The "Top Albums of 2007" Topic to end all other such topics!!!

[PassiveTheory]

So I'm thinking that, as a blanket poll, we have every one who wants to contribute a thorough top 20 albums of 2007, post it here, and then tally who gets the most votes.

However, to add a bit more to this idea, here's how I'm thinking a proper point system would work:

20 - 11 = Each earn 1 point
10 - 6 = Each earn 2 points
5 - 3 = Each earn 3 points
2nd = Earns 4 points
1st = Earns 5 points

What do you think? I feel this is the most efficient way to determine a Coachella Message Board's Top 20 Albums of 2007 list. Thoughts?

[bmack86]

Hell, i support this idea.

[invisiblerobots]

Who is doing the tallying? And are they able to filter out the noob/alias factor?

[suprefan]

Should we not count somebody whose post count is under like 500? I think thats enough to keep any rookies out of the running.

[mvanwinkle]

500 is pretty high. But i guess since you have done 500 almost 20 times over.

[PassiveTheory]

I volunteer myself to do the tally, but if that idea makes a number of you think that I'll slight the list towards Maroon 5, I understand...

EDIT: I think the post count should be 250.

[bmack86]

(points) rank band - album
(5) 1 Deerhunter - Cryptograms
(4) 2 Liars - Liars
(3) 3 Battles - Mirrored
(3) 4 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
(3) 5 No Age - Weirdo Rippers
(2) 6 Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, You Are the Destroyer
(2) 7 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
(2) 8 Radiohead - In Rainbows
(2) 9 Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbal
(2) 10 Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
(1) 11 A Place to Bury Strangers - S/T
(1) 12 Menomena - Friend and Foe
(1) 13 HEALTH - HEALTH
(1) 14 The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
(1) 15 Grizzly Bear - Friend EP
(1) 16 Daft Punk - Alive 2007
(1) 17 Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
(1) 18 The Tough Alliance - A New Chance
(1) 19 Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
(1) 20 Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhount/The Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse

[PassiveTheory]

What would help is if you allocated your points within your post. That way I can visually scan and allocate votes faster.

Also I figure we give people until the 1st of January at Midnight (that meaning Midnight January 2nd) to vote.

Does anyone object to me being the vote counter?

[kitt kat]

001. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
002. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
003. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
004. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
005. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
006. Justice - Cross
007. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
008. Avey Tare and Kria Brekken - Pullhair Rubeye
009. Black Dice - Load Blown
010. Akron/Family - Love is Simple
011. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
012. Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
013. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
014. The Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse
015. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
016. Menomena - Friend and Foe
017. Johnathan Rice - Further North
018. !!! - Myth Takes
019. Art in Manila - Set the Woods on Fire
020. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

[hawkingvsreeve]

1. Fields - Everything Last Winter
2. Radiohead - In Rainbows
3. Iron & Wine - The Shepard's Dog
4. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
5. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
6. Justice - Cross
7. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
8. Britney Spears - Blackout
9. Blonde Redhead - 23
10. The New Pornographers - Challengers
11. Digitalism - Idealism
12. Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
13. Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
14. Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release
15. Boys Noize - Oi Oi Oi
16. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
17. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
18. The Good The Bad & The Queen - ST
19. Client - Heartland
20. Minus The Bear - Planet Of Ice


The back end of this list is pretty much just filler. This is stuff I didn't dislike as much as others.

[wmgaretjax]

1. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
2. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
3. Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
4. Stars of the Lid - And the Refinement of Their Decline
5. John Maus - Love is Real
6. Radiohead - In Rainbows
7. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
8. A Place to Bury Strangers - s/t
9. No Age - Weirdo Rippers
10. Deerhunter - Cryptograms
11. MIA - Kala
12. Merzbow - Merzbear
13. Tim Hecker - Radio Amor
14. Sightings - Through the Panama
15. Kemialliset Ystavat - Untitled
16. Liars - Liars
17. Woelv - Tout Seul dans la Fort en Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur?
18. The Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse
19. Skull Defekts - Blood Spirit/Drums are Singing
20. Menomena - Friend/Foe

these deserve credit, but right now I don't feel like giving them enough...
-20. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
-20. The Tough Alliance - A New Chance
-20. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
-20. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
-20. Grizzly Bear - Friend EP
-20. Health - Health
-20. Black Dice - Load Blown
-20. Yellow Swans - At All Ends
-20. Wzt Hearts - Threads ROPE
-20. Supersilent - 8
-20. Arve Henriksen - Strjon
-20. Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
-20. Radicalfashion - Odori

[Neutral Milk Hotel]

Deer Hunger?

[PassiveTheory]

LOL I just caught that too.

[wmgaretjax]

haha.

[airguitarvet]

m.i.a. kala

[mvanwinkle]

(5) 1. Daft Punk- Alive 2007
(4) 2. Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
(3) 3. The National- The Boxer
(3) 4. White Stripes- Icky Thump
(3) 5. Radiohead- In rainbows
(2) 6. The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen
(2) 7. Arctic Monkeys- Favorite Worst Nightmare
(2) 8. Kings Of Leon – Because Of The Times
(2) 9. The Hives- The Black and White Album
(2) 10. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
(1) 11. Elliot Smith-New Moon
(1) 12. Peter Bjorn and John-Writer's Block
(1) 13. Of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
(1) 14. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
(1) 15. Band of horses- Cease to Begin
(1) 16. Iron And Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
(1) 17. The shins- Wincing the Night Away
(1) 18. Wilco- Sky Blue Sky
(1) 19. Feist-Reminder
(1) 20. Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

[bmack86]

Seriously, if something was released in 2006, don't put it in your lists. It's like saying that Europe doesn't matter, and, with the internet, as soon as something's released, we've heard it.

[wmgaretjax]

Seriously, if something was released in 2006, don't put it in your lists. It's like saying that Europe doesn't matter, and, with the internet, as soon as something's released, we've heard it.

what are you referring to?

[bmack86]

Peter Bjorn and John.

And, the fact that other lists, not in here, include Lily Allen and Jarvis Cocker.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Peter Bjorn and John.

And, the fact that other lists, not in here, include Lily Allen and Jarvis Cocker.

It upsets me to see those albums in professional lists. Way to be with the times, guys.

[wmgaretjax]

I have the same qualms with movie lists a lot of the time. Although that's really more grey. Inland Empire was number 1 on my movie list last year, but it's on a ton of lists this year because it only played a few festivals in 2006. Music permeates a little quicker.

[bmack86]

It upsets me to see those albums in professional lists. Way to be with the times, guys.

Especially because you know they got the promo cds before they came out in Europe. And, everybody heard Young Folks and whatever Lily Allen song is popular last year.

[summerkid]

1. White Stripes-Icky Thump
2. Radiohead-In Rainbows
3. LCD Soundsystem-Sound of Silver
4. Justice-*cross*
5. Arcade Fire-Neon Bible
6. Of Montreal-Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer?
7. Animal Collective-Strawberry Jam
8. Kanye West-Graduation
9. Okkervil River-The Stage Names
10. Bright Eyes-Cassadaga
11. Grinderman-Grinderman
12. Spoon-Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
13. Modest Mouse-We Were Dead...
14. Wilco-Sky Blue Sky
15. The Shins-Wincing the Night Away
16. Dizzee Rascal-Maths and English
17. Beirut-The Flying Cup
18. Feist-The Reminder
19. Ghostface Killah-Big Doe Rehab
20. The National-Boxer

[amyzzz]

No.

[thelastgreatman]

I think it would be better if everyone just listed their top 20 albums of the year and the results were tallied by how many times each album got a vote regardless of what rank within each individual list it was.

So at the end if 30 people made lists, the top album would be the one that appeared on 30 lists, or closest to. It produces a better community vote, I think.

[brando4n82]

005. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
006. Justice - Cross
018. !!! - Myth Takes

No one will vote for this im sure but another album that stands out to me is

Ween - La Cucaracha

EDIT: oh and also

Burial - Untrue
MIA - Kala...LOVE IT

[brando4n82]

[QUOTE=hawkingvsreeve;379367]14. Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay as QUOTE]

also good!

[johnnypolite]

Sure I'll play.

1. Menomena "Friend and Foe"
2. The National "Boxer"
3. Arcade Fire "Neon Bible"
4. Of Montreal "Hissing Fauna..."
5. Interpol "Interpol"
6. Rogue Wave "Asleep at Heaven's Gate"
7. MIA "Kala"
8. Justice "Cross"
9. Celebration "The Modern Tribe"
10. The Polyphonic Spree "The Fragile Army"
11. Nine Inch Nails "Year Zero"
12. Panda Bear "Person Pitch"
13. Wilco "Sky Blue Sky"
14. Junior Senior "Hey Hey My My Yo Yo"
15. Elliot Smith "New Moon"
16. Spoon "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"
17. The Clientele "God Save the Clientele"
18. Bishop Allen "The Broken String"
19. Eluvium "Copia"
20. The Good, The Bad, & The Queen "selftittied"

[Neutral Milk Hotel]

I think it would be better if everyone just listed their top 20 albums of the year and the results were tallied by how many times each album got a vote regardless of what rank within each individual list it was.

So at the end if 30 people made lists, the top album would be the one that appeared on 30 lists, or closest to. It produces a better community vote, I think.

I don't know about that. In theory, we could all have vastly differing lists but list Our Love to Admire by Interpol as #20, and then by this system Our Love to Admire would top the list, even though nobody was all that fond of it. I think it might have been interesting, though vastly complicated, to try the Village Voice system, where you can choose the amount of points allotted to each album.

[cansei de ser sexme]

Sure I'll play.

1. Menomena "Friend and Foe"
2. The National "Boxer"
3. Arcade Fire "Neon Bible"
4. Of Montreal "Hissing Fauna..."
5. Interpol "Interpol"
6. Rogue Wave "Asleep at Heaven's Gate"
7. MIA "Kala"
8. Justice "Cross"
9. Celebration "The Modern Tribe"
10. The Polyphonic Spree "The Fragile Army"
11. Nine Inch Nails "Year Zero"
12. Panda Bear "Person Pitch"
13. Wilco "Sky Blue Sky"
14. Junior Senior "Hey Hey My My Yo Yo"
15. Elliot Smith "New Moon"
16. Spoon "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"
17. The Clientele "God Save the Clientele"
18. Bishop Allen "The Broken String"
19. Eluvium "Copia"
20. The Good, The Bad, & The Queen "selftittied"

read the instructions. No lurkers. Maybe next year...