Urban75 Album of the Year 2002

[Knotted]

I feel like Dalek should've scored higher if they managed to get votes from three different people, but then I don't know how the scoring system works.

Three lowish votes though. In at 55 by my scoring. belboid scoring would have them in the low 30's. I'll put that up shortly.

 

[hitmouse]

Anyway, my list was:

Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
McClusky - McClusky Do Dallas
Tragedy - Vengeance
Songs: Ohia - Didn’t It Rain
Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
Tullycraft - Beat Surf Fun
World/Inferno Friendship Society - Just the Best Party
The Epoxies - S/T
Gogol Bordello - Multi Kontra Culti
Ladytron - Light & Magic
Hot Hot Heat - Make Up the Breakdown
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Distillers - Sing Sing Death House
Dalek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots
Rotten Sound - Murderworks
Libertines - Up the Bracket
Antipop Consortium - Arrythmia
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

Compilations:

Oh-Ok - The Complete Recordings
Lifter Puller - Soft Rock
Millions of Dead Cops - Now More Than Ever
Skitsystem - Allt E Skit
Articles of Faith - Complete vol 1
Jawbreaker - Etc

Blimey, not a good showing for the Libertines, come to think of it. Did anyone rate them higher up than I did?

 

[Knotted]

Some stats

19 Submissions
341 Individual entries
195 Distinct albums

Lots of enthusiasm for this year. Geogaddi got 10 votes whereas Cash only got 8 but nobody put the former as no.1 Would have been a tie for first place under belboid scoring. Those two were miles ahead of the pack.

 

[Knotted]

Blimey, not a good showing for the Libertines, come to think of it. Did anyone rate them higher up than I did?

Yep they got four votes but really poor ones at positions 20, 17, 16, 13.

 

[belboid]

Some stats

19 Submissions
341 Individual entries
195 Distinct albums

Lots of enthusiasm for this year. Geogaddi got 10 votes whereas Cash only got 8 but nobody put the former as no.1 Would have been a tie for first place under belboid scoring.

No, would have been a win for Geodaddi under mine - I think. It got more votes, so that should nudge it ahead.

 

[Knotted]

No, would have been a win for Geodaddi under mine - I think. It got more votes, so that should nudge it ahead.

Do you give extra points for the number of votes?

 

[Knotted]

If anybody cares my comps were:

The Rough Guide to Hungarian Music
Ghana Soundz
Metro Area
Fennesz - Field Recordings (1995-2002)
Improvised Music from Japan

 

[Knotted]

Still listening to stuff. What the hell is going on here??!!

 

[Knotted]

I re listened to this in preparation for the first time in years the other week. I had expected it to place around 10th in my list but then....fuck me, it's awful. Just horrible and twee mostly, overproduced whimsy. Do You Realise? just about holds up.

It's giving me vibes of this



Which is also not as good as you remember it.

 

[ska invita]

thanks knotted

Sharon Jones sounds amazing live - wouldve loved to see her - RIP



my 10
Jazzanova – In Between
Twilight Circus Dub Sound System – Dub Plates Vol. 3
Improvisators Dub – Super Vocal & Dub Session
Antibalas – Talkatif
Frederic Galliano And The African Divas

High Contrast – True Colours
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Dip Dappin With...
Horsepower Productions - In Fine Style
Recloose – Cardiology
Focus - Sweet & Sour

 

[The39thStep]

I re listened to this in preparation for the first time in years the other week. I had expected it to place around 10th in my list but then....fuck me, it's awful. Just horrible and twee mostly, overproduced whimsy. Do You Realise? just about holds up.

Really need to name and shame the whimsy likers

 

[braindancer]

Still listening to stuff. What the hell is going on here??!!

I forgot about APC - caned that to death back then

 

[hitmouse]

We're clearly suffering from a dire lack of whimsy-likers, judging by Tullycraft's performance.

 

[Knotted]

We're clearly suffering from a dire lack of whimsy-likers, judging by Tullycraft's performance.

Do not fret. There are certain posters with some really individual tastes and you are the ones who will rescue us all from the Geogaddi bus.

 

[chilango]

1. Acid Dub Nucleik - High Tone
2. Tocotronic - Tocotronic
3. Fado em Mi - Mariza
4. The Process of Belief - Bad Religion
5. Against Me! is reinventing Axl Rose - Against Me!
6. Your New Favourite Band - The Hives
7. Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
8. Caution - Hot Water Music
9. Perfecting Loneliness - Jets to Brazil
10. American IV - Johnny Cash
11. The Illusion of Safety - Thrice
12. On a Wire - The Get Up Kids
13. Wood/Water - The Promise Ring
14. Split - Anti-Flag/The Bouncing Souls
15. Murray Street - Sonic Youth
16. Alexisonfire - Alexisonfire
17. Split - NOFX/Rancid
18. Occitanista! - Massilia Sound System
19. Spend the Night - The Donnas
20. Maladroit - Weezer

Not a vintage year imho.

 

[Knotted]

belboid scoring (as I understand it) top 20

1= (1)Johnny Cash - American IV
1= (2)Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
3 (3) Mclusky - Do Dallas
4 (4) The Streets - Original Pirate Material
5 (5) 2ManyDjs - As Heard On Radio Soulwax Part 2
6= (7) Horsepower Productions - In Fine Style
6= (8) Tom Waits - Alice
8 (9) Queens of the Stone Age - songs for the deaf
9 (6) Interpol - Turn on the bright lights
10 (10) Sonic Youth - Murray Street
11 (11) The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
12= (13) múm - Finally We Are No One
12= (16) Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Dap Dippin with...
14= (15) Ladytron - Light & Magic
14= (17) RJD2 - Deadringer
16= (12) Jazzanova - In Between
16= (19) Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet
18 (14) Songs:Ohia - Didn’t It Rain
19= (18) Mariza - Fado em Mi
19= (22) William Basinski - Disintegration Loops

 

[Spandex]

Sharon Jones sounds amazing live - wouldve loved to see her - RIP

She played near me in 2007, but tickets sold out instantly, like in minutes. I was surprised that a retro funk/soul act was so in demand. That's when I found out The Dap Kings were Amy Winehouse's backing band on Back to Black. Never did get to see her.

 

[Spandex]

belboid scoring (as I understand it) top 20

belboid would never have had 2 Many DJs at no. 5

 

[Knotted]

belboid would never have had 2 Many DJs at no. 5

Fair point.

 

[ska invita]

She played near me in 2007, but tickets sold out instantly, like in minutes. I was surprised that a retro funk/soul act was so in demand. That's when I found out The Dap Kings were Amy Winehouse's backing band on Back to Black. Never did get to see her.

i didnt know that! great sounding band

 

[Spandex]

Thank Knotted for a really enjoyable roll out

Here's my albums list:

Ladytron - Light & Magic
Jeff Mills - At First Sight
Horsepower Productions - In Fine Style
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Dap Dippin with...
The Whitefield Brothers – In the Raw
Drexciya - Grava 4
Drexciya - Harnessed the Storm
Vince Watson - Moments in Time
Aquasky vs Masterblaster - Beat the System
Ray Mang - Mangled
Out Hud - S.T.R.E.E.T D.A.D
Lee Fields - Problems
ESG - Step Off
Toktok vs Soffy O
David Alvarado - Maya Songs

Here's my comps list:

Many DJs -As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2
Disco Connection (Authentic Classic Disco 1976 - 81)
Hustle: Reggae Disco
Metro Area
PWOG - The Key
Funk Drops 2 (Breaks Nuggets and Rarities from the Vaults Of Atlantic, ATCO, Reprise and Warner)
Kompakt: Total 4
Ghana Soundz (Afrobeat, Funk and Fusion In 70s Ghana)
Disco Not Disco 2 (Leftfield Disco Classics From The New York Underground)
A Certain Ratio - Early
City Rockers: Futurism
Disco Juice Vol 2
Tresor: True Spirit
Electroclash (Massive 19 Track Mux from Miss Kittin)
Texas Funk: Texas Hard Funk 1968 - 75
Watch How The People Dancing (Unity Sounds From The London Dancehall, 1986-1989)
SuperFunk 3
Serie Noire: Dark Pop And New Beat
François K – Choice (A Collection Of Classics)
Detroit Beatdown (Volume One)

Though once mix albums became eligible 2 Many DJs swapped to no. 3 on my main list. Also, Watch How The People Dancing appears to have come out in Jan '03 with an '02 copywrite date on the cover to confuse me.

 

[andysays]

These are my ten picks of the year, a few of which haven't been mentioned yet and which i guess only I voted for

Flaming Lips	Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Johnny Cash	American IV: The Man Comes Around
Stereolab	ABC Music: The Radio 1 Sessions
Morton Feldman/Flux Quartet	Feldman Edition 6: String Quartet No. 2
Godspeed You! Black Emperor	Yanqui U.X.O.
William Basinski	The Disintegration Loops
Sonic Youth	Murray Street
Spring Heel Jack	Amassed
Peter Brötzmann/Die Like A Dog Quartet	Aoyama Crows
Do Make Say Think	& Yet & Yet

Pleasantly surprised to see Morton Feldman make the top 20

 

[zahir]

1. Arnaldo Antunes, Carlinhos Brown and Marisa Monte - Tribalistas
2. Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
3. Mariza - Fado Em Mim
4. Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez - Let's Leave This Town
5. Elza Soares - Do Cóccix Até O Pescoço
6. Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me
7. Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys - Lost in the Lonesome Pines
8. Eliades Ochoa - Estoy Como Nunca
9. Kate Rusby - 10
10. Cristina Branco - O Descobridor

 

[AverageJoe]

So how does the scoring work bearing in mind people are putting different length lists in?

 

[Indeliblelink]

The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons
The Cinematic Orchestra - Every Day
Metro Area - Metro Area
Junior Senior - D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
Sneaker Pimps - Bloodsport
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out of Season
Cliff Martinez - Solaris
Ozric Tentacles - Live at the Pongmaster's Ball
Weirdo - Normalisation
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
Polyphonic Spree - The Beginning Stages Of...
The Music - The Music
Ray Mang - Mangled
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops
Ken Ishii - Future in Light

Didn't vote for any comps, would of had Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia - The Key & Tony de Vit - Destination.

 

[stavros]

My list:

1. The Delgados - Hate
2. Múm - Finally We Are No One
3. Missy - Under Construction
4. 2 Many DJ's - As Played on Radio Soulwax pt.2
5. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
6. RJD2 - Deadringer
7. Badly Drawn Boy - About A Boy
8. Joey Ramone - Don't Worry About Me
9. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
10. The Donnas - Spend The Night

Others which omitted were:
Har Mar Superstar
Roots
NERD
Trail of Dead
Kid606
Squarepusher
Asa-Chang & Junray
Murcof
Lil Jon

 

[AverageJoe]

Quite a few votes for the Streets, but didn't even make it to the top 20.

(((mike skinner)))

 

[Spandex]

Quite a few votes for the Streets, but didn't even make it to the top 20.

(((mike skinner)))

Original Pirate Material is number 4 on the countdown. Mr Skinner can rest easy

 

[CNT36]

1. Acid Dub Nucleik - High Tone
2. Tocotronic - Tocotronic
3. Fado em Mi - Mariza
4. The Process of Belief - Bad Religion
5. Against Me! is reinventing Axl Rose - Against Me!
6. Your New Favourite Band - The Hives
7. Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
8. Caution - Hot Water Music
9. Perfecting Loneliness - Jets to Brazil
10. American IV - Johnny Cash
11. The Illusion of Safety - Thrice
12. On a Wire - The Get Up Kids
13. Wood/Water - The Promise Ring
14. Split - Anti-Flag/The Bouncing Souls
15. Murray Street - Sonic Youth
16. Alexisonfire - Alexisonfire
17. Split - NOFX/Rancid
18. Occitanista! - Massilia Sound System
19. Spend the Night - The Donnas
20. Maladroit - Weezer

Not a vintage year imho.

I nearly voted for both of those BYO splits but thought the NOFX/Rancid one in particular wouldn't count as it was all covers but thinking about it I was being a bit thick. Iirc they released it in two colours one with the NOFX songs first and the other with Rancid songs first. Orange and green I think.

I met a girl in 2008 on a sound recording course. One of out first conversations was about the Anti-Flag/Bouncing Souls split. We're married now.

 

[AverageJoe]

Original Pirate Material is number 4 on the countdown. Mr Skinner can rest easy

My bad.