best album of 2002?

Originally posted by Graveflower:
Check out Xiu Xiu.

i gave a few songs on there a quick listen, and it sounded like unbalanced noise. i'll listen more thorougly later.

Originally posted by Travis Meeks:
It's kind of hard to describe. The best would be a bit rocky but poppy brit music but with a sort of 70s rock twist to it. Download Welcome off of 'Walking with Thee' if you are interested, it's a good example of the CD. I know my description sucks, but it's a really good CD.

hmmm...this doesn't sound anything like do make say think...

Originally posted by lise:
hmmm...this doesn't sound anything like do make say think...

yeah, that could be because clinic actually makes music, unlike do make say think.

yes i'm kidding, the new do make say think isn't bad

1) Released so far: Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
2) "Yoshimi..." is sounding rather good, but it hasn't been formally released yet.
3) I hope DJ Shadow's new one isn't really just barely average.

Originally posted by drtydog31:

most disappointing album:
silverchair - diorama

np. Tuna in the Brine - Silverchair.

1. Grand Salvo - River Road
most of you would never have heard of this guy, since he is a melb. songwriter, but this second record of his is a beautiful journey indeed.

2. Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi
same as mayfuck said, BOC haven't really changed their formula much, but this is a wonderful listen every time

3. Songshia - Didn't It Rain
bleak, despairing lyrics wrapped up in soft strumming and some excellent female backing vocals

4. Jim O'Rourke - I'm Happy And I'm Singing..
as mayfuck said, a fantastic electronic record.

5. Trail Of Dead - Source Tags And Codes
yeh...its good

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Originally posted by sweet17:
np. Tuna in the Brine - Silverchair.

i heard this album was all about horns and woodwinds and it was good. i heard that from an idiot. but you'd think said idiot would hate it if it didnt sound like high school silverchair.

my pick: ZWAN IN OCTOBER, BABY

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nah, i'll go for Pulp - We Love Life
i'm pretty sure that was 2002

Originally posted by Mayfuck:
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-Cee-Lo Green and Perfect Imperfections; Cee-Lo (This may as well be the hip hop album of the year if not THE album of the year. A diverse and smart collection of songs. Everyone should listen to this one.)

i downloaded this today and after two listens i'll have to say that it's fantastic

john

np: Cee-Lo - Closet Freak

Originally posted by scouse_dave:
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nah, i'll go for Pulp - We Love Life
i'm pretty sure that was 2002

that was 2001, brah

Originally posted by Mayfuck:
YHF is an above average album that is too hyped for it's own good.

The only reason the album has any amount of hype is simply because of it's delayed release, marked in label controversy. It's not as weird of a record as a lot of people are making it out to be. It's also not the kind of hype bands like The Strokes get, with a marketing machine looking to push 'the next new thing'. So I'm not sure how it's too hyped 'for it's own good' when the product completely justifies the means through which it arrived.

Doesn't Have a Clue - Aeroplane

and don't care what any of you say, Eels-Souljacker

1. Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (9.6)
2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (9.2)
3. Xiu Xiu - Knife Play - (9.0)
4. Tom Waits - Alice (9.0)
5. Cornershop - Handcream for a Generation (8.7)
6. The Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretended to like Me is Gone (8.5)
7. The Notwist - Neon Golden (8.5)
8. Tom Waits - Blood Money (8.3)
9. Buffalo Daughter - I (8.0)
10. Badly Drawn Boy - About a Boy soundtrack (7.6)
11. Weezer - Maladroit (7.0)

I'm getting The Gloria Record, Songshia, and new Blackalicious soon, and will probably have to revise it again. *sigh*

You are all fucking wrong.

Desaparecidos- Read Music, Speak Spanish

runners up:[*]Pedro the Lion- Control[*]...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead- Source Tags and Codes

Originally posted by sugarsickness:


Desaparecidos- Read Music, Speak Spanish

HEEEEEEEEEEL NO.

I even like Bright Eyes, but that album is unlistenable SHIT. His vocals are absolutely grating (I know I know, but even at their best, Oberst's vocals on this album are terrible, and don't come close to the worst example of Corgan's nasal whine). He's not a strong singer, but his wavering voice fits with the acoustic dirges that make up the Bright Eyes catalog. His screams and howls on the Desaparecidos album are absolutely cringe inducing.

Originally posted by tweedyburd:
The only reason the album has any amount of hype is simply because of it's delayed release, marked in label controversy. It's not as weird of a record as a lot of people are making it out to be. It's also not the kind of hype bands like The Strokes get, with a marketing machine looking to push 'the next new thing'. So I'm not sure how it's too hyped 'for it's own good' when the product completely justifies the means through which it arrived.

PEOPLE are hyping it. It's been getting perfect and near perfect ratings all over the place. The band has been getting tons of exposure in magazines and even newspapers. Plus, it had a rather spectacular debut at #13 on the charts and 56,000 copies sold, which is amazing for a band whose previous album sold about 100,000 total.

Originally posted by strange_one:

3. Songshia - Didn't It Rain
bleak, despairing lyrics wrapped up in soft strumming and some excellent female backing vocals

I totally forgot Molina was coming out with a new record. Thanks for reminding me to go get it. The Lioness was fucking amazing.

Originally posted by Graveflower:
PEOPLE are hyping it. .



Well of course they are. What I was pointing out was the reason WHY. If the album had never gone through the now almost legendary-like label controversy, and not been labeled a 'career ending album', the release would have been marked with critical accliam but you wouldn't see it getting nearly the attention it has, RS layouts, etc. Just look at all those rave reviews. The first paragraph almost always starts out describing the label problems, etc, not the music itself.

It's not that the music isn't deserving--it's actually the exact opposite. It's just a shame the band and their best album had to get the attention it/they deserved simply by barely having the album released at all.

Originally posted by sugarsickness:
You are all fucking wrong.

Desaparecidos- Read Music, Speak Spanish

you could not be more right about this. that album is sick.

There used to be a time when I could come to this board and actually know who you people were talking about.