ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

Guessing the top ten will be:

beyonce
destroyer
pj harvey
dj quik
katy b
m83
pistol annies
tropical 2
kate bush
tune yards

judging by the trax poll i'd guess we can also anticipate destroyer, ema, m83, gang gang dance, tune-yards, cass mccombs (whose album i've now heard after "county line" placed and i really like it!)

peaking lights better be in there

^^^oh yeah, i almost forgot.

Did Nicolas Jaar place yet?

No he didn't.

Tim Hecker is the only one of my votes that I'm quite sure of (nothing else has made it so far, boo hiss)

Planningtorock and Iceage might be outside bets. Would love to see Julianna Barwick, but am braced for heartbraek.

did ilx precovers lulu show up already? because thats prob a lock

yeah, that was on here already

iirc i voted Julianna Barwick pretty high, and Phaedra was my #4

there are two good songs on the cut copy album -- the first two iirc -- and then it falls off a cliff more or less

sucks cuz 'in ghost colours' is one of the best albums

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, February 1, 2012 1:36 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so wrong

loutallica is a lock for top 5

i don't think goon cru consensus is really what drove e-40 at this pt, he's certainly crossed over to the regular ilx crowd

idg why contenderizer thinks overtime shift is 'relatively weak' tho

i'd say there's been a low goon cru impact on this list so far, not sure what's going to make it other than grandfathered in teflon artists like Quik & E-40

anyway back to cut copy, 'hanging onto every heartbeat' and 'pyramids and pharoahes' are both >>>>> the first two tracks

77. When Saints Go Machine — Konkylie (258 points, 10 votes, one first place vote)
76. Robag Wruhme — Thora Vukk (262 points, 8 votes)
75. Liturgy — Aesthethica (264 points, nine votes)
74. The Joy Formidable — The Big Roar (266 points, seven votes, one first place vote)
73. Jay-Z & Kanye West — Watch the Throne (266 points, 10 votes)
72. Barbara Panther — Barbara Panther (270 points, seven votes, two first place votes)
71. Toro y Moi - Underneath the Pine (271 points, nine votes)

(tie) 69. Wild Flag — Wild Flag (273 points, 10 votes)
(tie) 69. Low — C'Mon (273 points, 10 votes)
68. ILX Presents Lulu (276 points, 11 votes, one first place vote)
67. Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls (282 points, 11 votes)
66. Big K.R.I.T. - Return of 4Eva (288 points, 10 votes)
65. The Psychic Paramount - II (290 points, 9 votes)
64. Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage (290 points, nine votes, one first place vote)
63. Austra - Feel it Break (290 points, ten votes, one first place vote)
62. Drake – Take Care (292 points, 8 votes, one first place vote)
61. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes (294 points, 10 votes)

60. James Ferraro — Far Side Virtual (295 points, 11 votes)
59. Perfume — JPN (298 points, 10 votes, two first place votes)
58. Grouper — Alien Observer/Dream Loss (304 points, 11 votes, one first place vote)
57. The War on Drugs — Slave Ambient (322 points, nine votes, one first place vote)
56. Danny Brown — XXX (323 points, 11 votes, one first place vote)
55. Mastodon — The Hunter (328 points, 10 votes)
54. Kendrick Lamar — Section.80 (337 points, 10 votes, one first place vote)
53. Laura Marling — A Creature I Don’t Know (342 points, 11 votes, one first place vote)
52. The Mountain Goats — All Eternals Deck (342 points, 12 votes)
51. Demdike Stare — Tryptych (347 points, 16 votes, one first place vote)

50. Hatchback — Zeus and Apollo (350 points, nine votes, two first place votes)
49. Moon Duo — Mazes (350 points, 12 votes)
48. Tom Waits — Bad As Me (352 points, 14 votes)
47. Clams Casino — Instrumentals (354 points, 12 votes)
46. Azari & III — Azari & III (358 points, 12 votes)
45. The Weeknd — House of Balloons (360 points, 10 votes, two first place votes)
44. Fucked Up — David Comes To Life (360 points, 13 votes, one first place vote)
43. Real Estate — Days (361 points, 11 votes, two first place votes)
42. Radiohead — King of Limbs (362 points, 13 votes)
41. Andy Stott — Passed Me By/We Stay Together (363 points, 13 votes)

40. Dawn Richard — The Prelude to a Tell Tale Heart (372 points, 11 votes)
39. Girls — Father, Son, Holy Ghost (374 points, 11 votes)
38. Junior Boys — It’s All True (375 points, 15 votes)
37. Death Grips — Ex-Military (382 points, 13 votes)
36. Holy Ghost! — Holy Ghost! (384 points, 13 votes, one first place vote)
35. Julia Holter — Tragedy (386 points, 14 votes, one first place vote)
34. Cut Copy — Zonoscope (392 points, 12 votes, one first place vote)
33. John Maus — We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves (398 points, 14 votes, one first place vote)
32. Panda Bear — Tomboy (402 points, 13 votes)
31. Nguzunguzu — The Perfect Lullaby (404 points, 13 votes, 2 first place votes)

30. Ford & Lopatin — Channel Pressure (410 points, 14 votes)
29. Britney Spears — Femme Fatale (424 points, 13 votes, one first place vote)
28. Araabmuzik — Electronic Dream (445 points, 14 votes)
27. St. Vincent — Strange Mercy (469 points, 14 votes, one first place vote)
26. Oneohtrix Point Never — Replica (474 points, 17 votes, one first place vote)
25. Frank Ocean — Nostalgia, Ultra. (476 points, 12 votes, one first place vote)
24. Colin Stetson — New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges (481 points, 13 votes, one first place vote)
23. E-40 — Revenue Retrievin: Overtime Shift/Graveyard Shift (484 points, 16 votes)
22. Lady Gaga — Born This Way (488 points, 14 votes, one first place vote)
21. Shabazz Palaces — Black Up (502 points, 17 votes)

thanks lamp

thx bro

Very pleased that Dawn Richard made the list, my number 2 choice. Top 40 feels a respectable outcome for a low-fi mixtape. Lamp OTM upthread, i feel there's something very modern (though not in a flashy or self-conscious manner) and unique about its stripped back rhythmic attack.

If Tropical 2 cracks top 20 I will be ridiculously pleased and smug.

i'd say there's been a low goon cru impact on this list so far

yeah esp compared to last year. this also seems like the strongest outer zones influenced eoy list ilm has ever had?

i'd say there's been a low goon cru impact on this list so far

just piggybacking on lex's comment from tracks thread how lol it is that you take the time to chinstroke abt this but not to vote

dunno if there's less goon cru stuff per se

2010: gucci mane, curren$y, big krit, tyler the creator, rick ross, earl sweatshirt, e-40, waka flocka flame, diddy dirty money, yelawolf, kanye west, big boi (12)
2011: jay-z & kanye west, big krit, drake, danny brown, kendrick lamar, clams casino, death grips, araabmuzik, e-40, shabazz palaces (and at least dj quik to come) (11)

not already mentioned as possible top 20: Kurt Vile, Wild Beasts, Raphael Saadiq, Marsha Ambrosius (actually have no idea how popular she was here this year)

my point wasnt that there was less rap but that the rap/tone of the list seemed much less interested in what the goon cru was championing last year. i think not having their own top w/e preceding this poll hurt w/ that

like death grips, clams casino, araabmuzik and kinda danny brown are the sort of indie rap stuff that i associate much more closely w/cassette label blogs and avant/weirdo posters than goon cru. did most goons even like these acts last year? and jay and kayne and drake are way more pop than goon i guess...

didn't even know araabmuzik was considered hip hop personally

i don't even know what the other rap posters even loved this year - it seems they spent much more time talking about stuff they didn't like but was being hyped. didn't feel there was much rallying around anything or enthusiasm à la WAKA, apart from like dj quik and e-40

my fav hip-hop came from unexpected directions in 2011, quik apart i don't think i'd heard of any of the rappers who made my favourite rap albums at the start of the year

Danny Brown has good standing amongst the goons.

just piggybacking on lex's comment from tracks thread how lol it is that you take the time to chinstroke abt this but not to vote

― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, February 1, 2012 5:48 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i didnt know the poll was happening, as i explained already

i ignored it because i thought i didn't care, but it turns out that i do. i care.

dunno if there's less goon cru stuff per se

2010: gucci mane, curren$y, big krit, tyler the creator, rick ross, earl sweatshirt, e-40, waka flocka flame, diddy dirty money, yelawolf, kanye west, big boi (12)
2011: jay-z & kanye west, big krit, drake, danny brown, kendrick lamar, clams casino, death grips, araabmuzik, e-40, shabazz palaces (and at least dj quik to come) (11)

― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, February 1, 2012 5:50 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah lamp is OTM & even the ones this year (quik. krit. e-40) that goon cru do like are ones that we had already championed in years past

part of it at least from my perspective is that for the most part my 'champion-ing' moved off-board & onto my blog & paid writing. I am a bit disappointed no one jumped onto boldy james, which i even made a thread for on the sandbox & thought would appeal as much to younger goons like brainwasher as old heads like m@tt

deej no offence but dont you say that every year you forget?

i ignored it because i thought i didn't care, but it turns out that i do. i care.

― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Wednesday, February 1, 2012 6:06 PM (14 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

never said i didnt care! was unaware

deej no offence but dont you say that every year you forget?

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 6:07 PM (9 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i dont remember why i didnt vote in years past when i didnt; i'm sure sometimes i didn't notice, sometimes i didnt have time, sometimes i didnt want to. i still think i can post itt sorry guys

yeah, that Cut Copy album still isn't very good though

\oO/ completely disagree

i think they do much better pop songwriting than most of the groups championed around here. i heard that wu lyf shit yall listen to in the lana del rey thread smh

"Better than Wu Lyf" is pretty fucked up in terms of faint praise

As an outsider my possibly way-off-base sense of goon crew heavy hitters last year was basically Meek Mill, Don Trip & Starlito, maybe Schoolboy Q, maybe 2 Chainz, and Kendrick to the extent that he counts?

It didn't seem like there was much consensus past Meek though?

But I don't read the thread closely enough to say for sure.

judging by the trax poll i'd guess we can also anticipate destroyer, ema, m83, gang gang dance, tune-yards, cass mccombs (whose album i've now heard after "county line" placed and i really like it!)

― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, February 1, 2012 6:14 PM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

glad you liked the album! did you listen to just wit's end or humor risk too?

i don't even know what the other rap posters even loved this year

i only follow the thread intermittently but my sense was stuff like meek mill, the step brothers tape, killer mike maybe freddie gibbs in addition to the stuff everyone else liked.

glad you liked the album! did you listen to just wit's end or humor risk too?

just wit's end so far - "knock upon the door" was probably the one i liked best after "county line". he uses space really well.

i should've voted for meek mill but i didn't think the tape was quite consistent enough to make my ballot.

"Alisa" is my fave track on cut copy. killer chorus imo.

\oO/ completely disagree

― #YOLO #NAMASTE (D-40)

Yeah i know, you were one of the few enthusiastic people on its thread. That's why i'm surprised it placed as high as it did

i thought more than a few ppl were into king louie but apparently not

I like him quite a bit. Not sure what you'd expect to place in an albums poll though

deej what did you think of young bleed & cousin fik? thought you were into the former

I was into King Louie! But I don't know it's status amongst the goon crew generally.

really thought max b would have a bigger year

Bloody HELL, this Nguzunguzu mix! Love!

deej what did you think of young bleed & cousin fik? thought you were into the former

― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Wednesday, February 1, 2012 6:32 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i liked both! & grady might be joking but i agree w/ that too

I was into King Louie! But I don't know it's status amongst the goon crew generally.

― Tim F, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 6:34 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i've started to wonder -- not so much here but w/ popularity more generally -- if my timing on the piece was a little weird, b/c a lot of early adapters like to be a part of the story, but right after i raised awareness he almost stopped releasing new stuff, so people were waiting to hear new shit before cosigning & then nothing new came out

i dunno trying to figure out the 'logic' of artists going viral is probably a mugs game