ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2012

about the right place for killer mike imo

i've lost hope for jojo at this point

^ feeling this :(

i mean no rangda? no jojo? i feel like a lonely weirdo howling on a rocky cliff.

Last one for the day...

I hear ya La Lechera. At best I think two albums I voted for will place. At best.

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

41. THE XX Coexist (352 Points, 14 Votes) Spotify

ilm's aggregate interests overlap mostly in pop music shocker

we were pretty close to another GAPDY this year, i wonder if the planets will ever align completely again

7 things on my ballot have shown up so far and I firmly expect at least 4 more to turn up with 3 others with a good shot

xp: lol let's revise that to 8 have placed, with 4 definites and 2 wildcards

Too high!

that xx album is all about "Missing" and "Swept Away" IMO

if jojo didn't place a single i really doubt that she's gonna place an album

xx album is one of my most disappointing albums in a really long time

the xx more like the zz (as in, . o O(zzz))

I think it's funny that so many ppl went apeshit for "Angels" when it came out while I thought "oh no, this is going to be boring" and then the album came out and everyone went "oh no, it's boring" and I went "OH PHEW THIS IS ALL SO MUCH BETTER THAN 'ANGELS'"

DJP + me = mindmeld about this xx album.

It's better than "Angels" was for the most part.

i heard of the cover of 'baby' and liked it, then i heard the original and no longer had much use for the cover. also, the rest of the donnie and joe emerson album is fantastic, unlike the ariel pink.

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, January 29, 2013 3:38 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

disagree with this entirely haha. imo the cover destroys the original, and everything else on dreamin wild was almost unlistenable.

if jojo didn't place a single i really doubt that she's gonna place an album

none of the mixtape cuts were singles as such. i never thought it'd place, what with it being released in mid-dec, but it still deserves more attention.

"angels" is a decent (not great) single, the album works as something you don't have to pay attention to in the background but there is nothing else at all memorable on it. dunno if i was as crushingly disappointed as j0rdan but it was not a notable release for me

i mean when i say "angels" is great all i mean is that it gave me vague vibes a few times, it's way inferior to pretty much every song on the debut

i've lost hope for jojo at this point

― this customer is a jerk (La Lechera), Tuesday, January 29, 2013 2:53 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There must be another JoJo b/c I did not take you for a JoJo fan. (Also I don't think she released an album in 2012.)

She released a mixtape in December, which is what lex and J0rdan were referring to. Not sure about La Lech's reference.

agreed that killer mike album had serious diminishing returns, sounded awesome for a week though. don't think i voted for it.

LL is talking about josephine foster i believe

the first of my choices to make it. i don't understand the backlash concerning the xx. i think this album firmly establishes their place in pop music. i think i prefer it because they actually have developed. from the minimal young marble giants naive diy shtick to a band which strts using electronic devices to improve their music, to make their point more efficiently. my two faves are duets: the wonderful, magic chained and the slowly unfolding swept away which turns into a dance number. a caterpillar changing into a butterfly.

The xx album was disappointing but not because it's bad. It's just that the debut was a bit better, and this one wasn't different enough aesthetically to overcome that slight drop in quality.

jojo's mixtape is called agápē and it's really, really strong. more singer-songwritery than you expect, "we get by", "take the canyon", "billions" and "can't handle the truth" are my favourites. there's a joni mitchell cover too! which does not feel out of place!

That's a fair assessment. I don't think Coexist is bad in any way. I just think the debut was superior. xp

It's just like people were just not into heavy this year and they got their weird from another store. That's ok I guess. But I have given up caring (unless The Seer doesn't place and then I will flip out on y'all nuclear holocaust style)

I am indeed talking about Josephine Foster.

the preponderance of b&w album covers really is something. had not noticed this trend before.

xp

LL is talking about josephine foster i believe

Oh haha.

I didn't vote for Killer Mike, but I'm surprised it's as low as it is.

I prefer the debut as well but Coexist was still in my top 10 this year

xp: oh man Shakey, how much of this thread have you missed

haha

I am indeed talking about Josephine Foster.

Gonna have to start calling her JoFo to avoid confusion

oh lol guess I shoulda loaded all messages ha

I actually really like the color version of that XX cover. I think I first saw it as a poster taped to the side of a building, and I couldn't tell whether the oil-slick look was innate to the cover or the result of damage.

i heard of the cover of 'baby' and liked it, then i heard the original and no longer had much use for the cover. also, the rest of the donnie and joe emerson album is fantastic, unlike the ariel pink.

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, January 29, 2013 3:38 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

disagree with this entirely haha. imo the cover destroys the original, and everything else on dreamin wild was almost unlistenable.

― flopson, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 4:07 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

unlistenable?! damn, harsh... i can see the vocals being sort of off-putting, maybe? but i kinda doubt that's what you're talking about, b/c they're really not too bad. its just a totally charming album of warm, spacey funk, how can you hate this?: http://youtu.be/Jdb6SnSBOPk

Now with albums 41 through 77:

http://imgur.com/a/HGHgu

Eh. They look better in black and white.

Gonna have to start calling her JoFo to avoid confusion

haha, i guess so but no one will know what we're talking about any more than if we called her by her full name. :(

JUFo

recap...

77. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Centipede Hz (204 Points, 8 Votes, 1 First Place Vote)
76. JEREMIH Late Nights With Jeremih (206 Points, 10 Votes)
75. BIGBANG Alive EP (210 Points, 6 Votes, 1 First Place Vote)
74. DAPHNI Jiaolong (213 Points, 9 Votes)
73. TWIN SHADOW Confess (214 Points, 8 Votes)
72. VATICAN SHADOW Ghosts of Chechnya (216 Points, 7 Votes)
71. NITE JEWEL One Second of Love (216 Points, 8 Votes)
70. LONE Galaxy Garden (216 Points, 9 Votes)
69. NINA KRAVIZ Nina Kraviz (218 Points, 7 Votes, 1 First Place Vote)
68. METZ Metz (219 Points, 10 Votes)
67. GUNPLAY Bogota Rich: The Prequel (220 Points, 9 Votes)
66. KATY B Danger EP (223 Points, 8 Votes)
65. LOWER DENS Nootropics (227 Points, 7 Votes)
64. ACTION BRONSON & PARTY SUPPLIES Blue Chips (230 Points, 7 Votes)
63. CHRISTIAN MISTRESS Possession (232 Points, 8 Votes)
62. GRIZZLY BEAR Shields (233 Points, 8 Votes)
61. LAUREL HALO Quarantine (246 Points, 8 Votes)

60. DIRTY PROJECTORS Swing Lo Magellan (254 Points, 8 Votes)
59. SHACKLETON Music for the Quiet Hour/The Drawbar Organ EPs (258 Points, 7 Votes, 3 First Place Votes)
58. CHIEF KEEF Finally Rich (262 Points, 10 Votes)
57. SILENT SERVANT Negative Fascination (277 Points, 11 Votes)
56. RICARDO VILLALOBOS Dependent and Happy (278 Points, 8 Votes)
55. ORBITAL Wonky (278 Points, 11 Votes)
54. COOLY G Playin' Me (282 Points, 11 Votes)
53. JAPANDROIDS Celebration Rock (290 Points, 11 Votes)
52. CONVERGE All We Love We Leave Behind (296 Points, 10 Votes, 1 First Place Vote)
51. SUN ARAW & M. GEDDES GENGRAS MEET THE CONGOS Icon Give Thank (298 Points, 12 Votes)
50. NIKI & THE DOVE Instinct (306 Points, 9 Votes, 2 First Place Votes)
49. DEATH GRIPS The Money Store (307 Points, 12 Votes)
48. CLOUD NOTHINGS Attack on Memory (314 Points, 13 Votes)
47. FRANKIE ROSE Interstellar (316 Points, 12 Votes)
46. PURITY RING Shrines (320 Points, 11 Votes, 2 First Place Votes)
45. BAT FOR LASHES The Haunted Man (329 Points, 13 Votes)
44. BEAK> ">>" (332 Points, 13 Votes, 1 First Place Vote)
43. ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI Mature Themes (334 Points, 12 Votes)
42. KILLER MIKE R.A.P. Music (345 Points, 14 Votes)
41. THE XX Coexist (352 Points, 14 Votes)

resumes in the morning...

xp At least we won't confuse her with ILM's favorite Frances Bean Cobain lookalike.

lol

I shoulda voted in this just to vote for E-40, who never shows up on these things :(

five things i voted for turned up on this stretch, but i think it'll be slim pickings for me for the rest of the rundown

favourite thing i hadn't heard before was the converge record, amazing they're sounding quite so inspired at this point in their career. think i need to give the frankie rose one a go as well

Bisch Bosch is so gonna win this isn't it? Awes <3

ha ha no

chris bosh has as much chance of winning this as bisch bosch

Also he's a better singer lol jk

Two more of my votes today, Killer Mike and Chief Keef, both fairly low on my ballot.

I had the same experience with Killer Mike that a lot of people did, where it was initially impressive and then wore thin, but then I listened again more recently and it was awesome again, so maybe it just needs to be heard only occasionally.

It strikes me as weird that Matt DC and Lex are looking to Chief Keef for club tracks, I've never really thought of that as what he does, although you could play a lot of his tracks in a club. I put it at the end of my ballot but it turns out there's only a few tracks on there I really ever want to play.

The Cooly G album is decent background music, but I was kind of disappointing that there's nothing as engrossing as "Love Dub" or as banging as "Weekend Fly". It just barely missed my ballot.