Urban75 Album of the Year 2004

[AverageJoe]

Uff. I forgot about 65DoS. I shall amend my list.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Uff. I forgot about 65DoS. I shall amend my list.

Put the kettle on, Knotted - it's going to be a long night

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Should've been pop album of the year was Annie's Anniemal. Loaded with excellent tracks, production by Royksopp & Richard X, critics went mad for it but... single Chewing Gum crawled to 25 in the charts, follow up Heartbeat, which deserved to be huge, peaked at number 50. Her label lost interest in her and she's languished as a cult figure ever since.

I bought it for Chewing gum, but the rest of the album turned out to be utterly boring. Uninspiring. I seem to remember there being one other half decent song on it but don't recall what it was (not the above) and I only seemed to have bothered putting Chewing Gum on my MP3 three player so I can't check.

 

[AverageJoe]

Put the kettle on, Knotted - it's going to be a long night

One of my favourite songs....

 

[Knotted]

OK 12 lists now. And I'll smash them together in a bit. I've even done one.

You can change everything still. Just after you have received a like in the conversation it does mean your list has already been considered and changing it will be really annoying.

 

[AverageJoe]

Is 12 lists about average for when you do this?

 

[DaveCinzano]

It's a gross job but somebody has to do it

 

[Knotted]

Is 12 lists about average for when you do this?

Yes about average. 50's/early 60's maybe only 6. 80's/90's about 15-16. End of year I think is generally mid 20's I guess.

 

[hitmouse]

It's a gross job but somebody has to do it

No need to be mean.

 

[Knotted]

Well I've done it record time I think. That took an hour almost.

 

[Knotted]

Have a funnel



The story there is that there isn't much agreement among you. Most albums are low scoring.

 

[AverageJoe]

Yes about average. 50's/early 60's maybe only 6. 80's/90's about 15-16. End of year I think is generally mid 20's I guess.

Wow. I thought it would be more.

It's a lot of work for 15 posters, so thank you

 

[Knotted]

Sorry fucked up. Ignore the above.

 

[Knotted]

OK missed two albums off the top 20. They're now in there. Ready to dream art post trip hop and roll.

 

[Knotted]

See, that's very different!

 

[Knotted]

And the pie looks like

 

[Knotted]

19) - Inner Terrestrials - X



There's ska for when you get sick of punk rock and punk rock for when you get sick of ska and ska punk rock for when you are in the zone. It's got everything.

 

[Knotted]

18) - Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2



A really smooth flowing soul album by the sounds of this. An album that's good at being an album.

She was older than the cover suggests btw.

 

[Knotted]

Wow. I thought it would be more.

It's a lot of work for 15 posters, so thank you

I've worked out a way of doing it quickly.

 

[Knotted]

17) A Girl Called Eddy



This year's obligatory singer songwriter album that's hard to judge on first listen. Probably life changing.

 

[Knotted]

16) Annie - Anniemal



I've never heard of this. Or most things. But I've never heard anything quite like this. Pop that is so electro and sharp it burns. But lightly. Prepare to be burned lightly. Intro is the best intro ever.

 

[hitmouse]

19) - Inner Terrestrials - X

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There's ska for when you get sick of punk rock and punk rock for when you get sick of ska and ska punk rock for when you are in the zone. It's got everything.

Huh, wasn't really expecting that to make it in. Fun fact that my 2004 listening for this thread has reminded me of is that the song "ECT" starts with what I'm pretty sure is a sample from Made in Britain, a film that was also sampled just a bit in another album from this year. Something in the air, maybe?

 

[Knotted]

15) Le Tigre - This Island



Electro bubbly punk. I remember they won 1999 (I think) and I remember thinking they were awesome. This one sounds like it's made by a robot. A very, very rioty robot.

 

[Knotted]

14) The Streets - A Grand Dont Come For Free



I remember thinking the first Streets album was great. But what is going on here?!!?! The vocal rhythms don't match the backing rhythms. Really bad rapping. I love it.

 

[Knotted]

And my internet's gone sketchy. More tomorrow.

 

[stavros]

Ignore.

 

[AverageJoe]

No number 20?

 

[Knotted]

No number 20?

Not really, there's 5 or 6 singleton no. 1's at 20.

 

[ska invita]

19) - Inner Terrestrials - X

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There's ska for when you get sick of punk rock and punk rock for when you get sick of ska and ska punk rock for when you are in the zone. It's got everything.

i didnt vote for them but have affection as a proper local Lewisham band...i can barely think of another

 

[DaveCinzano]

i didnt vote for them but have affection as a proper local Lewisham band...i can barely think of another

Sidi Bou Said!