ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

richard dauwdson

Psych folk is really not my thing but this thread has got me really curious about this record

I liked his song from the tracks list, but hadn't heard of him prior. Didn't realize he was so beloved here.

a Dawson synth pop LP will sound like Kaputt and divide ILX more deeply than ever

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6 JLIN "Black Origami" (712 points, 24 votes, 3 first place votes)
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do u like drums

yeah? well me too

so good

I could not sit through The Vile Stuff & was quite taken aback about how engaging this was

I want a collaboration with Richard Youngs tbh

This would be amazing

Re: Peasant

xo oh cool 2 of mine in a row

Lol @ Brad

I'm actually enjoying Peasant a lot more in the depths of pissing winter than I did when it came out.

I admire this way more than I actually enjoy it.

this is one i admire more than enjoy really too. the intricate rhythms are really cool but a whole album of them is too much for me. would really love to hear something like it in more of a pop context though

cool album I need to relisten to

bummed that ilm has no love for Daniel Caesar though

I voted for Jlin

top record, chuffed it finished so high

this is a virtuoso-level command of rhythm and drum programming at play. in that regard, the comparisons to AFX are apt imo

Pleasingly high placement! I didn't like the whole album but Challenge (To Be Continued) and 1% are all time. Voted for the latter in my tracks ballot.

Yesss. Happy to jump in this morning to find Jlin at #6

Solid album, I voted for it, but like the Fever Ray, maybe don't love it unconditionally.

dawson deserves much better detractors bc so many of the elements of peasant are offputting. i hate prog, hate british folk singing, hate acoustic guitarists getting a big band in to back them up, hate medieval reenacters, hate big thumping triumphant choruses, hate really high concept albums with songs from various characters' perspectives, and I definitely hate lines like "avowed to never draw another blade", and yet he pulls it all together with that little twinkle in his eye. his singing is much more expressive and powerful on this album, his always excellent phrasing is used to pull of some fantastic changes of pace, there's great guitar all over it and songs like shapeshifter are gently beguiling gems unlike anything else.

the jlin is really banging also

I think it's probably safe to say SW.'s brilliant The Album is not going to make it. Alas.

nicely put ogmor!

do u like drums

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, February 1, 2018 2:21 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

srsly, this album is like the celestial drum kit

yes, v much so xp

i really don’t get jlin

it’s neat and all, but like how do ppl adore this music the way they do

I forgot to vote in this poll, but Jlin would have been top 10 for me if not top 5. She's so good.

so much good electronic music in this poll. listening now to this octo octa record it is so good

agree w/gr80 on Jlin

I think it's probably safe to say SW.'s brilliant The Album is not going to make it. Alas.

hey, I voted for it!

that makes 10 in the top 77 for me now. was not expecting Jlin this high.

I don't know the right way to adore Jlin but for me it's about hearing the tracks as kind of undulating sonic and rhythmic compositions. I guess I listen to it the same way I listen to jazz.

ok I’ll try that, I like jazz

this didn't have quite the impact on me that Dark Energy had - it wasn't a surprise - but it was still top 10 on my list. listening to this with the volume turned way up makes all the difference I think!

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5 SLOWDIVE "Slowdive" (737 points, 22 votes, 2 first place votes)
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Hey finally a record i voted for!

half of this album was an impressive follow through on their best material, but the other half sounded like a local Pink Floyd cover band

really great album, probably voted it too low after listening to it again this week

kind of expected this to be #1 since we're on ilm and all

Ha that’s why I expect SZA

rob, i voted dan caesar for album as well. only four of us sadly.

taken out of context this is a perfectly decent reunion album and I slightly preferred Ride's. seeing everyone go ape over this was very cognitively dissonant. I guess we all just needed Slowdive

i am a falling ashes liker btw

great album that surpassed all expectations. Slomo and Don't Know Why especially are incredible

japanese bonus track 30th June is excellent too, definitely worth a listen if you haven't heard it https://youtu.be/gZiBd1iGC3o

I would have lobbied for Freudian but it honestly didn't cross my mind that it wouldn't place!
has all the rnb placed in the top 20?

well I’d say this is probably 10 places too high but I voted for it so more fool me. gazing at my shoes rn in mock shame

do you consider SZA r&B?

yes (without thinking about it too much)

oh wait bad wording on my part...what I meant was: has all the rnb that has placed or will place been within the top 20?

Aromanticism was in the 20s somewhere

oh yeah, though everyone mostly talked about how it sounded like radiohead lol