ILM'S TOP 77 ALBUMS of 2010 (NOW COUNTING DOWN THE TOP TEN)

To recap (and to create some distance)

77. HARVEY MILK — A Small Turn of Human Kindness (240 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
76. QUADRON — Quadron (240 points, 12 votes)
75. RIHANNA — Loud (244 points, 9 votes)
74. ZOLA JESUS — Stridulum II (244 points, 10 votes)
73. THIRD EYE FOUNDATION — The Dark (246 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes)
(TIE) 71. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH — The Wild Hunt (250 points, 8 votes)
(TIE) 71. KYLIE MINOGUE — Aphrodite (250 points, 8 votes)
70. WARPAINT — The Fool (250 points, 9 votes)
69. SUN ARAW — On Patrol (252 points, 8 votes)
68. NO AGE — Everything in Between (256 points, 11 votes)
67. GAYNGS — Relayted (258 points, 10 votes)
66. GUCCI MANE — Mr. Zone 6 (260 points, 9 votes)
65. SUN CITY GIRLS — Funeral Mariachi (260 points, 9 votes, 2 first place votes)
64. THE RADIO DEPT. — Clinging to a Scheme (266 points, 11 votes)
63. THE KNIFE — Tomorrow, In a Year (270 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
62. THE NATIONAL — High Violet (270 points, 9 votes)
61. ENSLAVED — Axioma Ethica Odini (272 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)

60. KELIS — Flesh Tone (272 points, 11 votes)
59. CURREN$Y — Pilot Talk II (272 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote)
58. IKONIKA — Contact, Love, Want, Have (276 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote)
57. R. KELLY — Love Letter (284 points, 12 votes)
56. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS — Further (286 points, 10 votes)
(TIE) 54. NEIL YOUNG — Le Noise (290 points, 11 votes)
(TIE) 54. THE FALL — Your Future Our Clutter (290 points, 11 votes)
53. RANGDA — False Flag (306 points, 9 votes)
52. JAVIERA MENA - Mena (310 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes)
51. CRYSTAL CASTLES — Crystal Castles (312 points, 13 votes)
50. GORILLAZ — Plastic Beach (316 points, 12 votes)
49. MARINA & THE DIAMONDS — The Family Jewels (320 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote)
48. DEERHUNTER — Halcyon Digest (320 points, 13 votes)
47. ELECTRIC WIZARD — Black Masses (334 points, 10 votes)
46. BIG K.R.I.T. — K.R.I.T. Wuz Here (344 points, 11 votes)
45. PANTHA DU PRINCE — Black Noise (348 points, 15 votes)
44. TYLER, THE CREATOR — Bastard (352 points, 14 votes)
43. SPOON — Transference (374 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote)
42. RICK ROSS — Teflon Don (380 points, 12 votes)
41. YEASAYER — Odd Blood (380 points, 13 votes)

40. WE LOVE — We Love (380 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote)
39. JAZMINE SULLIVAN — Love Me Back (404 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote)
38. TITUS ANDRONICUS — The Monitor (410 points, 15 votes, 4 first place votes)
37. THESE NEW PURITANS — Hidden (414 points, 13 votes)
36. AGALLOCH — Marrow of the Spirit (420 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote)
35. CIARA — Basic Instinct (438 points, 14 votes, 3 first place votes)
34. FLYING LOTUS — Cosmogramma (462 points, 17 votes)
33. EARL SWEATSHIRT — Earl (474 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote)
32. ARCADE FIRE — The Suburbs (478 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote)
31. GUIDO — Anidea (480 points, 17 votes)
30. E-40 — Revenue Retrievin' (484 points, 16 votes, 1 first place vote)
29. HOT CHIP — One Life Stand (490 points, 17 votes, 2 first place votes)
28. LAURA MARLING — I Speak Because I Can (516 points, 15 votes, 2 first place votes)
27. OWEN PALLETT — Heartland (544 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
26. GIL SCOTT-HERON — I'm New Here (544 points, 20 votes)
25. SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS — Disconnect From Desire (550 points, 20 votes, 2 first place votes)
24. WAKA FLOCKA FLAME — Flockaveli (558 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote)
23. M.I.A. — /\/\ /\ Y /\ (560 points, 18 votes, 1 first place vote)
22. GLASSER — Ring (570 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
21. JOANNA NEWSOM — Have One on Me (636 points, 17 votes, 2 first place votes)

20. EMERALDS — Does it Look Like I'm Here? (660 points, 23 votes, 2 first place votes)
19. ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER — Returnal (710 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote)
18. DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY — Last Train to Paris (722 points, 18 votes, 2 first place votes)
17. FOUR TET — There Is Love in You (724 points, 26 votes, 1 first place vote)
16. CARIBOU — Swim (730 points, 27 votes)
15. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM — This Is Happening (734 points, 21 votes)
14. TAYLOR SWIFT — Speak Now (736 points, 21 votes, 2 first place votes)
13. BEACH HOUSE — Teen Dream (742 points, 24 votes, 3 first place votes)
12. YELAWOLF — Trunk Muzik/Trunk Muzik 0-60 (750 points, 22 votes, 2 first place votes)
11. SWANS — My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky (750 points, 25 votes)
10. ERYKAH BADU — New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh (780 points, 27 votes)
9. ROBYN — Body Talk (864 points, 25 votes, 3 first place votes)
8. SLEIGH BELLS — Treats (870 points, 31 votes, 1 first place vote)
7. KANYE WEST — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (928 points, 29 votes, 2 first place votes)
6. ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI — Before Today (938 points, 30 votes, 2 first place votes)
5. VAMPIRE WEEKEND — Contra (940 points, 28 votes, 1 first place vote)
4. JANELLE MONÁE — The ArchAndroid (1,126 points, 35 votes, 3 first place votes)
3. THE-DREAM — Love King (1,148 points, 35 votes, 3 first place votes)

*jazz hands*

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2. LINDSTRØM & CHRISTABELLE — Real Life Is No Cool (1,244 points, 41 votes, 2 first place votes)
P&J: 84th
Pitchfork: DNP

1. BIG BOI — Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (1,252 points, 40 votes, 2 first place votes)
P&J: 6th
Pitchfork: 4th
Spotify: listen

sorry bout that JF it took me 10 mins. to do that...

8 points in it!!

WOW that was close!

deej is going to just love that

whoa 8 points!!!

8 points separated them.

Still too many joke posts

http://cdn.fd.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/clay-davis_campaign-poster.jpg

OMG, how close is that??

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PXBq4dpm4Ps/TLWHdhU3mTI/AAAAAAAABBc/R0f1ia9qv7A/s400/demdike-stare-forest-of-evil.jpg

THE DREAM IS DEAD

the joke post is VW placing at #5

Can't argue with Big Boi as a winner though, that album's just a blast.

hooray sade got pwned

Just think - if I was a corny electro fuxxor we'd have had a different winner

if my math is correct, i believe the top 2 finishers were separated by a total of eight points?

sade r.i.p., fabulous album, wtf people

L+C actually overtook Big Boi on the last day of voting...until the final ballot had Big Boi as #1.

and only 2 number one votes each - compare that to last year where fever ray had 5 and the-dream had 10!

Big Boi is a good winner tho

lol seandalai

fuck yeah, threw points at each of the top 3, glad to be of service. great/interesting results this year on both polls.

so who are lindstrom and christabelle?

yeah, sad about sade, was so sure that would place ;_;

So if one person who voted for L&C had put them one position further up in their ballot they'd have won?

*subtracts 1244 from 1252...*

wow EIGHT points!

hang on i don't have that many fingers

Real Life Is No Cool was my #3 (though I can't remember why I put it above Erykah), but even so it seems strange to have it as 2nd best album of the year.

For deep cuts seek High and Low - unfuckwithable.

really surprised the lindstrom album was that high up (altho i voted for it) (i think)

and only 2 number one votes each - compare that to last year where fever ray had 5 and the-dream had 10!

yeah this is kinda telling!

And it's done. Well done, everyone. We made it out alive.

For deep cuts seek High and Low - unfuckwithable.

^^^^^

72 voters' first place vote made the 77

ILM hivemind gotta ask itself some searching questions imo

oh and thanks, JF, seandalai etc :D

well now i'm wondering where mine placed...

Odd year. Although it makes it clearer why Kanye had such an easy time convincing people to put him at #1 elsewhere.

Thank Johnny, seandalai, and company. Well done, lots of fun ("indie" indie excepted), do it again next year.

also, thanks JF (and accomplices). Well up to musically's high standards. :)

ILM hivemind gotta ask itself some searching questions imo

lol like what??

yeah thx JF, j0rdan, and seandalai. Much appreciated.

Now is the time for... STATS STATS STATS.

thanks everyone who ran this thing, fantastic job

It's not very hivey this year.

Thanks Cru for doing this, much appreciated!

And yes, thanks to the guys who did all the hard work - it's been fun.

Full results up in a minute! (preview: Demdike Stare missed the countdown by 8 points)

btw am listening to The-Dream and yeah it's OK but idrgi, seems really synthetic and superficial and forgettable, Yamaha was a jam

yeah big thanks to j0hnny and jordan and seandalai!!

8 points?