The State of Sound vs Pazz and Jop
It's Pazz and Jop Time! I've got to say that out of all the musical year-end wrap ups... this mid-February "Best of the Best" from music journos across the country is my personal favorite. So speaking of personal favorites... how did my year end album choices hold up to the critics?
Midlake The Trials of Van Occupanther - 46
The Kooks Inside In, Inside Out - 204
Field Music Write Your Own History - Did Not Chart
The Format Dog Problems - 328
Phoenix It's Never Been Like That - 64
Jose Gonzalez Veneer - 3731
The Changes Today Is Tonight - Did Not Chart
Lily Allen Alright Still - 372
El Perro Del Marr El Perro Del Marr - 218
The Pipettes We Are The Pipettes - 92
The Research Breaking Up - Did Not Chart3
The results of the Pazz and Jop normally aren't shocking and this year is no different. Check out their top albums and top singles. Or, if yer nerdy like me, you can always see how some of your favorite music critics voted... like Ross, Greg Kot, Amy Schroeder, Jack Rabid, etc4.
On the subject of liking what you like no matter what the critics say...
1(2005 release on Hidden Agenda not the Mute re-release in 2006)
2 This is the import release, US release was last week.
3 "Lonely Hearts Still Beat The Same" charted on the singles poll at 384 while "The Way You Used To Smile" charted at 797 on the singles chart.
4 Strangely, a lot of the critics I normally look to didn't participate this year? No Sasha Frere-Jones, Josh Klein, Chuck Klosterman, etc?
Buy Some: Pelle Carlberg, Edson
Comments
this is just a theory, but the village voice is no longer what it once was (for me personally, it used to be a must-read every week, and now i barely look at it) plus they fired a lot of great writers this past year...i'm not sure the pazz and jop poll means as much anymore, so perhaps that's why those guys didn't vote this year. i could be wrong though. i wonder if they voted in idolator's poll. hi, liz!
Posted by: Heather | February 19, 2007 08:55 AM