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

all of those songs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> frank ocean obviously

"novacane" sounded great on the radio too

i didn't vote for "novacane" but i dig it

i mean even way-past-her-prime MJB had several better jams on her album than this. "mr wrong"! or anthony david's "god said" which was as powerful a ~statement~ as was made in r&b last year

frank ocean would be alright if instrumental, he sounds like he's in an attic and can't get down again and also maybe a bit in the early stages of constipation

better than his other record though. all 4 records today inoffensive

EMA is so, so bad and unnecessary. why would you need that when you have like... the mellow parts of Sonic Youth songs?

glancing over my EOY list now. literally nearly 100 r&b songs i'd give the time of day before anything by f.ocean

the weeknd better not fucking place anywhere

lol good luck with that lex

I don't even really care about The Weeknd (maybe heard 1 song?) but I fully expect to see them pop up on this list

Yeah, I don't dislike Novacane enough to complain about it. It's nice enough, don't go out of my way to listen to it.

It's basically....7/10 for me. Nowhere near amazing enough that I'd put it on my tracks ballot but I understand why people enjoy it and don't begrudge it placing.

seriously though. what would it take for teedra or k michelle or tiffany evans to get the same sort of traction as this dude? a sex change and a tumblr account? ughhhhh

It's like all the tedious critical bait that we've been patting ourselves on the back for avoiding has all slurried into this section of the list. Tenner on the Weeknd to come next.

Is "California" a choreopoem?

"we've"
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Frank Ocean is okay, just okay. Hardly makes me want to jump for joy.

It's like all the tedious critical bait that we've been patting ourselves on the back for avoiding has all slurried into this section of the list.

This happens every year! I don't see why it continues to be a surprise.

I'm with lex on today's entries so far :/

btw lex you totally should have started threads for "For My Cinderellas" & "Marilyn Monroe", came across yr tumblr via Tom E's and discovered heaps of great stuff on yr EOY list!

And yeah, Marilyn Monroe deserved a thread of its own, etc. etc.

they should just let the one person who knows the most about music compile the list ;)

(xp follow on to my previous post) It's completely understandable, too; a lot of people like a lot of critical darlings but think they're somewhat overrated, so they end up floating around the 6-15 spot on about a bazillion ballots, which is going to overwhelm any record that 3-4 people feel really passionate about

This happens every year! I don't see why it continues to be a surprise.

This is true actually, things usually perk up for the top 10 though.

"for my cinderellas" is ridic good

FWIW I have now heard "Countdown" and it's ricockulously brilliant.

More people hear less records than people who hear more records, and the buzziest stuff tends to place higher because of it. I don't have any real problems with any of the tracks that have placed so far today (Yonkers is kinda stained by my own opinion of TTC), but yeah...people (even ilmers) who don't track down music obsessively and just kinda listen to what their friends like or what blogs/sites/magazines are covering tend to be working from a shallow pool when voting comes. (Not a slam, btw...do what you like!)

as is "marilyn monroe" yes!!!! brianna should be getting the traction that az banks is (though i love 212 too)

I actually like "Novocane" better than the last three; I think my moment of overwhelming bitterness was the Destroyer track, my feelings on which are probably very similar to what Lex is feeling now

think i've tried 3 or 4 times with that k.michelle song. not happening.

(Also: Dan, curious as to your opinion on this!)

I don't think there's anything special or distinctive about "For My Cinderellas" at all, aside from coming out 12 years too late?

OH MY GOD ETC WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS

That Brianna track is great tho, I will agree with you on that one lex.

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16 - BENOIT & SERGIO "What I've Lost" (382 Points, 11 Votes, 1 First-Place Vote)
P&J - DNP
Pitchfork - DNP

http://youtu.be/H2Weo6iDfrU

i just think "for my cinderellas" is fantastic songwriting from a specific wry perspective that you don't hear too much - really good commentary on the ecosystem of relationships - and it's brilliantly performed, you can hear how she's wry and accepting and kinda maybe a bit sad but still good-humoured about the whole situation

I'm at work now so I can't listen to this - I know I've got it at home. How does this one go - does it have a vocal hook?

oh hey! something I voted for!

sigh the top 20 is not being kind to me at all. benoit & sergio...most overrated dance act of 2011. where is "the l word" ;_;

is he repeating "arsene, arsene" at the start?

i just think "for my cinderellas" is fantastic songwriting from a specific wry perspective that you don't hear too much - really good commentary on the ecosystem of relationships - and it's brilliantly performed, you can hear how she's wry and accepting and kinda maybe a bit sad but still good-humoured about the whole situation

Whereas to me it sounds like someone went "I want you to do an 'Unpretty' but don't make it so much of a downer"

Maybe because they're wrongly classified as dance? This is totally rainy day subway music.

What I've Lost is lovely, that was top 10 for me. It's a 70s rock record rather than a dance record to me.

Also, it reminds me of "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce. It's the recurring keyboard bit in the background.

I only really like Walk & Talk by B&S - the rest is a bit wishy washy, non-descript. Don't mind the one about "do a little cocaine with me" but that's about it. Principles is okay, I guess...

xp sonically yeah (but you're not really going to either for the revolutionary arrangements) but "for my cinderellas" is about a completely difft subject to "unpretty"!

i have just had enough of mumbly sad boy music

This is totally rainy day subway music.

I <3 rainy day subway music... sounds liek a good idea for a thread.

I'm tired of these guys (on this list).

Also, it reminds me of "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce. It's the recurring keyboard bit in the background

This had never occurred to me but yeah very OTM.

that holy ghost song rocks xp to whoever posted that

damn y'all are some benoit & sergio stans

I'm tired of these guys (having tantrums about stuff on this list).