ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

I think I would like this Chairlift song if it was by Fall Out Boy.

Haha rtc that may have been me trolling

Omg c sharp major that would be amazing

well i thought the chairlift album was massively dull but somehow the talabot remix avoided me all year - it's the 6.15amix right? - and this is as gorgeous as one would expect

I can see how the 4AD aesthetic is carrying on in some ways w/Grimes. Think I need more medieval music samples or something.

I was terrifically enamored with the Chairlift album when it came out, but a recent relisten revealed three great songs (Amanaemonesia, I Belong, and Sidewalk Safari), and a bunch of undercooked filler.

wow i've just noticed the original got more votes than the remix. unbelievable

The original is great, it's the only Chairlift that really works for me. I've also managed to miss the remix altogether.

Huh, Chairlift. Kept trying to like this, but I think the last time I was down w/this kind've thing was Stars' "Elevator Love Letter"? Maybe I prefer my Canuck synthpop austere/frosty rather than giddy?

I think I would like this Chairlift song if it was by Fall Out Boy.

― my chemtrails romance (c sharp major), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:49 (49 seconds ago)

Mind = blown.

It's super cheese gothy but "Skin" is my jam on the Grimes album.

opus iii 'it's a fine day' kinnnnda almost made me think of grimes the other day

I think I would like this Chairlift song if it was by Fall Out Boy.

― my chemtrails romance (c sharp major), Thursday, January 24, 2013 4:49 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah this needs to happen

I <3 "I Belong in Your Arms" but don't have much fondness for the remix.

Chairlift is a case where combining the OG and remix totals feels unfair - they're completely different songs. That said, even without the remix points the OG would still have made the top 20.

Opus ||| is a good ref point actually

a recent relisten revealed three great songs (Amanaemonesia, I Belong, and Sidewalk Safari), and a bunch of undercooked filler.

I agree that those are the three best songs on the album, but the rest are pretty good, too!

"wrong opinion" is best actually

The problem with comparing Grimes to any of that early 90s dance is that while it works sonically, she totally undervalues beats and rhythm.

yeah i wouldn't consider 'take it out on me' undercooked filler, at the least

i really should love 'i belong in your arms' but i just find it boring. i wish my fav synthpop boy-girl duo from 2011 got as much attention (new look).

what's the betting if someone were to drop opus in the middle of a grimes album listening party vernissage sesh people would be fucking appalled

should have listened to this before reading the fall out boy comment because my brain is trying to simultaneously take in the song + transpose it as if patrick stump were singing it + it had some nice bright full guitars

This Chairlift song is pretty good. Not feeling the remix.

Combine Grimes and Chairlift and you end up with Japanese Boy by Aneka

I like this Chairlift remix more than anything on the Talabot album actually, I wish he'd included a couple of sunrise anthems like this really.

poll finally delivers a new gem w/ pachanga boys. I don't have a clue how you go about creating something that so deftly angles to such a rarefied headspace. awesome.

not in love with either of the two consensus grimes tracks, but adore the album - like oblivion and genesis just fine but aren't the best tracks by a wide margin.

personal favourites are Skin which is the one mostly comprehensible ballad and i have FEELINGS about it,

and Be a Body (侘寂) which was supposed to be a single and was going to have a video at some point but that never happened. anyway, this is the best 'dance'/upbeat number on visions

vowels is pretty great too.

I Belong in Your Arms is a song that I love. Intensely.

"wrong opinion" is best actually

― Tim F, Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:54 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

xp:
New Look still hasn't managed a North American release, and Chairlift had a big early bump from an Ipod commercial on their debut.

wasn't massively into the grimes album but i like it when i listen to it and happy enough to see it here. plus she seems like she'd be fun to hang out w/. wish i liked talabot's stuff more than i do, feel like it should be right up my street. gonna give this one a proper go.

did we fold in remixes with originals on previous end-of-year polls? just thought: maybe that's a reason why this one feels like it's got so much less bobbins than previous years.

also, brb, setting up a kickstarter to bully patrick stump into a studio

"songs fall out boy should cover" needs to be a thread, no telling the millions of songs it could save

Yeah, Friendly Fires 'Paris' finished incredibly high up as a result.

The bit where Talabot and Pional bring in the pitched down "I beeeelong in your arms" chorus is so so great.

did we fold in remixes with originals on previous end-of-year polls?

idr if musically did this or not, but that's been the protocol for the past three polls.

http://i.imgur.com/PECiXMf.png

7. SKY FERREIRA "Everything is Embarrassing" [607 points, 19 votes, 3 first place votes]

Spotify / Youtube

ah, ok.

Yeah, we've always combined remixes and originals. I'd be open to arguments about keeping them separate. xxxxxxxxxp

Chairlift had a big early bump from an Ipod commercial on their debut.

― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:58 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

again, natural habitat

idk i can't get with anything that doesn't just borrow or nod to the past but literally sounds like it was not made at any point in the last 20 years, just so sterile

love it xxp

that sky ferreira youtube link doesn't work in the uk so here's a mirror: http://youtu.be/1jtTeMgWNhA

i can't remember if i voted for sky or not but that's a 10/10 joint no doubt... i need to find somewhere that has it for karaoke

i like "everything is embarrassing" a lot despite dev hynes. sky ferreira is an incredibly charismatic performer despite not having much in the way of actual killer tunes yet and in general it's a pretty real song

i can't remember if i voted for sky or not but that's a 10/10 joint no doubt... i need to find somewhere that has it for karaoke

noooo it's way too intimate for karaoke, i don't think i'd want to hear it with anyone else in the ROOM

Last interesting place left now? Assuming it's going to be an Usher/Psy/Terje/Miguel/Jepsen top 5.

Combining originals and remixes has called attention to a number of great songs (esp. Haim's "Forever" above) that I wouldn't have otherwise heard. I'm sure the opposite argument will be seen from #s 78+

I feel like all my sky stanning on ilm has finally gotten her somewhere (was sad when "one" didn't crack the top 77 in 2010).

such an amazing song. groovy, dreamy, perfect

"everything" actually didn't click for me until it popped up at random on the nominations spotify and i went OH