ILM's 2018 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / NOMINATIONS THREAD

Donato Dozzy - Cleo

^yeah, it is. reminder me a little of Black Towers from a few years back

Caroline Rose - Soul No. 6

*reminds

so many great tracks nominated, it's going to be hard to pick just 25

ALBUMS

Thomas Bednarczyk – Illustrations for Those Who
Norman Westberg – After Vacation

24/30

Snoop Dogg, Fred Hammond - Call Him

Just noticed that the playlist contains Melody's Echo Chamber's 'Quand Vas Tu Rentrer' from 2013 - presumably confused with 2018's 'Quand Les Larmes D'un Ange Font Danser La Neige'?
― nashwan

Album Playlist updated, here's the missing ones:

Junes - A View
Jim O'Rourke – Sleep Like It's Winter
Jürg Frey, Magnus Granberg & Ensemble Grizzana - Early To Late
Michael Pisaro & Reinier Van Houdt - Shades Of Eternal Night
Northaunt - Istid III
Terreke - Improvisational Loops
H. Takahashi - Escapism
H. Takahashi - Low Poweer
Eleventeen Eston - At The Water
Yu Su - Preparations For Departure
Vakula - Metaphors
Guenter Schlienz – Tristan Magnetique
Ilyas Ahmed - Closer to Stranger
Ilkka Kalevi Tillanen & Rantaremmi - Typerysten aika
Army Of Moths - Sorry To Disturb You 
Prime Minister Of Doom - Mudshadow Propaganda
Suba - Wayang
Shelter - Profondeur 4000
Wilhelm Stenhammar - Symphony No. 2; Serenade (Gothenburg Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt)
Pontiac Streator and Ulla Straus - Chat
Element of Crime – Schafe, Monster und Mäuse
The Bad Plus - Never Stop II
Terminator 2 - Negative Reinforcement
Ultimate Painting - UP!
stark - calm before storm
hussalonia - mail order hussalonia
小袋成彬 [Nariaki Obukuro] - 分離派の夏 (Der Sezessionssommer)
LSDXOXO – Body Mods
Nkisi – The Dark Orchestra
FrankJavCee - Volume 2 . 123 Collection
Grol the Goblin - Wizards Brew
中空魂、何か冗長な - 孤立の生涯
luxury elite - prism
mvm and haircuts for men - Technicolor Interlude
Pop Up! - Tasty
Skeleton (骨架的) - Lost Memories 3
trashgh0st - ゴミファントム ／／ DMT - 468
DJ OK/DJ Bwin - FSL 003
Nick Omiccioli/newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble - Haunted Seas
Nick Omiccioli - the field well
Amy Brandon/Julian Bertino - Intermountainous
Mesarthim - The Density Parameter
Thomas Bednarczyk – Illustrations for Those Who

These are all tracks:

Nick Omiccioli/newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble - Haunted Seas
Nick Omiccioli - the field well
Amy Brandon/Julian Bertino - Intermountainous

I doubt they're on Spotify either way, though, and thanks!

oh I see! thanks for the clarification. yes, they're not on spotify.

LSDXOXO - Body Mods is on bandcamp: https://lsdxoxo.bandcamp.com/album/body-mods

Nkisi - The Dark Orchestra is on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/fadermedia/nkisi-the-dark-orchestra

Unknown Artist - Inhere 004 A2 is missing from youtube playlist! its at v=0KuR6DDptEo

Red Velvet - Red Flavor is a 2017 track and placed in last year's poll

Thanks for spotting that, ufo. I get a nomination back, I guess.

Pollrunners, please strike "Red Flavor" and replace with:

TRACK
Emerson Kitamura - Rock Your Baby

TRACKS

Naira Marley - Issa Goal
Kanye West - Ghost Town
EXO - Tempo

8/40

Unknown Artist - Untitled A2

Unknown Artist - Inhere 004 A2 is missing from youtube playlist! its at v=0KuR6DDptEo

TRACKS

Ariana Grande – Breathin'
Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle
Troye Sivan – My! My! My!

(3/30)

Tracks:

BiSH - PAiNT it BLACK
Cardi B - Be Careful

13/30

you've put the wrong Monsieur Doumani song on the Spotify playlist! There's a Little Car as well as a Little Star - it's the former.
― imago

TRACKS

Phase Fatale - Blackbox
Rhyw - Vertisol
Lucrecia Dalt - Tar
Schacke - Automated Lover

(20something / 40)

TRACKS

kanye west - no mistakes
flipp dinero - leave me alone
lil baby & drake - yes indeed
playboi carti f/ red coldhearted - middle of the summer

ALBUMS

jacquees & birdman - lost at sea 2
the carters -everything is love
drake - scorpion
post malone - beerbongs and bentleys
the-dream - menage a trois: sextape vol. 1, 2, 3

ALBUMS

The Field – Infinite Moment
Jay Rock – Redemption
Pig Destroyer – Head Cage
Prince – Piano and a Microphone 1983
Rae Sremmurd – SR3MM
Vince Staples – FM!

TRACKS

The 1975 – It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)
Ariana Grande – God Is a Woman
Beach House – Lemon Glow
Cardi B ft. Chance the Rapper – Best Life
Cardi B ft. SZA – I Do
The Carters – Apeshit
Future – Racks Blue
Grouper – Parking Lot
Iceage – Catch It
Iceage ft. Sky Ferreira – Pain Killer
Janelle Monáe – Django Jane
Kacey Musgraves – Slow Burn
Kamasi Washington – Street Fighter Mas
Let's Eat Grandma – Hot Pink
Low – Disarray
Pusha T – Infrared
Robyn – Missing U
Saba ft. Chance the Rapper – LOGOUT
SOPHIE – Is It Cold in the Water?
Young Thug – Tsunami
Yves Tumor – Lifetime

(30/30)

Spotify song playlist is updated for the day:
https://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/5An136hLul4w2N80GQ92rA?si=2vJObQ-4SrGLniMFddMGqg

Songs not on Spotify but that are on YouTube are available here:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcqiswAZfVPo7ukF0c4p8B55JCRt0jEA3

Here's links to any nominated songs that are not available on either Spotify or YouTube:

? “November Air” - https://touched.bandcamp.com/track/november-air
Army Of Moths “So Long” - https://armyofmoths.bandcamp.com/track/so-long-3
Dazion “Dragon Wave” - https://soundcloud.com/safe-trip/sets/st013-dazion
Nick Omiccioli “The Field Well” - https://soundcloud.com/nicholas-omiccioli/the-field-well-2017-for-chamber-winds
Nick Omicciol and newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble “Haunted Seas” - https://soundcloud.com/nicholas-omiccioli/haunted-seas-2018-for-amplified-soprano-string-quartet
Barbara Panther “Feminine” - http://barbarapanther.com/
Caroline Park “Imagining Entering (but will leave you to it)” - https://glisteningexamples.bandcamp.com/track/imagining-entering-but-will-leave-you-to-it
SARANA “Rodan” - https://noisebombing.bandcamp.com/track/rodan
Seahawks “Tears of the Deep” - https://oceanmoon.bandcamp.com/album/tears-of-the-deep
Star Period Star “The Pragmatist” - https://starperiodstar.bandcamp.com/track/the-pragmatist
Sterbus “Mate In 4/4” - https://sterbus.bandcamp.com/track/mate-in-4-4
Sunwatchers “Loop #2” - https://sunwatchers.bandcamp.com/track/loop-2
Tomoe Tazikawa “うすいいのり” - https://soundcloud.com/headzpromo/amphora
Terre Thaemlitz “Names Have Been Changed (Sprinkles' House Arrest)” - https://boomkat.com/products/deproduction-ep-1 (clip)
Total Mom “Uncomfortable” - https://norentrecords.bandcamp.com/track/uncomfortable
They Might Be Giants “Last Wave” - https://vimeo.com/253025437
Keith Fullerton Whitman “Albatross (Blend)” - https://soundcloud.com/kfw/fleetwood-mac-albatross-blend
Peter J. Woods “Feral Leather” - https://peterjwoods.bandcamp.com/track/another-form-of-feral-leather

Okay, I gotta pick out my faves now.

TRACKS

1975 - I Couldn't Be More In Love
1975 - I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)

24/30

TRACKS

Foster the People - Sit Next to Me
Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids - Land of Ra

ALBUMS

A Forest of Stars - Grave Mounds and Grave Mistakes
Alameda 4 - Czarna Woda
CB3 - From Nothing to Eternity
Cheer-Accident - Fades
Dylan Carson - Conquistador
Earthling Society - MO-The Demon
El efecto - Memórias do fogo
Guerilla Toss - Twisted Crystal
ION - A Path Unknown
La Luz - Floating Features
Mildlife - Phase
Minami Deutsch - With Dim Light
Naxatras - III
Niños del Cerro - Lance
Preoccupations - New Material
Sitka Sun - Sitka Sun
Somali Yacht Club - The Sea
Sunwatchers - II
The Oscillation - Wasted Space
Viagra Boys - Street Works
White Denim - Performance
Yes - Fly from Here-Return Trip

(40/40)

Yes - Fly from Here-Return Trip

Omg, this is a real thing.

TRACKS

1975 - I Like America & America Likes Me

(Can't believe I have to use up my noms for the 1975 ffs)

you get up to 40 now (as of Jan 1) Le Bateau Ivre!

TRACKS

Bruce - What

(30/40)

I nominated that already silverfish, you can get another, Such an amazing track!

ALBUMS

Soho Rezanejad - Six Archetypes
The Orielles - Silver Dollar Moment
Barbara Morgenstern - Unschuld und Verwüstung

TRACKS

Cassie - Don't Play It Safe
Rae Morris - Atletico (The Only One)

(18/40)

Terminator 2:

https://terminator-2.bandcamp.com/album/negative-reinforcement

Ultimate Painting - UP! got shelved a few weeks before it was to be released. The promos had already gone out and like their prior work its outstanding.

TRaCks:

Playboi Carti - Lean 4 Real (feat. Skepta)
La Force - Lucky One
Nicholas Krgovich - Spa
Post Malone - Sunflower

33/40

ALBUM

Migos – Culture II

TRACKS

Ariana Grande feat. Pharrell Williams - Blazed
Midnight Runners – Open Africa
Post Malone feat. 21 Savage – rockstar
Migos – Walk It Talk It
Gesaffelstein – Reset
Laurel Halo – Raw Silk Uncut Wood
Saloli – Hey Ahh
LightSkinKeisha feat. BSmyth – Ride Good

33/40

ALBUMS

J. S. Bach/Hilary Hahn - Hilary Hahn Plays Bach: Sonatas 1 & 2, Partita 1

27/40

(Haven't listened to the entire thing yet, since I just found out about it, but it sounds good so far and I want to remind myself to listen.)

oh, "haunted seas" is nice, thanks for the nom sund4r

My pleasure!

Late-breaking discovery for me but worth a nod:

ALBUM

Tigers and Monkeys - Saturday Destroyer

(that's 8/30)

Tracks:

Arctic Monkeys – Star Treatment
Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Spiritualized – I’m Your Man
CHVRCHES – Graffiti
CHVRCHES – Miracle
Eleanor Friedberger – My Jesus Phase
Eleanor Friedberger – In Between Stars
Let’s Eat Grandma- Snakes & Ladders
Snail Mail – Heat Wave
Beach House – Dark Spring

(11/40)

TRACKS
A$AP Rocky / Skepta - Praise the Lord
Bad Bunny - Estamos Bien
Naza - Putain de merde
Nicky Jam/J Balvin - X
Khalid & Normani - Love Lies
Nio García, Casper Mágico, Darel - Te Boté remix (the one with Ozuna)
Angelique Kidjo - Born Under Punches
Khalid/Empress Of - Suncity

ALBUMS
Aya Nakamura - Nakamura

(9/40)

TRACKS

Lake Ruth - Julia's Call
JLin - Carbon 12

TRACKS

Aimee Mann - Drive
Buffalo Tom - Roman Cars
Christine Fellows - Cocoon
Downtown Boys - Fotos Y Recuerdos
Jann Arden - All the Little Things
John Prine - Boundless Love
Laura Veirs - Margaret Sands
Neko Case - Winnie
Superchunk - Reagan Youth
Titus Andronicus - Real Talk
Wussy - Aliens in Our Midst

11/40

ALBUMS

Witxes - Orients

24/40

TRACKS
Migos - MotorSport
Kodak Black/Travis Scott/OffSet - ZEZE
Nao - Drive and Disconnect
Roses Gabor/Sampha - Illusions
Anderson Paak/Kendrick Lamar - Tints
S.Pri Noir - Fusée Ariane
Metro Boomin - Overdue

(16/40)

Sorry to interfer again, my quota is exhausted again. If someone still has an album slot available.
Stuart Staples - Arrhythmia
has not been nominated yet. It is quite low-key and I think it is gorgeous.

TRACKS
Emilie Nicolas - Feel Fine
Emilie Nicolas - Higher Love
IU - BBIBBI
Alison Wonderland - High ft. Trippie Redd
Glowie - Body
EO - German
Gorgon City x D Double E - Hear That

ALBUMS
Hilary Hahn - Hilary Hahn Plays Bach – Sonatas 1 & 2, Partita 1
BoA - Amor
Perfume - Future Pop
Emilie Nicolas - Tranquille Emile
Alison Wonderland - Awake

(12/40)

Rae Sremmurd – SR3MM

Wasn’t about to nominate it myself, but I’m still happy that it made it here, albeit in the nick of time.