ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2012

Im sure Geir would approve of LDR

based on what I've heard, Geir would think LDR was harmonically and melodically boring

Obviously it's not a great record - some of the lyrics, if nothing else, put paid to that - but I like that she stuck with her schtick for years and finally made it work. I like that she sold 3m albums without touring. I like that she survived an overblown and sometimes downright vicious backlash. I like the fact, as someone pointed out at the time, the music sounds like Mono. I like half a dozen songs on here.

suddenly I get Chief Keef

this chairlift is pretty good
man i realize how out of synch i am with ILM reading this poll
and how little i really listen to new music at all anymore

lana del ray record is so bad

i fucking love i belong on your arms but maybe the whole record needs some more time to grow

Yeah I said on the trax thread that IBIYA is the only Chairlift song I need.

Yeah I said on the trax thread that IBIYA is the only Chairlift song I need.

― questino (seandalai), Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:11 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this

but WHAT a song to need.

i belong on your arms

This song needs to be written -- something about tats...

tats for tits

(sorry)

Yeah I said on the trax thread that IBIYA is the only Chairlift song I need.

― questino (seandalai), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:11 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'd contest this if you haven't heard the whole thing properly. So many tracks had an instant appeal for me - very little hard work, but it still yields results on repeated play.

(I Just) Dyed in Your Arms

still love LDR, voted for it but shocked at it placing so high

both Arms and 'Take It Out on Me' grabbed me instantly iirc, and the rest of the record was a pretty quick grower

xp I have heard the album a couple of times, I do like it but nothing stands out for me the way I Belong does.

The Chairlift album was an early favourite of mine last year that pretty much stayed with me throughout the year - I love that album. Maybe it does tail off a bit towards the end, but that's because I feel that the opening run is so strong. I'd go as far as saying that 'Met Before' was one of my favourite tracks of last year - should have nominated it. Listened to it more than the School Of Seven Bells album too. Anyway, it's too low!

I mean, you can't really fuck with 'Sidewalk Safari', 'Wrong Opinion', 'I Belong In Your Arms', 'Take It Out On Me', 'Met Before', 'Amanaemonesia'... all sterling tracks.

Met Before, Take It Out On Me and Ghost Tonight are all up there with IBIYA for me. They do the 80s pop thing better than anyone else at the moment.

funny, i don't think there's anything strictly 80s about their sound, though IBIYA does hint at paul simon pretty strongly

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Yeah, 'Ghost Tonight' is another one. I love '80s pop/synth pop in general, so the Chairlift record was always going to be right up my street.

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34. LE1F Dark York (396 Points, 12 Votes, 1 First Place Vote)

If the Chairlift record is this low, I'm not expecting the Daily Bread album to poll now :(

I'm not expecting the Daily Bread album to poll now

Did anyone even care about it besides me and you?

Wow this is really high for Dark York. Good mixtape - my favs were Fresh and Lavandin as well as Wut - but it did have enough flaws (mixing, several subpar trax) to miss my ballot. Didn't expect it to place tbh. Should def not be higher than Haze

#1 vote gonna be soooo happy!

Yeah, I'd never heard of Le1f till the tracks poll. I like his steez though.

I'm fine with it being higher than Haze. (Ranked it higher than Haze) I love Reservation but took far more pleasure out of Dark York last year. More jams, more quotables, more awesomeness, etc.

Haze is more polished in some ways, but not as consistently jawdropping for me.

And you know I love them both.

Did anyone even care about it besides me and you?

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:33 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't know. They SHOULD have done!

#1 vote gonna be soooo happy!

naw

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33. NENEH CHERRY & THE THING The Cherry Thing (396 Points, 13 Votes) Spotify

yaaaaaay
i think this is the only time that the thing or a thing-related project will ever reach this many people, so hooray!

First thing off my ballot! Cool beans.

I really love this album now. Wished I had nommed it pushed it up a bit higher.

voted I mean

The Cherry Thing is the one record I knew I would like and just didn't get round to listening to until 'Dream Baby Dream' placed in the tracks poll. It's pretty great.

Once I had voted for "Dream Baby Dream" in trax I couldn't find space for the album too, but I'm very glad to see it turn up here.

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32. VOICES FROM THE LAKE Voices From the Lake (419 Points, 17 Votes, 2 First Place Votes) Spotify

This Le1f album is good but the mastering is AWFUL!

Yes my no.1!

Ah crap, Spotify link is wrong again. Sorry!

what is voices from the lake?

Austere techno, but very pretty - almost ambient

yeah, looks intriguing!

I don't think you can appreciate how good this album is by listening to tracks in isolation, its the whole journey man!

In other news, yay the Cherry Thing. A thrilling record

I haven't heard this release, but I kinda like the one that is on Spotify.

Mad abuse of the term 'austere' going on ITT. I think I appreciated the detail in Voices From The Lake more than I enjoyed it, could never really get into the headspace for it and lacked the motivation to bother most of the time.

Cherry Thing made my ballot - found myself wishing they'd reinterpret, like, every song in the world in that way. No way was it the "difficult" album I saw it described as. Loved Accordion and Cashback

Xp yesssss VFTL!! Most immersive record I heard last year. Best listened to when hungover or ill or when it's miserable outside