ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

Great great album but the track list always mocks me for having an unmade bed

another cool one. good year for women on the 77 so far

oh rembo rules :)

another cool one. good year for women on the 77 so far

― Simon H., Tuesday, January 30, 2018 11:32 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

finally some good roles for women

Think I voted for a track but not the album, KG is great tho'.

the name of the album bugged me for the longest time, I was thinking rambo? dembow? but she had a kid a while back so my best guess now is it’s toddler-speak for rainbow

aw

Btw go and see her Londoners cos she is amazing live and she was talking about moving overseas iirc so

Wish I'd voted for the Wolf Alice album. Only discovered how great it is after Don't Delete The Kisses placed last week. It really is a huge leap in quality from the debut.

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49 JULIEN BAKER "Turn Out the Lights" (248 points, 7 votes)
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I would have expected this to place much higher.

great album; too low

I was overexposed to this album over the Christmas holiday and I fucking hate it at this point.

I'm predisposed to liking albums like this, but this one's mighty dull to my ears.

She rules but this album was one of last year's most noteworthy disappointments. "Funeral Pyre" got my JB vote.

Yeah, I really want to like this album but it didn't leave any impression on me at all.

album felt like a rushed, minor progression from sprained ankle. i tried to get into it as much as i could but it's just... fine

sprained ankle still a v special album

Mind boggling over Christmas in the DC house

"Hmm, do we play Now That's What I Call Christmas or Julien Baker when we serve the turkey?"
"Ooh tough call. Gran hates that you scumbug you maggot song"
"Baker it is! That'll get the christmas spirit flowing til it's time for Her Maj"

Trust me it wouldn't stay on for long in my house.

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48 ULVER "The Assassination of Julius Caesar" (250 points, 9 votes)
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fuck yeah

fucking killer album

amazing record

somebody tell imago

oh i listened to this last year! its great

I'm wearing my Ulver tshirt right now actually

This just missed my ballot but it's really good yeah

they also put out an ep last month?

whaaaaat?

https://ulver.bandcamp.com/album/sic-transit-gloria-mundi-ep

first track is already bringing it

Also it should give you Drab Majesty fans a bit more hope (although that one just missed my ballot too)

sic

i haven't listened to ulver in prob 10 years.... this is ulver? i thought they were a norwegian black metal band?

once upon a time, long ago

lol

the EP is v good, thought I linked it somewhere before?

oh nice i like this one

you probably did and i either missed it or completely forgot about it xp

i haven't listened to ulver in prob 10 years.... this is ulver? i thought they were a norwegian black metal band?

― marcos, Tuesday, January 30, 2018 12:30 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'm so glad someone had this reaction

the "Power of Love" cover rules and should have been on the album imo

here's a great bandcamp comment on the ulver ep: "Frankie Goes to Oslo"

hahahaha

lol yeah their transformation from black metal to depeche mode didn't happen overnight but it'd be cooler if it did

i haven't listened to ulver in prob 10 years.... this is ulver? i thought they were a norwegian black metal band?

― marcos, Tuesday, January 30, 2018 12:30 PM

Heh, not for about twenty years. Electronic stuff mostly since. This is their poppiest effort though.

xp holy shit i was trying to figure out which exact 80s band the new EP reminded me of, that's perfect

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47 ALVVAYS "Antisocialites" (252 points, 9 votes)
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<3 hometown heroes imo

this made no impression on me