Best Ever Albums

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 02/18/2015 22:04

I went;

LP1 +30
Pinata +15
Salad Days +15
I Never Learn +10
Burn Your Fire +10
RTJ2 +10
Sea When Absent +10
Lost In The Dream -10
Morning Phase -10
My Krazy Life -10

Re: BEA's Year-End List Detailed Results

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:24:07 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/18/2015 20:24

RepoMan wrote:

Here's my ballot...

Black Metal by Dean Blunt (+20)

...And Star Power by Foxygen (+15)
Ruins by Grouper (+15 )
Pom Pom by Ariel Pink (+15)
Metamodern Sounds In Country Music by Sturgill Simpson (+15)

Manipulator by Ty Segall (+10)

Atomos by A Winged Victory For The Sullen (+5)
Attica! by Wussy (+5)

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Royal Blood by Royal Blood (-15)
This Is All Yours by ∆ (alt-j) (-10)
Transgender Dysphoria Blues by Against Me! (-5)

Would love to see how every one else voted. thanks!

You voted down best album of 2014!!

Re: BEA's Year-End List Detailed Results

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:35:53 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/18/2015 04:35

Here's my ballot...

Black Metal by Dean Blunt (+20)

...And Star Power by Foxygen (+15)
Ruins by Grouper (+15 )
Pom Pom by Ariel Pink (+15)
Metamodern Sounds In Country Music by Sturgill Simpson (+15)

Manipulator by Ty Segall (+10)

Atomos by A Winged Victory For The Sullen (+5)
Attica! by Wussy (+5)

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Royal Blood by Royal Blood (-15)
This Is All Yours by ∆ (alt-j) (-10)
Transgender Dysphoria Blues by Against Me! (-5)

Would love to see how every one else voted. thanks!

Re: BEA's Year-End List Detailed Results

Nassim — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:24:00 GMT

Author: Nassim

Posted: 02/17/2015 14:24

dmercado wrote:

I really liked the chart without the negative voting. I'm not trying to get rid of the negative votes, though, it was interesting seeing which albums were the most controversial ones of this year. Imo when an album is controversial it shows just how great it is because of its ability to elicit strong emotions from the listener, both positive and negative.

The thing is I think lots of the negative vote were not because people thought the albums were that bad or because of "strong negative emotions" but more because some people didn't want to see those albums win.
I did vote negatively for Benji, Indie Cindy and And then you shoot your cousin because I really think those are the 3 worst albums I heard this year, nothing further than that.

Max Votes

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:55:22 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/16/2015 21:55

As requested by KKS, here are all of the albums that received the max number of points in a single ballot (30):

Piñata
Faith in Strangers
Bécs
LP1
Free Indeed
Syro
Perfect Hair
Plowing Into the Field of Love
Unflesh
The Serpent & The Sphere
Pe'ahi
Encarnado
Lost in the Dream (x2)
Brill Bruisers
Sun Structures
Meshes of Voice
Black Messiah

Also, as I already noted above, here are the albums that received largest possible downvote (-30):

Benji (x2)
Lost in the Dream
Black Messiah

Re: BEA's Year-End List Detailed Results

benpaco — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 01:14:29 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 02/16/2015 06:14

RockyRaccoon wrote:

I actually enjoyed Turn Blue but I'm pretty sure my average album rating is like an 87 so what do I know

I average an 84 and I still gave it a 50 ...

Re: BEA's Year-End List Detailed Results

RockyRaccoon — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 01:05:26 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 02/16/2015 06:05

I actually enjoyed Turn Blue but I'm pretty sure my average album rating is like an 87 so what do I know

Re: Downvote Totals

meccalecca — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:15:10 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 02/16/2015 00:15

RepoMan wrote:

Haha! You're such an unabashed Albarn fanboy. 😜 Nice to have u back!

I didn't love love it the first few times I heard it, but it was a real grower for me. It certainly doesn't deserve to be categorized alongside Turn Blue.

Re: BEA's Year-End List Detailed Results

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:06:54 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/16/2015 00:06

I heard the Terje album twice, I think, and the best adjective I could come up with was "preppy". I thought it was good for what it was trying to do, even if it wasn't quite my thing.

The others didn't seem worth hearing based on what I'd heard said.

Re: Downvote Totals

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 18:34:30 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/15/2015 23:34

meccalecca wrote:

No. Love that Todd Terje record. Even if you don't dig most of it, I can't imagine anyone not loving that Robert Palmer cover with Ferry. And I actually quite enjoyed Everyday Robots.

Todd Terje album was awful. 🤣

Re: Downvote Totals

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 18:29:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/15/2015 23:29

meccalecca wrote:

And even though I sort of enjoyed it, I'd think that Indie Cindy should have received the most negative votes.

Haha! You're such an unabashed Albarn fanboy. 😜 Nice to have u back!

tbh, I've never even been able to make it to that Palmer cover. Just fixed that. Agreed. No surprise though. Ferry makes my knees weak & the retro 80s Pretty-in-Pink prom vibe is awesome. I'll give you that one. 😉

I still have yet to listen to Indie Cindy. I heard the very first ep & now I'm afraid. Very afraid. LOL.

maybe tonight. Please don't crush my soul.

Re: Downvote Totals

meccalecca — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:45:21 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 02/15/2015 22:45

RepoMan wrote:

Can we all agree that THESE were the LAMEST albums of 2015? I'd even throw in Morning Phase and Everyday Robots as well despite loving Beck & Damon.

No. Love that Todd Terje record. Even if you don't dig most of it, I can't imagine anyone not loving that Robert Palmer cover with Ferry. And I actually quite enjoyed Everyday Robots.

I will however agree that Turn Blue and that Alt J record were both steaming turds. And even though I sort of enjoyed it, I'd think that Indie Cindy should have received the most negative votes.

Re: Downvote Totals

dmercado — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 14:59:09 GMT

Author: dmercado

Posted: 02/15/2015 19:59

RepoMan wrote:

Can we all agree that THESE were the LAMEST albums of 2015? I'd even throw in Morning Phase and Everyday Robots as well despite loving Beck & Damon.

I actually really enjoyed Todd Terje's It's Album Time. Not only do I enjoy the songs individually, but the album is very well-structured and runs through very smoothly. Top 5 for me.

Re: BEA's Year-End List Detailed Results

alelsupreme — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:44:47 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 02/15/2015 17:44

CubaZed wrote:

Something tells me you've been on 4chan a lot lately.

Tumblr, actually.

RepoMan wrote:

Can we all agree that THESE were the LAMEST albums of 2015? I'd even throw in Morning Phase and Everyday Robots as well despite loving Beck & Damon.

I actually found Royal Blood and It's Album Time pretty fun. Everyday Robots was shit, though.

Re: Downvote Totals

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 11:12:27 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/15/2015 16:12

sp4cetiger wrote:

-20 This Is All Yours
-15 Turn Blue
-15 Royal Blood
-10 It's Album Time

Can we all agree that THESE were the LAMEST albums of 2015? I'd even throw in Morning Phase and Everyday Robots as well despite loving Beck & Damon.

Re: BEA's Year-End List Detailed Results

dmercado — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 04:04:42 GMT

Author: dmercado

Posted: 02/15/2015 09:04

craola wrote:

With an album like The War On Drugs', the music itself isn't controversial at all. The hype around it is what's bothering people.

Funny, that's the way I feel about Benji, the other "controversial" album, the lyrics might be interesting but I find the music dull. You might be right that in some cases the controversy doesn't stem so much from the music breaking previously established barriers, challenging what's acceptable. Sometimes the controversy stems from our disagreements on what has value and what does not. Should something we consider to be a good album be disingenuous, popular, simple, instrumental, loosely structured, nostalgic, unoriginal, etc? In the case of Benji and Lost in the Dream it reduced to "Too many people liked this album, but I didn't, and I want to see the albums that I like".

Re: BEA's Year-End List Detailed Results

craola — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 01:36:30 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 02/15/2015 06:36

dmercado wrote:

Imo when an album is controversial it shows just how great it is because of its ability to elicit strong emotions from the listener, both positive and negative.

I get where you're coming from and would agree to some extent, but sometimes things are "controversial" because they're boring, and half of us are shaking our heads because we just don't seem to "get it". It depends on where the controversy lies. With an album like The War On Drugs', the music itself isn't controversial at all. The hype around it is what's bothering people. It's not a bad album, but it's not redefining the genre or breaking new ground. So the controversy lies in the question: what's the big deal?

Where I agree with you though is that there are times when something stirs up an emotion in me that I don't like. That certainly speaks to how well-crafted a work of art is. When it stirs nothing (like in this case), I'm going to protest it for saying nothing, stirring nothing, moving nothing, being nothing, etc.

Edit: +1 Sp4cetiger. I pretty much just repeated you, eh?

Re: BEA's Year-End List Detailed Results

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 22:50:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/15/2015 03:50

dmercado wrote:

Imo when an album is controversial it shows just how great it is because of its ability to elicit strong emotions from the listener, both positive and negative.

I think a lot of it depends on why something is controversial. There are a lot of now-classic albums that were controversial in their day but then there's a lot of trash and mediocrity that was controversial as well. Sometimes the controversy still doesn't seem settled decades later (e.g., the Sex Pistols).

Is War on Drugs bravely challenging a dated Gen X aesthetic or merely reviving sounds that were better left buried? Is Benji challenging our notions of what's appropriate to sing about or taking a trendy genre to a ridiculous extreme? I don't think there's any correct answer to these questions, but the passage of time will almost certainly change the tone of the conversation.

Regardless, I totally agree that controversial albums are worth talking about, even if they end up in the negative on our list.

Re: BEA's Year-End List Detailed Results

dmercado — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 22:15:15 GMT

Author: dmercado

Posted: 02/15/2015 03:15

I really liked the chart without the negative voting. I'm not trying to get rid of the negative votes, though, it was interesting seeing which albums were the most controversial ones of this year. Imo when an album is controversial it shows just how great it is because of its ability to elicit strong emotions from the listener, both positive and negative.