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

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

well i dunno about some of this! for a start i'm very glad The Knife seem keen to keep pop (or Pop) in view and at at least a cautious distance. i like that they're making Actual Songs in this style. i don't think it's a case of falling between two stools by blending two aesthetics (Pop and Art, I suppose, but this is not really adequate), i think the material is strong because i believe in the perceived intention and think it's a really cool, exciting and powerful thing to do. certainly i think The Knife are one of the most powerful forces out there right now in terms of the message and how it's delivered, the emotion and evocation of it all (not necessarily based on lyrics).

I don't know why people would consider Dreifer a bad vocalist/singer other than I know that some just find her voice too annoying to deal with - which is understandable. But otherwise, what are her flaws? Too much dependency on effects perhaps. Anything else?

I'm puzzled by how someone might not rate 'Silent Shout' but love 'Orchestra Of Bubbles'. Perhaps this would be because Allien is 'dancier' but the structure, themes and melodic elements of The Knife's songs makes me think of them as slightly poppier (and yet also heavier, by and large - Allien could certainly use more bass imo but then so could a whole bunch of people).