ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

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

Lee Ann Womack album is incredible. She's peaking.

I voted for a slew of country albums but I kinda think this will be the only one to show.

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45 VARIOUS ARTISTS "Mono No Aware" (262 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
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oh yyyyyeah love this record

perfect for falling to sleep to

i couldn't get into this despite it seemingly being up my alley. will try again maybe.

haha crazy days! didn’t get round to hearing this but the pan daijing album was immense

I had a nagging feeling I would love this if I gave it a chance, but I never did. Will do soon.

felt seasonal last year but in every season :)

I think this was an exceptional year for compilations. Welcome to Paradise, Mono No Aware, Outro Tempo, that Fourth world one.

The spoken word bits were really off-putting to me. An ok record otherwise.

yeah i think some of the spoken stuff was what was keeping me from enjoying it

oh i normally feel the same but it worked well on this for me

literally nothing I voted for (apart from HNDRXX? Can't remember) has placed yet. you all either have terrible taste or great taste depending on what's coming up

LAW really picks up after a couple of minutes, is it all or mostly in this bracing country-rock vein?

great record

There were enough good ambient albums last year; this collection didn't add a lot to it for me.

I really want to like Lee Ann Womack but I can't find my way in. Country perchance my final frontier.

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44 CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG "Rest" (277 points, 8 votes)
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this is a good record

Indeed.

That Mono No Aware went completely under my radar. Will definitely check it out.

Was surprised the Microcosm comp on Light In The Attic wasn't nominated, especially as it was a spiritual sequel to the I Am The Center one that did well in the poll a couple of years ago. Maybe the fact it came out late last year scuppered its chances.