The Best Album of 1989
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The Best Album of 1989 is Pixies, DOOLITTLE. Coming in early 2026: The Best Album of 2001!
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Well, by that logic, I'm gonna nominate Hex by Bark Psychosis: it came out in 1994 but I didn't hear it until 2002 and it was the best thing I heard that year
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Well, by that logic, I'm gonna nominate Hex by Bark Psychosis: it came out in 1994 but I didn't hear it until 2002 and it was the best thing I heard that year
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Pitchfork has just named a 2024 track as its best of 2025 so the battle never ends
December 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Pitchfork has just named a 2024 track as its best of 2025 so the battle never ends
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I think mixtapes should be eligible.
Let's get '50 Cent is the Future' and 'Diplomats Vol. 1' in the bracket for 2002:
Let's get '50 Cent is the Future' and 'Diplomats Vol. 1' in the bracket for 2002:
Cam'Ron - Oh Boy (Clean Version) ft. Juelz Santana
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December 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I think mixtapes should be eligible.
Let's get '50 Cent is the Future' and 'Diplomats Vol. 1' in the bracket for 2002:
Let's get '50 Cent is the Future' and 'Diplomats Vol. 1' in the bracket for 2002:
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And then I’ll also vote against including YHF in the 2002 tournament
December 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
And then I’ll also vote against including YHF in the 2002 tournament
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Gonna vote against it because I think Wilco are one of the most overrated bands of all time
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Gonna vote against it because I think Wilco are one of the most overrated bands of all time
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I quit if death cab did. Also, given the typical demographic voting here now in the year 2025, I don’t see those garage rock hacks beating it either.
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I quit if death cab did. Also, given the typical demographic voting here now in the year 2025, I don’t see those garage rock hacks beating it either.
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If the idea of a “best album of year” is to find the best album people were exposed to in that year then it’s 2002. Barely anyone had heard it yet in 2001…why would we consider it a “2001” album?
December 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
If the idea of a “best album of year” is to find the best album people were exposed to in that year then it’s 2002. Barely anyone had heard it yet in 2001…why would we consider it a “2001” album?
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I mean, I don't have a crystal ball, but I can't imagine any scenario where Gorillaz or Death Cab beats YHF.
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I mean, I don't have a crystal ball, but I can't imagine any scenario where Gorillaz or Death Cab beats YHF.
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I still remember Jann Wenner giving a five star-review to Mick Jagger’s last solo album. I mean c’mon.
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I still remember Jann Wenner giving a five star-review to Mick Jagger’s last solo album. I mean c’mon.
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From CROWN ROYAL, Run-DMC (f Stephan Jenkins), 'Rock Show' (reskeeting is not endorsement, I think this album is garbage):
RUN DMC - Rock Show (Official Video) ft. Stephan Jenkins
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December 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
From CROWN ROYAL, Run-DMC (f Stephan Jenkins), 'Rock Show' (reskeeting is not endorsement, I think this album is garbage):
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I can see it either way, so I voted selfishly for 2002. I'll be annoyed if YHF beats the most likely contenders for 2001. I'm fine with it beating the most likely contenders for 2002 and it fits in more sonically with them.
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I can see it either way, so I voted selfishly for 2002. I'll be annoyed if YHF beats the most likely contenders for 2001. I'm fine with it beating the most likely contenders for 2002 and it fits in more sonically with them.
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All the cool kids heard London Calling in the last two weeks of December.
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
All the cool kids heard London Calling in the last two weeks of December.
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Dunno where yr located but Wilco was such a darling of the indie crowd both growing up in the Chicago burbs & then in college in WI. I didn't go until 2005 but I distinctlyremember getting a bunch of ppl together to hang out in my dorm room, smoke weed & watch I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Dunno where yr located but Wilco was such a darling of the indie crowd both growing up in the Chicago burbs & then in college in WI. I didn't go until 2005 but I distinctlyremember getting a bunch of ppl together to hang out in my dorm room, smoke weed & watch I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
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...but then I remembered DJ Yoda's How To Cut And Paste Mix Tape Vol 1 (2001) and now i'm listening to that instead
Just looked and it's not yet on the master list, but at this point who would even know if it could be 🤷♂️
Just looked and it's not yet on the master list, but at this point who would even know if it could be 🤷♂️
December 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
...but then I remembered DJ Yoda's How To Cut And Paste Mix Tape Vol 1 (2001) and now i'm listening to that instead
Just looked and it's not yet on the master list, but at this point who would even know if it could be 🤷♂️
Just looked and it's not yet on the master list, but at this point who would even know if it could be 🤷♂️
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I was about to go & listen to this to see what the fuss is about, then started wondering what else might disqualify a release, then thought about compilation albums, but obviously those aren't a recording artist's album in any real sense, but... 1/
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I was about to go & listen to this to see what the fuss is about, then started wondering what else might disqualify a release, then thought about compilation albums, but obviously those aren't a recording artist's album in any real sense, but... 1/
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It’s the best of the 70s and 80s all at once 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It’s the best of the 70s and 80s all at once 🤣
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They also put STEEL WHEELS on that list so there’s no reason at all to take it seriously.
December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
They also put STEEL WHEELS on that list so there’s no reason at all to take it seriously.
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Rolling Stone named London Calling the best album of the 1980s so it isn’t always clear cut!
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Rolling Stone named London Calling the best album of the 1980s so it isn’t always clear cut!
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Ah, happy memories of Rolling Stone voting London Calling the best album of the 80s being held up over here as an example of why US publications were clueless
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Ah, happy memories of Rolling Stone voting London Calling the best album of the 80s being held up over here as an example of why US publications were clueless
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A sentence from Entertainment Weekly's 2002 review: "Much has been made of the sonic alluvium bobbing through the mix; it's like a stream of waterlogged cuckoo clocks, drenched pinball machines, and soused saloon pianos, and it gives the album a constant creaking vertigo."
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot : EW review
You have to wonder how many times the folks at Reprise actually played Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot before they decided to dump it. To be fair, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy can't seem to shake his insa...
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December 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A sentence from Entertainment Weekly's 2002 review: "Much has been made of the sonic alluvium bobbing through the mix; it's like a stream of waterlogged cuckoo clocks, drenched pinball machines, and soused saloon pianos, and it gives the album a constant creaking vertigo."
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A physical release elsewhere is no issue in my opinion. When it was first released is the year
There’s really nowhere that lists London Calling as 1980 unlike YHF which is listed as 2002 most places you look
There’s really nowhere that lists London Calling as 1980 unlike YHF which is listed as 2002 most places you look
December 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A physical release elsewhere is no issue in my opinion. When it was first released is the year
There’s really nowhere that lists London Calling as 1980 unlike YHF which is listed as 2002 most places you look
There’s really nowhere that lists London Calling as 1980 unlike YHF which is listed as 2002 most places you look
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While I have my misgivings about the intersection of art and capital and how record labels of any kind play a role within them, the wider release and acclaim for what is imo the greatest album of the 21st century wouldn't have happened without the year-long span in limbo. 2002 it is.
December 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
While I have my misgivings about the intersection of art and capital and how record labels of any kind play a role within them, the wider release and acclaim for what is imo the greatest album of the 21st century wouldn't have happened without the year-long span in limbo. 2002 it is.
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That's really interesting. He seems to have been especially unimpressed with SUMMER TEETH and YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT, but liked BEING THERE, A GHOST IS BORN, SKY BLUE SKY, & WILCO (THE ALBUM), before cooling off on them again later on (he also liked the MERMAID AVENUE album they did with Billy Bragg).
December 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
That's really interesting. He seems to have been especially unimpressed with SUMMER TEETH and YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT, but liked BEING THERE, A GHOST IS BORN, SKY BLUE SKY, & WILCO (THE ALBUM), before cooling off on them again later on (he also liked the MERMAID AVENUE album they did with Billy Bragg).