Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks Of 2007
P4K's Top 100 Tracks Of 2007 covers the gamut. We have a few complaints -- "Myriad Harbour," "Mistaken For Strangers," and No Age's "Neck Escaper" way too low-- but there are enough solids to offset the misses. For instance, good to see Magik Markers and Sally Shapiro make showings. Maybe MM could've been stronger. Interesting facts: Kanye, Animal Collective, Jay-Z, Spoon, LCD, and M.I.A are the only folks to show up more than once, unless you include rap guest spots (hey Lil Wayne). If you count Panda Bear as part of his Collective then AC wins out. Animal-wise, there are two different types of "Deer" (and one "Dear"), a bear, a bat, a caribou, a mouse, and an elephant gun. Finally, Mr. and Ms. Indie Rock placed right next to each other in the top 15, cute.
100 Ost & Kjex - "Milano Mugolian (A Thrilling Mungophony in Two Parts)"
99 Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew - "Backed Out on the…"
98 Old Time Relijun - "Indestructible Life!"
97 Sir Richard Bishop - "Ecstasies in the Open Air"
96 Times New Viking - "Teenage Lust!"
95 Groove Armada [ft. Mutya Buena] - "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)"
94 MGMT - "Time to Pretend"
93 Antibalas - "Beaten Metal"
92 Air - "Mer du Japon (Kris Menace Remix)"
91 Menomena - "The Pelican"
90 Miranda Lambert - "Gunpowder & Lead"
89 Air France - "Beach Party"
88 The New Pornographers - "Myriad Harbour"
87 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - "Me and My Imagination"
86 Rekid - "Next Stop Chicago"
85 BARR - "The Song Is the Single"
84 50 Cent - "I Get Money"
83 Sonic Youth - "I'm Not There"
82 Tinariwen - "Matadjem Yinmixan"
81 Modest Mouse - "Dashboard"
80 Grizzly Bear - "Little Brother (Electric)"
79 Magik Markers - "Taste"
78 Amy Winehouse - "Tears Dry on Their Own"
77 The National - "Mistaken for Strangers"
76 Klaxons - "Golden Skans"
75 Escort - "All Through the Night"How much will this list be echoed in P4K's Top 50 albums, do you think?
74 Black Lips - "Katrina"
73 The Twilight Sad - "Cold Days From the Birdhouse"
72 Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - "La Costa Brava"
71 The Shins - "Turn on Me"
70 Cassie - "Is It You?"
69 Roísín Murphy - "Overpowered"
68 Black Kids - "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You"
67 Devin the Dude [ft. Andre 3000 and Snoop Dogg] - "What a Job"
66 King Khan & the Shrines - "Welfare Bread"
65 DJ Khaled [ft. T.I., Akon, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman & Lil Wayne] - "We Takin' Over"
64 No Age - "Neck Escaper"
63 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - "I'm Not Gonna Cry"
62 Cool Kids - "I Rock"
61 !!! - "Heart of Hearts"
60 The White Stripes - "Rag and Bone"
59 Lil Wayne - "Upgrade U"
58 Shellac - "The End of Radio"
57 Electrelane - "To the East"
56 Aesop Rock - "None Shall Pass"
55 Studio - "No Comply"
54 Joanna Newsom - "Colleen"
53 Bat for Lashes - "What's a Girl to Do?"
52 The Clientele - "Bookshop Casanova"
51 Kanye West [ft. T-Pain] - "Good Life"
50 Dude 'N Nem - "Watch My Feet"
49 Yeasayer - "2080"
48 Liars -"Plaster Casts of Everything"
47 T2 -"Heartbroken"
46 Deerhunter- "Wash Off"
45 The Honeydrips - "Fall From a Height"
44 Pantha du Prince - "Saturn Strobe"
43 Deerhoof - "The Perfect Me"
42 Spoon - "Black Like Me"
41 Los Campesinos! - "You! Me! Dancing!"
40 Beirut - "Elephant Gun"
39 Sally Shapiro - "He Keeps Me Alive"
38 Matthew Dear- "Deserter"
37 Blonde Redhead -"23"
36 Okkervil River - "Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe"
35 Dirty Projectors - "Rise Above"
34 The Tough Alliance - "Silly Crimes"
33 Dinosaur Jr. - "Almost Ready"
32 R. Kelly [ft. T.I. and T-Pain] - "I'm a Flirt (remix)"
31 Cortney Tidwell - "Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan's Objects in Space Remix)"
30 Dan Deacon - "Wham City"
29 Arcade Fire - "Keep the Car Running"
28 Dizzee Rascal - "Pussy'ole (Old Skool)"
27 Lil Mama - "Lip Gloss"
26 Jay-Z - "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is...)"
25 Kanye West - "Can't Tell Me Nothing"
24 Gui Boratto - "Beautiful Life"
23 Simian Mobile Disco - "I Believe"
22 Animal Collective - "Peacebone"
21 M.I.A. - "Boyz"
20 Radiohead - "All I Need"
19 The Field - "A Paw in My Face"
18 Chromatics - "In the City"
17 Burial - "Archangel" 16 Feist - "1 2 3 4"
15 Jens Lekman - "A Postcard to Nina"
14 Caribou - "Melody Day" 13 Of Montreal - "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal"
12 Spoon - "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb"
11 Grinderman - "No Pussy Blues"
10 Jay-Z [ft. Beanie Sigel] - "Ignorant Shit"
09 Animal Collective - "Fireworks"
08 Justice - "D.A.N.C.E."
07 LCD Soundsystem - "Someone Great"
06 UGK [ft. Outkast] - "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)"
05 Rihanna [ft. Jay-Z] - "Umbrella"
04 M.I.A. [ft. Bun B and Rich Boy] - "Paper Planes (Remix)"
03 Panda Bear - "Bros"
02 Battles - "Atlas"
01 LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends"
Posted at 11:04 AM in Year-End List
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
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you're forgetting spoon in your "artists who had more than one track in the 100" - they had #42 and #12
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Um, LCD Soundsystem shows up more than once...in the top 10.
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Hey ferg & Josh -- You're both right. Fixed. We're still shaking off the weekend cobwebs, it seems. Thanks for the sharp eyes...
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"All My Friends" at #1 is pretty much a no brainer.
Surprised that the National's entry is "Mistaken for Strangers" over "Fake Empire" and Okkervil doesn't get on with "John Allyn" or "Unless it Kicks", rather than "Our Life". Also, Beirut's song should have been "The Penalty."
It's interesting that in the individual lists, Beirut only gets on two lists, "Elephant Gun" with a #21 and "A Sunday Smile" at #19, and yet "Elephant Gun" is the one on the final list.
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Surprised Umbrella isn't #1, since they're usually big on closing with the summer anthem (Timberlake/Britney). I like the lists though, but goddamn, who can listen to that much goofy glitchy electronic music? Not everyone's a DJ.
(I still love someone's comment from the Mr. Indie Rock list: "Who the fuck is Jens Lekman?")
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remember last year when one kind soul uploaded a zip file of all of them? that was so awesome.
hint hint.
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-81 points for not including "+81". Hmph!
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Good list, but disappointed to see Sunset Rubdown overlooked. Lots of great tracks on that album. I suspect it'll show up realtively high on the Best Album list.
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I still don't get picking The Past is a Grotesque Animal as the top track from Hissing Fauna. Its a good song, but not at all what I think of when I think of one of the best albums of 07. Plus its not like that many people are gonna put a 12 min song in their best of playlist.
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... same goes for Panda Bear but Bros was the best track on Person Pitch.
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Where's all the... good... music... ?
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I'm happy to see Ted Leo's La Costa Brava on the list. That's the track that makes LWTL better than just an ok record.
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Pretty solid list. Sets the stage for Sound of Silver to take top album, as it most definitely should.
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I second the confusion on The Past Is A Grotesque Animal. I don't see how the musical prowess on that is more advanced than any of the songs on that album I don't skip every time I listen to it.
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'07 ain't over punks... still got a good 2 weeks... so much shit could go down in 2 weeks...
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fuck ye.
bring on the zip file.
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We want ZIP!
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Thank you and good day.
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Still don't understand the mass appeal of LCD Soundsystem.
Dan Deacon at #30 sort of pisses me off. I know it's sort of a low number but still. Ok, he has fun concerts. I can totally understand going to a show for that reason. But that doesn't mean his music is good.
Also, Fireworks higher than Peacebone doesn't seem right to me.
Otherwise this list is pretty good.
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@Elliot - I'm with you on LCD Soundsystem. They're catchy, I guess, but everyone fawns over the guy like he's the second coming of Christ. I don't get it. Seems boring to me.
Dan Deacon, however, is good. Aside from the fact that his shows do rock, Spiderman of the Rings is a good listen. Different, yes - but good songwriting. It's intricate in surprising ways if you really get in and listen to it.
I'm stoked that they put Atlas so high. That is one hell of a good song. Also nice to see Gui Boratto and The Field up there. Minimalist techno, FTW!!
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I find it odd that Modest Mouse made the top 100 when they're absent from all of the writers' lists.
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i like lcd soundsystem, but i don't think they should get best album only because of that stupid song about feeling like a teenager.
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@brandon s.
i'm really interested in seeing your list. aside from dominique leone's, it's the only one i was looking forward to.
thanks in advance
best regards etc.
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Jesus, this is terrible. "Atlas" blows after you've heard it a few times. New and unique doesn't necessarily equal "best."
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i feel like the people at pitchfork just sit around with all the best albums and then ask themselves "what's like the fourth or third best song from this album?"
and then that's what they used.
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Chromatics in the top 20! that's pretty cool to see. other than that, this list is a snooze. but maybe so was most of what came out and got on the radar anyway.
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Does "All My Friends" sound like James Murphy channeling Bono and cribbing the vocal melody "Where the Streets Have No Name" to anyone else? Man, I hate U2 so much and this song just made me want to throw up.
Also, P4K says it has "an opening line worthy of a great novel". Really?
"That's how it starts // We go back to your house"
Great novel, eh? That's a bit of a fucking stretch... Maybe it's time they put down Catcher In the Rye and started to read above the 4th grade level.
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@goran
my list (of some sort) will show up in the new column, the outsiders, right after the holidays. thanks for asking!
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surprised to not see "wild mountain nation" or any patrick wolf. even moreso "heimdalsgate..." and "underdog" (too obvious?).
and yeah, somebody yip that .zip right quick.
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eric: "i don't think they should get best album only because of that stupid song about feeling like a teenager."
AMEN! When I hear that song, I think, why didn't any of his friends speak up and try to stop him? It's painful on many, many levels.
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LCD Soundsystem deserves whatever awards they get this year, regardless of how insecure that teenager song made me feel about being a teenager. I still jam to "Get Innocuous" and the corresponding Soulwax Remix on a daily basis.
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a lot of haters on LCD Soundsystem. . .
it was a great follow-up to the debut in that it retained all the fun, dance-y tracks, but added some meaning to the lyrics. . .
i've been living with this album since last December, and it's definitely one of the most influential of the year (at least in my world.)
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Anybody else find the humor in the backlash they give former heroes The Shins, Arcade Fire, and even The National for becoming popular? Any publication that bases its taste on music in which they can insure the people they hated in high school will NOT be listening to, is not a publication I take very seriously.
Which is why it's always funny to see their token "popular hit they're going to applaud to pretend like their not too off the pretentious deep end" selection in the top ten. "Since You've Been Gone," "Toxic," and one of those highly-successful Justin Timberlake songs I can't currently identify have all made this list before. As for this year, Rihanna and her umbrella, brella, brella, take the spot.
What a joke
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zip file please
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I don't know if LCD is the "best" of the year but, out of all the albums that came out this year, I've probably listened to that one more than any other.
I can think of many reasons to show that its far from perfect, but I could do that with any other album as well. Its as good as any other choice. As someone who left NYC after 8 years living there right before the album came out, there are times that I dare say, parts of that album really did strike an emotional chord. I sound so lame admitting that. Damn it.
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I feel quite uncool for saying this, because it's not epic or innovative or a career-changing move or whatever, but for me the best album of the year will be Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. On a pure track-by-track basis, it's unbeatable: every song is great.
Knowing that Pitchfork will never in a million years rank this number one, however, I'm hoping to see Person Pitch up there.
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props for old time relijun. "indestructible life!" fuckin KILLS.
does nobody care about jennifer gentle? electric princess was great.
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Well, although not landing too much stuff on this list, I think Pitchfork is going to go with Radiohead for album of the year. Or number 2 I guess. But they have seriously talked about Radiohead every other breath over there, they got to make it worth something now.
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Huh...you guys post Jarvis Cocker news yet, no love for 'Running the World', 'Don't Let Him Waste Your Time' or MY fav, 'I Will Kill Again??' i think history might show a 'whoopsy daisy' there;)
OH n go back n listen to track 16 from the Nine Inch Nails cd, 'Zero Sum' it's genius, one of Trent's best ever. For realzies, go listen.
And all these indie bands get TWO mentions, yet not one for the Arctics? (my fav actually might be their bside 'The Bakery.')
N only ONE for most peoples best cd o the year In Rainbows? odd... though you DID win some cred for picking my favorite too, 'All I Need' haha, so i guess THATS good;)
N speaking of RH, no 'Black Swan' from the The Eraser album? That deserves a tsk tsk.
Speaking of black, 'Black Lexus' by Joseph Arthur is a classic.
Oh n lastly, where R the chicks!?!...Rilo/Pipettes/PJ Harvey, Tegan n Sara 'back in your head!!?? ...tss woman haters! :p
And i'm still not convinced miss winehouse is actually female so...
Though i guess i should be thankful that at least you didnt put down that suicide-inspiring '1 2 3' song from Feist hahaha, she was so SHIT on snl, even with SEVEN, yes SEVEN backup singers...i counted, barf. She's like PJ's talentless canadian cousin, with as much edge as a plastic butter knife.
(But i don't mean that in a bad way, winks)
Oh 'n u effers better write about Sarah Slean when she finally puts out a new cd, she's actually a quality canadian songstress:p
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zip, zip, zip.
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Dave W -
shutup.
........
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all my friends #1
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What an unbelievably atrocious list. Some of these songs are good, yes, in their own right, but by no means should be on a list of the Top 100 of the year. Just because something gains popularity or is released by an indie band as a single does not mean it is immediately discredited as a song. (And no, including 'Umbrella' in the top 5 does not add a shred of legitimacy or respectability, even though it is a good song.) If Pitchfork was around in the 60's, they would have ripped apart The Beatles simply for having a #1 single.
And what's with all the goddamn dancehall shit? Whoever supplies the x to pitchfork's writers needs to f--king STOP.
Pitchfork Media is killing rock and roll.
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I'm sorry, lemme take a double take on that one. Did they SERIOUSLY put "lip gloss" above dirty projectors, beirut, and 73 other great bands that are exponetially more amazing than "lil" mama?
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where the hell is Akron/Family? Didn't anyone hear this record? Its not on ANY lists and its my favourite album of the year.
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I really think Suffer For Fashion should have been the song for Of Montreal. That song was stuck in my head for weeks after the first time I heard it. I also find it funny how they chose the most poppy and radio friendly ted leo song from the album I mean it's good but there were better ones.
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Can't believe The National's "Slow Show" didn't make the list. That song pretty much defined 2007 for me.
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best track lists are impossible, how can anyone complain? their #1 is my #1 so I'll go with it. i also really like bros and DANCE. IMO, biggest omission: with all the arcade fire love this year, wheres (antichrist television blues)?
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@DS48: Saying that Pitchfork is killing rock and roll is like saying that morticians are killing the corpse. Sure, they may be pumping it with formaldehyde, but that sucker's been dead for quite some time, buddy.
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@Austin "Anybody else find the humor in the backlash they give former heroes The Shins, Arcade Fire, and even The National for becoming popular?"
Agreed. I just saw their album list and surely, neon bible is better than what they gave them.
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@Austin: uh, what backlash? In fact, all three blurbs about those bands in part laud them for their popularity or for being able to escape 9-to-5 work. You're just making shit up.
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I get pissed off by a lot of the over-snarkiness on these boards, but even I have to admit both of Pitchforks lists these years were really underwhelming.
Popmatters isnt perfect either, but seemed a little more honest.
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OMG I can't believe there is nothing from Writer's Block, The Crane Wife, or Boys and Girls in America!!!!!!!!!!
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@Peregrine
you must have had a very very depressing 2007.
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@jeffersonseven: I think there's enough hope from the few excellent releases this year to prove that Rock is not dead, but I could be wrong. Doesn't change the fact that Pitchfork is terrible.
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where is "boy with a coin"?
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"All I need" best song from the Head? These guys are on another planet...
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Seriously? Still no zip?
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last year it took until the following wednesday (12/20 @ 4:28 pm) after the monday (12/18) that pitchfork's list was posted for someone to send 'gum the .zip and for 'gum to post it. so if it's not up by tomorrow afternoon/early evening, start getting impatient.
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For anyone still waiting: http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/you-asked-for-it-you-got-it-pitchforks-top-100-of_007526.html
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elephant gun is from 2006
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UGK, MIA, and Rhianna in Top 6???
OK, OK, we get it, Pits4k -- you're not racists! You shouldn't try so hard to convince us, though.
Good for Los Campesinos! at #41, but "International Tweexcore Underground" was the song to pick from them, and it should've been around #14.
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What the fuck?!
How cynical are you?
Let's put it this way:
If Pitchfork were to ONLY include "indie" bands on the list... If they were to put Arcade Fire, The Shins, etc. in the top 5, you'd cry and bitch that they aren't versatile enough...
When they include songs like "Lip Gloss" and "Umbrella" (both of which are excellent singles), you bitch and moan... Ironically complaining about the LACK of "indie." Accusing Pitchfork of forcing pop songs into the top 10...
Perhaps they just fucking like those songs? Perhaps they don't sit around and deliberate for hours upon hours about whether or not the list is "pop" enough... keep it mind it was derived from the writer's individual lists, which automatically renders your accusations moot.
And Bender... I realize the tone of your accusation was in good humor, but implying that having a few black artists in an "indie" website's top 10 is... ah, fuck it. nevermind.
As for the "backlash," what in the hell are you even talking about? The Arcade Fire and The National both made the list and the reasoning behind each inclusion made sense. Should they have plopped "Boxer" and "Neon Bible" in the no. 1 & 2 positions, like every other publication??
That said, where the hell is "The Magic Position" or "Wild Mountain Nation"? I'm also very disappointed in the Of Montreal track they chose... "Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider" and "Suffer for Fashion" are both much better.
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What are people hearing in that #1 LCD Soundsystem song? My god, it's boring. No chorus, no hooks, the same bangy piano chord over and over and over and over and over. I've listened to it four times now, waiting to hear what makes it so great, and I'm not feeling it at ALL.
And what's with the new fascination with reverb? That #3 song is a big soupy mess.
Maybe I'm just getting old (out of my 20s now!), but damn. More obtuse does not equal better.
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yeah. All My Friends came on tv once and i thought it was some local band. whoops.
i don't get Battles either.
'Atlas' sounds like it's going to segue into Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson at any second. oh well.
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There's a torrent online at btjunkie.org
Just type in 'pitchfork' and it's the top choice.
hope that helps
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Rihanna and not Timbaland ?? how weird..
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nothing from The Forms or The Cribs? This is funny.
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