ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

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68. ILX Presents Lulu (276 points, 11 votes, one first place vote)

P4K: DNP
P&J: DNP

lol

woooo

yaaaaay

which person who appeared on the album gave it their #1?

lol J0rdan did you check the Low Spotify ling

linK wtf at my typing today

lol no, what did i do

I think it was Emil.y's number one pick.

afaik every spotify link should be to a different kidz bop album, someone correct me if i'm wrong tho

haha xxp

spotify sent me to david bowie - low

oh, ha

i just assumed it was because I was outside usa and your link wasnt available here

but no
http://open.spotify.com/album/3cWU7pThOf8iew2epGbitE

Oh dear, that Spotify link is my fault - so much for automatic Spotify search...

The ilx album was my #13, I believe. Glad it placed in the poll, should have been higher. Some genius tracks on that album, well done guys.

Didn't really get around to listening to the Low album last year, what I heard sounded good but nowhere near their best stuff.

very little so far that i'm familiar with

kanye/jay-z: good, but not a favorite
barbara panther: GREAT - should have voted for it but didn't :(
wild flag: one of the worst, flattest and most disappointing albums i heard this year, don't get the appeal at all

OK, here's a Collaborative Spotify playlist

the lyrics on the new Low were pretty weak - too in-your-face and obvious. Occasionally it works ("esPESHally me") but more often it doesn't ("I'm nothing but heart" 40 times in a row). Some beautiful moments though, and one of my favorite live shows of the year.

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67. Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls (282 points, 11 votes)

P4K: DNP
P&J: 105

Spotfiy

did johnny go to 61 on day 1?

I like "Witches" from the Low album more than I've liked any Low song since the 90s.

xp yes

i thin.k w.e wil.l se. a happ.y emil.y

YAY! I was thinking that it wouldn't place as the lowest stuff got so many votes.

"Bad Feeling" is a jam

this section of the countdown has been quite varied and great to see

(What is all this stuff?)

first day is always my favourite of the eoy polls

veronica falls!! "misery" is my favorite, but really the whole thing is really solid. yaaay!

I voted for this!

This and ILXulu are probably going to be my only choices to place. Of course, I don't actually remember what else I voted for, so…

I'm happy to see Veronica Falls. Would never have heard of it or voted for it without emil.y and outloud, so thanks!

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i am glad that the low album made it. i am not too familiar with them but of what i heard c'mon was the most accessible and most enchanting album. i have seen them live twice and i guess they are maybe my favourite live band for the time being. there is this certain spiritual, charming, warm atmosphere at a low concert which i have never really felt at other concerts (lambchop came close once when they toured nixon). the album seems very easy to get into and for that i thought it was somehow a little on the light side at the beginning. but in the end it was the album i listened most to in 2011 and i never got tired of their seemingly simple harmonies and tunes. there is something holy about it.

xp Yeah I was thinking this is kind of the first victory of the Outloud era

Yeah, me too. I remember what I voted for though, and I can confirm that it will probably not make it if it hasn't yet. Still, Veronica Falls is extremely palatable and has that perfect balance of sweet and sour.

Totally an outloud victory!! And an Emil.y victory because I wouldn't have listened to this if not for her.

I'd credit outloud with "Nyan Cat Theme" as well. xp

This probably isn't unique to Low, but did everyone who voted for "C'mon" see them live and get blown away?

Yeah Nyan counts too I guess.

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66. Big K.R.I.T. - Return of 4Eva (288 points, 10 votes)

P4K: DNP
P&J: 67

oh hey Veronica Falls is kind of awesome

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my fave song from low's c'mon was nightingale:

http://youtu.be/7bj4bcRh53c

surprised to see the Veronica Falls album make the list. I thought this fit really well with a lot of the 90's stuff I used to be obsessed with, but then I played some tracks in an indiepop room on Turntable or wherever and people were not happy with me. my guess was that those people didn't really like noisy guitars.

then you need to come in outloud.fm

Veronica Falls is pastichey, but it's such a pitch-perfect modern take on '60s death records, for me.

This Veronica Falls album is thoroughly enjoyable.

yeah what were you doing on turntable

I posted a track from it in the Chicago thread once but no one ever responded ;_;

i think i really don't "get" ilx taste anymore

someone tell me where tim hecker is going to place so i can triangulate