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Pazz And Jop 2002

 
 
Matthew Fluxington
18:04 / 11.02.03
Well, it's out folks - this year's edition of the annual Pazz And Jop critics poll is being published this week in the Village Voice. As per usual, it's made up of all of the records and songs you'd expect to see on a year end list, with virtually everything obscure, unpredictable, or interesting eliminated by a voting system which by its very nature is built to remove individuality and build concensus.

What do you think of the list? I'm curious as to what people here actually like on the list, and what people definitely don't like or haven't heard.
 
 
A
09:52 / 12.02.03
Based on your description, I could tell that Wilco had the number 1 album before I even looked at the list.

Here's my three favourite albums of last year, and where they placed-

Mclusky- Mclusky Do Dallas: #141and #480. (I guess the geniuses putting the poll together thought that Mclusky had separate albums called Do Dallas and Mclusky Do Dallas.)

Dillinger 4- Situationist Comedy: #919 (equal place with about 500 other records)

Stereo Total- Musique Automatique: equal #1421 with god knows how many other records.

Neat-o!
 
 
rizla mission
14:12 / 12.02.03
Well there's an uninspiring mix of the worthy, the dreary, the overhyped and the obviously-good-but-terribly-predictable..

They obviously liked Beck's album a hell of a lot more than, um, anybody else did..

Up the Mclusky at #141 though! Tomorrow, the world!

(Robert Christgau writes for them?? I thought Sonic Youth killed him with their big fucking dick..)
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
14:42 / 12.02.03
Christgau doesn't just write for the Village Voice, he's the head of the music department there.
 
 
rizla mission
14:53 / 12.02.03
oh yeah. Foolishly, I didn't even bother to read the web address and didn't realise it was a Village Voice thing .. oops.
 
 
_pin
18:26 / 12.02.03
"I thought Sonic Youth killed him with their big fucking dick"- Lordy! Those are the best words I've heard all day!

But what exactly did they try to do to the man?
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
19:17 / 12.02.03
Click!

I don't know why you wanna impress Christgau. Let that shit die, and find out the new goal. Kill yr idols!
 
  
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