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

a good day's trading imo

That consensus watch comparison really illustrates ilx's greatness and also importance

Like how could anyone prefer the consensus picks we rejected to the ignored albums we loved

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.

weighted

Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
Taylor Swift -1989
Future - Honest
Rich gang - the tour pt 1
LDR - Ultraviolence
the-Dream - royalty prequel
future -Monster
Travis porter - music money magnums 2
King louie - tony
elisa ambroglio - Immoralist
Que - can you dig it
schoolboy q - Oxymoron
trey songz - Trigga
Warpaint s/t
lil Spook - black silk
Yg - my krazy life
Les sins - michael

Genres - never deny their existence if someone else says them, never use their names yourself

― saer, Friday, January 30, 2015 5:04 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

Mark Barrott - Sketches from an Island
Young Marco - Biology
YG - My Krazy Life
Gigi Masin - Talk To The Sea
Suzanne Kraft - Missum
Lee Gamble - Koch
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos
Delroy Edwards - Teenage Tapes
Horsebeach - Horsebeach
Nenad Markovic - Kayto
Ital - Endgame
Maricopa - Pastel Love Part 2
Braid - No Coast
rich gang - rich gang the tour part 1
Wadada Leo Smith - The Great Lakes Suites
Hauschka - Abandoned City
Torn Hawk - Through Force of Will
Container - Adhesive
Carla Bozulich - Boy
Golden Retriever - Seer
Kyle 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.

The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Nadja - Queller
Francis Harris - Minutes Of Sleep
Mac Demarco - Salad Days
Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise
Gene the Southern Child & Parallel Thought - Southern Meridian
Alvvays - Alvvays
Rick Ross - Mastermind
Fluisteraars - Dromers
Fennesz - Bécs
todd terje - it's album time
Mayhem - Esoteric Warfare
javiera mena - otra era
Nightbringer - Ego Dominus Tuus
Agalloch - The Serpent and the Sphere
Meshell Ndegeocello - Comet, Come to Me
Tori Amos - Unrepentant Geraldines
Sloan - Commonwealth
Cormega - Mega Philosophy
Kayo Dot – Coffins on lo
Lana del rey - ultraviolence
Aphex Twin - Syro
Frank & Tony - You Go Girl
Step Brothers - Lord steppington

Mixed ballot.
Bold = missed the 77. Bold italics = sole voter. Surprised to be the sole voter for DK3.

Mica Levi - ‘Under the Skin’ OST
tUnE-yArDs - nikki nack
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
Todd Terje - It's Album Time
Pete Wiggs - Saint Etienne presents 'How We Used To Live' Original Film Soundtrack
Ariel Pink - pom pom
Cavern of Anti-Matter - Interlude Music
BABYMETAL - s/t
Guy Gerber & Puff Daddy - 11:11
Tinashe - Aquarius
Tim Love Lee & Shawn Lee - KPM: New York Trouble / Electric Progression
Danity Kane - DK3
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Mouse On Mars - 21 Again: Collaborations
Giant Claw - Dark Web
The Juan Maclean - In A Dream
Exotica - La vierge et le lion
Laetitia Sadier - Something Shines
Nicki Minaj - The Pink Print

Concretism - Town Planning
Benjamin Schoos - Une dernière danse EP
Ibibio Sound Machine - Ibibio Sound Machine
Kali Mutsa - Souvenance
The Emperor Machine - Like A Machine
Caribou - Our Love

For the record, Skye Ferreira's Night Time, My Time was in my IRL top 5 but was ineligible for this poll.

Lamp and me both voted for Carla Bozulich! <3 <3 <3 <3

I would have voted for Boy if I had found a way to fit 50 albums in 25 slots.

yay dark web votes :)

Weighted:

1. A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Sea When Absent
2. shabazz palaces - lese majesty
3. YG - My Krazy Life
4. D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
5. John Luther Adams - Become Ocean
6. Tinashe - Aquarius
7. owen pallett - in conflict
8. Behemoth - The Satanist
9. Fuse ODG – TINA
10. Sicko Mobb - Super Saiyan vol 1
11. FKA twigs – LP1
12. Oren Ambarchi – Quixotism
13. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
14. Tanya Tagaq - Animism
15. Popcaan - Where We Come From
16. Young Fathers – DEAD
17. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
18. javiera mena - otra era
19. Lantlos - Melting Sun
20. todd terje - it's album time
21. Skrillex – Recess
22. The Notwist - Close to the Glass
23. f(x) - Red Light
24. 2NE1 – Crush
25. Ariel Pink - pom pom

My #1 didn't place :(

Lamp and me both voted for Carla Bozulich! <3 <3 <3 <3

― 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!

ah awesome

Mixed

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Owen Pallett - In Conflict

Amelia Curran - They Promised You Mercy
Betty Who - Take Me When You Go
Emm Gryner - Torrential
Jenny Lewis - The Voyager
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Ninos Du Brasil - Novos Mistérios
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
The Both - The Both
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
Toni Braxton + Babyface - Love, Marriage, and Divorce
Tune-Yards - Nikki Nack

Lamp and me both voted for Carla Bozulich! <3 <3 <3 <3

haha for someone that i never agree with about anything we like a lot of the same music

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

― example (crüt), Thursday, January 29, 2015 5:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No country either.

Gigi Masin - Talk To The Sea
Young Marco - Biology
Nenad Markovic - Kayto
Atelje - Meditation
javiera mena - otra era
Mark E. - Product of Industry
Kassem Mosse - Workshop 19
A.R.T. Wilson - Overworld
Javier Bergia - Eclipse
mr twin sister - mr twin sister
YG - My Krazy Life
Mark Barrott - Sketches from an Island
Paqua - Akaliko
rich gang - rich gang the tour part 1
Hashman Deejay - Sandopolis
Head High - Megatrap
Lee Gamble - Koch
Lnrdcroy - Much Less Normal
Roman Flügel - Happiness Is Happening
Strategy - Boxology
The Juan Maclean - In a Dream
Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited
Ronika - Selectadisc
Torn Hawk - Let's Cry and Do Pushups at the Same Time

there were so many albums i liked this year, here's a list of stuff i couldn't fit onto my ballot:

hon. mention:
Ariel Kalma - An Evolutionary Music
Charli XCX - Sucker
Escape Force - Confused House 4
Gesloten Cirkel - Submit X
Horsebeach - Horsebeach
Ital - Endgame
Juju & Jordash - Clean-Cut
Khun Narin - Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band
Maricopa - Pastel Love Part 2
Protect-U - Free USA
Suzanne Kraft - Missum
Vangelis Katsoulis - The Sleeping Beauties
Yagya - Sleepygirls

i'd switch out a few of those that didn't make it for some that did if i made my ballot today

had an incorrect hunch nenad markovic would place
that ital record is very nice

yeah, there was a surprising amount of enthusiasm for it on ilx, i thought it had a chance, too

nenad markovic was vv close

Lamp and me both voted for Carla Bozulich! <3 <3 <3 <3

haha for someone that i never agree with about anything we like a lot of the same music

― wizaerd (Lamp), Friday, January 30, 2015 11:03 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol yeah there's plenty of narcissism of small differences stuff going on

lazaretto @ 700 lol

i voted for two albums this year, the ballot was weighted but i don't remember which order i put them in b/c i keep flip-flopping on which one i like better lol. anyway they are:

A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos
Mark Barrott - Sketches from an Island

didn't watch the rollout too closely but was excited to see them both turn up! quite enjoyed a number of the other albums that placed too. thanks ilm for the great poll, seandalai for the tabulation, gr80 and jf for the wonderful rollouts!

My unweighted ballot:

D’Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
Future Islands - Singles
The Juan Maclean - In A Dream
Mr Twin Sister - Mr Twin Sister
Various Artists - Cut Copy Presents: Oceans Apart
Blase - Sunset Dawn
Chromeo - White Women
Todd Terje - It’s Album Time
Javier Bergia - Eclipse
YG - My Krazy Life
Museum of Love - Museum of Love
Michiru Aoyama - Warm Season
Prins Thomas - Prins Thomas III
Caribou - Our Love
Moodymann - Moodymann
Tinashe - Aquarius
Session Victim - See You When You Get There
Shit Robot - We Got A Love
Horsebeach - Horsebeach
Maricopa - Pastel Love - Part Two
Lust For Youth - International
DJ Quik - The Midnight Life
Aphex Twin - Syro
Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait
Lewis - L’Amour

I'm a big indietronica fan.

Pretty surprised that I was the only vote for Museum of Love and Blase. They're both really beautiful albums (well Blase's an EP) and I highly encourage everyone to check them out!

Shouts to the 2 other souls who voted Javier Bergia and Session Victim and the 1 other voters each for Michiru Aoyama, Maricopa and Oceans Apart.

<3 i was the other michiru aoyama vote :D

Catching up on ballot requests from today...

dog latin:

owen pallett - in conflict
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Ought - More Than Any Other Day
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Objekt - Flatland
Swans - To Be Kind
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Soused
Richard Dawson - Nothing Important
Future Islands - Singles
Eyvind Kang - Alastor: The Book Of Angels vol.21
Aphex Twin - Syro
Ian William Craig - A Turn of Breath
Katie Gately - Pipes
The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do the Heathen Rage?
The Horrors - Luminous
Nisennenmondai - N
East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
Call Super - Suzi Ecto
Hammock - The Sleepover Series, Vol. 2
Gazelle Twin - Unflesh
Atelje - Meditation
Pharmakon - Bestial Burden
DJ Q - Ineffable
Martin Carr - The Breaks

boxedjoy:

Maria Minerva - Histrionic
Dean Blunt - Black Metal
Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean
Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
Lewis - L'amour
Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers
Charli XCX - Sucker
Tove Lo - Queen of the Clouds
taylor swift - 1989
Head High - Megatrap
Kelis - Food
Grouper - Ruins
The Juan Maclean - In a Dream
angel olsen - burn your fire for no witness
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
The Knife - Shaken-Up Versions
Mr Twin Sister - Mr Twin Sister
Vladislav Delay - Visa
Terrence Parker - Life On The Back 9
Ballet School - The Dew Lasts an Hour
DJ Koze - Reincarnations Pt 2
Gazelle Twin - Unflesh
Fear of Men - Loom
Eternal Summers - The Drop Beneath

My top genre is "chillwave"? I'm barely familiar with what that genre even encompasses, so I googled "top chillwave artists" and amongst the most prominent bands that show up I've heard maybe three of them, haven't even heard of most of them, and voted for only one (Ariel Pink, who I wouldn't have classified as such). According to Wiki, the first known chillwave song is the Beach Boys' "All I Wanna Do". Now that I can get into. Beach Boys are my new favourite chillwave band....

xxxp That Session Victim album is seriously growing on me.

Lee626, all the genre stats relate directly to Glenn's map -- here is the explanatory link again from the top of this thread. And it helps to know that a given artist or release can be associated with multiple genres.

You can find the genres for a particular artist via http://everynoise.com/engenremap.html

Since the genre names come from my list, you can explore them further at http://everynoise.com.

Where's the XP warning when you need it?

All I Wanna Do is chillwave? lol! I must like chillwave then.

My top genre was indie r'n'b *hangs head*

Favorite genre was drone, which I don't think was particularly abundant in my ballot.

These were the albums nobody else voted for from my ballot, with my placings in brackets:

Nyusha - Obyedineniye (1): she's the current standard bearer for classic, emotive Russian electropop. Her singles usually pick up a few votes in the EOY polls and there was a fair amount of anticipation on ILX for the album a while ago but it slipped out under the radar a little internationally. http://youtu.be/84kbG2ExdZs

Dasha Shults - Moloko (3): didn't really get much critical love in Russia but it's a phenomenally good debut reminiscent in style and quality of someone like Amanda Mair. She has about 30 followers on Twitter and her only professionally-recorded YouTube video has 5000 views, which is mystifying. http://youtu.be/2qvxDxBgeIY

Propaganda - Fioletovaya Pudra (9): Although they started off as a Tatu rip-off act, i'd always rated Vika from Propaganda as one of the most talented writer-performers in the business - and then she left and the group got much better so that shows what i know. It's yr archetypal Italo-influenced Russian pop but done brilliantly. http://youtu.be/ouaJ25WDArg

IZA - Painkiller (10) / IZA - Hug Music (23): For reasons that are not entirely clear to me, Snoop has spent most of the last two years recording low-key electro R&B with the excellent Polish singer Iza Lach. They've made hundreds of songs together, some of which were released across two albums last year. They appear to only be available via Bandcamp and i've certainly never seen them in the shops in Poland. It's all very strange. http://youtu.be/5Knm4WVsBmc

Julia Marcell - Sentiments (11): Terrific, lyrically-sharp Polish indie pop. http://youtu.be/RChaKK7e0xA

Eva Polna - Poet Lyubov (12): Polna has been a fixture of Russian pop for years and brings a lot of that weight and maturity to a superb album. http://youtu.be/3OESOZGhPzg

Ivan Dorn - Randorn (15): The golden boy of contemporary Ukrainian pop. The album is patchy but brilliant when it gets it right. http://youtu.be/0eihYaVddKE

Srub - Top' (16): Enjoyably OTT Siberian neofolk / goth rock http://youtu.be/YVNbesJIdjU

Indila - Mini-World (21): probably the biggest international star nobody in the English-speaking world cared about last year. Very French pop-R&B http://youtu.be/K5KAc5CoCuk

Manikur - Voskhod (24): Very much like Interpol, but in Russian and with a better sense of melancholy beauty. http://youtu.be/JsPZrIn-YJs

Mela Koteluk - Migracje (25): More Polish indie-pop. http://youtu.be/bQ1Jo3caCHA

I got pop as my top genre for both lists and I pretty much hate pop as it currently exists. ;_;

sharivari always gets me listening to new and interesting music around this time of the year. This is no exception

ShariVari omitted a couple things for which there were few other voters, and I'd welcome his/her cultural context for Naadya - Naadya (which I heard as a Russian Florence with better tunes) and Ivan Dorn - Randorn (which I heard as a Ukrainian jazz singer engaging with UK funky) as well.

Oops, just noted the Dorn take. For some reason I was looking for the Cyrillic.

Thanks for those Eastern European recs! I appear to be particularly fond of Polish music!

my weighted ballot:

The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers (#64)
Kiasmos - Kiasmos (#184)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (#37)
Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World (#426)
Ex Hex – Rips (#41)
Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather (#56)
TV On The Radio - Seeds (#304)
Beverly – Careers (#288)
Alvvays – Alvvays (#50)
The Horrors - Luminous (#294)
Benjamin Booker - Benjamin Booker (#540)
Ty Segall – Manipulator (#554)
Diamond District - March on Washington (#569)
A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Atomos (#51)
Temples - Sun Structures (#335)
Alt-J - This is All Yours (#483)
angel olsen - burn your fire for no witness (#38)
Tycho – Awake (#481)
The Hidden Cameras – Age (#727)
Moodymann - Moodymann (#54)
Les Sins – Michael (# 358)
Aphex Twin – Syro (#6)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (#8)
perfume genius - too bright (#124)
Caribou - Our Love (#15)

These are the ones that didn't make it in from my ballot:

Objekt - Flatland
Objekt always struck me as one of the more boring of the post-dubstep producers, but this album is a total jam. The sound design is just outstanding for one, and musically it's a proper sci-fi rave up with atmosphere aplenty and some remarkably hard-driving electro/techno moments.

Eyvind Kang - Alastor: The Book Of Angels vol.21
While it's missing Jessica Kenney's remarkable vocal work which was a key ingredient in Kang's previous The Narrow Garden, this instrumental record still incorporates all the twists and turns you'd expect. The track Variel, is typical of this, a centrepoint between seventies adventure soundtrack, Arabesque fantasy and toytown parade; he manages to blend influences from all over the musical map as if they were always supposed to happen.

Back in a bit with more...

Man that everynoise site has kinda taken a bunch if my spare time over.

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