ILM'S TOP 77 TRACKS of 2010

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Sounds like the Pet Shop Boys to me. I mean that as a good thing.
xp re Scissor Sisters

Decent song, way overrated. She doesn't deserve to be on any list bcz of "California Girl" and "Fireworks" quite frankly.

i liked this katy perry track when it first hit, but wore out fast. lex otm about her voice being rly rly grating & annoying

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btw while the scissor sister's video is amazing, the cut of the song is a little awkward, here's the album version hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rloqlzn2EEg

I first heard about LCD when they first came out from p4k...the whole self-referential hipster "songs about other bands" thing that they shared with Art Brut I thought was a very unappealing direction for 'indie' or w/e + it was an early indication that the whole thing wz running out of steam, so I ignored it...later on ILM & other places I saw that Sounds of Silver & "All My Friends" were topping the '07 list. "All My Friends" is a pretty decent song: it's kind of Lethem-y, and I kind of hate Lethem, but still...I kind of thought though the idea of that song being the best of any year wz p ridiculous.

I still want to hear Sounds of Silver solely on the basis that it did so well on the ILM half-decade albums poll. but yeah I tend (possibly wrongly) to interpret ranking LCD as a shortcut around listening/thinking...

that said, I wd feel disingenuous slagging off Dance Yrself Clean (a dece tune in its entirety) and not Invisible Light...

Scissors Sister track is solid.

Is this one of the deals that was mentioned way up thread where because of Copyright concerns the vocal is pitched wrong? Or is this how Katy Perry sounds? I'm finding it unremarkable but maybe it needs repeat listens.

Invisible Light reminds me a little of Shampain...lots of Frankie in it, but some of the ABBA influence that others detected in Marina.

I like it alright.

no this is the actual recording. lol.

Is this one of the deals that was mentioned way up thread where because of Copyright concerns the vocal is pitched wrong? Or is this how Katy Perry sounds?

hahahahahahaha no that's how she sounds. it's awful and wrecks even potentially decent songs like this and "california gurls". i mean, this isn't a terrible song, but i feel that pop fans repping for katy perry is like...a chart version of stockholm syndrome

holy crap that "invisible light" video! can't believe i'd never seen that, circuits fried, gdglzdsedhck. jodorowsky, polanski, rinse dream, 70s horror/fantasy/sci-fi, valerie and her week of wonders, such an amazing mash-up of mystical sex nonsense.

"teenage dream" is so forced, like it's trying SO HARD to be a summer anthem

lol. okay thanks. I genuinely didn't know.
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ppl shd go back to shampain w/o thinking 'lol britishes' - it rly is chock-full of intelligent popcraft and punch

invisible light video is pitched somewhere b/w el guincho and grinderman 'heathen light' video - a good year for surrealist ott

Sounds like the Pet Shop Boys to me. - yeah, sounds like a DFA version of PSB (& I mean that as a GOOD thing).

This is the first I've heard of them in a long time as well. Does the rest of the album sound like this?

and i thought this was a very average, even underwhelming song at first, but by the end of the year it was close to the top of my list. it is the only katy perry single i've heard that hasn't gotten old or unbearably annoying over time.

Oh dear that Katy Perry song is no good whatsoever.

teenage dream too low imo

People going on about Katy B and Taio Cruz being ubiquitous in the UK this year..."Teenage Dream" was one that even I heard everywhere. And I would rather never hear again.

yup xp

Scissor Sisters video was made by CANADA, the same group who made the El Guincho video (and other eye candy videos). I hope the style doesn't get overused/overexposed, because they're still doing excellent work as of right now.

Damn I've been working crazy hours the past couple days, haven't been able to keep up with this monster of a countdown and now the top 20 has already started. Hearing more than half of these for the first time. F it, just gonna give my quick opinions now.

77. DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY "Ass on the Floor" [222 points, 7 votes] - great beat, Diddy sounds awkward,will probably take a few more listens to really get the love for it as a song-song.
76. VAMPIRE WEEKEND "Giving Up the Gun" [222 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote] - Awful, and I love their first record.
75. AZARI & III "Reckless (With Your Love) (Tensnake remix)" [228 points, 8 votes] - cool
74. CRYSTAL CASTLES "Celestica" [232 points, 8 votes] - sounds nice, but really inconsequential and fleeting.
73. TAYLOR SWIFT "Mean" [232 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote] - IDGI
72. MARINA & THE DIAMONDS "Shampain" [234 points, 10 votes] - weird, dramatic pop, no real opinion beyond WS '11 tbh
71. RIHANNA "What's My Name" [234 points, 11 votes] - Great once we get past Drake
70. THE FIVES ft. VANYA TAYLOR "It's What You Do (Hottest By Far)" [236 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote] - so this is UK funky? sounds a lot different (better) than other shit i've heard.i listened to this like 6 times yesterday; . would have voted it had i heard it earlier.
69. YUNG HUMMA ft. FLYNT FLO$$Y "Lemme Smang It" [236 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes] LOVE the video, but song without it seems like it wouldn't be much.
68. RICK ROSS ft. STYLES P "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)" [238 points, 12 votes] eh, love the album, but this is an expendable track to me. just a not-as-great version of Hard in da paint or MC Hammer.
67. THE KNIFE "Colouring of Pigeons" [242 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote] That #1 was me. :D
66. CASSIE "Skydiver" [242 points, 8 votes] - meh?
(TIE) 64. KELIS "Acapella" [242 points, 9 votes] - terrible. wtf people.
(TIE) 64. FOUR TET "Love Cry" [242 points, 9 votes] love it.
63. JAVIERA MENA "Hasta La Verdad" [244 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote] great new discovery
62. SWANS "No Words/No Thoughts" [248 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote] um not really my thing, or maybe just need to try harder.
61. GAMES "Strawberry Skies" [250 points, 7 votes] meh

60. TAYLOR SWIFT "Mine" [250 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote] - IDGI
59. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "I Can Change" [250 points, 8 votes] - love it
58. GIL SCOTT-HERON "Me and the Devil" [254 points, 10 votes] - cool while it's on, but haven't really been able to get into this album. love classic GSC of course.
(TIE) 56. KE$HA "We R Who We R" [254 points, 11 votes] "This sounds like actual vomit" Lex OTM
(TIE) 56. NICKI MINAJ ft. EMINEM "Roman's Revenge" [254 points, 11 votes] - pretty great until gross angry slim shady.
55. JUSTIN BIEBER "U Smile (Ambient Version)" [256 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote] awesome.
54. DRAKE "Fireworks (Deadboy Slo Mo House Edit)" [260 points, 10 votes] awesome, but why are we giving Drake credit?
53. LADY ANTEBELLUM "Need You Now" [262 points, 11 votes] as an admitted pop country hater, i totally get this and could see myself loving it if i heard it enough and in the right situations.
52. BEACH HOUSE "Zebra" [266 points, 9 votes] - lovely and boring as hell.
51. GAYNGS "The Gaudy Side of Town" [266 points, 13 votes] - great, almost voted it.
50. TAIO CRUZ "Dynamite" [270 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote] jesus this is some limp-dick sub-black eyed peas LCD garbage. "Wearing all my favorite brands brands brands"
(TIE) 48. KANYE WEST "All of the Lights" [270 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote] voted it! Incredible drums trump Ye's whining
(TIE) 48. ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI "Bright Lit Blue Skies" [270 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote] not my favorite track on this brilliant album, but still awesome
47. TAYLOR SWIFT "Back to December" [270 points, 10 votes] - jesus christ, people.
46. JANELLE MONÁE "Cold War" [272 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote] - i kind of liked it at first but it's pretty boring and corny tbh. Voted Tightrope.
45. NICOLAS JAAR "WOUH" [274 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote] - cool
44. CARIBOU "Odessa" [278 points, 11 votes] - fuck yeah, voted.
43. EL GUINCHO "Bombay" [280 points, 11 votes] fuck yeah, voted
42. HOT CHIP "One Life Stand" [288 points, 11 votes] fuck yeah, voted.
41. LADY GAGA ft. BEYONCÉ "Telephone" [294 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote] not really

40. GUCCI MANE "Lemonade" [300 points, 10 votes] this feels like 2 years ago.
39. LIL B "The Age of Information" [302 points, 11 votes] actually great. i change my opinion on lil b every new thing i hear from him.
38. KATY B "Katy on a Mission" [322 points, 13 votes]pretty dope
37. JAMIE WOON "Night Air" [324 points, 13 votes] cool atmosphere i guess but don't like the vox.
36. CARIBOU "Sun" [330 points, 11 votes] eh, prefer odessa by far. cool panning tho.
35. WIZ KHALIFA "Black & Yellow" [330 points, 13 votes] anthem.
34. M.I.A. "Born Free" [340 points, 13 votes] XXXO ftw
33. THESE NEW PURITANS "We Want War" [342 points, 10 votes] this is pretty epic on first listen. vox diminish it somewhat.
32. TENSNAKE "Coma Cat" [342 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote] brilliant new discovery.
31. EARL SWEATSHIRT "Earl" [344 points, 10 votes] haha, awesome.
30. ROBYN "Hang With Me" [346 points, 14 votes] On first listen it’s…OK? Pretty boring beat and corny lyrics; I’ve liked other stuff of hers a lot more.
29. GYPTIAN "Hold Yuh" / "Hold Yuh (Funkystepz remix)" [380 points, 12 votes] instant classic. this was a hit in the US? never heard it.
28. CIARA ft. LUDACRIS "Ride" [394 points, 12 votes] groove so deep you could live in it.
27. LINDSTRØM & CHRISTABELLE "Lovesick" [394 points, 18 votes] this is cool but it hasn't quite made me want to buy it, and i love lindstrom.
26. KANYE WEST ft. PUSHA T "Runaway" [396 points, 13 votes] didn't want to vote more than 1 kanye, but this is great.
25. TINIE TEMPAH "Pass Out" [398 points, 14 votes] pretty mediocre i'd say. LOL UK.
24. KANYE WEST ft. DWELE "Power" [410 points, 15 votes] LOVED this first ~20 times. Lately haven't been as impressed. should end at least 2 minutes sooner, like most songs on this album.
23. SADE "Soldier of Love" [410 points, 16 votes] didn't vote it but could have.
22. KE$HA "TiK ToK" [424 points, 14 votes, 3 first place votes] are you fucking serious? 3 people should be tarred and feathered.
21. JOANNA NEWSOM "Good Intentions Paving Company" [428 points, 13 votes] i think i have to get this album.

20. E40 - . not really the standout track for me, but great to see bay area rap so high.
19. LCD - this was my #4 ftw
18. Erykah - voted my personal fave that has no chance in hell instead.

also the shot in the video of the girl practically fellating the popsicle always makes me laugh

"teenage dream" is a potentially great song ruined by an awful singer

Tom Ewing: As a pop fan it is always irksome when people take the line that you are some kind of uncritical shill for The Man, so stars like Katy Perry fulfil a useful purpose. Look! I can say, here is somebody who actually DOES represent the rapacious plunge towards the lowest common denominator, the cynical application of technology over talent, the descent of culture into an abyss of stupidity and sparkler bras. Now be off with you and leave me to my Justin Bieber records.
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^^^ OTM

if only Jill Sobule had waited until 2008 to release "I Kissed a Girl"

"tik tok" >>> "we r who we r" >>>>>> "teenage dream"/"hot n cold" >>>> other ke$ha on animal/cannibal >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everything else by katy perry ever

The rest of the Scissor Sisters album is OK, nothing as garishly bad as on the last one, but Invisible Light is the only Invisible Light-ish one.

rip tom ewing

A couple people have asked if the rest of Night Work sounds like "Invisible Light"...the answer is no, not really. But it's a vast improvement over their last album and more along the lines of what made them good in the beginning.

jill sobule's song isn't offensive enough to be a hit

"hot n' cold" pretty much is the only song of hers i can stand

katy perry tune is another one of those that i understand the popularity of but don't really care about. i don't mean that i don't care for it, cuz it's a fun tune and can be enjoyable in the right circumstances, but i don't have strong feelings about in any particular direction.

"jump up in the air and stay there" is great! why wasn't it on the album???

Scissor Sisters video was made by CANADA, the same group who made the El Guincho video (and other eye candy videos). I hope the style doesn't get overused/overexposed, because they're still doing excellent work as of right now.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:16 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

good to know, ty

ilxor is an idiot for thinking that any kesha songs are better than "hot n' cold"

but he raises the good point that tik tok is way better than teenage dream

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15. WILLOW SMITH "Whip My Hair" [456 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote]
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rip tom ewing

― flopson, Thursday, January 27, 2011 6:18 PM (52 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

loooool @ this posting just after a tom post

"california gurls" is the perry song i think i'd have genuinely loved if sung by someone else. "firework" is legit worst-song-of-year contender. please can the ke$ha/katy perry era of pop end already. it's so wearying.

Mr Whitey and I seem somewhat agreed save for LCD Soundsystem

window seat shd have been top 10, wdve put it in my own :)

AND LET THE WILLOW REIGN BEGIN! :D

i mean, this isn't a terrible song, but i feel that pop fans repping for katy perry is like...a chart version of stockholm syndrome

So OTM. When I listen to however many hours of the Top 40 radio stations at work, "Teenage Dream" sounds really good next to, say, Maroon 5, but no way in hell would I ever go out of my way to put it on.

yesss i knew this must be coming soon

loooool @ this posting just after a tom post

ahahahahahahahaha shit yeah

hey lex what do you think are the chances that "jump up in the air" will crack top 15?

The rest of the Scissor Sisters album is OK, nothing as garishly bad as on the last one, but Invisible Light is the only Invisible Light-ish one.

― Groke, Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:18 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah this - rest of the album is solid, but less epic and much more tongue-in-cheek

that's a quality placement for whip my hair

"teenage dream" is a potentially great song ruined by an awful singer

^^ wouldn't go that far, but I do think the vox are too thin for this to truly vie for 'girly-pop anthem of the year' status.

Another one I somehow missed until I heard it on Girl Talk. Pretty undeniable really.

Prefer the video for this to the actual song.