Guys, please refrain from commenting in the voting thread. Use this thread if you wish to raise any queries about eligibility of any album(s)

Also head up - Nujabes Spiritual State is being counted as a 2012 release, so it can be included

1. Douglas
2. Dougie
3. Doug
4. Douglas does dougie

Has my vote

aw yis

save us from the archon.

i bet literally none of you have heard them. beyond epic.

Are we counting St. Vincent's Krokodil as an EP or is it too single-like?

save us from the archon.

i bet literally none of you have heard them. beyond epic.

Are we counting St. Vincent's Krokodil as an EP or is it too single-like?

This may seem like a stupid question, and I think you may have already told us this,
but just so I'm sure, can the contributors vote in this list as well even though we're
compiling the feature?

Yes

Compiling a list is much harder than I thought it would be...

Definitely. Trying to decide my top 50 for the year has been a nightmare.

I doubt this site consists of humble users

Probably why I said it

Also whoever voted for Saltillo - good shit

I was curious as to how the final rank is determined. Are each users' votes weighted with 1 being worth more than 10 or is each spot in a user submission equal?

waxahatchee's american weekend was self-released quietly on the internet to about 50 people in july last year but it had a proper label release this year and wikipedia lists it as 2012 so is that cool

top spot is 10 points, then running down accordingly. So #10 will be worth 1 point

waxahatchee's american weekend was self-released quietly on the internet to about 50 people in july last year but it had a proper label release this year and wikipedia lists it as 2012 so is that cool

Awesome, that's what I figured.

I voted for Satillo and Aoria... two bands I don't see getting in the top 100, but oh well

so tempted to do this now.
but i gotta wait for big boi.! >

done

Is it okay if I put "Scale the Summit - Redwoods" as an EP (only one song)? I'm just assuming that anything registered on the site as an EP can count in our list.

All these people not voting for Swans. Tsk tsk

Is it okay if I put "Scale the Summit - Redwoods" as an EP (only one song)? I'm just assuming that anything registered on the site as an EP can count in our list.

plz insert a shotgun into ur mouth and pull that curved lever

@ deviant. Okay, I'll go take it out

EDIT: My list, I don't know who put it in the DB.

Don't worry about it being in the db, it's been sorted

"What if Brand New and other band you kids enjoy so much releases a record in 30th december? God, what a bunch of idiots. I'm done here."

cry more

yay skeles back

weren't you leaving the site?

damn i have to start thinking of my top 10 so early. aight let's do this

you never leave. they always come back.

and then i saw this and had to have my say.

Complains

Votes anyway

holy shit skele just leave for good already

Only proper albums, or are compilations allowed as well?

I mean, compilations that aren't a "best of" of anything, or something similar.

Edit: Basically, is Frozen Border allowed? :p

"ok heres the sorta reasons why i would still post
1/If theres something i really wana comment on
2/if someones being bullied, i can white knight
3/shoutbox."

2 was simply painful to read.

base is malleus or whoever holy shit u people are stupid

and skele is a fucking degenerate on top of that

Only proper albums, or are compilations allowed as well?

I mean, compilations that aren't a "best of" of anything, or something similar.

Edit: Basically, is Frozen Border allowed? :p

Why do you make it your mission in life to be the biggest **** on earth and act like a maniac online but would bury your head in the sand if you were physically confronted by someone who could crack your skull, you need to stop acting like a ****ing twat online. Seriously, what **** listens to 79% electronica that DOESNT like a dick in the arse? ****.

1. Be on Sput'
2. Take things Easy
3. Don't be a giant prick all the time
4. Like Music
5. Profit

we are the 79%

Promising free trade and dicks in the arse

@ OOO's Complaint of Deviant's Ratings

?? Somebody actually prefers one genre of music to others ??? That makes no sense whatsoever!!!

what

You guys are fun to watch

god I can't wait for the predictable shitstorms.

hey guys make sure to check out iNTRiKeT - The Woods before voting! An organic piece of electronic music (lots of different styles), and it features beautiful acoustic guitar work and nice ambient textures too. Made by sputnik's own Jash. let's get a user made album in the top 10 for once! check it!

http://intriket.bandcamp.com/

Seems like the only people putting Swans put them first so yeah they might get it.

Nope, sorry man

"swans
deftones
gy!be
converge
then a catfight between coheed n death grips"

man, three years ago I was a whore for every popular album here. now I hate like half of what this site calls AMAZING. Swans as AOTY, yeah it will be. I dunno, it's sweet, I'm just not getting the hype. also Deftones and Death Grips both suck so much cock, ugh. ah well, good for me I guess?

I can totally see Swans as being AOTY (it's up there for me as well), but yeah, the rest are good but not super amazing.

"iNTRiKeT - The Woods"
prefer that to be higher than swans/seer for sure

Oh, and is Stand Against War/Maintain Through Madness being counted as an ep?

Sweet!

i dont care about coheed one way or the other (definitely not an AOTY sort of band though), and I like Converge but obviously they're insanely overrated here.

my AOTY list will be something like
Godspeed
Mountain Goats
FlyLo
iNTRiKeT
Right Away, Great Captain!
Hop Along
John K. Samson
Japandroids
Clubroot
Leech
Hidden Orchestra
etc,

"you have gay taste/you are gay/lol/you are a fag/lol gybe aoty/lol japandroids"

liiiiiiiiiiiiick my dink

oh dev, are 2 song releases - a la Proxima's 'Lie Detection/Brainstem" - allowed to be included as EPs? or do we generally avoid listing those sorts of releases?

cause I'm pretty sure that was "released" this year and it rules (obviously)

Damn, Hidden Orchestra - almost forgot about that one! Although it'll probably just end just out of my top 10 :-/

So many stuff to choose from...

Yeah, like I said to Clerq I'll count them as EPs because as far as I'm concerned they're not singles

hmmmmm

my EP list just got interesting

"my AOTY list will be something like
Godspeed
Mountain Goats
FlyLo
iNTRiKeT
Right Away, Great Captain!
Hop Along
John K. Samson
Japandroids
Clubroot
Leech
Hidden Orchestra
etc,"

Pretty good list except yeah, lol Japandroids. They aren't bad I just don't see what everybody else does in them. Maybe it just hasn't hit me yet.

Fun, exciting rock music to get drunk to, what's not to like?

i'm having such a hard time coming up with a top 10. damn you aids for reminding me about hidden orchestra just when i had some semblance of a top 10

some weirrrrrd ballots so far. best one though had this as the EPs:

"EPs
1_Burial_Kindred
2_Skrillex_Bangarang"

flip the order then I'd agree

lol somebody seriously posted that

do people tend to tactical vote on this ?
there's not much point putting something that isn't well known at number 1 is there even if it's your favorite of the year.

"lol somebody seriously posted that"

careful buddy, I almost posted your LP list instead.

but yeah. their top 2 is Death Grips and Deftones WHAT A SURPRISE!

i'm probably gonna tactical vote this time, cause GYBE doesn't need another 10 points and no one voted for iNTRiKeT yet (I forgot this was only a top 10, damn)

do people tend to tactical vote on this ?
there's not much point putting something that isn't well known at number 1 is there even if it's your favorite of the year.

" careful buddy, I almost posted your LP list instead."

What's wrong with my list, besides your obvious distaste for Death Grips?

I threw Jash's album into my list. It would be cool if it made top ten

i'm seriously considering this. prolly gonna put some of the more well known albums that i liked to give em some votes.

Done with my list. Yay

zackly mena.

Nah DG is awesome

ILJAJLM you seem like a cool guy so I'm obviously just playing. like what you want it's just that

"1_Swans_The Seer
2_Death Grips_The Money Store
3_Godspeed You! Black Emperor_'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
4_Converge_All We Love We Leave Behind
5_Between the Buried and Me_The Parallax II: Future Sequence
6_The Chariot_One Wing
7_mewithoutYou_Ten Stories
8_Beach House_Bloom
9_Loma Prieta_I.V.
10_Bat for Lashes_The Haunted Man"

ummm. ever heard of sputnikmusic? you couldn't have picked the top 5 more perfectly if you tried. haha. I mean fuck, wait for my list (hypocrite alert) it's just funny seeing lists like this that include only "sputnik" albums. basically half your list is good and the other half is shit and it confuses my poor little brain. but like I said, rock on m/

i'm so stumped :/

Lol it's cool, I understand. sputnik just happens to align with my taste more often than not. I was pretty shocked that I liked Death Grips as much as I did when I first listened, reading up on it seemed like it'd be the opposite of something I would like.

My list was sadly easy... I've only listened to about 16 or so albums this year, just drop the 6 weakest...

the top 10 i'm about to post and my actual one are so different lol.

yea only 2 of what i posted are actually in my top 10, i feel cheap and dirty

haha werrd up bro

I am the other 21%

Occupy deviants non electronica chart

Okay, edited mine. Now that's my real top 10.

I think I'm not gonna vote tactical on this. It's supposed to be fun after all.

still think starting this before 1/1/13 is dumb. I mean sure otherwise it means the list comes out
really late but still

I haven't heard enough music from this year though lol

I'm guessing The Weeknd - Trilogy doesn't count?

All I know is that Death Grips, Godspeed and Andy Stott will occupy my top 3 (don't know what order)
and Kindred is my top EP (not that I've heard many other EPs but it's by far the best thing I've heard
all year so I doubt it really matters)

my aoty is a 4/5 what the fuck

still think starting this before 1/1/13 is dumb. I mean sure otherwise it means the list comes out
really late but still

I'm guessing The Weeknd - Trilogy doesn't count?

when is the deadline for posting your list?

EDIT: nvm, you just said it lol

Look above

please remember to vote for deftones, etid, coheed, rush, and converge.

honestly this isn't the place to put your fake snotty bullshit -- leave that for your personal best of 2012 lists. The worst thing that can happen is non-metal getting #1 on the users list (heavens no!)

It's not like you have to vote today, this is open until the 14th. And yeah it might happen, but do you really see an album coming out in a 2 week period at the end of the year (as in, the christmas and new year period) that's somehow going to negate the efforts of this feature? Again it could happen, but the odds are on our side

No, plus the mixtapes dominated last year so no big loss

god shut the hell up

you're cute

We're all cute

Ugh, here we go. Spam to the max.

Converge_What We Love We Leave Behind

Question: Can I count DJ Hazard's Fabriclive 65 in my top 10?

list is gonna be the worst ever

is Denouement by Abyssal an EP or LP?

I think I read somewhere it's "demo EP" or something like that, but enyclopaedia metallum says it's full length so I guess it's an LP

Dev is trioscapes release considered an EP?

Yes, Trent Reznor's fart counts.

i'd vote for Para-Medics new EP, but since it's not even listed on this site i doubt anyone is ready to give it much cred.

Converge, Killer Mike, Deftones, Ne Obliviscaris.

You guys need to listen to this album before you vote! An amazing blend of jazz-fusion and post-rock, and definitely one of my favorites for the year.

http://sputnikmusic.com/review/53697/Jizue-Novel/

Question: Is Kimbra - Vows eligible? The album was rereleased in the US this year with like 6 new songs. I'd like to include it in my top 10.

I think it's eligible, at least it should be. Great album!

I included it, smd sputnik.

this list is going to be so bad lol

looks pretty good so far to me

as long as The Seer is at the top

not voting because nothing i pick will get more than 3 votes

Flying Lotus' album was nominated twice and it was like the 10th spot on both lists.

At least Burial will probably be on the list.

hey anarchist there's such a thing as being timely. most other music websites already have their lists coming out

Now I really have to think. this may be my possible list:

Rush-Clockwork Angels
GY!BE-Allejah! Don't Bend, Ascend!
Swan-The Seer
Converge-Their new album
Propaghandi-Failed States
Kendrick Lamar- Good kid M.A.A.D. City (still don't know yet I not as impressed as everyone else is. Still great.)
Soundgarden-King Animal
Deftones (This one definately is in.)
Idk anymore at this moment.

I have no idea how to compile this list. I haven't had a lot of time this year, I barely listened to any new stuff. I should get on it during the Xmas break.

Making me make decisions and stuff.

I hope more people start voting Bats-The Sleep of Reason.

I haven't gotten the chance to hear Bats yet. I really should give it a chance.

Bats was just okay. It's way too long though

I find the new BATS to be really obnoxious, to be honest.

Just made a top 10, not one notable album that leaves a lasting impression

dunno bout this year...

Sup, Grandpa. I enjoy your face.

hey anarchist there's such a thing as being timely. most other music websites already have their lists coming out

How are we deciding who writes the summary for each album in the year-end list? We coming to you or will you come to us? =]

There's really only 2 on mine I would feel comfortable writing about, but how do we make that known?

Still, it misses out albums that could've been on the list. Unless there's a system where albums released in the two week period afterwards can be included in next year's list but that seems pointless. Might as well just move the deadline back two weeks.

True. Would've dominated my end of the year list as well had I heard them at the same time as everyone else

Question: Can I count DJ Hazard's Fabriclive 65 in my top 10?

is Denouement by Abyssal an EP or LP?

I think I read somewhere it's "demo EP" or something like that, but enyclopaedia metallum says it's full length so I guess it's an LP

Dev is trioscapes release considered an EP?

Question: Is Kimbra - Vows eligible?

how does the list get calculated anyway? do you assign points to each album based on their ranks in lists? i.e. a #1 gets 10 points or something

darth is there some sort of leaderboard your looking at or are you looking at every list separately?

Thanks Dev.

Cool, I don't care

I find the new BATS to be really obnoxious, to be honest.

Funny, I was that way with their last album but absolutely adore the new one.

G Seth and G Stanley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT_BpJTi_VA

damn riff nice list!

riff this is one of your most hilarious gags yet! haha keep it up man!

I'm banned on the forums until 2014....

where do I go from here?

Will you make sweet love to me Deviant?

"I'm banned on the forums until 2014...."

lol

Pretty much nothing on my list gets any love except Amenra - Mass V.
Its crazy how much Sputnik hates popular metalcore.

And there's no way everyone is actually putting their personal favorites because pretty much everyone only has posted, as Aids called them, "Sputnik albums."

shut the fuck up

I know my faves don't stand a chance against the likes of Converge and BTBAM, but I hope they're in there somewhere at least
Hey, it can't be worse than last year when La Dispute was #1

'I know my faves don't stand a chance against the likes of Converge and BTBAM, but I hope they're in there somewhere at least'

I feel the same about half my list and the new Amenra lol

funny that people who get together on the common ground
of liking similar types of music and sharing said music have the
same favourite albums
@megajake

"shut the fuck up"

lol

"Hey, it can't be worse than last year when La Dispute was #1"

it will be if BTBAM is

i'm pretty sure la dispute wasn't #1.

Thrice was no. 1 last year.

Oh it was Thrice, even worse
At least number 2 was Laura

yeah thrice sucks.

fuck laura

wtf laura rules.

ths wt u thnk

everything is better than thrice ugh

@Shadowremains, you're a bitch.
@AnarchistFish, true, which is why I'd expect there to be many ppl who like a lot of the same, but there's been pretty much nobody who has a list full of albums that weren't already mentioned which is what I find surprising.

I first read "Usher's best of 2012" and almost committed suicide.

actually I guess there are a few

why are you always whining about what other users do/think megajake?

Not sure. I don't think I would call it whining as much as stating my opinion that differs from others, but I just figure why not address the situation?

tactical voting?
how sad

There should be a best songs list too, even though that would be an even harder list to make.

wow you can really hear the sound of fapping everywhere when you enter this thread

The one record I'm unsure about is Coerce's 'Genome'. It's only four tracks, so I assume it's an EP, but the band have been calling it an 'interim release' so I'm not sure. I don't want to post something I'm not sure about.

Edit: Figured it out on my own.

hey Deviant. - how to write this one down please?

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/53379/APOSTATE-%CE%9B-%E2%99%A6-%CE%9B-%E2%99%A6-%C3%98/

Hey dev can I vote for Anthology by Thrice? This is a serious inquiry

Rules clearly state no live albums...

I thought this was news about a new Usher compilation album. Go home Zaru u are drunk.

tactical voting?
how sad

i think aids meant the opposite. there's no point in voting for bands that are going to make the list for sure (converge, deftones, etc.) so you might as well use those votes for lesser known albums.

looking at some of the lists and yea this is going to be the worst ever

lol @ ppl actually suffering through that japandroids record i mean what the actual FUCK

we can edit our lists right?

tactical voting is fucking retarded

I'm banned on the forums until 2014....

where do I go from here?

How are we deciding who writes the summary for each album in the year-end list? We coming to you or will you come to us? =]

Will you make sweet love to me Deviant?

I first read "Usher's best of 2012" and almost committed suicide.

The one record I'm unsure about is Coerce's 'Genome'. It's only four tracks, so I assume it's an EP, but the band have been calling it an 'interim release' so I'm not sure. I don't want to post something I'm not sure about.

hey Deviant. - how to write this one down please?

Hey dev can I vote for Anthology by Thrice? This is a serious inquiry

" not really bro. no point in voting for some albums that will definitely not make it to the user list at the end of the year. we could just put em on our own personal lists."

If the list is like last year's, there will be 50 entries on the list. So if you people actually vote for the albums you like, they might actually make it, instead of just giving more votes to the popular ones. I mean at the end of the day, the list is supposed to represent the user base's taste, why not be honest? There really is no reason not to be.

all the albums i posted will be on my year end list. i've just chose to give a chance to bands like dead can dance and anglagard instead of say special providence and aves (where i'll probably be the only one voting).

It's 50 albums

@Shadowremains, you're a bitch.

all the albums i posted will be on my year end list. i've just chose to give a chance to bands like dead can dance and anglagard instead of say special providence and aves (where i'll probably be the only one voting).

what was the verdict on the kimbra record

you really shouldn't put that much thought into this. it's a year end list.

how long did it take for you to think of that come back?

too long prob

If you put more than two seconds of thought into ranking your music then you are an idiot for many reasons.

what are the reasons? list them in alphabetical order please.

lol fucking idiots ranking ur music liek an idiots

what was the verdict on the kimbra record

ATTENTION EVERYONE

THE NEW BIG BOI ALBUM IS SO DAMN GOOD

LISTEN BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR FINAL LIST

....k?

Okay, thanks Dev.


i think aids meant the opposite. there's no point in voting for bands that are going to make the list for sure (converge, deftones, etc.) so you might as well use those votes for lesser known albums.


^ This is what I'm doing? I liked The Seer, but no point in voting for it.

Just looking at the first 3 pages of the voting thread and there's already a shitton of mispells and alternative spellings for artists and albums. Gonna be a mess by the end of the voting period.

good kid, m.A.A.d city is going to be a nightmare, already seen at least three variations.

All doing this has highlighted is how much older music I've listened to this year.

Why not have the top ten worst LPs and EPs of the year as well?

time for two weeks of intense listening to albums I should have listened to months ago

god shut the fuck up nobody cares

this basically^^^

god shut the fuck up nobody cares

tactical voting would be fun if we could vote for top 5 and bottom 5 where bottom 5 get negative score

yeah I don't know who that is but ok

just make 50 alts and vote for what you want.

yeah I don't know who that is but ok

i tactical vote all day long its my fucking job i get paid for it

academy why are you so angry

"not really bro. no point in voting for some albums that will definitely not make it to the user list at the end of the year. we could just put em on our own personal lists."

No, because that implies this matters and is a big deal, which is laughable.
first, it's sputnik, I mean the amount of people who care about Sputnik Staff's EoY list pretty much is this userbase
Second, it's sputnik users' list, not even staff. I mean seriously. Are you going to cry because your top pick wasn't chosen? Just feel superior about your taste like every other self-respecting hipster does

listen to your friend theacademy, he's a cool dude

yea this is obvious to fucking everyone you cocksucker

WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST BE FRIENDS?!?

No, because that implies this matters and is a big deal, which is laughable.
first, it's sputnik, I mean the amount of people who care about Sputnik Staff's EoY list pretty much is this userbase
Second, it's sputnik users' list, not even staff. I mean seriously. Are you going to cry because your top pick wasn't chosen? Just feel superior about your taste like every other self-respecting hipster does

Yay, i'll start taking my clothes off.

goes perfectly with your avatar, dougie

"Whoa calm down there. You're reading too much into my post. I didn't even rank my list, it was just a thought. "
one day you will find that reading connotations over text doesn't work, e.g., sarcasm.
in this case that was mild annoyance from you saying something unbelievably dumb, nothing to "calm down" over

Kellerdeck
InvertTheInverted
Along with whoever the hell else was trolling with Rest.

Yeah okay, sarcasm. Nice save.

read again
it wasn't sarcasm
sarcasm is an example of where connotation of text doesn't match actual implication of text
likewise, the words might have been cutting but I was totally calm, if slightly annoyed by your stupidity
oh hey it's coming back again

dude do you even know how sarcasm works?

you can't read can you?
well I have better things to do than explain to an illiterate idiot what I meant.
Instead of talking to me, pick up my latest book, "The Art of Strategically Choosing Your Top Albums for an Irrelevant Online Website's End of Year List---No, Don't Worry, You're Not Pathetic For Doing This"
It has some excellent strategies for you to get the most out of your vote!!!!!

cool i'll check it out man, cheers

I'd like to draw attention to something totally severe.

PEOPLE ARE WRITING "GODSPEED! YOU BLACK EMPEROR" as the artist WHAT THE FUCK SPUTNIK YOU SLIPPING

Just out of curiosity, what was the point spread last year? i.e. How many points did #100 get, and how many did #1 get?

this thread

to vote or not to vote

lets vote for vaccine

ha

"Really? Post your votes here if you want"

Mkay

LPs

1. Keiji Haino, Stephen O'Malley & Oren Ambarchi - Nazoranai
2. Swans - The Seer
3. Lust for Youth - Growing Seeds
4. Astral & Shit - Subtile Corpus
5. Silent Servant - Negative Fascination
6. Burial Hex - Eschatology II
7. Venn Rain - Diamond Dust
8. Mount Eerie - Ocean Roar
9. Ophacht - Ophacht
10. Naomi Punk - The Feeling

EPs

1. Tropic of Cancer - Permissions Of Love
2. Witxes - Winter Light Burns
3. Cremation Lily - Leather Satchel
4. Vatican Shadow - Iraqi Praetorian Guard
5. Sandcastle - Sandcastle

dude replace something with ilyas, seriously ophacht etc all have zero chance of making it anyway

nice detective skills
riff 4 mod

Where the junz fanz at?

you'd make the best mod imaginable

riff the superintendent

I don't suppose DisappointedAlfred would be either, if you're looking for a direct counter. just sayin'.

Whose alt are you anyway?

CanWeStartAgain with Bane for an avatar. hiyoooooooo

If I see the phrase "Tactical Voting" one more time I'm gonna shoot myself in the head like Acad's
avatar!



Shit I just read my own
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You should just run around leaving "I'm Batman" comments all over the place. Waste of a good alt if you ask me.

WHEREISIT?!?!

Yah but you're blabbing to much.
Batman is a man of action and few words.
You're killing it with too much gum flappin' and too much exposure, amateur.

You're a daisy if you do.

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af196/Xequma2/1-15.png

geddy knows

still a few days left to vote, not very many pages of votes so far.

still confused why the deadline is the 14th. should be the 31st.

Not really confusing at all.

Need time to be able to put it together and be able to post it while it's still relevant. Most sites have already published theirs

regardles, go submit your lists peoples