Impy's Annual Best-of-the-Year Point Distribution Tally Nonsense - Please Participate

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Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (14)
Shearwater - Rook (13)
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes/Sun Giant EP (12)
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash (11)
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins (11)
Black Mountain - In the Future (10)
Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now Youngster...(10)
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (9)
Sun Kil Moon - April (5)
R.E.M. - Accelerate (3)
Amos Lee - Last Days at the Lodge (1)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (1) :lol: Yeah, I did it.
 
LemonMelon said:
:lol: Dr. Carter is a good song. The rest is like an instructional tape on how to stroke your own ego.
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I do like Dr. Carter, and I think he has some interesting one-liners, along with the weirdness of his voice, and it makes for an enjoyable album. :up:
 
These are technically due right now, but I only have 11 entries. I'll ask Anu what he thinks, but in the meantime, keep posting your points if you have them.
 
1. Who Killed Amanda Palmer? By Amanda Palmer-15 points
2. Viva La Vida (Prospekt’s March) by Coldplay- 15 points
3. Safe Trip Home by Dido-12 points
4. No, Virginia by The Dresden Dolls-10 points
5. Into The Future by Black Mountain-10 points
6. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver-9 points
7. Oracular Spectacular by MGMT-9 points
8. American Gothic by Smashing Pumpkins-7 points
9. Some People Have Real Problems by Sia-7 points
10. Forth by The Verve-6 points
 
impy13 said:
These are technically due right now, but I only have 11 entries. I'll ask Anu what he thinks, but in the meantime, keep posting your points if you have them.
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Thanks for not even acknowledging my request, Limpy. You're dead to me now.

:sad:
 
I figured by saying "keep sending them in," I already gave in to your demands. Don't pout.
 
Ok, I didn't realize things had changed, if you're still accepting impy:

The Killers - Day & Age (15)
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (13)
Sun Kil Moon - April (12)
Cut/Copy - In Ghost Colours (10)
M83 - Saturdays = Youth (9)
Girl Talk - Feed The Animals (8)
Keane - Perfect Symmetry (7)
Bloc Party - Intimacy (6)
Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid (6)
Coldplay - Viva La Vida (5)
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (5)
Starflyer 59 - Dial M (4)
 
I will do some rankings if people want to send me albums from this year. I wouldn't be opposed to that.

All I've heard from 2008 is Fleet Foxes, Viva La Vida, Mercy, and Hold on Now, Youngster....
 
For once in my life, I tried to do this list as fast as possible and without losing any sleep over it, which means I'm probably going to hate the order about 3 minutes after posting it. I may come back and add some comments, tracks to listen to, links, vids, etc. to the list later.


Honorable Mentions: Flight of the Conchords, Frightened Rabbit, The Dutchess and the Duke, Opeth, Kanye West, R.E.M., Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Wilderness, Los Campesinos!, Cut Copy, F*ck Buttons, Destroyer, Gnarls Barkley.

20. The Dutchess and the Duke - 'She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke'
19. The Gaslight Anthem – ‘The ’59 Sound’
18. The Walkmen - 'You & Me'
17. My Morning Jacket - 'Evil Urges'
16. TV on the Radio - 'Dear Science'
15. Mogwai - 'The Hawk Is Howling'
14. Portishead - 'Third'
13. The Dodos - 'Visiter'
12. Deerhunter - 'Microcastle'
11. Okkervil River - 'The Stand-Ins'
10. Sigur Ros - 'Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust'
9. Elbow - 'The Seldom Seen Kid'
8. Coldplay - 'Viva La Vida'
7. Bon Iver - 'For Emma, Forever Ago'
6. Shearwater - 'Rook'
5. M83 - 'Saturdays = Youth'
4. Vampire Weekend - self-titled
3. Fleet Foxes - self-titled
2. Los Campesinos! - 'Hold On Now, Youngster...'
1. Why - 'Alopecia'


I actually finished this list in under 2 hrs, fastest time evar!.
 
The Dodos? Really? I saw them early last year at a time when I had not heard of them yet. They were ok but I wasn't inspired to get the CD. And The Walkmen made the top 20 already, I see. Cool.
 
joyfulgirl said:
The Dodos? Really? I saw them early last year at a time when I had not heard of them yet. They were ok but I wasn't inspired to get the CD. And The Walkmen made the top 20 already, I see. Cool.
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Yes, really. I haven't talked with anyone who didn't enjoy that album.
 
joyfulgirl said:
The Dodos? Really? I saw them early last year at a time when I had not heard of them yet. They were ok but I wasn't inspired to get the CD. And The Walkmen made the top 20 already, I see. Cool.
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I haven't listened to either of those albums more than twice yet, but I like both of them a great deal already.

I'm already thinking I overrated the Los Campesinos! by a few spots...
 
Here are my point break downs. Thanks for delaying a bit, IMP.


Why - 'Alopecia' - 15 pts
Los Campesinos! - 'Hold On Now Younster...' - 10 pts
Fleet Foxes - 10 pts
Vampire Weekend - 10 pts
M83 - 'Saturdays = Youth' - 10 pts
Shearwater - 'Rook' - 10 pts
Bon Iver - 'For Emma, Forever Ago' - 8 pts
Coldplay - 'Viva La Vida' - 7 pts
Elbow - 'The Seldom Seen Kid' - 6 pts
Sigur Ros - 'Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust' - 5 pts
Okkervil River - 'The Stand-Ins' - 4 pts
Deerhunter - 'Microcastle' - 2 pts
The Dodos - 'Visiter' - 1 pt
Portishead - 'Third' - 1 pt
Mogwai - 'The Hawk Is Howling' - 1 pt
 
For all the flak we give Chris Martin for being a tool, at least people in B&C still give credit where credit is due. By my count, Viva La Vida has a damn good amount of points in this.
 
Better late than never...

1. Portishead, Third (15 pts.)
2. Titus Andronicus, The Airing of Grievances (10 pts.)
3. Girl Talk, Feed the Animals (10 pts.)
4. The Walkmen, You and Me (10 pts.)
5. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend (8 pts.)
6. Spiritualized, Songs in A&E (8 pts.)
7. T.V. on the Radio, Dear Science (7 pts.)
8. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes (7 pts.)
9. Flight of the Conchords, Flight of the Conchords (7 pts.)
10. David Byrne and Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (6 pts.)

Honorable Mentions:

The Gaslight Anthem, The '59 Sound (4 pts.)
Flogging Molly, Float (3 pts.)
Death Cab for Cutie, Narrow Stairs (3 pts.)
F*cked Up, The Chemistry of Common Life (1 pt.)
Supergrass, Diamond Hoo Ha (1 pt.)
 
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1. My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges (15 pts.)
2. T.V. on the Radio, Dear Science (10 pts.)
3. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes (10 pts.)
4. Frightened Rabbit, The Midnight Organ Fight (10 pts.)
5. Kings of Leon, Only By The Night (8 pts.)
6. The Raconteurs, Consolers of the Lonely (8 pts.)
7. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend (7 pts.)
8. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago (7 pts.)
9. The Gaslight Anthem, The ‘59 Sound (7 pts.)
10. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Cardinology (6 pts.)
11. Michael Franti & Spearhead, All Rebel Rockers (4 pts.)
12. Blitzen Trapper, Furr (3 pts.)
13. Black Mountain, In The Future (3 pts.)
14. Jenny Lewis, Acid Tongue (1 pt.)
15. Tom Gabel, Heart Burns (1 pt.)

Some Honorable Mentions (No points), albums by:
REM, Elbow, Mercury Rev, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, MGMT, Conor Oberst, Grand Archives, Amanda Palmer, Billy Bragg, Glasvegas, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Snow Patrol, The Killers
 
phanan said:
How much longer are we going to go with this? Looks like we have over 15 entries now...
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I think this is a perfect situation for new users "fanan" and "u2mopfomo" to add 2 additional lists to help boost the ratings of our favorite albums.
 
I don't know why I haven't done this point distribution thing yet. There's about to be another entry from moi if we can keep the polls open for another, like, 10 minutes.
 
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