i wish that we could talk about it
It's that time of the year when best-of lists become as ubiquitous as "holiday" (nee "christmas") sales at your favourite big box retailer. I'll still probably throw something together for songs and shows and maybe something else, but quite frankly, my albums list is pretty boring. If, for some reason, you were curious, this is what I sent in to Chart (in all its Chart formatted glory):
1. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - Sound of Silver (DFA)
2. M.I.A. - Kala (XL)
3. HANDSOME FURS - Plague Park (Sub Pop)
4. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Strawberry Jam (Domino)
5. RADIOHEAD - In Rainbows (independent)
6. LES SAVY FAV - Let's Stay Friends (Frenchkiss)
7. KANYE WEST - Graduation (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
8. MARNIE STERN - In Advance of the Broken Arm (Kill Rock Stars)
9. SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME - Fill Up the Room (K)
10. JUSTICE - Cross (Ed Banger/Vice)
If, for some reason, you would like to read more about records that, for the most part, other people have already talked to death, I'm doing the first five for the January Off-Centre and LCD Soundsystem for the January Chart.
Labels: lists
7 Comments:
so no battles, huh? i love that record...
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, at
3:08 p.m.
i actually haven't heard it, but it doesn't really sound like my thing
open your ears, son... maybe your mind will follow. :-P
By , at
4:53 p.m.
battles = better every time.
By , at
5:09 p.m.
no Spoon? you sir are insane.
Actually, I'm more surprised not to see Sunset Rubdown on this list. And Marnie Stern has no longevity for me. Really.
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abrownfield, at
10:29 p.m.
One thing's for sure, this year has been a tremendous improvement over the last- quality wise.
Too many albums to choose from that instant classics like Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga and Neon Bible might not make the top five. Its too tempting to pick the more obscure choices that you might have fallen in love with this year that everyone else isn't drooling over yet (for me that'd be Yeasayer's debut,Akron/Family's Love is Simple and Celebration's Modern Tribe). It's tough to argue with Silver, Kala or Strawberry as album of the year material though.
By , at
2:02 p.m.
