ILM's TOP 77 TRACKS of 2015

The Killers anticipated Dev Hynes imo

the killers were fucking dreadful landfill indie and we all know it. this, at least, is a bit better than that

Which Motown songs sound exactly like Culture Club, though? I don't mind borrowing elements from the past, even large chunks of them... I love how The Knife appropriated the synth riffs of the Eurodance of my youth, for example. But if you're doing nothing creative with those elements, it's kinda boring. The Flowers and Shure tunes sound like they could've literally been made 30 years ago.

yeah i just don't know what's supposed to be so special about those two songs. The Shura track sounds like any electro-pop ILM 77 track from the last 10 years. Did Robyn have a year off or something?

and neither of those songs float through the dullest opaque chord changes ever imo so dev is a limited comparison

I loved the Flowers album and appreciate Alfred stumping for it, as late-period Killers wasn't exactly bringing it. Bummed I didn't nominate 'Dreams Come True' in fact.

Is there a spotify playlist of everything?

lmao i am so indiff to that Flowers song but this lil spat got me like popcorn.gif

xp is that the link in the first post?

Which Motown songs sound exactly like Culture Club, though?

"Uptight."

"white light"'s appeal is probably more visible in the 7 minute version of the song tbh

If my only contribution in 2015 is getting "Watashi Igai Watashi Ja Nai No" to place I'm okay with that. And "Sweetie" is pretty boss too.

Was going to defend Shura here but TBH I find White Light a bit inconsequential, so will save it until we get to 2shy.

Not going in on Shura - reasonably pleasant but inconsequential is something I'll let others get angry about. But I viscerally dislike the Flowers. Ugh ugh ugh.

save us forksclovetofu

gaz coombes

the #1 vote for radiohead's james bond song is inexplicable

Well if the Brandon Flowers track is any indication of where this list is going, the next song will obviously be: https://youtu.be/zD77kyQYifc

lol I actually love that Vannelli song.

ok i'm caught up now, good shit all around so far

all we need is one of my votes now

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67 KENDRICK LAMAR "The Blacker the Berry" (201 points, 7 votes)
Pitchfork - 21 / P&J - 33 / Youtube

haha shit i really nearly voted for this, it's at like 30 on my extended vallot

feels low here

I like the Kendrick album loads but other than King Kunta, I can't seem to think about it as a collection of individual tracks at all. I was looking forward to hearing BtB in that context but the video is blocked in the UK.

probably my favorite single (if it can be called that) from the album

I'm with emil.y. that Brandon Flowers love is inexplicable to me.

I don't dislike anything else so far. Although Jasmine Sullivan is another ilx sweetheart I don't really care about.

kendrick is gonna be all over this tracks thread huh

definitely at least two more kendrick cuts but not necessarily all over the countdown

this whole thread is going to be a repeating tricolor of Kendrick/Future/CRJ tracks

I like the Kendrick album loads but other than King Kunta, I can't seem to think about it as a collection of individual tracks at all

"king kunta" and "alright" seem to be the obvious tracks that took on a life outside the album in 2015. didn't "the blacker the berry" originally come out in 2014? it's one of the highlights of the album for me but

this whole thread is going to be a repeating tricolor of Kendrick/Future/CRJ tracks

pls pls pls let this not happen

listening to BtB outside of the context of the album and yeah it's smokin

The Jazmine Sullivan is fantastic - I'd never got around to listening to her at all before but definitely will now.

Was interested to hear Floating Points but that just didn't sound distinct enough to be make me wanna look further.

I hear "Alright" on the radio and it booms.

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66 RAE SREMMURD "This Could Be Us" (203 points, 9 votes)
Pitchfork - 67 / P&J - 107 / Youtube

^^^^^ great song

man i forgot that was from this year, it feels axiomatic at this point

I'm just gonna sit over here being irrationally angry with everyone and their stupid ears

all very well dan but cop to the radiohead #1 first willya

Yay Rae!

the fairground melodies playing off each other in the chorus <3333

came around to fetty wap in q a big way in 2015 but rae sremmurd never no nay. but that is ok it takes all sorts ^_^

i love "no flex zone" as much as anyone but yeah i thought most things sremmurd this yr (including their album) were perfectly serviceable but not as much of a revelation as many here seemed to think

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65 DJ KOZE "XTC" (204 points, 6 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Pitchfork - 94 / P&J - 107 / Youtube

Sweet

Radiohead - Spectre

I didn't vote for this and had no idea there was any interest about this song on ilm. Johnny Greenwood's string arrangements which sound very influenced by middle eastern/spanish composition are what makes the song stand-out. Not the most interesting Radiohead song but I definitely prefer it over the Sam Smith one. If I have one complaint I'd say the drums sound very forced and thin.

Someone upthread commented that Radiohead making a bond song was weird. Everytime a Bond movie comes out fans bet on Radiohead as the theme song artist. This goes back to the OKC days when they were working on an unreleased song called Big Boots that was a tribute to James Bond themes. Everyone just assumed they were interested in doing a Bond theme ever since. Seems like it was partially true.

Never rated The Killers yet I love the Brandon Flowers album. Not sure I can really explain why. I voted for Still Want you. Fingers crossed for it placing.

Voted for The Blacker The Berry. I spent most of the year thinking King Kunta was my favourite song on the album but that overtook it in the last month.

Also they used to do 'Nobody Does It Better' live occasionally iirc.

xp (re Radiohead)

this dj koze track is interesting, would have preferred the vocal sample being used only once but still like it

"xtc" rules

I like how XTC becomes kind of feral-sounding at the end