ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

I think Ultraviolence is her only great album, but this one is probably her second best.

Ultraviolence has stronger songs, but this has fewer cringe-worthy lyrics.

jute del gyte aren't making it this year; i have ordained it

scoundrel

OK this mono no aware thing was not what I was expecting at all. Sounding good though. Where was this talked about on ILM?

scoundrel

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hey i still put it in my top 10!!!

The cringiness of Lana Del Rey's lyrics are part of the appeal I think

xxp

Wholly forgettable album. The first of hers that feels that way actually. It's not bad, I just literally keep forgetting it exists.

xps hmm i think we discussed it? maybe one of the sub experimental time travel threads?

mono no aware that is

LDR is good

mono no aware much better than most 2017 gloopy ambient shite

mono no aware is a nice sampler of artists on the Pan label, which has had an amazing run, and it is also a well-sequenced, satisfying album on its own

bill compiled it for some book fair

bill kougalis

last one for today and boy is it a doozy

https://i.imgur.com/2ezk6jP.jpg

41 U2 "Songs of Experience" (288 points, 8 votes)
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you lie

ULie, rather

pfft

really funny thing would have been a fake spotify link as well

Are there 8 ilxors who liked this? Not openly, at least.

It's weird how in my old age I don't really hate U2 anymore. If one of their songs comes on the radio I don't change the station.

now let's get to the real #41.

*i* like it

i would be stunned if anyone else voted for it (I put it at #25)

hehehe

It's weird how in my old age I don't really hate U2 anymore.

I was a superfan in my youth, so maybe I'm *extra* critical of the slop they make now.

ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017 (Tuesday Recap)

77 AIMEE MANN "Mental Illness"
76 L'RAIN "L'rain"
75 ELDER "Reflections of a Floating World"
74 PLAYBOI CARTI "Playboi Carti"
73 THE WEATHER STATION "The Weather Station"
72 YOUNG MARCO / VARIOUS ARTISTS "Welcome To Paradise (Italian Dream House 89-93)"
71 LOUISE BURNS "Young Mopes"
70 HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF "The Navigator"
69 THE NATIONAL "Sleep Well Beast"
68 SPOON "Hot Thoughts"
67 BJÖRK "Utopia"
66 WAXAHATCHEE "Out in the Storm"
65 TORNADO WALLACE "Lonely Planet"
64 EX EYE "Ex Eye"
63 KESHA "Rainbow"
62 HANNAH PEEL "Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia"
61 VISIBLE CLOAKS "Reassemblage"

60 WILEY "Godfather"
59 COLLEEN "A flame my love, a frequency"
57(tie) RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - "async"
57(tie) MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA " A Black Mile to the Surface"
56 DUA LIPA "Dua Lipa"
55 KING KRULE "The OOZ"
54 WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA "SUPERMAN"
53 LAUREL HALO "Dust"
52 FUTURE "HNDRXX"
51 WOLF ALICE "Visions Of A Life"
50 KAREN GWYER "Rembo"
49 JULIEN BAKER "Turn Out the Lights"
48 ULVER "The Assassination of Julius Caesar"
47 ALVVAYS "Antisocialites"
46 LEE ANN WOMACK "The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone"
45 VARIOUS ARTISTS "Mono No Aware"
44 CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG "Rest"
43 JAPANESE BREAKFAST "Soft Sounds from Another Planet"
42 LANA DEL REY "Lust For Life"
41 U2 "Songs of Experience"

*drums fingers*

real #41 is arcade fire

😬

I secretly hope it's real bcz lol

its real!

well played gr80 now what's 41

guys we're being softened up for a much bigger grift here

% the board

Wat, come on now.

Gr80 do you mean to tell me (huell bowser voice) I could have pushed it up the poll even further?

*howser

couldn't find a divide symbol on my phone

gr8080 the wrongs of innocence

Let's just stop for today. Maybe post a different 41 tomorrow.

i would have thought you were one of the votes, omar!

I put it at #25!!!

gr80 has given this an average ballot placement of 8th

Monday >>> Tuesday

i admire the pause

imago keeps his fakeout debunk streak going, kudos

https://i.imgur.com/7eWP8T7.jpg

41 ALGIERS "The Underside of Power" (288 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes)
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ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017 (Tuesday Recap)

77 AIMEE MANN "Mental Illness"
76 L'RAIN "L'rain"
75 ELDER "Reflections of a Floating World"
74 PLAYBOI CARTI "Playboi Carti"
73 THE WEATHER STATION "The Weather Station"
72 YOUNG MARCO / VARIOUS ARTISTS "Welcome To Paradise (Italian Dream House 89-93)"
71 LOUISE BURNS "Young Mopes"
70 HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF "The Navigator"
69 THE NATIONAL "Sleep Well Beast"
68 SPOON "Hot Thoughts"
67 BJÖRK "Utopia"
66 WAXAHATCHEE "Out in the Storm"
65 TORNADO WALLACE "Lonely Planet"
64 EX EYE "Ex Eye"
63 KESHA "Rainbow"
62 HANNAH PEEL "Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia"
61 VISIBLE CLOAKS "Reassemblage"

60 WILEY "Godfather"
59 COLLEEN "A flame my love, a frequency"
57(tie) RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - "async"
57(tie) MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA " A Black Mile to the Surface"
56 DUA LIPA "Dua Lipa"
55 KING KRULE "The OOZ"
54 WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA "SUPERMAN"
53 LAUREL HALO "Dust"
52 FUTURE "HNDRXX"
51 WOLF ALICE "Visions Of A Life"
50 KAREN GWYER "Rembo"
49 JULIEN BAKER "Turn Out the Lights"
48 ULVER "The Assassination of Julius Caesar"
47 ALVVAYS "Antisocialites"
46 LEE ANN WOMACK "The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone"
45 VARIOUS ARTISTS "Mono No Aware"
44 CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG "Rest"
43 JAPANESE BREAKFAST "Soft Sounds from Another Planet"
42 LANA DEL REY "Lust For Life"
41 ALGIERS "The Underside of Power"

too low

talking about U2, obv

this feels low for the hype it got

really cool record, they remembered to write songs this time