re: 2014 albums i experienced over 700 albums with at least 1 play, ha many were just 1 plays sifting through hundreds of average / ok / above average albums, glenn's weekly spotify sorting hat was useful for research: http://everynoise.com/spotify_new_albums.html it's updated each week - check it out
below are the best 200 i most enjoyed.
first my ilm ballot - albums unweighted
Arca - XenBallet School - The Dew Lasts an Hour Black Rain - Dark Pool Dean Blunt - Black MetalBrassica - Man Is Deaf Burnt Belief - Etymology Call Super - Suzi EctoChay$e - Purple Love EP Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails Marko Fürstenberg - Ghosts From the Past Gold Zebra - Gold Zebra Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra - When the World Was One Jenny Hval & Susanna - Meshes of VoiceHelevorn - Compassion Forlorn HTRK - Psychic 9-5 Club Kayo Dot – Coffins on loLunatic Soul - Walking on a Flashlight Beam Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel Nero di Marte - Derivae Nightbringer - Ego Dominus TuusSaigon Blue Rain - What I Don't See Schammasch - Contradiction Swanox - Duskrunner Tinashe - AquariusBugge Wesseltoft / Henrik Schwarz / Dan Berglund - Trialogue
15 Honourable Mentions - next year there should be 40 album votes
The Bug - Angels & DevilsClark - ClarkDarkspace - Darkspace III IFKA twigs - LP1Gazelle Twin - UnfleshGidge - Autumn Bells GoGo Penguin - v2.0Ital - EndgameMare Cognitum - Phobos MonolithMoire - ShelterAbdulla Rashim - UnanimitySpectral Lore - IIIAndy Stott - Faith In StrangersTorn Hawk - Through Force of Will
more lists:
reminder my initial ilm nominations:
Siavash Amini - What Wind Whispered to the Trees Ballet School - The Dew Lasts an Hour Black Rain - Dark Pool Brassica - Man Is Deaf Burnt Belief - Etymology Chay$e - Purple Love EP Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails Marko Fürstenberg - Ghosts From the Past Gidge - Autumn Bells Gold Zebra - Gold Zebra The Great Old Ones - TEKELI-LI Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra - When the World Was One Helevorn - Compassion Forlorn HTRK - Psychic 9-5 Club Lunatic Soul - Walking on a Flashlight Beam Kid Moxie - 1888 Ñaka Ñaka - Mundo Harsh Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel Nero di Marte - Derivae Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - Open Me Saigon Blue Rain - What I Don't See Schammasch - Contradiction Swanox - Duskrunner Bugge Wesseltoft / Henrik Schwarz / Dan Berglund - Trialogue Woccon - Solace in Decay
nominated by others and included in my top 200 albums of 2014
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - AtomosThe Advisory Circle - From Out HereAgalloch - The Serpent and the SphereOren Ambarchi - QuixotismAphex Twin - SyroArca - XenBADBADNOTGOOD - IIIBanks - GoddessBehemoth - The SatanistBlack to Comm - Black to CommDean Blunt - Black MetalBohren & der Club of Gore - Piano NightsThe Bug - Angels & DevilsCall Super - Suzi EctoCaribou - Our LoveClap! Clap! - Tayi BebbaClark - ClarkDarkspace - Darkspace III IEaux - PlasticsLawrence English - Wilderness of MirrorsEno/Hyde - High LifeEsben and the Witch - A New NatureFKA twigs - LP1Roman Flügel - Happiness Is HappeningFlying Lotus - You're DeadFrank & Tony - You Go GirlBen Frost - AURORAFunction & Vatican Shadow - Games Have RulesGazelle Twin - UnfleshGodflesh - A World Lit Only By FireGoGo Penguin - v2.0Grouper - RuinsHail Spirit Noir - Oi MagoiFrancis Harris - Minutes Of SleepHauschka - Abandoned CityHave a Nice Life - The Unnatural WorldJenny Hval & Susanna - Meshes of Voiceiamamiwhoami - BlueInnercity Ensemble - IIItal - EndgameKangding Ray - Solens ArcKasai Allstars - Beware The FetishKayo Dot – Coffins on loMare Cognitum - Phobos MonolithMillie & Andrea - Drop The VowelsMoire - ShelterKassem Mosse - Workshop 19Musk Ox - WoodfallMarissa Nadler - JulyNightbringer - Ego Dominus TuusPallbearer - Foundations Of BurdenPrimordial - Where Greater Men Have FallenAbdulla Rashim - UnanimityRecondite - IffyEmma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy OceanShabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty Solstafir - OttaThe Soundcarriers - EntropicaliaSpectral Lore - IIIAndy Stott - Faith In StrangersSwans - To Be Kindtodd terje - it's album timeThantifaxath - Sacred White NoiseTinashe - AquariusTorn Hawk - Through Force of WillTrans Am - Volume XTriptykon - Melana ChasmataTrust - JoylandWild Beasts - Present TenseYob - Clearing the Path to AscendYoung Marco - Biology
not nominated but in my top 200
Aenaon - Extance Aeon Sable - Visionaers Afrikan Sciences - Circuitous Anatomy of Habit - Ciphers + Axioms Ascending Dawn - Coalesce Azar Swan - And Blow Us a Kiss Alex Banks - Illuminate Nils Bech - One Year Beyond Creation - Earthborn Evolution Black Mare - Field of the Host Blastromen - Reality Opens Tim Bowness - Abandoned Dancehall Dreams Chat noir - Elec3Cities Christine Plays Viola - Vacua Carlos Cipa - All Your Life You Walk Collarbones - Return The Contortionist - Language Dalhous - Will to Be Well Piotr Damasiewicz - Mnemotaksja Deison & Mingle - Everything Collapse(d) DOOM:VS - Earthless Downfall of Gaia - Aeon Unveils the Thrones of DecayEarthling Society - England Have My Bones Empyrium - The Turn of the TidesEpitimia - (Un)reality Fen - Carrion Skies Fofoulah - Fofoulah Foscor - Those Horrors Wither Friends of Alice Ivy - The Golden Cage and Its Mirrored Maze Ghost Brigade - IV – One With the StormGlories - Put the Beast Out of Mind Goatech - Exquisiteness Guerre - Ex nihilo Hi-Fiction Science - Curious YellowIberia - Iberia I Break Horses - Chiaroscuro Inanimate Existence - A Never-Ending Cycle of Atonement Insomnium - Shadows of the Dying Sun Involved - Revolving Maze IQ - The Road of Bones Jakob - Sines Jazzpospolita - Jazzpo! Keluar - Keluar Inigo Kennedy - Vaudeville Legowelt - Crystal Cult 2080 Lightfoils - Hierarchy Lost Ubikyst in Apeiron - Abstruse Imbeciles Nailed on SlaveryLotus Thief - Rervm Lucy - Churches Schools and Guns Martial Canterel - Gyors, Lassù Mechanimal - Secret Science Minuit Machine - Live & Destroy Missue - 8K Mondträume - EmptyMoeTar - Entropy of the Century Mono/Poly - Golden Skies The Moon and the Nightspirit - Holdrejtek Msza Święta w Altonie - Bezkrólewie Murmur - Murmur Myriad 3 - The Where Nachtmystium - The World We Left Behind Neurotech - Infra Versus Ultra Nightcrawler - Metropolis Nikosf. - Collecting the Moments Novembers Doom - Bled White Opal Onyx - Delta Sands Pan & Me - Ocean Noise Perfect Beings - Perfect Beings PoiL - Brossaklitt Population - Beyond the Pale Xavi Reija - Resolution Revocation - Deathless Bjørn Riis - Lullabies in a Car Crash Saor - Aura Schonwald - Dream for the Fall Sébastien Schuller - Heat Wave Brandon Seabrook - Sylphid VitalizersSea Oleena - Shallow R. Seiliog - In HzSensible Soccers- 8 Seven Impale - City of the SunShihad - FVEY Shxcxchcxsh - Linear S Decoded The Silence Industry - Brother Sing, Sister Shout Simple Minds - Big Music Skyharbor - Guiding Lights Sleepmakeswaves - Love of Cartography sPacemoNkey - The Karman Line The Spiritual Bat - Mosaic Ştiu Nu Ştiu - Ultra Silvam Superfjord - It Is Dark, But I Have This Jewel Tatran - Shvat Technical Itch - Progression Threat - Part Three This Lonely Crowd - Möbius and the Healing Process Thug Entrancer - Death After Life Torkelsen - Sattellittskygge Voices - London Scott Walker + Sunn O))) - Soused Winterfylleth - The Divination of Antiquity Words of Farewell - The Black Wild Yonder Xtrngr - Climbing Yabanci - Grimorium Sebastian Zawadzki - Luminescence
most of my contemporary listening revolves around these 7 clusters
darkwave / post-punk / post-industrial / minimal waveleftfield pop - including art-pop, synthpop, electronic r'n'b, dream-pop/ shoegaze, hypnagogic pop, cloud rap, chillwave, indietronIca etcelectronic / dance - particularly bass/house/techno/glitch/rock - mostly art rock & prog, experimental rock, some post-rock, some psychedelicextreme metal - see the ilm 2014 metal poll results ballot thread for my top 50jazz - mostly electronic jazz, jazz-fusion, experimental jazz experimental - ambient / drone / post classical etc
― djmartian, Thursday, 29 January 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
LOL
one way street was my neighbor again! have to wait until I'm home to post my ballot.
― brain floss mix (sleeve), Thursday, 29 January 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
Kitchen Person was my top neighbor. Sounds legit.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 January 2015 23:54 (nine years ago) link
This sounds like something quite awesome, will deffo be on this.
Julia Wolfe, Bang On A Can All-Stars, Trio Mediaeval - Steel Hammer
― xelab, Thursday, 29 January 2015 23:55 (nine years ago) link
have just put this^ on :)
― pro war Toby Keith songs would rub you the wrong way (imago), Friday, 30 January 2015 00:02 (nine years ago) link
also, djmartian is legit my hero
just realised gman5959 was my neighbour again. Pretty sure he's always my neighbour!
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 30 January 2015 00:28 (nine years ago) link
I view djmartian with a mix of reverence and pity.
― The inscrutable savantism of (Sanpaku), Friday, 30 January 2015 00:35 (nine years ago) link
ballot may have changed slightly but whatever
8/25, last year it was only 3 I think?
1. Biota - Funnel To A Thread (acoustic hypnoswirl w/subtle processing of unparalleled quality, jawdropping art as well)
2. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (killer glamrock mallpunk transgender anthems)
3. Ou - Pisces Crisis (staggering RIO-influenced ensemble powerhouse, very European in a good way)
4. Amy Denio - Prodigal Light (one of America's most under-appreciated polymath music geniuses)
5. Grouper - Ruins (Liz Harris steps out of her cloud of effect pedals with sparse piano arrangements for excellent songs)
6. Daniel Bachman - Orange Co. Serenade (young guitar prodigy branches out even further, w/impressive results)
7. Legendary Pink Dots - 10 to the Power of 9 (psychedelic electronic journey)
8. Sir Richard Bishop - Road To Siam (acoustic guitar wizard enchants you on stupidly limited vinyl 10")
9. Einstürzende Neubauten - Lament (suitably dense/bizarre/challenging WWI lament/comeback album from these industrial veterans)
10. Chrome - Feel It Like A Scientist (ferocious comeback album from Creed & co., sci-fi heavy metal noise weirdness)
11. Aphex Twin - Syro (first new material in over a decade is one of his most listenable & solid records to date)
12. Carla Bozulich - Boy (spooky, whispered urgency from one of my favorite vocalists/songwriters, didn't even know this came out until December of 2014)
13. United Bible Studies - Doineann (stupidly limited but gorgeous folk-drone CD, buy it on their Bandcamp page)
14. The Pop Group - Cabinet Of Curiosities (onslaught of insanely great unreleased/archival material from these post-punk geniuses)
15. Caetano Veloso - Abraçaço (suave Brazilian making some of the best music of his 50-plus-year career)
16. Golden Retriever - Seer (new duo combining synth and bass clarinet, results far exceed expectations)
17. Ninos Du Brasil - Novos Mistérios (irresistible techno/batacuda hybrid, drums drums drums sex dance)
18. Armand Schaubroeck Steals - God Made The Blues To Kill Me! (another veteran dishes up his signature blues-rock dementia, his first since the 70's)
19. Alvarius B./Sir Richard Bishop - If You Don't Like It…Don't! (two brothers duel on acoustic guitar, call it a tie)
20. D'Angelo - Black Messiah (the genius behind this R&B tour-de-force is undeniable)
21. Fennesz - Bécs (mostly Endless Summer Part II, but this retread has some teeth and claws mixed in with the pastoral drone)
22. Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty (oblique and immaculately produced modern hip-hop, recommended)
23. Tinariwen - Emmaar (this Northern Africa collective keeps cranking out great albums, hypnotic desert guitar intertwines w/full band)
24. Swans - To Be Kind (heavy and satisfying in places but not as good as their last two, this might even be a sympathy vote)
25. David Shea - Rituals (fascinating multi-part voyage through sound)
Honorable Mention (26-50, not bolded)
Goat - Commune (Swedish collective summons the spirit of Amon Duul, great album)
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything (long form swirl that hits me harder than their previous work)
The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do The Heathen Rage? (black metal translated into synthesizer bounce)
Alvarius B. - What One Man Can Do With An Acoustic Guitar, Surely Another Can Do With His Hands Around The Neck Of God (self explanatory)
Sleaford Mods - Divide & Exit (a very angry man yells about stuff while another man drinks beer and pushes buttons, exhilaratingly furious)
Laetitia Sadier - Something Shines (shimmery is a good word for this surprisingly good solo album from the former Stereolab singer)
Juçara Marçal - Encarnado (it's like tropicalia grabbing you by the front of your shirt and forcing you to learn a new dance, formidable and confident)
Scott Walker & Sunn0))) - Soused (avant vocals do acrobatics over drone-metal nightmares)
Islaja - S U U (I still don't know what to think about this, Finnish folk-psych goes techno, singing in English, weird and off kilter)
Alessandro Cortini - Sonno (blissful modern composition)
Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band - Intensity Ghost (guitar rock done right)
Sunn0))) & Ulver - Terrestrials (more boiling lava and subterranean eruptions from another Sunn collaboration)
Panda Bear - Mr. Noah EP (dense and shiny prelude to his new 2015 double album)
Richard Dawson - Nothing Important (one man wrecking crew delivers epic folk tunes with avant guitar mangling)
Shellac - Dude Incredible (tight as a fucking drum, this band)
Dum Dum Girls - Too True (catchy & memorable tunes done up in the prevalent reverb-girlgroup style)
Elisa Ambrogio - The Immoralist (deceptively simple arrangements, unusual sounds, good songs)
Tobacco - Ultima II Massage (vocoder madness infests nervous fractured beats & synths)
Thee Oh Sees - Drop (some really pretty songs on this amidst the top notch neo-garagerock)
OOIOO - Gamel (still getting a handle on this but gamelan-influenced music feels like a natural direction for them)
Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble - Intergalactic Beings (much more out-there/free-jazz than her earlier records)
Maurice Louca - Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (fabulous modern Egyptian music)
Magic Eye - Babylon (spacey drifting psych-rock)
Tashi Dorji - blue nest of larks that die EP (great new guitarist releases nicely experimental EP, on his Bandcamp page)
Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap (this is really pretty but I am still waiting for the songs to sink in)
― brain floss mix (sleeve), Friday, 30 January 2015 00:38 (nine years ago) link
Maurice Louca - Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (fabulous modern Egyptian music)Magic Eye - Babylon (spacey drifting psych-rock)
^^^ These get honourable mentions from me too
― so not gonna häpna (seandalai), Friday, 30 January 2015 01:01 (nine years ago) link
Ballot. Mixed. Bold didn't place. Bold italics were cases where I was the only voter.
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiahowen pallett - in conflictmr twin sister - mr twin sisterFuture Islands - Singlestaylor swift - 1989Neil Cicierega - Mouth SoundsLewis - L'amourThe War on Drugs - Lost in the DreamCaribou - Our Love
Alcest - ShelterAriel Pink - pom pomChromeo - White WomenFennesz - BécsKairon; IRSE! - UjubasajubaKutiman - Thru-You TooSloan - CommonwealthThe Preatures - Blue Planet Eyestodd terje - it's album timeWeird Al Yankovic - Mandatory FunThe New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
― MarkoP, Friday, 30 January 2015 01:45 (nine years ago) link
Oh and Chromeo - White Women
Mixed ballot:
iamamiwhoami - BlueMac Demarco - Salad DaysArditti Quartet - Ferneyhough: Complete Works for String Quartet & Trios13) Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2Lotic - Damsel in DistressStars In Battledress - In Droplet Form74) noura mint seymali - tzenniTerrence Parker - Life On The Back 933) The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do the Heathen Rage?20) javiera mena - otra eraReagenz - The Periodic Table48) Wild Beasts - Present Tense51) A Winged Victory for the Sullen - AtomosProtect-U - Free USAThe Hotelier - Home, Like NoPlace Was There58) Kassem Mosse - Workshop 19Noveller & thisquietarmy - ReveriesLiars - Mess63) Leon Vynehall - Music for the UninvitedMr Oizo - The Church
Mitch Murder - InterceptorPhaserland - Electric AtlanticSuicideyear - Remembrance10) todd terje - it's album timeUeno Masaaki - Vortices
― cc: Peniston (Paul in Santa Cruz), Friday, 30 January 2015 02:52 (nine years ago) link
Noveller & thisquietarmy - Reveries
Glad to see someone else voted for this!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 30 January 2015 03:02 (nine years ago) link
Intrigued about that Ferneyhough set. 3 CDs of Ferneyhough still sounds hardcore to me but it IS Arditti.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 30 January 2015 03:04 (nine years ago) link
Not gonna lie, the Ferneyhough IS hardcore, but the Arditti performances (their second studio recordings of all but the most recent of these pieces) have all the sweep and nuance you could hope for. Try the String Trio (not the little Streichtrio, which doesn't amount to much). The whole album is on Spotify; I'm guessing Youtubes are likely to be earlier recordings.
― cc: Peniston (Paul in Santa Cruz), Friday, 30 January 2015 03:56 (nine years ago) link
Man some of these ballots are insane!
― proggy went a-courtin' (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 30 January 2015 04:12 (nine years ago) link
didn't vote but here are the best albums i heard in 2014
kassem mossearcak michellenicki minajaphex twingabor lazarlee gambleactresslana del reytheo parrishyoung marcogunnar hasslemmoon b
― brimstead, Friday, 30 January 2015 04:54 (nine years ago) link
i need to listen to shabazz palaces
Function & Vatican Shadow - Games Have Rules
^ i quite liked this as well
― brimstead, Friday, 30 January 2015 04:56 (nine years ago) link
weighted
Shabazz Palaces - Lese MajestyBen Frost - AURORATinashe - AquariusMr. Mitch - Parallel MemoriesMoodymann – Moodymann
Lotic - Damsel in Distresscopeland - because I’m worth itD'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black MessiahPerc - The Power And The GloryCall Super - Suzi Ecto
Andy Stott - Faith In StrangersAphex Twin - SyroTheo Parrish - American IntelligenceShackleton - Drones Over LancashireLeon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited
The Bug - Angels & DevilsGigi Masin - Talk To The SeaDean Blunt - Black MetalFKA twigs – LP1YG - My Krazy Life
Tia Maria Produções - Tá Tipo Já Não Vamos MorrerRichard Dawson - Nothing ImportantKassem Mosse - Workshop 19Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - SousedMarissa Nadler – July
― Dan S, Friday, 30 January 2015 08:00 (nine years ago) link
Lamp obviously lives in a block of apartments
― groovypanda, Friday, 30 January 2015 08:17 (nine years ago) link
my weighted ballot
Cher Lloyd - Sorry I’m LateJessie Ware - Tough LoveDean Blunt - Black MetalTorn Hawk - Through Force of WillGiant Claw - Dark WebSturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country MusicMikael Seifu - Yarada Lijnmesh - Dream Sequins®Tinashe - AquariusCharli XCX - SuckerKitten - KittenNenad Markovic - KaytoEx Hex - RipsKelis - FoodBrett - BrettThe Soundcarriers - EntropicaliaEEK - Live at the Cairo High Cinema InstituteGazelle Twin - UnfleshBaths - Ocean DeathThe Wharves - At BayRavioli Me Away - The Inevitable AlbumRemember Remember - Forgetting the PresentYoung Marco - BiologyEx-Easter Island Head - Large Electric EnsembleDark0 - Sin EP
we tried sweet prince torn hawk so closethanks everyone involved for the stats and the rollout, much appreciatedalso thanks to everyone who voted for that soft pink truth and botanical albums, on repeat
― nxd, Friday, 30 January 2015 09:21 (nine years ago) link
Wtf is indie r&b!?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 30 January 2015 09:54 (nine years ago) link
Genres - never deny their existence if someone else says them, never use their names yourself
― saer, Friday, 30 January 2015 10:04 (nine years ago) link
Thanks so much for the poll guys.could someone possibly post my ballot? Ill have some more constructive thoughts later Cheers Again!
― pig∞n (dog latin), Friday, 30 January 2015 11:34 (nine years ago) link
Weighted.
1 Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit (126)2 Stein Urheim - S/t (389, only voter)3 The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (8)4 Swans - To Be Kind (26)5 The Gloaming - The Gloaming (148)6 Sleaford Mods - Chubbed Up + (326)7 D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (1)8 Ronika - Selectadisc (55)9 Richard Dawson - Nothing Important (23)10 Bright Light Bright Light - Life Is Easy (523, only voter)11 Hookworms - The Hum (520)12 todd terje - it's album time (10)13 King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - I'm In Your Mind Fuzz (569, only voter)14 The Rails - Fair Warning (652, only voter)15 Neneh Cherry - Blank Project (21)16 Future Islands - Singles (30)17 FKA twigs - LP1 (3)18 Actress - Ghettoville (165)19 La Roux - Trouble in Paradise (200)20 Lone - Reality Testing (130)21 Manic Street Preachers - Futurology (174)22 Jack White - Lazaretto (700)23 Goat - Commune (179)24 Ibibio Sound Machine - Ibibio Sound Machine (162)25 Ian William Craig - A Turn of Breath (186)
― mike t-diva, Friday, 30 January 2015 11:40 (nine years ago) link
Great ballot Mike.
― pig∞n (dog latin), Friday, 30 January 2015 11:42 (nine years ago) link
Weighted
Torn Hawk - Through Force of Will Young Marco - Biology Terrence Parker - Life On The Back 9 A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos Eleventeen Eston - Delta Horizon The Juan Maclean - In a Dream Roman Flugel - Happiness Is Happening Owen pallett - in conflict FKA twigs - LP1 Mr twin sister - mr twin sister Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited Bohren & der Club of Gore - Piano Nights Tinashe - Aquarius Moodymann - Moodymann Francis Harris - Minutes Of Sleep Delicate Features - The Passenger Grouper - Ruins Mica Levi - Under the Skin OST St. Vincent - St. Vincent Lone - Reality Testing Gazelle Twin - Unflesh Aphex Twin - Syro tUnE-yArDs - nikki nack Lamb - Backspace Unwind Kassem Mosse - Workshop 19
― ewar woowar (or something), Friday, 30 January 2015 11:47 (nine years ago) link
could I have mine posted please?
Thanks to everyone involved!
― boxedjoy, Friday, 30 January 2015 11:49 (nine years ago) link
Mixed:
Delicate Features - The PassengerEleventeen Eston - Delta Horizontaylor swift - 1989Horsebeach - HorsebeachPaqua - AkalikoYoung Marco - BiologyBAR - Welcome to BARSuzanne Kraft - MissumLittle Mix - SaluteJavier Bergia - EclipseGigi Masin - Talk To The SeaA Winged Victory for the Sullen - AtomosMark Barrott - Sketches from an IslandA.R.T. Wilson - OverworldKaty B - Little Red
Geoffrey O'Connor - Fan Fiction MasteredThe Preatures - Blue Planet EyesRun The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2Loscil - Sea IslandTove Lo - Queen of the CloudsAphex Twin - Syrovesuvio solo - favorsSeahawks - Paradise FreaksSorcerer - Jungle HideoutGruff Rhys - American Interior
― groovypanda, Friday, 30 January 2015 11:52 (nine years ago) link
ooh very cool to see someone else put maria minerva at #1. i can't belive how hard it's been slept on :(
― olly, Friday, 30 January 2015 12:00 (nine years ago) link
Highest placed critics' poll "Consensus Watch" albums that didn't make the ILM 77. (Consensus Watch ranks albums by the number of year-end collective-vote critics' polls an album appears on. Places below #50 are excluded.)
Flying Lotus - You're Dead! (#8 on Consensus Watch, #99 on ILM)Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (#11/#95)Beck - Morning Phase (#15/#220)Perfume Genius - Too Bright (#16/#124)Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (#17/#100)Jack White - Lazaretto (#23/#700)Jenny Lewis - Voyager (#27/#81)East India Youth - Total Strife Forever (#27/#381)Ty Segall - Manipulator (#27/#554)Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else (#30/#137)
Albums on the ILM Top 40 with little year-end poll love elsewhere:
The Juan Maclean – In A Dream (#11/#184, 5 polls)Charli XCX - Sucker (#12/#154, 6 polls)Mr. Twin Sister - Mr. Twin Sister (#14/#280, 3 polls)Javiera Mena - Otra Era (#20, no polls)Richard Dawson - Nothing Important (#23/#222, 4 polls)K. Michelle - Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? (#24/#405, 2 polls)Gazelle Twin - Unflesh (#27/#405, 2 polls)DJ Quik - The Midnight Life (#28, 1 poll)The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do the Heathen Rage? (#33, 1 poll)Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce (#35/#280, 3 polls)Mark Barrott - Sketches from an Island (#38/#405, 2 polls)
― mike t-diva, Friday, 30 January 2015 12:12 (nine years ago) link
a good day's trading imo
― let me be your fan taytay (NickB), Friday, 30 January 2015 12:16 (nine years ago) link
That consensus watch comparison really illustrates ilx's greatness and also importance
― lex pretend, Friday, 30 January 2015 12:18 (nine years ago) link
Like how could anyone prefer the consensus picks we rejected to the ignored albums we loved
― lex pretend, Friday, 30 January 2015 12:19 (nine years ago) link
multiple xpost That Maria Minerva album is a real step-up from an already great artist, can't believe how unloved it is considering the thinkpieces around it practically write themselves.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 30 January 2015 12:23 (nine years ago) link
Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia DemoTaylor Swift -1989Future - HonestRich gang - the tour pt 1LDR - Ultraviolencethe-Dream - royalty prequelfuture -MonsterTravis porter - music money magnums 2King louie - tonyelisa ambroglio - ImmoralistQue - can you dig itschoolboy q - Oxymorontrey songz - TriggaWarpaint s/tlil Spook - black silkYg - my krazy lifeLes sins - michael
― johnny crunch, Friday, 30 January 2015 12:24 (nine years ago) link
― saer, Friday, January 30, 2015 5:04 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― some dude, Friday, 30 January 2015 12:48 (nine years ago) link
Mark Barrott - Sketches from an IslandYoung Marco - BiologyYG - My Krazy LifeGigi Masin - Talk To The SeaSuzanne Kraft - MissumLee Gamble - KochA Winged Victory for the Sullen - AtomosDelroy Edwards - Teenage TapesHorsebeach - HorsebeachNenad Markovic - KaytoItal - EndgameMaricopa - Pastel Love Part 2Braid - No Coastrich gang - rich gang the tour part 1Wadada Leo Smith - The Great Lakes SuitesHauschka - Abandoned CityTorn Hawk - Through Force of WillContainer - AdhesiveCarla Bozulich - BoyGolden Retriever - SeerKyle Bobby Dunn - And The Infinite Sadness
despite missing the nomination window most of my favorite records from the last year made the list which is pretty cool.
― wizaerd (Lamp), Friday, 30 January 2015 12:54 (nine years ago) link
The New Pornographers - Brill BruisersThe War on Drugs - Lost in the DreamNadja - QuellerFrancis Harris - Minutes Of SleepMac Demarco - Salad DaysThantifaxath - Sacred White NoiseGene the Southern Child & Parallel Thought - Southern MeridianAlvvays - AlvvaysRick Ross - MastermindFluisteraars - DromersFennesz - Bécstodd terje - it's album timeMayhem - Esoteric Warfarejaviera mena - otra eraNightbringer - Ego Dominus TuusAgalloch - The Serpent and the SphereMeshell Ndegeocello - Comet, Come to MeTori Amos - Unrepentant GeraldinesSloan - CommonwealthCormega - Mega PhilosophyKayo Dot – Coffins on loLana del rey - ultraviolenceAphex Twin - SyroFrank & Tony - You Go GirlStep Brothers - Lord steppington
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 30 January 2015 13:06 (nine years ago) link
Mixed ballot. Bold = missed the 77. Bold italics = sole voter. Surprised to be the sole voter for DK3.
Mica Levi - ‘Under the Skin’ OSTtUnE-yArDs - nikki nackD'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black MessiahTodd Terje - It's Album TimePete Wiggs - Saint Etienne presents 'How We Used To Live' Original Film SoundtrackAriel Pink - pom pomCavern of Anti-Matter - Interlude MusicBABYMETAL - s/tGuy Gerber & Puff Daddy - 11:11Tinashe - AquariusTim Love Lee & Shawn Lee - KPM: New York Trouble / Electric ProgressionDanity Kane - DK3Neneh Cherry - Blank ProjectMouse On Mars - 21 Again: CollaborationsGiant Claw - Dark WebThe Juan Maclean - In A DreamExotica - La vierge et le lionLaetitia Sadier - Something ShinesNicki Minaj - The Pink Print
Concretism - Town PlanningBenjamin Schoos - Une dernière danse EPIbibio Sound Machine - Ibibio Sound MachineKali Mutsa - SouvenanceThe Emperor Machine - Like A MachineCaribou - Our Love
For the record, Skye Ferreira's Night Time, My Time was in my IRL top 5 but was ineligible for this poll.
― Jeff W, Friday, 30 January 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link
Lamp and me both voted for Carla Bozulich! <3 <3 <3 <3
― some dude, Friday, 30 January 2015 13:44 (nine years ago) link
I would have voted for Boy if I had found a way to fit 50 albums in 25 slots.
― Dinsdale, Friday, 30 January 2015 13:47 (nine years ago) link
yay dark web votes :)
― nxd, Friday, 30 January 2015 13:47 (nine years ago) link
Weighted:
1. A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Sea When Absent2. shabazz palaces - lese majesty3. YG - My Krazy Life4. D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah5. John Luther Adams - Become Ocean6. Tinashe - Aquarius7. owen pallett - in conflict8. Behemoth - The Satanist9. Fuse ODG – TINA10. Sicko Mobb - Super Saiyan vol 111. FKA twigs – LP112. Oren Ambarchi – Quixotism13. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 214. Tanya Tagaq - Animism15. Popcaan - Where We Come From16. Young Fathers – DEAD17. St. Vincent - St. Vincent18. javiera mena - otra era19. Lantlos - Melting Sun20. todd terje - it's album time21. Skrillex – Recess22. The Notwist - Close to the Glass23. f(x) - Red Light24. 2NE1 – Crush25. Ariel Pink - pom pom
My #1 didn't place :(
― Frederik B, Friday, 30 January 2015 13:54 (nine years ago) link
― some dude, Friday, January 30, 2015 5:44 AM
and me!!! <3 <3 that album is great and I only know about it because you nommed it, so thanks!
― brain floss mix (sleeve), Friday, 30 January 2015 15:34 (nine years ago) link
ah awesome
― some dude, Friday, 30 January 2015 16:01 (nine years ago) link
Mixed
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria BluesOwen Pallett - In Conflict
Amelia Curran - They Promised You MercyBetty Who - Take Me When You GoEmm Gryner - TorrentialJenny Lewis - The VoyagerNeneh Cherry - Blank ProjectNinos Du Brasil - Novos MistériosSt. Vincent - St. VincentThe Both - The BothThe New Pornographers - Brill BruisersToni Braxton + Babyface - Love, Marriage, and DivorceTune-Yards - Nikki Nack
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Friday, 30 January 2015 16:02 (nine years ago) link
haha for someone that i never agree with about anything we like a lot of the same music
― wizaerd (Lamp), Friday, 30 January 2015 16:03 (nine years ago) link