ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

well, a new one that's forged across countries as opposed to started in one place and then adopted by others. maybe just talking out my bum

the thing about all this stuff breaking now is I was going to club nights 5+ years ago that had all these elements in the mix: Afrobeats, dancehall, UKG etc and the basis of the sound was there

it's gotta start somewhere and clubs is usually where it starts.

this is a very good list and i am thrilled by the top 10. sad i didn't vote.

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

― Johnny Fever, Friday, February 2, 2018 3:13 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Would endorse.

― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 2 February 2018 07:56 (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thirded

I never knew Moka was a she!

Thanks, poll runners! I'll do my best to vote next year.

Saturday night is when voting closes for The 2017 ILX Metal n' Heavy Rock Poll VOTING + CAMPAIGNING thread! Ballots due Saturday, Feb. 3rd!

please vote!

Hello there! I would love to help you out whatever you need as a poll partner. My line of work is sometimes very busy but I have several months I’m practically on vacation.

I never knew Moka was a she!

― ArchCarrier

Yes! Feisty, spanish, girl iirc lol

you'd basically need to spend the 3rd or 4th week of the year preparing posts, bbcode, and images for the 77 albums, and then post them over the course of the 4th or 5th week of the year

I can work with that. I’m in.

In case you call on some thread and I’m not around to read it:

motelmoka (at) gmail.com

i knew feisty and spanish; the onion has so many layers

lol

Yay Moka! She'll be great at this.

Love you emily

Ooh wow, looking forward to next year already!

why wait? let's do it now.

It's probably the only way the Tracey Thorn album would win.

octo octa album is incredible; she really has a touch for making quite maximal tracks smooth as ice

It's probably the only way the Tracey Thorn album would win.

NV:

I think I don't listen voraciously to enough new albums to be a viable music-poll voter.

This is p much exactly how I feel, but I talked myself into submitting a 13-album ballot shortly before the deadline, and am glad I did.

I think it's pretty crucial that partial and unranked ballots are allowed. I decided I was comfortable with submitting a ballot that in effect says "here are a few albums from 2017 I enjoyed"; a ranked ballot would feel uncomfortably like stating "this is the actual very best album of 2017".

(nb that is just how it would feel to me, I don't look at the ranked ballots of others as necessarily making grandiose claims or anything)

Yeah I'm the same really. I tend to parasitically use the yearly polls to get recommendations of music to check out. I listened to the tracks Spotify playlist and there was quite a bit of stuff I wasn't aware of that I liked (e.g. I didn't even know Charlotte Gainsbourg was a musician) and downloaded some albums that looked intrsting from the albums poll.

a friend of mine recently said he never heard anything from Stormzy that came close to the Shut Up freestyle, I was about to tell him he was wrong but then I couldn't really come up with as great a song from his catalogue

wonder if he'll ever top it

bummed i didn't vote for BALSAMS by Chuck Johnson.

what's the gif (by gr80?) that every was applauding?

the image for the reveal of #1 and #2. If it's not working, right click the image and open it in a new tab (that's how i saw it)

bummed i didn't vote for BALSAMS by Chuck Johnson.

― omar little, Sunday, February 4, 2018 7:56 PM (yesterday)

my number one!

what's the gif (by gr80?) that every was applauding?

― flopson, Sunday, February 4, 2018 8:34 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

click this

xp my number 6!

works like a balm...

i probably read three whole books just to that album alone in 2017

fantastic stuff, I had no idea. glad you singled it out just now, right up my street.

xps- woahhh