ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

I wish the song had explored the issues uncovered inthis classic ILE thread xxp

I'm glad this one beat out "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", it's a much better song. I voted for it.

classic joint from the first time i heard the first chorus... it's really constructed well though. it keeps adding and adding on, there's some great vocals at the climax of the song.

the first dubstep drop is actually the best and most emotional moment of this fucking brilliant song, which comes bang in the middle of the album's most amazing stretch

when does the song start?

Though I did vote "Begin Again" higher than this, which I am assuming at this point is not going to make it.

when does the song start?

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Kept fwding to 2:05

The spoken word intro is kinda hilariously hamfisted in its portent.

I kind of hate the idea of anyone being introduced to "Pyramids" through the video, which cuts out most of the first movement and then adds more extraneous John Mayer noodles, in addition to just being visually horrible.

the video was such a disappointment (though given that taylor has never made a remotely good video apart from maaaaybe "you belong with me", i shouldn't have been disappointed really)

The song itself is probably the best Taylor I've heard though, the bit where it goes all Fisher Price Skrillex is great.

Pyramids was my #1, I love that song

but yeah I kinda feel like both movements are essential

are we expecting some more swift in this cos from what little i can dimly recall from hearing the alb one time she had loads on there better than these 2

altho i like the pouty way she says trubble trubble trubble

I would be surprised if there was any more Swift on here.

shit we have gobs of unused footage what should we do? how about a 2min spoken word intro?

I'm glad this one beat out "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", it's a much better song. I voted for it.

Yeah, as I said way upthread, I like "...Trouble" better than "...Together," even though I voted for the latter. So I'm glad to see it here.

Trouble ws great, glad I skipped the intro.

i really liked the live version of "trouble" she did at the AMAs too - added chamber strings in the second verse, turned the chorus into a clapper (!) http://youtu.be/4F6k67xoGL8

are we expecting some more swift in this cos from what little i can dimly recall from hearing the alb one time she had loads on there better than these 2

oh she does ("all too well" is like her FUCKING MASTERPIECE, and "treacherous" is usually the best song ever written when i listen to it) but these were the big singles i guess

Is it just me or is more of this list coalescing around a handful of artists than usual? I know it's the whole vote splitting thing but Nicki, Taylor, Miguel, Frank and Jessie between them account for a pretty hefty chunk of the list, assuming there's a couple more to come from some of them as well.

the album will place highly though, i assume

The intro was completely excess to requirements, but this is the best Swift song I've heard so far.

Taylor Swift only has 2 songs on the list.

No Jessie J songs yet.

i'm okay with frank and his album but it's a parlous enough state of affairs to be totally scotched by something like this amazingly shitty video or more often than not another inarticulate superfan

also when i do like him i sometimes kinda feel like i should be getting a producers credit for doing so

assuming there's a couple more to come from some of them as well.

i think we're done with them all except miguel (maaaaaaybe nicki but at this point i think we can wave goodbye to "the boys")

you're forgetting Kendrick and Angel and Haim, Matt

A few artists have had two tracks where personally it would have been good to see some Bobbins-type material making it but as I didn't vote blah blah.

Taylor suffering from vote-splitting / "ah, i'll just vote for the album", I think.

re Frank Ocean:
I just simply think half of his album is great
^this, though I doubt we'd agree which 50%, e.g. "Thinkin' 'bout you" is possibly my least favourite cut. I like "Super Rich Kids" and the tracks towards the end, after "Pyramids".

Ah yes forgot about Taylor Swift. What's up with that ILM?

a bit shocked no Swans have made an appearance yet, I had that album pegged as top 5 cert in the next poll but now I'm starting to wonder

I think Dawn might make another appearance too btw

displaced literary critics is what's up with that iirc xxp

you thought swans were going to place on an ilm tracks poll?

Swans'll do well in the albums thread I can imagine - only Mother Of The World strikes me as a standout track I'd want to vote for on its own (which I did, I think)

well scott walker did...?

Swans have been mid-poll in tracks before.

http://i.imgur.com/6vUy74h.jpg

18. CASSIE "King of Hearts" [411 points, 15 votes, 1 first place vote] (110 points for Richard X remix)

Spotify / Youtube / Remix Youtube

I'm sure the Swans album will do well, but the tracks list is always more pop-oriented. Personally, I didn't even think about picking out a track from it to rep for here.

swans track placed in 2010

*projects goon signal into sky, waits for whiney to show up in cape*

SWIFTSTEP

― lex pretend

lol

i've had the tape store bat signal up since midnight

I'd have thought a Chairlift track would have at least made the lower rungs of the poll. No hope for 'I Belong in Your Arms'?

"king of hearts" is really dope tho, it seemed like nothing and kinda craven even initially but it really grew on me. her voice works well on that song... there's enough space to make it work.

richard x remix is a total headrush as well

We're definitely due for an Richard X presents his X-Factor, Vol. 2.

damn@that Cassie track.

http://www.giftoflife.org/Upload/CMS/Images/page439_top.jpg

I forgot about Cassie. This is a nice surprise at this point.

I'd have thought a Chairlift track would have at least made the lower rungs of the poll. No hope for 'I Belong in Your Arms'?

― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin),

I thought this was a lock on the top 77 but I don't think it has a chance on the top 20.

Cassie placing in ILM poll shocker