Kings and Queens: 2016 Albums Poll debrief, ballots, and haters mad for whatever reason

North African prog, I hope?

Also, is anyone else hearing Aerosmith every time you see this thread?

weighted, bold didn't place

Pinegrove – Cardinal
A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here, Thank You For Your Service
KING – We Are King
Schoolboy Q – Blank Face LP
David Bowie – Blackstar
Anderson .Paak – Malibu
Noname – Telefone
Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Pretty Years
Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book
Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
Field Music – Commontime
Young Thug – JEFFERY
Shearwater – Jet Plane & Oxbow
Maxwell – blackSUMMERSnight
YG – Still Brazy
Isaiah Rashad – The Sun’s Tirade
The Avalanches – Wildflower
BJ The Chicago Kid – In My Mind
Big Thief – Masterpiece
Terrace Martin – Velvet Portraits
Ultimate Painting - Dusk
Skepta – Konnichiwa
Jessy Lanza – Oh No
Kanye West – The Life of Pablo

think tt got Mordy into Trust Fund? we're claiming the victory

― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago)

Ahhh, I guess that isn't that weird. It's one of those things that always catches me off-guard, though, when bands I know/have played a bunch with turn up here, at least without it being me lobbying for them! (Btw everyone into punx0r/hardcore stuff should check out my #1 track, even though the poll is over, for them I will still lobby lobby lobby.)

Unranked. Bold didn't place:

Angel Olsen - My Woman
Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
daniel lanois - goodbye to language
David Bowie - Blackstar
Ed Harcourt - Furnaces
Eleanor Friedberger - New View
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution
Federico Albanese - The Blue Hour
Howe Gelb - Future Standards
Jack DeJohnette - In Movement
Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
Keith Jarrett - A Multitude of Angels
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
Lucinda Williams - Ghosts of Highway 20
Nels Cline - Lovers
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Nik Bärtsch - Continuum
Radian - On Dark Silent Off
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
Spain - Carolina
Teenage Fanclub - Here
The Orb - COW / Chill Out, World!
Tindersticks - The Waiting Room
Van Morrison - Keep Me Singing
William Tyler - Modern Country

i think this was my ranked ballot

Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gales
Okkervil River - Away
Pinegrove - Cardinal
Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death
Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
Shura - Nothing's Real
case/lang/veirs - case/lang/veirs
Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY.
Bibio - A Mineral Love
Postiljonen - Reverie
William Tyler - Modern Country
Ian William Craig - Centres
Euglossine - Canopy Stories
Steve Hauschildt - Strands
Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid
Giorgio Tuma - This Life Denied Me Your Love
Shearwater - Jet Plane & Oxbow
Wild Nothing - Life of Pause
Kettel - Wingtip
Steve Gunn - Eyes on the Lines
FM-84 - Atlas
Hammock - Everything And Nothing
Eluvium - False Reading On
The Amazing - Ambulance
Deakin - Sleep Cycle

My ranked ballot.

Shura - Nothing's Real
KING - We Are KING
Niki & the Dove - Everybody's Heart is Broken Now
Solange - A Seat at the Table
School of Seven Bells - SVIIB
The 1975 - I like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
ANOHNI - Hopelessness
Britney Spears - Glory
Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gales
The Avalanches - Wildflower
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Beyoncé – Lemonade
Kristin Kontrol - X-Communicate
Corinne Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks In Whispers
Japanese Breakfast - Psychopomp
Rihanna - Anti
Róisín Murphy - Take Her Up to Monto
Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION Side B
Maxwell - blackSUMMERSnight
Cellars - Phases
Tweet - Charlene
Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room
Ngaiire - Blastoma
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
Junior Boys - Big Black Coat

My ranked ballot:

Wardruna - Runaljod - Ragnarok
The Human Voice - Silent Heart
Abul Mogard - Works
Hannah Epperson - Upsweep
Christopher Tignor - Along A Vanishing Plane
ROME - The Hyperion Machine
Tetherdown - First Flight
bvdub - A Thousand Words
Skepta - Konnichiwa
FM-84 - Atlas
Hammock - Everything And Nothing
Niechęć - Niechęć
Perturbator - The Uncanny Valley
Xiu Xiu - Plays The Music Of Twin Peaks
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Black Sabat Mater
Sylvaine - Wistful
Lubomyr Melnyk - Illirion
Petar Dundov - At the Turn of Equilibrium
Ólafur Arnalds - Island Songs 1
Hælos - Full Circle
And Also The Trees - Born Into The Waves
BadBadNotGood - IV
Eluvium - False Reading On
V/A - Synth Love Affair Vol. 1

I never vote for any metal in this poll. Only two of them placed, but I don't feel like I'm out of touch with the rest of ILM, I've heard plenty of albums from the top 77 and enjoyed lots of them, just not enough to make it to my 25.

yeah think imago mentioned them on the emo thread and i really liked the album - v pleasant xpz

Order is a bit tweaked I think from the ballot I submitted, but the contents are the same. Ranked ballot:

NxWorries - Yes Lawd!
Autechre - Elseq 1-5
Angel Olsen - My Woman
Tim Hecker - Love Streams
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ears
Kaytranada - 99.9%
Anderson .Paak - Malibu
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Katie Gately - Color
Seahawks - Escape Hatch
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
Ital Tek - Hallowed
Moderat - III
Pinkshinyultrablast - Grandfeathered
KING - We Are KING
Sound of Ceres - Nostalgia For Infinity
The Avalanches - Wildflower
V/A - DJ Koze Presents Pampa Vol. 1
Yagya - Stars and Dust
Noname - Telefone
oddisee - the odd tape
BadBadNotGood - IV

zero votes for drake is even better than him not getting nominated

my mixed ballot:

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ears

All Saints - Red Flag
Niki & the Dove - Everybody's Heart is Broken Now
KING - We Are KING
Kornél Kovács - The Bells
School of Seven Bells - SVIIB
Beyoncé – Lemonade
V/A - La Torre Volumen Uno
Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death
CFCF - On Vacation
Chairlift - Moth
Fear Of Men - Fall Forever
Templehof & Gigi Masin - Tsuki
Jamila Woods - HEAVN
Jessy Lanza - Oh No
Junior Boys - Big Black Coat
K. Michelle - More Issues Than Vogue
Kristin Kontrol - X-Communicate
Ngaiire - Blastoma
The Radio Dept. - Running Out of Love
The Invisible - Patience
Tkay Maidza - Tkay
Wilson Tanner - 69
El Perro Del Mar - KoKoro
Prins Thomas - Principe Del Norte

I wish I had made time to rank all these, and not just single out KAS, Ngaiire was robbed. My neigbour is Kitchen Person for the third year running. ewar woowar's ballot is my other favourite posted but well done everyone on a list that was far from awful and the great roll-outs this past fortnight.

weighted:

Andrew Pekler - Tristes Tropiques
Naji Hakim - Hakim Plays Hakim: The Schuke Organ of the Palacio Euskalduna of Bilbao, Vol. 2
Jeremy Bible - Music for Black Holes
Sarah Davachi - Vergers
Biosphere - Departed Glories
Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek - Schaum
Steve Hauschildt - Strands
Sarah Davachi - Dominions
Pulse Emitter - Through the Portal
Steve Moore - The Mind's Eye (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Qluster - Echtzeit
Guenter Schlienz - Augenblicke
Les Halles - Sentient
Klara Lewis - Too
Lustmord - Dark Matter
The Haters - Fire
Prurient - Unknown Rains
Eternal Tapestry - Sleeping On A Dandelion
Bardo Pond - Acid Guru Pond
Kikagaku Moyo - House in the Tall Grass
Spacin' - Total Freedom
Stuart Chalmers - In the Heart of Solitude
Overtone Ensemble - Longitudes
Bethan Kellough - Aven
Steve Roden - Striations

Interesting list. I didn't follow ambient/drone stuff as much as I would have liked to.

Groovypanda, you da man/woman!

I didn't save my list anywhere but it was balearic thread-heavy.

My mixed ballot, bolded ones didn't place:

Young Thug - Jeffery
Rihanna - Anti
Kiss Daniel - New Era
Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
Beyoncé – Lemonade
Dawn Richard - REDemption
Rae Sremmurd - Sremmlife 2
Britney Spears - Glory
KING - We Are KING
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Tweet - Charlene
Ngaiire - Blastoma

EXO - EX'ACT
Yemi Alade - Mama Africa (The Diary of an African Woman)
Babes Wodumo - Gqom Queen, Vol. 1
Maxwell - blackSUMMERSnight
J Balvin - Energía
Khuli Chana - One Source
Alkaline - New Level Unlocked
Fantasia - The Definition Of...
K. Michelle - More Issues Than Vogue
Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room
Abra - Princess
V/A - The Sound of Durban Vol. 1
BTS - Wings

Would have voted for the Mambos Levis D'Outro Mundo compilation if I'd seen it among the nominations.
Same for the (Dutch rap/r&b)Gate 16 compilation had I not forgotten to nominate it myself.

Nice to have lexpretend as my neighbour. What are we going to do when Young Thug comes over though?

weighted

Fruit - Fruit
Francis and the Lights - Farewell, Starlite!
Frankie Reyes - Boleros Valses y Mas
Lambchop – FLOTUS
Bullion - Loop the Loop
American Football - LP2
Steve Hauschildt - Strands
Dan Lissvik – Midnight
Tweet - Charlene
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
Pinkshinyultrablast – Grandfeathered
Young Thug - Jeffery
Moodymann - DJ-Kicks
Tim Hecker - Love Streams
Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
School of Seven Bells - SVIIB
Junior Boys - Big Black Coat
Pet Shop Boys – Super
KING- We Are KING
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION Side B
Julianna Barwick – Will
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani – Sunergy

Ranked

Angel Olsen - My Woman
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
Hamilton Leithauser / Rostam - I Had a Dream That You Were Mine
Beyoncé – Lemonade
KING - We Are KING
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ears
Maxwell - blackSUMMERSnight
Jessy Lanza - Oh No
David Bowie - Blackstar
Solange - A Seat at the Table
Anderson .Paak - Malibu
Cellars - Phases
Mitski - Puberty 2
Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
Moderat - III
Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room
Katie Gately - Color
Brian Eno - The Ship
ANOHNI - Hopelessness