ILM Top 77 Tracks of 2018 Poll Afterparty: Ballots, Recrimination, Statistics and Damned Lies

ILM’s Top 77 Tracks of 2018

Discuss!

1: Peggy Gou – “It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)”
2: The 1975 – “Love It If We Made It”
3: Ella Mai – “Boo’d Up”
4: Lana Del Rey – “Venice Bitch”
5: Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry”
6: Ariana Grande – “thank u, next
7: Jessie Ware – “Overtime
8: Janelle Monáe – “Make Me Feel”
9: Mitski – “Nobody”
10: Kero Kero Bonito – “”Only Acting”
11: Kacey Musgraves – “High Horse”
12: Rosalía – “Malamente
13: Rosalía – “Pienso en tu mirá”
14: Sheck Wes – “Mo Bamba”
15: Julia Holter – “I Shall Love 2”
16: Krystal Klear – Neutron Dance”
17: The Beths – “Future Me Hates Me”
18: Pusha T – “If You Know You Know”
19: Lana Del Rey – “Mariners Apartment Complex”
20: Empress Of – “When I’m With Him”
21: Kacey Musgraves – “Slow Burn”
22: Eris Drew – “Hold Me (T4T Embrace Mix)”
23: Robyn – “Honey”
24: Rae Sremmurd featuring Juicy J – “Powerglide”
25: Christine and The Queens featuring Dam-Funk – “Girlfriend”
26: The 1975 – “Give Yourself a Try”
27: The 1975 - “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME”
28: Lizzo – “Boys
29: Marie Davidson – “Work It”
30: Octo Octa – “Beam Me Up (To the Goddess Mix)”
31: Donato Dozzy – “Cleo”
32: Tirzah – “Holding On”
33: Khalid featuring 6lak and Ty Dolla $ign – “OTW”
34: Tracey Thorn – “Queen”
35: Let’s Eat Grandma – “Donnie Darko”
36: Valee featuring Jeremih – “Womp Womp”
37: Hatchie – “Sure”
38: Simmy featuring Sun-El Musician – “Ubala”
39: Simmy – “Umahlalela”
40: Doja Cat – “Mooo!”
41: The Beths – “Little Death”
42: Kasper Marrot – “Keflavik”
43: Beach House – “Lemon Glow”
44: Peach – “Silky”
45: MGMT – “Me and Michael”
46: Mr. Twin Sister – “Jaipur”
47: Natalie Prass – “Short Court Style”
48: The 1975 – “I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)”
49: Hop Along – “How Simple”
50: Die Wilde Jagd – “2000 Elefanten”
51: Roísín Murphy – “Plaything”
52: Autechre – “all end”
53: Mitski – “Geyser”
54: Talaboman – “Dins El Llit (Superpitcher Remix)”
55: The Chats – “Smoko”
56: Christine and the Queens – “Doesn’t Matter (Voleur de soleil)”
57: Jon Hopkins – “Emerald Rush”
58: Kim Petras – “Heart to Break”
59: Prince Kaybee - “Banomoya”
60: Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin – “I Like It”
61: Wizkid – “Soco”
62: mewithoutyou – “Julia (or, Holy to the LORD’ on the Bells of Horses)”
63: Toni Braxton – “Long As I Live”
64: Fabiana Palladino – “Shimmer”
65: Soccer Mommy – “Your Dog”
66: Ravyn Lenae – “Sticky”
67: Mr Twin Sister – “Echo Arms”
68: Parquet Courts – “Total Football”
69: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – “Talking Straight”
70: MGMT – “When You Die”
71: DJ Koze – “Pick Up”
72: Drake – “Nice for What”
73: Helena Hauff – “Hyper-Intelligent Genetically Enriched Cyborg”
74: Andrew W.K. – “Music Is Worth Living For”
75: Laura Jean – “Girls on the TV”
76: Red Velvet – “Bad Boy”
77: Kali Uchis – “In My Dreams”

ANNOUNCE 78 U COWARD

Here's the Top 77 Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/4cb2Ds6UBJ5UmU2iFlp9uT

Here's the Top 177 Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/0yTAFo3owpq3bCGwThZXNs

Can we have a top 177 for spotify refuseniks?

^^^

Black Dresses

four two-in-a-rows huh

cool to see Kokoroko round it out

#78 was Black Dresses "Thoughts and Prayers"

Seandalai will provide stats and links for the full poll soon enough, I'm sure.

my ballot, bolded didn't place, too high to figure out if that's the best way to present this info or not

Eris Drew - Hold Me (T4T Embrace Mix)
Khalid ft. 6lack & Ty Dolla $ign – OTW
Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba
Peach - Silky
Kim Petras - Heart to Break
Talaboman - Dins El Llit (Superpitcher Remix)
Ciara - Level Up
Ella Mai – Boo'd Up
Peggy Gou - It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)
tyga ft. offset - taste
Overmono – Daisy Chain
Toni Braxton - Long As I Live
Panama Keys - Panamarama (Joe Clausell's Harvest Remix)
Prince Kaybee - Banomoya
Daniel Avery – Quick Eternity (Four Tet Remix)
Marsha Ambrosius - Old Times
Kasper Marrot - Keflavik
Omar-S - Games That We Play
Jacquees - You
Doja Cat - Mooo!
Wizkid - Fever
Krystal Klear - Neutron Dance
Sada Baby & Drego - Bloxk Party
burna boy - ye

An even more disappointing year than usual for the country crowd.

weighted, bold did not place

Kacey Musgraves - Love Is a Wild Thing
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
Robyn - Honey
Brigid Mae Power - I'm Grateful
Ashley Monroe - Rita
Grimes ft. HANA - We Appreciate Power
Fever Ray - Wanna Sip
Robyn - Baby Forgive Me
Robyn - Send To Robyn Immediately
Lucy Dacus - Night Shift
Helena Hauff - Hyper-Intelligent Genetically Enriched Cyborg
The Breeders - Wait in the Car
Jessie Ware - Overtime
Low – Disarray
Khruangbin - Maria También
Meg Baird and Mary Lattimore - Fair Annie
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Yugoslavia
Let's Eat Grandma - Donnie Darko
Domenique Dumont - Le Soleil Dans Le Monde
Donato Dozzy - Cleo
Gwenno – Tir Ha Mor
Mr Fingers - Crying Over You
Maisha - Osiris
Yumi Zouma - Powder Blue / Cascine Park
Krystal Klear - Neutron Dance

Bolded didn't place, ranked:

ЛУНА - Спящая красавица
Nego do Borel - Me Solta
Musya Totibadze - Останусь с тобой
Claire Laffut - Verite
Clément Froissart - Peupleraie
Talisto - Te Llamé
The Chats - Smoko
daKooka - Обещай
Anitta - Medicina
Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch
Shortparis - Страшно
Kero Kero Bonito - Only Acting
Komsomolsk - Всё исчезло
Blaya - Faz Gostoso
Peggy Gou - It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)
Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex
Julia - S.E.X.T.O
Pusha T - The Story Of Adidon
Vendredi sur Mer - Ecoute Cherie
Alyona Alyona - Відчиняй
Foie Gras - Red Moon
MC MM - Só Quer Vrau
Aly & AJ - Good Love
Domenique Dumont - Le Soleil Dans Le Monde
Becky G and Natti Natasha - Sin Pijama

i suspect there are at least three country LPs that will place, possibly a fourth

ranked, bolded didn't place

The 1975 – Love it if we made it
Laura Jean - Girls on the TV
Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch
Simmy ft. Sun-EL Musician - Ubala
NCT U - Baby Don't Stop
Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel
BTS - Idol
Koutei Camera Girl Drei - Toronto Lot
Wednesday Campanella - The Bamboo Princess
LOOΠΔ/Olivia Hye ft. JinSoul - Egoist
EL HITTA - Aww Yea
Khalid ft. 6lack & Ty Dolla $ign – OTW
Oh My Girl - Remember Me
Burna Boy - On the Low
APRIL - Oh! my mistake
Krystal Klear - Neutron Dance
Panama Keys - Panamarama (Joe Clausell's Harvest Remix)
Hyolyn - See Sea
Azealia Banks - Anna Wintour
Kero Kero Bonito - Only Acting
Mitski - Geyser
Troye Sivan ft. Ariana Grande - Dance To This
Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry
Jessie Ware - Overtime
Rosalía - Pienso en tu mirá

and here is where i campaigned mostly futilely for a fair few of them

can't believe ye didn't place

iconic track

Ranked. Only the bolded placed:

They Might Be Giants - Last Wave (Demo)
The 1975 - I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)
Andrew W.K. - Total Freedom
Leon Bridges - Bad Bad News
Hop Along - Somewhere a Judge
Robyn - Beach2K20

ranked, bold didn't place

Koffee - Toast
Rygin King - Tuff
Busy Signal - Stay So
Wizkid - Fever
Popcaan - Bulletproof
Burna Boy - Gbona
Nailah Blackman - O’Lawd Oye
Masicka - They Don’t Know
Starboy ft. Duncan Mighty & Wizkid - Fake Love
Mlindo the Vocalist ft. Sfeesoh, Kwesta & Thabsie - Macala
afro B - drogba (joanna)
Playboi Carti - Shoota
Aidonia - Big Baller (Benzema)
Olamide & Wizkid - Kana
Busy Signal - One Way
Popcaan - Silence
Octavian - Hands
Kranium - No Odda
Sudan Archives - Nont for Sale
EL HITTA - Aww Yea
GuiltyBeatz ft. Mr Eazi, Pappy Kojo & Patapaa - Akwaaba
Kes - Hello
Govana & Jada Kingdom - Better Than That
Alkaline - Yaadie Fiesta
Wizkid – Soco

Weighted, Bold placed

Luckison - Mysticbanana
Lizz - Over Side
Ludwig A.F. Röhrscheid - Helium
Makcim & Levi ‎– On A Springroll
Disk - Levitane
Lee Burton - 1420hz
Charonne - Formule Stardust
Oden & Fatzo - Alpha Gorilla
Ish - Point Reyes
Reedale Rise - Recovery
Stark - All Forms Emerge
Mihai Pol - Sfarsit
Otis - Quackery
Rufus - Under The Line
Fede Lijtmaer - Undersea 540

taste didn't place either ? surprising because there's some trash on the list

unranked, bold DNP in the 77

The 1975 - I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)
Sarah Mary Chadwick - Sugar Still Melts in the Rain
Cupcakke - Quiz
Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch
Fucked Up - Normal People
Hop Along - Prior Things
Lonnie Holley - I Woke Up in a Fucked Up America
Kitten - I Did It!
Loma - Black Willow
Mitski & Xiu Xiu - Between the Breaths
Phoebe Bridgers - Motion Sickness
Mr Twin Sister - Echo Arms
Natalie Prass - Short Court Style
Kacey Musgraves - Space Cowboy
Boygenius - Bite the Hand
Meg Myers - Numb
Protomartyr ft. Kelley Deal - Wheel of Fortune
Rae Sremmurd ft. Juicy J - Powerglide
Jeff Rosenstock - USA
Screaming Females - I'll Make You Sorry
SOPHIE - Faceshopping
Andrew WK - Music is Worth Living For
YG - Suu Whoop
The Armed - Luxury Themes
MGMT - Me and Michael

Mixed ballot, bolded songs placed:

Christine & The Queens - Doesn't Matter (Voleur de soleil)
Maggie Rogers - Fallingwater
Rosalía - Pienso en tu mirá
Ravyn Lenae - Sticky
Empress Of - When I'm With Him
Peggy Gou - It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)
Lizzo - Boys
Georgia - Started Out
Jessie Ware - Overtime
Raveena - Honey

Brame & Hamo - Roy Keane
Christina Aguilera ft. Goldlink - Like I Do
Delta Goodrem - Think About You
Fabiana Palladino - Shimmer
Girl Unit ft. Kelela - WYWD (Remix)
Hatchie - Sure
Hoodboi ft. Tkay Maidza - Glide
Jack River - Ballroom
Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel
Laura Jean - Girls on the TV
Mariah Carey ft. Ty Dolla $ign - The Distance
Mitski - Two Slow Dancers
Róisín Murphy - Plaything
Shawn Mendes - Lost In Japan
Sun-El Musician ft. Simmy - Sonini

Weighted ballot, bold did not place:

Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch
Hop Along - How Simple
YGG ft. Jon Phonics & Impey – Strikers
Corella – Trappin
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks – Middle America
Dengue Dengue Dengue – Buscando
Runaway Brother – Bully
Ssion, Ariel Pink - At Least The Sky Is Blue
The Radio Dept. - Going Down Swinging
IAMDDB - Kurr£ncy
LOOΠΔ/yyxy ft. Grimes – love4eva
Skengdo & AM – German Swerving
mr twin sister – Jaipur
Peggy Gou - It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)
Tropical Fuck Storm – Rubber Bullies
Octo Octa - Beam Me Up (To the Goddess Mix)
Rae Sremmurd ft. Juicy J - Powerglide
Richard Swift – Broken Finger Blues
Oso Oso – gb/ol h/nf
K Trap - Anything Else
Seinabo Sey – I Owe You Nothing
Novelist – No Weapons
Troye Sivan – Bloom
Kacey Musgraves – High Horse
Once Acen ft. WSTRN – Vice Versa

My mixed ballot (bold not placing)

Tracey Thorn - Queen
mr twin sister – jaipur
Yubin - Lady
Ella Mai – Boo'd Up

Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel
Finn - Sometimes The Going Gets A Little Tough
Guerilla Toss - Come Up With Me
Doja Cat - Mooo!
Hatchie - Sugar & Spice
Ravyn Lenae - Sticky
Lizzo - Boys
Seinabo Sey – I Owe You Nothing
Azealia Banks - Anna Wintour
The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
Jenny Hval - Spells
Aly & AJ - With You
Christine & The Queens ft. Dam-Funk - Girlfriend
The Internet - Roll (Burbank Funk)
Simmy ft. Sun-EL Musician - Ubala
Cosha - Do You Wanna Dance
Khalid & Normani - Love Lies
Chromatics - Black Walls
Wild Nothing - Letting Go
Lonnie Holley – I Woke Up in a Fucked Up America
Rina Sawayama - Cherry

I really thought the Lonnie Holley would make it :(

i suspect there are at least three country LPs that will place, possibly a fourth

― omar little, Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:18 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Musgraves
Monroe
Pistol Annies

?

Holding out hope for Lori McKenna and Ashley McBryde. "Girl Goin Nowhere" was one of my top tracks of the year, but I slept on the noms...

Nice ballot, Simon! Lots from my longlist, though I think we only have one actual track in common this time.

I'm not certain of my ballot as I failed to save a copy this year. If it's not difficult, I'd be very grateful if someone could post my ballot if it still exists!

here are some banging goddamn tunes for your perusal. 'my brain on love' especially is the ilx classic it never knew

Snape - Waiting for Death
Trust Fund - Abundant
The Armed - Luxury Themes
Young Dreams - My Brain On Love
Machine Girl - A Decent Man
Mitski - Why Didn't You Stop Me?
Thumpermonkey - Make Me Young, Etc.
Kero Kero Bonito - Only Acting
Army Of Moths - So Long
Suede - Life Is Golden
Sterbus - Mate In 4/4
Die Wilde Jagd - 2000 Elefanten
jimothy lacoste - subway system
Bill Wurtz - Mount St Helens Is About To Blow Up
SOPHIE - Faceshopping
Fucked Up - Talking Pictures
U.S. Girls - Incidental Boogie
Of Montreal - Writing The Circles/Orgone Tropics
Black Dresses - Thoughts and Prayers I'M SO SORRY
Half Man Half Biscuit - Knobheads On Quiz Shows
Charlie Looker - Fascist Moments
Teleman - Submarine Life
The Chats - Smoko
Hen Ogledd - Problem Child
Fierce Friend - Introsong

i guess it makes more sense for me to put all of my new blurbs in here. there are a lot of them.

Mr. Twin Sister – “Jaipur” - kinda wish the instrumental went "level 2" at some point. when her voice kinda picks up and drops back down with no change it kinda just feels like a mistake somehow
MGMT – “Me and Michael” - i like a little pastiche from time to time but uhh i mean come on (editors note: i wrote this one before someone made the "top 77 pastiches" joke upthread so my crit is legit and not a pastiche of a previous crit) (editor's note 2 when i wrote that editor's note i thought i would be posting in the same thread not the afterparty thread)
Peach – “Silky” - i would like to know how they sampled/filtered those... lummi sticks? xylophones? whatever the melodic percussion parts. not enough to look it up tho, it's kinda the only part of the song that grabs me. voice and synths and drums not doing it for me
Beach House – “Lemon Glow” - Will M before listening to this song: "will this be the song where i finally 'get' beach house"
Will M after listening to this song: "no" (i mean its ok but)
Kasper Marrot – “Keflavik” - this is pleasant (editors note: i think i meant to write more here... uhh let's listen again.... this is pleasant. shit i already wrote that)

The Beths – “Little Death” - whoa hello, this is v v good! such a good voice, kinda hop along vibes but with those big rumbly drums, sick sick sick, god is bowling
Doja Cat – “Mooo!” - yall made my number one come below this milkshake duck-ass mirror-universe eurovision-on-weed song and im mad at all of you. top 77 fucking anime betrayals
Simmy – “Umahlalela” - i am enjoying this, but not as much as......
Simmy featuring Sun-El Musician – “Ubala” - oh wow, ok! this is, oooooh, this is good, i like this piano! see sometimes things can sound like things from the past without sounding exactly like them. take note, every other song in the top 77 this year. it's like a better version of the music from the mizuguchi video games. fuck now i wanna play tetris to this song SO BAD!
Hatchie – “Sure” - this sounds like a lot of things i like, but... err, kinda just makes me wanna listen to those things :/

Valee featuring Jeremih – “Womp Womp” - one of the more likely songs i'll put in a playlist and listen to too much in 2019. effortless cool is hard to pull off and this basically does
Let’s Eat Grandma – “Donnie Darko” - cmon man, seriously with this artist/song name? re: song: i will need the appeal explained to me
Tracey Thorn – “Queen” - i didn't know she was still making stuff, cool! sounds a lil like chers believe but for a world that has seen the movie Drive (this is not necessarily a complaint)
Khalid featuring 6lak and Ty Dolla $ign – “OTW” - kinda phased out for the first 2 mins and came to like "was... was that all chorus until now?" it sounds nice but it's v samey
Tirzah – “Holding On” - wasn't sure how i was gonna dig it when they started playing 3 blind mice on a default synth setting but this one really comes together nice! i really like how clear her voice comes thru, it's a low key wonderful voice. if other songs are similar i could for sure see myself getting into this (in a way i didn't with e.g. nite jewel b/c i only liked one song)

dang, this was the only stuff i voted for that placed?
Jon Hopkins – Emerald Rush
Kacey Musgraves – High Horse

Well, maybe I'll do better with albums. Here are the unloved:
Andrew Bird – Bloodless
Charli XCX – Focus
Ariana Grande – God is a Woman
Cardi B – Be Careful
Cassie – Don’t Play it Safe
DJ Koze with Roisin Murphy – Illumination
Freddie Gibbs and 03Greedo – Death Row
Future – Walk on Minks
Gabriel Garzón-Montano – Golden Wings
Hayley Kiyoko and Kehlani – What I Need
IU – BBIBBI
Jeremih and Ty Dolla – Take Your Time
Lonnie Holley – I Woke Up in a Fucked Up America
Mariah Carey – A No No
Nicola Cruz – Arka
Red Velvet – Power Up
Robyn – Between the Lines
Sade – Flower of the Universe
Samora Pinderhuges – Concussion Protocol
Tessa Violet – Crush
T.I. – Laugh at Em
THEY – Pops
William Tyler – Fail Safe

THERE ARE SO FUCKING MANY AND THERE'S ONE SINGLE BROKEN BBCODE TAG AND I CAN'T FIND IT

Mr. Twin Sister – “Jaipur” - kinda wish the instrumental went "level 2" at some point. when her voice kinda picks up and drops back down with no change it kinda just feels like a mistake somehow
MGMT – “Me and Michael” - i like a little pastiche from time to time but uhh i mean come on (editors note: i wrote this one before someone made the "top 77 pastiches" joke upthread so my crit is legit and not a pastiche of a previous crit) (editor's note 2 when i wrote that editor's note i thought i would be posting in the same thread not the afterparty thread)
Peach – “Silky” - i would like to know how they sampled/filtered those... lummi sticks? xylophones? whatever the melodic percussion parts. not enough to look it up tho, it's kinda the only part of the song that grabs me. voice and synths and drums not doing it for me
Beach House – “Lemon Glow” - Will M before listening to this song: "will this be the song where i finally 'get' beach house"
Will M after listening to this song: "no" (i mean its ok but)
Kasper Marrot – “Keflavik” - this is pleasant (editors note: i think i meant to write more here... uhh let's listen again.... this is pleasant. shit i already wrote that)

The Beths – “Little Death” - whoa hello, this is v v good! such a good voice, kinda hop along vibes but with those big rumbly drums, sick sick sick, god is bowling
Doja Cat – “Mooo!” - yall made my number one come below this milkshake duck-ass mirror-universe eurovision-on-weed song and im mad at all of you. top 77 fucking anime betrayals
Simmy – “Umahlalela” - i am enjoying this, but not as much as......
Simmy featuring Sun-El Musician – “Ubala” - oh wow, ok! this is, oooooh, this is good, i like this piano! see sometimes things can sound like things from the past without sounding exactly like them. take note, every other song in the top 77 this year. it's like a better version of the music from the mizuguchi video games. fuck now i wanna play tetris to this song SO BAD!
Hatchie – “Sure” - this sounds like a lot of things i like, but... err, kinda just makes me wanna listen to those things :/

Valee featuring Jeremih – “Womp Womp” - one of the more likely songs i'll put in a playlist and listen to too much in 2019. effortless cool is hard to pull off and this basically does
Let’s Eat Grandma – “Donnie Darko” - cmon man, seriously with this artist/song name? re: song: i will need the appeal explained to me
Tracey Thorn – “Queen” - i didn't know she was still making stuff, cool! sounds a lil like chers believe but for a world that has seen the movie Drive (this is not necessarily a complaint)
Khalid featuring 6lak and Ty Dolla $ign – “OTW” - kinda phased out for the first 2 mins and came to like "was... was that all chorus until now?" it sounds nice but it's v samey
Tirzah – “Holding On” - wasn't sure how i was gonna dig it when they started playing 3 blind mice on a default synth setting but this one really comes together nice! i really like how clear her voice comes thru, it's a low key wonderful voice. if other songs are similar i could for sure see myself getting into this (in a way i didn't with e.g. nite jewel b/c i only liked one song)

oh i found it maybe? ANYWAY, dear thesinglesjukebox.com, i am available on request:

Donato Dozzy – “Cleo” - this is definitely a song i woudn't mind being 20 mins long so i can just hang out in it a while
Octo Octa – “Beam Me Up (To the Goddess Mix)” - I kinda wanna hear the stuff that is same genre but like nobody liked or cared abt so i can compare top 50 material to top nothing material...? in prev years i really feel like the bobbins MOVED me more yknow?
Marie Davidson – “Work It” - ok yeah she sounds exactly like several ppl i know in mtl so this gets automatic warm fuzzy points from me and its p funny and sharp too.
Lizzo – “Boys” - hahaha i think about the line that's like "little bitty boys, mississippi boys" from time to time and laugh. so great. the blurb saying james murphy doing missy elliott doesn't feel quite OTM but now i really want a "work it" dfa remix. imagine? anyway, lizzo is good, "boys" >>>> "girls" from last year in a WALK and yes im comparing bc of the names
The 1975 - “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME” - NOTHANKSNOTHANKSNOTHANKS

The 1975 – “Give Yourself a Try” - joy division records are literally still available AND streaming on spotify, why do you do this to yourselves jesus fucknig christ
Christine and The Queens featuring Dam-Funk – “Girlfriend” - i like this one more than the last one, still kinda feeling like 2018's pastiche obsession is emptier than any year before it tho. maybe the light in my heart just went out in 2018 or something. i really feel like i have heard all of this before and HOLY FUCK, I DID NOT MEAN TO MAKE THIS SOUND LIKE I AM QUOTING WONDERWALL, DID I JUST HAVE A STROKE?
Rae Sremmurd featuring Juicy J – “Powerglide” - i love strings like this lmao it makes everything sound so ~important~. rae sremmurd is exactly the same thing since the first one but that's still a p good thing. i hate that they are doing an offshoot of the fast and furious movies with the rock and statham as "hobbes and shaw" or whatever but we AREN'T getting a sequel tree based on tokyo drift. i am gonna write a script and call it FAST AND FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT: POWERGLIDE: ORIGINS and it's going to have 3-4 audio cues for this song to play. i'm gonna be rich. i don't even have a driver's license! i just hustle
Robyn – “Honey” - hey she made it! i wanted to vote for one of her songs, but it was missing u... surprised tihs one placed and not that one!! (i mean it ain't over yet but y'know)
Eris Drew – “Hold Me (T4T Embrace Mix)” - is it worth it lemme work it put my thing down flip it and reverse it from your fliminipit oh yeah cmon from your fliminipit oh yeah cmon (could they have picked a MORE DISTRACTING SAMPLE?)... anyway i was bored until the breakbeat and the guitar came in, now i am kind of amused, wish it didn't take 2 mins, i almost bailed

Kacey Musgraves – “Slow Burn” - ahhhhh ok i think i "get it" now re: kacey musgraves, this is good. this is v v v charming. love the beijing part, really perfect encapsulates that moment where you're so out of time that you think about what time it is somewhere else to kinda put yourself into context (and in doing so alienate yrself temporally even more) -- that's 100% a "just me" thought but fuck it
Empress Of – “When I’m With Him” - huh??? isn't this another song i heard before??? what other song does the chorus sound exactly like? help
Pinkfong – “Baby Shark” - i use a juul and play pokemon go and i still wanna make fun of all of you
Lana Del Rey – “Mariners Apartment Complex” - i always v much like these good lana del ray songs, but it always weirds me out when i think like, there are ppl in this world who stan for her like i stan for mitski. what is your life like ldr stans? i can only imagine you spend hours a day crying in a flowy dress near a fan or something. also listening to this song on spotify right now, does it sound this weird/compressed in every format or just here? song is great but her voice is just squished into unlistenableness
Pusha T – “If You Know You Know” - the part at the beginning where every line ends with boy just makes me think of born slippy lmao. i love when the melody comes in tho, perfect time and v nice. i dunno kanye still has it sometimes imo

Krystal Klear – Neutron Dance” - i don't get it, how is this new order? it's like calling give yrself a try the best joy division song of 2018. neutron dance, good name, this is the jimmy neutron of songs (you right now: "what does that even mean?" me right now: "something something death of the author, my blurb is like an ontario license plate, it is YOURS TO DISCOVER")
Julia Holter – “I Shall Love 2” - thank god she didn't make any mistakes, with all that delay we'd be hearing aobut it for minutes!!! haha jk everyone this is a good song shouts to holter skolter. this song sounds like she layered 6 different song intros on each other and it works somehow.
Sheck Wes – “Mo Bamba” i drafted mo bamba on every one of my fantasy basketball teams this year, and in my nba2k19 game, and i am losing in all of them, and no regrets because this song FUCKIN RULES. i hope ali eventually showed up with the motherfucking dope :S
Rosalía – “Pienso en tu mirá” - *extremely YouTube reaction video voice* ohh... ohh!! *says nothing for 30 seconds, bopping head* what is this? this is-- *stops talking again; 15 more seconds pass; rudely pauses song* man i really like this one. what language is this? i love it. it's perfectly enough of everything, never not enough nor too much *abruptly stars song again mid-chorus* yes. this was a good recommendation. thanks for watching ilx! *inset of me listening to the other Rosalia song in the top-right*
Rosalía – “Malamente” hmm, OKAY, OKAY... *solemn head bopping* okay, this is-- yeah! this is nice. i-- i like this. *very serious face* you know, I think I like the oth-- *pauses song* sorry, i know how mad you guys get when i tlak over the song too much. i think i like the other one more. *resumes song; inset of me angrily juuling to baby shark appears in top right*

Kacey Musgraves – “High Horse” - weirdly this sounds less like a country person trying to do a cross-genre thing and more like a pop person who had country explained to them in a tweet trying to reproduce country music. i'll have to listen again in a few days now that i kinda know what it is so i'm not surprised by it / making this face >:/
Kero Kero Bonito – “”Only Acting” - ahh yes good someone made "too many cooks" into a pop song (i rly dig this tho)
Mitski – “Nobody” - i've been big and small and big and small and big and small and still nobody loves me ;;;;;;;;;_______;;;;;;;;
Janelle Monáe – “Make Me Feel” - it's good, but like........... why wouldn't i just listen to the source material? am i just old and shitty now???? it used to feel like all of the pastiche has more thna one reference point before, maybe, and now it's just one reference point? i fuckin blame the 1975 for this
Jessie Ware – “Overtime” - ok but actually this is the kind of pastiche i can get into. it definitely feels A BIT like a jock jam, but enough NOT like one that it's its own thing? thank u ilx for this one

Ariana Grande – “thank u, next” - perplexed by the love for this song
Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” - not perplexed at all by the love for this song <3
Lana Del Rey – “Venice Bitch” - me: *has headphones that are better than $20 earbuds for, like, a week*
you:
me: IS IT JUST ME OR ARE THE VOCALS COMPRESSED

Ella Mai – “Boo’d Up” - holy shit i am out of touch, i thought it was 78'd at this point for sure. great song!!! it was one of my last cuts from the top 25 and one of the ones that hurt the most tbh. prob would've placed in my top 01 if i hadn't listened to it so much over the year and burnt out on it a bit? lmao at the brit plot twist tweet
The 1975 – “Love It If We Made It” - i could not have wanted to not like this song anymore, and yet, i listened to it so many times. i like it in spite of it being awful and anyone form real life who i show it to judges me. it's like the cum town of songs, in that sense
Childish Gambino - This Is America - thanks to this song, i got a trivia question right about Oaxaca once
Peggy Gou – “It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)” - never change, ilx *wipes tear* this is my first listen and it has been called the inspector norse of 2018 in the thread. DO I AGREE? hmmmmm *5 min later* mmm no, it is its own thing and that is good and it is good. a worthy face champion, the people's champion, beating the heelish antics of the 1975 starring an adult man who calls himself matty. yes i will be listening to this song a good 100+ more times this year! thanks!!

weighted

Julia Holter - I Shall Love 2
Troye Sivan – Bloom :(
Róisín Murphy - All My Dreams
Rosalía - Pienso en tu mirá
Jessie Ware - Overtime
CHVRCHES ft. Wednesday Campanella - Out of My Head
Disclosure & Fatoumata Diawara - Ultimatum
Simmy - Umahlalela
Ciara - Level Up
Shawn Mendes - Lost In Japan
SHINee - Good Evening
Wednesday Campanella - The Bamboo Princess
Rae Sremmurd ft. Juicy J - Powerglide
Mitski - Nobody
Robyn – Missing U
Empress Of - When I'm With Him
Low - Always Trying To Work It Out
Rina Sawayama - Cherry
Aya Nakamura - Copines
Mariah Carey - GTFO
Natalie Prass - Short Court Style
Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel
Peggy Gou - It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)
Yubin - Lady
boygenius - Bite the Hand

Will, write to the folks at SJ; they are looking for new writers al the time!

something tells me i'm not a good fit for their editorial voice lmao

is it worth it lemme work it put my thing down flip it and reverse it from your fliminipit oh yeah cmon from your fliminipit oh yeah cmon (could they have picked a MORE DISTRACTING SAMPLE?)

"take me to the mardis gras" has had a rich and extensive life as a sample

this is how I would have voted if I'd voted:

1 Hailu Mergia - Lala Belu
2 Django Django ft. Self Esteem - Surface To Air
3 Master KG - Skeleton Move
4 Ought - Desire
5 Tiwa Savage ft. Wizkid - Ma Lo
6 Parquet Courts - Wide Awake
7 Jus Now ft. Eva Lazarus - Hair Flip
8 L'Algerino - Va Bene
9 Teni - Shakeam
10 Tshegue - Muanapoto
11 Rygin King - Tuff
12 Kero Kero Bonita - Only Acting
13 Rhea - Bounce
14 Burna Boy ft. Lily Allen - Heaven's Gate
15 Eddy Kenzo - Gear Lever
16 Yxng Bane - Vroom
17 Ella Mai - Boo'd Up
18 Childish Gambino - This Is America
19 Khalid - OTW
20 Teleman - Cactus
21 Ross From Friends - The Beginning
22 Beths - Happy Unhappy
23 Die Wilde Jagd - 2000 Elefanten
24 Prince Kaybee - Club Controller
25 Juby - Look She Dey
26 Tiwa Savage - One
27 Dur-Dur Band - Diinleeya
28 Onipa - Open My Eyes
29 Autechre - violvoic
30 Spice - Black Hypocrisy
31 Wolfie - Contradiction (DJ Q Remix)
32 Makavelli - Nammiliki
33 Nihiloxica - Choir Chops
34 Domenique Dumont - Sans Cesse Mon Cheri
35 Marwa Loud - Fallait Pas
36 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Middle America
37 Patoranking - Suh Different
38 Cardi B - I Like It
39 Corine - Pluie Fine (Polo & Pan Remix)
40 Rae Sremmurd ft. Juicy J - Powerglide

that's a lotta bold LJ, but you still haven't got me beat (the only thing of mine that placed is the AWK track)

(though I did lose my ballots - could someone send 'em back to me through ilxmail? is that possible???)

SERIOUSLY tho':
http://i.imgur.com/J8R15g6.png

we missed u doglatin

is it worth it lemme work it put my thing down flip it and reverse it from your fliminipit oh yeah cmon from your fliminipit oh yeah cmon (could they have picked a MORE DISTRACTING SAMPLE?)

"take me to the mardis gras" has had a rich and extensive life as a sample

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, January 31, 2019 5:32 PM (thirty seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i figured this would be the case and yet i chose to show my ass here, why? because i'm honest and i'm honestly pretty stupid

dang Burna Boy getting vote split even in imaginary ballots :)

ahh yes good someone made "too many cooks" into a pop song

that's a lotta bold LJ, but you still haven't got me beat (the only thing of mine that placed is the AWK track)

I didn't have a single thing place, I had thought Blatters removal might have helped with the coefficients but it seems no

Ranked, bold didn't place:

Anatomy - Anatomy Theme
Mollusc - Anxiety
Kuunatic - Roho Ulio Toweka
Child's Pose - Feral
Marie Davidson - Work It
Lucrecia Dalt - Tar
Black Pink - DDU-DU DDU-DU
Keyakizaka46 - Moumorihekaerouka?
Anna von Hausswolff - The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra
Rapid Tan - USAVE
(G)I-DLE - HANN (Alone)
Hen Ogledd - Problem Child
Yemi Alade - Bum Bum
BiSH - PAiNT it BLACK
Fire-Toolz - ✓ iNTERBEiNG
Slumb Party - Trophy
Helena Hauff - Hyper-Intelligent Genetically Enriched Cyborg
Peggy Gou - It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)
Cantaloupe - Change the Record
ЛУНА - Спящая красавица
JPEGMAFIA - I Cannot Fucking Wait Until Morrissey Dies
Gugudan - Not That Type
Audrey Chen - Heavy
jimothy lacoste - subway system
Pinkfong - Baby Shark

Where are the stats at this year? I want STATS.

u are too kind dorsalstop i barely know what a "song" even "is"

oh right, my ballot

Mitski - Geyser
Mitski - Nobody
The 1975 – Love it if we made it
Sloppy Jane - Mindy
Black Dresses - Thoughts and Prayers
Musya Totibadze - Останусь с тобой
Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba
Soccer Mommy - Your Dog
Pusha T - If You Know You Know
Kamasi Washington - Fists of Fury
Saloli – Hey Ahh
Waax - Labrador
BiSH - PAiNT it BLACK
Little Simz - Offence
Hoodboi ft. Tkay Maidza - Glide
Ravyn Lenae - Sticky
Mitski & Xiu Xiu - Between the Breaths
SOPHIE – Is It Cold in the Water?
Barbatuques - Baianá (Wolf Müller's Drum Drop)
Drake - Nice For What
Negativ Gemini - Infin Path
Protomartyr ft. Kelley Deal - Wheel of Fortune
Lump - Curse of the Contemporary
Vince Staples and Yugen Blakrok ft. Kendrick Lamar - Opps
lil baby & drake - yes indeed

i... don't even recognize my own ballot anymore. i shoulda used the extra week to re-submit

Seandalai will provide stats and links for the full poll soon enough, I'm sure.

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 31 January 2019 22:13 (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yes I will do this, I just got back from the airport and I need to cook an egg but right after that.

If anyone wants their ballots posted just shout and I will also get to it post-egg

Thank you, seandalai!

Bolded didn't place. Underlined are ones I believe I discovered on the nominations list.

Robyn - Honey
Empress Of - When I'm With Him
Kacey Musgraves – High Horse
Janelle Monáe ft. Grimes - Pynk
The 1975 – Love it if we made it
Chance The Rapper - 65th & Ingleside
Travis Scott - Sicko Mode

MGMT - when you die
Adrianne Lenker - symbol
Simmy ft. Sun-EL Musician - Ubala
Patawawa - Patagonia
now, now – knowme
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Talking Straight
Kasper Marrot - Keflavik
Valee – Vlone
Christine & The Queens - Doesn't Matter (Voleur de soleil)
Ella Mai – Boo'd Up
Troye Sivan – My! My! My!
Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next
Snail Mail – Pristine
Pusha T - If You Know You Know
U.S. Girls - M.A.H
Meg Baird and Mary Lattimore - Fair Annie
Rae Sremmurd ft. Juicy J - Powerglide
Peggy Gou - It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)

Singles I would have voted for had they been nominated:

Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin Nowhere
boygenius - Me & My Dog
Foxing - Nearer My God
Charlie Puth - Boy
Whitey Morgan & The 78s - Around Here
Belle Plaine - For All Those Who I Loved

it was whiney related xp

Search 'pippa's arse'

Alexa, what's the newsy wewsies?

british for blood sausage is black pudding xps

/tests out random tracks
more than half of this list is just dance club music

someone once told me, and i will eating a black pudding is like eating a giant scab

never forgetting that comparison

still tasty

that eating*

Late to discussion re appeal of "Itgehane": I agree with characterizations such as "extremely warm and feel-good", "beautiful sparkling construction" etc, BUT would add that as well as being top bobbins it also works p well as an actual words-and-tune song. (The Orielles cover really brought this out for me.) This most likely broadened its appeal even more, I'd guess.

^^^ cosign. if you missed it, the peggy gou remix of "at night" was nominated and is similarly gorgeous and euphoric.

My weighted infinite antifuxxor tracks ballot:

bold: did not place, italic: sole voter

Starboy ft. Wizkid, Terri, Spotless & Ceeza Milli - Soco (#61)
Starboy ft. Duncan Mighty & Wizkid - Fake Love (#152)
Prince Kaybee ft. Busiswa & TNS - Banomoya (#59)
GuiltyBeatz ft. Mr Eazi, Pappy Kojo & Patapaa - Akwaaba (#226)
Olamide - Logba Logba (#517)
Burna Boy - Gbona (#97)
Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry (#5)
Olamide & Wizkid - Kana (#337)
Prince Kaybee ft. LaSoulmates, TNS & Zanda Zakuza - Club Controller (#196)
Lalo Ebratt - Mocca (+ Remix ft. J Balvin) (#622)
Wizkid - Fever (#143)
DJ Spinall ft. Kizz Daniel - Baba (#661)
Zinaro ft. JB of Thee Legacy & Dust - Dali Wami (#676)
Simmy - Umahlalela (#39)
Burna Boy - On the Low (#207)
DJ Spinall ft. Wizkid - Nowo (#840)
DJ Tunez ft. Reekado Banks & Wizkid - Turn Up (#868)
Calvin Harris ft. Dua Lipa - One Kiss (#147)
Idowest ft. Davido - Ji Masun (#921)
Mayorkun ft. Davido - Bobo (#940)
Aya Nakamura - Djadja (#392)
Saad Lamjarred - Ghazali (#965)
Rayvanny - Chombo (#979)
Eddy Kenzo - Your Value (Super Dopa) (#423)
DJ Snake ft. Ozuna, Cardi B & Selena Gomez - Taki Taki (#1002)

Tracks I nominated that got sole votes from others:

Rosalía - Di Mi Nombre (#517)
Dladla Mshunqisi ft. Nokwazi & Prince Kaybee - Wangibamba (#661) (yes!!!!)
Wande Coal - So Mi So (#882)

Special shout out to the other person who voted for Eddy Kenzo’s “Your Value (Super Dopa)”, as their #4 no less!

...and to my top neighbour, longneck (who’d have thought!)

Oh, and honorable mention for best discovery from the rollout: “2000 Elefanten” by Die Wilde Jagd.

Re: the Burna bloodbath: not surprised by the vote splitting, but the dismal showing of “Ye” is kind of shocking nonetheless. It does bode extremely well for the album poll though. Looks like we have at least 8 people who have Outside very high on their ballot.

Actually it was interesting to run through the list and think about which other languages were represented. I miss, but am too lazy to reproduce, lex's geographic breakdown that he'd always have ready right at the end

― rob, vrijdag 1 februari 2019 1:29 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I’m late to this thread, so I saw this post only now, but you're in luck: I posted a country breakdown in the rollout thread yesterday. Here it is, in a slightly tweaked version (cheers, Tuomas!):

I know you’ve all been waiting for this one, a valuable tradition started (afaik) by Lex, here it is, beter late than never...

YOUR *UPDATED* OFFICIAL COUNTRY BREAKDOWN:

AUSTRALIA (4): Hatchie, The Chats, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Laura Jean
CANADA (3): Marie Davidson, Peach, Drake
COLOMBIA (5⁄6): [Cardi B ft. Bad Bunny &] J Balvin (⅓), Kali Uchis (½)
DENMARK (1): Kasper Marott
FRANCE (1½): Christine and the Queens [ft. Dâm-Funk] (1½)
GERMANY (4⅓): Die Wilde Jagd, [Talaboman/] Superpitcher (⅓), Kim Petras, DJ Koze, Helena Hauff
HONDURAS (½): Empress Of (½)
IRELAND (2): Krystal Klear, Roísín Murphy
ITALY (1): Donato Dozzy
JAPAN (1): Mitski (2 x ½)
NEW ZEALAND (2): The Beths (2)
NIGERIA (1): Starboy ft. Wizkid, Terri, Spotless & Ceeza Milli
PUERTO RICO (⅓): [Cardi B ft.] Bad Bunny [& J Balvin] (⅓)
SOUTH AFRICA (3): Simmy (ft. Sun-El Musician) (2); Prince Kaybee ft. Busiswa & TNS
SOUTH KOREA (2): Peggy Gou, Red Velvet
SPAIN (2⅓): Rosalía (2), Talaboman [/Superpitcher] (⅓)
SWEDEN (1⅓): Robyn, Talaboman [/Superpitcher] (⅓)
UK (13): The 1975 (4), Ella Mai, Jessie Ware, Kero Kero Bonito, Tirzah, Tracey Thorn, Let’s Eat Grandma, Autechre, Jon Hopkins, Fabiana Palladino
USA (32 5⁄6): Lana Del Rey (2); Ariana Grande (2), Janelle Monáe, Mitski (2 x ½), Kacey Musgraves (2); Sheck Wes, Julia Holter, Pusha T, Empress Of (½), Eris Drew, Rae Sremmurd ft. Juicy J, [Christine and the Queens ft.] Dâm-Funk (½), Lizzo, Octo Octa, Khalid ft. 6LACK & Ty Dolla $ign, Valee ft. Jeremih, Doja Cat, Beach House, MGMT (2), Mr. Twin Sister (2); Natalie Prass, Hop Along, Cardi B [ft. Bad Bunny & J Balvin] (⅓), mewithoutyou, Toni Braxton, Soccer Mommy, Ravyn Lenae, Parquet Courts, Andrew W.K., Kali Uchis (½)

Of course, Drake cheated by crediting neither Big Freedia, nor 5th Ward Weebie, nor Lauryn Hill, and DJ Koze would have done well to credit Gladys Knight - but then again, US artists are overrepresented anyway \_(ツ)_/¯

Please report any mistakes or oversights to me, so I can do the whole damn thing over again. Thank U, next!

Re: the Burna bloodbath: not surprised by the vote splitting, but the dismal showing of “Ye” is kind of shocking nonetheless. It does bode extremely well for the album poll though. Looks like we have at least 8 people who have Outside very high on their ballot.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, February 2, 2019 9:17 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't think I've voted for it. I only vote for real music on the albums poll, the singles here are just for kicks.
*checks, no I lie, I did vote for it.

I only vote for real music on the albums poll, the singles here are just for kicks.

haha this is my approach too

Albums are just singles with more extra tracks on them

Most of the time, yes. Anyway, cheers to rob, breastcrawl and everyone else keeping the afro-caribbean threads rolling. Wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you.

Spoilers: the albums poll has way more genre variety than the singles one and ilm delivers better results than most eoy lists

You're preaching to the choir :) I think that self-congratulation is probably exactly what gives us 1975 feasts though :P

this year's tracks poll just felt like there was barely any consensus at all so it was mostly just established ILM favourites doing well by default? at least compared to say the last two years which felt a little more unpredictable over the first few days

The albums poll is where it's at, though I'm pretty sure not a single one of my classical noms will place. Not that I did much in the way of campaigning, mind you.

My focus is totally on singles/individual tracks. Every year, there are at the very least 50 tracks that I could put on my tracks ballot with good conscience. Whereas with albums, there are only about a dozen that I’ve lived with enough throughout the year to confidently place them. This is purely a matter of priorities and time management. There’s many more albums that I know I like because I’ve listened to them once or twice (and I do fill up the rest of my ballot with those), or would/could like if I’d only make time for them, but first things first, you know, and the genres I (want and need to) listen to the most are heavily singles-focussed.

Amen.

(And of course, I’m missing out on a lot, but aren’t we all? As we speak, I’m listening to my “2018 catch-up albums” playlist, filled with albums that sounded by their recommendations (mainly here on ILM) like stuff I would like, and “Warrior Dance” by Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids came up, and wow, just wow!)

tracks poll > albums, idk why but it’s more exciting to me

A nice thing about the tracks poll is that you can listen and comment on the rollout in real time (unless some hour-long ambient thing gets in). Albums are generally too long to do more than sample them. It also helped that I was hearing almost everything for the first time.

Still, I'm excited for the albums rollout.

Historically the tracks rollout makes for a better thread since people can listen to the songs more or less in real time, or at least do those end of the day round-ups, and talk about them so it tended to be the livelier one. (xpost)

Usually I'm with breastcrawl and longneck on tracks over albums, but this year I think I'm slightly more invested in my top albums than my top tracks? Plus if Burna Boy and Popcaan both place (latter is a little doubtful), the resulting list will better reflect my taste than the tracks did--it also helps that I got into a bunch of jazz last year. That said, I didn't even vote for a full 25 albums while culling my tracks ballot was as hard as it always is.

The whole Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids album is awesome!

I'm more of a tracks person than an albums person in general but the albums poll has been consistently more diverse, surprising and interesting than the tracks poll for the last few years. And you can set up months' worth of listening from it.

Yes, as Simon might point out, it probably helps that you can't generally nominate multiple albums from a single artist

Strong list this year. Of the tracks that I hadn't heard before (ie almost all of them) I particularly enjoyed Mo Bamba, Mariners Apartment Complex, Holding On, Powerglide, Donnie Darko, Womp Womp, Lemon Glow, Smoko, Nice For What, Girls On The TV and In My Dreams, so thanks to whoever nominated them and thanks to all the organisers.

Here's my list, unweighted

(7th) CB - Talk On My Name
(Hit Squad) Mad Max x (Zone 2) Karma – Facts
Ambush - Man Can't
Cadet x Deno – Advice (Dele Alli)
Carla Dal Forno - Summertime Sadness
CS + Kreme – Husk
DigDat - Air Force
Dizzee Rascal - Don't Gas Me
Domenique Dumont - Sans Cesse, Mon Cheri
Eris Drew - Hold Me (T4T Embrace Mix)
Headie One X RV - Know Better
J Hus - Dark Vader
James Blake - If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead
Jay Glass Dubs - The Sweetest Dub
Julia Holter - I Shall Love 2
K Trap - Anything Else
Kasper Marrot – Keflavik
KO - Never Know
Lady Leshurr – RIP
Mr Fingers - Crying Over You
Ossia - Dub Hell
Parris - Puro Rosaceae
Peggy Gou - It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)
Shackleton - Wakefulness And Obsession
Unknown T – Homerton B

The whole Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids album is awesome!

oh I did, yes thank you!

not sure what the Ackamoor album's chances are. tbh I heard it so late in the year that I didn't even rank it very highly (see also: Simmy), but given its mix of jazz and afrobeat (singular) it could have wider appeal than some of the jazz I'm assuming is going to show

My comment above was half-trolling half-teasing, but since a conversation emerged I'll weigh in.
I appreciate >sum-of-their-parts albums just as I appreciate albums that go for bang / rely on track strength. No album that contains 3-4 bangers can be bad in my experience, and I prefer to tolerate filler next to greatness than settle for applied, well-crafted, consistent mediocrity. Many genres have always sit in-between being track-based or album-based (even dad-rock albums had their focus on hits for ex.) and that's maybe the ideal combination to have the best of both worlds. And nowadays we have this movement presenting pop more and more as albums, more and more perfected (well, it's not really new). Just as indie did, and ILM at least seems convinced or we wouldn't have it appear in the tracks poll. It's not easy and pointless to cut in the middle. So, based on the same genres and taste, I think I still get surprises and that pushes me to be flexible, like I almost get to choose how I want to experience and keep something.

I thought the 2017 tracks results were garbage, and 2018's tracks are a huge improvement. Also congrats to ILM on getting over your guitar phobia.

Slightly preferred 2017 I think? Had L'Rain, introduced me to Akrakabo. TBH I miss the days when Jute Gyte and Oranssi Pazuzu could just mosey on in amongst the pop-house

Oh and Blue Pedro ffs!

OK I've scrolled through last year's tracks 77. It's about 10x more interesting, diverse and fun as this year's imo

as/than

tough to separate the two

must've been the lower participation

I don't recall any huge discoveries from last year's list, although the tracks results from every year as long as I can remember help me re-discover stuff I forgot. The big one from last year for me was "Girl Front."

lol i was listening to "girl front" when i opened this thread, such a good song

for anyone enjoying the ongoing genre-blind listening mix and looking to get a jump on 2019, feel free to join us here:
Listening to ILM Listen: February 2019 - Collaborative Listening Project

another re-discovery from 2015's results. the song that got me into ty$
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFzOQO1jBIU

I got *extremely* lucky and found a sealed vinyl copy of Raveena’s “Shanti” EP on vinyl (filed under “S”, lol) for a few bucks. Released awhile back, purple wax, OOP R@RE! Eight tracks including Honey and...she is really, really good.

^ weirdly, this was released by VNYL, that bullshit subscription service from the “shady scams” thread (i think)

??

sorry, didn’t mean to throw water on your find, which is awesome !

just thought it was peculiar

Heads up for anyone planning on voting in 2019 who doesn't quite feel plugged into that ILM vibe that I've been on the watchtower pulling tracks from all the yearly genre threads and organizing them by month. If you wanna take a blind stab at the past eight months of talked about music (or, you know, about the 75%-85% of it that shows up on spotify), give these 1100+ songs a go and you'll be zeitgeisty as can be:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3DNL9a5Dp8YC35dFInBRvt?si=7iX5VgKHTOeZxvbfG8Pb5w

13: Rosalía – “Pienso en tu mirá”

think this would've been #1 on my ballot if I'd heard it soon enough