Urban75 Album of the Year 2002

[CNT36]

This was the album where I lost interest. I lent it to a mate's dad not long after it came out. No rush to get it back. I seem to remember I started a new job the day it came out.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Hard House/Nu-NRG pretty much at the endpoint of that genre lifespan by 2002 but Weirdo was still putting out some bangers.
Good comp of Tony de Vit tracks "Destination" came out in 2002 too.

 

[AverageJoe]

My list is done.

First time I have ever struggled to compile at Top20 as there were a surprising amount of great records released that year. Some of my faves didn't make the list...

 

[Knotted]

My list is done.

First time I have ever struggled to compile at Top20 as there were a surprising amount of great records released that year. Some of my faves didn't make the list...

You can submit a top 30 if you want to.

 

[Knotted]

Probably not going to make a huge difference to the charts either way, but would Skitsystem's Allt E Skit not be allowed? (eta: oh, I see I asked about this on the first page. Still intend to vote for the CD reissue of the Shangri-Las compilation as well.)

I'll look into Allt E Skit, but I'm going to say a reissue of a compilation is right out.

 

[AverageJoe]

You can submit a top 30 if you want to.

Nah.

Wouldn't that skew votes anyway, if I put in 30 and someone puts in 10, then 20 Bands get an extra vote.

 

[Knotted]

Nah.

Wouldn't that skew votes anyway, if I put in 30 and someone puts in 10, then 20 Bands get an extra vote.

It's an any length of list system I'm running. Entries lower down the list don't get much value but they may make the difference in tie breaks.

 

[Knotted]

Just to remind everyone, if you want to submit a list of compilations I will consider them separately.

Archival releases are accepted - hint: Rocket From the Tombs /hint.

Reissues are definitely against the spirit of the whole thing though, vote for them on the year they were originally released when we do that year.

 

[hitmouse]

Doing more research. This is pretty good.

I love Dalek but had never listened to this one till now, fixing that now.

 

[Knotted]

Probably not going to make a huge difference to the charts either way, but would Skitsystem's Allt E Skit not be allowed? (eta: oh, I see I asked about this on the first page. Still intend to vote for the CD reissue of the Shangri-Las compilation as well.)

OK, Allt E Skit is a collection of previous releases so only allowed on the compilations submission. The Shangri-Las can go on your separate compilations submission when we do aoty 1995.

 

[Knotted]

This collection of Hans Eisler tunes is spectacularly energetic. Heiner Goebbels + Ensemble Modern. You may have to go to Spotify (boo hiss) to stream it though. There's something about Eisler that hits hard.

 

[Knotted]

Any thoughts about revisiting 2012 people? We could usurp Swans in Killer B's absence. More seriously it might be interesting to see the year in retrospect see what has lasted or risen to the top over time.

 

[Knotted]

This might be the best Acid Mothers Temple album. I always say this is a band that you need to experience live but there's enough interest here to make this a great album. Plus they cover Pink Floyd's Several Species... so that it's actually good.

 

[Spandex]

Any thoughts about revisiting 2012 people? We could usurp Swans in Killer B's absence. More seriously it might be interesting to see the year in retrospect see what has lasted or risen to the top over time.

I was going to say we're quarter of the way through 2023, so maybe it's time to dive into XXX3 polls.

But then I had a quick look at what came out in 2012 and it'd give me a good excuse to revisit some great albums I haven't listened to for ages and check out some I never got around to

I'm easy.

 

[Knotted]

Personally I wasn't paying much attention to 2012 in 2012. Would be good to have a look at what I've missed. Eg. this looks exciting:

Oh and it is too.

 

[hitmouse]

I'd be well up for that.

 

[hitmouse]

Just gone and found the original thread - blimey, my list for 2012 really does not have a lot of overlap with what urban was into that year.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Just gone and found the original thread - blimey, my list for 2012 really does not have a lot of overlap with what urban was into that year.

It's funny how things change. At the time, I thought that Swans album was dreary, horrible shit. Many years later, I see that it's actually dreary, horrible shit.

 

[Joe Chi Min]

The Streets

 

[Knotted]

This is listed as a 2003 release on discogs so we might be missing it. It is on The Wire list so I think it's got to be a 2002 release.

The Skatalites Meet King Tubby - The Legendary Skatalites in Dub

 

[RedRedRose]

 

[RedRedRose]

 

[RedRedRose]

 

[RedRedRose]

These were some of the albums I was listening to at the time. From memory it was a good year for the Streets, the Flaming Lips and Queens of the Stone Age, though none of them are to my tastes.

 

[Knotted]

OK everybody ie.

hitmouse
Fez909
AverageJoe
zahir
The39thStep
ska invita
chilango
stavros
CNT36
SpookyFrank
belboid
Indeliblelink
nogojones
andysays
RedRedRose
braindancer
maomao
Joe Chi Min
Elpenor
rutabowa
flypanam
mojo pixy
Raheem
killer b
marty21
Orang Utan
eatmorecheese
manji
Plumdaff

and anybody else. I will be wanting lists tomorrow. I know some of you have already voted but I'm tagging you to remind to submit a compilations list if you want to as well.

 

[ska invita]

Extension to Sunday request xx

 

[Knotted]

Extension to Sunday request xx

Yeah OK. I'm probably not going to look at it over the weekend anyway.

 

[hitmouse]

If anyone hasn't listened to it yet, Tallahassee really is an amazing album. Admittedly, none of the other songs are as good as No Children, but then No Children is better than all the songs on every other album as well, so you can't really judge it for that:

 

[maomao]

This is what I would have been listening to at the time:



And Chinese pop but I can't find a very representative album from 2002. All the stuff on my list I listened to in 2003 or later.

 

[Knotted]

Early voting looks like this:



So there's three front runners at the top there each way ahead of the one before and a big old pack behind them.