Dear POOPster:
I know you’ve been waiting with bad breath for the front-page POOP analysis and tabulation. So on this occasion, the 27th annual foray into the realm of the POmpous and the OPinionated, I present to you the combined musings of pretty much the same gaggle of blowhards, 28 of them to be exact. For reasons that both escape and annoy me, we are once again an almost entirely male sampling of swillmeisters; it’s getting right testosterony up in here. Talk about fitting the record geek profile. . .
Anyway, to the Price-Waterhouse stuff. As usual, I’ve attempted to tabulate the entries and, as is customary, I’ve employed the time-honored What-The-Hell’s-He-Talking-About-Anyway System. One more time, I’ve given 2 points to each pompoid’s Top 10 choices and 1 point to each title beyond a Top 10 or in the variously designated “honorable mention” categories (up to 25 titles in all; more than 25 means half-points).
So call the neighbors. Wake the kids. It’s the official POOP answer key:
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1 – KURT VILE- Wakin On a Pretty Daze 17½ (appearing on 11 out of 28 lists)
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2 – SUPERCHUNK – I Hate Music 12½ (7)
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3 – VAMPIRE WEEKEND – Modern Vampires Of the City 11½ (7)
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4 – NEKO CASE – The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You 11 (8)
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5 – PHOSPHORESCENT – Muchacho 10½ (6)
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6 – DAFT PUNK – Random Access Memories 10 (6)
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7 – QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE – Like Clockwork 9½ (5)
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8 – BOMBINO – Nomad 8½ (5)
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9 – NEIL YOUNG – Live At the Cellar Door 7½ (6)
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10-DAVID BOWIE The Next Day 7 (4)
ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ROOTS Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs 7 (4)
JASON ISBELL Southeastern 7 (4)
Mark Rosen
Commander-In-POOP