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[Servbot24]

Genesis is so much better than Oblivion though... I would legitimately have no problem with Genesis at #1.

Why is it only radio pop songs on the list?

It makes sense considering pop artists are much better at singles then most genres.

Even poppy indie artists struggle with it often. Superbass is a fuckton better than Midnight City for example.

 

[y2dvd]

I've actually heard of and like most of the songs in the top 20. What does that say about me?!

 

[Odrion]

My problem with Pitchfork is that I get the impression they view the music industry through that typical elitist lens of "what is the back story of this artist". In other words, they're every bit as concerned with who the music is coming from, as they are about the music itself.

context matters

 

[equippedwithtowel]

Decent list given that its just a reshuffle of their previous tracks. Dance Yrself Clean and Runaway would both be on my top 10.

 

[Servbot24]

context matters

Context only matters in music if you're listening to be trendy.

Music is sound and that's all it should be.

 

[Woffls]

The best 20 tracks of this decade are all by Protest the Hero. I don't know why Pitchfork has been wasting their time listening to all these music people I've never heard of.

context matters

Context should be irrelevant.

 

[sgjackson]

if context has to be told to me and can't be heard via the music it is irrelevant

 

[studyguy]

08. Frank Ocean - “Pyramids”

My man Frank coming up, where's that new album?

 

[Odrion]

Context should be irrelevant.

If you're a computer, sure.

 

[sqwarlock]

Genesis is so much better than Oblivion though... I would legitimately have no problem with Genesis at #1.

I don't think either song should be #1, but I do agree that Genesis >>>>> Oblivion.

 

[kingocfs]

Grimes representing

Oblivion is genius and deserves its place.

Video is so good.

 

[Zombie James]

YouTube'd the #1 song expecting the worst POS I've ever heard in my life, but it was surprisingly catchy and inoffensive. Not bad.

 

[Sol..]

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

I agree. I feel there's enough variance in their reviews that the top of their lists shouldn't look like this but whatever.

 

[Malfunky]

no sufjan, no st. vincent, no sale

 

[Fey]

35. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

this song is really good, i always heard it on the radio back in 2010 and wondered what it was! great stuff.

 

[Femmeworth]

lyrics are way overrated

*centuries of poets and musicians rolling in their graves*

 

[Remark]

Pyramids should have been Top 3.

List invalid.

Pitchfork confirmed WOAT

 

[mattiewheels]

Video is so good.

Love it, and it kind of creeped me out when I first saw it. Now that I've actually heard the whole story about it, man. I see what it was going for now.

 

[FStop7]

Royals should be on that list.

So should the Flume remix of Tennis Court.

 

[Kinitari]

Grimes GAF checking in. I don't know if there is a Grimes GAF, but if there isn't... there should be.

Spoiler

Also... listening to Grimes high on a sunny day while outside is pretty baller.

 

[vatstep]

Grimes GAF checking in. I don't know if there is a Grimes GAF, but if there isn't... there should be.

There is, actually. She's had a couple of OTs.

 

[radios shipping overview]

"We like pop! We are relevant to a mass web audience! Honest!"

 

[Smithy C]

Love how hard Pitchfork have gone in on the whole rap thing after ignoring/denouncing it for their first 15 years. Just follow that trend, boys.

 

[kingslunk]

Grimes #1? Really?

 

[wenis]

Not a bad list. Voting by committee or even throwing together personal lists and presenting it to an audience will always draw jeers. The subjectivity and emotional responses people carry with music will never be not there.

Good list is good.

 

[Goli]

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.

I really think you should give those tracks a listen, most of those are legitimately good.

 

[Mesoian]

Naww....

 

[kingslunk]

I really think you should give those tracks a listen, most of those are legitimately good.

There are songs that are leaps and bounds better than most of those.

No way oblivion is better than runaway.

 

[bishopp35]

Grimes is on the list so I'm totally OK with it.

 

[Blader]

ctrl + f arcade fire

*nothing*

Boourns. The Suburbs is a perfect song. And the rest of the album is excellent too.

 

[vatstep]

ctrl + f arcade fire

*nothing*

Boourns. The Suburbs is a perfect song. And the rest of the album is excellent too.

They have, like, four or five songs on the list (Reflektor, Afterlife, Sprawl II, Ready to Start are the ones I can recall).

 

[Blader]

They have, like, four or five songs on the list (Reflektor, Afterlife, Sprawl II, Ready to Start are the ones I can recall).

Ah, I was only looking at the top 20 in the OP. Those are good choices...but still no The Suburbs.

 

[Levi]

I like every song on the top 20 list. Frank Ocean is way too low, though. And my number one track would be a Weeknd song for sure.

 

[filipe]

Pitch Fork is a fucking joke. I rather jump on 4chan.org/mu than read into anything they say.

 

[Talon]

Fucking Grimes?

Are you kidding me?

Also, that's not even the best song on MBDTF.

Spoiler

lol internet lists

 

[ConsumerSquare]

"We like pop! We are relevant to a mass web audience! Honest!"

This was my takeaway. I read the list in the OP, recognized all the names but haven't heard any of the songs. Double checked that it was Pitchfork and not, like, Rolling Stone or People.

 

[omgkitty]

CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR THE ENTIRE LIST. I ONLY POSTED THE TOP 20.

20. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
19. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
18. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
17. Swans - The Seer
16. Destroyer - Kaputt
15. Grimes - Visions
14. Beyoncé - Beyoncé
13. Real Estate - Days
12. Drake - Take Care
11. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
10. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
09. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
08. Kanye West - Yeezus
07. Tame Impala - Lonerism
06. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
05. Beach House - Teen Dream
04. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
03. Deer Hunter - Halcyon Digest
02. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
01. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

 

[Soma]

I enjoy almost half the albums on that top 20.

Not bad!

 

[wenis]

Only thing that rubs my rhubarb the wrong way is the lack of DARKSIDE. A1 is a monster of a track. That entire EP is beastly.

 

[amnesiac]

Deerhunter in top 3, nice.

 

[Camp Lo]

01. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

 

[omgkitty]

Only thing that rubs my rhubarb the wrong way is the lack of DARKSIDE. A1 is a monster of a track. That entire EP is beastly.

It's up at 78 which is disappointing.

 

[DominoKid]

 

[wenis]

It's up at 78 which is disappointing.

Oh gosh, I didn't even check the album list. Psychic is a great album (but I'd put the EP above it ) it definitely deserves to be higher up there. I have a feeling it's going to help lead some future acts down some crazy roads.

 

[PAULINK]

no zebrahead? list invalidated

 

[big ander]

the write-ups are at least good on the albums list. edit: at least the ones not written by ian cohen

 

[equippedwithtowel]

They underrated the fuck out of Reflektor, especially since they gave it a 9.2 on release.

Edit: Bloom and Father Son and Holy Ghost as well.

edit 2: nothing against DJ Rashad but with an untimely death he wouldn't be getting 35th from p4k

edit 3: Lonerism and Halcyon Digest... really?

 

[amnesiac]

They underrated the fuck out of Reflektor, especially since they gave it a 9.2 on release.

Should have switched spots with The Suburbs.

 

[Chance Hale]

Will have to give Days another listen, thought it relied too much on instrumentals compared to Real Estate's first album. Usually only like instrumental work when done by bands like Godspeed and Swans.

 

[Dead]

Pitchfork sucks chode but Grimes is tha best