ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

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.

http://i.imgur.com/LiGx1.jpg

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

Tim Hecker will be @ #17

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Nothing posted so far is really "out there" (except maybe Liturgy, but ILX has always had a metal underbelly). xps

yeah what were you doing on turntable

as I remember it, Outloud required me to have access to the actual files, which meant I was rarely in a place where I could use it. if this is inaccurate, please feel free to correct me elsewhere.

You can post tracks from Soundcloud now too.

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

65. The Psychic Paramount - II (290 points, 9 votes)

P4K: DNP
P&J: 132

yesssssssssssssssssssss

one of my favorite albums of the year

I guess I should've voted in this so that I could complain that the Big K.R.I.T. is TOO LOW

oh cool

quality cover!

Surprised KRIT was so low. I'd have thought that was one of the consensus raps albums of the year.

PP II is a great album, for which I voted

one of my favorite albums of the year

what's a good track to check out

Wow! surprised to see Psychic Paramount make it. Happy, but sincerely surprised.

btw i somehow missed the voting for this so whenever i say i like an album just imagine that it's a couple of places higher on the list

Yay! to The Psychic Paramount.

Have been meaning to check this out for ages, but it's not on Spotify...can anyone point to a track or two on Soundcloud/Youtube?

i totally missed the voting too :(
will not allow that to curb my opinions here, however.

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xp wasn't a great year for rap albums really

Woohoo, another one I voted for! This album really respects the sound of the inside of my head.

as I remember it, Outloud required me to have access to the actual files, which meant I was rarely in a place where I could use it. if this is inaccurate, please feel free to correct me elsewhere.

― fffv, Monday, January 30, 2012 8:07 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

You can post tracks from Soundcloud now too.

― two lights crew (seandalai), Monday, January 30, 2012 8:07 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

You can, or you can also hang out and talk nonsense while letting other people pick some fine tunes for you to listen to.