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

i hope "the view" is going to make it

nope, 1:34 into "little dog" and couldn't take it any more

xp Lulu is the Lou Reed/Metallica album. ILXors covered it before it was released, based on song titles and runtimes alone.

xp Lulu is the Lou Reed/Metallica album. ILXors covered it before it was released, based on song titles and runtimes alone.

...why?

i think i might back away slowly from this subject

Did you miss when they did that to the last U2 album too?

they did it for fun, lex

(sorry for the spotify monologue)
"Hell on Heels" is pretty great. The intro-ness of it makes it sound like the theme song to an edgy basic cable show...which I kind of like.

"The Bizness" is better than I remembered. Pretty much hated this on first listen. Still think it sounds like a 90s hippie fantasy team-up between Ani Difranco and Rusted Root.

Did you miss when they did that to the last U2 album too?

yes

two ilxors actually did make tracks last year that were in the running for my ballot though, lol. (rev and k8)

last two songs (before F Ocean) are pretty good tbh

hey DJP I voted for End of Time (and a diff't song that you took part in)

I like this Frank Ocean song. Didn't vote for it, but I like it anyway. Seems someone needs to have its back.

I just don't get Frank Ocean.

^same

gotta say this is a pretty sweet list so far (i didn't vote for tracks) - loving this konshens track

frank ocean crit love = turns out that when r&b's made by a miserabilist faux-profound dude in his bedroom SUDDENLY critics are all over it

xp
otm, even when i don't like individual tracks, the spotify playlist is pretty fun to just listen to through so far

this is nice but seems totally unremarkable.

I like Frank Ocean a lot, apparently! The more I hear by him, the more appealing I find him (lol baritones unite).

There's a world of difference between saying 'I'm not into this' or 'I dislike this because...' and 'who the fuck voted for this bollocks?'

this is nice but seems totally unremarkable.

― skip

lol

Glad to see Konshens place, even though I voted for other dancehall tracks - have no idea what the ILM dancehall consensus was last year, as most of what I heard was via rtc/Lex/Tim in non-dancehall threads.

Hadn't heard the 3BallMTY and the Steffi before, great stuff.

Voted the frank ocean album v high on my ballot, and, i think 'novacane'. Love this track too.
i'm not nor would i want to be a critic

Why does critical acclaim play any part in your Frank Ocean hate. I mean, I kinda get it...fans of some bands turn me off to the bands themselves, so I understand the external influence being a factor. But instead of using critics as a red herring, come at Frank Ocean (or whoever) directly.

I just like his voice/beats. Big deal. I don't think about the larger landscape of real/fake r&b when I'm listening to him.

"Novacane" is the one I voted for, too.

now Novacane, that is anything but an unremarkable song

Thinking About You is the one Frank Ocean song I like.

i like this song and "novacane" but not crazy about either of them

"Swim Good" has an appealing smoothness: doesn't seem unbearably angsty nor does it seem exceptionally hooky

yeah, I wouldn't have voted "Swim Good" if I'd heard it before now but it lies pretty directly in my comfort zone (and tbh, I just like dude's voice).

Why does critical acclaim play any part in your Frank Ocean hate. I mean, I kinda get it...fans of some bands turn me off to the bands themselves, so I understand the external influence being a factor. But instead of using critics as a red herring, come at Frank Ocean (or whoever) directly.

oh well initially i listened to the album and thought it was completely unremarkable as skip says - no reason to listen to or think about it again, would've just gone on to the pile of listened-once-forgot-about-forever albums were it not for critics/blogs/whoever rallying around him and suddenly making him a *thing*

i don't think he's terrible like the weeknd but i do think his songwriting is really basic and his voice seems kinda weak to me, not emotionally compelling anyway. i loved the song he wrote for beyoncé but that just illustrated that his material needs a really strong performer

there was one song on the album i did like more than the others but i can't remember which one. not "novacane"

There's a world of difference between saying 'I'm not into this' or 'I dislike this because...' and 'who the fuck voted for this bollocks?'

This was pretty much my point. I'm all for "this is such a weak beat" or "I really don't like his voice" type stuff.

I think both "Novacane" and the hook singing he does on "No Church For The Wild" (another song from my ballot) are strong performances.

every time i listen to frank ocean i say "oh i should listen to this guy more" and then i completely forget about it.

http://i.imgur.com/SDk0q.jpg

48 - TEENGIRL FANTASY "Cheaters (John Talabot Remix)" (243 Points, 11 Votes)
P&J - DNP
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/iEMoC-sOqyw

going back a bit to say the danny daze track is super!

every time i listen to frank ocean i say "oh i should listen to this guy more" and then i completely forget about it.

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, January 24, 2012 1:16 PM (32 seconds ago) Bookmark

me 100%

aside from "thinking about you", "songs for women" and the one that samples "strawberry swing" are the best ones

i have no problem w/ lex's criticisms of him tho

^ i can't remember who played this in outloud the first time, but i thought it was amazing then and i like it probably even more now. wish i'd remembered to vote for it.

oh this john talabot remix is very good. didn't think it was as great as "families" but very good nonetheless

yes! love cheaters remix

HEY THERE!

didn't vote for 'Cheaters', but I totally dig it

every time i listen to frank ocean i say "oh i should listen to this guy more" and then i completely forget about it.

lol this is also how i am w/ his music

that is why he is a critical darling rather than a hit artist, lol

my favorite John Talabot remix this year though is of Mario & Vidis'
"Changed"

ILM hipster house crew making their presence felt...

Anyway, this is great; thinking I should have voted for it

now this is an amazing track.

this is a nice track

Oh amazing, so didn't expect that to place, Talabot's finest hour and way better than the original.

i think if i'd heard "cheaters" in a club it could've been an amazing moment that would've pushed it up to LOVE for me but it avoided me - i'm not pleased about that ;_;

This was top five for me, glorious stuff.

man the last time I was in a club... okay was last year at M.I.A./Rye Rye

I miss dancing ;_;