Toad Blinker
43. The Fall - Ersatz GB
44. Leyland Kirby - Intrigue & Stuff Vol 1
45. Patrice & Friends - Cashmere Sheets
46. Zomby - Dedication
47. Music For Merce (1952-2009)
48. Peter Evans Quintet - Ghosts
49. Rrose x Bob Ostertag - Motormouth Variations
50. Michael Chapman - Trainsongs: Guitar Compositions 1967-2010

nice to see corrupted make it

Yeah, really happy to see them rate that Corrupted album, its great.

is that rustie album good

yeah i'm pleased to see the rustie album getting lots of EOY love, though it's sliiiightly worn off for me (like from "dead cert top 10" to "dead cert top 20"

Here's the best track. You decide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUEU8nMy5mA

Lol good trolling on the part of Wire putting that James Ferraro at #1.

i'm surprised by the various results so far. i actually thought that let england shake would top many/most of these lists, yet so far it doesn't seem like it.

you're seeing the same acts though: Destroyer, Bon Iver, Frank Ocean, etc.

track is p dope, number none

I forgot about Smile. I'm yet to hear it - holding out for a Xmas present.

Your kidding re: PJ Harvey right? I mean, its not topping every list, but I mean... this is pretty much as universal acclaim as you can get:

5 pj harvey - let england shake
06 - LET ENGLAND SHAKE - PJ HARVEY
1. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
02) PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
4.PJ HARVEY - "Let England Shake" (Island)
01 PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
1: PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
3. PJ HARVEY - 'Let England Shake'
1 - PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
7. P.J Harvey : Let England Shake
2) PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
01 PJ Harvey - Let England Shake.
1. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
8. PJ Harvey : Let England Shake (Island)
1. PJ Harvey Let England Shake
5. PJ Harvey Let England Shake

you're seeing the same acts though: Destroyer, Bon Iver, Frank Ocean, etc.

true.

Guess which album is leading the Metacritic list that compiles all the results so far?

http://www.metacritic.com/feature/music-critic-top-ten-lists-best-albums-of-2011

hm. okay. i guess i haven't studied the various lists enough. or maybe a few curious choices (e.g., ferraro; the weekend; florence + the machine) threw me off.

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Guess which album is leading the Metacritic list that compiles all the results so far?

wait, don't tell me. i think i already know.

Is that Metronomy album any good or is it rubbish indie electro of the highest order like I'm assuming?

hm. okay. i guess i haven't studied the various lists enough. or maybe a few curious choices (e.g., ferraro; the weekend; florence + the machine) threw me off.

The Florence album is really, really, REALLY good, like unreasonably so in the face of expectations. Basically, I bought it on a whim because I knew my wife wanted to hear more of her and most of the songs are just above and beyond what I was expecting, particularly "What The Water Gave Me", "No Light, No Light", "Remain Nameless", "Seven Days" and "Strangeness and Charm".

i haven't gotten around to it yet. reviews were mixed, IIRC.

pj harvey will top the ilm list obv

It's basically a big sweeping gothy pop album, I really love it and I didn't think I was going to (I thought it would be overbearing and try-too-hard).

Of course, I am not a fan of her videos...

pj harvey will top the ilm list obv

i've been wondering this - i'm not sure, it didn't actually seem to take with wider ilx beyond the hardcore in her thread.

pj harvey will top the ilm list obv

would be the first ever rock winner if it does

TIME magazine:

10. Black Keys - El Camino
9. Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
8. The Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee, Part II
7. Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now
6. tUnE-yArDs - W h o k i l l
5. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra
4. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
3. Kanye West and Jay-Z - Watch the Throne
2. Florence and the Machine - Ceremonials
1. Adele - 21

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101344_2101364,00.html

who is this frank ocean then?

he's one of the more talented Odd Future ppl

I'll say this now: I wish Adele would just fuck off.

YEAH!

Actually, no, I don't mind that she exists, I just wish people outside of Mondeo drivers would stop trying to convince themselves she's supposed to be good.