ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2012

yesssss for CRJ. nothing else gave me so much joy this year, i just want to dance around singing along to it with a hairbrush forever

the bonus tracks are also really key & essential, "Sweetie" is maybe my favourite track on the whole album - generosity for dayyyys

the duets can fuck off though

Yes!

stop fronting, Owl City lovers

Oh, I forgot about that key change in Curiosity. BOLD!

so many times i was on such a rush from "curiosity" and didn't press skip in time and ended up hearing fucking owl city's voice :(

Just checking - the Blondes album doesn't usually come with the tonne of remixes on the spotify link, right?

remixes all on disc 2 of the cd

The remixes were on the second CD it was sold with.

It's the Arps was basically Inspector Norse + some arpy sketches. They were okay, but I know which side of the EP the bread's buttered.

Rong.

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16. SCOTT WALKER Bish Bosch (636 Points, 18 Votes, 4 First Place Votes) Spotify

TOO LOW!

TOOOOO LOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

now imagine him singing those words to the accompaniment of dead bat heads being beaten against a garbage can.

TOO HIGH

*fart noises*

Wish this had been much higher

wonder what Scott Walker saying TOOOOOOOOOO LOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW would sound like oh wait maybe i don't. xps

Bish Bosch = my #1. Could only be this really. I only got to hear it the first time on Christmas Day but I kind of knew it would be my number 1 before that - felt like the year had been building up to its release. I don't think I'd anticipated the release of an album so much since probably the late nineties. It didn't disappoint. I'm still playing and deciphering it.

Scott going POLL! How low can you GOOOO

none of my votes have shown up but i would have 100% voted for scott walker, probably in my top 3, had i heard the entire album, based on 'epizootics!'

maybe i should give the whole thing a go. ditto swans

I'm now going to read all posts until the next placing in SW voice.

enjoy

dog latin smells

yes lj you should

My only regret about this album is that there was no Epizootics! style video to go with each and every track. Next time, Scott.

4 first places. Who were ya?

this Fiona Apple album is pretty cool

I will probably never play it again

i'd naturally have him higher, but that seems like a pretty good showing for an extremely divisive and challenging album.

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were ya?

were ya?

maybe i should give the whole thing a go. ditto swans

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Yes, but I wouldn't say these albums need to be heard all in one go. A track or two at a time is fine.

It was my number two (number two, number two).

immerse yourself fully in them!

was my #2 as well

carly rae & scott walker should collabo

YES

or just cover each others' albums

Only if Scott promises to sing some melodies for a change

Few things would horrify more than Walker singing "Hot Knife."

scott should definitely do a "call me maybe" viral video

I completely adore the first track on this Blondes album

Scott needs to do panto this xmas.

carly should guest on the next converge album.

carly rae & scott walker should collabo

wouldn't be the first person on this list that he's collaborated with

okay yeah I am gonna be digging into this Blondes album later, good shit

scott walker was my #1.

SW singing 'Call Me Maybe' has to happen. Although having difficulty imagining CRJ singing 'This is my job/I don't come around and put out your red light where you work'.

nice one silverfish

DJP - I was gonna ask whether the Blondes alb went downhill from there but ok like me you were really bowled over by that first track.

i'm interested in hearing lex's opinion on Bish Bosch. you liked it a bit except for the jokey bits, IIRC?

I think the first track on Blondes is the best one too, but Wine is also good.

imo the first couple of tracks on the blondes album are, if anything, the least essential

xp i listened twice i think and maybe i just haven't been in the mood - even with the latter-day scott i genuinely love it's not like i listen to it regularly - but it didn't inspire the same forbidding sense of awe i was expecting, partly because of the *shudder* sense of humour