ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

"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

This Ulver album is very good

my favorite moment on this album is the surprise "woo!" on "Forget About Life"

xp it's not making any impression on me either right now

I should probably listen to Ulver instead

Antisocialites is a lovely album even though I think the Japanese Breakfast record did this kind of thing so much better. Still hoping that might sneak in somewhere.

best moment on the album "alter my state / to get through this date" on lollipop

There's some neat guitar playing on this record, but if you favor metal and stuff it'd probably fly right past you.

I think the Ulver is the only thing I voted for that will place. Glad to see it on here.

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46 LEE ANN WOMACK "The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone" (260 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
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my no. 1!

I just heard this for the first time a couple days ago thanks to Rolling Country. I really enjoyed it.

sorry to go back to the ulver record but i forgot how gorgeous the chorus of "angelus novus" was

i should've voted, then Antisocialites would've had a #1

maybe next year (i say that every year)

a lot of heavy hitters have already placed so I'm hoping for some real surprises

You can practically see the dry ice coming off this Ulver record.

^^^^ excellent description

I really liked "He Called Me Baby" and "Talking Behind Your Back" from the LAW album. Hopefully its presence means Sunny Sweeney and maybe Angaleena Presley will also show up later?

This alvvays album is fine I guess. It's the kind of thing I would have no problem playing around the house while doing other things. I just can't imagine being enthusiastic about this kind of music.

Still holding out faint hope for Nikki Lane, but although some people are positive on it, I seem to be its only stan.

not having much luck with tonight's pick, nothing really grabs me and this Wolf Alice thing is ugh