Wednesday, January 19, 2011
THE VOICE HAS SPOKEN: The
Village Voice’s 38th annual
Pazz + Jop poll of some 1,500 rock writers anointed (surprise, surprise)
Kanye West’s
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy #1 album of the year, with almost twice as many points as the runner-up, LCD Soundsystem’s
This is Happening, dubbing their post-
Christgavian overview, “
Rise of the Douchebags.” The rest of the Top 10 included albums by
Arcade Fire,
Janelle Monae,
Vampire Weekend,
Big Boi,
Beach House,
The National,
Sleigh Bells and
Black Keys.
Cee-Lo’s exuberant
Grammy nominee “Fuck You!” was the #1 single, followed by Janelle Monae f/Big Boi (“Tightrope”),
Robyn (“Dancing on My Own”), Kanye (“Runaway,” “Power” and “Monster”), Big Boi (“Shutterbug”),
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti (“Round and Round”),
Sleigh Bells (“Rill Rill”) and
The National (“Bloodbuzz Ohio”).
(1/19p)