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theelfpat
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My Prediction For Pitchfork's Top 10:

1: The Field
2: MIA
3: Panda Bear
4: Deerhunter
5: Battles
6: Animal Collective
7: Sunset Rubdown
8: Kanye West
9: Radiohead
10: Lil Wayne

Potential Suprises: Liars, Ghostface, Studio, Beirut


http://www.last.fm/user/pitchwick/

No offense to fans, but Deerhunter's Cryptograms in any top ten list with any agenda from any slant is still, imho, a judgment of criminal proportions. The album isn't even worthy of top 50 consideration.

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No offense to fans, but Deerhunter's Cryptograms in any top ten list with any agenda from any slant is still, imho, a judgment of criminal proportions. The album isn't even worthy of top 50 consideration.

I'd have to politely disagree. I wouldn't be surprised if it somehow landed at #1 on P4k's or other AOTY lists. Unlikely, but not insulting either.

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Originally posted by Illiniq:
Past Is A Grotesque Animal, or 1234 nabs top song.

I definitely think "The Past Is A Grotesque Animal" is a strong candidate, but P4K does singles, and I don't think Of Montreal released it as a single. So "Hemigsdale...Promethean Curse" and "Gronladic Edit" may be there.

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The Current, one of the best examples of why NPR, MPR, PRI and nprmusic.org have some of the best music media out there today, has its host's top 10 list. Really killer. One of the best top 10s I've seen so far.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16782932

Those top 10 lists were really interesting. I want to hear that Vicious Vicious record now.

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No offense to fans, but Deerhunter's Cryptograms in any top ten list with any agenda from any slant is still, imho, a judgment of criminal proportions. The album isn't even worthy of top 50 consideration.

I agree wholeheartedly. I feel the same way about The Arctic Monkeys. Luckily, Deerhunter has been mostly disregarded on the year-end lists I've seen.

EDIT: Also, Amy Winehouse - Back to Black.

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Originally posted by Yay!:
The Current, one of the best examples of why NPR, MPR, PRI and nprmusic.org have some of the best music media out there today, has its host's top 10 list. Really killer. One of the best top 10s I've seen so far.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16782932

Those top 10 lists were really interesting. I want to hear that Vicious Vicious record now.

agreed. I can't find trace of it even existing anywhere though.

I'll tell you how I came to love Cryptograms. I designated it as the background music to several long games of Civ 4. In other words: It's glacial. I don't think they meant it, but they created IMO the most expansive rock record of the year.

I've been disappointed in the low positions that of Montreal has been getting on the prelim lists. Hopefully P4K remembers Hissing Fauna.

I think it's a lock for a Top 10 spot. Does that qualify?

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No offense to fans, but Deerhunter's Cryptograms in any top ten list with any agenda from any slant is still, imho, a judgment of criminal proportions. The album isn't even worthy of top 50 consideration.

You must not have any interest in guitar basslines then. This album probably has the most awesome bass playing I've ever heard. However, there's much more to the album than just the awesome bass.

What happened? They hired a 24-year-old Paul McCartney to kick out the jams?

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Thisheregiraffe
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Originally posted by Illiniq:


No offense to fans, but Deerhunter's Cryptograms in any top ten list with any agenda from any slant is still, imho, a judgment of criminal proportions. The album isn't even worthy of top 50 consideration.


You must not have any interest in guitar basslines then. This album probably has the most awesome bass playing I've ever heard

Two responses...with regards to guitar-bass lines, can't say I have interest or disinterest, a creative professional myself, I tend to be more focused on the impact of the song as a whole. If it elevates the song, great, but virtuousity itself in my book never equates with greatness, virtuousity couple with brilliant conceptualization does, and in the conceptualization department, Deerhunter ain't brilliant.

2nd, I don't despise the album. I actually enjoy Octet, Cryptograms, and Strange Lights quite a bit...but I bought and listened repeatedly to over 120 albums this year, and I felt at least two-thirds of them were, front-to-back, substantially better listens.

What time of the month does Pitchfork put out their list, anyway? I want to say around the 20th...

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Originally posted by Illiniq:
No offense to fans, but Deerhunter's Cryptograms in any top ten list with any agenda from any slant is still, imho, a judgment of criminal proportions. The album isn't even worthy of top 50 consideration.

I agree wholeheartedly. I feel the same way about The Arctic Monkeys. Luckily, Deerhunter has been mostly disregarded on the year-end lists I've seen.

EDIT: Also, Amy Winehouse - Back to Black.

i have to disagree with you .
we are talkin about two really special releases.both bands have built their own world , with their ownn terms , writing quality tunes n lyrics and with a sound that its hard to find other bands to sound similar.these exceptional releases , in my opinion , definitely deserve a place in the final albums list.(both , are top 5 material for my list).
amy winehouse is a different story.i m not used to hear that genre of music , but i have to admit that its hard to find these days a singer like Amy.Espacially "Back in Black" and "you know i m no good" sound to me like lost old classics from n era that soul and blues ruled the world.

Mojo magazine's end of year list:

Albums:
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
4. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
6. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
7. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
8. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
9. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
10. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
11. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
12. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
13. Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
14. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
15. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
16. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
17. Field Music - Tones of Town
18. Grinderman - Grinderman
19. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
20. Nick Lowe - At My Age
21. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
22. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
23. Efterklang - Parades
24. Björk - Volta
25. Joni Mitchell - Shine
26. Pissed Jeans - Hope for Men
27. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
28. The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur
29. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
30. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
31. Gruff Rhys - Candylion
32. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
33. Seasick Steve - Dog House Music
34. Willy Mason - If the Ocean Gets Rough
35. Bettye LaVette - The Scene of the Crime
36. Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life
37. Edgar Jones and The Joneses - Gettin' a Little Help
38. The Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse
39. Battles - Mirrored
40. Yoko Ono - Yes, I'm a Witch
41. Amiina - Kurr
42. Gravenhurst - The Western Lands
43. Interpol - Our Love to Admire
44. Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
45. Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
46. Kevin Ayers - The Unfairground
47. Edwyn Collins - Home Again
48. Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation
49. Voice of the Seven Woods - Voice of the Seven Woods
50. Alasdair Roberts - The Amber Gatherers

Drowned In Sound's List is out too.

1: LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver
2: Battles – Mirrored
3: Panda Bear – Person Pitch
4: M.I.A. – Kala
5: Jamie T – Panic Prevention
6: Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
7: Liars – Liars
8: No Age – Weirdo Rippers
9: Radiohead – In Rainbows
10: HEALTH – Health
11: Deerhunter – Cryptograms
12: The National – Boxer
13: Les Savy Fav – Let’s Stay Friends
14: Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass
15: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Some Loud Thunder
16: The Maccabees – Colour It In
17: Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
18: Klaxons – Myths Of The Near Future
19: Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
20: The Shins – Wincing The Night Away
21: Grinderman – Grinderman
22: Blonde Redhead – 23
23: PJ Harvey – White Chalk
24: Efterklang – Parades
25: Justice – Cross

26: Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil
27: Deerhoof – Friend Opportunity
28: Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
29: Field Music – Tones Of Town
30: Bloc Party – A Weekend In The City
31: The Cribs – Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever
32: !!! – Myth Takes
33: Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha
34: Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
35: Electrelane – No Shouts, No Calls
36: Thurston Moore – Trees Outside The Academy
37: Beirut – The Flying Club Cup
38: Future of the Left – Curses
39: dälek – Abandoned Language
40: The Sea & Cake – Everybody
41: Mathew Sawyer and the Ghosts – Blue Birds Blood
42: Eugene McGuinness – The Early Learnings Of…
43: Von Südenfed – Tromatic Reflexxions
44: Prefuse 73 – Preparations
45: Pinback – Autumn Of The Seraphs
46: of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer
47: Yeasayer – All Hour Cymbals
48: The Twilight Sad – Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
49: Jen Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala
50: Feist – The Reminder

WOw!! Amon Tobin and Explosions In The Sky not any lists yet....both in my Top 12. Where Is Low(Drums and Guns their best since Things WE Lost in the Fire)???

Er, why does Mojo have "Boys and Girls in America" in their list? That was an 06 album...

Mojos list is just about the most ill informed bogus list I've seen. These rags are releasing some really poor lists in my opinion.

The best list I've seen was NPRs top ten.

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Er, why does Mojo have "Boys and Girls in America" in their list? That was an 06 album...

Album release schedules my friend. Just like certain British albums aren't released in the States in the same year, vice-y versa.

As much as I love the old Mo-ho, this years list is a bit dull.