rising up out of the back seat-nuh

OK, basically this is an award for album of the year, as decided by a panel of acclaimed industry experts. I thought I'd post it here if anyone's interested. The shortlist will be announce later this year. for more information, go here: http://www.shortlistofmusic.com/ The layout is ARTIST / ALBUM TITLE / WHO NOMINATED THEM Alexander Fadoriouk / Art of the Cimbalom / Tori Amos Beck / Sea Change / Spike Jonze Blur / Think Tank / Spike Jonze Bright Eyes / Lifted / Spike Jonze Burning Brides / Fall of the Plastic Empire / Perry Farrell Burnside Project / Networks Circuits Streams Harmonies / Cameron Crowe Campfire Girls / Delongpre / Perry Farrell Cat Power / You Are Free / Nic Harcourt Cave In / Antenna / Perry Farrell Chip Taylor + Carrie Rodriguez / Lets Leave this Town / Cameron Crowe Cody Chesnutt / Headphone Masterpiece / Erykah Badu Common / Electric Circus / Chemical Brothers Coral / The Coral / Chris Martin Damien Rice / O / Nic Harcourt Daniel Lanois / Shine / Dave Matthews David Banner / Mississippi (the Album) / Josh Tyrangiel Dead Prez / Turn Off the Radio / Erykah Badu Diplomats / Diplomatic Immunity / Kim Osorio Eels / Shootenanny / Tom Waits Etta James / Lets Roll / Tori Amos Field Mob / From tha Roota to that Toota / Kim Osorio Floetry / Floetic / Erykah Badu Four Tet / Rounds / Josh Tyrangiel Freeway / Philadelphia Freeway / Kim Osorio Gillian Welch / Soul Journey / Flea Goalpele / Even Closer / Erykah Badu Grandaddy / Sumday / Pete Yorn GZA/Genius / Legend of the Liquid Sword / Flea Hot Hot Heat / Make Up The Breakdown / Josh Homme Ibraham Ferrar / Buenos Hermanos / Tori Amos Interpol / Turn Off the Bright Lights / Cameron Crowe Iron & Wine / Creek Drank the Cradle / Nic Harcourt Jesse Malin / Fine Art of Self Destruction / Pete Yorn Jolie Holland / Catalpa / Tom Waits K-Os / Exit / Chemical Brothers Kathleen Edwards / Failer / Cameron Crowe Kenna New / Sacred Cow / The Neptunes Kindred the Family Soul / Surrender to Love / Musiq Little Brother / Listening / Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson Longwave / Strangest Things / Pete Yorn Luciana Souza / North & South / Tori Amos Mark Olson & the Creekdippers / Decembers Child / Cameron Crowe Metro Area / Metro Area / Chemical Brothers Mogwai / Happy Songs for Happy People / Tori Amos Moistboyz / Moistboyz III / Josh Homme Ms. Dynamite / A Little Deeper / Nic Harcourt Nanci Griffith / Winter Marquee / Tori Amos Natacha Atlas / Something Dangerous / Nic Harcourt Neko Case / Blacklisted / Cameron Crowe Nick Cave / Noturama / Flea Northern State / Dying in Stereo / Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson Orchestra Baobab / Specialist in All Styles / Tom Waits Pete Yorn / Day I Forgot / Nic Harcourt Primal Scream / evil Heat / Josh Homme Radiohead / Hail to the Theif / Spike Jonze Rilo Kiley / The Execution of all Things / Josh Tyrangiel Rooney / Rooney / Perry Farrell Royksopp / Melody AM / Josh Tyrangiel Sidestepper / 3AM in Beats We Trust / Nic Harcourt Sigur Ros / () / Spike Jonze Solomon Burke / Dont Give up on Me / Flea Sondre Lerche / Faces Down / Josh Tyrangiel Soulive / Soulive / Dave Matthews Soundtrack of our Lives / Behind the Music / Pete Yorn Spoon / Kill the Moonlight / Josh Tyrangiel Squarepusher / Do You Know Squarepusher / The Neptunes Stephen Malkmus + the Jicks / Pig Lib / Josh Tyrangiel Steve Earle / Jerusalem / Tori Amos Supernatural / The Lost Freestyle Files / Perry Farrell Talib Kweli / Quality / Kim Osorio Tegan and Sara / If It Was You / Pete Yorn The Black Keys / Thickfreakness / Nic Harcourt The Cramps / Friends of Dope Island / Josh Homme The Jealous Sound / Kill Them With Kindness / Pete Yorn The Libertines / Up The Bracket / Mos Def The Mars Volta / De-Loued in the Comatorium / Flea The Mooney Suzuki / Electric Sweat / Perry Farrell The Music / Music / Perry Farrell The Postal Service / Give Up / Nic Harcourt The Sounds / The Sounds / The Neptunes The Streets / Original Pirate Material / Josh Tyrangiel Tomahawk / Mit Gas / Josh Homme Turbonegero / Apocalypse Dudes / Josh Homme Turin Breaks / Ether Song / Dave Matthews Wire / Send / Josh Homme Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Fever to Tell / Spike Jonze Personally, all the albums I've heard out of that lot I like, so I'll keep my eye out for the eventual winner, especially considering I love the last two winners (2001: Sigur Ros, 2002: N*E*R*D) Discuss...

I respect your opinion, but your theory, as the theories of others, really can't be proved. We all must have faith in what we believe. An atheist really can't have faith, can they? Hell yes I believe there's a heaven and hell. I have faith that there isn't a God...

I'd rather they saved those matches for the next Smackdown PPV, where they could get the time and attention they deserve. Incidently, does anyone know when Chavo's coming back? It'd be nice to see him feud with Eddie again.

You used to be. Why can't it be like the good old days of May? WHY?

Hey, I never got a Haiku. Because I was off trying to defraud the state when this was said: Miss Mattitude rocks Her taste in music makes her First lady of cool

I wouldn't say that any Led Zeppelin albums are essential, outside of IV.

But we have the king of the haiku - Chave. chave can be slayed. BOO!

Yeah, he saved the saga...

Zack, does that list mean you get 2 pay cheques?

Right, thats it. I'm declaring "Shenanegans" on WWE right now.

More pre-school jokes from a sad little man. And by the way, mu mom is a fat bitch so nothing you say about here will effect me. Please insert .25 cents to try again! and Wait wait wait! You dumb fuck, you said that the elephant in my avatar is CC's mom. You are one dumb son of a bitch! Johnson: master of clevor.

Canadian Chick Most beautiful lady here Who's not really Zack.

So...you can't count to 7 or 5 and you can't spell Haiku. God....Damn... Those are 5, 7, and 5 syllables. And to the sad little man with the identity problem, I have made it my mission to point out ignorance and stupidity when I see it. So guess what? You are an ignorant, stupid, sad little excuse for a man. Oh wait. I get it. You're a dick. Well, glad that's sorted out, I was getting confused.

Johnson. You're a dick. That is all.

... You do know Tiffani is Zack, right? I thought it would be funny. WHAT!!!!!!!!! I say you're a liar and a cad sir. Have at you!

That's a good attitude to have. And women love a man who's good with poetry. Just FYI. Cool. So, have you got a position for me? I'll fill any slot...

Yea, because you haven't busted out the haikus yet. Ow, my ego.

12 posts in, and M.E. is already better than B.I.

I know I'd join!

Personally I think you or one of the other gurus ought to break away and do it. I would do it, but I'm not bothered enough at the moment.

You guys ought to make this thing more elite. And also have a rival clique in order to have something to talk about.

Bankywood is ill Banky needs to to come back quick And weed out the crap

Heh hehe heh. Losers...

"Astral Weeks" is a great album, but I don't know if it transcends musical tastes like others, which I would say an "essential" album would have to do. And I think that "Automatic", while not their best album, is the one that defines REM, and the one I would reccomend to someone as their first REM album...

It's a little known fact, but this is actually how new words are invented. Particularly "Xenophobic". If you were God, you'd cheat at board games too...