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Ordered:

Cassie - Official Girl
Omar-S - Psychotic Photosynthesis
Teedra Moses - So Kool
Jazmine Sullivan - Dream Big
Ciara - Echo
DJ Koze - I Want To Sleep
Ne-Yo - Single
Dirk Leyers - Alma
Portable - Release
Richard Bartz - Diamond Girl
Keri Hilson - Return The Favor
Lloyd - Girls Around The World
Britney Spears - Break The Ice
Matias Aguayo - Minimal (Dj Koze Maxi Version)
Mariah Carey - Lovin' You Long Time
Janet Jackson - Rock With U
Sound Stream - Live Goes On
Luomo Ft. Sascha Ring Aka Apparat - Love You All
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
John Daly - Solitaire

Jazmine Sullivan - Need U Bad

sacrificed my jazmine trax in the hope that the album will place...couldn't decide between my favourites ('in love with another man' and 'lions, tigers & bears') and the most likely track to place ('need u bad') anyway

I didn't vote the album. For some reason I played the hell out of it when it first came out then could no longer stand it at all.

new youtube embed formatting has kinda ruined potentially good zings hasn't it?

Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight (Quentin Harris Mix)

biggest regret not voting for this - couldn't decide between og and rmx, not that it would've mattered. that song was a bigger part of my 08 than some that i did vote for.

tracks ranked

Esoteric - Circle
Bug, The - Poison Dart (Ft/ Warrior Queen
Portishead - Machine Gun
Portishead - The Rip
Torche - Amnesian
Jesu - Farewell (Alternative Version)
Larkin Grimm - Blond And Golden Johns
Paavoharju - Uskallan
Spiritualized - Soul On Fire
Belong - Late Night
Bug F/ Killa P & Flowdan, The - Skeng
Bug, The - Murder We (Featuring Ricky Ranking)
Half Man Half Biscuit - National Shite Day
Hold Steady, The - Sequestered In Memphis
Portishead - We Carry On
Ricardo Villalobos - Minimoonstar (Shackleton Remix)
Kathleen Edwards - I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Zodiac Girls

TRACKS ORDERED

Jordin Sparks And Chris Brown - No Air
Tinchy Stryder - Stryderman
Grace Jones - Williams' Blood (Aeroplane Rmx)
Lil Mama - Shawty Get Loose (Feat. Chris Brown & T-Pain)
MGMT - Electric Feel
Friendly Fires - Paris (Feat. Au Revoir Simone)(Aeroplane Remix)
Presets, The - This Boy's In Love
Erykah Badu - Honey (Seiji Mix)
Mystery Jets W/ L. Marling - Young Love
Solange - Sandcastle Disco
Kylie Minogue - Heart Beat Rock (Benny Blanco Remix Feat. Spank Rock)
Kelly Rowland - Work (Freemasons Remix)
Jazmine Sullivan - Bust Your Windows
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
DJ Mujava - Township Funk
Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire
Estelle Feat. Kanye West - American Boy
Girls Aloud - The Promise
Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)

lol Pfunkboy and I were responsible for all of Esoteric's 37 points

Ordered:
Dizzee Rascal - Dance Wiv Me
MIA - Paper Planes
Estelle Feat. Kanye West - American Boy
Alphabeat -Boyfriend
Wiley - Wearing My Rolex
Coldplay - Violet Hill
Flo Rida - Low
Nu Brand Flexx - I Feel So Good
T2 - Heartbroken
Keane - Spiralling
Lady Gaga - Just Dance
Ne-Yo - Closer
Cassie - Official Girl
Sam Sparro - 21st Century Life
Rihanna - Please Don't Stop The Music (Wideboys Bassline Mix)
Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating
Ting Tings, The - Shut Up And Let Me Go
H Two O Ft Platnum - What’s It Gonna Be
Whitest Boy Alive, The - Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)
Sam Sparro - Black & Gold

The only one I was on my own for was 21st Century Life

I thought we might , LJ. I guess the metal voters didn't vote/only vote albums.

Have you tried the Frankie Knuckles and/or Hercules Club mixes? One of them might be more your speed.

yeah i like the frankie knuckles mix better, but the song just never puts it over for me. i don't dislike it or anything, it makes sense as an ilm consensus #1. just, for me, lacks a wow factor.

it makes sense as an ilm consensus #1. just, for me, lacks a wow factor.

I dunno, if I think back to last summer, this felt like a Big Single

it is also possible i'd like it more if it was sung by, like, lonnie gordon. or even kathy diamond.

Ordered

Juan Maclean, The - Happy House
Aeroplane - Whispers
MGMT - Electric Feel
Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
Friendly Fires - Paris (Feat. Au Revoir Simone)(Aeroplane Remix)
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
Kleerup Ft. Lykke Li - Until We Bleed
Sanatagold - Lights Out
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
M83 - Kim & Jessie
Quiet Village - Pillow Talk
Low Motion Disco -Love Love Love (Aeroplane Mix)
Sexy Kids - Sisters Are Forever
Lindstrom - The Long Way Home (Prins Thomas Edit)
Half Man Half Biscuit - National Shite Day
MIA - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)
David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens
Dizzee Rascal - Dance Wiv Me
Panic! At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon
Girls Aloud - The Promise

Admit the last three are pretty weak, but I was rushing and couldn't think of what to put there. Panic at the Disco was totally about Rock Band withdrawal, as that song was satisfyingly fun to play. Happy to contribute to the death of ILM anyways

didn't vote, but had i it was gonna be this

ranked: Chris Brown - Forever
Ayumi Hamasaki - Part Of Me (Carl Craig Remix)
Cassie - Official Girl
Lil Wayne Feat. Static Major - Lollipop
Phil Collins - I'm Not Moving (Idjut Boys Remix)
Scarlett Johannson - Falling Down
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Kelley Polar - Entropy Reigns
Ne Yo - Closer
Kanye - West Love Lockdown
Lil Wayne - A Milli
Ciara - Echo
Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love for Planet Earth
Lil Wayne - Got Money
Matias Aguayo - Minimal
No Age - Eraser
Usher - Love In This Club
Hercules and Love Affair - Blind (frankie knuckles)
Ne Yo - Miss Independent
Morgan Geist - Detroit

rollin rollin rollin we ain't slept in weeks

Wow I really like a lot of these private lists.

I don't think I kept a copy of mine :-(

Thanks musically for doing this!

This list is shockingly terrible.. Each year the ILM singles poll usually includes at least a few hidden gems I had missed out on, which I was kind of counting on.. but this poll proves it. there were no hidden gems. 2008 = worst year for singles that has ever existed. not joking. The majority of these choices will be forgotten in less than 2 years. "Miss Independent" is like fifty times better than "Closer." Will rock ever recover?

good question

Will rock ever recover?

Even though I agree mainstream indie/rock is mostly shit these days

I mean.. unless people who post/vote here, with their supposedly infinite musical wisdom, have all collectively decided to start enjoying shit all at the same time. .. I'm so disappointed.

I like "A-Punk," but jeez.. remember when rock was exciting?

is bilstevejim a bill magill sock? anyway, you should post your list homie. im interested in your non-disappointing list

And yes, there were a few good 2008 rock albums.. it was a far better year for albums overall, but I just miss the days of killer rock singles. it's depressing.

i didnt vote.

I think rock is at it's most healthiest in Metal these days. If the poll ILX METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2008 RESULTS (NOW COUNTING DOWN THE TOP TEN, BTW) we ran is anything to go by, but I suspect most people wouldn't be the least bit interested in it. Even if Torche are very poppy (and a lot in that poll are considered not proper metal anyway). There's plenty of experimentation involved in other bands in that poll. But then again that can be said of a lot of rock that doesn't get covered by Pitchfork/NME that most people wont hear.
I don't believe rock is creatively dead in the underground. In the NME world then I think it's creatively dead if not commercially.

but I just miss the days of killer rock singles. it's depressing.

Maybe there are killer rock songs that get ignored by the media. Wouldn't be a first. Radio is shit nowadays. Playlists are pretty much the same.

why am i always asleep when this gets rolled out?

aside from "Happy House" and "Blind", that is a weird top 5. would've voted for "The Rip" had I remembered it and I like both versions of "Paris" a lot but am really surprised that it placed that high. also no Vampire Weekend woo!

and yay for musically! excellent work.

i guess i hadnt been keeping up on the ne-yo discussion, but i'm still really shocked that "mad" or especially "single" didnt get more love. i <3 everyone who voted for oM, and also "out of reaches" by malkmus and "i lost you" by the walkmen; the latter two i nominated just because they were non-single personal favs and didnt figure anyone else would notice

im interested in your non-disappointing list

Once again, I didnt vote.. I'm not expecting anyone here to agree, especially since I'm tired of most 2008 music already.. But my favorite songs of the year were probably these 5.. "Teen Creeps" (No Age), "We're Looking For A Lot Of Love" (Hot Chip), "Soldiers Grin" (Wolf Parade), "Fascination" (Alphabeat), "God And Suicide" (Blitzen Trapper) .. Cut Copy, No Age, and Wolf Parade were the only albums I considered solid.

Except for Hot Chip and Alphabeat, that's a bunch of downer stuff. Cheer up, billstevejim!

if you don't vote, you can't complain

"fascination" placed, if you didnt notice. also i would really hate to only have four records you liked in a year! or are you just talking about rock?

Cut Copy makes me happy.

I would have voted but um.. I forgot.. I liked lots of various album tracks (it was actually a decent year for those), but those were the only 3 albums where I liked every song.

2009 will be good.. I have faith.

That Hot Chip song is a downer actually..

boy was that no age album ever overrated. but i guess there'll be time to talk about that on the albums poll...

not sure about wolf parade but i think no age and cut copy def will get some love on the albums thread so relax. xp

yeah, No Age got robbed (would've liked to have seen "Eraser" place myself), as did The Walkmen. Whatevs. I forgot to vote, so I can't really complain (I generally liked most of the stuff on the list anyway)

Yeah, there's definitely nothing on the list that I actively hate (just don't think "Happy House" is so great, but whatevs).

yeah i had not even heard of that track before this thread, and when i listened to it, i jsut thought "hm this is like a slightly above-average DFA track". then i found out it actually was a slightly above average (imo) DFA track. apparently there was more to/of the song though?

Ordered:

B-52's, The - Eyes Wide Open
Wiley - Wearing My Rolex
Erykah Badu - The Healer
Ida Maria - Oh My God
Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone
Randy Newman - Feels Like Home
Neon Neon - I Told Her On Alderaan (Richard X Mix)
Torche - Amnesian
Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook
Kleerup Ft. Lykke Li - Until We Bleed
MIA - Paper Planes
School Of Seven Bells - Half Asleep
Portishead - The Rip
Q-Tip - Gettin' Up
Dizzee Rascal - Dance Wiv Me
Goldfrapp - A & E
Lambchop - Natl Talk Like A Pirate Day
Lykke Li - Little Bit
Al Green - Lay It Down
Guns N' Roses - Better

TRAX (not ordered):
Ne-Yo - Closer
John Legend F/ Andre 3000 - Green Light
Young Jeezy - Circulate
Jordin Sparks And Chris Brown - No Air
Sara Bareilles - Love Song
Jazmine Sullivan - Need U Bad
Erykah Badu - Soldier
Nine Inch Nails - 1,000,000
Raphael Saadiq - Big Easy
Young Jeezy Ft. Kanye West - Put On
Pink - So What
Hot Stylz F/ Yung Joc - Lookin' Boy
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em - Donk
Katy Perry - Hot N Cold
Cherish - Killa (Feat. Yung Joc)
Ne-Yo - Miss Independent
Usher - Trading Places
Trina Ft. Killer Mike - Look Back At Me
Ryan Leslie - Addiction Remix (Ft/ Cassie And Fabolous)
Guns N' Roses - Better

Listening to this "Blind" for the first time now and...huh. Seems definitely not intended for me. Not that it's hostile or something - I just mean that while I don't know anything about dance (?) music, some of the other dance (?) things on this thread managed to prick up my ears, whereas this just kind of slips by. Just weird to find that in a #1, oh well.

(Not saying that it has to check off my personal boxes to be good, just that I'd sort of expected the top ten to be nothing but crossover hits appealing to all segments of ILM, or something.)

Tracks, not ordered:

Cure, The - Underneath The Stars
Erykah Badu - Soldier
Erykah Badu - The Healer
Gang Gang Dance - House Jam
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
Hercules And Love Affair - You Belong
Jamie Lidell - Another Day
Kanye West - Heartless
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Lil Wayne - Got Money
Lil Wayne Feat. Static Major - Lollipop
M83 - Kim & Jessie
Mountain Goats, The - Sax Rohmer #1
Portishead - Machine Gun
Portishead - We Carry On
Rihanna - Disturbia
Rihanna - Rehab
Spiritualized - Soul On Fire
T.I. Feat. Rihanna - Live Your Life
Taylor Swift - Love Story