THE 2012 ILM SUPER-MEGA YEAR-END ALBUMS 'N' TRACKS POLL™ is open for nominations! (ends Sunday January 6)

why limit the # at all, honestly

When I did the alt 70s album poll a few years ago (and I think it happened again in the 20th century track poll), some clown came in and dropped 300 nominations in one go, half of which were junk, and then never even voted.

why limit the # at all, honestly

Good question. The main argument is that if people started dumping their personal top 100 lists, then the thread and spreadsheet would become unusable. Having a cap means that people have to think a bit harder about what to nominate and leads to a better shortlist.

yeah...i do think limiting the # is a good idea. i just feel like it should be kept as simple as possible, the 'do as many of this or that as you like' thing is TOO MUCH CHOICE for me!!

Last year we had 755 album nominations and 1238 track nominations btw.

ALBUMS

Ondatrópica - Ondatrópica
Alexander Tucker - Third Mouth
Six Organs of Admittance - Ascent
Eternal Tapestry - Dawn in Two Dimensions
Moon Duo - Circles

uh oh I think it's 2 Dimensions not Two -- is that a problem?

no problem

At least not too much of one.

What does "place" mean in the context of this thread?

Like what if I don't wanna vote for " hit me" this year but want to vote for it next year?

Oh also

Bitchin Bajas - Vibraquatic
Sylvester Anfang II - Perzische Tapijten

That's 7/15?

What does "place" mean in the context of this thread?

Like what if I don't wanna vote for " hit me" this year but want to vote for it next year?

― Raymond Cummings, Wednesday, December 12, 2012 10:45 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it just means that if after we vote in this year's poll Mystikal is in the final list, then the song won't be eligible in the 2013 poll

and that since Gotye was voted into the results of last year's poll, it's not eligible this time around, etc.

What does "place" mean in the context of this thread?

Top 77 in any previous year.*

* More or less; the 77 concept started in 2010, before that the rollout was shorter. I'm not sure what we would do if someone wanted to nominate a pre-2010 track/album.

Right. If something was nominated last year, but didn't appear in last year's top 77, but would still be eligible this year, then it's fair game. In the case of Nadia Oh or Gotye, where it DID appear in last year's top 77, it's ineligible.

I'm not sure what we would do if someone wanted to nominate a pre-2010 track/album.

If there's a justifiable claim that some track or album from two or more years back made a legitimate impact in 2012, and not "I only just heard _______ this year and I want to nominate it," then it's cool with me.

Album
Trust - TRST
Daughn Gibson - All Hell
Japandroids - Celebration Rock

Tracks
Florrie - Shot You Down
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Charli XCX - So Far Away
Trust - Gloryhole
Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built
Loreen - Euphoria
Gatekeeper - Encarta
John Talabot - Depak Inc

JF I meant if someone nominated a 2009 album that had impact this year but came e.g. 71st in that year's poll - it wouldn't have placed in the 2009 rollout but would have placed under a 77 regime. I guess we don't need to address that until someone nominates Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow.

o i c

Yeah, it doesn't happen very much, but it inevitably will happen at least once.

Every year I intend to hold off nominating until late in the process but I always get carried away.

TRACKS

Goat - Goathead
Roisin Murphy - Simulation

10/15

ALBUMS

Marielle V Jakobsons - Glass Canyon
Lee Ranaldo - Between the Times and the Tides
Dirty Three - Toward the Low Sun
Tenniscoats - Papa's Ear
Zita Swoon Group - Wait For Me

10/15

TRACKS
Haim - Don't Save Me

(9/15)

Question--
Are tracks from Can's Lost Tapes eligible if they were just released this year?

Compilations and archival recordings that are "new" as of 2012 are eligible. Reissues, no matter how extravagant the packaging and/or extras, are not.

Which means Lost Tapes is ok.

ALBUMS

Sa Dingding - The Coming Ones
Zazen Boys - Stories
Zaki Ibrahim - Every Opposite
Matthew Shipp - Elastic Aspects
Elio Villafranca/Arturo Stable - Dos y Mas

5/15

TRACKS

Sa Dingding - Lai Zhe Mo Jie
Yamantaka//Sonic Titan - Lamia
Zaki Ibrahim - Heartbeat (Nick Holder Mix)
Hospitality - Eighth Avenue

4/15

Gotcha

In that case

TRACKS

Can - Deadly Doris
Can - Dead Pigeon Suite
Ke$ha - Die Young

TRACKS
Miguel - Use Me
Ab-Soul - SOPA
TOY - Colour's Running Out
Pinkish Black - Against the Door
Oren Ambarchi - Knots
deepspacepilots - Black Emmanuelle
Sarah Jaffe - Sucker for Your Marketing

ALBUMS
Black Bananas - Rad Times Xpress IV
Fushitsusha - Hikari to Nazukeyo
Windhand - s/t
Aluk Todolo - Occult Rock
Sungod - Cuts from the Ether
Flavor Crystals - Three
Bardo Pond - YNTRA
Astra - The Black Chord
Fuxa - Electric Sound of Summer
Aqua Nebula Oscillator - Third

17/30

Just noticed this from Tuomas's nominations:

Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe (this is technically a reissue from the 1970s, but 50% of it is material that's never been released before, so I think it should qualify)

This is still technically a reissue. As cool as it is (and it's COOL), I think it falls outside the just about the only rule I've set regarding eligibility.

I forgot the Jaffe! Good one, Drugs A. Money.

Albums spreadsheet: http://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmydPg1ULhKNdGwwbzlwYVhiRURBbzY1NmUzNHNOZUE

Matt DC, could you add this to the op? And keep an eye out for J0rdan's tracks spreadsheet whenever it turns up. We'll need you to add that one too.

Asa - Foetida: Use Your Illusion III

Best act/album title pairing award

Not a lot to add to things already nommed, but for now:

ALBUMS
Sweater Girls - Were Here...
Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang - En Yay Sah
Kelly Hogan - I Like to Keep Myself in Pain

3/15

ALBUMS

Turbonegro - Sexual Harassment
Mac Demarco - Mac Demarco 2
Greeen Linez - Things That Fade
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Altered Natives - Tenement Yard 3

5/15

ALBUM
Mademoiselle Nineteen - Mademoiselle Nineteen

TRACK
Pye Corner Audio - The Mirror Ball Cracked

2/30

(also, pedantic point re the Albums spreadsheet: there is no 'The' in Belbury Poly)

ALBUMS

Actress - R.I.P.
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Cobra Juicy
Burial - Kindred EP
Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss
El Perro Del Mar - Pale Fire
Frankie Rose - Interstellar
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Legowelt - The Paranormal Sound
Lindstrøm - Six Cups Of Rebel
Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action At A Distance
Mirrorring - Foreign Body
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Americana
Oren Ambarchi - Sagittarian Domain
Todd Terje - It's The Arps

14/15

fixed, thanks. xp

btw, there are 198 album noms so far and no Frank Ocean. oh ilxpaws

Should be Mirroring while yr at it, diamonddave gone double-r crazy

Fixed.

nope, two rs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrorring

unfixed :D

oops, "Legowelt - The Paranormal Sound" should be "Legowelt - The Paranormal Soul"

Fixed. Also, I went ahead and added Channel Orange so no one would have to waste a nom on it.

well blow me down, i hadn't noticed that mirrorring spelling before. not just me though, loads of sites have it listed wrong. i do beg yr pardon!

Also, I went ahead and added Channel Orange so no one would have to waste a nom on it.

boo shenanigans

If it's good for nothing else, the EOY poll forces us to face the erroneous presumptions of our spelling.

Boo Shenanigans better be the title of the next Frank Ocean album

Tracks:

Ozan Dogulu ft Atiye Deniz - Askistan
Juicee Kouture - Might Be The Police
Angela London - Infrakrasnii
Ivan Dorn - Severnoe Siyanie
Taylor Swift - Safe And Sound

20/30

lol

seandalai and I had actually tossed around the idea of creating a pre-list for noms including a bunch of things that seemed commonplace on lists from other publications, but eventually just decided to let things unfold as they may. If this will be seen as a scandal, I'll make Channel Orange one of my official nominations, which puts me now at 12/15 for albums.

TRACKS

Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You
Blood Diamonds ft. Grimes - Phone Sex
Baunz - The Same Thing
Me & Skinny June - Fight
MØ - Maiden
The Late Great Fitzcarraldos - Jesu
Empress Of - Champagne

7/15

Sorry, that should be: Me & Skinny Joon - Fight