I didn't know if this would make it or not, but a first place vote is absolutely mind boggling.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:22 (six years ago) link
was it from "taytayfan"?
― sleeve, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:22 (six years ago) link
money is on flopson sticking it to ilm
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:25 (six years ago) link
did markers submit a ballot
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:27 (six years ago) link
In the face of incessant Social Media hot takes, commentary, jokes by and about celebrities, and the demand for twitter-wokeness - the use of hashtags and the right post at the right time as key signifiers that you're supportive of the right causes --- the near radio silence from TS outside of her releases for the past few years has felt refreshing, more so in the face of increasingly absurd allegations thrown at her for not _tweeting out_, the fantasy creature that has been manufactured in her absence, a more grotesque version of the earlier wrongheaded criticism of her, back when misreading or misquoting her lyrics was the chief offence.
So you know, if this album was killer, I would be riding pretty damn hard. It's a bit of a disappointment, instead, not the sound I was hoping for, with a lead single that just seemed sooo corny and misguided (although its comedic motivation comes more into place as part of a bigger thing). But there are still great, really great tracks here: Delicate and .. well, most of the 2nd half of the album really. Parts of Reputation surpass parts of some of her earlier albums. There's funny bits, emotional bits that strike a chord, clever bits and just plain old pretty bits. So yeah, it's got a decent spot on my list. Not my #1 though.
She needs to get better at picking lead singles and hopefully scale back the sound a bit, though.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:28 (six years ago) link
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31 LAURA MARLING "Semper Femina" (320 points, 12 votes)spotify
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
Glad it made it. One of those albums that I think is very good, but that I rarely want to play.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
Opening track of this has some cool 90s triphop vibes. Morcheeba recast as folk
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link
Such a great album. She has really been cranking it out without ever faltering in quality.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:37 (six years ago) link
Didn't vote for albums, but Laura Marling placing higher than Taylor is heartwarming.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:38 (six years ago) link
is it true she's a tory?
― Simon H., Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
enjoying the Clientele album - what should I check out by them next? Suburban Light or Strange Geometry?
― ufo, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
depends on yr interests - SL is more lo-fi and hazy/mysterious while SG is crystalline and bright
― Simon H., Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link
This is beautifully produced and sounds fantastic but I find her music less enjoyable with every passing album.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
― ufo
Strange Geometry is probably the next one to go for. It's the perfect balance of all the things that make them so great and is probably the closest in sound to the latest album. The Violet Hour is my favourite overall, but it's definitely their least instant release.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link
it's so un-instant that even after dozens of attempts I still can't seem to find a way in!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:48 (six years ago) link
Yeah, Strange Geometry for sure is the logical next step.
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
Suburban Light is extremely wonderful, plus it was reissued recently-ish with a bonus disc that rounds up missing bsides/one-offs/split sides/etc
― brimstead, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
thanks, will check them out
― ufo, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:51 (six years ago) link
― Simon H
It took me a long time to get there. I just remember when I first moved to Minnesota in the autumn I kept playing it when I was out walking and it all just fell into place. The perfect soundtrack.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:51 (six years ago) link
i had no idea how to listen to the taylor swift album so i didn't
― scoff walker (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link
God Save The Clientele is also easy to love if you like their brighter vibes. None of their albums should be dismissed.
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:53 (six years ago) link
Reputation did eventually end up on Spotify
― ufo, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:53 (six years ago) link
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30 SAINT ETIENNE "Home Counties" (330 points, 13 votes)spotify
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
by that time my curiously had long since waned xp
― scoff walker (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
Welcome to ILM.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
ilm is insane
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
Here they are!
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
looool xp
haha
beautiful record, if not as powerful as its immediate predecessor
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link
Love this one though I think it's a slight step below Words and Music. They really are achieving some kind of remarkable second wind though.
― omar little, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
Alfred
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― omar little, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 16:59 (six years ago) link
For no real reason, I had stopped keeping up with sad computer music. The Four Tet is sounding very satisfying and comforting so far. I think There Is Love in You was the last one I heard by them.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
This is definitely an album that matches the position its ended up at. Not quite as brilliant as Words & Music and Tales From Turnpike House, but still a beautiful record that I went back to a lot over the summer. It's a very comforting record.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
the album cover for this reminds me driving past our old family home - it's nice to see it's still standing and well cared for but i really wouldn't want to move back in there again. so p much how i feel about st etienne in general tbh
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link
Dive and Magpie Eyes are both particularly top-notch.
the album feels like sort of a halfway point between Turnpike House and Words & Music, musically speaking it takes a bit from both.
― omar little, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
I was happily surprised by how much I liked a couple of the St. Etienne tracks (from the nominations playlist, I guess), but then I couldn't get past the beginning of the album. I've never cared for them, but maybe should give it another try.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
Lots of sad computer music sounds meditative and content if you imagine a serene snapshot of nature, but crushingly sad if you instead picture a happy family smiling together at the dinner table or something. I blame cinema.
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
~slumber~
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:29 (six years ago) link
Oh hey cool, Blanck Mass, my second one to show.
(Going into the poll, I would've thought that I had about 6 dead certs show up--Ex Eye being a seventh when it appeared--but I feel like it's time to scale that number down to 3...)
― the man from P.O.R.L.O.C.K. (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
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29 CHARLI XCX "Pop 2" (332 points, 12 votes)spotify
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
love this record and yes her first album is the best
― nxd, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
Saint Etienne my #3. I've said this before on ILM but this was the album I always hoped they'd make, the potential of bits and pieces from the earlier records fully realised at last. Sarah's never sounded better, certainly. At the same time, some tracks came perilously close to self-parody.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
i don't get this record and i feel like every time i say that i end up in an argument. more power to charli though
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
I couldn't get into either Charli mixtape :(
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
Really didn't realise this was so popular on here. I preferred Number 1 Angel (which I'm guessing has missed out?) Neither of the mixtapes came close to how much I love True Romance or Sucker.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:46 (six years ago) link
you are all terrible people
― Badgers (dog latin), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link
every song is a tuuuuune
― nxd, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
was really shocked how great this was, was not expecting Charli + PC Music to finally deliver after one dreadful EP and one merely ok mixtape together and years of mediocrity from PC Music. it's pretty easily her best release. the p4k review describing it as "My Teenage Dream Ended except good" is completely otm about its appeal (except MTDE rules too of course)
so many great moments - the cut up second half of Backseat, the screams on the chorus of Tears & the dreamy outro, "if you want my love, try to unlock it!", all of Track 10
― ufo, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link