Pazz & Jop 2009
Atlanta looks good in the Village Voice's 37th annual critic's poll
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This week The Village Voice posted their 2009 Pazz & Jop critics' poll. No major upset and no real surprises this year. Animal Collective dominates the list with 1,794 points.
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Of the 1,934 albums to chart, Atlanta represented pretty hard. Highlights include: Mastodon's Crack the Skye coming in at no. 18 with 447 points. Atlas Sound's Logos took the no. 49 slot with 207 points. The Black Crowes' Before the Frost...Until the Freeze took no. 72 with 162 points. Gucci Mane's, The Burrprint: 3D showed up at no. 195 with 68 points. Black Lips' 200 Millions Thousand showed up at no. 378 with 33 points and Manchester Orchestra's Mean Everything to Nothing arrived at no. 462 with 26 points. Lotus Plaza's Floodlight Collective showed up at no. 446 with 29 points. R.E.M.'s Live at the Olympia showed up at no. 491 with 25 points. T.I.'s Paper Trail showed up at no. 1321 with 10 points. The Pinx's Look What You Made Me Do showed up at no. 1727 with 5 points. Bobby Ubangi's Inside the Mind of Bobby Ubangi came in at no. 1,775 with 5 points.
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Since Raekwon now counts himself amongst the ATLiens he deserves a mention as well since Only Built For Cuban Linx... Pt. II took the no. 8 slot with 857 points.
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Blue Record by Savannah's Baronness claimed no. 19 with 437 points, and Kylesa's Static Tensions settled into no. 71 with 162 points.
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Chad Radford's Pazz & Jop ballot
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1. Thee Oh Sees, Help 25 points
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2. Bear in Heaven, Beast Rest Forth Mouth 15 Points
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3. These Are Powers, All Aboard Future 10 points
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4.Ty Segall, Lemons 10 points: 10
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5. Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion 10 points