ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

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

if markers had voted lulu woulda made the 77

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker

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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

markers saved the poll

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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

i thought that was the point of this thread? it's kinda fun to listen to everything that you ignored all year in a rush and make snap judgements.

uh 2011 Albums Poll: Stats and Ballots Hoedown of Truth

heh I just found the Destroyer album in the middle of a four-foot tall pile of promo CDs I am slowly putting onto eBay

I *could* listen to it again I guess

geez n/a you're getting mighty defensive about the level of respect ppl are affording the ilm year end poll results!

I don't know you can call Destroyer not relevant when it scoops up bits and pieces from pretty much every non-pop subgroup of indie music. So nothing sounds quite like it, but that's because no one is doing all that at once and making it sound cohesive. It's also a great antidote to the loudness war.

Prediction: Destroyer won't place

― Sounds Of The Baskervilles (dog latin), Thursday, February 2, 2012 3:23 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Cher Lloyd got 7 votes lmao

subgroup of current indie music

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.)

http://youtu.be/HGH-4jQZRcc

here is "No Light, No Light" in all its racisty, gothy glory

it's a great song, too ;_; fuck you, Florence

Shit, Lex is my top neighbour, did not see that coming. I'd have to see his list, I'll be pleasantly surprised if he voted for Art Brut and Wild Beasts too. Realistically it's becuase he voted for Cher Lloyd, Nikkiya, PJ Harvey and Kate Bush too.

A bit gutted Raphael Saadiq didn't make it. It was my number one.

Thanks to you guys for putting this list together.

great live show on the kaputt tour too!

man i'm really out of touch these days. i've only listened to maybe 10 of these. and there were releases by longtime faves that i totally ignored.

Ford & Lopatin — Channel Pressure << this totally ruled my year tho.

cool poll, always love these, thanks j0rd for putting it together.

i'm being a dick, sorry guys, i really won't post on this thread anymore starting right now

i'm giving this destroyer a shot on youtube. not so hot i'm afraid. but i never liked the new pornographers much either.

my friend whistled a katy b song to me over the phone, sorry but it just doesn't do much for me

oh so starting now you meant?

I only liked 'Savage Night At The Opera' off the Destroyer, but I did like it a lot, mainly 'cause it sounded like Broken Social Scene when they were great.

lol xxp

are you telling me i should like this more or get new headphones or what

SO many of my favorite albums taunting me from just outside the top 77

same. wolf & lamb vs soul clap, love love vs hate love, lloyd, meek mill

i wish i'd voted meek mill as my #1. oh well.

don't bother asking, he is definitely not posting on this thread anymore, he said so.

I nearly voted for that Soul Clap / W+L mix but it got knocked off by Uncle Acid

good choice

Destroyer was the #20 best reviewed on sites tracked by Metacritic
http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-albums-of-2011

My #16, Wild Beasts, was also #16 on Metacritic. Surprised it was only #85 here.

if markers had voted lulu woulda made the 77

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker

\(^o^)/

― markers

i didn't vote either and lulu would've been my no. 1

dammit brad

how can you help the LULU cause and hurt it in such quick succession

p happy with this years list. i got two more albums in the top 77 this year and v v pleased to see the excellent tim hecker album place so highly

what's her best album, MAtt?

― Sounds Of The Baskervilles (dog latin), Thursday, February 2, 2012 3:25 PM (1 hour ago)

Beyonce albums poll

embarrassing results imo, but if you're interested

Embarrassingly correct, you mean!

pretty much agree with matt dc's assessment of 4, good album that's just way overrated around here and doesn't come close imo to b'day

except Matt then went on to say 4 was her best album so

I'm not sure I've listened to B'Day since 2006, but "Deja Vu" might be better than any track on 4.

haha of all the tracks to rep for man

I love "Deja Vu" but a good 75% of 44 steamrolls it

I'm happy that Destroyer won, my number 3 or 4 I think.

I'm surprised that I like all of the top 8 albums. Haven't heard 9 and can't remember what I thought of 10.

Re "Deja Vu":

This song is like being locked in a dumbwaiter with a hyperactive gibbon wielding an airhorn.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, July 16, 2006 9:54 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that's quite a strong compliment imo.

i just can't believe people remember "Mildly Psychologically Disturbed In Love" even exists when they're not listening to the album it's on

Anyway, back to the most important thing. A ROCK ALBUM FINALLY WON OUR POLL! lol it rocks about as hard as a single gym sock in a dryer full of towels. But, technically, it's the work of a WHITE MALE WHO PLAYS MULTIPLE INSTRUMENTS PROFICIENTLY AND HAS A BEARD.

except Matt then went on to say 4 was her best album so

― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Thursday, February 2, 2012 4:46 PM (12 minutes ago)

for a dude who likes to chastise others on their reading comprehension you must have missed the 'imo' in my post!

its not a rock record, its a lifestyle record, man.

destroyer would have been my #1 or #2 if i'd voted. kinda funny watching people's reactions to that one. pleasantly shocked at quik's placing at #7 without help from either me or deej!

4 is great. So is B'Day. I still haven't decided which is better - they have totally different aesthetics and aims.

Great poll. Honestly, the most I can ask out of an ILM poll is that much of it be stuff I didn't know existed, and this succeeded.