August 25, 201212 yr So are we nominating here, or are we actually ranking? I don't wanna include duplicates if the former. 1. Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light 2. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster... 3. Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring 4. Pictureplane - Dark Rift 5. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers 6. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact 7. Rustie - Glass Swords 8. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles 9. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles [2010] 10. Washed Out - Life of Leisure 11. Chad Valley - Equatorial Ultravox 12. Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies 13. Active Child - You Are All I See 14. Vampire Weekend - Contra 15. Former Ghosts - Fleurs 16. Arcade Fire - Funeral 17. Tubelord - Our First American Friends 18. jj - jj n.2 19. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 20. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 21. Baths - Cerulean 22. f*** Buttons - Tarot Sport 23. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz 24. Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed 25. AraabMUZIK - Electronic Dream 26. High Places - 03/07 - 09/07 27. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs 28. E-603 - Torn Up 29. Sigur Rós - ( ) 30. Owen Pallett - He Poos Clouds I basically reordered my last.fm top 30 but promoted the ones greater than the sum of their parts; the ones that felt the most "albumy". It also ended up being very 2008-onwards, eek. Commiserations to Dananananaykroyd, The Futureheads, Sigur Rós and Animal Collective. The latter two have four equally brilliant albums but I could only include one. </3 Edited August 25, 201212 yr by Harve
August 25, 201212 yr Sufjan Stevens Illinois M83 Saturdays=Youth Bon Iver Bon Iver Bloc Party A Weekend In The City MIA Kala Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Sleigh Bells Treats LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming iamamiwhoami Kin Crystal Castles Crystal Castles Beach House Teen Dream Santigold Santogold Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost Bloc Party Intimacy Washed Out Within And Without WU LYF Go Tell Fire To The Mountain Foals Total Life Forever Robyn Body Talk Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Arcade Fire The Suburbs The Horrors Primary Colours The Knife Silent Shout Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx We're New Here Phantogram Eyelid Movies Destroyer Kaputt Death From Above 1979 You're A Woman, I'm A Machine tUnE-yArDs W H O K I L L CSS Cansei De Ser Sexy Caribou Swim In An Aeroplane Over The Sea being 1998 kills me. (so predictable)
August 25, 201212 yr Here's my list. The order is a bit random in places, especially near the end. 01. Lucinda Williams - Essence (2001) :wub: second fave of all-time 02. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000) 03. Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell (2004) 04. Gillian Welch - The Harrow & the Harvest (2011) 05. M.I.A. - Kala (2007) 06. Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South (2004) 07. Steve Earle - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (2011) 08. Ryan Bingham - Mescalito (2007) 09. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (2002) 10. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid (2010) 11. Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl (2003) 12. Laura Cantrell - Not the Tremblin' Kind (2000) 13. Damien Rice - O (2002) 14. Lévon Minassian / Armand Amar - Songs from a World Apart (2005) 15. Deep Dish - Penetrate Deeper (2003) 16. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (2006) 17. Gillian Welch - Time (the Revelator) (2001) 18. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005) 19. Mary Gauthier - The Foundling (2010) 20. Santigold - Santogold (2008) 21. Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008) 22. John Mellencamp - No Better Than This (2010) 23. Deadmau5 - 4x4=12 (2010) 24. Paul Kalkbrenner - Berlin Calling (2008) 25. Companions - Celtic Wedding (2005) 26. Vanessa Carlton - Rabbits on the Run (2011) 27. Trentemoller - The Last Resort (2006) 28. The Knife - Silent Shout (2006) 29. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - It's Blitz! (2009) 30. Rufus Wainwright - Out of the Game (2012)
August 25, 201212 yr I don't see how Adele could possibly be included in this. Everything else in music is an alternative to Adele, she's soooo mainstream.
August 25, 201212 yr 01 Florence & The Machine - Lungs (BEST) 02 Robyn - Robyn 03 Marina & The Diamonds - Family Jewels 04 Brooke Fraser - Flags 05 Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts 06 Sia - We Are Born 07 Lykke Li - Youth Novels 08 Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials 09 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 10 M.I.A. - Kala 11 Kate Bush - Aerial 12 Laura Marling - I Speak Because ICan 13 The Weeknd - House Of Balloons 14 Robyn - Body Talk 15 Santigold - Santigold 16 James Blake - James Blake 17 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns 18 The Weeknd - Echoes Of Silence 19 M.I.A. - Arular 20 Grimes - Genesis 21 Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting 22 Sia - Some People Have Real Problems 23 Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke 23 Pipettes - Earth vs. The Pipettes 24 Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes 25 iamamiwhoami - kin 26 The Weeknd - Thursday 27 Black Keys - El Camino 28 Young The Giant - Young The Giant 29 Gossip - Music For Men 30 Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More Considered Electra Heart and Bright Lights briefly but decided they were definitely too pop. I'd say Family Jewels just makes it as alternative, some others here may be debatable but hey ho. I left out some newer albums as well (like the stunning Devotion by Jessie Ware, as it's only a week old), so only one or two from 2012.
August 25, 201212 yr Active Child : You Are All I See Björk : Selmasongs Björk : Vespertine Chromeo : Fancy Footwork Florence + The Machine : Lungs Friendly Fires : Pala Friendly Fires : Friendly Fires The Horrors : Skying iamamiwhoami : kin Jamie T : Panic Prevention Kate Bush : Aerial M.I.A. : Kala M.I.A. : Arular Moby : 18 Moby : Hotel Mutemath : Mutemath Oasis : Heathen Chemistry Oasis : Dig Out Your Soul The Prodigy : Invaders Must Die Robyn : Robyn Robyn : Body Talk Santigold : Santogold Santigold : Master of My Make-Believe Sigur Rós : Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust Sigur Rós : Takk... so mainstream BYE. moby - play 1999 tho ugh Edited August 25, 201212 yr by JakeWild
August 25, 201212 yr 01 Arcade Fire 'Funeral' 02 The Postal Service 'Give Up' 03 Kanye West 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' 04 Elbow 'The Seldom Seen Kid' 05 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 'It's Blitz!' 06 Interpol 'Turn On The Bright Lights' 07 Beach House 'Teen Dream' 08 Robyn 'Body Talk' 09 LCD Soundsystem 'Sound of Silver' 10 Animal Collective 'Merriweather Post Pavilion' 11 Ben Howard 'Every Kingdom' 12 Bloc Party 'Silent Alarm' 13 Vampire Weekend 'Vampire Weekend' 14 The Libertines 'Up The Bracket' 15 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 'Howl' 16 The Knife 'Silent Shout' 17 The xx 'The xx' 18 Idlewild '100 Broken Windows' 19 M83 'Saturdays = Youth' 20 Phoenix 'Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix' 21 The Futureheads 'The Futureheads' 22 The Go! Team 'Thunder, Lightning, Strike' 23 Wu Lyf 'Go Tell Fire To The Mountain' 24 The Horrors 'Primary Colours' 25 Sufjan Stevens 'Illinois' 26 Guillemots 'Through The Windowpane' 27 Hold Steady 'Boys And Girls In America' 28 Kings of Leon 'Aha Shake Heartbreak' 29 The National 'Boxer' 30 Blur 'Think Tank' If for any reason any of those are illegible... 31 LCD Soundsystem 'This Is Happening' 32 Arctic Monkeys 'Humbug' 33 Kasabian 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum' 34 Elbow 'Asleep In The Back' 35 M.I.A. 'Kala'
August 29, 201212 yr Author There's loads of users that haven't submitted yet. There's no hurry to submit.
August 29, 201212 yr I'll do mine later, may veer over the rock side of alternative rather than the pop side but I doubt most will figure highly in the final standings anyway.
August 29, 201212 yr Author Rock is quite welcome in this, without any boundaries - I should have stated that above.
August 29, 201212 yr We've got until next Saturday haven't we? I've got a shortlist down but need to spend an afternoon actually going through and ordering it properly, that may have to wait until next week but if it is not here by the 8th then feel free to prod me/shout at me etc.
August 29, 201212 yr 01 Vienna Teng - Warm Strangers 02 Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting 03 Florence + the Machine - Lungs 04 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 05 Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself 06 Röyksopp - Junior 07 Arcade Fire - Funeral 08 Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy 09 M.I.A. - Arular 10 Gotye - Making Mirrors 11 Active Child - You Are All I See 12 Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel 13 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 14 Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can 15 David Gray - A New Day At Midnight 16 Röyksopp - The Understanding 17 Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours 18 Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim 19 iamamiwhoami - kin 20 Vienna Teng - Dreaming Through The Noise 21 M.I.A. - Kala 22 Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts 23 Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreaks 24 Bat for Lashes - Two Suns 25 Groove Armada - Black Light 26 Jack Peñate - Everything Is New 27 M83 - Saturdays = Youth 28 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 29 Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow 30 Yeasayer - Odd Blood (in case you need some replacements: 31 Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans 32 Goldfrapp - Black Cherry 33 Röyksopp - Melody A.M. 34 Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes 35 Santogold - Santogold) No one else will vote for Vienna so I gotta repp~
August 29, 201212 yr Sufjan Stevens Illinois M83 Saturdays=Youth Bon Iver Bon Iver Bloc Party A Weekend In The City MIA Kala Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Sleigh Bells Treats LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming iamamiwhoami Kin Crystal Castles Crystal Castles Beach House Teen Dream Santigold Santogold Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost Bloc Party Intimacy Washed Out Within And Without WU LYF Go Tell Fire To The Mountain Foals Total Life Forever Robyn Body Talk Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Arcade Fire The Suburbs The Horrors Primary Colours The Knife Silent Shout Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx We're New Here Phantogram Eyelid Movies Destroyer Kaputt Death From Above 1979 You're A Woman, I'm A Machine tUnE-yArDs W H O K I L L CSS Cansei De Ser Sexy Caribou Swim In An Aeroplane Over The Sea being 1998 kills me. (so predictable) This is now in order! (sorry didn't realise it was the desired method)
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