Urban75 Album of the Year 2014 revisited

[Knotted]

braindancer
ska invita
redsquirrel
AverageJoe
Dr. Furface
Silas Loom

 

[Knotted]

That means you have tonight and tomorrow to put it together.

And then I'll smash it all out on Friday evening.

 

[belboid]

And then I'll smash it all out on Friday evening.

I will look forward to seeing the results next Tuesday

 

[Knotted]

Have some Thai psych while you contemplate.

 

[Knotted]

Brian Ferneyhough - Complete Works for String Quarte and Trio



There's only 180 minutes of it. Only a quarter of a day of violin torture. Listen to this - you'll be fine. You'll be fine.

 

[The39thStep]

That means you have tonight and tomorrow to put it together.

And then I'll smash it all out on Friday evening.

Odds on first request for an extension

 

[The39thStep]

GusGus - Mexico

Fetish laden Iceland electro foot tapping dance with nod to anthems

 

[hitmouse]

Really strong year, have I even got around to mentioning Total Control yet? Get some of this down yer ears:

 

[Indeliblelink]

Roman Flügel - Happiness Is Happening
Played this to death but only discovered it early 2015


Looks like 2014 is the first chance I get to vote for the Derbyshire / Bermange Inventions For Radio BBC transmission, even if it is a bootleg. Only 50 years late.

https://www.discogs.com/release/6155385-Delia-Derbyshire-Barry-Bermange-Inventions-For-Radio-The-Dreams?srsltid=AfmBOoprB0A7yPuDcp6Im_cG_3xc4GO0QQGoC5DH1JCbMasYP-x00c53

 

[Knotted]

I've only received 6 lists. Can I squeeze one or two more out of y'all this afternoon?

 

[belboid]

go on then

 

[Knotted]

Well this is a disaster.

 

[Knotted]

Any other votes? You have half an hour.

 

[Knotted]

We now have a top 10 (just). It looks like this



Composed of this

 

[Knotted]

10 lists, 163 albums, 135 unique albums

Note the closeness of those last two numbers - it means everybody is voting differently. Hence we only have a top 10.

 

[Knotted]

10) Shellac - Dude Incredible



Ooh well! They went mathy over those twenty years. Probably got good at counting or something.

 

[Knotted]

9) Paranoid London



Well this bangs. Or at least thumps. Dancy dancy acid thing.

 

[Knotted]

8) Swans - To Be Kind



RYM put this above The Seer and I think they might be right.

 

[Knotted]

7) The Delines - Colfax



Hi, we're The Delines and we're the alt-country album on the list. Beautiful production values on this.

 

[Knotted]

6) Protomartyr - Under Cover of Official Right



Hardcorish punk with a dab of post-rock and clean production values. Very hardcorish.

 

[Knotted]

5) Gaye Su Akyol - Develerle yaşıyorum



Sort of rock but based on Turkish pop/folk. It's something else. And with the smokiest contralto. Stay a while and listen to this.

 

[hitmouse]

10) Shellac - Dude Incredible

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Ooh well! They went mathy over those twenty years. Probably got good at counting or something.

I can't tell if this is an intentional or an unintentional reference, but there's a song on their 2000 album that makes a really good punchline to this.

 

[Knotted]

4) Sleaford Mods - Divide & Exit




Well you all loved them at the time. Fallen out of favour a touch I guess now. Tenth anniversary release out now.

 

[Knotted]

I can't tell if this is an intentional or an unintentional reference, but there's a song on their 2000 album that makes a really good punchline to this.

Completely unintentional.

 

[Knotted]

So top 3... Who's in and who's out? Last time it was Angel Olsen, Sleaford Mods and The Bug.

 

[hitmouse]

Completely unintentional.

Ah well, it's an impressively good unintentional joke in that case.

Spoiler: song from 2000 that has no other business being on this thread

 

[belboid]

hmm, not the Mogwai, but Goat are more popular than ever, so maybe they're he last rock record. The Bug will still be there. And something else,

 

[Knotted]

Ah well, it's an impressively good unintentional joke in that case.

Spoiler: song from 2000 that has no other business being on this thread

I think I've heard that before come to think of it.

 

[hitmouse]

I'm assuming Azealia Banks must be up there, although I dunno which side of Knotted's hip-hop/electro line she'll fall on?

 

[Dr. Furface]

So top 3... Who's in and who's out? Last time it was Angel Olsen, Sleaford Mods and The Bug.

If Aphex isn’t there this is a total bust