Topic: The RAWK Album of the Year Poll 2013 **RESULTS IN**

[DrTobiasFunke]

Shit, thought I had until tomorrow 

Please let me have a go!

1. Matthew E White - Big Inner
2. Bill Callahan - Dream River
3. Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe
4. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
5. Capital Cities - In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery
6. Foxygen - We Are The 20th Century...
7. The Field - Cupid's Head
8. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
9. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
10. Grumbling Fur - Glynnaestra

Just missing out were Nick Cave, The National, Cass McCombs, Eleanor Friedberger, Bill Ryder-Jones, Chance The Rapper, San Fermin, These New Puritans, Haim, Holden and The Julie Ruin.

[Veinticinco de Mayo]

Shit! Is it 10th Jan already?  Really sorry Okkervil mate. Can I beg for my entry to be upgraded to:

1. Drenge - Drenge
2. Matthew E White - Big Inner
3. Wire - Change Becomes Us
4. British Sea Power - Machineries of Joy
5. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires
6. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse
7. Iron and Wine - Ghost on Ghost
8. Jagwar Ma - Howlin
9. Phoenix Foundation - Fandango
10. Villagers - Awayland

Ta

[JerseyKloppite]

Okkervil, lock the door now mate, so we can watch VdM stroll up at 11:59 with his definitive list  only to see the gates barred...its taken him seven weeks to sort through his 7 CD's and 342 illegal downloads to sort out his top ten!!?" oh! the decisions, the decisions!!" ..though he probably had is list 5 weeks ago and has spent the rest of the time checking they where 2013 releases!

Shit! Is it 10th Jan already?  Really sorry Okkervil mate. Can I beg for my entry to be upgraded to:

1. Drenge - Drenge
2. Matthew E White - Big Inner
3. Wire - Change Becomes Us
4. British Sea Power - Machineries of Joy
5. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires
6. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse
7. Iron and Wine - Ghost on Ghost
8. Jagwar Ma - Howlin
9. Phoenix Foundation - Fandango
10. Villagers - Awayland

Ta

[Henry Chinaski]

This used to have more voters... Where's everybody gone?

[Okkervil]

This used to have more voters... Where's everybody gone?

Nah, it's about the same at the last few years mate. The number of albums nominated and votes cast is very steady. Might even be a few more this year.

[Okkervil]

Shit! Is it 10th Jan already?  Really sorry Okkervil mate. Can I beg for my entry to be upgraded to:

Yeah. yeah okay your in. DrTobiasFunke too.

[litliper]

Forgot about this!

1. The National - Trouble will find me
2. Arctic Monkeys - AM
3. Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP II
4. Daft Punk - Random Access Memory
5. Kanye West - Yeesus
6. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
7. Hurts - Exile
8. CHVRCHES - The bones of what you believe
9. John Grant - Pale Green Ghost
10. Killswitch Engage - Disarm the descent

Song of the year:

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[Okkervil]

Results are done, just need to find the time to format them and get them up on here. Hopefully will do so in the next day or two.

No more late lists will be counted

[Veinticinco de Mayo]

Yeah. yeah okay your in. DrTobiasFunke too.

Yeah!  Screw you Blade!

Anyway, CDs?  I thought we were all buying vinyl again now.  Get with it grandad.

[FlashingBlade]

Okkervil mate, Im sure I speak for everyone when I thank you for providing what has become one of ..if not the ..highlights of the RAWK year..The RAWK album of the Year

VdM mate, Im sure I speak for everyone when I thank you for providing what has become one of ..if not the ..highlights of the RAWK year..The VdM making a bit of an embarrassment of himself in his RAWK album of the Year vote.( 2012 wrong year for CD, 2013 almost forgot to vote)

Vinyl? CD's are the future, they are unbreakable and you can spread jam on them and they still play, Tommorows World told me so in 1976...anyhoo!..cassettes are where its at in 2014...get that pencil and 'Rrreee-wind'

As for the votes , quite a variance , which is good, although the common denominators will come out on top and a tad predictable ( AF, Daft Punk)...look forward to top ten as I always pick one or two out I don't have ...I may even take on Drenge if they have it on cassette.

[just Riggins?]

Okkervil mate, Im sure I speak for everyone when I thank you for providing what has become one of ..if not the ..highlights of the RAWK year..The RAWK album of the Year

VdM mate, Im sure I speak for everyone when I thank you for providing what has become one of ..if not the ..highlights of the RAWK year..The VdM making a bit of an embarrassment of himself in his RAWK album of the Year vote.( 2012 wrong year for CD, 2013 almost forgot to vote)

Vinyl? CD's are the future, they are unbreakable and you can spread jam on them and they still play, Tommorows World told me so in 1976...anyhoo!..cassettes are where its at in 2014...get that pencil and 'Rrreee-wind'

As for the votes , quite a variance , which is good, although the common denominators will come out on top and a tad predictable ( AF, Daft Punk)...look forward to top ten as I always pick one or two out I don't have ...I may even take on Drenge if they have it on cassette.

Believe it or not they do! 

[FlashingBlade]

Believe it or not they do! 

 

See I told you cassettes, the way forward...look out for an unravelled cassette tape hanging from a bush or tree near you soon!!

luckily I still have a cassette player....and pencil.

[just Riggins?]

It was released during the first Cassette Store Day last year, you might be onto something here..

[bigal]

Okkervil mate, Im sure I speak for everyone when I thank you for providing what has become one of ..if not the ..highlights of the RAWK year..The RAWK album of the Year

Definitely, really appreciate this thread every year. Gets me caught up with so much great music

[Okkervil]

Thanks lads.

For those waiting, results won't be up today, but I should have time tomorrow evening.

[FlashingBlade]

, but I should have time tomorrow evening.

May I suggest 3 till 5 today may be ..erm!..a more productive use of your time

[Veinticinco de Mayo]

Okkervil mate, Im sure I speak for everyone when I thank you for providing what has become one of ..if not the ..highlights of the RAWK year..The RAWK album of the Year

VdM mate, Im sure I speak for everyone when I thank you for providing what has become one of ..if not the ..highlights of the RAWK year..The VdM making a bit of an embarrassment of himself in his RAWK album of the Year vote.( 2012 wrong year for CD, 2013 almost forgot to vote)

Vinyl? CD's are the future, they are unbreakable and you can spread jam on them and they still play, Tommorows World told me so in 1976...anyhoo!..cassettes are where its at in 2014...get that pencil and 'Rrreee-wind'

As for the votes , quite a variance , which is good, although the common denominators will come out on top and a tad predictable ( AF, Daft Punk)...look forward to top ten as I always pick one or two out I don't have ...I may even take on Drenge if they have it on cassette.

I echo all those sentiments 

And Drenge man. Get on it now. On 8track.

[Okkervil]

So then, with no further ado, the music worlds most prestigious badge of honour is finally awarded.

A record 306 albums got nominating nods from RAWKites, but this years winner blitzed the competition receiving a colossal overall score and breaking my Excel speadsheet formula in the process. In general the votes were much more evenly spread in last years incredibly tight vote, but this years vote was dominated by certain albums, with the top four all totalling more individually than last years winner. The race for the top 10 is always close, but this years top 4 or 5 were in a league of their own until the winner really got into their stride and became the first band to secure top spot for a second time in RAWK's annual music-fest.

People top 10 albums scores as follows: 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, with lists nominating 5 albums of less receiving a restricted points tally, but a number one album always scoring the maximum of 25 points. After total points scored albums are seperated firstly by the number of lists they topped and then by the number of lists they appeared in. If still level after this they are tied.

The results then....

TOP 20


***Congratulations RAWK Album of the Year Winners 2013: Arcade Fire - Reflektor***




Best of the rest... (spoilered due to size)

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RAWK Album of the Year Winners Roll of Honour:

2013:   Arcade Fire - Reflektor
2012:   Chromatics - Kill for Love
2011:   PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
2010:   Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2009:   Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
2008:   Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
2007:   The National - Boxer
2006:   Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat

If anyone sees any errors pop me a PM.


Thanks all

[JerseyKloppite]

Cheers Okkervil!

Very worthy winner, superb album.

[Chip Evans]

Thanks Okkervil, always good to read the lists.  Appreciate your efforts. 

Barring Nick Cave and Bowie being a little low, it's pretty much exactly in line with the best selling "indies" of the year. Which is interesting.... maybe not, but to me anyway. Bunch of stuff to give a first/second chance to, from the lists I like the look of.

Glad Bill Callahan made the top 10 too.

[KERRYKOP]

Well done Okkervil.

Two of the albums in the top ten I really enjoyed this year.

[Sir Psycho Sexy]

Wish I'd swapped AM and Light Up Gold now. Anyway, fair play Okkervil 

[Veinticinco de Mayo]

Good work mate.

I think the first year that I've not voted for any of the top ten

[FlashingBlade]

Good work mate.

I think the first year that I've not voted for any of the top ten

Well at least you voted...just!

Would have liked a more left field top ten to reflect the sort of wiggy shit that crops up on the year in music thread, but I suppose the top ten order reflects popular taste ( and your all WRONG!!).

Like I said last year, some sort of communique  should be sent to the offices of the winning group to advise them of this prestigious award.

[Alonso_The_Assassin]

As always, great work Okkveril.

Now folks, get your arses in the 2014 music thread

[Adeemo]

Thanks for all the work you put in Okkervil, it's much appreciated.

[IanZG]

Shame I only listened to the Haim and Vampire Weekend albums after voting finished, both would've made my top 10 easily. Well deserved first and second place, the two outstanding albums this year

Thanks for the work you put in, Okkervil, was a fun thread to follow

[bigal]

Thanks again Okkervil, really appreciated

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

Yeah great job Okkervil, gracias.

Decent top ten that. And some cool stuff in the 50 too. Still more to check out for me!

[Titi Camara]

Shit bags! This was one of those threads that I just thought I had more time to get to! To be honest though, not being the music buff that some on here obviously are, it's more about finding hidden gems or just releases that passed me by!

Big thanks to Okkervil for putting it all together, I'll be rummaging about through that list for the next 2-3 months I would expect

Oh and it's surely criminal that Daughter didn't make the top 50...the song Youth has become a staple of my drive to work in the morning...like Regina Spektor crossed with Sigur Ros...fucking marvellous!

[Cassiel]

Cheers Okk!

I think the first year that I've not voted for any of the top ten

Same here.

[just Riggins?]

Nice to see Drenge and Parquet Courts there or thereabouts. 

Cheers Okkervil.

Been hammering my number 2 this week, would probably put that at 1 now instead of The National. 

[LanceLink!!!!!]

Going to have to give Drenge and Parquet Courts a listen.

Thanks for the hard work Okkervil.

Arcade Fire a worthy winner, stunning album.

[Phil M]

Delighted the Manics are in at No.14 - terrific album and return from them.

Great stuff Okkervil, fantastic thread as usual.

[Caffeine]

Thanks Okkervil.

[martinsquirtle]

If you like this you should have a listen to the San Fermin self-titled album. Quite similar vocals and lyrics but with the backdrop of a 20 piece orchestra instead of an indie band.

Thanks for that, been addicted to the album

[Glass Kites]

8.
Matthew E White - Big Inner


Got tipped off to this by Nick on here, think it was the first post of last year's 2013 In Music thread, and what a discovery. One of my only regrets this year is I couldn't make his show in Leaf - no babysitter, dammit! - I was even contemplating just breezing to Bold Street and standing outside with the pram but I thought better of it in the end. The bass playing is phenomenal throughout, especially on 'Big Love', which is a cracking tune. The epic closer 'Brazos' has White in full on preacher mode with a chorus of 'Jesus Christ/Is your friend' swelling to epic proportions. It's a brilliant blend of deep soul, dirty funk, heavy grooves and lots of great instrumentation, strings, piano, guitar, fantastic arrangements and good tunes. He also released an EP 'Outer Face' which was great - interestingly he stripped away a lot of the 'mid-range' instruments, guitar, piano, which leaves the songs feeling slightly weightless, with lots of room for sensual basslines to dominate. I think he has a lot of talent and am eagerly awaiting his next musical move.

Enjoying this! 

[greyfade]

FFS, Can't stop listening to Trouble will find me.

Massive thanks to all the beautiful bastards in here who voted for it.

[Raul!]

Good work mate.

I think the first year that I've not voted for any of the top ten

Really?  Not even no. 10? 

[Herby]

FFS, Can't stop listening to Trouble will find me.

Massive thanks to all the beautiful bastards in here who voted for it.

This

I love "This is the Last Time"

Can anyone recommend any of thieir other albums?