January 18, 201115 yr Author My compliments to The Final Track, who didn't quite get the order right (one album off) but did predict the contents: Jabs at top 5? 1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 2. The National - High Violet 3. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 4. Beach House - Teen Dream 5. Vampire Weekend - Contra
January 18, 201115 yr This is pretty much as I expected it would be. I like the top 3 very much :smug:
January 18, 201115 yr Author For anyone who wanted to know what the one vote-one point mirrorworld looks like: Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 37 The National - High Violet 30 Vampire Weekend - Contra 26 Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 25 Beach House - Teen Dream 19 Foals - Total Life Forever 19 Jónsi - Go 19 LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening 19 Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz 18 Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record 17 Caribou - Swim 16 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 15 Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History 14 Apparatjik - We Are Here 13 Tame Impala - InnerSpeaker 13 MGMT - Congratulations 12 The Black Keys - Brothers 12 Broken Bells - Broken Bells 11 Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 11 Owen Pallett - Heartland 10 Interpol – Interpol 9 Karkwa - Les Chemins de Verre 9 Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown 9 Klaxons - Surfing The Void 9 Delphic - Acolyte 8 Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II 7 Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks 7 Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can 7 Yeasayer - Odd Blood 7 Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms 6 Brandon Flowers - Flamingo 6 Massive Attack - Heligoland 6 Stars - The Five Ghosts 6 The Drums - The Drums 6 Tokyo Police Club - Champ 6 Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma 5 Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring 5 Of Montreal – False Priest 5 Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way 4 Belle & Sebastian - Belle & Sebastian Write About Love 4 Cloud Control - Bliss Release 4 Freelance Whales - Weathervanes 4 Hurts- Happiness 4 Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me 4 Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns 4 Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard 4 Sleigh Bells - Treats 4 Spoon - Transference 4 The Coral - Butterfly House 4 Aidan Knight - Versicolour 3 Best Coast - Crazy For You 3 Four Tet - There Is Love In You 3 Goldheart Assembly - Wolves and Thieves 3 Holy Fuck - Latin 3 Hot Chip - One Life Stand 3 Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid 3 Kula Shaker- Pilgrims Progress 3 Land of Talk - Cloak and Cipher 3 Parades - Foreign Tapes 3 Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill 3 Surfer Blood – Astrocoast 3 The Courteeners - Falcon 3 The Rumour Said Fire - The Arrogant 3 The Script - Science & Faith 3 The Walkmen - Lisbon 3 These New Puritans - Hidden 3 Tired Pony - The Place We Ran From 3 Villagers - Becoming a Jackal 3 Warpaint - The Fool 3 Wavves - King of the Beach 3 We Are Scientists – Barbara 3 Amy MacDonald - A Curious Thing 2 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today 2 Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty 2 Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart 2 Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws 2 Delorean - Subiza 2 Diamond Rings - Special Affections 2 Efterklang - Magic Chairs 2 Girl Talk - All Day 2 James Blunt - Some Kind of Trouble 2 James Yuill - Movement in a storm 2 Love Amongst Ruin - Love Amongst Ruin 2 M.I.A. – Maya 2 Menomena - Mines 2 Miami Horror - Illumination 2 My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous KillJoys 2 Mystery Jets - Serotonin 2 Ólafur Arnalds - And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness 2 Pendulum – Immersion 2 Philip Selway: Familial 2 Scissor Sisters – Night Work 2 Susanne Sundfør – The Brothel 2 The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night 2 The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang 2 The Holidays – Post Paradise 2 The Roots - How I Got Over 2 Wild Nothing - Gemini 2 Wintersleep - New Inheritors 2
January 18, 201115 yr Author For the record, there were 179 albums which received 1 vote. That's nearly 2/3 of the albums voted for this year. Perhaps some of them are just as if not more worth looking into than the top ranking albums. It's like an indie kid's treasure trove down there.
January 18, 201115 yr Author And finally for tonight, since this is the 5th anniversary of the countdown, I thought a little trip down memory lane was in order... The Top 26 Albums of the Last Half-Decade: 2010 1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 14105 37 votes 2. The National - High Violet 10245 30 votes 3. Vampire Weekend - Contra 6585 26 votes 4. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 6240 25 votes 5. Beach House - Teen Dream 5820 19 votes 2009 1. Muse - The Resistance 11205 2. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 9385 3. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 8660 4. Metric - Fantasies 7380 5. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug 6930 2008 Coldplay - Viva la Vida 19000 pts 47 votes 1. Elbow- The Seldom Seen Kid 6045 pts 17 votes 2. Sigur Rós - Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust 4970 pts 18 votes 3. Keane - Perfect Symmetry 4675 15 votes 4. Oasis - Dig out your soul 4265 pts 16 votes 5. Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns 4160 pts 16 votes 2007 1. Radiohead - In Rainbows 12165 32 votes 2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 8880 25 votes 3. Travis - The Boy With No Name 6465 20 votes 4. Editors - An End Has A Start 5775 20 votes 5. Interpol - Our Love To Admire 5410 21 votes 2006 1. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations 13835 34 votes 2. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open 12700 40 votes 3. Thom Yorke - The Eraser 9790 31 votes 4. Keane - Under the Iron Sea 8525 27 votes 5. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 8475 31 votes
January 18, 201115 yr Author All in all, I think everyone should be commended for how much more adventurous the world of music section's tastes have gotten over the last 5 years. We've gone from nothing much beyond Coldplay clones, to a fairly wide range of less-than-mainstream choices. :thumbsup: I know this poll has had a drastic impact on what I listen to, hope it's helped out a few others as well. And with that I bid you all goodnight. :sleeping:
January 18, 201115 yr 1. Thanks so much, Space Cadet, for taking all this time to do this for us! :nice: 2. YAY MUSE. /fangirl. 3. "Perfect Symmetry" at #3 for 2008? :inquisitive:
January 18, 201115 yr *standing ovation* for Miss Space Cadet almost every album in the top 15 was in my top 25 somewhere. just goes to show how much of an influence this place has on my music taste.
January 18, 201115 yr ^THIS. You did a wonderful job organising. THANK YOU. I just finished reading through the whole thread, it is very evident to see that it is a popularity contest but the results are surprisingly accurate at reflecting the general taste in the WoM. I'll probably try and do a more detailed analysis later.
January 18, 201115 yr Foals in the top 10? The National in the top 2? Famous Old Painter approves! Nice to hear High Violet was almost gonna tie for #1, it deserves the spot. All in all, a surprising list! There were a lot of albums I was quite surprised didn't chart higher, and a few which charted a lot higher than expected.
January 18, 201115 yr Guess I need to listen to her sometime then? Jedward are a pair of cheesy identical twins of X Factor fame. I couldn't tell you what they sound like, though, I've saved myself that anguish. Yes. Yes, you must. Oh, I guess I'll steer clear of them then. 39. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me It ranked higher on Museforum :uhoh: Ah, good to see it that high at least. 34. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can :awesome: Only 9 of my Top 25 are actually going to be in the Top 25. I wonder what that says about me. :thinking: I think I had less :inquisitive: 22. Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown :disappointed: 21. Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks 1985 pts - 7 votes :awesome: 17. Broken Bells - Broken Bells 2595 pts - 11 votes :awesome: My compliments to The Final Track, who didn't quite get the order right (one album off) but did predict the contents: :awesome: :awesome: And thanks to you for organizing this :awesome:
January 18, 201115 yr Thanks for organizing and putting this all together Mo... turned out really well! I'm interested but also pretty happy to see how this list turned out. Definitely had a few surprises in terms of the order and placement of some albums, including a few that I thought would do better.
January 18, 201115 yr Thanks for doing all the work Space Cadet! :wacko: (Sorry, I don't know your name. :shame:) And as to the Top 26 albums, I'm happy to see Muse dominating two of the lists. :dazzled:
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