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Sean Howe's Chugchanga-L Poll 2000 Entry
straight list:
Chappaquiddick Skyline, Chappaquiddick Skyline (Sub Pop)
Joe Pernice, Big Tobacco (Spunk or Glitterhouse import)
Clem Snide, Your Favorite Music (Sire)
The Clientele, Suburban Light (Pointy import)
MF Doom, Operation Doomsday (Fondle 'Em)
Wu-Tang Clan, The W (Loud/Sony)
The Comas, A Def Needle in Tomorrow (Yep Roc)
Outkast, Stankonia (LaFace/Arista)
Erykah Badu, Mama's Gun (Motown)
Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker (Bloodshot)
Trouble With Sweeney, The Trouble With Sweeney (Burnt Toast Vinyl)
Quasimoto, The Unseen (Stones Throw)
Bright Eyes, Fevers and Mirrors (Saddle Creek)
Death Cab for Cutie, We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (Barsuk)
Ray's Vast Basement, On the Banks of the Time (self-released)
Go-Betweens, The Friends of Rachel Worth (Jetset)
Singles from albums not in my list:
"Stan," Eminem
"Independent Woman, Part 1," Destiny's Child
"I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)," Jay-Z
"Danger," Mystikal
list w/annotation:
Chappaquiddick Skyline, Chappaquiddick Skyline (Sub
Pop)
Joe Pernice, Big Tobacco (Spunk or Glitterhouse
import)
I'm still listening to the first Pernice Brothers
album more than either of these (and more than
anything else), but these were no disappointments.
Imagine Burt Bacharach doing Songs From A Room.
Clem Snide, Your Favorite Music (Sire)
Even with the increased polish,and cheerier outlook,
this kind of chokes me up. They rock suits better than
Beachwood Sparks. They rock country better than
Beachwood Sparks, too.
The Clientele, Suburban Light (Pointy import)
While PJ Harvey mines Radio Ethiopia, The Clientele
extrapolate from V.U. III. Yes, there are probably too
many songs about rain.
Taj Mahal, The Real Thing (Sony Legacy)
I generally opted not to include re-issues on this
list; this euphoric 1971 live album, however, has
never before been available on CD. What I like about
the Grateful Dead circa '74 + what I like about Al
Green circa '74 = an album I love.
MF Doom, Operation Doomsday (Fondle 'Em)
Uses Marvel superhero samples better than Supreme
Clientele.
Wu-Tang Clan, The W (Loud/Sony)
Uses Isaac Hayes' "Walk on By" better than MF Doom.
Even when it blows up and goes pop, it's still better
aggro than At the Drive-In.
The Comas, A Def Needle in Tomorrow (Yep Roc)
A startling amalgam of early 90s indie rock styles
admittedly caters to my biases, but this is too good
to be a guilty pleasure.
Outkast, Stankonia (LaFace/Arista)
Sly Stone>George Clinton>Prince>…finally.
Erykah Badu, Mama's Gun (Motown)
She should produce the next Common album. And write
it, too.
Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker (Bloodshot)
Contains the best Highway 61 impression of the year,
and the best Nick Drake impression of the year, but
also the best Chris Isaak impression of the year.
Trouble With Sweeney, The Trouble With Sweeney EP
(Burnt Toast Vinyl)
Sad country-pop songs about suburban love. Like the
Virgin Suicides film, but without all that soft focus.
Quasimoto, The Unseen (Stones Throw)
A deeper lunacy than Paul Barnam.
Bright Eyes, Fevers and Mirrors (Saddle Creek)
Jonathan Richman as wordy fatalist.
Death Cab for Cutie, We Have the Facts and We're
Voting Yes (Barsuk)
I wish this got louder. From what I've heard of their
EP, they're getting better. But I've only heard a
little.
Ray's Vast Basement, On the Banks of the Time
(self-released)
Better country-with-horns than Lambchop's Nixon.
Go-Betweens, The Friends of Rachel Worth (Jetset)
Maybe Yo La Tengo, Elliott Smith, and Modest Mouse
should look into ten-year sabbaticals. It worked for
the Go-Betweens.
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