ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2016

likin' the grafix, gr8080

Supernatural is hopefully a lock as well?

Still only one track with at least one #1 vote so far. By this point in the rundown last year we'd had eight.

Native Land is the first one I've voted for to make the list, obv Hey is amazing but I didn't vote for it cause it's been around for at least 6 or 7 years

native land is gorgeous

Still only one track with at least one #1 vote so far. By this point in the rundown last year we'd had eight.

― nashwan, Monday, January 23, 2017 3:16 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

everyone used their #1 on the same track this year (black beatles)

likin' the grafix, gr8080

― andrew m., Monday, January 23, 2017 3:15 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

me too

This is probably my favourite post of last year.

"hey (extended mix)" makes me feel like this song loves me and cares about my well-being more than any person ever has in my entire life

― j. winters (josh), Saturday, January 30, 2016 7:29 PM (eleven months ago)

everyone used their #1 on the same track this year (black beatles)

Millions voted illegally.

hey is wonderful too

damn u guys really split the KING vote, i had 'hey' pegged for Top 3

the extended part is very welcome, especially since i could sink into Hey for about 1000 hours and wonder where the time went

"Hey" is very beautiful but even though it was a new mix it still felt like an old song to me. I just voted for the KING album instead as picking tracks from that was too hard

Im sorry, Emily, I know you love electronic music... That "you" was supposed to mean "you all" in plural, not you personally. (Why doesn't English have different words for singular and plural second person, it can get confusing?)

― Tuomas, Monday, January 23, 2017 1:58 PM (thirty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it does, it's "y'all"

original version of "HEY" placing in the 2011 or 2012 poll remains one of my best discoveries from the EOY 77 polls

one more KING track to wrap up monday....

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

61 KING BUBBA FM "Calling In Sick" [185 points, 7 points]
https://youtu.be/pebxJ4Z3PUQ

omg!

Such a great song.

calling in sick is my favourite discovery from the voting process, great song, i found it after i submitted my ballot though, so glad it placed!

My no.7 but should have been higher. Probably the only soca anthem that really grabbed me this year.

yeah only recently discovered this too so I didn't vote for it, but it is a banger

IMAGES FOR RESULTS 77 - 61 (imgur is buggy and terrible now so this may not work)

77 CHAIRLIFT "Moth to the Flame"
76 CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS "Tilted"
74 (tie) THE WEEKND FT DAFT PUNK "Starboy"
74 (tie) CHANCE THE RAPPER "All Night"
73 UNDERWORLD "Nylon Strung"
71 (tie) CASE/LANG/VEIRS "Atomic Number"
71 (tie) OLATUNJI "Oh Yay"
70 CELLARS "Nighttime Girl"
69 COMET CONTROL "Artificial Light"
68 MIGUEL FT KASEY MUSGRAVES "Waves (Remix)"
67 ABRA "Crybaby"
66 BRANDY CLARK "Girl Next Door"
65 UNDERWORLD "I Exhale"
64 JEREMIH "Oui"
63 KING "Native Land"
62 KING "Hey (Extended Mix)"
61 KING BUBBA FM "Calling In Sick"

also - thank you to whichever mod fixed my Olatunji typo!

Massive kudos for the images Gr4dester

Yes, fantastic pics throughout.

thank you :)

20 per day tomorrow, wednesday, and thursday.

will possibly be joined by forks tomorrow and wednesday

"Calling In Sick" is soooooo massive, way too low here

that comet control song sure is long

Probably the only soca anthem that really grabbed me this year.

it's fucking brilliant, probably my favourite too, but i don't know why nobody picked up on "Fraid Jab" which is barely behind it imo

so many Kings

xxpost, wait until 'The Hustle' shows up.

that King Bubba track totally rules and it is pleasing to see a big ol' ugly baldy in the mix.

Voted for Calling in Sick after discovering it on the Spotify playlist. Rum is me only medicine!

"The Hustle" is amazing and I will be sad if my non-voting costs it a placement

Crossing my fingers that that lapsley/dj koze remix shows up but I think I might be out of luck

heard lots of soca this year with some firm faves from Hypasounds, Fay-Ann Lyons, Kerwin Du Bois and of course Olatunji who also had the track 'Big Business' which was brilliant. feel like soca is on the tip of breaking into the global mainstream any point.

haha King Bubba FM looks like the Judge Dread of soca

meanwhile I just want to give a little shout out to breastcrawl, ShariVari, rob and especially longneck for their work on the various soca, dancehall and afrobeats threads. You are doing some absolutely Stirling work and informing my music listening more than p much anything right now

Only voted for new-this-year KING songs, but would be happy if each placed.

Crossing my fingers that that lapsley/dj koze remix shows up but I think I might be out of luck

I think that'll show up.

I've liked my share of post-BEAUCOUP Underworld, but Tuomas otm about their newest stuff

Awesome! I'm not familiar with half of these so we're on to a good start.

I did roll my eyes at some of the Tuomas posts but yeah that track did sound like the fall and it was totally wack

that Lapsley remix is pure ilm fodder. I'd place a reasonable amount of dosh on it getting in the top 12

Yeah "I Exhale" is like a bad version of "Hit The North". I don't get the big deal about the new album in general. They started to bore me after "A Hundred Days Off" although I liked some of the Hyde/Eno stuff.

The Olatunji track is the best discovery of the day

Chairlift: Like every Chairlift song I've ever heard, completely unmemorable.

Christine: Heard this on Fluxblog, loved it, but didn't remember that it was called "Tilted" or I would have voted for it. I spent much of 2016 telling people that things were "Actually Good" in a Matt Yglesias voice.

Weeknd: I still kind of hate everything this guy did after his first mixtape, and his constructed identity is so repellent. But this is way better than his MJ "Last Dance With Mary Jane" (but about coke) song from last year, or at least the verse is.

Chance: Like this guy but this was completely unmemorable.

Cellars: I like this, but only because I like the Genesis guitar bite.

Miguel and Kacey Musgraves: Ooh, this really works as a duet, and the Marc Ribot guitar/bass bits add a lot too.

Abra: Nice house-y feel but devoid of hooks, so no thanks.

Underworld: I haven't thought of these guys for years but I liked both of these. I'm particularly partial to the skronky, noisy bits in "I Exhale", which are a bit more novel than their normal chilly Luomo-ism sound. Nobody's listening to Underworld for the lyrics; maybe they could just sample an Adam Curtis voiceover (or a Pet Shop Boys a cappella) to save money.

Jeremih: I loved this song in 2015 and didn't vote for it this year on principle. But on reflection the YT track sounds awful---so distorted (?)---and it isn't as charming as I remember.

King Bubba FM: don't know anything about soca but this is good. I wish it hit a bit harder, somehow. (Was "Differentology" soca too?)

meanwhile I just want to give a little shout out to breastcrawl, ShariVari, rob and especially longneck for their work on the various soca, dancehall and afrobeats threads. You are doing some absolutely Stirling work and informing my music listening more than p much anything right now

Thanx, dog latin. Hopefully some afropop will place this year for a change, Tekno's "Pana" at the very least.

(Was "Differentology" soca too?)

yes

and yeah cheers DL

Someone requested a spotify playlist and I don't see one yet. It's a private collaborative playlist so if I'm not around and someone wants to edit feel free to do so.

https://open.spotify.com/user/moteldemoka/playlist/18mDKKVGcU8NMzOqiZfho5