ILM’s Top 77 Tracks of 2018

Also xps: TOOTIME fitted weirdly well in the middle of the Mlindo record. Give Yourself A Try is like the Postal Service sung by Roddy Woomble. I mean this in an entirely positive way.

i'm bummed that not only did i not have the time to commit to helping run this year's poll, i didn't even make the time to submit a ballot, but damn, Moka is putting my meager design skills to shame; beautiful work, Moka! and forks is outdoing even himself w/ the pull-quotes and organization. well done to both, as well as the mastermind Seandalai.

2018 was a year that i spent time with as little new music as i have in any year since adolescence, which is sorta sad, but means this poll is even more fun than usual. its kind of funny how late january/early february sort of has a *sound* for me now, like oh yeah the 4th and 5th week of the year always sound like perfect pop, tasteful indie, lush dance music, killer afrobeats, rap bangers, and one or two weird things LJ gets up on a table and screams about, etc

lol @ the one non-1975, non-mitski song i listened to the most on the rollout so far was smoko 8-)´

if anyone is like me and prefers a spotify list that has #77 at the top and #1 at the bottom, I made one: https://open.spotify.com/user/thuggishruggish/playlist/2cjsGLFcKtcleMKdXvE8oH?si=2fTOjDyETQGn9L2YfVPfrw

i also made a gallery for all of Moka's pretty images: https://imgur.com/a/LS0Sm17

my guess for #78: luxury themes

oh i wasn't thinking about the collaborative EPs from a few years ago when i said that (they slipped my mind for some reason), i really do love Love Is Free (super underrated imo) and Do It Again is solid too

Yay for Eris Drew! I know I was complaining about grunge earlier, but this kind of '90s revivalism I can get behind! Now, if we only we got the Shy FX track too for the proper breakbeat return, but that's probably wishful thinking.

hi5 at grady

I voted for Because It's In The Music which has been my highlight since day one. I think I'm on my own with that one.

you're not!

That would be my pick from it too - didn't vote for it tho mainly as didn't really get more than one listen of the album in until this year

oh yeah the 4th and 5th week of the year always sound like perfect pop, tasteful indie, lush dance music, killer afrobeats, rap bangers, and one or two weird things LJ gets up on a table and screams about, etc

lmao perfect assessment of the 77 vibe

would also welcome more #78 speculation

i think i voted for powerglide cuz i like 666 mafia also honey is so good

i'm both a 1975 obsessive and an afropop voter so where does that leave me

"this is america" at #78 would be fitting?

at a guess, this is another eight and a half minutes of exquisite minimal moodz

Guessing 78 is my number one obviously

Wouldn't go that far, but 'minimal moodz' is indeed a misnomer.

xp

Oh wait no. Number two

Krystal Klear at #78

hey gr80, you won't need to worry about what music you need to listen to from 2018, just wait for me to post my ballot and go from there. sorry to inform that no U2 was released this past year.

it's probably just a kpop thread favourite that missed out by a few points and i'll regret not putting higher

I bet "This is America" didn't make the top 177

my 78 guess is something kpop

i think the mlindo album is the first time i've actually encountered something not being on rym
― ufo, Thursday, January 31, 2019 5:29 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Be my guest to help adding African artists and releases to the database. jgnikkila (who must be someone here) has already added a tremendous amount, but it's a long road ahead.

Krystal Klear at #78

this i can see

hey omar - i listened to Kaputt about 100 times in 2018

Help me ilx... I need bangs... I'm dying out here... help meeeeeeeeee

I bet This is America is definitely coming

sorry to inform that no U2 was released this past year.

zooropa is actually my #1 2018 album, sorry

if Nabozo also #1'd "Toast" I wonder if that was enough to get it to 78

m both a 1975 obsessive and an afropop voter so where does that leave me

"this is america" at #78 would be fitting?

― ufo

Not in the bad place, not in the good place... in the medium place. Like drinking your favorite beer but it’s warm.

I bet This is America is definitely coming

let'e make this interesting

TIA fake number 5 is my prediction

what is the opposite of bangs? is it... a slow burn?

http://i.imgur.com/iBeqOk7.jpg

21: Kacey Musgraves – “Slow Burn” – 282 points – 9 votes
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Kacey Musgraves - 2013 Anticipation

”Slow Burn" is one of the most hauntingly gorgeous songs I've heard in ages. – dyl

Makes me think of Sufjan covering Bittersweet Symphony. - ufo

lol

hey omar - i listened to Kaputt about 100 times in 2018

my man, i just listened to it *yesterday* https://i.imgur.com/jDBVx6b.gif

I have no opinion about this and I want you to know it.

"hold me" bangs imo but ymmv i guess

that's a fantastic track, even though i didn't vote for it (voted for two other songs from that album)

fao gr80: you can reorder spotify playlists by clicking on column headers

I guess at this point in my life I'm completely out of loop when it comes to pop music, cos I have no idea what "This Is America" is?

not a banger but "slow burn" sounds like a million bucks

Kacey Musgraves is the definition of good taste.

What's the most perfect 78 ever? I remember Rolling In The Deep getting that particular honour one year.

Tuomas, "This is America" is the latest Kings of Leon single

I guess at this point in my life I'm completely out of loop when it comes to pop music, cos I have no idea what "This Is America" is?

It's a music video. Look it up on YT.

There's a chord change in the chorus to Slow Burn that gets me every time. The rest of the record didn't stick with me but that's the keeper.

time zones, maaaan

I guess at this point in my life I'm completely out of loop when it comes to pop music, cos I have no idea what "This Is America" is?
― Tuomas, Thursday, January 31, 2019 5:40 PM (twenty-five seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Are you Finnish ? I've been told there's a lot of trees between Helsinki and Sami land. Maybe moss and rocks too. :)

Going back something Matt DC said upthread, I will lol if the only placement left off my ballot is Peggy Gou, b/c that's pretty close to the least banging thing on there (okay, except for some weird experimental shit that doesn't have beats, but is harsh in other ways).

slow burn is a great song with perhaps the best production ever

I confess the second verse is just a little too dopey even for me, voted for a different Kacey tune

So, apparently it's a tune by that guy from Community? Why do people hate it?

If another 1975 track places and Blackpink don't make it I'm changing my vote on Simon's poll.

― emil.y, Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:15 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no way are blackpink making it though, i don't think there was much love for ddu-du ddu-du from the thread

But... it bangs. Almost nothing from this poll bangs. I NEED BANG.

― emil.y, Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:18 PM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Blackpink was my #1 so i did my best emil.y

more like "dope"-y