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Harold Wexler
Jan 15, 2008 - 8:33PM |
The Idolator Pop Poll for 2007 is finally up (http://pop.idolator.com/)! (Yes, the title has been changed from last year’s Jackin’ Pop, a cheekily direct jab at Pazz & Jop.) This year, 454 ballots were submitted; Henrik, I’d imagine the volume of responses here gives this poll more weight than others.
Here are the top 100 albums: (Key: position / artist-album / points / number of ballots) 1 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver 1876 169 2 M.I.A. - Kala 1550 141 3 Radiohead - In Rainbows 1327 137 4 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 847 77 5 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 821 77 45 points (4 votes) from 2006 6 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 755 65 7 The National - Boxer 724 65 8 Kanye West - Graduation 702 67 9 Panda Bear - Person Pitch 585 56 10 Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? 536 49 11 Battles - Mirrored 524 51 12 Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 498 45 13 Lily Allen - Alright, Still 496 50 291 points (30 votes) from 2006 14 Feist - The Reminder 480 48 15 Burial - Untrue 440 44 16 The White Stripes - Icky Thump 413 41 17 Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala 402 39 18 Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam 327 29 19 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 326 32 20 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky 323 32 21 Against Me! - New Wave 321 30 22 Okkervil River - The Stage Names 305 30 23 Jay-Z - American Gangster 278 28 24 The Field - From Here We Go Sublime 275 28 25 Bruce Springsteen - Magic 273 24 26 Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 271 27 27 PJ Harvey - White Chalk 261 27 28 Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha 232 23 29 UGK - Underground Kingz 230 22 30 Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life 227 25 31 Justice - Cross 226 22 32 Deerhunter - Cryptograms 214 20 24 points (2 votes) for vinyl edition containing Fluorescent Grey EP 33 Britney Spears - Blackout 213 19 34 Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog 212 21 35 Grinderman - Grinderman 195 18 36 Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights 190 18 37 The Good The Bad & The Queen - The Good The Bad & The Queen 185 19 38 Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back 184 17 39 Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta! 183 17 40 Beirut - The Flying Cup Club 179 17 41 Tegan & Sara - The Con 177 18 42 Low - Drums and Guns 175 18 43 The New Pornographers - Challengers 172 17 44 Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends 164 18 45 Bettye LaVette - Scene of the Crime 163 17 46 Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight 162 17 46 The Shins - Wincing The Night Away 162 17 48 Amerie - Because I Love It 162 15 49 Band of Horses - Cease to Begin 155 15 50 Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank 152 15 51 Electrelane - No Shouts No Calls 150 16 52 Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals 144 16 53 No Age - Weirdo Rippers 142 14 54 Von Sudenfeld - Tromatic Reflexxions 140 14 55 Lucinda Williams - West 140 13 56 Menomena - Friend and Foe 139 14 57 Bright Eyes - Cassadega 135 14 58 Dirty Projectors - Rise Above 134 14 59 Caribou - Andorra 132 14 59 Patty Griffin - Children Running Through 132 14 61 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 128 13 62 Parts and Labor - Mapmaker 127 13 63 Robert Wyatt - Comicopera 125 12 64 El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead 124 12 65 Blonde Redhead - 23 123 14 66 Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth 122 12 67 Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes 120 12 70 points (7 votes) from 2006 68 Jesu - Conquerer 117 12 69 Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab 116 12 70 Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High 116 11 71 Explosions In the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone 115 11 72 Roisin Murphy - Overpowered 112 12 73 Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams 112 11 74 St. Vincent - Marry Me 111 11 75 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Living with the Living 108 11 76 Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris 106 12 77 Marnie Stern - In Advance of the Broken Arm 101 11 78 Aly + AJ - Insomniatic 101 10 79 Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36 100 12 80 v/a - Hyphy Hitz 100 10 81 Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil 98 10 82 Stars Of The Lid - And The Refinement Of Their Decline 97 11 83 Prodigy - Return of the Mac 96 10 84 The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse 12 95 10 85 Nick Lowe - At My Age 94 10 86 Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City 94 9 87 v/a - I'm Not There OST 93 8 88 Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter 90 9 89 Liars - Liars 88 10 90 Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather 87 10 91 Phosphorescent - Pride 87 8 91 Sloan - Never Hear the End of It 87 8 91 The Apples in Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder 87 8 94 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 85 9 95 Sally Shapiro - Disco Romance 84 9 96 Elliott Smith - New Moon 82 11 25 points (5 votes) for Reissues 97 John Fogerty - Revival 82 8 98 Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity 80 8 98 Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full 80 8 100 Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II 78 8 10 points (2 votes) for Reissues 100 Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy 78 8 |
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And the top 100 tracks:
1 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 117 1 for remix ft. Lil Mama 2 LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends 89 3 M.I.A. - Paper Planes 66 10 for remix ft. Bun B & Rich Boy 4 Amy Winehouse - Rehab 60 10 votes from 2006; 1 for remix ft. Jay-Z 5 Justice - D.A.N.C.E. 54 1 for version ft. Mos Def & Spank Rock; 1 for Stuart Price Remix 6 Battles - Atlas 50 6 Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks 50 32 votes from 2006 8 UGK ft. OutKast - Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) 49 9 Feist - 1234 48 10 Kanye West - Stronger 35 11 LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great 33 12 Grinderman - No Pussy Blues 29 13 Lil Mama - Lip Gloss 27 14 Spoon - The Underdog 25 15 Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing 22 15 R. Kelly ft. T-Pain & T.I. - I'm a Flirt (Remix) 22 7 for original 17 LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum 21 18 The White Stripes - Icky Thump 18 19 Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good 17 2 for version ft. Ghostface Killah 19 Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running 17 19 Jay-Z - Roc Boys (And the Winner Is . . .) 17 19 The Shins - Phantom Limb 17 23 Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend 16 5 for remix ft. Lil Mama 24 50 Cent - I Get Money 15 1 for remix 24 Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life 15 24 Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing! 15 24 Spoon - You Got Yr Cherry Bomb 15 28 M.I.A. - Boyz 13 29 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 12 29 Jens Lekman - A Postcard to Nina 12 29 Kanye West ft T-Pain - Good Life 12 29 Kleerup ft. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat 12 29 Miranda Lambert - Famous in a Small Town 12 29 Modest Mouse - Dashboard 12 29 The National - Fake Empire 12 29 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 12 37 Against Me! - Thrash Unreal 11 37 Brad Paisley - Ticks 11 37 M.I.A. - Bird Flu 11 37 Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder 11 41 Bright Eyes - Four Winds 10 41 Bruce Springsteen - Girls In Their Summer Clothes 10 41 Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - Falling Slowly 10 41 My Chemical Romance - Teenagers 10 41 Panda Bear - Bros 10 46 Arcade Fire - Intervention 9 46 DJ Khaled ft. Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Lil' Wayne & Birdman - We Takin' Over 9 46 Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position 9 46 Rich Boy ft. Polow Da Don - Throw Some D's 9 1 for mix ft. Andre 3000, Jim Jones, Murphy Lee & The Game 46 Rihanna - Shut Up and Drive 9 51 Alicia Keys - No One 8 1 for Reggae Remix ft. Junior Reid 51 Ame - Fiori 8 51 Animal Collective - Peacebone 8 51 Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere 8 51 Burial - Archangel 8 1 for Leif Remix 51 Kate Nash - Foundations 8 51 M.I.A. - Bamboo Banga 8 51 Mika - Grace Kelly 8 51 Paramore - Misery Business 8 51 Radiohead - House of Cards 8 51 Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining 8 51 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls 8 51 Soulja Boy Tell 'Em - Crank Dat (Soulja Boy) 8 64 Aly and AJ - The Potential Breakup Song 7 64 Arcade Fire - No Cars Go 7 64 Bat For Lashes - What's a Girl to Do? 7 64 Bjork - Earth Intruders 7 64 Common - The People 7 64 Interpol - The Heinrich Maneuver 7 64 Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around ... Comes Around 7 64 Klaxons - Golden Skans 7 64 LCD Soundsystem - Freak Out/Starry Eyes 7 64 Lily Allen - Smile 7 64 Ne-Yo - Because of You 7 64 Of Montreal - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal 7 64 Róisín Murphy - Overpowered 7 64 Shackleton - Blood on My Hands (Ricardo Villalobos Apocalypso Now Remix) 7 64 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights 7 64 Ween - Your Party 7 64 Wilco - Impossible Germany 7 81 Amerie - Gotta Work 6 81 Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent 6 81 Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill 6 81 Dizzee Rascal - Sirens 6 81 Dude 'N Nem - Watch My Feet 6 81 Eve - Tambourine 6 81 Fall Out Boy - This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race 6 81 Kanye West ft. Dwele - Flashing Lights 6 81 Kelly Clarkson - Never Again 6 81 Lil Wayne - I Feel Like Dying 6 81 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse - Valerie 6 81 Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder & Lead 6 81 Nelly Furtado - Say It Right 6 81 Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse 6 81 Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe 6 81 T2 ft. Jodie Aysha - Heartbroken 6 81 Tegan and Sara - Back In Your Head 6 81 The Broken West - Down in the Valley 6 81 The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour 6 81 The Shins - Turn On Me 6 81 The White Stripes - Rag & Bone 6 81 T-Pain feat. Yung Joc - Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin') 6 81 Yeasayer - 2080 6 |
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I should probably hear that Umbrella song. It's the one pop song this year that's getting unilateral praise.
Of course, I felt the same about Since U Been Gone a few years ago and didn't like that. |
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BillAdama- "Umbrella" really isn't all that. It is catchy, but not an enduring classic, in my opinion. The pop song that should be unilaterally adored from this year is Robyn's "With Every Heartbeat", if you ask me!
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