ILM'S TOP 77 TRACKS of 2011 (Los resultados!)

yesss i love this song. & i think i voted for it

moments like when i learn about the loituma thing are moments when i am suffused with love for our globalised world

It's a pretty funny story... I think the original meme was created by someone in Russia, and the song sample came from an obscure album that was released in the 1990s (the band itself is pretty obscure too, even in Finland). There was a news story in the local paper that Loituma were totally perplexed why all of sudden lots of people from different parts of the world were ordering the CD from their website, until they found out about the meme.

this is dope

Yeah, never heard of Tuccillo before, but I'm really digging this tune.

Because of Matt DC, this track will forever be associated Croatian beach parties for me. Despite the fact, obviously, I've never been to there.

So great when a track you've championed places in these things. <3 Disco En Paradiso. I could listen to that chugging bassline all day.

I wouldn't have known about this track if it weren't for the Ilx thread

i had semi-forgotten it until i heard it on the spotify playlist. didn't it appear elsewhere on ilx before it had its own thread?

http://i.imgur.com/1GB9D.jpg

65 - JOHN TALABOT ft. GLASSER "Families" (204 Points, 7 Votes)
P&J - DNP
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/mfPP6Y1gEic

<3

YES!

i just finished reviewed the new talabot album, which is the first great album of 2012.

Talabot + Glasser = serious ILXbait. Don't think I've heard this one before though.

I put the Tuccillo on Summer Jamz, then Deej started a thread about it.

Love Families as well, liking this stretch a lot. Tenner on Todd Terje to come next, for the hattrick.

:D

Awesome list so far.

That song will light up all my dark days, so breezy. Endorphin-machine.

Easy now - some great choices so far. Think I chose different GGD (Adult Goth or was it Chinese High?) and Joy Formidable (A Heavy Abacus) for my poll, but I'm enjoying what we got here. Checking out the things I never heard and maybe summarise later.

Talabot kinda reminiscent of Glass Jar tbh

WE ALWAYS FIND OUR WAY~~~~~

the ascending then descending synth riff at the two-minute mark <3

^yeah that's exactly what reminds me of GGD

I like "Families" a lot, but I think "Releaserpm" by Win Win and Lizzi Bougatsos hit the same chord with a better song. Nobody listened to my (albeit quiet) hype. :(

^bcz I kept think the word "sperm" was in the title

lol

i like "releaserpm" too but it's the hands-in-the-air dancefloor-friendliness of "families" that pushes it over the top for me

lex, is Families on the Talabot album?

no, but the album is SO AMAZING that you don't even miss it

http://i.imgur.com/vIxZv.jpg

64 - DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY ft. SKYLAR GREY "Coming Home" (208 Points, 6 Votes)
P&J - DNP
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/k-ImCpNqbJw

okay lol

this song is pretty good

ehh i like most of the other tracks on that record more

Yeah, I feel like that is pretty much the worst song on the album.

I love it. One of the few occasions when an overblown Alex Da Kid production seems entirely appropriate.

don't get this at all

yeah, this is my fav alex da kid-produced song, but i still like many of the others on the album better. if "ass on the floor" didn't place last year (@ 77) i wonder how well it would have done this year. much higher i would guess?

Yeah, i'd have voted for Ass On The Floor ahead of this, given the option, tbh.

It's a perfect way to end the LP (only it doesn't of course)

erm Ass on the Floor was #77 last year - the best song. how does the worst song on the album come at #64 the following year?

album had been out a month when the EoY rolled out last year

i absolutely love it "coming home" - it's pretty much the perfect close to the album, which provides the perfect context for its corniness. it kind of had to be that corny. i love diddy's verses! that "i hear _____, i hate/love that song" trick that starts each song is so effective - because he follows up each by telling us why he hates/loves it, and it's not some bs appeal to objectivity but exactly how it relates to his life

"i hear tears of a clown, i hate this song - i always feel like they're talking to me when it comes on"
"a house is not a home, i hate this song - is a house really a home when your loved ones are gone?"
"ain't no stopping us now, i LOVE that song - whenever it comes on it makes me feel strong"

<3 <3 <3

i do like those lines

my only vote to place so far is ICP, but i definitely approve of the Tuccillo, which i for some reason forgot about around voting time. looking forward to hearing the 3BallMTY, as i really dig some of the guarachero stuff that i've heard. here's a short doc on the pointy boots, btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEiMA3QtYWc

the worst song on the album is "yesterday" ffs

i didn't vote for it (i forgot it was a single this year) and it's neither the best nor the most representative song on the album but it's SO crucial to how LTTP works, i can't imagine dismissing it - if you don't love "coming home" you perhaps don't quite get LTTP imo

The drums + piano are too punchy on this track.

damnit, meant to post that as just a link so as too not clog up the thread ;_;

If you paste the short url, it doesn't embed

wtf i like 'yesterday'...

if you don't love "coming home" you perhaps don't quite get LTTP imo

rmde, tell me more lex about how I'm supposed to appreciate albums the CORRECT way

"i hear tears of a clown, i hate this song - i always feel like they're talking to me when it comes on"
"a house is not a home, i hate this song - is a house really a home when your loved ones are gone?"
"ain't no stopping us now, i LOVE that song - whenever it comes on it makes me feel strong"

Every one of those songs >>>>>>> this one

xp - though I haven't listened to the LTTP album so lex's caveat applies

like, it's a triumphant homecoming (figurative if not literal) after the high drama & emotion of what's preceded it, it HAS to be overblown and corny and anthemic and redemptive, it couldn't be any other way!

"Coming Home" scored fewer points, please note ("Ass" got 222 and more votes). The spread of votes seems to be much wider this year. None of the charting tracks so far would have made the top 77 last year!

Anyway, no way is it the worst song on the album. Sounded great on rotation on the radio this year too.

they played "Coming Home" to DEATH on pop radio, I basically can't hear it without thinking about my wife giving me a ride to work and how much we'd both rather just stay home