ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

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

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

3 SZA "Ctrl" (743 points, 22 votes1 first place vote)
spotify

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.

great record, voted drew barrymore in the songs list rather than this beast tho

same!

also that's it for my ballot lol

oh yeah, susanne and kendrick, those are the last two

susanne and kendrick #2 and #1. party like it's 2015

really good, a late cut from my ballot. strong songwriting all the way through. 'drew barrymore' deservedly got loads of attention and 'pretty little birds' is an amazing deep cut

i was racking my brain bc today i somehow forgot that the kendrick album existed

lol kendricks gonna get a record percentage of votes i think

Lol didn't remember Kendrick was #1 last time Susanne got #2.

lol i was not expecting susanne to make it to #2 again

was hoping for a sza win but oh well

2015:

2 SUSANNE SUNDFØR Ten Love Songs (2025 points, 53 votes, 12 first place votes)
1 KENDRICK LAMAR To Pimp A Butterfly (2204 points, 62 votes, 6 first place votes)

Yeah, I had to look that up too, didn't recall Sundfor made it that high. I'm still surprised her new one is getting so much love. It's so much more low key

voting totals way down this year :(

maybe this means we get a new KING album in a few months

While we wait: one last plug for the metal poll! Get yer ballots in, there's still a few days.

The 2017 ILX Metal n' Heavy Rock Poll VOTING + CAMPAIGNING thread! Ballots due Saturday, Feb. 3rd!

i'm surprised that there's so much less consensus than usual in the albums poll, even accounting for less ballots

Susanne deserves to win this, just like she did last time.

Kendrick is going to beat her by an even greater margin than last time

Hope someone remembers to joke post 'Man of the Woods' in next year's poll

I didn't discover SZA album until week before NYE, during which it went into heavy rotation and never left my car. The only awful thing is the Kendrick collab.

lol xp

xp yeah that's the one weak link on an otherwise pretty incredible album

The only awful thing is the Kendrick collab.

it really is mysteriously bad

Is this the most tranquil albums rollout in years?

Is it bcz no Lex? Bcz of that other thread? Or is ilm becoming way more hiveminded?

https://i.imgur.com/q09akLa.gif

idk i feel like it's been pretty lively?

Too baffled to complain.

oh damn what a post