ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

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it's one of those albums that i'm crazy about when listening, but a few times too often, i had to listen again just to remind myself how the songs go

srsly, what was octo octa thinking with that album cover?

the cover is good imo

Yeah love this and voted for it, didn't expect to see it top 10 mind

What's wrong with the octo octa cover?

S.O is the highlight for me

and i agree the Octo Octa album cover is good

Kelly Lee Owens album is fantastic. Sonically, it would be fitting if Slowdive is up next.

Voted for all three Kel's and Paramore, happy but not surprised to see them place deservingly high.

xp here's an interview with Octo Octa where she talks a little about the album cover:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/28/transgender-dj-octo-octa-where-are-we-going-album-interview

I've given this record several plays and it always comes across as watery and nondescript. Like it's never unpleasant to listen to but there's nothing to draw you in either.

the paramore album should've been on my ballot but i overlooked it somehow. their best songs are refined and as tightly constructed as great dance music, each element locked in and in response to another, and it's just relentlessly catchy. the bright, african-inspired guitar lines come across as genuinely exuberant when the wrong context could've made them seem precious.

I've given this record several plays and it always comes across as watery and nondescript. Like it's never unpleasant to listen to but there's nothing to draw you in either.

― Matt DC, Thursday, February 1, 2018 1:11 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I can't imagine not being drawn in by Lucid

https://i.imgur.com/VmnJFK7.jpg

8 FEVER RAY (672 points, 23 votes)
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yes, this is an excellent album. if i'd had more time for it to sink it maybe it would have gone all the way to #1. love it.

very good album, if slightly less special than the s/t

I really like this album but it was a slight letdown for me after the awesomeness of the self-titled and Shaking The Habitual

Haha, you all said exactly what I was trying to type out over here, but much more clearly and succinctly.

I can't find fault with this record, but I also can't quite feel as enthusiastic about it as I'd like to.

^^^^

Thanks for that link Dan S.

s/t was a grower for me, at first i admired it a lot but felt it wasn't quite up to Silent Shout levels and then after immersing myself i loved it even more, to the point that it's probably my favorite album of the past decade along w/maybe Art Angels and a couple others.

the physical release of this is i think within the next couple weeks maybe?

paramore's 'pool' would be at home at the bronze. the vocal melody in the bridge on 'caught in the middle' is reminiscent of something i listened to as a kid but i can't put my finger on it, maybe some weezer song?

oh wait, pinback lol

the fever ray is slowly growing on me after initially thinking it was just a lesser retreat of the knife, the videos and interviews helped.

still feels like a lesser retread of the s/t and silent shout to me

yep - loved the 1st Fever Ray, liked Shaking The Habitual, didn't connect with this new one at all. will re-listen eventually, I'm sure.

going to see her in L.A. pretty soon, the live show from the s/t tour was one of the best i've ever seen.

So what's left? Kendrick, SZA, Slowdive.. holy shit Charly Bliss is gonna be in the top 7?

hell yeah they are

richard dawson, susanne sundfor and jlin too. great that dawson's made it so high

Arca?

richard dawson

lol

Dawson, Slowdive, SZA, Sundfor, Jlin, Arca, Kendrick?

that was an xp

Charly Bliss more likely than Dawson

Reckon both of them

Dawson won't rake in 23-ish votes I reckon. Sorry LJ, I tried :-(

guess I missed the threads where Charly Bliss was discussed. Not having even *heard of* an artist that makes it into the top 10 in one of these polls is a first for me!

i think dawson be in.

charly bliss: guppy

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dawson has a much bigger following here than arca

look at how many electronic albums have placed

Yeah, arca was the one I was confused about.

vs how many growly prog trad folk albums

I can see Richard Dawson attracting six or seven #1 votes and nothing else so yeah it could well place. No way is Arca finishing this high.

Kendrick not getting #1 would be a major surprise though.

I'd say SZA, Slowdive, Jlin, and Kendrick are the only locks from LBI's list, rest are up for grabs.

The electronic albums to have placed have all been house, techno or ambient of some variety and it just wouldn't make sense for Arca to finish so high above Bjork.

or kelela for that matter