Urban75 Album of the Year 2014 revisited

[Knotted]

"Electro" covers a broad range.

 

[Knotted]

3) Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - Invention for Radio No. 1: The Dreams



Well you weren't expecting that. It's mesmerising even if not a great deal happens.

 

[Dr. Furface]

3) Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - Invention for Radio No. 1: The Dreams

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Well you weren't expecting that. It's mesmerising even if not a great deal happens.

How very 2014

 

[Knotted]

2) Aphex Twin - Syro




Techno that we can all get behind I think. Although only two of you voted for it.

 

[Knotted]

That means...

 

[Knotted]

1) Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2



This should probably be lower. Not least because I voted for it without listening to it all the way through. It's sort of plainly brilliant isn't it? Some sort of electro jazz rap from him and him.

 

[Knotted]

What happened to The Bug I hear you ask??!! Well he only got one vote. One. And that vote was mine!!

You all convinced me back in 2014 and now you've left me dangling.

 

[Knotted]

No.1 votes

Aphex Twin - Syro
Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - Invention for Radio No. 1: The Dreams
The Delines - Colfax
Juçara Marçal - Encarnado
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Boris Blank – Electrified
Bing and Ruth -Tomorrow Was The Golden Age
Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
Dangelo - Black Messiah
Machine Girl - WLFGRL

Juçara Marçal onwards all at 11=.

 

[Knotted]

By no. of votes ignoring ranking.

3 votes:

Run the Jewels - RTJ2
Sleaford Mods - Divide & Exit
Ibibio Sound Machine – Ibibio Sound Machine
Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal

2 votes:

Aphex Twin - Syro
Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - Invention for Radio No. 1: The Dreams
Gaye Su Akyol - Develerle yaşıyorum
Protomartyr - Under Cover of Official Right
The Delines - Colfax
Swans - To Be Kind
Paranoid London - Paranoid London
Shellac - Dude Incredible
Alt-J - This Is All Yours
Dum Dum Girls – Too True
St Vincent - s/t
Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
Goat - Commune
Perc - The Power and the Glory
Death Grips - niggas on the moon
Beck - Morning Phase
Mogwai - Rave Tapes
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers
Taylor Swift - 1989
Warpaint – Warpaint

 

[Knotted]

My list

Juçara Marçal - Encarnado
Swans - To Be Kind
Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - Invention for Radio No. 1: The Dreams
Run the Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
The Bug - Angels & Devils
Endon - Mama
Gaye Su Akyol - Develerle yaşıyorum
Horse Lords - Hidden Cities

The Juçara Marçal is totally amazing and I only discovered it 3pm today.

 

[Dr. Furface]

By no. of votes ignoring ranking.

3 votes:

Run the Jewels - RTJ2
Sleaford Mods - Divide & Exit
Ibibio Sound Machine – Ibibio Sound Machine
Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal

2 votes:

Aphex Twin - Syro
Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - Invention for Radio No. 1: The Dreams
Gaye Su Akyol - Develerle yaşıyorum
Protomartyr - Under Cover of Official Right
The Delines - Colfax
Swans - To Be Kind
Paranoid London - Paranoid London
Shellac - Dude Incredible
Alt-J - This Is All Yours
Dum Dum Girls – Too True
St Vincent - s/t
Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
Goat - Commune
Perc - The Power and the Glory
Death Grips - niggas on the moon
Beck - Morning Phase
Mogwai - Rave Tapes
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers
Taylor Swift - 1989
Warpaint – Warpaint

That 2 votes list looks better then the actual one

 

[Knotted]

belboid scoring has

1) Run the Jewels - RTJ2
2=) Aphex Twin - Syro
2=) Sleaford Mods - Divide & Exit
4) Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - Invention for Radio No. 1: The Dreams
5) Gaye Su Akyol - Develerle yaşıyorum
6) Protomartyr - Under Cover of Official Right
7) Paranoid London - Paranoid London
8=) The Delines - Colfax
8=) Swans - To Be Kind
8=) Ibibio Sound Machine – Ibibio Sound Machine
11) Alt-J - This Is All Yours
12) Shellac - Dude Incredible

 

[Silas Loom]

8) Swans - To Be Kind

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

Not listened to this before, it’s brilliant!

 

[Knotted]

I'm not going to start 2024 until Monday. If belboid wants to kick it off on Sunday, then let it be.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - Invention for Radio No. 1: The Dreams
Todd Terje - It's album time
Roman Flügel - Happiness Is Happening
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
Run The Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
Blacknecks - 6
Perc - The Power and the Glory
Lynched [Lankum] - Cold Old Fire
Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
Martyn - The Air Between Your Words
Millie & Andrea - Drop The Vowels
Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers
Paranoid London - Paranoid London
Lone - Reality Testing
Ibibio Sound Machine - Ibibio Sound Machine
Kae Tempest - Everybody Down
Tycho - Awake
The Delines - Colfax
Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders - Playmates
Angaleena Presley - American Middle Class


..and yes having an obscure bootleg of a 50 year old radio show at no. 1 didn't quite feel in the spirit of the thread but fuck it, it's the only chance i'll get to vote for one of my favourite bits of music [and I now do own a copy].

 

[Knotted]

Whenever it finally drops is the year to vote for it. I actually listening to The Dreams a lot during the late 2010's. I think it's still relevant - electronic drone music is still very much a thing.

 

[Knotted]

Not listened to this before, it’s brilliant!

There was a lot of excitement on here about their previous album The Seer, but not so much this one. But this is much more consistent. Listen to the whole thing and it pummels you into a different universe.

 

[belboid]

Good stuff and delightfully surprising.

My top 20 (having completely forgotten about the excellent Lynched album)

Delines - Colfax
Shellac - Dude Incredible
St Vincent - St Vincent
King Champion Sounds - Songs From The Golden Hour
Goat - Commune
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There?
Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
Gruff Rhys - American Interior
Hookworms - The Hum
Mogwai - Rave Tapes
Steven James Adams - House Music
Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
Honeyblood - Honeyblood
Jack White - Lazaretto
Swans - To Be Kind
Beck - Morning Phase
Angel Olson - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Warpaint - Warpaint
Drive-By Truckers - English Oceans

 

[Silas Loom]

There was a lot of excitement on here about their previous album The Seer, but not so much this one. But this is much more consistent. Listen to the whole thing and it pummels you into a different universe.

Oh, thanks for the warning. I’ll stop at Nathalie Neal then.

 

[The39thStep]

I'll put the lower than expected performance of my list down to a low turnout

1. Bing and Ruth -Tomorrow Was The Golden Age
2. The Soundcarriers- Entropicalic
3. Kiasmos- Kiasmos
4. Hundred Waters - The Moon Rang Like A Bell
5. Loscil- Sea Islands
6. Interpol- El Pintor
7. Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd- The White Bird
8. The Twilight Sad- Nobody wants to be here, nobody wants to leave
9. Gus Gus -Mexico
10. Caribou- Our Love
11. Plaid - Reachy Prints
12. Rival Consoles-Sonne
13. A Winged Victory -Atmos
14. Frederick Albanse- The Houseboat and the Moon
15. Glass Animals - Zaba
16. Bracken -Exist Resist
17. Alt-J- This Is All Yours
18. Laetina Sadler -Something Shines
19. Jane Weaver - Silver Globe
20. The Proper Ornaments - Wooden Horse

 

[belboid]

ohh, yeah, I forgot that Soundcarriers too. That's great.

 

[Dr. Furface]

Aphex Twin - Syro
Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit
Alt-J - This Is All Yours
Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
Liars - Mess
Beck - Morning Phase
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Wig Out at Jagbags
Lana del Ray - Ultraviolence
Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right
Mogwai - Rave Tapes
Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers
LCD Soundsystem - The Long Goodbye, live in NYC
Sun Kil Moon Benji
Dean Blunt - Black Metal
Mac DiMarco - Salad Days
Badbadnotgood - III
Goat - Commune
Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World
St Vincent - s/t
Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal

 

[Knotted]

I feel I should listen to Mac DiMarco more.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Cheers Knotted for ringmastery - plenty of things to check out ready for the next iteration in, say, ten years?

 

[Knotted]

Cheers Knotted for ringmastery - plenty of things to check out ready for the next iteration in, say, ten years?

Swans will win eventually.

 

[hitmouse]

I feel like some gerrymandering must've happened here to keep Parquet Courts out if they're one of the only bands to get three votes.

My list was:

Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
Protomartyr - Under Cover of Official Right
September Girls - Cursing the Sea
Alvvays - Alvvays
Total Control - Typical System
Run the Jewels - RTJ2
Iceage - Plowing Into the Field of Love
Xiu Xiu - Angel Guts: Red Classroom
Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
Allo Darlin’ - We Come From the Same Place
Mitski - Bury Me at Makeout Creek
New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
Sleaford Mods - Divide & Exit
Kurraka - Kurraka
Moscow Death Brigade - Hoods Up
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Dum Dum Girls - Too True
Shellac - Dude Incredible
Big Ups - Eighteen Hours of Static
Death Grips - niggas on the moon
Taylor Swift - 1989
Junglepussy - Satisfaction Guaranteed
OFF! - Wasted Years
Fucked Up - Glass Boys
Black Lips - Underneath the Rainbow

I vaguely intended to get around to listening to the Bug, St Vincent, La Roux and Lynched/Lankum albums enough to get around to forming an opinion on them, but didn't get around to it. And Eagulls of course but I think Eagulls would've struggled to make the top 10 either way. Really strong year though, although maybe every year is actually a really good year for music if you've heard enough of it.

 

[Spandex]

Jane Weaver - Silver Globe

Did this really come out that long ago? Seems much more recent. Or is that just an old person losing track of time thing?

Excellent album.

 

[Spandex]

I voted for...

Boris Blank – Electrified
Gwenno - Y Dydd Olaf
Dum Dum Girls – Too True
Tying Tiffany - Drop
Void Vision - Sub Rosa
Orlando Julius & the Heliocentrics - Jaiyede Afro
The Juan McLean - In a Dream
Taylor Swift - 1989
La Roux – Trouble In Paradise
Boy Harsher - Lesser Man
Ibibio Sound Machine – Ibibio Sound Machine
Sumerian Fleet – Just Pressure
Yagya - Sleepygirls
Mind Fair - Mind Fair
Xeno & Oaklander – Par Avion
Keluar - Keluar
Subotika – Panonija
Legowelt - Crystal Cult 2080
Warpaint – Warpaint
Hante - Her Fall And Rise

 

[DaveCinzano]

Swans will win eventually.

 

[belboid]

I feel like some gerrymandering must've happened here to keep Parquet Courts out if they're one of the only bands to get three votes.

9th, 13th and 20th, naah, no surprise. Same score as Shellac would have got if Knotted hadn't stuck them in at 12.

Ibibio Sound Machine must have had similar, lowly placed, votes.