Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2014
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Why would you say that?
CountBlack
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Rich Gang and Azealia Banks higher than Gibbs' Pinata
nah breh
nah breh
Unnecessarily verbose and flowery language to hide the fact that they don't have anything important to say.
It's a mainstay for music critics.
Here, I'll rewrite it for them:
"There are eleven songs on this album."
They don't have Hotelier so pretty much any emo record doesn't have a chance.
Misterinenja
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RTJ2 really wasn't that good...
Hasphat'sAnts
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O yeah that might be on the bottom of the "accessible" list out of those 50 albums.
crooked spin
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FWIW i think RTJ1 is the better album.
forgeforsaken
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I'd also say check out the Ex Hex album Rips, has a very Runaways feel at times.
I do, but I've heard the album. I think it describes the album fine. One might wonder why you'd try to attract a new person to an album that way. I think for most of the readership this list is like a recap of the year. A lot of people have probably listened to 30-40 of these albums extensively.
Because that was the most pretentious paragraph filled with inane bullshit I've read in a long time. I figure there's only one group of people that could be impressed by such ostentatious garbage.
^ See, I can do it too, Pitchfork. Big words where small ones suffice! Very patrician.
crooked spin
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This is a genre I know nothing about but Stereogum's been covering metal in general for a couple years now -- here's their top 50 list: http://www.stereogum.com/1722663/the-50-best-metal-albums-of-2014/list/
i'll check it out, thanks
To be completely honest if you don't already know who El-P or Killer Mike are based on previous work, I doubt listening to the first album is going to change your opinion. The second album is A LOT more accessible. You might as well tell him to try and listen to Fantastic Damage.
Piston Hyundai
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They put number 1 where it belongs.
It's been a rough year for fuck boys.
It's been a rough year for fuck boys.
given albini's grumpiness, i'm surprised dude incredible is on a streaming service.
Extra Sauce
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I'm shocked to be in agreement with Pitchfork's pick for album of the year.
Why has every music critic been ignoring Antemasque though?
Why has every music critic been ignoring Antemasque though?
I was just taking the piss but cheers man. I'll have a look through that to see if there is any gems I've missed.
Team Jones
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The absences of 'BANKS - Goddess' is strange to me, then again pitch gave it a 5.0 which is strange in and of itself.
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Love RTJ.
kitchenmotors
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Eh, I felt Goddess was medicore. I was hyped as hell based on the stuff she put out before the album dropped, but it just had too much filler.
Charmicarmicat
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Not really my sort of stuff, but very glad to see Pharmakon there.
cbrotherson
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Übermatik;143715184 said:
The question is whats poppin?
Great album.
It's a site for people who are too lazy to think for themselves but still like to imagine that they do.
That's an appropriate score. I might have even gone lower.
Glass Rebel
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I guess Black Messiah just didn't make the cut for their 2014 list?
I'm okay with RTJ2 being #1 though. As far as hip-hop records go, it's either that, Piñata or People of Today for me.
I'm okay with RTJ2 being #1 though. As far as hip-hop records go, it's either that, Piñata or People of Today for me.
i would imagine that the fact it released on monday is why it's not on the list. this list was probably done well before the release of Black Messiah.
uh huh
Not sure if age is a factor here.
I know what each of them sounds like but Swans was the only one I could make it all the way through.
Edit: I think I listened all the way through Syro too actually
I'd probably have listened to it more if my favorite songs weren't already more than a year old. There was really only the intro and the song with Bryan Ferry that were close to matching those EP's for me.
Where the hell does Pitchfork even find this shit? After a quick scroll through I've probably heard of like 4 bands/artists on the entire list. And that's just heard of.
I always try to listen to some of the shit Pitchfork peddles every year, but it always sounds bland as hell and samey throughout an entire album. Maybe I've just picked weird ones, or maybe my palate just doesn't work the same.
Don't they usually throw in some token black metal album they like, too, kind of seemingly to prove they're eclectic. I'd think Ne Obluiviscaris' Citadel would fit in with that.
I always try to listen to some of the shit Pitchfork peddles every year, but it always sounds bland as hell and samey throughout an entire album. Maybe I've just picked weird ones, or maybe my palate just doesn't work the same.
Don't they usually throw in some token black metal album they like, too, kind of seemingly to prove they're eclectic. I'd think Ne Obluiviscaris' Citadel would fit in with that.
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So if you've only heard of 4 of the artists on the list, you can't really call it shit then. How about listen to some of them, because there are some excellent picks in this Top 50.
All the artists in the top 10 are extremely popular and were highly anticipated within their scene, but not really bands you would know about if you don't follow Big Tent Indie.
And I think if p4k just threw in some metal record it would be disingenuous. It's not their area. They'd probably just choose some shit like Sunbather anyways.
I wasn't really intending the "shit" in that to mean "shitty" in this particular case, because I haven't listened to them. It mostly means "stuff." As I said, though, Pitchfork seems to have a sort of style that my palate doesn't really agree with at all. I've tried a fuckton of times to get into their top albums (both of the year and of decades), and I just can't. I'll try again this year, though.
It's just baffling sometimes to know I've got about 80 albums I need to sort through on my own list and like... none of them are on here. Kind of cool, too, in a way.
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