It did get me to revisit/reevaluate So This Is Goodbye, which holds up better than Last Exit (although that one does have "Teach Me How To Fight" and other classixx) for me at this point.
Second one sounded bigger and more confident, third one was a little moodier and colder and more focused as an album, maybe? Could just be because the album cover is black.
Full Version: SOMB Top 100 Albums of 2009 - Results Thread
I listened to Last Exit in the car on a very fateful December night 5 years ago. As I sat at a lonely intersection waiting for the light to change, I stared out at the falling snow and suddenly caught a glimpse of my reflection in the windshield. Things would never be the same...
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Also, I thought this was interesting, though I'm sure people will disagree on what it means:
QUOTE (Paul @ Dec 29 2008, 12:57 PM)
180 Votes, 1149 albums voted for.
QUOTE (Paul @ Dec 28 2009, 11:15 AM)
142 voters, 1162 albums voted for.
that just under 40 people left when the fishing threads went?
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QUOTE (undo @ Jan 3 2010, 02:15 AM)
Also, I thought this was interesting, though I'm sure people will disagree on what it means:
QUOTE (Paul @ Dec 29 2008, 12:57 PM)
180 Votes, 1149 albums voted for.
QUOTE (Paul @ Dec 28 2009, 11:15 AM)
142 voters, 1162 albums voted for.
that just under 40 people left when the fishing threads went?
but we also have more diverse music tastes?
QUOTE (mike2511 @ Dec 28 2009, 05:52 PM)
Glad to see 'Aim and Ignite' place, one of the genuinely catchy and unashamedly pop albums of the year. 'Light a Roman Candle' is fucking glorious, like peak Zombies or Beach Boys.
Hell yeah, it was my number one record of this year. My guess is quite of few people just wrote it off... their loss.
QUOTE (n.k @ Jan 4 2010, 06:07 PM)
QUOTE (mike2511 @ Dec 28 2009, 05:52 PM)
Glad to see 'Aim and Ignite' place, one of the genuinely catchy and unashamedly pop albums of the year. 'Light a Roman Candle' is fucking glorious, like peak Zombies or Beach Boys.
Hell yeah, it was my number one record of this year. My guess is quite of few people just wrote it off... their loss.
Can't remember if I had it in my top ten or not, but it was close. Fantastic album from front to back, not one song I don't like.
QUOTE (Liffey @ Jan 4 2010, 04:22 PM)
QUOTE (n.k @ Jan 4 2010, 06:07 PM)
QUOTE (mike2511 @ Dec 28 2009, 05:52 PM)
Glad to see 'Aim and Ignite' place, one of the genuinely catchy and unashamedly pop albums of the year. 'Light a Roman Candle' is fucking glorious, like peak Zombies or Beach Boys.
Hell yeah, it was my number one record of this year. My guess is quite of few people just wrote it off... their loss.
Can't remember if I had it in my top ten or not, but it was close. Fantastic album from front to back, not one song I don't like.
Yeah, and I think people are just ignoring this record because they think their too cool for it. Which totally sucks for them.
I am too cool for it, and it feels great.
QUOTE (Paul @ Dec 30 2009, 04:49 PM)
jj - jj n° 2 [/size]
SOMB Says: This is a pretty versatile album. It’s been talked about as a ‘drug record’, and while I have embraced the successful return of microdots and emergence of mephedrone while spinning such appropriate hits as ‘Ecstasy’, these songs deserve much more than that. JJn02 is the sort of LP you can play while slipping a length to your latest one night stand at 4AM. You can play this record to come down or to come up. You can play it to restrain yourself when a fat, middle aged, bespectacled arsehole throws the last pack of chilli Pringles in his shopping trolley and you have to settle for prawn cocktail. So the reason I like this so much is that it fits almost any situation, its vibe easy enough to wash over you in the background, and the music complex enough to listen to avidly.
No collection of songs this year has matched this melodically either; every song is beautiful and wistful and euphoric or sad. Everything stirs emotion in me; I remember first hearing it and listening to the whole thing on repeat time and time again and still never getting bored of it, continually moved. One last point refers to quality control; how many albums drag on and drag on and drag on? Feelings don’t always last 77 minutes, and nor should the CD’s you put on to reflect them. By cutting this back to nine short, perfectly crafted songs, this never outstays its welcome, and instead encapsulates my current mood without outliving it. One of about three records I can be passionate about this year; everyone should hear this and embrace it. - mike2511
SOMB Says: This is a pretty versatile album. It’s been talked about as a ‘drug record’, and while I have embraced the successful return of microdots and emergence of mephedrone while spinning such appropriate hits as ‘Ecstasy’, these songs deserve much more than that. JJn02 is the sort of LP you can play while slipping a length to your latest one night stand at 4AM. You can play this record to come down or to come up. You can play it to restrain yourself when a fat, middle aged, bespectacled arsehole throws the last pack of chilli Pringles in his shopping trolley and you have to settle for prawn cocktail. So the reason I like this so much is that it fits almost any situation, its vibe easy enough to wash over you in the background, and the music complex enough to listen to avidly.
No collection of songs this year has matched this melodically either; every song is beautiful and wistful and euphoric or sad. Everything stirs emotion in me; I remember first hearing it and listening to the whole thing on repeat time and time again and still never getting bored of it, continually moved. One last point refers to quality control; how many albums drag on and drag on and drag on? Feelings don’t always last 77 minutes, and nor should the CD’s you put on to reflect them. By cutting this back to nine short, perfectly crafted songs, this never outstays its welcome, and instead encapsulates my current mood without outliving it. One of about three records I can be passionate about this year; everyone should hear this and embrace it. - mike2511
I can't agree more with the italicized section. So freaking true.
And I don't take drugs and still really enjoy this record.
drugs aren't something you take, n.k., they give themselves freely to you
QUOTE (spiritofeden @ Dec 30 2009, 05:40 PM)
that Sunset Rubdown album is pretty bland.
That's what I was thinking. I'm surprised it made it so high in this countdown.
QUOTE (Duff. @ Jan 4 2010, 11:55 PM)
I am too cool for it, and it feels great.
Too cool for a seldom recognized debut album? I don't understand coolness anymore.
Apparently not sarcasm either.
Where is the misc. results thread?
QUOTE (n.k @ Jan 7 2010, 09:48 PM)
Where is the misc. results thread?
Probably coming this weekend.
So I am listening to No More Stories and it's just the biggest mystery to me why this board is not all over these guys. They've got synths, guitars, incredible melodies, lots of harmonies, seems like a recipe for success to me. :/
I don't think it's that big of a mystery.
yeah i'm still curious to hear an actual reason from someone.
They are shit.
I find it interesting that Bon Iver made like the top five last year (I'm too lazy to look it up) and that Volcano Choir didn't even make the top 100 this year.
Bon Iver had a new record out?
QUOTE (Duff. @ Jan 13 2010, 04:04 AM)
Bon Iver had a new record out?
sort of, Volcano Choir was essentially a side project for him.
It didn't make the top 100 mostly because it didn't have the songs For Emma had. A lot of it was just meandering dreck IMO. "Islands, IS" was nice but that's pretty much it.
QUOTE (Mitchell @ Jan 12 2010, 08:10 AM)
They are shit.
lots of somb favorite artists are shit
mine are not.
Is the misc poll somewhere?
QUOTE (n.k @ Jan 20 2010, 01:14 PM)
Is the misc poll somewhere?
nope.
Any idea when this'll be up, Paul?
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