B&C Best of 2017 - Discussion Thread

[gump]

This is a U2 Forum and all, but I find this #4 placement utterly ridiculous, for the record.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Haha fuck, both of those quotes made me laugh. I don't remember seeing either of those when they were originally posted.

U2 rules.

 

[Axver]

4. U2 - Songs of Experience (57 points, 5 votes)

What the fuck is wrong with you people.

My god, seriously.

I know we all like U2 here, but come on, as if this was the fourth best record anybody released in the entire twelve months of 2017. Be serious now.

 

[gump]

3. The National - Sleep Well Beast (65 points, 7 votes)

"That opening synth on Walk It Back is how babies get made" (Dalton)
"this is perfect" (Imperor)
"fuck!!! I forgot it's out!!!" (friggin')
"I was SO wrong about Sleep Well Beast." (friggin')

 

[iron yuppie]

#1: Father John Misty: Pure Comedy.

 

[gump]

2. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (80 points, 10 votes)

"How Do You Sleep made me involuntarily shit myself." (cobbler)
"I like Emotional Haircut except for the parts when they say emotional haircut." (Imperor)
"You forgot to mention Nancy Whang's contributions to the song." (Lazarus)
"sure, whatever" (Mack Again)
"I got food poisoning and missed the show." (PFan)

 

[LemonMelon]

Oh boy, this top 2 is NICE

 

[gump]

1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN (84 points, 9 votes)

Finally.

"Sheeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit" (Lance)
"Still AOTY backwards and forwards" (LemonMelon)

Spoiler

(DaveC)

 

[gump]

Pretty happy about the top 3. The top 5 would have been perfect without SOE.

 

[LemonMelon]

I have never seen that order anywhere else on the internet, I'll say that much. Really interesting list.

 

[gump]

Final results: B&C Best Album of 2017

28. (tie) Taylor Swift - Reputation (13 points, 1 vote)
28. (tie) Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy - A Pocket Full of Wind Resistance (13 points, 1 vote)
28. (tie) Deafcult - Auras (13 points, 1 vote)
27. Arca - Arca (13 points, 2 votes)
26. Spoon - Hot Thoughts (13 points, 4 votes)
25. Paramore - After Laughter (14 points, 2 votes)
21. (tie) Twin Peaks: Music From the Limited Event Series (15 points, 1 vote)
21. (tie) Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel (15 points, 1 vote)
21. (tie) Charli XCX - Pop 2 (15 points, 1 vote)
21. (tie) Blood Command - Cult Drugs (15 points, 1 vote)
20. The XX - I See You (15 points, 2 votes)
19. Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins (16 points, 3 votes)
18. Beck - Colors (17 points, 2 votes)
17. Big Thief - Capacity (17 points, 3 votes)
16. Torres - Three Futures (17 points, 4 votes)
15. SZA - Ctrl (18 points, 2 votes)
14. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights (20 points, 2 votes)
13. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (22 points, 2 votes)
12. Ryan Adams - Prisoner (25 points, 2 votes)
11. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up (26 points, 3 votes)
10. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me (32 points, 3 votes)
9. Slowdive - Slowdive (35 points, 5 votes)
8. Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes (36 points, 4 votes)
7. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness (39 points, 3 votes)
6. Lorde - Melodrama (44 points, 5 votes)
5. St. Vincent - Masseduction (50 points, 5 votes)
4. U2 - Songs of Experience (57 points, 5 votes)
3. The National - Sleep Well Beast (65 points, 7 votes)
2. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (80 points, 10 votes)
1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN (84 points, 9 votes)

 

[gump]

Very happy that LOS CAMP! scored a top 10 finish.

 

[prbiker15]

Nice list.

 

[LemonMelon]

What the fuck is wrong with you people.

My god, seriously.

I know we all like U2 here, but come on, as if this was the fourth best record anybody released in the entire twelve months of 2017. Be serious now.

I can't even get mad about it since we're on their message board. At least it didn't win.

SOI placed 3rd on the 2014 list, for the record. Shuttlecock is slipping.

Blah blah, God this is so fucking boring. Glad it's over with. Hopefully none of you will be inconvenienced by U2 releasing an album again any time soon so you all can find something else to bitch and moan about. Holy shit.

We're keeping the tradition alive!!

 

[gump]

If we are all still here in 2 years, the album of the decade list will be fun.

 

[Axver]

If we are all still here in 2 years, the album of the decade list will be fun.

That first clause is key. Just three albums managed over five voters. 15 and above is mainly just 1-2 votes. Going back to that 2014 thread that LM quoted Ashley from is revealing.

 

[gump]

I agree - it's really sad to see the gradual death of this website and not "seeing" people whose screen names I came to know over the last 15 years or so.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

What the fuck is wrong with you people.

My god, seriously.

I know we all like U2 here, but come on, as if this was the fourth best record anybody released in the entire twelve months of 2017. Be serious now.

Dude, chill out. 5 people voted for it in a tiny poll on a dead music forum.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Like literally, S.O.E. is that high on the list because I gave it a bunch of points.

Why would you actually give a shit about a poll where anything I have to say has any serious bearing?

 

[cobl04]

Pretty happy about the top 3. The top 5 would have been perfect without SOE.

Agreeeeeeeed.

 

[Axver]

Dude, chill out. 5 people voted for it in a tiny poll on a dead music forum.

If you think I'm outraged in deathly seriousness, you've misread me for years.

 

[nielsgov]

Pretty good top 5, bar U2, indeed. But DAMN is still nowhere near GKMC or TPAB for me.

 

[lazarus]

Very happy that LOS CAMP! scored a top 10 finish.

If we are all still here in 2 years, the album of the decade list will be fun.

I agree - it's really sad to see the gradual death of this website and not "seeing" people whose screen names I came to know over the last 15 years or so.

The list is a little on the white side, despite Kendrick at #1.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

I'm curious whether my votes were counted - I gave Joywave 15 points, but they're not listed in the tie for the other albums that received 15 points from one voter.

 

[LemonMelon]

Yeah, I thought we had 15 lists going in? I made a post about it a number of pages back.

Anyway, if HG wasn't counted, DAMN wins by even more and Prisoner makes a big jump.

 

[gump]

Ugh I hope I didn't mess up cobbler the votes. Let me check.

 

[gump]

Yes, I did fuck it up. I had HeartlandGirl's votes all registered in my spreadsheet, but somehow the formula did not include her column when adding up votes. Friggin.

Here is the revised list - my apologies to all, HeartlandGirl in particular.

The only major change is Ryan Adams finding his way into the top 10 and pushing Mount Eerie out. Lana del Rey now appears at #15.

30. (tie) Taylor Swift - Reputation (13 points, 1 vote)
30. (tie) Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy - A Pocket Full of Wind Resistance (13 points, 1 vote)
30. (tie) Deafcult - Auras (13 points, 1 vote)
29. Arca - Arca (13 points, 2 votes)
28. Spoon - Hot Thoughts (13 points, 4 votes)
27. Paramore - After Laughter (14 points, 2 votes)
22. (tie) Twin Peaks: Music From the Limited Event Series (15 points, 1 vote)
22. (tie) Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel (15 points, 1 vote)
22. (tie) Charli XCX - Pop 2 (15 points, 1 vote)
22. (tie) Blood Command - Cult Drugs (15 points, 1 vote)
22. (tie) Joywave - Content (15 points, 1 vote)
21. The XX - I See You (15 points, 2 votes)
20. Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins (16 points, 3 votes)
19. Big Thief - Capacity (17 points, 3 votes)
18. Torres - Three Futures (17 points, 4 votes)
17. SZA - Ctrl (18 points, 2 votes)
16. Beck - Colors (18 points, 3 votes)
15. Lana del Rey - Lust for Life (19 points, 3 votes)
14. Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights (20 points, 2 votes)
13. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (22 points, 2 votes)
12. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up (26 points, 3 votes)
11. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me (32 points, 3 votes)
10. Slowdive - Slowdive (35 points, 5 votes)
9. Ryan Adams - Prisoner (36 points, 3 votes)
8. Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes (36 points, 4 votes)
7. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness (39 points, 3 votes)
6. Lorde - Melodrama (44 points, 5 votes)
5. St. Vincent - Masseduction (50 points, 5 votes)
4. U2 - Songs of Experience (63 points, 6 votes)
3. The National - Sleep Well Beast (65 points, 7 votes)
2. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (80 points, 10 votes)
1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN (96 points, 10 votes)

 

[LemonMelon]

CTRL >>>>> Lust for Life

A Crow Looked at Me > Prisoner

 

[lazarus]

Whatever dude you were the one downgrading CTRL when I inquired about it!

I can’t believe only 2 people had it on their list.

 

[gump]

I got into CTRL way too late for it to make it into my list, but it's a fantastic album.