ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

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.

johnny i was going to say, it doesn't sound much like a rock record.

the fact that it might not really be a rock record fits in with the REAL RnB/Black Metal/Indie arguments quite nicely hahaha

as for lifestyle, it must be a damn boring tasteful life.

TRVE LIFESTYLE

lol

lol, that florence IS kinda casually racist
and the song ain't bad! Two surprises!

kev, if you me and deej had voted it likely woulda been at like #4

i'd just like to note that one of the million awesome things abt destroyer getting #1 AND twelve 1st place votes is that it leaked THIRTEEN MONTHS AGO.

It should go without saying, but the "problem" with critical championing of "indie-" versions of genres (R&B, metal) etc. over and above other music from those genres is not the music per se or the fact that it's being celebrated; rather, it's that so often the form and the intent of the celebration is the revalidation of the same values, over and over and over, as if the (let's call it) p4k mindset exists in a hall of mirrors wherein all it can see is refracted images of itself splayed endlessly along an infinitely receding horizon of vassal-genres.

yup that's what i think about when i listen to the weeknd and smoke mad weed

tim did you check out drugs a. moneys thread? Poptimists get into ...METAL?!

6. Gang Gang Dance — Eye Contact (it's ok, not a patch on previous LP tho'. About the same as God's Money now I've gone back and checked out their older stuff. Really dig them overall but very surprised at the collective praise for a MUCH less convincing/exciting/diluted album to my ears)
5. Kate Bush — 50 Words For Snow (christ, I can't get into this, like really into (it's KATE BUSH!!)... I hope it deserves this place, surely AERIAL didn't place this high last time round??)
4. Beyonce — 4 (ilm)
3. Katy B — On a Mission (really, REALLY fun. Slept on this till last month, but sooo lightweight & *almost* anonymous for a good 3rd or more of the running time... #3 is an overration. Deserves to be noticed though.)
2. PJ Harvey — Let England Shake (listened a couple of times, probably as much decent as every album since the first 3 been... but never enough to surpass them to me)
1. Destroyer — Kaputt (unlikely to be my thing, ignore)

i'd just like to note that one of the million awesome things abt destroyer getting #1 AND twelve 1st place votes is that it leaked THIRTEEN MONTHS AGO.

― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, February 2, 2012 5:23 PM (5 minutes ago)

otm! i voted for "bay of pigs" in the 2009 poll

anyone got a handy list of previous years results? was looking back at 2010 yesterday and faintly surprised to only see Warpaint at #70 (finally gave that the attention I'd meant to a whole year ago and fallen in love to bits wit it quite unexpectedly....)

tim did you check out drugs a. moneys thread? Poptimists get into ...METAL?!

I've read it but can't watch youtubes at work.

I'm not someone who objects to people viewing genres with one set of values through the prism of others. It's more about how crushingly monolithic that process gets within critical discourse and how aware people are of what they're doing. I definitely think it's a massive bridge too far to think that everyone into the Weeknd or Liturgy is enjoying them for their "indie values".

xp to a few posts up

Tim, doesn't that argument rely on p4k playing a normative role? Why should the opinions of p4k people get to define what kind of (say) R&B is visible? I know they're influential and ILM sometimes seems oddly obsessed with p4k, but as long as there is healthy R&B criticism it's not like non-indie/crossover artists can get completely written out of the discourse.