|
Ptommydski
|
 |
« Reply #50 on: October 04, 2009, 03:22:58 AM » |
|
I don't think I've ever heard that record so  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Where you go, the people follow. You are our prophet. You are Lecherous Moses.
|
|
|
|
Inlander
|
|
« Reply #51 on: October 04, 2009, 07:59:51 AM » |
|
Does the review specify which generation? I mean I'm sure there's going to be an early-twenty-first-century dance music revival a few decades from now.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
a pack of wolves
|
|
« Reply #52 on: October 04, 2009, 09:13:52 AM » |
|
Since I don't think I've ever actually listened to that record when not playing Carcassonne I don't think it's my generation. Don't get me wrong, it's a great board game and all, but I am pretty sure it hasn't been the fun highlight of this decade.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Next time, on QC Forums: someone embarrassingly reveals that they are a homophobe! Stay tuned to find out who! |
|
|
|
David_Dovey
|
|
« Reply #53 on: October 04, 2009, 02:20:56 PM » |
|
Guys, I'm sorry but you weren't doing fun correctly in this decade. Better luck next year, I guess?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Now do it with the mouth!
|
|
|
|
KvP
|
|
« Reply #54 on: October 04, 2009, 02:30:14 PM » |
|
Does the review specify which generation? I mean I'm sure there's going to be an early-twenty-first-century dance music revival a few decades from now.
I thought Daft Punk-derivative Electro House was already a thing. Honestly, I think the list is pretty boring and from the standpoint of someone who really loves electronic music it feels staid. It seems like the rock and pop albums on the list sort of serve to impress upon the reader the diversity of those genres, highlighting some albums that didn't exactly take the world by storm when they came out. But looking for electronic music it's peculiarly zeitgeist-y. Aside from maybe Third from Portishead every electronic album is one that announced its niche to the world. Daft Punk's up there with Electro House, I knew Burial would be there representing dubstep, 2 Many DJs is there. It's pretty cursory. Which is to say, I echo Brett's sentiment that this list is made from a certain perspective, with interesting genres of music left at the margins. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
rynne
|
|
« Reply #55 on: October 04, 2009, 04:38:19 PM » |
|
10. The Avalances - Since I Left You
9. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
8. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
7. The Strokes - Is This It?
6. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
5. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
4. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3. Daft Punk - Discovery
2. Arcade Fire - Funeral
1. Radiohead - Kid A
I think it's funny that 8 of the Top 10 are from 2000 or 2001*. I suspect that says something about the way the internet has changed the rate and depth of music lovers' audio consumption. Back in the beginning of the decade, file sharing was just starting to make an impact on music distribution outside of college campuses, and there weren’t many well-known sources of record reviews (only dead-tree mags like Rolling Stone, etc. or the spearhead online reviewers like Pitchfork). There were still relatively few tastemakers who were setting musical trends and not a whole lot of ways that people could hear and share more obscure music. Contrast with today, where anyone can easily seek out dozens of review sites catering to a range of specific tastes, and have practically immediate access to any of that music through file-sharing sites. I think what you're seeing in that list is a breakdown of coherent musical zeitgeists near the beginning of the decade. Pre-2002, the "good" albums were well agreed-upon, at least so much so that they came out on top of Pitchfork's aggregate scoring system. Post-2002, individual tastes were given the freedom to splinter so much that only two albums, Funeral and Person Pitch, had wide enough consensus to make it into the Top 10 of the 00’s. *I'm counting Yankee Hotel Foxtrot as an ‘01 album because that’s when the band put it up on the internet. Albums #11, 12 and 13 are also from 2000 or 2001. |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: October 04, 2009, 07:18:11 PM by rynne »
|
Logged
|
When Kleiner showed me the sky-line of New York, I told him that man is like the coral insect---designed to build vast, beautiful, mineral things for the moonlight to delight in after he is dead. - H.P. Lovecraft
|
|
|
Koremora
Pneumatic ratchet pants
 Offline
Posts: 384
Oh, hey.
|
|
« Reply #56 on: October 04, 2009, 04:55:56 PM » |
|
I literally had that exact same thought process when I saw the dates of the top 10.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Third time's the charm, like a dog it's breathing.
|
|
|
|
Professor Snuggles
|
|
« Reply #57 on: October 04, 2009, 05:07:34 PM » |
|
Only problem I actually have with the list is A Ghost is Born not even being on it.
Otherwise, decent p4k list.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
KvP
|
|
« Reply #58 on: October 04, 2009, 06:30:47 PM » |
|
Also come on guys I bought Is This It when it first came out but is it really that good?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
E. Spaceman
Global Moderator
Beyond beyond Thunderdome
Offline
Posts: 3512
The Sonics The Sonics The Sonics The Sonics
|
|
« Reply #60 on: October 04, 2009, 08:50:50 PM » |
|
It's not.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
[20:29] Quietus: Haha oh shit Morbid Anal Fog
[20:29] Quietus: I had forgotten about them |
|
|
|
KickThatBathProf
|
|
« Reply #61 on: October 04, 2009, 08:51:35 PM » |
|
It's really not that good at all.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Retrospectre
Bizarre cantaloupe phobia
Offline
Posts: 232
|
|
« Reply #62 on: October 04, 2009, 09:04:52 PM » |
|
It's pretty okay.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Melodic
|
|
« Reply #63 on: October 05, 2009, 12:18:46 AM » |
|
I am neither for or against Is This It.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
dudes should not be trying to just noodle about with a chord like that. |
|
|
el_loco_avs
Furry furrier
Offline
Posts: 190
|
|
« Reply #64 on: October 05, 2009, 04:06:45 AM » |
|
List threads are so funny with everyone thinking their opinions are relevant to other people's opinions.  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Melodic
|
|
« Reply #65 on: October 05, 2009, 05:20:52 AM » |
|
Well someone's feeling superior today.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
dudes should not be trying to just noodle about with a chord like that. |
|
|
|
Inlander
|
|
« Reply #66 on: October 05, 2009, 07:41:00 AM » |
|
Anyone else notice how there's not a single British Sea Power album on this list? Anyone else got a problem with that?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Retrospectre
Bizarre cantaloupe phobia
Offline
Posts: 232
|
|
« Reply #67 on: October 05, 2009, 08:47:34 AM » |
|
Heh.
Daft Punk at number three when they gave it a 6.4.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Daft pun
Bizarre cantaloupe phobia
Offline
Posts: 238
|
|
« Reply #68 on: October 05, 2009, 09:02:27 AM » |
|
Anyone else notice how there's not a single British Sea Power album on this list? Anyone else got a problem with that?
Yes. Yes, I do take offence at that. The Decline Of should've been in there somewhere. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
All this won't do you any good; you cannot return to the moon!
|
|
|
SWOON! at My Gravitas
Curry sauce
Offline
Posts: 264
When it's coooold outsiiiide...
|
|
« Reply #69 on: October 05, 2009, 05:45:24 PM » |
|
I give Pitchfork's list a 6.3, and their ability to pretend that they have broad musical taste a 2.
(zing)
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
E. Spaceman
Global Moderator
Beyond beyond Thunderdome
Offline
Posts: 3512
The Sonics The Sonics The Sonics The Sonics
|
|
« Reply #70 on: October 05, 2009, 11:29:33 PM » |
|
I gave that joke 6.8 when it was on The Onion
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
[20:29] Quietus: Haha oh shit Morbid Anal Fog
[20:29] Quietus: I had forgotten about them |
|
|
|
Johnny C
|
|
« Reply #71 on: October 06, 2009, 04:42:48 AM » |
|
ep: 5.1
cupcakes: 8.9, best new baking
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
[22:40] Quietus: Do you know what I love?
[22:40] fat andy: Me!
[22:40] Quietus: Nah actually it's radical left wing politics and black metal
|
|
|
el_loco_avs
Furry furrier
Offline
Posts: 190
|
|
« Reply #72 on: October 06, 2009, 05:15:11 AM » |
|
Well someone's feeling superior today.
Yeah I had a good day!  It's just hilarious that people think a list of opinions is 'wrong'. Its even more hilarious in those voting list threads. It's all in good fun though  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
KickThatBathProf
|
|
« Reply #73 on: October 06, 2009, 09:02:50 AM » |
|
I think you need to find a better sense of humor
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
valley_parade
|
|
« Reply #74 on: October 06, 2009, 12:19:23 PM » |
|
Only problem I actually have with the list is A Ghost is Born not even being on it.
Otherwise, decent p4k list.
If that made my list, it'd have every single other Wilco album wayyyyy ahead of it. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
I mean, basically everything west of New mexico is just "the east" to me
|
|
|
E. Spaceman
Global Moderator
Beyond beyond Thunderdome
Offline
Posts: 3512
The Sonics The Sonics The Sonics The Sonics
|
|
« Reply #75 on: October 06, 2009, 02:51:54 PM » |
|
even Sky Blue Sky? or the new record?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
[20:29] Quietus: Haha oh shit Morbid Anal Fog
[20:29] Quietus: I had forgotten about them |
|
|
|
Professor Snuggles
|
|
« Reply #76 on: October 06, 2009, 08:05:46 PM » |
|
Only AGIB, YHF, Sky Blue Sky, and Wilco: The Album, are this decade.
Of those 4, only two have any place on an albums of the decade list.
AGIB should have been in the 20's or something.
Also Exploding Hearts should have been higher.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Ptommydski
|
|
« Reply #77 on: October 06, 2009, 08:13:14 PM » |
|
Did you like the self-titled one? I never heard it but a lot of people who were 'done' with Wilco said they thought it was their best record aside from YHF.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Where you go, the people follow. You are our prophet. You are Lecherous Moses.
|
|
|
|
Johnny C
|
|
« Reply #78 on: October 06, 2009, 08:24:50 PM » |
|
AGIB is better but the self-titled is a huge improvement over Sky Blue Sky.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
[22:40] Quietus: Do you know what I love?
[22:40] fat andy: Me!
[22:40] Quietus: Nah actually it's radical left wing politics and black metal
|
|
|
E. Spaceman
Global Moderator
Beyond beyond Thunderdome
Offline
Posts: 3512
The Sonics The Sonics The Sonics The Sonics
|
|
« Reply #79 on: October 06, 2009, 11:23:49 PM » |
|
Sku Blue Sky, one of the best Eagles records of the decade?!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
[20:29] Quietus: Haha oh shit Morbid Anal Fog
[20:29] Quietus: I had forgotten about them |
|
|
|
David_Dovey
|
|
« Reply #80 on: October 07, 2009, 12:34:13 AM » |
|
I dunno, I like the record The Eagles made a fair bit.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Now do it with the mouth!
|
|
|
|
Inlander
|
|
« Reply #81 on: October 07, 2009, 07:09:47 AM » |
|
I'm going to ignore all your Wilco talk for a moment because I just cannot get into them. But regarding Pitchfork's list, I would like to say that if I had been making the list I would have included the Silver Jews' Bright Flight (2001) on there somewhere. For some reason it's the Silver Jews album that always flies under the radar, but I think it's their best outside American Water. It's a fantastic collection of songs and in the middle of it there's "I Remember Me", which has to be one of the most heartbreaking and beautiful songs of the decade.
So there.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
elizaknowswhatshesfor
|
|
« Reply #82 on: October 07, 2009, 08:08:42 AM » |
|
That list has made me realise why I don't read Pitchfork. I don't think one single record on there would make my top ten.
As for the Hip Hop, it always annoys me that publications which should champion new & exciting music seem to drop the ball when it comes to a huge number of genres.
(My statement is general to avoid using the dreaded "I" word)
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
You do. You need pants. Put on some fucking pants. Why aren't you wearing pants?
|
|
|
|
KickThatBathProf
|
|
« Reply #83 on: October 07, 2009, 09:03:42 AM » |
|
I am curious to see your top ten
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
valley_parade
|
|
« Reply #84 on: October 07, 2009, 09:39:41 AM » |
|
even Sky Blue Sky? or the new record?
Yes, Emilio. I'm also apparently one of those very small minority of people that think Summerteeth was awesome. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
I mean, basically everything west of New mexico is just "the east" to me
|
|
|
E. Spaceman
Global Moderator
Beyond beyond Thunderdome
Offline
Posts: 3512
The Sonics The Sonics The Sonics The Sonics
|
|
« Reply #85 on: October 07, 2009, 11:45:51 AM » |
|
Everyone loves Summerteeth, it is a great record.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
[20:29] Quietus: Haha oh shit Morbid Anal Fog
[20:29] Quietus: I had forgotten about them |
|
|
|
Professor Snuggles
|
|
« Reply #86 on: October 07, 2009, 01:44:19 PM » |
|
Summerteeth was 99 thought, wasn't it?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
E. Spaceman
Global Moderator
Beyond beyond Thunderdome
Offline
Posts: 3512
The Sonics The Sonics The Sonics The Sonics
|
|
« Reply #87 on: October 07, 2009, 02:58:16 PM » |
|
definitely not in the 00s
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
[20:29] Quietus: Haha oh shit Morbid Anal Fog
[20:29] Quietus: I had forgotten about them |
|
|
|
michaelicious
|
|
« Reply #88 on: October 07, 2009, 03:10:28 PM » |
|
I'm going to ignore all your Wilco talk for a moment because I just cannot get into them. But regarding Pitchfork's list, I would like to say that if I had been making the list I would have included the Silver Jews' Bright Flight (2001) on there somewhere. For some reason it's the Silver Jews album that always flies under the radar, but I think it's their best outside American Water. It's a fantastic collection of songs and in the middle of it there's "I Remember Me", which has to be one of the most heartbreaking and beautiful songs of the decade.
So there.
This is something I can get behind. I love every single Silver Jews album, though. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
elizaknowswhatshesfor
|
|
« Reply #89 on: October 07, 2009, 04:46:32 PM » |
|
Prof, was that aimed me? If so. I don't do top tens, only uber specific top fives. It's more fun that way. But I may just have Botch's We Are The Romans 10 times to give you answer.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
You do. You need pants. Put on some fucking pants. Why aren't you wearing pants?
|
|
|
evilbobthebob
FIGHT YOU
Offline
Posts: 436
Do not mock the Breast Jihad!
|
|
« Reply #90 on: October 07, 2009, 04:54:04 PM » |
|
Prof, was that aimed me? If so. I don't do top tens, only uber specific top fives. It's more fun that way. But I may just have Botch's We Are The Romans 10 times to give you answer.
I love you. Figuratively. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
KickThatBathProf
|
|
« Reply #91 on: October 07, 2009, 09:40:41 PM » |
|
Yeah that was directed at you Eliza, mainly because I thought you would be able to find at least one album out of the 200 that were on the list. Buuuuuuuuut seeing as how that genre seems to not be very well liked by Pitchfork, I can see why you wouldn't be able to find a one.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
KharBevNor
|
|
« Reply #92 on: October 07, 2009, 09:56:03 PM » |
|
I'm not sure any of pitchfork's selections would be in my top 10. Top 50 certainly.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
el_loco_avs
Furry furrier
Offline
Posts: 190
|
|
« Reply #93 on: October 08, 2009, 02:48:35 AM » |
|
I think you need to find a better sense of humor
Like yours? mr completely unamused man? |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Nodaisho
|
|
« Reply #94 on: October 08, 2009, 03:18:44 AM » |
|
Yeah, I didn't see anything that is top 10 material for me, either. Lift Your Skinny Fists might be on the top 50, same with Songs For the Deaf, but I don't remember much else on there that I liked at all (I didn't listen to all of them, obviously).
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
I took a duck in the face at two hundred and fifty knots
|
|
|
|
David_Dovey
|
|
« Reply #95 on: October 10, 2009, 01:17:17 AM » |
|
Prof, was that aimed me? If so. I don't do top tens, only uber specific top fives. It's more fun that way. But I may just have Botch's We Are The Romans 10 times to give you answer.
Be My Internet Girlfriend |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Now do it with the mouth!
|
|
|
|
elizaknowswhatshesfor
|
|
« Reply #96 on: October 10, 2009, 01:18:39 PM » |
|
There are records I like & even love on that list prof, just not TOP TEN love, (Jens Lekmen, the Hold Steady, Interpol, M.I.A, QOTSA, Lightening Bolt, Fugazi, Trail Of Dead, Girl Talk, The Walkmen are ones I remember.) Also: *blushes & giggles a little* We are the Romans came out in '99, but I will count it as it's within the space of ten years & I believe that counts as within 10 years which is technically what a decade is... dec⋅ade
/ˈdɛkeɪd; Brit. also dəˈkeɪd/
–noun
1. a period of ten years: the three decades from 1776 to 1806.
2. a period of ten years beginning with a year whose last digit is zero: the decade of the 1980s.
3. a group, set, or series of ten.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < MF < LL decad- (s. of decas) < Gk dekad- (s. of dekás) group of ten, equiv. to dék(a) ten + -ad- -ade 2
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
You do. You need pants. Put on some fucking pants. Why aren't you wearing pants?
|
|
|
Theriandros
Bizarre cantaloupe phobia
Offline
Posts: 209
|
|
« Reply #97 on: October 10, 2009, 01:59:35 PM » |
|
This list is like an old sitcom...
There's basically a cast of hipster music/white guys, the occasional rap album/black guy, and one metal album/that weird guy who hangs out in your neighborhood.
Way to be musically diverse guys.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Alex C
|
|
« Reply #98 on: October 10, 2009, 10:46:41 PM » |
|
I looked through the list and was sorely tempted to just go ahead and insert my own selections whenever something by The Streets came up.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Did you know that Heavy Metal is objectively the best kind of music? Also, that all other music is false and will be thrown upon the sword of metal's fiery wrath? It's true!
|
|
|
|
MrBlu
|
|
« Reply #99 on: October 11, 2009, 02:13:47 PM » |
|
5. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
WARNING WARNING OBLIGATORY HIP-HOP ALBUM TO TRY AND CLAIM CULTURAL RELEVANCE BEYOND THE REALM OF SKINNY WHITE GUYS WITH GLASSES +1 to this. You'd think a website that prides itself on being "indie" would look past the mainstream of Hip-Hop. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
rather than place the blame on somebody's undeveloped irony sensor, let's just blame the internet, k? My Last.FM |
|
|
|
Serious Pony Discussion Forum
Author
