ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

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

does L'Rain count as r&b

forgot that one too, never mind...

In response to the question up thread what caught in the middle's chorus sounds like - it reminds me of no doubt - ex girlfriend

Kendrick is #1, come on.

Slowdive #5 is impressive. Great album.

i am a falling ashes liker btw

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I don't like that one. It just sounds like the theme music to a doctor drama.

yeah it seems to be the contentious part of the record

I didn't even like Slowdive the first time around

Jlin was my number one, though I think all of my top 3 were #1 at one point. I like it more than admire it, btw! I think she's amazing and brilliant and should be lauded, but I don't see her work as the revolutionary advancement of dance music*, I just think it's awesome.

*people who do think this seem to ignore the massive '90s influence on her sound and structures, maybe?

does L'Rain count as r&b

― ufo

I don't really think so, though maybe I'm influenced by POC friends being pissed off at the prevailing labelling culture of "it's made by a black woman so it's R&B". I think there are little bits of it in there but there's also a vanload of shoegazey psych...

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4 CHARLY BLISS "Guppy" (740 points, 20 votes, 2 first place votes)
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I knew it was gonna be top 20 but this is high! (v good album)

should've been no. 1 imo

j/k i'm calling sza as no. 1 which is also great

<3 <3 hooks on hooks on hooks

Charly Bliss was my #1.

I think the artist/album names put me off, but everything I've heard of this seems really lovely

i certainly agree with you on the first part

about as good as this sort of power pop gets

kudos to ILM for voting Chastity Belt into the top 3

A huge amount of their appeal is nostalgia but they make my inner fifteen-year-old very happy.

Got halfway through 'Guppy' before giving up. Guess I should give this a second chance.

Wow, most rockist top 10 in a while?

Amazing record.

enh only two of these are genuinely rock records imo (Slowdive, CB) xp

no, you're wrong, i'm a rockist now

Yeah but two of the top three are going to Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

enh only two of these are genuinely rock records imo (Slowdive, CB) xp

Ha, well, those are #5 and #4.

and even then Charly Bliss has the temperament of a pop album imo

Many xps: another 'probably no.1 if I'd got my shit together' for Dawson, here. I think he's Arthur Machen with a guitar and a maniacal twinkle in his eye.

Loving 70s-ish progressive English folk has to count as rockist too but my post was p facetious tbf, cf. any post where I use the word "rockist" or "rockism". xps

lovee the jlin album, preferred the previous one though
haven't heard these last 2 so will check them tomorrow

Love this album. Should have had it way higher on my list. Already sounds like a classic.

SHOULD'VE BEEN HIGHER

Top 3 for Susanne, holy shit you guys.

that's wild

But yeah this was my #1. So happy to see it do so well

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3 SZA "Ctrl" (743 points, 22 votes1 first place vote)
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great record, voted drew barrymore in the songs list rather than this beast tho

too... low?

I was sure this was #2

I followed the tracks rollout but I don't even remember Charly Blilss. Maybe something I skipped.