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[potam]

I thought Bon Iver was far better. Eh, opinions.

I'll give it another listen tonight. I just prefer the raw passion in For Emma.

 

[robotrock]

I don't take lists like these seriously but I am glad to see Oblivion on the number one spot!

 

[Spine_Ripper]

Nicki Minaj and Drake in the top 20.

How


Granted I don't really have any opinions of both of them either way, but neither of those two songs are special.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

MBDTF is going to be number one album, isn't it.

 

[Steamlord]

Honestly if a Grimes song is going to be #1 (lol), it should be My Sister Says the Saddest Things

 

[robotrock]

MBDTF is going to be number one album, isn't it.

Spoiler

as it should

 

[BashNasty]

Thanks for posting this, I needed the laugh.

What about the list do you disagree with? What would you have picked instead?

 

[amnesiac]

MBDTF is going to be number one album, isn't it.

Probably. I think it's the only album released in the past 4 years at least to be rated a perfect 10 by them.

 

[Blearth]

Drake - “Hold On We're Going Home”
Nicki Minaj - “Super Bass” [ft. Ester Dean]

right.

They're both great songs. Fuck is wrong with you?

 

[Menome]

I'm not really a singles/individual tracks person; so here's my rough-and-ready Top 20 Albums of 2010-2014:

20. Blood & Fire by The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
19. The English Riviera by Metronomy
18. The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monae
17. In Our Heads by Hot Chip
16. Magpie Billy & The Egg That Yolked (A Study of the Northern Ape in Love) by Eccentronic Research Council
15. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
14. I am no captain by Lonesome Leash
13. Cinderella's Eyes by Nicola Roberts
12. Radlands by Mystery Jets
11. Skying by The Horrors
10. Wild Go by Dark Dark Dark
9. The Family Jewels by Marina & The Diamonds
8. The Eldritch Dark by Blood Ceremony
7. Gossamer by Passion Pit
6. Total Strife Forever by East India Youth
5. Static by Cults
4. Hurry Up, We're Dreaming by M83
3. O, Devotion! by Liz Green
2. Who Needs Who by Dark Dark Dark
1. The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

 

[hateradio]

Is Pitchfork relevant?

 

[Dilly]

If that list is anything to go by, those were some crappy 4 years.

 

[cdyhybrid]

Yep, that's Pitchfork alright.

 

[Moodz]

I feel like Rolling in the Deep should be in that top 20.

MBDTF will probably be number one album, by lack of any real contender I think.
Maybe RAM or Channel Orange?

 

[block tower]

pitchfork, its almost like they purposely listen to shite music.

 

[Femmeworth]

20. Daft Punk - “Get Lucky” [ft. Pharrell]
19. Beach House - “Zebra”
18. Kanye West - “Monster” [ft. Justin Vernon, Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and Nicki Minaj]
17. LCD Soundsystem - “Dance Yrself Clean”
16. Todd Terje - “Inspector Norse”
15. Nicki Minaj - “Super Bass” [ft. Ester Dean]
14. Sky Ferreira - “Everything Is Embarrassing”
13. Usher - “Climax”
12. Beyoncé - “Countdown”
11. Tame Impala - “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”
10. Drake - “Hold On We're Going Home”
09. Deerhunter - “Helicopter”
08. Frank Ocean - “Pyramids”
07. Azealia Banks - “212” [ft. Lazy Jay]
06. Robyn - “Dancing on My Own”
05. Kendrick Lamar - “Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe”
04. M83 - “Midnight City”
03. Kanye West - “Runaway” [ft. Pusha T]
02. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - “Round and Round”
01. Grimes - “Oblivion”

I don't even listen to a whole lot of music and I know that is an awful list. If I took that as fact then I would have to conclude that music is dead as an art form.

 

[enzo_gt]

You know, I can figure some of those artists earning spots up there, just the song choices are completely wtf

 

[Blearth]

I feel like Rolling in the Deep should be in that top 20.

Only this version

 

[CoolOff]

Sing About Me/I'm Dying of Thirst >>>>> Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe.

 

[Majmun]

My faves made it *.*

 

[Discotheque]

Sing About Me/I'm Dying of Thirst >>>>> Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe.

it was better conceptually but bitch don't kill my vibe was the best track from that album by far.

 

[Ampersands]

How can you even order a list like this? Pitchfork could spare themselves some ridicule if they didn't rank the songs.

 

[Dug]

Sing About Me/I'm Dying of Thirst >>>>> Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe.

 

[amnesiac]

How can you even order a list like this? Pitchfork could spare themselves some ridicule if they didn't rank the songs.

I could maybe understand ranking 20 songs, but 200 songs is ridiculous. There is no meaning when a song is ranked #130 over #150.

 

[Fevaweva]

Going back they were:

2010. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2011. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
2012. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
2013. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

Logically speaking, these albums should be in the top 5, with the 5th album being whatever will be considered the best album of 2014.

 

[K.Sabot]

The ranks are pretty off base for me, yeah. Top 20 especially bad.

Revival > Helicopter

Grimes < all.

 

[Fjordson]

Plenty of good tracks, but some of the rankings are way off for me. Though I'm not quite sure how you can even rank a thing like this to be honest.

I could maybe understand ranking 20 songs, but 200 songs is ridiculous. There is no meaning when a song is ranked #130 over #150.

Yeah, basically this :lol

Like what about song 201 versus 198?

 

[Femmeworth]

I could maybe understand ranking 20 songs, but 200 songs is ridiculous. There is no meaning when a song is ranked #130 over #150.

Ranking music period is arbitrary.

 

[hateradio]

Ranking anything period is arbitrary.

Fixed. (Except for quantifiable things, I guess.)

 

[Witchfinder General]

What about the list do you disagree with? What would you have picked instead?

Everything. Here's a few albums that are missing off the top of my head:

Killing Joke - Ansolute Dissent
Witherscape - The Inheritance
Anathema - Distant Satellites
The Mark of Cain - Songs of the Third and Fifth
Charisma.com - I I Syndrome

 

[QuicheFontaine]

20. Daft Punk - “Get Lucky” [ft. Pharrell]
19. Beach House - “Zebra”
18. Kanye West - “Monster” [ft. Justin Vernon, Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and Nicki Minaj]
17. LCD Soundsystem - “Dance Yrself Clean”
16. Todd Terje - “Inspector Norse”
15. Nicki Minaj - “Super Bass” [ft. Ester Dean]
14. Sky Ferreira - “Everything Is Embarrassing”
13. Usher - “Climax”
12. Beyoncé - “Countdown”
11. Tame Impala - “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”
10. Drake - “Hold On We're Going Home”
09. Deerhunter - “Helicopter”
08. Frank Ocean - “Pyramids”
07. Azealia Banks - “212” [ft. Lazy Jay]
06. Robyn - “Dancing on My Own”
05. Kendrick Lamar - “Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe”
04. M83 - “Midnight City”
03. Kanye West - “Runaway” [ft. Pusha T]
02. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - “Round and Round”
01. Grimes - “Oblivion”

I only recognise that Daft Punk song. Am I really that out of touch?

 

[bomma_man]

Logically speaking, these albums should be in the top 5, with the 5th album being whatever will be considered the best album of 2014.

not… really? what if some years were better than others? like maybe that Vampire Weekend album would've been number 3 in 2010.

 

[Matt_]

Azealia Banks cementing herself as the true queen of rap

Oh and I just listened to Kanye's runaway as I've never heard it and it is appalling

 

[Juicy Bob]

20. Daft Punk - &#8220;Get Lucky&#8221; [ft. Pharrell]
19. Beach House - &#8220;Zebra&#8221;
18. Kanye West - &#8220;Monster&#8221; [ft. Justin Vernon, Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and Nicki Minaj]
17. LCD Soundsystem - &#8220;Dance Yrself Clean&#8221;
16. Todd Terje - &#8220;Inspector Norse&#8221;
15. Nicki Minaj - &#8220;Super Bass&#8221; [ft. Ester Dean]
14. Sky Ferreira - &#8220;Everything Is Embarrassing&#8221;
13. Usher - &#8220;Climax&#8221;
12. Beyoncé - &#8220;Countdown&#8221;
11. Tame Impala - &#8220;Feels Like We Only Go Backwards&#8221;
10. Drake - &#8220;Hold On We're Going Home&#8221;
09. Deerhunter - &#8220;Helicopter&#8221;
08. Frank Ocean - &#8220;Pyramids&#8221;
07. Azealia Banks - &#8220;212&#8221; [ft. Lazy Jay]
06. Robyn - &#8220;Dancing on My Own&#8221;
05. Kendrick Lamar - &#8220;Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe&#8221;
04. M83 - &#8220;Midnight City&#8221;
03. Kanye West - &#8220;Runaway&#8221; [ft. Pusha T]
02. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - &#8220;Round and Round&#8221;
01. Grimes - &#8220;Oblivion&#8221;

Where the fuck is Lil B - "Straps on Deck"?

 

[Fudgepuppy]

Grimes representing

Oblivion is genius and deserves its place.

 

[zoukka]

That list is too depressing for me to even start commentating on. I just can't.

 

[Despera]

That's pretty funny n' all, but when are they releasing the real list?

 

[Onyar]

This must be some joke.

 

[British Monsoon]

Never heard of pitchfork, but looking at that list I assume they dislike guitars and have no appreciation for rock or metal? Yeah, fuck 'em.

 

[Fudgepuppy]

Never heard of pitchfork, but looking at that list I assume they dislike guitars and have no appreciation for rock or metal? Yeah, fuck 'em.

Pitchfork has never been metal-focused (they even gave Lateralus 1.9/10).

Can't personally say the decade has been very good with metal though, except for Mladic by GY!BE and basically anything by Mastodon.

Sadly, metal is sort of fringe and odd nowadays. Bands like Black Keys and BRMC are more attractive nowadays.

 

[UrbanRats]

2011 had one of the best Grails album ever (Deep Politics).

Then we had two fantastic Swans albums (The Seer; To be kind).

In 2012 we had a pretty great Godspeed You! Black Emperor album ('Alleluja! Don't bend! Ascend!)

Then 2 great Esmerine albums (La Lechuza; Dalmak) and a couple of fantastic ones from Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra (Kollaps Tradixionales; Fuck off get free we pour light on everything)

Lighting Dust had a great album (Fantasy), and Perturbator,(I am the night).

It'd be silly to try and list them all anyway, but they were some pretty fantastic 5 years for music, as far as I am concerned.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Terrible. Just terrible.

 

[teruterubozu]

Pitchfork tries way too hard. At what, I don't know - but they're such try-hards.

 

[Fritz]

I think - as objectively as possible - Likke Li's Follow Rivers should be #1. Even though I personally like oblivion more and neither are my personal #1.

Or was that last decade?

 

[SJRB]

No Flying Lotus in the top 20, what the fuck man.

 

[bjork]

lush is the one who tipped me off to Grimes, and I've been a fan since then, but I feel like Oblivion isn't even the best song on that album. It's the most popular and the grimes tag on tumblr is constantly filled with shitheads all reposting gifs from the video and all, but it's not the song I'd pick off there. But then, I don't always need my music to be making some statement or whatever, either.

 

[Misterinenja]

Pitchfork tries way too hard. At what, I don't know - but they're such try-hards.

I disagree. They're not even trying with this list.

 

[Shorty11857]

I really don't get the Grimes pick at number 1, I mean I like the album, enough to buy it on vinyl even but no song on it ever stood out enough to be top 10 of any year, let alone number 1 of the last 5.

 

[Alphahawk]

I'm surprised...I've heard of almost every artist in the top 20.

 

[bggrthnjsus]

pitchfork really went soft in the last 10 years or so