100 exactly.

and there were at least three #1s for the national (even though i know the top of the list is worth the same).

hrmph...i thought the late season portastatic push woulda helped out it's ranking.

ditto...

i cannot beleive spoon got the #1 spot...good disc, but not #1

Who's the dumbass who doesn't know the correct name of the Juelz Santana album?

Its prolly better than most of your list, because since it doesn't really exist, it means silence is as enjoyable as the shit you rate

That's a joke billy, I actually put that and the Johnny Taint album on there cos I couldn't really find 20 albums, even after putting the Stones at the obligatory #1 and Jeezy at #2.

This year's list is weird. In 2 years maybe 2 of these albums will be listened to in any semblance of oftenness.

That's what happens when you use a 4-3-2-1 scale...

Being one person's #1 is worth being two people's #15... It always seems like the bands that cut a broader swath settle towards the top...

I'm shocked these didn't rank higher:



I'm especially dumfounded by the ranking of The Hold Steady. I truly expected that to go Top 10, not just Top 20. I thought just about everybody loved that one, except shiv and his teabag party.

As far as my list went....

1. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree 26
2. The Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers 30
3. Pelican - The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw 131
4. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses 22
5. Portastatic - Bright Ideas 76
6. Constantines - Tournament of Hearts 60
7. Black Mountain - Black Mountain 24
8. Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney – Superwolf 52
9. Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic 228
10. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday 38
11. Circle – Tuliktoria 347
12. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem 15
13. The Clientele - Strange Geometry 85
14. Langhorne Slim - When The Sun's Gone Down 93
15. Spoon - Gimme Fiction 1
16. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm 7
17. By The End Of Tonight - A Tribute To Tigers 414
18. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema 2
19. Trembling Blue Stars - The Seven Autumn Flowers 464
20. Sunn 0))) - Black One 135

Yeah I was thinking that too. Its far from his strongest, but its stronger than most of this top 20. I can't claim to be the one person who included it though. It came in at 21 or 22 on my list.

I just did my totals:

18. Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now (53 points) 3
43. Archer Prewitt - Wilderness (26 points) 2
44. Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine (26 points) 4
74. Greg Dulli - Amber Headlights (16 points) 15
96. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart (14 points) 11
127. South San Gabriel - The Carlton Chronicles (10 points) 18
144. Richard Thompson - Front Parlour Ballads (8 points) 8
163. Pernice Brothers - Discover A Lovelier You (7 points) 16
186. Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering (6 points) 6
202. Maximilian Hecker - Lady Sleep (5 points) 7
237. Joe Bataan - Call My Name (4 points) 1
244. Nacao Zumbi - Futura (4 points) 5
280. Banda Uniao Black - Banda Uniao Black (3 points) 9
318. Salif Keita - M'Bemba (3 points) 10
349. Curumin - Achados E Perdidos (2 points) 13
372. Laura Cantrell - Humming By The Flowered Vine (2 points) 20
375. Marianne Faithfull - Before the Poison (2 points) 12
385. Oliver Mtukudzi - Nhava (2 points) 14
427. Espers - The Weed Tree (1 points) 17
443. Max de Castro - Max de Castro (1 points) 19

Which translates to my top 20 getting 195 points. If I recall Shmoo's system correctly, 50 points would be the lowest possible. So I guess I don't have much in common with the average obnerite.

I don't know if he voted or not but I don't think KPH was enamored of the 2nd album either.

And there's no teabagging in that picture of mine.

Obviously, someone was looking at the wrong picture...

Damnit, I knew I should've skipped out on meeting up with FT that time he was in Boston.

4. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs (107 points)
5. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (105 points)
7. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (91 points)
11. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (69 points)
12. Sigur Ros - Takk... (66 points)
15. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (60 points)
20. The National - Alligator (50 points)
22. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (47 points)
36. Doves - Some Cities (31 points)
40. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl (28 points)
43. Archer Prewitt - Wilderness (26 points)
46. Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures (25 points)
52. Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney - Superwolf (22 points)
76. Portastatic - Bright Ideas (16 points)
102. Elbow - Leaders of the Free World (12 points)
107. Calla - Collisions (11 points)
113. Patrick Wolf - Wind In The Wires (11 points)
140. Dead Meadow - Feathers (8 points)
324. The Duke Spirit - Cuts Across the Land (3 points)
366. Hood - Outside Closer (2 points)

My Top 20:

1. Devin Davis - Lonely People of the World, Unite!
2. Josh Rouse - Nashville
3. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
4. Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
5. The Deathray Davies - The Kick and The Snare
6. M. Ward - Transistor Radio
7. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
8. Crooked Fingers - Dignity & Shame
9. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
10. My Morning Jacket - Z
11. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
12. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
13. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
14. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
15. The Ike Reilly Assassination - Junkie Faithful
16. Nada Surf - The Weight is a Gift
17. Portastatic - Bright Ideas
18. Damien Jurado - On My Way To Absence
19. American Analog Set - Set Free
20. Love as Laughter - Laughter's Fifth

Where my Top 20 finished in the Shmoo Poll:

1. Spoon - Gimme Fiction (146 points)
3. My Morning Jacket - Z (108 points)
4. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs (107 points)
5. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (105 points)
17. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (55 points)
19. Crooked Fingers - Dignity And Shame (51 points)
21. Josh Rouse - Nashville (49 points)
22. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (47 points)
27. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak (38 points)
28. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better... (37 points)
33. M.Ward - Transistor Radio (33 points)
38. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday (30 points)
45. Devin Davis - Lonely People Of The World, Unite! (25 points)
48. The Deathray Davies - The Kick and The Snare (25 points)
56. The Ike Reilly Assasination - Junkie Faithful (20 points)
58. Love As Laughter - Laughter's Fifth (19 points)
76. Portastatic - Bright Ideas (16 points)
106. Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift (12 points)
139. American Analog Set - Set Free (8 points)
419. Damien Jurado - On My Way To Absence (1 point)

My point total = 932

No way, dude...that's still the best mix CD I've ever gotten. Plus, those lobster rolls were a wicked pisser. Whatever happened to newt?

No JV?

awesome! i love that album too. he's a good dude, too.

my top 20:
1. My Morning Jacket - Z 3. (108 points)
2. Bear vs. Shark - Terrorhawk 216. (4 points) (it would seem im the only one who had this on their list)
3. Kanye West - Late Registration 42. (27 points)
4. Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel 81. (15 points)
5. Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth 67. (17 points)
6. Sigur Ros - Takk... 12. (66 points)
7. Supergrass - Road to Rouen 257. (4 points)
8. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene 11. (69 points)
9. Common - Be 55. Common - Be (20 points)
10. The Like - Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking? 328. (3 points)
11. Isolée - We Are Monster 295. (3 points)
12. The Evens - The Evens 325. (3 points)
13. Om - Variations On A Theme 386. (2 points) (just me on this one too it would seem)
14. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl 40. (28 points)
15. Wilderness - Wilderness 105. (12 points)
16. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois 5. (105 points)
17. Constantines - Tournament of Hearts 60. (18 points)
18. Kate Bush - Aerial 160. (7 points)
19. System of a Down - Mezmerize 116. (11 points)
20. Jamie Lidell - Multiply 51. (23 points)

total points: 545

Mine (shmoo poll ranking in parenthesis):

1. My Morning Jacket - Z (3)
2. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs (4)
3. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak (27)
4. Babyshambles - Down In Albion (65)
5. Spoon - Gimme Fiction (1)
6. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (2)
7. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl (40)
8. The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang (136)
9. The Ike Reilly Assasination - Junkie Faithful (26)
10. Marah - If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Probably Cry (23)
11. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights (47)
12. The Detroit Cobras - Baby (138)
13. The Paddingtons - First Comes First (262)
14. Calexico/Iron & Wine - In The Reins (32)
15. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better... (28 )
16. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (16)
17. Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth (68 )
18. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust (154)
19. Solomon Burke - Make Do With What You Got (457)
20. Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins (103)

finger on the pulse kids, finger on the pulse.

also, all bitching aside about the rankings by you whiners, but I think that it is damned impressive that we have 465 albums represented in our poll.

Nope. Pixel Revolt is his first dud. And by dud, I mean it wasn't 100% flat-out awesome, like every single one of his previous albums. Even so, it had its moments, but just wasn't good enough to make my list. I hold JV to a pretty high standard, given his incredible body of work.

Man, y'all really hate Emiliana Torrini, eh? I bet the other person who voted for Turin Brakes was elephantstone... am I right?

Here be my list, and what number they ranked overall:

1. Archer Prewitt - Wilderness - 43
2. Doves - Some Cities - 36
3. Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic - 99
4. Brendan Benson - The Alternative to Love - 86
5. Engineers - Engineers - 121
6. Iron & Wine - Woman King - 29
7. The Frames - Burn the Maps - 165
8. Royksopp - The Understanding - 132
9. Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine - 44
10. Josh Rouse - Nashville - 21
11. Spoon - Gimme Fiction - 1
12. The 88 - Over and Over - 147
13. Fischerspooner - Odyssey - 156
14. Tom Vek - We Have Sound - 49
15. Turin Brakes - Jackinabox - 398
16. Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright - 201
17. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs - 4
18. Emiliana Torrini - Fisherman's Woman - 426
19. Elbow - Leaders of the Free World - 102
20. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois - 5

edit: for a grand total of 641 points

Part 2, Thrilla In Texzilla coming up...

I dunno?



I felt the same way about Cellar Door.

Don't feel bad. I provided 50% or more of the points for 12 of my 20. I like your list more than most, esp. the Prewitt & Cooder.

my top 20 vs. the obner list:

1. Wolf Parade- Apologies to the Queen Mary 95
2. Hot Chip- Coming On Strong 8
3. Pendulum- Hold Your Colour 4
4. Tom Vek- We Have Sound 25
5. Juan Maclean- Less Than Human 6
6. Jamie Lidell- Multiply 23
7. Constantines- Tournament of Hearts 18
8. Controller.Controller- X Amounts 3
9. Mice Parade- Bem-Vinda Vontade 7
10. Leaf- Made Into Itself 3
11. Gravenhurst- Fires in the Distant Buildings 5
12. Sigur Ros- Takk 66
13. Broken Social Scene- s/t 69
14. Ladytron- The Witching Hour 14
15. Spoon- Gimme Fiction 146
16. Engineers- s/t 10
17. Bloc Party- Silent Alarm 91
18. Four Tet- Everything Ecstatic 4
19. Doves- Some Cities 31
20. The Rakes- Capture/Release 2