ILM'S TOP 77 ALBUMS of 2010 (NOW COUNTING DOWN THE TOP TEN)

The first CD of the Knife is, well, difficult. But after you make it through the first half your hearing has adjusted and what might sound like the nine-minute academic exercises in isolation on the 2nd CD feel like you just put on Body Talk.

100% agree, otm

honestly it was between that and swans alb for #1 of last year for me, and I listen to funeral mariachi way more than it takes a rope of miles for my father to guide me up to the sky

my experience as well, also lol at Swans title rewrite

everything i've heard off that knifeco record has been impressive, if less than immediate. dug "colouring of pigeons" when it showed up in trax, and am currently digging "annie's box". gorgeous mix of vocal and instrumental tones. i never gave it a chance because so many people wrote it off as soundtracky dabbling, but this is v impressive. and "seeds" is off to a good start, too.

would snag

overreliance on dig/dug/impressive

Are we just going down to 61 today JF?

Yup.

am currently digging "annie's box".

be sure to check out both versions if you haven't already! there's one version w/ "fever ray" person on vox and another w/ the opera person that dominates the rest of the album

contenderizer, wait til you hear 'epochs', my god

'holy ground' is the most gorgeous of all the SCG tracks so far - <3

SCG would make sense as part of my 2% of music taste overlap w/ ljag (see also foetus)

this thread has definitely made me want to go back and listen to the SCG disc again

btw as with the rihanna, nobody is leaping in the defence of the national. it would make my day if someone would cogently defend it from their perspective :P

ed3, 2% is somewhat underselling it! the fall alone make up like 2% of my taste haha

it's a fair cop

anybody wondering where to get funeral mariachi, I bought a CD copy as a gift for a friend from effin best buy, so it's not exactly an obscure release

Edward III must have an awesome Best Buy that hasn't yet been slashed down to one aisle of Top 40 only releases.

(xpost)

btw as with the rihanna, nobody is leaping in the defence of the national.

Guessing that people aren't gonna come looking for a beatdown. Would you? (Well, yes you would, but you're thick-skinned.)

Ah, I assumed this thread was moving much faster than it is!

i have defended high violet elsewhere; don't really know if i'm in the mood to do it again

have a glass of red wine

Defend it by suggesting one track you think is good, and I'll listen to it

btw as with the rihanna, nobody is leaping in the defence of the national.

to quote rihanna: I'll drink to that

Ready for #61?

depends -- is it any good?

have a glass of red wine

― lilwayne.quizrewards4u.com (J0rdan S.), Monday, January 31, 2011 2:38 PM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark

lol

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ePwDySjVdyo/TTvzpk0y9VI/AAAAAAAAAT4/HLICzoXm72w/enslaved.jpg

61. ENSLAVED — Axioma Ethica Odini (272 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
P&J: 127th
Pitchfork: DNP

metal, I'm guessing

someone shd fakepost MBDTF in at like 53 tomorrow

OH MY

great album, could well have voted for it if I'd given it more listens beforehand

metal yes but metal chock-full of TUNES

Whoohoo!

there are three enslaved albums better than that one, but it's still one of my favourites from 2010

yay

for those wondering if they might like Enslaved (myself included!), here's a list of Similar Artists from Allmusic.com

Similar Artists

* Darkthrone
* Mayhem
* Burzum
* Carnivore
* Death
* Exodus
* Napalm Death
* Nuclear Assault
* Overkill
* Possessed
* Prong
* Sanctuary
* Testament
* Cancer
* Deicide
* Obituary
* Edge of Sanity
* Vader
* Vital Remains
* Souls at Zero

It's fun to be able to knock out tge only stuff on my ballot I thought might place on the first day (Harvey milk, third eye foundation and enslaved). Going to be a rough one from here on out though.

that enslaved album is really really good

jjj - your'e ahead of me. Nothing has placed from my ballot.

Yeah that list of similar artists is mostly wrong imo.

there's one version w/ "fever ray" person on vox and another w/ the opera person that dominates the rest of the album

― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Monday, January 31, 2011 11:25 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

have only heard the "opera person" version, love it.

re lj: checking "epochs". starting slow & low... god, i just LOVE the combo of operatic vocals and dark industrial drones. sudden dubstep!

don't get the dismissal of "seeds" though. takes its time, but eventually builds up quite a head of steam. love the housey boonka-boonk and doubled vocals towards the end. needs some ghetto bass, but other than that...

yeah that similar artists thing just looks like a random list of metal bands to me.

I mean they are similar in the sense of "these are bands that are also metal bands" but that's a pretty broad brushstroke

Ha xpost

It's fun to be able to knock out tge only stuff on my ballot I thought might place on the first day (Harvey milk, third eye foundation and enslaved). Going to be a rough one from here on out though.

hehe this applies to me too (3EF, The Knife) and yeah, am hoping to make some cool discoveries but the top 50 is gonna be mostly other ppls business

btw I'd advise a listen for all those into prog, BM or noisy melodicism. if not then ymmv

Edward III must have an awesome Best Buy that hasn't yet been slashed down to one aisle of Top 40 only releases.

er, .com, still

Okay, looking forward to people's critiques in list form (j/k this isn't as easy to do with albums as it is trax)

77. HARVEY MILK — A Small Turn of Human Kindness (240 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
76. QUADRON — Quadron (240 points, 12 votes)
75. RIHANNA — Loud (244 points, 9 votes)
74. ZOLA JESUS — Stridulum II (244 points, 10 votes)
73. THIRD EYE FOUNDATION — The Dark (246 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes)
(TIE) 71. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH — The Wild Hunt (250 points, 8 votes)
(TIE) 71. KYLIE MINOGUE — Aphrodite (250 points, 8 votes)
70. WARPAINT — The Fool (250 points, 9 votes)
69. SUN ARAW — On Patrol (252 points, 8 votes)
68. NO AGE — Everything in Between (256 points, 11 votes)
67. GAYNGS — Relayted (258 points, 10 votes)
66. GUCCI MANE — Mr. Zone 6 (260 points, 9 votes)
65. SUN CITY GIRLS — Funeral Mariachi (260 points, 9 votes, 2 first place votes)
64. THE RADIO DEPT. — Clinging to a Scheme (266 points, 11 votes)
63. THE KNIFE — Tomorrow, In a Year (270 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
62. THE NATIONAL — High Violet (270 points, 9 votes)
61. ENSLAVED — Axioma Ethica Odini (272 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)

^^^awesome music itl

that enslaved album is really really good

― call all destroyer, Monday, January 31, 2011 11:43 AM (37 seconds ago) Bookmark

yup. didn't vote for it, but easily might have. only means that i break ties by going with my sentimental favorites. glad metal cru got a couple in. still hoping for christian mistress & black breath, but prob foolishly.

lj re: the nat'l, try "afraid of everyone" (i'm in a meeting and am not tracking down links, sry to be difficult). one of the stronger melodies on the record imo.

Nothing has placed from my ballot yet, but a few things I like/am interested by have come up.

Looking over my ballot, there are two I'm almost definite will come up, about three or four I'd expect to see, and the rest I will eat my hat if they show up.

still can't read the BM acronym without thinking the person is into scat, yes I'm 12

basically to like the nat'l you have to

a) like dude's voice
b) agree they have a knack for simple but effective vocal melody
c) treat their wallpapery music as an aggressive aesthetic decision

I voted Harvey Milk and 3rd Eye Foundation, and liked The Knife. Need to listen to (most of) the others.

the people I've played that Quadron disc for have liked it so much that it's made me like it more, too. It's one of the discs this year that's associated with the happiest memories.

xxp The National are like Tindersticks with all the rough edges sanded off IMO.