ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

V cool gif. Thanks pollrunners!

Jlin and Gas are both sounding v good.

thank you JF, gr8080, and seandalai for your amazing work. year-end shenanigans is always one of the most fun things about posting in this board, and y'all make it happen.

Listening to the Sundfor now...I like the sax.

Kind of shocked Nite Jewel completely missed. I was convinced it would definitely make top 10. That album is tite! What happened?

btw gr8080 the fever ray alb is called Plunge

thank you and well done to everyone involved in the tallying and roll out!

well done grady, jf and seandalai. Amazing gif to end with!!

a reminder to join in seandalais other poll. Voting ends Saturday night

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the susanne record is a little sleepy, and it's way less direct, but the songs are just as strong as their counterparts on 10 love songs. just need a little time to get under your skin.

Thanks for the poll. Amazing scenes. These two albums soundtracked a trip to Iceland last October; part of me is forever listening to 'Undercover' on the coastal planes between Eyjafjallajökull the ghosts of the sea.

I got, I got, I got, I got ballots, stats, etc: ILM's Top 77 Albums Post-Poll breakdown thread

thank u poll dudes u rock!

the woodwinds on Good Luck Bad Luck, Bedtime Story, and No One Believes in Love Anymore are definitely some of the highlights

mountain goats at 78, knew I should've voted for that one

oh man mountain scroots w/ the #78

177 Haim - Something To Tell You

how the mighty hath fallen

Thanks to gr80 and seandalai

What's not to like about "The Sound of War"? My favourite track on a beautiful album (my #6).

Thanks so much for another great poll gr80/sean/forks!

I found DAMN. really hard work. Perhaps that's the point? I will continue to persevere. "HUMBLE." started to click when I listened to it on the tracks playlist recently.

Yeah thanks a lot to the people involved

Many thanks for your hard work, gr80 and all the pollsters

the gif reveal was so cool. thanks for the polls, great as always

Thank you gr8080 and poll helpers.

mountain goats at 78, knew I should've voted for that one

Excellent poll and that last gif is going to be hard to top.

Where's this gif??

scroll up from the final two images, it's a flashing summary of everything that's placed

Yeah, the gif mostly doesn't display for me. I caught a glimpse of it though. Maybe try a different browser.

I found DAMN. really hard work. Perhaps that's the point?

Strange, I thought it was his most easy to listen to by quite a lot.

playlist is now updated with all top 177 albums, minus a handful noted at top.
"mighty have fallen" note: not only did Jay Z not crack the 77 or the 177, he didn't get an album vote.

If you open the gif in a new tab you get the whole thing.

Great work pollrunners, thanks for putting this together, it's been great fun as always.

I found DAMN. really hard work. Perhaps that's the point?

Strange, I thought it was his most easy to listen to by quite a lot.

― Moodles, Thursday, February 1, 2018 4:57 PM

Yeah, when it came out, my friend said "first Kendrick album in a minute that doesn't feel like reading a term paper."

thank you poll runners!

It worked for me finally. Now it doesn't again but at least I had the experience xxp

amazingly i have 2 of the albums : BICEP and GAS.
both of which were top of my own personal list.
the rest means little, but still, this rundown was ace.
oh, and that animated GIF thing was insanely good gr8080

This was lots of fun (even if my computer won't display the gif). Thanks to the pollrunners as always.

Interesting that Miguel appeared on 10 different ballots and only appeared at 94. It started a lot higher on my ballot when I first put it together, but in the end slid right down. At least he did better than other previous winners Haim.

ta to gr8080 & co., this was v good. I voted for 6 out of the top 20; feels like the 77 has come closer to me rather than the other way round but idk

both of them did better than Big Boi (who i didn't remember won the albums poll a few years ago until just now.)

many thanks to seandalai for crunching the numbers and fielding ballots

big ups to forks for the insane amount of time spent in Spotify compiling playlists for noms and top 77s

thank you to everyone who voted - this year could have been a bummer due to a dip in participation, but you all made up for it with a pair of really fun, cool, and weird lists

and a special shout-out to my counterpart Johnny Fever - most people don’t know that seandalai keeps us both in the dark with regards to the top 77 we’re not rolling out, and it’s been a pleasure sharing that dynamic with him for the last four years.

As JF is stepping away from poll-running starting next year, we’ll be in need of someone to do the album rollout next year - photoshop skills a plus but by no means mandatory. hit up sean or myself if you’re interested!!

back atcha grady

thanks for running the poll guys. amazing work.
have to say, I found this year's results to be a little lacklustre and not really to my tastes. A fruit salad of reedy experimental electronic music, standard issue indie rock, plus the usual ILM staples. I enjoyed a lot of albums this year but as this was the first full year of having a Spotify account, plus learning to DJ properly I've been more interested I individual tracks and/or albums with a big immediate sound, which seems to be the opposite of this poll bar a few exceptions.

looking at this list overall, a lot of the electronic and dance music is reminding me, texturally, of how indie music started to sound around 10 years ago - blurry and indistinct, lacking in bold colours, which is just not where my head is at rn.

still, a great poll and good to see some faves in there including Migos and Chino Amobi. See you on the other thread

What a cool fun list, good job ilm

great list, but sad there's no jane weaver

Thanks gr80, it's been a pleasure indeed. Looking forward to enjoying the polls (for at least one year) as a regular voter.

btw, I'd nominate Moka as a poll partner, but she may be way too busy.

not enough emo in the top 77

thanks guys for all the hard work. wasn't able to follow along as closely as in previous years but i'm looking forward to catching up on the playlists.

another thanks here

do u like drums

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:21 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah? well me too

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:21 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

<3 you all

Really complex feelings about Susanne this year it's a mix between TOO HIGH and THIS IS MY FAVOURITE ARTIST OF THE DECADE

haha what that gif was awesome!

thank you poll runners!

work has been very busy this week so have not been able to follow but look forward to listening through the albums I'm not familiar with