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

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.

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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 ;_;

i like this a lot

relistening and it is pretty fantastic huh

I AM GOING RAVING MORE IN 2012 i will not be cheated out of these moments by "injury" or "work" or "tiredness"

i need to listen to "cheaters" again, i feel like i should've liked it a lot, but iirc it kinda left me cold

wow so that was great

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

― tinie tempurah (lex pretend)

Critics do seem to love other kinds of R&B too though, for example Pitchfork seems to throw in a few R&B albums in their lists each year which have recently included The-Dream, Erykah Badu and this year Beyonce, you know albums you love. I'm no Frank Ocean fan, but your reason for disliking him seems strange. It's the same way you hate Robyn because she's the pop act a lot of indie kids like.

really happy danny daze placed, i voted for "down her", though

wonder if this is a track that only makes sense if you've ever stepped foot in a club. i haven't and as such it just seems pleasant.

I can definitely appreciate it outside the context of a night clubbing.

fair enough

yeah this is good

btw, I'm not much of a clubber. In my club days, I was the guy sitting at the table watching sweaters and purses of all the girls I'd come with as they danced.

i'll have to try it again cause my reaction was same as pandemic's

yeah i don't dance much but i still enjoy listening to dance music, i don't think it's a club-only thing at all

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47 - KATY B "Easy Please Me" (244 Points, 9 Votes)
P&J - 604
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/UXzMPd9pib0

Yesss.

standing at the bar with my friend oliviaaaa <3

i was wondering which katy b tracks would place - i voted for the album, no tracks, but i could imagine many of them placing

such a corny song

standing in the bar with my friend olivia is one of my favourite lines practically ever

nice! I'm afraid Katy suffered from vote splitting, though :/