elmer said:

1. Prince - 20Ten

2. Neil Young - Le Noise

3. Stone Temple Pilots - s/t

4. Bryan Ferry - Olympia

5. Tricky - Mixed Race

6. Martina Topley Bird - Some Place Simple

7. Jewel - Sweet and Wild

8. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

9. Massive Attack - Heligoland

10. Julieta Venegas - Otra Cosa

11. Satchel - Heartache and Honey

12. Bruce Springsteen - The Promise

13. School of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire

14, Johnny Dowd - Wake Up The Snakes

15. Slash - s/t

16. Brad - Best Friends?

17. Robert Plant - Band of Joy

18. Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea

19. Lilium - Felt

20. Grinderman - Grinderman 2

[Edited 12/21/10 7:08am]

I thought about Tricky's Mixed Race, but it just doesn't stand out to me in his catelogue. The last one I really listened to a lot was "Vulnerable".

I havent heard Julieta Venega's album... maybe I'll check that out.

bboy87 said:

My song list so far, I'll add more later when I go through my harddrive

Michael Jackson- Behind The Mask
Michael Jackson- Much Too Soon
Michael Jackson- Best Of Joy
Michael Jackson- Do You Know Where Your Children Are
Kanye West- Blame Game
Drake- Fall For Your Type
Rich Kid Sound System- Get What You Give
Mr. Hudson- Love Never Dies
Brandun Deshay- ODd Party
Bruno Mars- Just The Way You Are
Child Rebel Solider- Don't Stop!
Cee-Lo- Fuck You
Craig David- I Wonder Why
Drake- Aston Martin Music
Jamiroquai- All Good In The Hood
Janelle Monae- Locked Inside
K-Os- Beauty Is A Loaded Gun
Kanye West- Lost In The World
Maroon 5- Misery
Alicia Keys- Unthinkable
Maximum Balloon- Groove Me
Miguel- All I Want Is You
Mayer Hawthorne- I Need You
Steve Arrington- I Be Trippin'
Cody ChesnuTT- Come Back Like Spring
Francis And The Lights- Darling It's Alright
Mason featuring DMC and Sam Sparro- Corrected
Prince- Future Love Song

There's actually a limit of 20 songs for 2010, so do you mind cutting the list to 20?

lezama said:

Top Ten Albums

1) Robyn - Body Talk

2) Brendan Perry - Ark

3) Prince -20Ten

4) Juan Luis Guerra - A Son de Guerra

5) Meshel N'degeocello - Devil's Halo

6) Jonsi - Go

7) Rita Indiana y Los Misterios - El Juidero

8) Janelle Monao - The Archandroid

9) Kelis - Fleshtone

10) Joanna Newsome - Have one on Me

Best Stand Alone Song

Elizabeth Fraser - Moses

Best Mix Tape

Maluca - China Food

Best Compilation

David Sylvian - Sleepwalkers

[Edited 12/21/10 8:52am]

Care to add a few more songs? If you include 5, I can add your songs list!

sextonseven said:

Moonbeam said:

Fuck all y'all. The ArchAndroid is amazing!

More exciting than 20Ten for sure!

Where's your list?

Moonbeam said:

Fuck all y'all. The ArchAndroid is amazing!

Nowadays, anything moderately strong/cohesive is "amazing"

the word amazing is NOW cheap, public property

JoeTyler said:

Moonbeam said:

Fuck all y'all. The ArchAndroid is amazing!

Nowadays, anything moderately strong/cohesive is "amazing"

the word amazing is NOW cheap, public property

Not for me! The ArchAndroid is now among my top 50 albums ever. Hence, amazing! The last amazing album for me came in 2007.

Moonbeam said:

Where's your list?

1. Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
2. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
3. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
4. Sleigh Bells - Treats
5. Goldfrapp - Head First
6. The Like - Release Me
7. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - I Learned The Hard Way
8. The Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards
9. Robyn - Body Talk
10. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul
11. Rose Elinor Dougall - Without Why
12. Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 2
13. Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 1
14. Duffy - Endlessly
15. Zola Jesus - Stridulum EP
16. The School - Loveless Unbeliever
17. Lucky Soul - A Coming Of Age
18. School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire
19. Rasputina - Sister Kinderhook
20. Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM

I'll post my song list in January.

sextonseven said:

Moonbeam said:

Where's your list?

1. Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
2. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
3. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
4. Sleigh Bells - Treats
5. Goldfrapp - Head First
6. The Like - Release Me
7. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - I Learned The Hard Way
8. The Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards
9. Robyn - Body Talk
10. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul
11. Rose Elinor Dougall - Without Why
12. Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 2
13. Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 1
14. Duffy - Endlessly
15. Zola Jesus - Stridulum EP
16. The School - Loveless Unbeliever
17. Lucky Soul - A Coming Of Age
18. School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire
19. Rasputina - Sister Kinderhook
20. Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM

I'll post my song list in January.

I've heard Siouxsie comparisons for Zola Jesus. Does she live up to it?

Moonbeam said:

bboy87 said:

My song list so far, I'll add more later when I go through my harddrive

Michael Jackson- Behind The Mask
Michael Jackson- Much Too Soon
Michael Jackson- Best Of Joy
Michael Jackson- Do You Know Where Your Children Are
Kanye West- Blame Game
Drake- Fall For Your Type
Rich Kid Sound System- Get What You Give
Mr. Hudson- Love Never Dies
Brandun Deshay- ODd Party
Bruno Mars- Just The Way You Are
Child Rebel Solider- Don't Stop!
Cee-Lo- Fuck You
Craig David- I Wonder Why
Drake- Aston Martin Music
Jamiroquai- All Good In The Hood
Janelle Monae- Locked Inside
K-Os- Beauty Is A Loaded Gun
Kanye West- Lost In The World
Maroon 5- Misery
Alicia Keys- Unthinkable
Maximum Balloon- Groove Me
Miguel- All I Want Is You
Mayer Hawthorne- I Need You
Steve Arrington- I Be Trippin'
Cody ChesnuTT- Come Back Like Spring
Francis And The Lights- Darling It's Alright
Mason featuring DMC and Sam Sparro- Corrected
Prince- Future Love Song

There's actually a limit of 20 songs for 2010, so do you mind cutting the list to 20?

why must you always limit me?! WHY?!

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alright...give me a minute...

20. Child Rebel Soldier- Don't Stop!
19. Maroon 5- Misery
18. Maximum Balloon- Groove Me
17. Jamiroquai- All Good In My Hood
16. Craig David- I Wonder Why
15. Rich Kid Sound System- Get What You Give
14. Mayer Hawthorne- I Need You
13. Alicia Keys- Unthinkable
12. Drake- Fall For Your Type
11. Mr. Hudson- Love Never Dies
10. K-Os- Beauty Is A Loaded Gun
9. Janelle Monae- Locked Inside
8. Mason featuring DMC and Sam Sparro- Corrected
7. Kanye West- Blame Game
6. Cody Chesnutt- Come Back Like Spring
5. Steve Arrington- I Be Trippin'
4. Michael Jackson- Much Too Soon
3. Prince- Future Love Song
2. Cee Lo- Fuck You
1. Michael Jackson- Behind The Mask

Moonbeam said:

sextonseven said:

1. Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
2. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
3. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
4. Sleigh Bells - Treats
5. Goldfrapp - Head First
6. The Like - Release Me
7. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - I Learned The Hard Way
8. The Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards
9. Robyn - Body Talk
10. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul
11. Rose Elinor Dougall - Without Why
12. Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 2
13. Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 1
14. Duffy - Endlessly
15. Zola Jesus - Stridulum EP
16. The School - Loveless Unbeliever
17. Lucky Soul - A Coming Of Age
18. School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire
19. Rasputina - Sister Kinderhook
20. Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM

I'll post my song list in January.

I've heard Siouxsie comparisons for Zola Jesus. Does she live up to it?

There are definite similarities in the vocals to Siouxsie. Zola's music is much more experimental though. Especially on her previous album The Spoils.

sextonseven said:

Moonbeam said:

I've heard Siouxsie comparisons for Zola Jesus. Does she live up to it?

There are definite similarities in the vocals to Siouxsie. Zola's music is much more experimental though. Especially on her previous album The Spoils.

More experimental?

bboy87 said:

20. Child Rebel Soldier- Don't Stop!
19. Maroon 5- Misery
18. Maximum Balloon- Groove Me
17. Jamiroquai- All Good In My Hood
16. Craig David- I Wonder Why
15. Rich Kid Sound System- Get What You Give
14. Mayer Hawthorne- I Need You
13. Alicia Keys- Unthinkable
12. Drake- Fall For Your Type
11. Mr. Hudson- Love Never Dies
10. K-Os- Beauty Is A Loaded Gun
9. Janelle Monae- Locked Inside
8. Mason featuring DMC and Sam Sparro- Corrected
7. Kanye West- Blame Game
6. Cody Chesnutt- Come Back Like Spring
5. Steve Arrington- I Be Trippin'
4. Michael Jackson- Much Too Soon
3. Prince- Future Love Song
2. Cee Lo- Fuck You
1. Michael Jackson- Behind The Mask

Moonbeam said:

bboy87 said:

20. Child Rebel Soldier- Don't Stop!
19. Maroon 5- Misery
18. Maximum Balloon- Groove Me
17. Jamiroquai- All Good In My Hood
16. Craig David- I Wonder Why
15. Rich Kid Sound System- Get What You Give
14. Mayer Hawthorne- I Need You
13. Alicia Keys- Unthinkable
12. Drake- Fall For Your Type
11. Mr. Hudson- Love Never Dies
10. K-Os- Beauty Is A Loaded Gun
9. Janelle Monae- Locked Inside
8. Mason featuring DMC and Sam Sparro- Corrected
7. Kanye West- Blame Game
6. Cody Chesnutt- Come Back Like Spring
5. Steve Arrington- I Be Trippin'
4. Michael Jackson- Much Too Soon
3. Prince- Future Love Song
2. Cee Lo- Fuck You
1. Michael Jackson- Behind The Mask

I actually ranked them this time!

elmer said:

1. Prince - 20Ten

2. Neil Young - Le Noise

3. Stone Temple Pilots - s/t

4. Bryan Ferry - Olympia

5. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

6. Hole - Nobody's Daughter

7. Tricky - Mixed Race

8. Martina Topley Bird - Some Place Simple

9. Jewel - Sweet and Wild

10. Massive Attack - Heligoland

11. Julieta Venegas - Otra Cosa

12. Satchel - Heartache and Honey

13. Bruce Springsteen - The Promise

14. School of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire

15. Caitlin Rose - Dead Flowers

16. Johnny Dowd - Wake Up The Snakes

17. Slash - s/t

18. Brad - Best Friends?

19. Robert Plant - Band of Joy

20. Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea

[Edited 12/21/10 7:08am]

Some tweaks: Kanye's is better than I thought, the birds verse on Monster is just brilliant, but he misses out on third spot for puerile braggadocio(and lyrics like "I was the abomination of Obama's nation").

Moonbeam said:

sextonseven said:

There are definite similarities in the vocals to Siouxsie. Zola's music is much more experimental though. Especially on her previous album The Spoils.

More experimental?

The Banshees had a fair amount of U.K. top 40 hits. Nothing from The Spoils is radio friendly at all. The tracks are more like soundscapes than songs. Stridulum is more conventional, but still very atmospheric.

UPDATED album list

1.Bryan Ferry - Olympia

2.Eminem - Recovery

3.Prince - 20Ten

4.LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening

5.Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

6.Duran Duran - All You Need Is Now

I'm a bit surprised nobody else has mentioned Twin Shadow. It seems right up the org's alley- soulful vocals by a somewhat freaky black male with heavy doses of post punk and new wave aesthetic.

^ Good stuff, hadn't heard of them, the singer reminds me a little of Morrissey. Gonna listen to the album tonight, and Archandroid.

Would include 'Michael', but I consider it a compilation. Adding it up like this, seems like a pretty good year for music.

BT11 said:

1. Sufjan Stevens	The Age Of Adz
2. Kanye West	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
3. Jamie Lidell	Compass
4. Antony & The Johnsons	Swanlights
5. Arcade Fire	The Suburbs
6. Prince	20Ten
7. MGMT	Congratulations
8. Yeasayer	Odd Blood
9. Beach House	Teen Dream
10. Gorillaz	The Fall
11. Mark Ronson	Record Collector
12. Gorillaz	Plastic Beach
13. Elton John & Leon Russell	The Union
14. Vampire Weekend	Contra
15. Jonsí	Go
16. Sade	Soldier Of Love
17. Erykah Badu	New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh
18. Johnny Cash	Ain't No Grave
19. Goldfrapp	Head First
20. N*E*R*D	Nothing

Would include 'Michael', but I consider it a compilation. Adding it up like this, seems like a pretty good year for music.

Great list, especially your #1!

Moonbeam said:

We're still going through the decades, but I thought a quick and dirty poll of your favorite albums and songs of 2010 would be another fun prospect! As we are only covering one year, I thought I'd reduce the maximum number of items to submit. in light of that feel free to submit ranked lists of up to 20 songs and 20 albums, and I'll post the results after the deadline at midnight, January 15th, 2011 org time! Please submit your lists to ian_renner[at]yahoo.com, replacing the [at] with the @ symbol. Make sure you tell me what your Org username is. I'll reply to your message to let you know that I got your list. I'd prefer to receive lists made in Microsoft Excel with a .xls extension with separate columns for artist, album/song and year.

I'd like to change the artist format guidelines:

I'd appreciate artist names to be submitted this way:

David Bowie (not Bowie, David)
Cure, The (not The Cure) (This is different to previous poll formats!)

Each list must contain at least 5 albums or 5 songs.

One other thing- no compilations!

Bring on those lists!

How come we can't just type out our lists in the email we send?

[Edited 12/26/10 17:45pm]

I would post my top songs/albums of 2010, but I don't think I will because of the lack of artists.

LayzieKrayzie said:

Moonbeam said:

We're still going through the decades, but I thought a quick and dirty poll of your favorite albums and songs of 2010 would be another fun prospect! As we are only covering one year, I thought I'd reduce the maximum number of items to submit. in light of that feel free to submit ranked lists of up to 20 songs and 20 albums, and I'll post the results after the deadline at midnight, January 15th, 2011 org time! Please submit your lists to ian_renner[at]yahoo.com, replacing the [at] with the @ symbol. Make sure you tell me what your Org username is. I'll reply to your message to let you know that I got your list. I'd prefer to receive lists made in Microsoft Excel with a .xls extension with separate columns for artist, album/song and year.

I'd like to change the artist format guidelines:

I'd appreciate artist names to be submitted this way:

David Bowie (not Bowie, David)
Cure, The (not The Cure) (This is different to previous poll formats!)

Each list must contain at least 5 albums or 5 songs.

One other thing- no compilations!

Bring on those lists!

How come we can't just type out our lists in the email we send?

[Edited 12/26/10 17:45pm]

You can if you like! It just makes it easier if it's in Excel format.

LayzieKrayzie said:

I would post my top songs/albums of 2010, but I don't think I will because of the lack of artists.

I'm not sure what you mean!

Albums of 2010.

1. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two-Return Of The Ankh.

2. Janelle Monae - The Archandroid.

3. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma.

4. The Last Electro Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble - Miles Away.

5. Kelis - Fleshtone.

6. UNKLE - Where Did The Night Fall.

7. Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer.

sextonseven said:

Moonbeam said:

More experimental?

The Banshees had a fair amount of U.K. top 40 hits. Nothing from The Spoils is radio friendly at all. The tracks are more like soundscapes than songs. Stridulum is more conventional, but still very atmospheric.

I wish her and Budgie would do another Creatures album.

TheDigitalGardener said:

Albums of 2010.

1. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two-Return Of The Ankh.

2. Janelle Monae - The Archandroid.

3. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma.

4. The Last Electro Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble - Miles Away.

5. Kelis - Fleshtone.

6. UNKLE - Where Did The Night Fall.

7. Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer.

Thanks for the list! I'd been wanting to check out Flying Lotus. What's it like?

Moonbeam said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Albums of 2010.

1. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two-Return Of The Ankh.

2. Janelle Monae - The Archandroid.

3. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma.

4. The Last Electro Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble - Miles Away.

5. Kelis - Fleshtone.

6. UNKLE - Where Did The Night Fall.

7. Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer.

Thanks for the list! I'd been wanting to check out Flying Lotus. What's it like?

It is his third album now, i love it, it's not an easy listen. Bit of a mish mash of styles, hard to describe Moonbeam, if you like left field electronica, you will love Flying Lotus.

In no special order:

Kings Go Forth - "The Outsiders Are Back"

Janelle Monae - "The ArchAndroid"

YahZarah - "The Ballad Of Purple St. James"

Erykah Badu - "Return Of The Ankh"

Adriana Evans - "Walking With The Night"

Bilal - "Airtight's Revenge"

Chromeo - "Business Casual"

The Black Keys - "Brothers"

Prince - "20ten"

Santana - "Guitar Heaven"

So far, I'm enjoying Chromeo and Janelle's albums the most.