ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

heh

when this came out i wasn't high on it at all - it sounded great but i thought the songs weren't there. towards the end of the year though i found i was still listening to it a ton, especially on tube journeys (the production was loud enough to overpower the noise of the tube basically), and finding it very fun and memorable. so i think i tossed it near the bottom of my ballot. standouts: "i wanna go", "gasoline", "criminal", "seal it with a kiss", "(drop dead) beautiful", "inside out".

at no point does britney sound like a sentient human being - like even less than usual she's just been turned into a sex-and-partying automaton. this, it turns out, is fairly awesome to listen to. at one point on "drop dead) beautiful" you're kind of shocked out of the mood by a voice that sounds alive and human - what has happened to britney, you think! how has she malfunctioned?! it turns out it's the guest rapper (sabi from the bangz who is pretty awesome in and of herself)

not particularly good, but should not be charting lower than gaga

i don't think gaga is going to place at all tbh, none of her tracks did

the gangsta barbara stanwyck

has this been used as a mixtape drop?

Maybe you were confusing with Fügügüffü

I kept confusing it with one of those shangaan electro fellows

Back to Nguzunguzu - that 50 second clip from Ciara's Flaws & All into I Run It is just <3

I didn't vote for it but there are enough ppl on ILM who love that Gaga album that it'll place I think

i don't think gaga is going to place at all tbh, none of her tracks did

she will

yay nguzunguzu

I don't usually vote for mixes and don't really approve of free web mixes being included but that Nguzunguzu mix is FUCKING AMAZING and one of the best things I heard over the first half of last year. Such a fantastic summer mix.

The idea of Cut Copy beating Holy Ghost is just really weird, I wasn't aware anyone even liked Zonoscope that much, especially compared to the last one.

Intrigued by the Julia Holter, I've never even heard of that one.

Okay, I like "Till The World Ends," it's a great single. But I gotta say, WTF. I heard 526 albums last year better than that.

http://i.imgur.com/m9ddO.jpg

28. Araabmuzik — Electronic Dream (445 points, 14 votes)

P4K: 40
P&J: 392

Spotify

The Perfect Lullaby is such a perfect distillation of an aesthetic I didn't even know I wanted in my life.

The Araabmuzik record is alright when he's doing girly trance, he should embrace his inner house really rather than doggedly pursuing incongruous hip-hop beats.

'channel pressure' is ok but there were so many other, better records that did the same thing out this year

Gimme some names! I voted for Channel Pressure but also feel like it's not as good as it could be.

It took me about three months to admit to myself that I actually really liked the Panda Bear album - OH THE SHAME - but I actually really do like it a lot... eh, what can you do...

i played the nguzus' dublab mix nearly as much as 'perfect lullaby' - more bangin' if you find PL too 'sedate' or something

couldn't get into that ford/lopatin, tho i loved "strawberry skies" the year before

my favourite thing on the araabmuzik album was "golden touch" - interpolating jam & spoon, <3 <3 <3 <3

also appreciated an actual rapper getting on that beat too - broadway ft. fabolous - 2 the money

for all that i thought as an album it was pretty but inessential

A few of the many not-great albums that are still better than Britney's - Bon Iver, Atari Teenage Riot, Fountains Of Wayne, Coldplay, Hercules And Love Affair, Vivian Girls, Social Distortion, Deerhoof, Kaiser Chiefs, R.E.M., Paul Simon, The Cars, Lonely Island, Blondie, Gomez, Red Hot Chili Peppers...

emergency room on the f&l record is soo catchy

idk i got addicted to that araabmuzik album as walking to work music, the sugaryness of it was like eating a couple of pop tarts for breakfast. weird, since i think it's meant to be night music

Was wondering if people were aware that the Nguzunguzu was nominated. Yep, technically it shouldn't be eligible but i played it more than anything else last year so i put it at number one

yeah, i didn't know that else i'd have voted it for sure

i did vote 'electronic dream' - kind of a gimmick maybe but it was a gimmick i liked a whole lot

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

27. St. Vincent — Strange Mercy (469 points, 14 votes, one first place vote)

P4K: 11
P&J: 12

Spotify

Love everything about this album, even though I think Actor might be slightly better.

very cold album, which is probably the point. I voted for it.

The album/mood tracks are better than on Actor, but Strange Mercy could use a bit of "Actor out of Work" or "Marrow" energy to liven up the proceedings.

her stuff is fine but i don't get why people are super into it?

http://i.imgur.com/tIOK6.jpg

26. Oneohtrix Point Never — Replica (474 points, 17 votes, one first place vote)

P4K: 6
P&J: 35

Spotify

hurrah!

how does replica compare to returnal?

It's good, but it's no Returnal

her stuff is fine but i don't get why people are super into it?

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 2:49 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

good songwriter
cool guitar sounds
deadpan singing
she is awesome

Replica isn't as good, in my opinion.

good songwriter
cool guitar sounds
deadpan singing
video games

Didn't take to 'Replica'. Favourite Lopatin related thing this yr was the collab thing with Borden, Ferraro, Godin, Halo.

I liked Returnal more but now I can't remember what Replica sounds like.

Nowhere near as good as Returnal, I missed both the screaming noise and the strange ballardy balladry.

OPN consensus, it seems!

I listened to this in a laundromat once and thought it was p good at the time.

intrigued by the borden/ferraro/godin/halo collabo record. what's this one like? a pleasant, new age-y wash of sound?

ez snappin
played-out joke
video gamezzzz

Replica might not be as good as Returnal but it still was very good and worthy in its own right.

http://i.imgur.com/g5HU4.jpg

25. Frank Ocean — Nostalgia, Ultra. (476 points, 12 votes, one first place vote)

P4K: 35
P&J: 16

Spotify

Yeah, it was its own distinct thing, but that thing just wasn't as satisfying as the other. xp re Replica

now that is a bad fkin album cover

if by bad you mean awesome!

oh for fucks sake

gtfo

bad fkin album title too

mediocre fkin album

even when i think i've listened to a lot of music in a given year, i really haven't

that or too much music comes out in general

Forest in your backyard
And an orange fast car
VIDEO GAAAAAMEZ.