ILM'S TOP 77 TRACKS of 2010

"night air" really is kinda amazing

yes!

katy b first one i voted for! it's the dubby reggae descending ooo-ooo-oon in the vocal that got me into it. then i'm just into songs abt walking into the spot i think, esp. when they are actually kinda chill

i heard 'night air' for the first time while i was already making my tracks list for this, and it went straight in

yeah 'night air' was top ten for me, but original version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AqTvu5_plM

"night air" also burial's finest moment imo (he co-produced). and the MOR tinge that people snark on is actually the secret to why it's so great.

genuinely magical to listen to while walking home on a freezing winter's night at 3am. i love how it's equal parts comforting and threatening.

middlebrow dubstep heads calling actually-great music 'MOR' shocker

im bringing shocker back btw

nice track

i forgot how dope age of information is, i love the offbeat yelping interacting w/ offbeat snare

what? the people who think "MOR" is a snark aren't the er "middlebrow dubstep heads" (as if that phrase actually means anything), they're the people snarking on dubstep

pop songs about "the club" felt way too omnipresent in 2010, but katy b was one of the few who managed to pull it off really well (probably because she really nailed some of the emotional complexities of club culture)

i didn't know about the burial connection but it makes so much sense

maybe in the UK. ppl into dubstep here are not checking 'night air' bcuz it sounds nothing like dubstep xp

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36. CARIBOU "Sun" [330 points, 11 votes]
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Damn, this is a great run... Sun is the one unimpeachably great Caribou track.

I get the appeal of Katy B but it doesn't grab me right now. Can see certain circumstances where it would, though.

Absolutely cannot stand the Jamie Woon vocals - I have the feeling that musically I might quite like this but he won't shut up and I can't carry on listening to it.

and the MOR tinge that people snark on is actually the secret to why it's so great.

i don't hate "night air," but i'm having resistance issues, and suspect they have something to do with this. love the track, but the vocal only makes me think of patrick cullen moping about the rain-slick streets at night. prefer the original to the version that apparently won.

Yeah, the vocals are the weak point for me as well. Can still dig it though.

yeah, I have softened considerably on the album but still play "Sun". In my head it's paired with that Delorean track for some reason.

surprised but i actually like this caribou track on 1st listen

I like the run so far, much more interesting than the one we had yesterday imho. The constant repetition of the word 'sun' is sort of maddening to my ears but it doesn't stop me from enjoying the infectious propulsiveness of the song. Makes me want to stand up, clap and dance. But I'm in my office. And I can't.

i keep meaning to listen to this caribou album... this song is a banger

same here

love the filtering in this track

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37. WIZ KHALIFA "Black & Yellow" [330 points, 13 votes]
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whoops -- this is obv #35

video for Night Air is very creepy

"sun" is crazy great, like disco boredoms

"black & yellow" is a banger, wish i'd had room to vote for it

the shots of the praying mantis in the "night air" are incredibly beautiful

cool

i like this

wow didn't realize black&yellow had a presence on ILM

"black & yellow" is another one that would've been on my ballot if voting was a few weeks later -- i didn't really buy it until i started hearing it on the radio a ton & it's just great -- the verses have a weird off kilter flow & combined w/ wiz's enunciation i think they're pretty unique & fun

black & yellow is that rare rap song that is a straight-up rap song & charts but is liked by clubgoing pop-listening women more broadly

these used to be so common :(

I seem to keep going on about Caribou live but seeing him do "Sun" was one of my top musical moments of 2010.

I didn't hear this until the Girl Talk album. Made me want to check it out. Love it, especially "no keys, push to start" for some reason.

great jpg

wish I could listen to these youtubes at work

people who enjoyed both "night air" and the deadboy drake remix earlier might be interested in the deadboy remix of "night air" - the moment when deadboy starts cutting up the vox is so so good

Finally! A song about Pikachu.

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OK, this beat is pretty great.

black & yellow is that rare rap song that is a straight-up rap song & charts but is liked by clubgoing pop-listening women more broadly

these used to be so common :(

lol @ "clubgoing pop-listening women"

those songs are basically my own favourite type of songs

black & yellow is that rare rap song that is a straight-up rap song & charts but is liked by clubgoing pop-listening women more broadly

Ha, maybe explains why I voted for it?

discovered some really good songs for the 1st time today thanks to this poll.

dont know why thats 'lol,' this is the demographic that made rap music in the early 00s cross over in such a big way

pink and purple

Fuck why did I not bother to listen to that Caribou album??

hey jaymc have you checked my pnj top ten at all?? fives was on it & most of the stuff i voted is fairly pop-y, including the rap

this run of songs so far is fantastic