ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

RIP Drab Majesty :(

they'd have stood a better chance had DJP gotten a ballot in, I'd imagine.

Anyway. Count me as another who came to the L'Rain record after the voting deadline. Not sure I'd have voted for it but it's in my Top 50 for 2017 easy.

Sometimes you just have to go 'omgomgomg this record' on the lobbying thread if you want something to get in. Mind you L'Rain still wouldn't have if it didn't have existing fans. It's hard to hype

I never have any hopes that my picks will place, it's the list making process itself that's nice.

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73 THE WEATHER STATION "The Weather Station" (202 points, 6 votes)
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Quick check of Weather Station album, sounds nice.

Glorious album.

fantastic album and I really hope ppl will check it out

A lovely record that I haven't given enough listens.

I gave this a go but gave up about two thirds of the way through IIRC. "Power" is good though.

I think I first heard it in December and played the shit out of it for that month, I usually find albums in that vein to be worthy but dull but there's a real clarity to her voice and a spark to her songwriting.

It's the most wonderful time of the year. This thread sorts out my commuting playlists for the next few months - thanks pollsters/respondents.

FWIW, that Aimee Mann album won a Grammy for Best Folk Album yesterday.

Yeah I picked this up after ums' stanning - thanks man, I love it. Too bad she's not visiting the Netherlands on her current European tour.

the elder and weather station albums are amazing. elder in particular, what a journey

The Weather Report sounds lovely.

Station!

File this under things discovered at a shockingly old age, but I only just discovered Aimee Mann was in Til Tuesday.

^ Wow I really didn't think she was 57. She looks incredible.

phantastic album by tamara lindeman, i am happy that she made it into the top 77.

just a wee reminder you only have a few days left to vote in the sister poll
The 2017 ILX Metal n' Heavy Rock Poll VOTING + CAMPAIGNING thread! Ballots due Saturday, Feb. 3rd!

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72 YOUNG MARCO / VARIOUS ARTISTS "Welcome To Paradise (Italian Dream House 89-93)" (202 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
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Woah, I had no idea that existed!

yeeeeah love this :D

almost hit my tracks top 77 score of 3 already!

i didn't vote for that because it's all old stuff but i listened to it so very many times this year. <3

i listened to this lots while chilling in italy this summer https://i.imgur.com/4sE8x2C.gif

Happy to see the lovely Aimee Mann record place, voted for that and Carti.

still playing the shit out of 707 boyz' 'emotions'

Funny how pretty much every house track (and loads of techno) from the past 30 years is now tagged 'deep house' on Discogs/RYM/etc.

Yeah I have a high bar for including archival comps but I couldn't omit this one. It's my favourite album of the year for daydreaming while doing housework.

oh cool. Glad to see my #1 vote for Mental Illness helped it (barely) crack the list.

Speaking of archival comps, was The Men In The Glass Booth nominated?

Funny how pretty much every house track (and loads of techno) from the past 30 years is now tagged 'deep house' on Discogs/RYM/etc.

'Deep house' is to the 10s what 'electro' was to the 00s at this stage.

It also bugs me to no end that most early 90s trance is nowadays airbrushed out of history as 'techno', for example see the Trance Europe Express comps, etc.

guys its DREAM house

great year for young marco with this comp, his dekmantel selectors set and obviously the gaussian curve album

I love Elder's sound and playing. I'm not always 100% sold on the compositions.

Genre names are for bureaucrats, dream thieves, pedants and phone users

Would have voted for this if it wasn't for a self-imposed no comps rule. Italian dream house beats all

May well just be the kind of thing that comes together with more listens. I did stream the album a bunch in the summer. xp to self

^ i'd probably agree with that Sund4r re Elder, they do sound amazing to me but sometimes their songs just keep chuggling on and on for no obvious reason

Young Marco was my #1. Probably the (double) album I spent more time listening to than any other and it sent me down a discogs rabbit hole in search of similar sounding artists.

it was a double double album!

also you should totally start an italian dream house thread

sometimes their songs just keep chuggling on and on for no obvious reason

That's usually what the problem seems to be imo, in a nutshell.

yeah it might be a magic eye thing idk

also you should totally start an italian dream house thread

To be honest, the discoveries were fairly slim. A lot of the artists that appear only made that one track (707 Boyz for example)

OK this Young Marco record definitely sounds like something I'd like.