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

tom ewing's 10/10 blurb on it also very u&k: http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=3033

I love corny closers - "Losing My Way" is the highlight of FS/LS, but I can't abide by Skylar Grey

Okay, yes, "worst song on the album" might be overstating it a little, but definitely one of the bottom 2 or 3. I don't get the love and it annoyed me to hear it so often on the radio. It was just so formulaic and, I don't know, predictable after the ride of the rest of the album.

http://i.imgur.com/lL5TT.jpg

63 - STEFFI ft. VIRGINIA "Yours" (208 Points, 10 Votes, 1 First-Place Vote)
P&J - DNP
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/z-BeAReDgos

lol whenever i see the abbreviation lttp i think of a link to the past -____-

xps - Jeff W, that's an interesting observation...this year 970 tracks got points, compared to 697 last year.

YES. Voted for this one as well.

okay this is more like it

huh i didn't expect steffi to place but very very glad it did! she's such an incredible dj that i actually had a bit of trepidation about her first original productions - she came through though, vg album and this was the highlight

yay my first

(i mean my first that placed, not first vote, athough it is very good)

i'm very happy that the ilx dance massive seems to be back in full force after what felt like a bit of a dip in recent years

I think the spotify list probably managed to bring to people more easy access to many of the tracks. With more of us having the ability to listen to more of the tracks in a way that was uncomplicated pragmatically meant that probably most of us went for diff't songs in the nominations list

Good tune.

Not feeling this run, tbh. The Tuccillo and Talabot seem a bit nothingy, and I couldn't stand Diddy-Dirty Money last year either.

xposts - not listened to this one yet.

I've had the Steffi album hanging around for ages and this has reminded me to listen to it more.

i'm very happy that the ilx dance massive seems to be back in full force after what felt like a bit of a dip in recent years

2011 felt a long stronger for dance music than the last couple, there were so many techno and house tracks that I fell for in a big way. Especially 'Yours', such a full and satisfying groove.

hearing ellen allien drop this at dc10 was what solified this as a true 2011 anthem to me. actually i think this was the highest dance track i voted for so i guess it was THE anthem for me.

Damn, been in meetings all afternoon and so have missed the countdown so far. Only one of mine showing up 'Disco En Paradiso', which I expected to be higher. I know it's been said but the images and the font are awesome.

^yeah totally. thanks a lot Johnny this has been great!

Also, wait, didn't the will of the ilx dance massive top the charts last year? How is that a dip?

I think the appearance of any "indie" track on the list is a huge disappointment for certain members of the dance massive.

Still don't think "Wut" is very dancy.

night slugs is pretty kinda niche really in the context of ilx dance music i think?

pretty kinda pretty kinda

http://i.imgur.com/w0Vnd.jpg

62 - LOCUSSOLUS "I Want It (Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas Remix)" (212 Points, 7 Votes)
P&J - 343
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/zY1PWT7q62Q

At least Tuomas has repped for the 'weird Finnish folk-inspired music' contingent on this thread, how do you think we feel every year? It's been a long dip.

i voted for icp and john talabot. tuccillo is one of those tracks i heard a lot and never knew what it was called and am sortof annoyed its pinned down now.

Locussolus = not as good as the book.

Yay, my first vote to place! In campaigning I called it My #2 Bounciest Track of 2011 (after The Crystal Ark), and the year's winner of the Tensnake Award for Gratuitous Nostalgia-Pop Reference in a Remix, and that's still how I feel about it.

i had no idea that locussolus track was a thing either. it's fun! if i'd heard it out last year maybe i'd have felt more strongly about it

I'm digging the house vibe right now, but this list so far does seem a bit more samey than last year's, though I dont think casting aspersions on partic posters is really right on; I think except for a couple tracks, the dance massive were p supportive of all the crazy wtf stuff (Swans, slowed down Bieber, the Knife, GSH) that had made the list

wow, this is way lower than I expected - I put it in my top 5. Such a fun track.

okay thought the Locussolus guy was Jeff Bridges/the Dude for a sec...

Hey yo, no aspersions cast by me - just saying that it didn't seem like a dip!

last year was a horrible house wasteland it felt like. i like this development.

i wasnt talking about you emil.y :)

i wasnt talking about you emil.y :)

*smoove*

i think i felt a bit disco-d out this year..haven't heard a lot of this stuff placing. really enjoying it all though.

Ok so is there any chance Nyan Cat Theme is going to place? No. 62 has 212 points already, blimey

I don't really like the farty bass sound on that Locussolus track but when the pianos kick in it's getting better. Sort of hoping this isn't the direction Lindstrom's planning on going in.

I did my bit for the cat, but I'm beginning to think only one track off my ballot has any hope of placing.

The bass sound in this track is KEY imo.

Also, wait, didn't the will of the ilx dance massive top the charts last year? How is that a dip?

― emil.y, Monday, January 23, 2012 6:57 PM (8 minutes ago)

wut is like dance music i guess but like ugly utilitarian jackhammer headache dance music

2011 felt a long stronger for dance music than the last couple, there were so many techno and house tracks that I fell for in a big way. Especially 'Yours', such a full and satisfying groove.

― Matt DC, Monday, January 23, 2012 6:55 PM (10 minutes ago)

i feel like this was such a good year though that it kindof dilutes the pool. like i voted for a lot of stuff that was massive for me that i kindof realise now might not be on the list at all.

Sort of hoping this isn't the direction Lindstrom's planning on going in.

hmm well yeah :/

I did my bit for the cat, but I'm beginning to think only one track off my ballot has any hope of placing.

― emil.y, maandag 23 januari 2012 20:08 (34 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I did more than my bit, would be a huge disappointment if it didn't place tbh

the bass sound should not be thought of as "farty"; rather, more like a tuba, to go along with the synth horns

oh I def think that there are four or five, MAAAAYBE six songs from my ballot that will place, all of them obvious placers

Nyan Cat is one of them though. I think it still has a big shot

wtf is up with Nyan Cat