its a tie between
I Am A Bird Now
and
Different Class
runners up:
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Dummy
Suede
the rest can GO TO HELL
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I Am A Bird Now
is a ridiculously beautiful record, and just like everyone who dislikes joanna newsom, anyone that criticises it automatically doesn't count as human in my eyes. you're detritus. add yourselves to the scrapheap of mankind.
I proudly announce myself as detritus
for I hate Antony and the Johnsons to pieces. But each to their own.
Suede, Pulp and Dizzee Rascal for me.
Different Class probably shades it. So back to the scrapheap of mankind for me.
.
i hate joanna newsom, she is really annoying
Actually, so do I
I forgot to mention that. Un-fucking-listenable kookiness.
Ms Dynamite
lolololololololol. Seriously though, Dummy. You idiot.
antony!
PJ Harvey
Screamdelica, Dummy, Different Class, I Am A Bird Now, Franz Ferdinand are all pretty good too - but Stories from the City... was the most deserving winner for me.
Boy In Da Corner
runners up:
Dummy
New Forms
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
All downhill from there for BDB...
Nice one Hugh Grant.
BRING IT ON
Boy In Da Corner
Stories From The City... is DULL NATION. Dummy is coffee table music. Different Class is overrated. I Am A Bird Now is very good, though. Franz Ferdinand's first album was very fun, as was Klaxons.
ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS
Franz Ferdiandn and Dizzee Rascal are pretty brilliant too
i think it's a pretty pish award, myself
even though they have picked a few good winners in the past, i still feel like it's no different than the q awards sometimes.
^ Also this
boy in da corner
classic.
antony and the johnsons annoy me to no end, hello to my friends on the scraphead, wagwaaaan ?
*scrapheap
illiterate detritus = me.
I like this scrapheap
It may be a shambles, and it may smell bad, but at least I can't hear a wailing tranny with a Billie Holliday delusion.
different class
obvs
actually, i like dummy, hour of bewilderbeast and i am a bird now too
I Am A Bird Now
Again and again and again. Wonderful.
Bring It On & A Bird
both albums i can listen to over and over again. worthy winners
i am a bird now
has one of the best opening tracks I've ever heard, and then proceeds to become massively annoying by about track 3. And stays that way.
m people
is probably the least best
So what have you done today...
...to make you feel proud?
Dizzee Rascal or Portishead
bye!
^ these
Anthony and the Johnsons can get to fuck.
Different Class
obviously
er
EASILY
Different Class
Boy In Da Corner
Whatever People Say I Am...
Those are probably the three of the most accomplished albums of the last 20 years.
The rest are shit in comparison.
hahaha
^ basic standard megaLOLZO!!! ^
Dizzee Rascal
Boy In Da Corner.... is my favourite
Portishead
easily.
M People.
Anyone who disagrees:
JUST BECAUSE OF HER HAIR????
GROW UP!
lets all..
stop playing silly buggers and officially announce dummy as the winner... portishead make me want gobble on my own crotch for hours at a time mmmmm
Boy In Da Corner
I Am A Bird Now
Dummy
Different Class
Burial
in 2008.
I can hope can't I?
This would
make me erect.
As for previous winners...
Portishead by some distance.
Although i do love Stories From the City...
And i'm not a fan of Antony and the Johnsons, but i adore Joanna Newsom.
Burial
should definitely win it this year. It would give the award a bit of prestige back after the last two winners.
Suede or Antony though for previous winners.
Seeing the Canadian shortlist last year made me realise how crap the UK music scene is.
Gomez or Suede.
myths of the near future
in time it will be seen as a classic.
Portishead
# Roni Size/Reprazent – New Forms
1- for being great
2- for beating OK Computer
also Different Class, Franz Ferdinand and Dummy
dummy...
then boy in da corner.