ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

77. When Saints Go Machine — Konkylie (258 points, 10 votes, one first place vote)
76. Robag Wruhme — Thora Vukk (262 points, 8 votes)
75. Liturgy — Aesthethica (264 points, nine votes)
74. The Joy Formidable — The Big Roar (266 points, seven votes, one first place vote)
73. Jay-Z & Kanye West — Watch the Throne (266 points, 10 votes)
72. Barbara Panther — Barbara Panther (270 points, seven votes, two first place votes)
71. Toro y Moi - Underneath the Pine (271 points, nine votes)

(tie) 69. Wild Flag — Wild Flag (273 points, 10 votes)
(tie) 69. Low — C'Mon (273 points, 10 votes)
68. ILX Presents Lulu (276 points, 11 votes, one first place vote)
67. Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls (282 points, 11 votes)
66. Big K.R.I.T. - Return of 4Eva (288 points, 10 votes)
65. The Psychic Paramount - II (290 points, 9 votes)
64. Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage (290 points, nine votes, one first place vote)
63. Austra - Feel it Break (290 points, ten votes, one first place vote)
62. Drake – Take Care (292 points, 8 votes, one first place vote)
61. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes (294 points, 10 votes)

60. James Ferraro — Far Side Virtual (295 points, 11 votes)
59. Perfume — JPN (298 points, 10 votes, two first place votes)
58. Grouper — Alien Observer/Dream Loss (304 points, 11 votes, one first place vote)
57. The War on Drugs — Slave Ambient (322 points, nine votes, one first place vote)
56. Danny Brown — XXX (323 points, 11 votes, one first place vote)
55. Mastodon — The Hunter (328 points, 10 votes)
54. Kendrick Lamar — Section.80 (337 points, 10 votes, one first place vote)
53. Laura Marling — A Creature I Don’t Know (342 points, 11 votes, one first place vote)
52. The Mountain Goats — All Eternals Deck (342 points, 12 votes)
51. Demdike Stare — Tryptych (347 points, 16 votes, one first place vote)

50. Hatchback — Zeus and Apollo (350 points, nine votes, two first place votes)
49. Moon Duo — Mazes (350 points, 12 votes)
48. Tom Waits — Bad As Me (352 points, 14 votes)
47. Clams Casino — Instrumentals (354 points, 12 votes)
46. Azari & III — Azari & III (358 points, 12 votes)
45. The Weeknd — House of Balloons (360 points, 10 votes, two first place votes)
44. Fucked Up — David Comes To Life (360 points, 13 votes, one first place vote)
43. Real Estate — Days (361 points, 11 votes, two first place votes)
42. Radiohead — King of Limbs (362 points, 13 votes)
41. Andy Stott — Passed Me By/We Stay Together (363 points, 13 votes)

40. Dawn Richard — The Prelude to a Tell Tale Heart (372 points, 11 votes)
39. Girls — Father, Son, Holy Ghost (374 points, 11 votes)
38. Junior Boys — It’s All True (375 points, 15 votes)
37. Death Grips — Ex-Military (382 points, 13 votes)
36. Holy Ghost! — Holy Ghost! (384 points, 13 votes, one first place vote)
35. Julia Holter — Tragedy (386 points, 14 votes, one first place vote)
34. Cut Copy — Zonoscope (392 points, 12 votes, one first place vote)
33. John Maus — We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves (398 points, 14 votes, one first place vote)
32. Panda Bear — Tomboy (402 points, 13 votes)
31. Nguzunguzu — The Perfect Lullaby (404 points, 13 votes, 2 first place votes)

30. Ford & Lopatin — Channel Pressure (410 points, 14 votes)
29. Britney Spears — Femme Fatale (424 points, 13 votes, one first place vote)
28. Araabmuzik — Electronic Dream (445 points, 14 votes)
27. St. Vincent — Strange Mercy (469 points, 14 votes, one first place vote)
26. Oneohtrix Point Never — Replica (474 points, 17 votes, one first place vote)
25. Frank Ocean — Nostalgia, Ultra. (476 points, 12 votes, one first place vote)
24. Colin Stetson — New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges (481 points, 13 votes, one first place vote)
23. E-40 — Revenue Retrievin: Overtime Shift/Graveyard Shift (484 points, 16 votes)
22. Lady Gaga — Born This Way (488 points, 14 votes, one first place vote)
21. Shabazz Palaces — Black Up (502 points, 17 votes)
20. Bon Iver — Bon Iver (512 points, 15 votes)
19. Peaking Lights — 936 (514 points, 17 votes)
18. Nicolas Jaar — Space is Only Noise (517 points, 19 votes, one first place vote)
17. M83 — Hurry Up We’re Dreaming (519 points, 21 votes, one first place vote)
16. Boy Better Know — Tropical 2 (548 points, 15 votes, 4 first place votes)
15. Rustie — Glass Swords (557 points, 18 votes)
14. Kurt Vile — Smoke Ring For My Halo (572 points, 16 votes, one first place vote)
13. Julianna Barwick — The Magic Place (583 points, 19 votes, two first place votes)
12. EMA — Past Life Martyred Saints (590 points, 18 votes, two first place votes)
11. Tim Hecker — Ravedeath, 1972 (597 points, 21 votes, one first place vote)
10. tUnE-yArDs — w h o k i l l (666 points, 20 votes, two first place votes)
9. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats — Blood Lust (696 points, 19 votes, two first place votes
8. Pistol Annies — Hell on Heels (762 points, 19 votes, two first place votes)
7. DJ Quik — The Book of David (846 points, 26 votes, one first place vote)
6. Gang Gang Dance — Eye Contact (860 points, 29 votes, one first place vote)
5. Kate Bush — 50 Words For Snow (880 points, 29 votes, one first place vote)
4. Beyonce — 4 (1,089 points, 32 votes, three first place votes)
3. Katy B — On a Mission (1,288 points, 37 votes, one first place vote)
2. PJ Harvey — Let England Shake (1,311 points, 37 votes, seven first place votes)
1. Destroyer — Kaputt (1,355 points, 36 votes, 12 first place votes)

xps I voted for ER too, Kerr.

A big thank you to all involved and those that did all all the number crunching. I really fucking loved all of this \\0//

Someone start the stats thread stat

Destroyer = Man Utd is a really crap analogy

This Destroyer album... it sounds like someone doing a pastiche of OMD or Electronic or something, which is exactly what it is. ILM, seriously I thought we were over this kind of thing. Must've been the US vote on this one, I'm assuming?

Yes, thanks a lot guys!

Damn! I had forgotten about the Eleanoora Rosenholm album. I'd have voted for that.

aw man i'm the only one who voted for trail of dead

tbh I only remembered ToD released a new album when I saw it on the nominations list. Would have considered voting it worst album art of the year, though.

Kauputt has basically ZERO relevance to new pornographers fyi

OTM. It has zero relevance to anything in 2011. Everyone who voted for this terrible record should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.

not impressed with this Destroyer so far. It's a bit tasteful and polite. Nothing to hate about it but its hardly genius like grady thinks.

Only one sad little vote for my #1, mine.

the destroyer record goes a lot deeper than the initial sonic comparisons fyi

just want 2 b "relevant"

What was it, LL?

yeah the album cover is pretty audacious

i kinda like the 'bad fantasy novel' aesthetic though tbh

It was Kieran Hebden, Steve Reid & Mats Gustafsson - Live at the South Bank and I think a lot more people would like it if they had heard it, esp considering what actually placed. OH WELL.

If someone with a voice that didn't make me nuts had made Kaputt, I'd have liked it a lot more.

It has zero relevance to anything in 2011.

What difference does this make?

his voice doesnt bother me at all. I think it may have been a better idea to play this just before bedtime.

It was apparently VERY relevant to 12 people from ILM (and others who didn't actually make it their #1 votes).

I like Bejar's voice for the same reason I like Bowie's or Morrissey's.

it was released in 2011 and a lot of people listened to it in 2011 and enjoyed it in 2011. that's pretty relevant imo

i like destroyer good record good victory for the New World lol britishes

Half Man Half Biscuit got four more points than Tyler <3

thx guys, now I can buy this Destroyer album w/ a clear conscience.

destroyer was my #1 as well. Took me a while to get into it, but it is an album worth investing some time in.

also I love his voice and lyrics, on this and on previous albums.

4 tracks in and every song on this Kaputt album sounds the same - same tempo, same droney faux-English voice... Thought the Gayngs album from last year did a much better take on this kind of thing.

Yeah, even if I didn't vote for it, I'm not gonna shit on the winner of this poll (that holds true for ANY album). Unless it would've been Hammers of Misfortune lol.

lol

three votes for "sorry for party rocking"........

― lana del rey: everythang's workin' (some dude)

If it's any consolation, IIRC I was one of these votes and Soul Punk was my #1 in the desperate hope it would sneak into the list. Glad my votes for Tropical 2/Uncle Acid counted, at least.

maybe listen to 'bay of pigs' first.. i feel like it's a mission statement for the album more or less

love it when people listen to an album that has 1,355 points, 36 votes, 12 first place votes for like five minutes and dismiss it offhandedly

probably would have been my #1 vote too if i remembered to vote

Florence + the Machine @ #242. Good job ILX.

It was Kieran Hebden, Steve Reid & Mats Gustafsson - Live at the South Bank and I think a lot more people would like it if they had heard it, esp considering what actually placed. OH WELL.

― La Lechera, donderdag 2 februari 2012 22:02 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yes! I did track it down after you stanned for it, but it came too late for me to vote for it. I probably would've squeezed it in now

ok etc i will extend the olive branch, it's all good

I never vote in these cuz my tastes tend to be outlandish, so it's weird that #1 and #2 are albums I actually think were two of the best of the year

the destroyer album only had 1,355 points but each and every one of them went on to start its own poll

so weird how an artist would have a similar sound on all his songs

ps I haven't liked a pj harvey album since dry

.....the world is just bones the world is black stones....

I despise Florence for making that racist video and am not planning to ever buy another one of her releases, but I really, genuinely loved Ceremonials and I feel like Florence baggage gets in the way of people engaging with that album.

the destroyer album only had 1,355 points but each and every one of them went on to start its own poll

― lana del rey: everythang's workin' (some dude), Thursday, February 2, 2012 3:09 PM (8 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

only 3 million people understood this reference but every one of them structured a shitty joke around it

oh look who my top neighbour is again. What a surprise.

if markers had voted lulu woulda made the 77

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker

\(^o^)/

3 million people
joke beat to death
video gaaaaaames

Which video is racist? (Maybe that's been covered, but I think the last Florence video I watched was for Dog Days three years ago.)

I'm definitely not in synch with most of the top results here. I listened to that Destroyer album a dozen times. I dismissed it carefully and deliberately!

20 Bon Iver - 526
19 Peaking Lights - 28
17 M83 - 174
15 Rustie - 151
14 Vile - 375
12 EMA - 173
11 Hecker - 156
10 tUnE-yArDs - 313
9 Uncle Acid - 7
6 Gang Gang Dance - 58
5 Kate Bush - 206
4 Beyonce - 432
3 Katy B - 429
2 PJ Harvey - 152
1 Destroyer - 479

234 TVOTR - 1
235 Graveyard - 2
118 White Denim - 3
389 Elder - 4
405 Been Obscene - 5
423 At Devil Dirt - 6
340 Vaccines - 8
103 Opeth - 11
417 Sungrazer - 12