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

Full Results

Non-self-explanatory stats:
Enthusiasm: Average points per ballot, divided by the max it could have (50).
Popularity: The Spotify Popularity score for the album, if it's on Spotify.

Genre Top 10s

For every genre in Glenn's big map of the universe that had at least 10 albums with at least one vote, I compiled a top 10 list. Not all the genre assignments make sense, but hey.

Voter Statistics

All your old favourites, some new ones too:
Hivemind score: this is the average points total for the albums on your ballot; how your ballot was ordered doesn't change the score.
Fuxxor Quotient: the proportion of albums on your ballot that were in Pitchfork's EOY list.
Antifuxxor Ratio: Hivemind divided by Fuxxor Quotient. A high ratio means your taste is much closer to that of ILM than to that of Pitchfork. A score of infinity means you're awesome.
Populism: the average Spotify popularity of the albums on your ballot that are also on Spotify.
Loneliness: the proportion of your albums that nobody else voted for. This year's loneliest voter is...not a surprise.
Blood Sausage Index: The average points total for albums that didn't appear on a collection of other EOY lists. Essentially, whether you love music that nobody outside of ILM cares or knows about.
Top neighbour: essentially the voter whose ballot intersects most with yours.
Top genre: the genre you gave the most points to, according to Glenn's automagically generated genres.
You should probably read: The non-ILM EOY albums list that intersects most with yours.

mixed, bolded didn't place, would've put theo parrish on if i was doing it now

K. Michelle - Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?
Miranda Lambert - Platinum
Tinashe - Aquarius
Mirel Wagner - When The Cellar Children See The Light of Day

Taylor Swift - 1989
Angaleena Presley - American Middle Class
YG - My Krazy Life
Gangsta Boo & La Chat - Witch
Francis Harris - Minutes Of Sleep
Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce
Cher Lloyd - Sorry I’m Late
Gazelle Twin - Unflesh
Khia Shamone - LoveLocs
Tori Amos - Unrepentant Geraldines
D'Angelo & The Vanguard - Black Messiah
Fatima - Yellow Memories
Kelis - Food
Lee Ann Womack - The Way I'm Livin'
Call Super - Suzi Ecto
Kassem Mosse - Workshop 19
Mariah Carey - Me. I Am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse
The Juan Maclean - In A Dream
Meshell Ndegéocello - Comet, Come To Me
Leon Vynehall - Music For The Uninvited
Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste

I didnt know of anything to vote for in this poll!

taytay fan!!!!!!

lol @ taytay fan's ballot

weighted / bolded = placed:

Klara Lewis - Ett
Matthew Shipp - I've Been To Many Places
Kasai Allstars - Beware The Fetish
Toumani & Sidiki Diabate - Toumani & Sidiki
Orlando Julius & the Heliocentrics - Jaiyede Afro
Naomi Punk - Television Man
Golden Retriever - Seer
Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather
Panabrite - Pavilion
Ronika - Selectadisc
Aphex Twin - Syro
Gazelle Twin - Unflesh
Pulse Emitter - Equinox
Meridian Brothers - Salvadora Robot
Weyes Blood - The Innocents
Jonas Reinhardt - Ganymede
Alessandro Cortini - Sonno
Kikagaku Moyo - Mammatus Clouds
Goat - Commune
Khun Narin - Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band
The Soundcarriers - Entropicalia
Kaveri Special - Kaveri Special
BRONCHO - Just Enough Hip to Be Woman
Loscil - Sea Island
Jessie Ware - Tough Love

yay I'm in the reverse top 5

weighted, bolded didn't place:

1. Jennifer Castle - Pink City
2. Mamman Sani - Taaritt
3. Braid - No Coast
4. VA - Haiti Direct - Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1978
5. Botanist - Vi: Flora
6. Suicideyear - Remembrance
7. Witch Mountain - Mobile of Angels
8. Lykke Li - I Never Learn
9. Flying Lotus - You’re Dead!
10. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness
11. Noura Mint Seymali - Tzenni
12. Zebrina - Hamidbar Medaber
13. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
14. Mark Barrott - Sketches from an Island
15. Michiru Aoyama - Warm Season
16. The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
17. Khun Narin - Khun Narin’s Electric Phin Band
18. Function & Vatican Shadow - Games Have Rules
19. Eyvind Kang: The Book of Angels, Vol. 21: Alastor
20. Beck - Morning Phase
21. Officer! - Dead Unique
22. The Budos Band - Burnt Offering
23. Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap
24. Zion80 - The Book of Angels, Vol. 22: Adramelech
25. Somi - The Lagos Music Salon

so much metal JUST outside the 77!

ranked:

Miranda Lambert - Platinum
Gazelle Twin - Unflesh
Grouper - Ruins
Jessie Ware - Tough Love
Marissa Nadler - July
Witch Mountain - Mobile of Angels
Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band - Intensity Ghost
Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems
Angaleena Presley - American Middle Class
Mark Barrott - Sketches from an Island
Katy B - Little Red
Röyksopp & Robyn - Do It Again
The Juan Maclean - In a Dream
The Oath – The Oath
Lee Ann Womack - The Way I'm Livin'
Alvvays - Alvvays
Aphex Twin - Syro
Nenad Markovic - Kayto
William Tyler - Lost Colony
Solstafir - Otta
Lantlos - Melting Sun
Dawnbringer - Night of the Hammer
U2 - Songs of Innocence
Young Marco - Biology

also lol @ taytay fan having the lowest populist score

yeah it's not the first time that 78+ has been full of metal albums waiting for just one more vote xps

that's because 1989 isn't on Spotify xp

Here is my weighted ballot - if I made it today, I would reorder a few things, it also gets a bit DGAF near the end

Jessie Ware - Tough Love
Charli XCX - Sucker
Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce
FKA twigs - LP1
mr twin sister - mr twin sister
The Juan Maclean - In a Dream
One Direction - Four
Luke James - Luke James
Wild Beasts - Present Tense
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
Wye Oak - Shriek
taylor swift - 1989
Hercules & Love Affair - The feast of the broken heart
Katy B - Little Red
Tinashe - Aquarius
Ariana Grande - My Everything
Nick Jonas - Nick Jonas
August Alsina - Testimony
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Romeo Santos - Formula, Vol. 2
Skrillex - Recess
DJ Q - Ineffable
Duck Sauce - Quack
Blake Mills - Heigh Ho
St. Vincent - St. Vincent

My mixed ballot, albums in bold didn't place (but are obviously great and you should check them out):

The Gloaming - The Gloaming
Jorge Drexler - Bailar en la Cueva
Javiera Mena - Otra Era
Valentin Stip - Sigh
D'Angelo - Black Messiah

Eyvind Kang - Alastor: The Book Of Angels vol.21
Torn Hawk - Through Force of Will
The Soundcarriers - Entropicalia
Ibibio Sound Machine - Ibibio Sound Machine
Owen Pallett - In Conflict
Fatima - Yellow Memories
Richard Dawson - Nothing Important
Lewis - L'Amour
Tycho - Awake
Matthew Shipp - I've Been To Many Places
Various Artists - Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1978
Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap
Tape - Casino
Khun Narin - Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band
Cooly G - Wait 'Til Night
Death Blues - Ensemble
Caoimhin O Raghallaigh - Music for an elliptical orbit
Cola & Jimmu - I Give You My Love and Devotion
Noura Mint Seymali - Tzenni
Mark Barrott - Sketches From An Island

Weighted, bolded didn't place (IIRC):

FKA twigs - LP1
Alcest - Shelter
Various Artists - Killed By Deathrock, Vol. 1
Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce
owen pallett - in conflict
Lamb - Backspace Unwind
Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
Gazelle Twin - Unflesh
Warpaint - Warpaint
shabazz palaces - lese majesty
Breakaway - Postcarious
Little Mix - Salute
Kate Tempest - Everybody Down
Lone - Reality Testing
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Spooky Tricks
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Basement Jaxx - Junto
Phantogram - Voices
The Atlas Moth - The Old Believer
tUnE-yArDs - nikki nack
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun
Major Lazer - Apocalypse Soon
The Knife - Shaken-Up Versions
Trust - Joyland
Pallbearer - Foundations Of Burden

weighted
bold placed (less effort)

DVA - Nipomo
Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean
Eaux - Plastics
Hundred Waters - The Moon Rang Like a Bell
Gazelle Twin – Unflesh
Juçara Marçal - Encarnado
Lydia Ainsworth - Right From Real
Ninos du Brasil - Novos Mistérios
Kali Mutsa - Souvenance
FKA twigs - LP1
iamamiwhoami - Blue
Jozef van Wissem / SQÜRL - Only Lovers Left Alive Original Soundtrack
Mica Levi - Under the Skin OST
mr twin sister - mr twin sister
Katie Gately - Pipes
Naadya - Naadya
Warpaint - Warpaint
Lamb - Backspace Unwind
Ronika - Selectadisc
The Delines - Colfax
Clap! Clap! - Tayi Bebba
Esben and the Witch - A New Nature
MØ - No Mythologies to Follow
The Bug - Angels & Devils
St. Vincent - St. Vincent

If I had to do it again, I'd push Grenier & Archie Pelago - Grenier Meets Archie Pelago and Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz & Dan Berglund - Trialogue somewhere into the middle and drop the last two.

my unweighted ballot (bold = in top 77)

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la Band - Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything
Hiss Golden Messenger - Bad Debt
Thou - Heathen
Ryley Walker - All Kinds of You
Musk Ox - Woodfall
Otto A. Totland - Pinô
Dead Congregation - Promulgation of the Fall
Lawrence English - Wilderness of Mirrors
New Bums - Voices in a Rented Room
Menace Ruine - Venus Armata
Broken Twin - May
Swans - To Be Kind
Artificial Brain - Labyrinth Constellation
Ben Frost - AURORA
Led Bib - The People in Your Neighbourhood
Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate
Julie Byrne - Rooms With Walls and Windows
Tom Kovacevik - Universe Thin As Skin
United Nations - The Next Four Years
Tape - Casino
Imprints - Data Trails
Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band - Intensity Ghost
Spectral Lore - III
Fire! Orchestra - Enter
Death Blues - Ensemble

Ben Frost making it didn't seem totally unrealistic

weighted:

YG - My Krazy Life
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Rich Gang - Tha Tour Part 1
Tinashe - Aquarius
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
Carla Bozulich - Boy
Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce
Eric Church - The Outsiders
Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait
Boosie Badazz - Life After Deathrow
Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien
K. Michelle - Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?
IamSu! - Sincerely Yours
Future Islands - Singles
Wye Oak - Shriek
DJ Quik - The Midnight Life
Kevin Gates - Luca Brasi 2
One Direction - Four
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun
Marsha Ambrosius - Friends & Lovers
FKA twigs - LP1
Ex Hex - Rips
JuegoTheNinety - Sonny September CD
Trunkweed - Days Of Haze
The Nels Cline Singers – Macroscope

jennifer castle got 4 votes, as did haiti direct (!) and braid - who was the one other mamman tani voter??

Weighted

Lorenzo senni - Superimpositions
Thee Ahs - Corey's Coathangers
taylor swift - 1989
Ravioli Me Away - The Inevitable Album
Richard Dawson - Nothing Important
Giant Claw - Dark Web
Especia - Gusto
2NE1 - Crush
Keel Her - Keel Her
Tunabunny - Kingdom Technology
Ace Bushy Striptease - Slurpt
Bing & Ruth - Tomorrow Was the Golden Age
Girlpool - Girlpool EP
Pharmakon - Bestial Burden
Vampillia - The Divine Move
Martha - Courting Strong
Grouper - Ruins
The Wharves - At Bay
Edward - Into A Better Future
Various Artists - Maltine Girls Wave
Good Throb - Fuck Off
Actress - Ghettoville
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Soused
Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love
Bohren & der Club of Gore - Piano Nights

lol forgot to bold Weird Al, who did not place in the top 77 (xp)

mixed Bold didnt place

#1Ian William Craig - A Turn of Breath

Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Soused
Yob - Clearing the Path to Ascend
Agalloch - The Serpent and the Sphere
Darkspace - Darkspace III I
Electric Wizard - Time To Die
Godflesh - A World Lit Only By Fire
Jute Gyte - Vast Chains
Jute Gyte - Ressentiment
Swans - To Be Kind
Earth - Primitive and Deadly
owen pallett - in conflict
Pallbearer - Foundations Of Burden
Botanist - Vi: Flora
Trans Am - Volume X
Alcest - Shelter
Have a Nice Life - The Unnatural World
Menace Ruine - Venus Armata
Aphex Twin - Syro
Goat - Commune
Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate
Kemialliset Ystävät - Alas Rattoisaa Virtaa
Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun
Babymetal - Babymetal

the rest unweighted

sean, could you post my ballot pls? really must save them next year.

hey seandalai, we're neighbors

weighted

D’Angelo - Black Messiah
FKA Twins - LP1
Taylor Swift - 1989
Charli XCX - Sucker
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Botanist - VI: Flora
Owen Pallett - In Conflict
St Vincent - St Vincent
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap
Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
One Direction - Four
Gazelle Twin - Unflesh
Alvvays - Alvvays
Sharon van Etten - Are We There
Cher Lloyd - Sorry I’m Late
Shellac - Dude Incredible
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Grouper - Ruins
Tinashe - Aquarius
Lecrae - Anomaly
Kelis - FOOD
Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems
Aphex Twin - Syro
Scott Walker and Sunn O))) - Soused

people v enthusiastic about braid, what kinda music is it?

Hey Mordy!

mixed ballot. very happy 1d finally placed this year!

One Direction - Four
Taylor Swift - 1989
Miranda Lambert - Platinum
Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce
YG - My Krazy Life
Lee Ann Womack - The Way I'm Livin'
Popcaan - Where We Come From
Tinashe - Aquarius
Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien
Teyana Taylor - VII

Angaleena Presley - American Middle Class
Charli XCX - Sucker
Cher Lloyd - Sorry I’m Late
DaVinChe & Katie Pearl - Untitled
DJ Q - Ineffable
DJ Quik - The Midnight Life
Guy Gerber & Puff Daddy - 11:11
Javiera Mena - Otra Era
Junglepussy - Satisfaction Guaranteed
K. Michelle - Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?
Katy B - Little Red
Kehlani - Cloud 19
Meshell Ndegeocello - Comet, Come to Me
Nick Jonas - Nick Jonas
Trey Songz - Trigga

Simon H's ballot:

Joyce Manor - Never Hungover Again
Alvvays - Alvvays
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
The Antlers - Familiars
Spoon - They Want My Soul
Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right
Lost in the Trees - Past Life
United Nations - The Next Four Years
Dawnbringer - Night of the Hammer
Augie March - Havens Dumb
Avi Buffalo - At Best Cuckold
Wild Beasts - Present Tense
Kelis - Food
Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
Zammuto - Anchor
Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours
angel olsen - burn your fire for no witness
owen pallett - in conflict
Agalloch - The Serpent and the Sphere
Midnight - No Mercy For Mayhem
Slough Feg - Digital Resistance
Blake Mills - Heigh Ho
Slow Club - Complete Surrender
Interpol - El Pintor
Manic Street Preachers - Futurology

monotony's my musical soulmate with both tracks and albums <3

mine was ranked; bolded placed

angel olsen - burn your fire for no witness
taylor swift - 1989
junglepussy - satisfaction guaranteed
alvvays - alvvays
grouper - ruins
owen pallett - in conflict
hercules & love affair - the feast of the broken heart
tinashe - aquarius
perfume genius - too bright
mr twin sister - mr twin sister
javiera mena - otra era
foxes in fiction - ontario gothic
fka twigs - LP1
jessie ware - tough love
caribou - our love
katy b - little red
leon vynehall - music for the uninvited
st. vincent - st. vincent
fatima - yellow memories
perfect pussy - say yes to love

metal poll winner nowhere near the top 100

Well this is embarrassing. I seem to have misplaced my list. After hearing a bunch of amazing things that I missed, I would probably remove a good 5-8 things off of it, though. Sad how Seahawks - Paradise Freaks (my #2 or #3) was only given 2 votes. Transcended the Balaeric disco genre to funky ambient dream pop and I listened to it more than most things this year. Whoever else felt the love for them, you rule.

Oh yeah that Vashti album is very good, I think. Not sure if I remembered to put it on my ballot, haven't listened to it enough yet that's for sure.

Seems fair. D'Angelo was nowhere near the top of the metal poll. xps

These spreadsheets are fascinating. Thanks for all the hard work in pulling this together!

My weighted ballot, bolded those that did not place:

Lee Ann Womack - The Way I'm Livin'
Miranda Lambert - Platinum
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Spoon - They Want My Soul
Lydia Loveless - Somewhere Else
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison - Our Year
D'Angelo - Black Messiah
Jason Eady - Daylight & Dark
Todd Terje - It's Album Time
Taylor Swift - 1989
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in country music
Strand of Oaks - HEAL
Ariana Grande - My Everything
Jessie Ware - Tough Love
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Chromeo - White Women
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere else
Lydia Ainsworth - Right from Real
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
One Direction - FOUR
Clark - Clark
Aphex Twin - Syro
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Cher Lloyd - Sorry I'm Late
Kelis - Food

Thx sean! Who're the other 2 Joyce Manor voters?

I was surprised that Vashti didn't place tbh, it's the better of her post-comeback albums but I guess people forgot about her?

octobeard: I can post your ballot if you like?

Mixed

Popcaan - Where We Come From
Tinashe - Aquarius
FKA twigs - LP1
Chronixx - Dread and Terrible
Call Super - Suzi Ecto

Moire - Shelter
Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited
Arca - Xen
DJ Spoko - War God
future - honest
IamSu! - Sincerely Yours
Jessie Ware - Tough Love
Lee Gamble - Koch
Noura Mint Seymali - Tzenni
rich gang - rich gang the tour part 1
Tanya Tagaq - Animism
The Advisory Circle - From Out Here
Toumani & Sidiki Diabate - Toumani & Sidiki
Various Artists - Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1978
Various Artists - Audio Rehab, Vol. 1

#2 in the metal poll was #78 though! so close

seandalai could you please post my ballot? i honestly dont remember any of the order beyond the top 10

seandalai, sure! I would have put Vashti on my ballot but didn't realize she actually put one out until about 2 weeks ago. Goodness, there's just not enough time in the day

slothroprhymes' ballot:

Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Sharon van Etten - Are We There
FKA twigs - LP1
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
Vince Staples - Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2
Charli XCX - Sucker
Lykke Li - I Never Learn
The Afghan Whigs - Do to the Beast
YG - My Krazy Life
Tinashe - Aquarius
White Lung - Deep Fantasy
Gangsta Boo & Beatking - Underground Cassette Tape Music
Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait
Nux Vomica - Nux Vomica
Mica Levi - Under the Skin OST
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours
Kevin Gates - Luca Brasi 2
Swans - To Be Kind
United Nations - The Next Four Years
Gangsta Boo & La Chat - Witch
K. Michelle - Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?
A$AP Ferg - Ferg Forever

Just post the albums. I think my tracks ballot was just my favorite songs from the albums I listened to

sendalai i can't remember my ballot again

octobeard's:

Caribou - Our Love
Seahawks - Paradise Freaks
Taylor McFerrin - Early Riser
Prins Thomas - III
Clark - Clark
FKA twigs - LP1
ceo - Wonderland
Gigi Masin - Talk To The Sea
Goat - Commune
Aphex Twin - Syro
Mr Oizo - The Church
todd terje - it's album time
Yagya - Sleepygirls
SD Laika - That's Harakiri
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos
Swans - To Be Kind
The Soundcarriers - Entropicalia
Röyksopp - The Inevitable End
Duck Sauce - Quack
Flying Lotus - You're Dead
Fennesz - Mahler remixed
Sebastian Tellier - L'Aventura
BADBADNOTGOOD - III
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Blockhead - Bells and Whistles

BradNelson:

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
mr twin sister - mr twin sister
taylor swift - 1989
Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien
Theo Parrish - American Intelligence
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
K. Michelle - Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?
Lee Ann Womack - The Way I'm Livin'
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Taking Back Sunday - Happiness Is
Morbus Chron - Sweven
Nick Jonas - Nick Jonas
Charli XCX - Sucker
Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited
rich gang - rich gang the tour part 1
Moodymann - Moodymann
Driver Friendly - Unimagined Bridges
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian Poetry
Miranda Lambert - Platinum
Luke James - Luke James
javiera mena - otra era
YG - My Krazy Life
The Hotelier - Home, Like NoPlace Was There
Cher Lloyd - Sorry I’m Late
The Juan Maclean - In a Dream

Breakaway - Postcarious (gorgeous experimental synth pop with operatic vox)

I thought after this thread that M@tt and crut would join me in voting for Breakaway but I guess not ;_;

weighted, bold didn't place

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right
Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
Behemoth - The Satanist
The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There
Swans - To Be Kind
DJ Quik - The Midnight Life
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lose
Gangsta Boo & Beatking - Underground Cassette Tape Music
Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
Bunji Garlin - Differentology
Sloan - Commonwealth
Ex Hex - Rips
Owen Pallett - In Conflict
The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do the Heathen Rage?
Shamir - Northtown EP
Alcest - Shelter
Elisa Ambrogio - The Immoralist
YG - My Krazy Life
Godflesh - A World Lit Only By Fire
Nux Vomica - Nux Vomica
Rich Gang - Tha Tour Pt 1
Raspberry Bulbs - Privacy
Agalloch - The Serpent and the Sphere

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.

The genre info far from complete - albums that aren't on Spotify don't contribute, and it looks like jazz is split over a couple of different genres like "contemporary jazz" and "modern free jazz".

*is* far from complete

xp
there is a really good blog here if you want to check some new stuff, they are not shy of reviewing last years stuff that they have slept on and they pointed me towards loads of good shit.
http://www.freejazzblog.org/

Weighted, bold didn't place:

Pharmakon - Bestial Burden
Tunabunny - Kingdom Technology
Fatima Al Qadiri - Asiatisch
OOIOO - Gamel
Vampillia - The Divine Move
Richard Dawson - Nothing Important
King of Cats - Working Out
Ravioli Me Away - The Inevitable Album
Kemialliset Ystävät - Alas Rattoisaa Virtaa
Ace Bushy Striptease - Slurpt
Kogumaza - Kолокол
Ninos du Brasil - Novos Mistérios
The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do the Heathen Rage?
Seiko Oomori - Sennou (Brainwashing)
The Wharves - At Bay
Owen Pallett - In Conflict
Menace Ruine - Venus Armata
Nisennenmondai - N
The Body - I Shall Die Here
Malayeen - Malayeen
Babymetal - Babymetal
Two White Cranes - Two White Cranes
Kassel Jaeger - Toxic Cosmopolitanism
Ex-Easter Island Head - Large Electric Ensemble
Giant Claw - Dark Web

Stats:
Third least populist
Top genre - "experimental psych"
Top neighbour - Craig
Most likely to read - the Wire

I really need to give another listen to that OOIOO

Based on attempting to listen to as many nominations as possible (weighted, bolded etc):

Richard Dawson - Nothing Important
Jute Gyte - Ressentiment
Owen Pallett - In Conflict
Menace Ruine - Venus Armata
Weyes Blood - The Innocents
Ueno Masaaki - Vortices
The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do The Heathen Rage?
Islaja - S U U
Container - Adhesive
Jute Gyte - Vast Chains
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Stars In Battledress - In Droplet Form
Blanche Blanche Blanche - Hints To Pilgrims
Total Control - Typical System
Tobacco - Ultima II Massage
Botanist - VI: Flora
Comet Control - Comet Control
Tunabunny - Kingdom Technology
Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise
Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait
pc worship - social rust
Giant Claw - Dark Web
Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Gazelle Twin - Unflesh
Giant Squid - Minoans

I really need to give another listen to that OOIOO

― brain floss mix (sleeve), Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:35 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I like it in short bursts but listening to the whole thing tires me out.

forgot to vote for that:(

I will listen too - I've heard good things!

It didn't hit me as anything other than a solid-good record at first, but the more I listened the bigger it sounded. Now it is IMMENSE.

Also, nice inclusion of T-bunz, imago.

I like the fact that 16% of us, including myself, were most likely to read Cosmopolitan.

I don't listen to much indie but having a bloody infinity symbol next to my anti-fuxxor ratio seemed like overkill, I am not that much of a closed shop!

Tunabunny album great yeah. Craig, I just put a Senni song on from Youtube and it's mad! and great!

We've reached the best bit: the bit where we just comb the good ballots for good music that nobody else voted for :D

Shout outs to neighbours imago and kruezer (with whom I am not familiar)!

Julia Wolfe, Bang On A Can All-Stars, Trio Mediaeval - Steel Hammer
Noura Mint Seymali - Tzenni
Tinariwen - Emmaar
Botanist - Vi: Flora

Jute Gyte – Vast Chains
The Nels Cline Singers – Macroscope
John Zorn - The Testament of Solomon (feat. Bill Frisell, Carol Emanuel, Kenny Wollesen)
Tanya Tagaq – Animism
owen pallett - in conflict
Noveller & thisquietarmy - Reveries
Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise

Pat Metheny - Kin (<-->) [feat. Chris Potter, Ben Williams, Antonio Sanchez & Giulio Carmassi]
Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen - Guitar in the Space Age
Thurston Moore – The Best Day
Fennesz – Becs
Bryce Dessner, Jonny Greenwood, Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre de Ridder - St. Carolyn by the Sea; Suite from "There Will Be Blood"
Phantom Orchard Ensemble - Through the Looking Glass
Orlando Julius & the Heliocentrics - Jaiyede Afro
Panopticon – Roads to the North
Augustin Hadelich/Hannu Lintu/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Sibelius, Ades: Violin Concertos
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band - Landmarks
Menace Ruine – Venus Armata
Kayo Dot – Coffins on lo
Myrkur - Myrkur
Ben Frost – A U R O R A

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 - Xen
Ballet School - The Dew Lasts an Hour
Black Rain - Dark Pool
Dean Blunt - Black Metal
Brassica - Man Is Deaf
Burnt Belief - Etymology
Call Super - Suzi Ecto
Chay$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 Voice
Helevorn - Compassion Forlorn
HTRK - Psychic 9-5 Club
Kayo Dot – Coffins on lo
Lunatic Soul - Walking on a Flashlight Beam
Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
Nero di Marte - Derivae
Nightbringer - Ego Dominus Tuus
Saigon Blue Rain - What I Don't See
Schammasch - Contradiction
Swanox - Duskrunner
Tinashe - Aquarius
Bugge Wesseltoft / Henrik Schwarz / Dan Berglund - Trialogue

15 Honourable Mentions - next year there should be 40 album votes

The Bug - Angels & Devils
Clark - Clark
Darkspace - Darkspace III I
FKA twigs - LP1
Gazelle Twin - Unflesh
Gidge - Autumn Bells
GoGo Penguin - v2.0
Ital - Endgame
Mare Cognitum - Phobos Monolith
Moire - Shelter
Abdulla Rashim - Unanimity
Spectral Lore - III
Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers
Torn 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 - Atomos
The Advisory Circle - From Out Here
Agalloch - The Serpent and the Sphere
Oren Ambarchi - Quixotism
Aphex Twin - Syro
Arca - Xen
BADBADNOTGOOD - III
Banks - Goddess
Behemoth - The Satanist
Black to Comm - Black to Comm
Dean Blunt - Black Metal
Bohren & der Club of Gore - Piano Nights
The Bug - Angels & Devils
Call Super - Suzi Ecto
Caribou - Our Love
Clap! Clap! - Tayi Bebba
Clark - Clark
Darkspace - Darkspace III I
Eaux - Plastics
Lawrence English - Wilderness of Mirrors
Eno/Hyde - High Life
Esben and the Witch - A New Nature
FKA twigs - LP1
Roman Flügel - Happiness Is Happening
Flying Lotus - You're Dead
Frank & Tony - You Go Girl
Ben Frost - AURORA
Function & Vatican Shadow - Games Have Rules
Gazelle Twin - Unflesh
Godflesh - A World Lit Only By Fire
GoGo Penguin - v2.0
Grouper - Ruins
Hail Spirit Noir - Oi Magoi
Francis Harris - Minutes Of Sleep
Hauschka - Abandoned City
Have a Nice Life - The Unnatural World
Jenny Hval & Susanna - Meshes of Voice
iamamiwhoami - Blue
Innercity Ensemble - II
Ital - Endgame
Kangding Ray - Solens Arc
Kasai Allstars - Beware The Fetish
Kayo Dot – Coffins on lo
Mare Cognitum - Phobos Monolith
Millie & Andrea - Drop The Vowels
Moire - Shelter
Kassem Mosse - Workshop 19
Musk Ox - Woodfall
Marissa Nadler - July
Nightbringer - Ego Dominus Tuus
Pallbearer - Foundations Of Burden
Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen
Abdulla Rashim - Unanimity
Recondite - Iffy
Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean
Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
Solstafir - Otta
The Soundcarriers - Entropicalia
Spectral Lore - III
Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers
Swans - To Be Kind
todd terje - it's album time
Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise
Tinashe - Aquarius
Torn Hawk - Through Force of Will
Trans Am - Volume X
Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
Trust - Joyland
Wild Beasts - Present Tense
Yob - Clearing the Path to Ascend
Young 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 Decay
Earthling Society - England Have My Bones
Empyrium - The Turn of the Tides
Epitimia - (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 Storm
Glories - Put the Beast Out of Mind
Goatech - Exquisiteness
Guerre - Ex nihilo
Hi-Fiction Science - Curious Yellow
Iberia - 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 Slavery
Lotus Thief - Rervm
Lucy - Churches Schools and Guns
Martial Canterel - Gyors, Lassù
Mechanimal - Secret Science
Minuit Machine - Live & Destroy
Missue - 8K
Mondträume - Empty
MoeTar - 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 Vitalizers
Sea Oleena - Shallow
R. Seiliog - In Hz
Sensible Soccers- 8
Seven Impale - City of the Sun
Shihad - 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 wave
leftfield pop - including art-pop, synthpop, electronic r'n'b, dream-pop/ shoegaze, hypnagogic pop, cloud rap, chillwave, indietronIca etc
electronic / dance - particularly bass/house/techno/glitch/
rock - mostly art rock & prog, experimental rock, some post-rock, some psychedelic
extreme metal - see the ilm 2014 metal poll results ballot thread for my top 50
jazz - mostly electronic jazz, jazz-fusion, experimental jazz
experimental - ambient / drone / post classical etc

LOL

one way street was my neighbor again! have to wait until I'm home to post my ballot.

Kitchen Person was my top neighbor. Sounds legit.

This sounds like something quite awesome, will deffo be on this.

Julia Wolfe, Bang On A Can All-Stars, Trio Mediaeval - Steel Hammer

have just put this^ on :)

also, djmartian is legit my hero

just realised gman5959 was my neighbour again. Pretty sure he's always my neighbour!

I view djmartian with a mix of reverence and pity.

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)

Maurice Louca - Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (fabulous modern Egyptian music)
Magic Eye - Babylon (spacey drifting psych-rock)

^^^ These get honourable mentions from me too

Ballot. Mixed. Bold didn't place. Bold italics were cases where I was the only voter.

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
owen pallett - in conflict
mr twin sister - mr twin sister
Future Islands - Singles
taylor swift - 1989
Neil Cicierega - Mouth Sounds
Lewis - L'amour
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Caribou - Our Love

Alcest - Shelter
Ariel Pink - pom pom
Chromeo - White Women
Fennesz - Bécs
Kairon; IRSE! - Ujubasajuba
Kutiman - Thru-You Too
Sloan - Commonwealth
The Preatures - Blue Planet Eyes
todd terje - it's album time
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers

Oh and Chromeo - White Women

Mixed ballot:

iamamiwhoami - Blue
Mac Demarco - Salad Days
Arditti Quartet - Ferneyhough: Complete Works for String Quartet & Trios
13) Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Lotic - Damsel in Distress
Stars In Battledress - In Droplet Form
74) noura mint seymali - tzenni
Terrence Parker - Life On The Back 9
33) The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do the Heathen Rage?
20) javiera mena - otra era
Reagenz - The Periodic Table
48) Wild Beasts - Present Tense
51) A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos
Protect-U - Free USA
The Hotelier - Home, Like NoPlace Was There
58) Kassem Mosse - Workshop 19
Noveller & thisquietarmy - Reveries
Liars - Mess
63) Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited
Mr Oizo - The Church

Mitch Murder - Interceptor
Phaserland - Electric Atlantic
Suicideyear - Remembrance
10) todd terje - it's album time
Ueno Masaaki - Vortices

Noveller & thisquietarmy - Reveries

Glad to see someone else voted for this!

Intrigued about that Ferneyhough set. 3 CDs of Ferneyhough still sounds hardcore to me but it IS Arditti.

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.

Man some of these ballots are insane!

didn't vote but here are the best albums i heard in 2014

kassem mosse
arca
k michelle
nicki minaj
aphex twin
gabor lazar
lee gamble
actress
lana del rey
theo parrish
young marco
gunnar hasslem
moon b

i need to listen to shabazz palaces

Function & Vatican Shadow - Games Have Rules

^ i quite liked this as well

weighted

Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
Ben Frost - AURORA
Tinashe - Aquarius
Mr. Mitch - Parallel Memories
Moodymann – Moodymann

Lotic - Damsel in Distress
copeland - because I’m worth it
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
Perc - The Power And The Glory
Call Super - Suzi Ecto

Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers
Aphex Twin - Syro
Theo Parrish - American Intelligence
Shackleton - Drones Over Lancashire
Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited

The Bug - Angels & Devils
Gigi Masin - Talk To The Sea
Dean Blunt - Black Metal
FKA twigs – LP1
YG - My Krazy Life

Tia Maria Produções - Tá Tipo Já Não Vamos Morrer
Richard Dawson - Nothing Important
Kassem Mosse - Workshop 19
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Soused
Marissa Nadler – July

Lamp obviously lives in a block of apartments

my weighted ballot

Cher Lloyd - Sorry I’m Late
Jessie Ware - Tough Love
Dean Blunt - Black Metal
Torn Hawk - Through Force of Will
Giant Claw - Dark Web
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Mikael Seifu - Yarada Lij
nmesh - Dream Sequins®
Tinashe - Aquarius
Charli XCX - Sucker
Kitten - Kitten
Nenad Markovic - Kayto
Ex Hex - Rips
Kelis - Food
Brett - Brett
The Soundcarriers - Entropicalia
EEK - Live at the Cairo High Cinema Institute
Gazelle Twin - Unflesh
Baths - Ocean Death
The Wharves - At Bay
Ravioli Me Away - The Inevitable Album
Remember Remember - Forgetting the Present
Young Marco - Biology
Ex-Easter Island Head - Large Electric Ensemble
Dark0 - Sin EP

we tried sweet prince torn hawk so close
thanks everyone involved for the stats and the rollout, much appreciated
also thanks to everyone who voted for that soft pink truth and botanical albums, on repeat

Wtf is indie r&b!?

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

Thanks so much for the poll guys.
could someone possibly post my ballot? Ill have some more constructive thoughts later Cheers Again!

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)

Great ballot Mike.

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

could I have mine posted please?

Thanks to everyone involved!

Mixed:

Delicate Features - The Passenger
Eleventeen Eston - Delta Horizon
taylor swift - 1989
Horsebeach - Horsebeach
Paqua - Akaliko
Young Marco - Biology
BAR - Welcome to BAR
Suzanne Kraft - Missum
Little Mix - Salute
Javier Bergia - Eclipse
Gigi Masin - Talk To The Sea
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos
Mark Barrott - Sketches from an Island
A.R.T. Wilson - Overworld
Katy B - Little Red

Geoffrey O'Connor - Fan Fiction Mastered
The Preatures - Blue Planet Eyes
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Loscil - Sea Island
Tove Lo - Queen of the Clouds
Aphex Twin - Syro
vesuvio solo - favors
Seahawks - Paradise Freaks
Sorcerer - Jungle Hideout
Gruff Rhys - American Interior

ooh very cool to see someone else put maria minerva at #1. i can't belive how hard it's been slept on :(

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)

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