ILM's 2019 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / NOMINATIONS THREAD

TRACKS

6lack - Pretty Little Fears (feat. J. Cole)
Ari Lennox & J. Cole - Shea Butter Baby
Calboy - Envy Me
Cigarettes After Sex - Falling In Love
Kacey Musgraves - Rainbow
Missy Elliott - DripDemeanor (feat. Sum1)
MNEK - Girlfriend
Sam Smith & Normani - Dancing With A Stranger
Sinead Harnett - Pulling Away (feat. Gallant)
Teyana Taylor & Kehlani - Morning

(40/40)

ALBUMS

Celer ‎– Xièxie
DJ Harvey - The Sound Of Mecury Rising Vol II
Mondkopf ‎– How Deep Is Our Love?
Nonlocal Forecast - Bubble Universe
Various Artists - Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR, & Boogie 1976-1986

TRACKS

AceMo - Where They At???
Awida - Tranz Mechanika
Cantoma - Kasoto (Noche Espanola Remix)
Coldplay - Arabesque
Double 99 - Ripgroove (Fixate Remix)
Flegon - Intruder On The Loose (Private Mix)
Gene On Earth - Lunchbox Music
Hot Chip - Hungry Child
Jenny Lewis - Little White Dove
Krystal Klear - Gambino
Ludwig A.F. Röhrscheid ‎– Oxygen
Mount Liberation Unlimited - Climb Me Up (Dance Dubb Mix)
Muna - Number One Fan
The National - So Far So Fast
Pender Street Steppers - Falling
Plaid - Maru (Orbital Remix)
Robyn ‎– Baby Forgive Me (Young Marco Remix)
Scott Fraser feat Louise Quinn - Together More
Tiawa - Pain Killa

(40/40)

Zventa Sventana ft Ivan Dorn - Muzha Doma Netu

This is a jam, thanks!
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 12:56 (yesterday) link

I know this as "Husband Is Not Home", but it is definitely amazing.

TRACKS
The National - You Had Your Soul With You
Lady Zamar - This Is Love
Vanessa Mdee feat. DISTRUCTION BOYZ, DJ Tira & Prince Bulo - That's For Me
Apink - %%(Eung Eung)
Prince Kaybee feat. Nhlanhla Nciza - Ndimlo
Zara Larsson - Don't Worry Bout Me
Tropical Fuck Storm - The Planet of Straw Men
Yemi Alade - Bounce

ALBUMS
William Doyle - Your Wilderness Revisited
Sakanaction - 834.194
Copeland - Blushing
Malibu - One Life
Lost Under Heaven - Love Hates What You Become
Rina Mushonga - In a Galaxy
Santi - Mandy & The Jungle
Prince Kaybee - Crossover Music

37/40

ALBUMS:

Khidja & Balabas - Khidja Si Balabas
DaBaby - KIRK
Portico Quartet - Memory Streams
Inigo Vontier - El Hijo Del Maiz
Arp - Ensemble - Live!
Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats - Anger Management
Shafiq Husayn- The Loop
Nihiloxica - Biiri
V/A: Beautiful Swimmers - The Sound of Love International #002
Floorplan - Supernatural
J Balvin & Bad Bunny - Oasis

TRACKS:

Roy Kinsey - Fetish
Emily King - Teach You
Bawrut - Shooreee
Tom of England - In Your Town
Isolee - Ginster
Amaarae - Like It
Cando - Sundown
Detroit Swindle - Wado Baya
Peggy Gou - Hungboo
KiNK - Raw
The Galleria & Jesse Lanza - Stop & Go
Four Tet - Teenage Birdsong (Avalon Emerson Scrub Jay Remix)
Khalid - Talk (Disclosure VIP)

(24/30)

TRACKS:

Guy Roux Records - GK Rene Higuita

(18/30)

TRACKS

fromis_9 - Fun!
EXO-SC - What a Life
Chung Ha - Snapping
Nito NB - Down for the Cause
Mdou Moctar - Kamane Tarhanin
Monica - Commitment
A-WA - Mudbira
Kel Assouf - Alyochan
Nieah - Deserve It (ft. Syler)
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Brokenfolks

40/40

TRACKS
B-Ball Joints - Glass
Kes - Savannah Grass
These New Puritans - Infinity Vibraphones
SFV Acid - Firezone
yeule - Poison Arrow

ALBUMS
18 Carat Affair - Spent Passions 2
3d Blast - Iconic Bitch
BabyTron - Bin Reaper
Black to Comm - Seven Horses for Seven Kings
Charlie Cawood - Blurring Into Motion
ev.exi - Forget
Georgia - Immute
r hunter - rrrrrrafael
Sisso - Mateso
Şiyar Berwari - Şexani Halay Govend (Mılane Delilo Segavi)

15/40

I'm out of noms. If a samaritan and fellow lover of droney ambient music were willing to nom Zachary Paul's A Meditation on Discord, I'd be forever in their debt.

sure

Zachary Paul - A Meditation on Discord

(8/40)

Thanks, sleeve, I really appreciate it!

For the pollrunners: I forgot to mention that it's an album.

ALBUMS

Camila Cabello - Romance
The Maine - You Are OK

TRACKS

Charli XCX - Blame It On Your Love (feat. Lizzo)
Ashley McBryde - One Night Standards
5 Seconds of Summer - Easier
Fantasia - Take Off
Of Monsters and Men - Alligator
Dawn Richard - Slim Thicc (feat. Trakgirl)
Kiiara - Open My Mouth
Will Young - Ground Running
Meduza - Lose Control (feat. Becky Hill & Goodboys)
Stefflon Don - Hit Me Up
Dave - Location (feat. Burna Boy)
PRETTYMUCH - Lying (feat. Lil Tjay)

(14/40)

TRACKS

#CGM Sav'O x Horrid1 - Violent Siblings
#OFB Bandokay x Double Lz x SJ X Headie One - Once In A While
(Zone 2) Karma x Trizzac - Dead
Carla dal Forno - I'm Conscious
Carla dal Forno - Push On
Digga D - No Diet
Little Simz - 101 FM
Russ - Playground
Skepta feat Nafe Smallz - Greaze Mode
Stenny - Stress Test

40/40

TRACK

Lizzo - Truth Hurts

(30/30)

You're allowed up to 40 noms now, should you wish to continue.

Coming up with a full 30 this year was achievement enough for me!

TRACKS

Blood Command - S01E02.Return.Of.The.Arsonist.720p.HDTV.x264
Odonis Odonis - Collector
PUP - Kids
Creeper - Born Cold
Oozing Wound - Die on Mars

ALBUMS

White Reaper - You Deserve Love
Owel - Paris

(37/40)

Double 99 - Ripgroove (Fixate Remix)

I know that if a 2019 remix of a 90s track were to place in the poll people will cry but who cares

TRACKS

Cristian Sarde - Nox World

(19/30)

TRACKS

Lamalice - Ying Yang Wings

(20/30)

Just realized that is Titonton Duvante's RA Podcast. Also just realized Titonton did an RA podcast and I'd missed it!

I needed an ambient album for this year and the Zachary Paul might just be the thing. Cheers. (The Kali Malone album I've tried three times and it's just a bit dull.)

Happy to hear it! And I'm totally with you on the Kali Malone, I have no idea why it clicked for so many people.

ALBUMS

Drain Gang - Trash Island
Bliss Signal - Bliss Signal
Kablam - Confusía
debby friday - DEATH DRIVE
PTU - Am I Who I Am
KAI WHISTON - No World As Good As Mine

TRACKS

Makthaverskan - Demands
Jaakko Eino Kalevi - The Source of the Absolute Knowledge
Judgitzu - Umeme
Powder - Gift
GLOO - Drown U
Lil Peep - Belgium

(40/40)

I do enjoy the immersive nature of Kali Malone's album, though I can def understand it being a bit dull (personally I think dull doesn't have to mean 'not good'). But that Zachary Paul album sounds good, will check it out!

I'll try if I can squeeze in some nominations tomorrow.

I'll see if I etc

updated the spotify tracks list to the best of my ability despite limited time. A couple of tracks here and there could not be found (and also all of saer's). If your nominated tracks aren't on the list but can be found on spotify, please add them.

Agreed on the 'dull not equalling bad' thing. The Kali album is just a bit flat and texturally and thematically uninteresting.

On another note, would also recommend (vocal tracks aside) the Erik Truffaz album.

Thanks so much silverfish for the volunteer playlist help!

I'm going to close nominations tomorrow night (well maybe Saturday morning for UK folks)

Yes, thanks to everyone working on this!

(I really appreciate that the “Deluxe” version of the Frozen II soundtrack was chosen for the Albums playlist... I didn’t want to ask for that and be a pain, but it was my preference! 👍)

Guy Roux Records - GK Rene Higuita

(18/30)

― saer, Thursday, January 2, 2020 1:34 PM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

saer delivers

ALBUMS:

96 Back - Excitable, Girl
Amazondotcom - Mirror River
Automatic - Signal
Aleksi Perala - Starlight 3
Bass Clef - Zamyatin Renumbered
Black Marble - Bigger Than Life
Bogdan Raczynski - Rave Til You Cry
Chastity Belt - Chastity Belt
DMX Krew - Glad To Be Sad
Drahla - Useles Coordinates
Eartheater - Trinity
Elsa Hewitt - Citrus Paradise
Equiknoxx - Eternal Children
dgoHn - dgoHn
Gabber Modus Operandi - Hoxxxya
Gang Starr - One Of The Best Yet
Helm - Chemical Flowers
Kano - Hoodies All Summer
MC Yallah & Debmaster – Kubali
Sleaford Mods - Eton Alive
Special Request - Bedroom Tapes

TRACKS:

Judgitzu - Umeme
DJ Spinn - U Ain't Really Bout Dat Life
D Double E - Fresh n Clean
Kano - Teardrops
dgoHn - Dolorous Dick'ead
Shygirl - BB
Injury Reserve - Jailbreak The Tesla
96 Back - celsius loss
The Mauskovic Dance Band – Space Drum Machine
LOFT - That Hyde Track
Pelada - Ajetreo
Swimful - Nailz
DMX Krew - U Talk 2 Much
Floating Points - Anasickmodular
Fred Und Luna - Es ist Heiss
Battles feat Shabazz Palaces - IZM
Girl Band - Shoulderblades
Tierra Whack - CLONES
Acid Arab feat Les Filles de Illeghad - Soulan
Spray Paint - Cleaning Your Gun

(40/40)

oh crap i just spotted the Judgitzu track already got nominated earlier this this evening, sorry....pls replace it with this:

TRACKS
Pelada - A Mi Me Juzgan Por Ser Mujer

(40/40)

ALBUMS

Larry June - Mr. Midnight
Larry June - The Port Of San Francisco
Melting Bridge - We Come From Tomorrow
Hoshina Anniversary - Nihon No Ongaku

TRACKS

ALLBLACK & Offset Jim - Fees
Offset feat. Young Thug - Big Rocks
Morgan Wright - The Tell (Zozi’s Remix)
Morgan Wright - The Step
ANF - ANF Dub (D. Tiff’s Milano Remix)
Vivian Koch - Vaine
Mary Yelex - How U Really Feel
Mekas - Chaosmos
Dust-e-1 - Open Sky
Voiski - New Continents & Ancient Rivers
FIT Siegel + Kassem Mosse - Cycle Blue
Kanye West - Follow God

(31/40)

ALBUMS (30/40)

Cosey Fanni Tutti - TUTTI
Janusz Jurga - Hypnowald
Ohio - Upward, Broken, Always
Lotto - Pix

Updated the albums playlist to ^here^. Hopefully didn't miss anything. Stuff from recent days that didn't seem to be available (at that instant, from my location) : https://pastebin.com/0emHme6Z (so if you know better, etc, etc...)

Just realised that the Tresor album hasn’t been nominated (FYI it is amazing, “Sondela” may not even be the best track, my favourite is probably the Lindsey Buckingham makes highlife eighties disco of “Aphrodite”), so:

ALBUM:

Tresor - Nostalgia

updated the spotify tracks list to the best of my ability despite limited time. A couple of tracks here and there could not be found (and also all of saer's).

This is very sad news. Like everyone else I had heard the rumours about what was happening at Spotify but I had no idea the situation had got this out of hand.

TRACKS

Ben Monder - Emily

16/40

ALBUMS

Oto Hiax - Two
People Like Us - The Mirror
33EMYBW - Arthropods
Hannes Kerschbaumer - Schraffur (Klangforum Wien, Schallfeld Ensemble et al)
King Midas Sound - Solitude

TRACKS

Claude Fontaine - Cry For Another
Maxo Kream - Meet Again
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Read My Mind

[11/40]

My vague longlist is represented pretty well by others' noms by now, but I best keep a few further options open for a bit...

lol, saer's stuff is never on spotify. he's almost worth building a youtube playlist for all on his own tho

TRACKS
Black Coffee Ft Msaki - Wish You Were Here (Guy Mantzur Remix)
Luxmann ft Ma Owza - Thandaza (Elias Remix)
Billy Woods and Kenny Segal - Spongebob

(5/40)

Btw, thanks for nominating the Tóc Tiên emil.y, that was me posting it, definitely a banger, probably my favourite this year. Nice to know it'll get another vote.

one of the year's big hits that i don't especially love but am still a little surprised not to have seen nom'd here yet: jonas brothers' "sucker"

(41/40)

lol i'm not trying to nominate it!

ALBUM

Jakob Ullmann – Fremde Zeit Addendum 5: Solo V für Klavier

(1/40)

I'm pretty sure 'Work It' made last year's list, but I haven't heard the soulwax version so I dunno if it's notably different.

― emil.y, Tuesday, 31 December 2019 17:37 (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Hmm...I don't think we've had this before. My instinct is to disqualify - almost our only strict eligibility rule is that if an album/track makes the Top 77 in one year it can't be nominated in following years, and our treatment of remixes supports treating them as "the same" as the originals. Unless there's some mitigating factor?

― britain's secret sauce (seandalai), 31. joulukuuta 2019 19:43 bookmarkflaglink

Disqualifying remixes on this basis would be ridiculous, since they're often released a long time after the remixed track. I and someone else nominated a couple of remixes of tracks from Deena Abdelwahed's 2018 album, since the remixes came out in 2019. If I really like those remixes and consider them to be among the best tracks of 2019, what should I do? Travel back in time to January 2019 (when they hadn't come out yet) and nominate them for the 2018 poll?

Then again, the rule of collating votes for a tune and its remixes has always been ridiculous too, because A) the remix is often a very different entity, and B) it allows some songs to artificially rise up the chart, as in theory it can get twice as much votes on the basis of counting the remix votes for the original song.