ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

xp: Viceroy

Actually I'm nearly a Cranes completist. In the early work, Allison Shaw's voice is a witness to the assault, later its a distinction. Megan from Purity Ring isn't nearly as extreme, indeed I think some more inflection would be welcome the next go 'round.

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47. Haim "Don't Save Me" [244 points, 9 votes]

Spotify /Youtube

NICE!

Wasn't sure this had enough time to make an impact on voting, as it only came out in December (or maybe late November).

xxp Cool. I like The Cranes a lot too. I don't mind high-pitched/"kewpie" (IDGI?) female vocalists of any kind, even if they are kinda blase like Purity Ring.

think I've managed to ignore santigold up to now because of 1.) the name and 2.) that one album with the gross cover art

That's a shame. The one with the vomiting glitter cover was so great, and the more recent one is definitely okay.

purity rings is like a gothier school of seven bells with the vocal harmonies replaced by flying lotus compression, this album is sounding incredible to me right now

flying lotus flower bomb compression

i think i only like half of each santigold album but i really, really, really love those halves

Haim is great. I want them to get haircuts, though.

love both haim songs

i think i only like half of each santigold album but i really, really, really love those halves

― lex pretend

I think I agree.

trying to change 'hard as a motherfucker' into a phrase that would fit HAIM has been a display name failure that's dogged me all year

all of you who need a shot of perspective re: how uncivil it is virtually anywhere else on the internet shd check the comments on that santigold youtube link

because O_O

imho you are all v mannerful and lovely

Who the fuck cares what you think?

j/k

I love the little bridge?/breakdown? part around 2:21 in "Don't Save Me" where her vocal dips down really low with the "If I had to beg for your lo-uv...tell me...tell me" part.

yeah i really wish i had heard of haim before this poll, cuz these songs are the shit

since we're back on Haim, good time to mention that the Lissvik remix of Forever should not be ignored:

http://soundcloud.com/haimtime/forever-dan-lissvik-remix

Everyone seems to mentions Haim and 90s, but a 70s sound jumps out. (I'd have to listen again to try to be more specific about where it is in the song.)

they have been described as "fleetwood mac meets r&b"

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46. BRUNO MARS "Locked Out of Heaven" [246 points, 7 votes]

Spotify / Youtube

STING JR!

yessssssssssss

xp where the "meets r&b" bit doesn't make a whole lot of sense though

Yeah, I hear the Fleetwood Mac thing to a degree. I forgot about that. xposts

TOO LOW

Haim sounds like 2013 to me.

xp:
Haim performs Fleetwood Mac's Hold Me.

lovin it

the one thing w/ "locked out of heaven" is that i think the verses are way better than the chorus. i don't think the latter really takes off as much as it wants to.

everybody should watch the bruno music vid btw

I like the woopwoop thing in this song, I am not a big fan of this guy's singing.

think this was my #2

the one thing w/ "locked out of heaven" is that i think the verses are way better than the chorus.

This is 200% otm.

didn't vote for it but i'm so glad this placed, good job everyone

Oh, I've never heard the verse or bridge for the Bruno Mars song before. I like this!

percussive "ooh!"s make the song, as well as the ascending pre-chorus, as well as everything else about it

If I'd voted for this, which I didn't, it would've been on the strength of the verses.

kind of agree that the verses > chorus but i still love the chorus, it's a respectable peak

glad that a song that blew up so late in the year ended up doing pretty well in year-end lists, thought a lot of the people who came around to it in time wouldn't realize it was good until well into 2013

wouldn't mind a handful less 'woop woops' but otherwise amazing song. i'm surprised, i think the chorus hits really nicely. it's hard to sing along to tho cos bruno's voice is mad octaves high

oh shit i always forget about the bridge though

Cher's NNGH >> Bruno's NNGH

i like the woop woops, just, less please.

that sounds like marley meets the police in 2012. i like some of it, all those oohs are a little ridiculous though.

*looks at my ballots* wth I didnt vote for this

>:O

Great song. Police + "Melt With You" builds. The bits that sound like Journey are kinda superfluous.

nope i love all of the oohs

very jacksons i think?