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Midnight_Rambler [Edit] [Delete] 54 replies 15:13 February 3rd, 2010

You all voted for 417 albums in total, but the majority of these recieved just the one vote. I was toying with the idea of putting up a top 100, but in the 50-100 part, there are far too many albums sharing equal points. The Top 50 that I've compiled, is much more cohesive I think, with only a few albums sharing equal points.

I decided at the last minute to award an extra point to each #1 album. So 20 for 1st, 18 for 2nd...10 for 10th. Seemed a more considered system.

1.The Arcade Fire - Funeral ...599 points
2.Radiohead - Kid A ...438 points
3.Interpol - TOTBL ...431 points
4.Radiohead - In Rainbows ...220
5.Sufjan Stevens ...218
=.The National - Alligator ...218
7.GY!BE - Lift your Skinny Fists... ...209
8.The National - Boxer ...205
9.Bloc Party - Silent Alarm ...202
10.Joanna Newsom - Ys ...190
11.The Strokes - Is This It ...164
12.The Knife - Silent Shout ...161
13.Sigur Ros - ( ) ...146
14.Broken Social Scene - You forgot it in people ...130
15.Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna are you the... ...125
16.Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot ...117
17.Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell ...112
18.Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago ...102
19.Liars - Drums Not Dead ...97
20.LCD Soundsytem - Sound of Silver ...94
21.Daft Punk - Discovery ...93
22.Radiohead - Amnesiac ...92
23.TVOTR - Return to Cookie Mountain ...89
24.Burial - Untrue ...86
25.The Wrens - Meadowlands ...84
26.Bjork - Vespertine ...81
27.The Libertines - Up the Bracket ...80
28.Sigur Ros - Takk ...78
=.The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America ...78
30.Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun ...75
31.Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica ...71
32.The Postal Service - Give Up ...69
33.Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows ...68
=.Brand New - The Devil and God... ...68
35.Radiohead - Hail to The Thief ...67
=.Franz Ferdinand - s/t ...67
=.Tool - Lateralus ...67
38. ..Trail of Dead - Source, Tags and Codes ...66
39.Mclusky - Mclusky do Dallas ...65
=.Idlewild - The Remote Part ...65
41.MIA - Kala ...61
=.Panda Bear - Person Pitch ...61
43.The Mars Volta - Deloused in Comatorium ...59
44.Animal Collective - MPP ...58
45.Why? - Alopecia ...57
46.British Sea Power - Decline of BSP ...54
47.Lift to Experience - Texas Jerusalem... ...53
=.The Walkmen - Bows and Arrows ...53
49.Portishead - Third ...52
50.Scot Walker - The Drift ...51
=.Deerhunter - Cryptograms ...51

A fairly unanimous vote for Funeral then!

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never mind Funeral

the top 3 are really streets ahead of the rest. they're sort of everyone choice albums though

brusma | 3 Feb '10, 15:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Funeral was consistant.
  
  It didn't get as many top marks as Kid A, but much more people voted for it.
  
  Midnight_Rambler @brusma | 3 Feb '10, 15:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
wot no...

...LIARS?

theQuietus | 3 Feb '10, 15:29 | X | ^ This | Reply

Backbone this'd this
- Number 19?
  
  Midnight_Rambler @theQuietus | 3 Feb '10, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
AARRGGHHH!!! Shit!

Forgot-

13.At the Drive in - Relationship of Command ...155 points.

Squeeze it in after The Knife and before Sigur Ros.

Fuck fuck fuck

It's now a top 51. To hell with convention.

Midnight_Rambler | 3 Feb '10, 15:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
My Scott Walker blunder prevented it from being 31st

Sorry Scott! Not surprised by the top 3 at all. Surprised Cryptograms is in there and Microcastle isn't but that's a better list than a lot of places. Although the omission of any hip hop/rap albums is slightly disconcerting.

innisj | 3 Feb '10, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Some Hip Hop/Rap Albums picked up points.
  
  But there were none anywhere near the top 50. I like Hip Hop, but I do think a Great Hip Hip album is a rare thing indeed.
  
  Midnight_Rambler @innisj | 3 Feb '10, 15:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Madvilliany
    
    For one
    
    innisj @Midnight_Rambler | 3 Feb '10, 16:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    theShipment and whatisthewhat this'd this
    - Madvilliany got 44 points.
      
      It would have been placed #60-65
      
      Midnight_Rambler @innisj | 3 Feb '10, 16:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Stankonia
    
    bornin69 @Midnight_Rambler | 3 Feb '10, 18:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - where'd Speakerboxxx/TLB, The College Dropout, Blueprint, Stankonia, Original Pirate Material, Marshall Mathers LP and Boy In Da Corner all place?
    
    SCROTUM @Midnight_Rambler | 3 Feb '10, 19:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - When I'm at home tomorrow, and have access to the results
      
      I'll post a select number of non Indie albums, and the points they recieved. Should be able to work out roughly where they each fit in from that. Of the albums above, I think only Eminem didn't get any votes.
      
      Midnight_Rambler @SCROTUM | 3 Feb '10, 20:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - gwarn then
        
        SCROTUM @Midnight_Rambler | 6 Feb '10, 14:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I will get on to this, but can't be arsed right now.
        
        About to go the pub for a nice Roast Dinner. I'll do it later.
        
        Midnight_Rambler @SCROTUM | 7 Feb '10, 14:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        dude, it's a Sunday
        
        it's cool
        
        SCROTUM @Midnight_Rambler | 7 Feb '10, 14:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Had roast Pork belly, it was lovely.
        
        Midnight_Rambler @SCROTUM | 7 Feb '10, 22:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Maybe we should do a separate thread for rap/hip-hop albums.
      
      Then again, it would be difficult to pin down what exactly these words mean, for example, I have no idea if a band like Subtle qualifies as hip-hop.
      
      whatisthewhat @SCROTUM | 6 Feb '10, 22:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Top 51?! Pah, well that just voids it all then!

No, really, top stuff, cheers for making the effort... it's nice to see a top 50 where I actually own/have heard of a majority, now if you'll excuse me I'm off to dance around like a loon at the fact that two.. TWO.. Idlewild albums made the top fifty (one)... Brilliant!

Ze_Criz | 3 Feb '10, 15:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
Interesting that there's only one 2009 album (I think)

and three(?)from 2008.

goldenstreams | 3 Feb '10, 16:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
not as embarassing as your continued existence

Wasted_Opportunity @grouchland | 3 Feb '10, 18:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
What's the Sufjan Stevens album at 5?

subbero | 3 Feb '10, 16:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Oh! I should have taken more time checking it.
  
  Illinois of course.
  
  Midnight_Rambler @subbero | 3 Feb '10, 16:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Sometimes I forget

how single-minded the lot of DiS users are.

Not that these aren't good albums, but just... wheres the variation?

theShipment | 3 Feb '10, 16:34 | X | ^ This | Reply

TheWza this'd this
- well, it's popular albums that are bound to make it into the list
  
  these are just albums people have in common. i do think it's a bit of a boring list but i own about 15 of them, so. It doesn't mean everyone here just listens to indie.
  
  i still really don't see the fuss about Funeral, mind.
  
  thommo @theShipment | 3 Feb '10, 16:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I would agree with this.
    
    I was hoping there would be a few more surprises in there myself.
    
    However 6 of my choices did end up in the top ten...
    
    Midnight_Rambler @thommo | 3 Feb '10, 16:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I know we don't all listen to indie only.
    
    I just think it would be cool if we had a list that actually reflected that.
    
    theShipment @thommo | 3 Feb '10, 16:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - i think the list of 200-400 would be that list.
      
      thommo @theShipment | 3 Feb '10, 17:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Lets see it then.
        
        theShipment @thommo | 3 Feb '10, 17:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        :)
        
        I'm so indie that I only look at the bottom halves of Albums of the Year lists.
        
        (safety wink etc)
        
        bamos @theShipment | 3 Feb '10, 17:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        *un-indie
        
        theShipment @bamos | 3 Feb '10, 17:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
That's a pretty bad list.

moff | 3 Feb '10, 17:01 | X | ^ This | Reply

TheWza this'd this
90s >>>>>>> 00s

Royter-Hatfood | 3 Feb '10, 17:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
I listen to a wide range of genres

As do most people on here. But the request wasn't for an eclectic top 10 of the last 10 years, but a top 10 of personal favourite albums. Of those polled, this list obviously reflects that. It was always going to be populist to an extent.

Midnight_Rambler | 3 Feb '10, 17:03 | X | ^ This | Reply

SCROTUM and robluvsnic this'd this
eurgh

douchebag | 3 Feb '10, 17:18 | X | ^ This | Reply

TheWza this'd this
Get to fuck

Seriously - what is wrong with some of these comments?

Do you people have no idea of statistics and how it works?

Of course 'crazy left field album name here' isn't going to top a list that is the combined work of lots of users -DUH! Of course it is safe and predictable - it couldn't have been anything else. Stop bitching, what did you expect?

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

terminus_est | 3 Feb '10, 17:47 | X | ^ This | Reply

SCROTUM, charliepanayi, Ze_Criz, thescarydoor, subbero, Zapsta, and shrewbie this'd this
- Chill dood.
  
  I am not mad at it, just think its... boring, single-minded, cliche, predictable, etc.
  
  I get it, its a 'popular' list. All I was saying is that its a shame how unoriginal the lot can be. I see so much more interesting discussion on the boards and forget that the majority are out there with Radiohead and Bloc Party on repeat.
  
  theShipment @terminus_est | 3 Feb '10, 18:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  TheWza this'd this
- not really
  
  the idea of a consensus behind Funeral being that strong is depressing and not that predictable to be honest (from my perspective). The disparity between the top number of votes and the fourth and fifth most is pretty big too, if there weren't these few "clasic" albums I think the list might be a little more skewed towards quality rather than status. Who am I to judge, though?
  
  millionaire @terminus_est | 3 Feb '10, 18:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Midnight_Rambler and TheWza this'd this
  - I think we should do this poll again
    
    but allow me to veto any lists I think are boring
    
    douchebag @millionaire | 3 Feb '10, 18:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    theShipment this'd this
    - I think you should collate the stats!
      
      It's a lot more labour intensive than it appears. I lost interest after a couple of hours.
      
      Midnight_Rambler @douchebag | 3 Feb '10, 19:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Thanks to Midnight Rambler for putting in so much effort.

Very cool, indeed. I reckon the results are decent even if they aren't mind-blowingly original. It beats NME's top 50 in my opinion, and it offers a more British perspective compared with Pitchfork's list.
If anything it shows you albums that were better received by the public than they were by the critics, which in itself is rather interesting.

Coja | 3 Feb '10, 18:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ^ this
  
  thanks so much.
  
  Can't say i agree with much of the list, but compiling that takes lots of effort, so a heads up to you.
  
  medulla @Coja | 7 Feb '10, 11:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
The stats geek in me comes out to play

Right then DiS, by year you have voted thusly:

2000

1/ Radiohead - Kid A
2/ Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists...
3/ At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
4/ Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
5/ Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
6/ Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows

2001

1/ The Strokes - Is This It
2/ Daft Punk - Discovery
3/ Radiohead - Amnesiac
4/ Bjork - Vespertine
5/ Tool - Lateralus
6/ Lift To Experience - The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads

2002

1/ Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
2/ Sigur Ros - ( )
3/ Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
4/ Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
5/ The Libertines - Up The Bracket
6/ ...Trail of Dead - Source, Tags & Codes
7/ Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
8/ Idlewild - The Remote Part

2003

1/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
2/ The Wrens - The Meadowlands
3/ The Postal Service - Give Up
4/ Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
5/ The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
6/ British Sea Power - The Decline of British Sea Power

2004

1/ Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
2/ The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows

2005

1/ Arcade Fire - Funeral (2005 in the UK)
=2/ Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
=2/ The National - Alligator
4/ Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
5/ Sigur Ros - Takk
6/ MIA - Kala

2006

1/ Joanna Newsom - Ys
2/ The Knife - Silent Shout
3/ Liars - Drums Not Dead
4/ TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
5/ The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
6/ Brand New - The Devil & God Are Raging Inside Me
7/ Scott Walker - The Drift

2007

1/ Radiohead - In Rainbows
2/ The National - Boxer
3/ Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
4/ LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
5/ Burial - Untrue
6/ Panda Bear - Person Pitch
7/ Deerhunter - Cryptograms

2008

1/ Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
2/ WHY? - Alopecia
3/ Portishead - Third

2009

1/ Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion

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So, in terms of basic numbers y'all thought 2002, 2006 & 2007 were the strongest and that 2004 and 2009 both had little going for them; in 09's case we can put this partly down to the need for some records to grow in stature over time but 2004 looks very lacking (Funeral was a '05 release outside of North America, else it would've of course topped that year; as it would any). Of course, in this we can't tell that 2005 had four records out of its six in the top 10 overall but it's nice to get a different perspective.

Some records that have proved very popular in aggregate EOD lists but failed to show up in our top 51 include: The College Dropout, Original Pirate Material, Whatever People Say..., both Elephant and White Blood Cells, Stankonia, The Marshall Mathers LP, Songs For The Deaf, Boy In Da Corner, XTRMNTR, Vampire Weekend, The Blueprint, Fleet Foxes and Chutes Too Narrow. So, yeah, a lot of hip-hop or variants thereof in that.

SCROTUM | 3 Feb '10, 18:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- oh and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
  
  SCROTUM @SCROTUM | 3 Feb '10, 18:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Weird
  
  coz 2004 is the pick of the years, in my opine. So many great albums from that year.
  
  Then again, that probably explains the low representation: since there were so many good albums from that year, it split the vote.
  
  robluvsnic @SCROTUM | 6 Feb '10, 13:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
i like it

really like the list,good work.the top 4 is the same as my top 4 would be just in different order.

hihi | 3 Feb '10, 18:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
No Smog/Bill Callahan?!

But that gobshite Bon Iver is there?! Outrage.

Binary_Star | 3 Feb '10, 20:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
Good list. Personally i'm surprised to see that the following failed to make it:-

Blonde Redhead - 23
The Walkmen - You & Me
David Thomas Broughton - The Complete Guide To Insufficiency
Doves - The Last Broadcast
Fever Ray - s/t
Howling Bells - s/t
My Morning Jacket - Z
Queens of the Stone Age (Songs For The Deaf) HOW THE FUCK WAS THIS MISSED?!?!?!
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker

GS2008 | 6 Feb '10, 13:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
I remember no one choosing Arcade Fire

I thought Interpol got the most votes,

Yesiamaduck | 6 Feb '10, 20:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Both TOTBL and Kid A got 28 votes.
  
  Funeral on the other hand, got an incredible 39 votes. I was very surprised that it came out on top, as I had thought that they were somehow less relevant than they were about 4 years ago. Although I like the album, I haven't listened to it in ages. I find their shtick a little too pompous for my liking.
  
  When I was doing the count, I was willing either Radiohead or Interpol to overtake it.
  
  Midnight_Rambler @Yesiamaduck | 7 Feb '10, 14:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
:D Meadowlands made the top 25!

that‘s great for an album that maybe not so many people are aware of.

And the band have been dormant for so long it‘s heartening to see that good music is remembered without endless promotion from the press.

whatisthewhat | 6 Feb '10, 21:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
That's a fegging good list all things considered

and I'm usually the type of person who criticises the end-of-year lists that this site does. I honestly didn't expect it to be so good. I've got loads of these albums, most of them are excellent.

Nice to see GY!BE and of Montreal so high up, I'm also pleased with the 3 Sigur Ros albums being there. Then there's Arcade Fire, Interpol, At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Tool, Radiohead (mainly for Kid A), TVOTR, Liars, Why?, Trail of Dead etc.

Thanks for the effort Midnight_Rambler.

No 65dos though, what's with that? Probably too much division between the albums for any of them to get enough votes.

GalacticStar3ruption | 6 Feb '10, 22:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
i'm so surprised to see 'In Rainbows' that high.

Incredibly average album, especially in comparison to their other work this decade. However, it's all opinion...

medulla | 7 Feb '10, 11:36 | X | ^ This | Reply