i always feel like a freak when people go on about that cover being to gross/terrible because i actually find it kind of arresting.
― ryan, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
a cover only buffandmaxsmom could love
― ban opinions (reddening), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
it is terrible/gross but i assume that's the point.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
alright this next one is gonna be the last one for like an hour or so while i get ready for work and head over, will pick up from there
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 January 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
doesn't make it a bad cover imho. i hate looking at it - but that could also make it good?! xpost
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, I'm sure they meant the cover to be awful and foul, but that still doesn't mean I have to like it
― I chipped a tooth on the buttbone (askance johnson), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/r5VB1.jpg
(tie) 69. Wild Flag — Wild Flag (273 points, 10 votes)
P4K: 49P&J: 4
Spotify
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 January 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
btw the wild flag cover is 1000x worse than the toro y moi one
ha otm
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
outstanding record, don't get the cover but i sort of like it for some reason.
― omar little, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, I thought we*weren't doing the MS Paint versions of the album covers?
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
kind of feel like i don't love the wild flag album as much as i should but i should also spend more time with it, i think it's one of the albums i lost when my old hard drive crashed and i didn't redownload it
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
it's like a bloodstain making out with snuffaluffagus
― omar little, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for the Wild Flag album -- it's not a masterpiece or anything, but it's really fun.
― I chipped a tooth on the buttbone (askance johnson), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
^^cosign
― ban opinions (reddening), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Thought Toro Y Moi would be so much chillwave, but its actually excellent funky dreamy pop and totally doesn't deserve that tag. Elise is a grrrreat track.
I like that cover too.
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
haha i've literally just talking to my housemate (an illustrator) about how the art of the album cover has been lost
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
Thought Toro Y Moi would be so much chillwave
That was his deal at the very beginning, but he dropped it rather quickly.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
That Wild Flag album cover reminds me of Abacab by Genesis...
Glad to see Robag Wruhme place - one of the last things I checked out from the nominations list, absolutely loved it.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
love the Toro Y Moi album ("How I Know" is a great song), also I love the cover - the most beautiful one I've seen all year and gonna stan for it 4eva.hopefully Chaz finally will recover from the "chillwave" tag he's getting slapped upon, it's just unfair for him to be written off just like that by lazy journalism
― V79, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
Actually played the Toro Y Moi quite a bit when it came out but completely forgot about it come the end of the year. It's perfectly pleasant.
― Number None, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
Causers Of This was actually a better album IMO, I still regret I didn't give it #1 back in 2010 poll, as it would push it to the 77th place (afair)
― V79, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
Toro was low on my ballot. "Still Sound" and "New Beat" are total jams
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
btw nothing has come up on this countdown which IMO is better than When Saints Go Machine
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
(I probably ranked WTT higher on my ballot but, as I said, I would bump WTT up several spots were I to redo it)
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
(er WSGM I mean, acronyms are the devil)
Nothing I voted for has come up yet but I've particularly enjoyed first listens to the Barbara Panther and Robag Wruhme albums, both of which might have had a shot at slipping in at the bottom of my ballot if I'd heard them earlier.
― two lights crew (seandalai), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't vote for it but glad Toro y Moi made it
― non, je ned raggette rien (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
Loved the first Toro Y Moi album, I spent quite a bit of time with this one, but decided I'm not that into it in the end. 'How I Know' and 'New Beat' were cool tracks, but in general I thought the Freaking Out EP was better, kind of a return to form.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
yup i voted for the EP; like the LP but not really enough to put it on my ballot
― johnny crunch, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
alright y'all i'm back
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 January 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
the next album was one of NPR's faves of the year
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 January 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
oh wait nevermind that's the album after this one
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 January 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/bu7xL.jpg
(tie) 69. Low — C'Mon (273 points, 10 votes)
P4K: DNPP&J: 72
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 January 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
They should put out a dance remix album and call it "C'mown!!!". I can think of at least one ILXor who'd buy that.
Anyway, I decided many years ago that I'm not really into Low, but I'll give this album a shot.
― two lights crew (seandalai), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Starting to feel like there's a big difference in the music represented on this album poll...
― MikoMcha, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe I'm just growing out of my Low fandom after all thse years, but that album didn't do a whole lot for me.
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
kind of remember liking some dance remix of Low...spring heel jack maybe?
― rob, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't like it as much as Drums, but still some great tracks 'Try To Sleep' in particular.
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
xp yeah the Bombscare EP which is approx. 12 inches from my shoulder as I type
preferred the Retribution Gospel Choir album to this I think but Low still bring it live (or did last summer when I saw em)
― Saltines of Pink - 'Whites Me Tumblr?' (DJ Mencap), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
I actually have some free time this week plus I voted in the albums poll so yeah, stoked for the madness and suchlike
― Saltines of Pink - 'Whites Me Tumblr?' (DJ Mencap), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
glad Liturgy got some ILM shine, also Wild Flag but thought they'd be higher, maybe even top 30?
― Saltines of Pink - 'Whites Me Tumblr?' (DJ Mencap), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah, "c'mon" is the other album i loved that was nominated. "nothing but heart" is the keeper for me.
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wokGw.jpg
68. ILX Presents Lulu (276 points, 11 votes, one first place vote)
P4K: DNPP&J: DNP
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 January 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
― MikoMcha, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
woooo
― future debts collector (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
yaaaaay
― La Lechera, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
which person who appeared on the album gave it their #1?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
lol J0rdan did you check the Low Spotify ling
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link