this would be a good year for it. the sheer volume of quality acts releasing new material definitely improves the chances. for the sake of throwing out a fun estimate, i give it a 33% chance of happening.
Probably the band who has a best chance on that list to deliver a 10 is probably the new pornographers. Very good band and pitchfork seems to love them. They'll probably end up with a 9 and change though. tough to get that 10.
Originally posted by b0arder753: A. Pitchfork has a tendency to tire of bands like the New Pornographers after their second or third album... third album in this case.
B. New Pornographers have an album coming out?!?!?
Egit: On second thought, the band does have Neko Case and Dan Bejar so they may never tire of them.
Fourth album, actually. It's due out in the fall, I believe. And as I'm of the opinion that they've been steadily getting better, it should be pretty keen. Maybe not 10-worthy, though... they've always done power-pop, and I can't see power-pop getting a 10. The song "Bleeding Heart Show" is a 10-worthy song, though.
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Posts: 2097 | Location: ATL-abouts. | Registered: 24 October 2006
Originally posted by ezkcdude: P4K has never given out a 10.0.
Yeah they have, but I don't think their search by rating feature works properly.
Kid A, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Source Tags and Codes, OK Computer, and The Soft Bulletin, to name a few, all got 10.0s.
That'll teach me to trust the P4K webmaster . Thanks.
Edit: O.k., my OCD side got the better of me. If you put min=10 and max=11, you can get most of them, with a few spurious results mixed in. The only frustrating part now is that it gives a server error if you try to go to page 2 or 3. Argh.
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I think I've said this before, but the search features on that site are particularly useless. I don't know if they went with the lowest bidder for the site development or what.
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Posts: 5177 | Location: Michigan | Registered: 19 June 2005
Originally posted by ericg75: I think I've said this before, but the search features on that site are particularly useless. I don't know if they went with the lowest bidder for the site development or what.
I agree. They just need to shitcan the whole search engine and return to listing the letters of the alphabet like the old way. I miss the old brown/tan layout Pitchfork sometimes, too. I bet a lot of posters here don't remember those days.
Posts: 1325 | Location: Atlanta, GA | Registered: 24 December 2004
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chamberk: [QUOTE]Originally posted by b0arder753: A. Pitchfork has a tendency to tire of bands like the New Pornographers after their second or third album... third album in this case. [QUOTE]
Fourth album, actually. It's due out in the fall, I believe.[QUOTE]
I was saying that p4k might get tired after their "third album in this case".
Edit: Sorry if that came off as hostile, I was pissed at my gf for some stuff... thanks for informing me about a tentative release period though.
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I think for a website like Pitchfork that reviews everything they can and posts news daily, they really should organise their stuff better. When I search for an artist I want a list of lps and eps with the scores all lined up before I click on the review. Grrrr.
There are definetly some big acts coming out according to the metacritic release schedule. Although I can't see aerosmith, jenifer lopez or U2 getting a 10.0 there are plently of innovative artists like animal collective, radiohead, bjork, so theres just as much potential this year as any.
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Posts: 254 | Location: Sydney, Australia | Registered: 07 September 2006
If you take a look at Pitchfork's wikipedia entry, they neatly summarise the 10.0's. You'll notice that twice as many re-released albums receive the top mark, so that's where I'm placing my money this year.
At the other end of the spectrum, it's been a while since their last 0.0. (Liz Phair?) I wonder if anything will offend them to that degree this year...
Posts: 12 | Location: Sheffield, UK | Registered: 18 December 2006
Originally posted by b0arder753: A. Pitchfork has a tendency to tire of bands like the New Pornographers after their second or third album... third album in this case.
B. New Pornographers have an album coming out?!?!?
Egit: On second thought, the band does have Neko Case and Dan Bejar so they may never tire of them.
Fourth album, actually. It's due out in the fall, I believe. And as I'm of the opinion that they've been steadily getting better, it should be pretty keen. Maybe not 10-worthy, though... they've always done power-pop, and I can't see power-pop getting a 10. The song "Bleeding Heart Show" is a 10-worthy song, though.
Yeah, but they do power-pop so damn well...P4K gave "twin cinema" a 9...what else would they have to do to get a 10? It could happen (but I doubt it...they're stingy with the 10's)
Posts: 87 | Location: Florida | Registered: 19 December 2006
Originally posted by Sebtron: This is a list of artists I'm excited about whose albums is coming out this year:
Animal Collective The Cure Liars Magnetic Fields The Go! Team The White Stripes Klaus Schulze Interpol Islands Final Fantasy Ladytron M.I.A. The Postal Service Radiohead Sigur Ros Stars New Pornographers Wolf Parade Yeah Yeah Yeahs Pixies
And I can tell you not one of those artists is going to get a 10.
So I agree with the person who said if there was going to be one, it would be from a debut.
You pessimistic Canadians always need to bitch about something. Let's narrow down the field to:
Animal Collective Liars Interpol M.I.A.
And you forgot: LCD Soundsystem Timbaland Panda Bear
Posts: 71 | Location: Dalian, China | Registered: 21 July 2004
I bet they regret giving the Trail of Dead album a 10.0. Unless its a safe "classic" album like Yankee Hotel Foxtrot or Kid A which both got tons of advance press of their brilliance, its not going to happen. I don't see them going out on a limb again and then later regret it.
Posts: 1325 | Location: Atlanta, GA | Registered: 24 December 2004
I loved "Source Tags and Codes", and I think it deserved it's 10. I also liked "Words Apart" that was trashed by Pitchfork, 2 years later. But then we had that top 100 of 2000-04 that showed their writers are far from united in their opinions. Jay-Z at number 2? That why not 10 for him, and not for number 48?
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