ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

thanks CAD

Yessir for DJ Quik. Tremendous album.

Ghetto Rendezvous the ice coldest track of the year, genuinely shocking to me
http://youtu.be/aqlLDyA28yU

I didn't vote Quik, but it didn't need my help after all. YAY!

"ghetto rendezvous" is for real the coldest rap track in recent memory

hopefully quik keeps putting out an album a year

metal vinyl just goes nuts on ebay sometimes.

― omar little, Thursday, February 2, 2012 11:49 AM (48 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not just metal.

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, February 2, 2012 11:49 AM (35 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, but often metal. i've occasionally sold stuff on e-bay, and bidders do seem to lose their shit over "collectible" metal. plus the doods that buy it (and they're always doods) are often crazy obsessive and super-informed about billion weird little details, like comic book collectors.

xp until i die, yes

its always dudes regardless of whether its metal or not!

Killer Dope lives up to it's title and then some http://youtu.be/84hIeyQgMf0

hurrah dj quik

i have to go now i am so late oh god

its always dudes regardless of whether its metal or not!

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, February 2, 2012 11:54 AM (45 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, mostly, but i've sold a fair amount of poppy garage stuff to women

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

6. Gang Gang Dance — Eye Contact (860 points, 29 votes, one first place vote)

P4K: 29
P&J: 92

Spotify

Oh good!

Ha, apparently I'd never seen the cover of that GGD album before. Voted for it though!

29 votes. We're in consensus territory!

Top 5 =

PJH
Katy B
Destroyer
Beyonce
and...?

I'm blanking on the fifth.

Way to go Uncle Acid voters! Absolutely stunned to see that in the top ten!

uncle acid sounds really good!

Kate Bush still to come.

I'm losing my confidence in that.

Right, Kate Bush!

But then, how could she not have made the list at all? I guess you are right.

Yeah, I think it's too high a placing, but I'm sure she'll make it.

Top 5 =

PJH
Katy B
Destroyer
Beyonce
and...?

I'm blanking on the fifth.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, February 2, 2012 12:02 PM Bookmark

I've been under the assumption those four would top 5 this whole poll but been unable to come up with the fifth. I was hoping it would be DJ Quik.

xp Oh yeah, Kate Bush.

Kind of surprised at lack of Wild Beasts though.

I found Eye Contact to be a considerable step down from St. Dymphna, but there are still a couple of undeniable jams on it.

don't count out slick pulla

Between Beyonce and PJ for #1? Not that I'd have predicted any of this so far so I wouldn't put money even on that.

King Creosote and Jon Hopkins

Beyonce ftw

i said at the very beginning it was beyonce , pj harvey and katy b for the top 3 and im staying with it.

It's far from being the best Kate Bush album but I reckon a lot of people would have put it somewhere a bit outside their top ten. Wouldn't be surprised if it got more actual votes than most of the others, even if they weren't very high.

The only thing that surprises me about that potential top 5 is Katy B -- did not realize she was so popular. I should probably listen to the album -- I really like "Katy on a Mission," and the tracks that showed up on the tracks poll were pretty good, too.

would love it if the King Creosote and Jon Hopkins album made it, but I doubt it. So beautiful and moving.

I got the Hatchback album and it is really gorgeous. I would have absolutely voted for that.

http://i.imgur.com/M7W10.jpg

5. Kate Bush — 50 Words For Snow (880 points, 29 votes, one first place vote)

P4K: 36
P&J: 37

Spotify

Kind of surprised at lack of Wild Beasts though.

― Phibes Kartel (NickB)

They've sadly missed out with all 3 of their albums on these lists.

Really think it's going to be PJ Harvey at number 1 with Beyonce close behind.

I'm gonna hazard that Katy could win

xp re hatchback
yeah, I need to find the right time to listen to that^. whoever said it wasn't good bored at yr computer music was right

GGD album is solid - not top 10 for me, but I did vote for it.

Again, I like the Kate Bush album well enough (voted for "Wild Man" in tracks) but it didn't make my ballot.

i could see any of beyonce,pj and katy b winning.

This is a pleasantly esoteric top ten so far.

Eleanoora Rosenholm will be #1, obviously. Come on guys, where have you been this year?

I'm digging this Colin Stetson album quite a lot you guys. Looking forward to discovering the lower echelons of the poll once this is over.

i think even more than metal vinyl is bands like tool, pearl jam, mars volta...that shit goes haywire.

kate bush, awesome.

Katy B has the pop and dance factors nailed, plus she's got underground/indie cred - could be aligning factors

I'm really happy about Gang Gang Dance and DJ Quik both hitting the top ten, and the Pistol Annies is pretty good too. No idea there was such a following for the latter here, although I never read the rolling country thread.

Still prefer Crazy Ex-Girlfriend for Miranda action though.

xp to omar there's gotta be a subset of 30-ish guys who have a little money and think it's so rad to have that stuff on vinyl