A composite Pitchfork “Best of” list
I saw that Pitchfork released their staff’s picks for the top 25 albums of the year. The problem is, I have no idea who these people are, and which ones are interesting. So I sucked the whole thing in, and counted up which albums were most referenced in the list. Here’s the composite top-25 albums from the staff’s picks. The second number is the count of times that album appeared in someone’s top-25 list. Note: There were 36 contributing staff members.
- 26 LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
- 24 M.I.A.: Kala
- 21 Radiohead: In Rainbows
- 18 Panda Bear: Person Pitch
- 17 Burial: Untrue
- 15 Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam
- 15 Jay-Z: American Gangster
- 14 Battles: Mirrored
- 14 Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
- 12 Jens Lekman: Night Falls Over Kortedala
- 12 The Field: From Here We Go Sublime
- 11 Kanye West: Graduation
- 11 Lil Wayne: Da Drought 3
- 10 Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
- 9 Deerhunter: Cryptograms / Fluorescent Grey EP
- 8 Dirty Projectors: Rise Above
- 8 Feist: The Reminder
- 8 The National: Boxer
- 7 Caribou: Andorra
- 7 Dinosaur Jr.: Beyond
- 7 No Age: Weirdo Rippers
- 7 Sally Shapiro: Disco Romance
- 7 Simian Mobile Disco: Attack Decay Sustain Release
- 7 Various Artists: After Dark
- 7 Wu-Tang Clan: 8 Diagrams