End of Year Lists

[ratioci nation]

As the press makes their lists I guess we can post them here -
 
 Everybody's favorite music mag... Stuff
 
 Best Rock/Pop Albums
 
 Our Top 5
 
 1 - Guided by Voices - Earthquake Glue  
 2 - My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves  
 3 - The Wrens - The Meadowlands  
 4 - Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow  
 5 - Radiohead - Hail to the Thief    
 
 User Top 5
 
 1 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell  
 2 - The Strokes - Room on Fire  
 3 - Superjoint Ritual - A Lethal Dose of American Hatred  
 4 - The Distillers - Coral Fang  
 5 - The Sick Lipstick - Sting Sting Sting

[ratioci nation]

Rolling Stone - http://www.rollingstone.com/features/featuregen.asp?pid=2586
 
 Amazon.com Editors - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/4038621/ref%3Dfimoculouscom-20/002-6651779-0063266
 
 Amazon.com Customers - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/3947101/ref=fimoculouscom-20/
 
 Metacritic - http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2003.shtml
 
 Blender - http://theaerozone.ipbhost.com/index.php?s=851e54b87cb3ed4a1c621ab2f0b245dd&showtopic=1320&st=0
 
 Sonickteam2 - http://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=4065684
 
 Rough Trade - http://www.roughtrade.com/docs/top_100_2003.htm
 
 Robert Christgau - http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_ylist.php?yr=2003
 
 
 these all come from http://www.fimoculous.com/year-review-2003.cfm

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I think my taste best matches the Amazon editors...three of their top 20 were in my top 10 (and I think four of their top 20 were in Celeste's top 10).

[Guiny]

So you had two different lists?  :p

[Bags]

pollard, thanks for posting all these...I haven't had a chance to look yet, but will print 'em out and take 'em on the plane on my way to Fla for the holidays.  I can read about all these CDs it will be hard to find in strip mall suburbia.

[Celeste]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I think my taste best matches the Amazon editors...three of their top 20 were in my top 10 (and I think four of their top 20 were in Celeste's top 10).

I so wanted to dig the Thrills when I heard one of their songs, but I was too turned off by the hype and the sense I got that they were very contrived.

[redsock]

Dare I say it, I agree with Rhett on this one. Amazon is a pretty comprehensive list...and they don't have Elephant as number one, which is nice to see.

[Bags]

But instead they had Clay Aiken and Cher ahead of "Elephant" -- ??  I only looked at the top 40, so there could be some great stuff down the list, but in that top 40, I only have one album (and would only want the one I have...).
 
 But, s'what makes the world go 'round, right?
 
 

Originally posted by redsock:
  Dare I say it, I agree with Rhett on this one. Amazon is a pretty comprehensive list...and they don't have Elephant as number one, which is nice to see.

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Bagster:
  But instead they had Clay Aiken and Cher ahead of "Elephant" -- ??  I only looked at the top 40, so there could be some great stuff down the list, but in that top 40, I only have one album (and would only want the one I have...).
 
 But, s'what makes the world go 'round, right?
 
   

I think they are referring to the editors list, not the customers list.  But I don't find the beginning of editors much better.  I really don't get why people like Outkast so much, I finally heard the whole of Hey Ya last night and it is pretty bad.  And elephant is #3 on the list.

[redsock]

Originally posted by pollard:
   

Originally posted by Bagster:
  But instead they had Clay Aiken and Cher ahead of "Elephant" -- ??  I only looked at the top 40, so there could be some great stuff down the list, but in that top 40, I only have one album (and would only want the one I have...).
 
 But, s'what makes the world go 'round, right?
 
   

I think they are referring to the editors list, not the customers list.  But I don't find the beginning of editors much better.  I really don't get why people like Outkast so much, I finally heard the whole of Hey Ya last night and it is pretty bad.  And elephant is #3 on the list. [/b]

I was referring to the editors list. While I'm not dancing to Hey Ya, I just felt the list was more diverse than most, not just collapsing to the status quo. Yeah, #3 is still not #1, which way too many lists have Elephant  listed as. Small victories.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by pollard:
 
 Sonickteam2 -  http://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=4065684
 

screw you  

[redsock]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by pollard:
 
 Sonickteam2 -   http://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=4065684  
 

screw you    [/b]

I thought that was hilarious

[sonickteam2]

i dont think anyone CARES what you think, mr. redsock.
 
   

[Bags]

Aaah, sorry -- I didn't notice there were two Amazon lists.  I was wondering.  The editor's list is good from a quick glance.  
 
 I haven't heard Outkast, but I'm quite eager to.  I love Hey Ya -- I just think I'll hear it so much over the next few months that I'll hate it by Feb 2004.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Seems a lot of critics like the Thrills. I wonder why people don't like them on this board...they lack indie cred, or people just haven't heard of them yet?