BCB's Top 100 Albums of the 21st Century - And the winner is...

[toomanyhatz]

That Antlers record should be top 5..

I am honestly surprised to not see it much higher. As I am to see Gillian Welch so high.

[slightbreeze]

I should listen to that Antlers album again later; heard bits of it when it came out, but they didn't click with me at the time.

I found it such a weary album

[fange]

That's how i felt about some of the tunes i heard, yeah. But i'll give it a go later this week to see properly.

[Dayodead]

That Antlers record should be top 5.

I'm expecting the Avalanches to win....

Listened to 'Burst Apart' (2011) first and was underwhelmed...Is 'Hospice' better ??...

[Butch Manly]

That Antlers record should be top 5.

I'm expecting the Avalanches to win....

Listened to 'Burst Apart' (2011) first and was underwhelmed...Is 'Hospice' better ??...

Miles better. It's a second person narrative about a man watching the woman he loves die from cancer. And yet it's fucking brilliant.

[Goat Boy]

Hospice is a great record. Anthemic yet intimate, haunted yet cathartic with moments of real grandeur but also subtle beauty. Unlike a lot of records I've heard over this period it actually manages to be incredibly moving and powerful, a real complete statement. It's reduced me to tears on a number of occasions.

Comfortably top 5 for me.

[toomanyhatz]

I think it's in my top five vote-getters too. Just shocked it only got three votes. And I am not a fan of Burst Apart, but I do happen to think Familiars (which I voted for) is almost as good.

Hospice is not an easy listen - it's harsh subject matter, and he sings right in your ear about it - but it's visionary and unique, which are the missing ingredient in most new records, even ones I like a great deal.

[Darkness_Fish]

Well, I thought Milk-Eyed Mender was my best chance at voting for for a top 10 contender. Absolute genius, that album, lyrically and musically so playful and impressive. In my top 5 for the noughties.

[Darkness_Fish]

Well, I thought Milk-Eyed Mender was my best chance at voting for for a top 10 contender. Absolute genius, that album, lyrically and musically so playful and impressive. In my top 5 for the noughties.

I feel guilty for not voting for it now. I voted for Ys.

So you should, I will always look down upon you now with a slight distaste and an air of personal grievance.

I do love Ys, but I think it's the lesser of the two albums, largely because I find the string settings a bit Disney at times, they seem to extraneous, too often. It's a shame, as I like Van Dyke Parks, and he's great to follow on twitter, too. Always voices his opinions, and picks some interesting music out.

[Goat Boy]

Queen of Denmark is a beaut too. The kind of record where the persons charm and humanity shines through.

I saw him last year and he's a delight. Charming, likeable man and you get that on record too.

[Darkness_Fish]

I love Joanna Newsom unconditionally. I had all of her albums on my longlist.

I'd love to be able to proffer the same sentiment, but I found her last album really disappointing, it seems lifeless compared with the rest of her work. I still regard her as an absolute genius though, I have no doubt that she has it in her to astound me all over again. Which is undoubtedly her aim in life.

[Goat Boy]

Anyone care to post examples of this genius?

[toomanyhatz]

Another I'd have voted for if I'd thought of it:

[toomanyhatz]

FWIW, I see 6 or 7 things left on my list I really expect to see in the top echelons of the list, and another 2 or 3 I'm hopeful about, at least.

The rest I'd be REALLY shocked if even ONE other person voted for, but there've been many surprises already, so I guess you never know...

[Oscar]

I intend to compile a 100 track compilation of choice cuts from all nominated albums. Tracks will be decided by the posters who voted for the albums. You have been warned.

[Oscar]

That Antlers record should be top 5.

I'm expecting the Avalanches to win....

Avalanches will be coming soon I reckon... based on it being the most overrated 60 minutes and 39 seconds of recorded music... ever.

[Oscar]

Expecting big, big positions for all of these...

Sufjan Stevens Greetings From Michigan 2003 and Seven Swans 2004
Amy Winehouse Back To Black 2006
Radiohead In Rainbows 2007, A Moon Shaped Pool 2016 and Kid A 2000
Burial Untrue 2007
The Strokes Is This It? 2001
Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 2006
Boards of Canada Geogaddi 2002
Daft Punk Discovery 2001

[Darkness_Fish]

Anyone care to post examples of this genius?

[Jumper K]

Anyone care to post examples of this genius?

Fuckin horrific.

[Goat Boy]

Anyone care to post examples of this genius?

Fuckin horrific.

I lasted about a minute.