ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

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.

https://i.imgur.com/e2bM187.jpg

45 VARIOUS ARTISTS "Mono No Aware" (262 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
spotify

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.

https://i.imgur.com/yTNpVYp.jpg

44 CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG "Rest" (277 points, 8 votes)
spotify

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.

Yep.

xps

I really enjoyed one CG album a few years back (one of the beck produced ones) but this one didn’t do much for me i’m afraid.

This has been one of my most played records over the last couple of months. Such beautifully rich music.

looking forward to checking some of these out! don't really know any of the ones so far except I listened to a bit of the Ulver during the nominations, definitely not for me.

https://i.imgur.com/khKVmf1.jpg

43 JAPANESE BREAKFAST "Soft Sounds from Another Planet" (278 points, 7 votes)
spotify

ok there's a surprise

Hey now! I really should've voted for this one.

Same. It grew on me in December, but fell off the ballot in the end. It's very nice.

That Japanese Breakfast album is rad. I'm not one of the 7 however. So far, only 2 of my votes have made the cut (Elder and Kesha) but this list is seriously great so far. Thank you as always for doing this. Re-visiting the Ulver album has been a blast, probably should have voted for that too. Digging the Karen Gwyer a lot, had not heard this before.

"Till Death" is such a jam

So still not a lot coming up here that I've previously heard, but I'm listening to the thread playlist and wow, tons of great stuff this year. Good job, everyone!

Did not connect with this LAW album half as much as the last one, but it's still very good. Liddell is so good. I like the Brent Cobb songs especially.

The Japanese Breakfast album was very high on my list - big step up from Psychopomp.

I kinda preferred Psychopomp? I loved the sugar rush I got from those mini dream-pop anthems, which kinda completely disappeared from this record.

Awesome! I was so close to putting Soft Sounds as my number one. My favourite indie pop record of the last 10 years. She's an incredible songwriter.

I tried Lee Ann's record a couple times when it came out and thought it was fine, but it sounds amazing to me today.

japanese breakfast enjoyed by kitchen person

anyway today has mostly sounded like a really tasteful home decoration catalogue, let's have something a bit rowdier next

re: LAW - The Way I'm Livin' had Hayes Carll's "Chances Are," Chris Knight's "Send It On Down," and Bruce Robison's "Not Forgotten You," songs that made my heart hurt but played as sweet and lullaby-esque. The only song that hit that gear for me on The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone for me was Cobb's "Shine on Rainy Day," and I prefer his version by a wide margin.

For those looking for some new faces in country this year, I'd highly recommend Tyler Childers' Purgatory and Jaime Wyatt's Felony Blues. The former got more critical love. The latter is a nice reboot and slimmed down version of the late 70s/early 80s Emmylou Harris records.

that Fourth world one.

― omar little, 30. januar 2018 21:33 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Which one is this?

Optimo put one out