ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

"archipegiation"? does richard x turn tracks into an archipelago?

lol

respect my archipegiation

yeah he's British innit

if I ran the world, "Adorn"-haters would be subject to mental examination

I've gotten used to "Do You.." I guess but its still the low point of the album, for me.

resolve to play rock paper scissors with miggy someday

this is actually second string Miguel for me but am glad to see it. Last year I made a mix CD of the top 15 and I am slightly bummed that this won't be on it if I do the same this year.

I mean, that slap bass! Loved that Tim F compared this to Me'Shell

i don't think anyone has expressed "adorn"-hate itt

Meant "arpeggiation". Least that's what it says on the dial.

"Adorn" is great obv, probably my #3 on the album. Happen to prefer "Do You...".

personally feel like it would have been nice if 'do you' and 'use me' places were switched but i'm happy for miggy either way

xp TS: rtc calling Cassie "a bit of crumpet" vs doglatin calling Sarah Cracknell someone's tipsy mum.

"Adorn" is a fine song and "Do You" is just ok but I wish Miguel would move over on this poll for some dance music. We've seen so little thus far.

"use me" is great but sometimes i think there's maybe one too many repetitions of the chorus

Yey! More Miguel. I was very off in my idea for this top 20. I guess I'd better redo it. So here's 15 and there's at least 5 which I'm not sure if they'll place at all (major lazer, grizzly bear, sky ferreira, icona pop and.... psy)

Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Usher - Climax
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Miguel - Adorn
Solange - Losing You
Grimes - Oblivion
D'Banj - Oliver Twist
Katy B x Geeneus x Jessie Ware - Aaliyah
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools
Psy - Gangnam Style
Sky Ferreira - Everything is embarrasing
Major Lazer - Get Free
Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
Charli XCX - Nuclear Seasons
Pachanga Boys - Time
Icona Pop - I Love It

I like 'Do You' a lot.

someone's comment about "Use Me" being sexy r&b vocals over shoegaze instrumentals got me thinking about Meshell too, cause she's the only other person I can think of who really goes for that. xps

i am going to be devastated if sky ferreira doesn't place. :(((

TS: rtc calling Cassie "a bit of crumpet" vs doglatin calling Sarah Cracknell someone's tipsy mum.

"Crumpet" has its own (quite negative) connotations whereas comparing Sarah Cracknell being like someone's tipsy mom in a crowd half her age describes a situation and not her personally.

please 51 me for calling cassie a bit of crumpet, i can literally think of no finer way to go

It's the bassline that makes it. Also the lyrics.

in what world is psy not a lock for this poll

Major Lazer - Get Free
Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
Charli XCX - Nuclear Seasons
Icona Pop - I Love It

no. and you're still leaving out Nayvadius

i am going to be devastated if sky ferreira doesn't place. :(((

I can't imagine that not happening.

http://i.imgur.com/8BuWjQv.png

16. D'BANJ "Oliver Twist" [423 points, 15 votes]

Youtube

good song

this was a great song to listen to in an ice cream parlour

SEE I LIKE BEYONCÉ

one of my favourite moments of this year: had to review an open-air multi-artist afrobeats gig over the summer. of course this is britain and it was absolutely tipping it down on the night. if it hadn't been for work i would have unhesitatingly bailed but i sighed and packed my umbrella and trekked into town anyway. anyway it all ended with cis & i dancing to this in the rain with massive grins on our faces and it was kind of perfect (but not as perfect as it would've been with better weather)

remember when mannie fresh was in a d'banj video

Top YT comment, from the president of Romania.

never fell in love with this song but it's very fun

i like "do you..." but i sorta ruined it for myself by imagining it as a lenny kravitz song

oof why

never fell in love with this song but it's very fun

― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:26 AM Bookmark

yeah, same

I think I prefer the Guru track quite a bit more to this, but it's still excellent

'do you' was my #1 iirc (though last week suddenly adorn overtook it in my heart). it's a perfect record, the warmth of it, how confident the mix of desire and familiarity and flirtation.

xpost AZONTO IN THE RAIN <3 actually i associate that evening more w/ 'boom boom tah' and 'chop my money'? neither of which is going to place, i'm guessing.

I can kinda get with the melody in parts of this track, but the relentlessness of the beat is murdering my brains.

xpost AZONTO IN THE RAIN <3 actually i associate that evening more w/ 'boom boom tah' and 'chop my money'? neither of which is going to place, i'm guessing.

"boom boom tah"!!!!! god, should've hyped that so much more this year

lol "do you.." is nothing like Kravitz, the guitars are 10 billion times better for a start.

then there's everything else.

i love the beat, it might be my favorite part about it. but yes, it is relentless, i think i've woken up with it in my head.

BOOM BOOM TAH: http://youtu.be/cbSFOwfPmNU

dance beats are MEANT to be relentless ffs

it makes them fun to dance to

it's not really like kravitz (aside from the hippy-dippyness of it) but i can imagine him singing it

Pretty sure it will be lodged in there for the next week. That up/down synth bit is just too much.

it's not really like kravitz (aside from the hippy-dippyness of it) but i can imagine him singing it

there are shades of "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" in the melody

ha maybe that's it

i feel like i missed some fundamental part of 2012 by not being in anywhere near enough clubs that were playing 'oliver twist'

you guys, please stop with the kravitz-talk. for the children.

When D'Banj was mentioned as someone who'd probably show up in the top 20, I was like "who the eff is that" and so I listened to the song and realized I'd heard it the one time I clicked on Lex's terribly titled "Afrobeats" thread last summer. Didn't make much of an impression at the time, but I can imagine myself getting into whatever scene that is.