I'm not sure what I expected from a Pitchfork top 200 of the decade, but I was surprised I had so many from the list - eighteen, including four from the top 10 (Channel Orange, D'Angelo, Kendrick and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - the last of which I admittedly picked up for 25p in a charity shop and have never played). It's reminded me of another dozen or so I've been meaning to listen to, so it wasn't a total waste of time like these lists usually are. No place for Swans at all, though?
Interesting that the only reason I never heard the number 1 album is that he made it a pain in the arse to purchase a physical copy (didn't you have to buy it with a style mag at some fancy clothes shop or am I remembering it wrong?) and I forgot all about it after a while. Never even thought to pinch it off Soulseek. Fucked up there, didn't you Ocean? Thought you could forget all about fifty quid man and his disposable income, maybe attract some more aesthetically appealing punters, you know, the ones that rarely spend any money on music because they have better things to spend their money on, like perhaps a single t-shirt from that shop your album was available in for 5 minutes? It's easier to buy my CDs and I never check my email. Well, I'm pinching it now and you only have yourself to blame.