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

"Snooze 4 Love" just missed my ballot, but I played it again yesterday and realised it should have been there...

lots of people like it and it appeals to different voting contingents xp

i am having a little rave at my desk to this. hands in the air and grinning mdma face and everything

I suppose it was sitting on New Answers next to the phrase MASTERPIECE ALERT for the whole year.

Gonna predict:

4. Azealia
3. Beyonce
2. Lana
1. Nicki

I don't know that I ever let this track play all the way through on previous listens -- it does settle into a nice groove halfway through.

and Studio broke up xp

Undeniable track. Perfect, except too short.

want to be on a beach right now ughhh

I think Inspector Norse is going to be big on 2012 trax poll

in retrospection, I regret I didn't vote for "Snooze". that's one case of wonderful programming

"ragysh" is basically...just as good, right? a bit more driving and a bit less pretty but man that EP was something else

I don't entirely understand why the word "beach" automatically gets thrown around w/r/t stuff like "Snooze 4 Love." It feels rather chilly to me.

212
Video Games
Super Bass
Countdown

Was thinking the other day that Swing Star has a plausible shot at being my #1 next year.

mad love for ragysh but the portamento/grace notes thing really makes s4l special

Huh, Snooze 4 Love is another song I have never heard before, but much prefer its clean forward-moving vibe than the crying in the club vibe.

I did vote and applaud for Britney though because she is way beyond crying. She's just waiting for it all to end and having fun in the meantime.

If I had my ballot to do over again, this would've been my #2 behind "Heaven"...

http://i.imgur.com/ZhFc0.jpg

04 - BEYONCÉ "Countdown" (911 Points, 29 Votes, 2 First-Place Votes)
P&J - 2
Pitchfork - 7

http://youtu.be/2XY3AvVgDns

I'm ducking out - not interested in what order these next four pop up - but thanks to Johnny and seandalai for doing the hard work. Well done gents!

I don't entirely understand why the word "beach" automatically gets thrown around w/r/t stuff like "Snooze 4 Love." It feels rather chilly to me.

ppl are making Ibiza rave associations

let me just say:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veW3qgtS384

<3 that jpg

Only heard Countdown yesterday, but it's such an amazing song. Totally curveballing sidewinding mindfucking fantastic pop.

well, the Scandinavian disco-ish scene has had a balearic/beach-vibe fetish for a while now

xpost to jaymc

what does the beach symbolize to this generation of non-surfers

wow i thought this would be higher - i guess B suffered vote-splitting though

my #1: i kept it off my other ballots b/c i don't like to vote for trax by an artist whose album i've voted for, but i realised that the extent that this dominated my 2011 as a track was undeniable

BOOF BOOF

bit bored of countdown now because I caned it so much last year, but yeah BOOF BOOF

such a good top 10 (minus m83)

but COUNTDOWN SHOULD BE HIGHER

what does the beach symbolize to this generation of non-surfers

― crüt, Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:15 PM (16 seconds ago)

probably "vibes" and "good-times"

yeah that screencap perfectly captures the essence of beyonce

wait this was your #1 lex?

"countdown" video ruuuuuules
i looove beyonce's teeth

Neither "1+1" nor "Countdown" are among my top three tracks from 4.

"countdown" was the last song played at the NYE house party i went to before midnight. A MOMENT

xp yes my #1

"countdown" video and all its gif children <3 <3 <3

I voted for "End of Time" but this song has definitely won me over

well, the Scandinavian disco-ish scene has had a balearic/beach-vibe fetish for a while now

See, I def. get beach vibes from Air France.

lol I think "Countdown" is actually my #4

(top 3 being "End of Time", "I Miss You", "I Care")

Yeah, the video seems specifically designed to spawn a thousand animated gifs.

Beyonce rarely ticks my pop boxes but "Countdown" is undeniably great.

(top 3 being "End of Time", "I Miss You", "I Care")

"Party," "Rather Die Young," "Love on Top"

Webbie really didn't get the credit he deserved on this thread

when she sings DAMN I THINK I LOVE THAT BOY / DO ANYTHING FOR THAT BOY, i imagine her hiding her mouth behind her hand on the second line as though she's telling you a secret that she can barely contain <3

"countdown" was i think the only track on my p&j ballot that i felt compelled to shoehorn in despite also voting for the album

my 4 top 3: "countdown", "schoolin' life", "1+1". i am ilm, it appears

I gotta admin I have a problem with "Countdown" - it's got a lot of hooks, every and each of them is pretty but there's too much of them! I still can't wrap my head around it, but when it finally happens I think I'm gonna die from happiness.

also, Bey looks so gorgeous in the video <3

think this is happiest i've ever seen you on an end of year poll lex

Lay Up Under Me would be my third, along with Countdown and 1+1.

my last.fm stats for "countdown" tell a story of glorious, happy obsession http://www.last.fm/user/lexpretend/library/music/Beyoncé/_/Countdown

"love on top" "dance for you" "end of time"

"dance for you" really crept up on me, it really is marvelous. booty popping at the altar.

BOOF BOOF