quoted 9 lines Why should it apply to '94 releases only? stuff released in '93 might be>> Why should it apply to '94 releases only? stuff released in '93 might be
>> extremely influential in '94. If you listened to it in '94 and it mattered
>> to you, it should count.
>
> What's the point of calling it a best of '94 poll, then? Either releases
> from this year are the only ones that should count (or things released some
> arbitrary date late last year, which would only make things more confusing),
> or we might as well call it an all-time best-of-IDM poll. We've done that
> before.
Aye, said the bannister.
This reminds me of 1986, when Robert Heartburn ... erm, Hilburn (chief L.A.
Times Pop Music Critic *cough*) put "Psychocandy" in his Top Ten list for
that year, even though it was released November 11th, 1985.
Of course, the reason he did was because it wasn't until 1986 that a freebie
U.S.-pressed (Sire) copy crossed his desk ... I guess that means that it
didn't exist before then.
But hey, don't get me started on Critics ... or Top Ten polls, for that matter;
I think both of them are pointless and stupid. Buy what you want to buy and
like what you want to like and make up your own internal Top Ten if you want.
- Greg