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[bottledwater]

Interesting List--Surprising Really
I love this critic though, so I guess it's time for me to check out scritti politti, should I?


ALBUMS
1. Scritti Politti “White Bread, Black Beer” (Nonesuch)
2. Ghostface Killah “Fishscale” (Def Jam)
3. Joanna Newsom “Ys” (Drag City)
4. Clipse “Hell Hath No Fury” (Re-Up/Zomba)
5. Arctic Monkeys “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not” (Domino)
6. T.I. “King” (Atlantic)
7. Deftones “Saturday Night Wrist” (Warner Bros.)
8. DJ Drama & Lil Wayne “Dedication 2” (Gangsta Grillz)
9. Grizzly Bear “Yellow House” (Warp)
10. Shrift “Lost In A Moment” (Six Degrees)
11. The La’s “BBC In Session” (Universal Polydor)
12. Allison Moorer “Getting Somewhere” (Sugar Hill)
13. Beyoncé “B’Day” (Sony Urban Music/Columbia)
14. Brazilian Girls “Talk To La Bomb” (Verve/Forecast)
15. E-40 “My Ghetto Report Card” (Reprise)
16. Earl Greyhound “Soft Targets” (Some)
17. Cat Power “The Greatest” (Matador)
18. Trentemøller “The Last Resort” (Poker Flat)
19. The Duke Spirit “Cuts Across The Land” (Star Time)
20. Jennifer O’Connor “Over The Mountain, Across The Valley And Back To The Stars” (Matador)
21. Love Is All “Nine Times That Same Song” (What’s Your Rupture?)
22. Justin Timberlake “FutureSex/LoveSounds” (Jive)
23. Sibylle Baier “Colour Green” (Orange Twin)
24. Frida Hyvönen “Until Death Comes” (Licking Fingers/Secretly Canadian)
25. Malajube “Trompe-L'Oeil” (Dare to Care)
26. Goldfrapp “Supernature” (Mute)
27. The Mountain Goats “Get Lonely” (4AD)
28. Growing “Color Wheel” (Troubleman Unlimited)
29. The Concretes “In Colour” (Astralwerks)

http://www.sashafrer...st_of_2006.html

[Wolfgang]

Interesting List--Surprising Really
26. Goldfrapp “Supernature” (Mute)

Crap, this saw a stateside '06 release and didn't make our '05 poll so I may have to rearrange my list, again.

[throughsilver]

Interesting List--Surprising Really

Yeah, Sasha is someone I look forward to reading every time I receive The Wire.

I love this critic though, so I guess it's time for me to check out scritti politti, should I?

Definitely check it out. It's not my AOTY or anything, but it's well worth a listen. Simon Reynolds loves it too, fwiw.

[Chronodiggity]

Time for a whitepony field day.

[yancy]

And umbrellatimes!

[Bobzilla]

Interesting List--Surprising Really
I love this critic though, so I guess it's time for me to check out scritti politti, should I?

Good, diverse list. And yes you need to check out Scritti Politti. Through the errors of cutting and pasting I left that one (and a few others) off of my EOY list. Would have been in the 30s someplace.

[undo]

"Frerer"

[bottledwater]

"Frerer"

oops

sorry

[boobs]

Sasha Frerer Jacques

[Montana]

ALBUMS
1. Scritti Politti “White Bread, Black Beer” (Nonesuch)

(snipped list)
http://www.sashafrer...st_of_2006.html

That is easily one of the worst lists yet.

[DrJimmy]

ALBUMS
1. Scritti Politti “White Bread, Black Beer” (Nonesuch)

(snipped list)
http://www.sashafrer...st_of_2006.html

That is easily one of the worst lists yet.

pfft.

sasha frere-jones just has a different approach from yours. respect it. he's not a classic rock guy, he barely knows anything about that. but it doesn't matter because he is curious about everything new that's going on and he brings a rare intelligence to his reviews. it's a perfectly valid approach and many people dig his writing.

[Slackmo]

ALBUMS
1. Scritti Politti “White Bread, Black Beer” (Nonesuch)

(snipped list)
http://www.sashafrer...st_of_2006.html

That is easily one of the worst lists yet.

Dollars to donuts you haven't heard a note of that album.

[Montana]

pfft.

sasha frere-jones just has a different approach from yours. respect it. he's not a classic rock guy, he barely knows anything about that. but it doesn't matter because he is curious about everything new that's going on and he brings a rare intelligence to his reviews. it's a perfectly valid approach and many people dig his writing.

Many people bought Paris Hilton's album too.

Dollars to donuts you haven't heard a note of that album.

"Dollars to Donuts"?

I have heard it. My list is far more diverse than this sad list.

[DrJimmy]

ALBUMS
1. Scritti Politti “White Bread, Black Beer” (Nonesuch)

(snipped list)
http://www.sashafrer...st_of_2006.html

That is easily one of the worst lists yet.

pfft.

sasha frere-jones just has a different approach from yours. respect it. he's not a classic rock guy, he barely knows anything about that. but it doesn't matter because he is curious about everything new that's going on and he brings a rare intelligence to his reviews. it's a perfectly valid approach and many people dig his writing.

Many people bought Paris Hilton's album too.

but they don't enjoy it. many people love frere-jones' take on things. his talent as a critic, if not his taste, is undeniable.

[Montana]

but they don't enjoy it. many people love frere-jones' take on things. his talent as a critic, if not his taste, is undeniable.

I'm not saying he is a bad writer (I have never digested his material). But I think his list is absolute shit.

[boobs]

Interesting List--Surprising Really
I love this critic though, so I guess it's time for me to check out scritti politti, should I?


ALBUMS
1. Scritti Politti “White Bread, Black Beer” (Nonesuch)
2. Ghostface Killah “Fishscale” (Def Jam) overrated and ave. at best
3. Joanna Newsom “Ys” (Drag City) ugh
4. Clipse “Hell Hath No Fury” (Re-Up/Zomba) good, but overrated
5. Arctic Monkeys “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not” (Domino)
6. T.I. “King” (Atlantic) great
7. Deftones “Saturday Night Wrist” (Warner Bros.)
8. DJ Drama & Lil Wayne “Dedication 2” (Gangsta Grillz) good
9. Grizzly Bear “Yellow House” (Warp)
10. Shrift “Lost In A Moment” (Six Degrees)
11. The La’s “BBC In Session” (Universal Polydor)
12. Allison Moorer “Getting Somewhere” (Sugar Hill)
13. Beyoncé “B’Day” (Sony Urban Music/Columbia) ehhhh
14. Brazilian Girls “Talk To La Bomb” (Verve/Forecast)
15. E-40 “My Ghetto Report Card” (Reprise) good
16. Earl Greyhound “Soft Targets” (Some)
17. Cat Power “The Greatest” (Matador)
18. Trentemøller “The Last Resort” (Poker Flat)
19. The Duke Spirit “Cuts Across The Land” (Star Time)
20. Jennifer O’Connor “Over The Mountain, Across The Valley And Back To The Stars” (Matador)
21. Love Is All “Nine Times That Same Song” (What’s Your Rupture?)
22. Justin Timberlake “FutureSex/LoveSounds” (Jive) good
23. Sibylle Baier “Colour Green” (Orange Twin)
24. Frida Hyvönen “Until Death Comes” (Licking Fingers/Secretly Canadian)
25. Malajube “Trompe-L'Oeil” (Dare to Care)
26. Goldfrapp “Supernature” (Mute)
27. The Mountain Goats “Get Lonely” (4AD)
28. Growing “Color Wheel” (Troubleman Unlimited)
29. The Concretes “In Colour” (Astralwerks)

http://www.sashafrer...st_of_2006.html

ones i've heard

[Sickpup]

why is diversity a DESIRED quality in a list to begin with? Lists can be great whether diverse or genre-specific.

[elcorazon]

why is diversity a DESIRED quality in a list to begin with? Lists can be great whether diverse or genre-specific.

more and more, I find myself agreeing with Fidel. weird.

[Slackmo]

why is diversity a DESIRED quality in a list to begin with? Lists can be great whether diverse or genre-specific.

Amen.

[boobs]

...esp when 'diversity' = 'the best of the blogs'