The Poptimists 2006 End Of Year Poll: ALBUM OF THE YEAR

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The Poptimists End of Year polls kick off with the unimportant, but still intriguing, category of Album of the Year. Thankyou for your nominations, which have been distilled to a shortlist (by the scientific means of "most mentioned") as follows:

Paris Hilton - Paris: The year's most controversial release - frothy R&B-pop from the heiress-turned-renaissance-woman.
Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra Of Bubbles: Luscious electronic pop and atmospherics from German boffinette and henchbeing.
The Knife - Silent Shout: Shrieksome electro artpop from Scandinavia.
Marit Larsen - Under The Surface: Scando singing-songwriting popstrel spans country, twee and Euro-pop.
Beyonce - B-Day: Quickly recorded relationship dissections from the reigning queenbot of R&B.

You, the Poptimists Voting Academy, can grace ONE of these with your tick. Do so!

[Poll #891029]

Another category tomorrow - if you didn't nominate you STILL CAN in the other categories by going here!

Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Grue, I think mine would have been none of the above (voted for The Knife based on the fact I generally like them) but I forgot to vote in the poll so have only myself to blame etc., etc.

I still don't like the Paris album. I'm sorry but it's just not very good, if you ask me. I tried again with it recently but gave up and deleted it off my computer- clearly it and I are not intended to enjoy each other's company.

{I think my vote would have actually been for 'Opheliac' by Emilie Autumn, which needs at least the last minute of a lot of the songs cutting off in order to make them listenable and to be honest, the songwriting isn't really as good as her first album in a lot of places but 'Swallow,' 'Opheliac' and 'Shalott' are total industro-classical-pop triumphs like wot Tori Amos would be releasing now if she had any sense at all)

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Well if you ever have the heart to give poor Paris a second chance try starting the album at track 4 and ending it at track 9. That's the same sort of technique I used for The Ark - State of the Ark (which might be the most underrated album of the year), finding the one or two songs I really clicked with and then working my way out. Or you could just not listen to it anymore.

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

State Of The Ark is amazing, but it originally came out in December 2004. And it's great from end to end :)