Plus: A 2003 poll announcement!
You're way more fun than Bob!
Best of 2003
Room on Fire, The Strokes 22.5 pts
Deep Cuts, The Knife 20pts
Welcome Interstate Managers, Fountains of Wayne 17.5
Vaudeville Villain, Viktor Vaughn 17.5
Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Belle and Sebastian 15pts
Decoration Day, Drive By Truckers 15 pts
Transatlantism, Death Cab for Cutie, 12.5 pts
Boy in Da Corner, Dizzee Rascal 10 pts
Shine a Light, Constantines 10 pts
Meteora, Linkin Park 10 pts
Rounds, Four Tet 10 pts
Speakerboxx/The Love Below 10 pts
You Forgot it in People, Broken Social Scene 7.5 pts
Michigan, Sufjan Stevens 7.5 pts
The Decline of British Sea Power, British Sea Power 5 pts
This Is Not a Test!, Missy Elliott 5pts
It Still Moves, My Morning Jacket 5pts
That "Plugged In" session really is a miracle. Individually, Cristale and TeeZandos both released freestyles in the "Daily Duppy" series a few days ago.
Thanks, here's my 2003 P&J:
Don Allred, your votes have been recorded.
Your Pazz & Jop albums ballot was submitted as follows:
1. Johnny Cash - AMERICAN IV:THE MAN COMES AROUND - American (10 points)
2. Miles Davis - THE COMPLETE JACK JOHNSON SESSIONS - Columbia/Legacy (10
points)
3. Dysrhythmia - PRETEST - Relapse (10 points)
4. - THE SOUL OF A MAN - Columbia/Legacy (10 points)
5. Essential Logic - FANFARE IN THE GARDEN - Kill Rock Stars (10 points)
6. James Chance - IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE - Tiger Style (10 points)
7. - NEW YORK NOISE - Soul Jazz (10 points)
8. Groovski - GROOVSKI - Groovski Records (10 points)
9. Lyrics Born - LATER THAT DAY... - Quannum Projects (10 points)
10. Nancy McCallion and the Mollys - TROUBLE - APN (10 points)
And my 2003 Nashville Scene ballot, also 10 points each (if you don't want to double-count a couple of choices already on P&J, that's okay!)
ALBUMS:
1.Johnny Cash: AMERICAN IV:THE MAN COMES AROUND (American)
2.Dixie Chicks: TOP OF THE WORLD TOUR LIVE (Open Wide/Monument/Columbia)
3.Steve Earle: JUST AN AMERICAN BOY (Artemis)
4.Merle Haggard: HAGGARD LIKE NEVER BEFORE (Hag)
5.Lucinda Williams: WORLD WITHOUT TEARS (Lost Highway)
6.Drive-By Truckers: DECORATION DAY (New West)
7.David Allen Coe: LIVE AT BILLY BOB'S TEXAS (Smith Music Group)
8.June Carter Cash: WILDWOOD FLOWER (Dualtone)
9.Gary Stewart: LIVE AT BILLY BOB'S TEXAS (Smith Music Group)
10. Nancy McCallion and the Mollys: TROUBLE (APN)
My guiding principle was, "What albums from that year do I still listen to with relative regularity?"
1. Warren Zevon: The Wind (20)
2. Drive-By Truckers: Decoration Day (15)
3. Victor Vaughn: Vaudeville Villain (10)
4. King Sunny Adé: Best of the Classic Years (10)
5. The Libertines: Up The Bracket (9)
6. The Handsome Family: Live at Schuba's Tavern (9)
7. Miles Davis: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (9)
8. Various Artists: Down in the Basement (6)
9. Bettye LaVette: A Woman Like Me (6)
10. Jason Moran: The Bandwagon (6)
17 points each:
1 Rachel's - Systems/Layers
2 Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
3 Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
12 points each:
4 Dizzee Rascal - Boy In da Corner
6 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Nocturama
7 Ivan Smagghe - How To Kill The DJ (Part One)
8 King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader
9 points each:
8 Chris Watson - Weather Report
9 Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
10 John Zorn - Masada Guitars
11 Jay-Z - The Black Album
5 points each:
12 Rage Against The Machine - Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
13 Linkin Park - Meteora
14 Blur - Think Tank
15 The Strokes - Room On Fire
16 Coldplay - Clocks EP
This was fun.
ALBUMS
Dizzee Rascal. Boy in Da Corner. 25
Buck 65. Talking’ Honky Blues. 20
Drive By Truckers. Decoration Day. 20
William Parker Violin Trio. Scrapbook. 10
Basement Jaxx. Kish Kash. 5
Bubba Sparxxx. Deliverance 5
The Wrens. The Meadowlands 5
Fiery Furnaces. Gallowsbird’s Bark. 5
The Postal Service. Give Up. 5
Lyrics Born. Later that Day. 5
Missy Elliot. This is not a Test! 5
SINGLES
Outkast “Hey Ya”
The New Pornographers “The Laws Have Changed”
!!! “Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A True Story)
Little Jon and his East Side Boyz, et al., “Get Low Remix”
Electric Six. “Danger! High Voltage”
Beyonce (with Jay Z). “Crazy in Love”
Warren Zevon. “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
Elephant Man. “Fuck U Sign”
White Stripes. “Seven Nation Army”
Kelis. “Milkshake”
Basement Jaxx: Kish Kash (20)
Constantines: Shine a Light (19)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell (18)
Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It in People (17)
TV on the Radio: Young Liars EP (16)
Ying Yang Twins: Me and My Brother (15)
Liz Phair: s/t (14)
Dizzee Rascal: Boy in Da Corner (13)
The Unicorns: Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? (12)
Missy Elliott: This Is Not a Test! (11)
David Banner: MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water (8)
T.I.: Trap Muzik (8)
Oukast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (8)
Fefe Dobson: s/t (7)
Richard X: Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1 (6)
Strokes: Room on Fire (5)
King Geedorah: Take Me to Your Leader (4)
Manitoba: Up in Flames (3)
Electric Six: Fire (2)
The Darkness: Permission to Land (2)
!! "Name as many singles as you feel like" !!
TOP 20 SINGLES (plus one more):
50 Cent - In Da Club
Panjabi MC ft. Labh Janjua & Jay-Z - Beware Of The Boys/Mundian To Bach Ke (Jay-Z remix)
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz ft. Ying Yang Twins - Get Low
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz ft. Ying Yang Twins & Pitbull - Get Low (Merengue Mix)
David Banner - Cadillac On 22's
Electric Six - Gay Bar
Rachel Stevens - Sweet Dreams My LA Ex
Avril Lavigne - Mobile
Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
Rose Falcon - Up Up Up
Gene Watson - New Woman
Girls Aloud - No Good Advice
Faith Hill - One
Os Saradinhos - Uva
Johnny Cash - Hurt
A.R.E. Weapons - Don't Be Scared
Q.E.D. - Love Bites
Dwight Yoakam - The Late Great Golden State
Bubba Sparxxx - Comin' Round
Scooter - Maria (I Like It Loud)
Teco e Buzunga - Por Causa De Você [This is the "plus one more"; I couldn't confirm the date 2003]
ALBUMS SHMALBUMS:
Ying Yang Twins – Me & My Brother - 20
Gene Watson - ...Sings - 5
Dwight Yoakam - Population Me - 5
Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers (25)
The Wrens - The Meadowlands (14)
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (12)
Amy Rigby - Til the Wheels Fall Off (9)
Liz Phair - Liz Phair (9)
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (7)
The Postal Service - Give Up (7)
Pernice Brothers - Yours, Mine & Ours (7)
New Pornographers - Electric Version (5)
Marshall Crenshaw - What’s in the Bag? (5)
Jalen Cobeen’s Best Albums of 2003
The Wrens - The Meadowlands (24)
Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers (16)
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (14)
Brother Ali - Shadows on the Sun (13)
T.I. - Trap Muzik (7)
Outkast - Speakerboxx/Love Below (6)
Postal Service - Give Up (5)
50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Trying (5)
Jay-Z - The Black Album (5)
Lyrics Born - Later that Day (5)
1. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner 23 points
2. Liz Phair - Liz Phair 20 points
3. Steinski - Nothing to Fear: A Rough Mix 15 points
4. The Wrens - Meadowlands 15 points
5. Jaylib - Champion Sound 15 points
6. Hot Boy$ - Let ‘Em Burn 15 points
7. Northern State - Dying in Stereo 10 points
8. Kimya Dawson - My Cute Friend Sweet Princess 10 points
9. Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below 10 points
10. Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day 10 points
11. Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears 9 points
12. Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain 8 points
13. Lyrics Born - Later That Day… 5 points
14. Britney Spears - In The Zone 5 points
15. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief 5 points
16. Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Mangers 5 points
17. Jay-Z - The Black Album 5 points
18. The Postal Service- Give Up 5 points
19. Steely Dan - Everything Must Go 5 points
20. Buck 65 - Talkin’ Honky Blues 5 points
You're way more fun than Bob!
Best of 2003
Room on Fire, The Strokes 22.5 pts
Deep Cuts, The Knife 20pts
Welcome Interstate Managers, Fountains of Wayne 17.5
Vaudeville Villain, Viktor Vaughn 17.5
Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Belle and Sebastian 15pts
Decoration Day, Drive By Truckers 15 pts
Transatlantism, Death Cab for Cutie, 12.5 pts
Boy in Da Corner, Dizzee Rascal 10 pts
Shine a Light, Constantines 10 pts
Meteora, Linkin Park 10 pts
Rounds, Four Tet 10 pts
Speakerboxx/The Love Below 10 pts
You Forgot it in People, Broken Social Scene 7.5 pts
Michigan, Sufjan Stevens 7.5 pts
The Decline of British Sea Power, British Sea Power 5 pts
This Is Not a Test!, Missy Elliott 5pts
It Still Moves, My Morning Jacket 5pts
That "Plugged In" session really is a miracle. Individually, Cristale and TeeZandos both released freestyles in the "Daily Duppy" series a few days ago.
Thanks, here's my 2003 P&J:
Don Allred, your votes have been recorded.
Your Pazz & Jop albums ballot was submitted as follows:
1. Johnny Cash - AMERICAN IV:THE MAN COMES AROUND - American (10 points)
2. Miles Davis - THE COMPLETE JACK JOHNSON SESSIONS - Columbia/Legacy (10
points)
3. Dysrhythmia - PRETEST - Relapse (10 points)
4. - THE SOUL OF A MAN - Columbia/Legacy (10 points)
5. Essential Logic - FANFARE IN THE GARDEN - Kill Rock Stars (10 points)
6. James Chance - IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE - Tiger Style (10 points)
7. - NEW YORK NOISE - Soul Jazz (10 points)
8. Groovski - GROOVSKI - Groovski Records (10 points)
9. Lyrics Born - LATER THAT DAY... - Quannum Projects (10 points)
10. Nancy McCallion and the Mollys - TROUBLE - APN (10 points)
And my 2003 Nashville Scene ballot, also 10 points each (if you don't want to double-count a couple of choices already on P&J, that's okay!)
ALBUMS:
1.Johnny Cash: AMERICAN IV:THE MAN COMES AROUND (American)
2.Dixie Chicks: TOP OF THE WORLD TOUR LIVE (Open Wide/Monument/Columbia)
3.Steve Earle: JUST AN AMERICAN BOY (Artemis)
4.Merle Haggard: HAGGARD LIKE NEVER BEFORE (Hag)
5.Lucinda Williams: WORLD WITHOUT TEARS (Lost Highway)
6.Drive-By Truckers: DECORATION DAY (New West)
7.David Allen Coe: LIVE AT BILLY BOB'S TEXAS (Smith Music Group)
8.June Carter Cash: WILDWOOD FLOWER (Dualtone)
9.Gary Stewart: LIVE AT BILLY BOB'S TEXAS (Smith Music Group)
10. Nancy McCallion and the Mollys: TROUBLE (APN)
My guiding principle was, "What albums from that year do I still listen to with relative regularity?"
1. Warren Zevon: The Wind (20)
2. Drive-By Truckers: Decoration Day (15)
3. Victor Vaughn: Vaudeville Villain (10)
4. King Sunny Adé: Best of the Classic Years (10)
5. The Libertines: Up The Bracket (9)
6. The Handsome Family: Live at Schuba's Tavern (9)
7. Miles Davis: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (9)
8. Various Artists: Down in the Basement (6)
9. Bettye LaVette: A Woman Like Me (6)
10. Jason Moran: The Bandwagon (6)
17 points each:
1 Rachel's - Systems/Layers
2 Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
3 Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
12 points each:
4 Dizzee Rascal - Boy In da Corner
6 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Nocturama
7 Ivan Smagghe - How To Kill The DJ (Part One)
8 King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader
9 points each:
8 Chris Watson - Weather Report
9 Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
10 John Zorn - Masada Guitars
11 Jay-Z - The Black Album
5 points each:
12 Rage Against The Machine - Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
13 Linkin Park - Meteora
14 Blur - Think Tank
15 The Strokes - Room On Fire
16 Coldplay - Clocks EP
This was fun.
ALBUMS
Dizzee Rascal. Boy in Da Corner. 25
Buck 65. Talking’ Honky Blues. 20
Drive By Truckers. Decoration Day. 20
William Parker Violin Trio. Scrapbook. 10
Basement Jaxx. Kish Kash. 5
Bubba Sparxxx. Deliverance 5
The Wrens. The Meadowlands 5
Fiery Furnaces. Gallowsbird’s Bark. 5
The Postal Service. Give Up. 5
Lyrics Born. Later that Day. 5
Missy Elliot. This is not a Test! 5
SINGLES
Outkast “Hey Ya”
The New Pornographers “The Laws Have Changed”
!!! “Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A True Story)
Little Jon and his East Side Boyz, et al., “Get Low Remix”
Electric Six. “Danger! High Voltage”
Beyonce (with Jay Z). “Crazy in Love”
Warren Zevon. “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
Elephant Man. “Fuck U Sign”
White Stripes. “Seven Nation Army”
Kelis. “Milkshake”
Basement Jaxx: Kish Kash (20)
Constantines: Shine a Light (19)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell (18)
Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It in People (17)
TV on the Radio: Young Liars EP (16)
Ying Yang Twins: Me and My Brother (15)
Liz Phair: s/t (14)
Dizzee Rascal: Boy in Da Corner (13)
The Unicorns: Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? (12)
Missy Elliott: This Is Not a Test! (11)
David Banner: MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water (8)
T.I.: Trap Muzik (8)
Oukast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (8)
Fefe Dobson: s/t (7)
Richard X: Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1 (6)
Strokes: Room on Fire (5)
King Geedorah: Take Me to Your Leader (4)
Manitoba: Up in Flames (3)
Electric Six: Fire (2)
The Darkness: Permission to Land (2)
!! "Name as many singles as you feel like" !!
TOP 20 SINGLES (plus one more):
50 Cent - In Da Club
Panjabi MC ft. Labh Janjua & Jay-Z - Beware Of The Boys/Mundian To Bach Ke (Jay-Z remix)
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz ft. Ying Yang Twins - Get Low
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz ft. Ying Yang Twins & Pitbull - Get Low (Merengue Mix)
David Banner - Cadillac On 22's
Electric Six - Gay Bar
Rachel Stevens - Sweet Dreams My LA Ex
Avril Lavigne - Mobile
Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
Rose Falcon - Up Up Up
Gene Watson - New Woman
Girls Aloud - No Good Advice
Faith Hill - One
Os Saradinhos - Uva
Johnny Cash - Hurt
A.R.E. Weapons - Don't Be Scared
Q.E.D. - Love Bites
Dwight Yoakam - The Late Great Golden State
Bubba Sparxxx - Comin' Round
Scooter - Maria (I Like It Loud)
Teco e Buzunga - Por Causa De Você [This is the "plus one more"; I couldn't confirm the date 2003]
ALBUMS SHMALBUMS:
Ying Yang Twins – Me & My Brother - 20
Gene Watson - ...Sings - 5
Dwight Yoakam - Population Me - 5
Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers (25)
The Wrens - The Meadowlands (14)
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (12)
Amy Rigby - Til the Wheels Fall Off (9)
Liz Phair - Liz Phair (9)
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (7)
The Postal Service - Give Up (7)
Pernice Brothers - Yours, Mine & Ours (7)
New Pornographers - Electric Version (5)
Marshall Crenshaw - What’s in the Bag? (5)
Jalen Cobeen’s Best Albums of 2003
The Wrens - The Meadowlands (24)
Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers (16)
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (14)
Brother Ali - Shadows on the Sun (13)
T.I. - Trap Muzik (7)
Outkast - Speakerboxx/Love Below (6)
Postal Service - Give Up (5)
50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Trying (5)
Jay-Z - The Black Album (5)
Lyrics Born - Later that Day (5)
1. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner 23 points
2. Liz Phair - Liz Phair 20 points
3. Steinski - Nothing to Fear: A Rough Mix 15 points
4. The Wrens - Meadowlands 15 points
5. Jaylib - Champion Sound 15 points
6. Hot Boy$ - Let ‘Em Burn 15 points
7. Northern State - Dying in Stereo 10 points
8. Kimya Dawson - My Cute Friend Sweet Princess 10 points
9. Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below 10 points
10. Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day 10 points
11. Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears 9 points
12. Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain 8 points
13. Lyrics Born - Later That Day… 5 points
14. Britney Spears - In The Zone 5 points
15. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief 5 points
16. Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Mangers 5 points
17. Jay-Z - The Black Album 5 points
18. The Postal Service- Give Up 5 points
19. Steely Dan - Everything Must Go 5 points
20. Buck 65 - Talkin’ Honky Blues 5 points