ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2016

tidy innocuous shambhala isolationism feels sinister now - the shaved back & sides & long on top of music. two down, next

This is pretty good, clearly in the same genre as #77, but much more idiosyncratic! The backing has some cute and memorable synths, and the vocals sound like they wouldn't be out of place on some '90s singer-songwriter album, like Lisa Loeb, which is refreshing compared to the cliched breathy vocal style of the previous entry. Hard to understand why it needs to include French rapping, but that doesn't ruin it.

I googled the name, apparently the singer is French, I guess that explains it? The whole song could've been in French though.

It wouldn't be here (or a hit) if it was.

Are you sure? In this post- "Dragostea Din Tei" and "Gangnam Style" world, is language still such a barrier? Especially French, which a lot of people think is "sexy" even if they don't understand it?

Chairlift at Roskilde this summer was nice, but I'll admit I don't remember any of the songs they played...

i think i voted for this song in the 2015 poll

Could have been the 2014 one!

If language wasn't a barrier it wouldn't have needed to have been translated from French in the first place. The original is here:

https://youtu.be/rs40yxHjTxQ

tidy innocuous shambhala isolationism feels sinister now

I usually agree on this stuff, but the Christine album is genuinely huge now. Having said that I didn't feel the need to sling any of its individual tracks a vote.

I would have thought Christine and the Queens were Swedish. I'm not sure I approve of this kind of cultural appropriation.

Like nothing is shambhala if it's familiar to people whose main engagement with music is through watching Graham Norton.

http://i.imgur.com/Bmacizw.jpg

74 (tie) THE WEEKND FT DAFT PUNK "Starboy" [168 points, 7 votes]
https://youtu.be/34Na4j8AVgA

the colours are nice in that post

Ugh

This one has nice verses, they remind me of the non-Shaggy vocals in Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me". Chorus is a bit rubbish tho.

A motherstarring fuckboy.

Like nothing is shambhala if it's familiar to people whose main engagement with music is through watching Graham Norton.

― Matt DC, Monday, 23 January 2017 12:24 Bookmark

tell me more of your extreme liberal democracy lord haw haw

poll tryna put you in the worst mood ah

Wth are you even talking about? What does Shambhala mean in this context, I'm dumb?

look what you done

special bonus lol just for rob & longneck - https://soundcloud.com/deejay-theory-vip/starbwoy-theory-needlz-edit

xxp shambhala is the 'not pop not indie shambhala' thread which is mostly for the 'synth pop + wispy indie singing combination' you mentioned

moth to the flame was one of the best tracks on a very disappointing album

tilted is fine but maybe a bit too restrained for me, i'm not surprised she broke through in the UK this year though

its weird that starboy was such a big hit, production is fantastic sounding but it's a bit slight and i wish it had a much better bridge

http://i.imgur.com/14yCXjV.jpg

74 (tie) CHANCE THE RAPPER "All Night" [168 points, 7 votes]
https://youtu.be/lkIUnRRH6l4

No #1 votes yet - had a few already at this same point last year.

voted for this. the horns!

I didn't vote for anything that's placed so far, but I feel like these results are catering directly to my tastes somehow.

http://i.imgur.com/v8h2V13.jpg

Voted for a different Chairlift song but Moth to the Flame is quite nice too.

Both parties involved in 'Starboy' sound like they're going through the motions.

http://i.imgur.com/VoOQMoB.jpg

73 UNDERWORLD "Nylon Strung" [172 points, 5 votes, 2 first place votes]
https://youtu.be/SHhCiu5JA3g

I've never heard an Underworld track that wouldn't sound better as an instrumental, and this one's no exception. Well, at least here the vocals are just forgettable instead of actively irritating.

Two first place votes? Seriously?

I wonder if Cosmic Slop is one of them?

I have a lot of love for some Underworld but listening to that album was like listening to someone building a wall and this is no exception.

'Nylon Strung' and 'Low Burn' are two of their best 00s tracks easily.

Impossible, since Scribble is their best track ever.

Sincere greetings from this distant opposite pole of the same planet.

I have a lot of love for some Underworld but listening to that album was like listening to someone building a wall and this is no exception.

Yeah I didn't enjoy it either although to be fair I haven't loved an Underworld album since Beaucoup Fish.

I'm out till noon or so but here's your playlist for the moment... could a mod please edit to the top post?

ILM's Top 77 Singles for 2016

That Underworld track is pants, it reminds me of The Lightning Seeds.

Chance the Rapper is fun, otherwise decent but underwhelming electro seems to be the sound of 16 so far.

That Chairlift album was really disappointing compared to Something. Moth to the Flame is catchy enough but the 'He's that kind of man mama' part is unnecessary and a not a little bit cringey.

nary a flicker over here. something a little more dynamic now please

http://i.imgur.com/1evtxAa.jpg

71 (tie) CASE/LANG/VEIRS "Atomic Number" [172 points, 6 votes]
https://youtu.be/x-81jnVsCQw

highlight of another album i didn't find myself going back to

hey, this'll do you know, even if the concept of the group is slightly more interesting than the results

this album has steadily grown on me since it came out

love the case/lang/veirs album

Not my kind of music really, but this is a-ok. Would've worked better as pure folk tho, the rock guitar in the right speaker is completely unnecessary.

Tho I guess that's what I always say about rock guitars...

Agree with the general opinion that the Chairlift album was a big disappointment after Something. There was a brilliant EP in there surrounded by a lot of filler. Moth To A Flame is one of the good ones. I voted for Romeo in my top five last year.

Tilted is a lovely song. I was really surprised it ended up being a bit hit. It sounded quite odd when it came on Christmas TOTP.

Starboy is so dull. I Feel It Coming is a hundred times better.

The Underworld album was fairly decent but I'm surprised just how popular it was on here.

I didn't vote for Atomic Number but I'm pleased to see it place. I would have voted for Best Kept Secret if I'd remembered to nominate it. The album is great.

This came close to being on my ballot so I'm pleased to see it placing. All the Case-predominant tracks on the album (this, Delirium, Behind the Armoury) are the best.

Like the Chance the rapper song too.

Album rollout starts today?

cake by the ocean feels pretty far from being either the best or worst song of the year

Running into the same problems gr80 had last week starting the thread. Patience please. :)

http://www.evga.com/articles/00449/header.jpg

The triple 7 trick isn't working for me. Maybe quad 7s?!

"setenta y siete"? it looks prettier anyway

Voila! ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2016

good flop-takes

40 no problems - imo, a perfect song. first time i've watched the video but it's very charming and laid back, all the cameos very natural, it seems like they like chance. also chance's dance moves ^_^ also everyone said it but the lil wayne verse is *kiss fingers* 'hold up, i got this sewed up, my soda poured up/my woes up, I'm flippin' those bucks, they doing toe tucks'

totally agree, the song/video combo for this song just make it greater and greater, i think it was up in this thread someone said that 2 chainz voice was a breath of fresh air, very true. this, the marfox and A Change of Heart are the best finds for me from this list.

"cake by the ocean" is a monster song

flopson <3

― lex pretend, Saturday, January 28, 2017 12:48 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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All-time list updated:

2012 Todd Terje - Inspector Norse (1676 points, 45 votes, 7 #1 votes)
2012 Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (1528 points, 48 votes, 6 #1 votes)
2015 Grimes - Realiti (Demo) (1357 points, 37 votes, 9 #1 votes)
2016 Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles (1276 points, 37 votes, 5 #1 votes)
2013 Daft Punk - Get Lucky (1212 points, 38 votes, 3 #1 votes)
2014 Tinashe ft. Schoolboy Q - 2 on (1190 points, 39 votes, 4 #1 votes)
2013 Mariah Carey ft. Miguel - #Beautiful (1138 points, 37 votes, 4 #1 votes)
2011 Azealia Banks ft. Lazy Jay - 212 (1111 points, 34 votes, 2 #1 votes)
2011 Lana Del Rey - Video Games (1107 points, 40 votes, 2 #1 votes)
2015 Fetty Wap - Trap Queen (1063 points, 37 votes, 2 #1 votes)

I updated the list of all tracks polls.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gmqXY8_yZp8W9CJxR_zRP8duyUgEmMISS83zvVnww3k/edit?usp=sharing

oh cool thanks for compiling that!

yeah ty! fun to look back over it

Did that a couple years ago when I was bored lol

Oh hay, Underworld reached #4 in '02 ... the last time I really loved them.

same here

2015 - https://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/4MtIP108X3Y9lRMVCZF7TH
2014 - https://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/57m9LpUGkWDzGOiIgNsTeR
2013 - https://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/6aanFh0UkiNJlrvg3kZgmI
2012 - https://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/3ChxVkEPVmdKIdfX19Yy5s

albums i'm bummed are likely not to make it at this point

big thief - masterpiece
un blonde - good will come to you

Okay so now that we're a week removed from the immediate hullaballoo, this is the time when I expand the playlist to include more of what people voted for and we can get a broader taste of the ILX zeitgeist. Behold!

ILM's Top 200 Singles for 2016

Spotify has 191 of them; perhaps unsurprisingly, five of the missing 200 are Beyonce tracks ('Formation', 'All Night', 'Sorry', 'Hold Up' and 'Freedom', in that order).
Anyone want to name the other four? You'll win a shiny nickel.

been listening to that Shura song a fair bit since it appeared, and while I like it well enough, it's pretty much 'I Belong In Your Arms' part 2 with a lot of the low end missing.

xp thanks ulysses

yes thanks a lot for doing this

don't worry too much about it; I'll be stopping in the upcoming year.

― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Monday, 5 December 2016 00:33 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i have a plan that will undoubtedly still find a way to rile killljoys but should serve the same purpose.

― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Monday, 5 December 2016 19:19 Bookmark

so forks, are you ready to unveil the dealio

i tried to listen to the quest album but the sound of qtip trying was too sad

lol wrong thread, close, but

xxp nope.