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Pitchfork: The Peoples List
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:09 am
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:09 am
Pitchfork asked their readers to vote on the best albums from 1996-2011, the period oft he mag's publication. Here are the results of the Hipster Nation:
LINK
Not a huge fan of the list, but anything with a lot votes tends to get uninteresting results, as bizarre choices get kicked to the curb. But it is interesting to see what are arguably the defining albums of the Hipster.
Of the top 10 vote-getting bands, I only really like two of them (Modest Mouse and Arcade Fire) and deeply, deeply hate two (Animal Collective and Sufjan Stevens). The other six I hold in varying degrees of indifference. God, Pitchfork readers love Radiohead.
LINK
Not a huge fan of the list, but anything with a lot votes tends to get uninteresting results, as bizarre choices get kicked to the curb. But it is interesting to see what are arguably the defining albums of the Hipster.
Of the top 10 vote-getting bands, I only really like two of them (Modest Mouse and Arcade Fire) and deeply, deeply hate two (Animal Collective and Sufjan Stevens). The other six I hold in varying degrees of indifference. God, Pitchfork readers love Radiohead.
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Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:15 am to Baloo
my knee jerk is to say: frick this, nothing about this list is a surprise, vague Pitchfork resentments, hipster-hate, etc. etc.
but still it's nice to revisit some "oh yeah, that great album!" from 1998 and what not.
this list is basically what you expect from p4k, right? cool concept, but I think it's more interesting to look at indiviudal lists than the aggregate
ie here are two staff lists
LINK
LINK
but still it's nice to revisit some "oh yeah, that great album!" from 1998 and what not.
this list is basically what you expect from p4k, right? cool concept, but I think it's more interesting to look at indiviudal lists than the aggregate
ie here are two staff lists
LINK
LINK
This post was edited on 8/22/12 at 11:17 am
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:18 am to Leauxgan
I agree. I love individual ballots to see what quirky stuff people like. I checked out Stephen Hyden's ballot for instance. I voted for I think 70 albums, but I didn't go to the effort of putting in stuff that wasn't in their database. I wanted to vote Idlewild's 100 Broken Windows top 10, but I just voted for Warnings/Promises instead because I'm lazy.
I did like how the list confirmed the M/TV's board belief that 2010 was awesome. It had the most albums on the list.
I did like how the list confirmed the M/TV's board belief that 2010 was awesome. It had the most albums on the list.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:19 am to Baloo
No Tool Aenima or Lateralus= shitty list. And Aquemini > Stankonia
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:21 am to Baloo
This is a very very strong list IMO.
I've never been able to get into Radiohead unfortunately, but I appreciate their stuff.
Aside from that, I love Arcade Fire, NMH, Wilco, MPP, Kanye and Sufjan in top 10 albums. Good shite
I've never been able to get into Radiohead unfortunately, but I appreciate their stuff.
Aside from that, I love Arcade Fire, NMH, Wilco, MPP, Kanye and Sufjan in top 10 albums. Good shite
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:23 am to Baloo
Only 2 in the top 20 interest me at all.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:25 am to Baloo
thought Caribou - SWIM would get more love than 145. Extremely underrated album.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:26 am to Baloo
No Continuum by John Mayer? Damn.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:34 am to CocoLoco
I don't think Sufjan should be anywhere near a top 20 of albums for the last 15 years. But that's just my opinion.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:41 am to Kayhill Brown
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But that's just my opinion.
Yep :) Illinois is one of my favorite albums of all time. Such a great album.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:49 am to SUB
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Illinois is one of my favorite albums of all time. Such a great album.
It really is. If you catch Chicago when you're in the right mood, there's no better song. Every note is perfection
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:50 am to SUB
Not my thing I suppose. Different strokes for diff folks 
Posted on 8/22/12 at 12:59 pm to Kayhill Brown
It's funny reading that list and comparing it to their top lists from the 90's and each year in the 2000's.
There is literally not an album on there that isn't on one of those lists.
The brainwashed masses like what Pitchfork tells them to like, and this garbage list is clear evidence of that.
I mean Kayne's album (that they gave a laughable perfect 10)is ahead of stuff like The Soft Bulletin and Discovery? That's fricking absurd.
I tired HARD to get into that album and frankly it's really fricking mediocre, way overproduced garbage.
There is literally not an album on there that isn't on one of those lists.
The brainwashed masses like what Pitchfork tells them to like, and this garbage list is clear evidence of that.
I mean Kayne's album (that they gave a laughable perfect 10)is ahead of stuff like The Soft Bulletin and Discovery? That's fricking absurd.
I tired HARD to get into that album and frankly it's really fricking mediocre, way overproduced garbage.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 1:01 pm to danman6336
I mean Amnesiac at 20? Are you kidding me? I fricking love Radiohead and that album sucks.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 1:16 pm to danman6336
Kanye had three albums in the past decade rank #1 in the annual Pazz and Jop poll of critics. There is not an artist who is more overpraised by the critical community.
A lot of my faves were left off their list. I'm now kinda curious how many of my choices made the final list.
A lot of my faves were left off their list. I'm now kinda curious how many of my choices made the final list.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 1:23 pm to Baloo
No Death From Above 1979? Shocking.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 1:27 pm to Baloo
quote:
Pitchfork asked their readers to vote on the best albums from 1996-2011, the period oft he mag's publication. Here are the results of the Hipster Nation:
LINK /
Not a huge fan of the list, but anything with a lot votes tends to get uninteresting results, as bizarre choices get kicked to the curb. But it is interesting to see what are arguably the defining albums of the Hipster.
Interesting list, wrong order for me though. And no Black Keys. For shame.
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Of the top 10 vote-getting bands, I only really like two of them (Modest Mouse and Arcade Fire) and deeply, deeply hate two (Animal Collective and Sufjan Stevens). The other six I hold in varying degrees of indifference. God, Pitchfork readers love Radiohead.
Yeah that was, perplexing. So much Radiohead.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 1:37 pm to Baloo
I think if I made a top 20 or so from that time period, only one of mine would have not made that list (Sunset Rubdown- Dragonslayer). I disagreed with alot of the ordering though.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 1:38 pm to Freauxzen
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And no Black Keys. For shame.
No Sleater-Kinney. No Drive-by Truckers. No McLusky. No Cursive. Those were bands I at least expected to see on an indie rock list, along with the Keys.
I checked my list of 70, I had 21 on the list of 200. Though I realize I didn't vote for Pinkerton by mistake. Only had 6 of the top 50 (5 in the top 25 though). I'm out of step with hipsters, too (though 7 of my top 10 made it).
Posted on 8/22/12 at 1:46 pm to Baloo
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No Sleater-Kinney. No Drive-by Truckers. No McLusky. No Cursive. Those were bands I at least expected to see on an indie rock list, along with the Keys.
Good points. They left out a ton. Wow.
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I'm out of step with hipsters,
Aren't we all now.
What's interesting, and I know I'm slinging this the wrong direction, as much as I love Dr. Dog, who are also hipster-chic generally speaking, Pitchfork universally pans their albums. Not on the list.
Now they usually rate DBT well, and they didn't make it either, so there's that.
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