Dear POOPsters:
Having resisted the urge to name POOP after a Greek letter, I present to you the 35 th Anniversary Edition of POOP. This year actually turned out to provide some relative relief and respite from the whirlpool of forces and events that made 2020 a year for history’s shitpile. Since then, we have vaccines that mostly keep us out of the hospital, testing kits that work if you use them at the right time and a new ineffectual leader who is at least not the last guy. Welcome to a world where someone named Cheney is the voice of reason. Huzzah. This year 21 of us have stormed the POOPitol.
And what do you know, I’ve once again employed the same time-honored tabulation system, utilizing the customary What-The-Hell’s-He-Talking-About methodology. As always, 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).
POOP would not be possible without the extraordinary efforts of Mark Zip, who has assumed the role of Disseminator of POOP from high atop the digital pulpit. Please know that he is the reason you’re able to sit with your device right now and drink in the nectar of our collective pomposity. At this point, NO ZIP, NO POOP. If you’ve not done so already, please drop a contribution into the ‘Donate’ box at the top of the pooplist.net homepage and help offset some of Zip’s web fees (and thanks to the many who’ve already done so). – Mark Rosen, Chief Pompoid
And now, what thou has poopest:
1 – ROBERT PLANT / ALISON KRAUSS – Raise the Roof 9 points (appearing on 5 of 21 lists)
T2 – JOSE GONZALEZ – Local Valley 7(4)
T2 – THE WHO – The Who Sell Out (Super Deluxe Box) 7(4)
T4 – JONI MITCHELL – Archives Volume 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) 6½ (4)
T4 – FLOATING POINTS & PHAROAH SANDERS & THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Floating Points 6½(4)
T6 – ELVIS COSTELLO – Spanish Model 6(3)
T6 – DINOSAUR JR. – Sweep It into Space 6(3)
T6 – TEENAGE FANCLUB – Endless Arcade 6(3)
T6 -TYLER THE CREATOR – Call Me If You Get Lost 6(3)
10 – THE WEATHER STATION – Ignorance 5½(3)
Bubbling Under at #11:
BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD – For the First Time 5(3)
KIWI JR. – Cooler Returns 5(3)
MDOU MCTAR – Afrique Victime 5(3)
TAYLOR SWIFT – Red (Taylor’s Edition) 5(3)
TURNSTILE – Glow On 5(3)
Until we pontificate again,
Mark Rosen
Most Exalted Potentate of POOP
THE CONTRIBUTORS
Richard Allen – Sayville, NY
Ken Beck – Cranford, NJ
Duncan Clark – Milton, NY
Don Cohen – New York, NY
Scott Dell’amore – Pine Plains, NY
Eric Fine – New York, NY
Jim Finnigan – New Hamburg, NY
Mike Fix – Kingston, NY
Ronald Hart – Ringwood, NJ
Michael C. Hodgkiss – Amity Harbor, NY
Mike Jurkovic – Wallkill, NY
John Lefsky – New Paltz, NY
Bob Lukomski – New Paltz, NY
Matt Nerney – Grafton, NH
Rob O’Connor – Hurley, NY
Mark Rosen – New Paltz, NY
Andrew Stewart – Rhinebeck, NY
Jay Stewart – Bloomington, NY
Tom Whalen – Kingston, NY
Dan Wilmer – Jersey City, NJ
Mark Zip – Woodstock, NY