Ok, now it's time for some mindless fun...
So the
best music resource in the world (where I typically lurk), recently had a series of polls regarding people's favorite albums and singles from 1990-1999 and 2000-2004. Yeah yeah, I know...lists ARE kind of stupid and this really is the ultimate geek project, but it's fun to see where other people's tastes lie. And besides, the discussions on this board cover the entire spectrum of popular artists and genres, so the results are bound to be a bit less homogenized than the ones you'll find in most rock publications. There is a distinct pop/indie/hip-hop/electronic lean here, so you won't be seeing any contemporary jazz, world music or anything like that, but you know...something for almost everyone. I think these lists could actually serve as pretty decent buyer's guides. Well anyway, here are a bunch of links. Hope you have A LOT of free time at work...
(If this is too pop for you, you might want to try
here. Too much indie and hip-hop? This
site might be more up your alley.)
Top 100 albums and tracks of the decade so far (2000-2004)
I've probably listened extensively to about 80% of the first fifty, so the album list definitely falls in line with what's on my radar. It isn't, however, really indicative of my own personal favorites, of which only about a dozen place through the entire hundred. Though I like them all, the R&B/hip-hop selections at the top of the singles one are kind of off aside from "Bombs Over Baghdad" and "Ignition (remix)". All the indie rock takes a back seat to dance/pop and hip-hop/pop crossover stuff on both lists, so that's pretty slick I think. I like both of these. Be sure to click on the links in these lists, as some of the individual blurbs are really well written. (I voted Daft Punk for #1 album and single BTW.)
1990's Poll Results - Singles (songs) (this thread is humungous, beware of incessant bickering)
I feel partially responsible for the Pulp/Saint Etienne brouhaha that develops here, as I nominated both "This Is Hardcore" and "Nothing Can Stop Us". Plus, my ballot top 6 out of 30 looked like this:
1. Saint Etienne – "Avenue" (30 pts)
2. Pulp - "Common People" (29 pts)
3. Saint Etienne – "Nothing Can Stop Us" (28 pts)
4. Saint Etienne - "He's on the Phone" (27 pts)
5. My Bloody Valentine - "To Here Knows When" (26 pts)
6. Pulp – "This Is Hardcore" (25 pts)
Yes, I am a sad slavish fan boy, but the insane overlap here is in part due to a lot of my favorite tracks not showing up on the nominations list. Eh, who am I kidding, Saint Etienne is the best band ever and I FEEL NO SHAME. The soft spoken Saint Etienne contingent must band together and fight for the greater good!
I don't get Deee-lite's "Groove Is In The Heart" at all.
1990's Poll Results - Albums (this thread is also humungous + ongoing)
This list (and where it's going) is so representative of me it's almost sad. I think twenty five of my thirty album ballot is going to place, though it'll certainly all be out of order. I'm kind of sad that I didn't nominate
Dog Man Star, but I felt bad that there were two Underworld albums nominated and the best one (
Beaucoup Fish) wasn't there. Ah well. Heh, and again, voted three Saint Etienne albums top 8. Don't tell anyone there.
Someone needs to help me get
Transformers: The Movie Soundtrack in the mix with all the Smiths/Pixies/New Order/Prince albums when they fire up the 80's poll. Weeeee!
