ILM 2014 Albums Poll: Thread of Ballots, Statistics and Survivalist Posturing

Mixed:

D'Angelo & The Vanguard - Black Messiah
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
YG - My Krazy Life
Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
FKA Twigs - LP1
Flying Lotus - You're Dead!

Arca - Xen
Cooly G - Wait Til Night
DJ Q - Ineffable
Fatima - Yellow Memories
Future - Honest
Gangsta Boo & Beatking - Underground Cassette Tape Music
Gangsta Boo & La Chat - Witch
Guy Gerber & Puff Daddy - 11:11
Jennifer Hudson - JHUD
Jessie Ware - Tough Love
Junglepussy - Satisfaction Guaranteed
K. Michelle - Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?
Mariah Carey - Me. I Am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse
Migos - No Label 2
Owen Pallett - In Conflict
Theo Parrish - American Intelligence
The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do the Heathen Rage?
Tinashe - Aquarius
Various Artists - Next Life

oh yeah arca didn't place did it

Shoutout to joshy. Weighted and most likely to read Cosmo. :)

Charli XCX - Sucker
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
FKA twigs - LP1
taylor swift - 1989
Tinashe - Aquarius
javiera mena - otra era
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Fatima - Yellow Memories
Cher Lloyd - Sorry I’m Late
todd terje - it's album time
Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
Jessie Ware - Tough Love
YG - My Krazy Life
Katy B - Little Red
Caribou - Our Love
Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce
Tiny Ruins - Brightly Painted One
Alvvays - Alvvays
Young Marco - Biology
Kelis - Food
Slow Club - Complete Surrender
K. Michelle - Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?
junglepussy - satisfaction guaranteed
perfume genius - too bright
Kitten - Kitten

also many thanks to everyone that helped put this and the tracks poll together. Lots of fun!

xpost that tiny ruins albums was very nice

Mixed ballot (bold didn't place):

Gazelle Twin - Unflesh*

Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers
David Shea - Rituals
Edward - Into A Better Future
Eno/Hyde - High Life
Erik K Skodvin - Flame
Esben & the Witch - A New Nature
FKA twigs - LP1
Gigi Maisin - Talk To The Sea
Golden Retriever - Seer
Ital - Endgame
Jenny Hval & Susanna - Meshes of Voice
Juju & Jordash - Clean-Cut
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Tides
Klara Lewis - Ett
Lawrence English - Wilderness of Mirrors
Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited
Melanie De Biasio - No Deal
NHK'Koyxen - Dance Classics Vol. III
Objekt - Flatland
Roman Flügel - Happiness Is Happening
Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather
Suicideyear - Remembrance
Swans - To Be Kind
Vessel - Punish, Honey

*didn't really think this was better than the rest but felt the urge to give it an extra nudge

Weighted, bold didn't make it

YG – My Krazy Life
D’Angelo – Black Messiah
Wild Beasts – Present Tense
Todd Terje – It’s Album Time
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
Isaiah Rashad – Cilvia Demo
Jenny Lewis – The Voyager
St. Vincent – St. Vincent
Rich Gang – The Tour, Part 1
Future Islands - Singles
Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Pinata
Mac Demarco – Salad Days
Spoon – They Want My Soul
Real Estate – Atlas
Lil Boosie – Life After Deathrow
Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
DJ Quik – The Midnight Life
Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
Ariel Pink – Pom Pom
Tinariwen - Emmaar
Neneh Cherry – Blank Project
Dej Loaf – Sell Sole
Kevin Gates – By Any Means

@dinsdale yeah she is a gem, has improved a lot live as well (a permanent backing band has helped)

weighted. Only Ex Hex and Sturgill Simpson placed.

Comet Control - Comet Control
Pallbearer - Foundations Of Burden
Watter - This World
Generation of Vipers - Coffin Wisdom
Yob - Clearing the Path to Ascend
Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls
Lamb - Backspace Unwind
Ex Hex - Rips
Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen
Black Bombaim - Far Out
Earth - Primitive and Deadly
Giant Squid - Minoans
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Various Artists - Guruguru Brain Wash
Asphalt Orchestra - Asphalt Plays Pixies: Surfer Rosa
The Skull - For Those Which Are Asleep
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Tweak Bird - Any Ol' Way
Kikagaku Moyo - Mammatus Clouds
Unconscious Collective - Pleistocene Moon
The Notwist - Close to the Glass
Spider Bags - Frozen Letter
Various Artists - Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles
Brownout - Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath
Various Artists - Killed By Deathrock, Vol. 1

oh yeah arca didn't place did it

― socki fan taytay (wins), Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:57 PM Bookmark

78'd :(

EZ: Neneh placed too

Here's my ballot, weighted, bolded ones didn't make it to the top 77:

Hollie Cook – Twice
Yhdentekevää - Yhdentekemää
The Choir of King's College/Orchestra of the Age of Enlighenment/Stephen Cleobury - Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine; Messe basse (Fauré)
Iotronica - Of Moons and Stars
Meshell Ndegeocello - Comet, Come to Me
Oliver Lieb - Inside Voices
Recondite - Iffy
Steffi - Power of Anonymity
Move D - The Silent Orbiter
Hildur Gudnadottir - Saman
Angela Hewitt/Valérie Hartmann-Claverie/Hannu Lintu/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Turangalîla-symphonie (Messiaen)
Divine Styler - Def Mask
Cola & Jimmu - I Give You My Love and Devotion
Jhené Aiko - Souled Out
Sandhja - Gold
Cooly G - Wait Til Night
Reagenz - The Periodic Table
Mirel Wagner - When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day
Angel Haze - Dirty Gold
Material Object - Hentai

I was supposed to put Neneh Cherry album in my top 10, but looks like I accidentally forgot to include it in the list altogether... Which means none of my albums placed. :(

i was relieved to see that the albums i was most disappointed about not placing weren't that near the 77. 78-80 is just frustrating

Since he got shut out of both tracks and albums, I implore everyone to listen to Flying Lotus' "Never Catch Me" f/ Kendrick Lamar, the video for which is easily my favorite piece of art made in 2014.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXD0vv-ds8

Thanks Rev - I somehow missed Neneh placing. Yay Ms. Cherry!

still a little surprised that at least one of the gangsta boo tapes or vince staples didnt sneak its way in, oh well

wow metal got hardcore 78'd

Kinda sad at Perfume Genius' low ranking.

Weighted ballot.

todd terje - it's album time
Charli XCX - Sucker
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
The Juan Maclean - In a Dream
owen pallett - in conflict
javiera mena - otra era
Lana del rey - ultraviolence
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
Cher Lloyd - Sorry I’m Late
Sebastian Tellier - L'Aventura
Lewis - L'amour
Ronika - Selectadisc
Future Islands - Singles
mr twin sister - mr twin sister
Tinashe - Aquarius
K. Michelle - Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?
Aphex Twin - Syro
Lamb - Backspace Unwind
Alvvays - Alvvays
MØ - No Mythologies to Follow
Röyksopp & Robyn - Do It Again
Kelis - Food
Dum Dum Girls - Too True
Ibibio Sound Machine - Ibibio Sound Machine
Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste

Monotony is my top neighbour. Happy with that.

Oh, and I just realized I've forgottem to mail Dan the extra copy of the Fauré album that I have! Sorry about that Dan, I'll do it tomorrow.

(xxxxpost)

Hildur Gudnadottir - Saman

Nice choice tuomas! Been another good year for solo cello records

wow metal got hardcore 78'd

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson),

it's been made clear it will never be expanded to a top 100.

The point is that one metal friendly ballot could've totally altered Monday's portion of the rollout though.

exactly

(glad it didn't though)

metal is the monster that has been permanently locked out, cosmic slop the ghoulish face pressed up against the glass

can take "strychnine" off the chair at least

apparently I only voted for 24 things, because I can't count. Can't remember what I voted for but there were a lot of things that could have taken that spot, oh well. My #1 vote helped get neneh cherry within sight of the top 20 and my #2 vote helped get ambrose akinmusire absolutely nowhere

xp make sure the noose is tight first

So every album w/ 10+ votes made the top 77. The only two with 9 votes that did not were Arca & ISM. The spread of points among the 9-vote albums is interesting. Lots of people must have only liked ISM a little.

Rank Name Score Votes
49 Gigi Masin - Talk To The Sea 323 9
73 Real Estate - Atlas 254 9
80 Arca - Xen 216 9
162 Ibibio Sound Machine - Ibibio Sound Machine 123 9

ISM-ISM is a great idea, but patchy in execution.

what is ISM?

apart from intelligent sausage music

indie straw men?

Ibibio Sound Machine

Is So Much fun

re: ISM

I wish "Let's Dance" would've made the top 77 in tracks, but in the end I didn't have any strong feelings about the album.

it's sorta mediocre?

Damn, Shyne Coldchain 2 at #195?

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
Taylor Swift - 1989
FKA twigs - LP1
Owen Pallett - In Conflict
Tinashe - Aquarius
Aphex Twin - Syro
YG - My Krazy Life
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Todd Terje - It's Album Time
The Juan Maclean - In a Dream
Charli XCX - Sucker
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Mr Twin Sister - Mr Twin Sister
Caribou - Our Love
Grouper - Ruins
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Miranda Lambert - Platinum
Rich Gang - Tha Tour Part 1
Javiera Mena - Otra Era
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
Richard Dawson - Nothing Important
K. Michelle - Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Soused
Swans - To Be Kind
Gazelle Twin - Unflesh
DJ Quik - The Midnight Life
Popcaan - Where We Come From
Future Islands - Singles
Jessie Ware - Tough Love
Ariel Pink - pom pom
The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do the Heathen Rage?
Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers
Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce
Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste - I was the #1 voter for this, this is the first time in my history of voting in this poll where I moved an album from a lower ranking in P&J, #9 I think, because I felt it deserved it
Spoon - They Want My Soul
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Mark Barrott - Sketches from an Island
Lana del rey - ultraviolence
Ex Hex - Rips
Lee Ann Womack - The Way I'm Livin'
DJ Q - Ineffable
One Direction - Four
Lewis - L'amour
Young Marco - Biology
Katy B - Little Red
Wild Beasts - Present Tense
Gigi Masin - Talk To The Sea
Alvvays - Alvvays
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos
Fennesz - Bécs
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Moodymann - Moodymann
Ronika - Selectadisc
Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather
Botanist - VI: Flora
Kassem Mosse - Workshop 19
Kelis - Food
tUnE-yArDs - nikki nack
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
Dean Blunt - Black Metal
Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
Theo Parrish - American Intelligence
Khun Narin - Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band
future - honest
Warpaint - Warpaint
Ought - More Than Any Other Day
Ninos du Brasil - Novos Mistérios
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Call Super - Suzi Ecto
Real Estate - Atlas
Noura Mint Seymali - Tzenni
Mica Levi - Under the Skin OST
Cher Lloyd - Sorry I’m Late
Babymetal - Babymetal

^
My picks that placed in bold. I'm 90% sure I didn't vote for "Syro" - would have if I could've had like 5 more votes.
Can't remember if I voted for Ex Hex. Thank you ILM for singing Tinashe's praises, love that album!!!!

middle 100s has some good albums - trey songz, isaiah rashad (my #1), schoolboy q

d'angelo was a total lock #1, not at all surprised @ its landslide

ima have to listen to the tinashe album iguess

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Kemialliset Ystävät - Alas Rattoisaa Virtaa
Kayo Dot – Coffins on lo
black bananas - electric brick wall
Orlando Julius & the Heliocentrics - Jaiyede Afro
Gold Codes - Gold Codes
Menace Ruine - Venus armata
clipping. - CLPPNG
Meshell Ndegeocello - Comet, Come to Me
Seven That Spells - The Death and Resurrection of Krautrick: Io
shabazz palaces - lese majesty
Lola Colt – Away From The Water
Warpaint - Warpaint
Comet Control - Comet Control
The Cosmic Dead - Easterfaust
Botanist - VI: Flora
Earth - Primitive and Deadly
Torn Hawk - Through Force of Will
Khun Narin - Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band
Ice Dragon - Seeds from a Dying Garden
David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights - End Times Undone
Crippled Black Phoenix - White Light Generator
Jute Gyte – Ressentiment
Trans Am - Volume X

^weighted, bold didn't place

xxxp i found that a bummer, if sorta understandable that it'd fall through the cracks. it was my #6

Damn, Shyne Coldchain 2 at #195?

― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, January 29, 2015 5:37 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hell Can Wait was #98. all the Vince Staples votes going to the same project could've gotten him as high as #53. :/

mixed album ballot

Head High - Megatrap
Terrence Parker - Life On The Back 9
Jennifer Castle - Pink City
Eyvind Kang - Alastor: The Book Of Angels vol.21
Tinariwen - Emmaar
Gigi Masin - Talk To The Sea
Rudy Royston - 303
Haggai Cohen-Milo - Penguin
Gangsta Boo & Beatking - Underground Cassette Tape Music
Khun Narin - Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band
Edward - Into A Better Future
Roll The Dice - Until Silence

Jeezy - Seen It All (The Autobiography)
Hildur Gudnadottir - Saman
Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band - Intensity Ghost
Dino Saluzzi Group - El Valle de la Infancia
Step Brothers - Lord steppington
Joey Anderson - After Forever
Population One - Theater of a Confused Mind
Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap
Julius Steinhoff - Flocking Behaviour
Ambarchi/O'Malley/Dunn - Shade Themes from Kairos
Curren$y - The Drive In Theatre
Tom Carter & Pat Murano - Four Infernal Rivers
Jemeel Moondoc - The Zookeeper's House

i'm shocked there's no jazz in the genre top 10s! were there really fewer than 10 jazz albums with votes!?

Nyusha - Obyedineniye
taylor swift - 1989
Dasha Shults - Moloko
MC Bin Laden - MC Bin Laden
Yelle - Completement Fou
Lana del rey - ultraviolence
Tove Lo - Queen of the Clouds
Tanya Tagaq - Animism
Propaganda - Fioletovaya Pudra
IZA - Painkiller
Julia Marcell - Sentiments
Eva Polna - Poet Lyubov
Riff Raff - Neon Icon
owen pallett - in conflict
Ivan Dorn - Randorn
Srub - Top'
Naadya - Naadya
Ex Hex - Rips
Popcaan - Where We Come From
Gazelle Twin - Unflesh
Indila - Mini World
Pharmakon - Bestial Burden
IZA - Hug Music
Manikur - Voskhod
Mela Koteluk - Migracje

Weighted^^^

xp
I think most people feel discouraged from voting for jazz releases, I mean you know it is likely to be a lone vote. The variation between jazz lists is far more wider than others and more likely to feature one vote no. 1's.

Personally, I love jazz, but for whatever reason when I explore it I'm digging into older albums.

Also: I'm kinda bummed there's no ballot from fffv this year