ILM’s Top 77 Tracks of 2018

wow @ 4 #1s!!

This is actually quite nice

Decent. Gonna mention Weyes Blood again and leave it there. ILM be selectively listenin'

venice bitch the best ldr track ever

boo'd up
itgehane
love it if we made it

would love any combination of these three tbh

I was being a dick pro forma re: 'No Tears Left to Cry', it's actually a good song.

'Venice Bitch' is alright. No Weyes Blood, that's for sure.

2xp

My #1, thank u three other ppl

I like Weyes Blood but I don't see the connection, they're after different vibes here

who was the person who said that venice bitch is like the millennial astral weeks? was it m@tt?

it's accurate.

I might very well end up voting for "Andromeda" next year

<3

i really value "no tears" for the way it takes pop modes of the relatively recent past and presents them in a futuristic vehicle. the vocal melody reminds me of the sleek maximalist curves of martin pop from the late-'90s and early-'00s and there's the faintest hint of two-step in the drums and it feels like a portal to the pop of a lateral present

who was the person who said that venice bitch is like the millennial astral weeks? was it m@tt?

― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:27 PM (twenty-two seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

damn, best music writing 2018

Voted for this, it's a great song despite the needless outro jam. Would be every bit as good if it faded out after 3 minutes.

Whoever said that must not think very highly of Astral Weeks.

i really value "no tears" for the way it takes pop modes of the relatively recent past and presents them in a futuristic vehicle. the vocal melody reminds me of the sleek maximalist curves of martin pop from the late-'90s and early-'00s and there's the faintest hint of two-step in the drums and it feels like a portal to the pop of a lateral present

― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:28 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i agree with this, it's like if max martin's past five years and next three all folded in on themselves

The long, long narco-outro jam lifts this to its classic status for me, as does the noise freakout at the end of Only Acting.

great post brad

and yeah the epic nature of venixe bitch is what makes it

still not ruling out two mote 1975 placements lol

*more

i find venice bitch hollow at its heart but i can see where that's obviously not true for everyone

Isn't that her whole shtick though?

I always read that hollowness as part of her whole disaffected ennui

god I would kill for LDR to open one of her songs with "this california noir shit, it's not for everyone, it's a motherfucking vibe"

pomenitul has xposted us both now

Woo, my #1! I'm not even that huge a LDR fan but this song really floored me. I am probably alone in this but the thing it reminds me of the most is 'Rain Song' by Sunny Day Real Estate...

Well deserved placings for both Lana songs. She's been very consistent on our albums lists but isn't this the first year she's made the tracks list since Video Games?

venice bitch is like the millennial astral weeks

This would explain why I find it perplexing that people like it so much.

that SDRE album was one of my albums of 2018 fwiw

I was on smoko, what'd I miss?

people always talk about the noise jam but no one ever talks about that beautiful coda

SDRE comparison makes sense actually!

If there are indeed two 1975 tracks in this year’s top 3, a special amendment will be activated calling for the expulsion of the 1975 posse from ILM. May they roam happily ever after.

nice knowing y'all

RIP me

it's not polling if it's not with you

is there any other act that has this level of love/hate split on here

i'd love it if it 78ed

jk, it'll be number one

Used to be Hot Chip xps

oh duh that makes sense

we're fucking in a car
shooting heroin

anyway, venice bitch doesn't really remind me of astral weeks (i seriously can't find that quote, did i hallucinate it?), but the guitar does kinda remind me of this: https://youtu.be/99j0zLuNhi8

rest in peace lil peep

There is no way It’s Not Living is gonna be in the top 3, even if I love it

xp good thing to be reminded of

http://i.imgur.com/hIMOe0H.jpg

3: Ella Mai – “Boo’d Up” – 704 points – 22 votes – 1 first place vote
video

ELLA MAI - ELLA MAI

boo’d up • i like it • OTW

Every time I've heard "Boo'd Up" in public has been an absolute still-unexpected joy.– Katherine

"Boo'd Up" gets me high. – Eazy

plot twist of the year is when ella mai reveals herself to be british at the end of “boo’d up”

— jord (@jordansarge) June 8, 2018

http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=25541

I can hear the affinities: honesty, precision, an appreciation of space. I don’t hear a false note. – Alfred Soto

At one point Wale was attached; at another point if Chris Brown had chosen not to hop on “Scream” it would have been a Kevin Hart (?!) song. Those averted potential futures make Ella Mai’s final version sound like even more of a miracle. Joy is precious, kids. Get it where you can. – Jonathan Bogart

tweet of the year

yeah i feel like i'm gonna be allowed back on ilm after this poll finishes