I am of the opionion that certain capabilities of iTunes have started to have an effect (somewhat like SoundScan's onset on the Billboard Charts all those years ago) on the year-end singles polls -- at least for those critics who suppose that their Top 10 lists should reflect the ten singles they chose to listen to most often over the last year, rather than trying to chart out the particular and contingent affect-matrix about a year's singles residing in their brains on that one January morning that they type the thing up.
But If I'm going to represent my listening habits (those indulged in more for pleasure than obligation), in good conscience i can't vote for any albums this year. I'm not saying there aren't any good ones; according to Keith and Sasha and Bob and Kim and Kim and Kim and Kim, there are slightly more than three kajillion. I just don't listen to them as such. I listen to songs from my computer when I'm travelling or in my office or on the train to and from my office (which is a lot), songs on my pink iPod when i'm walking around or biking (also a decent amount), and the radio when I drive.
So for reals, barring a boomshot from Missy or Buckcherry in the near future, there will no album ballot from sugarhigh! this year. Promise.
Posted by jane at July 10, 2004 05:53 AM | TrackBack